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Democrats for Nixon informational brochure. 2 pgs. Duplicate not scanned. [Brochure], 1962
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Memo from V.R. Fowler to Fred Haffner. RE: Democrats for Nixon Follow-up Mailing…1 pg. [Memo], 10/9/1962
Contact mailing to Democrat from Democrats for Nixon. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 1962
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Letter to Friend from Democrats for Nixon with attachments. 13 pgs. Attached to previous. [Letter], 10/4/1962
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Memo from V.R. Fowler to Fred Haffner. RE: Democrats for Nixon Follow-up Mailing…1 pg. [Memo], 10/9/1962
Contact mailing to Democrat from Democrats for Nixon. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 1962
Handwritten note. 1 pg. [Memo], 1962
Letter to Friend from Democrats for Nixon with attachments. 13 pgs. Attached to previous. [Letter], 10/4/1962
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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
59
3
1962
Brochure
Democrats for Nixon informational brochure.
2 pgs. Duplicate not scanned.
59
3
10/11/1962
Letter
Letter from Bob Haldeman to All Chairman,
Staff. RE: Democrats for Nixon Committee.
1 pg. Duplicate not scanned.
59
3
10/09/1962
Memo
Memo from V.R. Fowler to Fred Haffner.
RE: Democrats for Nixon Follow-up Mailing
1 pg.
59
3
1962
Letter
Contact mailing to Democrat from
Democrats for Nixon. 1 pg. Attached to
previous.
59
3
1962
Memo
Handwritten note. 1 pg.
59
3
10/04/1962
Letter
Letter to Friend from Democrats for Nixon
with attachments. 13 pgs. Attached to
previous.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Page 1 of 1
We are Democrats for Nixon because we want California to have the best man for Governor!
z. Wayne Griffin, Chairman of Democrats For Nixon in
Merritt K. Ruddock, Chairman of Democrats For Nixon in
Southern California, says: "Our governor's lack of leadership
Northern California, says: "California can't stand four more
is a known fact throughout the world. I am voting for Dick
years of indecision! We must elect a governor dedicated to
Nixon - who has demonstrated in crisis after crisis his ability
bringing new jobs and industry to California. I'm voting for
to act wisely and well."
Dick Nixon November 6th."
(A partial list)
Manuel E. Velasquez
Mr. & Mrs. Fred M. Beck
Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Leonard R. H. South, M.D.
William H. Karraker
Thomas F. Dempsey, M.D. Thomas ). Kane, Jr.
Y. Frank Freeman
Mrs. Henry T. S. Bonesteet
Robert S. Bertrand, D.C.
Mr. & Mrs. Melvin McCoy
John C. Renfro
R. E. Landucci
Mike Clark
Richard N. Keller
William T. J. Harris
Mrs. H. Haines
Mr. & Mrs. Walter L. Brown
Al Mehn
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Rishwain
Gordon C. Langsdorf, M.D.
John C. Butner, Jr.
Robert U. Loquaci
Ray Hiller
Bert Toth
Mrs. Alan Buckley
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Millar N. P. Robinson
Alfred H. Jordan
Raymond C. Abst
Thomas B. Marks
W. C. Huff, M.D.
Edmond Penn Watson
W. B. Camp
Lyle V. Murdock
E. Kash Rose, M.D.
Harry 1. Jacobs
E. Althof
Joseph F, Madeiros, Jr.
Cornwell Jackson
Carol E. Shore
Clyde Cartisle
John V. Passaro
Mr. Mrs. Max A. Starick
Mrs. Theodora J. Jacobsen
Dan Arteaga
V. Nowlin
Ray Jarrard
Don Sherman
Dino Chelini
Levi Pettenger
Mrs. Bertha W. Greene
Eleanor U. Hefte, R.N.
Oliver Aubrey
Stanley Parkinson, M.D.
Bob Jones
Lorraine V. Lilly
Ray De Carlo
Wilson Stegman, M.D.
Mrs. Minnie Hector
Gordon F. Helsey, M.D.
Reeve H. Barceloux
Mrs. A. Gallatin Powers
D. Kent
J. T. Waters, D.D.S.
Joydell K. Dellinger
Shirley L. Thompson
Georgia Kiec
Lois I. Henderson
Edward B. Bates
William E. Thomas
Ronnie Knight
F. H. Schwensen
Joseph B. de Roulhac
Joy B. Crain
Frederick Charles King
John W. Higgins, M.D.
Kenneth W. Botts
A. Ray Tidwell
Irving E. Laby, M.D.
Millard R. Taylor, Jr.
Virgil Dibble
Paul Davis
Mrs. Edith V. Thurlwell
Pameia S. Hodges
Harry Boyle
Rolland Truman
J. Lowell McAdam
Fred Fuller
William C. Chapman
H. Brock
James Henry Strickland
William Hoferer
Richard Deras
Indalecio L. Vazquez
Frank McCoy
Frank Hallner
John Bollie Mullens
Robert A. Borissoff
Walter Seaborn
Joseph W. Hankins, M.D.
Louis Domenghini
Otis N. Wilton
Harlow H. McGeath
Paul A. Hay, Sr.
Gardner M. Sanches
Mrs. Augustina L. Montoya
Milton Silberman
Mrs. Ernestine H. Hankins
Francis Dubois
Ray W. Spaulding, D.C.
Louis Mertins
Paul A. Holcombe
J.R. Whitener
Mr. & Mrs. Lino C. Tinajero
A. C. Myers
Harvey H. Hardel
Lester Fonseca
Gus Bogard
Earl Overmyer
Ernest T. Hubbard
Date Johnson
Beryl Trygstad
Erna Moore
Peter Greydanus
Charles M. Gordon
Mrs. Howard E. Carbaugh
Mrs. Edith Warren Quinn
Sylvia J. Mackey
Mr. & Mrs. Emile L. Fousse
A. James Valentine
Mrs. Esther N. Mertins
Jack Gross
Marvin Greenwald
Mark Davis
Charles B. Shattuck
Louise E. Simonson
Mr. & Mrs. Larry A. Huff
Mrs. Kenneth C. Weeks
Jacob Manweiler
Mr. Mrs. William M. Gaster Austin M. Healey
Miss Jan Clayton
Robert L. Stevenson
Philipp Heller
William Jarrott
Mrs. William Kenyon Young
J. Coleman Lester, D.C.
Robert F. Gooch
Francis P. Healey
Henry Dockweiler
Louis Robinson
Mr. & Mrs. Sherwin 1. Arkin
Idalou Jaynes
Jacinto Zamora
Maurice L. Leahy
Donald Finnegan
Fred Hull
Mrs. Irene Dockweiler
N. Robinson, Jr.
Bryan C. Arnold
Joseph J. Jozens
Leroy Westmoretand
Edmond V. Kaiser, D.C:
A. Eugene Doss, D.C.
Larry Hutchinson
Mrs. Harriett Enderie
Herbert Russ
Ernest W. Bates
Mr. & Mrs. L. Lawhon
Alfred E. Tosspon
Martha Kanthak
Fred Erickson
Walter Jebe
Donald E. Fantz
Joseph Schmidl, Jr.
David Zaret, D.C.
William P. Wise
Mrs. Mary Vorhis
Irving M. Walker
R. M. Sloss
And thousands more!
DEMOCRATS FOR NIXON 3908 WILSHIRE BLVD., LOS ANGELES 5, CALIFORNIA
DEMOCRATS CALIFORNIA FOR
Thousands of Democrats agree
DICK NIXON IS THE BEST MAN
FOR GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA
Smash Dope Peddling
Nixon's pledges
-Cut Crime!
As Governor of California, Dick Nixon
pledges:
By the time you read this page, there will
1. That California will lead the Nation in
have been four major crimes committed in
job opportunities for all our citizens by
California.
creating the best climate for new busi-
During the Brown administration our
ness investment.
local law enforcement officers have not
2. To replace the spineless, soft-on-crime
received the strong support they need.
attitude of the present Administration
The Governor's office is the weakest link
with strong, vigorous backing of local
in our law enforcement chain.
law enforcement officials.
Brown has a consistent record of stall-
3. To cut the costs of State Government
ing on vital narcotics and crime legisla-
so that we can reduce the tax burden
tion. In 1959, he called a State Assembly
borne by our citizens.
Committee's report on the seriousness of
Dick Nixon carries his campaign to the people of
4. To initiate the most effective State pro-
crime "a waste of the people's money."
California. As a California Congressman and
gram in the Nation for fighting com-
Senator, he consistently voted for measures that
Dick Nixon's program includes:
munism - a program that will include
insure equality of opportunity and recognize the
1. The death penalty to big-time dope
worth and dignity of every person.
education, on the student and adult
levels, on both the dangers of commu-
peddlers.
More Jobs
nism and the positive alternatives of
2. A realistic legislative program backed
freedom.
by strong leadership.
More than 320,000 Californians are out of
3. Establishment of a Governor's Council
work today. The Brown administration has
on Crime Prevention and Law Enforce-
failed to meet the challenge of growth.
ment to see that the state gives proper
Unemployment up 44.8%
taxes
up
backing to local law officials.
$1 billion
cost of government up
this
is the record of the Brown administration.
New investments and jobs will not come
to California as long as industry is sand-
bagged by new taxes and harassed by
anti-business bureaucrats as at present.
As Governor, Dick Nixon will give Cali-
fornia the following:
1. A four year plan to provide 1,000,000
new jobs in private enterprise.
2. A state government that will vigorously
crusade for new business.
3. An administration that will make taxes
Harry Truman's cousin, Roland Truman, is
low enough to attract industry and
endorsing Dick Nixon For Governor. Roland
Truman, a prominent Southgate attorney, will
thereby create new jobs.
support some Democrats, but not Brown.
DID YOU KNOW?
Dick Nixon is vitally interested in the welfare of
that in Brown's first year as governor,
every Californian. He will clear away red tape
the largest single tax increase in the
from our state's welfare program, give more local
control to local problems.
history of any state became law in
California.
That California unemployment is up
44.8% in 3 years under Brown.
Business bankruptcies have gone up
Democrats traditionally
54% - more businesses have gone
vote for the best man
under in California than in New York,
Pennsylvania, Texas, Ohio and Michi-
gan combined.
that California has the worst record of
major crime in the nation in spite of
the efforts of dedicated local law-
VOTE FOR
enforcement officials.
A man of international stature, Nixon is shown
that the costs of running Brown's own
here during his famous kitchen debate with
DICK NIXON
Nikita Khrushchev. No man can do a better job
office have increased 52.7% since he
in protecting our state's interest in today's compe-
became governor.
tition among states and nations.
NOV. 6
115
N
X
N
NIXON FOR GOVERNOR
3908 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 5, California; DU 5-9161
October 11, 1962
TO
:
All Chairmen, Staff
FROM
:
Bob Halderman, Campaign Manager
SUBJECT:
Democrats for Nixon Committee
Last week the "Democrats for Nixon" Committee officially opened
their statewide drive to enlist 200,000 members.
Already over 300 community chairmen have been appointed and
8,700 members have signed pledge cards supporting Nixon for Governor.
EVERY ONE OF US SHOULD IMMEDIATELY GIVE FULL SUPPORT TO THIS
VITAL CAMPAIGN ACTIVITY.
By return mail, please send the names, addresses and other
helpful information on all Democrats now part of your local committees,
for our records and mailing list
AND the names and addresses of
all your Democrat friends, neighbors and business associates that you
know or believe to be friendly to Nixon. They will be sent immediately
a written invitation and literature urging them to join the statewide
Democrats for Nixon Committee.
Please send these names TODAY to:
Democrats for Nixon Committee
525 Market Street, Room 601
San Francisco 5, California.
Thank you!
1
our file
Copies space
along with
October 9, 1962
other Dem
mailings
Memo to Fred Haffner
From: V. R. Fowler
cc: H. R. Galdeman
Re: Democrats for Nixon Follow-Up Mailing From Initial
Mailing List Compiled by Escherich
Dear Fred:
This is to advise you that the mailing on the enclosed
letter signed by Wayne Griffin and Merritt Ruddock to
step up recruiting for Democrate for Nixon was completed
yesterday This mailing included the "What is the Brown
Record Folder?"
Sincerely
Una Funlu
Vincent R. Fowler
VRF/b
DEMOCRATS for
NIXON
Z
641 South Flower Street
Los Angeles 17, California
MAdison 7-0924
Z. WAYNE GRIFFIN,
Chairman, Southern California
MERRITT K. RUDDOCK,
Chairman, Northern California
Dear Fellow Democrat:
More than 8, 000 Democratic volunteers already are actively working for Dick
Nixon's election for Governor of California. We believe it is high time that our
state gets the strong leadership necessary to truly make it First in the Nation.
Pat Brown cannot provide that kind of leadership.
Among the many reasons we are refusing to support Brown is the fact that he
has failed to repudiate the left-wing California Democratic Council which has
hand-picked many of our party's candidates in the forthcoming election. The
CDC does not represent the views of the rank and file Democrat, and its power-
ful influence can be eliminated only by the defeat of its candidates -- starting
with Pat Brown!
There are many other compelling reasons for responsible Democrats to refuse
to support Pat Brown and I urge you to take three minutes of your valuable time
to read the enclosed folder, "What is the Brown Record?"
Our goal is to enlist 200, 000 Democrats for Nixon and your help is needed.
Please fill in the enclosed card and return it to us today in the self-addressed
stamped envelope which is also enclosed for your convenience. Even if you
have already signed a similar pledge card we'd appreciate your filling in this
one so we may update our records.
Sincerely,
Therritt K. Ruddock
Merritt K. Ruddock
Chairman, Northern California
Committee
3. Mayne Griffin
Z. Wayne Griffin
Chairman, Southern California
Committee
P.S.: Please list on the back of the card the names, addresses and phone
numbers of any other Democrats you believe would be interested in
joining the Democrats for Nixon Committee.
III
perm. fine are
areaning our for N. swe allatil. per
BOB HALDEMAN
DEMOCRATS for
NIXON
641 South Flower Street Los Angeles 17, California MAdison 7-0924
z. WAYNE GRIFFIN,
Chairman, Southern California
MERRITT K. RUDDOCK,
Chairman, Northern California
October 4, 1962
Dear Friend:
We are delighted that you are going to
serve as County Chairman in the Democrats For
Nixon campaign, and we want you to know how
much we appreciate your effort.
Of all the jobs to be done, getting our
message across to every Democrat in Califor-
nia is top priority. No matter how effect-
ive our message may be, no matter how force-
ful the case we present for vigorous new
leadership in Sacramento, it will do us no
good unless we have a legion of workers and
spokesmen. That is where your efforts will
count.
The material in this manual will give
you some of the ideas and the ammunition you
need. Our campaign staff at State Head-
quarters, 641 South Flower Street, Los Angeles
17, California is at your service.
Thank you for your help and may we have
great success on the Democrats For Nixon
trail.
Sincerely,
3. wayne Griffin
Encls.
111
NEWS
DEMOCRATS for
RELEASE
NIXON
641 South Flower Street
Los Angeles 17, California
MAdison 7-0924
Manual for Committee Chairman
News-statements issued by the State Headquarters will be tied in with
campaign developments. They will be fed to the county and local
Committee Chairman. It is important that all Committee Chairmen re-
ceiving press releases from State Headquarters must not submit the
copy as is.
BE YOUR OWN REPORTER
These statements should be issued in your own name to the local press,
radio and television. Emanting from a local source, it has special
interest and enhances the report. Phoning in the news-statement to
the local radio news bureau for rebroadcasting on local newscasts is
invaluable in giving it that-on-the-spot-flavcr.
THE TIE-IN
Wherever possible, the local chairman should tie in any news or announ-
cements with an event occurring in his community. For example:
Mr. Nixon will be a guest at the Palomar College in San Diego for a
barbecue. Mr. John Doe, the newly appointed chairman of the San Diego
County DEMOCRATS FOR NIXON will also be present.
ALWAYS IDENTIFY
Wherever possible identify the Chairman of the DEMOCRATS FOR NIXON
Committee with a local affair. For example: "Mr. John Doe, Chairman
of the Ventura County DEMOCRATS FOR NIXON, will speak at the Rotary
Club in Oxnard. "
THE SOCIETY ANGLE
Whenever a prominent Democrat of your community has agreed to serve
with the DEMOCRATS FOR NIXON Committee -- a news-item should be sent
to the local press:
"Mrs. Jane Doe - long time president of the Garden Club
and active for years in the community affairs of San
Mateo County is giving a tea for the DEMOCRATIC WOMEN
FOR NIXON at her Hillsborough home.
COFFEE KLATCH
Inform the newspapers of the opening of the local headquarters, and
identify the location by having a coffee klatch. This also enables
you to recruit volunteers for the campaign.
NEW MEMBERS
Always announce the appointment of the committee officers, and if
possible try to plant a photo of the committee chairman in the local
newspapers. Each week give the newspapers a compiled list of your
committee members especially highlighting the new volunteers.
NO-HOST LUNCHEON
When you have enrolled enough volunteers, arrange a no-host luncheon
and see that the local press, radio and television stations know
about it, and publicize it. Also a local headquarter daily coffee
klatch is an effective way of whipping up enthusiasm for the volunteers.
NEWS DEMOCRATS for
RELEASE
NIXON
641 South Flower Street
Los Angeles 17, California
MAdison 7-0924
"WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP?"
You have joined our candidate on the battle line of his campaign.
Every day from now through November 6, over a cup of coffee at the
corner drug store - creamed chicken and peas at lunch, or -- creamed
chicken and peas at night, you're going to be talking "people-to-
people" about Democrats For Nixon. Whether it's one person or a
thousand, they want to be asked to help. We need them. Tell them
SO. But you need to do more than ask them to help. You need infor-
mation about what they can do.
Here it is.
1. Address and/or stuff envelopes at their community centers. Be
sure to give them the name and address of the person in charge
of volunteers and his phone number. Repeat it slowly so that
it can be written down.
2. Insert telephone numbers on precinct sheets or lists to have
them ready for telephoning to GET OUT THE VOTE FOR NIXON ON
ELECTION DAY.
3. Have a Democrats For Nixon night in their homes to discuss the
campaign, the candidates, and the issues, and distribute
campaign materials or build such a gathering around a particular
TV campaign program followed by discussion. (You might suggest
that they get their friends to have a Democrats For Nixon night
too. Campaign literature, buttons, etc., are available at their
community center.)
4. Do precinct work. Every block in every California town needs
a worker. We need them.
5. Get out their Christmas card lists, membership lists of organi-
zations to which they belong, and write all these people in
California - and their relatives - urging them to VOTE FOR NIXON.
6. Give financially to the campaign - pennies or dollars.
7. Young women can be "Nixonettes,' or precinct workers or recruit
their friends as telephoners or baby sitters on Election Day.
Young men can help Dick Nixon by putting Democrats For Nixon
windshield and bumper stickers on cars in shopping center and
other parking lots (after receiving permission!) or drive voters
to the polls or do precinct work.
8. Get 10 people to talk about the work for Democrats For Nixon.
9. Make sure their neighbors on both sides and across the street
have literature about Nixon and stickers for their cars.
10. Recruit other people to volunteer whatever time they can to work
at headquarters or at home.
11. Serve on a committee for Democrats For Nixon with other people
in their profession.
12. Show their support for Nixon through public use of their names.
13. Tell the Nixon story to organizations to which they belong.
14. Impress on their friends the importance of each INDIVIDUAL VOTE.
Elections have been lost by 1/2 vote per precinct!
NEWS
DEMOCRATS for
RELEASE
NIXON
III
641 South Flower Street Los Angeles 17, California MAdison 7-0924
QUESTIONNAIRE FOR APPOINTEES AND STAFF MEMBERS OF
DEMOCRATS FOR NIXON
DATE
1. Name
Tel. No.
2. Home address
3. Wife/Husband - first name
(wife's maiden name
)
4. Children's names and schools
5. Most recent business affiliation
6. Address:
Tel. No.
7. Your College
Class offices?
8. Position with Democrats For Nixon Campaign
9. Have you ever held Political Office?
If so, what and where
10. Worked in a Political Campaign? If so, when and where
11. What Fraternal, Social, Religious, Civic Organizations
12. What offices have you held in them?
13. Name of your local weekly/daily newspaper/s
14. Name / address of any Religious, Trade, Technical, Fraternal
or Alumni publications to which story should be sent;
15. Military Service (when, rank, honors/decorations)
PLEASE RETURN TO: DEMOCRATS FOR NIXON
641 So. Flower Street
Los Angeles 17, California
NEWS
DEMOCRATS for
RELEASE
NIXON
III
641 South Flower Street
Los Angeles 17, California
MAdison 7-0924
Democrats for Nixon Headquarters throughout California have been beseiged with
telephone calls and telegrams since Richard Nixon's joint appearance with Edmund
G. Brown before the United Press International Conference in San Francisco, it was
revealed today by Z. Wayne Griffin, Co-Chairman.
A survey of the State Headquarters showed that more than 700 congratulatory
telegrams had been received, and thousands of phone calls were taken in the two
hundred state headquarters.
The switchboard at the Democrats for Nixon Headquarters in Los Angeles was
jammed for hours after the program was seen on television and heard on radio.
"Dick Nixon scored a knock-out over Brown before the eyes of millions of Californians."
Z. Wayne Griffin said:
"Without question, this was the most dramatic event of the campaign thus far,
and the difference between Dick Nixon and Mr. Brown was so clear-cut that two
definite effects already are apparent (1) Democrats for Nixon workers already
have volunteered by the hundreds as a result of Mr. Nixon's inspired, hard-hitting
discussion of the issues. (2) The number of undecided voters in California has
drastically decreased with thousands of these people going to the support of Nixon
after seeing directly the differences between his program and those of Mr. Brown.
"Even notes and planted questions couldn't help Mr. Brown. Typically, many of
the telegrams described the joint press conference as a mismatch."
Z. Wayne Griffin, co-chairman of the Democrats for Nixon, said that as a
result of the dramatic televised press conference, our executive committee has
sharply raised its sights for working members, and now is dedicated to forming an
active committee of 15,000 working Democrats instead of the 10,000 as previously
announced. Griffin and Ruddock said the committee now has 8,725 workers pledged
to work actively for the election of Dick Nixon with more coming in daily.
"Mr. Nixon will continue to seek additional opportunities for a debate with Mr.
Brown", Griffin said. "There is no question but that the voters want to see more
direct man-to-man debates in California. Unfortunately, Mr. Brown is in retreat.
We believe that the pressure of California voters will cause the Governor to
reconsider his position. If he fails to do so, it can only mean that he does not
have enough confidence in his own ability and his own record to place it before the
voters for this kind of scrutiny".
NEWS
DEMOCRATS for
RELEASE
NIXON
III
641 South Flower Street Los Angeles 17. California MAdison 7-0924
COMMUNITY CHAIRMEN: This is a
suggested story for immediate re-
lease to local radio stations,
weekly and daily newspapers. This
should be retyped and delivered
as soon as possible.
State News Bureau
Dissatisfied Democrats in
(Community)
Were urged to register their dis-
appointment with the Brown administration today by signing up as charter members
of the newly formed
(Community)
Democrats for Nixon Committee.
(Name)
has been named chairman of the local committee, which has
opened headquarters at
(Address)
.
The
(Community)
Democrats for Nixon Committee is part of a state-
wide organization formed last week with an initial membership of 8,000 members.
"This committee is the result of the widespread support among Democrats throughout
(County)
for the election of Dick Nixon,"
(Chairman)
said.
"Pat Brown simply has not and cannot provide strong leadership which the first
state in the nation deserves. His weak leadership has clearly been shown over
and over again in all fields of government including education, governmental
economy, welfare, law enforcement and fiscal operations.
"We are distressed, also, that Pat Brown has encouraged our party to be taken
over by the left-wing California Democratic Council. This organization does not
represent our views.
"Dick Nixon has demonstrated his determination and ability to lead our state in
the crucial years ahead. We must be thinking of providing new jobs for the
thousands of new residents each week. We must be thinking of ways to attract new
business and investment. We must also be thinking of ways to improve the level
of our education in California.
"Dick Nixon can and will return strong decisive leadership to Sacramento,"
(Chairman)
concluded.
The new Democrats for Nixon chairman urged all
(Community)
Democrats who
are interested in serving on the committee to contact him at
(Address)
(and Telephone)
.
(date)
-30-
NEWS
DEMOCRATS for
RELEASE
NIXON
641 South Flower Street
Los Angeles 17, California
MAdison 7-0924
The statewide organization of Democrats for Nixon, with an initial membership
of 8,725, opened its main headquarters last week at 641 South Flower Street,
Los Angeles.
Dissatisfied Democrats were urged to register disappointment with the Brown
administration by signing up at Democrats-for-Nixon headquarters which will be
opened in key cities throughout the state within the next two weeks.
The appeal to dissatisfied Democrats was made today by two leading Democrats
who will serve as co-chairmen of the organization.
Z. Wayne Griffin, Los Angeles business and civic leader, was named Southern
California chairman. He is a well known motion picture producer and past
president of the Hollywood Bowl Association.
Merritt K. Ruddock, Belvedere, business leader and a trustee of Occidental
College and the World Affairs Council of Northern California, was named northern
chairman.
Griffin and Ruddock issued the following joint statement:
"As a result of the dramatic televised press conference, our executive
committee has sharply raised its sights for working members, and now is
dedicated to forming an active committee of 15,000 working Democrats instead of
the 10,000 as previously announced. Griffin and Ruddock said the committee now
has 8,725 workers pledged to work actively for the election of Dick Nixon with
more coming in daily.
"A survey of the 8,725 Democrats who have volunteered to work actively for
Dick Nixon's election shows these predominant reasons for our participation in
this campaign.
1. We are convinced that California must have strong leadership which only
Dick Nixon can provide. Our industries and the jobs of millions are in real
danger. Pat Brown has failed to provide this leadership, his has been a reign
of indecision.
Even on questions as simple as boxing, he vacillates.
2. We are distressed at the takeover of our Democratic Party by the left-
wing California Democratic Council. The Council does not represent the views
of the rank and file Democrat, and its powerful influence can be eliminated
only by the defeat of its candidate. The final blow on this came last week at
the Los Angeles Press Club when the Governor described this as a 'good Democratic
organization.
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Brown said he had no reason to disavow the California Democratic Council. We
do. This organization which calls for admission of Red China into the U.N., works
against rather than for the true principles of the Democratic Party.
3. We are shocked to find that Gov. Brown has endorsed such candidates as
Assemblyman Phillip Burton and John O'Connell, participants in the San Francisco
riots against the House unAmerican Activities Committee, Even at this point, for
the sake of the Democratic Party, we call on Brown to repudiate these men.
4. We approve of Dick Nixon's constructive program to fight communism in
California. Gov. Brown obviously has no understanding of this problem. At the
Los Angeles Press Club, for example, he said that if he became convinced there
were Communists in the Democratic Party, he would ask the attorney general to take
action under the Smith Act. He should know that the Smith Act does not make it
illegal to be a member of the Communist Party.
5. California's crime rate has soared disproportionately with our increase in
population. We approve of the Nixon program to strengthen the hand of local law
enforcement officers. We deplore the efforts of the governor to sweep the
problem under a rug of statistics. We want action, not Brown apathy.
6. Gov. Brown's administration has created a billion dollar increase in
taxes during his four years in office. Plainly our taxes are too high. We want
a Governor who will do something about them. We are convinced the Dick Nixon
program will accomplish this. A place to start is by decreasing welfare
chiselers. We like the Nixon program to cut $27 million in welfare waste. We
find it distressing to learn of the Brown attitude that nothing can be done. Some-
thing must be done about chiselers.
7. Basically, we are dedicated to work for the election of Dick Nixon because
we believe he offers a positive hope for good government.
We are in a series of crises in California and must vote for a man not a
party. Any objective voter who places Nixon against Brown, man to man, can only
agree that Dick Nixon is far and away the stronger leader. We would hope that a
debate between the two men could be arranged to make the contrast more dramatic.
8. We welcome into our organization all Democrats and Independents who want
strong leadership for California. We are in a crusade to win."
Members of the organizing committee include:
Walter Jebe, San Francisco Democrats for Nixon chairman, photography supplier
and president of the Northern California Master Photo Dealers and Finishers
Association. Jebe was an active campaigner for Pat Brown in 1958.
Harlow H. McGeath, San Diego Democrats for Nixon chairman, vice-president of
a savings and loan association. He is president of the Personnel Management
Association and a member of the board of directors of the YMCA and the Urban
League.
Austin M. Healey, of Fresno, has been in the retail office furniture business
for 40 years. Healey was chairman of the California Veterans Board for 16 years
under former Governors Earl Warren and Goodwin Knight.
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Earl Overmyer, captain of the Huntington Beach Fire Department.
Dan Arteaga of Richmond, is a member of the Contra Costa County Central Labor
Council and the executive board of the Richmond Painters Local 560.
Richard N. Keller, of Citrus Heights in Sacramento is an industrial contract
coordinator and a vestryman of St. Francis Episcopal Church.
Harry J. Boyle of Lake County, is former chairman of the San Francisco World
Trade Authority and a past member of the Bay Area Council board of governors.
Henry Dockweiler, Los Angeles attorney and civic leader.
Charles B. Shattuck, Los Angeles realtor, past president of the California
Real Estate Association.
INSTRUCTIONS
I PRELIMINARY
When an organization asks you to speak on behalf of Dick Nixon,
it is important that you make the best presentation possible. The
following recommendations are set down to help you do that.
Find out in advance:
1. The correct name of the organization.
2. The time and location of the meeting (exactly how to get
there if meeting is distant from your home or place of
business).
3. Brief history and purposes of sponsoring organization.
4. Kind of meeting,
i.e., formal or informal; home or meeting hall; tea, dinner,
coffee hour; seminar, debate, forum, etc.
5. Total time allotted to you including speech anduquestion
and answer period or, if formal speech is not scheduled,
time for each presentation if debate, panel, or other pre-
sentation.
6. Your position on program.
7. Names and titles of other speakers (if any) and their posi-
tions on the program.
8. Names of President, Hostess, Program Chairman and Pre-
siding Officer.
9. Will lecturn be provided or will you stand behind table,
be seated, etc.
10. Anticipated size of audience, age, sex and interests of
its members.
II PREPARING YOUR SPEECH
1. Know how to choose your subject, then
a. Know your subject.
b. Know how to attack.
C. Know how to defend.
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2. Remember these ingredients for effective speaking:
a. The fewerissues the better.
b. Speak of Dick Nixon's record and his stand on issues
rather than of the attacks on them.
C. Clear structure
introduction
body (contains proof)
conclusion
d. Humor.
3. Remember that Dick Nixon will be the prime target of all
Oallifornia Democratic office seekers, their supporters,
and numberless Democrats who are appointees and legis-
lators from Washington, D. C. and from other states.
III GIVING YOUR SPEECH
1. Speak from notes or memorize what you have to say but
do not read your speech.
There is only a handful of capable "reader-speakers" in the
entire country today.
2. Communicate visually with your audience.
a. Reinforce what you are saying with smooth body move-
ments.
b. Remember that eye contact with your audience is neces-
sary.
C. Avoid distracting body motions such as taking off and
putting on your glasses, "hacking", unsmooth motions
of your hands, maintaining a disconcerting eye level
above the heads of your audience, etc.
3. Develop your own effectiveness.
- Do not imitate the style of other speakers.
4. Be sure to study the section of this manual which lists some
of the things members of your audiences can do to help in
the campaign and tell your audiences what they are.
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5. If the program schedule calls for time for a question and
answer period, (and you should prepare for it even if you
have to cut short your formal speech) be sure the audience
knows. If the Program Chairman is not wise enough to
"plant" a question or two as a warm-up, you should have
an additional comment in reserve which you might phrase
in the way of a question to yourself to start the ball
rolling. (Example: "Many Californians have asked me
what they can do to help Dick Nixon to be elected Governor.")
IV AFTERWARDS
1. Write "thank you" notes immediately to those presiding
at the meeting (and the hostess if the meeting was held
in a home).
2. Complete the Speakers' Bureau report form about the meet-
ing which you have addressed and forward it as quickly as
possible to the Speakers' Bureau.
3. If anything occurred at the meeting which should be made
known to the campaign organization immediately, please
do SO. Do not wait to incorporate it in your written
report.
4. If persons at the meeting tell you they want to help
Dick Nixon, take their names and addresses and give
them immediately to the campaign organization SO that
they can be contacted and put to work.
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DEMOCRATS for
NIXON
Z
641 South Flower Street Los Angeles 17, California MAdison 7-0924
z. WAYNE GRIFFIN,
Chairman, Southern California
MERRITT K. RUDDOCK,
Chairman, Northern California
ORDER FORM
DEMOCRATS FOR NIXON HEADQUARTERS
641 SOUTH FLOWER STREET
LOS ANGELES 17, CALIFORNIA
Please send me the following items:
1. Manual for Committee Chairman
2. What Can I Do To Help?
Instructions for Committeemen
3. Questionaire for Appointees.
4. How the People of California
Voted for Dick Nixon in 1960
5. Instructions for Speakers
6. Campaign Photographs
7. Registration Cards
8. Phamphlets
A. What Is The Brown Record
B. California's Day of Decision
C. Nixon Program For Progress
D. Nixon Sticker
9. Bumper Strips
10. News Clipping
11. Photograph
Mail To:
Name
Address
III
DEMOCRATS for
NIXON
641 South Flower Street Los Angeles 17, California MAdison 7-0924
TO: DEMOCRATS FOR NIXON COMMUNITY CHAIRMEN
FROM: STATE HEADQUARTERS NEWS BUREAU
Z. WAYNE SUBJECT: GRIEFIN
CAMPAIGN PHOTOGRAPHS
Chairman, Southern California
MERRITT Werubrane compiled an excellent set of recently taken photographs of
Chairman THE INONS IN ACTION which are available to you at cost. The set
includes person-to-person scenes of the Nixons campaigning among
farmers, senior citizens, construction workers, minorities, and so on.
There are hundreds of effective uses for these attractive campaign
pictures. Use them in local publicity -- newspaper advertising --
bulletin boards -- literature. DISPLAY THEM IN YOUR HEADQUARTERS --
PASS THEM OUT TO SUPPORTERS.
The set consists of twenty (20) 8 X 10 glossy photographs - all suit-
able for framing. Five of the pictures are "official" campaign
portraits of Dick and Pat Nixon and their two teenage daughters.
THESE SETS ARE AVAILABLE TO COMMUNITY CHAIRMEN AT COST: All twenty
pictures at $5.00 per set. In addition, glossy 8 X 10 portraits of
the Nixons (individually or together) are available.
PLEASE RUSH YOUR ORDER WITH CHECK OR MONEY ORDER TO DEMOCRATS FOR
NIXON HEADQUARTERS, 641 South Flower Street, Los Angeles 17, Calif.
(Please use this order form)
NEWS BUREAU: (641 South Flower Street, Los Angeles 17, California)
Please rush me the following photographs:
Quantities:
SETS OF 20 PERSON-TO-PERSON PICTURES OF THE NIXONS IN
ACTION AT $5.00 PER SET.
RICHARD NIXON (25 GLOSSY PICTURES FOR $2.50)
PAT NIXON (25 GLOSSY PICTURES FOR $2.50)
THE NIXON FAMILY (25 GLOSSY PICTURES FOR $2.50)
DICK AND PAT NIXON TOGETHER (25 GLOSSY PICTURES FOR $2.50)
(Make check payable to DEMOCRATS FOR NIXON
MAIL TO:
Name
Address