The Nation - News from Feb. 19, 1986

White House Chief of Staff Donald T. Regan said: “I do not hate Lee Iacocca’s guts,” but he openly acknowledged friction with the Chrysler chairman on a number of issues. Regan, in an interview, insisted the White House played no part in the firing of Iacocca from a government advisory board on the restoration of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. In firing Iacocca last week, Interior Secretary Donald P. Hodel said the Chrysler chairman could not serve both as chairman of the advisory board and chairman of a private foundation that has raised money to finance the refurbishing.