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===Walter Jenkins===
===Walter Jenkins===
One month before the 1964 Presidential election, [[White House]] Chief of Staff Walter Jenkins was arrested in a pay toilet of the men's room of the [[YMCA]], two blocks from the White House. It was not the first time Jenkins had been
One month before the [[United States presidential election, 1964|1964 Presidential election]], [[White House]] Chief of Staff Walter Jenkins was arrested in a pay toilet of the men's room of the [[YMCA]], two blocks from the White House. It was not the first time Jenkins had been arrested on the same charge. The police had apprehended him in the same washroom in January 1959 in a similar [[homosexual]] episode.
arrested on the same charge. The police had apprehended him in the same washroom in January 1959 in a similar [[homosexual]] episode.
Jenkins called Abe Fortas to say he was in serious trouble. Fortas tried to contact [[Lyndon Johnson]] who was campaigning in [[New York]]. When he was unable to do so, the Fortas acted on his own. He advised Jenkins to check into a hospital in order to be out of reach of reporters. At the same time Fortas and Clifford went to the offices of the ''Washington Post'', ''Washington Star'' and ''Daily News'' to hush up the story. [[United Press International]] however, broke the story. Meanwhile the book at the police station containing the Jenkins' arrest record disappeared. But a photograph of the particular police blotter had been taken.
Jenkins called Abe Fortas to say he was in serious trouble. Fortas tried to contact [[Lyndon Johnson]] who was campaigning in [[New York]]. When he was unable to do so, the Fortas acted on his own. He advised Jenkins to check into a hospital in order to be out of reach of reporters. At the same time Fortas and Clifford went to the offices of the ''Washington Post'', ''Washington Star'' and ''Daily News'' to hush up the story. [[United Press International]] however, broke the story. Meanwhile the book at the police station containing the Jenkins' arrest record disappeared. But a photograph of the particular police blotter had been taken.