Just back from the memorial service for David Ginsburg, who joined the SEC in 1934, was the first law clerk for Justice Douglas, was general counsel for the War Stabilization Board as it evolved into the Office of Price Administration, was involved in the economic administration of Germany after the war and in the negotiations over the status of Austria, helped found the Americans for Democratic Action, labored mightily over U.S. recognition of Israel and the creation of the Weitzman Institute, helped found the German Marshall Fund, wrote the Kerner Commission report, protected Henry Kissinger’s misdeeds from public scrutiny, etc., etc.
It made me wonder how the country is going to function without a working Establishment. There aren’t enough important 65-year-olds in Washington and New York who will do what a President needs done without asking “What’s in it for me?”