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Transition Letters Unfiled, 10/76-1/77
Folder Citation: Collection: Office of Staff Secretary; Series: 1976 Campaign Transition File;
Folder: Transition Letters Unfiled, 10/76-1/77; Container 2
To See Complete Finding Aid:
http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/library/findingaids/Staff_Secretary.pdf
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Letter
Brooks (GA) to Carter, w/attachment, 6 pp.
Re: Candidates for Secretary of Agriculture
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Carter Presidential Papers, Staff Offices, Office of Staff Secretary, Pre-Presidential Handwriting/
Transition File, Transition Letters Unfiled, Box 3
10/76-1/77
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
NA FORM 1429 (6-85)
Received too late Leard Henduson
to answer
569 SANTA BARBARA DR.
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA
30050
Dear me. Hells
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you peobably don't cemember our conversation
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so happy with the many cannon. I have seen it many
times on T.V. and mayagener setting in his Study in
his home in Plains. that Im writing about me skells
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the time being. kom all indication and listening to Pressident
elect Carter, he is not accepting gift. I realize he is a very
busy man and there are guidelines. Dwas just hoping that
since he admired the naval cannon and the army Cril War
Cannon would go with it, that before he would go to Washington
we could give it tokim. I will save this
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hours on this. a is handwyrabed with all the states, his name
the presential seal, Plains, Aclanta, and stackington, scroll
on it. I just knew when I fint met him that he was
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from the Southern District of Leorgia.
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For America's third century, why not our best?
October 13, 1976
Ms. Joan Tobin
Director, Talent Bank '77
Democratic National Committee
1625 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
20036
Dear Joan:
The following are highly qualified women for the
Talent Bank and are recommended by the Health Policy Task
Force. Several of them are career civil servants who are out-
standing and who should be retained and promoted.
At the top of the list is economist Ruth Hanft.
She just left the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of
Sciences, for a faculty appointment at Dartmouth College to
which she commutes. She helped establish the U.S. Office of
Economic Opportunity, Office of Health Affairs. She has been
the most active and consistently hard-working member of the
Health Policy Task Force since January, 1976 and was invited
personally by the Governor in October 1974 to assist in the
health area. She has been singularly pivotal in developing the
national health insurance proposals under consideration, as
both a conceptualizer and technician. She should be in a solid
position in the segment of government that spearheads implemen-
tation of National Health Insurance, and can be extremely help-
ful in some aspects of legislative liaison during enactment.
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Ruth Hanft
411 North Lee Street
Alexandria, Virginia
Beverlee Myers, M.P.H. is currently Professor at the School of
Public Health at the University of Michigan and was previously
Commissioner of Medicaid for New York State. Before that she
was Assistant Administrator for Planning and Evaluation of the
Health Service and Mental Health Administration, Department of
HEW.
She would be excellent as the Administrator of the
Medicaid program or head of the Health Services Administration.
1800 M. STREET, N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036 202/857-1600
A CODY of our report " filed with the Federal Election Commission and is available for purchase from the Federal Election Commission Washington DC
Ms. Joan Tobin
October 13, 1976
Page 2
Beverlee Myers, M.P.H.
School of Public Health
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Karen Davis, Ph.D. is an economist at the Brookings Institution
and is a superb economist with expertise in Medicaid, health
financing and rural health. She would be excellent as staff for
the Council of Economic Advisers or the Office of Management and
Budget.
Karen Davis, Ph.D.
1775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
Karen Nelson is on the professional staff of the House Committee
on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. She was formerly Chief of
Planning and Evaluation for the Medicaid Program, and before that
was with the Office of Management and Budget.
Her expertise is in health financing. She would be
excellent in OMB or as a legislative liaison for health.
Karen Nelson
Committee on Interstate
and Foreign Commerce
2125 Rayburn Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Judith Miller is Director of the Carnegie Foundation-financed
Health Staff Seminars which are affiliated with George Washington
University. She has an extensive legislative background. She
runs the Seminar for Executive Office and Congressional Staff on
health. She would be excellent in the Office of the Assistant
Secretary of HEW for legislation.
Judith Miller
2032 Belmont Road, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
Janet Kline is a senior professional with the Library of Congress
and is one of the key people in the legislative reference service
in health. She would be excellent for OMB, HEW planning, or
legislation.
Janet Kline
Library of Congress Professional
Research Service
Education and Public Welfare Division
Deck 37
Washington, D.C. 20540
Ms. Joan Tobin
October 13, 1976
Page 3
Nora K. Piore is with the Columbia University School of Public
Health. She is an outstanding Health Services Researcher. She
might not accept a job in Washington. However, she should be
offered one, possibly as head of the National Center for Health
Services Research. If not, then as Chairwoman of an important
advisory committee.
Nora K. Piore
School of Public Health
Columbia University
21 Audobon Avenue
New York, New York 10032
Ruth W. Lubic is General Director for the Maternity Center Asso-
ciation in New York City and is one of the most respected and
recognized nurses who has functionally developed the nurse-midwife
to its present level. We would suggest a high level job in man-
power.
Ruth Watson Lubic
General Director
Maternity Center Association
48 East 92nd Street
New York, New York 10028
Margaret Heagarty, M.D. is a pediatrician and is Director of the
Ambulatory Care Program at Cornell University, New York Hospital.
She was a Robert Wood Johnson Fellow in 1975 and wrote the Scheuer-
Javits National Health Insurance Plan for Mothers and Children.
She would be ideal to head up the development of a National Family
Health Policy. She should be in a top place for National Health
Insurance implementation.
Margaret Heagarty, M.D.
525 East 68th Street
New York, New York 10021
Lisbeth Bamberger Schorr steers the activities of the Children's
Defense Fund as they pertain to health and is an expert on health
services delivery. She is the original conceptualizer of OEO's
Neighborhood Health Centers Program. She should be considered for
a high level job in health services or financing, although she will
be hard to get.
Lisbeth Bamberger Schorr
Children's Defense Fund
1520 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
Ms. Joan Tobin
October 13, 1976
Page 4
Ruth P. Zager is Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry
at the Thomas Jefferson Medical School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
She is an expert on child health, but may not be able to move to
Washington. She could be regional health director in the Phila-
delphia region of HEW.
Ruth P. Zager
237 Hamilton Road
Merrion, Pennsylvania
Sara Brown is an expert on Family Planning and Health Prevention
with the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences.
Sara Brown
1912 36th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20007
Julie Lowenberg is a research attorney and teaches law in Dallas,
Texas, having formerly worked as a law intern with HEW. (Her
husband is active in the Dallas campaign with the Strauss law
firm.) We would have to bring both to Washington. She would be
good as a deputy in the General Counsel's Office of HEW.
Julie Lowenberg
5551 Montrose
Dallas, Texas 75209
Joyce C. Lashoff, M.D. is Director of Public Health for the State
of Illinois, and has an outstanding background in preventive and
community health, including administrative responsiblity unusual
for a physician. Her curriculum vitae does not reflect the organ-
izational and administrative skills she has. She should have a
top position in health services delivery, e.g. head of the Health
Services Administration, and could be effective in revamping the
U.S. Public Health Service.
Joyce C. Lashoff, M.D.
Suite 450
535 West Jefferson Street
Springfield, Illinois 67761
Elena O. Nightingale, M.D., Ph.D. is Senior Professional Associate
at the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences. As
both a pediatrician and geneticist, she is qualified to direct
national policy initiatives in application of basic research to
family health care, particularly in the policy implications of
genetic research. She would be excellent as top staff in an
executive office of science and technology or at NIH.
Ms. Joan Tobin
October 13, 1976
Page 5
Elena O. Nightingale, M.D., Ph.D.
6724 Towne Lane Court
McLean, Virginia 22101
Alberta Parker, M.D. is a pediatrician by professional training,
and one of the leading proponents and architects of a broadened
role for consumers in planning and delivery of health services
on a national basis. She might not want to leave her teaching
at Berkeley's School of Public Health, and if so, she would be
excellent as the Director of HEW's regional office in San Fran-
cisco. She would probably accept such a position only if guaran-
teed the potential for innovative impact on traditional systems.
Ideally, she should be put in charge of compliance and consumer
involvement in National Health Insurance -- this is where she
would be most needed and most effective.
Alberta Parker, M.D.
School of Public Health
University of California
Berkeley, California 94720
Estelle Ramey, Ph.D. is an endocrinologist of note at Georgetown
University. She is a hero to women because of her scientific
rebuttal of Dr. Edgar Berman's statements on "women's raging
hormonal imbalance." She should be considered for NIH or to head
up an advisory commission with clout.
Estelle Ramey, M.D.
School of Medicine
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. 20057
Louise B. Tyrer, M.D. is Vice President of Planned Parenthood -
World Federation and is a highly esteemed obstetrician/gynecologist
who has held leadership positions in the American College of ob-
stetrics and Gynecology. She should be made Deputy Assistant
Secretary of HEW for Population Affairs or might well serve as
U.S. Coordinator for Population Affairs (the position currently
held by Ambassador Marshall Green).
Louise B. Tyrer, M.D.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
810 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York
10019
The following are superb career civil servants who
should be retained and promoted:
Dorothy Rice: Director of HEW's National Center for Health Statistics,
Ms. Joan Tobin
October 13, 1976
Page 6
one of the outstandingresearchers in the nation, as well as a
fine administrator. She is probably GS-18. She is extremely
well respected.
Lou Ann Irion: Assistant to the Administrator of the Health
Resources Administration of HEW. She is an expert on health
services delivery and manpower, as well as an outstanding and
very creative person. She is probably GS-16. She was formerly
Director of Comprehensive Health Services Division of the Office
of Health Affairs of OEO. She is particularly effective as
a pioneer and pathfinder in developing new managerial approaches
to delivery of health care, and because she is at ease in inno-
vative programs, should be strongly considered for an important
facilitative role in implementation of National Health Insurance.
Her address: 4408 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20014.
Ellen Wormser: Director of the Health Office of the Comptroller
of HEW and an expert on budget and health programs. She should
be considered for promotion where she is or in OMB.
Mary Ross: Division Director of the Office of Program Planning
and Evaluation, Social Security Administration. She is an expert
on social security benefits and welfare reform.
Martha Blaxall, Ph.D.: Director of Health Insurance Studies,
Office of Research and Statistics of the Social Security
Administration. She is an excellent health economist, formerly
with OMB and the National Academy of Sciences. She would be
very good in planning, research, or budget jobs. Her address:
2120 S Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
We would be happy to provide further information
as well as additional names as they come to mind. Curricula vitae
have already been sent to you for Ruth Hanft and Beverlee Myers.
Sincerely,
dhanks Mary King
Health Policy Task Force
CC: Jack Watson
Dick Fleming
MEK/aln
Mr. Richard N. Gardner, Professor
Columbia University Law School
435 W. 116th Street and Amsterdam Ave.
New York, New York 10027
Leaders, for a change.
P.O. Box 1976, Atlanta, Georgia 30301
November 2, 1976
To Richard Gardner
I want to thank you for your help during the campaign,
especially in assisting us in formulating positions on
foreign and defense policy.
Your help was invaluable, and I hope that I will be
able to continue to call on you for assistance in the
future.
Sincerely,
Jummy Jimmy Carter
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RALPH W. YARBOROUGH
AUSTIN, TEXAS
721 Brown Building
November 3, 1976
President Elect and Mrs. Jimmy Carter
Plains, Georgia 31780
Dear President Elect and Mrs. Jimmy Carter:
The great campaign that you as a husband and wife team,
and all the members of your family aiding you, waged for the
Presidency is without precedent or parallel in the history
of American government.
You have shown a new way, the first time it has been
tried to win the Presidency. You have done it with tremen-
dous intelligence, endurance, determination, and with the
very great political gifts you possess. My wife Opal joins
me in extending our warmest congratulations and our best
wishes for a continuingly successful and greater life.
Enclosed is a letter which I received from your Plains
Headquarters postmarked April 28th. I had mailed you an
inexpensive paperback book in Japanese which I purchased in
a Tokyo bookstore in Japan a little over a month ago, titled,
"The Miracle of Jimmie Carter". Before this is sent to any
local library or Presidential Library, I thought you would
be interested in seeing it because it is the first book
printed in the Orient that I had seen which grasped the sig-
nificance of "The Miracle of Jimmy Carter". It is too inex-
pensive to return and would soon probably go to pieces in a
local library, but at least I believe, having watched your
arduous labors on television, and noted your intellectual
curiosity, and that you would have some pleasure in looking
at this paperback book.
Very sincerely yours,
Ham
November 10, 1976
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President-elect Jimmy Carter
P. 0. Box 1976
Atlanta, Georgia, 30301
Dear Mr. Carter:
Thank God you were elected!
I have tried desperately to talk with you since early this year, tele-
phoning from my home in Atlanta, as well as from my apartment in Cal-
ifornia, leaving my return number occasionally.
To shorten the "story" (and please forgive this lengthy letter, but I
have attempted to condense notes I've compiled to you for seven or eight
months), I finally, on July 9, wrote to you with assurances from an
Atlanta headquarters worker that the letter would get to you personally.
I still wonder, "Did it?"
In the letter, I was burdened about the condition of our country--the
broadcast field especially and broadcast news in particular. I was
concerned about discrimination against a large ethnic group in Cali-
fornia--the Chicanos, and about injustices in the broadcast field---
especially against Chicanos and southern white Protestants in the main
stream of the field. I also referred to a leader of this ethnic group
of which I speak, who had asked me to try to talk with you. When I
had no success, I was finally able to talk with a man in your Atlanta
headquarters who was in charge of Chicanos all over the nation, I
understand. He said that he would get in touch with the leader that
I am acquainted with in Los Angeles. Some day I would like to discuss
with you the subsequent happenings.
The reason I am writing to you again so soon is because of an announce-
ment on the news last night that Benjamin Hooks will be resigning from
the FCC to head the NAACP. During the Nixon Administration interested
persons encouraged me to seek such an appointment. At that time, there
were three vacancies on the Commission. Though the nominations had not
been approved by the Senate, those supporting me and I were told that
my "campaign" was too late for consideration--that President Nixon had
just made the nominations, but we were assured that my file would be
kept for future consideration. Trusting that, the issue was dropped.
Then recently I learned, after it was too late, that, when the Presidency
changed from Nixon to Ford, my file was included in the official Nixon
White House Papers. Therefore, I had no file for later consideration.
Shortly after my attempts to contact you earlier this year, I heard
that two members of the Federal Communications Commission had resigned
Jimmy Carter, November 10, 1976--page 2.
unexpectedly, and two replacements had already been nominated by Pres-
ident Ford. The Senate had not yet confirmed the appointments. Again,
I rushed letters off to each Senator about my concern for the broadcast
industry, how I had worked in and around it for the past seventeen
years, knowing its problems and needs. These two appointments (Joseph
Fogarty and Marguerta White) were confirmed in September by the Senate,
though Congress was post-poning many appointments and decisions until
after the election. Many Senators wrote to me expressing their regrets
that, due to the unusual circumstance, my file was not available for
consideration, but that they would remember me if I were nominated in
the future.
Since I am a native of Texas and a life-long Democrat, those who have
contacted the White House in my behalf have been mainly Texans such as
former Governor Price Daniel; former Governor Allan Shivers; Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court, Joe Greenhill; past president of the
Houston Bar Association, Hart Prewitt; Val Verde County Tax Assessor
and Collector, Evelyn Monzingo; Senator Lloyd Bentsen; Senator John
Tower; Dixie Connolly, Val Verde County Clerk; District Judge George
Thurmond of Del Rio; former Attorney General John Ben Sheppard; Attorney
John R. Foster of Del Rio and Congressman Bob Krueger. They were in-
terested and kind enough to contact the White House again when they
learned the disposition of my first file. The White House Personnel
Office has assured them, and me, that my second file is still in exis-
tence I hope it will be there when you get to Washington. (I've just
telephoned Mr. Bennett's Director of the White House Personnel
Office, and was informed that the "campaign" must be renewed--for the
third time.) As for references from Georgia and South Carolina, Rev.
Robert Bingham, Baptist Home Mission Board, Atlanta, has known me about
fifteen years; Rev. Bill Self, Wieuca Road Baptist Church, has known me
as long as he has been in Atlanta---about eleven years; and Ed Richardson,
Chairman, County Board of Commissioners, Barnwell, South Carolina, has
known me about five years.
I will attempt to brief you on my background. Please let me state that
I never attained the positions and goals in the broadcast field that I
aimed for because of its almost "fraternity" type of organization and
the discriminations I have referred to. This fact was even more obvious
on the West Coast. I was particularly interested in the news, where
truth must be given. The air waves are supposed to be free and un-
biased, but they aren't!
I am a graduate with honors of the University of Texas, Austin, with
a B.S. Degree in Education-Sociology. As mentioned, for seventeen
years I have worked in and closely with the broadcast field. I was
owner, Jacquelyn Jones Broadcast Talent and Productions 1963-74 (a
"crusade" more than a business---an impossibility outside of New York
or the West Coast). Also, I was creator, writer, producer, moderator
Jimmy Carter, November 10, 1976--page 3.
of numerous broadcast public service and educational programs in South
Carolina and Georgia. For the past year I have worked in and around
the broadcast field in programming in Los Angeles. In addition to the
broadcast field, I have taught in the public schools of Austin, Texas,
and Atlanta, Georgia. I was Supervisor, Business Self-Improvement
Course for underpriviledged young women sponsored by the Uptown Busi-
ness and Professional Women's Club in cooperation with the State De-
partment of Labor and the Youth Opportunity Center. I worked with teens
on a volunteer basis at the Youth Rehabilitation Center in Adamsville,
Georgia. I am past president of Save the Children Federation, Austin,
Texas.
If I had been paid by the FCC for the past seventeen years to investi-
gate the broadcast field, I could not have obtained as clear a "picture"
as I have by being an interested person trying to secure employment and
accomplish worthy goals for the industry that I felt strongly about. I
could write a book or take other drastic steps I chose to seek appoint-
ment to the FCC, instead, which perhaps would be more helpful to others
in the future. Of course, you realize that there is likely to be resis-
tance to a white southern Baptist---particularly one being named to the
FCC.
I would appreciate your consideration of my nomination to this import-
ant post. Please let me know if you need further information or re-
ferences.
God Bless you in the days ahead.
Sincerely,
Jacks tarre, Jones
Jackie Farris Jones
(Mrs. J. Frederick Jones)
November 12, 1976
Mr. Billy Carter
Plains, Georgia
Dear Mr. Carter:
Please forgive my intrusion. I have admired your keen insight
into matters especially the news media the reason I'm
coming to you in particular.
Realizing how many hundreds of people must be trying to tele-
phone you, after a couple of days of trying to do the same, I
decided to drive down from Atlanta this morning.
You can see by the nature of the enclosed letter and past ex-
periences that I must see that this letter gets to your bro-
ther to read personally.
Please help your brother, our country and me by getting this
letter to him.
God Bless You!
Sincerely,
JackinJones
Jackie Farris Jones
Would you have lund with me?
HERMAN E. TALMADGE, GA., CHAIRMAN
Ham.
JAMES o. EASTLAND, MISS.
ROBERT DOLE, KANS.
GEORGE MC cc VERN, 6. DAK.
MILTON M. YOUNG, N. DAK.
JAMES a. ALLEN, ALA.
CARL T. CUNTIS, NEBR,
HUBERT H. HUMPHREY, MINN,
HENRY BELLMON, OKLA.
WALTER D. HUDDLESTON, KY.
JESSE HELMS, N.C.
United States Senate
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DICK CLARK, IOWA
RICHARD B. STONE, FLA.
PATRICK do LEAHY, VT.
COMMITTEE ON
AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
MICHAEL R. MC LEOD
GENERAL COUNSEL AND STAFF DIRECTOR
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
(all attach-
November 10, 1976
ments to
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Honorable Charles H. Kirbo
Attorney at Law
King and Spalding
2500 Trust Company Tower
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Dear Charlie:
In response to your inquiry about any recommendations I might
have for appointments in the Carter Administration, please
permit me to take this opportunity to urge very strongly
consideration of Mr. William Gordon for Director of the United
States Information Agency.
Mr. Gordon, a native Mississippian and former Atlanta newspaperman,
has risen from humble beginnings as the son of a sharecropper to a
position of prominence and high respect in the federal government
and throughout various parts of the United States. He presently
serves as Senior Foreign Service Officer, USIA, and previously
was Deputy Assistant Director for the Agency. He also has been
Director of the United States Information Service in Sweden, and
has held various other USIS positions in Africa.
In addition to his extensive executive experience and responsibilities
with USIA, Mr. Gordon has an outstanding educational background, and
he has held several academic positions as visiting professor and
lecturer at various colleges and universities.
I have known Bill Gordon personally for many years, and he is a
man of dedication, integrity, and honor. I feel that he would be
as asset to USIA, a credit to the Carter Administration, and that
he would utilize his extensive experience, talents, and background
to give the agency new sense of direction and a broad program
objective to enhance the United States image abroad. Bill has
definite ideas on carrying out these objectives, and I know that
he would welcome an opportunity to meet with you or Mr. Watson,
or any of Governor Carter's representatives, at any time to discuss
his qualifications for this position and to outline his goals for
USIA.
Honorable Charles H. Kirbo
Page 2
November 10, 1976
I believe he is eminently qualified to direct the operations and
activities of the USIA and I wholeheartedly recommend him for
this position. I am taking the liberty of enclosing herewith a
packet of material which outlines in detail Mr. Gordon's
experience, background, and accomplishments in the Foreign
Service, in journalism, in diplomacy, and in education.
With warm personal regards, I am
Sincerely,
1 parman
Encl.
CC: Mr. Jack Watson
Post Office Box 2600
Washington, D. C. 20016
them
MERMAN E. TALMADGE, GA., CHAIRMAN
JAMES o. EASTLAND, MISS.
ROBERT DOLE, KANS.
GEORGE MC GOVERN, 5. DAK.
MILTON R. YOUNG, N. DAK.
JAMES B. ALLEN, ALA,
CARL T. CURTIS, NEBR.
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HUBERT H. HUMPHREY, MINN.
HENRY BELLMON, OKLA.
WALTER D. HUDDLESTON, KY,
JESSE HELMS, N.C.
United States Senate
DICK CLARK, IOWA
RICHARD B. STONE, FLA,
PATRICK J. LEAHY, VT.
COMMITTEE ON
MICHAEL R. MC LEOD
AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
GENERAL COUNSEL AND STAFF DIRECTOR
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
November 11, 1976
Mr. Charles H. Kirbo
Attorney-at-Law
King and Spalding
2500 Trust Company of Georgia
Tower
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Dear Charles:
Thank you for asking me to give you my thoughts
about the people whom the President-elect should consider
for nomination to the most responsible positions in agricul-
ture and other areas of the new administration.
In my view, first consideration should be given
to P. R. (Bobby) Smith, either for Secretary of Agriculture
or Deputy Secretary of Agriculture.
Bobby would have a unique advantage -- a long-time
personal relationship with the President -- that no other
likely Secretary could have.
As you know, Bobby worked long and hard for the
election of Jimmy Carter this year. He is a successful,
knowledgeable farmer and a national leader in agriculture;
he is a vice president of the Georgia Farm Bureau Federation,
a member of the executive committee of Cotton, Inc., and a
former director of the National Cotton Council.
Notwithstanding Bobby Smith's extremely high
qualifications, there are others who deserve the President-
elect's consideration.
Foremost among these is Representative Thomas S.
Foley of Washington State, chairman of the Committee on
Agriculture in the House of Representatives.
Chairman Foley, in two years of leading the House
Committee, has demonstrated great ability and talent; he has
excellent credentials throughout American agriculture and
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enjoys enormous respect from his colleagues in the House
as well as from those of us in the Senate who have worked
closely with him.
In addition, Chairman Foley commands great
respect from those who feel the Department of Agriculture's
food assistance programs are of prime importance.
Similar impressive leadership qualities have been
demonstrated by E. A. Jaenke, presently an agricultural
consultant here in Washington, and a former Governor of the
Farm Credit Administration. As Governor, Ed Jaenke led
the effort to recodify farm credit law in a manner which
substantially improved the ability of the Farm Credit System
to serve rural America. He once served as associate administra-
tor of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
in USDA and was quite active in the campaign from an early
date.
During his last year in USDA, Ed Jaenke performed
a number of important tasks for former Secretary Orville
Freeman and earned enormous respect from his associates
for the manner in which he succeeded. He has achieved a
reputation throughout American agriculture for his unoffensive,
able, persuasive and articulate manner -- qualities which
are essential in a Secretary.
Representative Bob Bergland of Minnesota is a
working farmer who has tremendous respect in the farm community,
among advocates of USDA food assistance programs, and in the
Congress. He has been, in many cases, a key leader in
legislative efforts which made it possible for Chairman Foley
to be a successful chairman of the House Committee on Agricul-
ture. He too was active in the campaign, serving as national
vice chairman of the National Carter-Mondale Committee for
Food and Agriculture.
Another outstanding leader in agriculture, especially
in the South, is D. W. Brooks, chairman of Goldkist, Inc.,
the large regional farm cooperative based in Atlanta.
D. W. Brooks is one of the outstanding agricultural economists
of this nation. He took a struggling, trouble-ridden coopera-
tive and built it into one of the strongest, most successful
of its kind anywhere in the nation. Perhaps as important, he
has a broad view of agriculture in the economy and is a most
able administrator.
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Finally, let me recommend consideration for
Dr. J. W. Fanning, Vice-president emeritus of the University
of Georgia, an agricultural economist, educator and leader
of the highest order.
And in addition, I would like to recommend most
highly an appointment not in the Department of Agriculture
but in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, a
department in which I have great interest in my role as
Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health of the Senate
Committee on Finance.
For the position of Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of HEW, I have written personally to President-elect
Carter to recommend the appointment of Mr. Jay Constantine,
who is chief of the health staff of the Senate Committee on
Finance.
Jay Constantine has served ably as a professional
staff member of the U. S. Senate for 15 years, 11 of which
have been in the health field on the Finance Committee. He
has been particularly able to identify problems in medicare
and medicaid and to develop on my behalf legislation to
eliminate abuse and fraud.
He is a man of honesty, integrity and expertise
in this important field, and would bring to the job of
Inspector General an intimate knowledge of that most
difficult department and an ability to get the job done.
With every good wish, I am
Sincerely,
10pman
Ham
Doctors Robinson & Budley, PL C.
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629 EAST FORSYTH ST.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA 31709
JOHN H. ROBINSON. 111, M.D.
HENRY G. TEAFORD. JR., M.D.
JAMES C. DUDLEY, JR. M.D.
November 11, 1976
Mr. Billy Carter
Plains, Georgia
Dear Billy,
Jesse Hill asked me to get this message to Jimmy.
Please help me do it.
He is willing and anxious to do anything for Jimmy
that takes only a day or two at the time. He feels
that he can not leave his business to move to Washington.
Jesse also asked me to get word to Jimmy that P. R. Smith
and Charles Harris were loyal, dependable, capable men.
Thanks a lot.
Sincerely,
Bud
John H. Robinson, III, M.D.
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IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT ACTION BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
THE ADOPTION OF NEW EMPLOYEE SELECTION GUIDELINES BY THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES. THE PROPOSED
GUIDELINES WOULD CONFLICT WITH THE GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY
THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION AND APPROVED BY
THE SUPREME COURT AND THE LOWER FEDERAL COURTS.
THIS DECISION IS CRUCIAL TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL FAIR
EMPLOYMENT LAWS. THE PROPOSED GUIDELINES HAVE BEEN OPPOSED BY
THE EEOC, THE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, NAACP, THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN
DEFENSE FUND, THE NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION AND MANY OTHER CIVIL
RIGHTS GROUPS.
THE FORD ADMINISTRATION SHOULD NOT BE PERMITTED TO WEAKEN
DRASTICALLY THE EMPLOYMENT LAWS OR TO CREATE CONFLICT AMONG
FEDERAL AGENCIES CHARGED TO IMPLEMENT THESE LAWS. RESPECTFULLY,
PLEASE INFORM ATTORNEY GENERAL LEVY AT ONCE THAT YOUR ADMINISTRA-
TION WILL OPPOSE THE ADOPTION OF THESE GUIDELINES AT THIS
TIME AND WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKES ITS OWN
DECISIONS CONCERNING FEDERAL EMPLOYEE SELECTION.
MAYOR MAYNARD JACKSON PRESIDENT, NATIONAL BLACK
CAUCUS OF LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS
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Jimmy Carter
Plains, Georgia 31780
11-15-76
To Henry Grunweld
Thank you.
your visiting us
in Plains / your
good wishes mean
a lot to me.
My determination is
to be a good pres.
ident, of to earn
favorable Comment
In TIME
Timmy
TIME
THE WEEKLY NEWSMAGAZINE
TIME & LIFE BUILDING
ROCKEFELLER CENTER
NEW YORK 10020
HENRY ANATOLE GRUNWALD
MANAGING EDITOR
November 5, 1976
Governor Jimmy Carter
The President-Elect
Dear Jimmy,
When I said goodbye that Sunday morning
in church in Plains, just a little over two weeks
ago, I told you that I thought I would see you
next in Washington. I can't take much credit for
my foresight - you yourself obviously had very
little doubt all along that you would win - but
I would like to send my warm congratulations on
your remarkable victory.
No one knows better than you that you
face a tremendous task. As I see it, you have
undertaken nothing less than to try to help build
a country that combines social justice with social
efficiency; a system that is fair and compassionate
but at the same time avoids the general feather-
bedding, the discouragement of initiative, and the
living beyond a society's means, that have so weakened
Britain and other nations. If you can achieve this,
or even begin to achieve it, you will have performed
a crucial service for the United States and the world,
and one that could have even greater consequences
for the survival of capitalist democracy than the
New Deal.
I am sure that the American press will
play its part in this endeavor and I certainly
assure you that TIME will do all it can to pub-
licize, analyze and explain your future programs
and all that you are trying to do.
With heartfelt good wishes for your
Presidency.
Sincerely,
Handeen
Jimmy Carter
Plains, Georgia 31780
11-15-76
To Dob Stranss
you have done a
Supert job for our nation,
our party, and for me.
I Thank you for it.
Im very proud of
our fuindship, and
Pook forward to The
next four years as
an opportunity to work
together while In
President.
your advice on
major appointments and
relations with administration
Jimmy Carter
Plains, Georgia 31780
and Congussional leaders
will be very helpful
to me.
you're a great
man and a great
Chairman! All
Democrate are indebled
to you.
your friend
Jimmy
Jimmy Carter
Plains, Georgia 31780
11-15-76
To Lee Kling
I want to Thank
you again, and personally,
for your fine work
for me and for our
party. you are so
Competent $ modest
that often your ac-
Complishments escape recog
nition. But I Know
what you ive done!
your friend
Juney
Date
Memo from the desk of
LEE KLING
November 8, 1976
Maxie,
I thought Jimmy might be interested in
seeing what we sent to the National
Campaign Steering Committee.
Lee
DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL COMMITTEE 1625 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 797-5900
November 8, 1976
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Democratic National Committee
National Finance Council
Democratic Governors
Democratic Campaign Steering Committee
FROM: S. Lee Kling, Finance Chairman
Our fundraising efforts in 1976 were most satisfactory and
I thought perhaps you might be interested in the result.
We raised significantly more funds in both the first-half
and second half of the year than in any of the past number
of comparable years. Our efforts were successful in all
areas, including direct mail, special events and major
contributors. The old debt stands at $2,600,000, and prior
to the end of the year it will be reduced to $2,500,000 by
pre-arranged commitments.
1976
1975
1974
1973
1st half
$1,700,000
$ 950,000
$ 940,000
$1,050,000
2nd half
5,500,000
1,400,000*
1,400,000*
1,550,000*
$7,200,000
$2,350,000
$2,340,000
$2,600,000
It should be noted that in all years except 1976 the second
half results include our telethon on a net-received basis.*
The second half 1976 results were spent in their entirety on
behalf of the Carter-Mondale campaign. Approximately
$2,500,000 was expended on voter registration and get-out-the-
vote which ended up being so very crucial and necessary --
assuring our victory. The balance of the monies were directed
towards operating expenses, campaign training schools, pol-
ling, whistle-stop train and the $3,200,000 permitted by law
to be spent directly on the Carter-Mondale campaign.
We are most grateful to our staff and to the many friends who
helped us achieve our success.
Ham
MEMORANDUM
November 16, 1976
TO: Senator Mondale
FR: Bill Smith
RE: Manfield's Job Applicants
Yesterday, Senator Mansfield gave you correspondence with
respect to the following individuals whom he wished to have
presented to Governor Carter or other appropriate persons.
Arnold A. Saltzman - Undersecretary of State or Economic
Affairs
This is the only one on whose behalf Mansfield has
written a letter to Governor Carter. The letter is
attached.
Roz Wyman - Consumer Specialist or State Department
Mansfield mentioned her specifically to you.
Senator Gale McGee - State Department
Senator Frank Moss - Interior Department
Former Governor William L. Guy, North Dakota - Interior
or Agriculture Departments
Jimmy Carter
Plains, Georgia 31780
11-16-76
To Sen Mike Massfield
Thank you for your
recommendation of Amold
Seltzman
We will ask him to
help us with some of
our project work £
will Consider very
Carefully your high
opmion of him
Thanks, agam-
Timmy
cc Eizenstat
MIKE MANSFIELD
MONTANA
United States Senate
Office of the Majority Header
Mashington, D.C. 20510
November 10, 1976
Saltzman volumter to help
Star Ask
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Honorable Jimmy Carter
President-Elect
Plains, Georgia
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Dear Governor:
I am writing to put before you the name of Arnold A.
Saltzman, Chairman and Director of the Seagrave Corporation of New
York City. Mr. Saltzman has headed the firm for many years and has
also served the United States Government in a number of capacities.
Presently, for example, he is Chairman of the Advisory Committee of
the Commission on Supplies and Shortages.
Mr. Saltzman is well-known among members of Congress,
particularly on the Democratic side. He first came to my personal
attention several years ago when I read an analysis which he had
written on the wider implications of the petroleum shortage which
was precipitated by the Arab boycott. The analysis demonstrated a
rare depth of understanding of the nation's need for a rational
system of foresight in dealing with basic problems, rather than
the wasteful hit or miss, crisis-action and forget syndromes which
have long been characteristic of so much of the federal approach.
Over the years, I have come to know Arnold Saltzman, his
capabilities and his character, finding the former exceptional and
varied and the latter unimpeachable. His ability to project a con-
cept of the national interest in a long range and interrelated
pattern, I have found to be particularly impressive.
Mr. Saltzman has indicated to me his desire to leave business
and serve the nation in a Democratic Administration. In my judgment,
he is fully qualified to assume federal responsibilities of the most
exacting nature and on the highest levels of trust. I believe that
he would be eminently suitable to serve in executive posts in the
Department of State, as for example, that of Under-Secretary for
Economic Affairs. I am confident that, in such a capacity, he would
reflect great credit on the incoming administration and on the nation.
Honorable Jimmy Carter
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November 10, 1976
Enclosed herewith is a biographical sketch of Mr. Saltzman
and a copy of a preliminary report which he recently prepared at my
request in connection with his work as chairman of the Advisory
Committee of the Commission on Supplies and Shortages. It affords
some indication of his competence.
I commend Arnold Saltzman to your attention without
reservation.
Sincerely,
frice manafied
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DEAR JIMMY:
WE HAVE NOTED WITH APPROVAL YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR A
TRANSITION OF THE PRESIDENTIAL POWERS IN JANUARY 1977. AS THE
LARGEST URBAN COUNTY IN AREA, WITH A POPULATION OF OVER
7 MILLION AND ANNUAL BUDGET OF $3 BILLION, WE SUGGEST YOUR
TRANSITION PLAN WILL BENEFIT FROM EARLY CONSIDERATION OF THE
GROWING RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE URBAN COUNTIES IN THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT PICTURE. FOR INSTANCE, AS KEY APPOINTMENTS ARE
MADE, AND AS FUCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES ARE DEFINED, YOUR
PLANNERS SHOULD BEAR IN MIND THAT ONE OF THE FAILURES OF THE
PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS FROM OUR STANDPOINT WAS IGNORANCE
AT THE POLICY-MAKING AND PLANNING LEVELS OF THE DOMINANT
RESPONSIBILITIES OF COUNTIES IN THE HEALTH, WELFARE, TRANSPORTA-
TION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FUNDED AND REGULATED FROM
WASHINGTON, WE SUGGEST, FURTHER, THAT YOUR PLANNERS TAP THE
RESOURCES OF THE LARGEST COUNTY, LOS ANGELES. IF THIS IS DONE,
YOU CAN BE ASSURED THAT PROGRESS IN THE AREAS OF YOUR MAJOR
CONCERN WILL BE SPEEDED. IN ANY CASE, WE URGE THAT YOUR
PLANNERS ASSIGN APPROPRIATE IMPORTANCE TO THE ROLE OF THE
COUNTY GOVERNMENT IN THE PLANNING AND PROVISION OF FEDERALLY
FUNDED SERVIES.
RESPECTFULLY
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URGENTLY REQUEST YOU JOIN WITH PRESIDENT FORD IN MUTUAL STATEMENT
TO THE OPEC NATIONS OF FIRM OPPOSTION TO A PRICE INCREASE FOR OIL.
IN THIS TRANSITION PERIOD, IF THE PRESIDENT DELAYS BECAUSE YOU
WILL SOON BE PRESIDENT AND IF YOU DELAY BECAUSE YOU DO NOT WANT
TO ASSERT YOUR AUTHORITY OR INFLUENCE UNTIL AFTER JANUARY 20,
WE MAY ALL BE HUNG OUT TO DRY. NOT ONLY WILL OUR PEOPLE AND OUR
ECONOMY SUFFER UNDER SUCH A PRICE RISE, BUT THE 3,000 COUNTY
GOVERNMENTS THROUGHOUT THIS NATION WILL BE FORCED TO ELIMINATE
NECESSARY SERVICES BECAUSE THE PEOPLE SIMPLY CANNOT AFFORD
MORE TAXES.
YOU AND PRESIDENT FORD CAN REALLY SHOW THE WORLD BY MAKING A
STRONG JOINT STATEMENT ON THIS CRITICAL SUBJECT.
RESPECTFULLY
JAMES A HAYES SUPERVISOR, LOS ANGELES COUNTY,
AND CHAIRMAN OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES'
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY STEERING COMMITTEE
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DEAR PRESIDENT ELECT CARTER:
WE WISH TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE TO YOU
FOR YOUR RECENT STATEMENT ON THE RELATION BETWEEN US
FOREIGN AID AND THE UPHOLDING OF BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS.
AS THREE CONGRESSMEN WHO SAW FIRST HAND THE PROBLEMS IN
CHILE AND WHO HAVE BEEN CONTENDING WITH THE INTRANSIGENCE OF
THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION IN THIS MATTER WE ARE CONVINCED
THAT YOUR FIRM COMMITMENT HAS LED TO THE CHILEAN JUNTAS
DECISION TO RELEASE THEIR POLITICAL PRISONERS.
THESE ARE THE KINDS OF ISSUES WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO
RAISE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. OUR THANKS GO TO YOU.
EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE NOT YET TAKEN OFFICE YOU HAVE
DEMONSTRATED THAT THE UNITED STATES CAN REGAIN ITS POSITION OF
MORAL LEADERSHIP IF WELL ONLY TRY.
CONGRESSMEN BOY MOFFETT D CONN
GEORGE MILLER D CALIF
TOM HARKIN D IOWA.
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Memo to: Jimmy Carta
d\
From: Jack Watson
A) d am enclosing the following short
PAPER which you may wish to
review in addition to the ones
we tele copied to you yestuday:
1) a speech given by Arthur
Burns at the University of
Georgia in September 1975 It
is an interesting $ instructive
statement of Dr. Burns views.
2) a briefing paper on the House
International Relations Committee.
3) a work outline for the Government
Organization group fn the transition
period
4) a staffing pattern of the
office of the First Lady
for Roselynn to review arpore
her meeting with mrs Ford.
B)
& have the Agency Linison people
for OMB, D.D & Treasury standing
by to Accompany us at your
meeting with messer Lynn, Rumsteld
Simon $ Burns - (They are respectively
Bo Cuttu, Richard Steadman $ Jerry
Jasinowshi $ Cunt Hessler). & think
it would be a good idea for
them to he present; It was They
who prepared your briting papers for the mutidge.
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If your schedule pumits, &
thank it would be extremaly helpful
to them $ to you if you could meet
birtly with the Government Organization
group $ the Budget Group, an at
least with Bo Cutter $ Harrison
Wellford. & could anange the meeting
m short notice any time you would
like to have it. It's important for
you to have some sense of these
people $ for them to have direction
directly from you.
D)
is (301) 652-1518 (I'm in Chery
My home phone # in Washington
Chase) my office phone is
472-5240 - The best way to reach
me is through the White House
Switch board - # 456-1414 (They have
given me a beeper to page me
any time. you call)
Unless you want me to come
earlier, & shall be at the Blair
House at 8:15 Am. Monday
Respectfully,
Jack
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DEAR MRS CARTER, THE SATURDAY EVENING POST I3 VERY INTERESTED IN
YOUR PLANS TO BE ACTIVE WITH SENIOR CITIZENS. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO
WRITE A SHORT SUMMARY OF YOUR IDEAS, WHICH WOULD BE FEATURED IN THE
POST'S SPECIAL ISSUE ON AGING. THIS DOES NOT HAVE TO BE LONG (302 TO
400 WORDS) NOR DOES IT HAVE TO BE A FORMAL PIECE. IT MIGHT JUST BE A
LIST OF YOUR THOUGHTS, PERHAPUULD LIKE YOU TO DEAL IN
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IT WOULD BE A GREAT HONOR TO HAVE YOU IN THE POST. MOST OF THE
PRESIDENTS' WIVES HAVE WRITTEN FOR THE POST, INCLUDING ELEANOR
ROOSEVELT AND MRS WOODROW WILSON. WE WILL FORWARD COPIES OF THEIR
ARTICLES FOR YOUR INFORMATION. IF YOU, OR A PRESS SECRETARY, WOULD
LIKE TO TELEPHONE THIS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO SO. WE WOULD LIKE TO
HAVE YOUR IDEAS BY DECEMBER 13TH. AMONG OTHER CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS
ISSUE OF THE POST ARE MARGARET MEAD, GLORIA SWANSON AND ALEX
COMFORT. WE BELIEVE IT WILL BE A GREAT TESTIMONY TO SENIOR CITIZENS
THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN FORGOTTEN.
STARKEY FLYTHE JR EXECUTIVE EDITOR SATURDAY EVENING POST
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Ham
Governor:
Per your request, here is a short sketch of my background.
J
Born in New York City in 1941
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graduated from Brown University 1962
12/2/76
entered Foreign Service (by examination) 1962
--detailed to AID 1963-64 as Provincial Representative, Ba Xuyen
Province, South Vietnam (in charge of AID pacification program)
--1965-66:U.S. Embassy, Saigon--staff assistant to Ambassador
Maxwell Taylor, Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge
--1966-67: The White House--staff of Robert Komer, Special
Assistant to the President for Vietnam
--1967:Office of the Secretary of Defense (detail) as part
of team writing the Pentagon Papers; author of volume in
series on pacification
--1967-69:Special Assistant to the Undersecretary of State
(Nicholas Katzenbach, then Elliott Richardson), and.
--1968-69: concurrently member of U.S. Delegation to the
Paris Peace Talks on Vietnam
--1969-70: National Institute of Public Affairs Fellow, Princeton Univ.
(also taught course on American foreign policy while there)
--1970-72:Director, Peace Corps/Morocco (on detail from State
at my request--Peace Corps program then had about 200 Vol-
unteers, annual budget of over $1 million; I was youngest
Peace Corps Director in the world at time)
In 1972, I took leave without pay to become Managing Editor of
Foreign Policy. When my leave of absense ended, I remained with
the magazine and resigned formally from the Foreign Service.
Other relevant information:
Senior staff consultant to the "Murphy Commission" on the
Organization of the Government for the Conduct of Foreign
Policy, 1974-75, was responsible for subcommittee report on
National Security structure.
Director of Publications, Carnegie Endownment for International
Peace, 1973 to present. (I have held this job concurrently with
magazine position, except during period of my association with
your primary campaign, when I was asked to take leave from this
position.)
Contributing Editor, Newsweek (International)- 1975 to present.
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Although still listed on the masthead each week, my monthly
column has been suspended since the convention because of my
work in the campaign.
Consultant, NBC News, 1975-January 1976--for three hour special
on American foreign policy. (Worked at NBC on all aspects of
production, gained substantial insight into workings of tele-
vision news)
Dersonal
I have no financial holdings of any sort other than my house
in the District of Columbia.
divorced, two children ages 11 and 7,
Richard Holbrook
Maxic
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JC
november 29, 1976
Dear Junny:
The sermon delivered november 21, 1976, by
Dr. Cucil mayers, Pastot, Reachtrel Road
United methodist Church, atlanta, was in
the form of an open letter addressed
to Dear mr. Im
the belief that you might like to know
its contents, and trusting you can find
time to read if, a copy has been prepared
from the broadcast transcript of the sermon
and is enclosed herewith.
Peachtrel Road methodist is the church-
home of the Rainwater family, and of
many others (including, as you notdoubt
know, the Bert Lance family) whospsupport
of and prayers for you and your
efforts will continue
yours Sincerely
Archil D. Rainwater
133 E. Wesly Qd. N.E.
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DEAR MR. PRESIDENT-ELECT
II Chronicles 7:12-22; II Timothy 3:1-7
Dear Mr. President-Elect:
Let me congratulate you on your election, and wish for you four years of good
health, happiness and success, in the highest sense of that word, in the administration
of the affairs of the greatest nation on earth. I voted for you, after much thought and
prayer, and I will support you in every possible way as long as my honest, prayerful
convictions permit. I will pray for you, and will positively work with you to make
this an even greater nation.
I love the United States. I am not really a flag-waver, but I am not ashamed that
I am an American. I am sometimes ashamed of some things we do, or let government
do in our name. I love my country because of the freedom I enjoy, for the privilege of
work, for the humanity of most Americans, the heritage that is ours, the faith on which
we were founded, for the good character of most Americans and for the abundance of
natural beauty and resources. I love America because here the individual is important.
Nowhere on earth is the individual given more opportunity to realize his dreams than
here. One can rise from the piney woods or a peanut farm to the Presidency. Only
one's native ability and willingness to work set limits on achievement. Every time I
see the flag go by or hear "The Star-Spangled Banner" I feel a sense of pride. I prefer
the stars and stripes to any flag on earth save the Christian flag. It is a great and
awesome thing to be an American citizen.
But Mr. President-Elect, I am disturbed by some of the things happening in our
country. I am sure I share these with millions of other people in all parties. The war
in Vietnam is over - at least the fighting is. Many families still suffer from that war,
especially the families of our people missing in action. Find out what happened to
them and give these families relief. Please use your best efforts to bring a peaceful
settlement to our international problems. Enough pitting one nation against another.
I believe you want to work for peace in every way: economic peace, military peace,
cultural peace. You promised open, understandable foreign relations. Enough blood-
shed. Under God let this be the beginning of the time when nations beat their weapons
of war into tools of agriculture and turn atomic energy into power for producing goods
and feeding people and lifting the level of living for the human race. Let planes and
tanks and guns give way to bread and hope. Let burned-out fields sprout grain again,
and destroyed forests grow up to hide the scars of man's inhumanity to man. Let new
buildings rise in bombed-out cities. Let love and respect and help replace hatred and
distrust and despair. We don't need war to bolster our economy. If we do, God help
us!
The hungry and the ignorant disturb me too. I have seen a baby die of starvation
within sight of our golden-domed State Capitol. I watched a man make his "x" mark
on a money order in the post office in a college town. I know young people unable to
read or write well enough to make a decent living or a decent home. Slums haunt me,
for I worked in them for six years. There's enough of everything, but handouts aren't
the answer. Jobs, education, new attitudes are. Create the kind of climate in govern-
ment and across the country where welfare is honorable only for those who are old,
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sick, handicapped, or for a legitimate reason unable to work. Inspire people with
ambition to work, to learn and to achieve. Allow all people the privilege of develop-
ing their God-given abilities to the fullest. Help us make work an honorable, creative
thing, and laziness something to be shunned like the devil - who is its father. Slow
the trend toward socialism in medicine, labor, industry, government, and keep this a
nation of, by and for the people.
The trend in race relations frightens me too. I am not concerned with token
integration or with busing to fill quotas. These are both wrong. There is a polarization
of races that threatens another civil war. I am concerned with honest, human relations.
No one of us is better than another just because of color. Each color can complement
the other. We need the contributions from each race. We need each other. We were
driving through Florida a few years ago and came through a little town on a Saturday
afternoon. There were many blacks. We got to discussing what these people wanted
to be called and what they didn't want to be called. Was "black," "Negro" or "colored"
the right term? One of our boys said finally, "Why don't we just call them people!"
Racism is rampant all over the nation. It is not a southern problem. Nor is it only a
white problem. Some of our blacks are the worst of racists. Help us find a peaceful
solution, that all of us may live together in mutual helpfulness.
The growth of crime, violence and disorder disturbs me. I arrived in one of our
large cities after dark sometime ago and took a cab from the airport to the hotel. After
I checked in I decided to take a walk but I got no farther than the corner of the hotel.
A policeman stopped me, suggested in positive terms that I get on back inside the
hotel and postpone the walk until daylight! You know better than I that a major crime
is committed every minute around the clock - muggings, rapes, murders, robberies,
vandalism - the list is long and discouraging. This kind of violence is a threat to so
great a nation. Help create a system of justice that protects the innocent and punishes
justly and rehabilitates the guilty.
The moral level of our country has sunk so low and much of it in the name of
realism. The movie industry, television producers and novelists assume that we are
savages or idiots. A movie or play or books seem to have no value unless filled with
four-letter profane words, unbridled sex, violent crimes. Books are required reading
in our schools that are profane and vulgar and have no real value for learning. Porno-
graphic material can be had everywhere. Adult theaters, massage parlors open across
the street from churches and schools, and city governments seem powerless to control
them - or unconcerned to do so! We are becoming a nation of alcoholics - having spent
$22.9 billion on alcohol last year. Homes are breaking, marriage is taken lightly,
sex has become a plaything and abortion has become a method of birth control. Do you
remember the words in II Timothy 3:1-7?
"This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters,
proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incon-
tinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady,
highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; having
a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof; from such
turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and
lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
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ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth."
We have become so individualistic, selfish. Impersonality has become an epi-
demic. Thirty-eight people could see and hear a murder in the parking lot without
lifting a finger to help. A man is beaten nearly to death on the city street and people
step around the fight and don't even call the police. We've become hands in factories,
patients in doctors' offices, members of churches and a number on social security
cards. We remind me of a little boy eating apple pie. He had eaten more than two
little boys should have, but he asked for another piece. But his mother said, "Son,
if you eat another piece of pie, you're gonna bust!" The little boy was thoughtful
for a moment and then said, "Pass me another piece of apple pie and stand back!"
Sadly, we are concerned only with the here and now and with our own selves.
One thing more, Mr. President-Elect: we've grown so rich, so affluent, especial-
ly in comparison to other nations. We are great in industry, technology, education,
finance, etc. We have it too good. But if we are so rich, what's eating us? Our
mental hospitals are filled, as are the psychiatrists' offices. Suicides are on the
increase and nervous breakdowns are almost commonplace. Heart attack leads the
way as the number one killer, even among the young. We have found laborsaving
devices, opened up new vistas of raw, naked power, but we have not yet laid hold on
the one power that will enable us to handle all our other resources and powers in the
right way. We can destroy nations with our nuclear power, but we cannot control our
own emotions, nor can we direct the power we have discovered into channels of use-
fulness.
The trouble? Perhaps it sounds simplistic, but our troubles have come upon us
because we have turned away from God and from the basic truths on which our nation
was first founded. We have allowed a tiny minority to shame us into turning from God
and the Bible and the faith. We can lose what we have. I'm not afraid that the com-
munists or any other group will invade and destroy us. Not now anyway. But I am
afraid lest we rot at the heart, become weak and flabby and vulnerable. One of your
predecessors, Abraham Lincoln, said that if America is ever destroyed, it will be be-
cause we rot at the heart first. We reap what we sow, and we cannot continue to SOW
the wind without reaping the whirlwind eventually.
Mr. President-Elect, I know you can't do what needs to be done alone. But you
can give the kind of leadership for the next four years that will help reverse the trend.
Our nation can never rise above the level of its leadership. The pattern set at the top
filters down to the people in the street. Keep your own skirts clean. Set a godly
example. Don't be ashamed to be a Christian. Call on God for guidance and follow
the directions of the Holy Spirit. Let prayer, Bible reading and meditation be a regular
part of your daily routine as you seek the power of Christ for your life and our land.
Gather around you strong men and women whose source of help is God and who are
strong in the faith.
We need a revival of faith in God, in the worth of the individual, in the values of
integrity and honor, a new emphasis on unselfishness and the power of love. We need
a revival of faith in real freedom, in the dignity of work, and above all, in the power
of God, made known in Christ, to make us a great nation. Simplistic? This is our
foundation stone. Many deny an obvious truth and the Madelyn O'Hares try to wipe
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out every vestige of faith in God. We come to greatness as a nation because those
before us believed in God. We must not lose it. Our hope lies in the new morality
of Jesus who said: "Love God, love neighbor, love self!"
This is Thanksgiving Sunday, and many of us have gathered in Peachtree Road
United Methodist Church to give thanks to God for Himself, His love, His great
salvation, our country, people, institutions and all that enriches and builds up.
And today, Mr. President-Elect, we rededicate ourselves to God as we understand
Him in Christ, to Bible study, prayer that is power, to be vital witnesses to God's
love, mercy and power. This is the best help we can give you in solving this moral,
economic, educational, political and racial muddle in which we find ourselves. There
is a dormant store of idealism, ambition and courage which can be stirred into coura-
geous determination to fulfill the destiny God wants for us as a righteous nation,
setting a pattern of honor, justice, truth and love for the whole world to follow. We
dedicate ourselves to these truths. We call upon you to do so, too, that together we
may answer the prayer Daniel Webster prayed years ago: "When these eyes shall
behold for the last time the sun in her heavens, may they not see her shining on the
broken, dismembered fragments of a once great nation. But may they see her shining
on a nation of clean-limbed, pure-souled and healthy-minded people!" Let's make
that prayer come true for us all. God bless you, Mr. President-Elect!
Sincerely yours and His,
Crie Myre
Cecil Myers, Senior Minister
November 21, 1976
Peachtree Road United Methodist Church
Atlanta, Georgia
To Stuart Eizenstat
From Maxie Wells
12/2/76
Stu --
Jimmy has seen this and asked for Chip's comments.
I called Chip, who said he turned the original
information which he had in to you, asking for
a statement about Indian affairs, a copy of which
would be sent to these folks. Maybe you can find
the original stuff and we can rehash the first
answer. If not, please have someone come up with
an appropriate answer to this pronto. They can
telecopy back down to me in Americus and I'll type
on JC stationery for his signature. Thanks.
mape
Maxie - get
Comment from
Chip
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YOUNG DEMOCRATIC CLUB
OF
DAUPHIN COUNTY
217 Pine Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101
October 5, 1976
The Honorable Jimmy Carter
Democratic Presidential Nominee
Dear Governor Carter:
We are writing this letter to you concerning the conversation
which took place at the Biennial Convention of the Pennsylvania Young
Democrats on August 14, 1976, between delegate Arthur Woolsey, Observer
Preston Tonepahhote, and your son, Chip Carter.
We would like to know whether or not you have been briefed
on the situation by your son, Chip. We have prepared a short resume on
the problems that the Federally recognized Indians have here in the
Commonwealth. We would like you, if you would, to review the resume
and to question Chip on any information which he might have received from
Mr. Tonepahhote on this matter.
Thank you very much. We hope to receive from you in the near
future a favorable reply in support to this Resolution.
Sincerely yours,
Joseph Sweigart, President
Dauphin County Young Democrats
Urthur Woolsey
Arthur Woolsey, Sponsor
Resolution passed at Y.D. Convention
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Edward Mitchell
Press Secretary
717-783-1116
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
HARRISBURG
NEWS RELEASE
MILTON J SHAPP
GOVERNOR
EMBARGO UNTIL
Monday, March 25, 1974
GOVERNOR ESTABLISHES TASK FORCE TO ASSESS NEEDS OF INDIANS
Governor Milton J. Shapp announced today that he was establishing a
state task force to assess individual and family needs of American Indians
in the state.
"The task force will initially focus on identifying the names and current
addresses of Pennsylvania resident native Americans, state and local applications
for federal HEW and Department of Labor funds appropriated for use in
Pennsylvania, and modification of textbooks used throughout the public school
system to properly identify customs, history and services of native Americans,"
said Shapp.
Mrs. Gwen Zarfoss from the Governor's Office of Human Resources
will coordinate the state's task force.
The task force members include officials of the State Department of
Education, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission and the Governor's
Office. Liaison with Pennsylvania Indian residents will be through the Coalition
of Native Americans and Indian Associations (PENNACANIA, INC. ) whose
chairman is James L. Crews.
Mr. Crews and PENNACANIA's Executive Committee met today with the
Governor's representative, Terry Dellmuth, Special Assistant for Human Services.
and other state officials.
The U. S. Census Bureau estimates that there are 5, 543 American
Indians in Pennsylvania but PENNACANIA estimates there are close to 20, 000.
Regional centers of the representative organizations are: Council
of Three Rivers, American Indian Center, Inc. of Pittsburgh; Susquehanock
Area American Indian Center in New Cumberland; and Native American
Cultural Center of Delaware Valley in Philadelphia.
Harvey Jacobs, Learning and Educational Specialist, HEW, Region III,
urged all Pennsylvania native American citizens to cooperate by writing to
355-74
any one of the centers listed.
3-25-74
over
E. MITCHELL
Youths pass Indian resolve
DANVILLE - The Young Democrats
special federal funds became available
led tribal members be allowed to enact
have taken an interest in the Indians.
to Indian groups. seven organizations
policies affecting the tribe.
A resolution was passed Saturday at
claiming they represented those with In-
Also adopted was a resolution oppos-
the Young Democrats' state convention
dian blood popped up, making the Indian
ing the Hatch Act which limits the
here asking that all sovereign rights of
population jump to more than 20,000."
political activity of federal civil service
the Indians granted by the 1934 Indian
Tonepahhote said in an interview Satur-
employes other than those politically ap-
Reorganization Act be maintained and
day afternoon.
pointed. The resolution asks that federal
strengthened.
'Misusing tax money'
workers be granted the same privilege
Speaking before 134 delegates from
"We must get away from this self-
to engage in political activity that others
Young Democrat clubs in 18 counties.
declaration policy where those who
have.
Preston Tonepahhote, Quakertown, a
would not claim to be Indian in any other
Sunshine Law
member of the American Indian Society
situation are misusing tax payers'
Nonprofit organizations which receive
of Pennsylvania, said the rights ac-
money designed to better conditions for
any type of federal or state funding:
corded Indians by the federal act are be-
the American Indian." Tonepahhote. a
should be included under the state
ing misused by those claiming Indian
member of the Kiowa tribe. said.
Sunshine Law. which opens most
status simply to receive special
Sponsored by Arthur Woolsey of the
meetings to the public. another adopted
benefits.
Dauphin County delegation. the resolu-
resolution stated.
Termed the basis for communal sur-
tion, adopted almost unanimously by the
A resolution asking that college stu-
vival in the post-World War I world. the
delegates, asks Governor Milton Shapp
dents be allowed to establish some of
Indian Reorganization Act, which allows
to appoint a full-blooded Indian as
form of collection system for voluntary
the practice of tribal religions on reser-
chairman of the newly formed state task
contributions to independent student
vations; gave the Indian tribes the status
force of native Americans.
organizations also was adopted.
of political and economic entities with
The first time any state political
A final resolution called for the end of
the powers accorded a state.
group has. actively taken a stand on In-
all military aid to countries which "use
"In the 1970 census there were 5,530
dian problems. according to Топераћ-
secret police, detention without charge.
Indians listed in the state. As soon as
hote, the resolution also asks that enrol-
and torture to enforce their policies.
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Young Democrats of
of Pennsylvania
recognize the plight of the American Indians and their important
rights to self-determination; and their tribal sovereignty.
PA
And, WHEREAS the Young Democrats of
y have
studied the issue and are concerned about it;
PA
Now, THEREFORE, the Young Democrats of
assembled
this 14th day of July, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-six, resolve
as follows:
We urge the Governor of Pennsylvania to appoint a full-fledged
American Indian, 4/4 by blood, as his Chairman to the State Task
Force of native Americans. We further urge that full-fledged
American Indians, enrolled tribal members, be allowed to propose
and, within the parameters of the laws of the land and this
Commonwealth, be empowered to institute policy affecting their
own destiny.
By:
Joseph C. Sweigart, President
arther Arthur Woolsey, Woolsey Sponsor
(Danville)
The Young Democrats Clubs of Pennsylvania voted this past weekend
to ask Governor Milton J. Shapp to appoint a full blooded American Indian, as Chairman
to head the State Task Force of Native Americans, according to Arthur Woolsey, of the
Dauphin County Young Democrats; who was chief sponsor of the Resolution.
The vote which took place at the Biennial Young Democrats State
Convention, followed a plea for such action by a Kiowa Indian, Preston Tonepahhote,
President of the American Indian Society of Pennsylvania, who resides in Quakertown,
Pennsylvania. Tonepahhote told the convention that "reservation Indians have the
lowest standard of living in America, and in order to make Indians more comfortable
in their transition to urban Indian life, a greater degree of true Indian self-determination
is needed," Tonepahhote criticised the present government policy of accepting "self-declared"
Indians without any proof of lineage for inclusion in State and Federal programs aimed
at aiding Indians.
Following the convention's endorsement to the Resolution, Woolsey
and Tonepahhote held private discussions on Indian affairs within the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania with Democratic U. S. Senator candidate William Green, several State
legislators and James "Chip" Carter, son of Democratic Presidential nominee Jimmy Carter,
who promised to bring the Indian affairs to his fathers attention.
Joy Tonepahhote
Eric Parker
Kiowa/Mayan
Choctaw
"We are the ancestors of those yet unborn
"
Words of an Elder
The trail of our people has been a long hard road since the coming of
the non-Indian. The path before us is a road our children will have to travel,
that is uphill and filled with obstacles our children will have to move.
This booklet is of the historic past to enlighten you of our position as
American Indian.
Our struggle as American Indian is not only a problem of the West, but a
problem of our Indian children here in Pennsylvania. The maintaining of our
Indian/Federal relationship and tribal identity is being threatened by self-
declared individuals who have suddenly become Indian because of federal funds
that are available. These self-declared individuals are in the process of
taking one of our most prized possessions, the identity of our Indian children.
We dedicate this booklet to our Indian children, for they will have a new
fight A fight for the birthright to be American Indian
Preston E. Tonepahhote (Kiowa)
President of AISP
Lewis Kahn
Shannon Moyer
Sioux
Chippewa
THE AMERICAN INDIAN SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA
R.D. 2. BOX 90, WENTZ ROAD
April 12, 1975
QUAKERTOWN, PENNA 18951
Phone (215) 536-2152
As the mothers of the Indian children born here in Pa., we feel tech-
nically that our children are Pa.'s Indians. We resent Mr. Coyle's having
used his pesition to manipulate the criteria to suit his solf-declared
Indians. We do not accept these people 23 Indian.
The Sub-Committee headed by Mr. Black capably compiled and presented
the final repert-Sub-Cemmittee on Establishment of Criteria to Identify
Native Americans in the Commonwealth of Pa. and was acceptable by all parties
involved, stating, tribal affiliation of proven blood. The Task Force itself
agreed upon this repart and yet in the minutes of that meeting dated Dec. 12,
1974, reads " one who self declares himself". Mr. Black and Mr. Tenerabhete
sent letters reminding Mr. Coyle of this error and to no avail. When the
minutos were out to the Task Ferce to vote upon, it was accepted as S2 by all
except Mr. Tenepahhete. At this point the meeting should have stepped and
Mr. Tenepahhete should have been given the oppertunity to voice his views but
this illegal procedure is the example of Mr. Ceyles anti true Indian position
which he is using to rob our Indian children of their tribal identity and
Indian citizenship.
As it has been in the past the trust that we have as Indians in the
Government either State or Federal is weakened by Mr. Coyle and his anti true
Indian attitude. Mr. Ceyle's outward intent to use the American Indian 28 a
means of gaining funds only has generated a great distrust as it appears
that our Indian children are going to be the blunt of this injustice in the
criteria Mr. Coyle has established. It appears that true Indian people will
never be able to bring their needs to the Task Force when the Chairman him-
self is using the name American Indian for his own purpose.
We feel that Mr. Coyle should resign his position as Chairman and an
individual who is well aware of the struggles of minerities should be named
se that Indian people will be able to present their problems and know that
their Indian identity is not going to be sacrificed for funding.
THE AMERICAN INDIAN SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA
PAGE 2.
R.D.2. BOX 90, WENTZ ROAD
QUAKERTOWN, PENNA. 18951
Phone (215) 536-2152
Mr. Tenepahhote, President of AISP, is controlled by a Board of
Directors, consisting of 4 women. The influence of Indian women handling
Indian affairs has been the traditional way of many tribes for many years.
Mr. Coyle and his anti true Indian position, in demanding that
Mr. Tenepahhete change his position on Indian identity and tribal affili-
ation or withdraw from the Task Ferce will not be telerated by the Board
of Directors of AISP or the true Indian people of Pa.
We openly protest to this type of pressures upon our elected lead-
er to rob our Indian children of their identity and we the mothers of
Indian children will now carry this fight of Indian identity and this open
mockery of eur tribal life style to whatever means it will take to make our
cause known to the Geverner.
BANK OF AMERICA
VIP
A. W. CLAUSEN
President
December 2, 1976
9B
The Honorable James E. Carter, Jr.
President-elect of the United States
Sapport
Plains, Georgia
Dear Mr. Carter:
This is in response to your parting invitation on
Wednesday to indicate our individual willingness or inability
to serve in the new Administration.
Let me say at once that it was a special personal
privilege to be included among the others present at yesterday's
briefing. I found the exchange of views constructive, positive
and, from my own point of vantage, worthwhile.
To serve in the national Administration would be of
great challenge to any of us present yesterday. In my own case,
I would have to decline -- not because of any reluctance to serve
during your term, but because of what I consider overriding
personal considerations that could preclude my serving you and
the nation as well as I would wish.
Be assured that I stand ready to offer counsel or
whatever other support I may be able to offer.
Sincerely,
Tom Clause
BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION . BOX 37000 BANK OF AMERICA CENTER SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94137
Greg --
Washington wants approval on this before
they send it out to groups such as Scientists
for Carter, Conservationists for Carter, etc. --
lists given by those organizations from campaign.
I think it's probably okay. Should we run it
by JC, or is approval from you and me enough?
Maxie
MONDALE
Leaders, for a change.
December 3, 1976
Dr. Roy Amara
Very Pour
President
Institute for the Future
2740 Band Hill Road
Menlo Park, California 94025
Dear Dr. Amara:
One of the characteristics of America is our people's concern for individuals -
an interest in this country and abroad. "The person comes first", has been our
appraoch. These are qualities that have marked our country from its beginning. We
continue to welcome all those we can who seek the individual freedoms that our coun-
try embodies and which so many countries do not have.
As you know, one of the things that the eight years of Republican Administra-
tions lacked perhaps more than anything else was an interest in people.
negative
I set out to change that when I announced I would run for the Presidency. I
wanted our government to be for the people again. But I could not have won the
election alone. It took other Americans, thousands of them who felt the same way I
did about this.
So, we went to work, you and I and thousands like us, to bring a change in the
American government. We succeeded because we believed in a cause: that the United
States deserves better than what it has had these last eight years.
This is why your personal contribution has meant so much to me, to the out-
come of the election and to the different approach to Government we will have.
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In a short time, we will take office. During this transition period, we will
once again count on your ideas and support.
Your tireless dedication, your interest in the affairs of our country, the
fact that you cared enough to take a position and to work for what you believe is
right has brought success to our effort. For this, I want to thank you; and also
for your generous gift of time, ideas and energy. I am proud to have had you as
a member of our team, and I look forward to keeping in touch with you.
Sincerely,
Jimmy Carter
P.O. Box 1976, Atlanta, Georgia 30301, Telephone 404/897-5000
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MONDALE
Leaders, for a change.
December 3, 1976
Dr. Roy Amara
President
Institute for the Future
2740 Band Hill Road
Menlo Park, California 94025
only because thousands of
Dear Dr. Amara:
After 22 long months the campaign is over and I have been elected President.
But, I could not have won the election alone. It took other Americans, thousands
of them who felt as I did, that it was time for a change in Washington.
So, we went to work, you and I and thousands like us, to bring a change in
the American government. We succeeded because we believed in a cause: that the
United States, Leando deserves better than what it has had these last eight years.
This is why your personal contribution has meant so much to me, to the
outcome of the election and to the different approach to Government we will have.
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will once again count on your ideas and support.
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Your tireless dedication, your interest in the affairs of our country, the
fact that you cared enough to work for what you believe is right has brought
success to our effort. For this, I want to thank you and also for your generous
gift of time, ideas and energy. I am proud to have had you as a member of our
team and I look forward to keeping in touch with you.
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Sincerely,
Jimmy Carter
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Daid for hv 1976 Dresidential
For: Maxie Wells, Personal Secretary to the President-elect
From: Bill Anderson/Washington 202-333-3938,333-0972;965-0655
Per our fone conversation this is Clayton Willis's draft proposed
thank-u its from Pres. elect to strong workers such 00 Vets
for Carter, Scientists for Carter, etc. Please don't hesitate to
amend. Have Catter personal type stationery. Also glad process
and send to any of your lists this text or any other, S/Y
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November 26, 1976
Dr. Roy Amara
President, Institute for the Future
2740 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Pack, California 94025
Dear Dr. Amara:
One of the characteristics of America is our people's
concern for individuals -- an interest in this country and
abroad. The person comes first", has been our approach.
These are qualities that have marked our country from its
beginning. We continue to welcome all those we can who seek
the individual freedoms that our country embodies and which
so many countries do not have.
you know, one of the things that the eight years of
Republican Administrations lacked perhaps more than anything
else was an interest in people.
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I set out to change that when I announced I would run
for the Presidency. I wanted our government to be for the
elected
people again. But I could not have won the election alone.
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deserves better than what it has had these last eight years.
This is why your personal contribution has meant so
much to me, to the outcome of the election and to the
different approach to Government we will have.
In a short time, we will take office. During this trans-
ition period, we will once again count on your ideas and
support.
Your tireless dedication, your interest in the affairs
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of our country, the fact that you cared enough (to take a
position and to work for what you believe is right has
brought success to our effort. For this, I want to thank
your and also for your generous gift of time, ideas and
energy. I am proud to have had you as a member of our team,
and I look forward to keeping in touch with you.
Sincerely,
Jimmy Carter
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THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
3 December 1976
The Honorable James Earl Carter
Plains
Georgia
Dear Governor Carter:
On behalf of my colleagues in CIA, let me
express our deep appreciation of your warmth and
understanding in denying the recent press
allegation that the 19 November intelligence
sessions with you in Plains were "a disaster."
The allegation in effect impugned the integrity
and objectivity of our briefings.
It goes without saying that you and your
Administration can count on the fullest possible
support of CIA and the entire Intelligence
Community. Your support of us in this particular
instance has had deep effect in the Agency and we
thank you.
Respectfully yours,
Hance
E. H. Knoche
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To Evelyn' and Gene Yarbrough
Rosalynn and I really appreciate your giving
us the beautiful clock. We will enjoy it very
much.
The continuing thoughtfulness of friends like
you means a great deal to us. We will need your
advice and help more than ever in the coming
years. With your support, we will have a good
administration!
Joney Jimmy Sincerely, Carter Carter
JC/mw
I'l never forget The Chase of
41 and what all of you
have meant to me-
Jimmy
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Yarbrough
135 Matthews Avenue
Athens, Georgia 30606
JC-
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Jimmy Carter
Presidential Campaign
For America's third century, why not our best?
December 6, 1976
Maxie,
Bill Paul, Director of the Museum of Art at the
University of Georgia called me about an art exhibit they
are putting together. He wrote earlier and told Jimmy about
it, but I do not know what happened to the letter. I believe
it came to me and I gave it to Susan. Anyway, a group of
artists in New York approached the Museum and said they wanted
to donate a collection of work (not just painters, but writers,
performing artists, etc.) in honor of Jimmy Carter.
The collection will be called Open to New Ideas - A
Collection of New Art for Jimmy Carter. The exhibit will
will open on January 5 and will close the day after the
Inauguration.
On Jan. 5, 6, 7, or Jan. 6, 7, 8 there will be a
convention of the artists, about 12 or 15 of them will come,
at the University of Georgia at the Mus eum and at the Georgia
Center for Continuing Education. They will meet for peer
discussions -- some of the topics considered are "Communication-
Art for Audiences", "Production of Art as a Moral Act",
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"The East Coast versus the West Coast Concerns for Aesthetics."
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These are not necessarily the final topics, or all of them, just
what they are kicking around right now.
The University is very excited about this. This is the
first time, according to Bill Paul, that a group of artists
has honored a politician.
They expect to have wide media coverage including TIME
Magazine, the New York Times, etc. All they want from us at
I
know
present is that Jimmy knows what they are doing.
JC
Helen
Heler
P.O. Box 1976 Atlanta, Georgia 30301 404/897-7100
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Jimmy Carter
Plains, Georgia 31780
12-6-76
To Mike Egan
Thanks- In glad!
I'll have Hami Hon
Jordan call you-
Fimmy
CC Ham
MICHAEL J. EGAN, JR.
3100 FIRST NATIONAL BANK TOWER
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303
Call Ham Mike
November 24, 1976
See what want he
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President-elect Jimmy Carter
P. 0. Box 2600
Washington, D. C. 20013
Dear Jimmy:
I tried to reach Landon Butler and ended up talking
with Ms. Laurie Lucey. I am enclosing a copy of a letter
and a resume which I sent to Ms. Lucey has a result of that
conversation. I am writing you directly in the hopes that
you will have an opportunity to see this.
I have read that you are interested in appointing
some Republicans in your administration. I suspect I am
among the Republicans you know best and I might possibly
be the best one you know. I am also willing and anxious
to serve in your administration if you think there is an
appropriate position in which I might be helpful. As I
indicated on the resume, I think that my legislative
experience in state government and my training and practice
as a lawyer might best qualify me in assisting you in your
relations with Congress and state governments.
Again, please accept my sincere congratulations
on your election.
With best personal regards,
Sincerely,
Mrike Egan
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Ms. Laurie Lucey
P. 0. Box 2600
Washington, D. C. 20013
Dear Ms. Lucey:
I am enclosing a resume as you suggested in our
telephone conversation yesterday. It gives the basic
information. I have not included any references or details
about my political experience as I am well known to
President-elect Carter, Jack Watson, Hamilton Jordan and
Landon Buter, and I don't think I could tell them much
about that which they do not already know. As Minority
Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives, I worked
closely with the President-elect when he was Governor of
Georgia, and I believe I was quite helpful to him. I
would now like to be helpful to him as President.
If there is any further information you need, please
let me know.
Very truly yours,
MJE/HBM
MICHAEL J. EGAN
Born:
Savannah, Georgia August 8, 1926.
Education:
Parochial and public schools, Savannah, Georgia; Portsmouth
Priory School, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Yale University,
B.A., 1950; Harvard Law School, LL.B. with honors, 1955.
Military:
1945-1947, 1950-1952 - First Lieutenant, Infantry - Served
in Philippines and Korea.
Residence:
97 Brighton Road, N. E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309.
(404 - 351-4035)
Office:
3100 First National Bank Tower, Atlanta, Georgia 30303
(404 - 658-8723)
405 State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia 30334 (404 - 656-5058)
Married:
1951 to Donna Cole, Columbus, Ohio - 6 children. (Daughter,
Moira, worked on Carter campaign staff and now works on
transition.)
Church:
Cathedral of Christ The King - Roman Catholic.
Professional: Lawyer - Member of firm of Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan,
Atlanta, Georgia and Washington, D. C.
American and Atlanta Bar Associations
State Bar of Georgia
Atlanta Lawyers Club
Former Lecturer in Law - Emory Law School
Political:
Republican - Member of Georgia House of Representatives
(25th District) since 1966.
Minority Leader since 1970.
Legislative Committees: Rules, Appropriations, Ways & Means.
Delegate to Republican National Convention in 1968. (Voted
for Nelson Rockefeller.)
Interest:
Because of my legislative experience at the state level, I
think I could be most helpful in relations with Congress and
state governments.
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GOVERNOR
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
JUNEAU
January 3, 1977
/
President-elect
Jimmy Carter
Plains, Georgia 31780
Dear President-elect Carter:
AH
I am pleased to join with other Governors in
setting aside special recognition for National
I
Prayer for the President Day on January 16.
Our best wishes and prayers are with you.
Sincerely,
Jay S. Hammond
Governor
Enclosure
RECOGNITION
It is important that all Americans offer their
encouragement to our newly elected President
and his administration as they begin their
efforts. It is also appropriate that Americans
spend prayerful time to seek assistance from
God for our elected leaders.
Efforts are under way to set aside January 16
as a day to organize prayerful support to
President-elect Carter. As Governor of the
State of Alaska, I am pleased to extend official
recognition to January 16 as:
NATIONAL PRAYER FOR THE PRESIDENT DAY
and encourage residents of Alaska to offer their
prayers for divine guidance to our newly elected
President and his administration as they begin
their service to our country.
Governor John
GRATIT
OF
JAY S. HAMMOND
GOVERNOR
THE
PINTS
of
STATE OF ALASKA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
JUNEAU
January 3, 1977
/
President-elect
Jimmy Carter
Plains, Georgia 31780
Dear President-elect Carter:
AH
I am pleased to join with other Governors in
setting aside special recognition for National
1
Prayer for the President Day on January 16.
Our best wishes and prayers are with you.
Sincerely,
Jay S. Hammond
Governor
Enclosure
RECOGNITION
It is important that all Americans offer their
encouragement to our newly elected President
and his administration as they begin their
efforts. It is also appropriate that Americans
spend prayerful time to seek assistance from
God for our elected leaders.
Efforts are under way to set aside January 16
as a day to organize prayerful support to
President-elect Carter. As Governor of the
State of Alaska, I am pleased to extend official
recognition to January 16 as:
NATIONAL PRAYER FOR THE PRESIDENT DAY
and encourage residents of Alaska to offer their
prayers for divine guidance to our newly elected
President and his administration as they begin
their service to our country.
Governor
STATE
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Rep Charles Warren
Geoffrey Cowan (7CC)
January 3, 1977
will
MEMO TO:
Jimmy Carter
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FROM:
Harold Willens and Leo Wyler
In an early visit to California you made clear
your concern about the runaway arms race in general
and nuclear proliferation in particular.
Both concerns would be well served by a revitalized
independent Arms Control and Disarmament Agency with
a nationally respected leader like Paul Warnke who
would report directly to the president.
What has been lacking too long is a genuine
intra-government adversary relationship on the
complex and controversial arms/disarmament issue.
ACDA has been allowed to atrophy by people dedicated
to a policy which, it can be argued, has reduced
rather than increased, our national security.
(Please see attached.)
We suggest that you re-establish ACDA as an
advocate for alternative policies which include
reasonable risks to achieve control and incremental
reduction of armaments here and around the world.
We would be pleased to expand upon this suggestion
when a convenient opportunity presents itself.
Hawed
Attachment
Leo
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HAROLD WILLENS
1122 Maple Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90015
During his first few months in office could a new
president do anything significant about foreign affairs and
international security?
During his first few minutes in office, in the course
of his inaugural address, Jimmy Carter could contribute something
significant by redefining the term "national security."
We have been led astray, at great domestic and
international cost, by the assumption that military might is the
same as national strength. In the name of "national security" we
have waged unnecessary wars. In the name of "national security"
we continue to conduct a costly, dangerous arms race which
reduces rather than increases our national security.
It is a timely moment for a new president to recall for
our people historian Arnold Toynbee's frequent reminder that of
the 21 great civilizations which lie in the graves of history, only
two were victims of external attack: the other 19 perished from
internal decay.
During our first 175 years as a country common sense
served as an effective antidote to the military hemophilia which
has bled so many societies to death. The cold war congealed that
common sense to the point that Number One has come to mean only
a preponderance of military might when it should mean much more,
including the leadership capability to turn the world away, incre-
mentally, from its lemming-like march toward self-destruction. That
turnaround, a step toward genuine American national security,
should be led by US. We should, under the safety of our nuclear
umbrella, unilaterally announce a reduction in military spending and
invite Russia and others to follow our lead.
In their own self-interest the Russians might follow US
down the military escalator just as they followed US up. And to re-
mind you that we share the responsibility for an endless arms race
which grows increasingly dangerous and costly, here are a few words
from a Wall Street Journal editorial at the time multiple independently-
targeted re-entry vehicles (MIRV) were in the news a few years back:
"The Pentagon is deploying this weapon at least four years in advance
of the Soviet deployment it reportedly is a reaction to. If that sounds
as fishy toSoviet diplomats as it does to US their generals would
inevitably want to press harder with their own multiple warhead testing."
If the Russians do not follow our lead down the military
escalator, we would have gained a great victory in terms of world
respect for our real international leadership -- and nothing would be
lost in the weaponry race that we cannot regain in ample time. If
they do follow our lead, President Carter would have made an
historic contribution to American national security as well as to all
humanity.
##########
Harold Willens
October 11, 1976
Jimmy Carter
Plains, Georgia 31780
1-5-76
To mrs. Carolyn Wichest
c/o HAWKEYE Editor
I read about your
brave action in. helping
to Save one of my
favorate families during
their Christmas five
party. John certainly
has a strange way to
Celebate! Inj not Sur
prised at your neighbors'
hospitality its typical
of The Iowans I know.
With love, Jimmy Carth
c/o The HAWK EYE
2900 South Main
Burlington, Iowa 52601
'Old lady' heroine of home fire
By JOHN McCORMALLY
five years. She was standing, she said
man. "My house is burning down," I
Without those records, Marv Baker,
Hawk Eye Editor/Publisher
later, near the kitchen stove, when she
said. "You're kidding," he said. "No,"
my tax accountant, said I would be
We had 27 invitations to Christmas
heard the explosions, and then saw the
1 said, "I'm serious." He was there in
arguing with the IRS for the next 10
dinner. And clothes and beds and
black smoke billowing up to engulf the
10 minutes, reminding me how I
years. Peggy wasn't so lucky. Thirty
blankets and cars and countless pleas:
ground floor. But, instead of running,
bitched, the last time he increased the
years of dress patterns and notebooks
"Is there anything we can do?" And
as she should have, she fought her way
coverage. Jack, you're beautitul!
and albums burned to a crisp. A
we were overwhelmed.
through the smoke to holler down the
I have that awful feeling people
journal Mariann writes carefully in
But to start at the beginning. I was
stairway to the bottom floor to
think we're ungrateful because we
every night, went up in smoke. But we
somewhere in the middle of the news-
Thomas. Then she screamed up the
didn't need all the help that was
found Megan's violin, still in tune.
room. Carol, who answers my phone
stairway to the third floor to Megan.
offered. But 8 big family, which keeps
All my clothes burned - every
said: "Somebody
Thomas, naked except for the old
you in old clothes and old cars, and
stitch which is of course no loss to the
says it's an emerg-
Army surplus coat he grabbed,
occasionally overdrawn at the bank,
world of fashion. We salvaged some of
ency." My gut con-
reached the first floor, only to have
has its advantages. You're so self-
Peggy's and the girls' clothes, but not
stricted. I grabbed
Nana order him to rouse Megan on
contained. Son Sean and wife Linda
much.
the phone. "This is
the next floor. Then Nana tried to
and their baby daughter Brenda were
Early Christmas morning I went
Priscilla Grant,
fight her way to the telephone, but by
in Texas with her folks for Christmas,
back, and trod carefully over the
your house is on
then the smoke was too thick, so she
so we just moved into their house. We
weakened floors. It was dark and cold,
fire." I hung up
and Thomas retreated outside. By
even have our own doctor - Terence,
black and wet. The violence of it, the
and dialed 911.
then, Megan, who had remembered
who diagnosed Megan's injuries (even
obscenity, is unbelievable. It looks, as
"I've just had a
our fire drills, had gone out on the
though his big thing right now is
1 said, like World War III. But you
call my house is on
roof, and jumped off, spraining both
obstetrics) and took her to the hospital
can't be bitter. Burlington people
fire," I shouted.
her ankles.
for treatment for chipped heels. We
won't let you, Far into the night the
"We're already
there," the voice
McCormally
Nana had been yelling at Thomas to
even have our own lawyer, I reminded
calls had come: "We have these
go next door to the Grants (Mr. and
the insurance man. "My God," Jack
rooms, this apartment, this house. We
answered. I went careening through
Mrs. Stan Grant, 2826 S. Main) to call
said, "the fire isn't even out, and
have 8 22-pound turkey and not near
the newsroom, struggling into my top-
the fire department. Thomas refused
you're already threatening me!"
enough people to eat it. We have these
coat. "My house is on fire," I shouted
to go until he was sure Megan was
The Hawk Eye said we lost
clothes, these blankets, this car.
to Jim Hitch. "You want me to
safe, so Nana went, and rang the
everything, which was an accurate
Terence and 1 went by the fire
come?" he asked. "Hell no," I said.
Grant's doorbell. Later, Phyllis Grant
report when it was written. But
department, late Christmas Eve, just
"Send a photographer." Jim came
mildly berated her. "Why did you ring
actually, unbelievably, we saved all
to thank them. They were relaxing
anyway.
the doorbell, why didn't you bust in?"
the Christmas presents which were
around a long table. It had been a hard
I was doing 50 at Harrison. I'd have
"I was always taught to be polite,"
piled under the tree in a corner of the
day's work. They were sorry. "If we'd
gone faster, except a police car was in
Nana said. Phyllis called the fire
living room which didn't burn. They
only been there 10 minutes earlier,
front of me. I had hoped it was a
depertment and then her daughter,
were smoky and water-soaked, but
before it got into the walls
If only
minor. But at Harrison I could see the
Priscilla called me. Peggy, and
recognizable. We carried them out,
we could have found the little dog
smoke billowing up, 15 blocks away.
Mariann, our oldest daughter, were
dripping water, and piled them in
sooner." That's ridiculous. They did
"Everyone's out," the fire captain in
downtown Christmas shopping, 80
Sean's old pickup. The boys went
their best. Everyone did.
the white hat shouted as I tumbled out
they didn't know about all this until
shopping for another Christmas tree.
No, we don't know what we're going
of the car. That was all that mattered.
they came home, and the police
Late in the afternoon, the firemen
to do. We need experts to tell us
After that I felt strangely objective, 8.
wouldn't let them past Cascade
found Snitzelbaum, the old
whether it can be rebuilt.
reporter covering a story. I know the
bridge.
Dachshund, under Megan's charred
But tomorrow, I get to go shopping
people who came by thought I was
What a disaster! You can't imagine!
bed where he'd taken refuge. He
for new clothes and Jack Naylor has to
nuts. "You're smiling," one said. "Of
It's like World War III! The firemen
wasn't burned. He'd died peacefully,
pay for them. But he can be grateful
course," I said, "everyone got out
fought it. What brave men they are.
it seemed, from the smoke. Terence
the after-Christmas specials will be
alive."
Going in the dense smoke, risking the
and I tried to bury him in the back
on.
It might not have been that way, ex-
fire-weakened floors. You can't know
yard, but the frozen ground was too
We stunk up the church, with our
cept for the "old lady." My mother-in-
how they risk their lives unless you see
hard, 80 we left him wrapped in the
smoky clothes, at Midnight Mass. And
law. There were other heroes: Thomas
them. Then they found the charred
water-soaked sleeping bag until later.
we sang louder than anyone else.
for fighting his way upstairs, naked,
helmet and hurriedly took roll call.
Barry Cuthbert, Terence's father-in-
Gloria in Excelsis! Everyone got out
after the furnace exploded; Megan for
Who was missing? No one was. The
law had come by early, and while the
alive.
jumping off the roof.
helmet was one Peggy had gotten for
firemen still battled stubborn blazes
But Megan is mad at the Hawk Eye.
But the real heroine was "Nana,"
her Head Start kids, to teach them
in the basement, helped me struggle
Here, she was the heroine, jumping off
Mrs. Carolyn Wichert, Peggy's
about firemen.
through the thick smoke to carry my
the roof, but it was Mariann who got
mother, who has lived with us the past
I called Jack Naylor, my insurance
desk and file cabinet out of my study.
her picture in the paper!
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The HAWK EYE
Friday, December 24, 1976
Blast, blaze gut
publisher's home
A Christmas Eve explosion and fire
gas supply to the house. But firemen
ripped through the home of Hawk Eye
had to work around live electrical
editor-publisher John McCormally
wires until an Iowa Southern Utilities
Friday morning, gutting the interior.
crew arrived to shut off the power.
Three members of the family,
All three of the city's front-line
including a daughter who jumped
pumpers were at the scene. Two
from a second-story roof, escaped the
ambulances stood by, but were not
smoke-filled house before the fire
needed.
ravaged the inside.
Son Tom, who was home on
The family pet dachshund,
Christmas break from the University
Schnitzel, had not been found by noon
of Iowa, said, "The flames were
and was presumed to have died in the
pouring out of the back of the house.
blaze. The house and belongings,
The whole house was full of smoke -
including the family Christmas gifts,
you couldn't breathe and you couldn't
were considered a total loss.
get to a phone."
A dozen Burlington firemen who
Mrs. Wichert ran down to the home
responded to the 9:17 a.m. call to 2900
of a neighbor, Mrs. Stanley Grant,
S. Main, were helpless to bring the
2836 S. Main, where she called the fire
flames under control. Fire Capt.
department. The Grant home became
Victor Dunn said the basement which
a temporary refuge for the homeless
had been converted to living space,
family members who were shaken up
was engulfed in flames which spread
but relieved that they'd escaped. The
to the ground floor and second story
children and their grandmother
by the time hoses were set up.
gathered around the Grant kitchen
:
McCormally's son, Thomas, 19, was
table in their pajamas and robes,
asleep in a basement bedroom when
sipping coffee and shaking their heads
he was awakened by a series of five
in disbelief.
explosions from the adjacent furnace
Megan, who was awakened by her
room. He ran up the stairs into the
grandmother's screams of "fire," said,
smoke-filled living room, where he met
"Believe it or not, I was dreaming
his grandmother, Mrs. Carolyn
about how pretty our house was."
Wichert, 80, who had run in from the
Mrs. Wichert, has been living with
kitchen after hearing the explosions.
the McCormallys since losing her
Unable to reach his sister, Megan, 15,
home five years ago when a water
who was upstairs in a back bedroom,
main broke and flooded it. She was
Tom ran out the side door,
torn between staying in the kitchen
accompanied by his grandmother.
and comforting the kids and straying
Megan escaped through a second story
out onto the windy porch to look at the
Heavy smoke hindered efforts of firemen to control the McCormally home blaze.
patio door and jumped eight feet to
black billows rolling out of the
the ground, possibly injuring an ankle.
adjacent house.
porch, surveying the remains of the
said they'd had no previous trouble
Fire fighters braved thick, choking
"I never saw anything fill up with
only home the family has known since
with it.
smoke to enter the house and pour
smoke so fast as that," she said,
moving to Burlington 11½ years ago,
water on the flames. Despite their
shaking her head.
and the structure which served for
He walked back over to the house,
efforts, fire continued to burn within
As the minutes passed and the
many years in the past as the Crapo
surveying the damage and talking
the walls and second story for another
nerves calmed down, talk turned to
Park Kitchenette.
quietly with neighbors offering
45 minutes.
lost souvenirs, wardrobes - and a
"What are we going to do? The
assistance. He said insurance will pay
Several fire fighters suffered minor
dampened Christmas spirit.
house had all been redone. I'm sure
for rental housing until they decide
what to do.
smoke inhalation sickness and
There ain"t gonna be no
there's nothing in it now. I don't ever
periodically sucked oxygen from tanks
Christmas," said Tom, remembering
want to go home."
"We're okay and we have a place to
supplied by ambulance attendants.
what day it was, "all the presents were
She thought a minute and added,
stay."
One fireman, Bob Voight, sustained a
under the tree."
"We've been so lucky, we're all alive.
gash on his thumb and was treated at
Just as the talk was quieting down,
If it had happened at night, I don't
"We used to have fire drills when
the scene before returning to his hose.
Peg McCormally and her other
know if we all could've gotten out.
you were supposed to get out on the
was
his grandmother, Mrs. Carolyn
about how pretty our house was."
Wichert, 80, who had run in from the
Mrs. Wichert, has been living with
kitchen after hearing the explosions.
the McCormallys since losing her
Unable to reach his sister, Megan, 15,
home five years ago when a water
who was upstairs in a back bedroom,
main broke and flooded it. She was
Tom ran out the side door,
torn between staying in the kitchen
accompanied by his grandmother.
and comforting the kids and straying
Megan escaped through a second story
out onto the windy porch to look at the
Heavy smoke hindered efforts of firemen to control the McCormally home blaze.
patio door and jumped eight feet to
black billows rolling out of the
the ground, possibly injuring an ankle.
adjacent house.
porch, surveying the remains of the
said they'd had no previous trouble
Fire fighters braved thick, choking
"I never saw anything fill up with
only home the family has known since
with it.
smoke to enter the house and pour
smoke so fast as that," she said,
moving to Burlington 11½ years ago,
water on the flames. Despite their
shaking her head.
and the structure which served for
He walked back over to the house,
efforts, fire continued to burn within
As the minutes passed and the
many years in the past as the Crapo
surveying the damage and talking
the walls and second story for another
nerves calmed down, talk turned to
Park Kitchenette.
quietly with neighbors offering
45 minutes.
lost souvenirs, wardrobes - and a
"What are we going to do? The
assistance. He said insurance will pay
Several fire fighters suffered minor
dampened Christmas spirit.
house had all been redone. I'm sure
for rental housing until they decide
smoke inhalation sickness and
There ain"t gonna be no
what to do.
there's nothing in it now. I don't ever
periodically sucked oxygen from tanks
Christmas," said Tom, remembering
want to go home."
"We're okay and we have a place to
supplied by ambulance attendants.
what day it was, "all the presents were
She thought a minute and added,
stay."
One fireman, Bob Voight, sustained a.
under the tree."
"We've been so lucky, we're all alive.
gash on his thumb and was treated at
Just as the talk was quieting down,
If it had happened at night, I don't
"We used to have fire drills when
the scene before returning to his hose.
Peg McCormally and her other
know if we all could've gotten out.
you were supposed to get out on the
Off duty firemen were called in to
daughter, Mariann, 17, walked
We have to look at this that God let
porch and jump off. That's exactly
support those who, by 10:30, had
dejectedly into the room. They had
this happen for a reason."
what Megan did."
become weary from their fight in the
just returned from shopping downtown
Other family members came to the
24-degree temperature. Water
when they saw the roadblocks on Main
house as soon as they heard the news.
dripping from the house froze on
and smoke pouring from their
Son Terence brought his three-year.
contact with the sidewalks and street,
neighborhood. Mariann hugged her
old son Johnny, who ran into his
making footwork treacherous.
sister and brother and said over and
grandpa's arms when McCormally
"There was just too much (fire) for
over, "I'm glad you're all okay.
came into the house.
us when we got here," said Dunn.
"I saw the smoke, and said, 'My
"Everything's going to be okay,
"The smoke was so thick that we
God, what is it?,' she said. "Mother
Johnny, cause everybody got out
couldn't see inside. The fire had
said it looks like it's coming from our
okay," he said, soothing the sobbing
spread up the walls into the other
house. Why couldn't it be from the
boy.
floors by the time we got set up.'
vacant house across the street? I can't
McCormally said the furnace, which
Firemen removed the threat of
believe it."
is about 20-25 years old, was converted
further explosions by shutting off the
Mrs. McCormally stood on the
to a gas furnace eight years ago. He
DESCRIBING THE CAUSE of the fire that destroyed their home, John
McCormally, left, and Lois Close, center, assist Peggy McCormally to a neighbor's
house as firemen fight the blaze at their 2900 S. Main residence on the edge of
Crapo park. The McCormally's daughter Mariann, who was shopping with her
mother when the fire started, leads the way.
GETTING HIS BREATH, Burlington
fire fighter Bob Kemp lies in front of
the John McCormally residence Fri-
day morning. Kemp has just emerged
from the interior of the smoke filled
house. He rested for a few minutes
and then returned to duty.
JIMMY CARTER
6 January 1977
To Jodi Cobb
Thank you for the beautiful photograph you made
of me at one of the softball games. I appreciate
your thoughtfulness, and I will enjoy the picture
as much as I did the games!
Tromy Sincerely, Jimmy Carter Carp
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National Geographic Society
1145 17th Street, N. W.
Room 411
Washington, D. C. 20023
January 16, 1977
To Senator Hubert Humphrey
I appreciate your high regard for Al
Stern. Thanks for letting me know of
your recommendation!
Sincerely,
Jimmy Carter
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JIMMY CARTER, PRESIDENT ELECT
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I WISH TO ADD MY NAME IN FULL SUPPORT OF PROFESSOR ALFRED STERN
F ROM WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY FOR THE POSITION OF
DIRECTOR, NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES.
AL HAS SERVED AS A LONG TIME FRIEND AND ADVISER TO ME FOR
ANY YEARS. HE IS SUPERIOR IN TERMS OF INITIATIVE, INTELLIGENCE
A ND ABILITY TO TRANSLATE LARGE AMOUNTS OF MATERIAL INTO
CONCISE
PRICE OPTIONS, WITH MAXIMUM SPEED.
AS HIS RECORD INDICATES, AL HAS AN EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND AND IS
WELL QUALIFIED FOR THIS POSITION.
HUBERT H HUMPHREY
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January 17, 1977
To Frank Valeo
Thank you for sending me Senate Resolution
23. I deeply appreciate this thoughtful
expression of welcome and best wishes from
the members of the United States Senate.
Sincerely,
Jimmy Carter
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FRANCIS R. VALEO
SECRETARY
UNITED STATES SENATE
WASHINGTON
January 13, 1977.
Dear Governor Carter:
It is a pleasure to for-
ward to you Senate Resolution 23, adopted
on January 10, 1977. This first official
communication from the Senate extends best
wishes to you and to those who will serve
in your administration on the occasion of
the initiation of your service as President
of the United States.
May I add my personal wishes
for your continued contentment and fulfillment
in the years ahead.
Sincerely,
Fank Valeo,
Value
Secretary of the Senate.
Enclosure:
Senate Resolution 23,
adopted 1/10/77.
Honorable Jimmy Carter,
Plains, Georgia.