“This is so disgusting. How much did the gross hog have to pay them, threaten them, or whatever to achieve this?”
In the case3 of MaryJo we know how he did it.
I don’t think Teddy was known for his generosity. I doubt that he gave them anything at all, but it was probably pretty clear that if you were a young female staffer and wanted to get a good recommendation, move on up in the bureaucratic world, etc., the “casting couch” was the way you did it.