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Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Chicago Daily News about newspaper copies. 1 pg. Duplicate not scanned. [Letter], 3/1/1960
Thank you letter from H.R. Haldeman to Del Smith. 1 pg. [Letter], 3/3/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Chicago American about newspaper copies. 1 pg. [Letter], 3/7/1960
Letter from Bob Haldeman to L.W. Hall. Subject; Edward Gurnee Cumming. 2 pgs. Attached to previous. [Letter], 3/7/1960
Thank you letter from H.R. Haldeman to J. Malon Roach. 1 pg. [Letter], 2/10/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Files-"Miscellaneous People." RE: Steve Leonard. 1 pg. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to R.G. McCune. RE: Nixon for President Committee of Pennsylvania. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to P.M. Flanigan. RE: Wisconsin. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/23/1960
List of Nebraska contacts. 1 pg. [Memo], 3/17/1960
Tentative schedule for Nebraska trip on March 28, 1960. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Memo], 3/17/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Robert Finch. RE: Mark Forgette. 2 pgs. Attached to previous lists. [Letter], 3/17/1960
Agenda for Advance Men's Instructions. 4 pgs.Attached to previous lists and letters. [Memo], 3/17/1960
Suggested draft of letter to advance men. 2 pgs. Attached to previous lists and letters. [Letter], 3/17/1960
Letter from Bob Haldeman to dean Borton. RE: Mohawk Tape Recorder. 1 pg. Attached to previous lists and letters. [Letter], 3/17/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Marilyn Mathews. RE: Campaign contributions sent directly to vice-president. 1 pg. [Letter], 3/18/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to P.M. Flanigan about donations transfers. 1 pg. [Letter], 3/21/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to J.R. Pat Gorman about contributions.Includes a list of donors. 2 pgs. Attached to previous. [Letter], 3/21/1960
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This file contains:
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Chicago Daily News about newspaper copies. 1 pg. Duplicate not scanned. [Letter], 3/1/1960
Thank you letter from H.R. Haldeman to Del Smith. 1 pg. [Letter], 3/3/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Chicago American about newspaper copies. 1 pg. [Letter], 3/7/1960
Letter from Bob Haldeman to L.W. Hall. Subject; Edward Gurnee Cumming. 2 pgs. Attached to previous. [Letter], 3/7/1960
Thank you letter from H.R. Haldeman to J. Malon Roach. 1 pg. [Letter], 2/10/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Files-"Miscellaneous People." RE: Steve Leonard. 1 pg. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to R.G. McCune. RE: Nixon for President Committee of Pennsylvania. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to P.M. Flanigan. RE: Wisconsin. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/23/1960
List of Nebraska contacts. 1 pg. [Memo], 3/17/1960
Tentative schedule for Nebraska trip on March 28, 1960. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Memo], 3/17/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Robert Finch. RE: Mark Forgette. 2 pgs. Attached to previous lists. [Letter], 3/17/1960
Agenda for Advance Men's Instructions. 4 pgs.Attached to previous lists and letters. [Memo], 3/17/1960
Suggested draft of letter to advance men. 2 pgs. Attached to previous lists and letters. [Letter], 3/17/1960
Letter from Bob Haldeman to dean Borton. RE: Mohawk Tape Recorder. 1 pg. Attached to previous lists and letters. [Letter], 3/17/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Marilyn Mathews. RE: Campaign contributions sent directly to vice-president. 1 pg. [Letter], 3/18/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to P.M. Flanigan about donations transfers. 1 pg. [Letter], 3/21/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to J.R. Pat Gorman about contributions.Includes a list of donors. 2 pgs. Attached to previous. [Letter], 3/21/1960
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library
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Folder List
Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
52
16
03/01/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Chicago Daily
News about newspaper copies. 1 pg.
Duplicate not scanned.
52
16
03/03/1960
Letter
Thank you letter from H.R. Haldeman to Del
Smith. 1 pg.
52
16
03/07/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Chicago
American about newspaper copies. 1 pg.
52
16
03/07/1960
Letter
Letter from Bob Haldeman to L.W. Hall.
Subject; Edward Gurnee Cumming. 2 pgs.
Attached to previous.
52
16
02/10/1960
Letter
Thank you letter from H.R. Haldeman to J.
Malon Roach. 1 pg.
52
16
03/23/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Files-
"Miscellaneous People." RE: Steve Leonard.
1 pg.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Page 1 of 3
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
52
16
03/23/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to R.G. McCune.
RE: Nixon for President Committee of
Pennsylvania. 1 pg. Attached to previous.
52
16
03/23/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to P.M. Flanigan.
RE: Wisconsin. 1 pg. Attached to previous
letters.
52
16
03/17/1960
Memo
List of Nebraska contacts. 1 pg.
52
16
03/17/1960
Memo
Tentative schedule for Nebraska trip on
March 28, 1960. 1 pg. Attached to previous.
52
16
03/17/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Robert Finch.
RE: Mark Forgette. 2 pgs. Attached to
previous lists.
52
16
03/17/1960
Memo
Agenda for Advance Men's Instructions. 4
pgs.Attached to previous lists and letters.
52
16
03/17/1960
Letter
Suggested draft of letter to advance men. 2
pgs. Attached to previous lists and letters.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Page 2 of 3
Box Number Folder Number
Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
52
16
03/17/1960
Letter
Letter from Bob Haldeman to dean Borton.
RE: Mohawk Tape Recorder. 1 pg. Attached
to previous lists and letters.
52
16
03/18/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Marilyn
Mathews. RE: Campaign contributions sent
directly to vice-president. 1 pg.
52
16
03/21/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to P.M. Flanigan
about donations transfers. 1 pg.
52
16
03/21/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to J.R. Pat
Gorman about contributions. Includes a list of
donors. 2 pgs. Attached to previous.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Page 3 of 3
3
31,
P. 0. Box 7398
Washington 4, D. C.
March 1, 1960
Chicago Daily News
Back Copy Department
Chicago Illinois
AIRMAIL e SPECIAL
Gentlemen:
We would like to obtain one copy each of the January
27th and 20th papers of the Chicago Daily News which
contained photos and/or articles on Vice-President
Nixon's trip to Chicago.
Would you please mail these as soon as possible to the
above address. Enclosed is 20% to cover the cost.
Sincerely,
H. R. Haldeman
HRH:efo
Enclosure
3/3
P. 0. Box 7396
Vashington 4. D. C.
March 3, 1960
Mr. Del Smith
Longh Corporation
18435 Susana Road
Compton, California
PERSONAL
Dear Del:
Hear that the sound and fury has died away I just wented
to express my appreciation for the wonderful 100 you did
in getting & large and enthusisatic browd at each or our
key appearances in Celifornia on the trip a couple of
weeks age.
In case you didn't 500 them, I thought you might be Inter-
seted in the attached columns by Hary McGromy covering
this trip. As you can see, your groups made quite an
impression on her.
I still don't know how smoh future setivity is planned.
At this point, we don't have any scheduled troke other
than & ma-day swing into Nebruska this month. I will
keep you posted, however, and an we get the general plan
worked out, perhaps a little later we can discuss where
best you should fit in.
Sincerely,
3, R. Haldeman
HRH:efe
P.S. I would appreciate 8. run-down en the expenditure of
the noney we sent you and return of any reasining balance
as soon as you are able to put It together.
2. 0. Box 7398
Washington no D. 0,
March 1, 1960
Chicago American
Back Copy Department
Chicago, Illinois
AIRNAIL - SPECIAL
Gentlement
We would like to obtain one copy each of the January
27th and 26th papers of the Chiengo American which con-
tained photos and/or articles on the Vice-Presidential
trip of Mr. Sixon.
Vould you please mail these out as soon as possible to
the above
Emclosed in 20d to cover the cost,
Sincerely,
H. B. Holdoman
Enclosure
3/7
P. 0. Box 7398
Washington 4. D. C.
March 7. 1960
Chicago American
Back Copy Department
Chicago, Illinois
Centlemen:
Reference is made to our March 1st letter in which we
requested copies of the January 27 and 26 papers.
Today wes received an envelope marked on the outside to
contain the January 27th and 28th papers, but instead
they were the February 27 and 28 issues.
Would you please see that we receive the correct issues
as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
H. R. Haldeman
HRH10fo
March 7. 1960
TO: L. W. Hall
PROM: Bob Haldeman
Subject: Edward Gurnee Cumming
After receiving your memorandum and attached resume regarding
Tod Cumming, I gave him at call to discuss in general with him,
his ideas on where he felt he might fit into the campaign OP-
ganisation.
As you probably know, he does not have any very well defined
idea of what he might want to do but seems to feel he does want
to get into politics in some way. He at first indicated that
any activity he might be engaged in would have to be confined
to the New York area because of limitations of his having to
stay with his job. Later, however, he indicated that under the
right situation, he might give up his job in order to go to
work with us. In this circumstance, however, he said he would
have to have a paid job on the staff since he could not afford
to work as a volunteer on a full-time basis.
He indicated that one of his primary interests in polities would
be in the field of public health, which of course would tie in
with his medical training.
Because he had no specific ideas and because of course I was unable
in a phone conversation to evaluate the possibilities for him in
our setup I suggested that he make a point of having a chat with
you when you were next up in Oyster Bay during which you and he
might be able to clarify some of the areas in which he might be
most interested.
As far as the Advance Ran possibility is concerned, as you probably
know, we are not hiring any advance men and what I'm looking for
is some people who are so situated in business that they can take
time off for 1 or 2 trips between now and the Convention and then
would be available to us full-time after the convention to work
through the duration of the intensive campaign. It would appear
that Ed does not fit in this category. I also question whether
his complete lack of political experience or any reated experience
in setting up organisations oramestings or working with committees
or large groups of people would qualify him for an Advance Man
assignment.
I was very such impressed with his general attitude and 80 on, and
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feel there probably should be a place somewhere for him in a
campaign organization where his services could be put to good
use.
I will wait til I hear further from you before making any addi-
tional contact with Ted.
3/10
P. 0. Box 7398
Washington 4, D. C.
February 10, 1960
Mr. J. Malon Roach
c/o Edwards
245 W. 60th Street
Hialesh, Florida
Dear Mr. Roach:
Thank you very much for your recent letter and the
copy or the song which you have written for Vice-
President Nixon's campaign.
We liked the song very much and have put it in
our active campaign files and we will give it every
consideration as the campaign progresses. Should
ire decide to use this song during the next few months,
we will be in contact with you.
In closing, may I express our appreciation for your
interest and support of Vice-President Nixon.
Sincerely yours,
H. R. Haldeman
HRHsefe
H.R.H.
3/16/60
C2S
March 23, 1960
TO: Files - "Miscellaneous People"
FROM: H. R. H.
RE: Steve Leonard
I interviewed Steve Leonard on Tuesday, March 22nd. His
address is 3701 Corey Place, N.W., Washington; Phone KE-70109.
He is interested in working in the campaign on a full-time
basis; is available for a minimum salary or no salary at
all if necessary. He was sent to us by Lee Nunn, adminis-
trative assistant to Senator Morton.
Leonard is an attorney and is currently practicing here in
Washington although he doesn't have a very large practice
at the present time. He was an administrative assistant or
legislative assistant to Senator Capehart for a short period
of time. In some of his business dealings, he has run into
some complications which have resulted in his being under
indictment on several misdemeanor counts in New York. He
expects that when and if his case goes to trial, he will be
cleared, but at the present time his indictment is hanging
over him.
He is interested in working in whatever capacity we feel he
might be of help. He does not want to be a chief; but rather
an Indian and says that he is perfectly willing to do anything
that will help out in the effort.
I was not particularly impressed with him and don't see any
particular place where we could use him, but he is available
for free or for very little. It does seem that he is a rel-
atively intelligent guy and would be willing to work so there
may be a possibility for him later on.
"Misc. people"
H.R.H.
3/16/60
c/s
March 23, 1960
TO: R. G. McCune
FROM: H. R. Haldeman
RE: Nixon For President Committee of Pennsylvania
Will you please send 3 of our large pictures of the Vice
President - preferably color ones - to George Mooradian
at the Nixon For President Committee of Pennsylvania. His
address is 1420 Philadelphia National Bank Building,
Philadelphia 2, Pennsylvania.
Thank you.
H.R.H.
3/16/60
C S
March 23, 1960
TO: P. M. Flanigan
FROM: H. R. Haldeman
RE: Wisconsin
I talked with Bob Sharples late yesterday afternoon on the
phone. He informs me that things are looking very good in
the Milwaukee area. He says that Drobac has done a terrific
job in getting his group organized and has made great pro-
gress with the foreign language groups and newspapers.
Sharples has 7 committees in the organizational stage, each
of which will have a phone committee group as an initial and
primary project.
He says that Buzz Keene is having a big meeting of a very
good group of young community leaders in the next day or two
and that he, Sharples, is going to make a pitch for Nixon
Volunteers at that meeting.
He is having a luncheon on Thursday at which they plan to
set up the names of their committee which they will file
with the Secretary of State and also map out their basic
plans.
He says one problem he has run into in trying to line people
up for work - especially telephone committees is that many
people are already committed to work for one of the local
candidates for alderman or some such post and that they
therefore can't commit themselves to the Nixon thing until
after the primary. I suggested that he try to encourage
those people who are doing telephoning for the alderman
election, to, at the same time encourage the people they
call to vote in the Republican primary and pass our argument'
along too. I don't see any reason why this wouldn't work out.
Apparently he got into a Practical Politics School that the
Association of Commerce was conducting and made a big Nixon
Volunteer pitch with this group. Sharples seems to be very
encouraged by the progress made so far. My one concern with
him would be that I'm afraid he is concentrating on organizing
Nixon clubs instead of getting the vote out for the primary.
Here again, I think it's worth having Bob Geffs do some
checking up. Also, Sharples said he had not received the
suggestions for additional activity beyond telephoning which
we had outlined at the dinner the other night. It is my under-
standing you sent this material to Geffs and he was to send it on
to the rest of the group so when you're talking to him, it might'
be a good idea to follow up on that again too.
3/17/60
H.R.H.
C/S
NEBRASKA
Contacts
S.S.
Henry Cohen - Omaha
Jackson 7900 X 425
(r) GL 5448
St. Chmn.
Charles Thone
GR 78941
(r) IV 92579
State HQ, 320 Cornhusker
HE 22846
Founders
Day Pres.
Harold Sutton
McCook 41
Lincoln
Arrgmts.
Chmn.
Dick Chapin
KFOR - HE 26606
(r) IV 85532
Airport
Ralley &
Y.R.
Monroe Usher
State HQ 11 and 0
GOP Exec.
Secretary
Jack Schultz
HE 24691
IV 88098
Press
Sam Jensen
GR 78941
Transp.
Ken Green
HE 23424
Hotel
James Rodney, Res. Mgr.
Mr. Hohnstedt, Asst. Mgr.
Trips - nebrask
3/17/60
H.R.H.
C/S
NEBRASKA - MARCH 28th
Tentative Schedule
March 28th
2:00 P.M. Arr. Lincoln Airport by U.A. Charter Convair
GREETING BY REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS
2:20
Lv. Airport by motorcade to Cornhusker Hotel
2:40
Arr. Cornhusker Hotel - direct to rooms
3:00
Lv.room for press room
PRESS MEETING - 30 MIN.
(Not yet scheduled - suggestion only)
3:30
Return to rooms
2 HOURS RESERVED FOR STAFF WORK
5:30
Lv. rooms for public room in Hotel
RECEPTION - REPUBLICAN STATEWIDE LEADERS (600 - 800)
(Not yet scheduled - suggestion only)
6:30
Return to rooms
7:00
LV. Hotel for University of Nebraska Coliseum
7:10
Arr. Coliseum
FOUNDERS DAY DINNER
(3,000)
8:00 - Program begins - introductions, etc.
8:30 - ADDRESS BY R.N.
(Suggest Q & A from floor. There will be several
thousand spectators in galleries in addition to
3,000 at dinner)
9:15 - End Q. & A.
9:30
Lv. Coliseum by motorcade to airport
9:55
Arr. Airport
10:00
Take off for D.C. Airport
Trips - nebracke
3/17/60
H.R.H.
c/s
March 17, 1960
TO: Robert Finch (2)
FROM: H. R. Haldeman
RE: Mark Forgette
At your suggestion I met with Mark Forgette from J. Walter Thompson
Company, Chicago while I was in Chicago on Tuesday, March 15.
I had a fairly lengthy discussion with him regarding his experience in
working with Harold Stassen in his campaign for the presidential nomina-
tion in 1948. I can, as a result of this conversation, make several
corrections in my earlier memorandums.
Forgette was the Director of the Neighbors for Stassen movement and
went to work for Harold Stassen in the latter part of 1946. He was
hired to set up the Neighbors for Stassen Office in Minneapolis and
he operated the Neighbors for Stassen movement from that office. He
was with Stassen during the entire year 1947 and for the first half
of 1948, up to the time of the Convention.
Another correction - in an earlier memorandum I referred to Stassen's
former law partner as a man by the name of Welsh. It now turns out
this name was wrong. It was Elmer Ryan who was the former law partner
who worked on the Neighbors for Stassen movement.
According to Forgette, Elmer Ryan and Dan Gainey were the two primary
Board of Director guys in the Neighbors operation and he worked very
closely with them. Also involved, as I mentioned before, were Nate
Crabtree and Abbott Washburn.
Forgette was very much interested in Stassen as a candidate and hence
approached him in 1946 after getting out of the service regarding work
on his campaign for the nomination. During the latter part of his
service career he had served with Mark Clark and handled all of the
General's personal correspondence therefore he was considered by
Stassen as an ideal man to set up and operate the Neighbors for Stassen,
which was primarily a name-gathering and correspondence type of a setup.
Also associated with this group in the Neighbors for Stassen was a man
by the name of Leif Gilstad. He was a former political writer in
Minneapolis who would be now approximately 55-60 years old. He wrote
many of the brochures and newsletters and other material that was pre-
pared for the Stassen campaign. However, Forgette did most of the writing
of the actual letters and basic correspondence to the members of the
Neighbors for Stassen movement across the country.
Misc. Memos TRN Staff
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Gilstad later was a writer at B.B.D. & 0. Advertising Agency and Forgette
believes that he did some work for Dewey during the #48 campaign after
Stassen was defeated at the Convention.
As Forgette describes it, the Neighbors for Stassen consisted primarily
of an effort to accumulate as many names of people who believed in the
Stassen candidacy as possible. These names were indexed in a card file
which Forgette maintained and were used as a basis for a large number
of mailings which were sent during 1947 and the first part of 1948. In
addition to information, reprints of speeches, etc., these mailings con-
sisted of various instructions to the recipients for particular action.
That is - for instance - just prior to the Wisconsin primary, all of
the people on the mailing list were asked to write to everyone that they
knew in the State of Wisconsin urging them to support Stassen in the
primary campaign. This was quite an effective effort, in Forgette's
opinion, at least.
Forgette felt that the most effective approach that they used, and also
the most effective means of gathering names, was the interest group
idea - that is, the Doctors for Stassen, the Former FBI Men for Stassen,
etc. He felt that this gave them the best sources of names and the names
they got in this way were the most active in carrying out the various
projects.
As far as Forgette personally is concerned, he says he was asked by
Dewey or at least by the Dewey organisation - to go to work for them
after the convention in 1948 handling campaign correspondence with
the understanding that when Dewey was elected he would be moved into
the White House in some staff position. He felt however, that having
spent almost two years in the political campaign arena, he would be
wiser to get into private business and consequently declined the Dewey
offer. He then went to work for J. Walter Thompson Company and has
been with us since.
I did not get the impression that he was particularly interested in
getting back into politics in any way. He said he had spent a little
time and effort on the Eisenhower campaign in '52 and apparently none
in '56. He did not express himself as being particularly pro-Nixon
although I gave him the opportunity to do so as we were discussing
various aspects of the current campaign. I was very much impressed
with the man personally and feel quite sure he is extremely able and
would be a very pleasant person to work with but as I say. I did
not have the feeling that he had any particular interest in getting
back into politics.
If there is further information on some specific points that you need,
please let me know.
3/17/60
C
AGENDA FOR ADVANCE MEN'S INSTRUCTIONS
Page 6 - Airport Arrival, replace item 3
If a crowd of any substantial size is expected at the Airport, you should
arrange facilities for the Vice President to address the crowd. Unless there
is a planned ceremony and activity and a guaranteed large crowd at the airport,
the best arrangement is to have a soundtruck out of the way some place with
a microphone on a long extension line. A hand mike is satisfactory. Do not
have a platform or any obviously prepared arrangements for addressing the
crowd. It is much better to let the Vice President speak informally , stand-
ing on a baggage truck or the hood of a car, using a hand mike. If the stop
calls for a scheduled speech or acceptance of an award or other such cer-
emony at the airport, and you are sure there will be a big crowd, then it is
o.k. to have the regular platform and a standup mike.
Page 4 - Item 15 - replace present paragraph
It is absolutely essential that you have a complete list of the names and
addresses and activity of all the people who participated in any way in the
Vice President's visit or the arrangements for same. This list should be
available on arrival of the party, to be turned over to Miss Woods at that time.
advance Men
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It should include the drivers and donors of all the cars, all the committee
people handling any part of the arrangements, all the people participating
in the program and the directors and names of bands, the people who deliver
the invocation, sing the Star Spangled Banner, etc. In other words - every-
body who has any remote connection with the vent. Be sure the list gives
the full name, accurate address, and a sufficiently detailed description
of what they did so a proper thank-you letter can be prepared. Also,
instruct the local chairman to send the Washington office a follow-up list
after the event, with additional names to be included. This is extremely
important.
Page 16 e add paragraph 6
The local committee should assign a man familiar with press relations,
to handle working arrangements for the press; especially those in our traveling
party. It will be his responsbility to waintain contact with the pross
secretary during the visit and to take care of any needs that may arise.
He should also check to be sure there are specifically reserved seats for
each of our traveling press people at every event. Also - that there is
smple provision for food for the traveling press and that the press work
room at the hotel is properly set up. It would usually be his responsibility
to check people in a press conference if one is scheduled.
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Page 17, add paragraph 5
During the initial advance, the advance man should systematically assemble
names, brief biographical data, telephone numbers and addresses of all the
important party,Nixon committee and other people in the area. This should
be prepared in list form which can be used when making calls to these people
in behalf of the Vice President at the time the party is in the area.
Page 11, insert section titled "Receptions": prior to section entitled "Meeting"
1. Where a reception is scheduled prior to the principal event, the duration
of the receiving line should not be over 45 minutes. At a normal rate of speed
this means a total attendance of approximately 600 people.
2, No impersonal receptions OP receptions that don't include the full group
attending a function or which are not part of the planned function itself,
should be scheduled. This does not however, exclude meetings in the small
rooms where he will go prior to entering the main event.
3. In some cases, the large reception may be scheduled as a principal event.
Under such eircumstences, the timing should be based on 800-1000 people per
hour going through the receiving line. If at all possible, the reseiving
line should consist only of the Vice President and Mrs. Nixon. In no case
should there be more than 2 additional people in the line. You can explain
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to the local committee that there 1s no need to introduce the Vice President
to the. individuals as they come through the receiving line. Our experience
has shown that a line consisting of only Mr. and Mrs. Nixon is by far
the most satisfactory.
3/17/60
H.R.H.
SUGGESTED DRAFT OF LETTER TO ADVANCE MEN
Chron
Dear
:
As I have already discussed briefly with you on
the phone, we are planning to have a session in Wash-
ington on Saturday, April 2nd to go over the basic pro-
cedures and activities relating to Advance preparations
for the Vice President's tours.
We will be gathering a group of men like yourself
who have indicated an interest in this activity and from
among them will be drawn the actual advance group for
the campaign.
The basic session will take all day Saturday, starting
at 9 o'clock in the morning and finishing up with dinner
Saturday evening. If you can work it into your schedule,
we would like very much to have you plan to get into Wash-
ington late Friday afternoon, so that we can all get to-
gether for an informal dinner Friday evening and-get-a
chance which will give you a chance to meet the rest of
the group before we get down to work on Saturday.
We will use the Alban Towers Hotel in Washington as
our headquarters for this gathering and if you will let
me know when you plan to arrive and when you plan to de-
part, I will make room reservations for you at the Alban
Towers. The address is 3700 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
The phone number is WOodley 6-6400. The Friday evening
dinner will probably be at the Alban Towers, as well as
the sessions on Saturday. Naturally, you are welcome to
arrive early or stay beyond Saturday night if you have
business or personal interests in Washington that you can
combine on this trip.
I
I am enclosing a draft of some suggestions regarding
advance arrangements for the Vice President's trips which
it would be a good idea for you to read through carefully
prior to coming to the meeting. Our discussion will be
focused on the material covered in this draft and if you
go over it before you get here and jot down any questions
or points of disagreement, it will help us in speeding the
process in covering all ht e material on Saturday.
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I am looking forward to hearing from you regarding
your plans as soon as possible and to seeing you Friday
evening, April 1st.
Best regards.
Sincerely,
3/17/60
H.R.H.
March 17, 1960
TO: Dean Borton
FROM: Bob Haldeman
RE: Mohawk Tape Recorder
What happened to the gadget the Edison people were supposed to
be having made for us that would enable us to plug the tape re-
corder into any sound system to record speeches?
Also, I think we should have the Edison guy either get our
tape recorder fixed or replace 1t with one on which the lid
fits a little more tightly. I'm concerned about the way ours
is quite loose. You will recall that it was when we first
got it.
Also, I find that I have a problem with the microphone in pulling
the button over to the position where it locks on. I'm not sure
whether it's me or the mike but I think this should be checked
also.
I would like to know what the purpose is for the clip on the
back of the microphone.
I would like to have the salesman show us the briefcase you
can buy which this tape recorder fits in. I think maybe that
is what I should use because it doesn't work out too well in
my briefcase for taking on trips.
File- ⑆, M, S.
See- Offere Memus
3/18/60
H.R.H.
c/s
March 18, 1960
TO: Marilyn Mathews
FROM: H. R. Haldeman
RE: CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS SENT DIRECTLY TO VICE-PRESIDENT
Confirming our phone conversation of Thursday morning, it is
my understanding that from now on, your acknowledgements from
RN for campaign contributions will all state that the con-
tribution is being turned over to"a volunteer organization
set up in my behalf".
Our procedure will then be to route all contributions of $10.00
or less to the Dick Nixon Club and the Club will acknowledge
the contribution to the donor together with a membership card.
All contributions of over $10.00 will be deposited in the Nixon
Volunteers account and an acknowledgment will be sent to the
donor from Nixon Volunteers. We will continue this procedure
until further notice.
cc: Bob Finch
Pete Flanigan
Contributions
81
March 21, 1960
TO: P. M. Flanigan
FROM: H. R. Haldeman
I am transmitting to you herewith, a number of donations
which have been received by the Vice President's Office
for use in the forthcoming campaign.
As we had discussed earlier, all such donations in the
amount of $10.00 or less have been transmitted to The
Dick Nixon Club. The donations transmitted to you here-
with are in amounts of over $10.00 and will require ack-
nowledgements by Nixon Volunteers.
In addition to the checks themselves or in some cases,
cash .I am giving you the carbons of the letters from the
Vice President which went out to each of the donors.
These I would suggest you hold in your files.
The contributions transmitted herewith total $3,550 in
checks plus $20 in cash.
I am also giving you two letters from would-be contributors
which have both been acknowledged by the Vice President.
You will note in his letter, he indicates that the recip-
ient will be hearing from the Volunteer organization which
has been set up on his behalf. I would suggest that you
write each of these people telling them that the Vice Pres-
ident has forwarded their letter on to you and you would be
most grateful to accept any contribution they see fit to
make.
Cont.
H.R.H
3/21/60
C/S
March 21, 1960
Mr. J. R. Pat Gorman
Chairman
The Dick Nixon Club
832 Shoreham Building
Washington 5, D. C.
Dear Pat:
I am forwarding on to you herewith, a number of con-
tributions which have been received by the Vice Pres-
ident's Office for use in the forthcoming campaign.
This includes checks totaling $29.00 plus $21.00 in
currency. The names and addresses of the donors, to-
gether with the amount donated, is attached.
It is our understanding that you will acknowledge these
contributions to the Dick Nixon Club and will transmit
membership cards and other materials to the donors.
As additional contributions of this sort come into the
Vice President's Office we will forward them on to you
for similar action.
Sincerely,
H. R. Haldeman
HRH:efo
Enclosure
See - "Contribution" and
"B.11.c."file
LIST OF DONORS OF FUNDS ACCOMPANYING
MARCH 21 LETTER FROM H. R. HALDEMAN TO
J. R. PAT GORMAN
NAME AND ADDRESS
AMOUNT
CASH or CHECK
1) Mr. Edwin F. Clark Sr.
1446 Oakwood, Pontiac 19, Michigan
$ 4.00
X
2) Mr. Gabor Eceodi, Univ. of Kentucky
P.O. Box 2558, Lexington, Ky.
10.00
X
3) Lt. Col. Gilbert L. Southwell
USAF Retired, Silver Palm Drive
Route 1, Box 311, Homsestead, Fla.
10.00
X
4) Mr. Joe Bianco
East Gary Drugs
4294 Central Ave., E. Gary, Ind.
1.00
X
5) Miss Dawn Marie Slawter
158 St. paul's Road, Ardmore, Pa.
1.00
X
6) Mr. Arthur Murray Aibinder
219 West 79th Street
New York 24, New York
1.00
X
75 Mrs. Charles A. Lee
404 Virginia Ave.,
Harrisonburg, Virginia
5.00
X
8) Mr. Earl T. Strickler
P. O. Box 33, Columbia, Pa.
10.00
X
9) Mr. H. N. McKie
3268 Third Avenue,
San Diego 3, California
5.00
X
10) Gayle Heerling
P. 0. Box 3081, M.S.S.
Tallahassee, Florida
2.00
X
11) Stuart Falk
118 Riverside Drive, N. Y. 24, N.Y.
1.00
X
Cash = $ 21.00
Check = = 29.00