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Oral history transcript, Elmer B. Staats, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1971, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • called spe- cial counsel to the President, the first person really to hold that job actually was back in FDR's days I guess, when Ben Cohen was in that job. But then it took on a little different flavor when President Truman came into office and Clark
Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 2 (II), 8/18/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Komer summarizing the contents and saying, "It's mostly a lot of flowery garbage." What he had done is sent it around to his kitchen cabinet. He sent it to Abe Fortas; he sent it to Clark Clifford; he sent it to Dean Acheson; I forget who the others