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(R. Campbell) DG
November 3, 1972
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
SUGGESTED PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NORTH CAROLINA VISIT,
November 4, 1972
(Mr. Helms has asked that you make essentially the points below.
They help to overcome two arguments being used against him: that
he doesn't know RN and that he knows nothing about the Senate. )
I first met Jesse Helms more than two decades ago. At that
time I was the junior Senator from the State of California, and Jesse
was the Administrative Assistant to that great North Carolinian and
great American, Senator Willis Smith.
Jesse's office was next door to mine. In fact, the offices of your
two Senators flanked mine in the Senate Office Building. Senator
Clyde Hoey was on one side in Suite 337 and Senator Smith was on the
other side in Suite 345.
I remember on one occasion that Jesse brought a young visitor
to my office. The visitor was in a wheelchair. He had been a victim
of polio two or three years earlier when an epidemic swept your
State.
We were photographed together -- this young man, Jesse Helms
and I -- and I shall always remember the courage of this young man
who had been stricken on the threshold of a promising athletic
career.
I asked Jesse a few minutes ago about this young man, Bucky
Branham (pronounced Branam). I was delighted but not surprised
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