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Speaker Carl Albert had said that if he had had to succeed Nixon, he'd have appointed a Republican and resigned as the country elected a Republican in 1972 by a pretty wide margin.

Had he stayed on a few months longer (he resigned just a few months before Nixon did) Schultz is the highest eligible Republican in succession in 1974. What if Albert proceeded to appoint Schultz and then step aside?

At this point Schultz has been Secretary of Labor, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Treasury Secretary. Schultz was also considered the unofficial ambassador to the AFL-CIO as Labor Secretary. During the Eisenhower Administration he'd served on the Council of Economic Advisers as a Staff Economist and he'd later be President of UChicago's Business School until 1969.

Schultz would be interesting because while Labor Secretary he pressured the unions in Pennsylvania to accept black members, but he also was an economic conservative influenced by Milton Friedman. I don't think there'd be a Reagan challenge to him and he also has himself covered on the moderate end of things.
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