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This file contains: From Khachigian to Haldeman RE: campaign plans for the last few days before the election. Proposed remaks for RN to give in a televised address attached. 11 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 11/1/1972 From Dent to Haldeman RE: political races in North Carolina. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/24/1972 From Dent to Haldeman RE: a proposal to film RN with Senator Boggs. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/17/1972 From Timmons to Strachan RE: questions on various Senate elections. Handwritten responses included. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/16/1972 From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: campaign information on the South. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/13/1972 From Strachan to Chapin RE: attached information. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/13/1972 From Dent to Haldeman RE: RN radio endorsements for Congressional and gubernatorial candidates. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/13/1972 From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: campaigner James Gill's proposed telegram from RN endorsing Governor Bartlett for Senator from Oklahoma. Draft of telegram attached. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/11/1972 From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: Congressman Lujan and the "deadly dozen." 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/11/1972 From Dent to Haldeman RE: polling results from South Carolina's sixth congressional district. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/5/1972 From Dent to Haldeman RE: the congressional race in South Carolina's sixth district. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/18/1972 Article from "The State" titled "Move Under Way To Draft Young To Oppose Jenrette." Article authored by Lee Bandy. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Newspaper], 9/14/1972 From Kehrli to Strachan RE: attached information. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/29/1972 From Dent to RN RE: Republican Senate prospects in 1972. Detailed, state-by-state breakdown of races attached. 6 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/28/1972 From Stan Anderson to MacGregor RE: support from the Committee for the Reelection of the President for various Senate and House candidates. Detailed report and memo from Timmons to MacGregor on same subject attached. 30 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/29/1972 Budget Comparison and Projection chart of the Committee for the Re-election of the President generated by Odle. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Financial Records], 10/23/1972 From Joanou to Odle RE: the advertising budget status. Detailed analysis of various budget categories attached. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/20/1972 From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: an attached item related to Catholic voters. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/23/1972 Article by William Tuohy of the "Los Angeles Times" titled "Vatican Press Branching Out in World News." 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Newspaper], 9/7/1972 Handwritten notes related to campaign finances. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], no date From Odle to Paul E. Barrick RE: budget transfers. Notes taked by Odle during a budget meeting attached. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/18/1972 From Stans to Woods RE: Lauris Norstad's attempts to contact RN. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/6/1972 From MacGregor to members of the Budget Committee RE: tasks for various members of the Committee. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/3/1972 From Odle to Martha Duncan RE: cutbacks in administrative areas due to budget constraints. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/3/1972 From Strachan to Chapin RE: attached information. Handwritten note added by unknown. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/6/1972 From Ken Rietz, through MacGregor, to Haldeman RE: the last major youth campaign event. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/3/1972 From Strachan to Haldeman RE" attached information. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/6/1972 From Ken Rietz, through MacGregor, to Haldeman RE: the last major youth campaign event. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/3/1972 From Dent to Haldeman RE: polling for New Hampshire political races. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/12/1972 From Dent to Haldeman RE: attached information. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/6/1972 Telegram from Pete V. Domenici to Dent RE: campaign information from New Mexico. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], 10/5/1972 From Dent to Haldeman RE: campaign information on Louisiana and Georgia. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/5/1972 From Dent to Haldeman RE: extensive political information on North Carolina. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/4/1972 From George Collins to Haldeman RE: attached information. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/5/1972 From Strachan to Chapin RE: handling matters in an attached document. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/5/1972 From Dent to Haldeman RE: polling information on political races in New Hampshire. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/4/1972 From Hainsworth to Dent RE: the political climate of Mississippi. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/29/1972 Handwritten notes relating to campaign information from Evans, Dent, and Joanou. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], no date From Dent to Haldeman RE: polling results from North Carolina. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/18/1972 From Dent to Strachan RE: attached documents. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/23/1972 From George Champion, Jr. to Dent RE: campaign problems in the South. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 10/18/1972 From MacGregor and Reisner to Strachan RE: attached information. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/29/1972 From G. Andrew Lawrence to Barry F. Mountain RE: campaign mailings. Draft of letter from MacGregor attached. Handwritten information added by unknown. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/27/1972 From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: Ben Toledano, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate from Louisiana, and his Spanish roots. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/16/1972 From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: an enclosed document. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/13/1972 News Release from the National News- Resarch Syndicate titled "Ethics, Democratic Financing, and the Taxpayer." Document written by Ralph de Toledano. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], 10/14/1972 From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: campaign material from the "Detroit Free Press" and the "Detroit News." 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/12/1972 From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: enclosed information from Worth Brown. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/11/1972 From Worth A. Brown to Chotiner RE: California's political climate during the campaign season. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 10/4/1972 From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: information from Herschel Shosteck. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/3/1972 Campaign analysis from the Herschel Shosteck Associates. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], 9/30/1972 From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: the important points of a report from Charles Van Wagenen on upstate New York. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/6/1972 From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: attached information on California. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/2/1972 Republican Truth Squad Report No. 43CN on RN's financial history. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Report], no date From Helen Delich Bentley to MacGregor and Haldeman RE: political information from individuals in Illinois and Minnesota. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/20/1972 From Higby to Strachan RE: attached information. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], no date From Bob Dole to Haldeman RE: RNC activities to promote voter turnout. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/13/1972 From Bob Dole to RN RE: an attached letter from George Champion, Jr. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 10/20/1972 From George Champion, Jr. to Dole RE: recent problems with RN's campaign. 4 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 10/18/1972 Handwritten notes relating to campaign information from Malek and Anderson. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], 10/9/1972 From "ke" to "L" RE: Tower's campaign. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/17/1972 From Jerry Jones to Strachan RE: a statement that RN supposedly made about Senator Tower's re-election. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/19/1972 From Colson to Malek RE: attached information on Michigan. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/18/1972 From Frank Daniel "To Whom It May Concern" summarizing campaign acivities in Michigan. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/16/1972 From George Wallace to Richard H. Austin RE: removal of the former's photograph from the American Independent Party section of the Michigan ballot. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 10/5/1972 From Dwight H. Vincent to Ted Bates RE: the logistics of a scheduled conference. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 9/29/1972 Copy of the Michigan ballot. 1 pg [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], no date From Art Cullers to former Wallace supporters RE: support for RN. Handwritten note added by unknown. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], no date Various polls collected by "The Detroit News" during September and October. 4 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], no date Article from "The Detroit News" titled "Wallace wants his picture off ballot." Piece written by Robert A. Popa. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Newspaper], 10/13/1972 Article titled "State 'Democrats For Nixon' Set for Drive." Written by Art Sills. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Newspaper], no date From Malek to MacGregor RE: an attached report. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/18/1972 From Ken Rietz to Malek RE: endorsements of RN from vocational student leaders. List of leaders attached. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/2/1972

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This file contains: From Khachigian to Haldeman RE: campaign plans for the last few days before the election. Proposed remaks for RN to give in a televised address attached. 11 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 11/1/1972 From Dent to Haldeman RE: political races in North Carolina. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/24/1972 From Dent to Haldeman RE: a proposal to film RN with Senator Boggs. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/17/1972 From Timmons to Strachan RE: questions on various Senate elections. Handwritten responses included. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/16/1972 From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: campaign information on the South. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/13/1972 From Strachan to Chapin RE: attached information. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/13/1972 From Dent to Haldeman RE: RN radio endorsements for Congressional and gubernatorial candidates. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/13/1972 From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: campaigner James Gill's proposed telegram from RN endorsing Governor Bartlett for Senator from Oklahoma. Draft of telegram attached. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/11/1972 From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: Congressman Lujan and the "deadly dozen." 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/11/1972 From Dent to Haldeman RE: polling results from South Carolina's sixth congressional district. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/5/1972 From Dent to Haldeman RE: the congressional race in South Carolina's sixth district. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/18/1972 Article from "The State" titled "Move Under Way To Draft Young To Oppose Jenrette." Article authored by Lee Bandy. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Newspaper], 9/14/1972 From Kehrli to Strachan RE: attached information. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/29/1972 From Dent to RN RE: Republican Senate prospects in 1972. Detailed, state-by-state breakdown of races attached. 6 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/28/1972 From Stan Anderson to MacGregor RE: support from the Committee for the Reelection of the President for various Senate and House candidates. Detailed report and memo from Timmons to MacGregor on same subject attached. 30 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/29/1972 Budget Comparison and Projection chart of the Committee for the Re-election of the President generated by Odle. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Financial Records], 10/23/1972 From Joanou to Odle RE: the advertising budget status. Detailed analysis of various budget categories attached. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/20/1972 From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: an attached item related to Catholic voters. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/23/1972 Article by William Tuohy of the "Los Angeles Times" titled "Vatican Press Branching Out in World News." 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Newspaper], 9/7/1972 Handwritten notes related to campaign finances. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], no date From Odle to Paul E. Barrick RE: budget transfers. Notes taked by Odle during a budget meeting attached. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/18/1972 From Stans to Woods RE: Lauris Norstad's attempts to contact RN. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/6/1972 From MacGregor to members of the Budget Committee RE: tasks for various members of the Committee. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/3/1972 From Odle to Martha Duncan RE: cutbacks in administrative areas due to budget constraints. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/3/1972 From Strachan to Chapin RE: attached information. Handwritten note added by unknown. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/6/1972 From Ken Rietz, through MacGregor, to Haldeman RE: the last major youth campaign event. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/3/1972 From Strachan to Haldeman RE" attached information. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/6/1972 From Ken Rietz, through MacGregor, to Haldeman RE: the last major youth campaign event. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/3/1972 From Dent to Haldeman RE: polling for New Hampshire political races. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/12/1972 From Dent to Haldeman RE: attached information. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/6/1972 Telegram from Pete V. Domenici to Dent RE: campaign information from New Mexico. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], 10/5/1972 From Dent to Haldeman RE: campaign information on Louisiana and Georgia. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/5/1972 From Dent to Haldeman RE: extensive political information on North Carolina. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/4/1972 From George Collins to Haldeman RE: attached information. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/5/1972 From Strachan to Chapin RE: handling matters in an attached document. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/5/1972 From Dent to Haldeman RE: polling information on political races in New Hampshire. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/4/1972 From Hainsworth to Dent RE: the political climate of Mississippi. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/29/1972 Handwritten notes relating to campaign information from Evans, Dent, and Joanou. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], no date From Dent to Haldeman RE: polling results from North Carolina. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/18/1972 From Dent to Strachan RE: attached documents. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/23/1972 From George Champion, Jr. to Dent RE: campaign problems in the South. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 10/18/1972 From MacGregor and Reisner to Strachan RE: attached information. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/29/1972 From G. Andrew Lawrence to Barry F. Mountain RE: campaign mailings. Draft of letter from MacGregor attached. Handwritten information added by unknown. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/27/1972 From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: Ben Toledano, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate from Louisiana, and his Spanish roots. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/16/1972 From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: an enclosed document. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/13/1972 News Release from the National News- Resarch Syndicate titled "Ethics, Democratic Financing, and the Taxpayer." Document written by Ralph de Toledano. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], 10/14/1972 From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: campaign material from the "Detroit Free Press" and the "Detroit News." 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/12/1972 From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: enclosed information from Worth Brown. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/11/1972 From Worth A. Brown to Chotiner RE: California's political climate during the campaign season. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 10/4/1972 From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: information from Herschel Shosteck. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/3/1972 Campaign analysis from the Herschel Shosteck Associates. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], 9/30/1972 From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: the important points of a report from Charles Van Wagenen on upstate New York. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/6/1972 From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: attached information on California. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/2/1972 Republican Truth Squad Report No. 43CN on RN's financial history. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Report], no date From Helen Delich Bentley to MacGregor and Haldeman RE: political information from individuals in Illinois and Minnesota. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/20/1972 From Higby to Strachan RE: attached information. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], no date From Bob Dole to Haldeman RE: RNC activities to promote voter turnout. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/13/1972 From Bob Dole to RN RE: an attached letter from George Champion, Jr. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 10/20/1972 From George Champion, Jr. to Dole RE: recent problems with RN's campaign. 4 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 10/18/1972 Handwritten notes relating to campaign information from Malek and Anderson. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], 10/9/1972 From "ke" to "L" RE: Tower's campaign. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/17/1972 From Jerry Jones to Strachan RE: a statement that RN supposedly made about Senator Tower's re-election. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/19/1972 From Colson to Malek RE: attached information on Michigan. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/18/1972 From Frank Daniel "To Whom It May Concern" summarizing campaign acivities in Michigan. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/16/1972 From George Wallace to Richard H. 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[Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/18/1972 From Ken Rietz to Malek RE: endorsements of RN from vocational student leaders. List of leaders attached. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/2/1972
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library Contested Materials Collection Folder List Box Number Folder Number Document Date No Date Subject Document Type Document Description 38 8 11/1/1972 Campaign Memo From Khachigian to Haldeman RE: campaign plans for the last few days before the election. Proposed remaks for RN to give in a televised address attached. 11 pgs. 38 8 10/24/1972 Campaign Memo From Dent to Haldeman RE: political races in North Carolina. 1 pg. 38 8 10/17/1972 Campaign Memo From Dent to Haldeman RE: a proposal to film RN with Senator Boggs. 1 pg. 38 8 10/16/1972 Campaign Memo From Timmons to Strachan RE: questions on various Senate elections. Handwritten responses included. 2 pgs. 38 8 10/13/1972 Campaign Memo From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: campaign information on the South. 2 pgs. 38 8 10/13/1972 Campaign Memo From Strachan to Chapin RE: attached information. 1 pg. 38 8 10/13/1972 Campaign Memo From Dent to Haldeman RE: RN radio endorsements for Congressional and gubernatorial candidates. 1 pg. 38 8 10/11/1972 Campaign Memo From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: campaigner James Gill's proposed telegram from RN endorsing Governor Bartlett for Senator from Oklahoma. Draft of telegram attached. 2 pgs. Monday, January 23, 2012 Page 1 of 7 Box Number Folder Number Document Date No Date Subject Document Type Document Description 38 8 10/11/1972 Campaign Memo From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: Congressman Lujan and the "deadly dozen." 1 pg. 38 8 10/5/1972 Campaign Memo From Dent to Haldeman RE: polling results from South Carolina's sixth congressional district. 1 pg. 38 8 9/18/1972 Campaign Memo From Dent to Haldeman RE: the congressional race in South Carolina's sixth district. 1 pg. 38 8 9/14/1972 Campaign Newspaper Article from "The State" titled "Move Under Way To Draft Young To Oppose Jenrette." Article authored by Lee Bandy. 1 pg. 38 8 9/29/1972 Campaign Memo From Kehrli to Strachan RE: attached information. 1 pg. 38 8 9/28/1972 Campaign Memo From Dent to RN RE: Republican Senate prospects in 1972. Detailed, state-by-state breakdown of races attached. 6 pgs. 38 8 9/29/1972 Campaign Memo From Stan Anderson to MacGregor RE: support from the Committee for the Re- election of the President for various Senate and House candidates. Detailed report and memo from Timmons to MacGregor on same subject attached. 30 pgs. 38 8 10/23/1972 Campaign Financial Records Budget Comparison and Projection chart of the Committee for the Re-election of the President generated by Odle. 1 pg. 38 8 10/20/1972 Campaign Memo From Joanou to Odle RE: the advertising budget status. Detailed analysis of various budget categories attached. 3 pgs. Monday, January 23, 2012 Page 2 of 7 Box Number Folder Number Document Date No Date Subject Document Type Document Description 38 8 10/23/1972 Campaign Memo From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: an attached item related to Catholic voters. 1 pg. 38 8 9/7/1972 Campaign Newspaper Article by William Tuohy of the "Los Angeles Times" titled "Vatican Press Branching Out in World News." 1 pg. 38 8 Campaign Other Document Handwritten notes related to campaign finances. 2 pgs. 38 8 10/18/1972 Campaign Memo From Odle to Paul E. Barrick RE: budget transfers. Notes taked by Odle during a budget meeting attached. 3 pgs. 38 8 10/6/1972 Campaign Memo From Stans to Woods RE: Lauris Norstad's attempts to contact RN. 1 pg. 38 8 10/3/1972 Campaign Memo From MacGregor to members of the Budget Committee RE: tasks for various members of the Committee. 2 pgs. 38 8 10/3/1972 Campaign Memo From Odle to Martha Duncan RE: cutbacks in administrative areas due to budget constraints. 2 pgs. 38 8 10/6/1972 Campaign Memo From Strachan to Chapin RE: attached information. Handwritten note added by unknown. 1 pg. 38 8 10/3/1972 Campaign Memo From Ken Rietz, through MacGregor, to Haldeman RE: the last major youth campaign event. 1 pg. 38 8 10/6/1972 Campaign Memo From Strachan to Haldeman RE" attached information. 1 pg. 38 8 10/3/1972 Campaign Memo From Ken Rietz, through MacGregor, to Haldeman RE: the last major youth campaign event. 1 pg. Monday, January 23, 2012 Page 3 of 7 Box Number Folder Number Document Date No Date Subject Document Type Document Description 38 8 10/12/1972 Campaign Memo From Dent to Haldeman RE: polling for New Hampshire political races. 1 pg. 38 8 10/6/1972 Campaign Memo From Dent to Haldeman RE: attached information. 1 pg. 38 8 10/5/1972 Campaign Other Document Telegram from Pete V. Domenici to Dent RE: campaign information from New Mexico. 2 pgs. 38 8 10/5/1972 Campaign Memo From Dent to Haldeman RE: campaign information on Louisiana and Georgia. 3 pgs. 38 8 10/4/1972 Campaign Memo From Dent to Haldeman RE: extensive political information on North Carolina. 2 pgs. 38 8 10/5/1972 Campaign Memo From George Collins to Haldeman RE: attached information. 1 pg. 38 8 10/5/1972 Campaign Memo From Strachan to Chapin RE: handling matters in an attached document. 1 pg. 38 8 10/4/1972 Campaign Memo From Dent to Haldeman RE: polling information on political races in New Hampshire. 1 pg. 38 8 9/29/1972 Campaign Memo From Hainsworth to Dent RE: the political climate of Mississippi. 3 pgs. 38 8 Campaign Other Document Handwritten notes relating to campaign information from Evans, Dent, and Joanou. 1 pg. 38 8 10/18/1972 Campaign Memo From Dent to Haldeman RE: polling results from North Carolina. 1 pg. 38 8 10/23/1972 Campaign Memo From Dent to Strachan RE: attached documents. 1 pg. Monday, January 23, 2012 Page 4 of 7 Box Number Folder Number Document Date No Date Subject Document Type Document Description 38 8 10/18/1972 Campaign Letter From George Champion, Jr. to Dent RE: campaign problems in the South. 3 pgs. 38 8 9/29/1972 Campaign Memo From MacGregor and Reisner to Strachan RE: attached information. 1 pg. 38 8 9/27/1972 Campaign Memo From G. Andrew Lawrence to Barry F. Mountain RE: campaign mailings. Draft of letter from MacGregor attached. Handwritten information added by unknown. 2 pgs. 38 8 10/16/1972 Campaign Memo From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: Ben Toledano, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate from Louisiana, and his Spanish roots. 1 pg. 38 8 10/13/1972 Campaign Memo From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: an enclosed document. 1 pg. 38 8 10/14/1972 Campaign Other Document News Release from the National News- Resarch Syndicate titled "Ethics, Democratic Financing, and the Taxpayer." Document written by Ralph de Toledano. 2 pgs. 38 8 10/12/1972 Campaign Memo From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: campaign material from the "Detroit Free Press" and the "Detroit News." 1 pg. 38 8 10/11/1972 Campaign Memo From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: enclosed information from Worth Brown. 1 pg. 38 8 10/4/1972 Campaign Letter From Worth A. Brown to Chotiner RE: California's political climate during the campaign season. 1 pg. 38 8 10/3/1972 Campaign Memo From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: information from Herschel Shosteck. 1 pg. Monday, January 23, 2012 Page 5 of 7 Box Number Folder Number Document Date No Date Subject Document Type Document Description 38 8 9/30/1972 Campaign Other Document Campaign analysis from the Herschel Shosteck Associates. 2 pgs. 38 8 10/6/1972 Campaign Memo From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: the important points of a report from Charles Van Wagenen on upstate New York. 1 pg. 38 8 10/2/1972 Campaign Memo From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: attached information on California. 1 pg. 38 8 Campaign Report "Republican Truth Squad Report No. 43C- N" on RN's financial history. 1 pg. 38 8 10/20/1972 Campaign Memo From Helen Delich Bentley to MacGregor and Haldeman RE: political information from individuals in Illinois and Minnesota. 2 pgs. 38 8 Campaign Memo From Higby to Strachan RE: attached information. 1 pg. 38 8 10/13/1972 Campaign Memo From Bob Dole to Haldeman RE: RNC activities to promote voter turnout. 3 pgs. 38 8 10/20/1972 Campaign Letter From Bob Dole to RN RE: an attached letter from George Champion, Jr. 1 pg. 38 8 10/18/1972 Campaign Letter From George Champion, Jr. to Dole RE: recent problems with RN's campaign. 4 pgs. 38 8 10/9/1972 Campaign Other Document Handwritten notes relating to campaign information from Malek and Anderson. 1 pg. 38 8 10/17/1972 Campaign Memo From "ke" to "L" RE: Tower's campaign. 1 pg. 38 8 10/19/1972 Campaign Memo From Jerry Jones to Strachan RE: a statement that RN supposedly made about Senator Tower's re-election. 1 pg. Monday, January 23, 2012 Page 6 of 7 Box Number Folder Number Document Date No Date Subject Document Type Document Description 38 8 10/18/1972 Campaign Memo From Colson to Malek RE: attached information on Michigan. 1 pg. 38 8 10/16/1972 Campaign Memo From Frank Daniel "To Whom It May Concern" summarizing campaign acivities in Michigan. 3 pgs. 38 8 10/5/1972 Campaign Letter From George Wallace to Richard H. Austin RE: removal of the former's photograph from the American Independent Party section of the Michigan ballot. 1 pg. 38 8 9/29/1972 Campaign Letter From Dwight H. Vincent to Ted Bates RE: the logistics of a scheduled conference. 1 pg. 38 8 Campaign Other Document Copy of the Michigan ballot. 1 pg. 38 8 Campaign Letter From Art Cullers to former Wallace supporters RE: support for RN. Handwritten note added by unknown. 3 pgs. 38 8 Campaign Other Document Various polls collected by "The Detroit News" during September and October. 4 pgs. 38 8 10/13/1972 Campaign Newspaper Article from "The Detroit News" titled "Wallace wants his picture off ballot." Piece written by Robert A. Popa. 1 pg. 38 8 Campaign Newspaper Article titled "State 'Democrats For Nixon' Set for Drive." Written by Art Sills. 1 pg. 38 8 10/18/1972 Campaign Memo From Malek to MacGregor RE: an attached report. 1 pg. 38 8 10/2/1972 Campaign Memo From Ken Rietz to Malek RE: endorsements of RN from vocational student leaders. List of leaders attached. 3 pgs. Monday, January 23, 2012 Page 7 of 7 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON November 1, 1972 MEMORANDUM FOR: MR. HALDEMAN FROM: KEN KHACHIGIAN De I don't believe that any votes will be determined in the last days by trying to move out via the President any more of the McGovern record. If we have succeeded in anything, it is the tarring of McGovern with his radical positions. What is needed, I believe, in the President's last appearances is to draw the line against what are the weak links in the McGovern campaign technique -- which technique has most likely served to turn off as many voters as his radical positions. Namely, his shrillness; his excessive moralism; his arrogance in thinking he represents good while RN represents evil; his hot rhetoric; and, the bottom line of it all, the implied imputation of low motives to the millions of Americans who can't buy his extremism. I would hope that the election eve speech could deal with these matters primarily, and secondarily with some of the substantive issues. We are dealing with an interesting situation in that I think RN has been overplayed by the media and by the opposition as an unloved, divisive figure in America. Rather, I think the situation is much like the one in 1966 where LBJ took a cheap shot at RN and where RN responded in one of his most effective television speeches ever. Frankly, the American public must be tired of the preacher and the harsh language he has used. Let's use this opportunity to turn it all against him by drawing the issue that McGovern is not maligning RN, but is really maligning America. Have attached some language that might be used to this effect the basic purpose of which is to motivate people to stand up against McGovern and to get out to the polls. cc: Ray Price Attachment November 1, 1972 (Khachigian) SUGGESTED REMARKS -- CAMPAIGN TELEVISION ADDRESS My fellow Americans: Tomorrow you vote in what I believe to be the most important presi- dential election in which I have participated. The choice you will make is a choice which will determine the direction of our nation in the years ahead. Tonight, I wish to discuss the choice which lies before you. But more than that, I want to look beyond the narrow partisan concern of who will win tomorrow to the question of whether America will win in the years ahead. In this campaign, my first responsibility has been the fulfillment of my duties as your President. When time has allowed, I have traveled the country to bring my candidacy to the people. I think you will agree with me that as leader of his party, it is in the best American tradition for the President to defend what he believes to be right in his Administration, and, where the situation warrants, to caution against that which he believes to be wrong in the positions of his opponent. I thank you for allowing me the honor of serving you these last four years and want to express to you the deep pride I have in representing the greatest and most powerful country on this earth. With the most profound respect, I ask you to let me complete a task only just begun. -2- Four years ago, Americans suffered from a crisis of the spirit. We were deep in a war without victory or resolution thousands of miles from our shores. There appeared to be no end in sight. Our cities were seen too often in the smoke of riot and crime. Our relations with allies were strained and uncertain, and the Soviet Union and the Peoples' Republic of China appeared always to be the potential parties of confrontation rather than the necessary partners in negotiation. There were, indeed, problems almost unbearable to face, but neverthe- less we had to face them. On dozens of fronts we moved into action to resolve the crisis of the spirit and mobilize the forces of peace instead of the armies of war. But America had another face four years ago, because we know America has never been the country which a few vocal cynics have sought to make it out to be. Four years ago, millions of citizens across the United States were engaged in a productive life. They went to work, raised their families, paid their taxes, and believed, as I think the vast majority of Americans do, that America is a great and good country. Four years ago, the greatness of the American people was not crushed; it was merely hidden -- hidden by a strain of self-doubt, fed by many who believed we were sick and unworthy. -3- We have begun to resolve that crisis of the spirit, but our work is not yet done. As we near our nation's 200th birthday, we still see self-doubt and a questioning of America's will. There are still those who proclaim our country is sick and decadent - - that our goals are unmet and our problems unsolved. Others say that America has lost her way, that our society is repressive and racist or imperialistic and reactionary. It is said that we are so tainted by national illness that we have lost our will to be great. And still others look at America as corrupt and rotten, our values distorted, our institutions crumbling, and our determination defeated. This is all nonsense. What a waste it is to wallow in guilt and self- flagellation, to tear at our confidence and stain our resolve. My fellow Americans, the United States of America did not come all this way on the energy of defeatism and despair. For too many, the wish is father to the thought. If they speak long enough and loudly enough of decadence, we will believe ourselves to be decadent. If they tell us often enough that we are sick, we truly may think so. Weep for America? I can't agree. We have too much to do to indulge such weakness. Consider this for a moment; if we had but half our wealth; if our cities did not gleam with tall buildings and our farms produce in full abundance; if we did not have high technology and sophisticated machinery; if we did not -4- - have all these, we would still have our most precious asset -- the will and tenacity of the American people to take themselves beyond limiting boundaries. If we lose our will or weaken our resolve, we do not deserve the mantle of greatness. But if we retain our self-confidence -- the confidence that sustained us from a hot summer's day in Independence Hall to the marvel of Apollo XVI -- the future will hold still more promises of majesty for this great and good nation of ours. I recall the last conversation I had with President DeGaulle of France, not long before his death. He said this to me: "France was her true self only when she was engaged in a great enterprise. 11 General DeGaulle, a patriot, and a great leader of his country had also spoken words which are apt for America for we are our true self only when we are engaged in a great enterprise. I must report to you in all candor that in the last few weeks too much has been said to divide America instead of uniting it in a great enterprise. In the past weeks, our country has suffered one of the most abusive and reckless assaults ever waged in a presidential campaign. More than a generation ago, we fought to keep our freedom and the world's peace against the most hated and feared dictator in our memory -- Adolph Hitler. Today, the opposition insults the American people by comparing -5- what we do to the hated regime of Nazi Germany. Such a lack of respect for the American people is, I believe, symptomatic of a philosophy which arrogates unto itself a moral superiority. The President of the United States is not like Adolph Hitler. Americans are not the "barbarians" that we have been portrayed to be for assisting in the defense of a small nation whose only sin is that it does not wish to be destroyed by aggression. I regret the divisiveness which has been introduced into this campaign. We should be able to listen without being shouted at. We do not need the deplorable name-calling and reckless charges. The nation is not venal, corrupt, and immoral. Such charges have impugned the integrity of good men. The half-truths have diminished the good name of honorable public servants. And the broad overstatement has undeservedly imputed low motives to the American people. I would not be concerned if these attacks were directed only at Richard Nixon. After all, I have made politics my career, and I am accustomed to be the recipient of political attack. But when the assault is on the very decency and sensibilities of the American public, we must all be concerned. I firmly believe that such excesses of rhetoric are aimed at the millions of Americans who have steadfastly rejected surrender abroad and retreat from stability at home. -6- I am proud of the American political system. It is without equal in the world for its honesty and goodwill. But heated and excessive language cheapens our political tradition and puts it under severe stress. Excessive moralism and zealousness has tainted politics this year. You are not war-mongers if you believe in our commitment to Southeast Asia and in a strong national defense. You are not racist if you want your child to have the best quality of education without having to be bussed miles to a strange neighborhood. You are not repressive if you believe that we must have strong and effective law enforcement that respects the rights of victims and society every bit as much as those of the criminal. You are not sick if you believe that America is a strong and good country. You are not heartless and unconcerned if you believe that we have a welfare system which needs drastic reform, or if you believe that there is more dignity in work than there ever can be in welfare payments. No, my fellow Americans, I have a faith in America that is not lessened by irresponsible charges upon my motives or upon the motives of millions of my fellow citizens. We must be able today to have strong convictions without being called names, without being attacked as corrupt or sick or racist or murderous. -7- I have made many difficult and painful decisions as your President. It has not been easy, but I did not ask for a term of ease. Nevertheless, I believe I made the right decisions for America. Whether it was my decision to order the mining of the harbors of North Vietnam, or to ask for sweeping governmental reform -- I made the decision which I held in firm conviction to be the right course for the United States. My motives often came under the most direct of attacks. I can say in confidence tonight that it was the strength of the American people -- the great ent majority of Americans -- which carried me through in the times of difficulty. Each time I was guided by a central principle -- to think more of my country than myself. And tonight I do not doubt for a moment that when we are confronted with adversity, Americans always think more of their country than they think of themselves. Thus, I am troubled by those who wish to impose their rigid philosophies on all Americans. This campaign is not between good and evil as some have asserted in a broad claim on moral rectitude. It is not between those who are moral and those who are immoral. I do not claim superior morality, but I will not descend to an attack on the motives of anyone who holds his opinions firmly. -8- At the core of your decision tomorrow is the question of whether those who insult and impugn Americans and their motives will succeed in diverting you from the most important issues ever raised in a presidential campaign. So my fellow Americans, I believe that the most important message I have for you tonight is a commitment. The Vice President and I ask you not to love America because she is perfect; but to love her because she is perfectable. We ask for the votes of the millions of Americans who work hard and pay taxes and raise their children, and we say to you: "Let us keep going for there is work to be done. 11 We ask those who have built this country with their sweat and their hands and their prayers: "Come with us; our work must continue. " We ask the young and the old and people of every heritage: "If we do not work for America now, when will we ever work for her?" We ask all Americans regardless of their political affiliation: "Come join us; our work is not partisan; it is America's work. 11 We ask that the New Majority come together in a beacon from coast to coast and border to border because the work we will do is for tomorrow, the day after, and for the history which generations from now may judge us as gracious and good, but humble and kind. -9- Let us resolve to put our doubts on the run. Let us not be satisfied with where we are, but concerned about where we are going. And on our way let us proceed with confidence, compassion, fortitude and love. Each time I leave America to visit a foreign country, I meet thousands of children; often they are the children or grandchildren of the leaders with whom I conduct business. And always we discuss the future that will be shaped for our children and their children. Whether those young people be in Moscow and Peking or in California and New York; what we do is ultimately for their sake. The stakes will not diminish tomorrow, and there can be no apathy. The choice is too clear and too important. Consequently, I am asking that all Americans get out to vote. Each vote is a precious personal hand on the levers of power. In many respects the vote you cast tomorrow is a vote to preserve not one man or his political party; rather it is a vote for the direction of our nation. We can either rest in the satisfaction of things as they will be or we can rise up in larger numbers than ever before and reaffirm America's greatness by voting to reaffirm the blessings of her values. November 1, 1972 (Khachigian) QUOTATION ON THE PROBLEM OF APATHY For those who are willing to submit to apathy, they should be mindful of the words of the French political philosopher, Montesquieu: "The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy. 11 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON October 24, 1972 MEMORANDUM FOR: H. R. HALDEMAN HeD FROM: HARRY S. DENT The Helms senate race in North Carolina is looking better and better. The Democrat poll now shows Helms running two points ahead of Galifianakis, and the Republican poll shows Helms running several points ahead--all of this coming from the state GOP chairman. Also, Holshouser is very close in the governor's race but running slightly behind. I suggest again that North Carolina would be a good stop for the President, if this is at all possible. THE WHITE HOUSE October 17, 1972 MEMORANDUM FOR: H.R.HALDEMAN FROM: HARRY DENT HSD I urge approval of the proposal on your desk for filming of the President with Senator Boggs. John Rollins and Tom Evans are both pushing hard for this. Their latest poll information shows Boggs ahead by only 6. Here are the figures: October RN 54 McGovern 31 Undecided 15 August September October Boggs 63 41 46 Biden 18 29 40 Undecided 19 30 14 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON October 16, 1972 MEMORANDUM FOR: GORDON STRACHAN FROM: WILLIAM TIMMONS SUBJECT: Senate Control Do you agree with this analysis, based on polling data? I. MUST WIN GOP "OPEN" SEATS: A. Louie Nunn (KY) B, Bob Hirsch (S.D.) yes C. Jim McClure (IDAHO) II. WILL PROBABLY WIN NEW SEATS: A. Pete Domenici (NM) B. John Chafee (RI) yes III. ASSUMING ABOVE, HAVE TO WIN 3 of BEST BETS: A. Fletcher Thompson (GA) B. Dewey Bartlett (OKLA) C. Wes Powell (NH) yes D. Jesse Helms (NC) IV. TOO FAR BEHIND TO WIN: A. Bill Scott (VA) B. Red Blount (ALA) C. Ben Toladano (LA) D. Henry Hibbard (MONT) add to nicensate who weel help- (Town Boggs - Del. -2- V. LOST CAUSES: A. Phil Hansen (MINN) B. Gil Carmichael (MISS) C. Wayne Babbitt (ARK) yes D. Louise Leonard (W.VA) October 13, 1972 MEMORANDUM FOR: H. R. HALDEMAN FROM: MURRAY CHOTINER For what it is worth -- here is a report from someone who is knowledgeable and travelling through the South. I can give you the name orally by phone if it matters. Alabama Based on a sample of registered voters, Sparkman has 55%, Blount has 31% with 14% undecided. John LeFlore, the candidate of the predominantly Black National Democratic Party of Alabama could cut deeply into Sparkman votes if he can increase his exposure in the next few weeks. It appears that Wallace will set this one out due to health, disdain for Sparkman and his possible Democratic position in 1976. One of only two actions could cause a traumatic impact to Blount's election: (1) a visit to Alabama by President Nixon endorsing Blount with expectant statewide TV expo- sure, (2) a George Wallace endorsement (not likely). Georgia Superficial indications are for a close race; however, Nunn (D) has support from the Blacks and George Wallace people that worked with him for the governor in the state of Georgia. Voting procedures in Georgia will also enhance Nunn in that the presidential election is a separate ballot. H. R. Haldeman October 13, 1972 Page - 2 - Louisiana Looks bleak for Ben Toledano (R). He currently polls 20% and needs financing. Balance of votes appear split between John J. McKeithen (Ind.) with good financial sources and Bennett Johnson (D) who was a state senator and lost governor's race by five thousand votes. Mississippi Jim Eastland appears strong and impregnable. Overall issues in the foregoing states in order of voiced priority are: 1. Cost of living (basic fundamental) 2. Employment and minority quota systems 3. Crime 4. Welfare handouts 5. Vietnam. tramy THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON Date: 10/13 TO: chapin FROM: GORDON STRACHAN Please Handle for Bob thanks THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON October 13, 1972 MEMORANDUM FOR: H. R. HALDEMAN FROM: HARRY S. DENT You and the President suggested I remind you approximately three weeks in advance of the election to reconsider the request for some brief radio endorsement tapes for key U. S. Senate, Congressional and Gubernatorial races. The candidates are very interested and would need to have these done right away in order to get them appropriately placed and used prior to election day. Committee for the Re-election of the President MEMORANDUM October 11, 1972 TO: H. R. Haldeman FROM: Murray Chotiner James Gill, campaign manager for Gov. Bartlett, our nominee to the Senate from Oklahoma, wants to send out a mailing in the form of a telegram. Enclosed is a copy of the proposed telegram. He needs an okay to use the President's name. Can he have it? They need an answer immediately in order to print the "telegram" and get it in the mail. There will be 150,000 mailed, primarily in what is known as the "little Dixie" section of Oklahoma. A recent poll showed 1,454 votes. The President received 1,101 and McGovern 353. The mailing contains a boost from the President and should guarantee Bartlett winning the seat. Enclosure TELEGRAM THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON, D.C. MR. JAMES SMITH 333 W. THIRD OKLA. CITY, OKLA. 73456 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, IS ELECTION DAY. IN 1970 DEWEY BARTLETT LOST BY LESS THAN ONE VOTE PER PRECINCT. YOUR VOTE COULD BE THE ONE TO ELECT US THIS TUESDAY. IN THE. LAST THREE YEARS I HAVE SUBMITTED FIVE GREAT DOMESTIC PRO- GRAMS TO THE CONGRESS - NONE HAVE BEEN PASSED. IN 1971 202 RE- QUESTS WERE MADE TO THE U.S. HOUSE AND SENATE. ONLY 20% WERE APPROVED - A RECORD LOW. I NEED DEWEY BARTLETT IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE TO HELP ME ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS IN WHICH WE ALL BELIEVE. PLEASE DO YOUR PART TUESDAY FOR THE FUTURE OF AMERICA. RICHARD NIXON NOT PRINTED AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE. PAID FOR BY BARTLETT FOR SENATE COMMITTEE, JAMES R. GILL, CHAIRMAN. Committee for the Re-election of the President MEMORANDUM October 11, 1972 TO: H. R. Haldeman FROM: Murray Chotiner Just heard from Bob Davidson of New Mexico. He was the State Chairman and is now Finance Chairman. Congressman Lujan is one of the "deadly dozen" the opposition is trying to purge. The story is floating around that the White House thinks Lujan is "home safe". Bob tells me this is not true. Ted Kennedy and his associates are raising money to support the opposition to the "deadly dozen." Anything that can be done to correct the impression that people seem to have that Lujan is safe, will be most helpful. I have alerted Jack Calkins to this problem. timmary THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON October 5, 1972 MEMORANDUM FOR: H.R. HALDEMAN FROM: HARRY DENT HED SUBJECT: S. C. POLL RESULTS Central Surveys has just completed a poll in South Carolina's 6th congressional district (the McMillan seat covering primarily a rural area) where we have just nominated a first rate candidate in a late bid to upset the man who upset McMillan. We factored in 32% black vote, which makes it difficult for any Republican to win. Here are the results: RN 64 McGovern 22 Jenrette (D) 50 Young (R) 35 (Just as he was announcing) Thurmond (R) 48 Zeigler (D) 36 "Would the country be better off if the majority of the Congress were of the same party as the President?" Yes 48 No 38 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON September 18, 1972 MEMORANDUM FOR: H. R. HALDEMAN FROM: HARRY S. DENT Aso The GOP in South Carolina is grooming a good candidate for the Sixth Congressional District seat of defeated incumbent John McMillan. This seat should be added to the list of the top ten potential pickups. The GOP candidate is Ed Young, of Florence. He is a former Democrat, member of the State House, and is "Farmer of the Year." Young has been doing a daily television program for farmers, and is an executive with the Federal Land Bank System. He is South Carolina chairman of Farmers for President Nixon. Young is associated with Coble dairies and would be a good friend to the dairies nationally. Move Under Way To Draft Young To Oppose Jenrette By LEE BANDY ently refused to enter for per- He also is the South Caroli- home town. Jenrette is from Washington Burcau sonal reasons, and because he na Chairman of the Farmers Horry County. felt McMillan could not be for President Nixon Commit- Also, Young is generally WASHINGTON - A move had. tec. recognized across the district, is under way to draft Ed Upon McMillan's demise, Several McMillan support- having served as the area Young of Florence as the Re- publican to oppose State Rep. the Republican Congressional ers, bitter about defeat at the GOP chairman and managed John Jenrette, D-Horry, for Campaign Committee immedi- hands of Jenrette, reportedly Harris' C a m paign against atcly picked the sixth District have contacted Young promis- MeMillan. the Sixth Congressional Dis- as a prime target area. ing quiet support throughout A Clemson University grad- trict seat in November. the district. uate, Young is also a promi- Jenrette defeated Rep. John An official contacted Young Another thing in Young's fa- nent figure with Coble Dairy L. McMillan, D-S.C., dean of and promised him all the vor is sentiment among Flor- and a businessman with inter- the S.C. congressional delega- campaign funds the commit- ence citizens wishing to keep est in a couple of motels and ED YOUNG tion, in a run-off primary lee could legally offer the the congressional seat in their a golf course. Reported Leading Choice Tuesday. Florence native in a race against Jenrette. That would McMillan has indicated he be about $10,000. will request a recount. Jen- rette had an 839-vote edge In addition to that, House over the incumbent, according Minority Leader Gerald R. to unofficial tallies which Ford, R-Mich., phoned Young showed 35,549 for Jenrette and urged him to run. Some and 34,653 for McMillan. The encouragement also came from the White House. loser may request a recount if the margin of victory is A couple of other names less than three per cent. have been mentioned - for- Republicans had a ghost mer U.S. Attorney Joseph 0. THE STATE candidate in Bruce Gause of Rogers of Manning and for- mer state GOP chairman Ray Columbia, South Carolina Seranton, but he's expected to withdraw once the S.C. Re- Harris of Darlington who lost September 14, 1972 publicans select a candidate. to McMillan four years ago. Young, a former Democrat- However, word is neither is FRONT PAGE ic member of the S.C. House giving it serious considera- "Farmer of the Year" in tion. In fact, one source indi- South Carolina, is the leading cated that Harris would with- choice, according to reliable in the next day or SO launch sources. a "Draft Ed Young" move- "Ed Young is the kind of ment. guy we dream of as a candi- Young is considered popular date," remarked a key Nixon among farmers in the rural Administration official. Sixth District, having a daily It's known that Young for television program and being some time has wanted to run an executive in the area Fed- for but has consist- cral Land Bank system. THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON Date 9/29/72 TO: GORDON STRACHAN FROM: BRUCE KEHRLI Did H ask for this. rather than the President? THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON September 28, 1972 MEMORANDUM FOR: THE PRESIDENT FROM: HARRY S. DENT HSD SUBJECT: Senate Races Our Senate prospects have not improved because our southern candidates are not showing up as well as they should with the coattail opportunity. If the coattails work, they could come through. The state Democrat leaders are putting everything on these races and screaming about southern chairmanships. Also, they're trying to get Wallace campaigning for them. Labor help is coming through too, and our people are short on funds. We should not lose any present seats except South Dakota, where we can win. Help is needed there to elect a good conservative and keep out another McGovern. Also, Griffin needs constant care in Michigan. Our best pickup possibilities are Rhode Island, New Mexico, Oklahoma, North Carolina and Alabama -- in that order. Montana is a long shot. SENATE RACES Alabama: Sen. John Sparkman (D) is favored, but scared. Republican Winton Blount is closing the gap with good momentum. The National Democratic Party of Alabama (NDPA) has a black candidate and a list of McGovern electors on the ballots enabling voters to vote a straight NDPA ticket. This will help if this gets known to blacks. Blount has some black vote. If coattails help enough, Blount can win. Alaska: Sen. Ted Stevens (R) won an impressive primary and should win. Democrat Gene Guess is not showing the strength that was expected. Arkansas: Sen. John McClellan (D) should win. Republican Wayne Babbitt, ex-HUD director, is gaining in the polls but has poor organization and slow campaign effort. The issue of age appears to have strong appeal, but will not be enough. Colorado: Sen. Gordon Allott (R) should win. However, Democrat Floyd Haskell is a good and determined candidate. Delaware: Sen. J. Caleb Boggs (R) is favored but could have trouble. His campaign is slow and state GOP officials are concerned. Democrat Joseph Biden is proving to be an effective, aggressive campaigner with a good organization. He stays away from McGovern. Georgia: Sen. David Gambrell (D) was unseated in a run- off election by Sam Nunn, a young wealthy state legislator whom Maddox and black leaders LeRoy Johnson and Julian Bond endorsed in primary. Republican Cong. Fletcher Thompson drew tougher opponent. However, Maddox now supposedly for Thompson covertly. This one rated less likely than North Carolina and Alabama. Thompson trying to hang McGovern on Nunn and being charged with running on race. Page Two Idaho: Sen. Len B. Jordan (R) is retiring. Cong. Jim McClure has won the GOP nomination receiving 46,500 votes out of 127,000 in a four-way race. The Democrat is state university president Bud Davis who won strong in a primary. McClure is favored, but this is going to be harder than expected. Illinois: Sen. Charles H. Percy (R) is showing increasing strength and should win. The state GOP is stressing the unity of the Republican ticket. Nixon, Ogilvie, Percy and Scott are pictured as a winning combination. The Democrat is Cong. Roman Pucinski. Iowa: Sen. Jack Miller (R) won the primary with little difficulty and should win the election. The Democrat is Dick Clark. Kansas: Sen. James Pearson (R) should win. Democrat Dr. Arch Tetzlaff is expected to be little more than a nuisance candidate. Kentucky: Sen. John Sherman Cooper (R) is not seeking re-election. The state Democrat administration is putting its effort on the Senate race, and Dee Huddleston has a good media campaign. However, Republican Louie Nunn is favored with good campaign tied into our Re-elect operation. Louisiana: Sen. Allen J. Ellender (D) deceased. Conservative Democrat Bennett Johnston, who just missed governor nomination, should win. Ex-governor John McKeithen is attempting to qualify as an Independent (he needs 1,500 signatures of registered Independents by September 30), but he may not succeed because there are so few registered Independents. The A.I.P. candidate is Hall Lyons (son of Charlton Lyons). Republican Ben Toledano is behind with little name recognition outside of New Orleans. His only chance lies with coattails and a big media campaign which he can't afford. Page Three Maine: Sen. Margaret Chase Smith (R) is running a low- key campaign and showing high in the polls. She should win. Democrat William Hathaway is not running as strong a campaign as expected. Massachusetts: Sen. Edward Brooke (R) is walking away with it. Democrat John Droney has little name recognition, and his campaign has had little effect as yet. Michigan: Sen. Robert P. Griffin (R) is favored, but this could develop into a very close race. The Democrat is Attorney General Frank Kelley. The difference should be RN coattails and anti-busing. Minnesota: Sen. Walter Mondale (D) should win. His popularity is high, even among Republicans. Republican Phil Hansen, a Lutheran minister, who is known for his work with drug addicts and alcoholics, could do better than expected. Mississippi: Sen. James O. Eastland (D) should win. Republican Gil Carmichael is a good candidate in an impossible situation. He cannot expect more than 40% with all of the breaks. Montana: Sen. Lee Metcalf (D) is favored. Republican Henry S. Hibbard is expected to make this a close race, but his campaign has been slow in starting. The busing issue could hurt Metcalf. May be a sleeper for us. Nebraska: Sen. Carl Curtis (R) has problems, but he is favored. Democrat Terry Carpenter is coming on strong with labor support and a good media campaign. He has good name recognition and could make this a close race. Recent poll results indicate a lack of RN coattails. New Hampshire: Sen. Thomas McIntyre (D) is favored. Republican Wesley Powell is behind in poll, but this could be close. Loeb is going all out. Page Four New Jersey: Sen. Clifford P. Case (R) should win. Democrat Paul Krebs is not proving to be an effective candidate. New Mexico: Sen. Clinton Anderson (D) is retiring. Democrat Jack Daniels and Republican Pete Domenici are very close -- 50-50. Domenici is a viable candidate who could make it with coattails. Lost for governor in 1970. One of our best hopes. North Carolina: Sen. Everett Jordan (D) was upset by Cong. Nick Galifianakis who is conducting a strong campaign and is now favored. Republican Jesse Helms is getting good exposure with national figures and could win. However, it's been tough getting him from far right to center, where Galifianakis is appearing to be. Our man not as good a politician. Coattails could do it for us. Oklahoma: Sen. Fred Harris (D) is not seeking re-election. Congressman Ed Edmondson handily won the Democrat primary. Republican Dewey Bartlett has come from behind to 50-50. Coattails could do it, and Bartlett is seeking them in every way. Oregon: Sen. Mark Hatfield (R) is favored but his campaign is poorly organized and there is much resentment towards him among GOP voters for not helping RN on Vietnam. Democrat Wayne Morse is conducting a low visability campaign but is closing on Hatfield. Rhode Island: Sen. Claiborne Pell (D) has been trailing badly in the polls but is starting to show strength. Republican John Chafee is conducting an aggressive and effective campaign, but this could be closer than expected. Chafee favored for our No. 1 pickup. South Carolina: Sen. Strom Thurmond (R) should win. Democrat Nick Ziegler is aggressive and attacks Thurmond every day, especially for going into North Carolina to help Helms. Page Five South Dakota: Sen. Karl Mundt (R) retiring. The Republican is Bob Hirsch who is running an aggressive campaign and will make this a close race. The Democrat is Cong. James Abourezk, to left of McGovern. Recent poll showed RN 2-1 and Hirsch four points behind. This can be won with coattails and help. Tennessee: Sen. Howard H. Baker (R) is favored, but this will be closer than expected. He has an excellent organization and RN will win big. Democrat Cong. Ray Blanton has gotten to the right of Baker and is rallying point for Democrats disaffected by McGovern. Democrats are desperate for one of three big offices. Also, our busing judges hurt Baker. Texas: Sen. John Tower (R) is favored and should win. He is conducting an aggressive campaign to win Democrat votes. Democrat Barefoot Sanders, is having money problems, but he is hitting Tower's voting record with some effect. Poll shows Tower +5 and moving. Virginia: Sen. William Spong, Jr. (D) could be whipped but Republican Bill Scott doesn't seem to be the man. Scott's campaign is now taking shape, but he has poor organization and lacks enthusiastic support among GOP and many Byrd people. However, Stets Coleman and others now trying hard to pull it out. West Virginia: Sen. Jennings Randolph (D) should win. Republican Louise Leonard is having financial problems and needs a landslide Presidential vote to win. Wyoming: Sen. Clifford Hansen (R) should win. His popularity is holding up, but biggest problem is apathy among Republicans. Democrat Mike Vinich is not getting off the ground and appears to have poor organization. Committee for the Re-election of the President 1701 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006 (202) 333-0920 September 29, 1972 MEMORANDUM FOR: CLARK MacGREGOR FROM: STAN ANDERSON SUBJECT: Senate and House Races Planning Paper At the strategy meeting on September 7th. I was asked to pull together a series of recommendations on what candidates for the Senate and House should be supported by the Re-election Committee. I was also asked to analyze the resources which might be available to aid these target candidates if decisions were made to support local candidates. Attached at Tab A is a memorandum analyzing target Senate seats. This memorandum also analyzes a number of resources that may be available to aid local candidates. Attached at Tab B is a copy of a memorandum from Bill Timmons outlining target House seats and recommending certain activities on behalf of certain target candidates. 10a - mtg - financial resources - NO if 9/29 laway pr/camp only Receiver - no change in Air Mail or Telep we wouldn't gel NW pr/cm. - - VP+ suns - Sen roces ok to extent of coop convassok graduallytosen nothing - anderson no is the prof manager. change in Psched - Tab A SENSITIVE-EYES ONLY MEMORANDUM SENATE AND HOUSE RACES PLANNING PAPER The purpose of this memorandum is to generally analyze Senate and House races, to make tentative recommendations on target Senate races and to identify and examine the resources which are available to allocate to those target races. INTRODUCTION This paper is based upon the assumption that decisions concerning the extent of Presidential, White House and campaign involvement in Senate and House races will be made in late September or early October when polling data and field reports reveal the extent of the President's lead at that time. Between now and early October, two separate pro- jects should be completed; one, analyze Senate and House races to de- termine those which merit some degree of involvement from Washington and second, analyze the resources available which can be brought to bear in those races identified in step one above. The analysis of available resources should not be viewed as a commitment that these resources will in fact be used. Rather this analysis should be done if a White House decision is made to become involved, to one degree or another, in Senate and House races. - 2 - Once a determination has been made as to which races should be targeted and an inventory conducted of the various kinds of resources which can be directed to these target races then a decision can be made on the level or degree of support for each candidate. Once the level of com- mitment for each race has been determined the process of allocating the resources can begin. ANALYSIS OF SENATE RACES The best opportunity for capturing one House of the Congress lies in the Senate. There are currently 45 Republican Senators (Buckley votes on organization as a Republican). A net increase of five seats will allow the Republicans to organize the Senate. There is some talk that with a net gain of four seats Senator Byrd of Virginia would vote to organize with the Republicans. On the basis of information available to me I do not think Senator Byrd would vote to organize with the Republicans. The Republicans need at least 39 seats in the House in order to organize. As indicated in the analysis at Tab B, such a gain will be extremely difficult. Senate. As a result of the changes of organizing the Senate, I recommend that a majority of time, effort and resources be channeled into selected Senate races. I feel that all of the available resources be first allocated - 3 - into the target Senate races. However, the recommendations for House races at Tab B should be undertaken if at all possible. In the Senate there are two seats held by incumbent Senators which are now rated as close, Michigan (Griffin) and Texas (Tower). The Senate race in Oregon (Hatfield) is rated as close but Hatfield seems to be leading and is slated to win. I would recommend no overt help in this race. There are also three seats which are Republican seats where the incumbent is not running for reelection; Kentucky (Cooper) where Nunn is running, South Dakota (Mundt) where Hirsch is the can- didate and Idaho (Jordan) where McClure is the Republican candidate. Each of these three races are also rated as close. In order to have any chance to win a majority in the Senate each of these seats must be held. These races must not be overlooked or underplayed in the process of identifying other races, which if won would result in a net gain. If any of these current Republican seats are lost, the odds against gaining a Republican Senate are greatly increased as discussed below. On the basis of available polling data, field reports from CREP Regional Directors and fieldmen, and from a number of other sources such as AmPac, BiPac and Chamber of Commerce, I rate the following net gain Senate races - 4 - in three categories: 1) "even or better" chance of a Republican victory - Chaffee in Rhode Island and Domenici in New Mexico; 2) "possible" if the President does very well in the state - Thompson in Georgia, Helms in North Carolina, and Bartlett in Oklahoma; and, 3) "long-shot possibilities" - Blount in Alabama, Hibbard in Montana, Toledano in Louisiana and Scott in Virginia. There are a total of five races in the "even or better" and "possible" categories. This is the number of seats needed to insure that the Republicans can organize the Senate. However, if even one seat now held by a Republican is not held then the task of winning a Republican ma- jority rests on winning a "long-shot possibility." Consequently, I would propose a two pronged approach to the Senate races, a) apply maximum effort towards saving the five close races now held by Republicans (Texas, Michigan, Kentucky, South Dakota and Idaho); and, b) apply maximum effort on the five seats categorized as "even or better" and "possible", categories 1 and 2 above. "Long-shot possibilities" should receive assistance but only if it does not dissipate our efforts toward incumbent seats and categories 1 and 2. Any action taken on these races should also be prioritized. I would rate the "long-shot possibilities" in the following order; Montana (Hibbard), Alabama (Blount), Virginia (Scott), Louisiana (Toledano). Both Montana and Alabama would be a much higher than Virginia or Louisiana. - 5 - House. As we pointed out in the memorandum on House seats at Tab B, there are a number of incumbnet ent Republicans facing stiff re-election battles and because of retirements, a substantial number of races where the Republican incumbent is not running. This means that substantial effort must be made just to stay even. The attached memorandum divides target races into three categories, those races deserving maximum support, those races deserving moderate $ support and those races deserving little support. The type of re- source that should be expended in each category is also outlined. - 5 - AVAILABLE RESOURCES This section deals with the types and kinds of resources which may be made available to targeted races if a decision is made to actively support local races. State Campaign Activities. There are a number of activities currently being carried on by the Nixon organization in the various states which could be transferable to local candidates to one degree or another. The most obvious general activity is the intensity of the Nixon campaign itself in each state. If there is a well organized, and efficient and effective Nixon organization operating in a state, it will help all Republican candidates. The degree of help an effective Presidential campaign will furnish is difficult to judge but I think it is safe to assume that the higher the President's margin of victory in a state the better the chance of other Republicans on the ticket. In other words, by increasing the intensity of the Nixon effort through more advertising, more telephone banks, or more door-to-door canvassing, we increase the chances of local Republican candidates. The state campaigns are also composed of a number of separate elements, many of which can also be adapted to aiding local races. First is the door-to--door canvassing and "get out the vote" activity. In some - 6 - states this activity has already been combined with certain Senatorial races, (Michigan, Texas and Kentucky). It is not too late to combine our door-to-door efforts in other Senate races as well. This com- bination does two things -- it brings in a large surge of new workers for the local candidate and second it embraces the local candidate in the Nixon aura and increases the coattail possibilities. I recommend that a joint door-to-door canvass effort be undertaken with the Senate candidates in New Mexico, Georgia, North Carolina and Oklahoma. Direct mail is another element in the state campaigns even though it is directed from Washington, The mailing ensembles are already printed and can't be changed to include target candidates at this late date; how- ever, lists of printed mailing labels (in key states) can be made available to Senate and House candidates. Telephone banks are still another element in the state campaigns. In selected areas (Texas and Michigan) these banks are now being used to 0. assist Senate candidates. Unfortunately, none of the other target Senate races are in states where telephone banks are currently operating. However, xerox copies of identified Nixon voters could be made available to local target Congressional candidates. These xerox sheets would represent target voters for the local candidate. This proposal is also recommended in the memorandum at Tab B. - 7 - Finances. Money is the life blood of politics and accordingly campaigns can always use more money. The need for money in local races may be more severe than normal this year because of our intense fund raising efforts and because most of the normal Democratic fund- ing sources are funnelling money into State races instead of the McGovern effort. However, in an early field analysis of some key House and Senate races our analysis revealed that money was not always the most needed item. In many cases, money was not mentioned as "the" factor in the election. This is important in that money that is raised nationally for the purpose of aiding local candidates can be channelled on a limited basis to those candidates who really need the help, thus increasing its effectiveness. Another factor that is extremely impor- tant is the timing of the delivery of additional campaign funds. Money can most effectively be spent in early October with a deminishing return as each week passes. Money delivered in late October and early November is normally used to pay post campaign bills. The method of distribution of any monies raised is also an issue. Basically, there seem to be four methods of distribution available to us. First, directly from 1701 to the targeted candidates. Second, from 1701 to the Senate or House Campaign Committee for distribution to our targeted can- didates. Third, the formation by us of a separate committee to distribute funds directly to targeted candidates. Fourth, 1701 can give indications of support for targeted candidates to selected donors who would contribute - 8 - directly to the targeted candidates. Whatever vehicle is finally selected it should be remembered that there are outside funds avail- able for House and Senate races and that going after that money will not dissipate or interfere with the main fund raising activity of the Committee. It should also be remembered that any indication of support for target candidates by the Committee and the White House will result in a ripple effect. A number of private donors and private political groups, like BiPac, are waiting for guidance before putting additional money into state races. Any funds which are raised or reallocated for Congressional purposes should be strictly distributed on a priority basis so that each dollar will have maximum effectiveness. Money should be allocated first to target Senate races then to the maximum support House races listed in the memorandum at Tab B. Presidential Activities. Presidential involvement in target races is another available resource. The most obvious Presidential involvement is, of course, travel to the various states where target races are being held. This activity, in my view, is the most important single resource available and accordingly should be used sparingly. The President, by coming into a state and endorsing a candidate is putting his prestige on the line. He also runs the risk of alienating Democratic voters who - 9 - support him but won't vote Republican on state races. However, a Presidential visit to endorse a Senate candidate is the single most effective activity that can be undertaken to aid the candidate. Since personal Presidential involvement in Congressional races should be kept to a minimum I propose that the President make three campaign trips in October forthe purpose of directly aiding Senate races. One trip would be to Michigan to aid Griffin. Tris trip could be combined with a trip to Chicago. Even though South Dakota is in category 1, I would not send the President into McGovern's home state. A second trip would be a ceremonial trip to the South. One trip should be made to the South since it will be solidly in the President's camp. I would propose going to Atlanta, the regional cen- ter of the South where press and media coverage is excelent. I would ask Blount, Thompson, Nunn and Helms to meet with the President in Atlanta. This negates the necessity of other stops in Southern states (which could cause problems with Democratic incumbents in Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas) and still allow these Senate candidates to meet with and be associated with the President. I purposely would not invite Senator Thurmond. By doing so you then could explain to Senate candidates in Mississippi and Arkansas that not all Senate candidates were invited. The third trip would be to California, via Oklahoma and New Mexico. These two candidates, Bartlett and Domenici, more than any Senate candidates, will benefit from a Presidential visit. - 10 - Under this proposal all of the first and second priority Senate races when the President sh where the President should go will be visited. Tower has already received the President's personal en- dorsement. I do not think the President should go into South Dakota and Rhode Island to endorse candidates. Most of the candidates in target Senate races have already been in- vited to the White House for picture sessions. In addition, a pro- posal has already been submitted for Presidential endorsement letters. Presidential TV and radio spots endorsing local candidates will be covered later. Vice Presidential Activities. The Vice President basically has the same options available as the President. However, the President should commit a substantial amount of time in October to target Senate and House races. I recommend the Vice President endorse our target Senate candidates in North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Oklahoma, New Mexico, South Dakota, Idaho and Montana. I would not send the Vice President into Michigan or Rhode Island to endorse local candidates. The Vice President has already visited a number of these states and the Senatorial candidates received, to one degree or another, some assistance from these visits. The October visits, however, should be for the express - 11 - purpose of endorsing and aiding the candidacy of these target Senate candidates. If the President's position vis-a-vis McGovern is as strong in trid- October as it is today, I would also schedule the Vice President into a number of target Congressional races. The Vice President should also make himself available for photo opportunities with target Senate and House races. First Family. Members of the First Family can also be effectively used in aiding target Senate and House races. For example, Mrs. Nixon could provide great assistance to the candidacy of John Caffee in Rhode Island by providing "The Nixon Aura" and at the same time not raise substantive issue problems where Caffee and the President may disagree. Julie and Tricia also can give significant assistance to our target candidates. In each instance, however, members of the First Family should seek to identify themselves with our target candidates. Several problems have occurred lately where members of the First Family were in a target state and our candidate was not able to obtain maximum exposure with the Family member. - 12 - Surrogates. The Committee's surrogate program provides a very flexible resource. The surrogates can be scheduled into target Senate races without great disruption to the existing schedule. Scheduling a sur- rogate for the benefit of a Senate candidate will show Presidential support and will give a lift to the local campaign. It could also be used for local fund raising if approved by the Finance Committee. The scheduling of surrogates into target Senate races could start immediately. Advertising. Advertising and the Committee's advertising expertise is another resource which should be used. Counsel advises, however, that any advertising in which the President appears, even if it is only to endorse the candidacy of a local candidate, must be allocated towards the President's media allowance to the extent it benefits the President. The President's picture or voice endorsing other candidates. would be considered a benefit. Consequently, any use of the President must be closely coordinated with the November Group. Indications are that the full media allocation for the President's campaign will not be used and if local funding can be provided Presidential endorsement of target candidates through TV and radio advertising should be undertaken. Specifically, I recommend that the President prepare ten voice tapes for our ten target Senate candidates. Each tape would be 30 to 45 seconds in length and would be individualized for each candidate. We - 13 - would ask each candidate for an initial draft and the November Group would edit for consistency and Presidential tone. This voice tape would then be supplied to each candidate, who would then provide vidio coverage of the Senate candidate to go along with the President's taped message. This would require approximately 1/2 hour of the President time. The tapes can be reproduced easily and dis- tributed. I also recommend that a standard one minute TV tape be prepared for distribution to our target Senate races and maximum support House races. This tape would show various film clips of the President dealing with the Congress, a shot of a scate of the Union, returning to the Capital from Moscow, leadership breakfasts, etc. An off- camera announcer talking about the President and how much he needs a Republican Congress. The proposal would not require any of the President's time. Miscellaneous. There are also a number of miscellaneous resources that can be brought to bear on identified target races. Campaign Management - It would be possible, on a limited basis, to supply selected Senate races with campaign management or campaign consultants. There appears to be real need for such services in several of our key Senate races, particularly North Carolina, Georgia, Oklahoma, and Montana. - 14 - Issue Research - Information on issues both positive and negative is badly needed in most of the target races. Issue information could easily be distributed to target races through sample press releases and issue papers. Different subjects could be stressed in different geographical locations throughout the country. McGovern Record - Ed Failor's program of supplying press releases on McGovern can be greatly expanded. Veting Record - The voting records on all incumbent Demo- crats could be supplied to our target races. This infor- mation is very useful particularly if McGovern's voting record is also included and our target candidates can use this information to tie their opponent into McGovern. Supplies - Campaign supplies are always in short supply in a campaign, especially state campaigns. If straight financial contributions are not possible, contributions of supplies such as bumper stickers, pins, canvass sheets, etc. could be supplied to our target races. Tab B THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON SENSITIVE - EYES ONLY September 25, 1972 MEMORANDUM FOR: CLARK MacGREGOR FROM: WILLIAM E. TIMMONS SUBJECT: Target Congressional Candidates As you requested, this memorandum sets forth three categories for 84 Con- gressional races which deserve special attention and discusses the various types of support which may be undertaken for each group. Stan Anderson and Harry Flemming agree in these recommendations. We have rated the target districts in three categories: Category A - Maximum Support (30) Category B - Moderate Support (15) Category C - Little Support (39) We also created three Divisions within each category: Division I -- Incumbent Republican (22) Division II - Open Republicans* (21) Division III - Net gain opportunity (41) It was our feeling that incumbent Republicans facing stiff reelection chal- lenges should receive maximum support if it appears they have any opportunity to win. Re also feel that priority consideration should be given to Republican challengers in districts where the Republican incumbent is not seeking re- election. Tab A contains our recommendations for Category A - Maximum Support - races Tab B contains our recommendations for Category B - Moderate Support - races. Tab C contains our recommendations for Category C - Little Support - races. * The Republican incumbent is not seeking reelection. - 2 - We also recommend specific types of support for each Category: Category A (7 incumbents, 6 Republicans open, 17 net gain opportunities) This group represents the tightest House races. where maximum effort should be most helpful. Finance - We recommend $5,000 for each candidate. This would total $150,000. Speakers - We recommend that a member of the First Family or the Vice President visit each district. Endorsements - We recommend an endorsement letter from the President and a still photo of each candidate with the President. Organization - We recommend a joint canvassing effort with the Nixon organization for each can- didate. We also recommend joint telephone canvassing in those areas where telephone banks are located and a combined ballot security operation with the Nixon organi- zation in each district. We also recom- mend that we make available lists of Re- publicans (where party registration is known) and identified Nixon supporters (at no cost) taken from our computer mail- ing tapes (in key states) and make available the list of contributors in each target dis- trict derived from our finance mailings. Campaign literature of each target candidate should also. be allowed in each Nixon storefront. Advertising - We recommend providing each candidate with a uniform television and radio tape of the President endorsing the need for a Re- publican Congress. A tag line then could be added to this tape by each candidate. Category B (3 incumbents, 1 Republican open, 11 net gain opportunities) This group represents moderately difficult races for incum- bents and GOP open seat candidates as well as challengers who are "outside chances. " Finance - We recommend $3,000 for each candidate. This would total $45,000. Speakers - We recommend scheduling at least one surrogate into each district. - 3 - Endorsements - We recommend an endorsement letter from the President and a still photo of each candidate with the President. Organization - We recommend a combined ballot security operation and that we provide computer print- outs as explained above. We also recommend that we allow campaign materiel of each target candidate to be placed in Nixon storefronts. Advertising - We recommend providing a uniform radio tape by the President for each candidate. This tape would be general in nature and each candidate would provide his own tag line. Category C (12 incumbents, 12 Republicans open, 13 net gain opportunities) This group represents districts that are apparent winners or losers and extra effort will have only marginal effect on the outcome. Finances - None Speakers - We recommend scheduling the surrogates if they are available after meeting the re- quirements of Category B. Endorsements - We recommend an endorsement letter from the President and a still photo of each candidate with the President. Organization - We recommend a combined ballot security operation and allow the target candidates to place their campaign literature in Nixon storefronts. Advertising - None RECOMMENDATIONS We recommend strongly that a final decision on the above recommendations be made as soon as possible. We feel that money distributed in early October can be much more efficiently spent than money distributed in late October or early November. It will also require two to three weeks to produce the TV and radio tapes described above thus making the speedy approval of these recom- mendations mandatory. B T A A CATEGORY A Maximum Support STATE DISTRICT CANDIDATE Division I (Incumbents) California 6th Mailliard Connecticut 2nd Steele Indiana 10th Dennis Iowa 1st Schwengel Michigan 2nd Esch Minnesota 6th Zwach Texas 13th Price * Division II (Republicans Open) Georgia 5th Cook Illinois 21st Madigan Massachusettes 5th Cronin Massachusettes 12th Weeks North Carolina 9th Martin Oklahoma 1st Hewgley Division III (Net Gains) California 38th Snider Colorado 4th Johnson Connecticut 5th Sarasin * EXCEPTION: Should not have Presidential tapes and endorsements should be tailored. CATEGORY A Maximum Support (Continued) STATE DISTRICT CANDIDATE Division III (Net Gains) Continued Indiana 11th Hudnutt Illinois 10th Young Illinois 11th Hoellen Kentucky 6th Jackson Maine 2nd Cohen Maryland 4th Hold Minnesota 7th Haaven Missouri 6th Sloan New Jersey 13th Maraziti New York 26th Gilman New York 32nd Koldin North Carolina 4th Hawke South Dakota 2nd Abdnor Tennessee 6th Beard B T A B CATEGORY B Moderate Support STATE DISTRICT CANDIDATE Division I (Incumbents) Indiana 2nd Landgrebe New York 23rd Peyser Wisconsin 3rd Thomson Division II (Republicans Open) Wisconsin 8th Froelich Division III (Net Gains) Connecticut 1st Rittenband Mississippi 2nd Butler Mississippi 4th Cochran New Jersey 3rd Dowd New York 24th Vergari South Carolina 1st Limehouse South Dakota 1st Vickerman Texas 5th Steelman * Washington 4th Bledsoe Wisconsin 3rd Thompson Wyoming AL Kidd * EXCEPTION: Should not have Presidential tapes and endorsements. HAA C CATEGORY C Little Support STATE DISTRICT CANDIDATE Division I (Incumbents) Alabama 2nd Dickerson California 43rd Veysey Colorado 1st McKevitt Indiana 8th Zion Iowa 4th Kyl Maryland 1st Mills New York 36th Smith Ohio 8th Powell Tennessee 3rd Baker Tennessee 8th Kuykendall Utah 2nd Lloyd Division II (Republicans Open) California 20th Moorhead California 39th Hinshaw Idaho 1st Symms Michigan 18th Huber Missouri 7th Taylor New Jersey 12th Rinaldo CATEGORY C Little Support (Continued) STATE DISTRICT CANDIDATE Division II (Republicans Open) Continued New York 31st Mitchell New York 33rd Walsh Ohio 4th Guyer Ohio 16th Regula Pennsylvania 9th Shuster Virginia 6th Butler Virginia 8th Parris Washington 1st Pritchard Division III (Net Gains) Arizona 4th Conlan California 36th Ketchum California 42nd Burgener Colorado 5th Armstrong Florida 5th Insco Florida 10th Bafalis Illinois 3rd Hanrahan Illinois 17th O'Brien CATEGORY C Little Support (Continued) STATE DISTRICT CANDIDATE Division III (Net Gains) Continued Lousiana 3rd Treen Massachusettes 4th Linsky Mississippi 5th Lott New York 3rd Roncallo Pennsylvania 20th Hunt CONFIDENTIAL/SENSITIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE RE-ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT Budget Comparison and Projection Robert C. Odle, Jr., October 23, 1972 Approved Expenditures Unexpended Estimated Costs Over/Under Total Estimated Division Budget (1) As of 10/16 (2) Balance (3) 10/16 - 11/15 (4) Budget (5) Cost (6) Administration 594,000 612,585 (18,585) 5,000 (23,585) 617,585 Advertising 5,368,000 3,202,131 2,165,869 3,378,551 (1,212,682) 6,580,682 Campaign Materials 2,344,000 2,506,000 (162,000) 0 (162,000) 2,506,000 Candidate Support 1,347,000 1,196,735 150,265 603,265 (453,000) 1,800,000 Citizens 1,712,000 1,505,000 207,000 207,000 0 1,712,000 Convention 451,000 554,577 (103,577) 25,000 due-refunds (78,577) 529,577 Executive 93,000 100,487 (7,487) 1,000 (8,487) 101,487 Finance Committee 865,000 659,204 205,796 205,796 0 865,000 Office Administration 1,068,520 1,200,377 (131,837) 150,000 (281,857) 1,350,377 Political Division 11,698,500 10,275,326 1,423,174 1,323,174 100,000 11,598,500 Polling 590,000 459,964 130,036 140,036 (10,000) 600,000 Press Office 677,000 673,421 3,579, 40,000 (36,421) 713,421 Direct Mail and Telephone 4,785,000 3,657,706 1,127,294 1,127,294 0 4,785,000 Scheduling & Tour 1,234,000 495,075 738,925 297,000 441,925 792,075 Youth 298,000 597,508 (299,508) 50,000 (349,508) 647,508 Pre-payments 4,672,980 4,672,980 Funds spent prior to 4/7 by all 3,110,000 3,110,000 Divisions TOTALS 40,908,000 42,982,192 CONFIDENTIAL/SENSITIVE October 20, 1972 The preceeding $1,625,294 is based on the assumption that: 1. A moderately heavy local advertising effort will be employed during the last week. TO: ROB ODLE 2. Several additional network radio speeches FROM: PHIL JOANOU will be requested. SUBJECT: Advertising Budget Status 3. A major half-hour network schedule will be ordered. 4. That $100,000 will be required to meet The status of the budget as of 10/20 is as follows: unpredictable additional "must do" requests. November Group Fee $1,294,000 Production 1,490,000 Therefore, the budget status is as follows: TOTAL: $2,784,000 Budget Forecast Difference Production & Fee $2,784,000 $2,784,000 - Media: Media 3,509,000 4,721,682 $1,212,682 Network television $1,546,177 $6,293,000 $7,505,682 $1,212,682 Local advertising 1,223,536 Voter bloc 253,220 Radio speeches 64,455 TOTAL: $3,096,388 Additional funds required are estimated as follows: Network television: $569,294 (1). Note: 1/2 hour speech 300,000 Network radio 150,000 The $7,505,682 represents the Local spot 10/30-11/6 506,000 total cost of November Group and Contingency 100,000 Advertising to 1701. Minus the $925,000 pre-payment, the total TOTAL: $1,625,294 cost is $6,580,682, which is the figure shown on the budget comparison sheet. R.C.O. (1) Included in committed budget Notes: (1) "Approved Budget" For the period April 7 - November 15. Approved by Budget Committee on September 13. These figures do not include pre-payments. (2) "Expenditures As of 10/16" From Budget Comparison provided by Finance Committee Treasurer at Budget Meeting October 16. Includes all salaries and payroll burden through November 15. (3) "Unexpended Balance" As of October 16, these amounts remained unexpended from the approved budgets. Do not include salaries (see above). (4) "Estimated Costs 10/16 - 11/15" These amounts represent what Division directors need to carry out their programs in this period. (5) "Over/Under Budget" This represents a comparison between (3) and (4) (6) "Total Estimated Cost" Entire cost of each Division from April 7 to November 15. Represents a comparison to (I). Campaign Materials: Approved Budget increased $144,000 from Citizens; $17,000 in expenditures transferred to November Group research, $15,000 credited to expenditures. Candidate Support: Figure of $1.8 million based on (a) $600,000 for Presidential and First Family travel which is $100,000 under budget; (b) $150,000 for staff which is $50,000 over budget; (c) $450,000 for public relations and mailings which is $100,000 under budget; and (d) $600,000 for the Vice President which is $550,000 over budget due to the fact that the Vice President's post-convention expenses were expressly excluded from the original White House budget. Citizens: Approved Budget decreased $144,000 for campaign materials and $298,000 for youth. Expenses added under expenditures for cost of Ballot Security program through October 16, $60,000. Youth expenses deducted. Office Administration: The $150,000 is a necessarily rough estimate since it depends on unascertainable costs. Political Division: $140,000 added to Approved Budget for approved increases in three states; Ballot Security expenses of $60,000 deducted from expenditures. Polling: Extra polling which may be requested in the amount of $20,000 on October 28 has been added under Estimated Costs. The Polling Budget does not include any post-election analyses which may be requested later. Press Office: The $40,000 under Estimated Costs represents $25,000 for the final issue of The Re-Elector and $15,000 for mailings, telegrams, and miscellaneous programs. Scheduling and Tour: The $792,075 budget, which is under budget by $441,925, includes total costs of the women's surrogate program and $140,000 for Election Night, although Election Night should be held to $100,000. Youth: New category. Over budget due to convention-related expenses in the amount of $65,000, advertising- related expenses in the amount of $110,000, and field expenses (California) in the amount of $122,000. October 23, 1972 TO: H. R. HALDEMAN FROM: MURRAY CHOTINER Has someone made the material referred to in the attached news item available to Catholic voters. A simple reprint of the editorial without any comment from the campaign should suffice. The campaign here says it has no Catholic opera- tion. Discurey MMC:a Encl. BROADER FORMAT Part Vatican Press Branching Out in World News BY WILLIAM TUOHY Times Staff Writer Pagel VATICAN CITY-A recent edition of the afternoon daily L'Osservatore Romano, carried front-page stories about President Nixon, Northern Ireland, and the Paris peace talks, while inside columns were devoted to the Olympic Games. For most publications, such news selection would be routine, but for the influential, closely read, unoffi- cial Vatican newspaper, it reflects new editorial departures. L'Osservatore Romano is aiming to increase and broaden its coverage of world events, and in the process may well become less a document whose nuances are understood only by Vaticanologists in world capitals. "We are trying to modernize the paper and make it more journalis- tic," says Editor Raimondo Manzini. "We will still carry. official religious news, of course, but the rest of the paper really wants to become a pa- per." Political News Widened Thus political news which used to be pretty much restricted to Italian affairs is being widened. And nonre- ligious subjects like the Angela Davis trial are being reported neutrally. And at the same time, L'Osserva- tore Romano and its sister Sunday supplement, L'Obsservatore Della Domenica, are also broadening the area - both religious and nonre- ligious-for pointed editorial com- ment. L'Osservatore Della Domenica, for instance, recently carried an editori- al declaring that Sen. George S. Mc- Govern's presidential campaign was helping North Vietnam and the Viet Cong, and therefore hindering Pres- ident Nixon's efforts to disengage in Southeast Asia. Since the editorial was signed by Federico Alessandrini, the Vatican press spokesman, it was taken to represent a certain coolness toward McGovern on the part of the highest levels of the Vatican. MF H F S S Political Matters Finances 1 Formal Budget meetings no longer occur because of the anemosity apparent at the Oct. 16 meeting. (Peta met with Dailey parked many Slans if Ory after the meeting, mulus appoligized, and agreed to a post-dection lunch). Hero Budget decisions are now made at ad have meetings. The most recent was on Oct 20 when Slons and Mac Gregor decided the 1972 Campaign Brudget ceiling would on be 43,000. The projected expanse sheet through nov 15, prepared by Rob Odle, is attached at Tal A. 2 Tranqers have been made within the budget to reflect allocation decisions. The Citizens actuities have been alt Committee for the Re-election of the President MEMORANDUM October 18, 1972 ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM FOR: MR. PAUL E. BARRICK FROM: ROBERT C. ODLE, JR. SUBJECT: Budget Transfers With respect to the budget transfers discussed in last Monday's meeting, the following transfers and changes should be made before next week's session: 1. Campaign materials. (See attached memo) a. Decrease the citizens budget by $84,100 and transfer these funds to the campaign materials budget for voter group materials. b. Decrease the citizens budget by $60,000 and transfer these funds to the campaign materials budget for voter group distribution. C. Transfer $17,000 in expenses for poster research from campaign materials to November Group research, leaving campaign materials with $17,000 less in expenses. d. There is also $15,609 in miscellaneous credits to campaign materials. 2. Youth - We will not make any transfers from the youth budget. However, to more accurately reflect our citizens budget VS. expenditures, we should (a) deduct the original youth budget of $298,000 from the citizens budget of $2,154,000; and (b) create a separate youth expense category with its $298,000 budget. Obviously, youth will be over its budget, but this has been caused by certain convention, advertising, and field-related costs which we have agreed to leave in youth rather than attempt to transfer them elsewhere and put those budgets over. ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL 3. Election Night - The election night budget of $98,130 is to be a new department under the Scheduling and Tour Office budget. 4. Credits - Andy Lawrence will be in touch with you regarding certain expenses which should be charged out of the convention account and also some deposits which will reduce convention expenditures by more than $25,000. Hopefully, these deposits will be received in time to credit them on next week's budget comparison. 5. All the Newell Weed insurance costs should be transferred out of the Administrative budget. They were never budgeted, planned for, or approved, and should not be charged to my budget without my approval -- which you do not have. If the Political or the Finance Division wishes to absorb them, fine. If not, and you wish to cancel the policies, fine. But they should not be charged to my budget under any circumstances. Can you effect the changes mentioned above for next week's budget comparison? Thanks. CC: Members of the Budget Committee Mr. Gordon C. Strachan ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL Rebort BUDGET MEETING 10/16/72 Campaign Materials Budget. An additional $175,000 is required to meet demands for campaign materials and to continue shipments for the next three weeks. Reasons for this request are: 1. Increase in ordering of materials because of greater emphasis on field organizational activities. 2. Increase in freight costs because of air freight shipping demands. 3. Increased cost of Washington headquarters office ($95,248). 4. Budget reductions from the original budget which was realistic. As of 10/16 the materials costs are as follows: Paid to date $2,328,969 Committed 204,794 Balance of freight needed 80,000 $2,613,760 Budget 2,200,000 Difference $413,760 This will be adjusted as follows: Valu Proes Voter group materials to Political Division $84,100 Voter group distribution to Political Division 60,000 Poster Research to November Group research 17,000 Convention materials to convention 63,000 Miscellaneous covered by credit due Value 15,609 Blocs $239,815 The resultant budget will be as follows: Current balance $2,613,760 Less adjustments 239,815 NEW TOTAL: $2,373,945 New Cost $2,373,945 Less Budget 2,200,000 Additional Funds Required $173,945 FINANCE COMMITTEE TO RE-ELECT THE PRESIDENT 1701 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. N.W. WASHINGTON, D. C. 20006 (202) 333-0920 MAURICE H. STANS CHAIRMAN October 6, 1972 MEMORANDUM FOR: MISS ROSE WOODS FROM: MAURICE H. STANS I understand that General Lauris Norstad is particularly turned off because he has been unable to get a call through to the President. If the President is not able to talk to him, I suggest that some high level person make a call to smooth over his feathers. Norstad is part of a group including Walter Thayer and Jock Whitney to whom we are looking for substantial contributions. Maurice H. Stans cc: H. R. Haldeman Committee for the Re-election of the President MEMORANDUM October 3, 1972 CONFIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM FOR MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE FROM: CLARK MacGREGOR SUBJECT: Budget Committee Meeting, Monday, October 2 PRESENT: Barrick, Dailey, Evans, Joanou, Kehrli, La Rue, MacGregor, Magruder, Malek, Nunn, Odle, Stans, trachan 1. Barrick is to instruct the Donnelly Company to pay authorized bills to other vendors out of the funds Donnelly presently has on hand. 2. Barrick is to examine the youth budget to determine why it has increased so rapidly and report back to Malek and Odle. 3. Malek/Jones are to attempt to save as much money as possible in the state budgets. 4. MacGregor is to telephone Charles Ross in Ohio and suggest that the Ohio budget will be cut unless the Ohio Finance Chairman raises more money and attempts to meet his quota. 5. Dailey is authorized to spend for the week of October 9 $220,886 for local television spot advertising, $11,000 for newspaper advertising, and $301,700 of the $2,271,909 previously budgeted for network television. 6. Malek is. to ask the Illinois campaign people to finance certain Clem Stone requests out of the Illinois budget. CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL 7. Odle is to make certain that reporters on campaign trips are billed for their airfare. (Subsequent to the meeting, Odle talked with Bruce Kehrli of the President's staff and Roy Goodearle of the Vice President's staff, and will report at the next Budget Committee Meeting.) 8. Since telephone use and postage has increased drastically during September, Odle is to cut back in other administrative areas in order to keep the administrative budget in line. (See attached memo.) The next meeting of the Budget Committee is Monday, October 9, at 3:00 p.m. in Suite 407. CONFIDENTIAL Committee for the Re-election of the President MEMORANDUM October 3, 1972 MEMORANDUM FOR: MISS MARTHA DUNCAN FROM: ROBERT C. ODLE, JR. A recent budget analysis shows that certain administrative areas over which we have little control (e.g., telephone use and postage) have increased dramatically. Consequently, it will be necessary to cut back in those areas where we do have some control. 1. Effective immediately, at both 1701 and 1730 we should cancel the extra hours air conditioning and heating. Both buildings should operate according to normal air conditioning and heating schedules during the week and on the weekends. We will not pay for any additional air conditioning or heating. 2. We should not rent or purchase any additional furniture. We'll just have to make do, and you can direct any appeals by staff members to'me. 3. All requests for changing telephone systems, adding lines, adding additional service, etc., must be directed to me. There will be no changes made at all in any area in either building without my express approval in advance. Please make certain that the telephone company personnel understand this. 4. The Committee no longer will provide donuts, sandwiches, liquor or any kind of food at meetings, including the Strategy Meetings. 5. Please crack down on requests for office supplies and see what you can do to get the Stott bill down. Order no more business cards for anyone. Order no more memo pads of any kind -- if we run out we can use plain paper. 6. Divisions requesting large numbers of things beyond what is normal will be required to finance them out of their budgets. For example, if a certain division wishes to mail 10,000 charts to the field, that division should purchase and pay for the 10,000 mailing tubes. 7. Order no more hot chocolate, soup, or tea. 8. Order no more of the smaller size stationery. 9. No work of any kind is to be performed by building personnel without my express approval -- no more doors cut, walls built, pictures hung, boxes moved, etc. 10. Stress to the girls who run the xerox machines that big jobs should be done on the Press Office's multilith or mimeograph -- not on the xeroxes. Put a sign on each xerox to this effect. Parly Hru THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON 10/11 Date: 10/6 TO: DWIGHT CHAPIN FROM: GORDON STRACHAN Would you please handle this schedule request for Bob? Thank you. bee H per October 3, 1972 FOR THE PRESIDENT MEMORANDUM FOR: H. R. HALDEMAN THROUGH: CLARK MacGREGOR FROM: KEN RIETZ kR We have scheduled our last major youth event for October 29th in Washington, D. C. This event will begin at 7:30 P.M. at the Washington Hilton and will feature the New Seekers, the Mike Curb Con- gregation and a lineup of other stars. It will be modeled after the Miami Marine stadium event and aimed at maximum media coverage of enthusiastic young people supporting the President. This event could be the capstone of the youth cam- paign and have major impact if the President made a surprise appearance and thanked the young voters of America for their support and assistance during the campaign. If we build the entire event around a thank you to the young voters and have a surprise appearance by the President, it is our feeling that it would add just the right touch to our appeal for the youth vote. 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006 (202) 872-1430 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON Date: 10/6 TO: H.R. HALDEMAN FROM: GORDON STRACHAN A copy of this has been sent to Chapin for handling. C vote FOR THE PRESIDENT October 3, 1972 MEMORANDUM FOR: H. R. HALDEMAN THROUGH: CLARK MacGREGOR FROM: KEN RIETZ KR We have scheduled our last major youth event for October 29th in Washington, D. C. This event will begin at 7:30 P.M. at the Washington Hilton and will feature the New Seekers, the Mike Curb Con- gregation and a lineup of other stars. It will be modeled after the Miami Marine stadium event and aimed at maximum media coverage of enthusiastic young people supporting the President. This event could be the capstone of the youth cam- paign and have major impact if the President made a surprise appearance and thanked the young voters of America for their support and assistance during the campaign. If we build the entire event around a thank you to the young voters and have a surprise appearance by the President, it is our feeling that it would add just the right touch to our appeal for the youth vote. 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D. C. 20006 (202) 872-1430 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON October 12, 1972 MEMORANDUM TO: H. R. Haldeman FROM: Harry S. Dent D&D New Hampshire GOP Chairman Whalen reports a random telephore survey statewide of 2,000 calls resulted in the following: Governor's Race Thomson (R) 55% Crowley (D) 16% McLean (I) 12% Undecided 17% Senate Race Powell (R) 58% McIntyre (D) 28% Undecided 14% THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON Date : October 6, 1972 To: H.R. HALDEMAN FROM: HARRY DENT Please handle For your information This is getting to be our best prospect for a Senate pickup. He is really screaming for help. The White House 1 2 Washington 3 WHB031(1400) (1-026523A279007)PD 10/05/72 1355 4 5 ICS IPMAYKA ABQ 1972 OCT 5 PM 3 04 6 ZCZC 129 SM PDF ALBUQUERQUE NM 5 1224P MDT 7 8 PMS HARRY S DENT 9 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PRES 600 PENNSYLVANIA AVE 10 11 WHITE HOUSE DC 20500 12 ALL RELIABLE POLLS SHOW ME WITH 16 POINT LEAD BUT STILL 13 14 UNDER 50 PERCENT IN MY US SENATE RACE WITH 25 PERCENT UNDECIDED. 15 CURRENT FINANCE BUDGET PROJECTED TO BE $66,000.00 SHORT WITH 16 17 ALL NEW MEXICO RESOURCES EXHAUSTED. IF YOU CAN MAKE IMMEDIATE 18 CONTRIBUTIONOR FIRM COMMITMENT BY NOT LATER THAN OCTOBER 11TH, 19 20 WE WILL BE ABLE TO MEET ALL PLANNED MEDIA AND VOTER DELIVERY EFFORTS 21 ON A TIMELY BASIS OTHERWISE NECESSARY CUTBACKS MAY RESULT IN 22 23 LOSS OF MOMENTUM AND LOSING ELECTION. ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CAN 24 GIVE FULL INFORMATION AS TO PRESENT STATUS OF CAMPAIGN YOU 25 26 MAY CONTACT: CHUCK COLL CAMPAIGN FINANCE DIRECTOR 505-2667781, 45795 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 BUEL BERENTSEN DIRECTOR GOP SENATORIAL COMMITTEE 202-2252351, 8 HARRY FLEMING, COMMITTEE TO REELECT THE PRESIDENT 202-3330920, 9 10 TOM REED, REGIONAL DIRECTOR PO BOX 371 SAN RAFAEL CALIFORNIA 11 94902 415-4567310, MARTIN HAMBURGER, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO 12 SENATOR HUGH SCOTT 202-2256324 13 14 KINDEST PERSONAL REGARDS 15 16 PETE V DOMENICI BOX 25323 ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO 87125 17 18 19 16 50 25 $66,000.00 11 505-2667781 202-2252351 202-3330920 371 20 94902 415-4567310 202-2256324 21 22 23 24 25 26 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON October 5, 1972 MEMORANDUM FOR: H. R. HALDEMAN FROM: HARRY S. DENT AsD LOUISIANA The campaign organization of Louisiana GOP Senate candidate Ben Toledano has just completed a statewide poll. The work was done by Kennedy, Rockefeller and Ellsing, a firm with which I'm not familiar. Following are some of the results: Presidential Vote RN MCG Schmitz Undecided 68.2 16.4 .8 12.8 Interviewees were asked if a Democrat other than McGovern had been nominated, would they have voted for the Democrat. 5.6% said yes, 41% no and 12.9% said they would have voted for Wallace. Issues To the question of rating top to bottom issues considered most important nationally and locally, the respondents replied: Nationally Louisiana Vietnam Corruption Economy Jobs Crime Crime Drugs Education Moral Decay Cost of Living Race Taxes Welfare Drugs Education Roads and Bridges Taxes Moral Decay Page Two H. R. Haldeman October 5, 1972 The Senate Toledano's pollsters felt his statewide identity was so weak they didn't include him a head-on with Democrat Bennett Johnston and Independent John McKeithen. McKeithen polled only 22% with Johnston registering in the 60s and the rest undecided. 12% of Louisianans said McKeithen is a liar, and 8% said he was corrupt, based on problems he had as governor. The Toledano people have decided to focus on Johnston. Their primary thrust is to try to link him with McGovern. Toledano put up billboards across the state this week. He has television spots produced, but lacks the money to buy time. Conclusion: A win here would be a surprise. GEORGIA SENATE The only poll data available at this point is a statewide name recognition poll taken by Fletcher Thompson's people. It shows Thompson leading Democrat Sam Nunn in name recognition 44% to 38%. Thompson expects reports on a head-to-head poll sometime this week. Thompson's problems at this point are fourfold: 1. Herman Talmadge: Talmadge has begun an intensive effort to get across the line that Nunn must be elected because if the Republicans take over the Senate, Talmadge will lose "Georgia's chairmanship" of the Agricultural and Forestry Committee. Talmadge is doing this through a public and telephone campaign. Page Three H. R. Haldeman October 5, 1972 2. Fletcher Thompson himself: Thompson has always been adamant about maintaining a good voting record in the Congress. Consequently, he has spent little time in Georgia, while Nunn has been there constantly. Thompson has now agreed to spend five days a week in Georgia. Thompson is getting criticized for relying too much on generalities like Jane Fonda and Communism, and not getting. down to Georgia issues. Thompson wants to be the guy in the white hat. Nunn has a really shallow Congressional record, but Thompson is not attacking him. 3. Money: Thompson refuses to make any commitments until he knows where the money is coming from. Consequently, he has made no commitments for the best radio and television time. The money shortage is improving somewhat. 4. The Democrat coalition: The Thompson-Nunn race proves that politics does make strange bedfellows. Democrats from Lester Maddox to Julian Bond are supposedly backing Nunn, because they want to keep the Senate seat for the Democrats. Maddox has said his support for Nunn was for the Democrat primary, and that he might vote for Thompson in the end. But there has been no sign from Maddox or his organization to indicate there's anything substantial to this. Conclusion: This one is winnable. Thompson is a good campaigner, and he can take it if he will get visible and get on the issues. Recommendation: Close identification between the President and Thompson when the President goes to Atlanta. Gerry Ford has influence on Thompson, and should advise him along the lines suggested above. THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON October 4, 1972 MEMORANDUM FOR: H. R. Haldeman FROM: Harry S. Dent ASD SUBJECT: North Carolina In the Senate and Gubernatorial races in North Carolina, the situation remains fuzzy and often contradictory. However, I am beginning to piece together something of a pattern. Following is a compilation of the most recent polls, and my conclusions at this point. The President 1. Telephone poll conducted by GOP Gubernatorial candidate Jim Holshouser's organization, in Raleigh area, shows: Nixon 64.0% McGovern 20.7% Undecided 15.3% 2. High Point Enterprise (which also includes Greensboro) poll of Guilford County, published Sunday, found: Nixon 82% McGovern 17% Conclusion: Only a major disaster would prevent the President from winning with at least 60%. The Senate 1. In the Holshouser poll, which I understand was done by his own people, without supervision, Nick Galifianakis is ahead of Republican Jesse Helms 50.2% to 32.3%, with 17.5% undecided. 2. The High Point Enterprise poll, showed Helms ahead 51.2% to Nick's 47.6%. Page Two 3. A Walter DeVries statewide poll completed 10 days ago shows Nick with 35%. Helms with 33% and the rest undecided. 4. I have learned that two Democrat polls show Helms within 4 points of Nick. Even the Democrats were surprised. Conclusion: Cliff White is now on the scene with the Helms campaign. He found management problems, no media plan and no concept of proper scheduling. He believes his people are now on top of those technical problems. Beyond that, Helms had a lot less statewide recognition than he apparently assumed. Sixty miles beyond Raleigh - the limit of the coverage of the television station where he was a broadcaster - his recognition factor diminishes. White has now developed a media plan, revamped Helms' campaign schedule and generally broadening recognition. This week Helms campaign initiated a radio-television blitz that will have 20 to 25 spots on 14 stations. The Helms people say they need $120,000 but on balance White believes it is winnable. Helms has a GOP base in the west and conservative Democrat support in the east. No one can beat him by much. He is better off than recent reports have indicated. This is winnable. The Governor 1. The poll Holshouser took for himself - Skipper Bowles, the Democrat, beating Holshouser 44.5% to 39%. 2. The Enterprise poll showed Bowles with 54% and Holshouser with 43.5%. Conclusion: Holshouser is closing and doing better than we expected. He could win. The Congress We have a close fight to hold Jonas' seat in Charlotte. We can win one more seat - the Galifianakis open seat in Raleigh. Recommendation: RN visit to North Carolina before November 7. THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON Date 10/5 TO: H. R. HALDEMAN FROM: GEORGE COLLINS Acopy of This HAS been SeNT TO CHAPiN FOR STAffiNg. THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON Date: 10/5 TO: DIVIGHT CHAPIN FROM: GORDON STRACHAN Please HANDLETRIS FOR Bob. THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON October 4, 1972 MEMORANDUM TO: H. R. Haldeman FROM: Harry S. Dent SUBJECT: NEW HAMPSHIRE The candidate picture for the big races in New Hampshire is clear now. Perennial candidate Wes Powell has the GOP Senate nomination against McIntyre and Mel Thomson, who was the AIP candidate for Governor in 1970, won the GOP primary for Governor this time. Bill Loeb is interested in both of these conservative candidates. A Manchester Union Leader poll last week, sampling 2,500 homes in 29 cities, gives the President a 3 to 1 edge. The Senate race: McIntyre 1,009 Powell 935 Undecided 635 The Governor's race: Thomson 926 Crowley 835 McLean (Ind) 98 Undecided 781 No other reliable polling is available at present, to our knowledge. The vote analysts say two significant things are working for us in these two races: (1) voter turnout historically is considerably higher in Republican New Hampshire in Presidential election years, and (2) Presidential coat- tails are usually fairly strong in this region and the President is expected to win big in New Hampshire. MEMORANDUM bcc: Haldeman THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON September 29, 1972 MEMORANDUM TO: Harry S. Dent FROM: Brad E. Hainsworth RE: ATTITUDES AND PREFERENCES OF MISSISSIPPI VOTERS 1. General: The Mississippi surveys presents the results of the first two surveys planned to help guide the GOP campaigns for re-election of the President and election of Gil Carmichael for' U.S. Senator. The survey was conducted August 5-16, 1972, with 550 voters representing a cross section of the Mississippi electorate. Mississippi voters are currently inclined to vote a split ticket -- to re-elect President Nixon and Senator Eastland. In the Presidential race, RN starts with a better than four-to-one lead over McGovern, 72 to 16, with 12% undecided. The President's support appears to be relatively firm. In the Senatorial race, Eastland holds almost the same magnitude of lead over Carmichael --- 66 to 16, with 18% undecided -- but evidence indicates it is not so secure as Nixon's. Carmichael --- though yet unknown to most voters -- has made a good impression on most of those who have heard about him. There is a lot of sentiment for change. Only 52% definitely go on record in favor of re-electing Eastland, and only 50% think it is a good idea to keep Senators in office a long period of time. To close the gap and win, Carmichael must mount a massive campaign to weaken public confidence in Eastland and build his own image as a competent leader. Harry S. Dent Page Two September 29, 1972 Eastland is mostwulneralbe on the charge that he has used his office to maximize farm payments to himself and his family. Also, he is beyond the normal age of retirement and can be expected to be less effective each succeeding year. Statewide results show 75% quite satisfied with Nixon and almost half of them (35%) say they are completely satisfied. Dissatisfaction with Congress runs 49%. 2. Party Affiliation: White voters make up 73% and blacks 27% of the effective electorate. Most blacks classify themselves as Democrats. However, as many or more whites now consider themselves Republicans (25%) as Democrats (23%) with the majority (52%) being independent or unclassified. White Black All Voters Republican 25% 6% 20% Loyalist National Democrat .1 22 7 Regular Mississippi Democrat 22 36 25 Independent 45 25 40 Unclassified 7 11 8 100% 100% 100% 3. Issues: Strongly favor Disapprove Non-committal U.S. aid to foreign 66% 12% 22% countries should be greatly reduced U.S. should continue 57 18 25 bombing and block- aiding North Vietnam until they agree to a cease fire and return U.S. prisoners. Congress should pass a 55 18 27 law prohibiting use of U.S. troops to fight in other countries without a declaration of war 26. Harry S. Dent Page Three September 29, 1972 Strongly favor Disapprove Non-committal Congress should increase 49% 16% 35% defense spending to assure superior strength Federal spending for most 49 24 27 purposes, including public welfare, should be greatly reduced. President should order 27 46 27 immediate withdrawal of all U.S. forces from South Vietnam Congress should pass 21 54 25 the family income plan to guarantee every family a minimum income 4. Comparative Popularities: Favorability Ratio John Stennis 94% Richard Nixon 91 William Winter 89 Bill Waller 88 James Eastland 87 George Wallace 84 Spiro Agnew 77 Thomas Eagleton 47 George McGovern 36 of DFA - Tune in ? FU Tom Evans - RRC 1 wants to go teny La - McKeithen may wen Dent whe Indict - grond junes by local atty Oieca Joaner re all DFN Buys 1030? 95% nature Oranee of CBS, n BC, THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON October 18, 1972 MEMO TO: Bob Haldeman FROM: Harry S. Dent The organization of Jim Holshouser, GOP candidate for governor in North Carolina, has just completed a poll. I cannot vouch for its accuracy, since they have set up their own firm to do polling. The poll was done last week, by telephone. Some 800 calls were made state- wide, working with what they claimed to be a "perfect universe. 11 Results: Presidential race Nixon 65.5% McGovern 23.3% Undecided 11.2% Senate race Helms (R) 47.3% Galifianakis 37.5% Gubernatorial race Holshouser 41.3% Bowles 40.7% AIP 2.5% Undecided 16.2% THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON October 23, 1972 MEMORANDUM FOR: GORDON STRACHAN FROM: HARRY DENT HBP This is a very sincere man and a very hard worker. You might show this to Bob. CHAMPION COMPANIES POST OFFICE BOX 16213 JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 32216 GEORGE CHAMPION, JR. PRESIDENT October 18, 1972 Mr. Harry Dent Special Assistant to the President The White House Washington, D. C. Dear Harry: For the first time in the campaign, we are running into big problems here in the South. The President's following seems to be eroding dramatically. Our fund raising sources are drying up because they claim we are not using the money for the campaign. They see no campaign and it disturbs them greatly. During the last week at fund raising events, instead of picking up checks after my talk, I have been given a barrage of complaints about the lack of a campaign on the part of the President and the shift in voter sentiment that the potential contributors have noticed among their employees and acquaintances The universal complaint seems to revolve around the fact that the President isn't on tele- vision and isn't actively campaigning while McGovern is doing both vigorously. Two weeks ago at fund raising meetings, I got checks, promises to work, and an enthusiastic, helpful response from those present. This week it is a completely different story. The comments below are typical. A potential contributor, Ocala, Florida - "The President better get out and campaign. I polled my employees and five out of seven are now for McGovern. Two months ago, they were all for Nixon." A contributor, Tampa, Florida - "I'm worried. We can't get volun- teers to man the telephones at headquarters. The party line is that the election is in the bag so no one wants to work." A major contributor, Jacksonville, Florida - "The President has got to provide positive leadership for the campaign. Any organization reflects the actions of the boss. The campaign workers are staying away from headquarters in droves. Surrogates are out campaigning, but the press doesn't cover them unless they commit some blunder. Mr. Harry Dent Page 2 - October 18, 1972 A telephone campaign worker and contributor, Greenwich, Connecticut- "A lot of people I call on the phone tell me they are going to watch their television sets, find out what the issues are, and then decide. I'm worried sick because the President isn't on television." A potential contributor, Miami, Florida - "The President is not spending money on the campaign. He isn't traveling and he isn't on TV, SO why does he need my money.' A contributor, Miami, Florida, who gave 10% if what he should have - "They are keeping the President off TV and that is the worst thing possible. McGovern's commercials are saturating our area and they are effective. The country rallied around the President after the wonderful way he handled those very difficult press conferences. He did a great job on television, and could be doing a better job now without the hostile reporters." A contributor, Gainesville, Florida - "People understood when the President didn't campaign the last two months. He said he was going to spend his time running the country. Now they expect him to be out campaigning and asking for their vote. If he doesn't ask for it, he won't get it." A campaign worker and contributor, Orlando, Florida - "You can't get anyone to work. Clark McGregor announced at a press conference at the Miami convention that the President would probably win all states except South Dakota. Now no one feels they will get any credit for turning out the Orlando vote. It is supposed to be in the bag anyway." A potential contributor, Orlando, Florida - "McGovern is on TV ten times for every appearance of the President. If you don't know anything about him, he sounds good. He's winning a lot of votes in Florida." A Raleigh, North Carolina contributor - "McGovern is supposed to have written off the South, but he is spending a fortune on TV here and he is getting votes.' Mr. Harry Dent Page 2 - October 18, 1972 The only people I have found who aren't worried are some of the campaign chairmen who are delighted to be on the winning team and are still reading last month's polls. I am not writing because I have run into a few worried people The concern is almost universal this week. Things have changed dramati- cally and all seem to feel that the President and only the President can turn it around by an active and vigorous campaign. If the Nixon South is beginning to talk this way, the sentiment must be present in other parts of the country. This letter is in no way an excuse for a lack of personal preformance. I am Finance Chairman for the State of Florida. Florida exceeded its assigned quota for fund raising three weeks ago and is one of only three states to enjoy that distinction. Only twenty five states on the last report had achieved even 50% of their assigned quotas. In addition, I have personally contributed $25,000 to the President's campaign. I am in all the way, and look for nothing more than a victory. I hope you can tell the President of this change. He can easily turn it around in the next two weeks if he campaigns. With best and warmest wishes, I am, Your sincerely, George My Champion, Jr. GC/vb FYI Committee for the Re-election of the President Sept. 29, 1972 Date TO: GORDON STRACHAN FROM: CLARK MacGREGOR /Bob Reisner Please Handle FYI File Hold Per our conversation - the Woods/Chotiner letter. Committee for the Re-election of the President MEMORANDUM September 27, 1972 MEMORANDUM FOR: MR. BARRY F. MOUNTAIN FROM: G. ANDREW LAWRENCE SUBJECT: Clark MacGregor - Rose Mary Woods' letter Enclosed are: 1. Draft of letter to be signed by Clark MacGregor's name-signing machine. 2. First batch of names. There will be approximately 30,000 letters altogether. They should be processed on the MTST. The men should be addressed by first name. The women should be addressed as "Dear Mrs. , " etc. Pay no attention to the fact that the list of names shows the women are being addressed by their first names - that is the salutation used by the President when writing to them. Please return the name list to this office with each finished batch. and R day my Committee for the Re-election of the President 1701 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006 (202) 333-0920 Did Rose agree Date Dear : In discussing our plans for the campaign with the President, he mentioned how grateful he is for the many loyal supporters he has had over the years. As I am sure you know, he values your friendship and hopes he can count on your continued assistance in the crucial battle for his re-election this year. If you are not now participating actively in this campaign, it would be greatly appreciated if you would write a letter to the President, The White House (mark the envelope for the attention of Miss Rose Mary Woods, his personal secretary) pledging your support and listing your telephone number. Also, it would be most helpful if you would indicate any special way in which you would like to participate in the campaign. You may be sure the President would want me to extend his best wishes to you. Sincerely, Clark MacGregor Campaign Director October 16, 1972 MEMORANDUM FOR: H. R. HALDEMAN FROM: MURRAY CHOTINER Ben Toledano, GOP nominee for the U. S. Senate in Louisiana, is of Spanish extraction. That can be used effectively in states where there are many Spanish-American and Mexican-American voters. themy MMC:a Committee for the Re-election of the President MEMORANDUM October 13, 1972 TO: H. R. HALDEMAN FROM: MURRAY CHOTINER The enclosed should be used. I sent one to Ed Failor. MMC:a Encl. NATIONAL NEWS-RESEARCH SYNDICATE 1052A NATIONAL PRESS BUILDING WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004 FOR RELEASE: Friday, 14 October 1972 In Washington ETHICS, DEMOCRATIC FINANCING, AND THE TAXPAYER By RALPH de TOLEDANO If Chairman Wright Patman is really concerned about the ethics of campaign financing, he should begin an immediate investigation of two Democratic practices which so far have failed to evoke comment from press and politicians. Investigators for Patman's House Banking and Currency Com- mittee would have to take no more than a short cab ride to get the facts. Involved is the use of loans from banks and individuals to finance Senator George McGovern's Presidential bid. The propriety and even the legality of some of these "loans" is open to serious question. That the taxpayer may, in the long-run be stuck for part of the McGovern tab makes official inquiry that much more vital. In the first of these practices, the National Bank of Washington is a participant. The NBW, owned by the United Mine Workers of America whose president W. A. (Tony)Boyle is going the route in the Federal courts for il- legal use of union funds for political purposes, has been making secured loans to individuals. They, in turn, either give or "lend" the money to the McGovern campaign or the Democratic National Committee. In a telephone interview with this writer, True Davis, president of the NBW, frankly stated that such loans were being made. (Davis, who him- self has lent the McGovern campaign $25,000, will be remembered as the source for columnist Jack Anderson's unsubstantiated "drunken driving" allegations against Senator Thomas Eagleton, then Senator George McGovern's running mate.) Davis asserted that making bank loans for political purposes had been declared legal by the Supreme Court. What happens to the money, he said, was none of his business. (MORE) IN WASHINGTON-2 10/14/72 It is, however, the taxpayer's business. For the interest on those political loans is tax deductible. This means that the United States Treasury is hit to the extent of that interest, which means in turn that the Internal Revenue Service must dig deeper into the pockets of the tax- payer to make up the loss. Or the Federal deficit is increased. But the whole practice of making "loans" to political campaigns should be considered suspect. It should be recalled that debts incur- in 1968 red by the Democratic National Committee, running into the millions of dollars, have yet to be honored. "Loans" made this year will run into the multiple millions, and the chances that they will ever be repaid are very doubtful indeed. In the latest McGovern report on contributions alone, $$2.085 was listed as "loans"--which presumably will be written off as "bad debts" at the expense of the taxpayer and the Treasury. The extent of these "loans to the McGovern campaign can be measured by digging into that latest report. There were eleven "loans" ranging from $100,000 to $200,000 each, eight "loans" ranging from $35,000 to $80,000, and thirteen" "loans" from $2,000 to $20,000. The United Auto Workers "lent" $200,000 to the McGovern campaign, the Communications Workers union "lent" $100,000. Direct contributions from union funds violate the Corrupt Frac- tices Act-but does a "loan" which will never be repaid? Is this an evasion of the law? The individuals who made "loans" in the $100,000-$200,000 bracket are people of great wealth. A "bad debt" of that magnitude allows them to write-off much of their taxes. Senator McGovern has strenuously objected to this kind of "loophole" and ascribed its use only to fat-cat Republicans. But he is willing to be the beneficiary. As Public Moralist Number One, McGovern might well ask himself: Is it ethical to accept money which comes from a bank controlled by the UMW, deeply implicated in the Yablonski murder, and Tony Boyle, whose election to the UMW presidency has been set aside by the courts for its irregularities? Is it ethical to condone the subsidies to those who "lend" the money--a subsidy in tax deductions for interest and write-offs? Perhaps McGovern is too busy impugning the Nixon Administration to know what goes on in his own headquarters. But Lawrence F. O'Brien is no babe in the woods, and he cannot plead ignorance. Perhaps Representative Patman will show them both the light. But I am not holding my breath until this happens. NATIONAL NEWS-RESEARCH SYNDICATE Committee for the Re-election of the President MEMORANDUM October 12 1972 TO: H. R. Haldeman FROM: Murray Chotiner Someone might want to use the interview material from the Detroit Free Press of October 11. I assume you know the Detroit News endorsed the President. Khachign To 10/13 transmay Committee for the Re-election of the President MEMORANDUM October 11, 1972 TO: H. R. Haldeman FROM: Murray Chotiner For what it is worth (and his opinions are worthy), enclosed is a copy of a letter from Worth Brown. He was President of the California Republican Assembly in the 40's. timely Enclosure OFFICE: 408/475-1313 RESIDENCE: 408/426-3631 WORTH A. BROWN BOX 67 CAPITOLA, CALIFORNIA 95010 October 4, 1972 Mr. Murray Chotiner Suite 500 1701 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, D. C. 20006 Dear Murray: Since I seem to have assumed the role of your necromancy LOGY committee I am writing to be sure you know of the death of Harrison McCall of Leukemia at the age of 84. His daughter is Mrs. Robert Stipel, 1625 Laurel St., So. Pasadena, Calif. 91030. I understand the President called him several times during his illness. I have an uneasy feeling about California on November seventh. There seems to be a lack of emotional drive. The machinery is apparently set up but no zest. This is typified by practically no "Nixon" bumper strips but a surprising number of McGovern's. The State office holders are 'concerned with only their own problems with the exception of Reagan and he is usually out of state. The practical politicians who are working are more concerned with giving recognition to local people who will be of help in the next gubernatorial campaign. Perhaps I am pessimistic but I have lost almost as many as I've won and that goes for the campaigns I've worked on for Dick Nixon. The thinking people are for him and the opposition is illogical and emotional which may account for their being more vocal. I do think the number of controversial propositions on the ballot will bring out a large vote and this will help. Best regards, WORTH Work A. BROWN WAB:dp COMMITTEE FOR THE RE-ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT MEMORANDUM October 3, 1972 TO: H. R. Haldeman FROM: Murray Chotiner Enclosed is a memo from Herschel Shosteck Associates. Although I do not subscribe to his conclusions, it is worth reading. Daimay Herschel Shosteck Associates 10 Old Post Office Road Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 301/589-2259 September 30, 1972 Presidential Race Still in Question The current Gallup Poll showing President Nixon with a seemingly insurmountable 34 point lead over Senator McGovern does not mean that the President is a certain winner. Review of the current political situation together with careful analysis of the Gallup findings, Gallup's expectation that the gap will narrow, and our own parallel research points to a possible repeat of the 1968 photo finish. Overall, the President has reached his peak in popularity. Senator McGovern could close the lead from now until November 7. From a political viewpoint, three factors favor McGovern strengthening his position. -First, the President can do little more to enhance his image as a foreign affairs statesman, the image he has chosen to present for the current campaign. Conversely, McGovern is unlikely again to damage his campaign to the extent done by the Eagleton Affair. Thus, McGovern's popularity is bound to go up. Second, predictions of widescale desertions by the party regulars are patently absurd. Labor leaders can afford the luxury of leaving McGovern; political leaders cannot. Whether the latter like it or not, much of their survival hangs on McGovern's coat tails. Thus, a Presidential disaster for the Democratic Party would take thousands of lesser officials with it; to save their skins, this group must support the Presidential ticket. Finally, there is the possibility of a classical Nixon "panic. in Late October, the gap between the President and McGovern will be closing. While the President's staff will do every- thing to prevent a smudge of his carefully honed statesman image neither the President nor the Vice-President are that contain- able. Thus, there is the possibility of a reemergence of the "Old Nixon" image and with it a return of apostating democrats to the party fold. Carefully examining the opinion poll data, indicates how the above scenario is possible. From this polling viewpoint, two factors are key. Presidential Race Still in Question First, the widely publicized 64-30 lead of Nixon over MOGOVOLU (dallip's August 25-28 poll, released September 10) : 6 "sort." Most papers Cailed to emphasize Gallup's careful ebservations that 30 percent of the respondents making a candidate Swive are "not solidly committed." This "softness" from the love that Gallup interviewers encourage callected respondents in make it clear candidate choice. At this early NEAVO 111 the comparign, such encouragement is anrealisties Many voters are undecided and shall not choose 3 condidate until the final weeks of the campaign. This "soft" part of the President's vote equals 19 points (.30 X 64 = 19). When we discount this from the 64 points the President receives in the latest Gallup poll, we reduce his standing to 45 percent of the votes -- five points under what he needs to win. This reformulated 45 percent approximates our own findings in a bell-weather congressional district. Here, a week after Gallup's national survey, we found the approximate split of 45% Nixon, 25% McGovern, and 30% undecided. Note, that when the undecided are not forced 10 choose, Nixon Grops almost 20 points (from 04 to 45), McGovern only ', (from 30 to 25). The reasons for Nixon's sharp drop brings to the surface the second key factor which will enable McGovern to close the present gap even to the extent of winning in November. This second factor, based on our own data, is that almost all of the presently undecided voters are Democrats or Independents. Realistically, those of these groups who haven't yet committed themselves to Nixon are open for McGovern. McGovern can win almost all of these waivering Democrats and half of the waivering independents. Should he do so, he would capture 22 to 23 of the 30 undecided points. Added to his present 25 percent, McGovern would have 47 to 48 points -- within striking distance of victory. And should McGovern's campaign "catch fire," and McGovern draw more than half of the still uncommitted independents, we have every chance to anticipate a repeat of the 1968 photo finish. In summary, the 1972 Presidential race is not yet over. Politically, McGovern's strength relative to the President's can only go up. Analytically, a reading of the unreported poll results shows that the popularly reported 64 points which the President allegedly enjoys includes many undecided voters. Our own data show that almost all of these are Democrats and Independents. We believe enough of these can return to the McGovern column to make 1972 a much closer race than anyone has yet anticipated. SHOSTECK COMMITTEE FOR THE RE-ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT MEMORANDUM October 6, 1972 TO: H. R. Haldeman FROM: Murray Chotiner For what it is worth, here is a report from Charles Van Wagenen of Auburn, New York. He writes me from time to time giving reports as he finds them. He has been moving around in upstate New York. This is what he says: 1. Many voters are still undecided. 2. Many voters will not vote. 3. Neither candidate has turned many on. 4. Republicans think it's all over now. 5. Republicans forget how Truman won. 6. Republicans need a fire under them. Tissuay October 2, 1972 TO: H. R., HALDEMAN FROM: MURRAY CHOTINER I need a policy decision of whether we should have someone in California pursue this. It could be someone not identi- fied with the GOP or the President's committee. It.is clearly a violation of law. You will note the cir- cular does not show who is responsible for it. The objection to doing anything about it is that we may inadvertently help publicize the libels. What's the answer? tramy MMC:a Encl. P.S. The circular came to me from Earl Carraway who ran against Schmitz in the primary. He lost. world to fly these previously had 1: AT: PWA 1... the : may our Ped ISLU SLUFF Ricord for Was 081 }{ including ,- Fill Difinend given, 5 Tix vis car to v. Corrupt Practice 11 and 1 am minibut will many or for 11 smith r, 1270 ix stratten misser of your in the bas public receed. :: would appear Signerd : may no: posic first rees 1115 1.4, CPO the qu citizens --- as FEDERAL Federal Maritime Commission Washington, D.C. 20573 1961 October 20, 1972 Office of the Chairman MEMO FOR: Mr. Clark Mac Gregor Mr. H. R. Haldeman FROM: Helen Delich Bentley For the past week I have been traveling in Illinois and Minnesota. The following are some points I have picked up along the way, talking to party workers and audiences of "little guys. We have been beset with questions from party workers and others as to why the Presidnet, to the extent security permits, does not set out on an intensive campaign tour. Now that Congress has adjourned they query the neces- sity of his remaining in Washington. This mounting concern results from the impact of the increased activities of the opposition. McGovern and Shriver are dominating the television newscast. These appearances, along with those five minute spots of McGovern talking to the "little guy," are having a very definite effect. Even "dyed-in-the-wool" Republicans say they are making them think. In other words, the old pros from the Kennedy-Madison Avenue machine are penetrating with their plans and their programs coupled with the charges of corruption. Eagleton -- a hero in reverse -- also is hurting us, especially with senior citizens, He is using his Special Committee on Aging very effectively. I cannot help but recall that one of the reasons Dewey lost was his inability and failure to reach the "little guy" -- all in the last two weeks. Would it in any way be possible for the President to embark upon an airplane tour, making at least one stop, Mr. Clark Mac Gregor Mr. H. R. Haldeman October 20, 1972 Page 2 (not necessarily in the largest city, but rather in crossroad cities) in each of the critical states. I repeat that my personal concern and that expressed by all our dedicated grassroots workers, is motivated by the desire that the President wins and by the greatest plurality ever achieved. THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON Date TO: AS FROM: L. HIGBY We need claffy here to reply for H I Republican National Committee. October 13, 1972 MEMORANDUM TO: The Honorable H. R. Haldeman Assistant to the President of the United States FROM: Bob Dole agD Chairman, Republican National Committee SUBJECT: Voter Turnout Activity I have put together this memorandum as a result of our meeting on voter turnout. It is basically a report on current activities already being imple- mented, with some additional recommendations which I feel should be considered. 1. We are working with the Committee for the Re-Election of the President for joint sponsorship of an October 28, "PREPARE FOR VOTER TURNOUT" day. It is expected that nearly 60 surrogates will be visiting at least that many cities and as many as 200 to 300 storefront headquarters to demonstrate the commitment to and appreciation of the Nixon team to turnout activities. Following up the October 28 event, we should plan on well-publicized, fact-finding tours by myself, Tom Evans and Clark MacGregor to check on turnout activity in progress. 2. There will be a total commitment by the RNC Political Division to insure that the millions of Nixon supporters uncovered in the registration canvass activities have their doors knocked on, receive a phone call and/or a piece of mail, urging their turnout on November 7. We are re-assigning all personnel who have been working in advance, research, campaign education, etc., to specific states and cities for the sole purpose of assisting Nixon and Party leadership in their "60 Days to Victory/Target '72" turnout programs. In addition to existing personnel, several dozen more are being hired in states such as New Mexico, Virginia, Rhode Island, Minnesota and other marginal states, especially where we have a close senatorial race. 3. Major emphasis in all publicity, publications, speeches and media contact during the last 10 days of the campaign will be placed on the importance and the mechanics of voting and the reasons why each vote is important. The final editions of all party-oriented publications, and direct mailings, with an ultimate readership of over a million Republican opinion leaders, will be scheduled to arrive in the hands of our readers during the last ten days. Theme and content will be heavily focused on the necessity for voting and the need to offer services and support to precinct or county chairmen, prior to and on election day. Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Center: 310 First Street Southeast, Washington, D.C. 20003. (202) 484-6500. -2- 4. On Thursday and Friday, November 2 and 3, RNC Communications staff will call all identified state and local party publicity chairmen to encourage their final efforts on developing news, identifying possible problem areas, and emphasizing turnout. 5. Our weekly mailing to county chairmen will include a very straight, clear, direct letter signed by the Chairman. The letter will simply and dramatically urge the highest possible commitment to turnout activity. 6. We are making heavy utilization of Anne Armstrong's "Nixon-Agnew New Majority Voting Machine" bus trip to emphasize voter turnout. 7. A draft of a possible telegram, from the President to all county and state leadership has been submitted to Harry Dent for use during the last ten days. The wire reminds each chairman of his individual responsibility, and of the fact that the President is looking to each of them for a successful operation. The following recommendations are suggested for consideration: 1. The reservation of time and funds for a possible five minute spot by the President four or five days prior to election day, addressed to all Americans, and emphasizing the importance of their vote. 2. The appointment by the President of a celebrity/sports figure as national "voter turnout chairman" on November 1, to emphasize the importance placed on this activity by the President and the campaign. Follow this up by naming 50 state turnout chairmen. 3. Telephone calls by the President to turnout chairmen, to large meetings of Republican groups, and to joint meetings of the CRP/RNC/DFN. These could be set up for the calls to come in on a P.A. system. Arranging of meetings of 50 to 150 for this purpose, plus media coverage, is practical and possible. Approximately one week's advance notification would help. ** 4. We are considering sending a reprint of the Chicago Tribune edition announcing a Dewey victory to each of our county chairmen, along with a special Dewey button. (Attached) Bob, after you have had an opportunity to review this it might be worth- while for us to discuss the entire program once again. CC: John Ehrlichman Clark MacGregor This is a rather poor idea, in my opinion. Dewey (Or Dont We!) Republican National Committee. Bob Dole, Chairman October 20, 1972 The President The White House Washington, D. C. 20500 Dear Mr. President: Enclosed is a copy of the letter I have just received from our mutual friend, George Champion, Jr., of Jacksonville, Florida. He has requested that I forward it to your attention. Sincerely yours, BOB Bar Dole BD:cbs Enclosure Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Center: 310 First Street Southeast, Washington, D.C. 20003. (202) 484-6500. CHAMPION COMPANIES POST OFFICE BOX 16213 OCT 2 0 1972 JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 32216 GEORGE CHAMPION, JR. October 18, 1972 PRESIDENT Mr. Bob Dole 310 First Street, S. E. Washington, D. C. 20003 Dear Bob: For the first time in the campaign, we are running into big problems here in the South. The President's following seems to be eroding dramatically. Our fund raising sources are drying up because they claim we are not using the money for the campaign. They see no campaign and it disturbs them greatly. During the last week at fund raising events, instead of picking up checks after my talk, I have been given a barrage of complaints about the lack of a campaign on the part of the Fresident and the shift in voter sentiment that the potential contributors have noticed among their employees and acquaintances. The universal complaint seems to revolve around the fact that the President isn't on television and isn't actively campaigning while McGovern is doing both vigorously. Two weeks ago at fund raising meetings, I got checks, promises to work, and an enthusiastic, helpful response from those present. This week it is a completely different story. The comments below are typical. A potential contributor, Ocala, Florida - "The President better get out and campaign. I polled my employees and five out of seven are now for McGovern. Two months ago, they were all for Nixon." A contributor, Tampa, Florida - "I'm worried. We can't get volun- teers to man the telephones at headquarters. The party line is that the election is in the bag SO no one wants to work." A major contributor, Jacksonville, Florida - "The President has got to provide positive leadership for the campaign. Any organi- zation reflects the actions of the boss. The campaign workers are staying away from headquarters in droves. Surrogates are out campaigning, but the press doesn't cover them unless they commit some blunder.' Mr. Bob Dole Page 2 - October 18, 1972 A. telephone campaign worker and contributor, Greenwich, Connecticut- "A lot of people I call on the phone tell me they are going to watch their television sets, find out what the issues are, and then decide. I'm worried sick because the President isn't on television." A potential substantial contributor, Miami, Florida - "The President is not spending money on the campaign. He isn't traveling and he isn't on TV, so why does he need my money.' A contributor, Miami, Florida, who gave 10% of what he should have - "They are keeping the President off television and that is the worst thing possible. McGovern's commercials are saturating our area and they are effective. The country rallied around the President after the wonderful way he handled those very difficult press conferences. He did a great job on television, and could be doing a better job now without the hostile reporters." A contributor, Gainesville, Florida - "People understood when the President didn't campaign the last two months. He said he was going to spend his time running the country. Now they expect him to be out campaigning and asking for their vote. If he doesn't ask for it, he won't get it." A campaign worker and contributor, Orlando, Florida - "You can't get anyone to work. Clark McGregor announced at a press conference at the Miami convention that the President would probably win all states except South Dakota. Now no one feels they will get any credit for turning out the Orlando vote. It is supposed to be in the bag anyway.' A potential contributor, Orlando, Florida - "McGovern is on TV ten times for every appearance of the President. If you don't know any- thing about him, he sounds good. He's winning a lot of votes in Florida. " A Raleigh, North Carolina contributor - "McGovern is supposed to have written off the South, but he is spending a fortune on TV here and he is getting votes. 11 Mr. Bob Dole Page 3 - October 18, 1972 The only people I have found who aren't worried are some of the campaign chairmen who are delighted to be on the winning team and are still reading last month's polls. I'm not writing because I have run into a few worried people. The concern is almost universal this week. Things have changed dramati- cally and all seem to feel that the President and only the President can turn it around by an active and vigorous campaign. If the Nixon South is beginning to talk this way, the sentiment must be present in other parts of the country. This letter is in no way an excuse for a lack of personal perfor- mance. I am Finance Chairman for the State of Florida. Florida exceeded its assigned quota for fund raising three weeks ago and is one of only three states to enjoy that distinction. Only twenty five states on the last report had achieved even 50% of their assigned quotas. In addition, I have personally contributed $25,000 to the President's campaign. I am in all the way, and look for nothing more than a victory. I hope you can tell the President of this change. He can easily turn it around in the next two weeks if he campaigns. With very best and warmest wishes. Yours sincerely, George My Champion, Jr. GC/vb *** WASHING TON U.S.POSTAGE OCT20'72 16: Republican ************* D.C PR.143023 National Committee. The President The White House Washington, D. C. 20500 ATTENTION: H.R. Haldeman 10/9 FM - Field People -an top of elec ais - Turnout. - Proe solving - -operational -Stat's on Voter precents- - Rnc (dePrt) -NBC 632 EST - maybe just Key Sts Opening Huntley - Brinlley -anderoen poles his each st. FM will phose High V Low Turnout. EM -all 1 Fuld people at Thoreham 58/42 - anderson - Sent the was hose most -nets will be ahead thise nBC - Rheinstein CBS ABC I who - Lines to Shoreham: - Wire Service - Wit - 1 $500 - Cabinet - ales - Program w H People to get states on Electrin Timmons as Elec Day t regarldem Jones THE WHITE HOUSE AS WASHINGTON October 17, 1972 L Any here problem Did you know -- that (according to my mother) in the Tower headquarters people are making telephone calls to people who are for the President but are undecided about Tower and saying that the President thinks it is vital that Tower be reelected? My mother says that if they are still undecided when they say that, they send phamplets and brocheres to the "not sure" voters. ke (Looks like I may lose my bet with you.) October 19, 1972 MEMORANDUM FOR: GORDON STRACHEN FROM: JERRY JJ SUBJECT: Tower Conversation Being Used In Six Texas Telephone Centers Six centers (Harlingen, Victoria, Tyler, Amarillo, San Angelo and Beaumont) which have completed all of their calls on their telephone computer sheets have begun to call back all undecided voters. One group of undecideds that they were calling were the Nixon positives and the Tower undecideds. This call back conversation went as follows: "President Nixon has said that it is vital that Senator Tower be re-elected. He needs his leader- ship and help in the Senate. Can Senator Tower count on your vote?" If this person was either positive or negative, they were thanked. If they continued to be undecided, they were questioned as to issues that concerned them. Our telephone chairman in Texas was fully aware of these calls and approved them using the rationale that it was better to keep the phone banks busy in order to have them in full swing for the GOTV reminder calls beginning the first week in November, than to close them. We have had no feed back - adverse or otherwise - on these calls from any- one in Texas. CC: Fred Malek Bob Marik October 18, 1972 MEMORANDUM FOR: FRED MALEK FROM: CHUCK COLSON Whoever is running our Michigan operation should be aware of what we are doing. It looks great. October 16, 1972 MEMORANDUM : To Whom It May Concern FROM: Frank Daniel SUBJECT: Summary of Michigan Activities ACTION MOTION RESULTS = IMPACT 1. Announcement of opening of offices = Five (5) and up to fifteen (15) = Statewide news release 2. Kit for opening = Ads = News Articles = Promotion = Names It Photos, etc, 3. Bringing names of Democrats for Nixon, Sub-Leaders into press. All Michigan people. 4. Letters to editor = Why we are switching from Wallace to Nixon. 5. Emphasis = NO Local Candidates = Only Nixon 6. Cooridnating office efforts = TV film news on what Wallace people are doing for Nixon. 7. Show that something is happening with Nixon inclined Wallace people. 8. Newsletters to 3000 names telling what is going on. CONTACTS FOR DETROIT: A.P. AND U.P. Stories on Wire O.K. DETROIT NEWS Inside Page Headline O.K. DETROIT FREE PRESS Second Page Headline O.K. KNIGHT WIRE SERVIE On Wire O.K. WJVS - 56 On Air O.K. WWJ - 4 On Air O.K. WXYZ - 7 = ABC On Air O.K. WKBD - 50 = KAISER On Air O.K. CKLW - 9 On Air O.K. ALL RADIO STATIONS DETROIT On News O.K. HUNGARIAN JOURNAL . ? = Not Out LATRIBUNA DEL POPOTO ? - Not Out DETROIT LABOR NEWS ? - Not Out DEARBORN TIMES - HERALD ? - Not Out = No Copy SUBURBAN NEWS O.K. = Sending Copy NATIONAL GREER TRIBUNE ? - Not Out October 6, 1972 SUBJECT: Store Fronts = MICHIGAN STATE Mrs. Art Cullers 616=965-7728 914 Emmett Street Battle Creek, Michigan 49017 Mayor Ted Bates 28829 Ryan Road Warren, Michigan 48092 Mr. Kurt Calvendau 154 Fulton Street Grand Rapids, Michigan Margaret Schlinz and Frances Laskowski 128 East Kearsley Street Flint, Michigan 48503 Mr. Bob Dennison Fairplane Plaza Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022 Mrs. Joanne Loagine 208 Woodward Royal Oak, Michigan STATE OF ALABAMA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE MONTGOMERY 36104 GEORGE C. WALLACE October 5, 1972 GOVERNOR Honorable Richard H. Austin Secretary of State State Capitol Lansing, Michigan Dear Honorable Austin, In order to avoid confusion with the voters, I would deeply appreciate any and all action that your office can take to remove my photograph as the emblem of the American Independent Party on Michigan ballots. I am not a candidate in the November 7 general electi I feel the appearance of my photo on the ballot would confuse voters and distort the choices that voters ha on November 7. Thank you for your efforts in this behalf. With kindest personal regards, I am Sincerely, George GCW/ck 837 South Beech Daly Road Dearborn Heights, Michigan 48125 September 29, 1972 The Honorable Ted Bates Mayor of the City of Warren 29500 Van Dyke Warren, Michigan 48093 Dear Mayor: This is to confirm the arrangements scheduled for the press conference and luncheon to be held on Wednesday, October 4, 1972. The press conference will be scheduled to start at 11:30 A.M. in Parlor C at the Detroit Hilton Hotel. Immediately following the press conference will be a luncheon. The other mayors scheduled to be attending with you at the press conference are as follows: Mayor Walter Bezz - East Detroit Mayor Chet Bielak - Riverview Indepent Mayor Al Martin - Sterling Heights Mayor Robert Reaume - Southgate Mayor Raymond Wojtowicz - Hamtramck If you have any questions regarding the arrangements, please contact me at 962-1903. S yours Deright DHV/mas Samphe 07 2 TO VOTE A STRAIGHT PARTY TICKET PUNCH NOT MORE THAN ONE DEMOCRATIC DEMOCRATIC PARTY 2 REPUBLICAN REPUBLICAN PARTY 4 AMERICAN AMERICAN INDEPENDENT 6 PARTY PARTY CIAEIST WASHINGTON SOCIALIST LABOR 8 PARTY HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS 10 a PARTY PARTY SOCIALIST WORKERS SOCIALIST WORKERS 12 PARTY PARTY COMMUNIST COMMUNIST PARTY 14 PARTY CONSERVATIVE PARTY 16 OF MICHIGAN m Fill USED INDEPENDANT JUDICIARY INDEPENDANT JUDICIARY PARTY 18 322 PARTY Jack, This is the Letter I Have sent oven Art Cullens sag. To 3,200 Wallod people. Dear Friend: Imank After the Miami Beach Convention in July, supporters of Governor George C. Wallace were placed in a difficult position. It was a choice between what we believe in and what George Wallace has fought for --- or what we do not believe in and what George McGovern advocates. I have been a long-time supporter of Governor Wallace. I have worked hard for his beliefs. I cannot and will not support George McGovern. I have nothing against Senator McGovern personally. But I do not feel that his views reflect the thoughts of the vast majority of the average citizens of Michigan. Senator McGovern supports busing of school children as a national policy. Senator McGovern proposes tax increases and welfare schemes that are unfair and unworkable and would place new burdens on the average citizen. Senator McGovern would withdraw from Vietnam without securing the release of our prisoners of war. Senator McGovern would hacksaw our defense budget, and that would threaten the very security of our country. In other words, Senator McGovern's position is 180 degrees away from the Wallace program that we supported in the primary. We voted for Governor Wallace in the primary to send them a message. It was a message of a new day of happiness for average citizens like myself and like yourself. It was a message that we want an end to forced busing, regressive taxation on the working man and family man, ever- growing bureaucracy that constantly harasses the lives of our people. Our message was that we want government to reflect the thoughts and feelings of average citizens. As thousands of you have done, we made the decision to support President Nixon for re-election because we saw in the Republican Con- vention that our message was recognized by President Nixon. -2- It this election, among the major candidates, President Nixon comes the closest to the thinking of the average citizens of Michigan. I truly believe that he has deep trust in the real America that we grew up to love and respect. I invite you to join with me and other friends and supporters of Governor Wallace to achieve a great victory on November 7 with the re- election of President Nixon. I am a Democrat and remain a Democrat. Our sole purpose in this effort is for the re-election of President Nixon. We believe this is a time to put country above party in the choice for the White House. It is a position forced upon us because Senator McGovern rejects the impor- tant issues that have deepest meaning for each of us. Our efforts are not concerned with or involved in any congressional, state or local elections. I am enclosing a volunteer card and a return envelope. If you choose to join us to help in this effort to win a new day for the real viewpoint of the people of Michigan with the ré-election of President Nixon, please fill out the card and return. Sincerely, Art Cullers P.S. Contact one of these working offices of Democrats for Nixon to obtain supplies or volunteer to help. Dear Art: I am willing to work to assist you in your program to re-elect the President. I will not be able to be active in the campaign. NAME: PHONE ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP Poll in Detroit News Oct. 2, 22 2. Nixon me Govern Undesided Griffin Kelly Undecrie Date 9-10 10-1 9-10 10-1 9-10 10-1 9-11 10-2 9-11 10-2 9.11 10-2 972 Primary VoTe I 2) Wallace 73% 65% 18% 17% 9% 18% Humphrey 2.8% 24% 6% 62% 8% 14% me Govern 19% 18% 77% 76% 4% 6% 966 Senater Vite Griffin 82% 78% 11% 12% 7% 10% Williams 26% 24% 65% 65% 9% 12% OCCUPATION: Professional 62% 56% 31% 36% 7% 8% officials. - > business owners 69% 57% 26% 33% 5% 10% lerical - Sales 63% 65% 28% 24% 9% 11% killed Workers 53% 51% 36% 35% 11% 14% killed Workers / / 51% 38% 44% 45% 5% 15% & rice Workers # 42% 53% 49% 36% 9% 11th 100 21526 Detroit News Mickigan Poll Nixen McGovern Undecided Griffin Kelly Unterid Disc 9-1: 10-1 9.10 10-1 9-10 10-1 9-11 10-2 9-11 10.2 19-11 10-2. It Percent 04% 52% 38% 37% 8% 11% 42% 39% 19% REAS yne County 39% 43% 54% 47% 7% 10% troit thetro layne, Oakland, nacerib Counties 45% 48% 47% 41% 8% 11% ustate --- All xcept Metro 62% 54% 29% 34% 990 12% TING GROUPS: kely Volers 57% 52% 37% 36% 9% 12% publican 90% 88% 5% 4% 5% 8% KET. Splitter 66% 64% 23% 22% 11% 14% mornet 25% 24% 67% 65% 8% 11% Presidential tires 85% 80% 10% 9% 5% 11% Humphray 24% 27% 65% 62% 11% 11% 77 690 my? Rd 3. Nixon McGovern Undecided Griffin Kelly Undersis Date 9-10 10-1 9-10 10-1 9-10 10-1 9-11 10-2 9-11 10-2 9-11 10-2 MCOME: ider $5,000 34% 32% 55% 53% 11% 15% 000-$6,999* A 51% 56% 38% 37% 11% 7% 000-44,999 ) 50% 48% 44% 41% 6% 11% 000-$14,999 v 61% 55% 33% 33% 6% 12% 000 + over 63% 65% { 31% 26% 6% 9% DUCATION: ade School 31% 29% 63% 61% 6% 10% is High School 47% 42% 42% 48% 11% 10% advated high School 56% 55% 35% 31% 9% 14% ne College 60% 52% 37% 36% 6% 12% iduated College/ betwared work 63% 65% 28% 31% 9% 4% SEX: hale 52% 49% 39% 40% 9% 11% emale 55% 54% 37% 34% 8% 11% RACE: 62% 58% 29% this 29% 9% 12% Click 970 9% 53% 80% 8% 5% 4. Num McGorson Underided Grifan Kelly Under Date 9-10 10-1 -10 10.1 9-10 10-1 9-11 10-2 9.11 10-2 741 10-2 NON MEMBER: : nion Member 47% 42% 44% 4670 9% 12% Johnson Member 57% 58% 3% 31% 9% 11.90 ii 18-20* 45% 49% 53% 46% 2% 5% 21-29 54% 45% 41% 12% 590 13% 30-39 58% 55% 33% 3195 9% 15% 40-17 57% 53% 34% 36% 970 11% 50-59 51% 54% 40% 36% 990 10% 60 + over 51% 55% 36% 37% 13% 9% F OWNERS!!IP! York Home 56% 5% 35% 35% 9% 11% don't Home 75% 10% 47% 198% 8% 12% LIGION: Carbolic 55% 53% 35% 36% 10% 11% Protestant 54% 54% 39% 3:5% 770 10% 539 17% 31% 3% 11% 17% THE DETROIT NEWS-Friday, October 13, 1972 Austin says it's too late Wallace wants his picture off ballot By ROBERT A. POPA Joe Azbell, director of communications for Wallace likeness off the ballots, the Depart- News Staff Writer the Wallace campaign, said in Detroit yester- ment of State would have to make every possi- George C. Wallace of Alabama wants day that refusal of Austin to remove the ble effort to comply. taken off the Nov. 7 ballot in Mich- Secretary of State Richard H. Austin AMERICAN Alabama governor's picture from the ballot The easicst way would DE to print stickers to would lead to court action. allace is too late. Politics paste over the Wallace vignettes, he said. Azbell said he was conferring with a lawyer Other vignettes in M chigan will feature sent a letter to Austin Oct. 5 point- but he could not describe what action might be Franklin D. Roosevelt a d John F. Kennedy that his face is appearing in the politi- taken. for the Democrats; Abroham Lincoln for the nettte printed atop the column of candi- Snider said Wallace doesn't want Michigan Republicans: an arm anc hamme: for the So- running on the American Independent voters to cast their ballots for AIP candidates cialist Labor Party; a ippopotamus for the AIP) ticket in Michigan. on the assumption that his picture in that polit- Human Rights Party; the name of the Socialist was Wallaces party in his 1968 run for ical column indicates he, too, is running or en- This year, as a candidate in several Also on the Alabama ballot are the In- Workers Party; a hammer held by a black and imaries, Wallace ran as a Democrat. dorsing the party. dependent Democratic Party and the National a white hand for the Communist Party; and "Gov. Wallace doesn't want the least bit of Democratic Party of Alabama. The latter, the torch of liberty for the Conservative Parly. Wallace as its standard-bearer, the PARTY confusion caused the voters of Michigan," Sni- headed by Dr. Charles Cashin, a dentist, is If Wallace succeeds in having his likeness Te- minated John G. Schmitz for president der said. running several black candidates. moved from the ballot, the probable effect Wallaces likeness in its vignette in "If he were a candidate, it would be a differ- would be to help Presiden Nixon 11' November. Azbell said that retaining Wallace's likeness igan is the only state where the AIP is ent matter. It is not right to have his photo on the ballot when someone else's name appears on the AIP vignotte would be as misleading as Most political experts [ce] that Wallece cup- Wallace in the vignette, according to beneath it as a presidential candidate." "putting a photo of Bob Hope outside a movie porters are more philos: phic allv in une with S. Snider, national director of the So far, Wallace has not endorsed either of theater when a Jack Benny picture is playing the Republican Party and the Nixon adminis- campaign. AIP vignette on ballot inside." trati 'II than with the Den ocratic Farty as rep- letter to Austin the Alabama gover- the major party candidates or Schmitz for resented by McGovern. ho was wounded in an assassination president. Bernard Apol. state elections director. caid There inso. without the "a"lace immere to May 15 in a Maryland shopping cen- But, in Lansing, Austin cited Michigan law In his home state, he has organized the Gov- his office is barred by law from changing the catch their eye or confuse 11 cm, his ipportors that keeping his likeness on the Mich- which requires that he be notified of a change ernor's Committee to Elect Alabama Demo- vignette at this late date and most paper bal- can be expected to vote fyr M1. Nixon, just as lot would confuse the voters, of vignette four months before the election by crats. lots and many of the strips for voting machines many Nixon supporters vote I for Wallace in not a candidate in the Nov. 7 general the chairman of the state central committee of It is endorsing Sen. John Sparkman, all regu- already have been printed. the May primary election when the President said Wallace's letter, "I feel the the party requesting it. lar party Democratic congressmen and all Some absentee ballots with the Wallace like. uncoper in Rep blic in of my photo on the ballot would "That deadline has passed, therefore it will Democratic candidates for local office. It has ness on the AID column already have bren Wallace voters and distort the choices volors not be possible for me to accede to your rc- not endorsed President Nixon or Senator mailed, Apol said. Nov. 7." ouest, Austin said in a letter to Wallace. George McGovern, the Democratic challenger. Ho ad nitied that, if n court ordere on Buttle Creek Man Is Leader State Democrats For Nixon Set For Drive By AR LS Cullers create a right When Cullers revealed the party posts and, espec Gazette Staff Writer wing in the Democratic formation of the Democrats in Michigan, lukewarn party and move to restruc- for Nixon group in late porters such as some 1. Michigan's "Democrats ture the Democratic party August, he declared: leaders, aren't conside Nixon," led by a Battle much as' Nixon The "We're going to ask all the ardent fans of the Alab Creek businessman, are outline of this strategy can Wallace people to vote for reparing governor. a heavily- be seen in a trip After at- Democratic state and local ankrolled, jet-paced car tending a weekend gather- candidates. We're still aign that has 1976 in is ing at the Floresville, agbook. Democrats. We just can't Texas, ranch of Connally, A jet will be used in a support the national ticket." where Nixon may be among tatewide "blitz" and cari- He indicated strong op- the guests, Cullers is to join aign headquarters ce position to McGovern's other key Wallace aides at a eted in areas where the stances on busing, defense Montgomery, Ala., inti-busing mood is boom- spending and welfare. conference with Wallace. ng, says Arthur Cullers. But while the August Cullers is 10 meet in De- Cullers, a 37-year-old Bat- declaration left the way troit this week with other Creek furniture dealer, open for some support for Wallace and Connally staff a vice chairman of the the rest of the ticket, Cullers members to complete plans Democrats for Nixon or- now says, "I won't support for the Michigan phase of anization headed Ly GEORGE WALLACE PRESIDENT NIXON ARTHUR CULLERS JOHN CONALLY anyone who supports the Democrats for Nixon ormer Secretary of the McGovern campaign. Treasury John B. Comally. The first campaign carry key members of the and $2 million in a contribu- Wallace votes. ganization will be formed One of the prime targets A Michigan victory by Democrats for Nixon group tion campaign across the Wallace collected more from the Wallace partisans for defeat in. Michigan is headquarters will probably HXON in November, the be opened in Warren, across the state for a series country. than 800,000 of the 1.4 in the presidential primary. Democratic Congressman LAST for a Republican of news conferences. In his million Democratic votes He describes himself as Cullers says. The Macomb August an- James G. O'Hara, of Utica, residential candidate since County community is in the Included in the group nouncement of the forma- cast in the May 16 presiden- the Alabama, governor's says Cullers, 950, is being predicted b) heartland of anti-busing would be "other prominent tion of the group, Connally tial primary in Michigan, 'hand-picked' choice for Q'Hara, a congressman Cullers. feeling. Democrats," says Cullers, attacked Democratic compared to some 420,000. leadership of the Wallace since 1958, is being singled The key to the state will for McGovern. forces, which have out because of his part in the "We will blitz the state but he declines 10 publicly nominee Sen. George the Wallace vote," says several times in a plane name them now, McGovern's campaign In 1968 Wallace, running quarreled in the past over Deniocratic National Con- 'ullers, one of the top that's being made available Connally will probably forces, as the American Indepen- power, vention ruling that was a. richigan leade IS for by William France," Cullers make'at least one trip to the "Rarely in our history" dent Party nominee, polled Mrs. Josephine Chapman, key to McGovern control. Jabama Gov. George (. state to boost the campaign, he said, "has a group hold- 330,000 Michigan votes, of Belleville, had led the It was O'Hara's advice to reports. Vallace. It is the same Jet Com- says Cullers. ing temporary control of a while Democrat Hubert Wallace group before the National Party Chairman And that is where 1976 mander, owned by the Na- The nationwide organiza- political party done so much Humphrey got 1.5 million Miami Beach Democratic Lawrence O'Brien on con- othes in. tional Association of Stock tion includes former to alienate rank-and-file and Nixon compiled 1.3 National Convention but vention voting procedures "As soon as the 1972 elec- Florida Gov. Farris Bryant members of, that party million. Cullers emerged at the that doomed any su Car Racing of Daytona on is over," says Cullers, and former Congressman whose only sin is to have The potential impact of a parley as itsileader. y anti-McGovern forces. Beach, Fla., that Wallace we'll be meeting i.) used in the primary cam- James Roosevelt, son of differing views." Wallace vote" is shown He lost a close contest It is unclear whether lubama to begin the 1976 paign. President Franklin D. The former Texas gover- dramatically by the 1960 with Democratic State congressmen and others, ampaign." France, a former Roosevelt. nor claimed that 20 million contest, where Democrat Chairman James McNeely like O'Hara, will be made 11 the health of the president of the racing as- A celebrity roster of the Democrats have already John Kennedy edged Nixon for leadership of the entire targets for dumping now or Junded Wallace improves, by 67,000 votes in Michigan state delegation at Miami in 1974 as the Wallace par- sociation, and his son, group boasts Frank Sinatra, decided "President Nixon is ys Cellers, the Alabama William C. France, were Sammy Davis Jr., Charlton simply the better choice Michigan has 21 electoral Beach. tisans scramble for party overnor will be making his among Wallace's principal Heston and Mickey Mantle, In Michigan, Cullers says, votes this year Mrs. Chapman has now control. with The post-election supporters in the ampaign. The campaign is seeking the organization aims to Cullers indicates that the deft the Democrats to join metable revealed by Cullers said the jet would 10 raise between $1.2 million mine the treasure lode of nucleus of his state or- the AIP. The strategy of a McGovern defeat and the October 18, 1972 MEMORANDUM FOR: CLARK MacGREGOR FROM: FRED MALEK I thought you would be interested in the attached report on vocational education leaders who have endorsed the President. Attachment bcc: H. R. Haldeman 10/2 RI October 2, 1972 FOR THE PRESIDENT MEMORANDUM FOR: FRED MALEK FROM: KEN RIETZ KR SUBJECT: Vocational Student Leaders Endorsing the President. Attached is a list of vocational student leaders who have endorsed the President. This is really our re- ward in terms of recruiters and high Nixon visibility in this group from all our work throughout the Spring. Following is a summary of our efforts: 1) We have had nine of the immediate past presidents hold a press conference in Miami. They represented every vocational youth organization (to our knowledge this is unprecedented) whose membership numbers 1.5 million young people. 2) We are currently circulating a letter through them to other leaders to sign endorsing the President. This letter will be mailed by October 1 to all the vocational chapters - numbering 10,000. The letter will include a recruiting card. 3) These leaders have all been contacted by our state organizations and put to work recruiting volunteers. One, Jo Ann Cullen, has been appointed College Director of Pennsylvania. cc: Ken Smith Margo Marusi 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006 (202) 872-1430 VOCATIONAL LEADERS ENDORSING THE PRESIDENT FBLA (202) 833-4461 Jim Hester - Present President (72-73) 104 Wilder Road Chickamauga, Georgia 30707 (404) 375-3865 Jones Hook - Past President (70-71) P.O. Box 466 Metter, Georgia 30439 (912) 695-2131 Mike Arnett - Past President (71-72) 624 E. Noble Guthrie, Oklahoma 73044 (405) 282-4372 FHA (202) 833-1925 Marsha Bowen - Past President (71-72) 560 North 200 West Spanish Fort, Utah 84660 (801) 798-6242 VICA (703) 533-2090 Larry Allen - Past President (71-72)-High School Route 5, Box 148A Searcy, Arkansas 72143 (501) 268-2636 Gary Redmond - Past President (71-72)-College 1225 Hillcrest Yuba City, California 95991 (916) 673-2768 SCHOOL: 9421 Muroc Street Bellflower, California 90706 (213) 867-1308 DECA (703) 532-7672 Kirk White - Past President (71-72)-Jr. College S.H. Kress & Co. - Manpower Department 114 5th Avenue New York City, New York 10011 (212) 929-2700 (201) 641-1238 (home) Nora Bennett - Past National V.P. (71-72)-High School 109 Wiltshire Road Claymont, Delaware 19703 (302) 798-5092 Page two DECA (con't.) Francie Rock - Past National V.P. (71-72)-Jr. College #1 Lincoln Drive Lawrenceville, Illinois 62439 (618) 943-2987 Debbie Wade - Past National V.P. (71-72)-Jr. College Post Office Box 317 Princeton, Indiana 47570 (812) 385-8440 David Colburn - Past President Box 522 Darlington, South Carolina 29532 FFA (703) 360-3600 Dan Lehmann - Past President 2020 North Mattis Avenue Apartment 203 G Champaign, Illinois 61820 Route 1 Pleasant Plains, Illinois 62677 OEA James Brown - Past Treasurer (71-72)-College 627 Northwest 5th Street Fairbault, Minnesota 55021 (507) 334-4151 Wayne Serien - Past President (71-72)-College 3720 West 32nd Street, Apartment 309 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55416 Nathan James - Past Vice President (71-72)-High School 1646 Shenna Boulevard Fort Worth, Texas 76144 (817) 626-8322 These two are with us but cannot go public: Dwight Loken - Past President (70-71) (614) 888-5776 (presently on OEA staff, but really enthused about helping Young Voters) Linda Beene - Past President PBL (71-72) (202) 833-4461 (presently on FBLA staff; willing to help in re-election)