THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Disarray in the Government

"I eat lunch in the White House mess in 25 minutes," lamented a White House aide last week. "Everybody is afraid to talk. So the only thing you can do is bury your head in your soup."

"I heard [Secretary of Agriculture Earl L.] Butz was thinking of resigning, and when I heard that, I got right on the phone to tell him not to do it," said Iowa Congressman Bill Scherle, standing outside the House chamber during a debate on the farm bill. "He's our friend. If we lose him we lose a lot."

"I heard some of the stories about...

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