Embattled Chief of Staff John Sununu might consider the case of another former Governor of New Hampshire's who held the same White House job. Adams was described as "laconic, abrupt, businesslike and puritanically honest." But in the spring of 1958 it came to light that Sherman Adams had accepted gifts from an unsavory New England industrialist and had interceded with regulatory agencies on the industrialist's behalf. " It also meant that Adams would decide who and what crossed the president's threshold. When it became clear that Adams was becoming an issue that could help the Republicans in the elections that fall, Eisenhower sent Vice President Nixon and White House Chairman to visit Adams . In late September Adams resigned.
Embattled Chief of Staff John Sununu might consider the case of another former Governor of New Hampshire's who held the same White House job. Adams was described as "laconic, abrupt, businesslike and puritanically honest." But in the spring of 1958 it came to light that Sherman Adams had accepted gifts from an unsavory New England industrialist and had interceded with regulatory agencies on the industrialist's behalf. When it became clear that Adams was becoming an issue that could help the Republicans in the elections that fall, Eisenhower sent Vice President Nixon and White House Chairman to visit Adams . In late September Adams resigned.