Earl Butz AKA Earl Lauer Butz Born: 3-Jul-1909 Birthplace: Albion, IN
Gender: Male Religion: Lutheran Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Government Party Affiliation: Republican Nationality: United States Executive summary: Gerald Ford's disgraced agriculture secretary Resigned as Secretary of Agriculture after telling this joke to John Dean and Pat Boone: "I'll tell you what the coloreds want. It's three things: first, a tight pussy; second, loose shoes; and third, a warm place to shit."
Newspapers reported that he had said a racist remark, but few were actually willing to report the remark itself. The San Diego Evening Tribune offered to mail interested parties the uncensored text of the remark, a service requested by several thousand.
While cleaning out his office, Butz lamented to a Time magazine reporter: "You know, I don't know how many times I told that joke, and everywhere -- political groups, church groups -- nobody took offense, and nobody should. I like humor. I'm human."
Father: Harman Lee Butz (farmer) Mother: Ada Tillie Lower Brother: Verlo R. Butz Brother: Dale E. Butz Sister: Ruth E. Buffenbarger Sister: Marie M. Howard Wife: Mary Emma Powell (m. 22-Dec-1937, d., two sons) Son: William Powell Butz Son: Thomas Earl Butz
High School: Wawaka High School, Wawaka, IN (1927) University: BS Agriculture, Purdue University (1932) University: PhD Agricultural Economics, Purdue University (1937) Professor: Purdue University
US Secretary of Agriculture (1971-76) Brookings Institution 4-H Club Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity Tax Evasion $74,057 in back taxes, pled guilty (22-May-1981)
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