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OCR Page 1 of 38THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
NEWS SUMMARY
August 17, 1973
(Thurs. nets, wires, papers)
The major stories of a day on which 12-16 minutes were devoted to
reaction to RN speech, VP speech and probe, and Magruder's guilty
plea:
-- From hardhat in Chicago to Ohio farmers to wealthy in Calif.
NBC found a quite positive to overwhelming response. But ABC
w/Chicago commuters and Detroit blue collars found very negative
reaction. And CBS w/"open hostility¹¹ in a Milwaukee working men's
bar where there was strong RN support in Nov.
Rather and
Kiker both emphasized a number of questions remained unanswered,
w/reference by both to the Gray phone call.
Reasoner sees
RN having said all he intends to and deciding it's time for the courts
to handle the matter. If this is end of what RN has to say, public is
left w/negative and unsatisfactory conclusion RN seen as less than
not guilty w/case "not proved, 11 said Reasoner
CBS poll by
ORC to 600 via phone after speech found that by 60-22 public believes
RN is still holding back impt. details. By 44-35, they feel he was
aware of coverup. But by 59-25, public wants RN to stay in office.
Only 60% were familiar w/speech.
WH sees overriding mandate, said ABC's Landay.-RN views speech
as success in turning things around, said NBC's Goralski. Led
ABC/NBC. And Rather, as did others, noted 6-1 positive response
in calls to WH, and then proceeded to detail makings of an orchestra-
tion to try to turn minority into majority w/the model being RN's
Nov, '69 speech, not Checkers. Rather said RN asked for trust,
but wouldn't give up the tapes and some, including Goldwater, fail
to see RN diverting suspicions on basis of speech. If that's a widespread
reaction, RN may be able to get back to problems of US but Rather
said basic problem will remain: Restoring trust.
Ervin on film on all nets denying Comm. was out to implicate RN
and that members would like nothing more than to clear RN but tapes
are essential. Only other Sens. on any of nets were critical Montoya/Inouye
on ABC
Heavy support in wires for Comm. noted by ABC/CBS.
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