Friends in High Places: The Bechtel Story : The Most Secret Corporation and How It Engineered the Wo by Laton Mccartney (readict .txt) 📗

I64

government positions held by, I 54, 203

grandchildren of, 2 3 5-36

Grove associations made by, 14-I7

Hammer and, I48

humor lacked by, I39-40

Indian misadventure of, 136-37

independence asserted by, 14 2

Indonesian operation and, 157-59

Indonesian operation and, 157

intelligence activities of, ll2, ll6-l9,

Libyan pipeline deals and, I4 7-48,

I2I-23, I25

I5I

Kaiser disliked by, 44n, 6I

260

INDEX

Kearns and, 154, 156-57, 159-60,

Steve senior compared with, 49-50,

164, 165

71, 76

McCone and, 51-54, 71-72, 98-100,

Steve senior employed by, 48-49

104, 108, 112, 138-39

workers hired by, 22-23

managerial skill of, 72-73, 95

youth of, 18-19,49

manslaughter charge against, 4 7-48

Bechtel, Warren A., Jr., 20, 24, 26

Nixon administration and, 154,

background of, 46

156-57, 159-60

in dam construction, 30

nuclear power and, 99, 160, 206

Steve senior’s relationship with, 49-50

oil construction packages of, 53-55

wartime activities of, 59, 70

personal wealth of, 14n, 70, 71-72,

Bechtel BrothersMcCone, 72

128

Bechtel Canada, Ltd, 220

physical appearance of, 4 7

S. D. Bechtel Company, 50, 66

in pipeline construction, 48, 51,

W A. Bechtel Company, 22, 28, 53-54

52-53,61-66,77-80,83-86,

Alaska pipeline and, 62, 66

107, 115

dams built by, 30, 46n

Reagan and, 214-15

in shipbuilding, 58

retirement of, 142

Bechtel Corporation, 12n, 22

Saudi dealings of, 81-82, 83-86,

anti-Semitism of, 79n, 85, 87n, 175,

89-92, 95-96, 210

183-84, 186-87

in shipbuilding, 57-59, 61-62, 75,

Arab Boycott and, 183-90, 192-96,

l lO

197, 209, 223

in shipping business, 96-97

bribes paid by, 140-41

Shultz and, 166-67, 169-71, 179,

in chemical and nuclear waste

217

cleanups, 201n-2n, 223-24

Simpson as door-opener for, 75-76

corporate headquarters of, 14 2

Snodgrass and, 119-22

discrimination against women and

son compared with, 139-40, 141

blacks by, 191-92, 213

on son’s succession, 132-34

diversification of, 220, 233

stamp collection of, 128

executives of, 73-76

surprise 50th birthday party for, 94

financial success of, 127, 136, 153-54,

Weinberger and, 180, 218

156, 238-39

W illow Run and, 66, 69

future leadership of, 2 34-38

Bechtel, Warren A. (“Dad”):

Indonesian operations of, 12, 78n, 95,

Boulder Dam construction and, 28,

119, 157-59, 237

29-30,32-34, 36-38,40,46n

intelligence activities of, 16-17, 113,

building company of, 22-24, 25—

115, 118-19, 121-25

28

labor problems of, 105-6

cattle and corn venture of, 19-20

Libyan operations of, 12, 143, 145-51,

death of, 45-46, 49, 58, 169

152, 169

engineering and managerial skills of,

major contracts awarded to, 73, 94-95

21, 22-23, 27

Mining and Metals Division of,

financial success of, 24-25, 28, 126

170-71, 237

heritage of, 18, 19

nuclear plants built by, 12,15-16,

irrigation projects undertaken by, 23

104-6, Il l , 153-54, 158n-59n,

Kaiser and, 26-28, 29-30

160, 167-68, 185, 197-203,

musical talent of, 19, 20

205-7, 215, 222-23, 226-28

nickname of, 28

in nuclear power, 102-7, 110-l l ,

physical appearance of, 25

224-25

pipeline construction and, 26, 28

press attacks on, 190-91

questionable enterprises of, 25

Saudi operations of, 12, 78n, 81-82,

railroad employment of, 20-24, 26

85-92,95-9� 121, 188n,208-l�

reminiscences of, 18

222, 230

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Bechtel Corporation (cont.)

atomic research at, 102-3

Schultz’s position with, 169-73, 174,

Berlin blockade, 112

178-79, 181, 186, 206, 211-13,

Bierce, Ambrose, 13, 21

217-18, 219-22, 231

Birmingham News, 67

Soviet projects of, 160-63, 167, 169,

Black, James B.:

228

in nuclear power, 102, 104

Steve junior’s succession in, 131-34,

Steve senior’s friendship with, 76-77

170

Black Canyon, 35, 36, 48-49

sweetheart clients of, 76-77

blacks:

ties between Nixon and, 16, 152-54,

in Alaska pipeline construction, 62

156-61, 165

Bechtel’s discrimination against, 191—

Weinberger’s position with, 174,

192

178-82, 183, 189,212-14,

in Boulder Dam construction, 41 n

217-18

construction industry discrimination

Bechtel family, Christmas celebrated by,

against, 166

126-27, 128-29, 134

Blough, Roger, 107

Bechtel Foundation, 128n

Bohemian Club, 13, 71

Bechtel Group, 11, 54, 217

Bohemian Grove, 77, 106, 168, 173, 188

financial difficulties of, 16-17,

business relationships established at, 14

229-34

members of, 13-17

founding of, 12

serious aspect of, 13 -14

Grove associations valuable to, 14-16

Bonelli, W illiam, 176

hotels built by, 12, 15, 106

Bonneville Dam, 44

interests and political connections of,

Bork, Robert L., 188-89

12, 16, 17

Borman, Frank, 15

pipelines built by, 12, 15

Borman, Thomas, 89-90

press relations of, 12-13; 17

firing of, 91-92

private ownership of, 13 -14

intelligence activities of, 114

size of, 12

Bostwick, Donald T., 163-64

Bechtel-Kaiser Enterprises, 48

Boulder Dam, 118

BechtelMcCone Corporation, 46n, 76,

Bechtels in construction of, 12, 15,

130

28, 29-30, 32-34, 36-38,40,

Alaska pipeline and, 62, 66

46n,48-49

dissolution of, 71-72

builders interested in, 30-3 3

oil company construction by, 54-55,

concrete poured at, 41-42

58, 66, 120-21

consortium formed for construction of,

organization of, 53-54

32-34

Philippine operations of, 59-60

dedication of, 42

in shipbuilding, 57, 60, 95

difficulties in construction of, 3 5 -40

W illow Run managed by, 67-70

estimated cost of, 3 3 -34

World War II profits of, 69-70

Kaiser’s obsession with, 29-30

BechtelMcCone-Parsons (BMP), 47n,

purpose of, 29, 43

54n

renaming of, 4 3

Bechtel Power Corporation, 224, 230n

site of, 35, 36, 48-49

Bechtelsville, Pa., 18n

steel used in, 52-53

Beck, Clifford, 199-200

strikes at, 39

Becan Construction Company, 220, 236

Boumedienne, Houari, 172

Bedouins, 87-88

Bowles, Chester, 136

Begin, Menachem, 221

Bowman Dam, 30

Bell, Griffin, 193n

Brady, Nicholas F., 14-15

ben Halim, Mustafa, 145-50

Brazil, 160, 199, 202, 205-6, 223

Berkeley, University of California at , 26,

Brezhnev, Leonid, 161

47-48, 52, 128n, 214-15

Bridge Builders, Inc., 44n-45n

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INDEX

Bridges, David, 180

China, People’s Republic of, 228

Bridges, Robert L., 46n, 73, 77, 104,

Christopher, George, 177

132, 171, 180-81

Church, Frank, 162-63

British Petroleum (BP), 79n, 96, 115

Churchill, Winston, 56, 179

British Purchasing Commission (BPC),

Clark, William, 228

56-58

Clarke, Buzz, 114

Broadway Tunnel, 50-51, 140, 141

Clausen, Alden W, 15

Brown, Harry, 104

Clay, Lucius, l l2, 138

Brown, Pat, 176

Indian fertilizer plants and, 136-3 7

Brown and Root, 152

Colorado River, Boulder Dam

Buckley, William F., 13

construction and, 34-35, 39, 42

Bureau of Public Roads, U.S., 26

Commerce Department, U.S., 154-55,

Burns, Arthur, 216

185, 187

Bush, George, 13,