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Text of the remarks of the President at the meeting with the Board of Trustees of the Urban Institute. 9 pgs. [Other Document], 4/26/1968
Haldeman to Franklin Murphy re: "The Case for a U.S. Overseas Private Enterprise Development Corporation." 1 pg. [Letter], 1/6/1969
Rober Murphy to Haldeman re: Attachment on Ambassador to France. 2 pgs with attachment. [Letter], 12/16/1968
Haldeman to Robert Murphy re: educational problems. 3 pgs. [Letter], 1/4/1969
Haldeman to Robert McDonald re: Foreign Policy Association. 1 pg. [Letter], 1/4/1969
Haldeman to Thomas McCabe Jr. re: Annual Convention of the American Paper Institute. 1 pg. [Letter], 12/21/1968
Thomas McCabe Jr. to Haldeman re: Annual Convention of the American Paper Institute. 3 pgs. [Letter], 12/19/1968
Nelson Mendell to Haldeman re: administration position. 2 pgs. [Letter], 12/12/1968
Lawrence Higby to Robert Murphy re: concerning forwarded information. 1 pg. [Letter], 12/12/1968
Haldeman to Robert McMahon re: administration appointment. 2 pgs. [Letter], 12/11/1968
Haldeman to Arjay Miller re: Trustees. 2 pgs with attachments. [Letter], 12/10/1968
Donald McLaughlin to Haldeman re: administration appointments. 2 pgs. [Letter], 12/9/1968
Rober Maseroni tio President Nixon re: reasons for government and philanthropic organizations working relationship. 2 pgs. [Letter], 11/25/1968
Haldeman to Arjay Miller re: trustees of the Urban Institute. 2 pgs with attachment. [Letter], 11/25/1968
Haldeman to William Marumoto re: recommendations for staff positions. 2 pgs with attachments [Letter], 11/25/1968
Haldeman to Mark Murphy re: selections for Nixon's cabinet. 2 pgs with attachments. [Letter], 11/22/1968
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Rober Murphy to Haldeman re: Attachment on Ambassador to France. 2 pgs with attachment. [Letter], 12/16/1968
Haldeman to Robert Murphy re: educational problems. 3 pgs. [Letter], 1/4/1969
Haldeman to Robert McDonald re: Foreign Policy Association. 1 pg. [Letter], 1/4/1969
Haldeman to Thomas McCabe Jr. re: Annual Convention of the American Paper Institute. 1 pg. [Letter], 12/21/1968
Thomas McCabe Jr. to Haldeman re: Annual Convention of the American Paper Institute. 3 pgs. [Letter], 12/19/1968
Nelson Mendell to Haldeman re: administration position. 2 pgs. [Letter], 12/12/1968
Lawrence Higby to Robert Murphy re: concerning forwarded information. 1 pg. [Letter], 12/12/1968
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Haldeman to Arjay Miller re: Trustees. 2 pgs with attachments. [Letter], 12/10/1968
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Haldeman to Arjay Miller re: trustees of the Urban Institute. 2 pgs with attachment. [Letter], 11/25/1968
Haldeman to William Marumoto re: recommendations for staff positions. 2 pgs with attachments [Letter], 11/25/1968
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Document Type
Document Description
31
9
04/26/1968
Other Document
Text of the remarks of the President at the
meeting with the Board of Trustees of the
Urban Institute. 9 pgs.
31
9
01/06/1969
Letter
Haldeman to Franklin Murphy re: "The Case
for a U.S. Overseas Private Enterprise
Development Corporation." 1 pg.
31
9
12/16/1968
Letter
Rober Murphy to Haldeman re: Attachment
on Ambassador to France. 2 pgs with
attachment.
31
9
01/04/1969
Letter
Haldeman to Robert Murphy re: educational
problems. 3 pgs.
31
9
01/04/1969
Letter
Haldeman to Robert McDonald re: Foreign
Policy Association. 1 pg.
31
9
12/21/1968
Letter
Haldeman to Thomas McCabe Jr. re: Annual
Convention of the American Paper Institute.
1 pg.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Page 1 of 3
Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
31
9
12/19/1968
Letter
Thomas McCabe Jr. to Haldeman re: Annual
Convention of the American Paper Institute.
3 pgs.
31
9
12/12/1968
Letter
Nelson Mendell to Haldeman re:
administration position. 2 pgs.
31
9
12/12/1968
Letter
Lawrence Higby to Robert Murphy re:
concerning forwarded information. 1 pg.
31
9
12/11/1968
Letter
Haldeman to Robert McMahon re:
administration appointment. 2 pgs.
31
9
12/10/1968
Letter
Haldeman to Arjay Miller re: Trustees. 2 pgs
with attachments.
31
9
12/09/1968
Letter
Donald McLaughlin to Haldeman re:
administration appointments. 2 pgs.
31
9
11/25/1968
Letter
Rober Maseroni tio President Nixon re:
reasons for government and philanthropic
organizations working relationship. 2 pgs.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Page 2 of 3
Box Number Folder Number
Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
31
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11/25/1968
Letter
Haldeman to Arjay Miller re: trustees of the
Urban Institute. 2 pgs with attachment.
31
9
11/25/1968
Letter
Haldeman to William Marumoto re:
recommendations for staff positions. 2 pgs
with attachments
31
9
11/22/1968
Letter
Haldeman to Mark Murphy re: selections for
Nixon's cabinet. 2 pgs with attachments.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
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STR RELEASE UPON DELIVERY
APRIL 26, 1968
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
TEXT OF THE REMARKS OF THE
PRESIDENT AT THE MEETING WITH
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
URBAN INSTITUTE
I am happy to welcome you to the Cabinet Room.
This is an exciting day for the Nation and for me.
You have launched something America has needed and wanted for a long time.
It is a new Urban Institute. It will promise to give us the power through
knowledge to help solve the problem that weighs heavily on the hearts and
minds of all of us the problem of the American city and its people.
You will not lay a single brick or build a single house. But the work the
Institute will do -- the studies and the evaluations and the free and searching
inquiries will build the strongest foundation upon which we can renew our
cities and transform the lives of people.
We know today only how much we do not know about the cities:
--
Data to inform our decisions is weak or missing.
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Urban research is splintered and fragmented.
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Relationships between jobs and housing and income and
education are unclear.
The Urban Institute is an important response to this "knowledge gap. " It will
fill a real need by:
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Bridging the gulf between the lonely scholar in search of
truth and the decision-maker in search of progress through
effective programs.
Bringing together all the disciplines needed -- not only
scientists and administrators, but economists, planners,
and architects. And it will get them to work together
in cities, and on the problems of cities.
:
Taking a comprehensive view of urban life and seeking to
understand the forces that produce decay as well as growth.
You know better than most that there are no overnight remedies to the problems
that formed and hardened decades ago.
But we are moving and you will help dispel the darkness that remains. Some
day the light will shine. Of that I am sure. The work of this Institute can
help speed the coming of that day.
As you begin your venture, let me offer these suggestions:
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Your research must be of the highest quality but also of
the greatest practicality.
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Your staff must not only think hard about the city, but work
amidst the pressure and conflicting forces of life in the city.
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Your work must be to distinguish the long range from the
temporary, the real from the illusory.
--
Above all, the Institute must operate in a climate of intellectual
freedom and organizational independence. The search for
truth must be uncompromising, unhindered by partisan coloration
or blocked by conventional wisdom.
I wish this Institute had been established a decade ago so that we could now be
reaping its results. But now you have begun it, and it will serve us in the
years ahead. It is a sound investment in the future of our land.
The Institute was shaped and molded by good men like Kermit Gordon, McGeorge
Bundy, Irwin Miller, Arjay Miller, Richard Neustadt, Cyrus Vance and
Robert McNamara. They worked not as Democrats or Republicans -- but as
Americans.
1 know the Institute will get off to a fast start because you have made a wise and
excellent choice for its first President. Your selection of William Gorham, one
of the ablest young men in public service during the last eight years, pleases me.
The Institute is now launched and christened, and I wish you good luck and
Godspted in your journey ahead.
#
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#
APRIL 26, 1968
PROSPECTUS FOR THE URBAN INSTITUTE
In his March 14, 1967 Message on Urban and Rural Poverty, President
Johnson called for the establishment of a research institute to help find
solutions to the problems and concerns of our cities.
In December, President Johnson asked seven distinguished citizens to
draft a charter for the Institute, incorporate it as a private non-profit
corporation, select a Board of Trustees and recommend a president for
the Institute, This panel of incorporators included J. Irwin Miller,
Chairman of Cummins Engine Company who chaired the group; McGeorge
Bundy, President of the Ford Foundation; Kermit Gordon, President of
the Brookings Institution; Robert S. McNamara, formerly Secretary of
Defense and now President of the International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development; Arjay Miller, Vice Chairman, the Ford Motor Company;
Richard E. Neustadt, Director of the Kennedy Institute of Politics, Harvard
University; and Cyrus Vance, formerly Deputy Secretary of Defense and
currently a New York attorney.
The Incorporators have completed their work. The Institute was incor-
porated in Delaware on April 24th, and is ready to begin operation. They
have elected a 15-member Board of Trustees, which held its first business
meeting today, before visiting with President Johnson in the Cabinet Room.
The Trustees have elected Mr. Arjay Miller, Vice Chairman of the Ford
Motor Company, as Chairman of The Urban Institute, and Mr. William
Gorham, former Assistant Secretary of HEW, as the Institute's first
President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Gorham served with the
RAND Corporation, and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense. He
brings to the Institute a demonstrated capacity for leadership and creativity
in analyzing complex public problems.
The Crisis of the Cities
Cities face two critical sets of problems. First, the problems resulting
from growth itself. The rapid increase in concentration of people has
brought air pollution, noise, water pollution, traffic congestion which
deteriorate the quality of urban life.
But these problems are overshadowed by the more desperate human
problems of the urban poor. As affluent and middle-income people have
moved to the suburbs, the poor have crowded into center cities. Much of
the central city population is poorly educated, miserably housed, inadequately
served by health and recreational facilities, underemployed, alienated
and without hope. High crime rates and rioting are symptoms of the
bitterness and alienation of the urban poor.
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As a Nation we must mobilize our best intellectual resources to attack
the problems of the city, to evaluate the effectiveness of alternative
courses of action and to develop workable solutions. The Urban
Institute is being created to focus that effort on our highest priority
social problem -- the cities.
The Urban Institute will
-- study the problems common to cities and the ways in which
they can be solved;
-- work with individual cities, studying their particular problems,
developing strategies for action and providing technical assist-
ance in carrying out such strategies;
-- provide continuing independent evaluation of Federal, State,
local and private programs aimed at meeting urban problems;
provide a center of knowledge about city problems, action
programs, experiments and effective solutions to city problems.
Thorough and Continuing Studies of Urban Problems
Commissions and special task forces often help mobilize existing
knowledge about particular problems, but go out of existence too
soon to carry out in-depth studies.
The Urban Institute will have a permanent existence. It will be able to
mobilize high-cuality talent for thorough and continuing studies of the
problems confronting cities -- unemployment and underemployment,
poor education, substandard housing, congestion and isolation of the
urban ghetto. It will be able to study the interrelation of these problems
and work out strategies for attacking them. It will be able to study the
implications of alternative employment policies for housing and trans-
portation or the impact of alternative housing policies on education needs.
Assistance to Particular Cities
The Institute will work in and with individual cities, bringing together
a variety of talents to help them in solving their problems. It is
expected that the Institute will establish cooperative centers in a
number of cities where Institute staff can assist city officials in attack-
ing local problems. This relationship should have a triple pay off:
solutions for particular local problems (e.g., how to get maximum
benefit from local school facilities in meeting the recreation and
education needs of a whole neighborhood), development of experienced
teams of analysts who will continue to assist city officials. and knowl-
edge that can be applied fruitfully in other cities.
Evaluation
In response to urban blight and human misery, the Nation has launched
more than 60 Federal programs spending about $22 billion annually.
Many of these programs are attempts to find and test new effective
solutions to persistent problems. Learning from these programs
requires mechanisms either within or outside government for measur-
ing their effectiveness.
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The Urban Institute will undertake evaluation of major programs --
Federal, local and private, For example the Institute might assist
the Federal Government and local model cities agencies in evaluating
and comparing experiments in upgrading slum neighborhoods through
the efforts of the residents themselves: What are the critical elements
that contributed to success in one neighborhood and failure in another?
How can we stimulate repetition of successful self-help experiments
in other neighborhoods and other cities?
A Center of Knowledge and Experience
Finally, The Urban Institute will assemble and make available knowledge
about city problems, action programs, experiments, and urban studies of
such problems. A number of promising centers for urban study have
been established in recent years, many by universities or private chari-
table groups. There is mutual benefit to be gained by supplementing
these individual efforts with a large national institute capable of pulling
together the bits and pieces of research on urban problems being carried
on throughout the country and relating them to policy formulation both at
the Federal and local levels. For example, the Institute would synthesize
from various local studies what we have learned about effective techniques
for teaching underprivileged children in blighted city neighborhoods and
make these findings available to all cities.
The Institute is not a substitute for action programs. Programs for
better jobs, education, housing, and health are underway and must
go forward. What the Institute can provide is a continuing independent
resource for evaluating such programs so that public and private
money can be translated more effectively into results. In the long
run the Institute will provide a better basis for action programs through
in-depth study of basic urban problems and research and evaluation of
Federal, local, and private programs aimed at meeting the problems.
The Institute will provide (1) a unique concentration of high calibre
professional talent -- scientists, administrators, economists, city
plannners, operations analysts, architects, engineers -- devoted to
real and immediate decisions and actions; (2) a continuity of study
which encourages progress by building on the results of previous
analysts; and (3) a detachment from program responsibility which
encourages objective analysis and study of existing government
policy.
The new Institute will be supported by contracts and grants with
several Federal Agencies, including the Department of Housing
and Urban Development, Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare, Department of Labor, Office of Economic Opportunity,
Department of Transportation, and Department of Commerce.
The level of support will be about $5 million for the first year,
with growth expected to bc $10-$15 million per year as the Institute
develops. This will include support from private foundations. In
addition, early in the life of the Institute, individual cities, and
perhaps States as well, may contract for certain services or studies
meeting the mutual needs of the Institute and the cities or States.
The headquarters of The Urban Institute will be in Washington; city
Urban Institute centers staffed jointly by the Institute and local agencies
will be established in a number of cities over the next several years.
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Members of the Board of Trustees of the Institute were elected by the
seven-member panel of Incorporators. They are:
Arjay Miller, Chairman; Vice Chairman, The Ford Motor
Company
William Gorham, President of The Urban Institute
William C. Friday, President, University of North Carolina
Eugene G. Fubini, Vice President, International Business
Machines, Inc.
William H. Hastie, Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit
Edgar F. Kaiser, Chairman, Kaiser Industries, Inc.
Edward H. Levi, President, The University of Chicago
Bayless A. Manning, Dean, Stanford University School of Law
Stanley Marcus, President, Neiman-Marcus
Robert S. McNamara, President, The World Bank
J. Irwin Miller, Chairman, Cummins Engine Company, Inc.
Charles L. Schultze, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Leon H. Sullivan, Chairman, Opportunities Industrialization
Center, Philadelphia
Cyrus R. Vance, Partner, Law firm of Simpson, Thacher and
Bartlett, New York
Whitney M. Young, Jr., Executive Director, National Urban League
# # #
January 6, 1969
Dr. Franklin D. Murphy
Chairman
Times Mirror
Times Mirror Square
Los Angeles, California 90053
Dear Frank:
Thanks very much for your letter and
the attachment, "The Case for a U.S.
Overseas Private Enterprise Development
Corporation."
I certainly agree that this report is
important, and I will make sure it
is not lost in the shuffle.
Best regards.
Cordially,
H. R. Haldeman
HRH:ds
to Ken 1/7/69 Cole for AID Director
Likel
CORNING GLASS INTERNATIONAL
CORNING
717 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK,NY 10022
tel
ROBERT D. MURPHY
A Division of Carning Glass Works
Chairman of the Board
able A 13:00 "CORNGLASS"
December 16, 1968
Dear Bob:
Please note the attached. I find this rather
difficult to believe. Is there any truth in it.
Sincerely yours,
317
Robert Murphy
Mr. H. R. Haldeman
Special Assistant to
President-Elect Nixon
Hotel Pierre
Fifth Avenue and 61st Street
New York, N.Y.
1
23 Wall Street
New York, N.Y.
December 131968
10015
ALEXANDER M. VAGLIANO
Dear Ambassador Muply
Evan Galbraith has told we
that he was being considered
for a high job in the
Treasury, but that Peter
Flamigan came to him
with the suggestion of
Ambessador to France.
Evan was star Heal, but
on uplation, interested.
disagree - I am
Though we
much respect him.
a Democrat - I very
I know the French well
and I be have he
could handle and he
Ghed by them. Ae would
have imaginative ideas.
I am suce he could do
the job Sacce stully.
Sin caly,
Aler
January 4, 1969
The Honorable
Robert Murphy
Corning
717 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Dear Bob:
Thank you for your letter and enclosure
concerning educational problems. I am
passing it on to Glen Olds, who is the
Special Assistant for Policy and Manpower
Development. I am sure Mr. Yahn will
hear further from Mr. Olds' office in the
near future.
Best regards.
Cordially,
H. R. Haldeman
Assistant to the
President-Elect
HRH:ds
cc: Dr. Glen Olds
To: The Honorable R. D. Murphy
From:
Amory Houghton, Jr.
December 23, 1968
Attached are the reports from Thomas Yahn who
is the Educational Consultant for the Real Great Society,
Inc., 130 East Seventh Street, New York, New York.
He has been very much involyed and has done
an excellent job with the University of the Streets. He
is in the midst of experimenting with some novel approaches
to learning which he believes can be used as guidelines
for the new educational systems that must be worked out
in this country.
He would like to see someone in the new adminis-
tration who might have a concerned ear. He needs an
introduction and about a half hour.
AHJr:mp
MR. ROBERT MURPHY
DEC 26 1968
RECEIVED
CORNING GLASS INTERNATIONAL
CORNING
717 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10022
ROBERT D. MURPHY
A Division of Corning Glass Works
Chairman of the Board
Cable Address: "CORNGLASS"
January 3, 1969
Dear Bob:
Would you mind advising me about the attached which
relates to the desire of Mr. Thomas Yahn to discuss educational
problems with someone in the new Administration. Do you know
a suitable sacrificial lamb?
With warm regards.
Yours sincerely,
Bob
Robert Murphy
Mr. H. R. Haldeman
Special Assistant to
President-Elect Nixon
Hotel Pierre
Fifth Avenue & 61st Street
New York, N.Y.
Attachment
January 4, 1969
Mr. Robert E. McDonald
Vice President
Foreign Policy Association
345 East 46th Street
New York, New York 10017
Dear Bob:
Thanks very much for your letter and
the accompanying material concerning
the Foreign Policy Association. I am
passing them along to Dwight Chapin,
the President-Elect's Special Assistant,
and I am sure Mr. Chapin will be in
touch with Mr. Lydgate at the first
opportunity.
I hope your holidays were as delightful
as mine.
Cordially,
H. R. Haldeman
Assistant to the
President-Elect
HRH:ds
cc: Dwight Chapin
December 21, 1968
Mr. Thomas B. McCabe, Jr.
Vice President and Group Executive
Scott Paper Company
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19113
Dear Tom:
I am referring your letter concerning
the Annual Convention of the American
Paper Institute to Dwight Chapin, the
President-elect's Special Assistant.
You will be hearing from him in the
near future.
Merry Christmas and best wishes for
a successful convention.
Cordially,
H. R. Haldeman
Assistant to the
President-elect
HRH:ds
cc:Dwight Chapin (w/corres.)
SCOTT PAPER COMPANY
philadelphia, PENNSYLVANIA 19113
THOMAS B. MCCABE, JR.
December 19, 1968
VICE PRESIDENT AND GROUP EXECUTIVE
Mr. H. R. Haldeman
Nixon Headquarters
Hotel Pierre
5th Avenue and 61st Street
New York, New York 10021
Dear Bob:
I talked with your secretary yesterday about
the attached letter which contains a speaking
invitation at the Annual Convention of the
American Paper Institute on February 17th.
I hope that President-elect Nixon will respond
favorably to this, and would certainly appreciate
any assistance you could give in expediting
same. Needless to say they need an answer as
quickly as possible so that they can get their
program set.
Hope all goes well with you and that our paths
will cross before too long.
Best.
Sincerely,
American
Paper
serving the pul 11. paper and paperboard industry
Institute
260 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10016 / (212) 889-6200
December 16, 1968
President-elect Richard M. Nixon
Hotel Pierre
61st Street & Fifth Avenue
New York, New York
Dear Mr. President-elect:
The directors of the American Paper Institute, which includes many of
the nation's largest companies, join me in congratulating you on your Cabinet
selections and their fine reception by the country. At the same time we sense
the complexity and difficulty of the many problems that will confront you after
January 20th. It has struck us that large industry groups like our own may be
able in the future to play a more useful part in easing the burdens of the
Presidency than in the past -- a line of thought which, I may say, has strong
personal appeal for me, as a former White House special assistant.
In this spirit, I am writing in the name of our Board of Directors to ex-
tend an invitation which we believe may open up a significant opportu nity
to serve the broad interest of your Administration and the public interest.
Let me say at once that we are not asking for an immediate decision on this
invitation. We realize that weeks may elapse before you can firmly schedule
appointments for the months ahead. It may not, however, be too early to con-
sider in general terms the suitability of a non-government forum from which
you could convey to the nation, and especially to its business men, the views
of the Administration on major issues of economic policy.
Our industry is deeply concerned with many of these issues -- notably
fiscal and monetary trends, the international balance of payments, the future
of American exports, the fight against pollution, and the urban crisis. These
are among the important subjects to be discussed at a conference organized
by the American Paper Institute, to be held February 17th in the Grand Ballroom
of the Waldorf Hotel in New York, as part of our annual convention. Well over
1, 000 business leaders are expected to attend, representing in addition to our
own industry the top ranks of such related fields as banking, investment,
transportation, communications, chemicals, forestry and containers; and in-
cluding prominent newspaper, magazine and book publishers. Canadian and
European business will also be strongly represented, and world-wide press and
television coverage is anticipated. It may be relevant to add that our industry
is an important factor in this country's foreign trade, as well as the fifth largest
American industry in terms of capital investment, and a major employer with
plants in almost every state.
President-elect Richard M. Nixon, December 16, 1968, Page 2.
Our feeling is that this conference, coming about a month after the
Inauguration, may provide an exceptional opportunity for the Administration
to present its policies in a favorable setting; and that by SO doing it might
go far to generate a needed sense of national purpose in the business com-
munity, while giving encouragement to the country as a whole. We are
prepared to set aside all or any part of our program on February 17th for you
to use in whatever way seems appropriate to you. It has occurred to us as
a possibility that, while stating your own top-level position, you might
wish to have with you on the platform members of your cabinet and advisers
whose responsibilities relate closely to the interests of business and who
could speak on their special concerns -- perhaps the Secretary of the
Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce and the Chairman of the Board of
Economic Advisers.
The American Paper Institute would be honored in providing a forum
of this nature for your use. If the idea is broadly acceptable to you,
perhaps you will permit me within the next two or three weeks to sit down
with members of your staff to explore the matter in specific detail. I am
ready to meet with them at any time.
With every good wish,
Respectfully yours,
Edwin A. Locke, Jr.
President
EAL:mee
5055 Seminary Road #1003
Alexandria, Va. 22311
12 Dec. 1968
Mr. H. R. Haldeman
Headquarters of the President-Elect
Hotel Pierre
5th Ave. and 61st St.
New York, N.Y.
Dear Mr. Haldeman,
It is not an easy task to write a letter which
recommends oneself for a position, but my present
occupation certainly would not imply the desire or
availability for government service which might stim-
ulate someone else to consider my qualifications for a
position. I am a 29 year old dentist, presently serving
as a Major in the U.S. Army Dental Corps at Fort Belvoir,
Virginia. Upon graduation in June, 1965, from Tufts
University School of Dental Medicine in Boston, I entered
active duty and in accordance with my desires was sta-
tioned in France for two years where of necessity I
became involved in the military pull-out of NATO by
France and our subsequent move to Belgium. My third
year in Europe was spent at the SHAPE Hospital in
Brussels where, as the only dental officer, I had the
opportunity to meet many of our ranking military
representatives and civilian diplomats who sought treat-
ment at our facility. All these experiences and my
extensive traveling coupled with what I rather immodestly
consider a "feel" for the problems inherent in our
foreign relationships have made me seriously reconsider
my goals and career potential, that is the field in which
I feel best qualified to contribute something to mankind.
Though I had never studied French in school, (Spanish
was my language) my desire to know the people and under-
stand their way of life made me undertake a study of
French, the result of which today is near fluency
Presently my committment to the Army expires in
April, 1969. I have pending with them an application for
their three year residency training program in oral surgery.
Though I enjoy my field I do not have the passionate
interest in it which is necessary if one is to make a
real contribution. I do have th at interest in government
service and feel that I must now make the decision as to
whether to continue in dentistry and treat this other
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interest as "something I would do if I had it to do all
over again," as I have come to refer to it. The decision
is that at age 29 I can certainly go off on a new road
if the opportunity presents which will ultimately allow
me to fulfill my potential.
Briefly, my educational background prior to dental
school consisted of an A.B. in English at the University
of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Nixon's statements about his desire for youth
and new ideas in his administration, along with his
talent search for people from all areas of endeavor,
have influenced me to write this letter. Though I
certainly don't know whether his search will be so
extensive as to encompass the Army Dental Corps, I
do feel that I have an aptitude, a real interest, the
will to learn, and a sincere desire to serve my country
in the area in which I feel I can make my greatest
contribution.
While it is my interest in our foreign affairs
and experiences in Europe that are primarily discussed
in this letter, I do not wish to imply that this is the
extent of my interest in a career in public service on
the government scale. For example, in the Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare, could not my medical-
dental training be somehow useful with respect to our nation's
pressing social and health problems? I would certainly
welcome an opportunity to discuss further the possible
use of my services with the Nixon Administration.
Thank you for your attention and I appreciate greatly
whatever CO nsideration this letter may receive.
Yours truly,
Nelson I. Mendell, D.M.D.
December 12, 1968
Hon. Robert Murphy
Transition Office of the
President-elect
F. O. B. #7
c/o The White House
Washington, D. C.
Ambassador Murphy:
Mr. Haldeman asked that I forward this to you for
appropriate action.
Cordially,
Lawrence Higby
Administrative Assistant
LH/mc
encl.
December 11, 1968
Mr. Robert J. McMahon
Senior Vice President
Marketing Services
First Western Bank and Trust Company
548 South Spring Street
Los Angeles, California 90013
Dear Bob:
It is good to know that you are interested in
participating in the new administration. I am
sure there are many areas where you can make a
real contribution.
Thanks, too, for taking time to write concerning
my recent appointment. I an sure that many of the
challenges that lie ahead are as yet unthought of,
but I eagerly look forward to meeting them.
Sincerely,
H. R. Haldeman
HRH/mc
FIRST WESTERN BANK
AND TRUST COMPANY
Home Office . 548 South Spring Street Los Angeles, California 90013
ROBERT J. McMAHON
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
MARKETING SERVICES
December 6, 1968
Dear Bob:
Your relentless computer sought me out.
Needless to say, I was pleased and responded
immediately.
Belated congratulations on your well-deserved
appointment. All of us are expecting great
things from the new team.
Good luck.
Sincerely,
Bab
Mr. H. R. Haldeman
Office of the President-Elect
Richard M. Nixon
Washington, D.C.
Encl.
December 10, 1968
Mr. Arjay Miller
Vice Chairman of the Board
Ford Motor Company
The American Road
Dearborn, Michigan 48121
Dear Arjay:
Thanks for your letter of December 2nd. I am taking the
liberty of sending it on to Bob Ellsworth, along with your
earlier letter and the suggestions of possible Trustees.
Bob, as you probably know, is functioning as Assistant to
the President on special projects including this particular
area. I am sure he will be in touch with you prior to the
December 13th meeting to give you what guidance he can
at this point on our suggestions.
It was good to hear from you, and I hope to see you soon.
Cordially,
H. R. Haldeman
Assistant to the President-elect
HRH:jc
cc: R. Ellsworth
Ford
Arjay Miller
Ford Motor Company
Vice Chairman of the Board
The American Road
Dearborn, Michigan 48121
December 2, 1968
Mr. H. R. Haldeman
Office of the President-Elect
450 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Dear Bob:
Thank you for your letter of November 25. It will be most
helpful if I can get your input on the listed names just prior to
our Trustees Meeting on December 13. Since my letter of
November 18, Judge William Hastie has suggested the name of
Bob Weaver, and Eugene Fubini has suggested Roswell
Gilpatrick and James Vorenberg of the Harvard Law School.
There is one other matter I would like to mention
because I believe it provides an opportunity for the new adminis-
tration to make significant progress in the important area of
"black capitalism" without need for congressional action. I
became familiar with the problem because we have established
an Economic Development Corporation of Greater Detroit with
the sole purpose of furthering black economic development,
and have raised $1, 450, 000, but because of present tax rulings
are unable to channel these funds into black-owned enterprises.
At one time we were hopeful that a favorable ruling could be
obtained from the present administration, but it now appears
that nothing will be done. In an attempt to get things moving,
the attached "White Paper" was prepared by our tax office,
and a copy has been sent to Pat Hillings and Andrew Haskill.
(Haskill chairs an Urban Coalition sub-committee on Economic
Development on which I serve. He plans to send the paper to
John Gardner, who might use it in discussions with your
administration.) I bring this matter to your attention with the
thought you may find it useful, and am not expecting any reply.
Sincerely,
ayay
already
DONALD H. McLAUGHLIN
replect
650 CALIFORNIA STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108
December 9, 1968
Mr. Robert Haldeman
Wyndham Hotel
42 West 58th Street
New York, New York 10019
Dear Bob:
In your talent search for the new Administration, may I suggest a few names of
men of standing in the mineral industries who would, I think, be worthy of consideration
for appropriate appointments.
For the post of Under Secretary of the Department of the Interior, Frank Cameron
would, in my judgment, be an outstanding candidate. He has or is about to retire as
Chief Executive officer of the St. Joseph Lead Company, which he has served with
distinction for many years. He is a geologist by training, but for the last two or more
decades has been in high administrative positions. Under his guidance, his company has
undertaken important new operations and advanced in ways that command respect both
in the business and professional world. He is a gracious person and is warmly regarded
in many walks of life.
Another possibility for this post would be George Kruger, vice president for mineral
affairs of Chase Manhattan Bank. I have watched his career since student days at Harvard
and have been much impressed with his ability. He might also be thought of for the position
of Assistant Secretary for Minerals.
For the latter position, my strongest recommendation would be for Orlo Childs, now
president of the Colorado School of Mines and Technology at Golden. Childs is also a
geologist with wide experience and excellent professional standing who in recent years has
won a deservedly high reputation as an academic administrator. He has also served with
distinction on a number of official assignments from Washington such as the Oil-Shale
Committee on which I rather imagine he did a lot to restrain professional liberals on the
committee such as Galbraith, who possessed little or no knowledge of the technical and
business aspects of the problems.
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An outstanding State Geologist who is well qualified for the Assistant Secretary
is John Fry of Illinois. He is a competent scientist and an aggressive, effective
administrator. Hollis Dole, who heads the Oregon Bureau of Mines also has qualifications
that deserve consideration. His career has been mostly in state organizations where he
has won respect of those concerned with development of mineral resources. Another man
worth investigation would be Elburt F. Osborn who is president of Penn State. He is
another geologist who has been a successful academic administrator for a decade or two.
For Director of the Bureau of Mines -- a post that has been notoriously hard to
fill -- I suggest you consider Frank McQuiston. He is about to retire as vice president
and metallurgist for the Newmont Mining Company. I know of no one who is more highly
regarded in the field of mineral concentration, particularly flotation. In addition to high
technical competence, he has demonstrated administrative ability of high order in the
many large new plants that have been designed and built under his direction. I am confident
that his appointment as director of the Bureau would win wide acclaim throughout the entire
mining community.
Kenneth Kellar's name, I hear, has been suggested for Secretary of the Interior. His
firm has been our legal counsel at the Homestake Mine for many decades. He is particularly
knowledgeable in the range of legal problems encountered in the mineral industry, from
titles to questions of health and welfare. In spite of his devotion to mining, he is an
ardent conservationist and is skillful in finding sensible solutions to what may appear to be
conflicting objectives. Quite apart from his association with us, he has been active
politically throughout the western states and I believe is well regarded in such circles.
If I can be of any service, please call on me. I miss seeing you on the Regents and
now and then I am sorry I am not actively involved in the critical problems you are facing, on
most of which I have some very positive opinions. I must confess also to a feeling of relief
at being out of the current, far from pleasant, turmoil.
With best wishes.
Yours very sincerely,
Don.
DHM/jg
P.S. The appointment of Lee DuBridge as Science Advisor fills me with even greater
enthusiasm for the new Administration and I am confident that a fine team will soon be
assembled.
November 25, 1968
President-Elect Richard M. Nixon
Hotel Pierre
New York, N. Y.
Dear Mr. President:
You once said, "The sense of community, of a place of belonging where
leaders listen and respend has crumbled: that the power to centrol decisions
immediately affecting one's life is vanishing," I quite agree with you and
would like to offer these suggestions as a possible help in the formation of
your government.
It occurred to - during the Congo Crisis, when our church lost one of its
own missionaries, and it occurred to me while I was stationed in Kerea watching
the work of various church groups and other philanthropies, and it has occurred
to no during the Biafran Crisis that it wight be wise for the leader of our
nation to have somebedy who is in touch with him aware and in touch with the
philanthropies going on in the name of various religious and social groups.
Naturally, it is not for the sake of control, for we are all in favor of the
separation of Church and State. However, through my own personal experience
and what I have read, there often seens to be a liaison among the Americans
in the field in a troubled area that diplomats and soldiers de not have. Many
times the people who are net working for political gain or material affluence,
but because they have a sense of mission and loyalty to a higher being than
corporation or government, can be the catalyst to a creative solution to prob-
leas that arise.
Often our government attempts to handle situations at home and abroad in
a creative and positive my and is frustruted because the normal channels do
not work. From my experience with mission-minded Protestants and Gathelics
and kibbuts-oriented Jewn, I have seen persons who are spiritually committed,
not only to God, but to the best in human rights and values. Along with the
religiously motivated, are a hest of people who are humanistically oriented to
the welfare of humanity. It would be to our peril, Sir, if - overlook this
reservoir of potential help in troubled areas. They always exist; they are
always there. And from the record of the past few years, I de not think that
our government has cooperated with these people; and, therefore, our own politi-
cal problems have been complicated.
Therefore I respectfully submit, if it has not already been done, that some-
one in your organisation keep an open line to the multitude of organisations and
groups who might be able to assist us in carrying out pelicies to bring about
President-Elect Richard M. Nixon
New York, N. 1.
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world peace, freedom from want, and human dignity.
As I said earlier, the experiences in Korea, the Conge, and now Biafra
indicate that government and the philanthropic organisations can and should
work together on the things that they can commonly agree upon without viola-
ting any legal separations which should always be maintained between Church,
private groups, and the State.
If I may be of any further help, please feel free to call upon me.
Most cordially,
Robert S. Maseroni
Minister
RSM/ep
CO: Mr. R. H. Haldeman
Mr. Robert Finch
Mr. John Mitchell
November 25, 1968
Mr. Arjay Miller
Vice Chairman of the Board
Ford Motor Company
The American Road
Dearborn, Michigan 48121
Dear Arjay:
Thank you very much for sending me a copy of the letter
you are sending to the trustees of the Urban Institute. I
have reviewed the list of names you are sending out, and
of course all of them are people who have associations
one way or another with the President-elect.
Because of the fact that some of them are, of course,
under consideration for posts in the new administration,
it is very difficult at this time for me to make much
comment on the specific names, and probably it would
be unwise to do SO. After another week or so has gone by
it may very well be possible for me to be more specific,
and I will certainly try to do so before your December 13th
meeting.
If you have not heard from me prior to that meeting, and still
feel you want some input from us, why don't you feel free to
give me a call.
Thank you very much for your kind words regarding my
appointment. Needless to say I am looking forward to the
task with great anticipation.
Cordially,
H. R. Haldeman
HRH:jc
Ford
Arjay Miller
Ford Motor Company
Vice Chairman of the Board
The American Road
Dearborn, Michigan 48121
November 18, 1968
Mr. H. Robert Haldeman
Pierre Hotel
39th Floor
Two East 61st Street
New York, New York 10021
Dear Bob:
Attached is a copy of the letter I am sending to each of
the Trustees of The Urban Institute, asking them to be prepared
to comment at our December 13 meeting on additional Trustees.
As I indicated to you during our telephone conversation, I will
be in touch with you after that date for final comments, but it
would be helpful to me if I could have any personal and
preliminary guidance you might find time to give before the
December 13 Trustees' meeting. This could take any form,
perhaps the simplest would be your marginal notes on the
attached list with possibly some new names added.
May I again extend congratulations on your appointment
as Special Assistant to the President and best wishes for your
success. I know you will do an outstanding job.
Sincerely,
ayong
Enclosures
November 25, 1968
Mr. William H. Marumoto
Vice President for
Planning and Development
California Institute of the Arts
2404 West Seventh Street
Los Angeles, California 90057
Dear Mo:
Thanks very much for your kind words, and even more
so for your suggestion of two good men. We are follow-
ing up on both of them right now, and they certainly
appear to be promising prospects.
Glad to hear that things are going well at Cal Arts. I
am still hoping to be with you for the Board Meeting,
but I am not sure at this point how that is going to
work out.
Again, thank you for writing. Best regards.
Cordially,
H. R. Haldeman
HRH:jc
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS
2404 W. 7th STREET, LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 90057
387-3371
November 13, 1968
Dear Bob:
All of us are certainly elated at the outcome of the election, and you are
to be commended for the important role you personally played.
I'm sure you are faced with the tremendous task of recruiting outstanding
people for your staff.
In this regard Bob, there are two young men you may want to consider,
whom I have known personally for the past several years. They are both
young, bright guys who would be a real asset to your staff. I am enclosing
their biographies.
Bill Kelley is a Negro who was student body president at Whittier College,
and is currently in the Navy. It is my understanding that his military
status is cleared for assignment at the White House.
Bob Takeuchi is a Nisei who is currently with the law firm of Bodkin, Breslin
& Luddy, where his emphasis is on foreign trade. He is married to Betty
Gilbert who was on the staff with me at UCLA.
Bob Corrigan mentioned to me that he had a very productive telephone con-
versation with you yesterday. He is certainly doing a fabulous job, and is
making it extremely interesting for my staff and me.
If I can ever be of any assistance, please feel free to call on me.
Warmest regards, and good wishes for your continued success.
Sincerely,
William H. Marumoto
Vice President for Planning & Development
Mr. H. R. Haldeman
Nixon Headquarters
450 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
WHM:
Enclosures
The Chouinard Art School
The School of Music
November 22, 1968
Mr. Mark Murphy
5700 Hinman Road
Lockport, New York
Dear Mr. Murphy:
Thank you for taking the time to write
concerning selections for Mr. Nixon's
cabinet.
I have forwarded your suggestions to the
appropriate staff members, and I am sure
your ideas will be considered in the selec-
tion process.
Sincerely,
H. R. Haldeman
Assistant to the
Presidemt-elect
HRH:jc
MARK MURPHY
5700 Hinman Road
Lockport, N.Y.
November 14, 1968
Dear Mr. Haldeman:
If "the Boss" has even given a thought
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to including "Rocky" in nis cabinet, aside from
his remarks made about "Tricky Dicky" prior to
Mr. Nixon's nomination, please read the enclosed
column from the Buffalo Courier Express.
Also don't forget that Bill Miller stumped
the nustings for Rocky in return for his
$16,000.00 a year job on the Niagama Frontier
Transportation Authority & Sen. Chas. Goodell's
change in conduct is too obvious.
Rockefeller did as much for Nixon in 1968
as he did in SHOWS 1960 and the May 6, 1963 issue of
Barron's WeekI his fiscal inability in govern-
-ing N.Y. State.
Frankly, my support of Nixonwas late since
I thought Rocky would buy the nomination tnru
opinion polls. Aside from the S.L.A. scandal
(with Ward Morhouse in prison), : the Suffolk
County scandals, further corruption in his
administration may yet be uncovered which would
embarrass Pres. Nixon prior to his re-run in 172
were he to appoint Nelson Rockefeller to any-
OTION
BELT hing but an ambassadorship to Venezuela.
ROUTE
Sincerely yours,
Service
Mark musphy