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Pres.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 3, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR:
DON RUMSFELD
JIM CONNOR
FROM:
PHILIP BUCHEN
P.W.B.
SUBJECT:
Meeting of President with
Phil Cohen on Saturday,
June 28
Mr. Cohen is Director of the National Legal Data Center, a
professor of criminal justice at California Lutheran College
and a former California District Attorney.
Mr. Cohen made the following suggestions to the President:
1.
Visits by the President with prosecuting attorneys
during his travels: To signify the President's
continued interest in criminal law enforcement,
the suggestion is that the President whenever
possible during the course of his travels meet
with prosecuting attorneys who are doing innova-
tive or especially effective work to deal with the
problem of habitual criminals. I recommend that
the Scheduling Office consult with the Attorney
General and the Administrator of LEAA in this
regard when planning the President's out-of-town
trips.
2. Investigation into possible personnel problems at
LEAA. I have already talked to Deputy Attorney
General Tyler on this matter who will report back
to me.
FORD LIBRARY
2
3.
Creation of a general Advisory Committee for
LEAA. Deputy Attorney General Tyler will
report back to me on this subject also.
P.u. School
(Fatter
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 27, 1975
MEETING WITH PHIL COHEN
Saturday, June 28, 1975
10:30 a. m. (15 minutes)
The Oval Office
From:
I. PURPOSE
Bill Casselman ByP.W.B.
To discuss with Cohen the reaction of criminal justice professionals
to the crime message, as well as general criminal justice issues.
II.
BACKGROUND, PARTICIPANTS & PRESS PLAN
A. Background: Cohen is the Director of the National Legal Data
Center. The Center serves as a clearing house for legal
materials relating to the prosecution of obscenity, rape, child
abuse, and habitual offender cases. Cohen is a professor of
criminal justice and a former California District Attorney. You
last met with him on December 17, 1974, and previously met with
him on several occasions while Vice President and Minority Leader.
B. Participants: Phil Cohen and Phil Buchen.
C. Press Plan: White House Photographer.
III.
TALKING POINTS
1.
What is your reaction, and that of the criminal justice community
to my recent crime message?
2.
What changes have you observed in the criminal justice system
during my Administration?
3. Last time we met we discussed the problem of habitual offenders.
How is the anti-career criminal program taking hold from your
perspective?
4.
What is the general reaction to my proposal for victim compensation?
2
5.
How in your view can the Federal Government best assist
state and local prosecutors, as well as police, in dealing
with street crime?
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 25, 1975
MR. BILL CASSELMAN
MEMORANDUM FOR:
MR. PHILIP BUCHEN
FROM:
WARREN RUSTAND WWN
SUBJECT:
Approved Presidential Activity
Please take the necessary steps to implement the following and confirm
with Mrs. Nell Yates, ext. 2699. The appropriate briefing paper should
be submitted to Dr. David Hoopes by 4:00 p.m. of the preceding day.
Meeting:
With Phil Cohen
Date: Saturday, June 28, Time: 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes
1975
Location:
The Oval Office
Press Coverage:
White House Photographer
Purpose:
CC:
Mr. Hartmann
Mr. Marsh
Mr. Cheney
Dr. Connor
Dr. Hoopes
Mr. Jones
Mr. O'Donnell
Mrs. Yates
6/27
Brenda or Bill spoke with
Mr. Cohen and he remembers
you from a conversation
you & he had for about 10 mins.
sometime ago. His wife was the
center of conversation because
she suffers from polio.
shirley
FORD & LIBRARY QERALD
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 26, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR:
DAVE HOOPES
THROUGH:
PHIL BUCHEN
FROM:
BILL CASSELMAN
N
Attached are the talking points for the President's
meeting with Phil Cohen on Saturday.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 25, 1975
MR. BILL CASSELMAN
MEMORANDUM FOR:
MR. PHILIP BUCHEN
FROM:
WARREN RUSTAND WWN
SUBJECT:
Approved Presidential Activity
Please take the necessary steps to implement the following and confirm
with Mrs. Nell Yates, ext. 2699. The appropriate briefing paper should
be submitted to Dr. David Hoopes by 4:00 p.m. of the preceding day.
Meeting:
With Phil Cohen
Date: Saturday, June 28, Time: 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes
1975
Location:
The Oval Office
Press Coverage:
White House Photographer
Purpose:
cc:
Mr. Hartmann
Mr. Marsh
Mr. Cheney
Dr. Connor
Dr. Hoopes
Mr. Jones
Mr. O'Donnell
Mrs. Yates
OFFICE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20504
July 8, 1975
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
MEMORANDUM FOR
HONORABLE WARREN S. RUSTAND
Appointments Secretary to the President
From:
John Eger
or
Acting Director
Subject:
Young Lawyers Section of the American Bar
Association Meeting With the President
In my capacity as Washington Liaison for the Young Lawyers
Section (YLS) of the American Bar Association (ABA), I have
been asked by the Chairman and Executive Council, YLS, to
seek an appointment for the Officers of the YLS/ABA with
the President to: (a) briefly review the success of the
Section's Federal Disaster Assistance Program to provide
legal advice and assistance to low income individuals
required as a consequence of a major disaster; and (b) to
discuss a new effort to provide similar advice, assistance,
and orientation to Vietnamese refugees.
The Young Lawyers have traditionally been an extremely
active organization and have demonstrated a leadership
role for lawyers in public service. More recent examples
were the Nationwide Drug Abuse Drive which had as its
purpose containing the then serious problem of drug abuse
among the young. Several million high school students
were reached. During the Vietnamese War, the Section
also established a committee to provide volunteer legal
assistance to families of prisoners of war and personnel
missing in action. This committee continued its efforts
for some three years in close cooperation with the
United States Armed Forces.
President Nixon met with section leaders on two occasions
to praise their Drug Abuse Program and to offer assistance
in passing state legislation in support of the POW/MIA
programs.
- 2 -
Background on YLS/ABA
The American Bar Association is the largest professional
organization of lawyers in the United States. Its direct
membership is approaching 200,000 which is in excess of
65% of the lawyers in the country. It has affiliate
organizations in all of the fifty states. Through its
affiliate organizations and its direct membership, it
speaks rather impressively for the lawyers of the
United States. The Young Lawyers Section itself has in
excess of 85,000 members, all of whom are under the age
of thirty six. Through some 200 affiliate organizations,
the Section carries out its programs, the vast majority
of which are of a voluntary nature and aimed at assistance
to the community.
Disaster Assistance Program
On December 15, 1972, the YLS signed an agreement with
the White House Office of Emergency Preparedness (now
the Federal Disaster Assistance Administration) to
provide volunteer legal services required as a consequence
of a major disaster to low income individuals who would
otherwise be unable to secure such services. During the
past three years and 60 major disasters, the Section has
responded to more than 4,000 inquiries for assistance in
the various states.
Vietnamese Refugee Program
In response to a request by the President's Special
Inter-Agency Task Force created by the Indochina Migration
and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975 (PL 94-23), the Section
has now agreed to undertake a voluntary assistance program
for those persons displaced by the Vietnamese War. The
voluntary assistance program will be carried out in two
phases.
Phase one will include orientation of Vietnamese civilians
by various Young Lawyer representatives at the four reception
centers in the continental United States (Camp Pendleton,
California; Fort Chaffee, Arkansas; Fort Indiantown Gap,
Pennsylvania; Eglin Air Force Base, Florida). The Young
Lawyers, working cooperatively with representatives of
the Inter-Agency Task Force and interpretors, will provide
basic information concerning our country's legal system
and structure.
- 3 -
Phase two will include the rendering of free legal advice
and counsel to those individuals who have been displaced
by the Vietnamese War. At the present time, more than
25,000 refugees have been resettled in various locations
throughout the fifty states. It is contemplated that more
than 90,000 additional persons will be similarly relocated
to various cities and towns in the United States. The
Section, through its affiliates and members, will establish
on a local level volunteer assistance teams which will
provide low income individuals resettled pursuant to the
Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975
(PL 94-23) free legal services in connection with problems
arising out of their special status. A communications
center will be established in Chicago for use of all such
persons and a network of assistance teams will respond to
requests for assistance.
The Young Lawyers volunteer program will specifically
require that any participating attorney accept no fee from
individuals who request assistance pursuant to this program
and, further, no participating attorney may accept any fee-
generating case from any individual who is being resettled
in connection with this program.
Recommendation
I personally recommend that the President meet with
the officers of the Young Lawyers Section and take the
opportunity to praise their efforts. The President may
also wish to make his comments public. In any event, a
photo opportunity is suggested since it is the Section's
desire to report any such meeting for the Barrister
Magazine published by the YLS and mailed to its 85,000
members. The American Bar Journal (distributed to all
members of the ABA) will very likely also wish to publish
pictures of the meeting.
CC: Philip Buchen
William Baroody
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Mr OF CALL Buchen
YOU WERE CALLED BY-
YOU WERE VISITED BY-
Mr. miet mether
OF (Organization)
PLEASE CALL
CODE/EXT. PHONE NO. 2800
WILL CALL AGAIN
IS WAITING TO SEE YOU
RETURNED YOUR CALL
WISHES AN APPOINTMENT
MESSAGE
Bicanteranial
office
FORD is LIBRARY
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7/18
1:50
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 9, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR:
TED MARRS
FROM:
PHILIP BUCHEN
P.W.B.
SUBJECT:
Tree Planting Schedule Proposal
Because of the commercial advantage to the American
Association of Nurserymen from the Green Survival
Bicentennial Tree Planting Program and the identifi-
cation with the President which will occur as a
result of this schedule proposal, I hesitate to join
in recommending it. I believe it might be better to
involve the National Parks Foundation and the National
Parks Department, which has jurisdiction over the
White House grounds, as the entities to be identified
with the tree planting rather than having the
President be personally involved. I fear that the
President's involvement may lead to his being involved
in acceptance of other gifts in kind for the benefit
of the White House and White House grounds which will
be in part motivated by desire on the part of the
commercial donors to gain the advantage of the
publicity resulting from involvement with the President.
Tuesday 7/8/75
3:10 Dr. Marrs was asking if you see any objection
to using this organization as the source of the tree.
They are halfway a lobbying group -- however, they
are reputable. They want to plant a tree -- specifically
a seedling from the John Quincy Adams American Elm
and will plant a new one on the front lawn.
FORD LIBRISH
THE WHITE HOUSE
SCHEDULE PROPOSAL FOR THE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON
DATE: June 26, 1975
FROM: TED MARRS Icm
THRU: JACK MARSH
VIA: WARREN RUSTAND
CEREMONY:
To plant a tree on the White House
Grounds
DATE:
Late October, 1975
PURPOSE:
To commemorate our nation's
Bicentennial as well as initiating
the American Association of Nurserymen's
ARBC recognized National Bicentennial
Tree Planting Program
FORMAT:
-Along the walk leading from the North
Portico to the Northwest Gate
-30 minutes
-Sponsored by the Green Survival
Bicentennial Tree Planning Program
-List of participants attached
SPEECH MATERIAL:
Remarks to be provided by the Editorial
Division
PRESS COVERAGE:
Full press coverage
STAFF:
Jack Marsh
Ted Marrs
Rex Scouten
RECOMMEND:
Jack Marsh
Ted Marrs
Bill Baroody
Rex Scouten
OPPOSED:
None
PREVIOUS PARTICIPATION: None
BACKGROUND:
It is recommended that the tree be a
16 foot seedling from our present John
Quincy Adams American Elm, which was
planted by President Adams in 1826 and
is the oldest recorded White House tree.
They have the seedling in their nursery.
FORD is GERVIC LIBRARY
-2-
It will be planted approximately
90 feet from the northwest corner
of the Executive Residence since we
lost a very old American Elm at
this spot in 1972. In addition to
being visible to the tourists on
Pennsylvania Avenue, the tree would
be in the background of the daily
television news broadcasts which are held
on the north grounds.
Late October is the suggested time for
the ceremony since an American Elm should
not be transplanted until that late
in the fall. Also, the American
Association of Nurserymen will not
be prepared to launch their nationwide
campaign until at least September.
The Green Survival Bicentennial Tree
Planting Program was specifically
developed to allow "the individual
citizen" to participate in the
Bicentennial by contributing to the
beautification and environmental
improvement of America. This program
is sponsored by the American Association
of Nurserymen, and is the only national
organization representing the total
nursery industry with approximately
13,000 people involved. Attached
is a list of the activities supporting
this program from September, 1975 through
July, 1977.
FORD is 070830 LIBRARY
To support the Green Survival program from September, 1975
through July, 1977 they are:
1. Developing extensive displays for garden centers, retail
stores, shopping centers and other places of high consumer
traffic to tell the Green Survival Bicentennial planting
story. The display will include a booklet clearly
explaining how and why the "individual" can become
personally involved with the Bicentennial.
2. Produce tree wrappers and tags for distribution
to the public.
3. Develop a continuing series of television and radio
public service announcements for use by all major stations
in the 50 states.
4. Distribute newspaper packages on a continuing basis
to all daily newspapers in the United States and to weekly
newspapers with circulations over 25,000.
5. Personally contact major media in the top 200 major
market areas to assure the distribution of the Green
Survival Bicentennial Tree Planting concept to our
population.
6. Hold editorial conferences complete with backgrounders,
art work, story lines with such major home oriented
publications as Better Homes and Gardens, American Home,
Southern Living, Sunset, Reader's Digest and others.
7. Develop and distribute special editorial packages
to State USDA Extension Service editors responsible for
preparing material for consumer distribution.
8. In the spring or summer of 1976 it is our intention
to attempt to enlist the aid of major entertainment
personalities to assist in promoting the Tree Planting
Program. Carol Burnett and others might well participate
in such an effort. If that develops, we would include
them in all media promotions and in-store displays.
9. We have begun and will continue to enlist the aid of
several national organizations to assist in the Tree Planting
Program. For example:
ARBA has become an active promoter of the program.
The Department of the Interior's Johnny Horizon Program
has already prepared TV and radio public service
R.
GENAL
FORDA
announcements using Berle Ives and Glen Campbell
urging all Americans to join the Green Survival
Tree Planting Program for the Bicentennial.
We will ask similar cooperation from the Department
of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection
Agency.
We will seek the support and participation of national
trade associations and professional societies. We
believe that such organizations as the National
Recreation and Park Association, the National Council
of Cities and Mayors, the National Association of
Counties, the National Wildlife Federation and
others will be willing supporters of this program
and share the same cooperation they have with us in
the past.
10. In addition to these activities, we will continue
giving strong emphasis to a new Green Survival City Campaign
which---working through the members of our association---
is stimulating the organization of city-wide environmental
improvement programs for the Bicentennial.
R.
FORD
GERALD
LIBRARY
MEMORANDUM
Responded
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
to Ted 7/18
July 10, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR:
PHILIP BUCHEN
WILLIAM BAROODY
FROM:
WARREN RUSTAND WSR
SUBJECT:
Request for Appointment with the President
by the Young Lawyers Section of the American
Bar Association
We would appreciate having your comments and recommendation on
the attached request.
OFFICE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20504
July 8, 1975
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
MEMORANDUM FOR
HONORABLE WARREN S. RUSTAND
Appointments Secretary to the President
From:
John Eger
or
Acting Director
Subject:
Young Lawyers Section of the American Bar
Association Meeting With the President
In my capacity as Washington Liaison for the Young Lawyers
Section (YLS) of the American Bar Association (ABA), I have
been asked by the Chairman and Executive Council, YLS, to
seek an appointment for the Officers of the YLS/ABA with
the President to: (a) briefly review the success of the
Section's Federal Disaster Assistance Program to provide
legal advice and assistance to low income individuals
required as a consequence of a major disaster; and (b) to
discuss a new effort to provide similar advice, assistance,
and orientation to Vietnamese refugees.
The Young Lawyers have traditionally been an extremely
active organization and have demonstrated a leadership
role for lawyers in public service. More recent examples
were the Nationwide Drug Abuse Drive which had as its
purpose containing the then serious problem of drug abuse
among the young. Several million high school students
were reached. During the Vietnamese War, the Section
also established a committee to provide volunteer legal
assistance to families of prisoners of war and personnel
missing in action. This committee continued its efforts
for some three years in close cooperation with the
United States Armed Forces.
President Nixon met with section leaders on two occasions
to praise their Drug Abuse Program and to offer assistance
in passing state legislation in support of the POW/MIA
programs.
VORD
- 2 -
Background on YLS/ABA
The American Bar Association is the largest professional
organization of lawyers in the United States. Its direct
membership is approaching 200,000 which is in excess of
65% of the lawyers in the country. It has affiliate
organizations in all of the fifty states. Through its
affiliate organizations and its direct membership, it
speaks rather impressively for the lawyers of the
United States. The Young Lawyers Section itself has in
excess of 85,000 members, all of whom are under the age
of thirty six. Through some 200 affiliate organizations,
the Section carries out its programs, the vast majority
of which are of a voluntary nature and aimed at assistance
to the community.
Disaster Assistance Program
On December 15, 1972, the YLS signed an agreement with
the White House Office of Emergency Preparedness (now
the Federal Disaster Assistance Administration) to
provide volunteer legal services required as a consequence
of a major disaster to low income individuals who would
otherwise be unable to secure such services. During the
past three years and 60 major disasters, the Section has
responded to more than 4,000 inquiries for assistance in
the various states.
Vietnamese Refugee Program
In response to a request by the President's Special
Inter-Agency Task Force created by the Indochina Migration
and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975 (PL 94-23), the Section
has now agreed to undertake a voluntary assistance program
for those persons displaced by the Vietnamese War. The
voluntary assistance program will be carried out in two
phases.
Phase one will include orientation of Vietnamese civilians
by various Young Lawyer representatives at the four reception
centers in the continental United States (Camp Pendleton,
California; Fort Chaffee, Arkansas; Fort Indiantown Gap,
Pennsylvania; Eglin Air Force Base, Florida). The Young
Lawyers, working cooperatively with representatives of
the Inter-Agency Task Force and interpretors, will provide
basic information concerning our country's legal system
and structure.
- 3 -
Phase two will include the rendering of free legal advice
and counsel to those individuals who have been displaced
by the Vietnamese War. At the present time, more than
25,000 refugees have been resettled in various locations
throughout the fifty states. It is contemplated that more
than 90,000 additional persons will be similarly relocated
to various cities and towns in the United States. The
Section, through its affiliates and members, will establish
on a local level volunteer assistance teams which will
provide low income individuals resettled pursuant to the
Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975
(PL 94-23) free legal services in connection with problems
arising out of their special status. A communications
center will be established in Chicago for use of all such
persons and a network of assistance teams will respond to
requests for assistance.
The Young Lawyers volunteer program will specifically
require that any participating attorney accept no fee from
individuals who request assistance pursuant to this program
and, further, no participating attorney may accept any fee-
generating case from any individual who is being resettled
in connection with this program.
Recommendation
I personally recommend that the President meet with
the officers of the Young Lawyers Section and take the
opportunity to praise their efforts. The President may
also wish to make his comments public. In any event, a
photo opportunity is suggested since it is the Section's
desire to report any such meeting for the Barrister
Magazine published by the YLS and mailed to its 85,000
members. The American Bar Journal (distributed to all
members of the ABA) will very likely also wish to publish
pictures of the meeting.
CC: Philip Buchen
William Baroody
Pres
Wednesday 7/16/75
Scheduling
3:25 Connie Denham called from Grand Rapids
(616) 949-1766
to talk with you about scheduling the meeting
between the President and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
LIBRARY GERALD ? FORD
Presidents
scheduling
2100 Robinson Road
Grand Rapids, MI 49506
July 7, 1975
Philip Buchen
The White House
Washington DC
Dear Mr. Buchen,
I have sent you two books about Transcendental
Meditation to give you a more complete understanding of
the technique, the organization, and the individual
and environmental effects of TM. I'm looking forward
to talking with you soon about the meeting between the
President and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
Best wishes,
Connie Denham
Constance H. Denham
GERALD = FORM
THE WHITE HOUSE
Pending
WASHINGTON
July 2, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR: PHIL BUCHEN
FROM:
TED MARRS Jem
Phil -
I believe that the proposed meeting would be widely
misinterpreted if on a one-on-one basis. As part
of the sequence of seeing religious leaders in
groups it might be appropriate to include him at
a later date if the expressed interest to you
carries enough weight. Shall I correspond with
these folks to get scheduling to do so?
Enclosure
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 2, 1975
Dear Phil:
I am well aware of the increasing
popularity of transcendental mediation
in recent years. In fact, I have had
personal experience with TM. It has
become accepted as a method of re-
sponding to stress and has been written
about in professional medical journals.
Unfortunately, I think at this stage in its
development it is a topic for discussion
on talk shows and it is not recognized by
a number of people as being authentic
and perhaps borders on some type of
spiritual gimic. For that reason, I
would not recommend a meeting by the
President with the Maharishi at this
time. Perhaps in the next year or two
it should be reconsidered.
Bill
Bill Lukash
Mr. Philip Buchen
THE WHITE HOUSE
(Pending)
WASHINGTON
July 1, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR:
BILL LUKASH
TED MARRS
FROM:
PHILIP BUCHEN
P.W.B.
SUBJECT:
Re Proposed Meeting by President
with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Enclosed are copies of four letters I have received
proposing that the President meet with the man who
introduced the Transcendental Mediation program to
the U. S.
I would appreciate your recommendation as to the
merit of this proposal.
Attachments
PETER M. WEGE
2754 PIONEER CLUB ROAD, S.E.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 49506
616-942-0070
June 25, 1975
Mr. Philip W. Buchen
The White House
Washington, D. C. 20025
Dear Phil:
I have been very pleased with the results of the
members of the Transcendental Meditation program. My son,
Christopher, is a teacher, and the transformation of many
young people, such as he, has been spectacular. They have
complete confidence that what they are doing can make a
real dent in the wrongs of this world.
Their long range goal is world peace through inner
peace. Although this might seem naive, it has been tried
by Christians, Moslems, Buddists, Jews, and other major
sects, and we are still plagued by the threat of world
annihilation
by
war
and
starvation.
To encourage this inspiring work, I offer a suggestion
to President Ford's Administration. Encourage these people
by all means possible.
They have come to me in hopes I can be of some help
in bringing about a meeting between President Ford and the
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi as soon as it can be arranged. Could
you please assist these young people in the direction and
protocol necessary to bring about this meeting. Other
concerned community leaders will be approaching you soon for
this same request.
There are 500,000 T.M. members in the United States,
and the number is growing by about 25,000 per month.
Will you please do all you can to bring about this
FORD
meeting.
Sincerely,
PMW:
Peter M. Wege
June 27, 1975
Dear Phil,
You must have been aware of Dunc Littlefair's interest in
transcendental meditation and the several variations of thought
control. They were all represented last year in individual
sessions. Of these, TM, or transcendental meditation was the
single business-like, understandable, procedure which is now
broadly recognized and broadly available.
TM was brought to this country by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
and it was introduced in Grand Rapids by Connie Denham, whose
parents you know very well. You may have recalled the Maharishi's
publicity several years ago when he was still in India and the
Beetles, Mia Ferrell and other personalities traveled to India
and Came back talking about all alternative LO the drug culture.
Anyway, there has been much progress since then including the
purchase of Parson's College which is now being run by Maharishi
on a full liberal arts basis including courses in TM.
Currently, Connie Denham is trying to promote a direct con-
tact between President Ford and the Maharishi. As I understand
it, this is not a publicity stunt.
I have never met the Maharishi, but I have been involved in
TM for the last two years and I have been very much impressed
with its potential contribution. Connie and the many persons who
have worked with her are really dedicated and they are responsible
citizens. I think you will be surprised at the caliber of people
who have been working with this program.
Cordially,
Mr. Philip W. Buchen
Counsel to the President
The White House
Washington, D. C. 20500
KEITH E. WELLER, M.D.
MICHAEL T. BODLEY, M.D.
1200 LAKE DRIVE S.E.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 49506
GL. 9-8572
INTERNAL MEDICINE
28 June 1975
Mr. Philip Buchen
The White House
Washington, D.C.
Dear Phil,
A brief letter with a two-fold purpose. First to say that
I now have a real growing appreciation for the leadership ema-
nating from the White House--it is heartening to see President
Ford get his stride and among other things challenge the Congress
into action-not mere rhetoric. I am sure that your counsel is
making itself felt in a subtle way in many of the presidential
decisions.
Secondly I wish to solicit your support in arranging a
possible meeting (sometime in early July) between President
Ford and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi who will be in this country
during that period. I know that others have contacted you rel-
ative to this meeting and about the good that would come from
a meeting of these two leaders. Maharishi, as I am sure others
have told you, has brought the practice of Transcendental Med-
itation into fruition so it is now a world-wide movement for
peace and the advancement of knowledge. All of my family are
meditators--my older son and his wife are teachers of TM and
Betty and I have been meditating for the past year. From a
personal standpoint I find regular meditation is increasingly
supportive in my daily life.
I hope all is going well for you in the "big city". Please
give my best regards to Bunny.
Sincerely,
teith
Keith E. Weller, M.D.
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1861 824 TRUST Woalthy BUILDING HSE
454-5848
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 49502
TELEPHONE GL:9-8159-
June 26,1975
Dear Phil:
at Connie Denham's request I am
writing you this note to let your know that
Rate and 2 have been meditating for over
a year now.
that President Ford would meet Maharishi
I sure hope that it can be arranged so
Mahish yoj. — and particularly sing
if it could be in Insund Repits Dr leaders Muhigan,
as our state seems to be one of the
in the TM program.
Miditation, so 2 won't go into that Conrie
I'm sure you're aware of
says 160 people in Insura Rapids started
meditating this part May.
Thanks Phil, and Katu and 2 send our
best wishes and hoper to all of you in W asking ton
Sincerely
Bol Kir bace
LIBRAST GERALD K.TOND
ISi
LEAR SIEGLER, INC.
FABRICATION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
450 N. CENTENNIAL ST.
ZEELAND, MICHIGAN 49464
TELEPHONE (616) 772-4674
July 1, 1975
Mr. Philip W. Buchen
The White House
Washington, D. C. 20013
Dear Mr. Buchen:
Connie Denham recently wrote you regarding a meeting between
the President and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the founder of TM.
I express my wholehearted support for such a meeting.
To build a better society, I believe you will agree we must
seek better ways to improve the quality of the individual.
And in this regard, the abundant qualitative evidence attesting
to the beneficial effects of TM on the individual, cannot be
ignored. TM may well, in fact, be the force through which we
may one day realize our idealistic hope for world peace.
I'm sure the President would wish to endorse such a movement.
Regards,
charl
Ron Sherwood
President, Lear Siegler, In
Fabrication Technology Div.
RS:gb
Bres.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
(fulure)
July 1, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR:
BILL LUKASH
TED MARRS
FROM:
PHILIP BUCHEN
P.W.B.
SUBJECT:
Re Proposed Meeting by President
with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Enclosed are copies of four letters I have received
proposing that the President meet with the man who
introduced the Transcendental Mediation program to
the U. S.
I would appreciate your recommendation as to the
merit of this proposal.
Attachments
July 17, 1975
Dear Tony:
Thank you very much for your letter advising that you and
three others are planning to come to Washington the second
or third week in August.
I am sure it will be possible to arrange a special White
House tour for you and your group. It may be more diffi-
cult to arrange for you to meet with the President because
after his contemplated trip to Europe starting at the end
of July, he will shortly after he returns to Washington,
leave for Vail, Colorado and a much needed vacation. Even
if you should arrive here before August 10, you would
probably find that the President's schedule for the few
days he will be in Washington is two crowded to allow a
visit, even though I know he would welcome seeing you.
On the matter of contributing to the President a license
plate, I regretfully must suggest that this would not be
appropriate. As a general policy, we discourage the
offering of gifts to the President.
When you are here I will be pleased to have you stop by
my office for a brief chat.
Sincerely,
Philip W. Buchen
Counsel to the President
Mr. Tony Balice
419 Baldie Street
Ionia, Michigan 48846
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July 18, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR:
WARREN RUSTAND
FROM:
PHILIP BUCHEN T.W.B.
SUBJECT:
Invitation to the President
from the American Petroleum
Institute
Attached is a letter to the President extending him
an invitation to appear at the Institute's annual
meeting in Chicago on November 10 or 11, 1975. Also,
enclosed is a list of political/government speakers
at the API annual meetings.
These documents came to me through Stark Ritchie who
is attorney for the Institute and a friend of the
President.
I presume you will process this request.
Attachments
STREET FORD LIBRABY
Tuesday 7/15/75
President's schedulin
11/10 or 11/75
3:40 Stark Ritchie hand delivered the attached material
concerning the invitation of Frank Ikard to the
President to speak in Chicago either November 10 or 11.
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AMERICAN PETROLEUM
INSTITUTE
1801 K STREET, NORTHWEST
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006
Frank N. Ikard
PRESIDENT
July 14, 1975
The President
The White House
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. President:
On behalf of the Board of Directors and members
of the American Petroleum Institute, we extend
to you a most cordial invitation to speak at
the Institute's Annual Meeting in Chicago, either
Monday, November 10 or Tuesday, November 11.
The Annual Meeting is a broadly based gathering
of business leaders. Normally, there are
approximately 3,000 in attendance. In addition
to a broad representation from the petroleum
industry, there is also wide attendance from
all segments of the private sector.
We know how full your schedule is, but we
sincerely hope it will be possible for you
to accept this invitation.
Respectfully,
Fraun U. Shard
LIBRARY GERALD THE FORD
LIST OF ALL SPEAKERS
1955
*
Goodwin J. Knight, Governor of California
Walter S. Hallanan, President, Plymouth Oil Co.
H.S.M. Burns, President, Shell Oil Co.
S. Clark Beise, President, Bank of America
*
George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
1956
*
Fred A. Seaton, Secretary of the Interior
Thomas J. Watson, Jr,, President, IBM
Fred F. Florence, Former President, American Bankers Assn.
1957
*
Robert S. Kerr, Senator, Oklahoma
Charlton H. Lyons, Sr,, President, Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Assn.
Philip D. Reed, Chairman, General Electric Corp.
*
Everett M. Dirksen, Senator, Illinois
1958
George Romney, President, American Motors Corp,
Morgan J, Davis, President, Humble Oil & Refining Co.
E. V. Murphree, President, Esso Research & Engineering Co,
Lee A, DuBridge, President, California Institute of Technology
1959
*
J. Howard Edmundson, Governor, Oklahoma
H.S.M. Burns, President, Shell Oil Co,
C. H. Greenwalt, President, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co,, Inc,
1960
*
James F. Murray, Jr, Director of Finance, New Jersey
M. P. Murdock, Vice President-Sales, Ethyl Corp.
Lowell Thomas, Film Narration
M. J. Rathbone, President, Standard Oil Co, of New Jersey
Arthur H. Dean, Attorney at Law
1961
*
A. S, Mike Monroney, Senator, Oklahoma
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M. J, Rathbone, Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey
Joseph C, Swidler, Chairman, Federal Power Commission
John M. Kelly, Assistant Secretary of Interior
1962
*
Fowler Hamilton, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development
Frank N. Ikard, Introduction & Speech
*
John M. Kelly, Assistant Secretary, Interior for Mineral Resources
*
Lyndon B. Johnson, Vice President of the United States
1963
*
Matthew E. Welsh, Governor of Indiana
Thomas S. Gates, President, Morgan Guaranty Trust Co.
1964
*
James A, Rhodes, Governor of Ohio
William F, Butler, Vice President, Chase Manhattan Bank
John W. Bitner, Vice President, Empire Trust Co,
Jim C. Langdon, Commissioner, Texas Railroad Commission
Russell DeYoung, Chairman, Goodyear Tire Co,
*
John M. Kelly, Assistant Secretary, Interior for Mineral Resources
*
(Edward A. McDermott, Director, Office of Emergency Planning, paper
passed out in absence,)
1965
David Rockefeller, President, Chase Manhattan Bank
Dr. Clifford C. Furnas, President, State University of New York
+
Stewart L, Udall, Secretary of Interior
1966
Daniel J. Haughton, President, Lockheed Aircraft Corp,
*
Lee C. White, Chairman, Federal Power Commission
Glenn E. Nielson, President, Husky Oil Co.
Dr, Paul W. McCracken, Professor, University of Michigan
Lynn A. Townsend, President, Chrysler Corp.
=
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1967
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H, I. Romnes, Chairman, ATT
J. 0. Mattson, President, Automotive Safety Foundation
*
Alan S. Boyd, Secretary of Transportation
Lammont duP. Copeland, President, E, I, duPont de Nemours & Co,, Inc,
Murray A, Seeger, Newsweek, Washington Bureau
William McC. Martin, Jr, Chairman of the Board of Governors, Federal
Reserve System
James E. Webb, Administrator, National Aeronautics & Space Administration
1968
*
Wayne N. Aspinall, House of Representatives
*
Dr. John T. Middleton, Commissioner, National Air Pollution Control Admn.
Henry Ford II, Chief Executive Officer, Ford Motor Co.
Dr. Norman Hackerman, President, University of Texas
*
Ernest C. Manning, Premier, Province of Alberta, Canada
Stanley D. Breitweiser, Executive Vice President, Cities Service Oil Co.
1969
*
Preston Smith, Governor of Texas
*
David M. Kennedy, Secretary of the Treasury
Orlo E. Childs, President, Colorado School of Mines
Osborne Elliott, Editor, Newsweek
*
Mike Gravel, Senator, Alaska
*
John N. Nassikas, Chairman, Federal Power Commission
*
Russell E, Train, Under-Secretary of Interior
1970
James M. Hester, President, New York University
Erwin P. Canham, Editor in Chief, Christian Science Monitor
*
Maurice H, Stans, Secretary of Commerce
Henry Kearns, Chairman & President, Export-Import Bank of U.S.
*
Clifford P. Hansen, Senator, Wyoming
*
Wilber D. Mills, Member of Congress, Arkansas
Edward N. Cole, President, General Motors Corp,
1971
*
Carl Albert, Speaker of the House of Representatives
*
Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior
*
Henry M. Jackson, Senator, Washington
Ronald Reagan, Governor of California
1972
*
Lloyd M, Bentsen, Senator, Texas
John J, Riccardo, President, Chrysler Corp,
Walter J. Levy, Oil Consultant to Industry & Governments
Peter G, Peterson, Secretary of Commerce
FUNDO
1973
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James Reston, Vice President & Columnist, New York Times
LIBRATA
*
John A, Love, Asst, to President, Dir, Energy Policy Office,
C, Jackson Grayson, Jr,, Dean, Southern Methodist University
Jennings Randolph, Senator, West Virginia
1974
Sir Eric Drake, Chairman, BP, Ltd.
Irving Kristol, Professor, New York University, Co-Editor of the
"Public Interest"
Elie Able, Dean, Columbia University
*
William E. Simon, Secretary of the Treasury
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LIST GOVERNMENT SPEAKERS AT API ANNUAL MEETINGS
1955 - 1974
1955
Fred A. Seaton, Secretary of the Interior
1956
Goodwin J. Knight, Governor of California
George M. Humphrey; Secretary of the Treasury
1957
Robert S. Kerr, U.S. Senator, Oklahoma
Everett M. Dirksen, U.S. Senator, Illinois
1958
No Government Speakers
1959
J. Howard Edmondson, Governor of Oklahoma
1960
James F. Murray, Jr., Director of Finance, Jersey City, New Jersey
1961
A. S. Mike Monroney, Senator, Oklahoma
Joseph C. Swidler, Chairman, Federal Power Commission
John M. Kelly, Assistant Secretary of the Interior
1962
Fowler Hamilton, Administrator, U.S. Agency for Intl. Development.
John M. Kelly, Assistant Secretary of Interior for Mineral Resource
Lyndon B. Johnson, Vice President of the United States.
1963
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Matthew E. Welsh, Governor of Indiana & Chairmany
Interstate
Oil Compact Commission
ULIBRARY
1964
James A. Rhodes, Governor of Ohio
John M. Kelly, Assistant Secretary of Interior for Mineral Resource:
(Ed. A. McDermott, Office of Emergency Planning, unable to attend,
paper passed out at meeting.)
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1965
Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of Interior
1966
Lee C. White, Chairman, Federal Power Commission
1967
Alan S. Boyd, Secretary of Transportation
William McC. Martin, Jr., Chairman of the Board of Governors,
Federal Reserve System
James E. Webb, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
1968
Dr. John T. Middleton, Commissioner, National Air Pollution
Control Administration
Wayne N. Aspinall, House of Representatives
Ernest C. Manning, Premier, Province of Alberta, Canada
1969
Preston Smith, Governor of Texas
David M. Kennedy, Secretary of the Treasury
Mike Gravel, Senator, Alaska
John N. Nassikas, Chairman, Federal Power Commission
Russell E. Train, Under Secretary of the Interior
Orlo E. Childs, President, Colorado School of Mines
1970
Maurice E. Stans, Secretary of Commerce
Clifford P. Hansen, Senator, Wyoming
Wilber D. Mills, Member of Congress, Arkansas
1971
Carl Albert, Speaker of the House of Representative
Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior
Henry M. Jackson, Senator, Washington
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Ronald Reagan, Governor of California
1972
Lloyd M. Bensten, Senator, Texas
Peter G. Peterson, Secretary of Commerce
1973
John A. Love, Assistant to the President and Director of the
Energy Policy Office
Jennings Randolph, Senator, West Virginia
1974
William E. Simon, Secretary of the Treasury
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 18, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR:
WARREN RUSTAND
FROM:
PHILIP BUCHEN
T.W.B.
SUBJECT:
Proposed Presidential Meeting
with John McCone
I do not think it is necessary for the President
to meet with Mr. McCone for the purpose of hearing
his views on the reorganization of the intelligence
community.
I believe it would be sparing of the President's
time and more useful if Mr. McCone were invited
to visit with General Scowcroft, Jack Marsh and
either Roderick Hills or me.
CC: Rod Hills
General Scowcroft
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 16, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR: PHIL BUCHEN
JACK MARSH
ROD HILLS
FROM: WARREN RUSTAND WSR
SUBJECT: PROPOSED PRESIDENTIAL MEETING
General Scowcroft has requested time for John McCone to meet with the President.
McCone would be presenting his views on the reorganization of the Intelligence
Community. We understand he has already presented these suggestions to the
Murphy Commission and will appear before the Church Committee soon. We
would appreciate your comments and recommendations on this possible meeting
as soon as possible.
CORD
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RICHARD M. GILLETT
July 21, 1975
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CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
Mich Ba Kers
assoc
Mr. Warren Rustand
The White House
Washington, D. C. 20515
Dear Mr. Rustand:
I was visiting with Phil Buchen today regarding a
speaking engagement for President Ford and he
suggested that I contact you.
The Michigan Bankers Association will be holding
their annual convention at Mackinac Island on
Friday, June 25 and Saturday, June 26, 1976.
The membership would very much like to have the
President speak on either Friday or Saturday if
his schedule permits. We recognize that 1976
is an exceedingly busy time for him, but would
appreciate his consideration.
If you have any questions regarding our convention,
please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
R. M. Gillett
CC: Philip W. Buchen
over a century of Banking Service
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NOTE FOR EVE DAUGHTREY
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Did this man get in touch with
Mr. Buchen TODAY? Note he
said he would be in Washington
today and would hope that perhaps
MR. Buchen could accept this
Unfortunately, this just came
to me in the Noon mail folder
Thanks.
may
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The Honorable
MESSAGE
Gerald R. Ford
SPEAKERS BUREAU
President of the United States of America
OTHER
The White House
Washington, D. C.
APPOINTMENT OFFICE
Dear Gerry:
Time does fly! I have owed you a letter since yours of May
17, 1974, when you were V.P. I heard from Milton Kemnitz,
who reminded me that the original of the Shant was purchased
when I was Alumni Advisor, and was lost in the firat1912.
I will be in Washington on the 23rd of July. If I cannot see
you, I would like to deliver to the White House something that
I believe should be yours. Please note the attached copy of
a photograph. I was presented on September 7, 1963, on behalf
of the D.K.E. Fraternity, a copy of The Yale Banner of October
3, 1863. This was at the 100th Anniversary Banquet of Chi Psi
Fraternity.
This beautiful framed MEMORABILIA rested in the D.K.E. office
of The Yale Club of New York. A few years later I discovered
it in a closet at the D.K.E. Club of New York, and they moved
to another location - this was when I found it in the closet.
I brought it back to Florida in November 1974. It is so fra-
gile that I decided it was best to deliver it to the White
House by hand. You will note the D.K.E. Coat-of-Arms and a
list of the Membership at that time on the front page. Is is
most significant that you were a D.K.E. at the University of
Michigan and a Yale law grad.
If you would not be in the White House on the occasion of my
visit to Washington, possibly Phil Buchen will be there, and
he could accept this Framed Beauty for you. I am giving Phil
a copy of this letter.
I have some copies of the Shant for you and Phil also, an ac-
tion picture of you and Herm Everhardus from an old newspaper
clipping - UM versus Michigan State 1933. You will be amused
by this.
If you are available for 5 minutes - in your busy schedule -
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Gerald R. Ford
July 18, 1975
President of the United States of America
it would be a great pleasure to see you again.
I hope Bastille Day was a Happy Birthday for you. God
bless you for helping all of us out of a terrible mess.
If I can help in the '76 Campaign in Florida, call on
me please.
Always sincerely,
Dan
Daniel D. Dayton
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I send my warmest greetings to the members of the
American Bar Association as you hold your Ninety-
Eighth Annual Meeting.
Bx we approach the celebration of our Bicentennial,
you can reflect with pride on the fact that members
of your prefession played such a key role in the
Revolutionary Era that led to our Independence and
to the formation of our democratic system of govern-
ment. You can also take great satisfaction from the
important leadership you have provided as an organi-
zation in our national growth and development for
nearly half of our country's history.
Heartened by your inspiring record of public service,
your follow citizens look to your wisdom and experi-
once in helping to overcome the even more complex
problems presently before our modern state and
Federal legal systems. I am sure that in the course
of these sessions you will have the opportunity to ex-
amine the challenges we face and to propose concrete
ways of dealing with them. 1 know that the results of
your deliberations will do much to advance the national
goals we share, and that this valuable exchange of ideas
will further enhance the costributions of your profession
to the we of mangisty.
Sent to: (Air Mail - Special Delivery)
Mr. James D. Fellers
President
American Bar Association
1155 East 60th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60037
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BEFORE DISPATCH
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 14, 1975
Dear Mr. Fellers:
On behalf of the President, I wish to acknowledge your
letter inviting him to address the American Bar Association
either at its Midyear Meeting in Chicago from February 22
to February 25, or during its Annual Meeting in Montreal,
August 7-14.
The President is deeply grateful to you, but in light of
his schedule commitments this month he will be unable to
be with you during your Midyear Meeting which you had
suggested might provide the best forum for him.
As for the Annual Meeting in Montreal, the President feels
he must ask that you not count on his presence, particularly
in light of the many pressing demands upon him and the
heavy calendar he already has outlined in the coming months.
The President did want me to emphasize how very much he
appreciated your thoughtfulness of him and that he warmly
thanks you and sends his kind regard and best wishes.
Sincerely,
Narren Lustand
Warren S. Rustand
Appointments Secretary
to the President
Mr. James D. Fellers
President
American Bar Association
American Bar Center
Chicago, Illinois 60637
Presidents
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
scheduling
February 10, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR: PHILIP BUCHEN
FROM:
WARREN RUSTAND USR
SUBJECT:
American Bar Association
Annual Meeting - August 7-14 in Montreal
Regarding the attached letter from American Bar Association
President James Fellers, it is too late to schedule the President's
appearance at the ABA Midyear Conferernce in Chicago later this
month.
I would appreciate your comments and recommendations on the
President addressing the 1975 Annual Meeting in Montreal. Also
attached is a copy of a NSC memo on the desirability of the
President addressing a meeting of a U.S. organization on a domestic
issue when that meeting is being held in a foreign country.
Knowing the NSC's feeling about this, would you still recommend
that the President participate in this meeting.
No, for I share
Thank you.
the concerns of
NSC.
T.W.B.
LIBRATA GERALD R. FORD
American BAR ASSOCIATION
T/D
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
SCHEDULE BD.
JAMES D. FELLERS
AMERICAN BAR CENTER
DATE RECEIVED
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60637
TELEPHONE: 312/493-0533
FEB 7 1975.
February 5, 1975
BUREAU
The President
The White House
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. President:
It is my great pleasure and privilege as President of the
American Bar Association to invite you to speak to the members
of the largest voluntary professional association in the world.
Because of the very great pressures on your time and in
accordance with my conversations with your Appointments Secre-
tary since early in December, I wish to make our invitation as
flexible and open as possible. The Association holds two major
meetings each year. Our 1975 Midyear Meeting will be held at
the Palmer House in Chicago from Saturday, February 22 to Tues-
day, February 25. The Midyear Meeting is primarily a business
meeting and will be attended by approximately 1500 representa-
tives of the almost 200,000 members of the ABA. It generally
receives considerable media and press attention. A special
program has been planned for Sunday afternoon, February 23.
The Chief Justice is scheduled to speak and several thousand
Chicago lawyers have been invited. This might provide the
best forum for you.
The 1975 Annual Meeting will be held in Montreal, Canada,
from August 7 to August 14. Our traditional opening assembly
will take place on Monday morning, August 11. I have extended
an invitation to Prime Minister Trudeau to address us at that
time. If it is consistent with protocol and the objectives of
the administration, we would be most pleased if you would share
the platform with the Prime Minister. Alternatives would include
our business assembly on Wednesday morning, August 13, and major
luncheons to be held on the 11, 12 and 13. In addition, we would,
of course, be pleased to arrange a special assembly for any time
during the week of the Annual Meeting which suited your convenience
The Annual Meeting will be attended by approximately 7500 lawyers,
most of them accompanied by their families.
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MEMORANDUM FOR:
WARREN RUSTAND
OFFICE
FROM:
Jeanne W. Davis
SUBJECT:
Presidential Appearances
Abroad Before U.S. Organizations
You have asked for our views on the desirability of the President's
addressing a meeting of a purely U.S. organization on a domestic
issue when that meeting is being held in a foreign country.
We are aware of no previous occasion when a President has
travelled outside the U.S. with this as his sole or even primary
purpose. On occasion, when a President has been on an
official visit as Chief of State to a foreign country, he has agreed
to meet with an American group such as the American Chamber
of Commerce in that country, but these meetings have been
peripheral to the primary purpose of the visit.
It would be difficult for the President to travel abroad in a purely
domestic capacity without some official recognition by the host
government. Even with such a close friend as Canada, and the
fact that he would not be in the capital city, this might prove
awkward. Indeed, a visit to Montreal, when he has not paid an
official visit to Ottawa, might disconcert the Canadians, given the
issue of French separatism.
Also, the practice of U.S. organizations holding conventions outside
the country has sometimes been criticized as expensive junketeering.
It is possible that some of this criticism might be transferred to
the President, should he decide to travel outside the country for this
purpose.
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The President
February 5, 1975
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Although we certainly understood well the necessity of your
cancelling your appearance before our Annual Meeting last year
in Honolulu, we were nonetheless disappointed. We hope that this
year we will have the opportunity and the honor of receiving your
address. We know you appreciate the desirability of formulating
our plans as early as possible.
Sincerely yours,
James Fellers D. nevers
JDF/sco
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 29, 1975
Dear Phil:
Many thanks for your letter of July 19 covering the
points we discussed when you were here to see the
President.
I note that there will be a meeting of the District
Attorneys and police agencies engaged in the Career
Criminal Program and the meeting is to take place
in Washington. We shall try to find out when that
meeting is scheduled and will propose that the
President try to make an appearance there. I can
also advise you that the Department of Justice is
concerned about the problems at LEAA and I shall
try to keep abreast of developments.
It was good to see you when you were here, and I
look forward to seeing you on your return visit.
Sincerely,
Thil
Philip W. Buchen
Counsel to the President
Mr. Philip Cohen
Executive Director
National Legal Data Center, Inc.
P.O. Box 1012
60 West Olsen Road
Thousand Oaks, California 91360
NATIONAL LEGAL DATA CENTER, INC.
A NON-PROFIT LEGAL RESEARCH CORPORATION
POST OFFICE BOX 1012 / 60 WEST OLSEN ROAD
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PIBLIP COHEN. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
(805) 492-2453
July 21, 1975
The Honorable Philip W. Buchen
Counsel to the President
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Phil:
The attached article, dateline July 19, 1975, Los
Angeles Times, was brought to my attention subsequent to
the typing of my earlier letter. A word or two seems ap-
propriate.
Mention is made of programs which are "White House favor-
ites
"
I am, of course, not privy to those domestic programs
which, because of competing priorities, must receive varying
degrees of attention by the White House. However, it is a
matter of record that the President, on September 24, 1974, in
his speech to the International Association of Chiefs of Police
first established the "career criminal program" as his crime
reducing priority. I assume this is one of the priorities re-
ferred to as a "White House favorite."
Surely, it would be a sad thing indeed if the most sig-
nificant crime reducing program to come out of L.E.A.A. in its
brief history would be hampered, or otherwise prejudiced be-
cause of in-house turmoil.
Sincerely,
Phil
Philip Cohen
Executive Director
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Enclosure
NATIONAL LEGAL DATA CENTER, INC.
A NON-PROFIT LEGAL RESEARCH CORPORATION
POST OFFICE BOX 1012 / 60 WEST OLSEN ROAD
THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA 91360
POILIP COHEN. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
(805) 492-2453
July 19, 1975
The Honorable Philip W. Buchen
Counsel to the President
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Phil:
As promised during our telephone conversation of Friday
last, the following is an amplification of the points raised
during our meeting with the President on Saturday, June 28,
1975 in connection with the Law Enforcement Assistance Admin-
istration innovative crime-reducing endeavor.
The concept is popularly known as the "Career Criminal
Program" and dating from the President's speech to the Internat-
ional Association of Chiefs of Police on September 24, 1974 in
Washington, D.C. (where he first publically introduced the pro-
gram), it has been recognized and welcomed by all law enforce-
ment agencies as a Presidential initiative. In other words,
Presidential interest in the program has received the plaudits
of police, prosecutors, courts and the media. Incidentally, this
is the program that I explored and discussed in some detail with
the President and Bill Casselman during our meeting of December
17, 1974.
In brief, the program is designed to quickly identify the
habitual or repeat offender, and via a system of priorities,
quickly process him through the criminal justice system.
Since the majority of street crimes (unquestionably of state
and local jurisdiction) are committed by repeat offenders, it is
hoped to reduce the statistics and incidence of crime by zeroing
in on such offenders. It should be remembered that the program
focuses on "getting off the street" those individuals who have
already been given several opportunities for rehabilitation and
who have rejected those opportunities, opting instead for a life of
violence and crime.
In its initial stages, the program through L.E.A.A. has al-
ready funded eight District Attorney heavily populated jurisdict-
ions and additional cities are planned to be funded. Each
The Hon. Philip Buchen
July 19, 1975
Page 2
jurisdiction will embark upon its own program dealing with the
repeat offender and my particular responsibility is to coordin-
ate and guide this national effort. Because of past projects, I
know most, if not all, the District Attorneys involved, and I am
now in the process of initiating a series of meetings with them
to coordinate our strategies and goals.
For your information, the offices to date are as follows:
Jurisdiction
Population
District Attorney
Manhattan, New York
1,700,000
Robert Morgenthau
Boston, Massachusetts
750,000
Garrett H. Byrne
Detroit, Michigan
2,667,751
William L. Cahalan
Columbus, Ohio
903,000
George C. Smith
Salt Lake City, Utah
500,000
R. Paul Van Dam
San Diego, California
1,560,038
Edwin Miller
New Orleans, Louisiana
630,000
Harry Connick
Houston, Texas
2,200,000
Carol Vance
It occurred to me that on those occasions when the President
is visiting one of the participating cities, consideration be given
to having him make specific reference to the on-going career crimi-
nal program in this particular city. That is, it is a program he
introduced, it is one he identifies with, and most important, it
has caught the favorable attention and imagination of professional
law enforcement and the public at large. I sincerely believe the
benefits to be reaped by this suggestion are substantial.
Of course, a subsequent meeting of all participating District
Attorneys and police agencies is programmed to take place in
Washington, D.C. and I would be delighted if the President's
schedule at that time would permit him to meet with, or address
the participants. Both approaches seem worthy of consideration
and a Presidential comment on-site, so to speak, of a program which
received its initial impetus from the President himself is pretty
hard to beat.
Please be assured that in no way am I seeking to deprecate
or criticize the efforts of those who advise upon Presidential
priorities, or alternatives. Rather, I am merely surfacing these
suggestions for further consideration by those who do advise.
With regard to the Presidential crime message, the many excel-
lent points he made were not reported by the media and my view
(along with many others) is that the impact of the message was
lost. This may or may not be because the message was not personally
The Hon. Philip W. Buchen
July 19, 1975
Page 3
delivered, but in either event, it is true to say that the
enthusiasm and momentum of the International Association of
Chiefs of Police speech on September 24, 1974 and the Yale
speech on April 25, 1975 was not carried forward.
With regard to Presidential impact, it occurs to me that
foreign policy and crime are not far removed. The President on
his own, can and does deal with foreign heads of state because
of the nature of the discretion which he can exercise in this
area. In a similar manner, the President by talking about and
exercising the L.E.A.A. discretion which he possesses, can be
regarded as doing something about the rising tide of criminal
activity. My point is that the economy, inflation, unemployment,
energy and similar domestic issues are not similarly soluble be-
cause of the absence of such discretion.
It is obvious that I am enthusiastic about the career criminal
program, but this is because it is a "people" program dealing with
police, prosecution, courts, the offender and his victim, absent
any hardware or gadgets.
On a personal note, I certainly enjoyed meeting and talking
with you and I look forward to meeting you again when next in
Washington. In the meantime, if you have any additional questions
or I can assist you further, please do not hesitate to let me
know.
Sincerely
Philip Cohen
Executive Director
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