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Haldeman to James Stoessel re: staff apointment. 2 pgs with attachment. [Letter], 12/18/1968
Haldeman to Chauncey Starr re: appointment. 2 pgs (copy). [Letter], 12/13/1968
Haldeman to Charles Stearns re: inaugural ceremonies. 2 pgs (copy). [Letter], 12/11/1968
Lawrence Higby to Wayne Thompson re: Whittier Guild of Childrens Hospital. 1 pg. [Letter], 1/2/1968
Requesting Nixon a Honorary Patron of LA Children Hospital. 7 pgs. [Other Document], N.D.
Frank Tysen to Haldeman re: notice of letter involving environmental crisis being sent. 4 pgs with attachments. [Letter], 11/21/1968
Haldeman to Harold Varney re: Pan American Headlines . 3 pgs with attachments. [Letter], 1/3/1969
Haldeman to Vincent Velella re: Triboro Republican Club , Inc. 3 pgs with attachment. [Letter], 1/2/1968
Louis Vyner to Haldeman re: Congratulations on election. 1 pg. [Letter], 11/14/1968
Haldeman to Lloyd Waring re: T.V. chats with the nation. 4 pgs with attachment. [Letter], 1/14/1969
Haldeman to Henry Loomis re: Hoover-type Commission in natural resources areas. 1 pg. [Memo], 1/13/1969
Abbot Washburn to Raymond Price re: interaction with academic community. 3 pgs. [Letter], 11/19/1968
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Haldeman to Chauncey Starr re: appointment. 2 pgs (copy). [Letter], 12/13/1968
Haldeman to Charles Stearns re: inaugural ceremonies. 2 pgs (copy). [Letter], 12/11/1968
Lawrence Higby to Wayne Thompson re: Whittier Guild of Childrens Hospital. 1 pg. [Letter], 1/2/1968
Requesting Nixon a Honorary Patron of LA Children Hospital. 7 pgs. [Other Document], N.D.
Frank Tysen to Haldeman re: notice of letter involving environmental crisis being sent. 4 pgs with attachments. [Letter], 11/21/1968
Haldeman to Harold Varney re: Pan American Headlines . 3 pgs with attachments. [Letter], 1/3/1969
Haldeman to Vincent Velella re: Triboro Republican Club , Inc. 3 pgs with attachment. [Letter], 1/2/1968
Louis Vyner to Haldeman re: Congratulations on election. 1 pg. [Letter], 11/14/1968
Haldeman to Lloyd Waring re: T.V. chats with the nation. 4 pgs with attachment. [Letter], 1/14/1969
Haldeman to Henry Loomis re: Hoover-type Commission in natural resources areas. 1 pg. [Memo], 1/13/1969
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library
White House Special Files Collection
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Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
31
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12/18/1968
Letter
Haldeman to James Stoessel re: staff
apointment. 2 pgs with attachment.
31
12
12/13/1968
Letter
Haldeman to Chauncey Starr re:
appointment. 2 pgs (copy).
31
12
12/11/1968
Letter
Haldeman to Charles Stearns re: inaugural
ceremonies. 2 pgs (copy).
31
12
01/02/1968
Letter
Lawrence Higby to Wayne Thompson re:
Whittier Guild of Childrens Hospital. 1 pg.
31
12
N.D.
Other Document
Requesting Nixon a Honorary Patron of LA
Children Hospital. 7 pgs.
31
12
11/21/1968
Letter
Frank Tysen to Haldeman re: notice of letter
involving environmental crisis being sent. 4
pgs with attachments.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Page 1 of 2
Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
31
12
01/03/1969
Letter
Haldeman to Harold Varney re: Pan
American Headlines . 3 pgs with attachments.
31
12
01/02/1968
Letter
Haldeman to Vincent Velella re: Triboro
Republican Club , Inc. 3 pgs with attachment.
31
12
11/14/1968
Letter
Louis Vyner to Haldeman re:
Congratulations on election. 1 pg.
31
12
01/14/1969
Letter
Haldeman to Lloyd Waring re: T.V. chats
with the nation. 4 pgs with attachment.
31
12
01/13/1969
Memo
Haldeman to Henry Loomis re: Hoover-type
Commission in natural resources areas. 1 pg.
31
12
11/19/1968
Letter
Abbot Washburn to Raymond Price re:
interaction with academic community. 3 pgs.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
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COMMITTEE ON PAN AMERICAN POLICY
60 East 42nd Street
Suite 1430
New York, N. Y. 10017
YUkon 6-9359
Harold Lord Varney, President
NATIONAL ADVISORY
Jan. 2, 1969
COMMITTEE
Mrs. G. Turner Bailey
Paul Bakewell. Jr.
Maj. Gen. Robert Blake
William N. Blanton
Mr. H. R. Haldeman,
George O. Blome
Claude Boring
Nixon Headquarters,
Prof. Anthony T. Bouscaren
Comdr. Homer Brett, Jr.
Hotel Pierre,
Mrs. Robert B. Brinsmade
Donald E. Bruce
New York, N.Y.,
Taylor Caldwell
Brig. Gen. Wm. P. Campbell
Lt. Col, Fabio Carafa d'Andria
Dear Mr. Haldeman:
F. Gano Chance
Conrad Chapman
Admiral Charles M. Cooke
I take pleasure in sending you a copy of our current
Ralph E. Davis
Lt. Gen. P. A. Del Valle
issue of PAN AMERICAN HEADLINES, with our open let-
Benjamin F. Dillingham II
Prof. Lev E. Dobriansky
ter to President Nixom.
Prof. Donald M. Dozer
Robert B. Dresser
Mrs. Willard Edwards
Many of us believe that the enunciation of a new Nixon
Col. R. A. Ellsworth
Devin Garrity
Doctrine for Latin America would be a crewning achieve-
Rodney Gilbert
J. Evetts Haley
ment of the Nixon administration. The suggestions
Robert Harriss
which we have made fer the content of such a Doctrime
Richard J. Haug
A. G. Heinsohn, Jr.
are, of course, only a starting point.
Prof. Harold Hughes
John Kenneth Hyatt
George F. Johnson
Joseph S. Kimmel
We invite your interest in this possibility.
Granville F. Knight, M.D.
Prof. Anthony Kubek
Gordon Lamont
Very truly yours,
Rabbi Arthur B. Lebowitz
Mrs. William D. Leetch
Mrs. A. Lothrop Luttrell
Vern 1. McCarthy, Jr.
Mrs. Robert R. McCormick
Lawrence J. Meisel
Harold
Col. Serge Obolensky
Rev. Dr. Harold J. Ockenga
Mrs. Bruce V. Reagan
Hareld Lord Varney, President
Comdr. Frederick G. Reinicke
Col. William L. Rich
Dr. George S. Richardson
Robert R. Rodenberg
Stanley Ross
Louis Ruthenberg
Hugo Salinas Price
J. R. Schenken, M.D.
John Fred Schlafley, Jr.
George S. Schuyler
Edward B. Smith, Jr.
Talbot T. Speer
Lt. Gen. Geo. E. Stratemeyer
Edmund B. Thornton
Maj. Gen. Leigh Wade
Col. William E. Warner
Theodore S. Watson
Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer
Wheeler Williams
Maj. Gen. Charles A. Willoughby
Alan S. Wilson
M. Truman Woodward, Jr.
December 18, 1968
Mr. James H. Stoessel
2126 La Mesa Drive
Santa Monica, California 90402
Dear Jim:
Thank you for your kind words regarding my
appointment.
I am delighted to learn of your potential interest
in joining our crew, and I will indeed follow your
suggestion of keeping your name in mind for possible
future use.
Offhand I can't think of any particular spot that would
be of overriding interest to you but lots of things are
developing, and as we move into the intensive staffing
phase, I am sure some possibilities will come to light
and when they do I will be in touch with you.
Thanks again for writing.
Best regards,
H.. R. Haldeman
Assistant to the
President-elect
HRH:ds
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT-ELECT
450 Park Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10022
(212) 661-6400
17, 1968
Mr. James H. Stoessel
2126 La Mesa Drive
Santa Monica, California 90402
Dear Jim:
Thank you for taking the time to write concerning my
recent appointment, and for your interest in a
position with the new administration.
I have forwarded your letter to Mr. Harry Fleming, who
is handling the staffing phase of the transition
period. Please send your resume to him at the Office
of the President-elect, Federal Office Building #7,
Seventh & H Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C.
You will hear further from us as soon as possible.
My best to Deborah.
Best regards
Cordially,
H. R. Haldeman
HRH/mc
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December 13, 1968
Mr. Chauncey Starr
Dean, College of Engineering
University of California atLos Angeles
Los Angeles, California 90024
Dear Chauncey:
Thank you for taking the time to write concerning my
recent appointment. I am sure it will hold many
exciting challenges and opportunities that are as yet
unthought of.
Thanks too for your generous offer of assistance during
the forthcoming administration. As you know, Dr. Lee
DuBridge has been named Science Adviser to the
President, and I am sure he would be most interested
in discussing with you ways to coordinate the contacts
you have available with the new administration.
Best wishes.
Sincerely,
H. R. Haldeman
HRH/mc
December 11, 1968
Mr. Charles Stearns
Boyle, Atwill, Catterlin & Stearns
1900 State Street
Santa Barbara, California 93101
Dear Mr. Stearns:
Thank you for your letter recommending the in-
clusion of the Dos Pueblos High School (Santa
Barbara) Band and Pep Girls in the inaugural
ceremonies.
We have forwarded your letter to Mr. Robert
McCune in Washington, D.C., and you will be
hearing from him as soon as possible.
Cordially,
H. R. Haldeman
Assistant to the
President-elect
HRH/mc
cc R. McCune
January 2, 1968
Mrs. Wayne E. Thompson
Chairman, Patron's Committee
Whittier Guild of Childrens Hospital
14030 E. Marsha Lane
Whittier, California 90602
Dear Mrs. Thompson:
Mr. and Mrs. Nixon have asked that I reply to your invitation to
join you by becoming honorary patrons of the Whittier Guild of
Children's Hospital. They are deeply interested in the work of
the hospital. However, they feel that at this time it will be im-
possible for them to formally support this activity.
I want tofhank you for your kind offer and I know the President-elect
and Mrs. Nixon join me in extending their best wishes to you and
your fine organization during this holiday season and throughout the
year.
Cordially,
Lawrence Higby
LH/mc
TD.
RN
Request HRH. Honorary
Patron of LA children
Hospital
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WHITTIER GUILD OF CHILDRENS HOSPITAL
ACTIVE MEMBERS
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10Rg
December 1, 1968
MRS. BRUCE BAUMANN
MRS. ERIC L. BURTON
MRS. EDWARD J. DAVIDSON
DEC
MRS. ELBERT D. DIEBOLD
MRS. DOUGLAS W. FERGUSON
MRS. CARL H. FRICKE, JR.
MRS. EDMUND A. GIBBS
Dran mr & Mrs. Niyon,
MRS. ROBERT B. GORDON
MRS. LEONARD A. GRANDY
MRS. KURT M. GUNDELL
MRS. ROBERT K. HALLIDAY
MRS. H. WILLIAM HARLAN
MRS. RICHARD HOLMGREN
The Whitter Guild of Childrens Hospital
MRS. GEORGE P. JOHNSON
MRS. ALBERT T. LARSON
MRS. RAY P. LIVINGSTON
MRS. ALBERT C. LYLES
MRS. G. SCOTT MILLER
cordially invites you to join in its support
MRS. JOHN M. MUELLER
MRS. WILLIAM F. PARKER
MRS. DAVID W. PICKARD, JR.
of Childrens Hospital of Tos angles and the
MRS. ROBERT RAMSING
MRS. RICHARD SALTER
MRS. ALBERT A. SANDBERG
MRS. RICHARD STEBBINS
MRS. WAYNE E. THOMPSON
Rehabilitation Center by becoming
MRS. WALLACE S. WIGGINS
MRS. WALTER J. WOOD
PROVISIONAL MEMBERS
Honorary Patrons for theyear 1969.
MRS. PETER W. BALCH
MRS. WILLIAM L. SPRAGUE
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
fast year 595 free Clinic visits, 137
MRS. JOHN ANDERSON
MRS. MARLOWE C. ANDERSON
MRS. PAUL BATSON
MRS. THOMAS BERRY, JR.
hospital admissions and a total of 993
MRS. EDWARD BLANCHARD
MRS. HOWARD S. BODGER
MRS. LAWRENCE F. BOLLINGER
MRS. PAUL BURKHALTER
days care were made available to
MRS. EDWARD L. BUTLER
MRS. ALEXANDER CAMPBELL
MRS. McGEE M. CARLISLE
MRS. HOWARD J. COFFEY
MRS. WILLIAM P. CRILLY
Children of the Whitter area
MRS. JOHN E. DEWITT
MRS. FLOYD GARDINER
MRS. PAUL H. GARDNER
MRS. LOUISE GILLETTE
MRS. JOHN A. GRIFFITH
a response from you by December 31
MRS. THEODORE A. HALFHILL
MRS. JOHN F. HECK
MRS. R. SEWALL HENDERSON
MRS. ARTHUR T. HOBSON
will assure your name beingincluded
MRS. HEBER HOLLOWAY
MRS. ELIZABETH G. HOUGH
MRS. JACK N. HUIE
MRS. MELVIN KENNEDY
MRS. oTTo KRUSE
on our roster of Honorary Patrons, of
MRS. JOHN LASSALETTE
MRS. JOHN F. LEWIS
MRS. VICTOR A. LOPEZ
MRS. THOMAS LOWRY
whom Whither Guild is justly proud
MRS. RODERICK LYNCH
MRS. DONALD C. McMILLAN
MRS. CHARLES S. MELVIN
MRS. THOMAS J. MENALO
MRS. VICTOR A. MILLER
MRS. BREENE MURPHY
MRS. LAURENCE R. PELLISSIER
MRS. ROBERT E. PELLISSIER
Sincerely,
MRS. C. RICHARD RICKER
MRS. FRED SCHRODER
MRS. LEON SHARPLESS
MRS. ROSS N. STAMBLER
MRS. WILLIAM STEWART
7ms Wayne E. Thompson ACTION
MRS. KENNETH SWART
MRS. EDWARD J. TILL
MRS. HAROLD E. WEST
Chairman, the Patiens TID Committee
DATE RECEIVED
DEC 9 1968
RMN MESSAGE
SPEAKERS BUREAU
OTHER
APPOINTMENT OFFICE
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'NSTITUTE OF URBAN ECOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
University Park
Los Angeles,
California 90007
(213) 746-6101
URBAN SEMESTER
PROGRAM
Frank J. Tysen
Program Director
November 21, 1968
Mr. H. R. Haldeman
465 Muirfield Road
Los Angeles, California 90005
Dear Mr. Haldeman:
I am sending you a copy of my letter to the President
Elect at both your California and New York addresses in
the hope that you may find time to digest its contents
and relate them to Mr. Nixon. I have also sent a copy
to Mr. Robert Finch.
Sincerely yours,
Frankyou
Frank J. Tysen
FJT/ls
enc:
November 21, 1968
President Elect Richard Nixon
Key Biscayne, Florida
Dear Mr. Nixon:
I would like to take this opportunity to write you re-
garding the nation's environmental crisis. I have both
a deep personal involvement in this area as well as a
professional concern having just completed for publica-
tion a three year intensive study on environmental ugliness
and what might be done about it.
The little attention which this issue received during
the recent Presidental election made it appear as if,
in this respect, all of us had become forgotten Americans.
Yet, perhaps like no other issue the deterioration of
the quality of our environment deeply affects everyone
old or young, rich or poor, Republican or Democrat.
You briefly addressed yourself to this problem during
the TV marathon the night before the election when you
mentioned the difficulty of loving an unlovely country
and stressed the need for a quality environment. I would
like to remind you of this statement to-day and make some
specific suggestions how to promote this goal for the
problem is severe.
During the next four years of your administration at least
four million acres of America's natural beauty will be
bulldozed to make way for new residential, commercial,
and industrial developments. The way the cards are cur-
rently stacked these four million acres will most likely
be developed in the same ugly "slipshod, slovenly" manner
which has been customary during the postwar years. I
hate to think about the amount of water pollution that
will be pumped into our streams, lakes, and oceans during
the next four years. As an ex Southern Californian you
hardly need to be reminded of the air pollution that will
be discharged during this period. As a matter of fact,
as I am writing this letter even Santa Monica beach and
the ocean is engulfed by smog. I could go on mentioning
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the third pollution (solid waste disposal), noise pollution,
thermal pollution, and so on. And I haven't even referred
to our existing urban areas which are bound to further
deteriorate, producing environments conducive to crime
and violence.
The point simply is that unless a strong environmental
concern is built into your appointments and your public
policies things will not only become worse but it will
become more difficult to retrieve the situation. "God's
Own Junkyard" may well become our permanent American heritage.
We desperately need strong Presidential leadership to
help us combat the despoilation of our land. The crisis
cannot do with less for as a recent Los Angeles Times
editorial put it: "The primary goal of conservation is
no longer to keep America beautiful but just to make it
livable."
Many environmentally concerned citizens doubt whether
you indeed will rise to the challenge. They point at
the eight years of the Eisenhower administration during
which no new national parks were created contrasted with
twelve new ones during the Kennedy and Johnson adminis-
trations. They remember President Eisenhower's 1960 veto
of water pollution control measures based on his belief
that this was not a proper federal responsibility. They
recall the strong Republican opposition to much of President
Johnson's Natural Beauty legislation such as the 1965
Highway Beautification Act.
There is a certain irony in these events since around
the country community battles against ugliness are led
more often than not by Republ cans. It appears to be
an unfortunate fact that as the environmental problem
has rapidly taken on nationwide proportions the national
Republican party has been slow in responding which accounts
for the gap between public concern and national party
policies.
Given your view of the Presidency as an active office
responsive to all the people, I, for one, am encouraged
that you will help bridge the gap and give the nation
the environmental quality leadership it so desperately
needs and desires. Meanwhile, may I be so presumptious
as to offer the following recommendations for operation-
alizing this leadership.
(1) It is imperative that particularly those Cabinet
officers to head the Department of Housing and Urban Dev-
elopment, the Department of Transportation and the Depart-
ment of the Interior possess strong environmental consciousness
and concern. Secretary Udall demonstrated that environ-
mental sensitivity during his eight years in office and
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I would hope that the new Secretary of the Interior will
be at least equally so oriented.
(2) It is extremely important that at least one White
House staffer will be placed in charge of environmental
matters and will perform a role similar to the one Lee
White had under President Kennedy and Richard Goodwin
had under President Johnson. I might add that Laurence
Rockefeller is acquainted with lots of environmentally
concerned persons who might be of assistance.
(3) The President's Advisory Council on Recreation
and National Beauty should be strengthened as a Cabinet
level coordinating device on environmental matters and
it would seem desirable for the Vice President to continue
to head the Council.
(4) At the earliest possible time some of the nation's
best minds on environmental quality problems should be
assembled for several brainstorming sessions on how the
White House might best lead the nation in this regard.
(5) The nation's grassroot concern ought to be enlisted
through an early White House Conference on the American
Environment.
The community battles which have been raging with an ever
increasing intensity throughout the land are a clear index
of the growing anger over the vanishing beauty and liva-
bility of the nation. This anger need not be allowed
to increase. At the same time the crisis offers a fine
opportunity for broadening the support base of the national
Republican party by making it more responsive to a larger
portion of the population.
This opportunity was well illustrated in San Mateo County,
California when bright young Republican Paul McCloskey
ran for Congress a few years ago. McCloskey was well
known for having championed several conservation causes
and when he decided to run for Congress Republicans and
Democrats joined together and worked hard to deliver him
an overwhelming victory first over Shirley Temple in the
primary and later over his Democratic opponent. The environ-
mentalists are rapidly gaining political strength. Incident-
ally a person of McCloskey's caliber would make an excellent
Secretary of the Interior as well as greatly add to the
quality of the Cabinet.
If there is any way in which I might be of help to you
in this area, I would be happy to do SO.
Sincerely yours,
Frank J. Tysen
FJT/1s
January 3, 1969
Mr. Harold Lord Varney
President
Committee on Pan American Policy
60 East 42nd Street - Suite 1430
New York, New York 10017
Dear Mr. Varney:
Thank you very much for your letter and
the accompanying issue of PAN AMERICAN
HEADLINES.
I appreciate your taking the time to bring
this to my attention and your interest in
helping the new administration.
Cordially,
H. R. Haldeman
Assistant to the
President-elect
HRH:ds
(The Story Bebind The Story In Your Headlines)
Published By The Committee On Pan-American Policy
60 EAST 42nd STREET
NEW YORK, N. Y.
VOL. 7 - NO. 3
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1968
One of the truly harrowing tasks of your new administration will be to clean up the mess in Latin American policy.
You have inherited from your predecessors a Latin American policy which is in shambles. The giddy amateurism of the
Kennedy "thousand days", and the day-to-day improvisations of the Johnson five and a half years have reduced State Depart-
ment policy to a mere holding operation. It is your inescapable duty to restore direction and sane leadership in this vital but
neglected area.
You will have the enthusiastic support of millions of informed Americans who have become heart-sick over the con-
tinuing Washington blunders. Foremost among these yearners for new and positive leadership will be the members of this
Committee.
We have no illusions that your task will be easy. If you inaugurate a new day, you will find, pitted against you, a self-
perpetuating bureaucracy of "Latin American experts" whose careers are intertwined with a perpetuation of the discredited
past. They will surround you with their advice and their blandishments during the weeks before January 20th. They will counsel
you, with their well stuffed briefcases and attache cases, not to make any abrupt changes. They will attempt to frighten you with
"commitments" by your predecessors, which have to be honored. They will deluge you with slanted and meaningless statistics to
prove that everything is going well.
If you heed this willful Latin American "Liberal" camarilla, you are lost.
Let us point out a few of the unresolved Latin American problems which will grow seriously worse unless they are
promptly faced.
(1) The Alliance for Progress, which is daily becoming a bad joke on the United States, must be liquidated. In 7 years,
after the squandering of $9 billion of tax-payers' money, it has failed in its promised objectives. We can no longer
continue to beat this dead horse, and pretend that it is a viable policy.
(2) We must rescue the promising idea of a Latin American common market from the hands of socialist-minded United
Nations "experts" who would distort it to economic (and eventually) political integration. Instead, attention should
be focused upon the real Latin American need-access for their primary products, on more favorable tariff or
quota terms, to the markets of the U.S. and of Western Europe. We cannot impose a common market upon Latin
America and yet disdainfully stay out of it ourselves. The common market aim is too good an idea to be left to
the "One World" muddlers.
(3) We must reface the problem of Cuba. The permanent presence of a fortified Russian army and naval base only
90 miles from our frontier makes a joke of our whole hemispheric defense status. It nullifies the Monroe Doctrine.
The Nixon administration should demand that all secret agreements made by President Kennedy with Castro and
Khrushchev in 1962 be published. This should include the unknown agreements which Castro revealed in his
PLAYBOY interview. After they are disclosed, and subjected to public discussion and scrutiny, a terminal
date should be announced by the administration when all these so-called agreements should lapse.
(4) We must scrap the three proposed new Panama treaties, drafted by President Johnson's negotiators in 1967, and
reassert our status in the Isthmus under the Treaty of 1903, as amended under the Eisenhower Administration. We
have over $4 billion invested in the Canal Zone on military installations, to protect the hemisphere, in accordance with
our obligations under the Monroe Doctrine. We cannot place our security establishment in jeopardy, by a treaty
which would make our presence in the Isthmus dependent upon the permission of such a politically unstable govern-
ment as that of the Republic of Panama.
(5) We must discontinue the policy, inaugurated in 1961 by President Kennedy, of propping up and favoring govern-
ments in Latin America which meet the specifications of "social revolution", defined by American "Liberals". This
policy exploded in our faces under Kennedy. It should be buried. In place of this purely ideological approach, we
should establish close working relations with strong anti-Communist governments, such as those of President Ongania
in Argentina and President Costa e Silva in Brazil, to evolve a security system for Latin America which will pro-
tect it against Communist infiltration, either from Russia's Kosygin or China's Mao.
These are some of the most pressing "musts" for a workable, sane hemispheric policy. Will you give us the leadership
to make them possible?
Harold Lord Varney, President
One of the inevitable deadfalls for a new administration is
Four years ago, Eduardo Frei Montalva, newly elected
the selection of its advisers.
President of Chile, was the hero of all the confused intel-
Latin American policy, throughout the last three administra-
lectuals who believe that the way to beat Communism is to
tions, has been the closed monopoly of a mutual admiration
embrace democratic Socialism.
circle of Latin American "experts", mostly academic. Since
Frei had defeated Salvador Allende, joint Socialist-
they have a vested interest in all the mistakes of the past, they
Communist candidate for President in the elections. Al-
will join ranks to continue them.
though Frei's own record was spotted with collaboration
President Nixon will find himself the sitting duck target of a
with the Chilean Communists, he suddenly loomed as the
cluster of organizations in the Latin American field which will
great alternative to Communism, backing the Aprista Ro-
furiously endeavor to guide and control his appointments. These
mulo Betancourt off the admiration stage. Frei even fooled
organizations are almost identical in their outlook. They enthu-
some hitherto knowledgeable anti-Communists. After his
siastically approve all the State Department boo boos of the last
election, one of the top anti-Communist organizations in the
ten years, and they will continue to repeat them.
U. S. came out in its organ with a banner headline, "We
Among the organizations which will give him gratuitous and
Win in Chile".
uniformly bad advice are:
Unhappily, "we" didn't win. Frei started with a publicity
(1) The Council on Foreign Relations. This organization
bang. He was going to beat inflation, which was corroding
has seen eye-to-eye with all the mistaken State Depart-
the Chilean economy. He was going to "Chileanize" the
ment policies since the Roosevelt administration. It will
U. S.-owned copper mines--a mouthful which seemed to
be profuse in its recommendations of personnel.
take the wind out of the sails of Allende, with his "nationali-
(2) The Ford Foundation. This power-hungry organization
zation", but which turned out to be the same thing except
maintains a Latin American division, with staff members
that it was done with gradualism.
in most Latin American countries. Its policies are those
of the over-rated McGeorge Bundy. It will know just
He won an early flurry of headlines by visiting Europe and
the right man for every State Department and Foreign
securing. Russian financing of some of Chile's economic
Service post.
difficulties. He joined with Raul Prebitsch, Jose Mayobre
(the Venezuelan Communist) and U Thant in a highly pub-
(3) Center for Inter-American Relations. This new entrant
licized drive for "economic integration" of South America,
in the field is headed by William D. Rogers, law partner
a program which is still buried in its verbiage.
of Abe Fortas, and Deputy U.S. Coordinator of the
Alliance for Progress under Kennedy.
But Frei didn't seem to get anywhere in solving the night-
However, there is a rich field of Latin American talent and
marish economic problems of Chile. Formerly, Chile had
experience which will never be mentioned by these organiza-
been bailed out by U.S. foreign aid hand-outs ($983 million
tions. It comprises men who were not consulted during the
from 1945 through 1964). Frei came back to Washington
Kennedy-Johnson years, and who had no part in past mistakes.
for more and, by June 30, 1968, he had increased this grand
We submit a partial list of such names. We have not consulted
total to $1,242 billion. At first, his alibi for failure was that
any of these distinguished men before listing. They are our own
the Communists and Conservatives had a controlling major-
suggestions of men who could be extremely useful to President-
ity in the Chilean Congress and were blocking him. But in
elect Nixon, either as counselors, or appointees.
1965, in the Congressional election, he secured a Frei ma-
They include:
jority in the lower House, and he was on his own.
Maj. Gen. Robert Blake, Ret.
His record since 1965 has been one of almost continuous
Spruille Braden (former Ambassador and Assistant
failure. His Christian Democratic Party was captured by a
Secretary of State)
Leftist majority who wanted to go even further into Social-
Ellis O. Briggs (former Ambassador)
ism, than Frei. By a supreme effort, he regained the leader-
Dr. Donald C. Dozer (Prof. Univ. of Cal.)
ship but it left him a captive to his Left Wing.
Walter Harnischfeger (industrialist)
The Chilean economy was next rocked by a series of
Frederick E. Hasler (financier)
paralyzing strikes launched by the Central Workers Federa-
Robert C. Hill (former Ambassador)
tion (CUT), controlled by the Socialist-Communists. To
J. Kenneth Hyatt
Frei's consternation, the labor department of his own Chris-
James S. Kemper (former Ambassador)
tian Democratic Party, which was set up to build a non-
Admiral Ben Moreell
Communist labor movement, took this occasion to desert
Jefferson Patterson
Frei and call upon all Christian Democratic unions to unite
with the CUT.
William D. Pawley (former Ambassador)
Harold Ransburg (industrialist)
Although in his "Chileanization" coup, the American
Philip A. Ray (former Undersecretary of Commerce)
copper companies gave Chile the immensely valuable 51%
ownership of the major copper mine properties for a pit-
R. Douglas Stuart (former Ambassador)
tance. Frei's regime has been a lukewarm supporter of the
Dudley Swim (industrialist)
U.S. in world policy. A key U.S. test in the United Nations
John L. Tappin (former Ambassador)
is the annual vote to exclude Communist China. In 1967,
Fletcher Warren (former Ambassador)
Chile was the only Latin American nation which did not
Richard H. Whitehead
vote with the U.S. Its vote was recorded as an "abstention".
Also, we suggest, from the Kennedy and Johnson administra-
Chile has another Presidential election in 1970. It is a
tions, the name of Thomas C. Mann. His record, as Under-
certain bet that the anti-Communist nominee will not be
secretary of State, and in other posts, was inspiring.
another Eduardo Frei.
THE PRESIDENTS' MEN. By Patrick Anderson. Double-
Haiti is the most abysmally impoverished nation in the
day, New York. 420 pp? $6.95.
Americas. The average yearly income of its 4,500,000
Richelieu had his Father Joseph, Louis XI had his Oliver,
people is $70 - the lowest in the hemisphere. But, for
Don Quixote had his Sancho Panza. In the modern manner,
questionable political reasons, Haiti has been virtually cut
these parasites of the mighty would be called "Presidential
off from U.S. aid since 1962. Last year, its only help from
advisers". The story of these shadowy men, who manipulate
the U.S. was $2 million for malaria control (a United
the levers of power, is the real story of many of our admin-
Nations project), and $1.3 million in surplus food. During
istrations.
the last 7 years, the U.S. has poured out to other Latin
American countries, in Alliance for Progress give-aways
Patrick Anderson, a back-stage member of the Kennedy
alone, $9 billion.
administration, tells part of this tale. His book is a chatty,
gossipy reprise of much of the material which we look for
Haiti's troubles go back to President Kennedy who started
out in 1961 to "reform" Latin American nations under
pruriently in the "now it can be told" columns of Drew
Pearson and Evans and Novack.
dictatorship. To get rid of President Duvalier became a
top project. When Johnson became President, he softened
Where do these "advisers" come from, before they emerge
the policy in most countries, but made little change in Haiti.
in the white Presidential light? Most of them are sycophants
President Duvalier's rule is disliked by many Americans,
who have shrewdly attached themselves to their Presidents
but there is no reason to believe that Haiti would secure a
in the early stages of their ascent. Such odd characters as
better President if he fell. On the plus side, it must be remem-
Louis M. Howe, or Sherman Adams, would never have risen
bered that Duvalier rejected a Russian offer of development
from obscurity if they had not gotten in at the right time.
aid, when he found that it had political strings. He is an anti-
Every public man has yes men trailing him. Even Harold
Communist shield against Castro's Cuba, of which he is the
Stassen has such hopefuls, revolving around his orbit. The
nearest neighbor.
trick is to pick a winner.
Certainly, non-approval of Duvalier should not be used
General Harry Vaughan had the good fortune to know
as an excuse for penalizing the needy poor of Haiti. Such
Harry S. Truman while he was a captain of artillery in World
penalization is happening now.
War I. Not even, in the wildest flight of the imagination,
could he have dreamed that this casual friendship would
lead to the White House, but Vaughan held on through the
years. Richard N. Goodwin, in the Kennedy regime, first
cultivated Ted Sorensen, and then wormed his way into
the good graces of the then Senator Kennedy, behind Soren-
sen's back. Of course, as the author points out, Ted didn't
like it. Emmett J. Hughes, with a Luce TIME-FORTUNE
background behind him, insinuated himself into the Eisen-
A little noted instance of Johnson administration flabbi-
hower household by doing speech-writing chores in the 1952
ness in the face of Leftist protest was the shelving of Project
campaign. He later cashed in his inside information and
Camelot last year, by Presidential order.
joined the Left.
The Department of Defense, deeply concerned over the
Mr. Anderson has his heroes. First, among his crushes
Castro-supported guerrilla activities in Colombia, Guate-
is Clark Clifford, whom he characterizes as "the golden
mala and other vulnerable countries, came up in 1967 with
boy". Second, is McGeorge Bundy whom he describes with
the proposal that there should be an authoritative on-the-
awe as a man of all talents. However, there is a credulity gap
here. He expatiates on the extraordinary influence which
ground study by recognized sociologists of how to cope with
Bundy exercised over Kennedy in foreign policy decisions.
guerrillas-a study which would be helpful to American
officials.
He fails to point out that foreign policy was Kennedy's
greatest failure. If Bundy was the mastermind, he master-
Before the program could get underway, it was greeted
minded us into some pretty smelly situations, both in his
with a snarling and apparently planned attack by U. S.
service under Kennedy and under Johnson.
Leftists and their counterparts in Latin America. Even in
such a remote spot as the annual meeting of the American
This is a book which is strong on characterization, but
Sociological Association, a group of Marxist-minded young-
often woefully weak on interpretation. But it explores a little
er sociologists raised the demand that their colleagues
known field.
should boycott the project. The loudest outcry in South
America was in Chile. Ralph A. Dungan, a Kennedy pro-
tege, was then U. S. Ambassador to Chile. Supporting the
clamor, he enlisted support in the State Department. To still
the protests, President Johnson, instead of backing his own
Defense Department, complacently ordered the termination
of Project Camelot. Apparently, the Leftists were afraid of
If anybody harbors the notion that AID is single-mindedly
some of the truths which a searching inquiry into guerrilla-
devoted to the cure of poverty in Latin America, he had
ism might bring to light.
better take a second look. He should look at Haiti.
The incident prompts the conjecture how many other
Most of us are pretty much fed up with foreign aid, but
worthwhile anti-Communist efforts are quietly smothered
if it is to be continued, it should at least go to the nations
in Washington, when the Leftists and their backers put in
which need it the most.
the needle.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S GIVE-AWAY PANAMA
overpopulated nations like India. But in the thinly populated
TREATIES are in real trouble. Nobody can predict the
countries of Latin America it all sounds rather pointless.
attitude of the two-man Military Junta which seized the
There are vast undeveloped interiors in most Latin Amer-
government from President Arias's jittery hands on October
ican countries. What Latin America needs, more than birth
11th. Arias's fall was Johnson's loss. It is now clear that
control, is a back-to-the-land movement such as the U. S.
Arias was ready to sign the Johnson treaties, as his reward
experienced after the Civil War. They need to get the
to Washington for aiding him to be certified as President.
descamisados out of the cities. Increased welfare for the
As a part of the plan, General Bolivar Vallarino, long-time
descamisados isn't going to do this.
Commander of the National Guard, resigned his command
and was slated to be Arias's envoy to Washington to nego-
THE FORD FOUNDATION is getting ready to build
tiate the ratification of the treaties. All these plans went
bridges to Castro's Cuba. It has already allocated $125,000
up in the air when Col. Jose M. Pinilla and Col. Bolivar
to send U. S. scholars to Cuba for "research". It has au-
Urratia deposed Arias in a 1-hour bloodless revolt. Arias
thorized Richard Adams, Texas University sociology pro-
and 128 of his followers fled to the Canal Zone, thence
fessor, to contact the State Department and Cuba's Capt.
Arias later went to Washington. The incompetence of the
Antonio Nunez Jimenez to launch such a program. In pro-
U.S. staff in Panama is shown by the fact that they were
moting this plan, the Ford Foundation is cooperating with
taken completely off guard by the revolt.
the Latin American Studies Association, which got a Ford
grant of $100,000 in 1968. The project looks harmless at
Nobody takes seriously Arias's charge that the Junta is
this stage, but it is the thin opening wedge to further col-
Communist-infiltrated Arias made a ludicrous spectacle
laboration with Castro. Why doesn't Bundy try to find
of himself in Washington, calling upon the U.S. to intervene
cooperating Cuban intellectuals among the 200,000 anti-
militarily in Panama "just as it did in the Dominican Repub-
Castro exiles in Miami? The cream of the Cuban intelligent-
lic". His plea was treated with cold indifference.
sia is not in Cuba but in the United States.
So far, a large number of the Latin American govern-
A GREAT LOSS TO THE U. S. is the retirement from
ments, and Spain, have recognized the Pinilla government.
Congress of Armistead I. Selden Jr. of Alabama. For ten
Our own State Department grimly fell into line on Nov. 14th.
years, Selden has headed the House Foreign Affairs Sub-
NIXON'S CAMPAIGN DEMAND FOR "TRADE IN-
committee on Inter-American Affairs. In his final report to
STEAD OF AID" sent cold chills down the backs of the
Congress, Mr. Selden issued a timely warning against the
increased volume of Communist subversive activities in
Alliance for Progress bureaucracy. Already dismayed by
the Congress cut of Alliance appropriations for next year
Mexico City. The only nation in Latin America still recog-
from $625 million to $270 million, the Latin American
nizing Castro's Cuban Regime, Mr. Selden disclosed that
"experts", who have no other program for the Americas
Mexico City has become a "vital transfer point" for both
except U.S. handouts, are a demoralized crowd. They are
Cuban and Soviet agents who come and go to the various
afraid that the day of reckoning is not far ahead.
Latin American countries on the 70 daily international air-
flights to and from Mexico City. The Soviet Embassy in
WHEN PUERTO RICO LIQUIDATED the 28-year-old
Mexico is overstaffed with 100 attaches who, it is suspected,
Munoz Marin regime in its gubernatorial election, the last
are mostly engaged in subversive work.
survivor of the Kennedy "social revolutionary" coterie in
Latin America disappeared from the scene. Munoz Marin
began his career as the leader of the Puerto Rican Socialists
and an advocate of independence from the U.S. He made
many shifts and turns during his long reign, but he was
always a master politician.
This year he split his own party by refusing to renom-
inate Governor Sanchez, and Louis C. Ferre, his long rival,
AMERICA'S CRACK-UP IN PANAMA
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Puerto Rico, is a responsible supporter of free enterprise,
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of Argentina, over birth control. He proposes to make loans
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60 EAST 42nd STREET, NEW YORK, N. Y. (PHONE: YUKON 6-9359)
January 2, 1968
Mr. Vincent J. Velella
Triboro Republican Club, Inc.
247 East 116th Street
New York 29, N. Y.
Dear Mr. Velella:
It was a pleasure to receive your letter telling us of the
fine work that the Triboro Republican Club, Inc. carried
out during the recent campaign. We value the great
effort and dedication to our cause put forth by you and your
colleagues.
Needless to say, the challenge of the next four years looms
large, but fortunately we finally have a President who will
be able to meet it.
Mr. Nixon has been apprised of your letter, and has asked
that we extend to you and your fellow members his appreciation
of your fine work.
Cordially,
H. R. Haldeman
Assistant to the President-elect
HRH/mc
TRIBORO REPUBLICAN CLUB, Inc.
REGULAR ORGANIZATION
16th ASSEMBLY DISTRICT (NORTH)
247 EAST 116th STREET
New York 29, N. Y.
LEhigh 4-9379
EXECUTIVE MEMBERS
REGALADA TORRES
VINCENT J. VELELLA
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
ANNA ACCARDO
RALPH ARRICHIELLO
December 4, 1968
RICHARD BAIR
CARRIE BENEDUCE
DR. ROBERT BAIRD
ED BERARDI
LUCY BRADSHAW
Hon. H.R. Halderman
FRANK CALIANDRO
Pierre Hotel
NICK CASSIERI
Fifth Avenue & 61st Street
JOSEPH CHIAVARO
New York, N.Y.
FRED P. CINCOTTI
RICHARD COLLURA
ANDREA E. COPPOLA
Dear Mr. Halderman
PASQUALE CRUZ
NANCY CRUZ
As is the custom at the conclusion of
JOHN CURCIO
each election, I report on the activities con-
DANIEL DE PETRIS
RAYMON TORRES FIGUEROA
ducted on behalf of our organization.
CARMELO TORRES FIGUEROA
VICTOR TORRES FIGUEROA
Among the usual chores of canvassing
MARY FIGUEROA
in person and by telephone, addressing social,
AMERICO GONZALEZ
fraternal and veteran organization, we sent
JOSEPHINE GUAPIO
INRE KADJI
out a direct mail appeal to all the voters in
LLOYD JOSEPH
our assembly district.
ALEX LEPORE
HARRY LIFRIERI
Altho our district is 90% Negro and
MICHAEL MAGLIANO
CARLO J. MARANO
Puerto Rican, and finding extremely storng re-
DR. CARMEN MARRERO
sistance to our ticket, we continued a con-
JOSEFINA MATOS
stant stream of campaigning in attempts to sof-
AGNES MASON
ten the resistance.
CARLOS MORALES
RAMIRO MOURE
ANGELO NIGRO
Our campaign to the white voters
MARGARET PALUMBO
was geared towards convincing them that a
FELICE PELLEGRINO
vote for the Third Party candidate was a was-
LUCIA PEPE
ted vote and really a vote for the opposition.
JOHN PERROTTA
MINNIE PUGLIESE
MARY PUGLIESE
I personally sent out 7500 letters
ANTHONY RAIMONE
throughout New York State to groups with whom
ESPERANZA SEMEDEI
I am active such as , clients, veterans and
GLADYS SEMEDEI
various Italo American groups asking for
PINKIE SMITH
their vote as a Reesidential Elector. Being
MICHAEL STONA
PAUL TANTILLO
active in the aforementioned groups, I was
FANNIE TESTA
able to channel volunteers to various local
CARMEN TORRES
campaign committees.
JAMES TESTA
FRANK TRINCHESE
GAETANO TUDISCO
ARTHUR VOLPE
GUY VELELLA
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TRIBORO REPUBLICAN CLUB, Inc.
REGULAR ORGANIZATION
16th ASSEMBLY DISTRICT (NORTH)
247 EAST 116th STREET
New York 29, N. Y.
LEhigh 4-9379
EXECUTIVE MEMBERS
REGALADA TORRES
VINCENT J. VELELLA
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
ANNA ACCARDO
RALPH ARRICHIELLO
RICHARD BAIR
CARRIE BENEDUCE
DR. ROBERT BAIRD
ED BERARDI
LUCY BRADSHAW
FRANK CALIANDRO
I am enclosing photograph of the
NICK CASSIERI
very First sign that was erected for our can-
JOSEPH CHIAVARO
FRED P. CINCOTTI
didates. (Local Newspapers reported that this
RICHARD COLLURA
sign was the First in the Nation as it was
ANDREA E. COPPOLA
erected 3 days after the Nixon nomination.)
PASQUALE CRUZ
NANCY CRUZ
It is my ocnsidered opinion from
JOHN CURCIO
DANIEL DE PETRIS
35 years experience in politics that our ac-
RAYMON TORRES FIGUEROA
tivities were largely responsible for holding
CARMELO TORRES FIGUEROA
down the opposition vote in our district and
VICTOR TORRES FIGUEROA
reducing the usual Democratic plurality.
MARY FIGUEROA
AMERICO GONZALEZ
JOSEPHINE GUAPIO
Respectfully Submitted
INRE KADJI
LLOYD JOSEPH
ALEX LEPORE
HARRY LIFRIERI
Vincent J. Velella
MICHAEL MAGLIANO
CARLO J. MARANO
DR. CARMEN MARRERO
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AGNES MASON
CARLOS MORALES
RAMIRO MOURE
ANGELO NIGRO
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FELICE PELLEGRINO
LUCIA PEPE
JOHN PERROTTA
MINNIE PUGLIESE
MARY PUGLIESE
ANTHONY RAIMONE
ESPERANZA SEMEDEI
GLADYS SEMEDEI
PINKIE SMITH
MICHAEL STONA
PAUL TANTILLO
FANNIE TESTA
CARMEN TORRES
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Mr. Robert Halderman
Chief of Staff - Nixon Headquarters
Hotel Willard
Washington, D.C.
USA
November 14, 1968
Dear Sir,
You may perhaps recall the telephone conversation which
we had prior to my departure from our home in Florida
during the convention period, with regard to my contact
with General Hickey in furtherance of Mr. Nixon's candi-
dacy abroad. No doubt you received my letter of Oct 24,
1968 from Germany.
May I take this opportunity on behalf of Mrs. Vyner and
myself to extend our heartiest congratulations on the well
earned and gratifying successful campaign and victory and
also upon your selection by Mr. Nixon for the important
tasks ahead.
The trust and confidence, as expressed by the President-
-elect upon your recent appointment as Chief of the White
House staff, bespeaks the ability, leadership and confi-
dence in you, so vital to a successful and inspiring ad-
ministration.
My personal observation during the past several years in-
dicates how much can be done to improve the American image
abroad. I would be pleased to offer, if you so desire, cer-
tain specific comments and suggestions in this regard.
Please feel free to request such help as may be rendered
in any capacity in which we may be priviliged to serve.
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LOUIS
January 14, 1969
Mr. Lloyd B. Waring
Kidder, Peabody & Co.
75 Federal Street
Boston 1, Massachusetts
Dear Mr. Waring:
Rose Woods passed to me your note
and Mr. Brad Washburn's comments
concerning his proposal that the President-
elect institute a series of TV chats with
the people of the nation.
I am taking the liberty of passing this
correspondence on to Bud Wilkinson,
Special Assistant to the President-elect,
for his perusal. I am sure Mr. Washburn
will hear further from Mr. Wilkinson's
office in the near future.
Cordially,
H. R. Haldeman
Assistant to the
President-elect
HRH:ds
cc: Rose Woods
Bud Wilkinson (w/correspondence)
from
LLOYD B. WARING
Kidder. Peabody & Co.
Incorporated
75 Federal Street, Boston 1, Mass.
LIberty 2-6200
January 7, 1969
Dear Miss Wood:
I have today received the en-
closed from Brad Washburn,
head of the Museum of Science,
Boston.
It seems to me to contain some
constructive thoughts.
Sincerely,
1bw/rtm
dlyd
Enclosure:
Bob Holdeman
Bud Wilkinson
Since the era of F.D.R., no president has managed to establish close
personal rapport with a large proportion of the electorate. Ike was loved and
respected by many --- but a great many of his strong supporters still were not
very excited about his ability as an administrator and his grasp of that aspect
of the presidency.
Roosevelt's fireside chats could be repeated, but such a move would
instantly draw all sorts of Democratic backfire. They also were indeed chatty,
never involved anyone else but F.D.R. and didn't give in-depth feel of the
ability of the key people in the administration, the president's respect for
them and his understanding of their jobs.
Everyone (even many who voted for Dick Nixon) now wonders how the
new president will perform in office. This is not only a challenge to Dick
Nixon and his team, but a unique opportunity as well.
In order to establish the new president's likeable and trustworthy
personality, to fortify the public's opinion of him as an administrator (as
well as of those to whom he is now delegating so much authority) I'd suggest
that he inaugurate a brand-new series of TV chats with the people of the
USA --- quarterly at the start, more if they appear to be successful.
Some meetings would be held at the White House. Others might be
held at other key offices in Washington --- or indeed at exciting points of
focus in the operation of the government: as at an Apollo launch, a govern-
ment laboratory where thrilling work was being done, etc.
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The President would open each session alone with a brief resume of
who were his guests and the importance of their work in the whole national
perspective --- and how important this work is to you, the citizen. He
would then introduce his principal guest and, supported by maps, graphs,
or even movies in the field, he would present the vital work in which he and
his departments are involved --- with appropriate remarks from time to time by
the President. Occasionally, other experts could be brought in to fill in
exciting detail. This should present our government as a team of competent
human, people --- people of quality, ability and dedication, doing a complex
and important job. They should show why it is important, reveal exciting
accomplishments, difficult problems, hopes and occasionally describe a
failure to emphasize that this is all a human business. Behind the scenes at
the State Department, Defense, Education, Agriculture, etc. could be fasci-
nating and convincing.
No president since F.D.R. could possibly have done this until now, as
it requires an MC (the President) who is completely relaxed and able to ad lib
effectively and convincingly on TV. Dick Nixon has shown that he can be
superb at this. The professional Democrats hate him because he is good at it.
Everyone (except possibly Ken Galbraith!) will come to trust him and
respect him if he shows how our government is being run and who is running it.
In departments which don't have convincing TV personalities at the top, the
focus of the show could be borne more heavily by the President or speedily
switched to people further down the line who are tops and a top executive
is always judged by the public's respect and confidence in those to whom he
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is delegating the work. Every department in the federal government has
plenty of exciting people in it and lots of understandable and, indeed, thrill-
ing material for a show of this sort.
This country is in critical need of confidence in and enthusiasm for
those at the top. This show might do more to reduce the cynicism of youth
than anything else that could be done at this time. It could also point out
the important opportunities in the federal government of which few citizens
are aware. Few have had much faith, respect and confidence in those aloft
in the USA for quite a while. It must be reestablished mighty fast and mighty
firmly or we will be in for serious trouble.
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Henry Loomis
FROM: Bob Haldeman
H
RE:
Letter from J.J. Wuerthner, Jr.
of January 6, 1969 concerning
Hoover-type Commission in natural
resources areas
January 13, 1969
Do you have any thoughts on this one?
HRH/mc
encl.
bbc;
Ken Cole (W/LTR)
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Thomas
lew
General Counsel
Campaign Committee
Staff of Richard M. Ninen
450 Park Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10022
(212) 661-6400
November 11, 1968
Mr. Abbott Washburn
4622 Broad Branch Road
Washington, D.C.
Dear Abbott:
The proper direction for the original of
the Duhl letter is to Ray Price, with copies
to Henry Loomis and Bob Haldeman.
Keep up the good work, and very best wishes.
Sincerely form yours,
Thomas W. Evans
TWE/jb
WASHBURN, STRINGER ASSO IATES, INC.
4022 ** BROAD BRAND ROADLE
WASHINGTON, D.C 0008
ABBOTT WASHBURN
CALLE RIO SENA NO.63 A
November 19, 1968
MEXICO 5,D. F., MEXICO
PHONE: 14-55-21
Dear Ray,
Len Duhl sent this to me primarily, I
judge, because we are good friends and he was our
neighbor here before moving to Berkeley.
The idea is a good one, don't you think?
But probably somewhat premature. Certainly the
new Administration, in due course, will have to
establish a dialogue with the academic community.
Yours,
Abbott
Abbott Washburn
Mr. Raymond K. Price, Jr.
Office of the President-Elect
450 Park Avenue
New York City, N. Y.
10022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
BERKELEY DAVIS . IRVINE LOS ANGELES RIVERSIDE . SAN DIEGO . SAN FRANCISCO
UNIVERSITY YEARS 100 OF
SANTA BARBARA SANTA CRUZ
1868
1968
Tribute to the People of California
COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 94720
DEPARTMENT OF CITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING
November 5, 1968
Mr. Abbott Washburn
4622 Broad Branch Road, N.W.
Washington, D. C. 20008
Dear Abbott:
I have been empowered by the Committee on Lectures at the University of
California to begin to explore with you the possibility of a series of
public lectures on the evolving National policies of the Nixon Administration.
What we would hope--dependent on today's results--is that we could have four
or five major statements of public policy on:
international,
domestic,
urban, health, housing, etc.,
economic policy.
Feeling that the new administration would want both a public forum and an
opportunity for interaction with the academic community, we would hope that
you could give this a top priority.
Surely much of this has come out in position papers for the campaign. However,
once the campaign is over, a clarification of direction, goals and immediate
priorities would be important, both for the nation, and to the administration
itself.
Cordially,
Leonard and J. Duhl, M.D.
Professor of Public Health
and Urban Social Policies
LJD:
CC:
Professor William B. Fretter