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...Queen. How much of the increase was Margaret's only the Prime Minister and the Royal Exchequer knew, but her raise was estimated at about $10,000, which would bring her annual salary to around $110,000. Parliamentary anti-royalists were unhappy about that. Said Laborite M.P. Willie Hamilton, Commons' most vigorous monarchy baiter: "If any of the increase goes to Margaret, there will be nationwide outrage." Hamilton demanded that each of the royals on the civil list be haled before a parliamentary select committee to justify the stipends...
...former director of the Office of Management and Budget was hurt and angry when he was summoned shortly afterward to the White House by Hamilton Jordan, the President's special assistant and another of Lance's Georgia cronies. This time the White House confronted him directly with an unpleasant reality. Jordan suggested gently-but clearly-to Lance that he must keep as much distance as possible between himself and the President. Though there was no evidence that Carter had ordered Jordan's move, it seemed unlikely that he was unaware...
...returning to Atlanta, Lance was depressed and bitter. His best friends were deserting him, he complained to one intimate: "Can you imagine standing in Hamilton Jordan's office and being told I'm embarrassing the President-after what's happened to him?" Lance's biting allusion referred to the recent episodes in which gossip reporters have portrayed Jordan as publicly insulting women...
...Willie Hamilton, British Labor Party M.P., on Princess Margaret and her involvement with Pop Singer Roddy Llewellyn: "It has turned her into a punk royal...
...President had to fire all but one of us, he probably would keep Stu." That high praise comes from top White House Assistant Hamilton Jordan, and he is speaking of Domestic Affairs Adviser Stuart Eizenstat. In a matter of months, Eizensfat has quietly moved into an unrivaled position at the White House that was underscored by his role in shaping Carter's urban policy. Says another high-level aide: "On a day-to-day basis, Stu probably has greater influence on the President on a broader range of issues than anybody...