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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 62 16 05/14/1962 Letter Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Raymond Hansen. 1 pg. 62 16 04/20/1962 Letter Letter from Ross Wurm to Bob Haldeman. 1 pg. Attached to previous. 62 16 05/07/1962 Letter Letter from Ross Wurm to Bob Haldeman. 1 pg. Attached to previous. 62 16 05/16/1962 Letter Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Ross Wurm. 1 pg. 62 16 05/16/1962 Letter Letter from Ross Wurm to Bob Haldeman. 4 pgs including attachement. 62 16 n.d. Memo Handwritten note. 1 pg. Attached to previous. Tuesday, August 28, 2007 Page 1 of 3 Box Number Folder Number Document Date Document Type Document Description 62 16 05/18/1962 Newsletter Farmers for Nixon newsletter. 2 pgs. 62 16 05/15/1962 Letter Letter from Ross Wurm to Agnes Waldron. 3 pgs. 62 16 05/07/1962 Letter Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Ralph Bunje. 1 pg. 62 16 05/03/1962 Memo Memo from RN to Bob Haldeman about Bernell Harlan. 1 pg. Duplicate not scanned. Attached to previous. 62 16 05/07/1962 Memo Memo from Bob Haldeman to Rose. 1 pg. 62 16 05/07/1962 Memo Memo. Water Committee. 1 pg. Attached to previous. Duplicates not scanned. 62 16 05/02/1962 Letter Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Ross Wurm. 1 pg. Tuesday, August 28, 2007 Page 2 of 3 Box Number Folder Number Document Date Document Type Document Description 62 16 05/07/1962 Memo Memo from Bob Haldeman to Rose Mary Woods. 1 pg. Duplicates not scanned. 62 16 05/03/1962 Letter Letter from Ralph Bunje to Richard Cronshey. 1 pg. Attached to previous. 62 16 04/18/1962 Letter Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Ralph Bunje. 1 pg. Attached to previous. 62 16 04/17/1962 Memo Memo from Rose Mary Woods to Bob Haldeman. 1 pg. Attached to previous. 62 16 04/23/1962 Letter Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Ralph Bunje. 1 pg. 62 16 04/17/1962 Letter Letter from Ralph Bunje to H.R. Haldeman. 2 pgs. Tuesday, August 28, 2007 Page 3 of 3 May 14, 1962 Dear Mr. Hanson: Ross Wurm has told me of your interest as Dairy Chairman for "Farmers for Nixon" in setting up a meeting X for Dick Nixon with a group of Southern California dairymen to discuss pertinent issues. We had hoped to be able to arrange this several date weeks ago, but the pressures of campaigning throughout the state have thus far made it impossible. Since the last three weeks of the primary campaign are going to be even more intensive, I would suggest we File: "Farmers for Nixon" plan the meeting with your group as soon as possible after June 5th as it can be set up, and I will be in touch with you in this regard right after the primary election. In the meantime, if there is anything we can do to be of help, please do not besitate to call on us. Needless to say, we greatly appreciate your interest and cooperation. Kind regards. - WIN WITH NIXON - H. R. Haldeman Mr. Raymond F. Hansen 12500 Alondra Blvd. Norwalk, California ce: Mr. Ross Wurm Mr. Robert McCune MODESTO, CALIFORNIA P. O. Box 3186 RNappt Phone 523-1958 FARMERS FOR NIXON A NON-PARTISAN GROUP OF CALIFORNIA FARMERS SUPPORTING THE CANDIDACY OF DICK NIXON FOR GOVERNOR CO-CHAIRMEN J. L. SULLIVAN April 20, 1962 Yuba City HARVEY A. LYNN Arlington W. B. CAMP Bob Haldeman Bakersfield NIXON FOR GOVERNOR RAYMOND F. HANSEN 3908 Wilshire Blvd. Norwalk Los Angeles 5, Calif. S. V. CHRISTIERSON Salinas Dear Bob: BRUNEL CHRISTENSEN Likely JOHN SPARKMAN When Nick Ruwe was in Modesto, I discussed Poway withhim the fact that a group of southern California EARL S. SMITTCAMP dairymen would like to meet with the candidate to Clovis discuss California dairy issues. KEITH REEVE Tracy This meeting should be set up with Raymond F. WARREN BROCK Hansen, 12500 Alondra Blvd., Norwalk, Un5-5913, El Centro who is our dairy chairman for "Farmers For Nixon". Another interested party is Robert McCune, 16457 Paramount Blvd., Paramount, who mentioned this to Nixon at the Long Beach meeting. This would be an extremely worthwhile contact for US. Cordially, Rossof Ross Wurm RW/lg CC: Nick Ruwe MODESTO, CALIFORNIA P. O. Box 3186 Phone 523-1958 FARMERS FOR NIXON A NON-PARTISAN GROUP OF CALIFORNIA FARMERS SUPPORTING THE CANDIDACY OF DICK NIXON FOR GOVERNOR CO-CHAIRMEN J. L. SULLIVAN May 7, 1962 Yuba City HARVEY A. LYNN Arlington W. B. CAMP Bakersfield Bob Haldeman RAYMOND F. HANSEN NIXON FOR GOVERNOR Norwalk 3908 Wilshire Blvd. S. V. CHRISTIERSON Los Angeles, Calif. Salinas BRUNEL CHRISTENSEN Dear Bob: Likely JOHN SPARKMAN Poway Concerning the meeting with the southern California dairymen. It is not necessary to set EARL S. SMITTCAMP Clovis up the meeting itself in the near future, but the KEITH REEVE date should be established as soon as possible. Tracy They feel as though the earth revolves about them and the sooner we can let them know we share that WARREN BROCK El Centro feeling, the better our chances of getting the cream checks will be. Cordially, Ross Warm Ross Wurm ug RW/1g May 16, 1962 Dear Ross: I am sure that Jack Clifford's suggestion for a luncheon at the Fair Grounds in Lake County in July or August would be an excellent event. date X I Re should certainly be encouraged to develop the basic plan for this and suggest alternate dates to us. X - HRH Schedule file X - "Farmers for Nixon" File: - to Schedule We will do nothing until we hear further on this. Best regards. - WIN WITH NIXON - H. R. Haldeman Mr. Ross Wurm Farmers for Mixon P.O. Box 3186 Modesto, California MODESTO, CALIFORNIA P.O. Box 3186 Phone 523-1958 FARMERS FOR NIXON A NON-PARTISAN GROUP OF CALIFORNIA FARMERS SUPPORTING THE CANDIDACY OF DICK NIXON FOR GOVERNOR CO-CHAIRMEN J.L. SULLIVAN May 16, 1962 Yuba City HARVEY A. LYNN Arlington W.B. CAMP Bakersfield Bob Haldeman RAYMOND F. HANSEN NIXON FOR GOVERNOR Norwalk 3908 Wilshire Blvd. S. V. CHRISTIERSON Los Angeles 5, Calif. Salinas BRUNEL CHRISTENSEN Dear Bob: Likely JOHN SPARKMAN Poway Here are some comments from Mark Knight of EARL S. SMITTCAMP our staff after a visit this week to Kern County. Clovis KEITH REEVE Tracy Cordially, WARREN BROCK El Centro Ross Rox ey Wurm RW/lg cc: Ralph Bunje Herb Mark Knight Comments May 15, 1962 Stave From Kern County agnis With all the top "Farmers For Nixon" group of Kern county away from the area and Roland Curran, county chairman, also out of town, I talked with Walter Kane, publisher of the Calif- ornian; his editorial writer, Ralph Kriser and members of the staff; then to Phil Wagy, a long-time Republican leader referred to me by Kriser; S. Barney Gill, co-chairman of the Nixon group. Kriser prepared me somewhat for what I was to hear from others. He said he didn't know the names and hadn't heard from Nixon's camp, and obviously was somewhat nettled by this fact. He sang the praises of Shell who had appeared at a Kiwanis club meeting in Bakersfield yesterday (Monday) but admitted he doubts Shell has much of a chance for nomination-- says, however, he expects Shell to win in Kern county. It was obvious, as I have suspected in reading the Califor- nian while working with AP in Fresno, that he will need a lot of plugging with that paper. Fortunately Kane is for him, but the editorial department isn't and it is there that the stories are written or chosen. Kane pays little attention to the editorial department and I would think it will be desir- able for the right people to get together with him after the primaries to assure a favorable or at least a fair shake, Wagy, a Nixon adherent, says he has been shaken by the lack of organization, contrasted to the forceful job being done by the Shell forces. He says he thinks the best approach for Nixon next Saturday is to tell his story, then somehow find some words of praise for a hard-hitting job being done by the young Republicans who happen to be Shell supporters at this Page 2 - Knight May 15th time. He says these people are doing the most active and in- telligent job the GOP has done in Kern county in 25 years and if they can be induced to help the Nixon cause with the vim they are showing for local candidates it should pay off. "Stick to platitudes on the big issues, " he remarked, " and pat Shell on the back as a ggressive campaigner with hones convictions. " Wagy thinks the Shell supporters can be swung behind Nixon later. He said of Shell's talk to the Bakersfield Kiwanians, that it was just what Kern people wanted to hear on water, but would kill him in LA. In effect, as Kriser and Wagy told it to me, Shell condemned the whole MWD water contract and said it would price Kern consumers out of the market. I noted, however, the Californian story didn't go that far. Barney Gill thinks the Nixon water talk in San Francisco pretty well satisfies the Kern people, but joins the others in a warning that his listeners will try to pin him down to a specific anti-MWD policy, because of Shell's flat position. He gave me a handwritten copy of a memo from Ken Wegis, co-chairman of Farmers For Nixon, reviewing the Shell talk. It's enclosed. Kriser, the editorial writer, had an interesting observation about Brown. He said that despite the fact the local people are strongly opposed to Brown's MWD contract, they fe for his line that he got them the water and they had better not make too much fuss about price or they 11 lose it. Going back to the Bakersfield Californian, here is a situa- tion I think is exceedingly important. The paper is known to beRepublican at the top level and Kane is known to be a Nixon man, Page 3 Knight May 15th It would be all the worse, therefore, if by the several means at the hands of the editorial department Nixon should turn up with shoddy treatment. I'm afraid it could happen without Kane being too much aware of what was going on. To name names which may be advisable in this case Ed Griffith, the city editor, is especially and loudly outspoken in his anti-Nixon views. You may have noted that Shell attacked William Warne for his ineptness in handling the department of water resources, when he talked in Bakersfield. Kriser said his words were well applauded on that score. Warne is to be in Bakersfield late next week to defend himself. cc: Haldeman Bunje also after to Nich - want to fax this - and for RN send over to Agnes ? yes - plus with one phone call telling stave of rush to Here a fax to Heat this shld considergarfill be carefully for MODESTO, CALIFORNIA P. O. Box 3186 Phone 523-1958 FARMERS FOR nixon A NON-PARTISAN GROUP OF CALIFORNIA FARMERS SUPPORTING THE CANDIDACY OF DICK NIXON FOR GOVERNOR May 18, 1962 CO-CHAIRMEN FARMERS FOR NIXON NEWSLETTER: J. L. SULLIVAN Yuba City The man who was handpicked by Pat Brown and William Warne HARVEY A. LYNN Arlington to succeed Warne as Director of Agriculture of California W.B.CAMP was James Ralph. He has now been revealed as a friend of Bakersfield Billy Sol Estes, and was fired by the U. S. Department of RAYMOND F. HANSEN Agriculture, after it was revealed that Estes had paid some Norwalk of Ralph's phone bills. Pat Brown has made three consecu- S. V. CHRISTIERSON tive partisan appointments to the position of Director of Salinas Agriculture of California. This was the second of them. BRUNEL CHRISTENSEN Likely JOHN SPARKMAN Poway "Give us a Governor who will back up a strong position, EARL S. SMITTCAMP Clovis intelligently arrived at, with programs on water, labor and marketing, and one with an effective voice in Washing- KEITH REEVE Tracy ton, and we will do the rest, 11 says a leading California cotton official. "We don't have him now and I believe WARREN BROCK El Centro Nixon is the man. 11 Mark Knight has left the Associated Press, where for the past six years he has directed farm and other news from the Fresno office, to help with the Farmers For Nixon side of the gubernatorial campaign. Knight says that in the first two weeks of consultations with farm leaders in the San Joaquin Valley he has heard a plea on every hand for greater understanding of farm needs at the state level and a predominance of feeling that they will get it from Richard Nixon. Coming appearances in agricultural communities included the following: Friday, May 18: Guest Speaker at California Hereford Association, Hacienda Hotel, Fresno. Saturday, May .19: Nixon-For-Governor Barbecue, County Fairgrounds, Bakersfield. Wednesday, May 30: Nixon-For-Governor Rally, Visalia. Thursday, May 31: Nixon-For-Governor Rally, San Luis Obispo. Ray Hansen, co-chairman of Farmers For Nixon, Norwalk, was MORE Page 2 - Farmers For Nixon Newsletter May 18, 1962 awarded the title of Dairy Farmer of The Year by the Ford Company at ceremonies held on May 8. This is an annual national award. The Ford Company said that Hansen's herd of 185 Holsteins averages 17,127 lb. milk and 622 lb. butter fat. Hansen has long been recognized as a leader in south- ern California community and dairy affairs, and as a state- wide Farm Bureau commondity leader. "Lodi turned out in large numbers to welcome Richard Nixon, gubernatorial candidate at a community reception in his honor Saturday at the Grape Pavilion, reported the Lodi News Sentinel after a May 7 appearance. At an earlier press conference Richard Nixon expressed interest in the problem created for Lodi grape growers by the recently established marketing order on grapes for crushing. He said that while marketing orders generally had worked well in this state, this had created a substantial hardship on the growers in the Lodi area. "This is an example, he said, of a case where there should be some flexibility permitted to take care of special circumstances. Send us the names of your friends who will want to join Farmers For Nixon. Checks should be made payable to Farmers For Nixon, P. O. Box 3186, Modesto, California. Yours For Responsible Government, FARMERS FOR NIXON May 15, 1962 Agnes Waldron 315 West 9th St., Suite 717 Los Angeles 15, Calif. Dear Agnes: It has been my fortune to have spent a good deal of time in the company of cattlemen during the past forty years. Here are some small bits of wisdom garner- ed along that long ride into the sunset that may be of some use to the candidate in advance of his talk to the Hereford (pronounced hur-furd) group on Friday. Here goes: 1. Cattlemen know that cattlemen are the squarest, true-blue bunch of straightshooters in all the world. They stand four-square for the rights of man, are the bastion of democracy and the last refuge of rugged indi- vidualism. 2. Cattlemen are the finest people in the world. Herefords are the best cattle in the world. Therefore, it follows as the filaree the rain that Hereford breeders are the very cream of the crop. And since these fellows have shown up at the meeting they are the cream that has risen to the top. 3. Tell Dick to see if he can fracture their damned wrists when he shakes hands with them. The tradition of the hearty western handshake can be traced back to several sources: (a) Mending fence before the wire stretcher was invented; (b) Trying to milk a half Durham and half Long- horn heifer that was tied to the back of a chuckwagon; (c) Indian wrestling. 4. Cattlemen are for "local control" and very much against government from the outside. Local control means we want to run our own school boards and county government and conservation and grazing districts without some smart aleck from Sacramento or Washington, D. C. telling us what to do. Page 2 Waldron May 15th 5. Cattlemen have never accepted any form of price restraint or volume control nor have they ever petitioned for any. Much of the hostility that cattlement hold for the Demo- cratic Party can be traced back to the post World WarII OPA restraints which, as you may recall, lead widespread black- marketing and profiteering in beef. This, in turn, brought a lot of new investors into the beef industry, many of whom were shaken out in the price break of '52, but many of whom have persisted because of the capital gains help that they get by investing in cattle. This is a real subject with stockmen. They bitterly resent the investment companies, retired doctors and lawyers, and other investors who have bought out substantial herds, effected mergers of adjoining ranches, and who have upset traditional marketing patterns. The chief complaint against these people is that: (A) They pay unrealistic prices for their cattle and ranch holdings in the first place since the actual price means little enough when the holdings are being used as a tax dodge; (B) This, then, tends to force local assessments up. (C) The outsider tends to put his people on union hours as opposed to the traditional God-given 80 hour work week that exists during haying and roudup; (D) The income goes out of the community. (E) Worse yet, after the usual five years of taking capital gains the outside investor sells off all of his holdings, leaving a number of local people unemployed, and the range depleted. This has been happening in many western states. The Bing Crosby operation above Elko that was sold out a couple of years ago is a good example of an investment corporation dodge and I can show you many others. 6. Cattlementare bitterly against the Feed Grains Act which they feel is part of a huge conspiracy. 7. They don't accept government controls. But they sure don't want any of that Australia or New Zealand beef coming in. 8. It is unwise to say anything about sheep or goats in the presence of cattlemen. This is because many of them make their living from sheep or goats and prefer not to have this dis- cussed. The"cattlemen" with forty head of COWS and ten thousand sheep is a rather common western figure. Talking about sheep in his presence is like visiting a plantation in the Deep South and artlessly commenting on the resemblance between the little black children playing back of the cabins and the Colonel. Page 3 aldron May 15th 9. This is the b16 one. They are against government spending. Any government spending county, state, nation or international. (The American National Cattlemen's Association at its recent annual convention voted unanimously against the UN Ponds what the hell this had to do with the cattle business I'll never know). One revered cattle leader who just retired as head of the national organization and who will undoubtedly be at the Fresno meeting has conducted a lifelong crusade against high school swimming pools. lie recognizes in them the first signs of the decay of America's moral fibre and pursues local bond issues for swimming pools with the Calvinistic zeal of a Carry Nation fighting booze. He has explained his stand with treat thoroughness to se several times. As I understand it: (A) ae didn't have them when ne or my Dad was a kid. (D) Kids that swim after school aren't home working. (C) If they aren't home working they may not be swimming after all it may be something worse. (D) wimming is bad enough anyway. If you swim you don't sweat, and if you don't sweat, how can you tell you are there. If you don't know where you are, you may end up & Communist. 10. And, finally, cattlemen are for "the multiple use concept." They don't know what it means but their associations have told them that this is good. This is the idea that the wildlands of America should be converted to as many uses as possible------recreation, timber, watershed, grazing. The leaders of the stock industry have wisely decided that this is the line they can hold. They can't justify single use grazing in many areas and by soing along with multiple usage they will gain the most grazing over all. This means that they are gener- ally against the Kennedy-Udall proposed Wilderness Bill. Sincerely, Ross Murm Hw/16 cc: Haldeman May 7, 1962 Dear Ralph: Dick Nixon has just advised that Kenneth Haussler, President of the California School Board Association, is a Republican - - and for us - but cannot take an active part in politics. However, Haussler gave Dick the name of Bernell Harlan of Woodland and said he could be very helpful on water problems of Northern California, especially agriculture. X X X He can be contacted through Ken Haussler, or direct. I I I We should try to get him active in our agriculture group. Would you make the contact and let me know H what you are able to work out with him? date I understand Harlan is listed in the Woodland phone book. Ken Haussler's address is Route 1, Box 1540, Davis, California - Telephone: Skyline 3-3814. S & I - Water File: "Farmers for Nixon! Many thanks, and best regards. I look forward to seeing you and Ross on Friday. Sincerely, H. R. Haldeman Mr. Ralph B. Bunje World Trade Center Ferry Building San Francisco 11, California INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM Nixon for Governor To: Bob Haldeman Date: May 3, 1962 From: RN Subject: Bernell Harlan reid Distribution: Kenneth Haussler, President of the California School Boards Admociation, is a Republican and is for us but cannot take an active part in politics. He gave me the name of Bernell Harlan of Woodland. He said he could be very helpful on water problems of Northern California, especially agriculture, and can be contacted through Ken Haussler or he is listed in the Woodland phone book. We should probably get him on our agriculture group. Will you please see that this is followed up on? Thanks. (Haussler's address Rt. 1, Box 1540, Davis, California Telephone SKyline 3-3814 : 5-7-62 Rose - I suggest a letter from RN to Jim Smith expressing his pleasure for Jim's willingness to spearhead this project. BOB HALDEMAN Dan Waters 5-7-62 Bob Haldoman Jim Smith - Water Committee as . fyl Research Dept. XXXX File: I I I I Hugh Flouracy Rose Mary Voods Jim Smith of Hedeste, who is on the Board of the date Irrigation District Association and a long time supporter of RM, has been elected Chairman of a group of people, all of whom attended the IDA meeting last week, who got together on Research - meme file --meme file DWaters - memo file Smith, Jim (folder) their - and formed a committee to work for an from now through November. They plan to spend the next six to eight weeks in S & I - Water - Jim Smith Committee organization activities and will become setive very shortly after the primary. This group will be composed of representatives of all facets of the water situation - state-wide. will you please immediately send 50 copies of M's water speech to Jim Smith, Post Office Dox 55, Medasto, California, together with a covering letter indicating that you will be happy to provide him with whatever staff assistance be may need in the early stages of pulling his organization together? May 2, 1962 Dear Ross: Sorry to be so long getting back xx to you, but I was going to wait until I had some- I I thing positive to report on the appointment with the Southern California Dairymen. Unfortunately, I still have not been able to set this up, but it is high on the docket date and we will let you know as soon as it is scheduled. Many thanks for copy of the Newsletter, received this morning. It's great. HRH - follow-up File: "Farmers for Nixon" Keep up the good work. Best regards. Sincerely, H. R. Haldeman Mr. Ross Wurm Farmers for Nixon P.O. Box 3186 Modesto, California Rose Mary Woods 5-7-62 Bob Haldeman Richard H. Cronshey (your April 17th memo) I had Ralph Bunje, Chairman of "Farmers for Nixon", get in touch with Mr. Cronshey. Ralph has just written that the contact has been made and Mr. Cronshey is being brought actively into the program. X X X I I I File: C (Cronshey) date RmW memo file "Farmers for Nixon" May 3, 1962 Mr. Richard H. Cronshey Challenge Cream & Butter Assn. 929 East Second Street Los Angeles 12, California Dear Dick, I am delighted to know that you will be in a position to help on the Farmers for Nixon campaign. I believe Rose Wurm has written to you and asked for some help in connection with lists and contributions. I think the Farmers for Nixon group can be a very influential force in winning the campaign. Yours sincerely, Ralph B. Bunje RBB:1um cc: Mr. H. R. Haldeman Mr. Ross Wurm April 18, 1962 Dear Ralph: When Dick Nixon attended the Pacific Dairy and Poultry Association luncheen in March, he met again X X Mr. Richard H. Crenshey, an old friend I who wants to be helpful. File: It is Dick's thought that Crenshey would be good at getting names for date and setting up meetings for the agriculture people in rural areas. Could you have someone make RmW memo file appropriate contact with Mr. Cremshsy and see If he can't be brought into the program ? Best regards. Farmers for Nixon (F & C) Sincerely, H. R. Haldeman Mr. Ralph B. Bunje World Trade Center Ferry Building San Francisco 11, California ee: Mr. Ross Warm Card attac hed : Richard H. Cronshey Secretary Challenge Cream & Butter Assn. 929 E. Second St., Los Angeles 12 INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM Nixon for Governor To: Bob Haldeman Date: April 17, 1962 From: Rose Mary Woods Subject: Distribution: When RN attended the Pacific Dairy and Poultry Association luncheon in March he met again Richard H. Cronshey who he says is an old friend and who wants to be helpful. RN said Cronshey would be good at getting names for and setting up meetings for the agriculture people in rural areas, etc. RMW:n April 23, 1962 Dear Ralph: Thanks very much for following up on Neiswender and Sanders. X X X I File: I had a good session with Ross Wurm last Thursday, and your operation certainly appears to be well under way. N S date Ross assures me that position papers on the various phases of agriculture will be available to us shortly, and we are planning to rely on them for development of Nixon programs in this field. "Farmers for Nixon" Trust we will have an opportunity to get together before too long. Best regards. Sincerely, H. R. Haldeman Mr. Ralph B. Bunje World Trade Center Ferry Building San Francisco 11, California RALPH B. BUNJE WORLD TRADE CENTER FERRY BUILDING SAN FRANCISCO 11, CALIFORNIA EXBROOK 2.5673 April 17, 1962 Mr. H. R. Haldeman Campaign Manager Nixon for Governor 3908 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles 5, California Dear Bob, Reference is made to your letter of April 5 concerning Mr. C. B. Neiswender, and your letter of the 9th concerning Mr. James Sanders. I had a very pleasant telephone conversation with Mr. Neiswender and believe that he is somewhat mollified. He was unhappy because he had talked to Dick's brother and was going to talk to Dick at Thanksgiving time. Fortunately I had dinner with Russ Giffin only a few days ago and so was able to discuss his problem with some knowledge. He was particularly anxious to convince Giffin to support Nixon. I note plans for a day at San Diego on April 25. It might be advisable to drop Mr. Neiswender a note inviting him to one of the affairs that Dick will attend in that district. Regarding Sanders, we are getting in touch with him and inviting him to participate. However, the advisability of a "Stockmen for Nixon" committee should perhaps come through our co-chairman, Brunel Christensen, who is the im- mediate past President of the California Cattlemen's Associ- ation, Vice-Chairman of the American National Cattlemen's Association, member of the National Advisory Board on Land Management and many other industry, boards and committees. We feel that Brunel has a good sense of direction and under- standing in the livestock area and would be the logical per- son through whom we should work. Sanders is very well known and I am sure will work very close with us. He represents the "Hobby Breeders" in the livestock industry. RALPH B. BUNJE WORLD TRADE CENTER FERRY BUILDING SAN FRANCISCO 11, CALIFORNIA EXBROOK 2.5673 Mr. H. R. Haldeman April 17, 1962 page 2 We had a very fine meeting with Dick Nixon last week in Modesto. Dick asked Ross Wurm to prepare some mat- erial for him and I understand that he is to see you next Thursday when he is coming to Los Angeles for a conference with Agnes Waldron on doing some work on agricultural talks. I would urge that you arrange to put major respon- sibility on Ross Wurm for preparing the agricultural material. He is knowledgeable and is in a position to clear material for its appropriateness. I hope that you and your staff will make full use of his abilities in this field. I would appreciate also your letting me know whether or not the Farmers for Nixon can plan on any time on the morning and forenoon of the 19th for activities in the environs of Fresno, particularly with some of the local and rural editors who are working against the McClatchy influence. Sincerely Kaenh Ralph B. Bunje RBB: 1mw

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This file contains: Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Raymond Hansen. 1 pg. [Letter], 5/14/1962 Letter from Ross Wurm to Bob Haldeman. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 4/20/1962 Letter from Ross Wurm to Bob Haldeman. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 5/7/1962 Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Ross Wurm. 1 pg. [Letter], 5/16/1962 Letter from Ross Wurm to Bob Haldeman. 4 pgs including attachement. [Letter], 5/16/1962 Handwritten note. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Memo], n.d. Farmers for Nixon newsletter. 2 pgs. [Newsletter], 5/18/1962 Letter from Ross Wurm to Agnes Waldron. 3 pgs. [Letter], 5/15/1962 Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Ralph Bunje. 1 pg. [Letter], 5/7/1962 Memo from RN to Bob Haldeman about Bernell Harlan. 1 pg. Duplicate not scanned. Attached to previous. [Memo], 5/3/1962 Memo from Bob Haldeman to Rose. 1 pg. [Memo], 5/7/1962 Memo. Water Committee. 1 pg. Attached to previous. Duplicates not scanned. [Memo], 5/7/1962 Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Ross Wurm. 1 pg. [Letter], 5/2/1962 Memo from Bob Haldeman to Rose Mary Woods. 1 pg. Duplicates not scanned. [Memo], 5/7/1962 Letter from Ralph Bunje to Richard Cronshey. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 5/3/1962 Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Ralph Bunje. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Letter], 4/18/1962 Memo from Rose Mary Woods to Bob Haldeman. 1 pg. Attached to previous. [Memo], 4/17/1962 Letter from H.R. Haldeman to Ralph Bunje. 1 pg. [Letter], 4/23/1962 Letter from Ralph Bunje to H.R. Haldeman. 2 pgs. [Letter], 4/17/1962

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Attached to previous.\nTuesday, August 28, 2007\nPage 1 of 3\nBox Number\nFolder Number\nDocument Date\nDocument Type\nDocument Description\n62\n16\n05/18/1962\nNewsletter\nFarmers for Nixon newsletter. 2 pgs.\n62\n16\n05/15/1962\nLetter\nLetter from Ross Wurm to Agnes Waldron. 3\npgs.\n62\n16\n05/07/1962\nLetter\nLetter from H.R. Haldeman to Ralph Bunje.\n1 pg.\n62\n16\n05/03/1962\nMemo\nMemo from RN to Bob Haldeman about\nBernell Harlan. 1 pg. Duplicate not scanned.\nAttached to previous.\n62\n16\n05/07/1962\nMemo\nMemo from Bob Haldeman to Rose. 1 pg.\n62\n16\n05/07/1962\nMemo\nMemo. Water Committee. 1 pg. Attached to\nprevious. Duplicates not scanned.\n62\n16\n05/02/1962\nLetter\nLetter from H.R. Haldeman to Ross Wurm. 1\npg.\nTuesday, August 28, 2007\nPage 2 of 3\nBox Number Folder Number Document Date\nDocument Type\nDocument Description\n62\n16\n05/07/1962\nMemo\nMemo from Bob Haldeman to Rose Mary\nWoods. 1 pg. 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Haldeman.\n2 pgs.\nTuesday, August 28, 2007\nPage 3 of 3\nMay 14, 1962\nDear Mr. Hanson:\nRoss Wurm has told me of your interest as Dairy\nChairman for \"Farmers for Nixon\" in setting up a meeting\nX\nfor Dick Nixon with a group of Southern California\ndairymen to discuss pertinent issues.\nWe had hoped to be able to arrange this several\ndate\nweeks ago, but the pressures of campaigning throughout\nthe state have thus far made it impossible.\nSince the last three weeks of the primary campaign\nare going to be even more intensive, I would suggest we\nFile: \"Farmers for Nixon\"\nplan the meeting with your group as soon as possible\nafter June 5th as it can be set up, and I will be in touch\nwith you in this regard right after the primary election.\nIn the meantime, if there is anything we can do\nto be of help, please do not besitate to call on us.\nNeedless to say, we greatly appreciate your interest and\ncooperation.\nKind regards.\n- WIN WITH NIXON -\nH. R. Haldeman\nMr. Raymond F. Hansen\n12500 Alondra Blvd.\nNorwalk, California\nce: Mr. Ross Wurm\nMr. Robert McCune\nMODESTO, CALIFORNIA\nP. O. Box 3186\nRNappt\nPhone 523-1958\nFARMERS FOR NIXON\nA NON-PARTISAN GROUP OF CALIFORNIA FARMERS SUPPORTING THE CANDIDACY OF DICK NIXON FOR GOVERNOR\nCO-CHAIRMEN\nJ. L. SULLIVAN\nApril 20, 1962\nYuba City\nHARVEY A. LYNN\nArlington\nW. B. CAMP\nBob Haldeman\nBakersfield\nNIXON FOR GOVERNOR\nRAYMOND F. HANSEN\n3908 Wilshire Blvd.\nNorwalk\nLos Angeles 5, Calif.\nS. V. CHRISTIERSON\nSalinas\nDear Bob:\nBRUNEL CHRISTENSEN\nLikely\nJOHN SPARKMAN\nWhen Nick Ruwe was in Modesto, I discussed\nPoway\nwithhim the fact that a group of southern California\nEARL S. SMITTCAMP\ndairymen would like to meet with the candidate to\nClovis\ndiscuss California dairy issues.\nKEITH REEVE\nTracy\nThis meeting should be set up with Raymond F.\nWARREN BROCK\nHansen, 12500 Alondra Blvd., Norwalk, Un5-5913,\nEl Centro\nwho is our dairy chairman for \"Farmers For Nixon\".\nAnother interested party is Robert McCune, 16457\nParamount Blvd., Paramount, who mentioned this to\nNixon at the Long Beach meeting.\nThis would be an extremely worthwhile contact\nfor US.\nCordially,\nRossof\nRoss Wurm\nRW/lg\nCC: Nick Ruwe\nMODESTO, CALIFORNIA\nP. O. Box 3186\nPhone 523-1958\nFARMERS FOR NIXON\nA NON-PARTISAN GROUP OF CALIFORNIA FARMERS SUPPORTING THE CANDIDACY OF DICK NIXON FOR GOVERNOR\nCO-CHAIRMEN\nJ. L. SULLIVAN\nMay 7, 1962\nYuba City\nHARVEY A. LYNN\nArlington\nW. B. CAMP\nBakersfield\nBob Haldeman\nRAYMOND F. HANSEN\nNIXON FOR GOVERNOR\nNorwalk\n3908 Wilshire Blvd.\nS. V. CHRISTIERSON\nLos Angeles, Calif.\nSalinas\nBRUNEL CHRISTENSEN\nDear Bob:\nLikely\nJOHN SPARKMAN\nPoway\nConcerning the meeting with the southern\nCalifornia dairymen. It is not necessary to set\nEARL S. SMITTCAMP\nClovis\nup the meeting itself in the near future, but the\nKEITH REEVE\ndate should be established as soon as possible.\nTracy\nThey feel as though the earth revolves about them\nand the sooner we can let them know we share that\nWARREN BROCK\nEl Centro\nfeeling, the better our chances of getting the\ncream checks will be.\nCordially,\nRoss Warm\nRoss Wurm\nug\nRW/1g\nMay 16, 1962\nDear Ross:\nI am sure that Jack Clifford's\nsuggestion for a luncheon at the\nFair Grounds in Lake County in\nJuly or August would be an excellent\nevent.\ndate X I\nRe should certainly be encouraged\nto develop the basic plan for this\nand suggest alternate dates to us.\nX - HRH Schedule file\nX - \"Farmers for Nixon\"\nFile: - to Schedule\nWe will do nothing until we hear\nfurther on this.\nBest regards.\n- WIN WITH NIXON -\nH. R. Haldeman\nMr. Ross Wurm\nFarmers for Mixon\nP.O. Box 3186\nModesto, California\nMODESTO, CALIFORNIA\nP.O. Box 3186\nPhone 523-1958\nFARMERS FOR NIXON\nA NON-PARTISAN GROUP OF CALIFORNIA FARMERS SUPPORTING THE CANDIDACY OF DICK NIXON FOR GOVERNOR\nCO-CHAIRMEN\nJ.L. SULLIVAN\nMay 16, 1962\nYuba City\nHARVEY A. LYNN\nArlington\nW.B. CAMP\nBakersfield\nBob Haldeman\nRAYMOND F. HANSEN\nNIXON FOR GOVERNOR\nNorwalk\n3908 Wilshire Blvd.\nS. V. CHRISTIERSON\nLos Angeles 5, Calif.\nSalinas\nBRUNEL CHRISTENSEN\nDear Bob:\nLikely\nJOHN SPARKMAN\nPoway\nHere are some comments from Mark Knight of\nEARL S. SMITTCAMP\nour staff after a visit this week to Kern County.\nClovis\nKEITH REEVE\nTracy\nCordially,\nWARREN BROCK\nEl Centro\nRoss Rox ey Wurm\nRW/lg\ncc: Ralph Bunje\nHerb\nMark Knight Comments May 15, 1962\nStave\nFrom Kern County\nagnis\nWith all the top \"Farmers For Nixon\" group of Kern county\naway from the area and Roland Curran, county chairman, also\nout of town, I talked with Walter Kane, publisher of the Calif-\nornian; his editorial writer, Ralph Kriser and members of the\nstaff; then to Phil Wagy, a long-time Republican leader referred\nto me by Kriser; S. Barney Gill, co-chairman of the Nixon group.\nKriser prepared me somewhat for what I was to hear from\nothers. He said he didn't know the names and hadn't heard\nfrom Nixon's camp, and obviously was somewhat nettled by this\nfact. He sang the praises of Shell who had appeared at a\nKiwanis club meeting in Bakersfield yesterday (Monday) but\nadmitted he doubts Shell has much of a chance for nomination--\nsays, however, he expects Shell to win in Kern county.\nIt was obvious, as I have suspected in reading the Califor-\nnian while working with AP in Fresno, that he will need a lot\nof plugging with that paper. Fortunately Kane is for him,\nbut the editorial department isn't and it is there that the\nstories are written or chosen. Kane pays little attention\nto the editorial department and I would think it will be desir-\nable for the right people to get together with him after the\nprimaries to assure a favorable or at least a fair shake,\nWagy, a Nixon adherent, says he has been shaken by the lack\nof organization, contrasted to the forceful job being done by\nthe Shell forces. He says he thinks the best approach for\nNixon next Saturday is to tell his story, then somehow find\nsome words of praise for a hard-hitting job being done by the\nyoung Republicans who happen to be Shell supporters at this\nPage 2 - Knight May 15th\ntime. He says these people are doing the most active and in-\ntelligent job the GOP has done in Kern county in 25 years and\nif they can be induced to help the Nixon cause with the vim\nthey are showing for local candidates it should pay off. \"Stick\nto platitudes on the big issues, \" he remarked, \" and pat Shell\non the back as a ggressive campaigner with hones convictions. \"\nWagy thinks the Shell supporters can be swung behind Nixon\nlater. He said of Shell's talk to the Bakersfield Kiwanians,\nthat it was just what Kern people wanted to hear on water, but\nwould kill him in LA. In effect, as Kriser and Wagy told it\nto me, Shell condemned the whole MWD water contract and said it\nwould price Kern consumers out of the market. I noted, however,\nthe Californian story didn't go that far.\nBarney Gill thinks the Nixon water talk in San Francisco\npretty well satisfies the Kern people, but joins the others in\na warning that his listeners will try to pin him down to a\nspecific anti-MWD policy, because of Shell's flat position. He\ngave me a handwritten copy of a memo from Ken Wegis, co-chairman\nof Farmers For Nixon, reviewing the Shell talk. It's enclosed.\nKriser, the editorial writer, had an interesting observation\nabout Brown. He said that despite the fact the local people\nare strongly opposed to Brown's MWD contract, they fe for his\nline that he got them the water and they had better not make\ntoo much fuss about price or they 11 lose it.\nGoing back to the Bakersfield Californian, here is a situa-\ntion I think is exceedingly important. The paper is known to\nbeRepublican at the top level and Kane is known to be a Nixon man,\nPage 3 Knight May 15th\nIt would be all the worse, therefore, if by the several means\nat the hands of the editorial department Nixon should turn up\nwith shoddy treatment. I'm afraid it could happen without Kane\nbeing too much aware of what was going on.\nTo name names\nwhich may be advisable in this case\nEd Griffith, the city editor, is especially and loudly outspoken\nin his anti-Nixon views.\nYou may have noted that Shell attacked William Warne for his\nineptness in handling the department of water resources, when\nhe talked in Bakersfield. Kriser said his words were well\napplauded on that score. Warne is to be in Bakersfield late\nnext week to defend himself.\ncc: Haldeman\nBunje\nalso after to Nich\n- want to fax this - and\nfor RN\nsend over to Agnes ?\nyes - plus\nwith one phone call telling stave\nof rush to Here\na fax to Heat\nthis shld considergarfill be carefully for\nMODESTO, CALIFORNIA\nP. O. Box 3186\nPhone 523-1958\nFARMERS FOR nixon\nA NON-PARTISAN GROUP OF CALIFORNIA FARMERS SUPPORTING THE CANDIDACY OF DICK NIXON FOR GOVERNOR\nMay 18, 1962\nCO-CHAIRMEN\nFARMERS FOR NIXON NEWSLETTER:\nJ. L. SULLIVAN\nYuba City\nThe man who was handpicked by Pat Brown and William Warne\nHARVEY A. LYNN\nArlington\nto succeed Warne as Director of Agriculture of California\nW.B.CAMP\nwas James Ralph. He has now been revealed as a friend of\nBakersfield\nBilly Sol Estes, and was fired by the U. S. Department of\nRAYMOND F. HANSEN\nAgriculture, after it was revealed that Estes had paid some\nNorwalk\nof Ralph's phone bills. Pat Brown has made three consecu-\nS. V. CHRISTIERSON\ntive partisan appointments to the position of Director of\nSalinas\nAgriculture of California. This was the second of them.\nBRUNEL CHRISTENSEN\nLikely\nJOHN SPARKMAN\nPoway\n\"Give us a Governor who will back up a strong position,\nEARL S. SMITTCAMP\nClovis\nintelligently arrived at, with programs on water, labor\nand marketing, and one with an effective voice in Washing-\nKEITH REEVE\nTracy\nton, and we will do the rest, 11 says a leading California\ncotton official. \"We don't have him now and I believe\nWARREN BROCK\nEl Centro\nNixon is the man. 11\nMark Knight has left the Associated Press, where for the\npast six years he has directed farm and other news from\nthe Fresno office, to help with the Farmers For Nixon side\nof the gubernatorial campaign. Knight says that in the\nfirst two weeks of consultations with farm leaders in the\nSan Joaquin Valley he has heard a plea on every hand for\ngreater understanding of farm needs at the state level and\na predominance of feeling that they will get it from Richard\nNixon.\nComing appearances in agricultural communities included\nthe following:\nFriday, May 18: Guest Speaker at California Hereford\nAssociation, Hacienda Hotel, Fresno.\nSaturday, May .19: Nixon-For-Governor Barbecue, County\nFairgrounds, Bakersfield.\nWednesday, May 30: Nixon-For-Governor Rally, Visalia.\nThursday, May 31: Nixon-For-Governor Rally, San Luis Obispo.\nRay Hansen, co-chairman of Farmers For Nixon, Norwalk, was\nMORE\nPage 2 - Farmers For Nixon Newsletter May 18, 1962\nawarded the title of Dairy Farmer of The Year by the Ford\nCompany at ceremonies held on May 8. This is an annual\nnational award. The Ford Company said that Hansen's herd\nof 185 Holsteins averages 17,127 lb. milk and 622 lb. butter\nfat. Hansen has long been recognized as a leader in south-\nern California community and dairy affairs, and as a state-\nwide Farm Bureau commondity leader.\n\"Lodi turned out in large numbers to welcome Richard Nixon,\ngubernatorial candidate at a community reception in his\nhonor Saturday at the Grape Pavilion, reported the Lodi\nNews Sentinel after a May 7 appearance. At an earlier press\nconference Richard Nixon expressed interest in the problem\ncreated for Lodi grape growers by the recently established\nmarketing order on grapes for crushing. He said that while\nmarketing orders generally had worked well in this state,\nthis had created a substantial hardship on the growers in\nthe Lodi area. \"This is an example, he said, of a case\nwhere there should be some flexibility permitted to take\ncare of special circumstances.\nSend us the names of your friends who will want to join\nFarmers For Nixon. Checks should be made payable to Farmers\nFor Nixon, P. O. Box 3186, Modesto, California.\nYours For Responsible Government,\nFARMERS FOR NIXON\nMay 15, 1962\nAgnes Waldron\n315 West 9th St., Suite 717\nLos Angeles 15, Calif.\nDear Agnes:\nIt has been my fortune to have spent a good deal\nof time in the company of cattlemen during the past\nforty years. Here are some small bits of wisdom garner-\ned along that long ride into the sunset that may be of\nsome use to the candidate in advance of his talk to the\nHereford (pronounced hur-furd) group on Friday.\nHere goes:\n1. Cattlemen know that cattlemen are the squarest,\ntrue-blue bunch of straightshooters in all the world.\nThey stand four-square for the rights of man, are the\nbastion of democracy and the last refuge of rugged indi-\nvidualism.\n2. Cattlemen are the finest people in the world.\nHerefords are the best cattle in the world. Therefore,\nit follows as the filaree the rain that Hereford breeders\nare the very cream of the crop. And since these fellows\nhave shown up at the meeting they are the cream that has\nrisen to the top.\n3. Tell Dick to see if he can fracture their damned\nwrists when he shakes hands with them. The tradition of\nthe hearty western handshake can be traced back to several\nsources: (a) Mending fence before the wire stretcher was\ninvented; (b) Trying to milk a half Durham and half Long-\nhorn heifer that was tied to the back of a chuckwagon;\n(c) Indian wrestling.\n4. Cattlemen are for \"local control\" and very much\nagainst government from the outside. Local control means\nwe want to run our own school boards and county government\nand conservation and grazing districts without some smart\naleck from Sacramento or Washington, D. C. telling us what\nto do.\nPage 2 Waldron May 15th\n5. Cattlemen have never accepted any form of price\nrestraint or volume control nor have they ever petitioned for\nany. Much of the hostility that cattlement hold for the Demo-\ncratic Party can be traced back to the post World WarII OPA\nrestraints which, as you may recall, lead widespread black-\nmarketing and profiteering in beef.\nThis, in turn, brought a lot of new investors into the\nbeef industry, many of whom were shaken out in the price break\nof '52, but many of whom have persisted because of the capital\ngains help that they get by investing in cattle.\nThis is a real subject with stockmen. They bitterly resent\nthe investment companies, retired doctors and lawyers, and other\ninvestors who have bought out substantial herds, effected mergers\nof adjoining ranches, and who have upset traditional marketing\npatterns.\nThe chief complaint against these people is that: (A) They\npay unrealistic prices for their cattle and ranch holdings in\nthe first place since the actual price means little enough when\nthe holdings are being used as a tax dodge; (B) This, then, tends\nto force local assessments up. (C) The outsider tends to put his\npeople on union hours as opposed to the traditional God-given\n80 hour work week that exists during haying and roudup; (D) The\nincome goes out of the community. (E) Worse yet, after the usual\nfive years of taking capital gains the outside investor sells off\nall of his holdings, leaving a number of local people unemployed,\nand the range depleted.\nThis has been happening in many western states. The Bing\nCrosby operation above Elko that was sold out a couple of years\nago is a good example of an investment corporation dodge and I\ncan show you many others.\n6. Cattlementare bitterly against the Feed Grains Act which\nthey feel is part of a huge conspiracy.\n7. They don't accept government controls. But they sure\ndon't want any of that Australia or New Zealand beef coming in.\n8. It is unwise to say anything about sheep or goats in\nthe presence of cattlemen. This is because many of them make\ntheir living from sheep or goats and prefer not to have this dis-\ncussed. The\"cattlemen\" with forty head of COWS and ten thousand\nsheep is a rather common western figure. Talking about sheep in\nhis presence is like visiting a plantation in the Deep South and\nartlessly commenting on the resemblance between the little black\nchildren playing back of the cabins and the Colonel.\nPage 3 aldron May 15th\n9. This is the b16 one. They are against government\nspending. Any government spending county, state, nation or\ninternational. (The American National Cattlemen's Association\nat its recent annual convention voted unanimously against the\nUN Ponds what the hell this had to do with the cattle business\nI'll never know). One revered cattle leader who just retired as\nhead of the national organization and who will undoubtedly be\nat the Fresno meeting has conducted a lifelong crusade against\nhigh school swimming pools. lie recognizes in them the first\nsigns of the decay of America's moral fibre and pursues local\nbond issues for swimming pools with the Calvinistic zeal of a\nCarry Nation fighting booze. He has explained his stand with\ntreat thoroughness to se several times. As I understand it:\n(A) ae didn't have them when ne or my Dad was a kid. (D) Kids\nthat swim after school aren't home working. (C) If they aren't\nhome working they may not be swimming after all it may be\nsomething worse. (D) wimming is bad enough anyway. If you\nswim you don't sweat, and if you don't sweat, how can you tell\nyou are there. If you don't know where you are, you may end up\n& Communist.\n10. And, finally, cattlemen are for \"the multiple use\nconcept.\" They don't know what it means but their associations\nhave told them that this is good. This is the idea that the\nwildlands of America should be converted to as many uses as\npossible------recreation, timber, watershed, grazing. The\nleaders of the stock industry have wisely decided that this is\nthe line they can hold. They can't justify single use grazing\nin many areas and by soing along with multiple usage they will\ngain the most grazing over all. This means that they are gener-\nally against the Kennedy-Udall proposed Wilderness Bill.\nSincerely,\nRoss Murm\nHw/16\ncc: Haldeman\nMay 7, 1962\nDear Ralph:\nDick Nixon has just advised that Kenneth Haussler,\nPresident of the California School Board Association,\nis a Republican - - and for us - but cannot take an\nactive part in politics. However, Haussler gave\nDick the name of Bernell Harlan of Woodland and said\nhe could be very helpful on water problems of\nNorthern California, especially agriculture.\nX X X\nHe can be contacted through Ken Haussler, or direct.\nI I I\nWe should try to get him active in our agriculture\ngroup. Would you make the contact and let me know\nH\nwhat you are able to work out with him?\ndate\nI understand Harlan is listed in the Woodland phone\nbook. Ken Haussler's address is Route 1, Box 1540,\nDavis, California - Telephone: Skyline 3-3814.\nS & I - Water\nFile: \"Farmers for Nixon!\nMany thanks, and best regards. I look forward to\nseeing you and Ross on Friday.\nSincerely,\nH. R. Haldeman\nMr. Ralph B. Bunje\nWorld Trade Center\nFerry Building\nSan Francisco 11, California\nINTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM\nNixon for Governor\nTo:\nBob Haldeman\nDate: May 3, 1962\nFrom:\nRN\nSubject:\nBernell Harlan\nreid\nDistribution:\nKenneth Haussler, President of the California School Boards\nAdmociation, is a Republican and is for us but cannot take an active part\nin politics. He gave me the name of Bernell Harlan of Woodland. He said\nhe could be very helpful on water problems of Northern California, especially\nagriculture, and can be contacted through Ken Haussler or he is listed in\nthe Woodland phone book.\nWe should probably get him on our agriculture group.\nWill you please see that this is followed up on?\nThanks.\n(Haussler's address\nRt. 1, Box 1540, Davis, California Telephone\nSKyline 3-3814\n:\n5-7-62\nRose -\nI suggest a\nletter from RN to Jim\nSmith expressing his pleasure\nfor Jim's willingness to\nspearhead this project.\nBOB HALDEMAN\nDan Waters\n5-7-62\nBob Haldoman\nJim Smith - Water Committee\nas . fyl\nResearch Dept.\nXXXX File:\nI\nI\nI\nI\nHugh Flouracy\nRose Mary Voods\nJim Smith of Hedeste, who is on the Board of the\ndate\nIrrigation District Association and a long time supporter of\nRM, has been elected Chairman of a group of people, all of\nwhom attended the IDA meeting last week, who got together on\nResearch - meme file --meme file\nDWaters - memo file\nSmith, Jim (folder)\ntheir - and formed a committee to work for an from now\nthrough November.\nThey plan to spend the next six to eight weeks in\nS & I - Water - Jim Smith Committee\norganization activities and will become setive very shortly after\nthe primary. This group will be composed of representatives of\nall facets of the water situation - state-wide.\nwill you please immediately send 50 copies of M's\nwater speech to Jim Smith, Post Office Dox 55, Medasto, California,\ntogether with a covering letter indicating that you will be happy\nto provide him with whatever staff assistance be may need in the\nearly stages of pulling his organization together?\nMay 2, 1962\nDear Ross:\nSorry to be so long getting back\nxx\nto you, but I was going to wait until I had some-\nI\nI\nthing positive to report on the appointment with the\nSouthern California Dairymen.\nUnfortunately, I still have not\nbeen able to set this up, but it is high on the docket\ndate\nand we will let you know as soon as it is scheduled.\nMany thanks for copy of the\nNewsletter, received this morning. It's great.\nHRH - follow-up\nFile: \"Farmers for Nixon\"\nKeep up the good work.\nBest regards.\nSincerely,\nH. R. Haldeman\nMr. Ross Wurm\nFarmers for Nixon\nP.O. Box 3186\nModesto, California\nRose Mary Woods\n5-7-62\nBob Haldeman\nRichard H. Cronshey (your April 17th memo)\nI had Ralph Bunje, Chairman of \"Farmers for Nixon\", get in\ntouch with Mr. Cronshey. Ralph has just written that the\ncontact has been made and Mr. Cronshey is being brought\nactively into the program.\nX X X\nI I I\nFile:\nC (Cronshey)\ndate\nRmW memo file\n\"Farmers for Nixon\"\nMay 3, 1962\nMr. Richard H. Cronshey\nChallenge Cream & Butter Assn.\n929 East Second Street\nLos Angeles 12, California\nDear Dick,\nI am delighted to know that you will be in\na position to help on the Farmers for Nixon campaign.\nI believe Rose Wurm has written to you and asked for\nsome help in connection with lists and contributions.\nI think the Farmers for Nixon group can be a\nvery influential force in winning the campaign.\nYours sincerely,\nRalph B. Bunje\nRBB:1um\ncc: Mr. H. R. Haldeman\nMr. Ross Wurm\nApril 18, 1962\nDear Ralph:\nWhen Dick Nixon attended\nthe Pacific Dairy and Poultry Association\nluncheen in March, he met again\nX X\nMr. Richard H. Crenshey, an old friend\nI\nwho wants to be helpful.\nFile:\nIt is Dick's thought that\nCrenshey would be good at getting names for\ndate\nand setting up meetings for the agriculture\npeople in rural areas.\nCould you have someone make\nRmW memo file\nappropriate contact with Mr. Cremshsy and\nsee If he can't be brought into the program ?\nBest regards.\nFarmers for Nixon (F & C)\nSincerely,\nH. R. Haldeman\nMr. Ralph B. Bunje\nWorld Trade Center\nFerry Building\nSan Francisco 11, California\nee: Mr. Ross Warm\nCard attac hed : Richard H. Cronshey\nSecretary\nChallenge Cream & Butter Assn.\n929 E. Second St., Los Angeles 12\nINTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM\nNixon for Governor\nTo:\nBob Haldeman\nDate:\nApril 17, 1962\nFrom:\nRose Mary Woods\nSubject:\nDistribution:\nWhen RN attended the Pacific Dairy and\nPoultry Association luncheon in March he met again\nRichard H. Cronshey who he says is an old friend and\nwho wants to be helpful. RN said Cronshey would be\ngood at getting names for and setting up meetings for\nthe agriculture people in rural areas, etc.\nRMW:n\nApril 23, 1962\nDear Ralph:\nThanks very much for following up on\nNeiswender and Sanders.\nX X X\nI\nFile:\nI had a good session with Ross Wurm\nlast Thursday, and your operation certainly\nappears to be well under way.\nN S date\nRoss assures me that position papers on\nthe various phases of agriculture will be\navailable to us shortly, and we are planning to\nrely on them for development of Nixon programs\nin this field.\n\"Farmers for Nixon\"\nTrust we will have an opportunity to\nget together before too long.\nBest regards.\nSincerely,\nH. R. Haldeman\nMr. Ralph B. Bunje\nWorld Trade Center\nFerry Building\nSan Francisco 11, California\nRALPH B. BUNJE\nWORLD TRADE CENTER FERRY BUILDING\nSAN FRANCISCO 11, CALIFORNIA\nEXBROOK 2.5673\nApril 17, 1962\nMr. H. R. Haldeman\nCampaign Manager\nNixon for Governor\n3908 Wilshire Boulevard\nLos Angeles 5, California\nDear Bob,\nReference is made to your letter of April 5\nconcerning Mr. C. B. Neiswender, and your letter of the\n9th concerning Mr. James Sanders.\nI had a very pleasant telephone conversation with\nMr. Neiswender and believe that he is somewhat mollified.\nHe was unhappy because he had talked to Dick's brother and\nwas going to talk to Dick at Thanksgiving time. Fortunately\nI had dinner with Russ Giffin only a few days ago and so was\nable to discuss his problem with some knowledge. He was\nparticularly anxious to convince Giffin to support Nixon. I\nnote plans for a day at San Diego on April 25. It might be\nadvisable to drop Mr. Neiswender a note inviting him to one\nof the affairs that Dick will attend in that district.\nRegarding Sanders, we are getting in touch with him\nand inviting him to participate. However, the advisability\nof a \"Stockmen for Nixon\" committee should perhaps come\nthrough our co-chairman, Brunel Christensen, who is the im-\nmediate past President of the California Cattlemen's Associ-\nation, Vice-Chairman of the American National Cattlemen's\nAssociation, member of the National Advisory Board on Land\nManagement and many other industry, boards and committees.\nWe feel that Brunel has a good sense of direction and under-\nstanding in the livestock area and would be the logical per-\nson through whom we should work. Sanders is very well known\nand I am sure will work very close with us. He represents\nthe \"Hobby Breeders\" in the livestock industry.\nRALPH B. BUNJE\nWORLD TRADE CENTER FERRY BUILDING\nSAN FRANCISCO 11, CALIFORNIA\nEXBROOK 2.5673\nMr. H. R. Haldeman\nApril 17, 1962\npage 2\nWe had a very fine meeting with Dick Nixon last\nweek in Modesto. Dick asked Ross Wurm to prepare some mat-\nerial for him and I understand that he is to see you next\nThursday when he is coming to Los Angeles for a conference\nwith Agnes Waldron on doing some work on agricultural talks.\nI would urge that you arrange to put major respon-\nsibility on Ross Wurm for preparing the agricultural material.\nHe is knowledgeable and is in a position to clear material\nfor its appropriateness. I hope that you and your staff will\nmake full use of his abilities in this field.\nI would appreciate also your letting me know\nwhether or not the Farmers for Nixon can plan on any time\non the morning and forenoon of the 19th for activities in\nthe environs of Fresno, particularly with some of the local\nand rural editors who are working against the McClatchy\ninfluence.\nSincerely\nKaenh\nRalph B. Bunje\nRBB: 1mw"
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