Relationship with Ruckelshaus

Q: How would you characterize your working, as well as your personal, relationship with Bill Ruckelshaus?

MR. ALM: I think it was really excellent. When I came on board, I told him that I would like to meet with him most mornings of the week. I think we decided on three days, three mornings, a week, and to have lunch together one day a week. We held to that pattern and it was really invaluable. We stayed in communication with one another. There is a real tendency among agency heads and deputies to not get along. There are more occasions when they do not get along than when they do get along. I think Bill and I had a particularly good relationship. We had a very similar sense of humor. We had very similar views of people and events. It was a very friendly kind of relationship, a very nice personal relationship, and a very good professional relationship.

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