WHAT KIND OF GUY IS THE LBJ MAN?

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000100120050-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 18, 1999
• Sequence Number: 50
• Publication Date: February 20, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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"F A PRESIDE?T'S administration overn:nenr., :noody i':cc:al. That is Itcccnliy, he told an aurlienec of young
'gout iU per ce::t mnrc ti:aa b'DR's people that public service is more re-
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personality, a single, hoi,e, ;ive per ccnt more than Pros- ~sarriu; and ? useful than any other
composi site, , personnallity, Franklin D. . ; , C,,t and 20 per cent more :luck k .-inel
1{rl:n8u 's, du n:ng the ministry.
Roosevelt's night appear as a bright,
::,n President Eisenhower's, according Another iactor, of course, is that lie
brash visionary, Eisenhower 's as a o surveys by political scientists. dirt nut har'a to stock a completely new
graying, middle ? aged businessr.:an, cxeculivc staff when he took office-
Kennedy's as a witty, Ivy l.carl e Intel- rC3ii1CTliT:ii :'.:'.lC . tti having inherited one from Mr. Ifenne-
lectual. TEIElt Psi iSIDE\TIAL penchants hy. IIc apparently valued Kennedy ap-
But what type would represent Lyn-
don Johnson's? Most probably he
would be a competent, seasoned
Government executive with a battered
briefcase-a comfortable, pleasant sort,
less sp ar.iing than Kennedy's man,
younger than Ike's and less abrasive
than FDR's.
Such stereotypes are little more than
handy labels, but they do suggest the
presidential preferences that each man
brought to the task of appointing top
executives.
President Johnson's preference is
now becoming clear: more than any
president in recent history, he leans
toward the experienced Government
executive, the career bureaucrat, the
proven in-house expert.
A tip-off to Mr. Johnson's Adminis-
tration, is provided in as analysis of
the 381 non-judicial appointments he
has made since taking office. Fifty-sev-
can be gleaned from these statis- pointers highly because he has cicvat-
ical samplin;s. Despite his valued con- cc, many of them to higher jogs. In
cnsus with business, 1'Ir. Johnson has he has recruited only three of the
rawn about 15 per cent of his ap- present 11 cabinet secretaries from out-
>nintees from its ranks. (Of 130 major side the Kennedy fold, (Secretaries
isenhower appointments, 3G per cent fowler -of Treasury, Connor of Coin-
an:o from the worlds of business and :nerce and Gardner of HEW). Three
in; nce,) others were originally brought into
:nd those who believe that Pres- Government by Mr. Kennedy and sub-
dent Kennedy cornered the academic sect tic ntly'raised to the top by Pres?
:lar et may be surprised to learn that id(!nt Johnson (Attorney General Katz-
'ir. Jnbnson has relied on university enbach, Postmaster General O'Brien
).ofe.vors to approximately the same
laid Secretary Weaver of HUD). TI)l-
::tent. Tt is ever. said that, like his
remaining five actually were appoin.rc,
; edeces',or, LBJ can be accused of by Mr. Kennedy: Secretaries Rusk of
Doing a iiaivard-raider, having recently State, McNamara of Defense, Freeman
ured on economist for his Council of of Agriculture, Udall of Interior and
eo110:1):C Advisers and :. law professor Wirtz of Labor.
or th .Department of Housing and Ur-
)an i)cvetcpmcnt. BT'oiccn Traditions
Efotvc'rcr, the Johnson preference, Tr''tl3l.fi.u ARE MANY similar? exam-
ovr.; wl:cirnin?1y, is for the man already
in Govcri%m;nvL wori,. What explains it? 'l" pies in tilt second echelon-Un4cr
Secretary Alan S. Boyd and Assistant
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