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> The biggest single disbursement, $86,047.93, went to the law firm headed by Joseph Califano, an ardent Democrat and member of the Carter Cabinet. Califano says the payment covered his fee and expenses incurred in representing Alexander Haig, an old friend, at the Senate hearings that led to Haig's confirmation as Secretary of State.

> Deaver got $8,041 and James $5,781 from the foundation, in addition to the $10,000 that each received from the trust.

> James Baker, now White House Chief of Staff, was virtually cut out of the action: he was paid a scant $464 for "telephone reimbursement.''

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In another matter affecting Meese, Democratic Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder of Colorado charged last week that Government officials created a job for Gretchen Thomas. She is the wife of a former Meese aide who made a $15,000 loan to the Presidential Counsellor's wife that Meese failed to disclose. Thomas' employer: the San Francisco office of the Merit Systems Protection Board, which is supposed to guard against favoritism in the hiring and promotion of Government employees. Schroeder demanded that Board Chairman Herbert Ellingwood resign. ∎