"I guess there are some scheduling conflicts - that's what they say," Harold M. Ickes, deputy White House chief of staff, said of the Mayor.

Nevertheless the country was shocked when he served even fewer days than the ninth President-killed in a crash, his private plane, himself at the controls; dying with him his three top aides: White House chief of staff, press secretary, appointments secretary.

"The Gephardt speech was a catalyst for everyone realizing that it was in all of our interests to find things we can work together on," said John Podesta, deputy White House chief of staff.

John Podesta, deputy White House chief of staff, said the decision, made after extensive consultation with industry, was not the last word in the long and contentious debate over encryption between the Government and industry.

Kenneth M. Duberstein, deputy White House chief of staff.

But Mr. Cheney said the contrasts between the running mates would stand out, including his tenure as White House chief of staff under President Gerald R. Ford and secretary of defense under President George Bush.

"I think it's a tight race," Harold M. Ickes, deputy White House chief of staff, who oversees the campaign preparations, said in an interview.

Nancy Reagan's campaign to force her husband to fire White House chief of staff Donald Regan has been crowned with success.

Watchin-gthepandemoniumontelevision-everystation in town had a crew at the Capitol within twenty minutes and two of them had helicopters circling overhead-White House chief of staff William C. Dorfman took the first comreport from the FBI watch officer over the telephone in his office.

Mr. Deaver had retained his White House pass when he resigned as deputy White House chief of staff more than two months earlier, on May 10, 1985, to form Michael K. Deaver & Associates Inc.