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H.R. Haldeman Personal Files List. 2 Pages. [Other Document], 1968
To: Earl M. Anderson From: H.R. Haldeman Re: Previous letter regarding article by Herbert V. Prochnow. 1 Page. [Letter], 1/21/1969
To: William A. Anderson From: H.R. Haldeman Re: Previous letter regarding concerns over the housing situation. 1 Page. [Letter], 12/9/1968
To: Phillip Areeda From: H. R. Haldeman Re: Central Program Planning Staff. 1 Page. [Letter], 12/5/1968
To: Manuel Alayon From: H. R. Haldeman Re: Previous letter. 1 Page. [Letter], 12/3/1968
To: H . R. Haldeman From: Manuel Alayon Re: Letters written to Nixon. Attached: Letters to Nixon and newspaper articles enclosed but not scanned. 15 Pages. [Letter], 11/25/1968
To: Robert Alshuler From: H. R. Haldeman Re: Previous letter regarding the attendance of the President-Elect at the 19th International University for Presidents. 1 Page. [Letter], 1/4/1969
To: H. R. Haldeman From: Burt S. Avedon Re: Congratulations for appointment to Chief of the White House Staff. 1 Page. [Letter], 11/20/1968
To: William Anderson From: H. R. Haldeman Re: Concerns over housing situation. Duplicate copy not scanned. 1 Page. [Letter], 12/9/1968
To: John Barnhill From: H. R. Haldeman Re: Assistance to new administration. Attached: Letter to H. R. Haldeman From: John Barnhill. 2 Pages. [Letter], 1/6/1969
To: Robert Buffum From: H. R. Haldeman Re: Letter to Nixon. Attached: Letter to Nixon. 5 Pages. [Letter], 1/14/1969
To: C. Stanley Blair From: H. R. Haldeman Re: Letter of recommendation for Captain Fred C. Watson. Attached: Letter of recommendation. 5 Pages. [Letter], 1/14/1969
To: George W. Brokate From: H. R. Haldeman Re: Recent Column by Evans and Novak on Richard Allen. Attached: Letter and column. Column not scanned. 3 Pages. [Letter], 1/13/1969
To: J. Moreau Brown, III From: H. R. Haldeman Re: Nixon speaking at the Annual Meeting of the Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. 1 Page. [Letter], 1/10/1969
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This file contains:
H.R. Haldeman Personal Files List. 2 Pages. [Other Document], 1968
To: Earl M. Anderson From: H.R. Haldeman Re: Previous letter regarding article by Herbert V. Prochnow. 1 Page. [Letter], 1/21/1969
To: William A. Anderson From: H.R. Haldeman Re: Previous letter regarding concerns over the housing situation. 1 Page. [Letter], 12/9/1968
To: Phillip Areeda From: H. R. Haldeman Re: Central Program Planning Staff. 1 Page. [Letter], 12/5/1968
To: Manuel Alayon From: H. R. Haldeman Re: Previous letter. 1 Page. [Letter], 12/3/1968
To: H . R. Haldeman From: Manuel Alayon Re: Letters written to Nixon. Attached: Letters to Nixon and newspaper articles enclosed but not scanned. 15 Pages. [Letter], 11/25/1968
To: Robert Alshuler From: H. R. Haldeman Re: Previous letter regarding the attendance of the President-Elect at the 19th International University for Presidents. 1 Page. [Letter], 1/4/1969
To: H. R. Haldeman From: Burt S. Avedon Re: Congratulations for appointment to Chief of the White House Staff. 1 Page. [Letter], 11/20/1968
To: William Anderson From: H. R. Haldeman Re: Concerns over housing situation. Duplicate copy not scanned. 1 Page. [Letter], 12/9/1968
To: John Barnhill From: H. R. Haldeman Re: Assistance to new administration. Attached: Letter to H. R. Haldeman From: John Barnhill. 2 Pages. [Letter], 1/6/1969
To: Robert Buffum From: H. R. Haldeman Re: Letter to Nixon. Attached: Letter to Nixon. 5 Pages. [Letter], 1/14/1969
To: C. Stanley Blair From: H. R. Haldeman Re: Letter of recommendation for Captain Fred C. Watson. Attached: Letter of recommendation. 5 Pages. [Letter], 1/14/1969
To: George W. Brokate From: H. R. Haldeman Re: Recent Column by Evans and Novak on Richard Allen. Attached: Letter and column. Column not scanned. 3 Pages. [Letter], 1/13/1969
To: J. Moreau Brown, III From: H. R. Haldeman Re: Nixon speaking at the Annual Meeting of the Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. 1 Page. [Letter], 1/10/1969
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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
31
1
1968
Other Document
H.R. Haldeman Personal Files List. 2 Pages.
31
1
1/21/1969
Letter
To: Earl M. Anderson From: H.R.
Haldeman Re: Previous letter regarding
article by Herbert V. Prochnow. 1 Page.
31
1
12/09/1968
Letter
To: William A. Anderson From: H.R.
Haldeman Re: Previous letter regarding
concerns over the housing situation. 1 Page.
31
1
12/05/1968
Letter
To: Phillip Areeda From: H. R. Haldeman
Re: Central Program Planning Staff. 1 Page.
31
1
12/03/1968
Letter
To: Manuel Alayon From: H. R. Haldeman
Re: Previous letter. 1 Page.
31
1
11/25/1968
Letter
To: H. R. Haldeman From: Manuel Alayon
Re: Letters written to Nixon. Attached:
Letters to Nixon and newspaper articles
enclosed but not scanned. 15 Pages.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Page 1 of 3
Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
31
1
1/04/1969
Letter
To: Robert Alshuler From: H. R. Haldeman
Re: Previous letter regarding the attendance
of the President-Elect at the 19th
International University for Presidents. 1
Page.
31
1
11/20/1968
Letter
To: H.R. Haldeman From: Burt S. Avedon
Re: Congratulations for appointment to Chief
of the White House Staff. 1 Page.
31
1
12/09/1968
Letter
To: William Anderson From: H.R.
Haldeman Re: Concerns over housing
situation. Duplicate copy not scanned. 1
Page.
31
1
1/06/1969
Letter
To: John Barnhill From: H. R. Haldeman
Re: Assistance to new administration.
Attached: Letter to H. R. Haldeman From:
John Barnhill. 2 Pages.
31
1
1/14/1969
Letter
To: Robert Buffum From: H. R. Haldeman
Re: Letter to Nixon. Attached: Letter to
Nixon. 5 Pages.
31
1
1/14/1969
Letter
To: C. Stanley Blair From: H. R. Haldeman
Re: Letter of recommendation for Captain
Fred C. Watson. Attached: Letter of
recommendation. 5 Pages.
31
1
1/13/1969
Letter
To: George W. Brokate From: H. R.
Haldeman Re: Recent Column by Evans and
Novak on Richard Allen. Attached: Letter
and column. Column not scanned. 3 Pages.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Page 2 of 3
Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
31
1
1/10/1969
Letter
To: J. Moreau Brown, III From: H.R.
Haldeman Re: Nixon speaking at the Annual
Meeting of the Empire State Society of the
Sons of the American Revolution. 1 Page.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Page 3 of 3
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
H.R. HALDEMAN PERSONAL FILES
1968
1. Alphabetical files Athru Z
2. RN Notes
3. RN's N.Y. Apartment
4. RN - Congrat. ltrs.
5. Current Budget
6. Business Advisory Commission forNixon-Agnew
7. Contact Lists
8. Election Results: Analysis
9. Tom Evans Calls
10. Lindsay Memos
11. Pierre Staff
12. Wyndham Hotel
13. Supplies and Equipment
14. Task Force Report
15. FBI Clearance Procedures
16. Transition
17. WHCA
18. V.P. Staff
19. Acceptance
Speech
20. Youth File
21. White House Fellows
22. White House Staff List
23. White House Correspondence Guidelines
24. Jet Star
25. Invitations Regretted
26. RN Calendar
27. HRH: Daily Schedule
28. HRH: D.C. Residence
29. Xmas Card List
30. Bull
31. Higby
32. Wilkinson
33. Ken Cole
34. Nut Mail
35. Telephone Messages
36. Brown
317. Petty Cash Account - Higby, Pierre - Nov Dec - '68;
Jan-'69
38. Memos - November
39. Memos - 12/1 - 12/7
40. Memos - 12/8 - 12/14
H.R. HALDEMAN PERSONAL FILES
1968
41. Memos - 12/15 - 12/21
42. Memos - 12/29 - 12/31
43. Memos - 12/22 - 12/28
44. Memos - 1/1 -
45. RN Pre-Inaugural Memoranda
46. Picture of Haldeman and the President
January 21, 1969
Dear Mr. Anderson:
This is to let you know the President
received your letter of December 31
calling his attention to the article by
Mr. Herbert V. Prochnew which
appeared in the December 29 issue
of the Chicago Tribune.
We appreciate very much your thought-
fulness in making this available.
Sincerely,
H.R. Haldeman
Assistant to the
President
Mr. Earl M. Anderson
6529 North Spokane Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60646
HRH:ny
December 9, 1968
Mr. William A. Anderson, R.A.
Box 250
South Salem, N.Y. 10590
Dear Mr. Anderson:
Thank you for taking the time to write to express
your ideas and concerns over the housing situation
in our nation. I have referred your letter to
Mr. Menry Loomis, who is the staff coordinator for
our task forces. He will see that it gets in the
proper hands. I'am sure that some of his people
will be in touch with you further.
Cordially,
H. R. Haldeman
Assistant to the
President-elect
HRM/me
ee H. Loomis
December 5, 1968
Mr. Philip Areeda
Law School of Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
Dear Mr. Areeda:
Thank you very much for sending on the
memorandum regarding a central program
planning staff.
It is most helpful, and I think we will be
able to do something along those lines.
Cordially,
H. R. Haldeman
Assistant to the
President-elect
HRH:jc
December 3, 1968
Mr. Manuel J. Alayon
2122 West Orient Street
Tampa, Florida 33697
Dear Mr. Alayon:
Thank you for forwarding your letter and
documents.
I shall see that they receive the proper
attention from Mr. Nixon's staff.
Cordially,
H. R. Haldeman
Assistant to the
President-elect
HRH:jc
Tampa, Florida, November 25, 1968
Mr. H. R. Haldeman
Pierre Hotel
New York, N. Y.
Dear Mr. Haldeman:
I enclose copies of several documents and a letter
which I have just written to Mr. Richard M. Nixon,
President-Elect of the United States.
I have sent the originals to Mr. Nixon but I do not
know if he will receive them. He travels very much and
the letter might never reach his hands.
Would you see that he gets., the copies.
I will be very grateful for your assistance in this
matter and will be delighted to hear that you have made
it possible for Mr. Nixon to receive it.
Respectfully yours,
Manuel J. Alayon
2122 W. Orient Street
Tampa, Florida 33607
Tampa, Florida, November 25, 1968
Mr. Richard M. Nixon
President-Elect of the United States
of America
Fifth Avenue
New York City, N. Y.
Dear Mr. Nixon:
For several days I have been reading articles which have
appeared in local newspapers and watching programs and news
commentaries on the largest television networks which have
worried me deeply.
The "liberal" press is now engaged in a campaign to pro-
mote "unity" and a "coalition government" and is suggesting
1 possible candidates for Secretaries of Defense and State. It
seems that these two cabinet posts are of great interest to
the liberals who are trying to convince the American people
that liberals should be appointed to those positions. Commu-
nists always talk about "unity" when they are not in power,
but once they have control of the governments no one hears
that word again. I enclose the article "House Liberal Wants
Southern Chairmen Out". How can there be unity when our
enemies think like this?
As I see it, you should not have lost the elections in
the states of New York and Michigan. The State of New York
has a Republican Senator and a Republican Governor. Also,
the Mayor of the City of New York is a Republican. The State
of Michigan also has a Republican Governor. Why did not they
carry out a vigorous campaign in your behalf?
You lost in the State of Maryland by a very small vote
due to the campaign by the leftist press against Mr. Agnew,
a true anticommunist who will be member of the National Secu-
rity Council.
Mr. Nixon, count on your own men, the ones that have your
same ideas and principles, the ones that have helped you and
remained faithful to you through the years, your true friends,
men whose ideology is well known and who have the courage to
make decisions in times of crisis. The nation leader of the
free world needs men in government who have the experience and
the courage to face the many problems of today.
I believe that this nation should take steps to stop commu-
nists from infiltrating the press. Professors and students in
schools for newsmen and writers should be investigated by the
Federal Bureau of Investigations and measures should be taken
to prevent communists from spreading their poison through the
news media. Why is it that the New York Times, the Chicago
Daily News, the Washington Post, Life, Time and so many others
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do not send their reporters to Miami to interview Cubans who
flee from Communist Cuba? Instead of this, they send a camera-
man and a writer to interview Castro and to write about the
success of his revolution. Television programs are presented
almost every week praising the Cuban Communist revolution and
distorting the truth in an unbelievable manner. Only last week,
a program was presented to show the great "advances" in the
fields of education and medical assistance. How is it possible,
Mr. Nixon, that after ten years of Communism in Cuba, these
newspapers and television networks continue to brainwash the
American people, with lies and more lies? How can they praise
the greatest criminal that Latin America has ever known?
General De Gaulle said once that the government who wants to
achieve success must have control of television. I believe
that a committee, formed by responsible citizens, should be
formed to supervise all programs in order to make sure that
truth is always fairly presented. This committee should be
formed with men that have the courage to call things by their
real names, and to tell the public if and when events tele-
casted have been prearranged like the Chicago riots.
Men arrested during riots should be investigated by the Federal
Bureau of Investigations, and if they came from other states,
the Internal Revenue Service can also look into the matter to
find out the source of income of such persons.
The National Educational Network should also be investigated
and steps should be taken to insure that their programs are
truly educational and based on the democratic principles.
I am enclosing three articles by your friend Miss Alice
Widener dealing with professors, unity and guerrillas. I also
enclose two other articles, one "Coalition Government Idea is
Ridiculous" and the other by Drew Pearson, so you can see how
every possible effort is made to confuse the American people.
How can it be said that Russian troops have the same right
to be in Czechoslovakia as American troops had to intervene in
the Dominican Republic? Russian troops went to Czechoslovakia
to assure the slavery of its people and to kill and send to
prison all those who want more freedom. On the contrary, the
American troops went to the Dominican Republic to prevent a
Communist dictatorship, to restore order and to safeguard the
freedom of the people. Proof of this is the fact that once
order was restored, American troops left that country.
You, Mr. President-Elect, know better than anyone else
these things, but I could not resist the urge to write about
them to you. Do not think that my intention is that of daring
to say what you should do.
Several days ago I read that Mr. Johnson intends, at the
expiration of his mandate, to teach future candidates to the
United States Congress. The Republican Party can do something
similar to that, training and teaching young men the conser-
vative ideology of the party.
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Mr. Nixon, I have great faith in you. I feel sure that you
will be known as a great president and that history will tell
of your contribution to the preservation of freedom and liberty
in America and around the world. I have always felt in this
manner as you will see in the copy of the Certificate of Recog-
nition that I had the honor of giving to you in 1965, time at
which you were not a candidate for office. I also enclose copies
of the letters that I received from you and from your secretary.
I will end this letter without writing about the Supreme
Court, the conduct of some memebers of the Organization of
American States, the role of the United Nations, and some of
the statements by officials of the Sate Department, but all
of these and many other subjects about which I could write,
would make this letter endless.
Let me just congratulate you for your well deserved victory,
and wish you continued success as President of this great
nation.
Respectfully yours,
Manuel Alayon
2122 W. Orient Street
Tampa, Florida 33607
CC: Mr. Spiro Agnew
Miss Julie Nixon
Mr. Edward Nixon
Miss Rose Mary Woods
Mr. H. R. Haldeman
Mr. Ron Ziegler
Victor Riesel
Kennedy Camp Exiles?
Ready To Join Nixon
NEW YORK -- Apparently the old
times. In fact, he averred, it is
new left no longer is taking Richard Mil-
that Dick Nixon won. He will bring
hous Nixon as a personal insult.
peace, said Mr. Mankiewicz, and more
House Liberal
From now on, the President-elect can
easily be the great conciliator.
have a voice in the village Bohemia
"Probably no one is better equipped
here) anytime he wishes. His success has
in the country for the task," said Man-
Wants Southern
gone to the heads of many a fire-eating
kiewicz, referring to the Presidency in
intellectual. They are eager to work with
these turbulent and divisive times.
the White House -- if not actually in it.
"It's probably better Nixon was elect-
For that they can wait a few months.
ed than Humphrey," added the former
Chairmen Out
Leading all the others is that profes-
Kennedy counselor.
sional prodigy, that brash genius on the
There was more to this speech. But
political flying trapezc, Richard Good-
the rest does not actually qualify these
WASHINGTON :UPD-A lead-
win, confidant of Senator Gene McCarthy.
startling sentiments.
ing House liberal said yester-
McCarthy.
day the Democrats S 0 u d
It's a long trail which the acid-
H 0 W startling these words truly
abolish their seniority rules to
tongued Mr. Goodwin has traveled. After
are can be appreciated only by those of
Harvard Law School, he assisted the late
us who have listened to almost a decade
oust conservative southerners
Supreme Court Justice Felix Frank-
of vituperation heaped by the shovelful
from committee chairman-
furter, President John F. Kennedy, Sec-
on the Republican leader. It should be
ships
retary of State Dean Rusk, President
recalled that at 30 years of age, Dick
Lyndon Johnson, Senator Bob Kennedy,
Goodwin was one of the most energetic
Rep. Richard Bolling, D-Mo.,
and, in the heat of this past summer -
and influential forces in Jack Kennedy's
who will start his 11th term
that political laureate, Gene McCarthy.
kitchen cabinet.
in January, said, "loyal Demo-
was Goodwin who brought the
During the long sessions over long
crats in the House should re-
Kennedy brother-in-law Steve Smith to
drinks of milk, Goodwin became the
capture control of committee
McCarthy's 23rd floor Chicago Hilton
voice of the new left. He scalded labor
chaired by southern Demo-
suite on the afternoon of August 27, SO
leaders who were close to "Jack." His
crats who are hosti'e to the
the three of them could discuss
particular target was AFL-CIO President
George Meany, whom Goodwin enjoyed
national Democratic program
McCarthy's offer to throw his votes to
Ted Kennedy in the presidential nomi-
referring to as a "fascist," principally
and are actually Republicans
nation battle.
because of his intransigent stand against
with southern accents."
building bridges to Moscow and the East-
Then. not too long after the Chicago
ern bloc.
Instead of giv-
battle, Dick Goodwin, of Connecticut's
Later, Goodwin became the true
ing the chair to the party's
best suburbs. contacted one of Dick
apostle of today's McCarthyism, carry-
senior committee m r. b
Nixon's closest advisers. He suggested he
ing the Minnesotan's message to the
Bolling said in a statement,
could be happy to work on concepts of
younger prototypes of the aging Good-
the Presidency for the Republican nomi-
win, who today is almost 37 years old. He
the chairmanships should be
nee. As always Dick Goodwin. sharp. fac-
became a link, the link, the strongest link
thrown open to election in
ile, fantastically swift whipper-upper of
between the militant youth and
party caucus with the speak-
detailed plans and briefs, impressed his
McCarthy, and then with Ted Kennedy's
listeners.
er having the right to nomi-
camp.
He still is of intellectual weight in the
nate candidates.
A FEW DAYS after the final count,
new new left. What brings him to the
Bolling is a long-time op-
Mr. Goodwin again sat with at least one
doors of Dick Nixon? He may come as a
ponent of the seniority system
of Mr. Nixon's strategists. Again, ideas
lone visitor seeking a piece of the action.
sputtered like empty shell casings from
He may come as a symbol of these seek-
and has even sought to oust
an oiled carbine.
ing rapprochement with a new Presi-
Speaker John W. McCormack.
He's not the only one of the Kennedy
dent. He may come believing that Mr.
But the system is well en-
government-in-exile who now speaks well
Nixon will wind up the South Vietnamese
trenched in both houses of
of President-elect Nixon. There is. for ex-
war.
Congress and there seemed no
ample. Frank Mankiewicz, public rela-
But whatever it is. his arrival in the
possibility t h at his proposal
tions chap for the late Bob Kennedy.
outer sanctum is significant - especially
would receive serious atten-
About a week ago, Frank said that
if he gets into the kitchen, as he has SO
tion.
Dick Nixon really was a man for these
successfully in the past.
RICHARD M. GOODWIN
Brash Genius "Willing"
FRANK MANKIEWICZ
From Bob To Dick
Alice Widener
10v-14-68
Who'll Report on Leftist Profs?
NEW YORK CITY - The Educational
R. Goldberg attacked this month as "a
history, a foreign language, and a sci-
Testing Service in Princeton, New Jer-
conspiracy."
ence. He proposes that students be
sey, reports that it has conducted a study
It is organizing welfare recipients in a
compelled to take part in community
of college students in our nation and
program to "spend the rent" and deliber-
projects outside the school and to take
finds that only two per cent belong to
ately seek eviction by landlords. A result
part in ungraded "mini" discussion-
radical organizations.
this winter, says Commissioner Gold-
group courses.
But the impact of the two per cent -
berg, could be "kids freeze on the
says the Service is 50 substantial asta
streets."
At the Socialist Scholars Conference
be 2 "phenomenon."
He asserts that approximately 500
last September, Dr. Susman said that
It is.
welfare recipients have been drawn into
Karl Marx' praxis unites feelings,
Even more of a phenomenon, how-
the conspiracy in New York City alone. It
thought and action, and he said that rev-
ever, IS the impact on our society of the
could cause a major racial crisis there
olutionary intellectuals "must turn pri-
two per cent of radical Leftist faculty
and elsewhere. It is not an exaggeration
vate problems into social issues and turn
members, among whom The Socialist
to that the impact of Prof. Cloward
desires into systems of value, needs into
Scholars constitute a Marxist brain trust.
on our society is costing cities millions of
social goals.'
dollars and substantial property damage.
PROF. SUSMAN wants Rutgers (and
When will a major educational
other universities) to be regrouped into
vice or Prosidential commission study
THE IMPACT of Socialist Scholar Dr.
four schools: Applied Scientific Studies:
the subject of the radical faculty orga-
Warren I. Susman of Rutgers University
Social Studies; Scientific Studies; and
nizations in our universities? After all,
on our institutions of higher learning
Humanistic Studies. This S tructu e
most student radicals are merely the
could be equally disastrous. At the in-
strongly resembles that of many Marxist
indoctrinated puppets of radical profes-
vitation of the Rugers dean, Dr. Susman
institutes in East Europe and the Soviet
sors.
has written a report on the proposed re-
Union.
structuring of Rutgers (and presumably
The Educational Testing Service in
THE CURRENT impact of oni, two
other universities) which calls for re-
Princeton has told the American public
Socialist Scholars on our society - Prof.
forms that would undermine the system
mostly what it already knows about radi-
Richard A. Cloward of Columbia Univer-
of higher education in our country and
cal students. But no recognized service
sity, and Dr. Warren I. Susman of Rut-
create a Marxist educational structure.
or group has told the public anything at
gers University - is making press head-
At the Fourth Annual Conference of
all about the Socialist Scholars and other
lines. As ideological adviser to the City-
Socialist Scholars, Rutgers, September
radical faculty groups, though they are
wide Coordinating Committee of Welfare
1968, Dr. Susman said Karl Marx "had
disrupting our society much more than
Groups, which has nationwide affilia-
the only solution" to social problems.
the radical students are. It is faculty
tions, Prof. Cloward has succeeded in
radicals who are training up many young
disrupting the entire welfare system in
The Susman Report calls for abo-
students in the way they should not go.
New York City, and in fomenting what
lishing the college curriculum require-
Let's have a report on the radical profes-
City Social Services Commissioner Jack
ments of at least one year's study of
sors.
THE TAMPA TRIBUNE, Tuesday, November 12, 1968
Alice Widener
Nixon Needn't Be Bashful About
Building A GOP Administration
NEW YORK CITY - To win though
they lost, the Left-Liberals - led by The
New York Times - are claiming that
President-Elect Nixon's margin of victo-
ry was S0 slim he will have to set up a
coalition administration in January.
On November 7. The Times (which
h a di exalted Humphrey-Muskie and
smeared Nixon-Agnew) ran the headline
"Nixon Wins Presidency by Margin
Probably Smaller Than That of Kennedy
in '60."
But was Nixon's margin SO thin or
slim, given the political circumstances of
1968. which were far different from these
of 1960? At that time, there were only
two major candidates vying for the Pres-
idency and Kennedy won by a hair's
breadth margin of 112.803 votes. This
year there were three major candidates
and Nixon had to defeat two opponents.
IT IS GENERALLY conceded that
third party votes for George Wallace
were cast by citizens who were dis-
pleased with the Democratic Adminis-
FDR ALSO HAD MAJORITY
trations of Presidents Kennedy and John-
But He Built Up Party, Too
son.
If Wallace had not led a third party, it
It is alleged that President Nixon
is logical to assume that the vast major
must set up a coalition government to
ity of his followers would have voted
unify our nation. That is pure bunk. Dur-
against the Democratic Presidential can-
ing the 20 years of the New and Fair
didate, Hubert Humphrey, who was en-
Deals. Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt
tirely faithful to the Kennedy-Johnson
and Harry Truman headed a unified
policies. Relatively, therefore, it is rea-
America but neither ever let go by:a
sonable to estimate Nixon's margin of
single opportunity to strengthen, finance
victory in '68 as much greater than Ken-
and build the Democratic Party from
nedy's in '60.
precinet level to top Federal echelon.
There is no recent historical justifica-
Both Roosevelt and Truman were pro-
tion for the Left-Liberals' clamor for a
fessional politicians. Eisenhower wasn't
1969 coalition administration in Washing-
one and didn't wish to be. Unfortunately,
ton. D.C. Despite the late President Ken-
his partisan political inaction helped
nedy's extremely narrow victory, he
weaken the two-party system in our
never for an instant conceived of his Ad-
country.
ministration as a coalition affair. From
the moment he tcok office, Kennedy hand-
CONSIDERING the recent political
ed out fat political plums to members of
past and the exceptional conditions in
his family and to Democrats everywhere
1968, it is a miracle that Richard Nixon
in the nation, with the "Irish Mafia" act-
won the Presidential popular vote.
ing as dispensers.
His real margin was thick, not thin. It
Kennedy was determined not to imi-
should be evident to all citizens, as we
tate President Eisenhower who gave the
near the end of this fateful year, that for
Republican Party his immense personal
the future our nation needs a strong two-
prestige but let it suffer from partisan
party system, not a monolithic Left-Lib-
neglect, a political mistake which Eisen-
eral-designed coalition government.
hower later regretted.
In 1972, Americans ought to be able to
choose between a Republican and a
ALL DURING the eight years of the
Democratic candidate for the Presiden-
Kennedy-Johnson Administrations, the
cy. Therefore President Nixon should
Democratic Party was kent rich. oiled
give our nation a Republican Adminis-
and rewarded. It broke down this year
tration based on the principles in which
not from neglect but from poor decision-
he believes and which have carried him
making at the highest executive level.
to victory.
DEACTIVATED MEMBERS OF VIET CONG
National Recognition Might Boomerang
Alice Widener
Recognizing Viet Guerrillas
Will Set Perilous Precedent
NEW YORK CITY - Like President
were going along smoothly even if th
Johnson's court-packing effort to stack
weren't.
the Supreme Court before a new adminis-
Knowing it is well nigh impossible 1
tration took over in Washington, D.C.,
President Thicu of South Vietnam to b
just so his peace-packing, bomb-halt of-
the hand that feeds him through publis
fort to stack the national election, only a
ing the real record of his private tal
few days before November 5, might
with Ambassador Bunker, and knowing
prove to be a boomerang.
is well nigh impossible for an incomit
President-elect Nixon has conducted
President of the United States to accu
himself admirably in the Vietnam affair.
an outgoing one of high-powered poli
cking that involved the fate of more the
It is a very tricky one, though Secre-
500,000 American fighting men and
tary of Defense Clifford and other top
several Asian nations, the top Johns
members of the Johnson Administration
people seem to be trying hard to disgui.
have tried to put the most honest possible
the real situation.
face on it.
TO DO SO, it could be that once aga
Nixon certainly would not embarrass
the Liberals in a Democratic Admini
our country internationally by voicing
traticn are going to make the Preside
sharp criticism of its chief executive and
of the Republic of South Vietnam into
Commander-in-Chief. But it is plain as
"bad guy." They did SO in the Kenned
can be that "the tired diplomats" who
Administration with dire results to Pres
negotiated the bombing halt were more
dent Diem and his family.
than tired, they were under almost in-
sufferable political pressure from the
The Johnson Administration had ba
boss in the White House.
ter be very, very careful how it handli
President Thieu as it tries to maneuve
"RICHARD NIXON had understood
him into recognizing as an equal at t)
from his talks with President Johnson
Paris negotiating table the Commun
that the time was not ripe for a halt to
National Liberation Front (NLF) which
the bombing in Vietnam," currently re-
is nothing more than a band of Hand
ports U.S. News & World Report. "Sud-
controlled and armed guerrilla terrorist
den announcement of a bombing halt
If we establish a precedent of leg
without agreement by the Government of
mizing the representatives of revolutio
South V etnam came as a surprise and
ary guerrillas, we might eventually ri
shock to Nixon forces. who found byrnoll-
our action. for it could have dire politic
ing that this action had a massive effect
consequences in areas other than Soul
on voters and almost cost Mr. Nixon the
east Asia, for example, in the Midd
election."
East and in Latin America.
President Johnson's peace-packing
Though it seems the Johnson Admini
election move put almost everyone of im-
"out" in Vistinam at almo
portance in the Saigon-Washington-Paris
any political and propaganda cost. Ame
axis on an extremely uncomfortable spot.
icans should know that acceptance of
With orders from the President to get an
bad precedent set by the outgoing A
agreement in short. order. what could
ministration could adversely attect "
Ambassador Bunker, General Abrams
incoming one, and indeed. any succes.
and Secretaries Clifford and Rusk do but
ing Administration. A house built on sar
go along with their boss?
cannot stand, and peace flowers cann
They not only had to "yes" him but
grow in soil drenched with blood shed
also had to make things seem as if they
vain.
Two-Party System Is Most Workable
Coalition Government Idea Is Ridiculous
Washington President-elect
the celebrated action and for-
chief Martin Durkin Secretary
lieved the ship of state, when not
people thought enough of it to
Richard M. Nixon would do well
ever holds his peace.
of Labor. As a Democrat, Dur-
becalmed, was being badly
elect him President. He de-
to give a Gale Sayers-like hip to
The absurdity has no limits -
kin couldn't breathe easy in the
stecred in dangerous waters
serves his chance at the wheel,
those unctuous and instant
Lyndon B. Johnson could be sent
Cabinet room and soon fled.
through a long, fearsome night.
with kindred souls in the engine
analysts who maintain that a
to Saigon as the U.S. ambassa-
Second, it is amiable sport -
His case was not over-
room. That's what the system
coalition government here is the
dor and Hubert H. Humphrey
but little more - for Presidents
whelmingly accepted but enough
is all about.
only way he can save the repub-
named to head the Department
to look for able men of the oppo-
lic from domestic disaster.
of Housing and Urban Develop-
site faith and to appoint them as
One might fancy that in their
ment. Edmund S. Muskie could
a symbol of generous bipartisan-
h a n d-wringing anguish over
be put in charge of Spiro T.
ship. President John F. Mennedy
Nixon's capacity to govern, they
Agnew.
wasn't especially interested in
would likely settle for nothing
These proposals are only
the fact that Douglas Dillon and
slightly more ridiculous than the
Robert S. McNamara were Re-
view that Nixon must hire on a
publicans when he appointed
host of responsible Democrats to
them to the Cabinet, but it made
Peter
keep the country from going to
a talking point. JFK knew that
hell, or that he must reach out,
McNamara couldn't influence a
Lisagor
through hook or crook, to con-
single precinct in Michigan, and
ciliate the extremists, placate
the same was probably true of
the New Left and appease the
Dillon in New Jersey. Neither
Far Right, while keeping the
deflected a single shaft of criti-
broad center placid and pros-
cism from the GOP opposition in
perous. They would make of
Congress
Nixon a demolition expert
Finally, Nixon would have
Several things are wrong
real trouble finding a Democrat
less than Eugene McCarthy as
with the coalition idea. First, it
of consequence who does not fall
Secretary of State, Eldridge
isn't Nixon's thing. He's a parti-
into the category he castigated
Cleaver as FBI director, Dag-
san man, a Republican for all
during the campaign - the cate-
mar Wilson as Defense Secre-
seasons, and his fidelity to party
gory of tired, confused, weary,
tary, and Dr. Benjamin Spock
accounts for his political resur-
brain-fogged and errant men
as Gen. Lewis Hershey's re-
rection. As he said repeatedly
who served one time or another
placement at Selective Service
during the campaign, hel be-
in the administration in the pa t
headquarters. It's just a short
lieves in the two-party system
eight years. And even if he did,
hop from there to George C.
as the most virtuous of all sys-
the chances are that the fresh
Wallace as Chief Justice of the
tems.
Democrat would share the dis-
U.S. Supreme Court.
He also believes there are
like of his party brethren for
enough talented Republicans
Nixon and would have to have
The idea, of course, is to de-
man his administration. That
his patriotism fully exploited to
fang all critics, mobilize all mili-
was the nuh of the case he made
join the Nixon Cabinet.
tants behind the government, by
in the campaign. He indicated
ruth the nation feeds all
associating their leaders and
that he might invite some
the unifying It can get. But it
spokesmen with the object of
uniquely qualified Democrat to
will not come through trans-
their disaffections and scorn. In
join his government, but it
parent additions of window-dis-
this way, every hot-headed, red-
would be a unity gesture as
play Democrats. The Republi-
necked, malcontented, opp-
empty as that of President
cans fought and bled for the op-
ressed, disadvantaged, and
Dwight D. Eisenhower's in 1952
portunity to run things. Nixon
alienated citizen gets a piece of
when he made Plumbers' Union
made it quite clear that he be-
Drew Pearson
Drew Pearson
Russia Is No. 1 Problem for Nixon
WASHINGTON - Biggest problem
Russia, engaged in the so-called kitchen
facin;
hard Nixon when he becomes
debate with Nikita Khrushchev which he
President will be relations with the only
used in his subsequent election campaign
to put Khrushchev in a bad light. The
other nation which has a nuclear stock-
Russians had gone out of their way to
pile Soviet Russia.
give Nixon a rousing welcome, and rc-
It is also the nation with the biggest
member vividly how Nixon turned a ges-
JOHNSON:
arsenal of missiles - next to ours - the
ture of Russian hospitality into a matter
of political expediency.
Sought Soviet
second biggest Navy in the world, and a
They also remember how he climbed
standing Army bigger than ours.
to political power by falsely claiming
Cooperation
One week after he became President,
that such non-Communists as Rep. Jerry
Lyndon Johnson decided that if the two
and Rep. Helen Gahagan
most powerful nations in the world - the
Douglas of California were pro-Commu-
nist. All of this gives the new President a
USA and USSR - could cooperate, there
reputation for insincerity and political
could be world peace.
expediency with the government with
Since then he has worked hard at this
which he must now do business if he is to
short time ago for exactly the same re:
continue the present policy of Soviet-
son the Russians went into Czechoslo
policy, and on the whole it has paid off.
The Russians have curbed their pluto-
American peacekeeping for the world
vakia: namely refusal to let a foreign
However, the Russians are pragmatic
ideology get planted in a country very
nium stockpile, lived up to the Test-Ban
close to one's own.
Treaty, signed a very important Non-
people. They also recognize pragmafism
Proliferation Pact, signed a consular
when they see it, and they see it in Mr
pact which we wanted more than they,
Nixon.
THE QUESTION of Nivors coopera-
tion with Russia will first come to a head
opened a direct airline between Moscow
SHORTLY BEFORE he was nomi-
if President Johnson calls a special ses.
and New York, and expressed their will-
sion of the Senate to ratify the nuclear
ingness last Spring to discuss a limitation
nated at Miami Beach, he approached
Non-Proliferation Pact. He has been se-
of missiles and of anti-ballistic missile
the State Department with a view to vis-
riously considering such a move.
networks.
iting Moscow. The Russians agreed. This
The Non-Proliferation Pact was nego-
tiated with great difficulty. While the
INCIDENTALLY, we have found the
is not hearsay, but fact. Then, following
United States and the Soviet Union had
Russians scrupulous in living up to treaty
the Czech invasion, Nixon decided it
little trouble reaching an agreement,
agreements. Satellite observation is such
would not be smart politics for him to go
they had a great trouble with smaller
that our intelligence services have an ex-
to Russia, and the trip was called off.
countries.
cellen' a what Soviet missile strength
You can be pretty sure the Russians
West Germany, Italy and Brazil. all
is and at tests are being made. Ever
will still talk to Nixon. They' probably
good friends and allies of the United
since the Cuban missile crisis, we have
keep their fingers crossed and be more
States, were extremely reluciant about
found that the Russians have been care-
wary than with LBJ whom they had
giving up their right to nuclear produc-
ful about their statements. In the recent
come to trust. But the basic point is that
tion.
Vietnam truce talks they did not promise
the Russians, even including most of the
The Soviet also had trouble with some
too much, but made good on what they
hardliners, believe that the future of
of its allies such as Romania, though Ro-
did.
world peace depends on cooperation be-
mania in the end signed the pact.
Nixon, however, will approach Soviet-
tween the two super-powers.
President Johnson feels that time is of
American relations with some handicaps.
They recognize that the United States
the essence. If the United States, which
He has urged postponement of Senate ac-
and the Soviet Union now have very sim-
initiated the treaty, does not ratify, we
tion on the vitally important Non-Prolife-
ilar problems, even down to students. In
will lose forever the chance to get the
ration Pact. He S ai during the re-
Prague the Czech students have becn riot-
approval of the smaller countries. This
cent campaign that he favored going
ting against Moscow very much
as
Mex
would lead to a nuclear race in which
ahead with the $50 billion anti-ballistic
ican students were rioting against the
any little country could blackmail the
missile network; also wants to increase
United States. The Russians will also def-
rest of the world with one bomb.
the missile stockpile. This is just the op-
initely remind you-when you criticize
LBJ is hoping now that Nixon is
posite of the Johnson policy.
their armed invasion of Czechoslovakia--
elected he will change his mind about the
that the United States put 20,000 troops
sact.
PREVIOUSLY NIXON had visited
into the tiny Dominican Republic only a
THE FAMOUS KITCHEN DEBATE
Nixon Tried To Put Khrushchev in Bad Light
PERO
PATETA
Inon:
FREE
COUNTRY
Certificate of Recognition
1
CUBAN CIVIC CLUB
TAMPA, FLORIDA
Whereas,
has demonstrated a great concern for the preservation of
democratic ideals, and a genuine interest in the freedom
of all nations which, Like Cuba, are under the oppression
of a communist tyranny;
Therefore, be it resolved, that in appreciation, the
Cuban Civic Club extends this Certificate of Recognition.
Tampa, Horida
Secretary
President
NIXON, MUDGE, ROSE, GUTHRIE & ALEXANDER
(MUDGE, STERN, BALDWIN & TODD)
JOHN H. ALEXANDER
BLISS ANSNES
20 BROAD STREET
HANOVER 2-6767
PETER W.ASHER
CABLE "BALTUCHINS"
ARTHUR M. BECKER
MILTON BLACK
NEW YORK, N.Y.
JOHN F. BROSNAN
WASHINGTON OFFICE
GEORGE R. BROWNELL
639-17TH STREET,N.W.
GEORGE E. BUCHANAN
WASHINGTON,D.C.
GOLDTHWAITE H. DORR
LEONARD GARMENT
STERLING 3-8775
RANDOLPH H.GUTHRIE
MATTHEW G. HEROLD,JR.
JOSEPH V. KLINE
EUROPEAN OFFICE
WILLIAM B. LANDIS
12,RUE DE LA PAIX
RICHARD M. NIXON
PARIS 20, FRANCE
RICHARD 5. RITZEL
742-05-99
MILTON C.ROSE
NORMAN M. SEGAL
HARRY G.SILLECK,JR.
JOHN WALLIS
ROBERT E. WALSH
GEORGE W. WHITTAKER
August 31, 1965
Mr. Manuel J. Alayon, President
Cuban Civic Club
Post Office Box 4224
Tampa, Florida 33607
Dear Mr. Alayon:
Your letter of July 23 has arrived in
Mr. Nixon's absence from the city on a business trip
to the Far East.
You may be sure it will be brought to his
attention when he returns to the office in mid-
September.
In the meantime, I know he would want me
to extend his best wishes to you.
Sincerely,
Ross Hoods
Rose Mary Woods
Secretary to Mr. Nixon
RICHARD M. NIXON
20 BROAD STREET
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
October 11, 1965
Dear Mr. Alayon:
The Certificate of Recognition
which the Cuban Civic Club awarded to me was
on my desk when I returned from the Far East
and this is the first opportunity I have had
to catch up on my correspondence.
I want you to know how much I
appreciated this honor, particularly because
of my admiration for the courage displayed by
the members of your organization.
It is a pleasure to extend my very
best wishes to you and the other members of the
Cuban Civic Club.
Sincerely,
Mr. Manuel J. Alayon
President
Cuban Civic Club
Post Office Box 4224
Tampa, Florida 33607
Peace good
Earth on toward Men
Tampa, Florida
January 1966
This year we wish you, American Soldier, who
so gallantly risk your life to protect the freedom
of South Vietnam, a happy reunion with your
loved ones in a very near future.
Men like you have the respect and admiration
of your fellow Americans and ours, humble
refugees, who fully understand the greatness of
your sacrifice and who share the ideals for
which you are today fighting in a remote land
against slavery and oppression.
We Cubans hope to also have the opportunity
to fight to restore freedom and liberty in our
homeland and we pray to the Lord to give us
the same courage and strength that He has
given you.
May God bless you!
CUBAN CIVIC CLUB
AGRUPACION DE INGENIEROS CIVILES DE CUBA EN EL EXILIO
P. O. BOX 1282
MIAMI_1.FLORIDA
January 29, 1963.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
This is to Certify that Mr. Manuel J. Alayon, Cuban Civil Engineer, hono-
rably fulfilled his duties with the Department of Public Works of Cuba (Minis-
terio de Obras Publicas de Cuba) in the following positions and during the pe-
riods of time, as follows:
From March 30 to August 13, 1954. - Chief Engineer of Equipment (Ingeniero
Jefe del Negociado de Talleres). Controlling all equipment owned by the Depart-
ment; also supervising, repairing and assigning the necessary equipment for the
various projects being carried by the Department.
From August 14, 1954 to March 8, 1955. - General Director of Engineering -
(Director General de Ingenieria). Approving in the laststep, all the Engineering
projects and supervising same while performed by the Department until its com-
pletition.
From March 19 to December 31, 1958. Chief of Division of Roads and Bridges
(Ingeniero Jefe de Caminos Y Puentes). In charge of design, construction and -
maintenance of all highways and bridges, under control of the Department.
Oliverio Garcia Soya, CE,
Secretary
Antonio aug. Tella, CE,
President
atıml
January 4, 1969
Mr. Robert E. Alshuler
Conventions Chairman
19th International University for Presidents
Young Presidents' Organization, Inc.
375 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Dear Bob:
Thanks very much for your letter concerning the attendance
of the President-Elect at the 19th International University for
Presidents. I am passing it along to Dwight Chapin, the
President-Elect's Special Assistant, who is handling Mr. Nixon's
schedule. You should hear from him in the near future.
I certainly agree with you that the Young Presidents' Organization
would be a unique audience for Mr. Nixon and I am hopeful that
it can be worked into his schedule.
I deeply appreciate your good wishes concerning my recent
appointment. We had a pleasant vacation in Palm Springs and
am looking forward to the days ahead.
Cordially,
H. R. Haldeman
Assistant to the
President-Elect
HRH:ds
cc: Dwight Chapin
Cable Address: Revlonail
Revlon
International Corporation
666 Fifth Avenue, N.Y. N.Y. 10019
November 20, 1968
Mr. H. R. Haldeman
Office of President Elect
Pierre Hotel
2 East 61st Street
New York, New York 10021
Dear Bob:
I was in the United States for budget meetings when I heard
of your appointment of Chief of the White House Staff and
I would like to add my congratulations to those of all your
other friends.
If I can do anything to aid you or the Administration in
their task, don't hesitate to call on me.
Best personal regards.
Cordiall
Burt S. Avedon
Vice President and
General Manager of Europe
BSA:pam
P.S. The office address is:
Revlon Interngtional Corporation
86 Brook Street
London W.1, England
Home address, after February 1, 1969:
Ditton House
Pinkney's Green
Bershire, England
December 9, 1968
Mr. William A. Anderson, R.A.
Box 250
South Salem, N.Y. 10590
Dear Mr. Anderson:
Thank you for taking the time to write to express
your ideas and concerns over the housing situation
in our nation. I have referred your letter to
Mr. Henry Loomis, who is the staff coordinator for
our task forces. He will see that it gets in the
proper hands. I am sure that some of his people
will be in touch with you further.
Cordially,
H. R. Haldeman
Assistant to the
President-elect
HRH/mc
cc H. Loomis
January 6, 1969
Mr. John Barnhill
J. Walter Thompson Company
420 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Dear John:
You are certainly most thoughtful to offer
your assistance to the new administration
with regard to Puerto Rico, and I am sure
after we get to work there will be many
opportunities to take advantage of your
interest in being of help.
Thanks very much for writing and I will
be in touch with you or have one of the
people directly concerned with Puerto Rican
problems be in touch with you as soon as
we get settled down there.
Cordially,
H. R. Haldeman
HRH:ds
J. WALTER THOMPSON COMPANY
420 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK, N. Y. 10017
686-7000
December 19, 1968.
Mr. H. R. Halderman
Office of the President Elect
Pierre Hotel
2 East 61st Street
New York, New York.
Dear Bob:
One of the many areas of interest, challenge and opportunity for
the United States is Puerto Rico. Due to the surprise election of Luis
Ferre as Governor of Puerto Rico, the U.S. has a special friend, a
believer in Statehood, a man interested in economic progress for the island.
There has been a string of coincidences which lead me to think
I could be of help to the new Administration with regard to Puerto Rico --
not on a full time assignment basis but in relationship with my work with
JWT.
First of all, as you may recall, I was Manager of JWT Caribbean
in San Juan for four years and have just returned to New York. While
in Puerto Rico, I had occasion to know Luis Ferre. In- addition, the new
resident Commissioner for Puerto Rico in Washington, Jorge Cordova, is a
business acquaintance.
One of my assignments here is an account located in Washington
which will be cause for frequent travel to that city. You may recall I
was Manager of our Washington Office for six years and had lived there
for many years previous.
During our stay in Puerto Rico, we became very fond of the Puerto
Ricans and were able to see the many problems they will face for the future.
Perhaps with my background I could participate in Washington, on the island,
or in the U.S. urban ghettos.
This is a personal gesture rather than an official Thompson one,
although the Company has already offered to assist Mr. Cordova through our
Washington Office.
Yours sincerely,
Jane John Barnhill
January 14, 1969
Mrs. Robert L. Buffum
c/o Lafayette Hotel
16th and Eye Streets
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mrs. Buffum:
Thank you very much for your nice letter
addressed to the President-elect. Mr. Nixon
asked me to express to you his appreciation
for your thoughtfulness in taking the time to
write.
I will pass on your suggestions to those
who are in a position to act on them.
Cordially,
H. R. Haldeman
Assistant to the
President-elect
HRH:ds
January 13, 1969.
Dear MR. Haldeman-
The enclosed thoughts concern ideas
I feel are pertinent to some of the
problems facing President- elect nixon,
and may be useful, possibly even
for inclusion in a portion of his
Inaugural address.
MRS. Jack Drown, Helene, suggested
I contact you in order to set this
information directly to Presedent elect
nixon-
Thank you very much
Betty Buffum
Home address:
(mrs. Robert L.)
1161 Los Altos ar.
Long Beach, Calif - 90815
We may leave N.Y.C. for Washington D.C. on Thursday, for
sure on Friday. Our address in washington will be
Lafayette Notel
16 theard Eye Sts.
Rm # 3630
January 13, 1969
Dear Deck-
I take the liberty of addressing you
this way - because you have been "Dick to me
since 1950, when I walked into the nixon for
Senate Headquarters, in Long Beach, California,
and met Helene Drown. Isaid to her, "I'd
like to work for Mr. najor !! Car words to that sffeet
The preceding words came to me
this morning after I had written them
down- I dialed the Operator and asked the
time. She said 255 2 AM! I don't know
what you were doing at that time- I hope
you were sleeping and getting your rest- feep
Ido know that Jesus Christ (and I feel sure
you are a firm believer) made me to become
awake and put these words into my mind.
I give them to you for Him. If They can
be of use to you, please don't thank me -
I am just His channel, His instrument.
Offer Him Thanksguing, as I am doing now,
2.
as I write these words. It's miraculous
how this comes to me, but 9 no longer
question it.
We are on the threshold of Miraculous
things. I KNOW- - THEY ARE HAPPENING
IN MY LIFE - ALL THE TIME NOW !
If I can be of any help to you, at
anytime,- [9] should say we as Robert is
just as much a part of this as I am, ]
just let us know!! ask nothing in return
you are Don guivate, The man from La
Mancha, -you are fighting the unbeatable for,
'dreaming the impossible dream!- but who
is to say your dream is impossible? or
your for is undeatable ?- I DON'T -
WITH His HELP- NOTHING is IMPOSSIBLE,
No FOE is UNBEATABLE - BECAUSE HE
WHO BELIEVES IN JESUS CHRIST is
INVINCIBLE, and FILLED WITH 'GREAT AND
3.
WONDERFUL POWER'- AND THE AGE OF
MIRACLES is NOT OVER - - MY LIFE Q
MY EXPERIENCES HAVE PROVED IT TO ME.-
I BELONG To JESUS CHRIST & I AM
UNDER ORDERS TO Him -
with deep affection- -
Betty Buffum
(MRS. Robert L.)
January B, 1969-
The message - as it came to me-
Let all the the people of this nation
close ranks and stand United Let us
forget our differences and remember our
similiarities.- We are all americans
and our love for our beloved (country nation is
greater and more important than all our
differences rolled into one (great beg ball)-
Let us take up the Standards of our
fallen warriors and heroes, and go
Forward Together - Let us drop our "labels"
of Democrats and Republicana and call
ourselves by our TRUE NAME - CITIZENS
of the greatest country ever known -
CITIZENS of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA.
Let us begin to live the words that John 7.
Kennedy said, with such dedicated conviction,
"Ask not what our country can do for
us who - but what we can do for our
country! His words can unite us-
2.
We can go forward with John, and martin
Luther, and Robert, marching ahead of us and
leading us,- - holding our precious flag,
"old Glary", high for all tosee.- - and
the world will be better for the
committment we make here today -
from this moment on - let us - join
hands - and go Forward Together
!
January 14, 1969
Mr. C. Stanley Blair
Executive Department
Annapolis, Maryland 21404
Dear Stan:
Thanks very much for your letter and
attachments recommending Captain
Fred C. Watson, U.S. Navy, as White
House Naval Aide to the President.
I am passing it on to Don Hughes for
consideration. I am sure you will be
hearing from him shortly.
Cordially,
H. R. Haldeman
HRH:ds
cc: Don Hughes
CUSTANCES
DECRETARY
STATE
Janua 10, 1969
Mr. Robert Halderman
President Elect Nixon Offices
Federal Office Building No. 7
17th and Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D. C.
Dear Bob:
Enclosed is a letter recommending Captain
Fred C. Watson for appointment as White House Naval
Aide to President Nixon.
Sincerely yours,
C! Stanley Blair
CSB:bcw
Enclosure
January 10, 1969
Mrs. Jean Losure
Consumer Relations Representative
The Sperry and Hutchinson Company
5901 Harford Road
Baltimore, Maryland 21214
Dear Jean:
Thank you for your letter recommending
Captain Fred C. Watson for appointment as a Naval Aide
to President Nixon. I have forwarded your letter to Mr.
Robert Halderman of the Nixon staff.
Sincerely yours,
C. Stanley Blair
CSB:bcw
COMPANY
5901 HARFORD ROAD
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21214
CONSUMER RELATIONS
January 6, 1969
Mr.C. Stanley Blair
State Office Building
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Dear Stan,
I am writing on behalf of Fred C. Watson, a Naval captain who has
the Navy support for the position of White House Naval Aide to
President Nixon, and needs political recommendation or action.
Captain and Mrs. Watson have been very close family friends for
twenty-five years. Captain Watson, U.S.N.A. Class of '45, has
the character, military bearing, dress and temperment befitting
the position; and Mrs. Watson is one of the most competent,
gracious and charming ladies I have ever met, plus one of the
greatest assets of all -- an inherited outside income to supple-
ment the pay of her Naval Officer husband.
His military assignments have made him an expert in anti-submarine
warfare and the Middle East situation. His present command (his
second ship) is commanding officer of an oiler serving the Vietnam
area.
His greatest advocates and sponsors for this assignment are Vice
Admiral Wallace Beakley, Admiral William Schoech and Mr. James
Wakelin, who was under-secretary of the Navy under President
Eisenhower. Admiral Beakley has called Admiral Thomas Moore,
Chief of Naval Personnel on Captain Watson's behalf and Admiral
Moore, knowing the Watson family personally, gives his blessing
to the possible appointment. Congressman Gerald Ford, who is also
a personal friend of the Watsons, has been advised of Captain
Watson's availability and interest by Mr. Wakelin.
From all this it is obvious that Captain Watson has the necessary
Navy support. Now needed is attention by the political powers
Mr. C. Stanley Blair
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January 9, 1969
that the position, which was dissolved following the Eisenhower
Administration, is necessary and vital to the military strength
of the United States. Anything that you can personally do will
be greatly appreciated.
All who know Captain Watson feel very strongly about his capa-
bilities and are certain his appointment would be in the best
interests of the new Administration and our country.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Jean Losure
Consumer Relations
Representative
JL:hs
January 13, 1969
Mr. George W. Brokate
2505 Vista Drive
Newport Beach, California 92660
Dear Mr. Brokate:
I want to thank you for taking the time to write con-
cerning the recent column by Evans and Novak on Richard
Allen.
We are aware of Mr. Allen's abilities and talents and
our selection of him. The column by Evans and Novak
was not their first attack on the new administration
and I am sure it will not be the last. We accept it
in the spirit in which it was offered.
I an glad to note that you will be at the insuguration.
I hope you will enjoy it as much as I will.
Cordially,
H. R. Haldeman
Assistant to the
President-elect
HRH/mc
George % Brokate
2505 Vista Dr.
Newport Beach, Calif. 92660
December 27, 1968
Mr. H. Robert Haldeman
Office of the President-Hlect
450 Park Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10022
Dear Mr. Haldewan:
is a contributor of 19,000.00 to the Nixon cameaign, my
contact with the new Administration has primarily huen with
MI. maurice Stens, but as I understand you are involved in
the appointment of personnel as well as financial matters, I
write to you regarding the Evans and Novak article attacking
Richard V. Allen.
I know Mr. Allen and some of his very sound research. He
has impressed myself and other Stanford alumni as a very
careful, responsible man who has a solid understanding of
communism and the threat it poses to our nation domestically
and abroad. I feel he is one of the best-considered selections
you have made.
I trust, and I believe many of my colleagues and associates
in Oran County Republican circles, and in the Lincoln Club
of Orange County, will trust that you will not let Evans and
Novak run Dick Allen off the Nixon range because he is
opposed to communism.
I hope in the moments of truth ahead you can turn to
Witness by Whittaker Chambers for a rather cla-sic, if extreme
example of the tactics and strategy you will face, and of the
ki.d of resolve it will take to fight the youd fight. I learned
something of certain lements in the American .ress in the
Republic of Vietnam, as I'm sure you have learned in other
battles here.
My wife and I will be privileged to attend the Inauguration
with a group of Republicans from our County, and we are
looking forward to this very much.
With Very Best Wishes,
George W. Brobate
George Brokate
Nos Angeles Times
FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27, 1968
Part II-7
Nixon's One Bizarre Choice
BY ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK
One of the 1,000 runners-up in an
both the Schick Safety Razor Co.
obscure right-wing essay contest
and the American Security Council.
conducted in the-spring of 1967
Beyond that, Allen is on close
points up a bizarre exception to
personal terms with several council
President-elect Nixon's otherwise
staffers-particularly Col. Raymond
solid appointments in the national
S. Sleeper. a retired Air Force man
security field.
and booster of high military hard-
The $25,000 first prize in the
ware spending. Both Allen and
$100,000 essay contest (subject: The
Sleeper have addressed the National
Role of American Business in the
Strategy Information Center in New
Cold War) conducted by the Ameri-
York with hard-line speeches. An-
can Security Council, was won by
other right-of-center group - the
Dr. James P. Lucier, a contributor of
Philadelphia Society-has been ad-
racist literature to the John Birch
dressed by Allen in company with
Society magazine and a staff assis-
Frank Johnson. editor of the Ameri-
tant of Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-
can Security Council's Washington
S.C.).
Report.
What's important from the stand-
Apart from Allen's associations are
point of national policy is the
his views. which are outlined in part
identity of one of the honorable
in his 1967 essay. Advocating a
mentions: Dr. Richard V. Allen of
continuing program of counterat-
the Hoover Institution on War,
tack against Communist propagan-
Revolution and Peace.
da." Allen writes: "Specific attention
must be given to intellectual and
university groups in this country
Allen's essay is heavy going and
and abroad, for these are groups at
never transcends tired cold-war
which Communist propaganda 13
rhetoric (example: "We are faced
already aimed and in which con-
with an implacable and self-declared
siderable gains have been recorded."
enemy whose aims are unlimited
In contrast to the prevailing Nixon
who seeks the destruction of the
theme of limiting global commit-
American way of life"). Indeed, the
ments. Allen's essay calls on the
essay would not be worth noting
government to guarantee private
were it not for the fact that Nixon
investment abroad with a meaning-
has named Allen as a "senior staff
ful hint that those guarantees must
assistant" to the highly respected
be more than strictly financial:
Dr. Henry Kissinger, Nixon's assis-
"Government must be motivated to
tant for national security affairs
protect with the appropriate means
The gap between Kissinger's so-
American foreign investments."
phisticated, a d u It anticommunism
and Allen's simplistic version is a
chasm. Alone among the President-
Even Alien's former colleagues at
elect's high-level appointments, Al-
the Georgetown Center for Strategic
len is a member of what more
Studies in Washington (where he
thoughtful conservatives regard as
worked before joining Stanford Uni-
the "sandbox right."
versity's Hoover Institution) reel
Allen, 32, has been an activist in
Allen was too much the saber-rattier
two major right-wing youth groups:
-a trait that reared its head shortly
Young Americans for Freedom and
after Allen joined Nixon's campaign
the Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
staff
But more significant are his links
Allen was responsible for the one
with the American Security Council,
major blunder of the Nixon precon-
which go beyond his participation in
vention campaign. When the Soviet
the 1967 essay contest.
Union seized an airliner carrying
The American Security Council,
US troops to Vietnam June 30,
which started as a private service to
Allen wrote a statement for Nixon
employers to check the loyalty of job
describing the plane as a "flying
applicants, has blossomed into a
Pueblo" and threatening drastic
hard-line anti-Communist propagan-
reprisals. It was scarcely off the
da instrument with a newsletter and
mimeograph machines before the
a syndicated radio program. The
Russians returned the airliner
council's angel: Pat Frawley, Schick
Since then, Allen has been under
razor magnate and benefactor of
wraps. Moreover, Nixon aides apo-
manifoid rightist causes.
logetically point out : Allen is
Thus, it is interesting that Allen's
not the President-
assistant
entry in the council's 1967 essay
but was specifica'
an
contest (which was bankrolled by
assistant to the l'
Frawley) is studded with praise for
ger.
January 10, 1969
Mr. J. Moreau Brown, III, President
The Empire State Society of the Sons of
the American Revolution
4 West 43rd Street
New York, New York 10036
Dear Mr. Brown:
Thank you for your letter expressing an interest in
having President-elect Mixon as your speaker at the
Annual Meeting of the Empire State Society of the Sons
of the American Revolution on April 19th.
I have passed your letter on to Dwight Chapin for
Attention since this is in his area of operations, and
I am sure you will be hearing from him shortly.
Best wishes.
Cordially,
H. R. Haldeman
Assistant to the
President-elect
HRH/mc
cc D. Chapin