(1920 - 1999) American politician who served in the cabinets of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. U.S. Attorney General during the Watergate Scandal who resigned rather than obey Nixon's order to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox. Good content D.S., 1p. 4to., [n.p., n.d], an excerpt titled 'Why I Must Resign' which reads in part: '...while Cox has rejected a proposal I consider reasonable, his rejection of it cannot be regarded as being so far beyond the pale as would justify firing him...I do not believe the President's attituded toward Cox [was] fundamentally valid; many problems and headaches could have been avoided by cooperating with him more and fighting him less...I believe that so far as I personally am concerned, there is no need for an independent prosecutor...' Fine condition.