Howard "Bo" Callaway
President Richard Nixon appointed Howard H. "Bo" Callaway as Secretary
of the Army in 1973, Callaway continued in that position into the Ford
administration. Callaway resigned from his post in June 1975 to become
chairman of President Ford's newly-formed campaign organization, the President
Ford Committee (PFC). Callaway headed the PFC for nine months, overseeing
the recruitment of personnel, the development of its organizational structure,
and, in conjunction with the White House, the implementation of political
strategies.
In March 1976, Democratic Senator Floyd Haskell advanced charges
that Callaway, while serving as Secretary of the Army, had furthered his
family's interests in a Colorado ski resort by persuading the Forest Service
and the Civil Aeronautics Board to make rulings favorable to the resort.
Callaway asked President Ford to relieve him of his duties pending the
resolution of these charges. With Ford in a tough fight for the Republican
nomination, Callaway soon resigned as PFC chairman. Rogers Morton replaced
him.