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This file contains:
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Don hughes. RE: San Francisco trip- The Guardsmen. 1 pg. [Letter], 4/8/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Bob McCune. RE: Nixon Buttons. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 4/8/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to The Evening Star. 1 pg. [Letter], 4/14/1960
Letter from Christine O'Polka, secretary to H.R. Haldeman, to John Whitaker. 1 pg. [Letter], 4/14/1960
Letter from Christine O'Polka, secretary to H.R. Haldemanm, to Stan Lothridge. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 4/14/1960
Letter from Christine O'Polka, secretary to H.R. Haldeman, to Richard Miller. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 4/14/1960
Letter from christine o'Polka, secretary to H.R. Haldeman, to John Ehrlichamn. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 4/14/1960
Letter from Christine O'Polka, secretary to H.R. Haldeman, to Alex Troffey. 1 pg. [Letter], 4/18/1960
Letter from Christine O"polka, Secretary to H.R. Haldeman, to Ned Sullivan. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 4/18/1960
Letter from Christine O'Polka, secretary to H.R. Haldeman, to Cy Laughter. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 4/18/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Allied Service Units. 1 pg. Duplicate not scanned. [Letter], 4/18/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Charles Farrington Jr. 3 pgs. [Letter], 4/19/1960
Letter from Bob Haldeman to Bob Finch and Don Hughes. RE: Buffalo trip- May 18th. 3 pgs. [Letter], 4/19/1960
Letter from Bob Haldeman to Loie Grant. 1 pg. [Letter], 4/19/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Newton Stearns. 1 pg. [Letter], 4/19/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Cy Laughter. 1 pg. [Letter], 4/19/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Douglas Wheeler. 1 pg. [Letter], 4/19/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Kay Daley. 1 pg. [Letter], 4/19/1960
Letter from Bob Haldeman to Randolph Bishop and Carolyn Day. RE: Expense account vouchers. 1 pg. [Letter], 4/19/1960
Letter from Bob Haldeman to Loie Gaunt. 1 pg. [Letter], 4/19/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to John Stokes. 2 pgs. [Letter], 4/19/1960
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This file contains:
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Don hughes. RE: San Francisco trip- The Guardsmen. 1 pg. [Letter], 4/8/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Bob McCune. RE: Nixon Buttons. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 4/8/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to The Evening Star. 1 pg. [Letter], 4/14/1960
Letter from Christine O'Polka, secretary to H.R. Haldeman, to John Whitaker. 1 pg. [Letter], 4/14/1960
Letter from Christine O'Polka, secretary to H.R. Haldemanm, to Stan Lothridge. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 4/14/1960
Letter from Christine O'Polka, secretary to H.R. Haldeman, to Richard Miller. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 4/14/1960
Letter from christine o'Polka, secretary to H.R. Haldeman, to John Ehrlichamn. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 4/14/1960
Letter from Christine O'Polka, secretary to H.R. Haldeman, to Alex Troffey. 1 pg. [Letter], 4/18/1960
Letter from Christine O"polka, Secretary to H.R. Haldeman, to Ned Sullivan. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 4/18/1960
Letter from Christine O'Polka, secretary to H.R. Haldeman, to Cy Laughter. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 4/18/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Allied Service Units. 1 pg. Duplicate not scanned. [Letter], 4/18/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Charles Farrington Jr. 3 pgs. [Letter], 4/19/1960
Letter from Bob Haldeman to Bob Finch and Don Hughes. RE: Buffalo trip- May 18th. 3 pgs. [Letter], 4/19/1960
Letter from Bob Haldeman to Loie Grant. 1 pg. [Letter], 4/19/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Newton Stearns. 1 pg. [Letter], 4/19/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Cy Laughter. 1 pg. [Letter], 4/19/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Douglas Wheeler. 1 pg. [Letter], 4/19/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Kay Daley. 1 pg. [Letter], 4/19/1960
Letter from Bob Haldeman to Randolph Bishop and Carolyn Day. RE: Expense account vouchers. 1 pg. [Letter], 4/19/1960
Letter from Bob Haldeman to Loie Gaunt. 1 pg. [Letter], 4/19/1960
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to John Stokes. 2 pgs. [Letter], 4/19/1960
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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
19
04/08/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Don hughes.
RE: San Francisco trip- The Guardsmen. 1
pg.
52
19
04/08/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Bob McCune.
RE: Nixon Buttons. 1 pg. Attached to
previous.
52
19
04/14/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to The Evening
Star. 1 pg.
52
19
04/14/1960
Letter
Letter from Christine O'Polka, secretary to
H.R. Haldeman, to John Whitaker. 1 pg.
52
19
04/14/1960
Letter
Letter from Christine O'Polka, secretary to
H.R. Haldemanm, to Stan Lothridge. 1 pg.
Attached to previous.
52
19
04/14/1960
Letter
Letter from Christine O'Polka, secretary to
H.R. Haldeman, to Richard Miller. 1 pg.
Attached to previous.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Page 1 of 4
Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
52
19
04/14/1960
Letter
Letter from christine o'Polka, secretary to
H.R. Haldeman, to John Ehrlichamn. 1 pg.
Attached to previous.
52
19
04/18/1960
Letter
Letter from Christine O'Polka, secretary to
H.R. Haldeman, to Alex Troffey. 1 pg.
52
19
04/18/1960
Letter
Letter from Christine O"polka, Secretary to
H.R. Haldeman, to Ned Sullivan. 1 pg.
Attached to previous.
52
19
04/18/1960
Letter
Letter from Christine O'Polka, secretary to
H.R. Haldeman, to Cy Laughter. 1 pg.
Attached to previous.
52
19
04/18/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Allied Service
Units. 1 pg. Duplicate not scanned.
52
19
04/19/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Charles
Farrington Jr. 3 pgs.
52
19
04/19/1960
Letter
Letter from Bob Haldeman to Bob Finch and
Don Hughes. RE: Buffalo trip- May 18th. 3
pgs.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Page 2 of 4
Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
52
19
04/19/1960
Letter
Letter from Bob Haldeman to Loie Grant. 1
pg.
52
19
04/19/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Newton
Stearns. 1 pg.
52
19
04/19/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Cy Laughter.
1 pg.
52
19
04/19/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Douglas
Wheeler. 1 pg.
52
19
04/19/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Kay Daley. 1
pg.
52
19
04/19/1960
Letter
Letter from Bob Haldeman to Randolph
Bishop and Carolyn Day. RE: Expense
account vouchers. 1 pg.
52
19
04/19/1960
Letter
Letter from Bob Haldeman to Loie Gaunt. 1
pg.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Page 3 of 4
Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
52
19
04/19/1960
Letter
Letter from H.R. Haldeman to John Stokes. 2
pgs.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Page 4 of 4
4/8/60
H.R.H.
c / s
April 8, 1960
TO: Don Hughes
FROM: H. R. Haldeman
RE: San Francisco trip - The Guardsmen
The purpose of this memo is to provide some background material
for the Vice President on the Guardsmen organization who are
sponsoring the reception in San Francisco he is attending Monday
afternoon.
The Guardsmen has a membership of 300 young men in San Francisco
organized for the purpose of civic betterment and in particular
to assist underprivileged children of San Francisco irrrespective
of race, color or creed.
They were organized in 1947; have been given an award by the Valley
Forge Foundation and were presented with the Great Heart Award by
the Variety Club of Northern California and have been written up
in several national publications. Since their inception the Guards-
men have sent over 40,000 underprivileged children to summer camp
at a cost of almost $700,000. They also have an education committee
which assists talented children and one of their most important
projects is the care, understanding and direction of boys who are
wards of the Juvenile Court.
The members of this organization are, in almost every case, in-
fluential leaders in the community, especially among the young
men in San Francisco.
I have requested a more detailed compilation of material regarding
this organization which is being sent directly to you
by airmail, special delivery from San Francisco today.
4/8/60
H.R.H.
c/s
April 8, 1960
TO: Bob McCune
FROM: H. R. Haldeman
RE: Nixon Buttons
Harry Brookshire, the Minority Clerk of the House of Rep-
resentatives, called today to request thatwe supply him with
some appropriate Nixon buttons for the Republican members of
Congress to wear.
I told him that the small N's would probably be the most suit-
able and that I had an order in for a quantity of them which
was due any time.
Will you please be sure that when the small N's arrive, 150
of them are sent to Harry Brookshire. I would suggest you
call him on Ext. 5594 and tell him when they come and then
arrange to have them delivered to him in the Republican Cloak
Room.
Thank you very much.
4/14/60
H.R. H.
C S
April 14, 1960
The Evening Star
225 Virginia Avenue, S.E.
Washington, D. C.
Attention: Subscription Department
Gentlemen:
Since subscribing to your paper in January, we have received
three monthly bills which have been paid by personal checks
as follows:
February 24 - Check #106 - $1.40
March 3
- Check #109 - 2.00
April 5
- Check #120 - 2.00
These checks, as requested on the statement, were made payable
to Franklyn Witt and mailed to the above address. As of this
date none of these checks have been cashed. We would appreciate
it if you would check to see if you ever received these checks
and let us know if this is not the case. If they were received,
we would like to know that also, so we may clear our records.
Sincerely,
H. R. Haldeman
HRH:cfo
4/18/60
HRH.
April 14, 1960
Mr. John Whitsker
106 Thicket Road
Baltimore 12, Maryland
Dear Mr. Whitsker:
We are attempting to maintain a complete file on
addresses and phone numbers, both business and home,
for Advance Men.
In geing over our information, I find we do not have
your business phone or address. I would appreciate
it if you could send this information to me.
Also, unless you prefer otherwise, we will continue
sending mail to the above address.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Christine F. O'Polka
Secretary to Bob Haldeman
c/
"Ado,Men" Men"
April 14, 1960
Mr. Stan Lothridge
c/o Kenyon & Eckhardt
6253 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, California
Dear Mr. Lothridge:
We are attempting to maintain a complete file on
addresses and phone numbers, both business and home,
for Advance Men.
In going over our information, I find we do not have
your home address or phone number. I would appreciate
it if you could send this information to me.
Also, unless you prefer otherwise, we will continue
sending mail to the above address.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Christine F. O'Polka
Secretary to Bob Haldeman
o/
April 14, 1960
Mr. Richard A. Miller
Revel Miller & Co., Ino.
650 South Spring Street
Los Angeles 14, California
Dear Mr. Miller:
We are attempting to maintain a complete file on
addresses and phone numbers, both business and home,
for Advance Men.
In going over this information, I find we do not have
your home address. I would appreciate it if you could
send this information to me.
Also, unless you prefer otherwise, we will continue
sending mail to the above address.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Christine F. O'Polka
Secretary to Bob Haldeman
c/
April 14. 1960
Mr. John Ehrlichman
614 United Pacific Building
Seattle 4. Washington
PERSONAL
Dear Mr. Ehrlichman:
We are attempting to maintain a complete file on
addresses and phone numbers, both business and home,
for the Advance Men.
In going over the information, I find we do not have
a home address for you. I would appreciate your
sending this to me at your convenience.
Also, unless you prefer otherwise, we will continue
sending mail to the above address.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Christine F. O'Polka
Secretary to Bob Haldeman
c/
4/18/60
H.RH.
ifs
cfs
April 18, 1960
Mr. Alex Troffey
c/o Kaiser Industries Corporation
1924 Broadway
Oakland 12, California
Dear Mr. Troffey:
PERSONAL - AIRMAIL
We are attempting to maintain a complete file on
addresses and phone numbers, both business and
home, for Advance Men.
In going over our information I find that the only
information we do not have for you is your home
address and phone. We would appreciate it if you
could send this information to us.
Also, unless you prefer otherwise, we will continue
sending mail to the above address.
Sincerely,
Christine F. O'Polka
Secretary to Bob Haldeman
o/
"ade. Men"
April 18, 1960
Mr. Ned Sullivan
2455 Central Park Avenue
Yonkers, New York
Dear Mr. Sullivan:
We are attempting to maintain a complete file on
addresses and phone numbers, both business and home,
for Advance Men.
In going over our information, I find that the only
address we have for you is that listed above. I believe
this is your home address. If so, could you let us have
your business address as well as the phone numbers for
both your business and residence.
Also, unless you prefer otherwise, we will continue
sending mail to the above address.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Christine F. O'Polka
Secretary to Bob Haldeman
o/
April 18, 1960
Mr. Cy Laughter
The Laughter Corporation
Dayton 1, Ohio
Dear Mr. Laughter:
We are attempting to maintain a complete file on
addresses and phone numbers, both business and home,
for Advance Men.
In going over our information, I find we do not have
your home phone and address. I would appreciate it
if you could send this information to me.
Also, unless you prefer otherwise, we will continue
sending mail to the above address.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Christine F. O'Polka
Secretary to Bob Haldeman
c/
4/18/60
H. R. H.
c/s
April 18, 1960
Allied Service Units
5419 South Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles 37, California
Attention: Mrs. Verna Pagliano
Gentlemen:
We would like to place an order for 500 additional
"N" pins as previously ordered.
Please bill us in the same manner as before.
Sincerely,
H. R. Haldeman
HRH:efo
"n"
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4/18/60
H. R. H.
c/
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April 18, 1960
Allied Service Units
5419 South Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles 37, California
Attention: Mrs. Verna Pagliano
Gentlemen:
We would like to place an order for 500 additional
"N" pins as previously ordered.
Please bill us in the same manner as before.
Sincerely,
H. R. Haldeman
HRH:efo
4/19/60
H. R. H.
c/s
April 19, 1960
Mr. Charles Farrington Jr.
2727 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona
Dear Charlie:
PERSONAL
I would like to answer some of the questions posed in your letters
of April 7th and 11th.
As regards your participation in the campaign and compensation for
such, I think I answered the question in our phone conversation
the other day. However, in order to make sure we are clear on this,
let me confirm to you that your suggestion of a rate of compensation
of $50 per day or $1,000 per month, assuming a 20-day working month,
will be perfectly satisfactory and I assure you that this does not
in any sense, compromise our understanding with any of the other
people concerned. As I explained to you, some will be serving on
the basis of some sort of compensation; most of them will be strictly
volunteers, but in your case we certainly understand the situation and
will be glad to operate on the basis you outlined.
Unfortunately, I can't answer your question on the Chicago convention
specifically at this point. We are not yet finalised on our basic
plans for the Convention and wont be for a few weeks. As soon as
I do have something definite, I will let you know.
As to your question on the cloak-and-dagger nature of the operation,
it certainly is permissible for you to divulge the general nature of
your activity in the campaign. I would suggest that rather than
saying you are on the Nixon staff, which is not specifically correct,
that you say you are working with the Nixon campaign organization in
handling the advance arrangements for the Vice President's trips.
You certainly should explain to your friends and clients the reasons
for your absences and I think that this is a perfectly logical ex-
planation.
I do not think that at this point you should go into details as to
what your future activities will be, since we are not in a position
as you know, to make specific comittments on campaign assignments
at the present time. You can, of course, explain that your current
activities have been along the lines outlined.
Mr. Charles Farrington
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April 19, 1960
The reason for the diversity of background in the group that we
brought together is one that is hard to explain in a few words,
but there is a definite purpose in not getting a group all exactly
the same, which I think will be apparent to you.
While there is a lack of political experience on the part of some
of the members of the group, at least as far as formal participation
politically is concerned, all of them, with a couple of exceptions I
guess, have had basic experience in the general area of activity
which we're talking about - whether it be political or some other
field.
As to your personal observations concerning the political philosophy
underlying the campaign, I think I covered with you on the phone,
the fact that we are fully aware of the points which you make, and
are certainly not overlooking them. I can assure you that the Nixon
campaign will not be premised on slick staff operations with an avoid-
ance of issues and political stability. The one particular side of
the operation with which you are concerned that is, the advancing
of the Vice President's trips is, of necessity, concentrated on
the maximum effectiveness of staff operation functions. To this
extent, it is only one facet of the overall activity and you should
not judge the overall planning on the basis of this one particular
function which is, in essence, mechanical rather than philosophical.
I can assure you that the Vice President will not try to be all things
to all men and that he will fight and will display strength and de-
termination in this campaign, standing on a platform of progressive
conservatism.
I agree with you that there is a problem at this point in the fact
that the impression being conveyed to the American people is not a
correct one, and that an all-out effort to change this is essential
in the immediate future.
We have to expect, of course, that the anti-Nixon forces, of which
there are many, will continue to gain ground for a while, until the
time is ripe for the Vice President to come out himself in an active
campaigning posture. The question of timing is of the essence and
that decision will have to be made by the Boss himself, of course.
I realize this does not provide a particularly explicit answer to
your points you raised, but I do want to assure you that your points
are ones which we are accutely aware of, and that they are not being
overlooked in the overall planning.
I am enclosing with this letter, several copies of a letter from the
Vice President to Gene Pulliam concerning the Connally Amendment. I
presume you will still find yourself in disagreement with his stand
Mr. Charles Farrington
- 3 -
April 19, 1960
on this point, but perhaps the letter will give you a little better
understanding of why the Vice President has taken the position that
he has.
Best regards.
Sincerely,
H. R. Haldeman
HRH:cfo
Enclosures
4/19/60
H.R.H.
e/s
April 19, 1960
TO: Bob Finch
Don Hughes
FROM: Bob Haldeman
RE: Buffalo trip - May 18th
I met Saturday, April 16th with Senator Mahoney, Senator Cooke,
the County Chairman for Erie County, and two of their associates,
Mr. John Sullivan, Administrative Assistant to Mahoney and Mr.
Mullen, a former Buffalo newspaper man who is now in the process
of moving to Fort Lauderdale.
We discussed a number of possibilities for the Vice President in
addition to the primary appearance before the Sales Emecutives'
Club the evening of May 18th. I informed the group that it would
not be possible for the Vice President to remain overnight the
18th and therefore any activities planned would have to be on the
18th. I do think that if it's possible to do so, we might want
to consider going into Buffalo late the night of the 17th so as
to have a full day in the City on the 18th. Otherwise, I assume
with about 3 hours' flying time, it would be impossible to schedule
anything prior to a noon event.
The other possibilities discussed, and comments on same, were as
follows:
1. Press Conference - All agreed that a press conference at the
Hotel, as early in the day as possible, was essential.
2. Meeting with Republican leaders - This would be a group of 150
to 200 people and would cover Republican leaders in Erie County
only. The group would go down as far as Ward and Town chairmen
but not any lower and would include all of the top Republican
leaders. There is a probability that some of the County chairmen
and possibly leaders from other counties, might want to come in,
but it was felt this should not be set up on an invitation basis
outside of Erie County because of the situation with the State
committee. The possibilities here would be a luncheon if we don't
arrive until just before noon, or if we can arrive the night before,
a coffee and donut session at about 9 o'clock in the morning 2- either
of which would be very satisfactory with the group.
3. Meeting with business leaders - This would be a very select group
of approximately 50 top business leaders, and incidentally, con-
tributors possibly Wade Stevenson, a prominent local citizen would
"Bupfalo"
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be the host for the luncheon. This session would probably have to
be a luncheon and therefore could not be held unless we came in the
night before so the Republican Leaders' group could have a breakfast
or coffee session in the morning.
4. Meeting with a group of labor leaders - A group of about 50 - 60
Presidents and officers of local labor unions, all of whom would be
friendly to the Republicans, could be gathered for a meeting with
the Vice President. A suggestion here would be to have this as an
informal meeting in the late afternoon for a drink in the suite or
a room set up for this purpose. If McDonald gave the word, this
group would be increased to approximately 100 by the addition of
the Steel Workers.
An alternate to this meeting would be a stop by the Bethlehem Steel
Plant which they feel would be a very good thing to do if McDonald
will set it up in advance with Joe Moloney, the local Steel Workers
man. (I do not feel this is feasible and if any labor thing is to be
done, it should be the leaders' group in the Hotel).
5. Presentation of flag to parochial grade school - All of this
group felt that it would be better from a Catholic angle for the
Vice President to present a Capital flag to a parochial grade school
rather than have him attempt a Catholic college appearance. The
Catholic population is of course, very important in this area. The
City of Buffalo is 63% Cathelic and Erie County is 58% Catholic.
They have two very large grade schools with student bodies of approx-
imately 1500 each. One of these schools could be arranged to invite
the Vice President to present the flag to them in a ceremony setup
which would be attended by students, teachers and parents, conse-
quently developing quite a large group.
6. TV Station appearances - There are 3 television stations in
Buffalo and the group said if he appeared on any of the stations,
he should do all 3 of them. It would be very bad to go on one alone.
They felt that television coverage at the press conference would pro-
vide adequate material for the stations without any direct appearance
on any of them. (I would suggest they consider televising the National
Sales Executives' appearance on a pool basis.)
7. Newspaper visits There are two papers. The Buffalo Evening News
is a Republican paper and is very friendly to Nixon; the Courier-Express
is at least outwardly neutral. It was suggested that visits be made
to both of these papers. (I think the same good could be accomplished
by meeting with the key people from the papers in the suite at the
Hotel.)
8. College appearances - This group felt that an appearance at
either University of Buffalo of Canisius would not be good. Appar-
ently both schools have been very much overworked by politicos -
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both national and local and a session at either of them would not
be as productive as time spent other ways. Canisius, however,
could be considered as an alternate to the Catholic grade school
and if the President would put his backing behind an appearance
and issue the invitation it was felt that a good turnout would
probably result and this might be satisfactory. However, they
were not enthusiastic about it.
Miscellaneous - there is a large famm community in Erie County
which has been pretty much ignored politically and it was felt
that if this was the time to get into any meeting with farmers,
that a very good farm meeting could be set up.
Also, there are 250,000 Polish people in the Buffalo area - all
Democrats primarily but this is a strong and cohesive special
interest group that might be worth considering.
The Airport arrival could have a fairly good crowd if it were in
the morning. There would, of course, not be much of any crowd if
it were late in the evening. There is a Westinghouse plant right
at the airport and arrangements could probably be made to turn the
workers out. There is a Twin Coach plant hearby which also could
probably be approached.
My recommendation for a Buffalo schedule would be as follows:
Arrive the night of the 17th and go directly to the Hotel after
late arrival, with no appointments or plans for that evening.
9:00 Coffee session with Republican leaders - 150 to 200
10:30 Press Conference
11:30 Meeting with newspaper representatives
12:30 Luncheon with business leaders
2:30 Meeting with other newspaper group
5:00 Meeting with labor leaders
6:30 National Sales Executives' Dinner - televised
If we can't get there til noon, I would suggest a luncheon with
Republican leaders at noon; preceded, if possible, by a press con-
ference; then the school appearance at 2:30; meeting with labor
leaders at 5:00; Sales Executives Dirmer at 6:30. This would omit
the meetings with newspaper people and the luncheon with the bus-
iness leaders.
4/19/60
H. R. H.
C / S
April 19, 1960
TO: Loie Gaunt
FROM: Bob Haldeman
I think a thank-you letter should go to Ginger Savall from
the boss in connection with the San Francisco trip. You must
have her address as State Chairman of the YR. She was of con-
siderable help in working on arrangements for the Stanford appear-
ance and was most co-operative in every respect.
Cales
4/19/60
H. R. H.
c/s
April 19, 1960
Mr. Newton Stearns
Nixon for President Committee
of Northern California
870 Market Street, Room 828
San Francisco 2, California
Dear Newt:
In your list of names for the California trip, I don't think
you included the car drivers. I feel they should get thank-
you letters, since they did do a good job and we made consid-
erable demands on them.
If the names are still obtainable, I would appreciate your
sending them on directly to Loie Gaunt.
Again, thanks a million for all of your help. I will be talk-
ing with you soon.
Best regards.
Sincerely,
H. R. Haldeman
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4/19/60
H. R. H.
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April 19, 1960
Mr. Cy Laughter
Laughter Corporation
Dayton 1, Ohio
PERSONAL
Dear Cy:
First, thank you very much for the little book from L. M.
Berry & Company. I think that this book is probably some-
thing that would not be of any particular value to the
Advance Men in their work since it includes a lot of in-
formation which does not apply to their area of activity
and also is a full year's diary or schedule book whereas
most of them will only be working for a matter of a couple
of months. I do appreciate the thought, though.
As to your other letter, I appreciated your comments re-
garding the meeting and was glad you were able to be there.
Your vacation plans will certainly not conflict with any
campaign activities that I can possibly forsee at this time.
As far as trips in between now and the Convention, we are
still at the stage where the Vice President is not planning
any extensive travel and I am going to have to work these
out as I go along. I will get in touch with you as soon
as I know what the definite plans are.
You asked about the Convention in Chicago, and unfortunately
at this moment, I am not able to answer your question. Here
again, I hope to be able to get some dope to you before too
long.
Again, thanks for writing. I will look forward to seeing
you when you are next in Washington.
Best regards.
Sincerely,
H. R. Haldeman
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H R. H.
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April 19, 1960
Mr. Douglas Wheeler
329 Dunham Dormitory
Hamilton College
Clinton, New York
Dear Doug:
I too, am sorry to have missed you when you were in Washington
at the end of March. Unfortunately, we seen to find ourselves
out in the boondocks most of the time and I don't get to spend
much time in the office in Washington.
I'm glad you had a chance to see our setup here and put in some
time at Nixon Club headquarters. In addition to being card-
carrying members, you can get to work signing up others there
at school and carrying on what is, at the moment, the most im-
portant function any of us can do - namely signing up people for
the Nixon cause.
I will get in touch with you within the next month or so regard-
ing Chicago. If you have not heard from me by the middle of May,
please get back in touch and we will see if we can't work some-
thing out.
Please give my best to your father the next time you see him or
write him. I have not had a chance to even say hello to him
since the first of the year.
Best regards.
Sincerely,
H. R. Haldeman
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H. R. H.
c/s
April 19, 1960
Miss Kay Daley
Stanford Chairman
Stanford Review
Bowman Alumni House
Stanford, California
PERSONAL
Dear Kay:
Thank you very much for your comments over the phone while
we were in San Francisco and for your follow-up letter with
the enclosed tear sheets.
I must confess that the informants who told you I was not
a Stanford alumnus but went to U.C.L.A., were correct. How-
ever you can answer this charge with the fact that my wife
did attend classes at Stanford (only for about 2 months, how-
ever) and that she was employed on the Stanford campus for a
year after we were married when I was working in San Francisco.
At that time she worked in the Placement office, I believe.
Seriously, I greatly appreciated your rundown and evaluation
of the appearance. I think that all in all, the whole thing
worked out very well, although there was certainly room for
improvement in several areas. I would agree with you that
tickets should not be used for this type of affair and I think
we did suffer because of the ticketing.
Your comment regarding the need for more "color" items for the
campaign, is certainly understandable. I would suggest you
keep in touch with Longonniti regarding this. This kind of
material will be available in the very near future through
Nixon Volunteers here in Washington who are set up to service
the Nixon clubs throughout the country. Also, for college
materials, you might get in touch with Carol Dawson at the
same address as mine indicated on the letterhead above.
Thanks very much for all your help. I'm sorry we didn't have
a chance to get together. I hope there will be an opportunity
to meet you on the next trip West.
Best regards.
Sincerely yours,
H. R. Haldeman
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Calif trip
4/19/60
H, R. H.
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April 19, 1960
TO: Randolph Bishop
Carolyn Day
FROM: Bob Haldeman
RE: Expense account vouchers
I think we should make every effort to speed up the payment
of expense account vouchers.
In many cases, I am in a position of ok'ing and submitting
vouchers for expenses incurred by volunteer personnel and these
are sitting around our office here for as much as a month before
they are reimbursed. I feel this is a very bad situation in that
these people are donating their time and are incurring consid-
erable out-of-pocket expenses for which they should be reimbursed
promptly. It is not right to have a man $300, $400, $500 or even
more in the hole for any length of time.
I think it is most important we set up some workable procedure
to insure the immediate payment of the expense account vouchers
as they are turned in.
Memos"
4/19/60
H. R. H.
c S
April 19, 1960
TO: Loie Gaunt
FROM: Bob Haldeman
You will note from attached that McCaffrey thinks the
doorman at the St. Francis should have a letter per his
suggested draft.
I am sending this along to you for whatever action you
may feel appropriate.
4/19/60
H. R. H.
c/ S
April 19, 1960
Mr. John Stoke 8
J. Walter Thompson Company
420 Lexington Avenue
New York 17, New York
PERSONAL & CONFIDENTIAL
Dear John:
I have another project for you which I hope you can get at
quickly and get me an answer to as soon as possible. If you
cannot get to this right away or you feel for some reason,
an answer will be delayed, I will certainly understand, but
would appreciate your advising by phone as soon as you know.
What I need is a rundown on the availability of specialised
advertising in mass consumer magazines to put in alBepage color
insert in a size smaller than the actual page size of the pub-
lication.
The publications in which I would be interested are Life, Look,
Saturday Evening Post and Readers' Digest. In the case of the
Digest, the answer would of course, be the same size as the
Digest, but on the others, it would be somewhat smaller than
the regular page size perhaps down to a 7" X 10" size or
something like that. What I would like to know is whether
each of these publications has such an insert available for
sale and if so, what the rates are for same on the basis of
12 pages - 1 time only.
I would also like to have a Media Department evaluation of the
audiences of the above-mentioned publications in terms of size,
types of people as related to leadership qualities, etc.; also,
if possible, what their political sophistication and/or tendency
to register and vote might be. I realize this information may
not be available but would like to have it if it is.
Would you please try to obtain this without indicating the source
of the request I don't want the publications to get excited
about the possibility of our putting an ad in them. I would,
however, like as much detailed information as you can get with
these restrictions.
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Mr. John Stokes
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April 19, 1960
Thanks very much for your help and again, if you are unable
to do this, please let me know.
Best regards.
Sincerely,
H. R. Haldeman
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