QUELLO CREDITS FORD WITH HIS FCC SEAT

摘要

Longtime FCC Comr. James Quello has particularly fond memories of the late former President Gerald Ford, he told us: Without then-Vice President Ford, Quello would have never become the longest-serving Democratic commissioner. Quello said President Richard Nixon had decided not to nominate Quello, but Ford 損ounded on Nixon's desk?saying Quello's nomination should go ahead. Ford knew of Quello as a fellow Mich. native, through the support of the Mich. Assn. of Bcstrs., and through the strong backing of 2 mutual friends, Quello said, as well as the backing of several legislators from Mich., including House Commerce Committee Chmn.-designate John Dingell (D-Mich.), a long-time supporter. Without Ford, Quello said, his nomination 搉ever would have come out?of the White House, and Quello wouldn't have spent 23-1/2 years at the FCC.