Leonard Garment R.I.P

I didn't realize it,until today when I pick an old Wall Street Journal dated 7/16/13 that Leonard Garment had past away.It didn't make any real news,yet he was high power attorney,first in New York City then in Washington D.C. Brought to D.C by Richard Nixon,who Garment had work in Nixon's law firm(Nixon,Mudge,Rose,Guthrie and Alexander which Nixon become parnter after being attimed to the New York bar.After he was defeated for Governor of California,he left California and moved to New York City) Garment despite being a liberal Jew(a Jazz aficionado I don't think Nixon's cup of tea) Nixon and him become great friends.
There is great story about Garment and Nixon on business trip to Florida,in Tom Wicker's biography of Nixon called,"One of Us".Despite being a liberal,in his case worst type of liberal a White Southern liberal,Tom Wicker's,"One of Us" was pretty favorable biography of Nixon.Wicker is outstanding writer,he has pasted himself,but words live forevermore and his economy of words,he can say so much with few words.For example he once said about President Reagan,the media thought he dumbest man alive,that is until he win re-election then they got scare of him because they realize he knew something they didn't.
He wrote small biography about Eisenhower,were he tells a story in 1956 campaign Wicker is working at small newpaper in North Carolina and on the side he is rasing money for Stevenson.He confronted by blue haired publisher's wife,Wicker defends himself by saying it's insurance,in case who know who gets in.The woman replys"young man I vote for Eisenhower even if he was dead."
Back to Garment and Nixon's trip to Florida.In 1966 Nixon was argue a case before Supreme Court,but his experience was very limited as trial lawyer so on business to Fla. he took Garment,a very experience trial lawyer as coach of sorts.Anyway place Nixon had arranged to stay,was trap to get publicity for developer he knew a friend of his,which he had meet eariler in day,a C.E.O of a drug company had pool house he and Len could use for night,however,it was 3 in morning and place would lock up and protect by a 8 ft wall.So third in morning Nixon and Garment with brief cases in hand and business suits put foots in clasp hands and climb the wall to the pool house.