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Handwritten note on small slip of paper providing date, "#20664" and "1973 dues". Sender and recipient unknown. 1 pg. [Other Document], 5/29/1973
Letter from Walter Judd to Fellow Members of FMC (Former Members of Congress) recapping organization's Alumni Day celebration of May 24, 1973. 1 pg. [Letter], n.d.
Copy of the Congressional Record for May 24, 1973 - House of Representatives. Sender/recipient unknown. 3 pgs, printed front and back. Not scanned. [Newsletter], 5/24/1973
May, 1973 Membership Listing of Former Members of Congress. 1 pg., printed front and back. 2 pgs. scanned. [Report], n.d.
Copy of letter from Rose Woods to Loie Gaunt re: Nixon Library logistics, plans, progress. 1 pg. [Letter], 5/15/1973
Copy of letter from RN to Jane Beeson thanking her for letter of 5/21, sending love, pride. 1 pg. [Letter], 6/7/1973
Typed copy of hand-written letter from Jane Beeson to RN mentioning scandal, offering support, providing family news. Includes handwritten notes, marks from RN (?). 2 pgs. [Letter], 5/21/1973
Note to Rose Woods (sender unknown) instructing her to talk with RN about Nixon Foundation, adding Tricia, Julie, maybe PN to Foundation. 1 pg. [Memo], 5/10/1973
Copy of letter from Leonard Firestone to Wayne Field (cc: Rose Woods, Ed Nixon) re: Field's interest in Nixon Library/Museum, activities of Planning and Development Committee, Library plans, status. 2 pgs. [Letter], 5/21/1973
Photocopy of The Register of Orange County, California (Evening Edition), 12/28/72 article with headline: Hilltop In SC 'Best' Nixon Library Site - Recommended By Foundation. Sender/recipient unknown. 2 pgs, previously taped together. Not scanned. [Newsle
Letter from Loie to Rose Woods re: Mr. Firestone, progress on library/museum. 1 pg. [Letter], 5/30/1973
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This file contains:
Handwritten note on small slip of paper providing date, "#20664" and "1973 dues". Sender and recipient unknown. 1 pg. [Other Document], 5/29/1973
Letter from Walter Judd to Fellow Members of FMC (Former Members of Congress) recapping organization's Alumni Day celebration of May 24, 1973. 1 pg. [Letter], n.d.
Copy of the Congressional Record for May 24, 1973 - House of Representatives. Sender/recipient unknown. 3 pgs, printed front and back. Not scanned. [Newsletter], 5/24/1973
May, 1973 Membership Listing of Former Members of Congress. 1 pg., printed front and back. 2 pgs. scanned. [Report], n.d.
Copy of letter from Rose Woods to Loie Gaunt re: Nixon Library logistics, plans, progress. 1 pg. [Letter], 5/15/1973
Copy of letter from RN to Jane Beeson thanking her for letter of 5/21, sending love, pride. 1 pg. [Letter], 6/7/1973
Typed copy of hand-written letter from Jane Beeson to RN mentioning scandal, offering support, providing family news. Includes handwritten notes, marks from RN (?). 2 pgs. [Letter], 5/21/1973
Note to Rose Woods (sender unknown) instructing her to talk with RN about Nixon Foundation, adding Tricia, Julie, maybe PN to Foundation. 1 pg. [Memo], 5/10/1973
Copy of letter from Leonard Firestone to Wayne Field (cc: Rose Woods, Ed Nixon) re: Field's interest in Nixon Library/Museum, activities of Planning and Development Committee, Library plans, status. 2 pgs. [Letter], 5/21/1973
Photocopy of The Register of Orange County, California (Evening Edition), 12/28/72 article with headline: Hilltop In SC 'Best' Nixon Library Site - Recommended By Foundation. Sender/recipient unknown. 2 pgs, previously taped together. Not scanned. [Newsle
Letter from Loie to Rose Woods re: Mr. Firestone, progress on library/museum. 1 pg. [Letter], 5/30/1973
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library
White House Special Files Collection
Folder List
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
3
17
05/29/1973
Other Document
Handwritten note on small slip of paper
providing date, "#20664" and "1973 dues".
Sender and recipient unknown. 1 pg.
3
17
n.d.
Letter
Letter from Walter Judd to Fellow Members
of FMC (Former Members of Congress)
recapping organization's Alumni Day
celebration of May 24, 1973. 1 pg.
3
17
05/24/1973
Newsletter
Copy of the Congressional Record for May
24, 1973 - House of Representatives.
Sender/recipient unknown. 3 pgs, printed
front and back. Not scanned.
3
17
n.d.
Report
May, 1973 Membership Listing of Former
Members of Congress. 1 pg., printed front
and back. 2 pgs. scanned.
3
17
05/15/1973
Letter
Copy of letter from Rose Woods to Loie
Gaunt re: Nixon Library logistics, plans,
progress. 1 pg.
3
17
06/07/1973
Letter
Copy of letter from RN to Jane Beeson
thanking her for letter of 5/21, sending love,
pride. 1 pg.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Page 1 of 2
Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
3
17
05/21/1973
Letter
Typed copy of hand-written letter from Jane
Beeson to RN mentioning scandal, offering
support, providing family news. Includes
handwritten notes, marks from RN (?). 2 pgs.
3
17
05/10/1973
Memo
Note to Rose Woods (sender unknown)
instructing her to talk with RN about Nixon
Foundation, adding Tricia, Julie, maybe PN
to Foundation. 1 pg.
3
17
05/21/1973
Letter
Copy of letter from Leonard Firestone to
Wayne Field (cc: Rose Woods, Ed Nixon)
re: Field's interest in Nixon Library/Museum,
activities of Planning and Development
Committee, Library plans, status. 2 pgs.
3
17
12/28/1972
Newsletter
Photocopy of The Register of Orange
County, California (Evening Edition),
12/28/72 article with headline: Hilltop In SC
'Best' Nixon Library Site - Recommended By
Foundation. Sender/recipient unknown. 2
pgs, previously taped together. Not scanned.
3
17
05/30/1973
Letter
Letter from Loie to Rose Woods re: Mr.
Firestone, progress on library/museum. 1 pg.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Page 2 of 2
may 29, 1973
# 20664
19 73 dues file
3083 ORDWAY STREET, N. W.
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20008
FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
Dear Fellow-Member of FMC:
Our Third Annual Alumni Day celebration was held on the floor of the House of Rep-
resentatives on May 24, 1973. You will be interested in the enclosed reprint of the pro-
ceedings as reported in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -- and perhaps made a little nostalgic.
More than 80 former Members of the House and Senate participated in the day's activities
although not all could be present for the roll call.
The annual business meeting was held in the morning with reports on last year's ac-
tivities, discussion of FMC plans and programs for the next year, and elections. The
minutes will be sent you later for your information and comments or suggestions.
You will note in the reprint the report of members elected as officers and to the
Board of Directors. Former Senator B. Everett Jordan of North Carolina is the new Presi-
dent and George Meader of Michigan is Vice-President.
After our business meeting, our "reunion" in the House Chamber, and luncheon, we
had two informative briefings. First, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Honorable George
Shultz, discussed very frankly our present fiscal situation, budget, inflation, interna-
tional balance of trade and payments, gold, etc. - the problems and the prospects. He
gave recent facts and figures to support his basic optimism regarding the future.
Chief Justice Warren Burger of the Supreme Court gave a comprehensive analysis of
the problems confronted by our Federal courts and judges, our lawyers and law schools,
etc. with suggestions for dealing with them. All, and particularly our own lawyers, were
greatly appreciative of his presentation. In each case many questions were asked and
most said we had never had more interesting and useful sessions.
The reception at 5:00 p.m. for our members and the FMC Auxiliary of wives and
widows of former Members was delightful.
It was decided to have the next general meeting in Washington in late October.
Enclosed is a list by state of our 393 current members. Most of you have sent your
1973 dues. If you haven't, please do. We need you all. Remember FMC dues have been
ruled tax-deductible by the IRS. A reminder slip is enclosed.
We believe this organization and its members can play an increasingly useful role in
America - especially at this particular time of widespread questioning of values and in-
stitutions. We can help develop a wider and deeper understanding of the Congress and the
vital role it has to play. It has been a great honor and privilege for me to serve as
your President this year - and I thank you very much.
Sincerely,
Aratter Hyudd Walter H. Judd
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
WALTER H. JUDD, President
JEFFERY COHELAN
GEORGE MEADER
JOSEPH D. TYDINGS, Vice-President
HOMER FERGUSON
WALTER H. MOELLER
BEN REIFEL, Secretary
EUGENE J. KEOGH
A. S. MIKE MONRONEY
JOSEPH W. BARR, Treasurer
THOMAS H. KUCHEL
HOWARD W. POLLOCK
FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
MEMBERSHIP LISTING - 393
MAY, 1973
ALABAMA
CONNECTICUT
ILLINOIS (Cont.)
LOUISIANA
MINNESOTA
Miles Clayton Allgood
Raymond E. Baldwin *
Edward H. Jenison
James Domengeaux
H. Carl Andersen
Elizabeth Andrews
Chester Bowles
Calvin D. Johnson
Newt V. Mills
Victor Christgau
Laurie C. Battle
Ranulf Compton
Roland V. Libonati
Edward J. Devitt
George M. Grant
Albert W. Cretella
Robert T. McLoskey
MAINE
Walter H. Judd
Carter Manasco
Ellsworth B. Foote
James C. Murray
Peter A. Garland
Coya Knutson
LaFayette L. Patterson
Bernard F. Grabowski
Gale Schisler
Robert Hale
George E. MacKinnon
Albert M. Rains
Frank Kowalski
Timothy P. Sheehan
Clifford G. McIntire
Kenneth A. Roberts
John Davis Lodge
William L. Springer
James C. Oliver
MISSISSIPPI
Armistead I. Selden, Jr.
Clare Boothe Luce
Harold H. Velde
Stanley R. Tupper
Frank E. Smith
Lucien J. Maciora
John Bell Williams
ALASKA
Edwin H. May, Jr.
INDIANA
MARYLAND
Ernest Gruening *
Abner W. Sibal
E. Ross Adair
John M. Butler *
MISSOURI
Howard W. Pollick
Joseph W. Barr
Katharine E. Byron
0. K. Armstrong
DELAWARE
John W. Boehne, Jr.
Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr.
C. Jasper Bell
ARIZONA
J. Caleb Boggs **
Charles B. Brownson
John R. Foley
Marion T. Bennett
Lewis W. Douglas
J. Allen Frear, Jr. *
Homer E. Capehart *
Samuel N. Friedel
Charles H. Brown
Ernest W. McFarland *
Harry G. Haskell, Jr.
Shepard J. Crumpacker
Edward A. Garmatz
Thomas B. Curtis
Harris B. McDowell, Jr.
Cecil M. Harden
DeWitt S. Hyde
Jeffrey P. Hillelson
ARKANSAS
Herbert B. Warburton
Randall S. Harmon
Harvey G. Machen
Raymond W. Karst
Thomas D. Alford
John J. Williams *
Ralph Harvey
Rogers C. B. Morton
Frank M. Karsten
Clyde T. Ellis
Earl Hogan
George L. Radcliffe *
Morgan M. Moulder
E. C. Gathings
FLORIDA
Edward A. Mitchell
Carlton R. Sickles
Walter C. Ploeser
Oren Harris
Courtney W. Campbell
F. Jay Nimtz
Frank Small, Jr.
Albert L. Reeves
Brooks Hays
William C. Cramer
Fred Wampler
Joseph D. Tydings *
Catherine D. Norrell
Albert S. Herlong, Jr.
Earl Wilson
MONTANA
D. R. (Billy) Matthews
MASSACHUSETTS
James F. Battin
CALIFORNIA
George A. Smathers **
IOWA
Joseph E. Casey
Orvin B. Fjare
Ronald B. Cameron
James E. Bromwell
Laurence Curtis
Jeffery Cohelan
GEORGIA
Stanley L. Greigg
Angier L. Goodwin
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Iris F. Blitch
John R. Hansen
Hastings Keith
NEBRASKA
Ken W. Dyal
Howard H. Callaway
Charles B. Hoeven
Thomas J. Lane
Glenn Cunningham
Charles K. Fletcher
David H. Gambrell *
Fred Schwengel
Henry Cabot Lodge *
Robert V. Denney
Patrick J. Hillings
G. Elliott Hagan
Othe D. Wearin
John W. McCormack
Donald F. McGinley
Joe F. Holt III
Erwin Mitchell
Bradford Morse
Sam W. Reynolds *
Allan Oakley Hunter
Maston E. O'Neal
KANSAS
Leverett Saltonstall *
Phillip H. Weaver
Edouard V. Izac
Carl Vinson
William H. Avery
Benjamin A. Smith *
William F. Knowland *
J. Floyd Breeding
NEVADA
Thomas H. Kuchel *
HAWAII
Frank Carlson **
MICHIGAN
Berkeley L. Bunker
Clinton D. McKinnon
John A. Burns
Albert M. Cole
Raymond F. Clevenger
George P. Miller
Elizabeth P. Farrington
Harry Darby *
Billie S. Farnum
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Richard M. Nixon
Newell A. George
Homer Ferguson *
Sherman Adams
James Roosevelt
IDAHO
Walter L. McVey, Jr.
Don Hayworth
J. Oliva Huot
Pierre Salinger *
Hamer H. Budge
Chester L. Mize
Frank E. Hook
Chester E. Merrow
Byron N. Scott
Abe McGregor Goff
Wint Smith
August E. Johansen
Maurice J. Murphy, Jr. *
Samuel W. Yorty
George V. Hansen
John Lesinski, Jr.
Ralph R. Harding
KENTUCKY
John C. Mackie
NEW JERSEY
COLORADO
Glen H. Taylor *
Frank W. Burke
George Meader
James C. Auchincloss
Gordon L. Allott *
Frank Chelf, Sr.
Charles G. Oakman
Vincent J. Dellay
Wayne N. Aspinall
ILLINOIS
Earle C. Clements **
Charles E. Potter **
Robert W. Kean
J. Edgar Chenoweth
Chester A. Chesney
William P. Curlin
Harold M. Ryan
Paul J. Krebs
Byron L. Johnson
Marguerite S. Church
Charles P. Farnsley
Neil Staebler
Thomas C. McGrath, Jr.
Roy H. McVicker
Evan Howell
W. Howes Meade
Andrew J. Transue
Thruston B. Morton **
John M. Robsion, Jr.
PAGE TWO
NEW JERSEY (Cont.)
NEW YORK (Cont.)
OKLAHOMA
TENNESSEE
WEST VIRGINIA
Frank C. Osmers, Jr.
Gale H. Stalker
Page Belcher
Ross Bass **
Carl G. Bachmann
Alfred D. Sieminski
Winifred C. Stanley
Lyle H. Boren
James B. Frazier, Jr.
Maurice G. Burnside
Frank L. Sundstrom
Katharine St. George
Wilburn Cartwright
Albert A. Gore **
Elizabeth Kee
T. James Tumulty
Anthony F. Tauriello
Phil Ferguson
J. Carlton Loser
James Kee
Albert L. Vreeland
Dean P. Taylor
Glen D. Johnson
Herbert S. Walters *
Arch A. Moore, Jr.
George M. Wallhauser
Herbert Tenzer
Jed Johnson, Jr.
John H. Terry
A. S. Mike Monroney **
TEXAS
WISCONSIN
NEW MEXICO
Stuyvesant Wainwright II
James V. Smith
Bruce Alger
Andrew J. Biemiller
Ed Foreman
J. Ernest Wharton
Lindley Beckworth
Gerald J. Boileau
Thomas G. Morris
Herbert Zelenko
OREGON
George Bush
John W. Byrnes
E. S. Johnny Walker
Samuel H. Coon
Ed Gossett
Gerald T. Flynn
NORTH CAROLINA
Charles O. Porter
Ben H. Guill
Lester R. Johnson
NEW YORK
Hugh Q. Alexander
Frank N. Ikard
Melvin R. Laird
Robert R. Barry
Harold D. Cooley
PENNSYLVANIA
Marvin Jones
Henry C. Schadeberg
Frank J. Becker
Carl T. Durham
Edward J. Bonin
John E. Lyle, Jr.
Lynn E. Stalbaum
Augustus W. Bennet
James C. Gardner
D. Emmert Brumbaugh
William D. McFarlane
Louis J. Capozzoli
Charles R. Jonas
James A. Byrne
Walter E. Rogers
WYOMING
Emanuel Celler
Woodrow W. Jones
Joseph L. Carrigg
J. T. Rutherford
William H. Harrison
W. Sterling Cole
B. Everett Jordan *
Earl Chudoff
Lera Thomas
John S. Wold
Irwin D. Davidson
Horace R. Kornegay
N. Neiman Craley, Jr.
R. Ewing Thomason
Isidore Dollinger
Ralph J. Scott
William J. Crow
Clark W. Thompson
James G. Donovan
Basil Lee Whitener
Willard S. Curtin
Eugene Worley
Edwin B. Dooley
Henry Ellenbogen
Ralph W. Yarborough *
Francis E. Dorn
Ivor D. Fenton
MEMBERS DECEASED
NORTH DAKOTA
James H. Gildea
1972 - 1973
Leonard Farbstein
Thomas S. Kleppe
UTAH
Sidney A. Fine
Carl H. Hoffman
William H. Benton * - Conn.
Reva Beck Bosone
Paul A. Fino
OHIO
Carroll D. Kearns
Oliver P. Bolton - Ohio
David S. King
Hadwen C. Fuller
Homer E. Abele
James F. Lind
Prescott S. Bush * - Conn.
M. Blaine Peterson
Jacob H. Gilbert
William H. Ayres
Frederick A. Muhlenberg
Henderson H. Carson - Ohio
Leonard W. Hall
A. David Baumhart
Stanley A. Prokop
Guy M. Gillette ** - Iowa
VIRGINIA
James M. Quigley
Lyndon B. Johnson ** - Tex.
James C. Healey
Jackson E. Betts
Watkins M. Abbitt
Louis B. Heller
Frances P. Bolton
William W. Scranton
Karl M. LeCompte - Iowa
Clarence G. Burton
John W. Bricker *
S. Walter Stauffer
Franklin Lichtenwalter - Pa.
Lester Holtzman
Colgate W. Darden, Jr.
David S. Dennison
James E. Van Zandt
Edward V. Long * - Mo.
Leo Isacson
J. Vaughan Gary
James D. Weaver
Thomas W. Miller - Del.
Bernard W. Kearney
Charles H. Elston
Porter Hardy, Jr.
Kenneth B. Keating **
Michael A. Feighan
Samuel A. Weiss
Philip J. Philbin - Mass.
Burr P. Harrison
Robert Ramspeck - Ga.
Edna F. Kelly
Percy W. Griffiths
J. Irving Whalley
W. Pat Jennings
Jeannette Rankin - Mont.
Eugene J. Keogh
William E. Hess
John 0. Marsh, Jr.
Theodore R. Kupferman
Greg Holbrock
SOUTH CAROLINA
George Sarbacher, Jr. - Pa.
Howard W. Smith
Christopher C. McGrath
James W. Huffman *
Robert T. Ashmore
Ralph T. Smith * - Ill.
William M. Tuck
Martin B. McKneally
Lawrence E. Imhoff
John L. McMillan
Tom Stewart * - Tenn.
James P. Richards
Maurice H. Thatcher - Ky.
Gregory McMahon
Harry P. Jeffrey
WASHINGTON
William E. Miller
Rodney M. Love
Hugo S. Sims, Jr.
Catherine M. Bedell
Abraham J. Multer
Donald E. Lukens
Harry P. Cain *
Harold C. Ostertag
Walter H. Moeller
SOUTH DAKOTA
Donald H. Magnuson
William T. Pheiffer
Tom V. Moorehead
J. H. Bottum *
Hugh B. Mitchell **
Alexander Pirnie
Gordon H. Scherer
Ben Reifel
Thomas M. Pelly
* Senate
David M. Potts
Robert T. Secrest
Thor C. Tollefson
** House and Senate
John H. Ray
Robert E. Sweeney
Leo F. Rayfiel
R. Walter Riehlman
Alfred E. Santangelo
May 15, 1973
Dear Loie:
I wonder if you or Mr. Firestone could contact Mr. Field
and let him know we had passed this along to you because of
the President's busy schedule, etc., and that the Foundation
is not at the stage yet to consider drawings for the Library.
Also, for your information, both Mrs. Nixon and Julie have
mentioned to me their interest in becoming actively involved
in the Foundation plans. Mrs. Nixon will be especially
interested in the design for the building, and she has indicated
that she wants it to have a Spanish motif.
Perhaps you can also mention to Ed that people should not
be going ahead with plans, drawings, etc.
Many thanks -- take care,
Love,
Rose Mary Woods
Personal Secretary
to the President
Miss Loie Gaunt
The Richard Nixon Foundation
44th Floor
515 South Flower Street
Los Angeles, California 90071
Letter and brochures from Wayne Field, Chairman of the Board,
Seattle Kings Football Club, 2717 Seattle First National Bank
Building, Seattle, Washington 98104
June 7, 1973
Dear Aunt Jane:
Words fail me in trying to reply adequately to your
beautiful letter of May twenty-first. I have received
literally thousands of messages of encouragement and
understanding in recent weeks, but none were more
meaningful or more moving than yours.
Although you have stated that you are very proud of
me, I can assure you that this pride works both ways.
I only wish I could tell you how much the example of
your love, your compassion, your caring for others,
and your faith in God and your fellow man, have meant
to me, throughout my childhood and all the years which
have followed.
Perhaps, by taking the liberty of substituting your name
for that of "Ben Adhem" in the poem by Leigh Hunt, I
can show you in some small way how much it has meant
to me to have you as a friend, as a teacher, and as a
beloved member of the family. The verse, as altered
by me, reads:
"And show'd the names whom love of God had bless'd,
A nd lo! Jane Beeson's name led all the rest."
Pat, Tricia and Julie join me in sending our deep affection
and love to you.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Jane M. Beeson
282 North Gale Hill
Lindsay, California 93247
RMW:MAF:mcp
Copy of hand-written letter
from aunh Jane (Excellent)
Puv resply Lindsay,
Calif.
21st, 1973
Dear Richard:
I have known for the past two weeks that I must write to you
and express my feeling of sympathy, love and understanding of the
unfortunate position in which you have been placed.
Just when you should be enjoying the fruits of your outstanding
accomplishments, in bringing the prisoners of war home and plans
for peace and friendship with other countries, this big scandal has
to be thrown in your lap!
So many friends and young people have expressed their faith
in your integrity and high principles and cannot understand unless it
is communistic or a plan of the devil to besmirch your character.
Mildred Rose thought I should try to telephone to you, but I
told her I did not want to try to over rate my privilege as a relative
and too, you know how unable I was to speak when I saw you face -to-
face -- words fail me when I am overwhelmed emotionally.
I awoke in the middle of one night last week with a concern for you
to keep your faith and trust in the Lord and keep balanced spiritually,
physically and emotionally. Of course, I do pray for you every day and
so many people tell me they do too and I appreciate that.
MORE
Page 2
My T.V. went out two weeks ago, guess it couldn't take it
any longer and I am considering stopping my paper !
Yesterday I invited strangers from Springville visiting our
church, to come over for dinner. The man looked at my T.V. and said
he would send a friend of his to see about getting it fixed - so it pays to
befriend strangers!
Sheldon came up for Mothers Day a week ago yesterday and brought
me a beautiful corsage and helped sing in our choir -- don't think he has
ever missed a Mothers Day. The week before, he had been up for a
reunion of classes 33 and 34 of Strathmore High School. They had
breakfasts, luncheons, banquet, barbecue, alumnae meeting service for
deceased members ( of which there were 18). Tom Shimasaki arranged
all this and sent many letters to the former students (members).
Sheldon had not seen most of them for 40 years and he sure had a good time.
I presented four pupils in a Joint Recital of Tulare County Music
Teachers Association down at Porterville Junior College yesterday
afternoon. My little six year old pupil got the biggest applause of any.
I want you to know I am very proud of you, as your Mother would
be, you have shown such wonderful courage, faith and ability in all you
have done. We are all pulling for you, praying for you and loving you.
(sg.)
Aunt Jane
Mrs. Jane M. Beeson
282 N. Gale Hill
Lindsay, California 93247
Note for RMW
Nixon Foundation - whenthings quiet down talk to the President
about patting Tricia and Julie on the Foundation and possibly
even Mrs. Nixon as they want to have an input on the type of
structure, etc.
5/10/73
information copy for
MISS WOODS
THE RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION
44TH FLOOR
515 SOUTH FLOWER STREET
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90071
May 21, 1973
Mr. Wayne Field
Chairman of the Board
Rembrandt Enterprises, Inc.
4001 Stinson Boulevard, N.E.
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55421
Dear Mr. Field:
My Foundation colleagues and I were pleased to learn
of your interest in the eventual Richard Nixon Library
and Museum, as evidenced by the correspondence and
material which have been referred to us from the White
House.
Since the Foundation was established in 1969, our office
has been designated as the central point for the initi-
ation of surveys and studies, as well as for the review
and compilation of pertinent materials and suggestions,
with regard to the creation of an appropriate library
and museum facility for President Nixon's papers and
artifacts.
We have a Planning and Development Committee whose
activities have included the following over the past
four years:
- visits to and studies of existing presidential
libraries, and related institutions;
- commissioning and study of surveys dealing with
population and growth trends and projections,
inter-relationships of components of the pro-
posed library and museum complex;
- site selection visits and studies, and the
refinement of criteria for narrowing down
possible sites for consideration and final
recommendations to the full Board of Trustees;
- coordination with National Archives and Records
Service professional personnel, particularly
those within the Office of Presidential Libraries;
- commissioning of a study for the preliminary
development of a schematic concept and design
to meet the already-defined criteria of an
eventual Nixon Center.
Mr. Wayne Field
May 21, 1973
page 2
The work of the Planning and Development Committee is
on-going, and, to this date, no site, concept or design
has been ruled completely in or out.
You may be sure that any suggestions and proposals that
you and your associates might have would be most welcome
at any time. Sending them to this office would insure
expeditious referral and consideration by the Committee.
With appreciation for your interest, and best wishes,
Sincerely,
femaral Leonard K. K. Firestone Firestone
President
CC: Ed Nixon
May 30, 1973
Dear Rose,
Mr. Firestone is truly dedicated to serving the President's
best interests, and feels that the most helpful thing he
can do at this time is to keep the library/museum develop-
ment moving along so that, once the President is able to
turn his attention to the Foundation, its composition and
its work again, no time will have been lost, and, hopefully,
a recommendation with options for the President will be a
bright spot on his horizon.
It really gave Mr. Firestone a lift to know that you, even
with all the burdens on you and your heart during this
period, had the library on your mind, and had indicated
an interest in it on the part of Mrs. Nixon and Julie.
Today he met with the Welton Becket people, who are working
on a limited commission of preliminary development, and
is very optimistic about them being able to come up with
a starting-point concept and design, in sketch and model
form, by the end of June.
Hence, the enclosed letter to Mrs. Nixon, for your consideration,
and possible presentation at the appropriate time. Please
advise if you think it should be handled any differently.
My prayers constantly go out to you and the President and his
Family -- so much depends on the strength and courage of all
of you.
with affection,
Loie