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Wall Street was also shocked because Jefferson had been chief executive of Du Pont for only two months, since the retirement as chairman of the highly respected Irving Shapiro. After the merger announcement, Jefferson admitted that he had been forced "to make a very quick assessment of whether it was worth throwing our hat into the ring." In fact, one of the first steps Jefferson took in assessing the merger was to call Shapiro for advice. Recalls Jefferson: "We thought about it and concluded that in a merger with Conoco we would be stronger than as Du Pont alone...
...corporate chieftains. Not content to leave the lobbying to hired hands, members of the Business Roundtable, composed of chief executive officers from some 200 major corporations, personally trod White House and congressional corridors to press for business tax breaks or to protest nitpicking Government regulations. Du Pont Chairman Irving Shapiro, General Motors Chairman Thomas Murphy, Chase Manhattan Chairman David Rockefeller and General Electric Chairman Reginald Jones became almost as familiar around the capital as the Marine Band, promoting not only tax relief for their companies but also job programs and reforms of the legal system. Says Shapiro: "We wanted...
...business guard in Washington is changing. Because of their almost simultaneous retirement, Shapiro, Rockefeller, Jones, Murphy and several other corporate leaders are being replaced by a new group of top corporate lobbyists. Meanwhile, other groups, representing smaller companies and entrepreneurs, are also attempting to establish close relations with an Administration already favorably disposed toward business...
Despite Jimmy Carter's obvious coolness toward businessmen from large companies, the Business Roundtable had a good record during the last Administration. Carter frequently turned to Shapiro and Jones, two leading Roundtable officials, for their advice. Before the appointment of G. William Miller as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, the White House conferred with both men on the merits of various candidates. Jones, who turned down an offer from Carter to be Secretary of the Treasury, played a major role in formulating the business part...
Tuesday night, HRZL called an "emergency meeting" at which members drew up their pamphlet. Rona G. Shapiro '83, a HRZL member, said yesterday. Peter A. Bronstein '82, also a HRZL member, said "the anti-Israel pamphlet presented an incomplete and distorted view of the Mid-East situation. We decided to inform people how important Israel is to American foreign policy...