Richard L. Cole and David A. Caputo, in The American Politi- cal Science Review (June 1979), 1527 New Hampshire Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.
Richard Nixon, more than any other recent U.S. President, tried to strengthen White House influence over the federal bureaucracy manipulating Civil Service hiring and firing practices.
When a Democratic Congress balked at Nixon's "new federalism" programs-e.g., general revenue sharing and welfare reform-during his first term (1969-73), the...