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Letter from H.R. Haldeman to P.M. Flanigan. RE: Nixon for President Committee of Pennsylvania. 2 pgs. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Robert Wilson.1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from Bob Haldeman to Dean Borton. RE: Edison Voicewriters. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to J.R. Pat Gorman. RE: Contributions. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Robert McCune. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to John Whitaker. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Cy Laughter. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Stan Lothridge. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Richard Miller. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Tom Pownall. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Charles Farrington Jr. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to John Ehrlichman. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Herb Klein. RE: Recording Services. 2 pgs. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Files- "Miscellaneous People." RE: Steve Leonard. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Bob Finch. RE: Advance men meeting; April 1-2. 1 pg. [Letter], 3/24/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Herb Klein. RE: Advance men meeting; April 1-2. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 3/24/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Bob Finch. RE: Slide-O-Chrome Corporation. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Loie Gaunt. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 3/24/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Dean Borton. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters. Duplicate not scanned. [Letter], 3/24/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Bob Finch. RE: Advance man school. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/24/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Rose Woods. RE: Advance man meeting; April 1-2. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/24/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Jack Sherwood. RE: Advance man meeting; April 1-2. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 3/24/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Jim Golden. RE: Advance man meeting; April 1-2. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/24/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Don Hughes. RE: Advance man meeting; April 1-2. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/24/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Mr. Revitz. 2 pgs. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/24/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Robert McCune. RE: Advance man's meeting; April 1-2. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/24/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Ned Sullivan. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/24/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Don Hughes. RE: Republican Womens Reception- Sunday, April 3rd. 2 pgs. [Letter], 3/25/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Chicago Daily News about newspaper copies. 1 pg. [Letter], 3/28/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Mr. Revitz. 1 pg. [Letter], 3/30/1960
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This file contains:
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to P.M. Flanigan. RE: Nixon for President Committee of Pennsylvania. 2 pgs. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Robert Wilson.1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from Bob Haldeman to Dean Borton. RE: Edison Voicewriters. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to J.R. Pat Gorman. RE: Contributions. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Robert McCune. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to John Whitaker. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Cy Laughter. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Stan Lothridge. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Richard Miller. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Tom Pownall. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Charles Farrington Jr. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to John Ehrlichman. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Herb Klein. RE: Recording Services. 2 pgs. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Files- "Miscellaneous People." RE: Steve Leonard. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Bob Finch. RE: Advance men meeting; April 1-2. 1 pg. [Letter], 3/24/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Herb Klein. RE: Advance men meeting; April 1-2. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 3/24/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Bob Finch. RE: Slide-O-Chrome Corporation. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 3/23/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Loie Gaunt. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 3/24/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Dean Borton. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters. Duplicate not scanned. [Letter], 3/24/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Bob Finch. RE: Advance man school. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/24/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Rose Woods. RE: Advance man meeting; April 1-2. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/24/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Jack Sherwood. RE: Advance man meeting; April 1-2. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 3/24/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Jim Golden. RE: Advance man meeting; April 1-2. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/24/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Don Hughes. RE: Advance man meeting; April 1-2. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/24/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Mr. Revitz. 2 pgs. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/24/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Robert McCune. RE: Advance man's meeting; April 1-2. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/24/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Ned Sullivan. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters. [Letter], 3/24/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Don Hughes. RE: Republican Womens Reception- Sunday, April 3rd. 2 pgs. [Letter], 3/25/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Chicago Daily News about newspaper copies. 1 pg. [Letter], 3/28/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Mr. Revitz. 1 pg. [Letter], 3/30/1960
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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
52
18
03/23/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to P.M. Flanigan.
RE: Nixon for President Committee of
Pennsylvania. 2 pgs.
52
18
03/23/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Robert
Wilson. 1 pg. Attached to previous.
52
18
03/23/1960
Letter
Letter from Bob Haldeman to Dean Borton.
RE: Edison Voicewriters. 1 pg. Attached to
previous letters.
52
18
03/23/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to J.R. Pat
Gorman. RE: Contributions. 1 pg. Attached
to previous letters.
52
18
03/23/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Robert
McCune. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters.
52
18
03/23/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to John
Whitaker. 1 pg. Attached to previous.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Page 1 of 5
Box Number Folder Number
Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
52
18
03/23/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Cy Laughter.
1 pg. Attached to previous.
52
18
03/23/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Stan
Lothridge. 1 pg. Attached to previous.
52
18
03/23/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Richard
Miller. 1 pg. Attached to previous.
52
18
03/23/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Tom Pownall.
1 pg. Attached to previous letters.
52
18
03/23/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Charles
Farrington Jr. 1 pg. Attached to previous
letters.
52
18
03/23/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to John
Ehrlichman. 1 pg. Attached to previous
letters.
52
18
03/23/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Herb Klein.
RE: Recording Services. 2 pgs. Attached to
previous letters.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Page 2 of 5
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
52
18
03/23/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Files-
"Miscellaneous People." RE: Steve Leonard.
1 pg. Attached to previous letters.
52
18
03/24/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Bob Finch.
RE: Advance men meeting; April 1-2. 1 pg.
52
18
03/24/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Herb Klein.
RE: Advance men meeting; April 1-2. 1 pg.
Attached to previous.
52
18
03/23/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Bob Finch.
RE: Slide-O-Chrome Corporation. 1 pg.
Attached to previous.
52
18
03/24/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Loie Gaunt. 1
pg. Attached to previous.
52
18
03/24/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Dean Borton.
1 pg. Attached to previous letters. Duplicate
not scanned.
52
18
03/24/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Bob Finch.
RE: Advance man school. 1 pg. Attached to
previous letters.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Page 3 of 5
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
52
18
03/24/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Rose Woods.
RE: Advance man meeting; April 1-2. 1 pg.
Attached to previous letters.
52
18
03/24/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Jack
Sherwood. RE: Advance man meeting; April
1-2. 1 pg. Attached to previous.
52
18
03/24/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Jim Golden.
RE: Advance man meeting; April 1-2. 1 pg.
Attached to previous letters.
52
18
03/24/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Don Hughes.
RE: Advance man meeting; April 1-2. 1 pg.
Attached to previous letters.
52
18
03/24/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Mr. Revitz. 2
pgs. Attached to previous letters.
52
18
03/24/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Robert
McCune. RE: Advance man's meeting; April
1-2. 1 pg. Attached to previous letters.
52
18
03/24/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Ned Sullivan.
1 pg. Attached to previous letters.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Page 4 of 5
Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
52
18
03/25/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Don Hughes.
RE: Republican Womens Reception- Sunday,
April 3rd. 2 pgs.
52
18
03/28/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Chicago Daily
News about newspaper copies. 1 pg.
52
18
03/30/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Mr. Revitz. 1
pg.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Page 5 of 5
H.R.H.
3/23/60
CX S
March 22, 1960
TO: P. M. Flanigan
FROM: H. R. Haldeman
RE: Nixon For President Committee of Pennsylvania
I continued the discussion with George Mooradian after you left
this morning and he proceeded to give me a complete fill-in
on their organizational setup and the reasons therefor.
In my opinion, the Pennsylvania situation should be in pretty
good shape from what Mooradian said. As he told you, they have
organized on a county basis rather than a community, but this
seems to be for a good reason, and I don't see that there's
any particular problem in it - especially the way they have
handled it. The effort to maintain a non-organization Republican
coloration is being strongly emphasized and should not create any
serious problem.
I explained the setup of Nixon Volunteers and your position to
George. He is most eager and happy to co-operate any way possible.
He asks you regard him as your area representative for Pennsylvania
and for the time being, dhennel demmunications for the Pennsylvania
clubs to him. I agreed that this would be done.
I was quite impressed with George personally and feel that he is
going to be able to do an excellent job. I think you can rely
pretty thoroughly on his judgment and ability. He has some good
basic ideas on program and activities and I asked him to be sure
to keep you informed of everything he does in this direction as
time goes on.
At the woment he is concentrating all his efforts on the formation
of clubs, and asking all of the clubs to concentrate their efforts
on signing up members and having each of the new members work on
getting even more additional members. They have not inaugurated
a program of activity beyond this yet, but do have some basic plans
for further activities. One rather unfortunate note is that in the
formal state organization, they have an advisory committee which
consists of the Congressional delegation from Pennsylvania headed
by Hugh Scott. I think, however, that this will not have to get
in the way and that at least at this point, there isn't much can
be done about it anyway.
If you have any further questions, please let me know.
Clubs
H.R.H.
March 23, 1960
3/23/60
S
TO: P. M. Flanigan
FROM: H. R. Haldeman
I took your call to Charles Prehn when it came through after
you left yesterday morning. He reports that things look very
good in his area. There is considerable interest on the part
of Republicans in the forthcoming primary and he feels that
the turnout will be good.
One factor in this, he reports, is that there is considerable
interest in the primary race for the Republican race for Governor
between Keene and Olson. Apparently Buzz Keane is urging people
at all the meetings he addresses, to be sure and vote Republican -
not to cross over and participate in the Democratic primary.
I suggested that Prehn somehow get word to Olson to do the same
things, since apparently both Keane and Olson are touring the
State extensively andspeaking on their own behalfs.
Prehn says he has a number of people lined up but wasn't exactly
sure at this point, of how many, as his town chairmen but at least
he has chairmen for each of the towns assigned to him at our
meeting the other night. In addition, he is in good shape on the
telephone committee operation and will have a crew calling for
the 4 days prior to the election. I suggested he might want to
consider starting the phone campaign earlier and he is going to
discuss this with his people.
Frankly, I have some reservation about the degree of depth to
which Prehn has organised, primarily due to the fact that he
gave such an optimistic report yet was so vague on numbers, etc.
I think it might be wise for Geffs to check up a little faither
with him to be sure that he actually does have these groups
lined up; also to encourage some additional activity starting
immediately rather than waiting til just before the election day.
Clubs
H.R.H.
3/23/60
c/s
P. 0. Box 7398
Washington 4, D. C.
March 17, 1960
Honorable Robert Wilson
House of Representatives
114 Old House Office Building
Washington, D. C.
Dear Bob:
After our phone conversation this afternoon, I talked
with Mel Laird regarding the use of the names and ad-
dresses of the people who responded to his poll.
Mel tells me that he 1s in the process now of sending
out a mailing to 18,000 people in his District and that
he feels this will cover most of the same people and
that 1t would not be advisable for us to prepare an
additional mailing to the group that responded to the
poll.
On Mel's advice, therefore, I am dropping this matter
unless you feel we should do something further.
Sincerely,
H. R. Haldeman
HRH:ofo
"w" Wilson
H.R.H.
3/23/60
c/s
March 23, 1960
TO: Dean Borton
FROM: Bob Haldeman
RE: Edison Voicewriters
Will you get us two more Edison Voicewriters as quickly as
you can. One of these will be for Pete Flanigan and one
we will use in the apartment out at the Alban Towers where
we have our office set up there.
The one we have one now will be kept in my office and the
second will be for general use here in the office. If we
can train the people here to use Voicewriters, I think we
should encourage this.
Edisn
H.R.H.
3/23/60
C/S
March 23, 1960
TO: J. R. Pat Gorman
FROM: H. R. Haldeman
RE: Contributions
Attached is $2.00 cash received by the Vice President's
Office from Mr. John C. Wilkens, 233 East Villa Street,
Pasadena, California.
It is my understanding that you will acknowledge receipt
of this contribution and send membership cards, etc., to
Mr. Wilkins. The donation has also been acknowledged by
the Vice President.
Contribution
Chron- 3/23
P. 0. Box 7398
Washington 4. D. C.
March 23, 1960
Mr. Robert G. McCune
1521 Elliott Place, N.W.,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Bob:
As I have already discussed briefly with you on the phone,
we are planning to have a session in Washington on Saturday,
April 2nd to go over the basic procedures relating to advance
preparations for the Vice President's trips.
We will be gathering a small group of men like yourself,
at 9 o'clock in the morning and finishing up Saturday evening.
If you can work it into your schedule, plan to get into Washington
late Friday afternoon, so we can get together for an informal
dinner Friday evening. This 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 and if you will let me know when you plan to
arrive and depart, I will make room reservations for you. The
address is 3700 Mawsachusetts Avenue, N.W. The phone number
is WOodley 6-6400. The Friday evening dinner will also be at
the Alban Towers, at 6:30.
I am enclosing a draft of some suggestions regarding ad-
vance arrangements for the Vice President's trips which you should
read through carefully prior to coming to the meeting. Our dis-
cussion will be focused on the material covered in this draft.
Jot down any questions or points of discussion. This will help
speed the process of covering all the material on Saturday.
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,
H. R. Haldeman
HRH:cfo
P.S. This meeting is, of course, off the record - and should
not be discussed before or after with anyone - especially the
press.
men)
P. 0. Box 7398
Washington 4. D. C.
March 23, 1960
Mr. John Whitaker
106 Thicket Road
Baltimore 12, Maryland
Dear John:
As I have already discussed briefly with you on the phone,
we are planning to have a session in Washington on Saturday,
April 2nd to go over the basic procedures relating to advance
preparations for the Vice President's trips.
We will be gathering a small group of men like yourself,
at 9 o'clock in the morning and finishing up Saturday evening.
If you can work it into your schedule, plan to get into Washington
late Friday afternoon, so we can get together for an informal
dinner meeting Friday evening. This 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 and if you will let me know when you plan to arrive
and depart, I will make room reservations for you. The address
is 3700 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. The phone number is WOodley
6-6400. The Friday evening dinner will also be at the Alban
Towers at 6:30.
I am enclosing a draft of some suggestions regarding advance
arrangements for the Vice President's trips which you should read
through carefully prior to coming to the meeting. Our discussion
will be focused on the material covered in this draft. Jot down
any questions or points of discussion. This will help speed the
process of covering all the material on Saturday.
I am looking forward to hearing from you regarding your
plans as soon as possible and to seeing you Friday evening,
April lst.
Best regards.
Sincerely,
H. R. Haldeman
HRH:cfo
P.S. This meeting is, of course, off the record - and should not
be discussed either before or after with anyone - especially
the press.
a Men
P. 0. Box 7398
Washington 4, D. C.
March 23, 1960
Mr. Cy Laughter
Laughter Corporation
Dayton 1, Ohio
Dear Cy:
As I have already discussed briefly with you on the phone,
we are planning to have a session in Washington on Saturday,
April 2nd to go over the basic procedures relating to advance
preparations for the Vice President's trips.
We will be gathering a small group of men like yourself,
at 9 o'clock in the morning and finishing up Saturday evening.
If you can work it into your schedule, plan to get into Wash-
ington late Friday afternoon, so we can get together for an
informal dinner Friday evening. This 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 and if you will let me know when you plan to arrive
and depart, I will make room reservations for you. The address
is 3700 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. The phone number is WOodley
6-6400. The Friday evening dinner will also be at the Alban
Towers at 6:30.
I am enclosing a draft of some suggestions regarding advance
arrangements for the Vice President's trips which you should read
through carefully prior to coming to the meeting. Our discussion
will be focused on the material covered in this draft. Jot down
any questions or points of discussion. This will help speed the
process of covering all the material on Saturday.
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,
H. R. Haldeman
HRH:cfo
P.S. This meeting is, BB course, ff the record - and should not
be discussed either before or after with anyone - especially the
press.
a men
P. 0. Box 7398
Washington 4, D. C.
March 23, 1960
Mr. Stan Lothridge
Kenyon & Eckhardt
6253 Hollywood
Los Angeles, California
Dear Stan:
As I have already discussed briefly with you on the phone,
we are planning to have a session in Washington on Saturday,
April 2nd to go over the basic procedures relating to advance
preparations for the Vice President's trips.
We will be gathering a small group of men like yourself
at 9 o'clock in the morning and finishing up Saturday evening.
If you can work it into your schedule, plan to get into Wash-
ington late Friday afternoon, so we can get together for an
informal dinner Friday evening. This 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 and if you will let me know when you plan to arrive
and depart, I will make room reservations for you. The address
is 3700 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. The phone number is WOodley
6-6400. The Friday evening dinner will also be at the Alban
Towers at 6:30.
I am enclosing a draft of some suggestions regarding advance
arrangements for the Vice President's trips which you should read
through carefully prior to coming to the meeting. Our discussion
will be focused on the material covered in this draft. Jot down
any questions or points of discussion. This will help speed the
process of covering all the material on Saturday.
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,
H. R. Hideman
HRH:cfo
P.S. This meeting is, of course, off the record - and should not
be discussed either before or after with anyone - especially
the press.
a. Men
P. O. Box 7398
Washington 4. D. C.
March 23, 1960
Mr. Richard Miller
Revel Miller & Company
650 Spring Street
Los Angeles, California
Dear Dick:
As I have already discussed briefly with you on the phone,
we are planning to have a session in Washington on Saturday,
April 2nd to go over the basic procedures relating to advance
preparations for the Vice President's trips.
We will be gathering a small group of men like yourself at
9 c'olock in the morning and finishing up Saturday evening. If
you can work it into your schedule, plan to get into Washington
late Friday afternoon, so we can get together for an informal
dinner Friday evening. This 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 and if you will let me know when you plan to arrive
and depart, I will make room reservations for you. The address
is 3700 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. The phone number is WOodley
6-6400. The Friday evening dinner will also be at the Alban
Towers at 6:30.
I am enclosing a draft of some suggestions regarding advance
arrangements for the Vice President's trips which you should read
through carefully prior to coming to the meeting. Our discussion
will be focused on the material covered in this draft. Jot down
any questions or points of discussion. This will help speed the
process of covering all the material on Saturday.
I am looking forward to hearing from you regarding your
plans as soon as possible and to seeing you Friday evening,
April lst.
Best regards.
Sincerely,
H. R. Haldeman
HRH:efo
P.S. This meeting 1s, of course, off the record - and should
not be discussed either before or after with anyone, especially
the press.
a Men
P. O. Box 7398
Washington 4. D. C.
March 23, 1960
Mr. Tom Pownall
10815 Burbank Drive
Potomac, Maryland
Dear Tom:
As I have already discussed briefly with you on the
phone, we are planning to have a session in Washington on
Saturday, April 2nd to go over the basic procedures relating
to advance preparations for the Vice President's trips.
We will be gathering a small group of men like yourself
at 9 o'clock in the morning and finishing up Saturday even-
ing. If you can work it into your schedule, plan to get
into Washington late Friday afternoon, so we can get to-
gether for an informal dinner Friday evening. This 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 and if you will let me know when you plan
to arrive and depart, I will make room reservations for you.
The address is 3700 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. The phone
number is WOodley 6-6400. The Friday evening dinner will
also be at the Alban Towers at 6:30.
I am enclosing a draft of some suggestions regarding
advance arrangements for the Vice President's trips which
you should read through carefully prior to coming to the
meeting. Our discussion will be focused on the material
covered in this draft. Jot down any questions or points
of discussion. This will help speed the process of covering
all the material on Saturday.
I am looking forward to hearing from you regarding your
plans as soon as possible and to seeing you Friday evening,
April lst.
Best regards.
Sincerely,
H. R. Haldeman
HRH:cfo
P.S. This meeting is, of course, off the record - and should
not be discussed either before or after with anyone, especially
the press.
a. men
P. 0. Box 7398
Washington 4, D. C.
March 23, 1960
Mr. Charles Farrington Jr.
Central Towers Building
2727 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, Arisona
Dear Charlie:
As I have already discussed briefly with you on the
phone, we are planning to have a session in Washington on
Saturday, April 2nd to go over the basie procedures relating
to advance preparations for the Vice President's trips.
We will be gathering a small group of men like yourself
at 9 o'clook in the morning and finishing up Saturday even-
ing. If you can work it into your schedule, plan to get
into Washington late Friday afternoon, so we can get to-
gether for an informal dinner Friday evening. This 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 and if you will let me know when you plan
to arrive and depart, I will make room reservations for you.
The address is 3700 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. The phone
number is WOodley 6-6400. The Friday evening dinner will
also be at the Alban Towers at 6:30.
I am enclosing a draft of some suggestions regarding
advance arrangements for the Vice President's trips which
you should read through carefully prior to coming to the
meeting. Our discussion will be focused on the material
covered in this draft. Jot down any questions or points
of discussion. This will help speed the process of covering
all the material on Saturday.
I am looking forward to hearing from you regarding your
plans as soon as possible and to seeing you Friday evening,
April lat.
Best regards.
Sincerely,
H. R. Haldeman
HRH:cfo
P.S. This meeting is, of course, off the record - and should
not be discussed either before or after with anyone, especially
the press.
a Men
P. 0. Box 7398
Washington 4. D. C.
March 23, 1960
Mr. John Ehrlichman
614 United Pacific Building
Seattle 4. Washington
Dear John:
As I have already discussed briefly with you on the
phone, we are planning to have a session in Washington on
Saturday, April 2nd to go over the basic procedures relating
to advance preparations for the Vice President's trips.
We will be gathering a small group of men like yourself
at 9 o'clock in the morning and finishing up Saturday even-
ing. If you can work it into your schedule, plan to get
into Washington late Friday afternoon, so we can get to-
gether for an informal dinner Friday evening. This 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 and if you will let me know when you plan
to arrive and depart, I will make room reservations for you.
The address is 3700 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. The phone
number is WOodley 6-6400. The Friday evening dinner will
also be at the Alban Towers, at 6:30.
I am enclosing a draft of some suggestions regarding
advance arrangements for the Vice President's trips which
you should read through carefully prior to coming to the
meeting. Our discussion will be focused on the material
covered in this draft. Jot down any questions or points
of discussion. This will help speed the process of cov-
ering all the material on Saturday.
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,
H. R. Hàldeman
HRH:cfo
P.S. This meeting is, of course, off the record - and
should not be discussed either before or after with anyone,
especially the press.
a. Men
H.R.H.
3/23/60
c/s
March 23, 1960
TO: Herb Klein
Leoperd
Dept in
FROM: H. R. Haldeman
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checking
RE: Recording Services
I met yesterday morning with a fellow who has a small organisa-
tion here in Washington called Capital Recording Company. The
man's name was Ed McDaniel. He had been talking with some people
in the post office department regarding the use of his recording
facilities for some of their purposes, and apparently one of them,
who is a friend of someone in our office, suggested he get together
with me.
This company is set up to service foundations and commercial com-
panies who might want to supply pre-recorded tapes to radio stations
around the country in fairly large quantities with commercial or
public service messages. He felt that their facilities, which
include machinery for making a large number of duplicates of a
pre-recorded tape in a very short time, and a very complete mailing
service for sending these in and out, plus facilities for cleaning
up returned tapes and re-recording them for future use. It might
be of value to us in the fortheoming campaign.
The fellow himself is apparently quite dedicated to the Nixon cause
and he is most anxious to work with us. One of the people at the
Post Office who contacted me regarding him is having the guy checked
as far as his loyalties and past activities are concerned.
In the meantime, I think we might consider some possible ways of
using the recording operation and a tape traffic setup such as
this fellow has. It would seem to me that for a number of purposes,
this might be something very valuable to us. This particular COM-
pany would make their services available to us on a flat rate per
tape basis and as a sample fee, he said the charge for the entire
handling of each 15-minute tape, pretty such regardless of quantity,
although there would be some discount on large quantities, would be
$1.00 per 15-minute tape. This, I would think, is a fairly rea-
sonable cost. This would include recording the master tape, making
the duplicates, mailing them out, getting them returned.
I would think that the possibilities for this kind of service would
be several:
"R"
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1. We could pre-record 15 minute or longer or shorter
messages on particular issues or complete messages by the Vice
President that local committees could then buy time and run on
their local radio stations. We could have this organization
handle the shipment to and from the stations, etc., for us as
well as recording the speeches to begin with.
2. We could record specific messages for Nixon Volunteer
Clubs to be played at their meetings on a portable tape recorder,
either from the Vice President or from other people here in Wash-
ington or a combination of the two. This again could be handled
by this organization. They could send the tapes out to the var-
ious clubs. They're set up to do this on very short notice, and
quite quickly, so that if some particular issue came up on which
we wanted to get a message out to all of our people in rapid form,
this might be a very good way of doing it.
3. Because of his sound engineering training, this fellow
and his organization might be very valuable to us as a means of
providing a person to accompany us on campaign trips, as our sound
man to take care of making recordings of all of the Vice President's
remarks, formal speeches, Q & A's and other sessions. Theyhavecall
sorts of portable, semi-portable and permanent equipment that could
be used for this purpose and they could work out a flat rate with
us for this kind of thing.
I think we should discuss this among ourselves to some extent and
then perhaps have another session with this fellow and explore
some specific ideas. My meeting with him was in fairly general
terms and I didn't want to get into too much in the way of spec-
ifics, but I do think he is worth further exploration.
001 Bob Finch
Bob McCune
Peter Flanigan
Files - People"
E. R. H.
ME: Steve Leenard
I interviewed Steve Leonard on Tuesday, March 22nd. His
address is 3701 Corey Place, N.W., Washington; Phone
He is interested in working in the campaign de a full-time
basis; is available for a minimum salary or no salary at
all if necessary. He was sent to us by Lee Num, 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 prective
at the present time, He was an administrative assistent 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 misdemesnor counts in New York. Be
expects that when and if his case goes to trial, he will by
cleared, but at the present time his indictment is banging
over him.
He is interested in working is whatever capacity we feel be
might be of help. No does not want to be a chief; but
an Indian and says that he is perfectly villing to do
that will help out in the affort.
I was not particularly impressed with him
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particular place where we could use him, but he is avail
for free or for very little. It does seem that be is &
atively intelligent guy and would be willing to work -
may be a possibility for him later m.
H. R. H.
3/24/60
c/s
March 24, 1960
TO: Bob Finch
FROM: H. R. Haldeman
RE: Advance Man meeting; April 1-2
As you know, we are planning to bring a group of potential
advance men into Washington on April 1st and 2nd for a general
session on advance procedure and to provide an opportunity
for them to meet each other and the staff.
An outline of the proposed program is attached; also a draft
of the latest revision of the Advance Man's manual.
I hope that you will plan to be present for a dinner on Friday
evening at 6:30 at the Alban Towers and that you will also
plan to attend the afternoon session on Saturday for at least
part of the time. You are, of course, welcome for the full meeting
but I know you have other commitments on that day.
During the Saturday afternoon session, I think it would be a
good idea for you to plan to give some brief remarks on the
overall political setup of the Nixon tour operation and the
scope of activity of the advance men as you see it. I would
suggest you prepare some remarks and that you expect some
questions following your remarks.
Please lot me know immediately if you are not going to be able
to make the Friday dinner or the Saturday afternoon session.
Thank you.
advance Men
H.R.H.
3/24/60
C / S
March 24, 1960
TO: Herb Klein
FROM: H. R. Haldeman
RE: Advance Man meeting; April 1 - 2
As you know, we are planning to bring a group of potential
advance men into Washington on April 1st and 2nd for a general
session on advance procedure and to provide an opportunity
for them to meet each other and the staff.
An outline of the proposed program is attached; also a draft
of the latest revision of the Advance Man's manual.
I hope that you will plan to be present for a dinner on Friday
evening at 6:30 at the Alban Towers and that you will also
plan to attend the afternoon session on Saturday for at least
part of the time. You are, of course, welcome for the full
meeting but I know you have other commitments on that day.
During the Saturday afternoon session, I hope you will discuss
the traveling press setup and the requirements for the press
on our trips. This should be done in some detail so that
these fellows will have a clear picture of what it is that
they should do in providing facilities and accomodations for
the press. I would suggest you prepare some remarks and that
you expect some questions following your remarks.
Please lot me know immediately if you are not going to be able
to make the Friday dinner or the Saturday afternoon session.
Thank you.
advance Men
H. R. H.
3/24/60
c/s
March 23, 1960
TO: Bob Finch
FROM: H. R. Haldeman
RE: Slide-O-Chrome Corporation
I met yesterday afternoon with Frank J. Sampson and Harvey
M. Hament of the Slide-0-Chrome Corporation, 108 West End
Avenue, New York 23, Tel. SU-73934.
I found their proposition of considerable interest and it
is my feeling that after whatever checking can be done, we
should go shead and let them set up the program that they
outlined. I assume you have already done some checking on
them and that there are some means for making a further
check.
It's hard for me to see how there is any great danger involved
in this for us, since their activities would be wholly among
Democrate whom we have no means of reaching anyway.
I would be glad to discuss this further with you.
"S"
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H.R.H.
XX23 3/24/60
C/S
March 24, 1960
TO: Loie Gaunt
FROM: H. R. Haldeman
May I please have 10 copies of the Congressional Quarterly
Report on Richard Nixon for distribution to Advance Men.
Pete Flanigan will let you know if he needs any for use with
the Nixon Clubs, etc.
Thank you.
advance men
H.R.H.
3/24/60
c / s
March 24, 1960
TO: Dean Borton
FROM: H. R. Haldeman
Would you please have an automatic closing machine put on
the door to my office as well as the one to the outer office.
Thank you.
"Office Memo"
H. R. H.
3/24/60
C S
March 24, 1960
TO: Dean Borton
FROM: H. R. Haldeman
Would you also please have an automatic closing device put
on the door leading from the receptionist's room into the
main part of the office. It is imperative that this door
be kept closed all the time from now on, without any ex-
ception at any time.
office Mizza
H. R. H.
3/23/60
CLS
March 24, 1960
TO: Bob Finch
FROM: H. R. Haldeman
RE: Advance Man school
I would like to go on record as strongly urging that the
meeting of the Advance Men with the Vice President be held
at the Vice President's home rather than at Alban Towers.
I think there are several extremely important reasons for
this. The first and foremost would be that this group should
also meet with Pat and she should have a chance to chat in-
formally with each of them, since her acceptance and approval
of each of them is almost as important as that of the Boss.
A second reason is that I think, of the various groups of
people you are bringing in, this particular group is the
most important to establish a close personal feeling of
identification with the Vice President. I think it is very
important that both Dick and Pat have a fair knowledge of
each of these guys so that as they run into them on their
campaign trips, they won't be total strangers. There is
very little opportunity on the trips to establish any con-
tact between the advance men and the Boss, and there's no
reason why time should be taken then to do this. For this
reason, I feel it is extremely important that sufficient
time and emphasis be given to the meeting with the Boss
while they are here in Washington. Going to the home will
greatly increase the rapport and feeling of personal know-
ledge of the Boss and Pat as contrasted to having Dick drop
by the Alban Towers. Also, since we have got a full-day
session at the Alban Towers, plus a dinner the night before,
I think it would be a good idea to get out somewhere late
in the day on Saturday.
I realize you have a number of groups that you must take
care of, but viewing the thing completely and objectively,
I definitely recommend that this group be invited to the
home and that the Boss stop by the other groups during the
course of the afternoon.
adv men
H.R.H.
3/24/60
C'VS
March 24, 1960
TO: Rose Woods
FROM: H. R. Haldeman
RE: Advance Man meeting; April 1 - 2
As you know, we are planning to bring a group of potential
advance men into Washington on April 1st and 2nd for a general
session on advance procedure and to provide an opportunity
for them to meet each other and the staff.
An outline of the proposed program is attached; also a draft
of the latest revision of the Advance Man's manual.
I hope that you will plan to be present for a dinner on Fri-
day evening at 6:30 at the Alban Towers and that you will
also plan to attend the afternoon session on Saturday. If
you feel it would be worthwhile, we would of course be very
happy to have you sit in on the full session on Saturday.
During the Saturday afternoon session, I hope you will be
prepared to go over some general points on the campaign
procedures and the Advance Man's position during it. As
we discussed the other day, it would probably be a good
idea for you to go back through your notes and assemble some
general comments plus specific ideas and pointers to cover
with the group.
I am sure there will be a number of questions directed to
you after you have covered your remarks. Also, I would think
it would be helpful if you would give the group present, some
more or less personal background on the Boss and Pat as re-
lated to their campaign activities.
Please let me know immediately if you are not going to be
able to make the Friday dinner or the Saturday afternoon
session.
a Then
H. R. H.
3/24/60
CV S
March 24, 1960
TO: Jack Sherwood
FROM: H. R. Haldeman
RE: Advance Man meeting; April 1 - 2
As you know, we are planning to bring a group of potential
advance men into Washington on April lst and 2nd for a
general session on advance procedure and to provide an
opportunity for them to meet each other and the staff.
An outline of the proposed program is attached; also a
draft of the latest revision of the Advance Man's manual.
I hope that you will plan to be present for a dinner on
Friday eveninga t 6:30 at the Alban Towers and that you
will also plan to attend the afternoon session on Saturday
for at least part of the time. You are, of course, welcome
for the full meeting but I know you have other commitments
on that day.
During the Saturday afternoon session, I think it would be
a good idea for you to plan to cover briefly the security
requirements and setup for the Nixon tour operation. You
should also explain briefly the relationship between the
Advance Man and the Secret Service field offices and also
between the Advance Man and the traveling Secret Service
agents. I would suggest you prepare some basic remakks,
and that you expect some questions following your remarks.
Please let me know immediately if you are not going to be
able to make the Friday dinner or the Saturday afternoon
session.
Thank you.
a Men
H. R. H.
3/24/60
c/s
March 24, 1960
TO: Jim Golden
FROM: H. R. Haldeman
RE: Advance Man meeting; April 1 - 2
As you know, we are planning to bring R group of potential
advance men into Washington on April 1st and 2nd for a
general session on advance procedure and to provide an
opportunity for them to meet each other and the staff.
An outline of the proposed program is attached; also a
draft of the latest revision of the Advance Man's manual.
I hope that you will plan to be present for the dinner
on Friday evening at 6:30 at the Alban Towers so that you
will have a chance to meet the group and get to know them
a little better prior to running into them in the field.
During the Saturday afternoon session, Jack Sherwood will
be making some remarks on the Security setup, etc. We
would be happy to have you attend too and to contribute
any additional thoughts you might have at that time.
I would suggest that you and Jack get together and decide
how you want to handle this. Anything that you work out,
is, of course, fine with me.
Please let me know immediately if you are not going to
be able to make the Friday dinner. I would also like to
know what your plans are regarding the Saturday afternoon
session.
a. Men
H. R. H.
3/24/60
C / S
March 24, 1960
TO: Don Hughes
FROM: H. R. Haldeman
RE: Advance Man meeting; April 1 - 2
As you know, we are planning to bring a group of potential
advance men into Washington on April 1st and 2nd for a general
session on advance procedure and to provide an opportunity
for them to meet each other and the staff.
An outline of the proposed program is attached; also a draft
of the latest revision of the Advance Man's manual.
I hope that you will plan to be present for dinner on Friday
evening at 6:30 at the Alban Towers. I assume you are plan-
ning to attend the full day's sessions on Saturday and cer-
tainly hope you will do so because I think it is very important
that these guys get a true picture of how the whole system fune-
tions internally as well as from their own viewpoint.
As you can see from the program outline, I'm suggesting we
spend the morning reviewing the manual with you and I handling
the discussion of various points as they come up. In the
afternoon, the staff members will make some remarks regarding
their particular topic, and then be prepared to answer ques-
tions and participate in discussions on these points.
In this connection, I think you should explain the basic
problems of scheduling and principles of same and any other
general areas you think ought to be covered in discussion
with the group rather than included in the manual. Also,
I think you should try to give them some insight into the
Boss' personal requirements and views as far as the trips
and schedules are concerned.
I hope we can spend some time on this prior to April 1st.
Please let me know immediately if you are not going to be
able to make the Friday dinner or the full-day sessions on
Saturday.
a. men
H. R. H.
3/24/60
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P. 0. Box 7398
Washington 4. D.C.
March 24, 1960
Mr. Revitz
The Alban Towers
3700 Massachusetts Avenue
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Revitz:
This will confirm my request for some arrangements to be set up
for a conference to be held Friday and Saturday, April lst and
2nd at the Alban Towers.
Friday evening we will have a group of approximately 20 for
cocktails and dinner. We will plan to serve cocktails in my
apartment - room 30 at 6:30. We will not require any bartender
or other service except for plenty of glasses and ice. We will
then have dinner at 8 o'clock in Suite 520 if that is available.
I would suggest a table be set up in the living room of that
suite large enough to accomodate 20 people.
It is my understanding that you would serve a buffet dinner and
probably put up the buffet table in the dining room of the suite.
You mentioned roast beef as a possibility and I think this would
be fine. Why don't we plan on roast beef which we could carve
ourselves, unless you want to have someone there to handle serv-
ing it - baked potatoes, vegetables or green salad with Requefort
dressing and a suitable dessert, plenty of coffee.
For overnite accommodations we will probably need either 7 or 9
single rooms, plus one twin-bedded room. One of the gentlemen is
bringing his wife. Because the group attending this conference
will be working on some separate projects of their own, I would
like to give them each a separate single room than doubling them
up, if this is at all possible. It will, of course, be satisfactory
to use the bedrooms in 520 and perhaps we can get sufficient addi-
tional rooms in the same generalmarea. On Saturday morning, the
group will eat breakfast on their own in the dining room. I assume
you will have the dining room open that morning so that they will
be able to eat and finish up prior to 9 o'clock.
The morning meeting will be held in room 520, which can be around
the table left up from the night before.
I would like to have luncheon served in my suite, room 30. This
again can be a buffet set up on the dining room table and there is
no need to set up a table for them to eat at. I think they can
just fill their plates and sit around on the couches and chairs
in the living room. I would suggest a fairly light luncheon with
something that can all be put on one plate. The buffet should be
advi Then adv,
Mr. Revits
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March 24, 1960
set up ready to serve at 12 o'clock Saturday noon if possible.
The afternoon meeting will also be held in 520 around the table
and will run from about 1 o'clock until approximately 5:00. We
will plan to adjourn at 5 o'slock. At this time, I don't want
to make any arrangements for cocktails or dinner Saturday evening
but it may be necessary to do so at a later point. I will let
you know as soon as I am sure on this.
I expect that a number of the group will plan on staying over
Saturday night. Again I will let you know as soon as I have
definite information.
I am going to be out of town most of the coming week and have
asked Bob McCune in this office (you met him when I first moved
out there) to handle the details and arrangements. Bob will be
checking with you as these various points are confirmed and if
you have any questions or anything you want to discuss, please
contact him at EXecutive 3-7640.
I would appreciate your co-ordinating all arrangements with Mr.
McCune rather than Pete Flanigan since Pete is not concerned
with this particular meeting.
Sincerely,
H. R. Haldeman
HRH:efo
cc: R. G. McCune
H. R. H.
3/24/60
c/s
March 24, 1960
TO: Robert G. McCune
FROM: H. R. Haldeman
RE: Advance Man's meeting; April 1 - 2
You will note that I have covered the basic Hotel needs for
the Advance Man's meeting in the attached memorandum to
Revits. I would appreciate your following up on all de-
tails and making sure everything is properly arranged.
Also, we should plan to have kits of material available
for this group including the usual stuff - the hard-covered
Mazo book, the Keough book, some of the issue stuff and any
of the other things that you feel might be of interest to
them. I would include the Decisions for a Better America
paper-bound book too.
Any thoughts you have on material for this meeting, I would
appreciate your discussing with me at your earliest oppor-
tunity.
a-Men
P. 0. Box 7398
Washington 4, D. C.
March 24, 1960
Mr. Ned Sullivan
2455 Central Park Avenue
Yonkers, New York
Dear Ned:
As I have already discussed briefly with you on the phone,
we are planning to have a session in Washington on Saturday,
April 2nd to go over the basic procedures relating to advance
preparations for the Vice President's trips.
We will be gathering a small group of men like yourself,
at 9 o'clock in the morning and finishing up Saturday evening.
If you can work it into your schedule, plan to get into Wash-
ington late Friday afternoon, so we can get together for an in-
formal dinner Friday evening. This 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 and if you will let me know when you plan to
arrive and depart, I will make room reservations for you. The
address is 3700 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. The phone number is
WOodley 6-6400. The Friday evening dinner will also be at the
Alban Towers at 6:30.
I am enclosing a draft of some suggestions regarding ad-
vance arrangements for the Vice President's trips which you should
read through carefully prior to coming to the meeting. Our dis-
cussion will be focused on the material covered in this draft.
Jot down any questions or points of discussion. This will help
speed the process of covering all the material on Saturday.
I am looking forward to hearing from you regarding your
plans as soon as possible and to seeing you Friday evening,
April lst.
Best regards.
Sincerely,
H. R. Haldeman
HRH:efo
P. S. This meeting is, of course, off the record - and should
not be discussed before or after with anyone - especially the
press.
a Men
(c/s
March 25, 1960
TO: Don Hughes
FROM: H. R. Haldeman
RE: Republican Womens Reception - Sunday, April 3rd
I met with Clare Williams yesterday afternoon to discuss the activities
for the Republican Womens Conference. The Sunday afternoon reception is
scheduled from 2:30 to 5:00. The tickets read "Reception honoring Vice
President and Mrs. Nixon". It is being held in the Sheraton Hall at the
Sheraton-Park Hotel.
The setup of the hall is such that there will be along one wall, a row
of boxes in which the Cabinet officers and their wives will receive the
guests and back against the adjacent wall, Mrs. Williams suggests putting
a 4' X 4' platform, 2' off the floor with 8' lamps going up and down each
side, to use for the Vice President and Mrs. Nixon for a receiving line.
This platform would be right adjacent to the automobile entry to the Hall
so the Vice President could enter and 80 right to the platform and the
line could be started immediately.
There will be three large tea tables in the center of the hall and the
guests will be allowed to come in prior to the arrival of the Vice President
to mingle and to meet the Cabinet officers. It will thus be possible for
them to form and go through the receiving line without having to stand
in a long line outside waiting.
There will be 1500 to 2000 in attendance - almost all of them women.
The hall must be cleared at 5 o'clock in order to be set up for evening
meeting. Therefore, there is an absolute deadline on the closing time.
Mrs. Williams feels the Vice President has two choices - either to stand
in the receiving line and receive all of the guests or to go to the
speakers platform and speak briefly and mingle with them. She strongly
urges the former because the setup is such that it will not be very
practical for the Vice President to mingle. Also it would appear to
be rather awkward to have him mingling in the crowd while the Cabinet
officers are receiving their guests in the boxes designated for their
use along one wall.
I would agree with Mrs. Williams' recommendation and feel we should have
a receiving line. I would suggest the Vice President arrive at 3 o'clock
and that we plan on a line from 3:00 to 5:00.
Regarding the show at the Uline Arena on Monday night, thappears now
that the program will start at 7 o'clock which will have the introduction
of VIP's first as they enter and take their places in the reserved seating
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section in front of the stage. At approximately 7:15 the Vice President
and Mrs. Nixon will be introduced, followed by the President and Mrs.
Eisenhower. At 7:20 the speech-making begins with Shipley, Morton,
Congressman Miller, Senator Goldwater. At 8:00 the entertainment program
starts to run until 8:40. At 8:40 Claire Williams introduces Halleck,
then Dirksen, and there is the singing of the campaign song. At 9:15
Claire Williams introduces the Vice President who introduces the Pres-
ident. Meeting adjourns at 9:30.
As far as I can determine now, this is a set plan. I will check further
with the White House to be sure the President is going to enter at this
early point in the program. It still seems to me it would be better
for both the President and Vice President to come in just before they
speak, but I will have to confirm this.
P. 0. Box 7398
Washington 4. D. 0.
March 28, 1960
Chieago Daily News
Chicago, Illinois
Attention: Back Issue Department
Gentlemen:
We have written your department twice previous to
this letted, requesting that you send us one copy
each of the January 27th and 20th issues of your
paper. Accompanying the first btter, we sent 20%
in coin to cover the cost of these newspapers.
We have heard nothing at all on our request and
would like to ask that immediate attention be given
this matter and that we receive these papers as
soon as possible.
Sincerely,
H. R. Haldeman
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R. G. M.
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P. 0. Box 7398
Washington 4, D. C.
March 30th, 1960
Mr. Revits
Alban Towers Hotel
3700 Massachusetts Avenue
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Revits:
With reference to our letter of March 24th concerning
the conference at the Alban Towers on April lst and 2nd,
would you please make room reservations as follows:
Thursday, March 31
Friday, April 1st
Saturday, April 2nd
Cy Laughter
Cy Laughter
Cy Laughter
Charles Farrington
Charles Farrington
Charles Farrington
Mr. & Mrs. John
Mr. & Mrs. John
Mr. & Mrs. John
Ehrlichman #
Ehrlichman
Ehrlichman
John Whitaker
John Whitaker
Richard Miller
Richard Miller
Stan Lothridge
Stan Lothridge
Ned Sullivan
Ned Sullivan
Tom Pownall
Tom Pownall
# Mr. and Mrs. Bhrlichman will arrive on Thursday morning,
March 31st and would like a double room. All of the other res-
ervations would be single rooms.
If there are any questions, I would appreciate your calling
me at EXecutive 3-7640.
Sincerely yours,
Robert G. McCune
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