Buy a Congressman, Win the Antitrust War

“As Geneen’s pet project we received a disproportionate amount of attention from important lobbyists, and legisla- tors, especially Congressman Bob Wilson from San Diego, who had parlayed his association with Geneen into hotels and other local investments. He was determined to bring a major manufacturing complex into his back yard. ITT needed a close political associate who would insure Ad- ministration support in the company’s antitrust battles; in Wilson they had the Republican party’s chief fund raiser and a close friend of the President. Nixon was a Southern”