GOODWIN AND BUSBY LEAVING JOHNSON STAFF

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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 25, 1998
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 15, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

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Goodwn and Busby
Leaving Johnson Staff
The White House today an-
nounced the resignation of two
of President Johnson's special
assistants, Richard N. Goodwin
and Horace Busby Jr.
Goodwin, who has been one of
?t h e President's principal
speechwriters and an adviser on
Wesleyan University, Middle-
town, Conn.
Busby, who has been an aide to
Johnson off and on for 18 years,
will return to the management
consultant field in Washington,
Moyers said.
His post as one of the 14
authorized White House special
assistants temporarily will
remain vacant, Moyers said.
Goodwin's place will be taken
by Harry McPherson
already a
,
leave Oct. 1. special assistant to the Presi-
Press Secretary Bill D. Moy- dent ? and a former assistant
:'ers said Goodwin is leaving the secretary of state for education
White House staff for "compell- al and cultural affairs.
ing personal reasons" and will McPherson, 36, a native of
Tenter research: work at the Tyler, Tex., had long experience
Center for . Advanced Studies at as counsel for the Senate Policy
-? - ~?.-s:`. 4 Committee and was a deputy
civil rights, social and economic
problems, will leave Sept. 20.
Busby, secretary to the cabinet
and deputy to foreign affairs
adviser McGeorge Bundy, will
undersecretary of the Army in
1963 and 1964. His White House
tasks so far have included legal
and general assignments.
Goodwin, 34, a native of
Massachusetts, was a clerk to
the late Justice Felix Frankfurt-
er after his graduation from
Harvard and enjoyed a meteoric
rise after he arrived in Wash-
ington in 1958.
He moved from the staff of.'
the. House Committee on Legis-
lative Oversight to become an
aide to John F. Kennedy during
the late President's 1960 camp
paign. After the election, Good-
win became an important
member of Kennedy's closely
knit group of policy advisers,
specializing in Latin American
affairs.
He came under considerable
fire from critics during his role
as a Latin policymaker, both on
the Kennedy staff and later as a
deputy assistant secretary. of
state.
Goodwin returned to the
White House to work for John-
son, principally as a skilled
speechwriter in early 1964. '
Busby, 41, worked for Johnson
when the latter was a senator
and vice, resident. His latest
role has been as key liaison
man between the President and
tmembers :of the cabinet.
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