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June 8, 1963
Dear Bob:
When Jim Beers was in the office
recently, he said that you might like a copy
of my book for your library. It is a pleasure
to send one to you under separate cover.
With every good wish,
Sincerely,
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JONES, Robert T., Jr.
Mr. Robert T. Jones, Jr.
Haas-Howell Building
Atlanta, Georgia
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December 21, 1960
Jones, Robert Tyre, Jr.
Personal
Dear Bob:
It was certainly thoughtful of you to write as you
did and favor me with a copy of your book, Golf is My
Game, and I wish to thank you for taking time out to do
so. You may be sure that I am putting it among those
books which I shall read at the first opportunity.
Your heartwarming message was particularly appre-
ciated. In the years ahead as we look back to 1960, the
disappointment of losing the closest election in history
will fade into the background. But your act of thought-
fulness will always remain close to our hearts.
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Pat joins me in sending to you and Mary our very
best wishes for Christmas and the New Year.
Sincerely,
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Richard Nixon
Mr. Robert Tyre Jones, Jr.
Fourth Floor Haas-Howell Building
Atlanta 3, Georgia
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ROBERT TYRE JONES, JR.
FOURTH FLOOR HAAS-HOWELL BUILDING
ATLANTA 3, GEORGIA
November 16, 1960
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Dear Dick:
I did not want to intrude on you during the
campaign, but I did want you to have a copy of my
book recently published. Knowing of your interest
in sports, I have thought that maybe now you would
have some time to look it over.
I hope you and Pat got a good rest in Florida
and are now fully recovered from the strenuous effort
of the campaign. Believe me, Mary and I certainly
sympathized with you both during the ordeal.
My best,
year beb pign Dicks
As ever,
Bob
The Vice President of the United States
Washington, D. C.
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ROBERT TYRE JONES, JR.
FOURTH FLOOR HAAS-HOWELL BUILDING
SEP 51960
ATLANTA 3, GEORGIA
September 14, 1960
s/Rt Dear Bob
The Vice President of the United States
Washington, D. C.
Dear Dick:
I appreciate yours of the 8th. I am very happy
to be able to help you in a small way, and might tell
you that I am doing the same thing down here. I think
the local boys will produce a pretty good turn-out for
the closed circuit television and Governor Underwood.
The letter I wrote to you about your off-hand
television remark at Chicago was intended to give you
a better understanding of how those like me in this
part of the country were thinking. I have been on the
point several times of writing to tell you how delighted
I was with your reception in Greensboro and Atlanta, and
how well I thought you handled the situation.
Incidentally, you may be somewhat amused to learn
that the car on which you injured your knee in Greensboro
was one of several supplied for your reception by my
son-in-law Bill Black, who is the Cadillac dealer in
that city. I assure you it was not a booby trap.
Please be assured that you can count on my support
in every way possible. Although it is pretty difficult
to have any real hope in a state like ours, I am very
confident that you are going to make the best showing
down here ever made by a Republican candidate.
Please remember me to Pat and tell her how very
much I enjoyed the brief meeting with her in New York.
With best regards,
Sincerely,
Bot Robert T. Jones, Jr.
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Noble in Defeat
A WEEK HAS passed since the election.
We are being swamped by a torrent of
excellent hindsight in the form of analyt-
ical autopsies.
In the welter of post-election com-
ment, one significant human factor is
noteworthy. It is the poise and equanimity
with which Vice President Nixon has ac-
cepted his defeat. Even his political ene-
mies could not fail to be impressed with
his election night statement. It carried a
dignity of spirit that all but smothered
the crushing load of disappointment he
bore.
The closeness of the race must have
made defeat harder to bear. Dick Nixon
has resisted the temptation to contest it.
He might have sulked in silence, but in-
stead he agreed to meet the victor to try
to heal the campaign scars.
All this is hardly the conduct of a little
man. The Journal supported Sen. Kennedy
in the election. But we have no reserva-
tions in saluting the nobility in defeat ex-
hibited by Pat and Dick Nixon.
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September 8, 1960
Dear Bob:
Through Cliff Roberts I have heard of your
very generous contribution to the volunteers for
Nixon-Lodge Committee.
As I am sure you realize, campaign contri-
butions are always most gratifying to a candidate,
particularly when they come early in a campaign. But
in this case, yours has an even more special meaning
because of your close friendship and loyal support of
the President through the years.
I hope that my activities during the next
few weeks will justify your expression of confidence
and support.
With every good wish,
Sincerely,
D
Richard Nixon
Mr. R. T. Jones, Jr.
Haas-Howell Building
Atlanta 3, Georgia
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August 19, 1960
Dear Bob:
This is the first opportunity I have
had to acknowledge your letter of July 26
and to assure you that I have given a great
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deal of thought to what you had to say.
I feel sure that there is absolutely
no difference in the objectives we would
wish for every citizen of this country. The
problem of course arises in what we think
is the best approach to attain the goal, and
I would welcome a chance to discuss this
with you at the earliest opportunity.
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With kind regards,
Sincerely,
Da/nf
Richard Nixon
Mr. Robert T. Jones, Jr.
Fourth Floor, Haas-Howell Building
Atlanta 3, Georgia
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ROBERT TYRE JONES, JR.
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FOURTH FLOOR HAAS-HOWELL BUILDING
ATLANTA 3, GEORGIA
July 26, 1960
The Vice President of the United States
Washington, D. C.
Dear Dick:
I was delighted and much impressed last night by
Walter Judd's keynote address.
I especially liked his words when he said, "Rights
are not what our government must do for us; rights are
what our government cannot do to us." I am a Republican
because I have thought that the Republican Party stood
more nearly for this principle.
This morning I was dismayed and amazed to hear you
say that you would insist upon a civil rights plank
which would promise the guarantee that a person receiving
service in one department of a business establishment
might insist upon receiving service in any other depart-
ment. The direct reference, of course, was to the "sit-ins"
in the South.
I thought that the Republicans believed that the
Federal Government could confer no rights upon indivi-
duals, but that its duty was to protect individual
liberties by seeing to it that no basic rights were denied.
It seems to me that in your eagerness to obtain the
support of a militant minority, you are forgetting that
members of the majority also have rights. I think it
is fundamental that a person owning property has the
right to use it in any way he may choose, so long as such
use does not infringe the rights of other individuals.
Therefore, the owner and operator of a department, or any
other, store should have the right to do business with
customers of his own choosing, if these customers should
be willing to do business with him.
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Members of a minority group are under no compulsion
to enter any particular place of business. If they do
so, the act is the result of a choice freely made. I
can conceive of no fundamental principle conferring upon
such people the right to dictate the manner in which the
business should be conducted. I understand your words to
mean that you would create such a right.
The fundamental right to be considered in these cases
is the right of the owner and operator of the store to
the enjoyment of his property in a lawful manner. Could
we not find someone in public life who might show an
interest in the protection of this right?
In this one issue is to be found, I believe, the basic
reason for the resentment felt in the South against both
political parties in their headlong competition for the
Negro vote. No reasonable person can object to measures
assuring that human liberties will not be denied. What
we do resent bitterly is that these high principles should
be distorted to support measures designed to create special
privileges for members of any class or segment of our
society.
I am sure you must know that harrassment by government
has become a standard risk of doing any sort of business.
I had hoped that I might live to see some further relief
from this hazard. I must say that your words this morning
did not encourage this hope.
Nevertheless, with best regards,
BobJones sincerely,
Jones, Jr.
CC: Mr. Clifford Roberts
Mr. Robert W. Woodruff
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July 22, 1960
Dear Bobbie:
As a. sports fan more ardent than accomplished,
I want you to know how much personal pleasure it gave
me to learn from Peter Flanigan that you have agreed to
join my Sports Committee.
The idea of a Sports Committee appeals to me.
I think it can perform a real service and I am grateful
to you for showing your confidence and support in this
way.
With my best personal wishes,
Sincerely,
Da
Richard Nixon
Mr. Robert T. Jones, Jr.
Fourth Floor Haas-Howell Building
Atlanta 3, Georgia
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FOURTH FLOOR HAAS-HOWELL BUILDING
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February 24, 1960
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The Vice President of the United States
Washington, D. C.
Dear Dick:
I am sorry that I have just not been able to write
sooner to tell you how very much I appreciated your
going to so much trouble to attend the Golf Writers
dinner in New York and how very much I enjoyed having
a little visit with you. Please be assured that my
sentiments in both respects are most sincere. You
added immensely to the party from my standpoint and
gave the Golf Writers a real thrill by your knowledge
of the game and personalities involved.
The next night after I saw you and after I had
made the tape for the Garroway program, I got a call
calling me home on account of the death of a man who
had been my partner and most intimate friend for over
thirty years. At that point, my secretary was struggling
with the flu, and I immediately went down with it myself.
I am glad to report, however, that the health of those
remaining seems to be all right.
I am sorry we never got a chance to finish either
one of the three most interesting topics we started at
the dinner. I hope we may do this sometime.
It was a great privilege to me to meet your charming
Pat. Please give her my best.
With warmest regards,
Most sincerely,
Bot
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December 30, 1959
Dear Bob:
Jones, Robert T. Jr.
I just received your letter of December 28 and I
want you to know how much 14 appreciate your thoughtfulness
in suggesting that I not make a special effort to attend the
Golf Writers Dinner in New York on January 26.
I can assure you, however, that this is one event
that I do not consider to be a chore but a privilege and a
pleasure in every respect. For a "duffer" to attend a
dianer in honor of the greatest golfer of them all is
something I would not miss for anything in the world.
1 shall look forward to seeing you on that occasion.
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But, If we are seated together as we were in Washington,
this time I am going to get some free advice from you
about how to improve my game!
Mrs. Nixon joins me in sending our very best
wishes for the New Year.
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Sincerely,
Richard Nixon
Mr. Robert Tyre Jones, Jr.
Fourth Floor, Haas-Howell Building
Atlanta 3, Georgia
bee: Mr. R. W. Woodruff
Atlanta, Georgia
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Dear Bob: gones
CC Bob Woodruff
I just received your letter of December 28 and I
want you to know how much I appre ciate your thoughtfulness in suggesting
that I not make a special effort to attend the Golf Writers Dinner in
New York on January 26.
I can assure you, however, that this is one event that
I do not consider to be a chore but a privilege and a pleasure in every
respect. For a duffer (ck whether it is duffer or dubber) to attend a
dinner in honor of the greatest golfer of them all is something I would
not miss for anything in the world.
I shall look forward to seeing you on that occasion.
But if we are seated together as we were in Washington, this time I am
going to get some free advice from you about how to XXXXXX improve my
game!
Mrs. Nixon joins me in sending our very best wishes
for the New Year.
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ROBERT TYRE JONES, JR.
FOURTH FLOOR HAAS-HOWELL BUILDING
ATLANTA 3, GEORGIA
December 28, 1959
The Vice President of the United States
The White House
Washington, D. C.
Dear Dick:
I think I should amplify a bit Bob Woodruff's
letter to you of December 21st about the dinner in
New York on January 26th.
As you know, this dinner is being given by the
Metropolitan Golf Writers' Association. Nearly all
of these fellows are old friends of mine, and I have
for years been in the habit of attending their dinner,
which, incidentally, is always very pleasant.
Naturally, they are always, like everyone else,
looking for some sort of gimmick to use in the pro-
motion of their dinner, and every year they have pre-
sented a gold tee for service to golf and the Hogan
Award for the most progress made by a golfer in the
face of a physical handicap. This year, as an added
fillup, they are ringing in the thirtieth anniversary
of my Grand Slam year.
This is all very nice, as I am sure you realize,
but at the same time, it is not of sufficient importance
to cause me to feel like asking any of my friends to
inconvenience themselves in order to attend. Frankly,
I do not think I would make a trip to New York especially
to attend this dinner annually if it were not for the
fact that it always comes within a couple of days of the
annual dinner of the Executive Committee of the United
States Golf Association, where I have an opportunity to
keep in touch with a lot of my oldest and best friends.
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Bob Woodruff indicated that for you to be present
might involve your making a hurried trip back from
Wisconsin. The developments over the past weekend may
have altered your plans with respect to Wisconsin, but
in any event, I want you to understand that, although I
should be highly honored by your presence at the dinner,
I should feel very badly if you had taxed yourself too
severely or neglected something of considerably more
importance both to you and to me in order to be there.
Please be assured of my very best wishes in all
respects to you during the coming year.
With best regards,
Sincerely,
Bot
Robert T. Jones, Jr.
CC: Mr. R. W. Woodruff
The Coca-Cola Company
Post Office Drawer 1734
Atlanta 1, Georgia
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ROBERT TYRE Jones, JR.
1425 C.& S. BANK BLDG.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
April 21, 1958
The Vice President of the United States
Washington, D. C.
Dear Dick:
Thank you so much for your note of good
wishes during my recent so-called illness. As a
matter of fact, it was a very minor upset, and I
was in real good shape again by the time the Tournament
started in Augusta.
You were very thoughtful to write me, and
I do appreciate it.
With best regards,
Most sincerely,
Robert T. Jones, Jr.
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