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Show a "T c Job Delays Thom la Nixon Transition By ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK - WASHINGTON So damaging had President Nixons high-levjob crisis become some three weeks ago that Peter Flanigan was abruptly summoned back from his New York investment bankers job and quietly put to work in the White House to try to bring order out of chaos. It may be some time before veteran Nixon back to Wall seven weeks of a Flanigan, insider, gets Street. After Nixon the , fester into a political wound and a policy crisis. The interminable delay in naming an assistant secretary of state for Latin America (Charles Meyer, a vice president of Sears, has finally been picked for the job) has Inhibited handling of the explosive Peruvian question. Even worse, the two top economic jobs at the State Department, Treasury's international affairs post, and the chief trade negotiators deceivjob are all vacant ing the country of coherent In international economic matters. policy-makin- administration, posts, key jobs in and independent agencies, seats on regulatory agencies are either vacant or still held by Democratic holdovers. Nor is there much hope for quick improvement. The handiest scapegoat for the mess is Harry Flemming, the young Virginia Republican serving as Mr. Nixons personnel aide. But Flemming is partly the victim of horrendous planning during the transition period when Flanigan . i was in charge. Whoever is to blame, the problem, is turning a nasty g Elsewhere, the Flanigan-Flemmin- g S. Y .'SlOs ' In fact, Flemming has scarcely begun preliminary work toward naming Republicans to the regulatory agencies. Vith John Davis Lodge the likelieot President choice, Nixon's tentative decision to send a U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican may well produce a confirmation fight in the Seriate. Its not the appointment of Lodge, a former Congressman hom Connecticut with clore friends on Capitol HiU, that .vould caue trouble. Lodge, in fact, seems well fitted for the job. He is married to an Italian, has diplomatic experience (ambassador to Spain, and was a charter member of the ), club. Rather it is American political tradition that poses a major fight in the Senate. President Truman wanted to send Gen. Mark Clark there in 1951 and had to withdraw the nomination when Senate opponents threatened o block confirmation. The only l).S. ambassador to Vatican the since lboS (when Congress refused more money for the job) was President Roosevelts waitime envoy, Myron Taylor, who quit in 1950. against 19i8 foes of Hubert li imphiey. With final arrangements just completed, H mis has lured Mark Shields, n skilled young political operative from the But Mr. Nixon feels strongly about having his owm representative to the Vatican, mainly because he regards the Pope as a major force in the world whose influence w ould be valuable to the U S. Fred Harris of Sen. lar Oklaho- ma, the new Democratic National Cha.rman, has made a staff assi'oment that shows he doesnt share the vindictiveness of some party regu Kennedy wing of co March In the patty s Hirriss two oxcxutive pt the National Com nuitoe, Wi'lnm Welsh an V'c French, ate lo'-- tonbo versial. Welch was on Yie President Humphrey's stall, French was Harm's le;isl,i tne assistant in the Senate. the w paigns problems. What makes this icnurka ble is that Shields, as mi aide m the unsuccessful Senate ampaign of John J. Gilligan in Ohio last year, infui'ated the moguls of oi gamzed labor A footnote: Harris has deti nitely decided to move the National Committee fiom its lush, high pi iced quaitcrs in the Water gae rente by the Johnson Waite House stalf He is looking for space in the Capifol Hill section. 1 1969 (c) NEWS, Wednesday--, 12, 1969 13 Yornsest Graduate impoitant Ihmiphrevite wing paily. Plans call for Shields, an old Harris friend, to wotk out of the Democratic Na Ln-a- l Committee as a tiouble-shoote- r ith camhelping and organizational DESERET Publisher Hall Syndicate EAST LANSING MICH, fAP) Michael Giosit, at 15 the youngest student ever to graduate Com Michigan State has received a Danfoith Giaduate Fellowship for ftudy leading to later teaching 'Cm-veisit- y, ADVERTI1EMEN FALSE TEETH That Loosen Need Not Embarrass Dotit Uvb In fear of false twin IckwiUur wobbling or dropping Just at the wionir time For more security and more comfort, lint sprinkle a l.ttlc FCS r 1 H on vour plates. 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