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From Colson to Haldeman RE: the use of Jamie McLane for a youth project. 2 pgs. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 8/10/1971
From Colson to Haldeman RE: meeting with Dole to maximize the effectiveness of his political attack speeches. 1 pg. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Memo], 9/9/1971
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8/10/1971
White House Staff
Memo
From Colson to Haldeman RE: the use of
Jamie McLane for a youth project. 2 pgs.
3
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9/9/1971
Domestic Policy
Memo
From Colson to Haldeman RE: meeting with
Dole to maximize the effectiveness of his
political attack speeches. 1 pg.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Page 1 of 1
August 10, 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR:
H.R. HALDEMAN
FROM:
CHARLES COLSON
SUBJECT:
Jamie McLane/Youth Project
I have negotiated with Ken Cole an arrangement for the use of
Jamie McLane that I think works out very satisfactorily. I
have also had a long talk with McLane and while he is not pre-
cisely the man I would have chosen, I think he will be able to
handle the youth project very effectively. I will have no diffi-
culty working with him. He has grandiose, personal ideas,
but I find they are very easy to knock down.
The agreement I reached with Cole involved McLane being the
youth project manager reporting to me for his operational
activities and to Cole for substance. I will obviously work
out with Finch a working relationship which should not be
difficult inasmuch as McLane was at one time his executive
assistant. Cole wants McLane also to be involved in some of
the aging project responsibilities. At first blush, this appeared
to be an illogical arrangement, but the more we have thought it
through and worked it out, the better I like it. The activities
have many similarities. We have an intern available who's going
to follow up on a number of the political activities on the aging
that George Bell has launched and this will be under Jamie's
project supervision. I am sure it will not interfere with what he
does with youth. Most importantly, McLane is enthused over
doing both since he felt that one alone would not be a full time
job. With this I concur.
Hence, we are off and running, have some good concrete projects
to start with and I will keep you posted on the progress that we
make.
2.
That leaves one open question: Doug Hallett. Hallett wanted to
stay on as youth project manager, but the judgment of all was
that McLane would be better at this. Hallett is willing to give
up law school (he's been accepted at Harvard) If we want him to
stay with us through the campaign. He is a difficult person to
deal with, brash and abrasive; on the other hand, he is very
bright. In fact, he turned out for me in a couple of days the best,
most creative and yet most practical ideas on youth activities
that we have gotten. We pay him less than even the secretaries
that we steal from Gordon Allott and he, therefore, does not
disrupt our budget too badly. He could be very valuable working
in the youth area and I suspect as time goes on we might find him
valuable in a number of other areas. He is not "necessary",
however, to fill any organizational billet and I have, therefore,
given him no encouragement. I have told him we would give him
a decision next week, however. Perhaps this is something you
and I should discuss briefly.
September 9, 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR:
H.R. HALDEMAN
FROM:
CHARLES COLSON
SUBJECT:
Senator Bob Dole
As you know we have a continuing problem with Bob Dole
attacking many of the Democratic Presidential candidates
who are senators. Senators don't do these things and never
refer to one another on the floor of the Senate in other than
a complimentary fashion.
What Bob has to do is attack hard in speeches when he is
not on the Senate floor. We gave him two speeches in the
last two days attacking Muskie. They were good Buchanan
hardliners. Dole watered them both down considerably
taking out most of the personal references.
I intend to meet with him to talk about this. He seems
generally receptive whenever we talk to him personally
but he needs to be constantly reminded of his role as the
principal partisan defender of the President.
The only purpose of this memo is to suggest that If and
when you are talking to Dole, you lay the point on him very
hard.