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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 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 9 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 Page 3 of 3 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. -- Urban research is splintered and fragmented. - - 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: -- 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: MORE - 2 - -- Your research must be of the highest quality but also of the greatest practicality. -- Your staff must not only think hard about the city, but work amidst the pressure and conflicting forces of life in the city. -- 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. # # # 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. more 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. more 3 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. more 4 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 -2- 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. -2- 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. Page -2- 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 - 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

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This file contains: 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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    "ocrText": "Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nWhite House Special Files Collection\nFolder List\nBox Number Folder Number Document Date\nDocument Type\nDocument Description\n31\n9\n04/26/1968\nOther Document\nText of the remarks of the President at the\nmeeting with the Board of Trustees of the\nUrban Institute. 9 pgs.\n31\n9\n01/06/1969\nLetter\nHaldeman to Franklin Murphy re: \"The Case\nfor a U.S. Overseas Private Enterprise\nDevelopment Corporation.\" 1 pg.\n31\n9\n12/16/1968\nLetter\nRober Murphy to Haldeman re: Attachment\non Ambassador to France. 2 pgs with\nattachment.\n31\n9\n01/04/1969\nLetter\nHaldeman to Robert Murphy re: educational\nproblems. 3 pgs.\n31\n9\n01/04/1969\nLetter\nHaldeman to Robert McDonald re: Foreign\nPolicy Association. 1 pg.\n31\n9\n12/21/1968\nLetter\nHaldeman to Thomas McCabe Jr. re: Annual\nConvention of the American Paper Institute.\n1 pg.\nWednesday, March 05, 2008\nPage 1 of 3\nBox Number Folder Number Document Date\nDocument Type\nDocument Description\n31\n9\n12/19/1968\nLetter\nThomas McCabe Jr. to Haldeman re: Annual\nConvention of the American Paper Institute.\n3 pgs.\n31\n9\n12/12/1968\nLetter\nNelson Mendell to Haldeman re:\nadministration position. 2 pgs.\n31\n9\n12/12/1968\nLetter\nLawrence Higby to Robert Murphy re:\nconcerning forwarded information. 1 pg.\n31\n9\n12/11/1968\nLetter\nHaldeman to Robert McMahon re:\nadministration appointment. 2 pgs.\n31\n9\n12/10/1968\nLetter\nHaldeman to Arjay Miller re: Trustees. 2 pgs\nwith attachments.\n31\n9\n12/09/1968\nLetter\nDonald McLaughlin to Haldeman re:\nadministration appointments. 2 pgs.\n31\n9\n11/25/1968\nLetter\nRober Maseroni tio President Nixon re:\nreasons for government and philanthropic\norganizations working relationship. 2 pgs.\nWednesday, March 05, 2008\nPage 2 of 3\nBox Number Folder Number\nDocument Date\nDocument Type\nDocument Description\n31\n9\n11/25/1968\nLetter\nHaldeman to Arjay Miller re: trustees of the\nUrban Institute. 2 pgs with attachment.\n31\n9\n11/25/1968\nLetter\nHaldeman to William Marumoto re:\nrecommendations for staff positions. 2 pgs\nwith attachments\n31\n9\n11/22/1968\nLetter\nHaldeman to Mark Murphy re: selections for\nNixon's cabinet. 2 pgs with attachments.\nWednesday, March 05, 2008\nPage 3 of 3\nSTR RELEASE UPON DELIVERY\nAPRIL 26, 1968\nOffice of the White House Press Secretary\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nTEXT OF THE REMARKS OF THE\nPRESIDENT AT THE MEETING WITH\nTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE\nURBAN INSTITUTE\nI am happy to welcome you to the Cabinet Room.\nThis is an exciting day for the Nation and for me.\nYou have launched something America has needed and wanted for a long time.\nIt is a new Urban Institute. It will promise to give us the power through\nknowledge to help solve the problem that weighs heavily on the hearts and\nminds of all of us the problem of the American city and its people.\nYou will not lay a single brick or build a single house. But the work the\nInstitute will do -- the studies and the evaluations and the free and searching\ninquiries will build the strongest foundation upon which we can renew our\ncities and transform the lives of people.\nWe know today only how much we do not know about the cities:\n--\nData to inform our decisions is weak or missing.\n--\nUrban research is splintered and fragmented.\n- -\nRelationships between jobs and housing and income and\neducation are unclear.\nThe Urban Institute is an important response to this \"knowledge gap. \" It will\nfill a real need by:\n--\nBridging the gulf between the lonely scholar in search of\ntruth and the decision-maker in search of progress through\neffective programs.\nBringing together all the disciplines needed -- not only\nscientists and administrators, but economists, planners,\nand architects. And it will get them to work together\nin cities, and on the problems of cities.\n:\nTaking a comprehensive view of urban life and seeking to\nunderstand the forces that produce decay as well as growth.\nYou know better than most that there are no overnight remedies to the problems\nthat formed and hardened decades ago.\nBut we are moving and you will help dispel the darkness that remains. Some\nday the light will shine. Of that I am sure. The work of this Institute can\nhelp speed the coming of that day.\nAs you begin your venture, let me offer these suggestions:\nMORE\n- 2 -\n--\nYour research must be of the highest quality but also of\nthe greatest practicality.\n--\nYour staff must not only think hard about the city, but work\namidst the pressure and conflicting forces of life in the city.\n--\nYour work must be to distinguish the long range from the\ntemporary, the real from the illusory.\n--\nAbove all, the Institute must operate in a climate of intellectual\nfreedom and organizational independence. The search for\ntruth must be uncompromising, unhindered by partisan coloration\nor blocked by conventional wisdom.\nI wish this Institute had been established a decade ago so that we could now be\nreaping its results. But now you have begun it, and it will serve us in the\nyears ahead. It is a sound investment in the future of our land.\nThe Institute was shaped and molded by good men like Kermit Gordon, McGeorge\nBundy, Irwin Miller, Arjay Miller, Richard Neustadt, Cyrus Vance and\nRobert McNamara. They worked not as Democrats or Republicans -- but as\nAmericans.\n1 know the Institute will get off to a fast start because you have made a wise and\nexcellent choice for its first President. Your selection of William Gorham, one\nof the ablest young men in public service during the last eight years, pleases me.\nThe Institute is now launched and christened, and I wish you good luck and\nGodspted in your journey ahead.\n#\n#\n#\nAPRIL 26, 1968\nPROSPECTUS FOR THE URBAN INSTITUTE\nIn his March 14, 1967 Message on Urban and Rural Poverty, President\nJohnson called for the establishment of a research institute to help find\nsolutions to the problems and concerns of our cities.\nIn December, President Johnson asked seven distinguished citizens to\ndraft a charter for the Institute, incorporate it as a private non-profit\ncorporation, select a Board of Trustees and recommend a president for\nthe Institute, This panel of incorporators included J. Irwin Miller,\nChairman of Cummins Engine Company who chaired the group; McGeorge\nBundy, President of the Ford Foundation; Kermit Gordon, President of\nthe Brookings Institution; Robert S. McNamara, formerly Secretary of\nDefense and now President of the International Bank for Reconstruction\nand Development; Arjay Miller, Vice Chairman, the Ford Motor Company;\nRichard E. Neustadt, Director of the Kennedy Institute of Politics, Harvard\nUniversity; and Cyrus Vance, formerly Deputy Secretary of Defense and\ncurrently a New York attorney.\nThe Incorporators have completed their work. The Institute was incor-\nporated in Delaware on April 24th, and is ready to begin operation. They\nhave elected a 15-member Board of Trustees, which held its first business\nmeeting today, before visiting with President Johnson in the Cabinet Room.\nThe Trustees have elected Mr. Arjay Miller, Vice Chairman of the Ford\nMotor Company, as Chairman of The Urban Institute, and Mr. William\nGorham, former Assistant Secretary of HEW, as the Institute's first\nPresident and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Gorham served with the\nRAND Corporation, and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense. He\nbrings to the Institute a demonstrated capacity for leadership and creativity\nin analyzing complex public problems.\nThe Crisis of the Cities\nCities face two critical sets of problems. First, the problems resulting\nfrom growth itself. The rapid increase in concentration of people has\nbrought air pollution, noise, water pollution, traffic congestion which\ndeteriorate the quality of urban life.\nBut these problems are overshadowed by the more desperate human\nproblems of the urban poor. As affluent and middle-income people have\nmoved to the suburbs, the poor have crowded into center cities. Much of\nthe central city population is poorly educated, miserably housed, inadequately\nserved by health and recreational facilities, underemployed, alienated\nand without hope. High crime rates and rioting are symptoms of the\nbitterness and alienation of the urban poor.\nmore\nAs a Nation we must mobilize our best intellectual resources to attack\nthe problems of the city, to evaluate the effectiveness of alternative\ncourses of action and to develop workable solutions. The Urban\nInstitute is being created to focus that effort on our highest priority\nsocial problem -- the cities.\nThe Urban Institute will\n-- study the problems common to cities and the ways in which\nthey can be solved;\n-- work with individual cities, studying their particular problems,\ndeveloping strategies for action and providing technical assist-\nance in carrying out such strategies;\n-- provide continuing independent evaluation of Federal, State,\nlocal and private programs aimed at meeting urban problems;\nprovide a center of knowledge about city problems, action\nprograms, experiments and effective solutions to city problems.\nThorough and Continuing Studies of Urban Problems\nCommissions and special task forces often help mobilize existing\nknowledge about particular problems, but go out of existence too\nsoon to carry out in-depth studies.\nThe Urban Institute will have a permanent existence. It will be able to\nmobilize high-cuality talent for thorough and continuing studies of the\nproblems confronting cities -- unemployment and underemployment,\npoor education, substandard housing, congestion and isolation of the\nurban ghetto. It will be able to study the interrelation of these problems\nand work out strategies for attacking them. It will be able to study the\nimplications of alternative employment policies for housing and trans-\nportation or the impact of alternative housing policies on education needs.\nAssistance to Particular Cities\nThe Institute will work in and with individual cities, bringing together\na variety of talents to help them in solving their problems. It is\nexpected that the Institute will establish cooperative centers in a\nnumber of cities where Institute staff can assist city officials in attack-\ning local problems. This relationship should have a triple pay off:\nsolutions for particular local problems (e.g., how to get maximum\nbenefit from local school facilities in meeting the recreation and\neducation needs of a whole neighborhood), development of experienced\nteams of analysts who will continue to assist city officials. and knowl-\nedge that can be applied fruitfully in other cities.\nEvaluation\nIn response to urban blight and human misery, the Nation has launched\nmore than 60 Federal programs spending about $22 billion annually.\nMany of these programs are attempts to find and test new effective\nsolutions to persistent problems. Learning from these programs\nrequires mechanisms either within or outside government for measur-\ning their effectiveness.\nmore\n3\nThe Urban Institute will undertake evaluation of major programs --\nFederal, local and private, For example the Institute might assist\nthe Federal Government and local model cities agencies in evaluating\nand comparing experiments in upgrading slum neighborhoods through\nthe efforts of the residents themselves: What are the critical elements\nthat contributed to success in one neighborhood and failure in another?\nHow can we stimulate repetition of successful self-help experiments\nin other neighborhoods and other cities?\nA Center of Knowledge and Experience\nFinally, The Urban Institute will assemble and make available knowledge\nabout city problems, action programs, experiments, and urban studies of\nsuch problems. A number of promising centers for urban study have\nbeen established in recent years, many by universities or private chari-\ntable groups. There is mutual benefit to be gained by supplementing\nthese individual efforts with a large national institute capable of pulling\ntogether the bits and pieces of research on urban problems being carried\non throughout the country and relating them to policy formulation both at\nthe Federal and local levels. For example, the Institute would synthesize\nfrom various local studies what we have learned about effective techniques\nfor teaching underprivileged children in blighted city neighborhoods and\nmake these findings available to all cities.\nThe Institute is not a substitute for action programs. Programs for\nbetter jobs, education, housing, and health are underway and must\ngo forward. What the Institute can provide is a continuing independent\nresource for evaluating such programs so that public and private\nmoney can be translated more effectively into results. In the long\nrun the Institute will provide a better basis for action programs through\nin-depth study of basic urban problems and research and evaluation of\nFederal, local, and private programs aimed at meeting the problems.\nThe Institute will provide (1) a unique concentration of high calibre\nprofessional talent -- scientists, administrators, economists, city\nplannners, operations analysts, architects, engineers -- devoted to\nreal and immediate decisions and actions; (2) a continuity of study\nwhich encourages progress by building on the results of previous\nanalysts; and (3) a detachment from program responsibility which\nencourages objective analysis and study of existing government\npolicy.\nThe new Institute will be supported by contracts and grants with\nseveral Federal Agencies, including the Department of Housing\nand Urban Development, Department of Health, Education, and\nWelfare, Department of Labor, Office of Economic Opportunity,\nDepartment of Transportation, and Department of Commerce.\nThe level of support will be about $5 million for the first year,\nwith growth expected to bc $10-$15 million per year as the Institute\ndevelops. This will include support from private foundations. In\naddition, early in the life of the Institute, individual cities, and\nperhaps States as well, may contract for certain services or studies\nmeeting the mutual needs of the Institute and the cities or States.\nThe headquarters of The Urban Institute will be in Washington; city\nUrban Institute centers staffed jointly by the Institute and local agencies\nwill be established in a number of cities over the next several years.\nmore\n4\nMembers of the Board of Trustees of the Institute were elected by the\nseven-member panel of Incorporators. They are:\nArjay Miller, Chairman; Vice Chairman, The Ford Motor\nCompany\nWilliam Gorham, President of The Urban Institute\nWilliam C. Friday, President, University of North Carolina\nEugene G. Fubini, Vice President, International Business\nMachines, Inc.\nWilliam H. Hastie, Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit\nEdgar F. Kaiser, Chairman, Kaiser Industries, Inc.\nEdward H. Levi, President, The University of Chicago\nBayless A. Manning, Dean, Stanford University School of Law\nStanley Marcus, President, Neiman-Marcus\nRobert S. McNamara, President, The World Bank\nJ. Irwin Miller, Chairman, Cummins Engine Company, Inc.\nCharles L. Schultze, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution\nLeon H. Sullivan, Chairman, Opportunities Industrialization\nCenter, Philadelphia\nCyrus R. Vance, Partner, Law firm of Simpson, Thacher and\nBartlett, New York\nWhitney M. Young, Jr., Executive Director, National Urban League\n# # #\nJanuary 6, 1969\nDr. Franklin D. Murphy\nChairman\nTimes Mirror\nTimes Mirror Square\nLos Angeles, California 90053\nDear Frank:\nThanks very much for your letter and\nthe attachment, \"The Case for a U.S.\nOverseas Private Enterprise Development\nCorporation.\"\nI certainly agree that this report is\nimportant, and I will make sure it\nis not lost in the shuffle.\nBest regards.\nCordially,\nH. R. Haldeman\nHRH:ds\nto Ken 1/7/69 Cole for AID Director\nLikel\nCORNING GLASS INTERNATIONAL\nCORNING\n717 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK,NY 10022\ntel\nROBERT D. MURPHY\nA Division of Carning Glass Works\nChairman of the Board\nable A 13:00 \"CORNGLASS\"\nDecember 16, 1968\nDear Bob:\nPlease note the attached. I find this rather\ndifficult to believe. Is there any truth in it.\nSincerely yours,\n317\nRobert Murphy\nMr. H. R. Haldeman\nSpecial Assistant to\nPresident-Elect Nixon\nHotel Pierre\nFifth Avenue and 61st Street\nNew York, N.Y.\n1\n23 Wall Street\nNew York, N.Y.\nDecember 131968\n10015\nALEXANDER M. VAGLIANO\nDear Ambassador Muply\nEvan Galbraith has told we\nthat he was being considered\nfor a high job in the\nTreasury, but that Peter\nFlamigan came to him\nwith the suggestion of\nAmbessador to France.\nEvan was star Heal, but\non uplation, interested.\ndisagree - I am\nThough we\nmuch respect him.\na Democrat - I very\nI know the French well\nand I be have he\ncould handle and he\nGhed by them. Ae would\nhave imaginative ideas.\nI am suce he could do\nthe job Sacce stully.\nSin caly,\nAler\nJanuary 4, 1969\nThe Honorable\nRobert Murphy\nCorning\n717 Fifth Avenue\nNew York, New York 10022\nDear Bob:\nThank you for your letter and enclosure\nconcerning educational problems. I am\npassing it on to Glen Olds, who is the\nSpecial Assistant for Policy and Manpower\nDevelopment. I am sure Mr. Yahn will\nhear further from Mr. Olds' office in the\nnear future.\nBest regards.\nCordially,\nH. R. Haldeman\nAssistant to the\nPresident-Elect\nHRH:ds\ncc: Dr. Glen Olds\nTo: The Honorable R. D. Murphy\nFrom:\nAmory Houghton, Jr.\nDecember 23, 1968\nAttached are the reports from Thomas Yahn who\nis the Educational Consultant for the Real Great Society,\nInc., 130 East Seventh Street, New York, New York.\nHe has been very much involyed and has done\nan excellent job with the University of the Streets. He\nis in the midst of experimenting with some novel approaches\nto learning which he believes can be used as guidelines\nfor the new educational systems that must be worked out\nin this country.\nHe would like to see someone in the new adminis-\ntration who might have a concerned ear. He needs an\nintroduction and about a half hour.\nAHJr:mp\nMR. ROBERT MURPHY\nDEC 26 1968\nRECEIVED\nCORNING GLASS INTERNATIONAL\nCORNING\n717 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10022\nROBERT D. MURPHY\nA Division of Corning Glass Works\nChairman of the Board\nCable Address: \"CORNGLASS\"\nJanuary 3, 1969\nDear Bob:\nWould you mind advising me about the attached which\nrelates to the desire of Mr. Thomas Yahn to discuss educational\nproblems with someone in the new Administration. Do you know\na suitable sacrificial lamb?\nWith warm regards.\nYours sincerely,\nBob\nRobert Murphy\nMr. H. R. Haldeman\nSpecial Assistant to\nPresident-Elect Nixon\nHotel Pierre\nFifth Avenue & 61st Street\nNew York, N.Y.\nAttachment\nJanuary 4, 1969\nMr. Robert E. McDonald\nVice President\nForeign Policy Association\n345 East 46th Street\nNew York, New York 10017\nDear Bob:\nThanks very much for your letter and\nthe accompanying material concerning\nthe Foreign Policy Association. I am\npassing them along to Dwight Chapin,\nthe President-Elect's Special Assistant,\nand I am sure Mr. Chapin will be in\ntouch with Mr. Lydgate at the first\nopportunity.\nI hope your holidays were as delightful\nas mine.\nCordially,\nH. R. Haldeman\nAssistant to the\nPresident-Elect\nHRH:ds\ncc: Dwight Chapin\nDecember 21, 1968\nMr. Thomas B. McCabe, Jr.\nVice President and Group Executive\nScott Paper Company\nPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 19113\nDear Tom:\nI am referring your letter concerning\nthe Annual Convention of the American\nPaper Institute to Dwight Chapin, the\nPresident-elect's Special Assistant.\nYou will be hearing from him in the\nnear future.\nMerry Christmas and best wishes for\na successful convention.\nCordially,\nH. R. Haldeman\nAssistant to the\nPresident-elect\nHRH:ds\ncc:Dwight Chapin (w/corres.)\nSCOTT PAPER COMPANY\nphiladelphia, PENNSYLVANIA 19113\nTHOMAS B. MCCABE, JR.\nDecember 19, 1968\nVICE PRESIDENT AND GROUP EXECUTIVE\nMr. H. R. Haldeman\nNixon Headquarters\nHotel Pierre\n5th Avenue and 61st Street\nNew York, New York 10021\nDear Bob:\nI talked with your secretary yesterday about\nthe attached letter which contains a speaking\ninvitation at the Annual Convention of the\nAmerican Paper Institute on February 17th.\nI hope that President-elect Nixon will respond\nfavorably to this, and would certainly appreciate\nany assistance you could give in expediting\nsame. Needless to say they need an answer as\nquickly as possible so that they can get their\nprogram set.\nHope all goes well with you and that our paths\nwill cross before too long.\nBest.\nSincerely,\nAmerican\nPaper\nserving the pul 11. paper and paperboard industry\nInstitute\n260 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10016 / (212) 889-6200\nDecember 16, 1968\nPresident-elect Richard M. Nixon\nHotel Pierre\n61st Street & Fifth Avenue\nNew York, New York\nDear Mr. President-elect:\nThe directors of the American Paper Institute, which includes many of\nthe nation's largest companies, join me in congratulating you on your Cabinet\nselections and their fine reception by the country. At the same time we sense\nthe complexity and difficulty of the many problems that will confront you after\nJanuary 20th. It has struck us that large industry groups like our own may be\nable in the future to play a more useful part in easing the burdens of the\nPresidency than in the past -- a line of thought which, I may say, has strong\npersonal appeal for me, as a former White House special assistant.\nIn this spirit, I am writing in the name of our Board of Directors to ex-\ntend an invitation which we believe may open up a significant opportu nity\nto serve the broad interest of your Administration and the public interest.\nLet me say at once that we are not asking for an immediate decision on this\ninvitation. We realize that weeks may elapse before you can firmly schedule\nappointments for the months ahead. It may not, however, be too early to con-\nsider in general terms the suitability of a non-government forum from which\nyou could convey to the nation, and especially to its business men, the views\nof the Administration on major issues of economic policy.\nOur industry is deeply concerned with many of these issues -- notably\nfiscal and monetary trends, the international balance of payments, the future\nof American exports, the fight against pollution, and the urban crisis. These\nare among the important subjects to be discussed at a conference organized\nby the American Paper Institute, to be held February 17th in the Grand Ballroom\nof the Waldorf Hotel in New York, as part of our annual convention. Well over\n1, 000 business leaders are expected to attend, representing in addition to our\nown industry the top ranks of such related fields as banking, investment,\ntransportation, communications, chemicals, forestry and containers; and in-\ncluding prominent newspaper, magazine and book publishers. Canadian and\nEuropean business will also be strongly represented, and world-wide press and\ntelevision coverage is anticipated. It may be relevant to add that our industry\nis an important factor in this country's foreign trade, as well as the fifth largest\nAmerican industry in terms of capital investment, and a major employer with\nplants in almost every state.\nPresident-elect Richard M. Nixon, December 16, 1968, Page 2.\nOur feeling is that this conference, coming about a month after the\nInauguration, may provide an exceptional opportunity for the Administration\nto present its policies in a favorable setting; and that by SO doing it might\ngo far to generate a needed sense of national purpose in the business com-\nmunity, while giving encouragement to the country as a whole. We are\nprepared to set aside all or any part of our program on February 17th for you\nto use in whatever way seems appropriate to you. It has occurred to us as\na possibility that, while stating your own top-level position, you might\nwish to have with you on the platform members of your cabinet and advisers\nwhose responsibilities relate closely to the interests of business and who\ncould speak on their special concerns -- perhaps the Secretary of the\nTreasury, the Secretary of Commerce and the Chairman of the Board of\nEconomic Advisers.\nThe American Paper Institute would be honored in providing a forum\nof this nature for your use. If the idea is broadly acceptable to you,\nperhaps you will permit me within the next two or three weeks to sit down\nwith members of your staff to explore the matter in specific detail. I am\nready to meet with them at any time.\nWith every good wish,\nRespectfully yours,\nEdwin A. Locke, Jr.\nPresident\nEAL:mee\n5055 Seminary Road #1003\nAlexandria, Va. 22311\n12 Dec. 1968\nMr. H. R. Haldeman\nHeadquarters of the President-Elect\nHotel Pierre\n5th Ave. and 61st St.\nNew York, N.Y.\nDear Mr. Haldeman,\nIt is not an easy task to write a letter which\nrecommends oneself for a position, but my present\noccupation certainly would not imply the desire or\navailability for government service which might stim-\nulate someone else to consider my qualifications for a\nposition. I am a 29 year old dentist, presently serving\nas a Major in the U.S. Army Dental Corps at Fort Belvoir,\nVirginia. Upon graduation in June, 1965, from Tufts\nUniversity School of Dental Medicine in Boston, I entered\nactive duty and in accordance with my desires was sta-\ntioned in France for two years where of necessity I\nbecame involved in the military pull-out of NATO by\nFrance and our subsequent move to Belgium. My third\nyear in Europe was spent at the SHAPE Hospital in\nBrussels where, as the only dental officer, I had the\nopportunity to meet many of our ranking military\nrepresentatives and civilian diplomats who sought treat-\nment at our facility. All these experiences and my\nextensive traveling coupled with what I rather immodestly\nconsider a \"feel\" for the problems inherent in our\nforeign relationships have made me seriously reconsider\nmy goals and career potential, that is the field in which\nI feel best qualified to contribute something to mankind.\nThough I had never studied French in school, (Spanish\nwas my language) my desire to know the people and under-\nstand their way of life made me undertake a study of\nFrench, the result of which today is near fluency\nPresently my committment to the Army expires in\nApril, 1969. I have pending with them an application for\ntheir three year residency training program in oral surgery.\nThough I enjoy my field I do not have the passionate\ninterest in it which is necessary if one is to make a\nreal contribution. I do have th at interest in government\nservice and feel that I must now make the decision as to\nwhether to continue in dentistry and treat this other\n-2-\ninterest as \"something I would do if I had it to do all\nover again,\" as I have come to refer to it. The decision\nis that at age 29 I can certainly go off on a new road\nif the opportunity presents which will ultimately allow\nme to fulfill my potential.\nBriefly, my educational background prior to dental\nschool consisted of an A.B. in English at the University\nof Pennsylvania.\nMr. Nixon's statements about his desire for youth\nand new ideas in his administration, along with his\ntalent search for people from all areas of endeavor,\nhave influenced me to write this letter. Though I\ncertainly don't know whether his search will be so\nextensive as to encompass the Army Dental Corps, I\ndo feel that I have an aptitude, a real interest, the\nwill to learn, and a sincere desire to serve my country\nin the area in which I feel I can make my greatest\ncontribution.\nWhile it is my interest in our foreign affairs\nand experiences in Europe that are primarily discussed\nin this letter, I do not wish to imply that this is the\nextent of my interest in a career in public service on\nthe government scale. For example, in the Department of\nHealth, Education, and Welfare, could not my medical-\ndental training be somehow useful with respect to our nation's\npressing social and health problems? I would certainly\nwelcome an opportunity to discuss further the possible\nuse of my services with the Nixon Administration.\nThank you for your attention and I appreciate greatly\nwhatever CO nsideration this letter may receive.\nYours truly,\nNelson I. Mendell, D.M.D.\nDecember 12, 1968\nHon. Robert Murphy\nTransition Office of the\nPresident-elect\nF. O. B. #7\nc/o The White House\nWashington, D. C.\nAmbassador Murphy:\nMr. Haldeman asked that I forward this to you for\nappropriate action.\nCordially,\nLawrence Higby\nAdministrative Assistant\nLH/mc\nencl.\nDecember 11, 1968\nMr. Robert J. McMahon\nSenior Vice President\nMarketing Services\nFirst Western Bank and Trust Company\n548 South Spring Street\nLos Angeles, California 90013\nDear Bob:\nIt is good to know that you are interested in\nparticipating in the new administration. I am\nsure there are many areas where you can make a\nreal contribution.\nThanks, too, for taking time to write concerning\nmy recent appointment. I an sure that many of the\nchallenges that lie ahead are as yet unthought of,\nbut I eagerly look forward to meeting them.\nSincerely,\nH. R. Haldeman\nHRH/mc\nFIRST WESTERN BANK\nAND TRUST COMPANY\nHome Office . 548 South Spring Street Los Angeles, California 90013\nROBERT J. McMAHON\nSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT\nMARKETING SERVICES\nDecember 6, 1968\nDear Bob:\nYour relentless computer sought me out.\nNeedless to say, I was pleased and responded\nimmediately.\nBelated congratulations on your well-deserved\nappointment. All of us are expecting great\nthings from the new team.\nGood luck.\nSincerely,\nBab\nMr. H. R. Haldeman\nOffice of the President-Elect\nRichard M. Nixon\nWashington, D.C.\nEncl.\nDecember 10, 1968\nMr. Arjay Miller\nVice Chairman of the Board\nFord Motor Company\nThe American Road\nDearborn, Michigan 48121\nDear Arjay:\nThanks for your letter of December 2nd. I am taking the\nliberty of sending it on to Bob Ellsworth, along with your\nearlier letter and the suggestions of possible Trustees.\nBob, as you probably know, is functioning as Assistant to\nthe President on special projects including this particular\narea. I am sure he will be in touch with you prior to the\nDecember 13th meeting to give you what guidance he can\nat this point on our suggestions.\nIt was good to hear from you, and I hope to see you soon.\nCordially,\nH. R. Haldeman\nAssistant to the President-elect\nHRH:jc\ncc: R. Ellsworth\nFord\nArjay Miller\nFord Motor Company\nVice Chairman of the Board\nThe American Road\nDearborn, Michigan 48121\nDecember 2, 1968\nMr. H. R. Haldeman\nOffice of the President-Elect\n450 Park Avenue\nNew York, New York 10022\nDear Bob:\nThank you for your letter of November 25. It will be most\nhelpful if I can get your input on the listed names just prior to\nour Trustees Meeting on December 13. Since my letter of\nNovember 18, Judge William Hastie has suggested the name of\nBob Weaver, and Eugene Fubini has suggested Roswell\nGilpatrick and James Vorenberg of the Harvard Law School.\nThere is one other matter I would like to mention\nbecause I believe it provides an opportunity for the new adminis-\ntration to make significant progress in the important area of\n\"black capitalism\" without need for congressional action. I\nbecame familiar with the problem because we have established\nan Economic Development Corporation of Greater Detroit with\nthe sole purpose of furthering black economic development,\nand have raised $1, 450, 000, but because of present tax rulings\nare unable to channel these funds into black-owned enterprises.\nAt one time we were hopeful that a favorable ruling could be\nobtained from the present administration, but it now appears\nthat nothing will be done. In an attempt to get things moving,\nthe attached \"White Paper\" was prepared by our tax office,\nand a copy has been sent to Pat Hillings and Andrew Haskill.\n(Haskill chairs an Urban Coalition sub-committee on Economic\nDevelopment on which I serve. He plans to send the paper to\nJohn Gardner, who might use it in discussions with your\nadministration.) I bring this matter to your attention with the\nthought you may find it useful, and am not expecting any reply.\nSincerely,\nayay\nalready\nDONALD H. McLAUGHLIN\nreplect\n650 CALIFORNIA STREET\nSAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108\nDecember 9, 1968\nMr. Robert Haldeman\nWyndham Hotel\n42 West 58th Street\nNew York, New York 10019\nDear Bob:\nIn your talent search for the new Administration, may I suggest a few names of\nmen of standing in the mineral industries who would, I think, be worthy of consideration\nfor appropriate appointments.\nFor the post of Under Secretary of the Department of the Interior, Frank Cameron\nwould, in my judgment, be an outstanding candidate. He has or is about to retire as\nChief Executive officer of the St. Joseph Lead Company, which he has served with\ndistinction for many years. He is a geologist by training, but for the last two or more\ndecades has been in high administrative positions. Under his guidance, his company has\nundertaken important new operations and advanced in ways that command respect both\nin the business and professional world. He is a gracious person and is warmly regarded\nin many walks of life.\nAnother possibility for this post would be George Kruger, vice president for mineral\naffairs of Chase Manhattan Bank. I have watched his career since student days at Harvard\nand have been much impressed with his ability. He might also be thought of for the position\nof Assistant Secretary for Minerals.\nFor the latter position, my strongest recommendation would be for Orlo Childs, now\npresident of the Colorado School of Mines and Technology at Golden. Childs is also a\ngeologist with wide experience and excellent professional standing who in recent years has\nwon a deservedly high reputation as an academic administrator. He has also served with\ndistinction on a number of official assignments from Washington such as the Oil-Shale\nCommittee on which I rather imagine he did a lot to restrain professional liberals on the\ncommittee such as Galbraith, who possessed little or no knowledge of the technical and\nbusiness aspects of the problems.\n-2-\nAn outstanding State Geologist who is well qualified for the Assistant Secretary\nis John Fry of Illinois. He is a competent scientist and an aggressive, effective\nadministrator. Hollis Dole, who heads the Oregon Bureau of Mines also has qualifications\nthat deserve consideration. His career has been mostly in state organizations where he\nhas won respect of those concerned with development of mineral resources. Another man\nworth investigation would be Elburt F. Osborn who is president of Penn State. He is\nanother geologist who has been a successful academic administrator for a decade or two.\nFor Director of the Bureau of Mines -- a post that has been notoriously hard to\nfill -- I suggest you consider Frank McQuiston. He is about to retire as vice president\nand metallurgist for the Newmont Mining Company. I know of no one who is more highly\nregarded in the field of mineral concentration, particularly flotation. In addition to high\ntechnical competence, he has demonstrated administrative ability of high order in the\nmany large new plants that have been designed and built under his direction. I am confident\nthat his appointment as director of the Bureau would win wide acclaim throughout the entire\nmining community.\nKenneth Kellar's name, I hear, has been suggested for Secretary of the Interior. His\nfirm has been our legal counsel at the Homestake Mine for many decades. He is particularly\nknowledgeable in the range of legal problems encountered in the mineral industry, from\ntitles to questions of health and welfare. In spite of his devotion to mining, he is an\nardent conservationist and is skillful in finding sensible solutions to what may appear to be\nconflicting objectives. Quite apart from his association with us, he has been active\npolitically throughout the western states and I believe is well regarded in such circles.\nIf I can be of any service, please call on me. I miss seeing you on the Regents and\nnow and then I am sorry I am not actively involved in the critical problems you are facing, on\nmost of which I have some very positive opinions. I must confess also to a feeling of relief\nat being out of the current, far from pleasant, turmoil.\nWith best wishes.\nYours very sincerely,\nDon.\nDHM/jg\nP.S. The appointment of Lee DuBridge as Science Advisor fills me with even greater\nenthusiasm for the new Administration and I am confident that a fine team will soon be\nassembled.\nNovember 25, 1968\nPresident-Elect Richard M. Nixon\nHotel Pierre\nNew York, N. Y.\nDear Mr. President:\nYou once said, \"The sense of community, of a place of belonging where\nleaders listen and respend has crumbled: that the power to centrol decisions\nimmediately affecting one's life is vanishing,\" I quite agree with you and\nwould like to offer these suggestions as a possible help in the formation of\nyour government.\nIt occurred to - during the Congo Crisis, when our church lost one of its\nown missionaries, and it occurred to me while I was stationed in Kerea watching\nthe work of various church groups and other philanthropies, and it has occurred\nto no during the Biafran Crisis that it wight be wise for the leader of our\nnation to have somebedy who is in touch with him aware and in touch with the\nphilanthropies going on in the name of various religious and social groups.\nNaturally, it is not for the sake of control, for we are all in favor of the\nseparation of Church and State. However, through my own personal experience\nand what I have read, there often seens to be a liaison among the Americans\nin the field in a troubled area that diplomats and soldiers de not have. Many\ntimes the people who are net working for political gain or material affluence,\nbut because they have a sense of mission and loyalty to a higher being than\ncorporation or government, can be the catalyst to a creative solution to prob-\nleas that arise.\nOften our government attempts to handle situations at home and abroad in\na creative and positive my and is frustruted because the normal channels do\nnot work. From my experience with mission-minded Protestants and Gathelics\nand kibbuts-oriented Jewn, I have seen persons who are spiritually committed,\nnot only to God, but to the best in human rights and values. Along with the\nreligiously motivated, are a hest of people who are humanistically oriented to\nthe welfare of humanity. It would be to our peril, Sir, if - overlook this\nreservoir of potential help in troubled areas. They always exist; they are\nalways there. And from the record of the past few years, I de not think that\nour government has cooperated with these people; and, therefore, our own politi-\ncal problems have been complicated.\nTherefore I respectfully submit, if it has not already been done, that some-\none in your organisation keep an open line to the multitude of organisations and\ngroups who might be able to assist us in carrying out pelicies to bring about\nPresident-Elect Richard M. Nixon\nNew York, N. 1.\nPage -2-\nworld peace, freedom from want, and human dignity.\nAs I said earlier, the experiences in Korea, the Conge, and now Biafra\nindicate that government and the philanthropic organisations can and should\nwork together on the things that they can commonly agree upon without viola-\nting any legal separations which should always be maintained between Church,\nprivate groups, and the State.\nIf I may be of any further help, please feel free to call upon me.\nMost cordially,\nRobert S. Maseroni\nMinister\nRSM/ep\nCO: Mr. R. H. Haldeman\nMr. Robert Finch\nMr. John Mitchell\nNovember 25, 1968\nMr. Arjay Miller\nVice Chairman of the Board\nFord Motor Company\nThe American Road\nDearborn, Michigan 48121\nDear Arjay:\nThank you very much for sending me a copy of the letter\nyou are sending to the trustees of the Urban Institute. I\nhave reviewed the list of names you are sending out, and\nof course all of them are people who have associations\none way or another with the President-elect.\nBecause of the fact that some of them are, of course,\nunder consideration for posts in the new administration,\nit is very difficult at this time for me to make much\ncomment on the specific names, and probably it would\nbe unwise to do SO. After another week or so has gone by\nit may very well be possible for me to be more specific,\nand I will certainly try to do so before your December 13th\nmeeting.\nIf you have not heard from me prior to that meeting, and still\nfeel you want some input from us, why don't you feel free to\ngive me a call.\nThank you very much for your kind words regarding my\nappointment. Needless to say I am looking forward to the\ntask with great anticipation.\nCordially,\nH. R. Haldeman\nHRH:jc\nFord\nArjay Miller\nFord Motor Company\nVice Chairman of the Board\nThe American Road\nDearborn, Michigan 48121\nNovember 18, 1968\nMr. H. Robert Haldeman\nPierre Hotel\n39th Floor\nTwo East 61st Street\nNew York, New York 10021\nDear Bob:\nAttached is a copy of the letter I am sending to each of\nthe Trustees of The Urban Institute, asking them to be prepared\nto comment at our December 13 meeting on additional Trustees.\nAs I indicated to you during our telephone conversation, I will\nbe in touch with you after that date for final comments, but it\nwould be helpful to me if I could have any personal and\npreliminary guidance you might find time to give before the\nDecember 13 Trustees' meeting. This could take any form,\nperhaps the simplest would be your marginal notes on the\nattached list with possibly some new names added.\nMay I again extend congratulations on your appointment\nas Special Assistant to the President and best wishes for your\nsuccess. I know you will do an outstanding job.\nSincerely,\nayong\nEnclosures\nNovember 25, 1968\nMr. William H. Marumoto\nVice President for\nPlanning and Development\nCalifornia Institute of the Arts\n2404 West Seventh Street\nLos Angeles, California 90057\nDear Mo:\nThanks very much for your kind words, and even more\nso for your suggestion of two good men. We are follow-\ning up on both of them right now, and they certainly\nappear to be promising prospects.\nGlad to hear that things are going well at Cal Arts. I\nam still hoping to be with you for the Board Meeting,\nbut I am not sure at this point how that is going to\nwork out.\nAgain, thank you for writing. Best regards.\nCordially,\nH. R. Haldeman\nHRH:jc\nCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS\n2404 W. 7th STREET, LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 90057\n387-3371\nNovember 13, 1968\nDear Bob:\nAll of us are certainly elated at the outcome of the election, and you are\nto be commended for the important role you personally played.\nI'm sure you are faced with the tremendous task of recruiting outstanding\npeople for your staff.\nIn this regard Bob, there are two young men you may want to consider,\nwhom I have known personally for the past several years. They are both\nyoung, bright guys who would be a real asset to your staff. I am enclosing\ntheir biographies.\nBill Kelley is a Negro who was student body president at Whittier College,\nand is currently in the Navy. It is my understanding that his military\nstatus is cleared for assignment at the White House.\nBob Takeuchi is a Nisei who is currently with the law firm of Bodkin, Breslin\n& Luddy, where his emphasis is on foreign trade. He is married to Betty\nGilbert who was on the staff with me at UCLA.\nBob Corrigan mentioned to me that he had a very productive telephone con-\nversation with you yesterday. He is certainly doing a fabulous job, and is\nmaking it extremely interesting for my staff and me.\nIf I can ever be of any assistance, please feel free to call on me.\nWarmest regards, and good wishes for your continued success.\nSincerely,\nWilliam H. Marumoto\nVice President for Planning & Development\nMr. H. R. Haldeman\nNixon Headquarters\n450 Park Avenue\nNew York, New York 10022\nWHM:\nEnclosures\nThe Chouinard Art School\nThe School of Music\nNovember 22, 1968\nMr. Mark Murphy\n5700 Hinman Road\nLockport, New York\nDear Mr. Murphy:\nThank you for taking the time to write\nconcerning selections for Mr. Nixon's\ncabinet.\nI have forwarded your suggestions to the\nappropriate staff members, and I am sure\nyour ideas will be considered in the selec-\ntion process.\nSincerely,\nH. R. Haldeman\nAssistant to the\nPresidemt-elect\nHRH:jc\nMARK MURPHY\n5700 Hinman Road\nLockport, N.Y.\nNovember 14, 1968\nDear Mr. Haldeman:\nIf \"the Boss\" has even given a thought\n-\nto including \"Rocky\" in nis cabinet, aside from\nhis remarks made about \"Tricky Dicky\" prior to\nMr. Nixon's nomination, please read the enclosed\ncolumn from the Buffalo Courier Express.\nAlso don't forget that Bill Miller stumped\nthe nustings for Rocky in return for his\n$16,000.00 a year job on the Niagama Frontier\nTransportation Authority & Sen. Chas. Goodell's\nchange in conduct is too obvious.\nRockefeller did as much for Nixon in 1968\nas he did in SHOWS 1960 and the May 6, 1963 issue of\nBarron's WeekI his fiscal inability in govern-\n-ing N.Y. State.\nFrankly, my support of Nixonwas late since\nI thought Rocky would buy the nomination tnru\nopinion polls. Aside from the S.L.A. scandal\n(with Ward Morhouse in prison), : the Suffolk\nCounty scandals, further corruption in his\nadministration may yet be uncovered which would\nembarrass Pres. Nixon prior to his re-run in 172\nwere he to appoint Nelson Rockefeller to any-\nOTION\nBELT hing but an ambassadorship to Venezuela.\nROUTE\nSincerely yours,\nService\nMark musphy"
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