"Alcohol is such a part of our civilization," said a staffer at the Intergroup office.

Ms. Murphy reported the staffer had said to her.

Heart medicine was found in his room, one staffer said.

"With managed care, there is no confidentiality when a teen needs an abortion," one staffer says.

"Whoever talked to him last had his ear," one staffer said.

The professional staffers said that the minutes of the commission meeting last June show how their agency has been affected by politics.

"The guy reaches much deeper into the staff than Volcker did," says a senior staffer who has worked with both men.

"He was like a kid at the playground," the staffer says.

"You aren't of age," the staffer said, looking down at him.

"I've walked into his office more than once when he was hanging up on Tony," the staffer said.