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Page 6 The Battalion Wednesday, September29,195] t i DeFrank Continued from Page 1 Also in late September, a story that had been critical of alleged slowness in forming a campus po litical forum had been disapproved for publication in The Battalion, DeFrank said in a Battalion article on Oct. 7,1966. These conflicts led to decisive action by the A&M Publications Board when they officially re moved DeFrank and two of his as sistants from their positions on the newspaper on Sept. 30,1966. Jim Lindsey, chairman of the board, said in a Oct. 7, 1966 Battal ion article he felt the action was necessary because continued policy disagreement could only result in further harm to The Battalion. DeFrank said the stated cause for the dismissal was the unsigned letter that appeared in "Sound Off." "The point is it was an innocu ous letter," DeFrank said. "They claimed we were irresponsible be cause we published it without a source. That was just an excuse they used. They were determined to get rid of me and my staff." Rudder stood behind the Stu dent Publications Board's decision to remove DeFrank. DeFrank said he ran into Rud der two years later at Dulles Air port in Washington, D.C. "We exchanged pleasantries," DeFrank said. "At one point, he said, T would have thrown you out of school if your grades weren't so damn good.' I'd like to think there was a grudging respect on his be half, but I suspect he was supreme ly annoyed with me. But I repeat, he was a great man and a great president of the University." After his dismissal from The Battalion, DeFrank stayed at school and worked at The Bryan Daily Ea gle. However, other avenues soon opened up for him. In the spring of 1966 during his junior year, DeFrank was sitting in the basement of the YMCA Build ing where The Battalion offices where located. He was reading the Moderator magazine. 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DeFrank was offered a summer internship at Newsweek's Houston Bureau after his graduation from the University of Minnesota. Three weeks before DeFrank left for Houston, Newsweek called him with an opening in their Washing ton Bureau. DeFrank jumped at the offer. In October 1968, he went into the Army and worked for two years at the Pentagon as an Army Public Aftairs Officer. On the weekends, he worked for Newsweek. In October 1970, he went to work for Newsweek full time. DeFrank began working as a general assignments reporter and covered Congress and the Penta gon. He began covering the White House in 1974 and has covered every president since Nixon. DeFrank has traveled all over the world with the presidents. He has traveled to 45 countries and all 50 states. He considers the year he spent covering Vice President Ford as one of the highlights of his career. For seven months, DeFrank traveled on a twin engine airplane getting to know the man who was going to be the next president of the United States. "It was exhilarating and excit ing," he said. "We all knew that he was going to be president. We just didnt know when." DeFrank said Ford knew he was going to be president sooner or lat er, but he also knew it was going to be devastating to the Republican Party. "He spent most of 1974 traveling all over the country, trying his best to hold the Republican Party to gether as Watergate got worse and worse," DeFrank said. "There was more and more tension on Air Force Two. Through it all, Jerry Ford was unfailingly polite and de cent to those of us who traveled with him. It was a wonderful time and insight into history in the mak ing." However, changes were on the way for both Ford and DeFrank. Newsweek's White House cor respondent quit in June 1974. De- Frank was sent to cover the White House. "I hated it," DeFrank said. "The White House was a snake pit of tension and mutual hostility. I thought Nixon might survive for another six months. I was miser able." DeFrank persuaded his boss to let him go on one more trip with Ford. So the next week, DeFraii flew to California with Ford stayed there to cover Nixon oi trip. Before Ford left, DeFrank wro) him a note thanking liitn for fe; so generous. The last line o note read: "Just consider me advance man at the White House.' DeFrank later learned read the note aloud to everyone (a Air Force Two) on the way homt DeFrank said the last lineembai- rassed Ford because it said 'You're going to be presideiii and we both know it.' Two months later Nixonre- Inesday, Sef )0me novie eflect signed and Ford became president. "One week later, the new dent had a state dinner for King Hussein of Jordan," DeFrank said "He invited as his guests every re porter who had traveled with him r on Air Force Two. 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"I'm going to do an oral history for myself bet ore 1 forget them all/ DeFrank has started working as a collaborator on former Secretan of State James Baker's memoirs, which should be published in early 1995. However, DeFrank said he doesn't have the vanity towritea book about himself. "After all, I am one of the few reporters who knows his place," he said. "I'm a reporter. A reporter should cover the news, not make the news." As for his experiences at The Battalion, DeFrank said, " 1 sup- pose that if I thought about it, and if I had an ego, I suppose I would say I've had the last laugh on any one who thought I was a no-good, irresponsible, smart aleck kid. On the other hand, you learn from your scar tissue, and I've certainly learned from mine, beginning at The Battalion. agent hers Doug :abek and C ming with th /s into "penn you City. 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