LBJ'S CHIEF TALENT SCOUT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000100090078-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 5, 1999
• Sequence Number: 78
• Publication Date: May 3, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

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for director or -e Central
Agency, Johnson was "very intrigued"
by the -idea. "Since the President..was;.
deeply involved in the missiles program'
as `Vice President, he already knew andl
admired Raborn, but he personally re-
viewed his background and even read a
book which I 'took him on the Polaris.
program and Raborn's part in it."
Confirming that LBJ heartedly dis+1
likes advance leaks'about his appoint-sk
ees, Macy says: He'fs very firm in his;l
belief that those of us handling the job
should avoid colnmitnication with the
press" about prospective nominees." r :l
A former, personnel and executive
officer in the Atomic Energy and Civil
Service Commission', Macy returned to
his alma mater as executive vice press-4
dent of Wesleyan University during the.
Eisenhower Administration. JFK re-1
called him to, service as chairman of 'I
CSC In 1961, but.in those days patron-?4
age was dispensed and top jobs filled.
through Attorney General Bobby Ken-.~
nedy and White House, aides. It was
President Johnson who upped Macy to!
the'highest pinnacle, ever occupied by,,,
a. personnel man.
Macy denies reports that the Al-It
ministration has been particularly I
troubled by "Kennedy men" leavings
high office. He says that "most have;
'stayed on and the transition has been;
;remarkably smooth."
Even judges and -ambassadors are,
first cleared by Macy before a Presi-
,dential appointment is made, and he`-
"tries to talk, personally with. all of
them" before recommending their
names to ' the President.
"Orfly 15=qr. 20 top vacancies still r*
main;" he says, but,:, "That d o e s n'.t .
meanthe.re won't be,plenty of others'
oecuring it thts ever-changing world
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By RUTH MONTGOMERY .
V1% ULAV powerful men in America is a '
,professional personnel man who also l,,
top-echelons government positions aur-
Ing the past five months. ~
John W. Macy's job
Is. unique in the annals
'
history. As
,of our
Service Commission he
already presided over
employes when Presi-
~him'a second hat as
chief talent scout for,
the Administration.
If you want a job MONTGOMERY
"Macy is the man to see, but some 20,000.
tions-are arriving at the(rate of 25 a',1
,.and find the kernels whose names
make the headlines as Presidential ap-1
?pointees7
The handsome, 48-year-old dynamo
!tifile on the vacancy to be filled. After'
[,"studying the qualifications needed for; ;,,1
the post, I- run the 2.0?000 punch cards
through for those skills and character
i?tics. When I.; have.. "assembled- some
likely prospkts I telephone their far-l!
ability." ;~.
,dent summaries of three. or four qualir. ;
lied candidates, ana recommena ~nP
4~ one I think is best suited. If he agrees, ,;'
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