Letter from Washington

President Nixon, uneasy about the progress of his legislative program in an increasingly hostile Congress, has decided to upgrade liaison between the White House and Capitol Hill. Joining former Minnesota Congressman Clark MacGregor and longtime aide William Timmons will be Max Friedersdorf and Tom C. Korologos.

The appointment of Friedersdorf is particularly significant. In 1970 he broke with then-Congressman Richard L. Roudebush of Indiana because of the ineptitude of Roudebush’s senatorial campaign against Vance Hartke. Friedersdorf, like Korologos, has had considerable experience on the Hill. As a former congressional staffer, he knows many of the people who have complained about the inaccessibility of White House policymakers.

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President Nixon, uneasy about the progress of his legislative program in an increasingly hostile Congress, has decided to upgrade liaison between the White House and Capitol Hill. Joining former Minnesota Congressman Clark MacGregor and longtime aide William Timmons will be Max Friedersdorf and Tom C. Korologos.

The appointment of Friedersdorf is particularly significant. In 1970 he broke with then-Congressman Richard L. Roudebush of Indiana because of the ineptitude of Roudebush’s senatorial campaign against Vance Hartke. Friedersdorf, like Korologos, has had considerable experience on the Hill. As a former congressional staffer, he knows many of the people who have complained about the inaccessibility of White House policymakers.