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Title: Young Voters for the President: The President's Record - Plus Fold Out Poster For Your Wall. 16 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Brochure], no date
From Jeb S. Magruder tp Clark MacGregor. RE: Intellectuals for the President. 4 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/3/1972
From Len Garment to Bob Haldeman. This document discusses and includes an outline of a plan developed by Paul Weaver and a debate on portion of platform-dealing with the issue quotas by James Q. 17 pgs. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 8/3/1973
From Gordon Strachan to Jeb Magruder and Fred Malek. RE: Intellectuals for the President. 2 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 7/27/1972
From Gordon Strachan to Len Garment. This document discusses intellectuals at Harvard and MIT expressing distaste over the McGovern's nomination as well as support of the president. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/20/1972
Handwritten Note. This document discusses document discusses McGovern and other individuals related to the campaign for the reelection of the president. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], 7/10/1972
Handwritten Note. This document mentions speaking to Garment regarding intellectuals for Nixon. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], 7/10/1972
From Charles Colson to Fred Malek. This document discusses the academic community and the campaign. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 7/5/1972
From Gordon Strachan to H.R. Haldeman. This document discusses people at 1701 and "Intellectuals for the President." 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 6/28/1972
From Henry A. Kissinger to Bob Haldeman. This document discusses a letter from Max Ascoli offering services to the President's campaign. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/26/1972
From Max Ascoli to Henry A. Kissinger. This letter discusses assisting the president with reelection. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 4/27/1972
From Jeb S. Magruder to Fred Malek. RE: Absentee Ballots. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/4/1972
From Jeb S. Magruder to Fred Malek. RE: One Million Volunteers. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/7/1972
From Frederic V. Malek and Jeb S. Magruder. RE: Meeting of the Poltical Coordinators. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 7/21/1972
From Gordon Strachan to Fred Malek. This document discusses a story regarding the New York Conservative Party. It includes handwritten comments. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 7/29/1972
From L. Higby to Fred Malek. This document discusses Mexican Americans and campaign organization. It includes handwritten comments. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/2/1972
From Gordon Strachan to Fred Malek. RE: Projects Pending. 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 8/1/1972
From Bruce Kehrli to H.R. Haldeman. This document discusses the July 28, 1972 News Summary. It also discusses McGovern. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 7/28/1972
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Title: Young Voters for the President: The President's Record - Plus Fold Out Poster For Your Wall. 16 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Brochure], no date
From Jeb S. Magruder tp Clark MacGregor. RE: Intellectuals for the President. 4 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/3/1972
From Len Garment to Bob Haldeman. This document discusses and includes an outline of a plan developed by Paul Weaver and a debate on portion of platform-dealing with the issue quotas by James Q. 17 pgs. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 8/3/1973
From Gordon Strachan to Jeb Magruder and Fred Malek. RE: Intellectuals for the President. 2 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 7/27/1972
From Gordon Strachan to Len Garment. This document discusses intellectuals at Harvard and MIT expressing distaste over the McGovern's nomination as well as support of the president. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/20/1972
Handwritten Note. This document discusses document discusses McGovern and other individuals related to the campaign for the reelection of the president. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], 7/10/1972
Handwritten Note. This document mentions speaking to Garment regarding intellectuals for Nixon. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], 7/10/1972
From Charles Colson to Fred Malek. This document discusses the academic community and the campaign. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 7/5/1972
From Gordon Strachan to H.R. Haldeman. This document discusses people at 1701 and "Intellectuals for the President." 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 6/28/1972
From Henry A. Kissinger to Bob Haldeman. This document discusses a letter from Max Ascoli offering services to the President's campaign. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/26/1972
From Max Ascoli to Henry A. Kissinger. This letter discusses assisting the president with reelection. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 4/27/1972
From Jeb S. Magruder to Fred Malek. RE: Absentee Ballots. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/4/1972
From Jeb S. Magruder to Fred Malek. RE: One Million Volunteers. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/7/1972
From Frederic V. Malek and Jeb S. Magruder. RE: Meeting of the Poltical Coordinators. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 7/21/1972
From Gordon Strachan to Fred Malek. This document discusses a story regarding the New York Conservative Party. It includes handwritten comments. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 7/29/1972
From L. Higby to Fred Malek. This document discusses Mexican Americans and campaign organization. It includes handwritten comments. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/2/1972
From Gordon Strachan to Fred Malek. RE: Projects Pending. 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 8/1/1972
From Bruce Kehrli to H.R. Haldeman. This document discusses the July 28, 1972 News Summary. It also discusses McGovern. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 7/28/1972
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library
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Campaign
Brochure
Title: Young Voters for the President: The
President's Record - Plus Fold Out Poster
For Your Wall. 16 pgs.
35
1
8/3/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Jeb S. Magruder tp Clark MacGregor.
RE: Intellectuals for the President. 4 pgs.
35
1
8/3/1973
White House Staff
Memo
From Len Garment to Bob Haldeman. This
document discusses and includes an outline
of a plan developed by Paul Weaver and a
debate on portion of platform-dealing with
the issue quotas by James Q. 17 pgs.
35
1
7/27/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Gordon Strachan to Jeb Magruder and
Fred Malek. RE: Intellectuals for the
President. 2 pg.
Thursday, September 01, 2011
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6/20/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Gordon Strachan to Len Garment. This
document discusses intellectuals at Harvard
and MIT expressing distaste over the
McGovern's nomination as well as support of
the president. 1 pg.
35
1
7/10/1972
Campaign
Other Document
Handwritten Note. This document discusses
document discusses McGovern and other
individuals related to the campaign for the
reelection of the president. 1 pg.
35
1
7/10/1972
Campaign
Other Document
Handwritten Note. This document mentions
speaking to Garment regarding intellectuals
for Nixon. 1 pg.
35
1
7/5/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Charles Colson to Fred Malek. This
document discusses the academic community
and the campaign. 1 pg.
35
1
6/28/1972
White House Staff
Memo
From Gordon Strachan to H.R. Haldeman.
This document discusses people at 1701 and
"Intellectuals for the President." 1 pg.
Thursday, September 01, 2011
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6/26/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Henry A. Kissinger to Bob Haldeman.
This document discusses a letter from Max
Ascoli offering services to the President's
campaign. 1 pg.
35
1
4/27/1972
Campaign
Letter
From Max Ascoli to Henry A. Kissinger.
This letter discusses assisting the president
with reelection. 2 pgs.
35
1
8/4/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Jeb S. Magruder to Fred Malek. RE:
Absentee Ballots. 1 pg.
35
1
8/7/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Jeb S. Magruder to Fred Malek. RE:
One Million Volunteers. 1 pg.
35
1
7/21/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Frederic V. Malek and Jeb S.
Magruder. RE: Meeting of the Poltical
Coordinators. 1 pg.
Thursday, September 01, 2011
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Box Number
Folder Number
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7/29/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Gordon Strachan to Fred Malek. This
document discusses a story regarding the
New York Conservative Party. It includes
handwritten comments. 2 pgs.
35
1
8/2/1972
Campaign
Memo
From L. Higby to Fred Malek. This
document discusses Mexican Americans and
campaign organization. It includes
handwritten comments. 1 pg.
35
1
8/1/1972
White House Staff
Memo
From Gordon Strachan to Fred Malek. RE:
Projects Pending. 1 pg.
35
1
7/28/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Bruce Kehrli to H.R. Haldeman. This
document discusses the July 28, 1972 News
Summary. It also discusses McGovern. 2 pgs.
Thursday, September 01, 2011
Page 4 of 4
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FOR
THE
THE PRESIDENT'S RECORD-PLUS A GIANT FOLD-OUT POSTER FOR YOUR WALL
"Over 25,000,000 young Americans, between the ages
of 18 and 21, become eligible to vote in a national
election for the first time. Thousands of them are
demonstrating their interest by getting involved in
voter registration drives, door to door canvassing and
get out the vote efforts in support of President Nixon."
Clo
the
"There can be no generation g
Nation is not divided into your
share it together. We are respons
we respond, history will judge
The majority of America's young
people want nothing more than to be
heard by those in Government and to
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participate in the future of their coun-
try. President Nixon stands 100% be-
hind these young people - and what
he's done proves it.
VOTING
Young people in America said that
they wanted to vote - and the Presi-
dent said they were entitled to the
right to vote. But action was needed,
so the President actively supported
the necessary legislation giving 18-
year-olds the right to vote - and then
signed it into law.
THE DRAFT
The whole draft system was a mess -
and very unpopular. Something had
to be done. It was. A new lottery sys.
tem cut down the time young people
spent wondering where they stood,
and it even gave more in-service work
opportunities to conscientious objec-
tors. Also, the President made real
progress towards his goal of an all-
volunteer army by 1973: draft calls in
1971 were 40% lower than 1970, and,
by the end of this year, they're ex-
pected to be down to a big fat zero.
VIETNAM
Faced with a war he didn't start, the
President brought 493,000 troops
home, eliminated U.S. ground combat
participation, casualties by 95%, and
spending by two thirds. Things are still
tough in Vietnam, and the war isn't
over yet. But President Nixon is doing
what he has to do to end the war, to
bring home our POW's and to give
South Vietnam a chance to exist as
a nation.
PARLEYS FOR PEACE
China is the largest nation in the world.
Yet for 23 years no American leader
had even spoken to the Chinese. Presi-
dent Nixon broke that silence. He went
to China, the first American President
ever to do so. That trip, and also his
visit to Russia, had one purpose:
peace, based on the belief that as long
as you talk over your differences
you're not likely to fight over them.
OUR ENVIRONMENT
A jetport was going to be built smack
in the middle of the Everglades. The
President blocked it. And a public
health emergency was averted when
NIXIONE
air-polluting industries in Birming-
ham, Alabama were ordered shut
down. An agreement was signed with
Canada to reclaim and restore the
Great Lakes. And President Nixon
created the Environmental Protection
Agency - the first Federal agency de-
signed to protect our quality of life.
In fighting air pollution, the President
doubled the expenditures for control
sing
gap.
p in America. The destiny of this
and ours. It is one destiny. We
ble for it together. And in the way
together."
Richal Nixon
programs, set national standards for
the major air pollutants and issued
regulations to cut motor vehicle pol-
lution by 90%.
The point is, while lots of legislators
and politicians have been loudly talk-
ing environment, President Nixon has
been quietly acting.
MONEY MATTERS
Even though he knew many wouldn't
like it, the President has acted to
tackle inflation in a no-nonsense man-
ner-first, with a 90-day wage-price
freeze, and then by establishing a
wage and price control program for
the long haul. Since the President took
these actions, the rate of inflation has
dipped to a pretty respectable 2.8%.
Not perfect, but better than it had
been-and a sure sign that the fight
against inflation is beginning to
be won.
Reordering our priorities? How about
this fact: For the first time in 20 years,
the Federal Government is spending
more money on human resources
than on national defense.
YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT
One-third of the White House staff is
30
been doing.
EQUALITY AND PEOPLE
America's minorities - and America's
women - have not been forgotten by
this President. No President has ever
named more Black and Spanish-
speaking people to Federal jobs than
President Nixon. School integration?
Here's that quiet action again: In
1969, 40% of America's Black stu-
dents went to all-Black schools, but
today only 12% do! And all kinds of
job training, health and welfare pro-
grams are now working for all minori-
ties.
As for the Equal Rights Amendment
aimed at banning discrimination
against women, the President gave it
his gung-ho backing - and is making
sure it's enforced to the hilt.
MOCK ELECTIONS
Did you know that President Nixon
has won a majority (109 as of now) of
the mock elections already held in
high schools and colleges? Well, the
fact that he has is proof that the things
he's done are getting through to lots
of young people. They're coming to
realize that their President has been
working for many of the things they
believe in and that this could only
be the work of a man who sincerely
wants to take hold of the gap separat-
ing the generations - and close it.
DENT
Additional copies of this poster are avail-
able for $1.00 each at your local Young
Voters For The President Headquarters
or by writing:
Young Voters for the President
1701 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
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RE-ELECT THE PRESIDENT -
© 1972 JIMINI PRODUCTIONS, W. HOLLYWOOD, CALIF.
The Big Question:
WILL YOU BECOME INVOLVED?
If you're 30 years of age or under,
you're eligible to join the Young
Voters for the President. And if
you've also been yearning to get
involved in a Presidential cam-
paign, you're more than eligible!
What is our view of things as the
campaign approaches? Simply
this: In modern American politics,
there's been too much emphasis
on rhetoric and image, not enough
on real accomplishment
and the
time has now come to judge peo-
ple in politics on the solid things
they produce instead of the stir-
ring things they say.
President Nixon has a record that
can be seen and. felt. If you've be-
gun to realize this come and get
involved in helping to re-elect this
man by spreading the word about
all the good things he's done, by
participating in registration drives,
rallies, door to door canvassing
and many other campaign activi-
ties.
Then you will have become in-
volved - as a Young Voter for the
President!
To join and receive future issues of this
publication, send your name, address
and phone number to:
Young Voters For The President
1701 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Young Voters for the President
Young
BULK RATE
1701 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
U.S. POSTAGE
Washington, D.C. 20006
PAID
Young Voters
for the President
FOR
THE
PRESIDENT
Committee for the Re-eloction of the President
MEMORANDUM
August 3, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HONORABLE CLARK MacGREGOR
FROM:
JEB S. MAGRUDER
SUBJECT:
Intellectuals for the President
There is an opportunity this year for us to make inroads into the
normally liberal intellectual community. Consequently, we now
have two groups that are working in this general area under Chuck
Shearer's citizens operation and I would like to propose a third
organization which could have even more impact on this community.
As you know, we have an educators group and an intellectuals
group under Shearer's direction that is following the basic pyra-
mid format in forming state and local organizations. Both of
these groups are primarily oriented to second level types, i.e.,
teachers and professors without broad national reputations. I
think both of these activities can be very helpful at the grass
roots level and should be encouraged.
Len Garment and Paul Weaver, who is a, Harvard professor, met with
Fred Malek and me yesterday to discuss the formation of a third
group which would be a small group (25-50) of imminent academici-
ans and intellectuals who have been prominent in their relationship
with the Democrat Party of the past. Their main objective would be
to publicize their change in viewpoint towards the President and
their support of his candidacy and their concern of a McGovern
presidency. Their support of the President would be by implication
and their main thrust would be to articulate opposition to McGovern
within the academic and intellectual community as well as the public
at large.
Paul Weaver would head up the operation as a volunteer. The list of
individuals he plans to bring into this group are Nathan Glaser, Max
Ascoli, Irving Krystol, and possibly Pat Moynihan among others.
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The primary activity would be to run one full-page ad in the NEW
YORK TIMES and the WASHINGTON POST carrying the group's declara-
tion; mailing the ad, under a cover letter, to key leaders in the
intellectual community throughout the country; and writing arti-
cles and letters to and for key publications throughout the country
during the campaign supporting the President.
At Tab A is Weaver's proposal. Fred Malek and I recommend that
you approve this concept and that we budget $25,000 for this com-
mittee's activity.
Approve
Disapprove
Comment
1. The Plan: to assemble a small group (25-50) of eminent academics
and intellectuals, most of them Democrats and old-line liberals, who
make a public "Declaration of Concern" attacking McGovern positions
(especially isolationism, quota democracy, and lack of restraint and pro-
fessionalism), stating positively their own views, and declaring their
intention to vote for president on the basis of which candidate is closest
to their position. The general idea is to establish a "middle position"
focused on issues rather than candidates, formally independent of the
Committee to Reelect the President, and only by implication supporting
Nixon - - which is persuasive by virtue of the eminence of the people,
their traditional independence of the GOP (in the case of some, their
nonalignment with either party) and their concern with issues rather than
men.
2. The Objectives: (1) to articulate and encourage opposition to McGovern
in the academic and intellectual community and in the public at large,
(2) to deny McGovern what has been an important symbol of his candidacy
so far -- the myth of monolithic academic and intellectual support, (3)
to encourage, at least indirectly, a movement of academically-oriented
opinion toward Nixon, and (4) to stimulate independent local efforts and
declarations of the same sort.
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There are three operations planned for the period of August 1-
September 15. (Plans for the campaign period will be developed later.)
(1) By August 20, publication in the New York Times and Washington
Post of a full-page advertisement carrying the group's declaration.
(2) Sending a small number of observers (two to five) to the Miami
convention, for possible media attention. (3) Distribution by direct mail
of copies of the declaration, together with other materials for use in
similar independent local efforts, to people who respond to the declaration
and to selected mailing lists.
For the period August -September 15, this operation has three sorts
of needs. Money: From private individual donors', preferably Democrats,
no more than $25,000 ($20,000 for the ads, the balance for Miami ob-
servers, direct mail and office expenses). Paul Weaver would run the
operation on a volunteer basis. Technical assistance: From August 7
to August 15, assistance in preparing, laying out, and placing the ad-
vertising copy; from August 15 to August 25, assistance in obtaining mail-
ing lists and preparing, printing, and sending the direct mail effort; and
during the Miami convention, escort or liaison services for the observers
(who will know nobody at the Convention and have nothing in particular to
do except "be available"). Cooperation and Coordination: Agreement
by similar or related campaign operations not to approach, enlist, or use
the people assembled in this group without prior consultation.
MEMORANDUM
Have 8/9 Lgn Harment
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
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MEMORANDUM FOR BOB HALDEMAN balance of material
FROM:
LEN GARMENT
L.
Attached are two documents. The first is an outline of a plan,
developed by Paul Weaver of Harvard, concurred in by Pat
Buchanan and myself, and approved by Fred Malek. The
second involves a debate on a portion of the platform-dealing
with the issue of quotas-drafted by James Q. Wilson of Harvard.
If the decision goes against the Wilson draft, the effort to
enlist academicians (who feel most strongly about this issue)
may never get off the ground.
Kg
attachments
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 3, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR ED HARPER
Attachment A is the material revised by Ray Price's office and
cleared with Berman et al.
Attachment B is the original draft from James Q. Wilson. The
controversial material shown in brackets was eliminated in
Attachment A.
Attachment C is the new, mutilated version. It cuts the heart
out of the material submitted by Wilson, Lipset, Berman, et al.
It eliminates the quota stand which is a fundamental point of
contrast with the McGovern ideology. Doing so is bad policy and
bad politics and likely to abort the whole effort to recruit in-
dependent academicians to support RN or oppose McGovern.
Attachment A is a clear statement of the President's philosophy,
and not inconsistent with affirmative efforts on behalf of minorities
and women. Attachment C is meaningless.
I strongly disagree with this piece of editing and hope it is reconsidered.
Le
Leonard Garment
attachment
A
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income tax schemes -- about workable ways to tap new sources of
revenue for our schools.
We pledge a priority effort to develop such sources and make
them available for property tax relief at the State and local level.
We here reaffirm our adherence to the two fundamental principles
which the President has said must govern this effort:
First, that the expanding Federal role in school finance
must in no way undermine local school boards' control
over local schools; and
Second, that whatever revenue sources are developed as
a substitute for property taxes -- whether the value-
added or any other new tax must be non-regressive.
"Tax reform, " as the President has said, "should not
be used as a cover for a tax increase. "
The intellectual resources of this Nation are remarkable for
their strength and public availability. This is our good fortune,
for a free society can hardly flourish without those men and women
whose professional lives have been dedicated to creative reasoning.
American intellectuals have at least two important historical roles
of which we are deeply conscious. One is to inform the public itself,
the other to assist government by means of both criticism and con-
sultation. At this significant moment in the history of our Nation,
and indeed of the world, we ought to affirm our confidence in these
functions and especially in the free play of ideas and discourse which
they imply.
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The contribution of intellectuals to American life has been vital
and necessary; it has been most admirable when rigorously objective
and independent of political conflict. Clearly it is in the public interest
to foster disinterested debate, education of the highest quality and
intellectual standards requiring no apologies. In brief, we affirm
our faith in the importance of the life of the mind. We recognize
those whose profession it has been to bring rationality to the dis-
cussion of public issues and we take the responsibility of encouraging
the growth of an informed and intelligent citizenry.
Much of our intellectual life takes place inuniversities, which are
the largest in enrollment, the most distinguished in scholarship and
the freest in opinion of any in the world. They now face problems of
economic survival, which our Government must help them meet,
and problems of intellectual integrity, which only they can meet.
We cherish our universities as centers of learning, as conservers
of our culture, and as sources of criticism of our society and its
institutions. Our party and Administration will continue to strive to
insure the economic well-being of these colleges and universities. The
financial aid that we have given and shall continue to give in the form
of funds for scholarships, research, building programs, and new
teaching methods must never be used as a device for imposing
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political controls on our schools.
Universities are nothing if they are not centers of excellence
where people who cherish the life of the mind can confront, by the
application of reason and imagination, the problems eternally
confronting us. To remain such centers, universities must recruit
their faculty on the basis of ability to teach their students and admit
students on the basis of their ability to learn. We know that
excellence can be narrowly defined--that abilities can be overlooked
and that social conformity can be mistaken for educational preparation,
we
and/pledge ourselves to continue to assist colleges and universities
in their effort to insure that no group in our society--racial, economic,
sexual or regional--will be denied access to the opportunities that
higher education can afford.
Affirmative actions to remedy ancient neglect of or indifference
toward disadvantaged groups will continue, with this government's aid,
in universities as well as in society at large, but we distinguish between
affirmative action and quotas. We believe that the imposition of
arbitrary quotas in the hiring of faculty or the enrollment of students
has no place in our universities because such quotas would destroy
the essence of the university.
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Finally, this platform recognizes that the public should have access
to the most rational and most effective kinds of education. There are
two forms of this in which we believe: one develops our intelligence
and the other allows us to use it. A nation soundly provided, as we are,
with a basis of humanistic learning need not fear debate over public
issues. And a nation rightly provided with career opportunities will
always have the kind of men and women it needs for useful social life.
It is our aim to provide such opportunities for all who can make use
of them. It is our hope that the schools and universities will open
vocational training to both young and old. We emphasize the importance
of adult education, of trades and technologies, and of all those honorable
vocations which provide a society with its basic necessities. This kind
of training must complement our traditional forms of education-- it will
certainly relieve the pressures on our universities and help us adapt
to the rapid pace of technological change. Perhaps most important of
all, it should restore a sense of public importance to those jobs and
trades which we cannot do without.
It is important that our education system not simply instruct
in a vacuum, unmindful that the students ultimately will leave the
system to engage in a career. Our institutions of learning, from
first grade to graduate school, can perform a vital function by
Drafted for platform by James Q. Wilson
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The intellectual resources of this nation are remarkable for
their strength and public availability. This is our good fortune,
for a free society can hardly flourish without those men and women
whose professional lives have been dedicated to creative reasoning.
American intellectuals have at least two important historical roles
of which we are deeply conscious. One is to inform the public itself,
the other to assist government by means of both criticism and consultation
At this significant moment in the history of our Nation, and indeed
of the world, we ought to affirm our confidence in these functions and
especially in the free play of ideas and discourse which they imply.
The contribution of intellectuals to American life has been vital
and necessary; it has been most admirable when rigorously objective
and independent of political conflict. Clearly it is in the public interest
to foster disinterested debate, education of the highest quality and
intellectual standards requiring no apologies. In brief we affirm our
faithan the importance of the life of the mind. We recognize those whose
profession it has been to bring rationality to the discussion of public
issues and we take the responsibility of encouraging the growth of an
informed and intelligent citizenry.
Much of our intellectual life takes place in universities, which are
the largest in enrollment, the most distinguished in scholarship and the
freest in opinion of any in the world. They now face problems of
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economic survival, which our Government must help them mect, and
problems of intellectual integrity, whichenly they can meet.
We cherish our universities as centers of learning, as conservers
of our culture, and as sources of criticism of our society and its
institutions. Our party and Adininistration will continue to strive to insure
the economic well-being of these colleges and universities. The financial
aid that we have given and shall continue to give in the form of funds
for scholarships, research, building programs, and new teaching
methods must never be used as a device for imposing political controls
on our schools This is true whether the object of that control is popular
or unpopular, whether it is designed to end intellectual dissent or
help disadvantaged minorities, or whether it is motivated by the
instincts of vengeance or benevolence.
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Universities are nothing if not centers of excellence where people
who cherish the life of the mind can confront, by the application of reason
and imagination, the problems eternally confronting US. To remain
such centers, universities must recruit their faculty on the basis of
ability to teach their students and admit students on the basis of their
ability to learn. We know that excellence can bc narrowly defined--that
abilities can be overlooked and that social conformity can be mistaken
for educational preparation. We pledge ourselves to continue to assist
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colleges and universities in their effort to insure that no group in our
society--racial, economic, sexual or regional--will be denied access
to the opportunities that higher education can afford.
At the sane time, we believe that quotas in the hiring of faculty or
the enrollment of students have no place in our universities because any
quota, benign or malign, destroys the essence of the university, which is
to judge men and women only by what they know. Affirmative actions to
remedy ancient neglect of or indifference toward disadvantaged groups
will continue, with this government's aid, in universities as well as in
society at large but we must guard against those excesses of bureaucratic
zeal and those misunderstandings of our purpose that can lead, although
unintentionally, to changing a university from a gathering of minds to
a lump of statistics.
Finally, this platform recognizes that the public should have access
to the most rational and most effective kinds of education. There are two
forms of this in which we believe: one develops our intelligence and the
other allows us to use it. A nation soundly provided, as we are, with
a basis of humanistic learning need not fear debate over public issues.
And a nation rightly provided with vocational opportunities will always have
the kind of men and women it needs for useful social life. It is our aim
to provide such opportunities for all who can make use of them. It is our
hope that the schools and universities will open vocational training 10
4
both young and old. We emphasize the importance of adult education,
of trades and technologies, and of all those honorable vocations which
provide a society with its basic necessities. This kind of training must
complement our traditional forms of education--it will certainly
relieve the pressures on our universities and help us adapt to the rapid
pace of technological change. Perhaps most important of all, it should
restore a sense of public importance to those jobs and trades which we
cannot do without.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Education Sectim
of Platform
Diaft.
fim: Ed Harper
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We have significantly advanced efforts to combat mental retarda-
tion, and established a national goal to cut its incidence in half by
the year 2000. We have also improved consumer protection, occupational
safety and health, health education, and accident prevention programs.
And in Moscow this year, President Nixon reached an agreement with the
Soviets on health research which we hope will yield substantial benefits
in many fields in the years ahead.
Since 1969, we have increased the Federal support for family planning
activities threefold. We believe deeply in the right of parents to deter-
mine the size of their own families, free from constraints by public
authorities.
We support expanded family planning programs so that more parents will
be able to plan the number and spacing of their children should they wish
to do SO. In no circumstances will we allow any of these activities to
become compulsory and infringe upon the religious convictions or personal
freedom of any individual.
EDUCATION
We take pride in our vigorous leadership these last four years in
lifting both quality and equality in American education -- from pre-school
to graduate school -- to a higher standard than ever before.
The two most pressing issues in education for the 1970's are how to
assure good schooling for all children, and how soundly to finance the
steadily rising costs of education on an equitable basis. We have effec-
tively dealt. with both.
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We deeply believe compulsory busing of schoolchildren for the
purpose of establishing an arbitrary racial balance is unnecessary,
counter-productive, and wrong.
Months ago President Nixon placed before the Congress a compre-
hensive proposal to deal with the busing problem. The first part of
this proposal is the Student Transportation Moratorium Act of 1972 --
legislation to halt at once all further court-ordered busing and give
the Congress time to devise permanent new arrangements for assuring
desegregated, quality education.
The details of such arrangements are spelled out in a companion
bill, the Equal Educational Opportunities Act. This measure would:
-- provide $2.5 billion in Federal aid funds to help promote
quality education while preserving neighborhood schools;
-- accord equal educational opportunities to all children;
-- include an educational bill of rights for Spanish-speaking
people, American Indians, and others who face special lan-
guage problems in school;
-- offer, for the first time, a real chance for good schooling
for those hundreds of thousands of children who live in
urban centers in concentrations too numerous for even the
most massive busing program to take them to better schools
in the suburbs; and
-- give the people's elected representatives in Congress a
meaningful role in enforcing the 14th amendment, as that
amendment itself provides, rather than leaving the task to
judges appointed for life.
We remain committed to guaranteeing equality of educational oppor-
tunity and to completing the process of ending de jure school segregation --
a process that has advanced farther and faster since 1969 than in any pre-
vious period.
At the same time, we remain irrevocably opposed to busing for racial
balance. Such busing fails its stated objective -- improved learning
opportunities -- while it achieves results no-one wants -- division within
communities and hostility between classes and races.
We favor better education for all children, not more transportation
for some children. We favor the neighborhood school concept. We favor
the decisive actions the President has proposed to support these ends.
In the field of school finance, we favor a coordinated effort among
all levels of government to break the pattern of excessive reliance on
local property taxes to pay educational costs.
We pledge to develop workable new sources of revenue for our schools
and make them available for property tax relief at the State and local
level. We reaffirm adherence to these principles which must govern this
effort:
-- First, that the expanding Federal role in school finance must
in no way undermine local school boards' control over local
schools; and
-- Second, that whatever revenue sources are developed as a sub-
stitute for property taxes must be non-regressive.
Our nation's intellectual resources are remarkable for their strength
and public availability. American intellectuals have at least two important
historical roles of which we are decply conscious. One is to inform the
public, the other to assist government by criticism and consultation.
We affirm our confidence in these functions and especially in the free
play of ideas and discourse which they imply.
We cherish the nation's universities as centers of learning, as
conservers of our culture, and as sources of criticism of our society
and its institutions. We will continue to strive to assure their
economic well-being. The financial aid we have given and will continue
to give in the form of funds for scholarships, research, building pro-
grams, and new teaching methods must never be used as a device for impos-
ing political controls on our schools. We further pledge to continue to
assist colleges and universities in their effort to insure that no group
in our society -- racial, economic, sexual or regional -- will be denied
access to the opportunities that higher education can afford.
Finally, we recognize that the public should have access to the most
rational and most effective kinds of education. We hope the schools and
universities will open vocational training to both young and old. We
emphasize the importance of adult education, of trades and technologies,
and of all those honorable vocations which provide a society with its
basic necessities. Such training must complement our more traditional
forms of education; it will relieve the pressures on our universities and
help us adapt to the rapid pace of technological change. Perhaps most
important, it will help to restore a public sense of importance to these
essential jobs and trades.
Morcover, we believe our educational system should not instruct in a
vacuum, unmindful that the students ultimately will engage in a career.
Our institutions of learning, from first grade to graduate school, can
perform a vital function by coupling an awareness of the world of work
to the delivery of fundamental education. We believe this kind of
"career education," blended into our school curricula, can help to pre-
vent the aimlessness and frustration now experienced by large numbers of
young people who leave the education system only to find that they don't
know which way to go next.
By every measure, our record in the field of education is excep-
tionally strong: The U. S. Office of Education is operating this year
under its highest budget ever -- some $5.1 billion. Federal aid to
elementary and secondary education has increased 60 percent over the past
four years. Federal aid for college students has more than tripled.
We are proud of these accomplishments. We pledge to carry them for-
ward in a manner consistent with our conviction that the Federal Government
should assist but never control the educational process. But we also
believe that the output of results, not the input of dollars, is the best
yardstick of effectiveness in education. When this Administration took
office in 1969, it found American schools deficient at many points. Our
reform initiatives have included:
-- An Office of Child Development to coordinate all Federal programs
targeted on the first 5 years of life and to make the Head Start
program work better;
-- A Right to Read Program, aimed at massive gains in reading ability
among Americans of all ages;
-- A Career Education curriculum which will help prepare students
for the world of work;
-- A National Institute of Education to be a center for research
on the learning process; and
-- A proposed National Foundation for Higher Education.
We have also proposed grant and loan programs to support a national
commitment that no qualified student should be barred from college by
lack of money. The Education Amendments of 1972 embodied substantial
portions of that proposal and mark the nation's most far-reaching
commitment to make higher education available to all.
Our non-public schools, both church-oriented and non-sectarian, have
been our special concern. The President has emphasized the indispensable
role these schools play in our educational system -- from the standpoints
of the large numbers of pupils they serve, the competition and diversity
they help to maintain in American education, and the values they help to
teach -- and he has stated his determination to help halt the accelerating
trend of non-public school closures.
We believe that means which are consistent with the Constitution can
be devised for channeling public financial aid to support the education
of all children in schools of their parents' choice, non-public as well as
public. One way to provide such aid appears to be through the granting
of income tax credits.
For the future, we also pledge Special Revenue Sharing for Education,
continued work to develop and implement the Career Education concept, and
continued efforts to establish a student financial aid system to bring
higher education within the reach of any qualified person.
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ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
8/1
July 27, 1972
8/7
MEMORANDUM FOR:
JEB MAGRUDER
FRED MALEK
FROM:
GORDON STRACHAN
SUBJECT:
Intellectuals for the President
As I have mentioned to both of you several times, this
program is moving with or without your guidance. Not
only are there isolated incidents which keep popping up
(most recent example - Max Ascoli), but also Len Garment
is bringing a fellow by the name of Warren Weaver here
to Washington on Tuesday. He will begin working full
time running this operation. Just thought you would be
interested in knowing as it seems that the void at 1701
will be filled in any event.
GS/jb
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ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
FU
July 27, 1972
8/7
MEMORANDUM FOR:
JEB MAGRUDER
FRED MALEX
FROM:
GORDON STRACHAN
SUBJECT:
Intellectuals for the President
As I have mentioned to both of you several times, this
program is moving with or without your guidance. Not
only ate there isolated incidents which keep popping up
(most recent example - Max Ascoli), but also Len Garment
is bringing a fellow by the name of Warren Weaver here
to Washington on Tuesday. He will begin working full
time running this operation. Just thought you would be
interested in knowing as it seems that the void at 1701
will be filled in any event.
GS/jb
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Garment tereen via
waven weaver
may malell/Garnent
tc H
ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
ster
June 20, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
LEN GARMENT
7/6
FROM:
GORDON STRACHAN
7/10
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Pat Moynihan called Bob on June 16 to say that an amazing
number of people around Harvard and MIT are extremely
upset at the prospect of McGovern's nomination. Those
upset include many liberal Democrats. One particular
7/17
individual that Moynihan thought you should contact on
behalf of the President is Ithiel de Sola Pool of MIT.
7/24
After the Democratic Convention many of these Democratic
intellectuals will support the President, according to
Moynihan.
7/31
John Mitchell has seen a few of the intellectuals, and
Jeff Hart recently wrote a story indicating that you
and Mitchell were conferring with a large number of
individuals who are "not normally frequenters of the
White House".
7/2 Garment working on the
GS/jb
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Malels
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may then Garment.
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7/10
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July 5, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
FRED MALEK
FROM:
CHARLES COLSON
Who is organizing the academic community for the campaign?
Keep in mind that Irving Kristol is undoubtedly available to
us and Ithia Desola Poole at MIT wants to work with us, and
in fact wants to take the responsibility for organizing a
committee. I hope we have someone on this -- the sooner
the better.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June
TO:
H. R. HALDEMAN.
FROM:
GORDON STRACHAM
Kissinger is asking you to help his
friend Max Ascoli get in touch with
the right people at 1701. I asked
Magruder who Kissinger's office
called at 1701 and Magruder couldn't
find out.
Magruder was apologetic and will per-
sonally call Max Ascoli. He will be
asked to write articles and columns
for a start. When the "Intellectuals for
the President" is formed (planned for
after the Democratic Convention) Ascoli
will be asked to join that group.
How many other
free
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 26, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
BOB HALDEMAN
FROM:
HENRY A. KISSINGER HK
Attached is a letter to me from my good friend Max Ascoli offering
his services to the President's campaign. Ascoli was editor and
publisher of The Reporter magazine, an eminent liberal weekly that
perished about five years ago, deserted by its academic constituency
because it didn't follow the anti-war fashion. He is now retired, but
a man of strong conviction and great talent. He would be valuable as
a writer or as a contact with other potential friends in the intellectual
community.
My office went to the campaign people directly and was given no leads
other than elderly volunteers' work.'
Could you pass this on to someone in the campaign who could make
more effective use of Ascoli's ability?
Attachment
MAX ASCOLI
660 MADISON AVENUE
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10021
(212) TE 2-8800
April 27, 1972
Dear Henry:
Last night, I sent to Mr. Nixon the following wire:
"You have made a great speech Mr. President and even your
domestic pro-Vietnam opponents should be grateful to you
stop As one who voted for you last time I would be happy
to do what I can for your re-election. Devotedly."
When Marion saw me scribbling while dialing over
and over again Western Union, she asked, "Are you going
to wire Henry, too?" If I wired you every time I think
of you with pride and ever-renewed friendship, even I
would get frustrated for lack of adequate words.
In the haste of writing my wire to the President
while dialing, I made a silly mistake that I hope nobody
who reads the text--assuming anyone does--will notice.
Instead of pro-Vietnam, I should have written pro-Hanoi.
A little bit more serious is the mention of doing what
I can for the President's re-election. You know me,
Henry: I would do it with all my heart. A few thousand
dollars in campaign contributions of course I will give,
but a check is no substitute for action. Writing is still
my trade. I know in my heart that there must be a rather
large number of people for whom the word liberalism had a
rather positive meaning, who used not to like Mr. Nixon
but who now see the country in the most tragic danger and
could not possibly conceive of any other President for
the next term than the one we are lucky to have.
Next time you happen to be in New York, come and see
us, with Nancy, of course. We need to talk.
With all my heart,
Affectionately,
Fox
The Hon. Henry A. Kissinger
The White House
Washington, D. C. 20500
UNITED
STATES
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The Hon. Henry A. Kissinger
The White House
Washington, D. C. 20500
Personal
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Committee for the Re-election of the President
MEMORANDUM
August 4, 1972
CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
FRED MALEK
FROM:
JEB S. MAGRUDER
SUBJECT:
Absentee Ballots
As you know, the telephone canvass operation for voter
identification in the large states will focus predominantly
on Democrats and Independents. (Republicans are assumed to
be for the President, and will be called only for volunteer
recraitment and to get out the vote.) When we identify a
favorable Democrat or Independent voter, we have designed
the telephone conversation to ask whether an absentee ballot
is needed.
There is some inherent resistance among local Republicans to
sending absentee ballots to Democrats. They feel that it will
result in votes for opposing candidates at the state and local
level. Our viewpoint, however, is that a strong showing by the
President will have a positive effect on state and local Republican
races. Since Republicans are in a minority, such a strong showing
would have to include sizable support from Democrats and Independents.
The purpose of this memorandum is to point out to you that this
attitude problem among Republican party workers exists beneath
the surface in several states. We need the support of your
Regional Directors to assure that our program is carried out and
that the absentee ballots are provided to all Nixon voters who
need them. If there is any state where other political considerations
dictate the opposite approach, I would like to discuss it with you
before the policy is cast in concrete.
CONF IDENTIAL
Committee for the Re-election of the President
MEMORANDUM
August 7, 1972
CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
FRED MALEK
FROM:
One Million Volunteers pm
JEB S. MAGRUDER
SUBJECT:
As you know, one of the most frequently stated near-term
objectives of our campaign has been the recruitment of
one million volunteers by Labor Day. I am becoming very
concerned that we might be publicizing' more than we can
deliver on this project and may suffer some credibility
consequences as a result.
One million volunteers nationally, if apportioned to the
states in relation to their electoral votes, translates
to over 75,000 volunteers in New York, nearly 85,000 in
California and almost 50,000 in Texas. Even with our
substantial head start of about 35,000 volunteers from
the California primary, it will be difficult to recruit
the other 50,000 by Labor Day.
I would like to meet with you at your earliest convenience
to discuss where we stand in the recruitment process and
whether more resources should be allocated toward the pro-
ject, or the objective should be modified.
CONFIDENTIAL
- Snackoun
Committee for the Re-election of the President
MEMORANDUM
July 21, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HONORABLE CLARK MacGREGOR
FROM:
JEB S. MAGRUDER
FREDERIC V. MALEK
SUBJECT:
Meeting of the Political Coordinators
As you may know, every few weeks there are meetings of the Poli-
tical Coordinators which are held by Harry Dent in the East Wing.
This group represents the political contacts that Harry's office
works with in the Government on a day-to-day basis and it has
been our practice to try and assist in any way possible to be
sure that Harry has the kind of support that he needs from us
here at 1701.
Next Thursday morning there will be such a meeting and Harry Dent
would like you to address the group. There will be a 45-minute
meeting in which it will be possible for us to present a status
report to the Political Coordinators on the campaign.
If you think it is appropriate, we could have other staff mem-
bers, such as Pete Dailey, invited to attend the meeting to brief
the group on the status of our advertising for the campaign.
Approve
Disapprove
Comment
ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
H
Pigo
July 29, 1972
E/8
MEMORANDUM FOR:
FRED MALEK
FROM:
GORDON STRACHAN
You probably noticed this morning's story regarding the
New York Conservative Party indicating that there is some
question as to whether they will endorse the President in
New York. Apparently, they want several conservative
planks in the Platform. Who is your direct contact with
the New York Conservative Party? Does he see any problem?
GS/jb
Fm => TM
last week
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ok
ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
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July 29, 1972
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MEMORANDUM FOR:
FROM:
FRED GORDON MALEK STRACHAN to to thir? this
You probably noticed this morning's story regarding the
New York Conservative Party indicating that there is some
question as to whether they will endorse the President in
New York. Apparently, they want several conservative
planks in the Platform. Who is your direct contact with
the New York Conservative Party? Does he see any problem?
GS/jb
HFU
August 2, 1972
L)8
MEMORANDUM FOR:
FRED MALEK
FROM:
L. HIGBY
Bob would like to know what visible roles we have Mexican
Americans playing in the campaign organization. This is
of course necessary and we must make sure we include it.
LH:kb
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8/2
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8/4
ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
August 1, 1972
8/5
MEMORANDUM FOR:
FRED MALEK
FROM:
GORDON STRACHAN
G
SUBJECT:
Projects Pending
A review of my notes from our telephone conversation on
Saturday, July 29, indicates that you were going to
submit four follow-up memoranda:
Romemo
here Description of your plans to better coordinate the
hostess telephone program with the Brataas paid phone bank
system. It was my understanding that both would be under
will we'l be 8/L1 in Fisiday system
Dick Schreiber; Shuver
A memorandum describing the materials distribution
-- whether there were any problems and John Freeman's
analysis of what may or may not be a November Group screw-up;
An updated report on where we stand with Women in the
s/7 campaign.
In particular, you were going to report on your
meeting with Ann Armstrong on Bob's behalf;
4) The Older Folks -- You mentioned you were going to
Finday
submit an updated report for Bob's review in light of the
ongoing interest in this subject.
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 28, 1972
ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
MR. H.R. HALDEMAN
FROM:
BRUCE KEHRLI
BAK
Please note the attached comment from the July 28 News Summary.
Gordon Strachan will follow up here unless you have any objections.
12
Helen Bentley said bra-burning feminists are harming the women's
hts movement and alienating those who support it.
Dean Burch is asking the FCC to reconsider its prime-time-access
rule which eliminated 1/2 hr. of evening network TV, Rep. Goldwater
said.
Sen Nelson announced a "citizens committee for justice"
supporting strikes by mostly Mex-Amer workers against Farah Mfg.
Co., one of the largest manufacturers of slacks.
POLITICS
GOP-RELATED
UPI leads a report: "McG has turned his back on Amers of
Spanish descent, 5 Democrats of that minority declared, announcing
their support of RN" and the formation of "Spanish-speaking Democrats
for Nixon. " Alfred Hernandez of Houston, who said he campaigned
tooth and nail against RN in 1968, said, "in spite of our continuous
loyalty, the Dem Party has kept us outside the decision-making process.
We are not leaving the Party. We are all Dems. and intend to remain
Dems. We cannot support its nominee for Pres. 11
AP's report led:
"6 Spanish-speaking persons who said they were lifelong Democrats
endorsed RN, and a 7th who was supposed to do so said he had decided
to hold out a while longer. 11 AP further notes the conference was nearly
an hour late and it ended ahead of schedule after the "surprise holdout
announcement" was made.
McG is behind in 62% of the states, according to Congressional
Quarterly survey. Dem chances are rated poor in 31 states, while
they are better in 19. Only in DC. Mass., Hawaii, Rhode Island,
Oregon, S. Dak., and Mo. is McG given an excellent chance. Gov.
"Callaghan of Nev. said RN "would be really tough to beat under
any circumstances, " and that Dem platform "just won't sell" in Nev.
Rep. Brademas said only a landslide could win Indiana for Dems,
while a W. Va. Dem said McG "is going to hurt everybody" in local
races. Rep. Gibbons predicted RN would win Fla., while Briscoe
of Texas felt McG would have little chance there. Dem Howard
Samuels said: "I think we've got a particularly bad time in NY
"and he listed reasons: 1) Rocky's strong organization with up to
$10M budget; 2) new and untried Dem organization; 3) Jewish
population unsatisfied with McG. Docking of Kansas said McG
will have a tough time in farm areas. But Cranston felt McG could
win Calif. , and Iowa Dem Chrmn. said McG "has a good chance to
ride the farm issue to victory. "