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Copy of letter from Charles E. Stuart to Senator Robert W. Packwood RE: Recommendation of Robert G. Efteland being passed along to Peter Flanigan for review. 1 pg. [Letter], 1/16/1969
Copy of letter from John D. Ehrlichman to C. Stanley Blair RE: Harry T. Solomon's resume being forwarded to Peter Flanigan for review. 1 pg. [Letter], 1/14/1969
Copy of memo from John Ehrlichman to Peter Flanigan RE: John Wendell Anderson II recommendation by Nick Ruwe. 1 pg. [Memo], 1/14/1969
Copy of letter from Charles E. Stuart to Cammann Newberry RE: Recommendation of T. J. McTiernan. 1 pg. [Letter], 12/24/1968
Copy of letter from John Ehrlichman to Edward R. Perry RE: Acknowledgment of December 5 letter. 1 pg. [Letter], 12/20/1968
Copy of letter from John Ehrlichman to James A Cook RE: Letter of December 18 and suggestion that Cook contact Peter Flanigan. 1 pg. [Letter], 12/23/1968
Letter from James A. Cook to John Ehrlichman RE: Interest in an administration position. 1 pg. [Letter], 12/18/1968
Copy of memo from John Ehrlichman to Peter Flanigan RE: Suggestion of Robert Meyers for the position of director of the Internal Revenue Service. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/23/1968
Copy of letter from John Ehrlichman to Senator George A. Smathers RE: Bebe Rebozo forwarded letter of December 6 recommending Norma Canova. 1 pg. [Letter], 12/23/1968
Copy of letter from John Ehrlichman to Senator Robert P. Griffin RE: Letter of December 30 advising of Lieutenant Governor Crutcher's interest in being appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. 1 pg. [Letter], 1/7SlAs
Letter from Senator Robert P. Griffin to John Ehrlichman RE: Kansas Lieutenant Governor John Crutcher's interest in being appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. 1 pg. [Letter], 12/30/1968
Copy of memo from John Ehrlichman to Bryce Harlow RE: Resume for Orren Beaty and question regarding re-appointment. 1 pg. [Memo], 1/7/1969
Copy of letter from John Ehrlichman to Joseph A. Shepard RE: Shepard's letter of December 17, his projects on black capitalism and his military status. 2 pgs. [Letter], 1/7/1969
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This file contains:
Copy of letter from Charles E. Stuart to Senator Robert W. Packwood RE: Recommendation of Robert G. Efteland being passed along to Peter Flanigan for review. 1 pg. [Letter], 1/16/1969
Copy of letter from John D. Ehrlichman to C. Stanley Blair RE: Harry T. Solomon's resume being forwarded to Peter Flanigan for review. 1 pg. [Letter], 1/14/1969
Copy of memo from John Ehrlichman to Peter Flanigan RE: John Wendell Anderson II recommendation by Nick Ruwe. 1 pg. [Memo], 1/14/1969
Copy of letter from Charles E. Stuart to Cammann Newberry RE: Recommendation of T. J. McTiernan. 1 pg. [Letter], 12/24/1968
Copy of letter from John Ehrlichman to Edward R. Perry RE: Acknowledgment of December 5 letter. 1 pg. [Letter], 12/20/1968
Copy of letter from John Ehrlichman to James A Cook RE: Letter of December 18 and suggestion that Cook contact Peter Flanigan. 1 pg. [Letter], 12/23/1968
Letter from James A. Cook to John Ehrlichman RE: Interest in an administration position. 1 pg. [Letter], 12/18/1968
Copy of memo from John Ehrlichman to Peter Flanigan RE: Suggestion of Robert Meyers for the position of director of the Internal Revenue Service. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/23/1968
Copy of letter from John Ehrlichman to Senator George A. Smathers RE: Bebe Rebozo forwarded letter of December 6 recommending Norma Canova. 1 pg. [Letter], 12/23/1968
Copy of letter from John Ehrlichman to Senator Robert P. Griffin RE: Letter of December 30 advising of Lieutenant Governor Crutcher's interest in being appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. 1 pg. [Letter], 1/7SlAs
Letter from Senator Robert P. Griffin to John Ehrlichman RE: Kansas Lieutenant Governor John Crutcher's interest in being appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. 1 pg. [Letter], 12/30/1968
Copy of memo from John Ehrlichman to Bryce Harlow RE: Resume for Orren Beaty and question regarding re-appointment. 1 pg. [Memo], 1/7/1969
Copy of letter from John Ehrlichman to Joseph A. Shepard RE: Shepard's letter of December 17, his projects on black capitalism and his military status. 2 pgs. [Letter], 1/7/1969
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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
20
6
01/16/1969
Letter
Copy of letter from Charles E. Stuart to
Senator Robert W. Packwood RE:
Recommendation of Robert G. Efteland
being passed along to Peter Flanigan for
review. 1 pg.
20
6
01/14/1969
Letter
Copy of letter from John D. Ehrlichman to C.
Stanley Blair RE: Harry T. Solomon's
resume being forwarded to Peter Flanigan for
review. 1 pg.
20
6
01/14/1969
Memo
Copy of memo from John Ehrlichman to
Peter Flanigan RE: John Wendell Anderson
II recommendation by Nick Ruwe. 1 pg.
20
6
12/24/1968
Letter
Copy of letter from Charles E. Stuart to
Cammann Newberry RE: Recommendation
of T. J. McTiernan. 1 pg.
20
6
12/20/1968
Letter
Copy of letter from John Ehrlichman to
Edward R. Perry RE: Acknowledgment of
December 5 letter. 1 pg.
20
6
12/23/1968
Letter
Copy of letter from John Ehrlichman to
James A Cook RE: Letter of December 18
and suggestion that Cook contact Peter
Flanigan. 1 pg.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Page 1 of 11
Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
20
6
12/18/1968
Letter
Letter from James A. Cook to John
Ehrlichman RE: Interest in an administration
position. 1 pg.
20
6
12/23/1968
Memo
Copy of memo from John Ehrlichman to
Peter Flanigan RE: Suggestion of Robert
Meyers for the position of director of the
Internal Revenue Service. 1 pg.
20
6
12/23/1968
Letter
Copy of letter from John Ehrlichman to
Senator George A. Smathers RE: Bebe
Rebozo forwarded letter of December 6
recommending Norma Canova. 1 pg.
20
6
01/07/1969
Letter
Copy of letter from John Ehrlichman to
Senator Robert P. Griffin RE: Letter of
December 30 advising of Lieutenant
Governor Crutcher's interest in being
appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy
for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. 1 pg.
20
6
12/30/1968
Letter
Letter from Senator Robert P. Griffin to John
Ehrlichman RE: Kansas Lieutenant Governor
John Crutcher's interest in being appointed
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for
Manpower and Reserve Affairs. 1 pg.
20
6
01/07/1969
Memo
Copy of memo from John Ehrlichman to
Bryce Harlow RE: Resume for Orren Beaty
and question regarding re-appointment. 1 pg.
20
6
01/07/1969
Letter
Copy of letter from John Ehrlichman to
Joseph A. Shepard RE: Shepard's letter of
December 17, his projects on black
capitalism and his military status. 2 pgs.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Page 2 of 11
Box
Number
Folder Number
Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
20
6
12/18/1968
Letter
Letter from John K. Andrews to John
Ehrlichman RE: Introduction on behalf of
Joe Shepard. 1 pg.
20
6
01/07/1969
Letter
Copy of letter from John Ehrlichman to
Clarke Reed RE: Reed's letter of December
30 concerning Joe Moss and Stan
Rademaker. 1 pg.
20
6
12/30/1968
Letter
Letter from Clark Reed to John Ehrlichman
RE: Recommendation for the reappointments
of Joe Moss and Stan Rademaker. 1 pg.
20
6
01/04/1969
Letter
Copy of letter from John Ehrlichman to
James M. Reynolds RE: Resume of Charles
H. Sword. 1 pg.
20
6
01/02/1968
Letter
Letter from James M. Reynolds to John
Ehrlichman RE: Resume and endorsement of
Charles Sword. 1 pg.
20
6
01/08/1969
Letter
Copy of letter from John Ehrlichman to
Kentucky Governor Louis B. Nunn RE:
Recommendation of James Rash, Jr. 1 pg.
20
6
01/06/1969
Letter
Copy of letter from John Ehrlichman to
Angel F. Rivera RE: Resume of Luis Diaz
Carlo. 1 pg.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Page 3 of 11
Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
20
6
01/06/1969
Letter
Copy of letter from John Ehrlichman to John
Goode RE: Resume of Arthur Troilo. 1 pg.
20
6
01/02/1969
Memo
Copy of memo from Charles E. Stuart to
Kissinger RE: Resume of Thomas Muerer. 1
pg.
20
6
12/16/1968
Memo
Memo from John Ehrlichman to Chuck
Stuart RE: Request for resume of Thomas
Muerer. Handwritten note by Ehrlichman. 1
pg.
20
6
12/16/1968
Memo
Copy of memo from John Ehrlichman to
Chuck Stuart RE: Request for resume of
Thomas Muir. 1 pg.
20
6
01/02/1969
Letter
Copy of letter from Charles E. Stuart to
Edward W. Brooke RE: Brooke's
recommendation of Ruth E. Bacon as
Ambassador to New Zealand. 1 pg.
20
6
01/02/1969
Memo
Copy of memo from Charles E. Stuart to C.
Knudsen RE: Recommendations for Al
Landesco and Charles Kerfow. 1 pg.
20
6
12/04/1968
Memo
Copy of memo from Ken Cole to Harry
Fleming RE: Memo from Tom Evans
recommending Jamie Humes. 1 pg.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Page 4 of 11
Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
20
6
12/16/1968
Memo
Copy of memo from John Ehrlichman to
John Mitchell RE: Recommendation of Peter
Fay for Solicitor. 1 pg.
20
6
12/16/1968
Memo
Copy of memo from John Ehrlichman to
John Mitchell RE: Bob Semple of the New
York Times recommending Raymond C.
Cleavanger for a position in Justice. 1 pg.
20
6
12/14/1968
Memo
Copy of memo from John Ehrlichman to
Harry Flemming RE: Recommendation of
Louis J. Wright. 1 pg.
20
6
12/11/1968
Letter
Copy of letter from John Ehrlichman to W.
Walter Williams RE: Contact information for
Harry Flemming, John Dean, Dwight Chapin,
Glen Olds and Murry Chatner. Also, referrals
from Charlie Willis. 1 pg.
20
6
11/26/1968
Letter
Letter from W. Walter Williams to John
Ehrlichman RE: Note from Charlie Willis
and Williams' knowledge of Ilene Slater.
Also, request for contact information for
Harry Flemming, John Dean, Dwight Chapin,
Glen Olds and Murray Chatner. 1 pg.
20
6
11/20/1968
Letter
Letter from Charles F. Willis, Jr. to Walter
Williams RE: Recommendations for Sheila
Tunney, Ilene Slater, Anne Devereux, Lucille
Tutt and Lois Lippman. 1 pg.
20
6
01/06/1969
Memo
Copy of memo from John Ehrlichman to
Secretary Romney RE: Recommendation by
John Goode of Arthur C. Troilo, Jr. 1 pg.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Page 5 of 11
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
20
6
12/12/1968
Memo
Memo from John Ehrlichman to Harry
Flemming RE: Recommendation by Walter
Mears of Arthur Gatenby. 1 pg.
20
6
N.D.
Other Document
Handwritten information about Arthur
Gatenby. 1 pg.
20
6
12/04/1968
Memo
Copy of memo from John Ehrlichman to
Harry Flemming RE: Recommendation by
Craig Truax of Jack Crawford. 1 pg.
20
6
11/25/1968
Other Document
Telephone message form for John
Ehrlichman RE: Message from Mr. Truax
regarding the address of Jack Crawford. 2
pgs.
20
6
12/05/1968
Memo
Copy of memo from John Ehrlichman to
John Mitchell RE: Recommendation by
Frank Shakespeare of Elmer W. Lower. 1 pg.
20
6
N.D.
Other Document
Biographical data for Elmer W. Lower. 5 pgs.
20
6
12/16/1968
Memo
Copy of memo from John Ehrlichman to
Peter Flanagan RE: Suggestion by Harley
Markham of Idaho Governor Robert Smiley
for the Intergovernmental Commission. 1 pg.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Page 6 of 11
Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
20
6
12/17/1968
Letter
Copy of letter from John Ehrlichman to
Gerald P. Nye RE: Referring Nye's letter of
November 26 to Robert H. Finch. 1 pg.
20
6
12/18/1968
Letter
Copy of letter from John Ehrlichman to
Richard D. Mohn RE: Recommendation by
Mohn of William H. Penrose for Maritime
Administrator. 1 pg.
20
6
12/18/1968
Letter
Copy of letter from John Ehrlichman to
Nancy Porter, Personal Secretary to Senator
Edward W. Brooke RE: Receipt of resume of
Herbert E. Tucker, Jr.
20
6
11/20/1968
Memo
Memo from John Ehrlichman to Peter
Flanagan RE: Suggestion by Ray Price of
Larry McQuade. Handwritten note by
Flanagan to Ehrlichman. 1 pg.
20
6
11/20/1968
Memo
Copy of memo from John Ehrlichman to
Peter Flanagan RE: Suggestion by Ray Price
of Larry McQuade. 1 pg.
20
6
11/29/1968
Letter
Copy of letter from James D. Hughes to
Dudley Swim RE: Swim's recommendation
of George W. Anderson, III. 1 pg.
20
6
11/23/1968
Letter
Letter from Dudley Swim to RN RE:
Recommendation of George W. Anderson,
III. 1 pg.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Page 7 of 11
Box Number Folder Number
Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
20
6
12/20/1966
Other Document
Resume of George W. Anderson. 2 pgs.
20
6
12/13/1968
Letter
Letter from Richard H. Slavin to John
Ehrlichman RE: Recommendations for Lud
Kramer, Albert G. Giles, Raymond T. Olsen
and David K. Hartley. 2 pgs.
20
6
12/27/1968
Letter
Copy of letter from Charles E. Stuart to
Congressman John R. Rarick RE:
Recommendation of Wallace U. Rouse. 1 pg.
20
6
12/20/1968
Letter
Letter from Congressman John R. Rarick to
John Ehrlichman RE: Recommendation of
Wallace U. Rouse. 1 pg.
20
6
12/30/1968
Letter
Copy of letter from Charles E. Stuart to
Senator Edward W. Brooke RE:
Recommendation of William Dockser. 1 pg.
20
6
12/30/1968
Letter
Copy of letter from Charles E. Stuart to
Senator Edward W. Brooke RE:
Recommendation of Graham Champey. 1 pg.
20
6
12/30/1968
Letter
Copy of letter from Charles E. Stuart to
Senator Edward W. Brooke RE:
Recommendation and resume of Gustaf
Coontz. 1 pg.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Page 8 of 11
Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
20
6
12/31/1968
Letter
Copy of letter from Charles E. Stuart to
Senator Edward W. Brooke RE:
Recommendation of George W. Snowden. 1
pg.
20
6
N.D.
Other Document
Handwritten note by unknown author
specifying copy of letter to Harry Flemming.
2 pgs.
20
6
11/25/1968
Letter
Copy of letter from Bryce N. Harlow to John
C. Holmes RE: Holmes' generous comments.
Handwritten note to Ehrlichman's attention. 1
pg.
20
6
11/13/1968
Letter
Letter from John C. Holmes to Bryce N.
Harlow RE: Congratulations and comments.
1 pg.
20
6
01/14/1969
Letter
Copy of letter from John Ehrlichman to
Louis B. Nichols RE: Resume of Lt. General
William J. Quinn. 1 pg.
20
6
01/14/1969
Letter
Copy of letter from John Ehrlichman to John
Wendell Anderson II RE: Letter and resume.
1 pg.
20
6
11/19/1968
Memo
Memo from Bryce Harlow to John
Ehrlichman RE: Telephone conversation
with Congressman John Byrnes concerning
Hamer Budge and Bob Meyer. 1 pg.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Page 9 of 11
Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
20
6
11/25/1968
Letter
Letter from Pierson Keating to Peter M.
Flanigan RE: Enclosed interview assessment
form. 1 pg.
20
6
N.D.
Form
Blank "Preliminary Assessement" forms.
Four total, one scanned. 2 pgs.
20
6
11/22/1968
Memo
Memo from John Sears to RN RE:
Reorganization of the National Committee
and the Relationship Between the White
House and National Committee. 22 pgs.
20
6
N.D.
Memo
Memo from Kevin Phillips to H.R.
Haldeman RE: Analysis of the changing
political trends during the final three weeks
of the presidential campaign. 4 pgs.
20
6
N.D.
Memo
Memo from R. G. Kleindienst RE:
Republican National Committee. 5 pgs.
20
6
01/03/1969
Memo
Memo from John Sears to RN RE:
Reorganization of the National Committee. 7
pgs.
20
6
01/03/1969
Memo
Memo from John Sears to RN RE: Paul
Laxalt needing encouragement from RN to
run for the Senate against Senator Cannon.
Also, Senator Williams of Delaware should
be encouraged by Bryce Harlow and RN to
stay on for one more term. 1 pg.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Page 10 of 11
Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
20
6
01/03/1969
Memo
Memo from John Sears to RN RE:
Ambassadorship for Webster Todd and
placement of Nelson Gross in New Jersey. 1
pg.
20
6
01/03/1969
Memo
Memo from John Sears to RN RE: Bill
Brock and Dan Kuykendall and their interest
in Albert Gore's Tennessee Senate seat. 1 pg.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Page 11 of 11
January 16, 1969
The Honorable Robert W. Packwood
United States Senate
Washington, D. C. 20510
Dear Senator Packwood:
Your recommendation for Mr. Robert G. Efteland has
been received by this office.
I am passing your letter along to Peter Flanigan who
is concerning himself with top-level appointees.
Very truly yours,
Charles E. Stuart
Staff Assistant to the Counsel
CES:sw
January 14, 1969
Mr. C. Stanley Blair
Secretary of State
Executive Department
Annapolis, Maryland 21404
Dear Stan:
Thank you for Harry T. Solomon's resume.
I have noted that the Governor is interested in Mr. Solomon's
appointment as Commissioner of Territories in the Virgin Islands, and
I have forwarded it to Peter Flanigan's review committee for atten-
tion.
Yours sincerely,
John D. Ehrlichman
JDE:sw
bcc: Peter Flanigan
To:
Peter Flanigan
Date: January 14, 1969
From:
John D. Ehrlichman
Subject:
John Wendell Anderson II
This is a fellow, in fact the only one of which I am aware,
strongly recommended by Nick Ruwe.
He has had extensive foreign commercial experience and
is ready, willing, and able to help.
You might contact Nick Ruwe if you need additional infor-
mation. He was in Spain.
John D. Ehrlichman
JDE:sw
Attachments
December 24, 1968
Mr. Cammann Newberry
Administrative Assistant to
Senator E. W. Brooke
United States Senate
Washington, D. C. 20510
Dear Mr. Newberry:
Your letter to Mr. Ehrlichman recommending Mr. T. J.
McTiernan for federal employment has been received.
Mr. Ehrlichman has asked me to thank you for your in-
terest and for your suggestion and to assure you that Mr. McTiernan
will get our very best consideration.
With best wishes to you and to Senator Brooke, for whom
I have very great admiration, I am
Very truly yours,
ess
Charles E. Stuart
Staff Assistant to the Counsel
CES:sw
December 20, 1968
Mr. Edward R. Perry
256 South Street
Medfield, Massachusetts 02852
Dear Mr. Perry:
This will acknowledge receipt of your letter of December 5.
We have forwarded your letter to Washington, D. C. for
review by the proper committee.
Thank you for your interest and for writing.
Yours sincerely,
John D. Ehrlichman
Counsel to the President-elect
JDE:sw
December 23, 1968
Mr. James A. Cook
549 Midvale Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024
Dear Jim:
Thank you for your letter of December 18.
Sub-Cabinet officers are being screened by the committee
chaired by Peter M. Flanigan of this office.
Rather than to contact Cabinet members direct, which
would be a chancy project at best, I would suggest that you call
Peter Flanigan and indicate to him any special areas of interest
which you have.
By a copy of this letter I will notify Peter that he will be
hearing from you and will attach your most recent resume.
Best personal regards, and best wishes for the holiday
season.
Yours sincerely,
John D. Ehrlichman
Counsel to the President-elect
bcc: Peter Flanigan
JDE:sw
C
James A. Cook
549 Midvale Avenue
Los Angeles, California
90024
December 18, 1968
Mr. John Ehrlichman
Office of the President-Elect
Richard M. Nixon
Hotel Pierre
Fifth Avenue at 61st Street
New York, New York
Dear John:
Now that the ranking Cabinet officers have been announced, I
wonder if it is feasible and advisable for me to make myself
known to them, directly, for potential consideration at levels
approximating that of Assistant, Deputy, Deputy Assistant, etc?
Since this is a question as much of propriety as of competence
and qualifications, I shall phone you for an opinion first.
In the interim, I understand my general availability is known
to Harry Fleming.
As I mentioned previously, my initial interest centers around
the liaison, coordination, and desision-assisting services of
the Executive Office. However, at the Departmental level my
most obvious qualifications should be of immediate applicability
to State, Defense, or Commerce and allied Agency offices,
including USIA.
The enclosures duplicate those of my previous letter.
That ominous problem of the Middle East is a topic in which
I've had long-term exposure, with appreciation for all its
nuances and innuendoes, and this may further endorse my
immediate usefulness.
Sincerely,
Jim
James A. Cook
213-657-6460
213-GRanite 9-2822
Enclosures
To:
Peter Flanigan
Date: December 23, 1968
From:
John D. Ehrlichman
Subject: Director, Internal Revenue Service
Robert Meyers, a tax attorney in Los Angeles, has been suggested to
me as an 1 deal selection for director of the Internal Revenue Service.
I have not seen Bob in many years, but I think Finch undoubtedly knows
him from recent contact.
As I recall, he presents an excellent image and would be a logical
selection.
John D. Ehrlichman
JDE:sw
cc: Bob Finch
John Mitchell
December 23, 1968
Senator George A. Smathers
United States Senate
Washington, D. C.
Dear Senator Smathers:
Bebe Rebozo has forwarded to me your letter of
December 6 recommending Norma Canova.
I have forwarded the information which you furnished
Bebe to our review committee in Washington, D. C., where, I
am sure, it will receive immediate attention.
Thank you for your interest in referring Miss Canova
to us.
Yours sincerely,
John D. Ehrlichman
Counsel to the President-elect
JDE:sw
bcc: C. G. Rebozo
January 7, 1969
Senator Robert P. Griffin
United States Senate
Washington, D. C. 20510
Dear Senator Griffin:
Thank you for your letter of December 30 advising of
Lieutenant Governor Crutcher's interest in being appointed Assis-
tant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs.
I have referred your letter to Congressman Laird, our
Secretary of Defense-designate for attention.
Thank you for your continuing interest in our recruiting
efforts.
Yours sincerely,
John D. Ehrlichman
Counsel to the President-elect
JDE:sw
bee: Bryce Harlow
Congressman M. Laird
Peter Flanigan
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ROBERT P. GRIFFIN
MICHIGAN
answer
United States Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
December 30, 1968
Mr. John Ehrlichman
Office of the President-Elect
Hotel Pierre
5th Avenue and 61st Street
New York, New York
Dear Mr. Ehrlichman:
It has come to my attention that Lieutenant Governor
John Crutcher of Kansas is interested in being appointed
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve
Affairs.
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Although I am not personally acquainted with John
Crutcher, I know that he is doing a fine job in Kansas
and is a most enthusiastic member of the Naval Reserve.
With best wishes and my kind regards, I am
Sincerely,
Robert P. Goiffin
U.S. Senator
RPG:hm
To:
Bryce Harlow
Date: January 7, 1969
From:
John D. Ehrlichman
Subject: Orren Beaty
Here is a resume of Orren Beaty. Is this recommendation
for re-appointment yours?
It occurs to me that this is the area in which we have all of
the unrest by Mexican-Americans seeking land reform.
Would we be better advised to appoint a qualified Mexican-
American to this position unde: the circumstances? It would tend to
receive maximum notoriety in areas where we have high density of
Mexican-American population.
I would be interested in your feelings on this.
John D. Ehrlichman
JDE:sw
January 7, 1969
Mr. Joseph A. Shepard
Black Enterprises Today, Inc.
5707 McPherson
St. Louis, Missouri 63112
Dear Mr. Shepard:
I have read your letter of December 17 with great interest.
On the subject of your Navy service, I am not at all sure what
might be done after the new administration goes into office on January
twentieth, but I am sure that until that time, there is absolutely nothing
we can do to be of assistance to you. I will not say anything to encourage
your hope that we might delay your induction, since I simply do not know
what we might or might not do.
Your black capitalism projects are founded on interesting premises
which I would like our people to know about. I am handing your letter to
Mr. Bob Brown, special assistant to the President-elect, who has wide fa-
miliarity with this subject. I am asking him to give particular attention
to your request for assistance in meeting your administrative costs.
Prior to the twentieth you can address Mr. Brown here. After that
date, he can be reached at the White House. I encourage you to establish
further contact with him on this subject.
In the matter of your military status, I can only suggest that you
write to the Secretary of Defense-designate, Congressman Melvin Laird,
at his Congressional offices, and explain the situation to him. I have no
idea whether he can or will be of assistance to you, but it would seem to
be the logical place to start.
Congratulations on the efforts that you have been making. There
is no question but that they are constructive and, apparently, fruitful.
Yours sincerely,
John D. Ehrlichman
Counsel to the President-elect
JDE:sw
cc:
John K. Andrews
30 Roclare Lane
St. Louis, Missoumi 63112
Bob Brown
JOHN K. ANDREWS
#30 Roclare Lane
St. Louis, Missouri 63131
December 18,1968
Dear John:
This is simply a note from me by way of
introduction of Joe Shepard in whose behalf I
am forwarding the enclosed letter. Just what
labyrinth of mail this will have to go through
to reach you, I don't know, but the best address
I have for you is still the old one in Bellevue.
The U.S. Mail will triumph, I'm sure.
Joe graduated from Principia College last
June with our Jim, so I know Joe reasonably well.
He played first string varsity football, so he is
a very manly kind of a fellow. Following graduation,
he and another classmate and one other gentleman
here in St. Louis undertook a noble and ambitious
project to help Negroes here in St. Louis. As
admirable as the project seemed, no one looked for
Joe to stick at it very long. Joe's college friend
has gone into the six month Army Reserve program,
but Joe and the other man have stuck hard at their
project. Joe has been accepted into a February
Naval OCS class, and until just recently he was
genuinely looking forward to the service eqperience.
However, as his BET project has gained a bit of
momentum, Joe has come to feel that he would
almost be deserting the Negro cause if he were
to leave for the service. At this point, he feels
quite a sense of desparation in seeking the right
answer. That, however, is not at all his reason
for wanting to get his message to you. He very
sincerely feels that he has something worthwhile
for the Nixon Administration to consider, While
I cannot vouch at all for Joe's program, I can
give a hearty endorsement to his motive, his
sincerity, and his commitment to a very timely
issue.
I know the demands on your time are multi-
tudinous, but perhaps you can at least channel
Joe's letter in the right direction.
John Best regards,
January 7, 1969
Mr. Clarke Reed
State Chairman
Mississippi Republican Party
Post Office Box 1178
Jackson, Mississippi
Dear Clarke:
Thank you for your letter of December 30 concerning
Joe Moss and Stan Rademaker.
I have referred your recommendation to Secreatry-designate
Hardin and Peter Flanigan for their particular consideration.
Best personal regards.
Yours sincerely,
John D. Ehrlichman
Counsel to the President-elect
JDE :sw
bcc: Secretary-designate Hardin
Peter Flanigan
MISSISSIPPI REPUBLICAN PARTY
P. O. BOX 1178
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
948-5191
XC: Secretary Hardin
December 30, 1968
Pater Flanigan
Mr. John Ehrlichman
Office of the President Elect
450 Park Avenue
New York, New York
Dear John:
With this letter we strongly recommend the reappointment of
Joe Moss as Director of the Cotton Policy Staff, ASCA, USDA and
the reappointment of Stan Rademaker as Director of the Cotton
Division, Agricultural Marketing Service. It is our understand-
ing that these are technical positions requiring a specialist and
they relate specifically and solely to cotton.
We make these recommendations at the request of a number of
leading Mississippi Republicans who are cotton farmers and directly
involved with these offices at the USDA. The supporters of this
recommendation include Richard Shaw of Sidon, Mississippi who was
the State Nixon for President campaign chairman and J. T. Thomas
of Cruger, Mississippi who was the State Farmers for Nixon chair-
man as well as a number of RN Associates from the cotton farming
area of Mississippi. In addition these appointments are supported
by the Delta Council, a regional Chamber of Commerce and develop-
ment association in cotton farming area of the state.
In summary, our leading Republican cotton farmers in the state
are pleased with the performance of Moss and Rademaker in their
present positions and urge their reappointment. Therefore we
strongly support and recommend these men.
Sincerely,
Clarke
Clarke Reed,
State Chairman
CR/sa
CC: Harry Flemming
Richard Shaw
Tol Thomas
B.F. Smith
Fighting for Mississippi and America!
January 4, 1969
Mr. James M. Reynolds, President
Reynolds Printasign Company
9830 San Fernando Road
Pacoima, California 91331
Dear Jim:
Thank you for your letter and the resume of Charles H. Sword,
which we are glad to have.
I notice that he was at Stanford Law School when I was, but he
was a couple of years ahead of me and I'm afraid I don't remem-
ber him.
In any event, a fellow who is your wife's cousin, a graduate of
Whittier High School, and a Standord lawyer could be said to
have quite a bit going for him at this point. I'll see to it
that his resume gets in the right hands.
I look forward to seeing you at the inauguration. Happy New
Year.
Yours sincerely,
John D. Ehrlichman
Counsel to the President-elect
JDE/hg
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BECOM wbcc FLAN reply
REYNOLDS PRINTASIGN CO.
9830 SAN FERNANDO ROAD PACOIMA CALIFORNIA 91331 PHONE 899-5281
January 2, 1968
Mr. John Ehrlichman
Office of the President-Elect
450 Park Avenue
New York, New York
Dear John:
I am enclosing a copy of a resume, the original of which was
sent to Washington, D. C. in response to a questionnaire for
recommendations sent to Mr. John B. Lawson, Vice President
of Philco-Ford, Newport Beach, California.
I want to send along this copy with highest personal endorsement
of Charles. The fact that he is a cousin of my wife, Zelta, only
adds to my unconditional enthusiasm for as the saying goes, "You
can pick your friends, but you can't pick your relatives!'
Charles is bright, conscientious, and dedicated. I envy his calm
and well reasoned drive, his honesty and quiet directness.
If any of the positions for which Charles is applying, or any re-
lated areas should be available, the Nixon Administration will have
at its disposal a man who will make an outstanding public servant
who will be a credit to his country and the Nixon Administration.
Wishing you and your family a healthy and exciting New Year. I
shall look for you at the Inaugural.
Sincerely,
James M. Reynolds,
President
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Enclosure
PRINTASIGN THE AUTOMATIC DISPLAY TYPE WRITER
IN OUR SECOND QUARTER CENTURY
January 8, 1969
The Honorable Louis B. Nunn
Governor of Kentucky
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
Dear Governor Nunn:
Thank you for your letter recommending Mr. James Rash, Jr.,
for appointment as Deputy Assistant Postmaster General in the Post
Office Department in Washington.
I have taken the liberty of forwarding Mr. Rash's resume to
Red Blount, our Postmaster General-designate for his review and
consideration.
It is obvious that Mr. Rash has an excellent background, and
he will certainly be given every consideration, particularly in light of
your fine recommendation.
With kindest personal regards, I remain
Yours sincerely,
John D. Ehrlichman
Counsel to the President-elect
JDE:EM:sw
bcc: Secretary-designate Blount
January 6, 1969
Mr. Angel F. Rivera
Special Assistant to the Governor
22 West 55th Street
New York, New York 10019
Dear Mr. Rivera:
Thank you very much for sending us the resume of Mr. Luis
Diaz Carlo.
His resume is certainly most impressive, and I have placed
it in the hands of the individuals responsible for recruitment here in
the New York office, in order that it receive early attention.
Many thanks for your continuing interest.
Yours sincerely,
John D. Ehrlichman
Counsel to the President-elect
JDE:sw
January 6, 1969
John Goode, Esquire
Sawtelle, Goode, Troilo, Davidson & Leighton
1002 San Antonio Savings Building
San Antonio, Texas 78205
Dear John:
It is certainly great to hear from you. I was in San Antonio a
while back and hoped to have some time off to look you up, but somehow
or another, it did not quite work out.
I am well aware of your Congressional efforts and followed them
with interest. From all reports you ran an excellent race.
I especially want to thank you for the resume of your partner,
Arthur Troilo. As you may know, we have a special interest in further-
ing the involvement of people from your part of the country and particu-
larly those of Mexican-American descent. Mr. Troilo seems to fill the
bill in excellent fashion, and I am going to place his resume in the hands
of Secretary Romney and Peter Flanigan immediately.
If you ever find yourself in Washington, I hope you will take the
time to give me a call; I would like to renew old acquaintances. Happy
New Year.
Yours sincerely,
John D. Ehrlichman
Counsel to the President-elect
JDE:sw
To:
Dr. H. Kissinger
Date: January 2, 1969
From:
Charles E. Stuart
Attached is the resume of Thomas Muerer. Tom is the advance
man John Ehrlichman discussed with you on Sunday, December 15.
Charles E. Stuart
CES/hg
Att.
To:
Chuck Stuart
Date: December 16, 1968
From:
John D. Ehrlichman
Subject: Thomas Muir MUERER
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Will you please get a complete resume of Thomas Muir.
We may have one on file from the advance man days. If we do, send
it to Dr. Kissinger's office immediately to his personal attention with
a note saying this is the young man that he and I discussed on the tele-
phone on Sunday, the fifteenth. If we do not have a resume for him,
then please call Tom and get one airmailed SO that Dr. Kissinger can
see it, because he has to begin making some personnel selections
within the week.
John D. Ehrlichman
JDE:sw
To:
Chuck Stuart
Date: December 16, 1968
From:
John D. Ehrlichman
Subject: Thomas Muir
Will you please get a complete resume of Thomas Muir.
We may have one on file from the advance man days. If we do, send
it to Dr. Kissinger's office immediately to his personal attention with
a note saying this is the young man that he and I discussed on the tele-
phone on Sunday, the fifteenth. If we do not have a resume for him,
then please call Tom and get one airmailed so that Dr. Kissinger can
see it, because he has to begin making some personnel selections
within the week.
John D. Ehrlichman
JDE :sw
January 2, 1969
The Honorable Edward W. Brooke
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Brooke:
Your recommendation for Miss Ruth E. Bacon as Ambassador to
New Zealand has been received and passed along to Peter Flanigan.
You are a veritable employment service!
With thanks for your continued interest in our staffing problems,
I am
Very truly yours,
Charles E. Stuart
Staff Assistant to the Counsel
CES/hg
To:
C. Knudsen
Date: January 2, 1969
From:
Charles E. Stuart
Re:
Attached Recommendations
My father has passed the attached along to me with his endorse-
ment as indicated.
Al Landesco's name is familiar to me. I believe we may have a
recommendation on him from another source. I think Dad is very
high on him.
Father called me yesterday to say that he had heard a rumor that
Charles Kerfow would be appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy
for Installation and Logistics. Kerfow is presently Chief Clerk
of the Senate Armed Services Committee under Senator Russell.
Father became aware of this rumor when several members of in-
dustry called to say they had heard the rumor and were alarmed.
Kerfow, industry feels, is not at all the man for this job. He
is not in any way qualified for this highly technical position.
All defense suppliers are vitally concerned with the appointees
in the area of procurement. They view these positions as ones
which require particularly high degrees of competence and a
great deal of specialized knowledge.
We should give these procurement jobs our best thinking.
Charles E. STuart
CES/hg
MEMORANDUM
December 4, 1968
TO:
Harry Fleming
FROM: Ken Cole
Attached is a memo from Tom Evans and related correspondence recom-
mending Mr. Jamie Humes for a position in the administration.
Based on our current projections of needs for the White House staff,
it does not appear that we will be able to utilize Mr. Humes. How-
ever, he should receive strong consideration for a sub-cabinet
position in the government.
KC:eo
Atts.
cc: John Ehrlichman
Pat Buchanan
Tom Evans
To:
John Mitchell
Date: December 16, 1968
From:
John D. Ehrlichman
Subject: Peter Fay
I have a radical suggestion for Solicitor.
You may remember Peter Fay, who is Bill Frates' partner
in Miami. He is the young Democratic Nixon-Agnew Chairman in
Miami who did such a good job for us.
His image is unbeatable. Aside from being a Nixon Demo-
crat, he is young, handeome, has a beautiful blond wife, and three
young children. He is a pre-eminent trial lawyer with a great depth
of experience. He and Bill are the seniors in a firm of about twenty
lawyers.
I do not know if you could get him, but if you could, I think
it might be a real stroke.
John D. Ehrlichman
JDE:sw
To:
John Mitchell
Date: December 16, 1968
From:
John D. Ehrlichman
Subject:
Raymond C. Cleavanger
Bob Semple of THE NEW YORK TIMES highly recommends
a young attorney named Raymond C. Cleavanger for a position in
Justice.
His resume either has been sent to us or is being sent to
us under separate cover.
John D. Ehrlichman
JDE:sw
To:
Harry Flemming
Date: December 14, 1968
From:
John D. Ehrlichman
Subject:
Louis J. Wright
A friend of mine has recommended Louis J. Wright, 631
East Sixth Street, Hinsdale, Illinois (312-323-6586), who is general
manager of the Chicago office of New York Life Insurance Company.
Apparently he has a resume on file which he sent to Bob
Haldeman.
The recommendation which I have received is of the
strongest and highest character. Mr. Wright is interested in urban
redevelopment and is undoubtedly a prospect for a responsible posi-
tion in H. U. D.
Would you please correlate this recommendation with the
material you already have on file and give it careful consideration?
John D. Ehrlichman
JDE:sw
December 11, 1968
Mr. W. Walter Williams
701 Second Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98104
Dear Walter:
You can reach Harry Feemming at the following address:
G. S. A.Building #7
Office of the President-elect
Washington, D. C.
So far as I know, John Dean, Dwight Chapin, and Glen Olds
can be addressed at:
450 Park Avenue
New York, New York.
I think Murry Chatner has gone back to his office in New-
port Beach, California, but I am not certain.
Thank you for the referrals from Charlie Willis.
I am sending you some additional questionnaire forms.
When you have a communication from someone like this, it would
help us a great deal if you would have them fill out these questionnaire
forms in order that we have the address and other particulars on the
people whom they are recommending. It is good to hear from you,
Walter.
Yours sincerely,
John D. Ehrlichman
Counsel to the President-elect
JDE:sw
CONTINENTAL,INC.
701 SECOND AVENUE
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98104
PHONE MAIN 3050
W. WALTER WILLIAMS
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
November 26, 1968
PERSONAL
Mr. John Ehrlichman
Nixon Headquarters
Pierre Hotel
New York, New York
Dear John:
Charlie Willis sent this little note to me recently.
I did not have sufficient contact with four of these
five to have any solid information as to their capac-
ity. The fifth one, however, Ilene Slater, served as
my secretary when I was Chairman of the Citizens for
Eisenhower organization. She was a whiz. She sub-
sequently became Sherman Adams' secretary in the White
House. More recently, she has passed the New York Bar
exam, which gives you an idea of her qualifications.
Ilene became some kind of a secretary for Governor
Rockefeller. In a word, as to ability, Ilene is tops;
as to her Rockefeller political affiliation, I would
not know whether this would be a factor one way of the
other.
I shall try to give you objective information on any
names which come to my attention.
Sincerely yours,
Waren
W. Walter Williams
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November 20, 1968
President
and General Manager
Mr. Walter Williams
Chairman of the Board
Continental, Inc.
701 Second Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98104
Dear Walter:
On the chance that the President-elect
would be interested in having some experienced staff
people at the White House with him, you might care
to recommend the following people who, I believe,
would be very interested in going back into the
executive secretary spot at the White House.
Sheila Tunney
Ilene Slater
Anne Devereux
Lucille Tutt
Lois Lippman
Sincerely,
Uladie
To:
Secretary Romney
Date: January 6, 1969
From: John D. Ehrlichman
Re:
Arthur C. Troilo, Jr.
Enclosed is a letter from John Goode, former Republican Chair-
man in San Antonio, Texas, recommending consideration of Arthur C.
Troilo, Jr., who is one of his law partners, of Mexican-American de-
scent, age 37, and extremely well-experienced in problems of urban re-
newal, municipal codes and ordinances, city planning and zoning, and
allied fields. He apparently has had considerable active experience in
low-income housing development.
He would seem to be an excellent prospect.
John D. Ehrlichman
JDE:sw
cc: Peter Flanigan
To:
Harry Flemming
Date: December 12, 1968
From:
John D. Ehrlichman
Subject: Arthur Gatenby
Walter Mears of the A. P. recommends consideration for:
Arthur Gatenby, Chichester Lane, Fairfax, Virginia.
He is age 33, in the Washington office of Booz, Allen,
Hamilton, Management Consultants, married with 2 children, a
graduate of Renssellaer Polytechnic Institute, and the holder of a
Masters degree in Business Administration.
He is interested in coming into this Administration and, as
a curtesy to Walter Mears if nothing else, we should take a look at
this gentlemen.
John D. Ehrlichman
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To:
Harry Flemming
Date: December 4, 1968
From:
John D. Ehrlichman
Subject: Call from Craig Truax
Craig Truax called to recommend Jack Crawford, who works
for Lockheed Aviation in Burbank, California.
He is a Negro in his early 30's, 6'2", and 260 pounds who is
a graduate attorney. He works in labor relations in Lockheed's Personnel
Department, and Craig feels that he is an individual of the highest quality.
He has some personal past contact with the Nixon family. He worked in
the campaign for Craig Traax, meeting with key Negro independents in
urban areas.
Truax feels that he could be extremely effective if he could be
persuaded to come with us. His address is:
904 Manzanita Avenue
Pasadena, California.
His telephone number is: (213) 681-8139.
John D. Ehrlichman
JDE:sw
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John Mitchell
Date: December 5, 1968
From:
John D. Ehrlichman
Subject: Elmer W. Lower
Frank Shakespeare strongly recommends Elmer Lower for
director of USIA or, at the least, of VOA.
Enclosed is his resume.
As you will see, Mr. Lower is President of ABC news.
John D. Ehrlichman
JDE:sw
cc: Peter Flanigan
Enclosure
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BIOGRAPHICAL DATA -- ELMER W. LOWER
Personal History
Born March 7, 1913, in Kansas City, Missouri. Educated in
public schools there. Awarded Bachelor of Journalism degree by
School of Journalism, University of Missouri, in June, 1933.
Spent one summer session (1940) doing graduate work in economics
at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Attended Columbia
University full-time during 1958-59 academic year (Graduate
Faculties of Public Law and Government); attended Georgetown
University Graduate School at night, three semesters, 1959-60-61,
completing course requirements for M.A. Languages: French
(fluent) German (rudimentary).
Married June 9, 1938, to Gilberta Stengel. Two children: Louis
Gordon Lower, born July 3, 1945, presently in his second year at
the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, and John
Wilson Lower, born June 22, 1948, presently a junior in the School
of Speech at Northwestern University. Religion: Protestant.
Politics: Independent.
Professional Experience
(A 36-year career in newspaper, press association, magazine, propaganda,
and radio and television work has carried me from a middlewestern
county courthouse aroung the world and back again, with heavy experience
in county, state, national and international politics, and in
reporting major news events of more than three decades of violent world
history. This experience is listed chronologically for better
perspective.)
Depression-Era Reporter (1933)
College boys were working for dimes when I finished Missouri's
famed "J School" in 1933. I was lucky enough to catch a job as
courthouse reporter for the Louisville, Kentucky, Herald-Post, (now
defunct) at $10 per week. I covered the local change of power from
Republicans to Democrats in Jefferson County, with all its graft
exposure. Learned the practical rudiments of journalism under tough
competition from the Bingham papers, the Louisville Times and
Courier-Journal. Moved on to the Flint, Michigan, Journal.
Legislative Correspondent (1935)
As United Press Bureau Manager in Jefferson City, Missouri, I
Avered the 1935 session of the State Legislature, reporting how
che lobbyists wrote the new liquor and insurance bills, how Box
Tom Pendergast dipped into an insurance slush fund which finally
sent him to Leavenworth.
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Young Executive (1936)
UP named me, at 23, Manager of its Cleveland, Ohio, bureau,
handling relations with its biggest paying client, the Cleveland
Press. This was a record news year in Cleveland -- Republican,
Townsend, Socialist, Coughlin and American Legion conventions, first
sit-down strikes in the world at Akron rubber plants, Ohio Valley
floods, capture of public enemy number one in Toledo.
Washington Correspondent (1937)
I arrived in Washington just as the Roosevelt program was meeting
its first Supreme Court tests -- the NRA "sick chicken" case,
social security, gold devaluation. I stood in a cold January rain
to report FDR's second Inauguration; followed his long fight to
pack the Court. My job here was Overnight News Editor, preparing
the early day news report which is the basis of a press association's
daily Washington coverage.
Picture Journalism (1938)
With LIFE's sensational debut, picture journalism was the beckoning
field of opportunity in 1937 as other publishers moved in to tap
the vein. NEA Service (Acme Newspictures) signed me up to write
its new rotogravure service. This included a wide variety of
picture and feature chores, sent me to Europe in the fall of 1938
during the Munich "peace in our time" crisis.
Wirephoto Editor (1939)
As Associated Press extended its "world's fastest" Wirephoto
network, I joined its Chicago bureau as Assignment Editor, worked
on the Democratic Convention that nominated FDR for a third term
and Henry Wallace as his Veep. Organized picture coverage of the
hot campaign that followed (notable photo -- the "rotten-egging" of
Republican candidate Willkie in Milwaukee). While working nights
during 1940 summer, studied economics at Northwestern University
during day. AP moved me to New York Desk as Photo Assignment
Editor as Nazis over-ran Europe and as their submarines harassed
U.S. East Coast.
Wartime Propaganda (1942-45)
I signed up as one of the early birds (March, 1942) of Gen. "Wild
Bill" Donovan's propaganda organization (COI), stayed with it
when Elmer Davis took it over as OWI. Worked in Cairo to convince
the Arabs not to "rock the ship" as Rommel drove through to El
Alamein; followed the Mediterranean war to North Africa with Allied
Forces Headquarters, on to Naples as the slow campaign started up
the Italian peninsula. Moved to London as Supreme Headquarters,
Allied Expeditionary Force, organized a Psychological Warfare Division.
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My job in all these hot spots was assuring maximum use of photographs
in the psychological warfare campaign. This included setting up
a radiophoto network transmitting photos to 12 European and African
capitals outside the Nazi orbit. We had Normandy invasion photos
in all of these places within 12 hours after H-hour.
Foreign Correspondent for LIFE Magazine (1945-51)
LIFE recruited me in October, 1944, to set up its first bureau on
the continent after the liberation of Paris. I operated this bureau
for three and a half years, engineering such notable exclusives as
the only picture story ever done on the French Communist Party.
After 18 months as LIFE's West Coast Editor in Los Angeles, I
returned to the foreign field, this time as a roving man in the
Orient. Notable stories: Cremation of the young King of Siam, marriage
and coronation of his brother; British Commonwealth Foreign Ministers
conference in Ceylon; jungle warfare in Burma and Malaya; a light
story on Malaya's "Beach of Passionate Love"; LIFE cover story on
Teg Leg" Admiral Hoskins in Korea; TIME cover story on Tenth Corps'
Ceneral Almond in Korea. During the first four months of the Korean
Mr, I was the TIME-LIFE anchor man in Tokyo with over-all coverage
responsibility for Japan and Korea.
Biggest U.S. Propaganda Machine (1951-53)
In September, 1951, I turned to fighting the cold war from the front
in Germany. Once again back in Propaganda, I was Chief of the
Information Division in the Office of the U.S. High Commissioner
for Germany. This division, operating on an annual budget of more
than 42,000,000 German marks (equivalent of $10,000,000), included
a 300-kw radio station which penetrated the Iron Curtain from Berlin
24 hours a day; daily newspapers (Die Neue Zeitung) published in
Western Germany and Berlin (combined circulation, 200,000 daily);
a monthly magazine (Der Monat) of political and cultural high level
opinion; a film production and exhibition program which reached
5,000,000 Germans a month; 50 special pamphlets a year; a news-feature-
photo service that reached 700 German newspapers and magazines.
Division personnel totalled 50 Americans and 1,650 Germans. It was
the biggest propaganda effort the U.S. -- or any nation except
Russia -- had ever made in any single country. My job there was one
of editorial management.
The Television Age (1953-1965)
CBS - Washington (1953)
When the "golden spike" made Television a Coast-to-Coast operation,
CBS News recruited me to head its Washington bureau. This period
saw the first film cameras admitted to a President's news conference
(Eisenhower, 1953). The televised McCarthy hearings unhorsed anot are
American demagogue. Television was a virtual eyewitness as a trio
of Puerto Rican nationalists shot up the U.S. House of Representatives.
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CBS - New York (1954-59)
Elections and Conventions beckoned. CBS promoted me to New York as
Director of Special Projects. In November, 1954, UNIVAC, a house-
hold word, told Americans how they had voted far ahead of the actual
count. In 1956 the ubiquitous eye penetrated the far reaches of
smoke-filled halls as Adlai Stevenson was nominated for a second
time in Chicago. It recorded the fecble efforts of Harold Stassen
to dump Richard Nixon from the sure-fire Eisenhower ticket. In
1958 we recorded the Democratic resurgence that left Ike with a
weak Republican House and Senate. My part in all of this was one
of organizing a task force of 500 persons to stage mammoth, tour-
de-force operations at a cost of $7,500,000 for a typical Presidential
Election year.
Time-Out for Graduate Study (1958-59)
My concentration on government in these activities inspired me to
apply for a grant from the Fund for Adult Education (Ford Foundation).
I won a Fellowship and spent the 1958-59 academic year in the Columbia
University Graduate Faculties of Public Law and Government. I
devoted my studies to American history and government. During this
year I was invited to be a "Distinguished Lecturer" for a week as
the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri observed its
Golden Anniversary. Later that year the University awarded me its
medal for "Distinguished Service to Journalism.'
The Kennedy Era (1960-63)
In 1959 NBC enticed me away from CBS to head its Washington bureau.
It was a busy year. I accompanied President Eisenhower to Europe,
end spearheaded the coverage of Chairman Khrushchev's visit to
the United States. Then came the Presidential campaign. I was the
whip-cracker for NBC's prize-winning coverage of the Los Angeles
and Chicago Conventions, the "Great Debates, 11 and the unprecedented
speed and analysis of the Election Night tabulations. I supervised
the Inauguration coverage and five days later the first Presidential
NS
conference ever televised live.
Back to New York (1961)
As NBC expanded, the News Department needed an executive who had a
head for both administration and news coverage. I returned to New
York as Director of News and Public Affairs\ One big story piled on
top of another. We introduced numerous innovations in Election
coverage. As man was catapulted into space in the Mercury-Atlas
series, we covered four and a half hours of flight, later around the
clock. The budget exceeded $30,000,000 for the News Department.
The roster increased from 300 to 600. NBC News stole the No. 1
position in broadcast news from CBS, which had held it since 1938.
I was promoted to the job of "Vice President and General Manager"
of NBC News.
-5-
Joining the Underdog (1963 to present)
In the summer of 1963, ABC decided to make its move. With the
Presidential Elections a year away, the "third network" sought a
News executive who could launch a competitive operation to front-
running NBC and CBS. The top management recruited me to become
President of ABC News.
Twenty-four hours after my arrival We were covering a Pennsylvania
mine rescue operation live, and two days later we presented continuous
Radio and Television coverage of the civil rights "March on Washington."
While I was engaged in doubling the staff, tragedy struck. An
Assassin's bullet eliminated a great American President. I directed
the uninterrupted four-day coverage that followed.
With Lyndon B. Johnson in the White House, an Election campaign was
just around the corner. For the first time ABC was a competitive
force, from the New Hampshire Primary on March 10, 1964, to the
final Election on November 3, 1964.
Five years with ABC News have seen vast changes -- in the world as
well as in our own news organization. Television has been an
eyewitness to assassinations, street riots, space shots and wars,
one cataclysmic event tumbling on top of the other. The ABC News
staff has grown from 250 to 560 full-time employees plus an additional
250 part-timers around the world. Our annual budget has increased
from $13,000,000 to $33,000,000.
During this period ABC News presented the most outstanding television
program of the past ten years -- "AFRICA." Filling an entire
evening of the schedule, four hours, "Africa" took 15 months and
$2,000,000 to produce. It was a box-office smash. One out of
every two television viewers saw it.
Another innovation was the recent 90-minute coverage of the 1968
Republican and Democratic nominating conventions. Breaking away
from the boring gavel-to-gavel coverage in effect since 1952, ABC
News presented an hour and a half each night, summarizing events for
busy viewers who lacked the time or interest to watch 6 to 12 hours
each day. The results of this were: (1) ABC doubled its audience in
comparison with 1964; and (2) the entire audience of the three
networks was increased 20 per cent over 1964.
As President of ABC News, I speak, write and travel widely. The
travel -- more than 100,000 miles each year -- has included two
world tours, both with visits to our 28-man news task force in
Vietnam.
In recognition of the growth of ABC News and of my contribution
to broadcast journalism during the past 16 years, the International
Radio and Television Society recently (March, 1968) awarded me its
1968 Gold Medal.
To:
Peter Flanagan
Date: December 16, 1968
From:
John D. Ehrlichman
Harley Markham suggests that Governor Robert Smiley, of
Idaho, is interested in being chairman of the Intergovernmental Com-
mission of which he is now a member.
John D. Ehrlichman
JDE/hg
December 17, 1968
The Honorable Gerald P. Nye
Hurley, Clark & Associates, Inc.
1108 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
Dear Senator Nye:
I have referred your interesting letter of November 26
to Robert H. Finch who will be Secretary of Health, Education and
Welfare in the new Cabinet. Secretary Finch will undoubtedly be
in touch with you concerning its contents.
Yours sincerely,
John D. Ehrlichman
Counsel to the President-elect
JDE/hg
December 18, 1968
Mr. Richard D. Mohn
Assistant General Manager
Port of Seattle
Post Office Box 1209
Seattle, Washington
Dear Dick:
Thank you for your letter and the resume of William H.
Penrose whom you suggest for Maritime Administrator, U. S.
Maritime Administration.
I am happy to have this suggestion and the endorsements
of your associates.
I have passed along your letter and the resume to the
proper review committee for attention.
We have also heard from several other parties about
Mr. Penrose and are happy to have this specific information.
Yours sincerely,
John D. Ehrlichman
Counsel to the President-elect
JDE:sw
December 18, 1968
Miss Nancy Porter
Personal Secretary to
Senator Edward W. Brooke
United States Senate
Washington, D. C. 20510
Dear Miss Porter:
I have for acknowledgment the resume of Herbert E.
Tucker, Jr., which is quite impressive.
I have forwarded it to the review committee for im-
mediate attention.
Thank you for your courtesy in letting us have it.
Yours sincerely,
John D. Ehrlichman
Counsel to the President-elect
JDE:sw
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Peter Flanagan
FROM:
John Ehrlichman
DATE:
November 20, 1968
John to Doggart what? Get him
Ray Price suggests Larry McQuade now Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Domestic and International business. He was
assistant to Paul Nitchze in DOD.
He has mentioned leaving government but may be induced to
stay.
JE/sg
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MEMORANDUM
TO:
Peter Flanagan
FROM:
John Ehrlichman
DATE:
November 20, 1968
Ray Price suggests Larry McQuade now Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Domestic and International business. He was
assistant to Paul Nitchze in DOD.
He has mentioned leaving government but may be induced to
stay.
JE/sg
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John EhrlichmAN
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November 29, 1968
Mr. Dudley Swim
Box 1590
Monterey, California 93940
Dear Mr. Swim:
On behalf of the President-Elect, I want
to thank you for your letter of November 23, 1968
recommending Mr. George W. Anderson, III for selec-
tion as a Presidential Aide.
Mr. Anderson's background and professional
qualifications certainly appear to equip him admirably
for these duties. However, the White House Aides are
drawn from the active ranks of the military services
and, therefore, Mr. Anderson is not eligible for
consideration. I have given your letter and the
resume to the appropriate staff agency in the event
his experience is needed elsewhere in the Government.
It was most thoughtful of you to make this
recommendation and you may be sure that your interest
is deeply appreciated.
With every good wish,
Sincerely,
James D. Hughes
Colonel USAF
Armed Forces Aide to the
President-Elect
DUDLEY SWIM
DRUID HILLS RANCH
CARMEL CALIFORNIA
23 November 1968
Dear Dick:
George W. Anderson, III
You may want to restore a little color and splendor to the White
House through some outstanding personalities as military aides.
For a naval aide, or other key appointment calling for a younger man
with outstanding talent, character, and personality, you might want to
consider George W. Anderson, III. He stands 6'2", weight 192 lbs.
The young Anderson is an Annapolis graduate, holds a commission
in the Navy (has just been on active duty in the Vietnam area), and in
addition, is a graduate of the Harvard School of Business.
He can be reached through his father, the former Chief of Naval
Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, 1629 K Street, N.W., Washington,
D.C., telephone (202) - 296-4558.
Attached is a copy of his biography. I should mention that I am very
closely acquainted with the father, Admiral George Anderson, Jr., who is
a star of stars, but I only know the son by reputation. Neither the father
nor the son has requested, nor does either know, that I make this suggestion.
Best always,
President-Elect Richard M. Nixon
810 - 5th Avenue
New York, New York 10021
Weiden
Attention: Miss Rose Mary Woods
DS:ar
Enclosure
MAIL ADDRESS BOX 1590 MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA 93940 TELEPHONE 408-624-6600
resume
George W. Anderson
124 Pilgrim Road
Married, three children
Wellesley, Mass. 02181
6 ft. 2 in. 192 lbs.
Phone: (617) 235-8525
Excellent Health
job
Program Manager or comparable position which affords the opportunity to
objective
utilize personal initiative, organizational capability and technical adaptability.
education
Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
Candidate for MBA degree in June 1967. Primary academic emphasis in
Control and courses related to program management. Additional courses
1965-1967
included "Transportation Management". Twice elected to Executive Board
of student governing body. Member of Finance and New Enterprise Clubs.
Research report is on the economics of centralized or decentralized main-
tenance for Boeing 747 airplanes. Educational expenses completely fi-
nanced through concurrent employment in professional position.
business
Raytheon Company (Missile Systems Division)
Bedford, Mass.
experience
Project Engineer reporting to Engineering Manager of Air to Air Missile
Systems. Full time during interim period between resignation from the Navy
and commencement of graduate studies plus half time during academic year.
1965 to
Position required planning, budgeting and coordination of diverse engineering
present
efforts directed toward successful completion of defense contracts. Con-
ducted and assisted in military operations research studies for determining
systems requirements and evaluation of alternative systems. Aided in mar-
ket analysis and development of marketing strategy for air to air missile
systems. Represented the company in discussions with government officials
and in negotiations with aerospace contractors. Familiar with program
management techniques such as CPM and PERT.
military
Entered active duty in the Navy as an Ensign after graduation from the U.S.
service
Naval Academy in 1957. Immediately entered flight training. Served four
years in the Pacific area as an attack pilot in jet squadron aboard aircraft
carriers. Selected for U.S. Navy Test Pilot School in 1962 and served as
experimental test pilot until voluntary transfer to Inactive Reserve as a
lieutenant in 1965. All obligated service completed.
1962-1965
Three years experience as project manager. Responsible for evaluating air-
planes and airborne equipment to determine the extent of compliance with
contractural obligations and to determine suitability for operational use in
the Navy. For example, organized and controlled the test and evaluation of
the RA-5C, the newest and most complex attack/reconnaissance airplane in
the Navy. Successfully completed this project in approximately twenty per-
cent of the time and at substantially less cost than any other comparable
evaluation. Duties included test planning and flying, coordination of spe-
cialized engineering groups, supervision of airplane maintenance, sche-
duling of tests to achieve maximum efficiency, report writing, oral presen-
tations and conferences with top management of aerospace contractors.
- 2 -
1962-1965
Selected to participate on five man ad hoc committee instructed to make
(continued)
recommendations for reorganization to improve efficiency of 800 man
military unit consisting of civilian and military personnel. All of com-
mittee recommendations subsequently implemented.
1958-1962
Personnel Officer and Assistant Administrative officer of a Navy unit con-
sisting of 150 officers and enlisted personnel. Commended for creating and
implementing personnel policies which were responsible for a significant
increase in the re-enlistment rate during periods of adverse conditions while
serving in Southeast Asia area.
Assistant Maintenance Officer for an aircraft squadron consisting of twelve
jet airplanes. Responsibilities included scheduling aircraft maintenance,
implementing maintenance procedures, supervision of quality control,
supervision of spare parts purchase and overall supervision of 100 en-
listed men. Commended for creating effective quality control program for
aircraft maintenance when entire naval aviation maintenance procedures
were revamped.
other
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis, Maryland
education
Bachelor of Science degree in June 1957. Competed in varsity baseball,
1953-1957
intramural boxing and football. participated in After Dinner Speaking and
Foreign Language Club.
Georgetown University
Washington, D. C.
Attended for one year majoring in mathematics in preparation for U. S.
1952-1953
Naval Academy. Earned varsity monogram in swimming and active on
campus radio station.
early
Raised in Washington, D. C., the oldest of three children. Father a naval
background
officer ultimately becoming Chief of Naval Operations and recently served
as U. S. Ambassador to Portugal. Attended private high school, played
football, basketball and baseball and graduated in June 1952. Summer jobs
included greenskeeper on golf course, working on a farm and life guard.
outside
Member of Toastmasters Club and Parent-Teachers Association. Coached
activities
"Pony League" baseball team. Low handicap golfer.
and
interests
History, flying, government and most sports.
20 December 1966
DANIEL J. EVANS
WASHINGTON SEAL THE
DR. RICHARD H. SLAVIN
GOVERNOR
DIRECTOR
1889
STATE OF WASHINGTON
compiney 12/120
Office of the Governor
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AGENCY
OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON 98501
&
December 13, 1968
Mr. John D. Ehrlichman
Counsel to the President-elect
Office of the President-elect
450 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Dear John:
I was quite surprised to receive such a prompt answer from what I am sure is such a
busy schedule. I I am curious as to which of my letters you finally received.
Most of my contacts were developed while I was Administrative Assistant to
Governor Smith, a member of the President's Appalachian Regional Commission,
and as an official of the National Governor's Conference, Council of State Planning
Agencies' Executive Board. However, I have been very much impressed with Lud
Kramer and the work he has accomplished in the last year as the Chairman of
Governor Evans' Urban Affairs Council; and, therefore, was quite pleased to learn
from him that he was interested in working for the Nixon Administration in HUD.
As I mentioned in our earlier correspondence, I am particularly interested in seeing
people join the Administration who have had experience at the state level, in order
that the problems that we encounter at least have a sympathetic ear, particularly
in the determination of policy and of guidelines. As you know, we have now entered
the era of "government by guidelines", and if states and communities are to survive
we are going to have to be active participants in the formulation of these guidelines
before they become "embedded in concrete",
Several of the persons who have impressed me the most and who I know personally and
think would be an asset to this area are:
Albert G. Giles, who is the Director of the Department of Urban Affairs for
Governor Rhodes. Al is a person in his late forties, is a lawyer and has spent the last
twenty years in public administration at various levels of state and local government,
and is a key figure in the Rhodes Administration in the area of urban affairs. His address
is 50 West Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio, 43215. In a recent conversation with Al in
Chicago, he displayed a great deal of interest in moving to D. C.
3
Mr. John D. Ehrlichman
Office of the President-elect
December 13, 1968
page two
Another person I think should be considered is Mr. Raymond T. Olsen, Director of
the Minnesota State Planning Agency, Room 603, Capitol Square, 550 Cedar Street,
St. Paul, Minnesota, 55101. Ray has been extremely active in this area of planning,
programming, and budgeting, and has been very active in developing some first-rate
programs for the State of Minnesota.
The third person I would like to suggest is Mr. David K. Hartley, who is currently
the Director of the Council of State Planning Agencies at 1735 DeSales Street, N.W.,
Washington, D. C. Dave, a lawyer by birth and education, has done a remarkable
job as a member of the National AIP staff and as coordinator of our programs to AIP.
Dave not only has the involvement of state planning, but has practiced the art at the
local level and for the last several years single handedly developed within the AIP
an executive state planning concept.
1 hope these suggestions will be of benefit to you. I am scheduled to be in D. C.
early in January for a speech. Perhaps we can get together.
Best regards and have a Merry Christmas,
Did
Richard H. Slavin
Director
RHS:j
December 27, 1968
The Honorable John R. Rarick
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
Dear Congressman Rarick:
Your letter recommending Mr. Wallace U. Rouse for federal
employment has been received.
Please be assured that your request will be given special
consideration by our employment section.
Thanking you for your interest and for your recommendation,
I am
Very sincerely yours,
Charles E. Stuart
Staff Assistant to the Counsel
CES/hg
Congress of the United States
house of Representatives
JOHN R. RARICK
COMMITTEE:
6TH DISTRICT, LOUISIANA
Washington, D.C.
AGRICULTURE
December 20, 1968
Mr. John B. Erilchman
450 Park Ave.
New York, New York
Re: Mr. Wallace U. Rouse
Port Chester, New York
Dear Mr. Erilchman:
I understand that you may be in a position to recommend
the above gentleman for an important position in the new
administration.
Therefore, I would like to take this opportunity to call
to your attention Mr. Rouse for consideration for appointment
to the position of "trouble shooter for Latin American Affairs."
It is my understanding that Mr Rouse has served well as Vice
President of Berlanti Corporation, and that he speaks Spanish
fluently.
Any consideration of Mr. Rouse in your recommendation
will be appreciated.
Sincerely
John R. Rarick
Member of Congress
JRR:ps
December 30, 1968
The Honorable Edward W. Brooke
United States Senate
Washington, D.C.
Dear Senator Brooke:
This will acknowledge receipt of your letter recommending
William Dockser for federal employment.
I am passing your letter and Mr. Dockser's resume along to
Mr. Harry Flemming in Washington who is, as you may know,
heading up our employment section. Mr. Flemming will give
priority attention to resumes appropriately marked by us.
You may be assured that I will so designate this application.
With warm personal regards, and best wishes for the New Year,
I am
Very truly yours,
Charles E. Stuart
Staff Assistant to the Counsel
CES/hg
December 30, 1968
The Honorable Edward W. Brooke
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Brooke:
Your letter of recommendation for Mr. Graham Champey has been
received by John Ehrlichman.
Please be assured that this office will give highest consid-
eration to your request.
With all best wishes for the New Year, I am
Very truly yours,
Charles E. Stuart
Staff Assistant to the Counsel
CES/hg
be: P. Flanigan
December 30, 1968
The Honorable Edward W. Brooke
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Brooke:
The resume you sent us of Gustaf Coontz is indeed impressive.
By copy of this letter, I am passing Mr. Coontz's resume along
to Mr. Peter Flanigan whose domain currently is the seeking
of top-level people for federal service. I'm sure Mr. Flanigan
will give your request his best attention.
After sending us Harriet Elam, you're rated as batting 1000 in
the Recommendation League. Keep it up!
Very truly yours,
Charles E. Stuart
Staff Assistant to the Counsel
CES/hg
December 31, 1968
The Honorable Edward W. Brooke
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Brooke:
Your letter accompanying the resume of George W. Snowden
has been received by this office.
Mr. Snowden's resume indicates that he is as outstanding
as implied by your comments.
His recommendation will receive priority action.
Very truly yours,
Charles E. Stuart
Staff Assistant to the Counsel
CES/hg
Copy of letter
to Harry Hemming
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November 25, 1968
11/24 this
and TSH
Mr. John C. Holmes
National Employment Association
2000 K Street, N.W., Suite 353
Washington, D. C. 20006
Dear Mr. Holmes:
I warmly appreciate your generous comments as I revert to
the White House.
Your expertise ought to be tapped, and I have so suggested.
After the dust settles, I do hope we can get together to
discuss the matters in which we have a common interest.
With warm regard,
Sincerely,
Bryce N. Harlow
Assistant to the
President-Elect
BNH:ph
"He Profits Most, Who Serves Best"
EMPLOYMENT
ASSOCIATION
N
ATIONAL
NATIONAL
E
MPLOYMENT
SSOCIATION
MEMBER
2000 K Street, Northwest
Suite 353
Washington, D. C. 20006
Area Code 202 965-5040
November 13, 1968
Mr. Bryce N. Harlow
Proctor & Gamble Manufacturing
Company
7130 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D. C. 20006
Dear Mr. Harlow:
Congratulations on your appointment by President-elect Richard Nixon
as Chief Assistant for Congressional Relations. Your well known record
of hard work, dedication, integrity, knowledge of the Hill and past
experience with the Eisenhower administration make your selection a
wise one by Mr. Nixon.
We at the NEA, the one national association representing over 7,500
private employment associations throughout the country concur in
Mr. Nixon's off-stated position that involvement of the private
sectors in the solution of our social problems, including the unemployed
and the hiring of the hard core, is a desirable and necessary end.
In investigating the problems of employment and unemployment and
establishing national programs, we hope you will look toward us for
suggestions and counsultations, a situation that was seldom afforded us
during the past administration. Specific matters that I would like to
discuss with you and the new administration are:
(1) Amendments to the Immigration Law, (particularly the problem
and hopeful solution in the area of domestics (live-in-maids) an area
in which I had to pleasure of working with you this last year.
(2) Computer operations for the U. S. Employment Service.
(3) Involvement of employment agencies in the hard core problem.
(4) Interchange of government and private business personnel on the
managerial level.
(5) Labor appropriations
I've had particular experience and background as well as with the Labor
Department and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. I would be
happy to consult with you in your deliberations affecting these agencies.
Again congratulations. I know your new position will be one of great
challenge and reward as well as hard work.
Yours very truly,
John Holmes John C. Holmes
January 14, 1969
Mr. Louis B. Nichols
Box 419
Route 1
Leesburg, Virginia 22075
Dear Lou:
Thank you for the resume of Lt. General William J.
Quinn, U. S. A., retired.
I have forwarded your letter and the resume to
Dr. Kissinger for his attention.
Best personal regards, Lou.
Yours sincerely,
John D. Ehrlichman
Counsel to the President-elect
JDE:sw
bcc: Dr. Kissinger
January 14, 1969
Mr. John Wendell Anderson II
8131 East Jefferson Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48214
Dear Mr. Anderson:
Thank you for your letter and resume.
I have handed it to Peter Flanigan for immediate at-
tention and very much appreciate your making yourself available
to us.
In due course you will be hearing from those respon-
sible for further contact.
Yours sincerely,
John D. Ehrlichman
Counsel to the President-elect
JDE:sw
bcc: Peter Flanigan
Flemming cc their
MEMORANDUM
TO: John Ehrlichman
DATE: Nov. 19m 1968
FROM: Bryce Harlow
Congressman John Byrnes telephoned November 15
to stress that before making appointments to the var-
ious regulatory agencies it would be highly desirable
to consult some individual in each one of them who is
thoroughly familiar with their internal workings. The
1dea is, each agency is peculiar unto itself, with
very special problems, and it is highly important to
know these special problems before appointments are
made.
He cites Hamer Budge, Republican member of the
SEC, as a kind of fellow who should be consulted be-
fore SEC appointments are made.
Byrnes recommends Hamer Budget to be Chairman
of SEC (Dirksen disagrees).
Byrnes strongly urges replacement of the Admin-
istrator of Social Security. He favors in his place a
Bob Meyer, Chief Actuary of Social Security who has
served for many years and, says Byrnes, is beloved on
Capitol Hill.
PIERSON KEATING & COMPANY
342 MADISON AVENUE
EXECUTIVE SEARCH AND SELECTION
NEW YORK, N. Y. 10017
MO 1.5590
November 25, 1968
Mr. Peter M. Flanigan
Office of the President Elect
450 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Dear Peter,
I read in the paper that John Ehrlichman and Harry Fleming are working on
the talent search for the new administration.
As a possible help to them I am enclosing a few copies of an interview
assessment form which we recently developed and have been using in our exec-
utive search work.
Should you want additional copies of this form or should you have any
questions please let me know.
Best regards,
PK
PK:pd
Enclosures
cc: Messrs. John Ehrlichman
Harry Fleming
PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT - Page 1
Name
Tel No.
Assg't No.
Date
Title
Company
Age
Salary
SUMMARY (Complete last)
Rating
1. As an executive he appears:
1234
(Rating: 1 outstdg, 2- above average, 3-- average, 4- below average)
2. He best qualifies for:
Executive Coding No.
Job Title
Rating
a
1234
b
1234
C
1234
3. I would enjoy working with him
yes
?
no
4. His qualifications and match to this position are:
1234
5. His interest in it is:
keen
moderate
unlikely
6. His three major strengths:
1
2
3
7. His two principal limitations:
1
2
8. Special Remarks (Potential, distinctive qualities, etc.)
9. Next Step:
Duration of Interview
Min.
Interviewer
(Begin here) Circle pertinent words and add special comments
INTERVIEW IMPRESSION
1
2
3
4
Appearance:
Initial impression?
Impressive.
Makes
Acceptable
Poor taste.
Grooming? Erect? Healthy?
Tired? Generally attractive?
Commands
favorable
appearance
Untidy. Has
Mannerisms? Worried?
admiration.
impression.
and dress.
bad handicap.
1
2
3
4
Oral Expression:
Clear? Well modulated?
Exceptionally
Speaks rather
Makes self
Indistinct,
Harsh? Forceful?
clear, pleasing
clearly and
understood
wordy
Pleasant? Unaccented?
and convincing.
persuasively.
fairly well.
or trite.
Concise?
RESUME/INTERVIEW SYNTHESIS - Page 2
Career Growth:
I
2
3
4
Size of job now? No. and
High position
Well above
Some job or
Slow growth
frequency of advancements?
and salary in
average pro-
career setbacks
or excessive
Salary/age ratio? Quality of
top company.
gress and
but good pro-
moves. Poor
jobs and companies? Job
Runs big
salary for age.
gress on the
companies or
turnover? Growth relative to
profit center
Runs depart-
whole. Above
job choices.
his company's growth?
or budget.
ment or
average salary
Future prospects?
Fine future.
profit center.
for his age.
Purpose & Accomplishment:
I
2
3
4
Done for employer? Initiatives
Set and met
Noticeably
Moderate
Low initiative
and innovations? Goals sought
high goals.
good plans
setting and
and results.
and achieved? Quality of plans
Superb self-
and results.
reaching of
Aimless or
and implementations? Cost,
starter. Top
Good people
goals. Some
erratic drive.
volume and profit results?
developer of
development.
development
Grew no
Persistency under pressure?
people.
Evident
of others.
leaders.
People developed?
innovation.
Extra-Curricular:
1
2
3
4
Community or industry
Fine, flexible
Balanced home,
No significant
Family or $
leader? Awards or honors?
home situation.
business, and
extra-curricular
problems. Over-
Outside director or trustee?
Eminent yet
civil life. Can re-
activity or
does extra-cur-
Stable family life? Able to
prudent indus-
locate to most
difficulty.
ricular. Wife
relocate? Prudent scale of
try and civic
places.
won't move.
living? Early self-starter?
leader.
Recreation and hobbies?
Education:
1
2
3
4
Quality of college or university?
Rank top 5th
Ranked in
Never began
Scholastic drop
Class rank? Honors? Best subjects?
at top college.
upper half at
college but
out. No con-
Advanced degrees? Night school?
Campus leader.
good school and
keeps educa-
tinuing initiative
Technical or classical curriculum?
Perhaps MBA
secured
ting self. May
to educate self.
Motivation? Continues to edu-
or PhD etc.
bachelor's degree.
have 2 or 4
cate self?
year degree.
1
2
3
4
Intelligence:
Reasoning and organization?
Very keen and
Grasps things
Understands
Grasps ideas
Awareness? Get to and get
well organized.
quite well.
most points.
slowly. Reasons
point quickly? Ask good questions?
Perceptive under
Noticeably al-
May miss
and organizes
Intuitive? Analytical? Smart under
pressure. Grasps
ert and organ-
subtleties,
poorly. Emotion-
pressure? Intelligence more "fluid"
subtleties and
ized. Sound ob-
Fairly well
al judgments.
or "crystallized"? IQ? Breadth?
surprises well.
jective thinker.
organized.
People Relations:
1
2
3
4
Friendly? Flexible? Interested
Unusually able to
Friendly and
Reserved and
Neither gives
in others? In you or our firm? Shy?
inspire others and
cooperative.
skeptical.
nor gets much
Loner? Over-friendly? Extends
gain their confi-
Delegates well.
Some rigidity.
trust. Remote
loyalty up? Down? Inspires trust?
dence and support.
Interested in
A bit self cen-
or too friendly.
Gets support? Integrity?
others.
tered. Slow to
Insincere. Poor
Persuasive.
get acceptance.
delegator.
Pierson Keating & Company, Inc., New York, N.Y.
November 22, 1968
MEMO TO:
RN
FROM:
Sears
RE:
Reorganization of the National Committee
and the Relationship Between The White
House and National Committee
I. General Discussion: As a result of the November 5th
election, it is obvious that the future of the Republican
Party, together with its political base, lies in an area
stretching from Florida to the State of Washington. This
area includes all of the Old South, the Middle West, with
the exception of Michigan and Minnesota, and all of the
Far West. In the Northeast, Maryland, Delaware, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania should be considered border
states under the new configuration and over the next
few years. The election results in these states, as
well as Michigan and Minnesota, will vary from year to
year depending on issues, events and candidates. New
York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and, for
a while, West Virginia must be considered Democratic
strongholds. Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont will
remain Republican.
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November 22, 1968
The political job over the next two years is to
build and establish the Party within the confines of
its Florida-Washington base, making it so strong in
these areas that it can be counted upon to deliver a
Republican majority in statewide elections. Once this
is done, and we are sure of our base, we can tackle the
larger problem of making Pennsylvania, Maryland and
New Jersey more predictably Republican and establishing
stronger organization in Michigan, New York and Connecticut.
If we do our job in the Florida-Washington areas well
enough over the next tiow) years, this second phase (the
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, New York, Michigan,
Connecticut push) could be commenced after the 1970
elections. The objective of both Phase I, aimed at
establishing a sure base of Republican electoral votes
in any national election and gaining control of the House
and Senate in 1970, and Phase II, the push in the Northern
states mentioned above, will result in making the Republican
Party the majority party in this country four years hence.
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November 22, 1968
II. General Problems: If the above two-phase plan is
to be accomplished in four years, a number of things must
be set in motion immediately: (1) the power and authority
of the Presidency must be brought to bear on the National
Committee to completely remodel it, both in terms of
personnel and function; (2) the Congressional Campaign
Committee, the Senatorial Campaign Committee and the
Republican Governors Association must be abolished, at least
insofar as they now attempt to perform some campaign
function, and their political functions transferred to
a strengthened National Committee; (3) federal patronage,
both in terms of jobs and projects, must be funnelled
through a central source in the White House to be sure
that its distribution is serving the best political
purpose possible. For the next two years, patronage
must be used almost exclusively to build the party in
the Florida-Washington base and not to reward incumbent
Republicans. After we have won control of the Congress,
we can use an appropriate amount of it to keep our
incumbents popular; (4) the patronage which flows from
the many governmental agencies must be funnelled through
the same central source, and this must all be coordinated
with the patronage which our many Republican governors
are distributing; (5) the selection of candidates for
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November 22, 1968
the 1970 elections in Virginia and New Jersey must
commence immediately, and the White House, while not
dabbling in this matter publicly, should use its power
and authority to be sure that the best candidates run
and without going through damaging primaries.
All of this, as well as many other more particular
functions, will have to be undertaken while RN is trying
to deal with a Democratic Congress, confronting the
grave national problems that face us and beating down
the normal amount of sharply aimed criticism from the
Democrats. It is not too unlikely that Teddy Kennedy,
who already has begun rustling around to gain control
of his party, will start running against us next year,
and this will be a separate problem to deal with.
III. The Proposed Function of the Remodeled National Committee:
If we are to change the leadership of the National Com-
mittee, as well as its personnel, and abolish the Congressional
Campaign Committee and the Senatorial Campaign Committe, it
must be expected that this will generate a certain amount
of internal dissension in the party itself. Ray Bliss,
while he certainly can't win any confrontations with RN,
has a few cards to play. Quite wrongly,most of the state
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November 22, 1968
chairmen believe that he has done a good job and see
no reason to replace him. He has cultivated their
loyalty assiduously against the time when someone might
try to replace him. Were he a different kind of fellow,
we could kick him upstairs somewhere, but I cn't think
of any place where he could do a decent job.
Therefore, if we are to replace him we must be
sure that the person or persons who take over his obliga-
tions are acceptable to the National Committee members
and such good appointments that we can keep the bitching
to a minimum. I am in agreement with the concept of
having a two-man Chairmanship, a name Chairman who is a
spokesman for the party and the Administration, and a
second man with a lesser title who is a purely political
mechanic. While RN will have to decide on the top spot
himself since this man will have to speak for him, I
think that Keith Bulen would be an ideal selection for
the second position. Bulen is highly regarded in the
National Committee, a strong and thorough organizer; he
has proven himself tough enough to move a lot of people
around and break some china, yet maintains a strong respect,
even among those whom he has offended. He has been through a
similar exercise to that we are facing in his own state
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November 22, 1968
of Indiana, and is therefore aware of some of the problems
that might not be apparent to others. Most important, he
could be counted upon to be totally loyal.
In order to hold down the public clamor in this
regard to abolishing the two Campaign Committees, I think
that it is necessary to proceed by first abolishing their
fund-raising capabilities and lodging those with the
National Committee; and then we can proceed to take over
their other functions in regard to candidate selection
and campaign services. Once they no longer have any
fund-raising capability, you will have them on a pretty
short string anyway.
As a temporary mechanism to make it easy on everybody,
I think that a general campaign committee should be formed
at the National Committee comprised of the National Chairman,
his political second, a member of the House, a Senator, and
a Governor. This committee would in actuality have no
campaign function but would serve as a substitute for
the present arrangement. Also, the Governor, the Senator,
and the Congressman could help the National Chairman in
his spokesman duties.
RN
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November 22, 1968
As to the functions which a revamped National Committee
should perform, they should be the following:
A. State Organization -- Political organizations
are built at the state level by a combination of patronage,
discipline and co-ordination with the White House. The
National Committee should have responsibility for riding
herd on the state chairmen to be sure that state patronage
is being distributed as best suits the organizational
growth, that registration programs are properly carried
out, that special interest is maintained in particular
voting groups which are either fundamental to that particular
state or with which we are weak and, on the whole, insure
that the state organizations are run efficiently and with
the required discipline.
B. Campaign Managers -- While the National Committee
in the past has made some ineffective stabs at improving
the work of our state chairmen, no one has ever made any
effort to train any campaign managers. My feeling about
the state chairman situation is that if we find that a
particular state chairman does not know how to carry out
his office, we should replace him with one who does, instead
of trying to train him. In the last election, at least
four Senate seats were lost because of bad campaign managers,
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November 22, 1968
and even in areas where we won, I would be hard-pressed
to point to any good campaign managers. As will be stated
in detail later in this memorandu, we have an excellent
chance in the off-year elections of 1970, especially in
the Senate, but we are likely to fritter away this oppor-
tunity unless we can train some campaign managers in the
meantime. I would charge the National Committee with
this responsibility.
C. Money Raising -- The National Committee
should have full responsibility for raising all money
necessary for the upcoming off-year elections. This
should be commenced immediately, and should occupy a
majority of the Committee's time over the next year. Two
years from now the Committee will be asked to finance 14
target Senate races and about 45 target Congressional
races. This, in addition to the ordinary financing that
has been required in the past.
D. Surburban Program -- The opportunity for
growth in the party over the next ten years does not lie
in the cities. We are woefully out-organized there; most
voters have a bad impression of the Republican party and
probably won't change until conditions change demonstrably
for the better under a Republican Administration, and the
historic ties to the Democratic party, especially among
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November 22, 1968
blacks and other non-white racial groups are so strong
that they can only be broken over a long period of time.
In point of actual fact, even now the largest single
block of voters in each of the fifteen largest states
in this country reside in the suburbs, with the exception
of New York and Texas. Even in New York and Texas, a
combination of the suburban vote and the rural vote far
outweighs that in the cities. The complex of the suburbs
is in a drastic state of change with considerable numbers
of former city dwellers in the provess of moving to the
suburbs. Once there and owning property, they have a
tendency to become. more Republican in their thought than
they were in the cities as matters of taxes and local govern-
ment come more forcefully home to them. The real challenge
for us then is to improve our organization in these areas.
At present, both parties are very poorly organized,
and due to the great change in the population of these
areas, a large share of the voters are not even identified
as to party affiliation or leaning. In the main the
Democrats have tried to perpetuate the "clubhouse" method
of organization, but this does not work at all in areas
that are spread out geographically and have no central
characteristics of race or economic level. Our party
which in most cases was their first, operates as though
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November 22, 1968
it were a small town concern rather than suburban. We
still elect the town clerks in most of the non-Southern
areas but are out of touch with the new voters who moved
over the last eight or nine years. I think the National
Committee should be responsible for developing and imple-
menting a program specifically aimed at the suburbs. This
should be done immediately and should occupy a large
share of the Committee's time when it is not raising money
during the next year.
E. Young Voters Program -- In combination with
the efforts of the Administration in this area, the National
Committee should institute a new program aimed to attract
to the party as workers and voters those between the ages
of 18 and 30. The Young Republicans, while they make a
great deal of noise, have been an ineffective vehicle for
attracting youth to the party. The Young Republicans are
too restrictive philosophically and are mainly concerned
with power struggles within their own body instead of
making any attempt to generate a broad appeal to youth.
They are also too old, the age limit being technically
thirty-five, but many members staying on till well past
forty. Instead of encouraging membership, the present
leadership group often discourages it since they are
fearful that if a lot of new members join the organization
the so-called "syndicate" will be voted out of power.
RN
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November 22, 1968
Beyond the Young Republicans, there are a number of
other conservative youth groups which should be dried up.
If this is to be done, a strong hand will have to be exercised
from the National Committee. While this does not sound
like a high-priority responsibility, it would help to
develop our organization fantastically if we could develop
a better program for young voters so that we don't wind up
trying to convert them from being Democrats when they are
35, as is presently the case.
F. Early Warning System -- One material way
that the Democrats have always been much better than we
are has been that up and down the ranks of their organization
they have usually been better prepared to defend the actions
of the Democratic Administrations to the voting public. In
the Democratic party, precinct chairmen are usually well
enough aware of the "party-line" that they can answer the
routine questions of voters within their block about most
actions that are taken by the President or the party. We
have never had this kind of discipline in our party, and,
therefore, when a concerned voter asks his precinct chairman
why we did "X" he usually stands and looks at the sky and
shakes his head. I think it would be extremely helpful
for the National Committee in co-ordination with
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November 22, 1968
the White House and Congress to be charged with the
responsibility of mailing to a large mailing list of
party workers a "party-line" on any significant develop-
ment. A very wise politician once told me that "the
most effective way to influence the voters is to have
your own clowns charged up and able to give the impression
they are on the inside. 11 This is absolutely true, and
this program would be aimed at keeping the "clowns" charged
up.
G. Direct Mail -- In place of the extraordinary
amounts of trash that the National Committee now circulates
to a vast mailing list, the National Committee should make
available to the state committees specified mailings aimed
at selling the party and the Administration. The cost
factor on this could be worked out jointly by the National
Commiteee and state committees, and the state committees
ould do the actual mailings. This would help and encourage
the state committees to develop their own mailing lists
as well. Even in the days of television, no one has ever
found a substitute for direct mail in politics.
H. Liaison with the White House -- The political
mechanic at the National Committee should be in close contact
with the political man at the White House on matters of
patronage, party re-organization, and general strategy.
RN
-13-
November 22, 1968
As stated above, the National Committee will be raising
the money, training campaign managers and implementing
specific programs in the suburbs and among youth, but since
all of the re-organization described above will take time,
much of the burden of distributing patronage, working out
the knotty problems of candidate selection and choosing
the target races for 1970 will have to come from the White
House. The mechanic at the National Committee should be
made fully aware of these White House functions, and they
should be co-ordinated with the activities of the National
Committee through his person.
IV. The White House Role: As stated in I, we are
examining a two-phase program: (1) establishing and building
a base for the party that stretches from Florida to the
state of Washington with the goal of carrying the Senate
and House in 1970, and (2) thereafter concentrating on
specific states outside that base to build the party into
a majority party by 1972. Since a great deal of time will
be taken up at the National Committee in accomplishing
the re-organization set forth in III, and pressing the
programs suggested there, it will be necessary, as well
as advisable, for the White House to carry out the following
political functions:
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November 22, 1968
A. The Co-ordination and Distribution of Patronage -- There
should be one man at the White House through whom all patronage
is funnelled. He would work in conjunction with the political
man at the National Committee and to some extent with our
Congressional liaison. He should have flowing through him all
direct federal patronage, all patronage of the agencies of
the federal government and a knowledge of what patronage
the Republican governors have and how they are using it. The
above should be true for both job appointments and work
projects. For the next two years, the vast majority of
patronage should be used to build the party within the Florida-
Washington base with the added hope that certain individuals
whom we are trying to build up to run for officein 1970
can be benefitted by the use of patronage also. Very little
patronage should be used during this period to reward
incumbent officeholders. Once we gain a majority in the
House and Senate, we can use our patronage to insure the
incumbents' popularity, but using it for that purpose now
would defeat our goal of carrying Congress. There will be
some bitching about this, but that's the way it will have
to be for the next couple of years. The person handling
the patronage must be very aware politically, so that when
we decide to build a dam in Arkansas he can call up the
local county chairman and alert him. The local county
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November 22, 1968
chairman in turn should then be able to call up his old
buddy, "Joe" and tell him he has got a job, thus obligating
"Joe," his family, and friends. This over-simplification
is basically how it should work. I might add that under
this scheme, the National Committee would be responsible
for riding on the local county chairman to be sure that
he knows some "Joe's" to call.
B. Candidate Selection -- There are some 32 Senate
seats up for election in 1970, only seven of which are
Republican (Fannin, Murphy, Scott, Williams, Hruska, Fong,
and Goodell). The seven Republican seats look to be quite
safe. The 25 Democrats make up the class of '58, which was
swept into office in a year when we lost heavily and re-
elected in 1964 when it was almost impossible to lose if
you were a Democrat. Outside of a few safe Senate seats
in the South, a large number of these 25 seats can be won
if we start early enough and put up decent candidates.
Many of these target Senate seats are in the Florida-
Washington area that we will be concentrating on in the
next two years (MaGee, Burdick, Cannon, Hartke, Gore, Moss,
Holland, Montoya, Proxmire, Young and Yaroborugh). In
Michigan, New Jersey and possibly Connecticut (Hart,
Williams, and Dodd, respectively), seats are also up for
election which we could win with the right candidates.
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November 22, 1968
Far too often in the past we have lost for one of
two reasons: bad candidates or bad campaign management.
The White House power and authority should be brought to
bear on the first of these problems and the National
Committee should try to solve the second as indicated
above. While the President cannot get directly involved
in selecting Senatorial candidates, it is a fairly easy
matter to freeze out individuals who should not be running
by letting the word get around in party circles that the
White House thinks "X" should make the race. Some of our
Governors should be encouraged immediately to seek Senatorial
nominations and if they work early and swiftly, they can
avoid going through any harmful primaries. This does
not mean they need to publicly announce their candidacies;
just that we privately understand that they will be willing
to make the race and can count on that fact. In some areas
(North Dakota, for example) a Congressman (Mark Andrews
perhaps, or if not, Tom Kleppe) should be tested out early
as to whether it is possible for them to run for the Senate.
The tender problem of maneuvering the right man into running
for the Senate in these particular states without offending
the local party should be the responsibility of the White
House man since he can speak with the authority of the
President and will be able to devote more of his time to
working out any problems with getting the right candidate
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November 22, 1968
to run through the use of patronage. He should, of course,
consult various sources before deciding on any particular
candidate in any particular state.
In the House we have suffered from the same problem
of poor candidates and poor campaign managers. Even
though we've had a Congressional Campaign Committee which
has spent an inordinate amount of time and money trying
to select candidates, we still run into the problem of
men running for the House from particular areas in which
they just cannot appeal to the voters. As an example,
in this past election, our candidate in the 24th District
of Pennsylvania (Erie) was a Protestant Minister, this
in a district which is heavily Catholic and heavily
ethnic. Add this to the fact that his Democratic opponent
was an Italian, and it is not hard to see why we lost
this district which had been Republican for a substantial
period of time up until 1964. In the 2nd District of Iowa
(Cedar Rapids) we ran a lawyer who had never been out on
a farm and should any manure have attached to his shoe,
he probably would have thrown his shoes away. This in
a district which can be carried for the Republicans if
we can get a strong farm vote in the counties outside
of Cedar Rapids. It is presently held by a Congressman
who no more fits the District than Adolph Hitler could
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November 22, 1968
represent the Lower East Side. Yet we lost it for the
third straight time.
It is suggested that in approximately 45 target
Congressional districts that the White House take a
very active interest in the candidates selected to run
and that the National Committee see to it that they are
well-financed and well-managed. Advice as to these
candidates can be obtained from reliable sources in
the states, and the candidates can be screened by the
political man at the National Committee, as well as by
the man at the White House.
C. Political Advice to the President, Vice President,
and Cabinet -- In making various decision the President
may need the benefit of political advice from someone
inthe White House who is aware enough of what is going
on in the country to be able to form judgment as to how
various Presidential decisions will be received. In
regard to the Vice President, since much of what he does
will involve dealing with the Governors, it might be
helpful to him to have the advice of a politician so that
programs such as block-grants to the states can be implemented
in areas where they will both serve the public good and
the good of the Republican party. The same is true for
the members of the Cabinet dealing with domestic policy.
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November 22, 1968
In addition, at least some of the time of the Vice President
and the Cabinet members should be spent in helping to build
the party through well-placed speaking engagements and, in
regard to the Vice President, a fairly strenuous program
of fund raising speeches. These should be coordinated
through the White House man.
D. Congressional Operations -- From time to time,
while trying to get legislation through a Democratic
Congress, it may be necessary to put some extra pressure
on some of the Democratic members in order to obtain their
votes (for example, generating a lot of mail from their
district encouraging them to vote for the bill or being
in close enough contact with some of their contributors
to generate a few telephone calls to them). This is not
a function that the Congressional liaison can adequately
take care of, nor is it one that the National Committee
should involve itself in. Again, it is a matter of
delicacy which must be handled apart from any involvement
of the President, but the White House, the only institution
with the power and authority to generate such pressures.
I think it should, therefore, be the responsibility of
the political man in the White House to see that this
is done if necessary.
RN
-20-
November 22, 1968
E. Candidate Building -- Sometimes we have been in
the situation where we have had good candidates but they
were totally unknown to the populace of the area where
they were running. The White House should co-operate
with the National Committee in seeing to it that we
don't run any races in 1970 in the target areas at least
where the candidate is not "known" to the voting public.
This involves working the prospective candidates into
various short-term governmental committees and operations,
so that they can obtain a little publicity back home.
Basically it should be handled by the White House political
man, but there will be areas where co-ordination with the
National Committee man will be helpful.
F. Liaison with the National Committee -- Certainly
the White House man should keep in close contact with the
man at the National Committee and work with him to accomplish
the programs described in III. A close working arrangement
between these two individuals is imperative if the plan is
to work. The two should work well enough together that they
can freely exchange thoughts about both their responsibilities.
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November 22, 1968
G. Defining the White House Function -- Since it
would be costly for the world at large to know that the
White House was going to take such an active interest
in the building of the party and selecting candidates,
and the political use of patronage, it would be best to
describe the political operative at the White House merely
as the President's chief political advisor and combine
his above-stated duties with a few others which won't take
up much of his time, but will give the impression that
he is not spending a majority of his time on politics.
In line with this it would be appropriate for him to
take over the duties of the Cabinet Secretary and also
some responsibilities for working with Vice President
Agnew. Both of these functions can be helpful in the
political vein, since I would hope that the Cabinet could
be used for political purpose and certainly Vice President
Agnew should devote a healthy portion of his time to the
political effort. The Cabinet Secretary function would
be helpful to the political man in that he would have
some way to keep apprised of what substantive matters
were being decided in the Departments which might be of
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November 22, 1968
political benefit, and it would allow him to keep a
better rein on the patronage flowing from the Cabinet
positions. The political man should not be given the
title of Cabinet Secretary; however, he should assume
the function. To carry out his job he'll need a title
of appropriate weight in the White House staff.
Ehilichma
To: H.R. Haldeman
From: Kevin Phillips
As per your request communicated to me by Larry Higby on my
return to New York on November 18, I have prepared an analysis of
the changing political trends during the final three weeks of the
campaign which suggests what happened -- and why -- to substantially
narrow the gap and endanger RN's victory.
Trends of the Last Three Weeks of the Campaign
- Their Causes and Effects
A. As of October 15, the generality of polls put RN ahead in most
states except that:
HHH led in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Hawaii, D.C.,
West Virginia and Minnesota (and even the last two
were uncertain)
Wallace led in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia,
Arkansas, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina and
Florida; and
Texas, Michigan and Maine were rated toss-ups
B. Between October 15 and Election Day, RN slipped substantially in
the Northeast, markedly along the Pacific Coast, moderately in the
Great Lakes, very little if at all in the Farm states and Mountain
states. At the same time, he gained slightly in the Border and
substantially in the perimeter South. As a result of these trends,
the following changes occurred in the above list:
HHH captured Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania,
Washington and Maryland; and
RN took some Southern states - South Carolina, North
Carolina, Tennessee and Florida - away from Wallace
C. Because of these changes, RN's ultimate if narrow victory rested
on a combination of West, Midwest, Border and Southern perimeter
- the basic alignment corresponding to the changing ideological
patterns of national politics and projected in RN's original
strategy. This would not have been true of the RN coalition which
seemed possible in early October - an RN alliance of the North and
West against a Wallaceite South.
In the last three weeks of the campaign, a number of ideological and
organizational factors emerged to drive blue-collar Democrats and
liberals of both parties to HHH, and this same tightening of the
two-party context raised the prospect of HHH victory, inducing many
Southern conservatives to switch from Wallace to Nixon.
D. The major trends and their causes are as follows:
1. Wallace losses and HHH gains among normally Democratic
union members - In October, labor union leaders mounted
a strong campaign to induce their members to abandon
racially-motivated Wallace support and return to the HHH
column. At the same time, the Democrats attacked RN
with blatant but effective misrepresentation on the issues
of employment, Social Security and medicare. The GOP
went on the defensive rather than attacking and showing
blue-collar unionists the link between Great Society
failures and attitudes and growing crime and racial
turmoil. In the end, almost all of the Democratic blue-
collar vote went back to HHH; in states like Ohio and
Pennsylvania, most of the Wallace vote came from Repub-
licans (very much contrary to hopes and early expec-
tations).
2. HHH's strong resurgence among long-suspicious liberal
Democrats - Beginning with his October 1 bombing halt
speech - the Viet bombing halt was a liberal symbol
not just a political/military tactic - HHH began to
recoup ground with McCarthyites, youth, blacks and
liberals in general. This trend accelerated sharply
in mid-October as signs grew of potential for a bombing
halt and fruitful Vietnamese negotiations. Other major
causes of HHH's recovery among liberals, all beginning
to mesh together by late October, were:
a) intense liberal distaste for VP nominee Agnew,
inflamed by the rising hubbub of bloopers (and
Democratic advertising relating thereto) and the
anti-intellectual tone of Agnew's campaign and
the anti-establishment thrust of the Agnew-relate
attack on the New York Times; Agnew personified
what liberals had feared viz RN in the past and
this Gundermined the ticket's appeal and was a
godsend (among liberals) to an HHH troubled by
lingering memories of Chicago and Mayor Daley;
b) RN's security gap speech and the media misrepre-
sentations and Democratic distortions relating
thereto; liberals (and many moderates) shrank
from the idea of spending billions on a bomb and
missile race - and this is what RN's position
was presented as being - with the result that
they turned to Humphrey.
Of course, the last-minute bombing halt gave the Demo-
cratic campaign a major impetus. Pollster Louis Harris
has privately said that his last-minute poll results were
fashioned by women trending to HHH in support of the
bombing halt. Ultimately, HHH ran very strongly in those
very liberal areas where he had been extremely unpopular
in September (in Wisconsin, his best gains over 1960 level
came in McCarthyite and Vietnik Madison; in New York, his
best gains over 1960 levels came in rich and liberal Scars
dale and Manhattan's East Side).
3. RN's late-hour pick-up from Wallace in the South and Border -
As HHH recovered in the North, making Wallace a hopeless contender
and putting himself back in the race, many conservatives in the
South and Border left Wallace for RN. This trend was augmented
by the same conservative imagery - Agnew, the security gap and
so forth - which hurt RN (and helped HHH) among Northern
liberals
E. The chronology of the HHH trend is conjectural, although the polls
offer some guide. A large number of undecided voters were breaking
to HHH throughout October, however private polling done for RN by
Joe Bachelder indicated a late-mid October stabilization at a non-
fatal level. Lou Harris suggests that the bombing halt prompted a
last minute rush to HHH, and although polls taken for RN indicated
no such movement, there is some voting pattern evidence that it
did occur. HHH did very well in exactly the McCarthyite areas that
would have been receptive to a bombing halt.
F. George Wallace's impact is not conjectural; he hurt RN far more
than he hurt HHH. Most of the persons who voted for Wallace this
year voted for Barry Goldwater in 1964. The Labor Union/Democratic
campaign to drive blue-collar unionists back to the Democratic
presidential ticket was highly successful. In Pennsylvania, for
example, Wallace did poorly in labor strongholds around Pittsburgh
or in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton or Altoona. And most of the Wallace
blue-collar vote came from Republicans (or conservatives who would
have voted for RN) while the small-town and white-collar vote was
very Republican in its derivation. For example, Wallace carried
two townships in the greater Pittsburgh area - Indiana and Kilbuck.
Neither are blue-collar strongholds like Braddock or McKeesport
(where Wallace did much less well); they are units which backed RN
in 1960 and Pennsylvania Republicans Shafer in 1966 and Schweiker
in 1968. In the South and Border, Wallace took votes which had gone
to Goldwater in 1964 or which were breaking towards the GOP in
1966. Wallace clearly cost RN Texas and Maryland. The size of the
Wallace vote: of Republican and Goldwater origins, as well as the
lack of Wallace success among blue-collar Democrats, partially
reflects the GOP failure to articulate the social and urban failure
of Great Society liberalism in a way which would have both drawn
GOP Wallaceites back to RN and encouraged blue collar Democratic
unionists to persist in their (Wallaceite) opposition to Democratic
policies.
G. The impact of the Non-indictment of LBJ domestic and foreign
policy - RN lost an opportunity for considerable political benefit
when he declined to attack the chief personage and policies of
the most unpopular administration since the Nineteen-Twenties.
By not taking issue with the Vietnamese and domestic social policies
generally unpopular with the American people for their profound
failure, RN lost
a) a chance to impede HHH's recovery among liberals by saddling
him with the Johnson policy failure (instead RN sometimes
verged on seeming the Johnson policy perpetuator)
b) a chance to attract Wallaceites and cement blue-collar
Democratic adherence to Wallace by spotlighting the
failure of Great Society liberalism; and
c) a chance to spark the campaign and rebut allegations
of blandness and evasion of the key issues
On the other hand, such a campaign would have left a large residue
of bad feeling which would have handicapped the success of the
upcoming administration in dealing with a Democratic congress. Still,
in terms of winning votes, a strong indictment of the LBJ/HHH
Administration would probably have been more successful than the
policy actually pursued.
H. The meaning of the election, despite RN's narrow majority, is
quite clear. 57% of the electorate chose RN or Wallace in repudiation
of the policies of the last four years. Most of the Wallace vote
would have gone Republican in a two-party contest and it should
go for RN in 1972 (assuming that Wallace is no longer viable in
light of his relative confinement to the Deep South). By retaining
an ideological option throughout the campaign, RN did not carve
out a clearcut constituency and won what turned out to be a narrow
victory in the face of concerted liberal opposition and conservative
fragmentation between Wallace and the GOP. The opportunity of 1972
probably focuses on winning the bulk of the 1968 Wallace vote.
MEMORANDUM
FROM:
R.G. Kleindienst
RE:
Republican National Committee
I. INTRODUCTION
It will be the purpose of this memorandum to discuss
two topics. First, the technical or mechanical
problems involved in changing the Office of Chairman
of the Republican National Committee. Second, the
political ramifications thereof.
II. THE TECHNICAL ASPECT OF CHANGING
THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE R.N.C.
A. The Election of the Present Chairman
The Chairman of the Republican National Committee is
elected by the members of the Republican National
Committee. The members of the R.N.C. in turn are
elected by the Republican National Convention, although
having been "nominated" by their own states according
to the varying procedures and customs of the several
states. As a result of the action of the past
convention, the Republican State Chairman of each
state and the District of Columbia is a member of
the R.N.C.
The present Chairman was elected at the last meeting
of the R.N.C., which was held on August 9, 1968, at
Miami Beach, Florida. At the same time, four
Vice-Chairmen, the Secretary and the Treasurer were
elected. The Chairman and the other Officers are
elected for a term co-terminus with the R.N.C., or
four years, and at the 1972 convention.
For several years and at least as far back as 1960,
the R.N.C., by Resolution, has authorized the
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Memorandum
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Chairman to do several things, inter alia:
(a) To appoint the Executive Committee
at a time that he shall select;
(b) To appoint such Committees and
Assistants as he deems advisable
or necessary;
(c) To appoint the Assistant Chairman
(a woman) ;
(d) To appoint the General Counsel.
Similar resolutions were adopted by the R.N.C. on
August 9th 1968. To this date, the Chairman has
made no new appointments to the Executive-Committee
nor has he appointed any new Committees or Assistants.
The only change has been that of General Counsel.
Effective December 1, 1968, Fred Scribner will be
re-appointed.
The Chairman, following custom, intends to call a
meeting of the R.N.C. on Friday, January 17, 1968,
at Washington D.C.
This meeting is prompted by
the Inauguration. Hotel rooms for all members
have been reserved; nearly a full attendance can
be anticipated.
B. The Method of Removal of the Chairman
Without the voluntary resignation of the Chairman,
his removal could come about as a result of a
motion from a member of the R.N.C. Such a motion
could take the following form: "I move that the
Office of Chairman be declared Vacant". If such
a motion was successful, the next motion would
be in order: "I move that the Senior member of
this Committee in years of age appoint a committee
of five persons to wait upon the President-Elect
for the purpose of determing his wishes as to the
designation of a suitable person to be elected as
Chairman of the R.N.C.
"
Ideally, an appropriate motion should be made by
which all other offices of the R.N.C. be likewise
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declared vacant, followed by election of their
successors and by the adoption of resolutions
similar to those adopted on August 9, 1968 at
Miami Beach authorizing the Chairman to take
certain actions and do certain things. (see above.)
III. THE POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS OF
REMOVAL AND ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES
A.
The Time or Times of Removal
In my opinion, the best or most suitable time of
removal would be at the time of the Inauguration.
The reasons are obvious. First, it would coincide
with the new administration. Second, if removal
became controversial, it would be submerged in
the other events and festivities of the Inauguration.
The next best time would be several months - say,
six - after January 20th. This would coincide
with the end of the so-called "honeymoon period"
of the new administration.
B. Direct Approach to and the Voluntary Resignation
by the Chairman
The best solution would be the "voluntary" resignation
of the Chairman, following a meeting with an
emissary from the President-Elect. The Chairman
does not want to resign as of January 20, 1969,
for reasons solely of personal image and pride. He
would be foolish not to do so upon request.
Whether he would openly resist is a matter of
conjecture. I personally do not think he would
incur the fight. The selection, however, of a
suitable person to approach him is of vital
importance. It should not be a prospective successor.
It should be a person close to the President-Elect
and also knowledgeable about the Party. The approach
should be made as soon as possible - within days.
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C.
Plan of action if the Chairman refuses to
voluntarily resign.
The reason I recommend an immediate approach to the
Chairman is to permit adequate time to plan an action
for his removal. While it is my personal opinion
that more than a majority of the members of the
R.N.C. would, as a practical political matter if for
no other reason, support the President-Elect over
the Chairman, there is no reason to take this for
granted. Being reminded that the members of the
R.N.C. will be completely absorbed in patronage
matters between now and January 20th, an effective
tool of persuasion is handed to the Staff of the
President-Elect and friendly members of the R.N.C.
in the weeks between now and then. This is the
principal reason for an immediate approach to the
Chairman - so that the force of this persuasive
tool will not be diminished.
D. The Kind of a New Chairman
I believe the new Chairman, in addition to being
loyal to and compatible with the President, should
project youthfulness and dynamic-articulate vigor.
Within the next four years, young people are going
to be more and more politically significant and
the persons of "the old politics" (such as myself)
are going to become less and less significant.
Let's put Boss Daley on the one side and a youthful
and dynamic image of the Republican Party on the
other side In addition, the President should
be entitled to an articulate attractive person
explaining, standing-up for and even defending
the Administration. President Johnson, for all
his alleged political skill, forgot to do this
these past four years and the Democratic Party
became impotent and irrelevant.
IV. CONCLUSION
I believe action of one kind or another in the immediate
future is imperative.
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I believe the plan of action should be communicated
on a general basis as soon as possible, because I
further believe that the subject matter of this
memorandum neither can nor would engage in an open
contest but will and could engage in a contest of
confusion and indecision.
RGK/tl
MEMORANDUM
January 3, 1969
TO:
RN
FROM:
John Sears
RE:
Reorganization of the National Committee
I. GENERAL OBJECTIVES
The general purpose of reorganizing the National Committee is to (1)
deposit a maximum amount of responsibility and authority in the
National Committee for reorganizing the Party structure, fund the off-
year elections of 1970, and generally care for the Party in all its
political and organizational aspects and (2) to coordinate its activities
sufficiently with the White House so that the power and authority of the
Presidency can be utilized in building the Party. It will not be an easy
task to accomplish these two goals since, in regard to the first, the
National Committee has never in its history undertaken so large a role
in the affairs of the Party, and, in regard to the second, neither the
Democrats nor the Republicans have ever managed to successfully coordinate
the Presidency with the National Committee. It stands to reason, then,
that if we are to undertake to do these two things, there will be a tremen-
dous amount of furor, bitching, and criticism since most people will find
it easy to say that it is either impossible or just too difficult. Many
people will maintain that it is impossible to raise significant sums of
money in the off-years, for instance, since its never been successfully
done, but if we give into this kind of negative thinking and compromise
the reorganization of the National Committee in deference to it, we might
just as well leave the Committee the way it is right now. In the final
analysis, if we start to accomplish some things that people have thought
were impossible, the bitching will stop.
II. PROCEDURE
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The replacement of Chairman Bliss has been dealt with in a separate
memorandum and this of course, is the first step. As soon as he is
departed, the rest of the present staff should be phased out also.
With very few exceptions, no one at the National Committee presently
is up to performing any of the tasks which will now be demanded.
As was discussed in earlier memoranda, the Congressional Campaign Committee,
the Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Republican Governor's Association
must be phased into the National Committee operation and ultimately must
be abolished, at least insofar as they now attempt to perform some
political or campaign function. After the Bliss situation has been
altered, I would recommend that Bryce speak to Bob Wilson and George Murphy
preparatory to a meeting among RN, Bryce and the other two individuals.
Bryce should sound them both out on what they're willing to give up in
the way of authority over Congressional races, most specifically, whether they
would be agreeable to letting the National Committee handle all fund-raising
and whether it would be possible to restrict their activities over the next
two years to caring for incumbent office holders and not worrying about
picking up new seats. In fact, they both spend the majority of their time
taking care of incumbents anyway and proportionately little time on electing
newcomers. If we could guarantee them a budget for taking care of the
not
incumbents, I am sure they wouldn't mind having to raise money either.
The Republican Governor's Association doesn't presently involve itself in
raising funds for election of Republican Governors and so it doesn't need
to be considered in the same light as the two Congressional Committees.
Once this phase has been completed, I would suggest the formulation of a
General Campaign Committee under the auspices of the National Committee which
would include a Senator, a Congressman, a Governor, the Chairman of the
National Committee, a representative from the White House and the Executive
Director of the National Committee. The purpose of this group would be to
insure coordination between the National Committee, the White House and the
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three present campaign groups and to begin the larger task of phasing out
the three campaign groups. The Senator, the Congressman, and the Governor
should be looked upon as liasions to their respective groups and responsible
along with the Chairman of the National Committee for the coordination
necessary between running the incumbent races and trying to pick up new
seats presently held by Democrats. They can also be of assistance to the
Chairman in regard to his "spokesman" responsibilities.
If the National Committee can get its hands on the power to raise the
money and get the Congressional Committees to divest themselves of the
responsibility for picking candidates in non-incumbent races, this will be
as much as we can expect to accomplish immediately. Over the next two years,
however, it will be up to the National Committee to perform so well that
there will be no need for the continuance of any of these branches and if
this comes to pass, they will die a slow and natural death.
III. REORGANIZATION OF THE COMMITTEE
We must keep in mind that while the National Committee will carry out,
hopefully, a number of new and beneficial programs, it will essentially be
a further instrument of the President and at all times will be directed by
him and responsible to him. In turn, the growth of the party will depend
greatly on the success of the President's Administration and the degree to
which the White House cooperates in the political objectives of the
National Committee. Therefore, in restructuring the National Committee,
the functions performed there, as well as the personnel, must be geared
toward this close relationship.
A. The Chairman
The new chairman will have as his most commanding responsibility, the burden
of speaking for the President, his administration, and the party in the most
partisan fashion possible. Although what he says cannot be unreasoning, he
must at all times present our side of it in full and most credible fashion.
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He will be the Party's major salesman and the President's major partisan
backer. He should not become overly involved in the mechanics of what
goes on in the Committee, but must be well enough aware of them to expand
upon them. He should be a talker and not a doer. It should be someone like
George Bush.
B. The Executive Director
This position should be filled by a man who is essentially a good organizor
and probably somebody who's from the National Committee itself. Since the
Executive Director will be administering the affairs and programs undertaken
by the National Committee, he, too, will have to be sharp enough to answer
the questions of the press and perform some public functions but essentially,
his job is to ride herd on the activities of the Committee and the Party
itself to be sure that all we intend to do is being done. For this position
I would recommend Keith Bulen, it he will do it.
1. Finance Chairman
In the next year and a half, the National Committee should raise close to
$5,000,000 in order to properly fund the programs which it will have to
undertake and also to supply the additional monies to the target House and
Senate races in 1970. For this job I would recommend Jerry Milbank.
2. Public Relations and Publicity
This department should be responsible for the dissemination of all the
propaganda coming out of the National Committee. This would include (1)
full dissemination of what the Chairman says and does, (2) image-building
publicity about the Party, (3) image building publicity about the candidates
running in our target areas, (4) preparation of the materials for our
special programs, (5) image building material on the Cabinet, the Vice-President,
and, in conjunction with those at the White House, cooperation in publicizing
RN's record, (6) preparation of materials for mailing both to Party workers
and certain voter lists in individual states. The emphasis in this depart-
ment should be on salesmanship rather than the dissemination of information
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but whoever occupies this position should be able to work closely with Herb
Klein. For this position I would recommend Bill Safire.
3. Research Director
In the past, the Research Department of the National Committee has been
concerned with the niceties of language in various bills that went before
Congress. While this is an interesting exercise for those who have the interest
necessary in legislative history, it is of little political utility for the
National Committee to keep tabs on whether a specific bill calls for all
Navajo Indians to get pensions or just the left-handed ones. If there is
a meaningful distinction between amendments to proposed legislation, it is
up to our leadership in Congress to point out the ramifications of this and
for our PR department to publicize the distinction.
What we need is a man who (1) understands how to read a poll and get the most
out of it, (2) someone who can keep track of what RN has done and said
(an issue book), (3) keep records on the positions taken and votes recorded
for the Democratic incumbents who will be running in 1970, (4) be able to
supply our candidates in 1970 with adequate information from which they can
formulate issues in regard to their campaigns. I would recommend that this
department be headed by Professor David Derge, and that the Assistant Director
who would work on RN's record and keep tabs on Congress should be Agnes Waldron.
4. Speaker's Bureau
The Speakers Bureau should coordinate with the Finance Director as well as
the State Party organizations to obtain good speakers from theCongress
and the Administration for any and all occasions. The emphasis here should
be on making sure that engagements are filled by persons who'll give strong
pro-RN speeches. The Speakers Bureau should also coordinate with the PR
Department so that speakers will have adequate materials about the Adminis-
tration and its record.
The Speakers Bureau should also have the capability of filling requests
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for
which will be generated by some of our specific programs
suburban voters
and youth. These will not require Congressional or highly-placed individuals
in the Administration, but rather lower level individuals who can success-
fully present the case for the Party. I would suggest Nick Ruwe for this
position.
5. Director of Party Organization
This person will be responsible for running special programs aimed at
imporving our registration, and our capability to successfully wage campaigns.
The programs which he will run will include (1) the suburban voter program,
(2) the young voter program, (3) the minorities division, (4) special campaign
seminars for campaign managers and candidates in the target areas. The
Executive Director will be responsible for working with the State Party
Organizations to improve them and this will not be one of the responsibilities
of the Director of Party Organization. Included in the Executive Director's
duties will be riding herd on State Party organizations to carry out regis-
tration drives and also to coordinate the activities of the special programs
with the State Partys. The Director of Party Organization will spend all
of his time merely running the above programs. For this job I would
recommend Murray Chotiner.
6. Candidate Selection and Recruitment
This department will handle the mechanics of selection and recruitments of
all candidates running in the Congressional elections of 1970. Technically,
this means the Selection of 243 persons to run for House seats in 1970 (assuming
all incumbents choose to run for re-election) and 25 candidates to run for
the Senate. In fact, the White House will take a very active interest in
selecting candidates to run in 45 target Congressional districts and 14 target
Senate races. The Director of Candidate Selection and Recruitment will work
closely on these target seats with the White House but in regard to the
other seats which are up for election he will be allowed to choose who he
pleases. For this job, since he would be of great help in convincing people
to run, I would suggest Bud Wilkinson.
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7. Office Director
This person will be in charge of running the mechanics of the office and
setting up the arrangements for National Committee Meetings and other
special events. I would suggest Bob Hitt.
JS:si
MEMORANDUM
January 3, 1969
TO:
RN
FROM:
John Sears
RE:
Laxalt and Senator Williams
Paul Laxalt is talking very seriously about retiring at the end
of his term as Governor next year. He very badly needs a call
from RN to persuade him to run for the Senate against Senator Cannon.
Laxalt can win that seat easily if he will run.
Senator Williams of Delaware has indicated to some of his friends
that he may well retire at the end of his term. Bryce, when he sees
him, ahould encourage him to stay on for one more term and RN, whenever
he happens to see him should do the same.
JS:si
MEMORANDUM
January 3, 1969
TO:
RN
FROM:
John Sears
RE:
New Jersey Situation
I'm anxious to obtain a Federal appointment for Webster Todd in
order to get him out of the State Chairmanship so that we can
replace him with Nelson Gross. Todd has a number of business
interests in Australia and is anxious to obtain an Ambassadorship
somewhere in that area. (Somewhere in the Far East but not necessarily
in Australia.)
If we can get Nelson Gross into the Chairmanship, I would then
like to explore the possibility of having Clifford Case run for
Governor this fall. The Democrats are likely to run former
Governor Meyner who will be very difficult to beat unless Case
runs. The County Chairmen in New Jersey, although they have never
liked Case, are willing to run him in the interest of winning, and
if we can get Gross into the Chairmanship, we'll have him pretty well
blocked off from harming our interests should he win. This would
also mean his departure from the Senate, of course, which would be of
assistance also.
If this is agreeable, I shall speak to Bryce in regard to achieving it.
JS/si
MEMORANDUM
January 3, 1969
TO: RN
FROM: John Sears
RE: Tennessee
Bill Brock is very anxious to run for Albert Gore's Senate seat.
Dan Kuykendall is already starting to campaign for the nomination
and needs to be shut off. Brock would be a stronger state-wide
candidate and certainly would be better financed. Besides, we
owe it to him.
What needs to be done is to have Howard Baker talk to Kuykendall
and tell him that he intends to back Brock. He should be willing to
do this since the other option available to Brock is to run for
Governor. If Brock should win, it would establish him as the
dominating power in the Party in Tennessee. Baker is very anxious
to maintain his own position as the dominate force there and I'm
sure if he realized that by allowing Brock to run for the Senate, he
probably wouldn't have to worry about him any longer, he would do it.
If this is agreeable to you I shall speak with Bryce as to how to
bring it about.
JS:si