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From: G To: L RE: Budget for T.V. advertisements. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/16/1970
A note wriiten on a business card to Bob discussing the campaign outcomes. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], no date
Copy of a newspaper article titled, "Control of Congress Key Political Issue," by Ron Calhoun. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Newspaper], 10/12/1970
Lists of states participating in the congressional and senate campaigns. States are assigned to either Harry Dent or Murray Chotiner. 10 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], no date
Campaign themes for the different states and congressmen. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], no date
From: Nick Ruwe, Peter Amis, and Ed Barner To: Finch, Haldeman, and Klein RE: Campaign Status Report. List of key states and a calendar of Vice Presidential appearances. 10 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/25/1970
From: Murray Chotiner To: H.R. Haldeman RE: Suggested Telephone Calls, Sunday, October 25th. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/23/1970
List of States Taped on Sunday Afternoon. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/19/1970
One minute spot taping of the different states with a script following regarding candidates for senate and congress. 11 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], 10/18/1970
From: Donald Rumsfeld To: Larry Higby RE: Comments on the suggested basic campaign text and speech. 22 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], no date
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From: G To: L RE: Budget for T.V. advertisements. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/16/1970
A note wriiten on a business card to Bob discussing the campaign outcomes. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], no date
Copy of a newspaper article titled, "Control of Congress Key Political Issue," by Ron Calhoun. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Newspaper], 10/12/1970
Lists of states participating in the congressional and senate campaigns. States are assigned to either Harry Dent or Murray Chotiner. 10 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], no date
Campaign themes for the different states and congressmen. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], no date
From: Nick Ruwe, Peter Amis, and Ed Barner To: Finch, Haldeman, and Klein RE: Campaign Status Report. List of key states and a calendar of Vice Presidential appearances. 10 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/25/1970
From: Murray Chotiner To: H.R. Haldeman RE: Suggested Telephone Calls, Sunday, October 25th. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/23/1970
List of States Taped on Sunday Afternoon. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/19/1970
One minute spot taping of the different states with a script following regarding candidates for senate and congress. 11 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], 10/18/1970
From: Donald Rumsfeld To: Larry Higby RE: Comments on the suggested basic campaign text and speech. 22 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], no date
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10/16/1970
Campaign
Memo
From: G To: L RE: Budget for T.V.
advertisements. 1 pg.
19
5
Campaign
Other Document
A note wriiten on a business card to Bob
discussing the campaign outcomes. 2 pgs.
19
5
10/12/1970
Campaign
Newspaper
Copy of a newspaper article titled, "Control
of Congress Key Political Issue," by Ron
Calhoun. 1 pg.
19
5
Campaign
Other Document
Lists of states participating in the
congressional and senate campaigns. States
are assigned to either Harry Dent or Murray
Chotiner. 10 pgs.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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Campaign
Other Document
Campaign themes for the different states and
congressmen. 2 pgs.
19
5
10/25/1970
Campaign
Memo
From: Nick Ruwe, Peter Amis, and Ed
Barner To: Finch, Haldeman, and Klein RE:
Campaign Status Report. List of key states
and a calendar of Vice Presidential
appearances. 10 pgs.
19
5
10/23/1970
Campaign
Memo
From: Murray Chotiner To: H.R. Haldeman
RE: Suggested Telephone Calls, Sunday,
October 25th. 3 pgs.
19
5
10/19/1970
Campaign
Memo
List of States Taped on Sunday Afternoon. 1
pg.
19
5
10/18/1970
Campaign
Other Document
One minute spot taping of the different states
with a script following regarding candidates
for senate and congress. 11 pgs.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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From: Donald Rumsfield To: Larry Higby
RE: Comments on the suggested basic
campaign text and speech. 22 pgs.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Page 3 of 3
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
10/16/70
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Connally GEORGE BUSH is a
you know what
MEMBER
Delighbed OF CONGRESS the Presides
7TH DISTRICT
is conty TEXAS
we're going to
win -
by
CAMPAIGN FODDER
Control of Congress
as of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Emanuel Celler
THEY WANT to get rid of William Fullbright as chairman
Key Political Issue
chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.
But Texas Democrats, while they may not be the
Rep. boosters of Fullbright and Celler, certainly do like their greatest
By RON CALHOUN, Political Writer
tions Committee, Rep. Eldon Mahon, chairman of the House
W. P. Poage, who is chairman of the House Agriculture own
CONTROL IS what politics is all about, I think.
House Committee, Rep. Olin "Tiger" Teague, chairman Appropria-
The proof of this pudding keeps cropping up in the Bush-
of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, Wright Patman, chairman of the
Bentsen campaign talk and in the rhetoric of the local con-
House Banking and Currency Committee.
gressional candidates. Not only do they talk about winning their
Mendel and Means, William M. Coler of Mississippi heading Rules, Ways and
They also like Rep. Wilbur Mills of Arkansas heading
individual races, but winning a ma-
Rivers guiding Armed Services.
jority in the House and Senate so they
can control the committee chairmanships.
They have many friends on the Senate side, too.
The President, of course, has great
Louisiana Richard Russell of Georgia (Appropriations), Russell including
power by virtue of the pre-eminence of his
(Aeronautics and Space Sciences).
(Finance) and Clinton Anderson of New Long Mexico of
office and the fact that he runs at least
the top echelon of the bureaucracy.
But the birthing of everything federal
mittee Bentsen last week at a rally in Plano, called the roll of
FORMER GOV. JOHN Connally, speaking in behalf
takes place in the cloakrooms and com-
mittee rooms of Congress. Here, decisions
opposites. chairmen friendly to Texas and named their Republican on com-
made on who gets what pork out of the
"Who do you want to trade off?" be thundered.
federal barrel. Here. decisions are made
CALHOUN
that affect the general posture of the
The Democratic chairmen, he said, "understand our needs
our parlence."
nation on economics and defense.
then Connally first went to Washington, D.C., in 1939 as
THE PRESIDENT sends Cotigress what ne wants in the
the to Congressman Lyndon Johnson. He knows his secretary
way of legislation. But it is Congress, through the labyrinthine
committee rooms and the cloakrooms. He is now way around
ways of its own committee structure, that shapes the final
Washington from time to time,
prominent Houston law firm and still has occasion to with go
to
version of the bill if it allows it to go through at all.
Now Nixon is a Republican. The Democrats control Congress.
This is the first time such a situation has confronted a newly-
historical oilmen, developers, mayors and city councilmen who farmers, for
And so do a lot of Texas businessmen, ranchers,
elected chief executive in about a century.
side of the fence.
reason or the other play politics from the Democratic one
In a way this gives the Republicans an out, They can
blame war, inflation, recession, high interest rates, flood, famine
and pestilence on a "foot-dragging" Democrat-controlled Con-
the Democratic point of view.
PERHAPS Congressman Earle Cabell sums it up best from
gress.
It also gives them a campaign issue. Senatorial candidate
"A school boy knows that to achieve a passing grade
Bush and local congressional cancidates Frank Crowley and Joe
anything if he doesn't do his homework.
can't just sit there like a wooden Indian. He doesn't accomplish you
Staley never miss a chance to talk about how they want to help
President Nixon get this country off "dead center" and on the
"I do my work in the committee, in the cloakroom if
road to solving all the nagging problems currently plaguing us.
final please, and on the floor of the House before they take that you
vote. That is where legislation is influenced.'
And they want to do it with a GOP stamp all the Way down
the line.
STATES ASSIGNED TO HARRY DENT
Statewide
Statewide
Cong.
Cong.
State
Elections
Targets
Lineup
Targets
Coordinator
ALABAMA
Gov. (D)
3 R, 5 D
ARKANSAS
Gov. (R)
Gov. (R)
1 R, 3 D
COLORADO
Gov. (R)
Gov. (R)
1 R, 3D
2 D
FLORIDA
Sen. (D), Gov. (R)
Sen. (D), Gov. (R)
3 R, 9 D
1 R, 2 D
GEORGIA
Gov. (D)
2R,8D
KENTUCKY
3 R, 4 D
LOUISIANA
8D
1D
MARYLAND
Sen. (D), Gov. (D)
4 R, 4D
2R
MISSISSIPPI
Sen. (D)
5D
NEVADA
Sen. (D), Gov. (R)
Sen. (D), Gov. (R)
1D
NEW JERSEY
Sen. (D)
Sen. (D)
6 R, 9 D
3D
NORTH CAROLINA
4 R, 7D
3 R, 3D
States Assigned to Harry Dent
Page - 2 -
Statewide
Statewide
Cong.
Cong.
State
Elections
Targets
Lineup
Targets
Coordinator
OKLAHOMA
Gov. (R)
Gov. (R)
2 R, 4D
2D
SOUTH CAROLINA
Gov. (D)
Gov. (D)
1R,5D
SOUTH DAKOTA
Gov. (R)
Gov. (R)
2 R,
2 R
TENNESSEE
Sen. (D), Gov. (D)
Sen. (D), Gov. (D)
4R,5D
TEXAS
Sen. (D), Gov. (D)
Sen. (D), Gov. (D)
3 R, 20 D
1R
VIRGINIA
Sen. (D)
Sen. (D)
5 R, 5D
1R
WEST VIRGINIA
Sen. (D)
5D
1D
STATES ASSIGNED TO MURRAY CHOTINER
Statewide
Statewide
Cong.
Cong.
State
Elections
Targets
Lineup
Targets
Coordinator
ALASKA
Sen. (R); Gov. (R)
Sen. (R); Gov. (R)
1 R
1R
ARIZONA
Sen. (R); Gov. (R)
Sen. (R); Gov. (R)
2 R; 1 D
CALIFORNIA
Sen. (R); Gov. (R)
Sen. (R); Gov. (R)
15 R; 21 D; 2 Vac.
5 D
CONNECTICUT
Sen. (D); Gov. (D)
Sen. (D); Gov. (D)
2 R; 4 D
1 R; 1D
DELAWARE
Sen. (R)
Sen. (R)
1 R
HAWAII
Sen. (R); Gov. (D)
Sen. (R); Gov. (D)
2 D
IDAHO
Gov. (R)
Gov. (R)
2 R
1 R
ILLINOIS
Sen. (R)
Sen. (R)
12 R; 12 D
3 D
INDIANA
Sen. (D)
Sen. (D)
7 R; 4 D
3 R; 3 D
IOWA
Gov. (R)
Gov. (R)
5 R; 2 D
2 R
KANSAS
Gov. (D)
Gov. (D)
5 R
1R
MAINE
Sen. (D); Gov. (D)
2 D
MASSACHUSETTS
Sen. (D); Gov. (R)
5 R; 7 D
MICHIGAN
Sen. (D); Gov. (R)
Sen. (D); Gov. (R)
12 R; 7 D
1R
States Assigned to Murray Chotiner
-2-
Statewide
Statewide
Cong.
Cong.
State
Elections
Targets
Lineup
Targets
Coordinator
MINNESOTA
Sen. (D); Gov. (R)
5 R; 3 D
1 R
MISSOURI
Sen. (D)
Sen. (D)
1 R; 9 D
4D
MONTANA
Sen. (D)
2 D
2 D
NEBRASKA
Sen. (R); Gov. (R)
Sen. (R); Gov. (R)
3R
1 R
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Gov. (R)
Gov. (R)
2 R
NEW MEXICO
Sen. (D); Gov. (R)
Sen. (D); Gov. (R)
2 R
2 R
NEW YORK
Sen.(R); Gov. (R)
15 R; 26 D
NORTH DAKOTA
Sen. (D)
Sen. (D)
2 R
1 R
ÓHIO
Sen. (D); Gov. (R)
Sen. (D); Gov. (R)
18 R; 6 D
2 R; 1 D
OREGON
Gov. (R)
Gov. (R)
2 R; 2 D
PENNSYLVANIA
Sen. (R); Gov. (R)
Sen. (R); Gov. (R)
13 R; 14 D
1D
RHODE ISLAND
Sen. (D); Gov. (D)
2 D
UTAH
Sen. (D)
Sen. (D)
2 R
States Assigned to Murray Chotiner
-3-
Statewide
Statewide
Cong.
Cong.
State
Elections
Targets
Lineup
Targets
Coordinator
VERMONT
Sen. (R); Gov. (R)
Sen. (R); Gov. (R)
1R
WASHINGTON
Sen. (D)
2 R; 5 D
WISCONSIN
Sen. (D); Gov. (R)
Sen. (D); Gov. (R)
6 R; 4 D
1 R; 1 D
WYOMING
Sen. (D); Gov. (R)
Sen. (D); Gov. (R)
1 R
STATES ASSIGNED TO HARRY DENT
Statewide
Statewide
Cong.
Cong.
State
Elections
Targets
Lineup
Targets
Coordinator
ALABAMA
Gov. (D)
3 R, 5 D
ARKANSAS
Gov. (R)
Gov. (R)
1 R, 3 D
COLORADO
Gov. (R)
Gov. (R)
1 R, 3D
2D
FLORIDA
Sen. (D), Gov. (R)
Sen. (D), Gov. (R)
3 R, 9 D
1 R, 2 D
GEORGIA
Gov. (D)
2 R, 8 D
KENTUCKY
3R,4D
LOUISIANA
8D
1D
MARYLAND
Sen. (D), Gov. (D)
4 R, 4D
2R
MISSISSIPPI
Sen. (D)
5 D
NEVADA
Sen. (D), Gov. (R)
Sen. (D), Gov. (R)
1D
NEW JERSEY
Sen. (D)
Sen. (D)
6 R, 9 D
3 D
NORTH CAROLINA
4 R, 7D
3 R, 3 D
States Assigned to Harry Dent
Page - 2 -
Statewide
Statewide
Cong.
Cong.
State
Elections
Targets
Lineup
Targets
Coordinator
OKLAHOMA
Gov. (R)
Gov. (R)
2 R, 4D
2D
SOUTH CAROLINA
Gov. (D)
Gov. (D)
1R,5D
SOUTH DAKOTA
Gov. (R)
Gov. (R)
2 R,
2 R
TENNESSEE
Sen. (D), Gov. (D)
Sen. (D), Gov. (D)
4 R, 5D
TEXAS
Sen. (D), Gov. (D)
Sen. (D), Gov. (D)
3 R, 20 D
1R
VIRGINIA
Sen. (D)
Sen. (D)
5 R, 5D
1 R
WEST VIRGINIA
Sen. (D)
5D
1D
STATES ASSIGNED TO MURRAY CHOTINER
Statewide
Statewide
Cong.
Cong.
State
Elections
Targets
Lineup
Targets
Coordinator
ALASKA
Sen. (R); Gov. (R)
Sen. (R); Gov. (R)
1 R
1R
ARIZONA
Sen. (R); Gov. (R)
Sen. (R); Gov. (R)
2 R; 1 D
CALIFORNIA
Sen. (R); Gov. (R)
Sen. (R); Gov. (R)
15 R; 21 D; 2 Vac.
5 D
CONNECTICUT
Sen. (D); Gov. (D)
Sen. (D); Gov. (D)
2 R; 4 D
1 R; 1D
DELAWARE
Sen. (R)
Sen. (R)
1 R
HAWAII
Sen. (R); Gov. (D)
Sen. (R); Gov. (D)
2 D
IDAHO
Gov. (R)
Gov. (R)
2 R
1 R
ILLINOIS
Sen. (R)
Sen. (R)
12 R; 12 D
3 D
INDIANA
Sen. (D)
Sen. (D)
7 R; 4 D
3 R; 3D
IOWA
Gov. (R)
Gov. (R)
5 R; 2 D
2 R
KANSAS
Gov. (D)
Gov. (D)
5 R
1 R
MAINE
Sen. (D); Gov. (D)
2D
MASSACHUSETTS Sen. (D); Gov. (R)
5 R; 7 D
MICHIGAN
Sen. (D); Gov. (R)
Sen. (D); Gov. (R)
12 R; 7D
1R
-2-
States Assigned to Murray Chotiner
Statewide
Statewide
Cong.
Cong.
State
Elections
Targets
Lineup
Targets
Coordinator
MINNESOTA
Sen. (D); Gov. (R)
5 R; 3 D
1R
MISSOURI
Sen. (D)
Sen. (D)
1 R; 9 D
4 D
MONTANA
Sen. (D)
2 D
2 D
NEBRASKA
Sen. (R); Gov. (R)
Sen. (R); Gov. (R)
3 R
1 R
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Gov. (R)
Gov. (R)
2 R
NEW MEXICO
Sen. (D); Gov. (R)
Sen. (D); Gov. (R)
2 R
2 R
NEW YORK
Sen.(R); Gov. (R)
15 R; 26 D
NORTH DAKOTA
Sen. (D)
Sen. (D)
2 R
1 R
OHIO
Sen. (D); Gov. (R)
Sen. (D); Gov. (R)
18 R; 6 D
2 R; 1D
OREGON
Gov. (R)
Gov. (R)
2 R; 2 D
PENNSYLVANIA
Sen. (R); Gov. (R)
Sen. (R); Gov. (R)
13 R; 14 D
1 D
RHODE ISLAND
Sen. (D); Gov. (D)
2D
UTAH
Sen. (D)
Sen. (D)
2 R
States Assigned to Murray Chotiner
-3-
Statewide
Statewide
Cong.
Cong.
State
Elections
Targets
Lineup
Targets
Coordinator
VERMONT
Sen. (R); Gov. (R)
Sen. (R); Gov. (R)
1 R
W ASHINGTON
Sen. (D)
2 R; 5 D
WISCONSIN
Sen. (D); Gov. (R)
Sen. (D); Gov. (R)
6 R; 4 D
1 R; 1D
WYOMING
Sen. (D); Gov. (R)
Sen. (D); Gov. (R)
1 R
CAMPAIGN THEMES
Florida, Congressman William Cramer
1.
Experience -- can get more done in Florida - very
positive approach.
2.
"Chiles is part of liberal establishment."
3.
Walking Senator versus Working Senator.
Cramer running as a Nixon Man.
Maryland, Congressman J. Glenn Beall
1.
Spending.
2.
Deliverance of Government services, more state and
local government.
3.
Beall a moderate good guy, not an arrogant liberal.
4.
Law and order.
He is tying in with the President.
New Jersey, Nelson Gross
1.
"You'll know he's there." A powerful new voice in Washington.
2.
Spending
3.
The war.
4.
Law and order.
"100% behind Nixon. 11
Nevada, William Raggio
1.
Law and order.
Nixon candidate.
Campaign Themes - page 2
Tennessee, Congressman Bill Brock
1.
The war.
2.
Spending.
3.
Domestic unrest, law and order.
4.
Prayer in schools.
All the way with the President.
Texas, Congressman George Bush
1.
"He can do more."
2.
Bentsen's shady dealings (farm subsidies, other business
dealings).
3.
Economy.
Running as a "Texas" candidate, and proud of his Nixon
affiliation.
TO BE AN
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
By E.O. b) NAME,
October 25, 1970
CONF IDENT IAL
MEMORANDUM FOR MR. FINCH
1
MR. HALDEMAN
MR. KLEIN
FROM:
Nick Ruwe
R
Peter Amis
Ed Barner
CAMPAIGN STATUS REPORT
The updated calendar reflects appearances emphasizing
Maryland, North Dakota, Utah and Wyoming.
Maryland
Stans
Volpe
North Dakota
Hickel
Dole
Finch (To be scheduled)
Utah
Hardin
Kennedy
Wyoming
Mitchell
Finch (To be scheduled)
PLANNING
A Rural Development Meeting of the Cabinet is being laid on
for Springfield, Illinois.
-2-
As the President moves through his campaign itinerary
this week, the occasions might well arise where we will
want the Cabinet members to echo points or a line made
by the President and our operation is prepared to contact
them immediately.
The POW Stamp Unveiling Ceremony got good coverage this
past week and a ceremony unveiling anti-pollution stamps
will be held in San Clemente this Wednesday. The Post-
master General will preside and Robert Finch and Russell
Train will be on the program. Unfortunately, we have
been informed Senator Murphy has other commitments.
COMMENTS
The Boston Globe's mid-September poll gave Kennedy 57%,
Spaulding 29%, Undecided 14%. The early October poll
gave Kennedy 52%, Spaulding 29%, Undecided 19%.
DETERMINED TO BE AN
ADMINISTRATIVE MARKING
CONFIDENTIAL
E.O. 1.05, Section 6-102
Date 10-21-82
October 25, 1970
By Bg
KEY STATES
Schedule for VICE PRESIDENT
CABINET, FINCH, DOLE, AND KLEIN
ALASKA
September
16
Blount
Fairbanks
21
Blount
Juneau
22
Blount
Ketchikan
October
7
Hickel
Anchorage
8
Hickel
Anchorage
9
Hickel
Fairbanks
10
Hickel
Fairbanks
20
Hickel
Alaska
21
Hickel
Anchorage
CALIFORNIA
September
17
Finch
California
18
Finch
California
19
Finch
California
21
Finch
California
23
Hardin
Los Angeles
24
Hardin
California
25
Hardin
California
26
Hickel
San Diego
28
Finch
Sacramento
28
Hickel
California
29
Finch
California
29
Hickel
California
30
Laird
San Francisco
October
1
Kennedy
San Francisco
3
Finch
Vallejo - Los Angeles
4
Finch
California
5
Klein
California
6
Klein
Los Angeles & San Diego
7
Tricia
Anaheim
8
Mitchell
San Francisco
9
Stans
San Francisco
10
Agnew
Palm Springs
10
Stans
Los Angeles
-2-
CALIFORNIA (Cont'd.)
October
11
Hickel
Tulare County
14
David
Los Angeles
17
Hodgson
California
18
Hodgson
California
20
Richardson
San Francisco
22
Romney
Palm Springs
22
Finch
Palo Alto
23
Finch
Los Angeles
23
Volpe
San Francisco
24
Finch
Ventura
25
Finch
California
27
Finch
San Diego
28
Finch
Los Angeles
28
Blount
Los Angeles
29
Klein
Los Angeles
29
Dole
California
30
Agnew
Los Angeles
30
President &
Mrs. Nixon
California
31
President &
Mrs. Nixon
California
31
Agnew
Los Angeles
November
1
Kennedy
Los Angeles
CONNECTICUT
October
3
Tricia
Danbury
8
Finch
Connecticut
9
Finch
Connecticut
12
President &
Mrs. Nixon
Connecticut
12
Klein
Connecticut
16
Dole
Connecticut
21
Dole
Connecticut
23
Agnew
Hartford
24
Agnew
Connecticut
29
Hickel
Connecticut
30
Richardson
Connecticut
DELAWARE
September
24
Dole
Dover
October
14
Agnew
Wilmington
-3-
FLORIDA
September
26
Julie & David
Tallahassee
October
13
Attorney General &
Mrs. Mitchell
Florida
15
Agnew
Jacksonville
16
Agnew
Bay Hills
16
Volpe
Florida
17
Agnew
Bay Hills
22
Mrs. Nixon
Florida
26
Romeny
Miami
27
Dole
Florida
31
Blount
Tuscaloosa
ILLINOIS
September
17
Volpe
Chicago
19
Dole
Bloomington
21
Hodgson
Peoria
October
4
Julie & David
Chicago
9
Kennedy
Chicago
11
Kennedy
Chicago
13
Klein
Chicago
15
Richardson
Chicago
19
Agnew
Chicago
20
Agnew
Chicago
22
Laird
Chicago
25
Rumsfeld
Chicago
26
Hodgson
Chicago
27
Hodgson
Chicago
28
Hodgson
Springfield
28
Hickel
Springfield
28
Stans
Springfield
28
Hardin
Springfield
30
Romney
Illinois
November
2
Kennedy
Illinois
INDIANA
September
23
Agnew
Indianapolis
October
13
Klein
Bloomington
16
Mitchell
Indiana
17
Hardin
Indiana
18
Hardin
Indiana
19
Hardin
Indiana
19
Hodgson
Indiana
21
Volpe
Indiana
-4-
INDIANA (Cont'd.)
October
22
Dole
Indiana
26
Dole
Indiana
27
Hardin
Indiana
28
Mrs. Nixon
Indiana
29
Finch
Indiana
29
Volpe
Indiana
November
1
Tricia
Indiana
MARYLAND
September
27
Agnew
Baltimore
October
1
Hickel
Annapolis
16
Finch
Maryland
17
Mrs. Nixon
Hagerstown
20
Agnew
Maryland
21
Rumsfeld
Maryland
29
Volpe
Maryland
30
Stans
Maryland
MICHIGAN
September
15
Finch
Lansing
October
3
Stans
Detroit
6
Romney
Detroit
10
Romney
St. Clair
19
Mrs. Nixon
Michigan
28
Volpe
Michigan
MINNESOTA
September
10
Hickel
St. Paul
16
Stans
Minneapolis
October
8
Laird
Duluth
14
Tricia
Minneapolis
16
Richardson
Minneapolis
17
Stans
Minnesota
18
Finch
Minneapolis
19
Mrs. Nixon
Minnesota
20
Romney
Minneapolis
MISSOURI
October
1
Blount
Kansas City
2
Blount
Kansas City
2
Dole
Missouri
3
Blount
Kansas City
-5-
MISSOURI (Cont'd.)
October
9
Rumsfeld
Missouri
16
Klein
St. Louis
17
Julie & David
Missouri
19
Dole
Missouri
20
Finch
Missouri
22
Stans
Missouri
23
Klein
Missouri
27
Hardin
Missouri
28
Hickel
Missouri
NEVADA
October
7
Mitchell
Reno
19
Hickel
Nevada
20
Mrs. Nixon
Carson City
26
Finch
Nevada
28
Dole
Nevada
NEW JERSEY
September
24
Finch
Newark
29
Hodgson
Atlantic City
October
6
Volpe
Atlantic City
14
Volpe
New Jersey
21
David & Julie
New Jersey
26
Tricia
New Jersey
26
Volpe
New Jersey
30
Hardin
New Jersey
NEW MEXICO
October
13
David
Albuquerque
18
Hickel
Albuquerque
22
Klein
New Mexico
30
Dole
New Mexico
NORTH DAKOTA
September
29
Agnew
North Dakota
October
24
Dole
North Dakota
27
Hickel
North Dakota
29
Tricia
North Dakota
OHIO
September
4
Volpe
Columbus
12
Hardin
Versailles
-6-
OHIO (Cont'd.)
October
5
David
Cincinnati
14
Stans
Canton
17
Dole
Ohio
19
Finch
Dayton
21
Romney
Ohio
28
Volpe
Ohio
28
Tricia
Ohio
29
Hickel
Ohio
31
Tricia
Cleveland
SOUTH DAKOTA
September
29
Agnew
Sioux Falls
October
27
Hickel
South Dakota
TENNESSEE
September
22
Agnew
Memphis
28
Blount
Nashville
October
22
Stans
Tennessee
TEXAS
October
6
Finch
Dallas
8
Kennedy
Wichita Falls & Dallas
8
Stans
Dallas
9
Laird
San Antonio
9
Kennedy
Dallas
10
Dole
Texas
12
Agnew
Texas
13
Agnew
Dallas
16
Klein
Dallas
17
Hickel
Houston
21
Finch
Dallas
22
Volpe
Houston
UTAH
September
25
Hodgson
Salt Lake City
30
Agnew
Salt Lake City
October
2-4
Kennedy
Provo
4-5
Finch
Salt Lake City
6
Finch
Salt Lake City
21
Tricia
Provo & Ogden
21
Klein
Salt Lake City
28
Hardin
Utah
29
Hardin
Utah
29
Kennedy
Utah
-7-
VERMONT
September
26
Finch
Brattleboro
October
24
Hickel
Vermont
WYOMING
September
26
Dole
Wyoming
28
Stans
Cheyenne
October
1
Kennedy
Wyoming
2
Kennedy
Wyoming
28
Mitchell
Wyoming
29
Tricia
Wyoming
November
1
Finch
Wyoming
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
19
20
21
22
23
24
Finch-Dayton
Richardson-Calif.
Klein-SLC, Utah
Mrs.Nixon-Florida
Kennedy-Virginia
Finch-Ventura
Hodgson-Ind.&Maing
Romney-Minn.
Finch-Dallas
n
Finch-LA, Calif.
Dole-No.Dakota
27 at OF and
David-So.Carolina
Volpe- NYC
Romney-Ohio
Klein-N Mexico
Volpe-SF. Calif.
Hardin-Indiana
Klein-Buffalo
Hickel-Alaska
Volpe-Houston
Klein-Missouri
Dole-Missouri
Mrs.Nixon-Carson
Volpe-Indiana
Blount-Birmghm,Ala
Mrs.Nixon-Mich.&
City
Dole-Kansas-Conn
Romney-Calif.
Dole-No.Carolina
Minn.
Finch-Missouri
Tricia-Utah
Finch-Calif.
"0"I"
Dole-Kansas
David,Julie-New
Laird-Chicago
Tricia-Penn.
Jersey
Dole-Indiana
BY
Hickel-Alaska
Rumsfeld-Md.
Stans-Tenn.&Mo.
Rumsfeld-Ark.
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Finch-Calif.
Hodgson-Chicago
Hodgson-Chicago
Finch-LA, Calif.
Finch-Indiana
Dole-NewMexico
Blount-Tuscalosa
Stans-Florida
Romney-Miami
Finch-SanDiego
Mrs.Nixon-Ind.
Klein-LA, Calif.
Julie-Penn.
Volpe-Mass.
Rumsfeld- Ill.
Volpe-NYC& NJ
Klein-Virginia
Blount-LA, Calif.
Tricia-No. Dakota
Hardin-NYC& NJ
Richardson-Mass.
Finch-California
Dole-Florida
Dole-Nevada
Dole-California
Mrs.Nixon-Calif.
Tricia-Ohio
Dole-Indiana
Hickel-So.D&No.D.
Volpe- Ohio
Hickel-Ohio&Conn
Richardson-Conn.
Dole-Kansas
Tricia-NewJersey
Hardin-Mo.&Ind.
Richardson-Minn.
Volpe-Md.&Ind.
Romney-Ill.
Mrs.Nixon-No.Cal
Volpe-NewJersey
Tricia-Ohio&Okl.
Hardin-Utah
Stans-Md.
Hickel - Iowa
Hodgson-Ill.
Kennedy-Utah
Hickel-Ill&Mo.
Stans-Ill.
Hardin-Ill&Utah
Mitchell-Wyoming
NOVEMBER
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Tricia-Indiana
Mrs.Nixon-So.Calif.
Kennedy-Calif.
Kennedy-Illinois
Finch-Wyoming
(Tent.)
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 23, 1970
FOR:
H. R. HALDEMAN
FROM:
MURRAY CHOTINER
RE:
Suggested Telephone Calls,
Sunday, October 25
Senator Ralph Smith
Nominee for Senate, Illinois
Bleeper No.
(312) 368-0074
Noon to 1:15 PM (312) IN 3-9273
2:05 to 2:35
(312) 227-0624
3:05 to 3:32
(312) 641-5000
4:10 to 4:45
(312) 864-8626
5 PM on
(312) 943-5600
Attorney General Kent Frizzell
Nominee for Governor, Kansas
Home:
(913) 688-1240
Office:
(913) 296-2215
Congressman Tom Meskill
Nominee for Governor, Connecticut
Person will be standing by to contact
(203) 828-0391
-2-
Attorney General Jack Danforth
Nominee for U. S. Senator, Missouri
12:15 to 12:30 PM
(816) 276-8000
1:00 to 1:30 PM
(816) 241-4838
2:45 to 6:00 PM
(816) 241-4101
Wayne Millsap
(314) 421-2727
Campaign Manager
Congressman Tom Kleppe
Nominee for U. S. Senator, North Dakota
Miss LaVerne Simes can contact all day
(701) 223-7493
Congressman John Wold
Nominee for U. S. Senator, Wyoming
Home:
(307) 234-7676
Headquarters:
(307) 265-6100
Governor Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Westchester Home:
(914) ME 1-0009
Congressman Robert Taft, Jr.
Nominee for U. S. Senate, Ohio
"Red Phone":
(513) 651-3610
-3-
Congressman Laurence Burton
Nominee for U. S. Senate, Utah
Apartment:
(801) 359-4118
Headquarters:
(801) 322-3463
Congressman Clark MacGregor
Nominee for U. S. Senate, Minnesota
Noon to 1:00 PM
(612) 881-2691
1:00 to 2:00 PM
(612) 646-4501
2:45 to 3:45 PM
(612) 633-6880
4:15 to 7:00 PM
(612) 646-6121
Congressman Lowell Weicker
Nominee for U. S. Senate, Connecticut
2:00 to 2:30 PM
(203) 865-4163
3:15 to 3:45 PM
(203) 529-8611
4:30 to 4:45 PM
(203) 934-6611
6:00 to 7:00 PM
(203) 869-1182
Home:
(203) 869-3291
Congressman Richard Roudebush
Nominee for U. S. Senate, Indiana
2:00 to 3:00 PM
(317) 923-1331
4:00 to 7:00 PM
(317) 773-1114 (home)
7:30 to 9:00 PM
(317) 846-5454
Mayor Ann Uccello, Hartford, Conn.
Congressional Candidate, First District
Campaign Headquarters:
(203) 523-8180
Private Line (Home)
(203) 566-6538
Times listed are local times.
MEMORANDUM
Pol
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 19, 1970
States Taped on Sunday Afternoon
Connecticut
New Jersey
Maryland
Indiana
North Dakota
Vermont
Texas
Florida
Utah
New Mexico
Nevada
spot
Plus 19 seconds for California
(Price) JK
October 18, 1970
ONE MINUTE SPOT FOR TAPING - CONNECTICUT
In Lowell Weicker and Tom Meskill, Connecticut has a chance
this year to elect exceptionally able men as Senator and Governor.
Lowell Weicker is a man of the new decade, whose voice in the
Senate will be a strong voice for Connecticut and a strong voice for
responsible progress: Tom Meskill is a man of experience and
action, who understands Connecticut's problems and can put its
government back on a sound financial footing.
Lowell Weicker and Tom Meskill are men you can have confidence
in, and I will have confidence in. I urge you to elect Lowell Weicker
to the U. S. Senate and to elect Tom Meskill Governor.
#####
These 11 states
+
The ( States bellvint
(chio hidiana. Tenn-Nic N.D, Mo)
+
Sen 69c Marpley
(Huebner/Price) JK
October 18, 1970
ONE MINUTE STOP FOR TAPING -- NEW JERSEY
New Jersey has the chance this year to elect a Senator with first
hand experience as a law enforcement officer, a man who will fight
effectively against violence and crime and drugs. That man is
Nelson Gross.
Nelson Gross is an experienced leader who will fight effectively
against reckless spending that breeds inflation, and for sensible
programs to move America forward.
In Nelson Gross, you will have a Senator who can do MORE for
New Jersey because he will be working WITH Senator Case, WITH
Governor Cahill, and WITH the Nixon Administration. I hope you
will be WITH Nelson Gross and the entire Republican ticket on
November 3rd.
#####
(Price) JK
October 18, 1970
ONE MINUTE SPOT FOR TAPING -- MARYLAND
In Glenn Beall and Stanley Blair, Maryland has a chance to
elect two proven men of action as Senator and Governor. Glenn
Beall speaks for the people of Maryland. I have relied on him in
the House, and I want him as an important part of our team in the
Senate. As Maryland's Secretary of State and Vice President
Agnew's chief of staff, Stan Blair has established himself as a
highly talented administrator who knows both State and Federal
government. I have great trust and confidence in both Glenn Beall
and Stanley Blair, and I urge you to elect them as your Senator
and your Governor.
####
(Price) JK
October 18, 1970
ONE MINUTE SPOT FOR TAPING - - INDIANA
In 1968, Indiana voted for a change. In order to carry out that
change, I need a strong, solid team in Congress -- and I want
Richard Roudebush in the U. S. Senate as a part of that team.
Richard Roudebush will work with us, not against us. He will
help us break the logjam in the Senate. He will help us keep
America strong. He will fight crime and disorder. He will help
us check inflation by checking the big spenders. He will help us
move America forward. I urge you to vote for Richard Roudebush
for the U. S. Senate.
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#####
(Price) JK
October 18, 1970
ONE MINUTE SPOT FOR TAPING -- NORTH DAKOTA
In the Presidential election of 1968, North Dakota voted for
a change. In order to carry out that change, I need a strong,
solid team in Congress -- and I want Tom Kleppe in the U. S.
Senate as a part of that team. Tom Kleppe will help us check
inflation by checking the big spenders. He will help us achieve
peace with honor in Vietnam. He will be a strong, forceful voice
for the farmer.
A vote for Tom Kleppe will be a vote to break the Senate
logjam, and to move our programs for a better and stronger
America forward. I urge you to vote for Tom Kleppe.
#####
JK
October 18, 1970
ONE MINUTE SPOT FOR TAPING - -- VERMONT
In Win Prouty and Deane Davis, Vermont has exceptionally able
men as United States Senator and Governor.
Senator Win Prouty is a man who works hard for the people of
Vermont. He is a skilled and experienced legislator who has won
great respect in all branches of Government.
Governor Deane Davis has restored sound financial management
to the State. On crucial issues ranging from the environment to
enforcement of the law, he has shown great foresight and wise
leadership.
Win Prouty and Deane Davis are men in whom you can have
confidence and I will have confidence. I urge you to re-elect
Win Prouty and Deane Davis.
#####
(Safire) JK
October 18, 1970
ONE MINUTE SPOT FOR TAPING - - TEXAS
This year, Texans have an opportunity to take a strong step
in the direction of more effective leadership in Washington and
in Austin.
I have seen George Bush in action, as one of the most effective
Congressmen in Washington. As your Senator, George Bush will
be a doer -- working together with me in the best interest of all
Texans and all Americans.
I've seen Paul Eggers in action, as General Counsel to the
Treasury Department. As your Governor, he will hold the line
against the kind of big spending that drives up prices and taxes.
I urge you to make your voice heard for George Bush and
Paul Eggers on Election Day.
####
(Safire) JK
October 18, 1970
ONE MINUTE SPOT FOR TAPING -- FLORIDA
Your vote on this Election Day can help make the difference
in the direction this nation takes.
With Bill Cramer as your United States Senator, you and I
will be able to count on strong support for winning a just peace;
for an end to the big spending that drives up prices and taxes;
and for a firm stand against crime and disorder.
With Claude Kirk as your Governor, you can depend on sound,
effective action and cooperation with my Administration.
I urge you to vote for Cramer for Senator and Kirk for Governor,
so that we can move Florida and the nation ahead.
###
(Buchanan) JK
October 18, 1970
ONE MINUTE SPOT FOR TAPING -- UTAH
My friends in Utah. This Administration and this President
need Laurence Burton in the United States Senate.
Two years ago, I dedicated my Presidency to ending inflation
and the Big Spender philosophy that causes it -- to ending the
violence and disruption that has swept America - - to ending the
war in Vietnam with honor - - to giving America a new Supreme
Court.
We are succeeding on every front -- but on every front we meet
Senate opposition. That is why -- for peace with honor in Asia
and progress without disorders at home -- I ask the people of
Utah to elect Laurence Burton to the U. S. Senate this November.
####
(Buchanan) JK
October 18, 1970
ONE MINUTE SPOT FOR TAPING -- NEW MEXICO
Too often in the last Congress, a single vote, a majority of
one, was the deciding vote on whether or not my Administration
continued its policy of peace with honor in Asia, and peace
through strength in the world. I ask you to guarantee that we have
that majority of one in the next Congress -- by electing Andy
Carter to the United States Senate.
And elect Pete Domenici your next Governor. In this new
era, we are returning power and resources to the States and we
need Governors with skill and understanding, men like Pete
Domenici.
Elect Andy Carter and Pete Domenici this November -- for
peace abroad and progress at home.
#####
(Buchanan) JK
October 18, 1970
ONE MINUTE SPOT FOR TAPING -- NEVADA
We need Bill Raggio in the U. S. Senate. We need him --
because when the great questions come up -- a just peace in Asia,
a strong America in a dangerous world - - Bill Raggio will stand
up for what's right.
Senator Raggio will be a vigorous national spokesman against
obscenity, pornography, disruption and crime.
And we need Ed Fike as the next Governor of Nevada.
Governor Ed Fike will be a strong force against crime in Nevada,
a strong advocate of the rights of Nevada, and a strong voice for
Nevada in Washington.
Senator Bill Raggio and Governor Ed Fike -- will be a great
team for Nevada and for our nation.
####
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
MEMORANDUM FOR LARRY HIGBY
SUBJECT: Comments on the Suggested Basic Campaign Text
1. Attached is my copy with specific recommended changes.
2. Recommend 1/4 to 1/3 of present speech be cut.
3. In place of the cut material, I would suggest something along
the following lines:
4
--R. N. balance criticism of what has been with State of the
Union/St. Louis/Kansas State type language from earlier
speeches as to what could be -- R.N. 's vision of America,
the alternative he offers.
--The President can offer the leadership and hope that
Americans are searching for.
The section would balance the other material which recognizes
their fears by verbalizing the best hopes and aspirations of
the American people for their country, their families and
themselves.
The section should reflect his belief that with their help the
nation can do better. This approach would signify leadership
for the whole nation toward the fulfillment of their hopes.
DR.
Donald Rumsfeld
(Buchanan/Safire) JK
October 13, 3970
SUGGESTED BASIC CAMPAIGN TEXT
There are some who say the President should stick to "Presidential
business" during an off-year election, because the tide usually runs
that
against the party that occupies the White House, But I say
IS improvant,
business than the business of democracy and I am here
today to urge you to send to Washington the kind of men who will speak
up for your rights, act in your behalf, and fight for your convictions.
The candidates of America's two great political parties are pitted
against one another this fall to determine the character and direction
of the Ninety Second Congress of the United States.
But in a very important sense, this is not a traditional election --
nor could it be. Because today, in America, there are two separate and
guide
distinct political and social philosophics competing for the right to in
mine the destiny of this nation the destiny of our society at home, and
the destiny of the Western World.
These elections are another phase of the political and philosophical
conflict of 1968 a conflict between the dogmas of the old elite that
dominated America in the sixties and, the other *ide, a new leader slip
that represents the values and beliefs of a new emergent majority in.
American politics.
2
possiblest
11 the beginning of the 1970s, we are well into'a period of time
when a national candidate's party affiliation is becoming less impor-
tant than his philosophical orientation. Approch to our society.
What made this conflict possible indeed inevitable was the
utter failure of the old clite to meet the crises of the last half of the
last decade. Because of those failures, America in 1968 was left with
rampant inflation in our economy, with an unprecedented wave of dis-
order and violence in our society, and with an endless and divisive
war in Southeast Asia.
The old elite that dominated SO much of American life in the 1960s
their Approach
had been given the mandate and Aliday had failed.
In 1968, while the philosophy of the old elite was rejected at the
still to this day
highest national level it was left ins controlsof the dominant party of
the Congress of the United States. Now, in 1970, the question is
clear:
Will the American people vote to go back to the old ways which gave
us rampant inflation, rising crime, and an endless war or will
America reaffirm the judgment made in November of 1968 that
travel
America must travel along a new road -- and never go down that old
road again.
This is the great question on which the American people will speak
again on November third.
3
There is another sense in which this election is unconventional and
untraditional. It is this. 1970 is an election year, I believe, in which
millions of good workingmen and women of America who have been in-
having questioned that Approach,
clined to vote on the basis of political party are going to alandon and
them and their
reject those men who have abandoned and rejected many of the principle:
which made America greet. hopel and Aspirations for their in country and families. their
The vast majority of Americans, I believe, will reject those office-
holders and candidates who (ry to demean their own country and who
counsel defeat and humiliation for America. The American voters will
reject those who have condoned and excused disorderly and malevolent
actions by campus radicals. They will reject those men who, in their
concern for the rights of criminals, have all but forgotten the right of
innocent people to enjoy freedom from fear. They will reject those who
have forgotten that it is the students, the young, the poor and the black,
whose rights are the most abused and the most violated by radicalism, by
by
by
militancy, violence and crime.
1
In November, I believe, some misguided officeholders and candi-
dates are going to learn just how far out of touch they have gotten with
the working people they are supposed to represent.
So today let me issue an invitation to the working men and women
1
of America who may have been inclined to vote for the Democratic
Party in the past to join us in a crusade to build America in the future
by protecting and defending and extending the principles that have made
ours the greatest nation in the world.
For too long now, America has been sending out too many contra-
dictory signals on foreign policy. The voices of weakness on Capitol
Hill have confused the nation and misled the world into thinking America
is ready to return to the discarded shell of isolationism.
This fall, 1 urge Americans to render a judgment at the polls - - to
make their views known in no uncertain terms.
( the sophistonspeallnco- the sophistractes
If America does not want charged isolationism and 1 do not believe
it does then the neo-isolationists should be turned out of the Congress
of the United States on those grounds alone.
Steadily,
At this point in history, as we are moving toward peáce in Ásia, as
we are working to avoid war in the Middle East - J ask the American
people to send to the Congress Senators and Representatives who will
stand with us for peace with honor in Asia and peace through American
strength in the remainder of the world.
In the first twenty-one months in office, my Administration has
carried forward the commitments we made in the fall of 1968. We have
5
moved steadily abead on a course of reform, restoration and renewal.
We have submitted more than a dozen major proposals to deal with
the crime, the violence and the disruptions of American society. We
have cut the rate of inflation in half. We have moved America halfway
down the road to an honorable peace in Asia. American casualties have
fallen to the lowest levels in four and a balf years. By next May 1 abmost
half of the American troops in Victnam when I took office will have come
home home not in disgrace or in defeat but home in. honor after a
job well done.
This progress has come about - not with the support of Congress
but in the face of obstructionism by some members of the Congress
every step of the way.
Our efforts against inflation have been attacked by the Big Spenders
on Capitol 11111; our efforts to produce strong new laws to deal with
bombings,' crime and violence languished for months because of a per-
missive attitude on the part of too many Members of Congress; some
highly visible and vocal Members of Congress have attempted at every
turn 10 undercut our efforts to win a just and honorable peace in Asia.
The time has come to call the roll on the Ninety-First Congress
of the United States.
Now is the time 10 turn out those Members who helped to thwart
anti- crime, anti-inflation measur CS at home who helped to block
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many of the great domestic reforms America voted for in 1968 and
this Administration proposed in the calendar year of 1969 who falked
and worked against efforts toward an honorable peace.
Now is the time to reject those who helped to stall efforts to create
a New Federalism in American polities while offering no alternative of
their own except the old ways, and the old ways, my fellow Americans,
represent no alternative at all to this new Administration.
respasivels of
We proposed a New Federalism that would change the palitical
government in
landscape of this nation but the controlling clique in Congress refused
to change.
There is first of all revenue sharing -- a reform endorsed by
both party platforms in 1968 a reform that would take power and rc-
sponsibility away from the Federal government in Washington and return
them to the States and people where they belong a proposal that the
Congress has failed to adopt.
A year ago, we asked Congress to join us in reforming the nation's
chaotic welfare system to give people incentives to work along with
their welfare check to take people off the welfare rolls and put them
onto payrolls in the United States. This is one of the most historic
social programs to be presented to the Congress in thirty-five years
this is a program to end poverty in America, a program years overdue
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but Congress in a full year of vacillation could not make up its mind to
act.
Eighteen months ago, we asked the Congress to reform the chaotic
and unmanageable grants-in-aid programs -- final action has yet to be
taken.
Another pillar of the New Federalism is our program to consolidate
the manpower training programs under a single roof -- and then begin
movement
the gradual dissemination of responsibilities back to the States where
they belong. That proposal has noi yet been enacted.
In the Social Security Amendments currently before Congress 1
asked that a cost-of-living adjustment be written into the Social Security
benefits so that retired citizens and widows would never again carry
an excessive and unfair share of the national burden of rising prices.
The Congress has yet to complete action.
Our new draft reforms, our anti-pollution proposals have not been
enacted into law and there is no excuse for the failure 10 enact them.
What of the major anti-crime proposals? Fewer than half of them
have been enacted into law; the others still languish in the hands of a
seemingly uninterested Congress.
One wonders just what evidence this Congress needs -- in the num-
bers of dead children being picked up off our streets from an overdose
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of heroin before it decides the time has come for action.
And what has happened to our proposals to prevent the use of the
mails for salacious advertising and for sending pornographic filth to
children. Most of them are still lost in Committee.
crime
The old clite that does not get outraged about the rise in filth in
this country should be sent a message loud and clear this fall that
excessive
America is fired of permissiveness and the era of permissiveness
is coming to an end in the United States of America.
Many of our legislative initiatives deal with the problems of the
poor in America - as rightly they should. But my Administration is
also determined to represent the interests and the rights and values of
the working men and women of America.
These are the forgotten Americans they are the Americans whose
problems and grievances all 100 often are ignored because they are
not publicized. And they are not publicized because the working men
and women of this country the backbone of America use the tradi-
tional and legitimate avenues of dissent, not the avenue of disruption
and disorder now being claimed as a privileged right by a militant few.
11 is with the cause of the working man in mind that we have acted
to increase unemployment benefits and extend them to four-and- a-half
million more Americans. This is why WC have proposed three billion
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dollars for manpower training. That is why new health and safety
standards have been advanced and enacted in mining and construction.
That is why fifty-three computer job banks have been established. That
is why working families as well as welfare families would benefit
from family assistance. That is why we have acted to exempt low in-
come workers from Federal income taxes.
The working men and women of America have been forgotten by
the old clite as that clite sought to curry favor with the militant
young whom it believed to be the wave of the future.
The future of this country belongs to the young, it is true but
not to the militant young or the radical young. It belongs to the millions
yours men and women
of college students in this country who are studying to improve them-
selves and to prepare themselves to improve America. 11 belongs to
those tens of thousands of young Americans who do not go to college
but begin building careers and families when they have left high
school. It belongs to the two million young Americans, black, brown
and white and Spanish-speaking who have served their country and
served mankind on the battlefields of Southeast Asia.
The American people spoke out loud and clear on the issues in 1968.
They said WC want this ruinous inflation halted. They said we want a
firm stand against crime on our streets and a firm stand against disruptions
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and disorders in our colleges and universities. They said we want peace
in Asia not a peace of humiliation and defeat, but a peace that does
justice to the decade-long sacrifices of this nation and 43, 000 of her
sons, That is what America voted for in 1968; that is what my Adminis-
tration is determined and dedicated to accomplish.
And I say when the Big Spenders in the Ninety-First Congress ob-
struct that fight against inflation by adding billions to the budget; when
the permissive element in that Congress vacillates and delays action on
our anti-crime proposals; when they talk about pornography and obscen-
ity but fail to act as the nation demands; when they thwart our efforts
to reform welfare; and when the nco-isolationists in the Congress try
to undercut every Presidential effort to win for America a just peace
in Southeast Asia then 1 say the time has come for the American
people 10 turn out of the Congress the controlling clique and their sub-
missive followers.
Fifty years ago, at another crucial moment in our nation's history,
an American President cane forward to do battle with a clique of Sena-
tors who were frustrating the will of the people.
These shortsighted men refused to allow America to strengthen her
defenses in a world on the verge of war, and later these same men
refused 10 allow America to join with other nations in preventing future
wars.
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And this is what Woodrow Wilson said about them: "A little group
of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered
the great Government of the United States helpless and contemptible. 1:
Tragically for the United States, the little group of willful men,
with their stranglehold on the Senate, defeated President Wilson and
planted the seeds of another war.
But this time, my friends, the little group of willful men who today
stand in the way of peace and progress are not going to succeed in
making this nation "helpless and contemptible. 11
This time, in the year 1970, the voice of the great silent majority
of the American people is going to thunder at the polls, and today's
"little group of willful men" is going to be swept out of the Congress.
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BIG SPENDERS
It 100k us nearly two years to put the reins on a runaway
cost of living -- now that we've done it, this nation is not about to
go off to the races again.
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The old political slogan used to be "Spend and spend, tax
and tax, elect and elect. " But in 1970, The Big Spenders and the
Big Taxers are going to be the Big Losers.
WEAKNESS
There is a type of man in public life today who makes weakness
his watchword.
He votes 10 weaken our defenses. He urges us to weaken
our negotiating position. He warns against strong measures needed
to control crime and prevent disruption, For him, weakness is no
longer a decision to be made on individual issues - - weakness has
become his way of life.
But, my friends, i( there is any one lesson bistory has taught
us, it is this: Weakness at home leads to disruption, and weakness
abroad leads to war.
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America's moral strength is going to bring peace to our
campuses. America's defensive strength is going to help bring
peace to the world.
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Those senators who have given in to overindulgence for six
years are going to wake up with a big hangover on Election Day.
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Those whosay "give in" to disruption and "give in" to aggression
will just have to give in to the great silent majority on Election Day.
THE VICE PRESIDENT
There's an old saying in American politics that "a man is
loved for the enemies be makes. 11 Well, when the Vice President
is being denounced every day by the New Left, by the underground
press, by the bomb throwers and the revolutionaries, and by the
permissive politicians and obstructionist Senators - - then I say
he's been making the right enemies and the American people love
him for it.
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INTRUSION DISCLAIMER
The President of the United States claims no right to tell
you how to vote, but you have every right in the world to tell your
own Senator how to vote. And when he doesn't get your message,
it's time for you to get a new Senator.
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GENERATION OF PLACE
I have said that WC are determined to give our children a
chance at what we never bad a generation of peace. But V.C must (
do even more we must give them the moral strength and moral
stamine to keep that peace in their own generation and beyond.
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VIOLENCE
1 have said time and again that the watchword of this Admin-
istration is reform. We have achieved postal reform and draft
reform and with improvements in the Congress, WC will achieve
welfare reform and reform of the Federal bureaucracy, returning
power close to the people where it belongs.
This needed reform of our system cuts across Party lines;
it is bigger than politics. Every American of any Party can be part
of this eform. But as Theodore Roosevelt said in 1913, every
reform movement has its lunatic fringe. Today we have with us
something worse than the Junatic fringe -- WC have the criminal
fringe, ready to break the law in the name of some higher law all
their own.
But 1 say that the man who throws a bomb in the name of
revolution is no different from the man who throws a boinb for kicks
-- they are both members of the criminal fringe, and they will be
tracked down and brought to justice and given the punishment they
deserve.
The word for that action is not "repression" -- the word for
that is justice.
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SUGGESTED ANECDOTE
In 1959 Vince Lombardi became the coach of the Green Bay
Packers. The Packers are a community-owned team and the people
of Green Bay were disappointed with their team's poor performance
and demoralization under the long string of previous coaches. Act-
ing through their executive committee, the people of Green Bay
decided to put Vince Lombardi in charge. This meant that Vince
had to be able to shape the team and the team's spirit according to
his best estimate of what was needed. And the people of Green Bay,
acting through the executive committee of the Packer organization,
gave Vince the support he needed.
Vince used this support wisely. He fired slackers and those
who would not play for the good of the team. De built on the strengths
of the team. llc emphasized the basics. And he built a feeling of
spirit, dedication and teamwork among the players and the town as
well. In a few brief years, Vince Lombardi brought the Packers
back to the championship form they bad had in earlier years; from
this point on the Packers were to set incredible records.
America has recently buried Vince Lombardi, but 1 believe
bis spirit lives on. We can all learn the lessons he had to teach,
and if we learn the lessons, our nation can not only recapture its
earlier greatness, but go on to set undreamed of records.
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But to do this, WC must all follow the tenents of the Lombardi
philosophy:
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First, we must support our leaders SO that they can do what
is needed in this country, and do it now. We can no longer beinstzing
the President with a Congress which plays politics with the vital
issues facing the nation.
Second, we.must build on our strengths. We must ask what is
right and good and fair in this country, and then WC must build it up
and extend it to all Americans.
Third, we must emphasize the basics, whether it is in the
fields of national defense, pollution, or welfare reform. If the
foundations of our society are strong, the great temples and towers
will be 100.
Fourth, we must limit the destructive influence of the slackers
and those who obstruct the rest of us in our sincere efforts to build
a better society. These nay-sayers should be confronted and debated
and defeated wherever they are found; in the Congress, in the uni-
versities, in the ranks of selfish businessmen and union leaders,
in the violent radical groups, and in the criminal element of our
nation.
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And, finally, we must rebuild the spirit, dedication and team-
work which is the rightful beritage of our nation. We must find a new
enthusiasin and a new energy to bring forth the promise of our society.
We will be able to do this if we all work together. The nation
needs the help of all iis citizens, and its citizens need each other's
help. With your assistance, and the grace of God, we will be able
to do it.
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