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From Higby to Collins and McKee RE: Haldeman's dinner plans with "Alex." 1 pg. [Subject: Personal] [Memo], 6/26/1972
From Higby to McKee and Collins RE: Higby's dinner reservations for Haldeman at Wolf Trap. 1 pg. [Subject: Personal] [Memo], 6/23/1972
From Higby to Allin RE: finding recent statements made by McGovern. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/13/1972
Political Action Memo sent out by Haldeman calling for Dent to meet with Wallace in order to further analyze Wallace's desires. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/12/1972
From Higby to Buchanan RE: McGovern's statements on Lincoln and amnesty. Higby quotes Haldeman's earlier action memorandum verbatim. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/30/1972
Action Memorandum sent out by Haldeman RE: McGovern's statements on Lincoln and amnesty. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/19/1972
Photocopies from "Messages and Paper of the Presidents." The two pages contain passages relating to Lincoln. Handwritten notes added by unknown. 2 pgs. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Book], no date
From Buchanan to RN RE: Abraham Lincoln's positions on military deserters and supporters of the Confederate States of America. Handwritten notes added by unknown. 2 pgs. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Memo], 11/18/1971
Copies from a book describing Lincoln's policy of amnesty to Confederate soldiers and sympathizers during the American Civil War. Handwritten notes on original added by unknown. 5 pgs. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Book], no date
From Higby to Charles Bremicker of the Key Biscayne Hotel RE: room reservations during the Democratic National Convention. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], no date
From Higby to Buchanan RE: Hallett's review of an attack memo conceived by Buchanan. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/21/1972
From Higby to Haldeman RE: sending something to Buchanan. 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 6/19/1972
Copy of a memo from Hallet to Colson reviewing "Buchanan's McGovern briefing book." Handwritten notes on original added by unknown. Handwritten notes on copy added by Higby and Haldeman. 4 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/16/1972
From Higby to Bachman RE: Higby's absentee ballot. 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 6/8/1972
From Higby to Buchanan RE: a request to draft a response to a question involving debates. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/7/1972
From Higby to Collins RE: preparing a thank you note for Richard B. Kirsch of Ogden Foods, Inc. for preparing picnic baskets for Haldeman. 1 pg. [Subject: Personal] [Memo], 6/26/1972
From Higby to Colson RE: preparing a telephone list for thanking supportive Californians. The first two paragraphs of the memorandum copy an earlier memo from Haldeman verbatim. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/23/1972
Action Memo sent out by Haldeman requesting that a phone list of RN supporters in California be created for the purpose of giving them thanks. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/23/1972
From Higby to Colson RE: creating a plan for news releases during RN's California visit. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/22/1972
From Higby to Collins RE: sending information on the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Wolf Trap to Haldeman. 1 pg. [Subject: Personal] [Memo], 6/20/1972
From Higby to Mrs. Edward Cox RE: attached documents authored by Buchanan. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 6/16/1972
A list of questions and answers for Mrs. Edward Cox relating to various campaign topics. 8 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], no date
From Higby to Collins RE: new cameras. 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 6/15/1972
From Higby to Collins RE: Haldeman's desire for reservations at the Galley Restaurant in the Kennedy Center. 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 6/15/1972
From Higby to Colson RE: Haldeman and Buchanan's campaign plans after reading the latter's "assault memorandum." 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/14/1972
From Higby to Collins RE: Haldeman's request for seats at a performance of "Mass." 1 pg. [Subject: Personal] [Memo], 6/12/1972
From Higby to Collins RE: requests from Haldeman to see "Ukrainian dancers at Wolftrap" and "Godspell" at Ford's Theatre. 1 pg. [Subject: Personal] [Memo], 6/12/1972
From Higby to Colson RE: "the Sperling piece." 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 6/10/1972
Copy of the twentieth page of a document relating to the 1972 presidential race. Handwritten notes are added near a section discussing a comment made by Sperling relating to McGovern and the media. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], no date
From Higby to Collins RE: Haldeman's request for four seats in RN's box to see "Mass." 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 6/12/1972
From Higby to Cole RE: an attached memo. 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 6/8/1972
Copy of a memo from Higby to Cole RE: an attached memo. 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 6/8/1972
Copy of a memo from Garment to Haldeman RE: an attached memo. 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 6/6/1972
From Garment to Caspar Weinberger RE: thoughts on the bicentennial, the arts, and the 1972 campaign. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/6/1972
From Higby to Fredric A. Divel RE: Divel's recent Commencement Exercises. 1 pg. [Subject: Personal] [Memo], 6/13/1972
From Higby to Mrs. David Eisenhower RE: a list of documents authored by Buchanan. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/16/1972
A list of questions and answers for Mrs. David Eisenhower relating to various campaign topics. 8 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], no date
From Higby to "Follow-Up" RE: Colson's attempt to track down a McGovern quote. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/26/1972
From Higby to "Follow-Up" RE: tickets for "Cold Blood" at the Kennedy Center. 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 6/22/1972
From Higby to "Follow-Up" RE: Chapin and sending a cameraman to the Democratic National Convention. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/21/1972
From Higby "for the File" RE: villa availability at the upcoming Convention. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/16/1972
From Higby to "Follow Up" RE: Rebozo and the Mitchell house. 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 6/16/1972
From Higby to Haldeman RE: dinner arrangements at Wolf Trap. 1 pg. [Subject: Personal] [Memo], 6/22/1972
From Higby to Haldeman RE: Chapin's recommendations for the First Family's participation at the Republican National Convention. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/21/1972
From Higby to Haldeman listing restaurants near the White House that the latter might enjoy. 1 pg. [Subject: Personal] [Memo], 6/15/1972
From Higby to Haldeman RE: formulating strategies to use against McGovern. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/15/1972
From Higby to Haldeman RE: Key Biscayne accomodations during the Republican National Convention. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/14/1972
From Higby to "Follow-Up" RE: obtaining McGovern tapes from Magruder. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/13/1972
From Higby to Haldeman RE: a call from Bebe Rebozo. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/14/1972
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This file contains:
From Higby to Collins and McKee RE: Haldeman's dinner plans with "Alex." 1 pg. [Subject: Personal] [Memo], 6/26/1972
From Higby to McKee and Collins RE: Higby's dinner reservations for Haldeman at Wolf Trap. 1 pg. [Subject: Personal] [Memo], 6/23/1972
From Higby to Allin RE: finding recent statements made by McGovern. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/13/1972
Political Action Memo sent out by Haldeman calling for Dent to meet with Wallace in order to further analyze Wallace's desires. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/12/1972
From Higby to Buchanan RE: McGovern's statements on Lincoln and amnesty. Higby quotes Haldeman's earlier action memorandum verbatim. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/30/1972
Action Memorandum sent out by Haldeman RE: McGovern's statements on Lincoln and amnesty. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/19/1972
Photocopies from "Messages and Paper of the Presidents." The two pages contain passages relating to Lincoln. Handwritten notes added by unknown. 2 pgs. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Book], no date
From Buchanan to RN RE: Abraham Lincoln's positions on military deserters and supporters of the Confederate States of America. Handwritten notes added by unknown. 2 pgs. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Memo], 11/18/1971
Copies from a book describing Lincoln's policy of amnesty to Confederate soldiers and sympathizers during the American Civil War. Handwritten notes on original added by unknown. 5 pgs. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Book], no date
From Higby to Charles Bremicker of the Key Biscayne Hotel RE: room reservations during the Democratic National Convention. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], no date
From Higby to Buchanan RE: Hallett's review of an attack memo conceived by Buchanan. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/21/1972
From Higby to Haldeman RE: sending something to Buchanan. 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 6/19/1972
Copy of a memo from Hallet to Colson reviewing "Buchanan's McGovern briefing book." Handwritten notes on original added by unknown. Handwritten notes on copy added by Higby and Haldeman. 4 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/16/1972
From Higby to Bachman RE: Higby's absentee ballot. 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 6/8/1972
From Higby to Buchanan RE: a request to draft a response to a question involving debates. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/7/1972
From Higby to Collins RE: preparing a thank you note for Richard B. Kirsch of Ogden Foods, Inc. for preparing picnic baskets for Haldeman. 1 pg. [Subject: Personal] [Memo], 6/26/1972
From Higby to Colson RE: preparing a telephone list for thanking supportive Californians. The first two paragraphs of the memorandum copy an earlier memo from Haldeman verbatim. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/23/1972
Action Memo sent out by Haldeman requesting that a phone list of RN supporters in California be created for the purpose of giving them thanks. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/23/1972
From Higby to Colson RE: creating a plan for news releases during RN's California visit. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/22/1972
From Higby to Collins RE: sending information on the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Wolf Trap to Haldeman. 1 pg. [Subject: Personal] [Memo], 6/20/1972
From Higby to Mrs. Edward Cox RE: attached documents authored by Buchanan. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 6/16/1972
A list of questions and answers for Mrs. Edward Cox relating to various campaign topics. 8 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], no date
From Higby to Collins RE: new cameras. 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 6/15/1972
From Higby to Collins RE: Haldeman's desire for reservations at the Galley Restaurant in the Kennedy Center. 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 6/15/1972
From Higby to Colson RE: Haldeman and Buchanan's campaign plans after reading the latter's "assault memorandum." 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/14/1972
From Higby to Collins RE: Haldeman's request for seats at a performance of "Mass." 1 pg. [Subject: Personal] [Memo], 6/12/1972
From Higby to Collins RE: requests from Haldeman to see "Ukrainian dancers at Wolftrap" and "Godspell" at Ford's Theatre. 1 pg. [Subject: Personal] [Memo], 6/12/1972
From Higby to Colson RE: "the Sperling piece." 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 6/10/1972
Copy of the twentieth page of a document relating to the 1972 presidential race. Handwritten notes are added near a section discussing a comment made by Sperling relating to McGovern and the media. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], no date
From Higby to Collins RE: Haldeman's request for four seats in RN's box to see "Mass." 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 6/12/1972
From Higby to Cole RE: an attached memo. 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 6/8/1972
Copy of a memo from Higby to Cole RE: an attached memo. 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 6/8/1972
Copy of a memo from Garment to Haldeman RE: an attached memo. 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 6/6/1972
From Garment to Caspar Weinberger RE: thoughts on the bicentennial, the arts, and the 1972 campaign. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/6/1972
From Higby to Fredric A. Divel RE: Divel's recent Commencement Exercises. 1 pg. [Subject: Personal] [Memo], 6/13/1972
From Higby to Mrs. David Eisenhower RE: a list of documents authored by Buchanan. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/16/1972
A list of questions and answers for Mrs. David Eisenhower relating to various campaign topics. 8 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], no date
From Higby to "Follow-Up" RE: Colson's attempt to track down a McGovern quote. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/26/1972
From Higby to "Follow-Up" RE: tickets for "Cold Blood" at the Kennedy Center. 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 6/22/1972
From Higby to "Follow-Up" RE: Chapin and sending a cameraman to the Democratic National Convention. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/21/1972
From Higby "for the File" RE: villa availability at the upcoming Convention. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/16/1972
From Higby to "Follow Up" RE: Rebozo and the Mitchell house. 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 6/16/1972
From Higby to Haldeman RE: dinner arrangements at Wolf Trap. 1 pg. [Subject: Personal] [Memo], 6/22/1972
From Higby to Haldeman RE: Chapin's recommendations for the First Family's participation at the Republican National Convention. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/21/1972
From Higby to Haldeman listing restaurants near the White House that the latter might enjoy. 1 pg. [Subject: Personal] [Memo], 6/15/1972
From Higby to Haldeman RE: formulating strategies to use against McGovern. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/15/1972
From Higby to Haldeman RE: Key Biscayne accomodations during the Republican National Convention. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/14/1972
From Higby to "Follow-Up" RE: obtaining McGovern tapes from Magruder. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/13/1972
From Higby to Haldeman RE: a call from Bebe Rebozo. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 6/14/1972
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library
Contested Materials Collection
Folder List
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
9
25
6/26/1972
Personal
Memo
From Higby to Collins and McKee RE:
Haldeman's dinner plans with "Alex." 1 pg.
9
25
6/23/1972
Personal
Memo
From Higby to McKee and Collins RE:
Higby's dinner reservations for Haldeman at
Wolf Trap. 1 pg.
9
25
6/13/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Higby to Allin RE: finding recent
statements made by McGovern. 1 pg.
9
25
6/12/1972
Campaign
Memo
"Political Action Memo" sent out by
Haldeman calling for Dent to meet with
Wallace in order to further analyze Wallace's
desires. 1 pg.
Friday, August 06, 2010
Page 1 of 10
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
9
25
6/30/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Higby to Buchanan RE: McGovern's
statements on Lincoln and amnesty. Higby
quotes Haldeman's earlier action
memorandum verbatim. 1 pg.
9
25
6/19/1972
Campaign
Memo
"Action Memorandum" sent out by
Haldeman RE: McGovern's statements on
Lincoln and amnesty. 1 pg.
9
25
Domestic Policy
Book
Photocopies from "Messages and Paper of
the Presidents." The two pages contain
passages relating to Lincoln. Handwritten
notes added by unknown. 2 pgs.
9
25
11/18/1971
Domestic Policy
Memo
From Buchanan to RN RE: Abraham
Lincoln's positions on military deserters and
supporters of the Confederate States of
America. Handwritten notes added by
unknown. 2 pgs.
9
25
Domestic Policy
Book
Copies from a book describing Lincoln's
policy of amnesty to Confederate soldiers
and sympathizers during the American Civil
War. Handwritten notes on original added
by unknown. 5 pgs.
Friday, August 06, 2010
Page 2 of 10
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
9
25
Campaign
Letter
From Higby to Charles Bremicker of the Key
Biscayne Hotel RE: room reservations during
the Democratic National Convention. 1 pg.
9
25
6/21/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Higby to Buchanan RE: Hallett's
review of an attack memo conceived by
Buchanan. 1 pg.
9
25
6/19/1972
White House Staff
Memo
From Higby to Haldeman RE: sending
something to Buchanan. 1 pg.
9
25
6/16/1972
Campaign
Memo
Copy of a memo from Hallet to Colson
reviewing "Buchanan's McGovern briefing
book." Handwritten notes on original added
by unknown. Handwritten notes on copy
added by Higby and Haldeman. 4 pgs.
9
25
6/8/1972
White House Staff
Memo
From Higby to Bachman RE: Higby's
absentee ballot. 1 pg.
Friday, August 06, 2010
Page 3 of 10
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
9
25
6/7/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Higby to Buchanan RE: a request to
draft a response to a question involving
debates. 1 pg.
9
25
6/26/1972
Personal
Memo
From Higby to Collins RE: preparing a thank
you note for Richard B. Kirsch of Ogden
Foods, Inc. for preparing picnic baskets for
Haldeman. 1 pg.
9
25
6/23/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Higby to Colson RE: preparing a
telephone list for thanking supportive
Californians. The first two paragraphs of the
memorandum copy an earlier memo from
Haldeman verbatim. 1 pg.
9
25
6/23/1972
Campaign
Memo
"Action Memo" sent out by Haldeman
requesting that a phone list of RN supporters
in California be created for the purpose of
giving them thanks. 1 pg.
9
25
6/22/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Higby to Colson RE: creating a plan
for news releases during RN's California
visit. 1 pg.
Friday, August 06, 2010
Page 4 of 10
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
9
25
6/20/1972
Personal
Memo
From Higby to Collins RE: sending
information on the Preservation Hall Jazz
Band and Wolf Trap to Haldeman. 1 pg.
9
25
6/16/1972
Campaign
Letter
From Higby to Mrs. Edward Cox RE:
attached documents authored by Buchanan. 1
pg.
9
25
Campaign
Other Document
A list of questions and answers for Mrs.
Edward Cox relating to various campaign
topics. 8 pgs.
9
25
6/15/1972
White House Staff
Memo
From Higby to Collins RE: new cameras. 1
pg.
9
25
6/15/1972
White House Staff
Memo
From Higby to Collins RE: Haldeman's
desire for reservations at the Galley
Restaurant in the Kennedy Center. 1 pg.
Friday, August 06, 2010
Page 5 of 10
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
9
25
6/14/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Higby to Colson RE: Haldeman and
Buchanan's campaign plans after reading the
latter's "assault memorandum." 2 pgs.
9
25
6/12/1972
Personal
Memo
From Higby to Collins RE: Haldeman's
request for seats at a performance of "Mass."
1 pg.
9
25
6/12/1972
Personal
Memo
From Higby to Collins RE: requests from
Haldeman to see "Ukrainian dancers at
Wolftrap" and "Godspell" at Ford's Theatre.
1 pg.
9
25
6/10/1972
White House Staff
Memo
From Higby to Colson RE: "the Sperling
piece." 1 pg.
9
25
Campaign
Other Document
Copy of the twentieth page of a document
relating to the 1972 presidential race.
Handwritten notes are added near a section
discussing a comment made by Sperling
relating to McGovern and the media. 1 pg.
Friday, August 06, 2010
Page 6 of 10
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
9
25
6/12/1972
White House Staff
Memo
From Higby to Collins RE: Haldeman's
request for four seats in RN's box to see
"Mass." 1 pg.
9
25
6/8/1972
White House Staff
Memo
From Higby to Cole RE: an attached memo.
1 pg.
9
25
6/8/1972
White House Staff
Memo
Copy of a memo from Higby to Cole RE: an
attached memo. 1 pg.
9
25
6/6/1972
White House Staff
Memo
Copy of a memo from Garment to Haldeman
RE: an attached memo. 1 pg.
9
25
6/6/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Garment to Caspar Weinberger RE:
thoughts on the bicentennial, the arts, and the
1972 campaign. 3 pgs.
Friday, August 06, 2010
Page 7 of 10
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
9
25
6/13/1972
Personal
Memo
From Higby to Fredric A. Divel RE: Divel's
recent Commencement Exercises. 1 pg.
9
25
6/16/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Higby to Mrs. David Eisenhower RE: a
list of documents authored by Buchanan. 1
pg.
9
25
>
Campaign
Other Document
A list of questions and answers for Mrs.
David Eisenhower relating to various
campaign topics. 8 pgs.
9
25
6/26/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Higby to "Follow-Up" RE: Colson's
attempt to track down a McGovern quote. 1
pg.
9
25
6/22/1972
White House Staff
Memo
From Higby to "Follow-Up" RE: tickets for
"Cold Blood" at the Kennedy Center. 1 pg.
Friday, August 06, 2010
Page 8 of 10
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
9
25
6/21/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Higby to "Follow-Up" RE: Chapin and
sending a cameraman to the Democratic
National Convention. 1 pg.
9
25
6/16/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Higby "for the File" RE: villa
availability at the upcoming Convention. 1
pg.
9
25
6/16/1972
White House Staff
Memo
From Higby to "Follow Up" RE: Rebozo and
the Mitchell house. 1 pg.
9
25
6/22/1972
Personal
Memo
From Higby to Haldeman RE: dinner
arrangements at Wolf Trap. 1 pg.
9
25
6/21/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Higby to Haldeman RE: Chapin's
recommendations for the First Family's
participation at the Republican National
Convention. 1 pg.
Friday, August 06, 2010
Page 9 of 10
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
9
25
6/15/1972
Personal
Memo
From Higby to Haldeman listing restaurants
near the White House that the latter might
enjoy. 1 pg.
9
25
6/15/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Higby to Haldeman RE: formulating
strategies to use against McGovern. 2 pgs.
9
25
6/14/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Higby to Haldeman RE: Key Biscayne
accomodations during the Republican
National Convention. 2 pgs.
9
25
6/13/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Higby to "Follow-Up" RE: obtaining
McGovern tapes from Magruder. 1 pg.
9
25
6/14/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Higby to Haldeman RE: a call from
Bebe Rebozo. 1 pg.
Friday, August 06, 2010
Page 10 of 10
June 26, 1972
ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
GEORGE COLLINS
PAT MCKEE
FROM:
L. HIGBY
Mr. Haldeman is making arrangements to have dinner on Alex's
terrace on Thursday evening. I talked to Alex and he said no
problem on doing this. Mrs. Haldeman is going to handle the
dinner. She is going to bring something in. We should just make
sure that the terrace is cleaned up and that there are a couple of
extra chairs available on the terrace for use. Don't make a big
deal about this.
LH:kmt
June 23, 1972
ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
PAT MC KEE
GEORGE COLLINS
FROM:
L. HIGBY
I have now made arrangements so Haldeman will have a
pienic basket dinner out at Wolf Trap this evening. He
plans on arriving at Wolf Trap at about 7:15 p.m. I have
made reservations for him in the tent where he will eat at
7:15 p.m. You have his tickets, so let's get the whole thing
put together and in to him.
LH:kb
HIGH PRIORITY
DETERMINED TO BE AN
ADMINISTRATIVE MARKING
June 13, 1972
E.O. 12065, Section 6-102
By B Joyns WARS, Dat 3-26-82
CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
MORT ALLIN
FROM:
L. HIGBY
Bob heard last evening on the CBS Radio News a speech
in which McGovern was quoted as saying he would not
move to the center, that he would stand by his ideals, that
he felt the center was moving toward him. This doesn't
appear anywhere in the News Summary, nor did it appear
anywhere yesterday on television, which leads one to
believe that the nets have decided to selectively edit these
comments out since they would be very damaging to
McGovern.
Please see if you can't track down these McGovern state-
ments from a speech he apparently gave yesterday and get
them over to me for use in the McGovern/Media complex.
CC: Chuck Colson
Ken Clawson
al Snyder
LH:kb
POLITICAL ACTION MEMO
Harry Dent should go to see Wallace and we should make sure we're
developing a program of maintaining contact with him.
Strom Thurmond perhaps should also go see him.
We need to determine what it is Wallace wants, and what his current
position and approach is,
HRH:pm
6/12/72
June 30, 1972
ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL Eyes Only
MEMORANDUM FOR:
PAT BUCHANAN
FROM:
L. HIGBY
We are still going round and round on the subject of Lincoln
amnesty. As you know, McGovern is saying that he is for
amnesty, just as Lincoln was or in the Lincoln tradition.
The President's view, based on Sandburg's writings is that
Lincoln did not in effect provide true amnesty. He permitted
the deserters to rejoin their units and serve and thereby escape
the penalities of desertion. W ould you please check this out
completely and find out exactly what Lincoln's policy was? After
you've done that, we need a clear-cut statement as to what Lincoln
did do and then a plan for use of this to shoot down McGovern's
contention.
LH:kb
ACTION MEMORANDUM
Get the Lincoln Amnesty point researched. McGovern
is saying that he is for amnesty just as Lincoln was,
or in the Lincoln tradition. The President's view,
based on Sandburg's report, is that Lincoln did not in
effect provide true amnesty. He permitted the deserters
to rejoin their units and serve and thereby escape the
penalities of desertion. In any event, we need a clear-cut
statement as to what Lincoln did do, and then a plan for
use of this to shoot down McGovern's contention.
HRH
June 19, 1972
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Messages and Papers of the Presidents
list, to be a captain in the Navy on the reserved list from the 12th
August, 1854, the date when lie was entitled to his regular promotion
deserters retur
had he not been overslaughed. It is due to this officer to state that he
doned on condr
was passed over in consequence of physical disability, this disability hav.
such other organiz
ing occurred in the discharge of his duties; and prior to his misfortune
served for a perio
he bore the reputation of an efficient and correct officer, and subsequently
Now, therefore
has evinced a willingness to perform whatcver duties were assigned him.
the United States,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
ordering and requ
I do hereby notif
from the date of
WASHINGTON, March 8, 1865.
To the Senate of the United States:
May, 1865, return
In answer to the Senate's resolution of the 6th instant, requesting the
shall be pardoned
return of a certain joint resolution, * I transmit a report from the Secretary
companies or to
and serve the rem
of State.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
tion thereto a per
In testimony W
of the
Done
PROCLAMATIONS.
[SEAL.]
A.D.1
eighty.
By THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
By the Preside
WILLIA
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas the twenty-first section of the act of Congress approved on
the 3ᵈ instant, entitled "An act to amend the several acts heretofore
By THE PR
passed to provide for the enrolling and calling out the onal forces and
for other purposes," requires that, in addition to the other lawful penal-
ties of the crime of desertion from the military or naval service, all per-
Whereas rell
sons who have deserted the military or naval service of the United States
within the limits
who shall not return to said service or report themselves to a provost-
munitions of wa
marshal within sixty days after the proclamation hereinafter mentioned
and are thereby
shall be deemed and taken to have voluntarily relinquished and forfeited
posed and spors:
their rights of citizenship and their rights to become citizens, and such
Now, there
deserters shall be forever incapable of holding any office of trust or profit
the United State
under the United States or of exercising any rights of citizens thereof;
persons de acted
and all persons who shall hereafter desert the military or naval serv-
court-martial at
ice, and all persons who, being duly enrolled, shall depart the jurisdiction
the punishment
of the district in which he is enrolled or go beyond the limits of the United
In witness all
States with intent to avoid any draft into the military or naval service
of the
duly ordered, shall be liable to the penalties of this section. And the
Don
President is hereby authorized and required, forthwith on the passage
[SEAL.]
A.D.:
of this act, to issue his proclamation setting forth the provisions of this
eighty
section, in which proclamation the President is requested to notify all
By the Preside
Entitled "Joint resolution in relation to ontain railroads."
WILLI
Abraham Lincoln
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the with
promotion
deserters returning within sixty days as aforesaid that they shall be par-
tate that in
doned on condition of returning to their regiments and companies or to
ability have
such other organizations as they may be assigned to until they shall have
misfortune
served for a period of time equal to their original term of enlistment:"
ubsequently
Now, therefore, be it known that I, Abraham Lincoln, President of
signed him.
the United States, do issue this my proclaination, as required by said act,
NCOLN.
ordering and requiring all deserters to return to their proper posts; and
I do hereby notify them that all deserters who shall, within sixty days
from the date of this proclamation, viz, on or before the 10th day of
8. 1865.
May, 1865, return to service or report themselves to a provost-marshal
shall be pardoned, on condition that they return to their regiments and
questing the
companies or to such other organizations as they may be assigned to
he Secretary
and serve the remainder of their original terms of enlistment and in addi-
INCOLN.
tion thereto a period equal to the time lost by desertion.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal
of the United States to be affixed.
[SEAL.]
Done at the city of Washington, this 11th day of March,
A. D. 1865, and of the Independence of the United States the
eighty-ninth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
TERICA.
By the President:
WILLIAM H. SEWARD,
Secretary of State.
approved on
ts heretofore
By THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
al forces and
lawful penal-
A PROCLAMATION.
reice, all per-
Whereas reliable information has been received that hostile Indians
United States
within the limits of the United States have been furnished with arms and
a provost.
munitions of war by persons dwelling in conterminous foreign territory,
mentioned
and are thereby enabled to prosecute their savage warfare upon the ex-
forfeited
posed and sparse settlements of the frontier:
us, and such
Now, therefore, be it known that I, Abraham Lincoln, President of
trust or profit
the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and direct that all
izens thereof;
persons detected in that nefarious traffic shall be arrested and tried by
it naval serv-
court-martial at the nearest military post, and if convicted shall receive
1e jurisdiction
the punishment due to their deserts.
of the United
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal
naval service
of the United States to be affixed.
on. And the
Done at the city of Washington, this 17th day of March,
n the passage
[SEAL.]
A. D. 1865, and of the Independence of the United States the
visions of this
eighty-ninth.
to notify all
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President :
WILLIAM H. SEWARD,
Secretary of State.
November 18, 1971
MEMORANDUM TO THE PRESIDENT
FROM: PATRICK J. BUCHANAN
(As Requested)
PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S POSITIONS ON REBELS/DESERTERS
On December 8, 1863, President Lincoln grant a "full pardon" to
those "who have directly or by implication, participated in the
existing rebellion" (i.e. Confederate soldiers and sympathizers)
on "condition" that they take an eath of allegiance. He excepted
from this group -- high officers in the Confederacy, former
Congressmen, former U.S. Judicial officials, those who had given
up commissions in the U.S. Army to join the Rebels, and others.
As Lincoln died within a few days of the War's end, we find no
record of a general Presidential amnesty declared for all Rebels.
On the questionsof Deserters, Lincoln on March 11th of 1865 directed
that all "deserters" who within 60 their desertion returned to their
regiments "shall be pardoned"
However, the Congressional Act, on which this Proclamation was
based stated explicitly:
"that, in addition to the other lawful penalties of the crime
of desertion from the military or naval service, all persons
who have deserted the military or naval service of the
United States who shall not return to said service or report
themselves to a provost-marshal within sixty days after the
proclamation hereinafter mentioned shall be deemed and
taken to have voluntarily relinquished and forfeited their
rights of citizenship and their rights to become citizens, and
such deserters shall be forever incapable of holding any
office of trust or profit under the United States or of
exercising any rights of citizens thereof;"
In a letter to Erastus Corning and others, June 12, 1863, Lincoln
wrote among other things:
"And yet again, he who dissuades one man from volunteering
or induces one soldier to desert, weakens the Union cause
as much as he who kills a union soldier in battle."
In the same letter:
"Long experience has shown that armies cannot be maintained
unless desertion shall be punished by the severe penalty of
death. The case requires, and the law and the Constitution
sanction this punishment. Must I shoot a simple-minded boy
who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of the wilely
agitator who induces him to desert. 11
One further notes that when riots took place in New York City against
the National Conscription Act, which Mr. Lincoln had signed on
March 3, 1863 (which provided that a draftee could pay $300 to
find a substitute, or find a replacement) the poor called it a
"Rich Man's War, a Poor Man's Fight" and rioted. Federal troops
came in, and put it down with an estimated 500 dead and 1, 000
wounded.
Buchanan
"What will they be likely to want?" asked Dana.
The President said,
It makes no difference
what they want. Here is the alternative: that we
carry this vote, or be compelled to raise another
million, and I don't know how many more, men,
and fight no one knows how long. It is a question
of three votes or new armies." "Well, sir, what
shall I say to these gentlemen?" "I don't know,
but whatever promise you make to them I will
perform."
Dana sent for the men and saw them one by
one. Two wanted each an internal-revenue col-
lector's appointment. "You shall have it," said
Dana. The third wanted a customhouse appoint-
ment in New York at about $20,000 a year. The
Congressman, a Democrat, wanted a Republican
appointed. When the Congressman had stated
his case, Dana asked, "Do you want that?" "Yes."
"Well, you shall have it." "I understand, of course,
that you are not saying this on your own au-
thority?" "No. I am saying it on the authority of
the President." So the extra votes needed to pass
the Nevada bill through the House were gotten.
And the Yeas and Nays on the vote in Senatc and
House were not indexed or recorded in the Con-
gressional Globe, whether through clerical inat-
tention or by official arrangement.
Dana believed he and Lincoln knew precisely
the fine, thin lines of right, wrong and expediency
Charles Anderson Dana, Lincoln's Assistant
that wove through this piece of politics. Lincoln
Secretary of War and a former newspaperman
had chosen for an intermediary in an intricate
on the New York Tribune. When he and
operation, a man of delicate methods who had
Horace Greeley could no longer agree on the
been a terror to fraudulent contractors and get-
conduct of the war Dana resigned from the paper.
rich-quick cotton traders, and whose faith in
Lincoln had depths. "Lincoln was a supreme poli-
tician," wrote Dana. "He understood politics
that, when done, it lie within the range of the
because he understood human nature."
late proclamation on the subject
Hay sailed to Gillmore's headquarters on the
Hay had talked with the President in Decem-
South Carolina coast, assured the General it was
ber about reconstruction in Florida, the possi-
not the President's intention to do anything to
bility of getting one-tenth of the voters in the
embarrass his military operations. At Jackson-
state to swear Union allegiance and be recorded
ville, Florida, Hay read the President's proc-
as U.S. citizens in an oath book. To General Q. A.
lamation of amnesty to a line-up of prisoners,
Gillmore, in whose department Florida lay, Lin-
explained that if they signed the oath book, cer-
coln wrote January 13 that he had commissioned
tificates to that effect would be issued to them
Hay a major in the army and Hay with oath
and they would be allowed to go home. Other-
books and blank certificates would arrive and
wise they would be sent North as prisoners of
explain to General Gillmore the President's gen-
war for exchange, "There is to be neither force
eral views on the subject of reconstructing a loyal
nor persuasion used in the matter. You decide
state government in Florida. "It is desirable for
for y'selves." They signed, nearly half making
all to cooperate; but if irreconcileable differences
their mark. They were tired of the war.
of opinion shall arise, you are master. I wish the
Then came shocking news. General Truman
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thing done in the most speedy way possible, so
Seymour, a Regular Army officer in charge of
SPRING OF '64 - BLOOD AND ANGER
500 men, sought out a Confederate force
That wholesale and regimented oath-taking
all the same size at Olustee River in a
might easily become ridiculous was in Lincoln's
position, welcoming battle. The Union
mind when he issued the Amnesty Proclamation
1,800, the Confederate half that. Sey-
in December; he had warned that it was only a
orders from Gillmore had been to wait.
method, a mode, for re-establishing national au-
had phinged and his army was routed.
thority. He heard in January '64 from General
with Union bayonets in disgrace for the mo-
Banks, commanding the Department of the Gulf,
Bay had a harder time enrolling loyal
that there were loyal Union people in Louisiana
mists. He went to Fernandina, where he got
who wished to avoid taking the oath prescribed.
more names, noted: "Some refused to sign,
The President replied: it is not even a modi-
ground that they were not repentant
fication of anything I have heretofore said when
On March 3 he wrote, "I am sure that
I tell you that you are at liberty to adopt any
cannot now get the President's 10th." His
rule which shall admit to vote any unquestion-
vanished that the required 10 per cent of
ably loyal free-state men and none others. And
to form a state government could be
yet I do wish they would all take the oath."
Far down in that changing patchwork of mili-
Stiling back to Washington, Hay could read
tary and civil governments, Louisiana, Lincoln
New York Herald or World that the Presi-
tried to guide General Nathaniel Prentiss Banks,
dew7would not hesitate at murder to win political
a Democrat, three times governor of Massachu-
that Hay had joined with the President in
setts. Amid clashing authorities Lincoln wrote
bless conspiracy to overawe Florida with
him assurance. "I deeply regret to have said or
power, to elect himself as a Congress-
done anything which could give you pain, or
to deliver a set of Florida delegates for the
uneasiness. I have all the while intended you to
at the nominating convention in June.
be master
While fortunes large and small
Three Votes for the Presidency! One
were being harvested in a thousand shady Gulf
Lives!" trumpeted the New York Her-
Coast traffickings, Banks kept an instinct for what
hile the World day after day rehearsed the
Nicolay and Hay named "honorable poverty"
Nons in new phrases.
rather than such cash winnings as Ben Butler's
The
written instructions of Lincoln to Hay
brother took out of the Crescent City.
Gillmore, along with Gillmore's explicit
Lincoln tried to steer Banks in the governing
to General Seymour, were made public,
of some 17 of the 48 parishes of Louisiana con-
was seen that a brave general in Florida
trolled by Union armies, an area holding a fourth
taken a chance, risked a battle and lost. This
of the slaves of Louisiana. He would like to see
the hullabaloo of passing weeks came to be
the state recognize the Emancipation Proclama-
as the central fact.
tion. "And while she is at it, I think it would not
many forms ran accusations that the Presi-
be objectionable for her to adopt some practical
111 an eye on Southern dèlegates to help
system by which the two races could gradually
inate him. The accusers hoped he would
live themselves out of their old relation to each
until after the November elections before
other, and both come out better prepared for the
a hand in reconstruction, out of fear that
new. Education for young blacks should be in-
he did might look as though he were
cluded in the plan."
delegates. Sardonic and miserable con-
Banks on January 11 proclaimed an election
tens were beginning to whirl around the
to be held February 22. Free white male voters
word "reconstruction." Out of so much
who had taken the oath of allegiance cast over
and devastation, what could in the
11,000 ballots, of which the Banks candidate
reconstructed? In its beginning it was to
Michael Hahn received 6,183, J. Q. A. Fellows,
A 10 per cent of oath-bound voters re-
a proslavery conservative, 2,996, and B. F. Flan-
betrayers and outcasts by those whose
ders, 2,232.
bayonets
and taxes were still keeping the Con-
In his Louisiana domain Governor Michael
alive. The oath itself had lost sanctity in
Hahn estimated that in three-fourths of the state
of the soldiers who caught a rattlesnake,
allegiance lay mainly with the Confederate gov-
camp, administered the oath, and let
ernor and the legislature in session at the capitol
in Shreveport. Hahn was 34 years old. Born in
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN
cian." The Senate approved Lincoln's commis-
Blair defended the President's Amnesty Proce
sioning him major general.
lamation as wise statesmanship. He challenged
Then Stanton out of suspicion and dislike of
provision for the lands, estates and properties of
the Blair tribe issued an order relieving General
the South to be seized and partitioned among
Blair of command, having, the Blairs and their
freed slaves and Union soldiers. Blair would M
friends said, "the effrontery to declare that he did
call Senator Benton's aphorism, "Our troubles
so by order of the President." Sherman still
come from the uneasy politicians and our safety
wanted Blair in the saddle with the 15th corps.
from the tranquil masses."
So did Grant. And Lincoln called on Stanton to
With praise for the President, Blair mingled
revoke the order relieving Blair.
his plea for slaveholders loyal to the Union to be
Blair asked his brother Montgomery in the
paid for their slaves made free. In this speech of
Cabinet to find out the wishes of the President.
February 5, 1864, Blair put himself on record
He would be guided by those wishes. Lincoln
with the few Lincoln men in Congress. In doing
wrote to Montgomery Blair:
so he set himself up as an interpreter of the
President's mind and took on the tone of &
Some days ago I understood you to say
spokesman and a defender, so that those who
that your brother, Gen. Frank Blair, desires
to be guided by my wishes as to whether
heard or read his speech might believe that the
he will occupy his seat in congress or re-
Blair family and the President were in perfect
main in the field. My wish, then, is com-
accord. It was a habit and a method that both
pounded of what I believe will be best for
Montgomery and Frank Blair had. And Lincoln
the country, and best for him. And it is, that
knew its political folly when he wrote to Mont
he will come here, put his military commis-
gomery that Frank was "in danger of being per
sion in my hands, take his seat, go into cau-
manently separated from those with whom only
cus with our friends, abide the nominations,
he can ever have a real sympathy-the sincere
help elect the nominees, and thus aid to or-
opponents of slavery." Lincoln saw Blair tearing
ganize a House of Representatives which
wider the split between radicals and moderate
will really support the government in the
war. If the result shall be the election of
in Congress, and therefore was making arrange
ments with Grant and Sherman for Blair to take
himself as Speaker, let him serve in that po-
sition; if not, let him re-take his commission,
again his corps command.
and return to the Army. For the country this
Blair struck at Chase in a resolution calling
will heal a dangerous schism
He is rising
for a committee of five from Congress to invests
in military skill and usefulness. His recent
gate acts of the Treasury Department, "to report
appointment to the command of a corps,
whether any frauds have been practiced on the
by one SO competent to judge as Gen. Sher-
Government," whether any favoritism had been
man, proves this. In that line he can serve
shown, and whether the enemy had been helped
both the country and himself more profitably
The Chase men struck back.
than he could as a member of congress on
Blair had bought brandy to the amount of 23
the floor. The foregoing is what I would say,
if Frank Blair were my brother instead of
gallons and a scandalously large amount
whisky, claret, Catawba wine, besides 25
yours.
barrels of ale and 225 boxes of canned
Frank Blair was still in rain and sleet among
while he was at Vicksburg in June '63, according
Union fighters in Tennessee while Congress or-
to photographic copies of an order signed
ganized and elected Colfax Speaker of the House.
Major General Blair and eight staff officers. The
On January 12, 1864, however, Frank Blair took
order was published in newspapers and
his seat in Congress. Those who had hated the
graphic copies of it were circulated among
sight of him the last time they saw him now
bers of Congress. The permit of the
hated him all the more. Stanton's relieving him
collector at St. Louis invoiced the purchase
from command was considered personal animus.
$8,651. The inference of the Chase men and the
They were uneasy; Blair outclassed them in the
Missouri radicals seeking Blair's scalp was
point that he could sit a horse and keep a cool
Blair and his staff men on duty at
head while handling a corps of 30,000 troops in
could not possibly drink 225 gallons of
a style up to the requirements of the terrible
Sherman.
war, and the goods had been ordered for specify
and a larger amount of other liquors during
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ABRAHAM LINCO
to pay. One interpretation was that the holders
was too slow, too hesitant, too loose
of gold in those months had less hope than ever
pedient, they believed, and Congress
of the Union Government winning its war.
more firm. New state governments could
On July 4 of this gloomy summer Congress
ferred "to no authority except the judgm
adjourned. Among the bills piled on the Presi-
will of the majority of Congress," said 1
dent's desk for signature was one that would
behalf of his bill of February 15, 1864
slash the slender supports on which the "Lincoln
the bill the President with Senate conser
ten-per-cent plan" rested. Since December '63,
appoint for each state in rebellion a pro
when the President had launched his plan, much
governor to serve until Congress record
had happened to it. Then Hay wrote in his diary
regular civil government as existing the
that all factions in Congress seemed to agree,
loyal people of the state entitled to of
and on the reading of the President's message,
gates to re-establish a state government
"Men acted as if the millennium had come.
therefore," said Davis, "Congress receipt
Chandler was delighted, Sumner was beaming."
State government, organized under its a
Border State men said they were satisfied.
there is no government in the rebel State
Then slowly had come deepening suspicions
the authority of Congress." Davis rejer,
of the President's motives, more open claims that
President's Amnesty Proclamation and 1
the states in secession had committed suicide and
per-cent plan" as lacking guarantees.
that the President was impossible in his plan for
a loyal 10 per cent to be authorized to reorganize
The debate ran long, a festival of
the governments of those states. Henry Winter
tional lawyers. How and when does a
Davis led this opposition in the House, and Ben
come a state, and under what condition
Wade in the Senate. Davis was tall, slender, with
lose its face as a state and again later
wavy hair and a curly mustache, a musical voice,
face put back? This question was are
mental caliber, oratorical and theatrical style.
down and across. The unconstitutional
Born in a Maryland slaveholding family, he had
potic acts of the President would be
come to hate slavery as fiercely as any New
and perpetuated by the proposed bill
Englander. In politics first a Whig, then an
Representative Charles Denison of Penn
American or Know-Nothing, he became a Repub-
Perry of New Jersey was positive the M.
lican. That Monty Blair of Maryland should be
lian hand of the President was behind
named Postmaster General was a stench in his
Nor was Thaddeus Stevens satisfied
nostrils. He led in Maryland a faction that hated
Davis bill. "It does not, in my judgme
Blair.
the evil." Its acknowledgment that
Davis brought in a bill intended to block the
States have rights under the Constitut
restoration efforts already started by the Presi-
would deny. His chief objection was
dent in Louisiana and Tennessee; the measure
removed the opportunity of confiss
aimed to stop the spread of the President's policy
property of the disloyal.
in other Southern States. In the House Davis was
By 73 to 59 the Davis bill passed
the one radical most often reminded by Thaddeus
May 4, 1864. In the Senate its course
Stevens that he was going too far and ought to
guided by Wade, who said: "The
take what he could get now. The one speaker
ought not to be permitted to hand's
who could draw in more members from the
question to his own liking." That a
cloakrooms than any other was Davis. He spoke
have self-government originated by
his guess and vision for the Negro with cadence:
the population seemed to Wade
"The folly of our ancestors and the wisdom of the
republican, anomalous and entirely
Almighty, in its inscrutable purpose, having al-
In what the President had thus
lowed them to come here and planted them here,
was "equally a usurper with Caesar
they have a right to remain here to the latest
and Bonaparte," said Garrett Davis
syllable of recorded time."
In exploiting the Peace Democrat
The quixotic political artist, Davis, with his
Garrett Davis spread over the pages
ally Ben Wade, saw a wide chasm between them
gressional Globe a diatribe of several
and the President. They nursed suspicions into
words on Lincoln's ambition, desire
436
what they believed were facts. The President
election, love of power and money
HIS PARTY RENOMINATE LINCOLN?
amtatives, Speaker Colfax sitting on her right
fied himself: "Mr. Lincoln is a growing man. And
and
Vice-President Hamlin on her left, the
why does he grow? Because we water him."
resident on a bench farther in the foreground,
The bland, bald, large-mouthed William
affair bringing $1,031 for the Freedmen's
Lloyd Garrison stood up. He had helped nurse
what Association. "How, to such youthful lips,
the abolition movement, had gone to jail for it,
lowed so easily such stately language!" wrote
had in one hour stood with a rope around his
P.
Willis. Others called it just another stump
neck while a mob howled around him-all before
week She referred to the President as though
young Phillips had enlisted in the cause. "Has
should be renominated and re-elected. Said
not the President," asked the old war horse,
Detroit Free Press one day, "The strong-
"gone as fast and as far as the people would sus-
unded Anna Dickinson has renominated the
tain him? ('No, no.') Mr. Lincoln has travelled
minded Abraham Lincoln."
as fast toward the negro as popular sentiment
Two months later Miss Dickinson, in Metro-
would warrant him. Butler and Grant have sus-
sulitan Hall in Chicago, ran on to say that the
tained the President's policy. ('No, no, no.') And
President's Amnesty Proclamation was a piece of
what about Frémont? Events have occurred
Northern meanness and a usurpation of the func-
within a year greatly to diminish my faith in Fré-
lims of Congress: "The President is a lawyer,
mont. Not a word from him in reference to the
nd a Western one at that; it is a wonder he does
President's proclamation of amnesty. What a glor-
of know that the oaths of such men [recon-
ious opportunity was there lost! Then we have
cracted rebels] are but as idle wind
These
had the arming of one hundred thousand blacks,
must be punished. South Carolina should
and still not one word of encouragement from
cut up into twenty acre lots, and as many
Frémont."
(Toes settled on them as can be got there."
Plainly, to the upper circles of Plymouth
month later Miss Dickinson called at the
Church, Brooklyn, the answer was Frémont and
House, interviewed the President, then
nobody else. And it was nothing to talk about in
to Boston and in a public lecture satirized
Plymouth Church circles that a son of Henry
Iministration and caricatured Lincoln, his
Ward Beecher, not yet of age, had been com-
and his clothes, as she reported her inter-
missioned an officer in the Army of the Potomac
He had said to her: "They tell me you are
and, caught in conduct unbecoming to an officer,
side. I want to know how it is." She told
had been forced to resign. In anxiety and shame
his emancipation policy was not moving fast
Beecher had gone to his handsome young friend,
igh and pleaded for justice to the Negro.
Theodore Tilton, who in turn went straight to the
The President answered, "That reminds me of
then Secretary of War Cameron and begged for a
"y." She had to reply: "I did not come here
commission in the Regular Army for young
Near stories. I can read better ones in the pa-
Beecher. From Cameron, Tilton went to the
any day than you can tell me." He showed
White House and Lincoln signed the appoint-
his correspondence with officials in Louisiana
ment of young Harry Beecher, lieutenant of artil-
and asked her what she thought of his plan of
lery, Regulars.
reponstruction there. She replied, "Sir, I think it
Wrote Beecher to Chase of the President:
⑆ wrong; as radically bad as can be." The Pres-
"His mind works in the right directions, but sel-
the then "sugar-plummed" her, as Miss Dickin-
dom works clearly and cleanly. His bread is of
DE phrased it. He told her she could talk better
unbolted flour, & much straw, too, mixes in the
than he, and so forth. Ending their conversation,
bran, & sometimes gravel stones." Beecher had
be
remarked, "All I can say is, if the radicals
written in the Independent: "The President seems
WANTme to lead, let them get out of the way and
to be a man without any sense of the value of
let me lead." And, said Miss Dickinson to her
time
Our annies have been managed as
audience, "When he said that, I came out
if they were a body of nurses in a foundling
and remarked to a friend, 'I have spoken my last
hospital."
word to President Lincoln."
Early in '64 the New York World presented
From speech to speech Wendell Phillips went
General McClellan as the one man of worth,
graphic and simple, and however mistaken
dignity and patriotism for nomination by the
and however heady, with a peculiar joy in being
Democratic party to overwhelm Lincoln. In this
peramentally stubborn. He debonairly justi-
effort the World served financial, industrial and
393
TELEGRAM TO BE SENT TO:
Mr. Charles Bremicker
Key Biscayne Hotel
701 Ocean Drive
Key Biscayne, Florida
Chuck:
Please make all efforts to rent Villas 18A and B between June 22
and July 26. Smathers has details on use of Villa 18B during the
Democratic National Convention. Villa 18A will also be rented
July 8-13.
L. Higby
NOTE: Do not sent on White House stationery -- send regular
Western Union form.
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E.O. 12065, Section 6-102
By Boyner NARS, Dat 3-26-82
CONFIDENTIAL/EYES ONLY
MEMORANDUM FOR:
PAT BUCHANAN
FROM:
L. HIGBY
As we discussed, Doug Hallett was going to review your
"Attack" memorandum regarding McGovern and point out
any comments or ideas that he had. I have attached a memo
he did to Colson a few days ago, plus some additional comments.
The comments in the left hand margin in xerox are primarily
from Colson. The comments in blue pen are Higby's. The
comments in red pen are Haldeman's. In addition, he agrees
with my comments.
I trust this will be helpful.
LH:kb
CC: Chuck Colson
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
DATE: 6/19/72
TO: H. R. HALDEMAN
FROM: L. HIGBY
Several of there aregood-
I'dthe to rend the one
to Buchander that you
improve - Please note
your reactions.
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HRH
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 16, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
CHARLES W. COLSON
FROM:
DOUG HALLETT
SUBJECT:
McGovern Briefing Book
Colone
naturtions.
I have reviewed Pat Buchanan's McGovern briefing book and his
suggested assault tactics memorandum. While I would generally
concur with his recommendations, I would make the following
random recommendations:
1.
McGovern's labor record is not mentioned. There is the
14-b vote, and if there is that, there must be something else.
Somebody should thoroughly research McGovern's positions
very 5
on labor, and labor-related issues. I have a feeling he can
oforall
be made to look worse than us in this area.
have
corw
2.
McGovern's attendance record is not mentioned.
3.
When I worked on the Hill, McGovern had a reputation as a not
very effective legislator he hasn't got much legislation through,
Commer
he didn't work on his committees, he was a kind of dreamy, high-
Come
spending and hyper-idealistic character. This, I think, can be
effectively used against him if we can get more facts on what kinds
of legislation he personally has sponsored what it cost, what's
happened to it, etc.
good ptdo it.
4.
We should begin now undermining McGovern's Vietnam image --
right from the start. This, really, is the key to his image as a
good
credible, conscientious, non-political senator but to undermine
it will take hard work beginning now. For starters, I would suggest
a Hugh Scott or Gerry Ford op ed for the major dailies and an RNC
pamphlet. This stuff should be particularly useful with youthful types.
Have Hallet do a draft.
2.
5.
The Spanish-speaking sector, like the labor sector, is an area
where I suspect McGovern has done nothing. Again, we should
begin working now to undermine him there.
6.
McGovern talks a lot about including women in his government and
he has made pledges of certain appointments, but his campaign
organization is all male. It is also virtually completely WASP.
This point should be made to women -- and to blacks, Spanish-
speaking,
etc.
good pt. doit.
George McGovern is unconvincing as a war hero. Has anybody gone
through Pentagon files to find out what he really did in the war?
8.
We need some work on McGovern's personal finances. He wears
$300 suits, $15 ties, has a $110, 000 home, vacations in the Carri-
bean, and pays to send his kids to school -- the son of a preacher
who has never made more than $42, 500 per year? Somebody's
got to be bank-rolling this guy and we ought to find out who and use
it to undermine his credibility image. right.
9.
We have to be more careful with the Chicago demonstrations, Ellsberg
McGovern's friends, etc. material that Pat suggests, I think. A
national ad identifying Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin as future
why?
Louist
White House dinner guests would be, in my view, disastrous This
kind of material must be carefully targeted, used by non-national
speakers in particular communities, and distributed through mailings,
ethnic press advertising, etc.
right defend it.
10. On foreign policy, we should develop the idea that McGovern is a
radical in the American prairie isolationist tradition a tradition
Americans have accepted only at their peril. Somebody should do a
quality piece on McGovern as the successor to the isolationist
tradition Lindberg before World War II, the obstructionist
Republicans after Versailles, etc., and, of course, the nineteenth
century Populists. This will assist us on the domestic side, too.
Quoting McGovern and calling him a wild-eye radical nationally
will hurt as much as it helps, but thoughtfully, systematically
identifying him with an isolationist and radical strain in American
history - a strain which has been destructive will allow us to get
at him, and get his positions out, without making ourselves the issue.
3.
Another quasi-historical idea that we should develop is that there
is an historical anomoly in prairie isolationist-populist McGovern's
acceptance among the Eastern Establishment elite which has
traditionally been our most internationally-oriented community.
Again, a thoughtful piece can be done on the decline of the eastern
elite - - its failure inVietnam, the degradation of its universities,
the collapse of the WASP churches, the failure of the elite to raise
decent kids, etc. and how in its decline, in its exhaustion, it has
pick Heeley
accepted the viewpoint of its traditional opposition. Conversely,
The Republican Party of Richard Nixon is moving away from its
obstructionist role, is developing a new internationalism, is
incorporating the white, ethnic, Catholic middle-class working
population, is proposing energetic -- instead of tired retread--
solutions to domestic problems, and will produce the new elite
for the final third of the century. At your request, I did something
along these lines last summer, but nothing ever came of it it is
a theme we should now revive and get circulated.
agree
The idea is that the Eastern Establishment has gotten soft and flabby.
It is unable and unwilling to see it through -- to find new ways to
solve domestic ills; to take the hard, tough steps necessary to
bring peace to the world. The Eastern Establishment has turned
to wishful thinking, to imagining that something can be accomplished
by wishing it. President Nixon, in contrast, is tough, hard and
realistic. He realizes that it takes time and patience and courage to
solve our international oblems. Similarly, he recognizes that
we have to remove the crutch of a patronizing government and free
peoples' individual wills if we are not to smother over our people and
their ability, their willingness, their courage to solve their own
problems here at home. Indeed, RN is even closer to the best
thinking among blacks, browns, etc. than is George.
11.
Presidential anger at some kind of business price-gouging is not
enough to shed the "in bed with business" image. In my view, it is
too bad we don't have a stronger anti-trust program with legislation
we & did &
if necessary. But if we can't do that now at least until the second
term, I will bet, though I'm not yet a lawyer, that we could go after
one or two major, publicly-identifiable corporations with existing
anti-trust laws or with something. Business has no place else
N
to go we ought to be on their asses.
3 &
Lout 6/5
Juan
4.
12. It would be a mistake to leak polls showing us weaker than we are.
Our whole campaign must be based on the idea that McGovern is
an anomoly a Goldwater type something out of the ordinary
and something out of step with mid-twentieth century America.
Showing him to be stronger than he is can only give credence to his
view that America is ready for a change, etc. etc.
goal.
13. If McGovern is nominated, responsible foreign policy types like
George Ball might not be able to support him. These guys should
be lined up for US some kind of Foreign Policy Advisory Board
quart
to the Committee for the Re-election. If they don't line up with us
and try to sit it out, we should do an op ed or something on that fact,
blasting them for cowardice, etc. If they support McGovern, we
should blast them for selling out. Like it or not, these guys do have
a certain credibility and however we smoke them out can help us by
getting them on our side or showing them to be shams. Khandle.
14. Somebody should do a piece on "McGovern Isn't a Politician?' citing
the change in his voting stance in election years, his weaving all over
10st
the place this time, his compromises with Daley, his tenure as
executive secretary of the South Dakota Democratic Party, etc., etc.
15. Somebody should do a piece comparing RN's and George's foreign
policies. George, actually, has no foreign policy except for Vietnam
where he's been consistently wrong -- the rest is just a derivation
from his "reordering priorities" stuff. RN, in turn, has clearly
developed foreign policies for all sections of the world, great exper-
ience, etc. The thing could end with the question: "Could what
has been accomplished in the last four years been achieved with an
isolationist and inexperienced person like George in the White House?"
and mass distributed.
check Hag
16. A two-minute foreign policy spot could be developed, swinging from
trouble area to trouble area and showing how RN has improved
things, and ending with the question: "At this time when we are
good
moving from an era of confrontation to an era of negotiation -- at
this time when we have a chance to achieve firm solutions to major
world problems in Asia, in the Middle East, etc. -- is this any time
to draw back on our responsibilities and to withdraw from the world?"
This could also be the theme for speeches, a pamphlet, and op ed, etc.
gelt Daily
17. Any blatantly racist suggestions like saying McGovern would be
delighted to run with a black, but not Wallace should be dropped.
The above are just preliminary thoughts and thoughts which I haven't
mentioned in the other memoranda I've done in recent days.
ME
June 8, 1972
MEMO FOR :
KATHY BACHMAN
FROM :
L. HIGBY
Am I now set on my absentee ballot?
If not, please make sure that I am.
Note the attached from Kathy Tindle,
but I am assuming you have taken care
of this.
Attachment
LH:pm
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June 7, 1972
CONFIDENTIAL/EYES ONLY
MEMORANDUM FOR:
PAT BUCHANAN
FROM:
L. HIGBY
Per our conversation, please prepare an appropriate response
to handle the question of debates.
This should be in by Thursday evening.
LH:kb
June 26, 1972
ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
GEORGE COLLINS
FROM:
L. HIGBY
A thank you note should be prepared for Mr. Richard B. Kirsch,
the Branch Manager of Ogden Foods, Inc., and affiliated companies,
who have prepared the pienie baskets that Mr. Haldeman had at
Wolf Trap. They refused to accept any payment for the picnic
baskets.
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June 23, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR :
CHUCK COLSON
FROM :
L. HIGBY
It has been requested that you put together a good telephone list
for use in California. This should not be a huge list, but something
very well thought out. The purpose would be primarily to give thanks
to people for their support.
There should be some very top key workers, key political chairmen,
key political VIPs, super-key contributors, some of those who have
been doing the hard work in collecting money, even though they may
not have given major amounts, some top editors and TV people, and
from Rose Woods, a few personal calls.
The final recommendation should be worked out and forwarded to me
by 12:00 noon Wednesday so we'll have time to do some revision.
You should do the basic coordinating work on it, but make sure you
work with Mitchell, Stans, Alex, and Rose.
Make sure we don't just put together the obvious list, but we should
be working from our basic contact books.
LH:pm
ACTION MEMO
The President wants a good phone list developed for his use in
California. This should not be a huge list, but something very
well thought out, The purpose would be primarily to give thanks
to people for their support.
There should be some very top, key workers, key political chair-
men, key political VIPs, super key contributors, some of those
who have been doing the hard work in collecting money even though
they may not have given major amounts, some top editors and TV
people, and from Rose Woods, a few personal calls. This should
be worked out and in my hands by Wednesday so we can do some
revision. Colson should do the basic coordinating on it and It should
not be just the obvious list, but should be worked from his basic con-
tact books.
HRH:pm
6/23/72
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By 3-26-82
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MEMORANDUM FOR:
CHUCK COLSON
FROM:
L. HIGBY
As you probably know, it is tentatively planned for the
President to be in California between June 30th and
July 17th. It is important that we begin planning now
for our news flow during that period. Presidential activity
will probably be at a minimum, but we should be looking at
some ways we can provide a counter-point for the Democratic
Convention that probably will be controlling the news during
that period.
Bob asked that you submit your plans to him as soon as
possible for review hopefully by next Monday.
bcc: Dwight Chapin
LH:kb
June 20, 1972
ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
GEORGE COLLINS
FROM:
L. HIGBY
Bob is going to want to see the Preservation Hall Jazz
Band when they are at Wolf Trap. Please see what dates
they will be appearing and get a note into Bob.
LH:kb
June 16, 1972
Dear Mrs. Cox:
The President has requested that the attached
material prepared by Pat Buchanan, be forwarded
to you for your use in answering questions in your
interviews and public appearances.
Best wishes,
Lawrence M. Higby
Administrative Assistant
to H.R. Haldeman
Mrs. Edward Cox
The White House
Attachment
LH:pm
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE
a
Whom do you think the Democratic Party will nominate to
run against your father in November?
A:
Well, Senator McGovern seems to be in the lead among convention
delegates; but from what I have read, I understand he is still short of
the number of convention delegates needed for nomination. So, I don't
know whom they will eventually turn to -- and I would imagine that most
Democrats are not certain right now who their nominee will be.
a
Which of the Democrats do you think your father would prefer
to run against?
A:
I don't believe he has any special preference; but no matter
whom they nominate, I am sure it will be a close race -- since the
Democratic Party is so much larger than the Republican Party.
a
Which of the Democrats would you like to see nominated?
A:
Well, I have my own favorites among the Democrats, but I
wouldn't want to name him -- otherwise it might hurt his chances.
And, anyhow, that is really a decision for Democrats, not Republicans
to make.
a
Do you feel that Senator McGovern can beat your father in the
November election?
-2-
A:
Well, Senator McGovern is not the nominee yet. But no matter
who the Democrats nominate, I think we have a good chance to win; and
I think we will win.
a
Who do you think would be the strongest Democratic candidate?
A:
That is difficult to say, The other day I saw a Gallup Poll which
showed that Governor Wallace had more support than any other Democrat --
among Independents and Democrats. Other polls showing Senator Humphrey
running strong; and there are few I have seen that show Senator McGovern
ahead. But, again, it is difficult to say. Some months ago, Senator
Muskle seemed to be the strongest -- and since these things change so
much it is hard to say who will be the strongest Democratic challenger
by the time we get to November. I do think, however, that no matter
the Democratic candidate, it will be a fairly close race -- and we will
win it.
WALLACE
a
How did you feel about Governor Wallace's shooting?
A:
Well, it was a terrible tragedy; and when we saw the pictures
of his alleged assailant, up there in Canada mingling with the crowds
that greeted my father, it was a chilling experience. It is a wonderful
thing that Governor Wallace survived that attack; but a great tragedy
that a man who speaks for so many millions of Americans was denied
the right to compete actively for the Democratic nomination. Before
IN .
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the California Primary, Governor Wallace, I understand, had won
more primaries and had gotten more total votes than any other Democrat.
And he and the people he represents should have had the opportunity
to compete evenly at the convention -- and I think it was a terrible
tragedy that this happened to him.
&
Do you agree with some of the views expressed by Governor
Wallace?
A:
Not all of them. I agree with him and with my father that we
should declare a moratorium on all these bussing plans which are
dividing so many communities. But the important thing is that no
matter if you agree or disagree with Governor Wallace, he fought for
what he believed in; he stated his views; and it is a terrible tragedy
that his supporters do not have him now championing the causes in
which they believe.
VICE PRESIDENCY
à
Who do you think your father will pick for the Vice President?
A:
Well, that is his decision; and I don't know that. But I believe
that he has a tremendous Vice President right now -- the best one we
have had since 1960.
a
Would you want to see Mr. Agnew on the ticket again with
your father?
-4-
A:
I would be delighted if he were there; as my father said in
January, Nixon-Agnew was a winning ticket. But I think that that
decision is something for the President and Vice President to work
out,
a
Who would you like to see on the ticket with your father in the
campaign this fall?
A:
I would like to see there whoever the President wants there,
and whoever he feels can do the best job for the party and the country.
The decision is the President's -- but Ithink that Vice President Agnew,
who is articulate and courageous, has done a tremendous job as
Vice President -- the best since 1960. If he is on the ticket in 1972,
we will win even more states than we won in 1968.
a
What would you think of Secretary Connally on the ticket in
1972?
A:
Whoever he runs with, I think the President will win in 1972.
ISSUES
a
What do you think the major issue will be in 1972?
A:
Well, my view is that the great issue for the country in 1972
is what it has been for the world in the twentieth century. How do we
live together on this planet in peace. The role of America in that
decision is a tremendous one -- and I think then that the major question
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in the 1972 election is which man is the most qualified to bring America
and the world into an era of peace.
a
What do you think is the major accomplishment of your father
since he took office?
At
Well, he has opened the door to China; he has taken major steps
to bring an end to the Cold War with the Soviet Union. But his greatest
achievement, I think, is having brought home half a million Americans
from South Vietnam. He is ending American involvement in the war in
Southeast Asia, and leaving behind a nation that can defend itself.
In my view, in almost everyone's view, he inherited a terrible
situation in Southeast Asia when he took office -- and he has done a
tremendous job, with great opposition, in ending that war in a way that
Americans can be proud of, not ashamed of,
&
What do you think is his greatest domestic accomplishment?
At
The Cooling of America. When my father took office, there
had been riots in every major city in America, violence and disorders
on every major American campus; there was 8. war going on that was
taking the lives of 300 Americans a week, All that is changing now.
There were no major riots last summer; except for some minor dis-
orders, the campuses have been quiet since the Kent State incident.
The number of American casualties is down. Students are returning
-6-
to their work -- and 1968 seems a decade ago now. That, I think,
is the most significant accomplishment. The wounds are healing on
a country that was really tearing itself apart during that year 1968.
&
What do you think will be the issues between Senator McGovern
and your father in November ?
At
Well, if Senator McGovern gets the nomination, I think there
will be many differences on issues. In foreign policy, probably the
major differences is Senator McGovern's plan to cut the defense budget
by $32 billion, and cut the Air Force and Navy by more than half. My
father believes we need a strong defense, not only to keep the peace,
but to negotiate with the Russians.
At home, I think, that one major difference would be their
views about welfare. My father believes that anyone who gets welfare
and can work should have to work -- to get a check -- Senator McGovern's
program, I think, would give everybody a thousand dollars, whether
they worked or not.
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ALTERNATIVE ANSWERS (Domestically)
Another major area where they would disagree, I think, is on
marijuana. My father feels that under no conditions should it be
legalizied, while I believe Senator McGovern has said that we should
regulate it like alcohol.
Another issue, perhaps, is the question of amnesty for deserters
and draft dodgers. My father does not believe we should even consider
the matter until all our soldiers and all our prisoners are home and
all our missing in action are home in the United States. Senator
McGovern has said that he would give them amnesty.
Another issue is abortion. My father believes liberalized abortion
policies are wrong and he is against them. Senator McGovern favors
a policy that amounts to abortion on demand.
Another issue, I think, is what is the best way to get our prisoners
of war home. Senator Govern, I believe, has said he would cut off
all assistance to South Vietnam, and bring home all our troops and
planes and ships before we get our prisoners back. My father
would bring them home after we got our prisoners back.
MORE ON McGOVERN
&
Why do you think Senator McGovern has more support than
your father among young people?
-8-
A:
Well, I am not sure thatis true; I have not seen any national
poll showing Senator McGovern stronger among all young people than
my father. Senator McGovern seems to have a number of college
people working for him -- but in those mock elections, my father
has done very well. He even won the Student Mock election at
South Dakota over Senator McGovern 54-41. And he has won mock
elections at major schools all over the country. So, I think it is a
mistake to think that Senator McGovern would get all the youth vote
in a contest with my father. (Nixon Youth Organization at 1701 has
additional backup.)
a
Do you think Senator McGovern is a radical or an extremist?
A:
Well, I have read a number of articles and columns that say
that his positions are radical and extreme; and certainly he is very,
very liberal. But I am sure that Senator McGovern is a patriotic
American, who believes that his ideas are good for America, just
as my father does.
June 15, 1972
ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
GEORGE COLLINS
FROM:
L. HIGBY
Haldeman indicated that with regard to the new cameras,
you should also be looking at film speed. Remember that
he would like a fast speed capability, too, so that they could
run slow-motion.
LH:kb
June 15, 1972
ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
GEORGE COLLINS
FROM:
L. HIGBY
As I indicated to you, Bob wants to check to see if it is now
possible to get reservations at the Galley Restraunt, Kennedy
Center. Work with Gordon on this. What they would like
specifically, are reservations for four at 7:00 p.m. if this is
possible. If not, check and see what the problems are with the
cafeteria at this time or whether or not Haldeman could get in
and have dinner prior to the show time this evening. Let him
know quickly on this so if there is a problem we can make some
alternate arrangements.
CC: Pat McKee
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CONFIDENTIAL/EYES ONLY
MEMORANDUM FOR :
CHARLES COLSON
FROM I
L. HIGBY
After discussion with Bob and Buchanan regarding the Buchanan
assault memorandum, the following conslusions were reached:
1. It probably would not be that productive to forward
the memorandum to Balsano and Rogers, and he suggests
that we not do it since Buchanan does not want the
memorandum to receive wide circulation.
2. Anybody who does look at the memorandum should do
80 only for the basis of getting comments back in to you
and Bob as to their thoughts. No actions should be taken
based on the memorandum until some basic strategy
decisions have been made and we all agree that it is time
to move ahead.
3. It would be valuable for Hallett to take a look at the
memorandum on a confidential basis and write up his
critique of it, plus cover any additional points that he
feels should be made that Buchanan has overlooked.
In addition, Hallett should specifically address himself
to the following points:
a. The Buchanan memorandum overlooks our
strong point in foreign policy. We need some-
one to write the case in this area.
b. We need to do an addendum to the Buchanan
memorandum that takes up the point of how we
attack McGovern in a way that Builds the President's
foreign policy image.
2
c. Someone needs to develop a battle plan as to
what the holes are in the Buchanan piece.
d. What are the four things that we want to come
out versus how we refute McGovern's points.
Have Hallett give this a try and forward his results to Bob.
LH:pm
June 12, 1972
ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
GEORGE COLLINS
FROM:
L. HIGBY
SUBJECT:
June 15 Performance of "Mass"
Haldeman would now like to get regular seats -- down in the
orchestra section -- for the June 15 performance of "Mass".
He said to get the House Seats which are four rows back, as
near to the center as possible. Gordon can probably help you
in getting this worked out.
Thank you.
LH:kb
June 12, 1972
ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
GEORGE COLLINS
FROM:
L. HIGBY
Bob would like to get six tickets to see "Godspell" on the
27th. They don't all have to be together -- they can be
three and three. Pat knows how to get them or Kathy does.
You should deal with Miss Frankie Hewitt who runs the
Ford's Theatre where "Godspell" is playing.
Also, he would like to see the Ukrainian dancers at Wolftrap.
I think we have a connection to get tickets at Wolftrap, but
I'm not sure what they are. Please check this out.
Thank you.
LH:kb
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MEMORANDUM FOR:
CHUCK COLSON
FROM:
L. HIGBY
As you probably are already well aware, the Sperling piece
provides us an excellent vehicle, and we should make sure we
take full advantage of it. Here's the first good assignment for
Schurs and Clawson, and we should make sure that the Sperling
piece receives wide circulation and is used.
LH:kb
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establish quotas in an election? Reporter noted the credentials
comm. is determined to give the protesters a hearing. HHH is
quoted as saying if Daley is thrown out it will hurt the Dem
chances in Nov.
Kraft writes that in considering McGovern, we should keep in
mind that he is a "deep-dyed provincial" more than any other post
WWII political figure, he was shaped in rural US. Also, writes
Joe, the fundamentalist attitude of a preacher's son is evident,
he used "right" and "wrong" often, and not lightly. Kraft says he
has reservations about McGovern's tax proposals which "seem
insufficiently sensitive to the delicate nature of confidence in US
economy. 11 And McGovern's approach to defense and for. policy
seems "to want a certain discrimination also. " But, overall,
Kraft sees McGovern as the man to move US in right direction,
precisely because he's a provincial, and outside the system.
Biossat writes that McGovern's latest wins give him "so much
momentum that it now seems unlikely anyone can stop him. " And
evidence indicates HHH is losing some of his earlier potential dele-
gates.
Scripps-Howard's Kantor reports that Teague, Chmn. of House
Dem Caucus, said "I doubt very much the Dems will control Congress
after Nov" because "there's no real hope" of stopping McGovern.
Sperling, in CS Monitor, says: "Reader beware. A love
affair between a number of newsmen and McGovern is bursting into
full bloom 11 Sperling says this "affair, 11 already has affected
reporter's copy. McGovern "has become the new sweetheart of
US liberals, 11 he writes, and liberal newsmen "are slow to give
him the same kind of hard time on his programs that they'd give
almost any other candidate. " Sperling says liberal newsmen's bias
has shown thru more in what writers have omitted than in what they've
written.
A HHH aide said he is helping to prepare a challenge to McG's
claim to 271 Calif. delegates. He said the challenge would be filed
Friday with the convention credentials comm. "The complaint will
HIGH PRIORITY
June 12, 1972
ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
GEORGE COLLINS
FROM:
L. HIGBY
To confirm our earlier conversation, Bob wants four seats
in the President's Box Thursday night for Mass. This should
be 6-15-72. You might want to check with Pat about dinner
reservations, etc.
LH:kb
June 8, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR :
KEN COLE
FROM :
L. HIGBY
Without trying to pass the buck, I sincerely
believe the attached belongs in your bailiwick.
Will you please have your operation staff this
and forward to the President if appropriate?
Thank you.
Attachment - Garment memo to Caspar Weinberger re: Thoughts
on the Arts, Bicentennial and the Campaign.
LH:pm
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 8, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR :
KEN COLE
FROM :
L. HIGBY
L
Without trying to pass the buck, I sincerely
believe the attached belongs in your bailiwick.
Will you please have your operation staff this
and forward to the President if appropriate?
Thank you.
Attachment
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 6, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR BOB HALDEMAN
FROM:
LEONARD GARMENT
I think you, and perhaps the President, may be interested in the
attached memorandum. I discussed the proposal with Cap
Weinberger and he appeared genuinely interested.
cy
attachment
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 6, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR CASPAR WEINBERGER
SUBJECT:
Some Thoughts on the Arts, the Bicentennial and
the Campaign
1. The President's program of financial support for the arts has
been one of the domestic success stories of this Administration.
It has proved out. We have now tested it for 3 1/2 years and know
that with sound management, federal support for the arts is an
effective way of helping to serve an important social need. It is a
program which has a great deal of leverage -- eliciting matching
contributions from the private sector, and also eliciting sub-
stantial PR benefits. The President's arts support is popular not
only with Republican elite types, but with people in both political
parties and generally with the public, including all economic
and racial groups.
It strikes me therefore that this is an appropriate time to think about
moving to get the United States into the cultural big league (see the
attached Saturday Review editorial comparing support for cultural
programs in Austria and in the United States.)
2. A particular reason why this is an excellent time to consider a
new Presidential arts initiative is the Bicentennial: right now we are
groping for answers and actions which will effectively discharge the
President's responsibilities for 1976. But except for Dave Mahoney's
Parks proposal (now being studied) my understanding is that the
Commission is being pressured simply to stamp the Bicentennial
logo on urban renewal, highway and other projects which federal
agencies or local governments have long intended to do anyway.
That kind of action is not a credible Bicentennial "program"; it's
like giving a boy pajamas and calling them his Christmas present.
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Whatever the Commission does, the question for which we are
responsible is: what will the Executive Branch do? One thing
we can do is concentrate on identifying proven administration
programs which are appropriate candidates for special emphasis
in the light of the Bicentennial, and then undertake to give them
special and very visible Presidential support.
3. In my opinion, our best Executive Branch candidate for such
special support is the arts and humanities program. Although the
two Endowments may have different capacities to absorb additional
funding, both involve the kinds of people and institutions that have
to be enthusiastically involved, and soon, if the Bicentennial Year
is going to be a meaningful and successful celebration.
I make two assumptions: (a) that the country will be at peace and
prosperous in 1976 and (b) that the uniquely and specifically
"Bicentennial" outlays will be locally planned and locally funded.
Under these conditions, it seems to me, the major role of the federal
government is to stimulate the participation of creative organizations
and individuals in preparing for the Bicentennial -- and I can't think
of anything more likely to get this process moving quickly than a
dramatic expression of national policy of aid to artists, performers,
writers, historians and their supporting institutions.
As the President put it when describing the Bicentennial:
"Improving the quality of life is, in a sense, a more compelling
concept in this era of advanced technology than it was in the time of
Jefferson. I believe that this is the area in which we will find the
fundamental theme for our anniversary observance of the continuing
revolution that is the United States of America. 11
4. My specific proposal is that the President make known his intention
to seek authorization in FY 1974-75-76 that would reach a level of
$200 million for the National Endowment for the Arts by 1976 (plus
an equivalent or substantial step-up for the Humanities Endowment).
The timing of this policy determination should be such as to permit
its inclusion in the Republican Platform.
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This will not impair private giving nor will it undercut local choices;
in fact a substantial part of the additional funding would go to State
Arts Councils.
5. I asked Nancy Hanks and Ron Berman to give me some informal
data and arguments on this subject; their materials are attached.
I also attach some related writings: a memorandum on this subject
from Tom Evans (RNC) to me; a recent Sylvia Porter column related
to this subject, and some materials from the Business Council on
the Arts.
6. I do think this would be not only a dramatic but also an extremely
sound and useful move; it would be nationwide in scope as many of
the current Bicentennial "projects" (Niagara Falls, Mt. Rushmore)
are not; it would directly implement the President's objective about
the Bicentennial: "The commemoration be national in scope, seeking
to involve every State, city and community"; it would involve much
more modest outlays than the kinds of dollars I now hear being talked
about for Bicentennial programs; it builds on a program the President
has already initiated (and makes it decisively "his"); it will be an
enthusiastically-greetcd surprise to thousands of influential'tom-
municators" a great stimulus to Bicentennial activity, a way of
identifying the President with the Bicentennial in a manner unique
to him, and it would be a mode of Federal Bicentennial contribution
which presents a proven and reliable way (through Nancy Hanks,
Ron Berman and their advisory councils and staffs) of permitting
us to have a real say in the planning and development of the uses of
the money.
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Leonard Garment
CC: John Ehrlichman
attachment
June 13, 1972
Dear Fred:
I received the announcement of your Commencement
Exercises and your B.A. in Communications,
Advertising. Congratulations!
I know how great a feeling of satisfaction you must
have upon receiving your degree. I understand
that someone has been in touch with you regarding
a Campaign job, and I wish you the very best of luck
in launching your career.
Best regards.
Sincerely,
Lawrence M. Higby
Administrative Assistant
to H.R. Haldeman
Mr. Fredric A. Divel
California State University
Fullerton
California
LH:Kb
June 16, 1972
Dear Mrs. Eisenhower:
The President has requested that the attached
material prepared by Pat Buchanan, be forwarded
to you for your use in answering questions in your
interviews and public appearances.
Best wishes,
Lawrence M. Higby
Administrative Assistant
to H.R. Haldeman
Mrs. David Eisenhower
The White House
Attachment
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE
ä
Whom do you think the Democratic Party will nominate to
run against your father in November?
A:
Well, Senator McGovern seems to be in the lead among convention
delegates; but from what I have read, I understand he is still short of
the number of convention delegates needed for nomination. So, I don't
know whom they will eventually turn to -- and I would imagine that most
Democrats are not certain right now who their nominee will be.
a
Which of the Democrats do you think your father would prefer
to run against?
A:
I don't believe he has any special preference; but no matter
whom they nominate, I am sure it will be a close race -- since the
Democratic Party is so much larger than the Republican Party.
a
Which of the Democrats would you like to see nominated?
A:
Well, I have my own favorites among the Democrats, but I
wouldn't want to name him -- otherwise it might hurt his chances,
And, anyhow, that is really a decision for Democrats, not Republicans
to make.
ä
Do you feel that Senator McGovern can beat your father in the
November election?
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A:
Vell, Senator McGovern is not the nominee yet, But no matter
who the Democrats nominate, I think we have a good chance to win; and
I think we will win.
a
Who do you think would be the strongest Democratic candidate?
A:
That is difficult to say. The other day I saw a Gallup Poll which
showed that Governor Wallace had more support than any other Democrat --
among Independents and Democrate. Other polls showing Senator Humphrey
running strong; and there are few I have seen that show Senator McGovern
ahead. But, again, it is difficult to say. Some months ago, Senator
Muskie seemed to be the strongest and since these things change so
much it is hard to say who will be the strongest Democratic challenger
by the time we get to November. I do think, however, that no matter
the Democratic candidate, it will be a fairly close race -- and we will
win it.
WALLAGE
a
How did you feel about Governor Wallace's shooting?
A:
Well, it was a terrible tragedy; and when we saw the pictures
of his alleged assailant, up there in Canada mingling with the crowds
that greeted my father, it was a chilling experience. It is a wonderful
thing that Governor Wallace survived that attack; but a great tragedy
that a man who speaks for 80 many millions of Americans was denied
the right to compete actively for the Democratic nomination. Before
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the California Primary, Governor Wallace, I understand, had won
more primaries and had gotten more total votes than any other Democrat.
And he and the people he represents should have had the opportunity
to compete evenly at the convention -- and I think it was a terrible
tragedy that this happened to him.
a
Do you agree with some of the views expressed by Governor
Wallace?
A:
Not all of them. I agree with him and with my father that we
should declare a moratorium on all these bussing plans which are
dividing 80 many communities. But the important thing is that no
matter if you agree or disagree with Governor Wallace, he fought for
what he believed in; he stated his views; and it is a terrible tragedy
that his supporters do not have him now championing the causes in
which they believe.
VICE PRESIDENCY
a
Who do you think your father will pick for the Vice President?
A:
Well, that is his decision; and I don't know that. But I believe
that he has a tremendous Vice President right now -- the best one we
have had since 1960.
a
Would you want to see Mr. Agnew on the ticket again with
your father?
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At
I would be delighted if he were there; as my father said in
January, Nixon-Agnew was a winning ticket. But I think that that
decision is something for the President and Vice President to work
out.
a
Who would you like to see on the ticket with your father in the
campaign this fall?
A:
I would like to see there whoever the President wants there,
and whoever he feels can do the best job for the party and the country.
The decision is the President's but Ithink that Vice President Agnew,
who is articulate and courageous, has done a tremendous job as
Vice President -- the best since 1960. If he is on the ticket in 1972,
we will win even more states than we won in 1968.
a
What would you think of Secretary Connally on the ticket in
1972?
A:
Whoever he runs with, I think the President will win in 1972.
ISSUES
a
What do you think the major issue will be in 1972?
A:
Well, my view is that the great issue for the country in 1972
is what it has been for the world in the twentieth century. How do we
live together on this planet in peace. The role of America in that
decision is a tremendous one -- and I think then that the major question
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in the 1972 election is which man is the most qualified to bring America
and the world into an era of peace.
a
What do you think is the major accomplishment of your father
since he took office?
A:
Well, he has opened the door to China; he has taken major steps
to bring an end to the Cold War with the Soviet Union. But his greatest
achievement, I think, is having brought home half a million Americans
from South Vietnam, He is ending American involvement in the war in
Southeast Asia, and leaving behind a nation that can defend itself.
In my view, in almost everyone's view, he inherited a terrible
situation in Southeast Asia when he took office -- and he has done a
tremendous job, with great opposition, in ending that war in a way that
Americans can be proud of, not ashamed of,
a
What do you think is his greatest domestic accomplishment?
At
The Cooling of America. When my father took office, there
had been riots in every major city in America, violence and disorders
on every major American campus; there was a war going on that was
taking the lives of 300 Americans a week, All that is changing now.
There were no major riots last summer; except for some minor dis-
orders, the campuses have been quiet since the Kent State incident.
The number of American casualties is down. Students are returning
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to their work and 1968 seems a decade ago now. That, I think,
is the most significant accomplishment. The wounds are healing on
a country that was really tearing itself apart during that year 1968.
a
What do you think will be the issues between Senator McGovern
and your father in November ?
A:
Well, if Senator McGovern gets the nomination, I think there
will be many differences on issues. In foreign policy, probably the
major differences is Senator McGovern's plan to cut the defense budget
by $32 billion, and cut the Air Force and Navy by more than half. My
father believes we need a strong defense, not only to keep the peace,
but to negotiate with the Russians.
At home, I think, that one major difference would be their
views about welfare. My father believes that anyone who gets welfare
and can work should have to work -- to get a check -- Senator McGovern's
program, I think, would give everybody a thousand dollars, whether
they worked or not.
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ALTERNATIVE ANSWERS (Domestically)
Another major area where they would disagree, I think, is on
marijuana. My father feels that under no conditions should it be
legalizied, while I believe Senator McGovern has said that we should
regulate it like alcohol.
Another issue, perhaps, is the question of amnesty for deserters
and draft dodgers. My father does not believe we should even consider
the matter until all our soldiers and all our prisoners are home and
all our missing in action are home in the United States. Senator
McGovern has said that he would give them amnesty.
Another issue is abortion. My father believes liberalized abortion
policies are wrong and he is against them. Senator McGovern favors
a policy that amounts to abortion on demand.
Another issue, I think, is what is the best way to get our prisoners
of war home. Senator Govern, I believe, has said he would cut off
all assistance to South Vietnam, and bring home all our troops and
planes and ships -- before we get our prisoners back. My father
would bring them home after we got our prisoners back.
MORE ON McGOVERN
a
Why do you think Senator McGovern has more support than
your father among young people?
A:
Well, I am not sure thatis true; I have not seen any national
poll showing Senator McGovern stronger among all young people than
my father. Senator McGovern seems to have a number of college
people working for him -- but in those mock elections, my father
has done very well. He even won the Student Mock election at
South Dakota over Senator McGovern 54-41. And he has won mock
elections at major schools all over the country. So, I think it is a
mistake to think that Senator McGovern would get all the youth vote
in a contest with my father. (Nixon Youth Organization at 1701 has
additional backup.)
a
Do you think Senator McGovern is a radical or an extremist?
A:
Well, I have read a number of articles and columns that say
that his positions are radical and extreme; and certainly he is very,
very liberal. But I am sure that Senator McGovern is a patriotic
American, who believes that his ideas are good for America, just
as my father does.
June 26, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
FOLLOW-UP
FROM:
L. HIGBY
Follow-up on Chuck Colson. He is to track down the McGovern
quote regarding building relations with Cuba and Chile and make
sure that we get that to the Cubans.
LH:kmt
PUE
June 22, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR :
FOLLOW UP
FROM I
L. HIGBY
Follow up with Gordon in getting the Kennedy Center tickets
for "Cold Blood" for Sunday night, the 25th.
LH:pm
June 21, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
FOLLOW-UP
FROM:
L. HIGBY
Follow-up with Chapin in getting cameramen to the
Democratic National Convention to get pictures of all
the terrible people.
LH:kb
are
June 16, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR THE FILE
FROM :
L. HIGBY
We will have the following villas available for the Convention .
17 - which is one half of a duplex, 18 A and B, 72 which is a
single large villa, 74 which is one half of a duplex, 45, 47, 48
65, 66, 71, 22, which is a two-bedroom, and 21.
LH:pm
June 16, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR :
FOLLOW UP
FROM :
L. HIGBY
Follow up on Monday or Tuesday checking Rebozo to make sure
that we line up the Mitchell house.
June 22, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR H.R. HALDEMAN
FROM :
L. HIGBY
SUBJECT :
Dinner at Wolf Trap
Two arrangements can be made for dinner at
Wolf Trap, both require reservations but will
be no problem for you.
1. A buffet dinner is served at $4.95 per
person.
Try the buffet dinner
2. You can purchases a picnic basket out
there at $9.00 per basket. Each basket
serves two people.
Try the picnic
Please let me know which one you would
prefer.
Regarding parking - no special parking is
available (or at least I wasn't able to get it).
The suggestion is that you park in the West Lot
if you arrive early enough since it is smaller
and apparently closer.
LH:pm
June 21, 1972
H
.
Attached are Chapin's recommendations for
First Family and Presidential participation
at the Convention. It differs somewhat from
yours. So that you can compare the two plans,
a copy of your original comments on the Timmons
memo is attached. Chapin has also seen this.
A more significant point that Chapin makes is
the need to get control of the overall situation.
I talked this over with him and it is his plan to
present the proposal to the First Family, along
with Parker, hopefully after the Democratic
Convention. His point of wanting to cut off all
speculation, promises, and understandings re:
First Family participation now, however, is a
good idea.
I recommend that you review the Chapin suggested
participation plan and then tell him to cut off all
the speculation as he suggested.
L.
Attachments
LH:kb
June 15, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
H. R. HALDEMAN
FROM:
L. HIGBY
Below I have listed some restaurants you might want to
try this evening that are reasonably close and inexpensive:
1. P.T. Barnum's -- Fair food, inexpensive,
reasonably quick.
2. Maison des Crepes -- (1305 Wisconsin) -- you
know about this one approximately fifteen-minute
wait to get table.
3. Mr. Henry's Pennsylvania Avenue. Basically
singles and young people's place but reasonably good
food.
4. The Guards -- White House staff frequents this
place. Good steak sandwiches, but have to walk by
single's bar to get to the dining area -- has a nice
garden in back.
5, Costin's Sirloin Room -- 14th and F. Streets.
Good beef and moderately priced.
6. Black Steer -- Next to Sans Souci. Reasonably
priced and good service.
7. Emerson's -- Chain steak house. Good service,
fairly quick and medium priced. Approximately five
blocks from the White House.
LH:kb
DETERMINED TO BE AN
ADMINISTRATIVE MARKING
By E.O. Date 3-26-82
12065, Section 6-102
June 15, 1972
CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
H. R. HALDEMAN
FROM:
L. HIGBY
SUBJECT:
Thoughts on Anti-McGovern
Strategy
The attached would indicate strongly that we should move out in
trying to pin McGovern with his radical stance. All indications
now are that McGovern has the nomination. With "34%" of the
public still having not made up their minds where to place
McGovern on a liberal/conservative scale, it would appear that
we have an opportunity to appropriately position him now.
I know this is one of the basic strategy decisions that you, Mitchell,
Ehrlichman, et al, are trying to resolve, but would urge that we
move now to make sure McGovern is clearly identified and tied with
his programs.
One of the primary arguments over at the Committee, as I understand
it, against this is that the Democrats will be doing a good enough job
of tearing McGovern up over the next month. I believe, however,
that the obligation falls to us to look at where the Democrats are
failing to clearly pin McGovern and move our own people on these
areas. This should be done on the specific basis that Buchanan
recommends, namely, doing the reasoned, well-constructed,
precisely thought out and factually correct argument -- not the
shrill, scathing attacks. We don't want to shoot our guns all at once,
but establish a trend or a focus. These attacks should not be done
by White House people, but other Administration spokesmen and our
Hill spokesmen.
2
Below I have listed an admittedly incomplete statement
of the pros and cons on the subject:
Pro
-- People haven't made up their minds on
McGovern -- they don't know him. (We are
trying to get the demographics here.)
-- Make clear where he stands now rather
than having to correct or discredit a more
favorable public impression, particularly after
the Convention.
-- Make him work at changing his position rather
than appearing lilly white and pure.
Con
-- Escalates the Campaign too soon.
-- Puts McGovern against the Administration
and center of the Democratic party.
-- Gives him time to back off the issues.
I believe the pros outweigh the cons and would suggest that
we start programming Colson, Buchanan, and 1701 to move
as is suggested above.
LH:kb
June 14, 1972
ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
H. R. HALDEMAN
FROM:
L. HIGBY
SUBJECT:
Accomodations in Florida
During the Convention
You have reviewed Timmons' memoranda on the general
convention and housing facilities. This memorandum will
outline what I feel are the needs in Key Biscayne during the
Convention.
Currently I have reserved, through Chuck Bremicker, twelve
three-bedroom villas at the Key Biscayne, (four are waterfront);
ten single rooms, and two one-bedroom villas. Suggested use
of these accomodations:
Haldeman/Higby
Waterfront 18B
Ehrlichman/Hullin
Waterfront 18A
Kissinger/Aide
Waterfront Villa
Spreawriters )
Three-Bedrrom Villas
Rose Woods
)
Advance Villa )
Strachan
)
Single Villas
Haldeman Secretary )
2
Ehrlichman Secretary )
Rooms
Kissinger Secretary
)
Mitchell Secretary
)
Steve Bull
)
Mitchell
340 House
The result is that one waterfront Villa, nine three-bedreom
Villas, and six single rooms are not currently assigned.
Requests for facilities include: Ehrlichman wants to have
his family at a Villa and may want to have Hullin in a room
or single Villa; Jeb Magruder and Fred Malek have asked for
Villas for their families, and private requests for Key Biscayne
Villas include John Rollins and the Westchester G.B.P.
Chuck Bremicker at the Key Biscayne Hotel has been informed
that after these needs are met, the rest of the hotel can be
rented to the press or anyone else.
Concerning your accomodations at the Doral (Headquarters
Hotel), Timmons has reserved a three-bedroom suite plus
two rooms. However, Timmons points out that there are
only fourteen suites in the hotel and that he has had requests
from all Cabinet Officers and Don Kendall, Clem Stone, etc.
Timmons would like to establish a firm policy of no families
at the Doral, but will hold the suite and rooms for your family
if you deem that best.
June 13, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
FOLLOW-UP
FROM:
L. HIGBY
Follow-up on checking on getting the McGovern tapes
from Magruder.
LH:kb
June 14, 1972
ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
H. R. HALDEMAN
FROM:
L. HIGBY
SUBJECT:
Phone Call from
Bebe Rebozo
Bebe Rebozo called, saying that if we weren't going to be
using the two Villas that we have available during the
Democratic Convention, Smathers mentioned to him that
we should let Bob Byrd use them. This would seem like
a good idea, and I recommend you approve It. Also, I
think Bebe should try and line up the other Villa so that
both of them are being used.
Agree
Disagree
LH:kb