Nixon act illegal
; ffI.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) ' SAN CLEMENTE (California), Jan. 2. 1 The White House has an- J .nounced that President Nixon ‘ acted illegally in appointing j his. wife, Pat, to an unpaid { Government position re- ; cently. < The position was temper- J ary chairman of the new 45- . member National Voluntary £ Services Advisory Council. £ The White House now has f discovered that under the , law, the President cannot ap- j point his wife to any Gov- - ernment post, paid or unpaid. ‘ It said that “due to administrative error,” Mrs j Nixon’s appointment was announced before all the checks! were made to determine whe-H ther she was eligible for it. ■ I Mrs Nixon’s appointment e as a member and temporary ? chairman of the council has c .been annulled, but th? White c 'House said it hoped the coun- 1 (cil would elect her honorary t I chairman. t
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33423, 3 January 1974, Page 9
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