Carter was a slot

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“They needed a Democratic governor from the rapidly industrializing South, and they picked Carter, who proved an eager student at the Commission meetings, since he was lacking international experience.” Three years later the man who filled the slot was President, and handed the one appointment that needs nobody’s approval to the man who drew up the list.

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