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100 1  Lee, Mordecai,|d1948-|eauthor. 
245 10 Nixon's super-secretaries :|bthe last grand presidential 
       reorganization effort /|cMordecai Lee. 
250    1st ed. 
264  1 College Station :|bTexas A and M University Press,|c[2010]
264  4 |c©2010 
300    1 online resource (xv, 275 pages) :|billustrations (some 
       color). 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
347    data file|2rda 
490 1  Joseph V. Hughes Jr. and Holly O. Hughes series on the 
       presidency and leadership 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-260) and 
       index. 
505 0  Introduction -- Planning, November 1972-January 1973 -- 
       Launch, January-February 1973 -- In operation, January-
       April 1973 -- Counsellor for Human Resources Caspar 
       Weinberger: the super-secretary as assistant president -- 
       Counsellor for Community Development James Lynn: the super
       -secretary as presidential coordinator -- Counsellor for 
       Natural Resources Earl Butz: the dutiful and passive super
       -secretary -- Demise, April-May 1973 -- Legacy and 
       significance. 
520    "Mordecai Lee provides a lively and authoritative account 
       of an important administrative reform undertaken in the 
       shadow of Watergate. He argues persuasively that Nixon's 
       experiment with super-secretaries might have been the last
       grand attempt to impose order on the bulk of the federal 
       bureaucracy."ùAlasdair S. Roberts, Rappaport Professor of 
       Law and Public Policy, Suffolk University Law School. 
520    "A fascinating and highly readable look at the major 
       effort to rethink the structure and relationships of the 
       federal executive ... covers in great depth and accuracy 
       the events associated with the experiment to institute the
       counselor approach ... promises to be the definitive 
       history of the Nixon reorganization effort and a 
       significant addition to the scholarship regarding the 
       presidency and public administration ... The author does 
       an excellent job of detailing the intricacies of a 
       bureaucratic system with the White House itself ... 
       "ùJeremy F. Plant, professor of public policy and 
       administration, Penn State University, Harrisburg. 
520    The Watergate Scandal of 1973 claimed many casualties, 
       political and otherwise. Along with many personal 
       reputations and careers, President Nixon's bold attempt to
       achieve a sweeping reorganization of the domestic portion 
       of the executive branch was also pulled into the vortex. 
520    Now, Mordecai Lee examines Nixon's reorganization, finding
       it notable for two reasons. First, it was sweeping in 
       intent and scope, representing a complete overhaul in the 
       way the president would oversee and implement his domestic
       agenda. Second, the president instituted the 
       reorganization administrativelyùby appointment of three 
       "super-secretaries"--Without congressional approval. The 
       latter aspect generated ire among some members of Congress,
       notably Sam Ervin, a previously little-known senator from 
       North Carolina who chaired the Government Operations 
       Committee and, soon after, the Senate Select Committee on 
       Presidential Campaign Activitiesùknown to the public as 
       "the Watergate Committee. 
520    Calling his appointees "Counsellors to the President," 
       Nixon chose three loyal members of his cabinet: Caspar 
       Weinberger (Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare), 
       Earl Butz (Secretary of Agriculture), and James Lynn 
       (Secretary of Housing and Urban Development). The three 
       were given wide-ranging power over multiple departments 
       and agencies and reported to John Ehrlichman, the 
       president's assistant for domestic affairs. With the 
       unfolding of the Watergate affair, however, and the 
       subsequent resignations of Ehrlichman and H.R. Haldeman, 
       the reorganization plan lost both its principal supporters
       and its priority within the Nixon White House. Five months
       after beginning, the effort ended abruptly, with an 
       announcement at a hastily convened Cabinet meeting. 
520    Asserting that Nixon's reorganization effort represents a 
       significant event in the evolution of the managerial 
       presidency and public administration, Nixon's Super-
       Secretaries presents the most comprehensive historical 
       narrative to date concerning this reorganization attempt. 
       The author has utilized previously untapped original and 
       primary sources to provide unprecedented detail on the 
       inner workings, intentions, and ultimate demise of Nixon's
       ambitious plan to reorganize the sprawling federal 
       bureaucracy. Students, scholars, and public policy 
       professionals will benefit from reexamining this unusual 
       and largely forgotten presidential initiative. --Book 
       Jacket. 
588 0  Print version record. 
600 10 Nixon, Richard M.|q(Richard Milhous),|d1913-1994. 
600 10 Weinberger, Caspar W. 
600 10 Lynn, James T.,|d1927-2010. 
600 10 Butz, Earl L.|q(Earl Lauer),|d1909-2008. 
600 17 Butz, Earl L.|q(Earl Lauer),|d1909-2008.|2fast
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600 17 Lynn, James T.,|d1927-2010.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01758045 
600 17 Nixon, Richard M.|q(Richard Milhous),|d1913-1994.|2fast
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600 17 Weinberger, Caspar W.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00006836 
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650  0 Executive departments|zUnited States|xReorganization
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650  0 Cabinet officers|zUnited States|xHistory|y20th century. 
650  0 Executive power|zUnited States|xHistory|y20th century. 
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651  0 United States|xPolitics and government|y1969-1974. 
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655  0 Electronic books. 
655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aLee, Mordecai, 1948-|tNixon's super-
       secretaries.|b1st ed.|dCollege Station : Texas A & M 
       University Press, ©2010|z9781603441797|w(DLC)  2010002448
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830  0 Joseph V. Hughes, Jr., and Holly O. Hughes series in the 
       presidency and leadership studies. 
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