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Handwritten note relating to campaign finances. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], 9/11/1972
From MacGregor to the Budget Committee of the CRP RE: notes from that entity's recent meeting. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/8/1972
From MacGregor to "the Staff" RE: the campaign staff between September 6 and November. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/6/1972
Handwritten notes of a meeting involving MacGregor, Stans, Barik, Mitchell, Odle, and others on various campaign topics. 4 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], 9/6/1972
Post-April 7, 1972 Committee for the Re- Election of the President budget. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Newspaper], no date
Budget for the Finance Committee to Re- Elect the President. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Financial Records], no date
From MacGregor to members of the Budget Committee RE: notes from the committee's recent meeting. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/14/1972
Post-April 7, 1972 Committee for the Re- Election of the President budget. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Financial Records], no date
Budget for the Finance Committee to Re- Elect the President as of September 9, 1972. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Financial Records], 9/9/1972
Notes on various campaign topics, particularly those involving Dent. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/13/1972
From Dent to RN RE: the results of state primaries held on September 12, 1972. Handwritten notes added by unknown. 4 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/13/1972
From Brad E. Hainsworth to Dent RE: Oklahoma's 1972 state and national election outlooks. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/23/1972
From Hainsworth to Dent RE: Georgia's 1972 political outlook. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/29/1972
From Hainsworth to Dent RE: the state of Nevada politics in September 1972. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/8/1972
From Hainsworth to Dent RE: Wyoming's political outlook in the 1972 campaign. 1 pg. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Memo], 8/24/1972
Handwritten notes on various campaign matters, including campaign finance challenges. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], 8/29/1972
From Hainsworth to Dent RE: the state of North Dakota politics in September 1972. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/14/1972
From Hainsworth to Dent RE: the political outlook of New Hampshire in the 1972 election. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/14/1972
From Hainsworth to Dent RE: New Hampshire political outlloks on the state and national level. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/13/1972
Agenda for a Budget Committee meeting. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Photograph], 9/13/1972
Handwritten notes relating to campaign topics such as financing and relations with "1701." 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], 9/14/1972
Handwritten notes relating to Chotiner and key campaign topics. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Photograph], 9/5/1972
From Odle to Chotiner RE: mail priority within the CRP. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/9/1972
From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: criticizing Kennedy, Humphrey, and Muskie for their support of McGovern. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/14/1972
From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: halting responses to the McGovern campaign on nonissues. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/14/1972
From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: an announcement on the Roswell Employment Training Center which undermines the 1972 Republican campaign. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/14/1972
An "Albuquerque Journal" article titled "Director of Training Center Knocks Closing." 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Newspaper], 9/10/1972
Handwritten notes on the success of certain campaign efforts, such as the use of speakers and commercials. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], no date
Handwritten notes relating to political meetings and campaign projects. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], no date
From Bob Reisner to Malek and Magruder RE: overlap in certain campaign econonmic activities. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/29/1972
Handwritten notes on campaign information obtained from Garment. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], 9/14/1972
Handwritten notes laying out Garment's work in the 1972 presidential campaign. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], no date
From "Jeb" to "Gorden" RE: attached material. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/31/1972
From Garment to Magruder RE: attached campaign ideas. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 8/28/1972
From a member of Harvard Uniersity's Department of Government to Garment RE: campaign advice. 5 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], no date
From Paul Weaver to Garment RE: attached information from Lipset. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 8/16/1972
Proposal for a 1972 Survey of American Professoriate on the political campaign authored by Seymour Lipset and Everett Ladd, Jr. 7 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], no date
From Norman Podhoretz to Garment RE: attached articles relating to the election. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 8/21/1972
An article from "Commentary" titled "McGovern and the Jews: A Debate," written by Nathan Glazer and Milton Himmelfarb. 9 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Newspaper], no date
A "Commentary" editorial written by Norman Podhoretz titled "Between Nixon and the New Politics." 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Newspaper], no date
From Peter P. Witonski to Garment RE: a memo on intellectuals. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 8/14/1972
From Witonski to Garment RE: intellecual support for RN in 1972. 4 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/14/1972
From Strachan to Chapin RE: attached campaign documents. Handwritten noted added by unknown. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Report], 9/8/1972
From Magruder to MacGregor RE: a joint advertising program involving Nixon State Chairmen and Nixon State Finance Chairmen. Proposed letters to the two groups attached. 8 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/7/1972
From RN to C. Langhorne Washburn RE: advertising charges related to the presidential campaign. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 7/20/1972
Handwritten notes relaying information obtained from "L," "G," and Collins. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], no date
From MacGregor to Colson RE: the establishment of a committee for mailings to labor groups. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/6/1972
From Strachan to Magruder RE: victory plans for various states. Handwritten note added by unknown. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/12/1972
From L. Robert Morgan, through Magruder, to MacGregor RE: Committee for the Reelection of the President campaign mailings to New Jersey and California. Draft of proposed letters and other mailings attached. 14 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/29/1972
From Morgan, through Magruder, to MacGregor RE: campaign literature for Spanish speakers. Proposed letter and mailing information attached. 13 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/28/1972
From Morgan, through Magruder, to MacGregor RE: options for mass campaign mailings. State data base schedule, budgets, and Committee Computer Programming Format Manual attached. 22 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 7/14/1972
From Bob Marik, through Magruder, to MacGregor RE: signatures for a New Jersey mailing. Handwritten note added by unknown. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/6/1972
From Marik, through Magruder, to MacGregor RE: mailing strategy recommendations for key election states. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/13/1972
From Robert Hatch to Robert Morgan RE: sending out a letter from the Committee for the Re-election of the President to members of important California unions. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/12/1972
From Magruder to MacGregor RE: a letter to key county officials in Illinois. Draft of letter attached. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/13/1972
From Marik to Morgan RE: letterheads and signatures on key campaign mailings. 6 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/18/1972
From Thomas G. Dunn to Marik RE: approving the use of his name on a Committee for the Re-election of the President mailing. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 8/17/1972
From Morgan, through Magruder, to MacGregor RE: the use of a "Concerned Citizens for the Re-election of the President" group to persuade Jewish voters to vote for RN. Material from the group attached. 14 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/28/1972
From Magruder to MacGregor RE: digital information on voters in key election states. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/5/1972
From Marik, through Magruder, to MacGregor RE: obtaining Illinois Senator Percy's signature for a campaign letter, despite Haldeman's reservations. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/6/1972
From Magruder to Malek RE: providing voter information to various states. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/11/1972
From Morgan, through Magruder, to MacGregor RE: campaign mailing material for California, New Jersey, and Illinois. Campaign material attached. 26 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/7/1972
From Magruder to MacGregor RE: a campaign letter to food industry leaders. Handwritten note added by unknown. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/5/1972
From Morgan to Magruder RE: a copy of a letter from Jeno F. Paulucci to key food industry leaders. Handwritten notes added by unknown. Draft of letter and other relevant campaign material attached. 6 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/1/1972
From Magruder to MacGregor RE: a letter to food industry leaders. Handwritten note added by unknown. Draft of letter and other relevant campaign material attached. 6 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/5/1972
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This file contains:
Handwritten note relating to campaign finances. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], 9/11/1972
From MacGregor to the Budget Committee of the CRP RE: notes from that entity's recent meeting. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/8/1972
From MacGregor to "the Staff" RE: the campaign staff between September 6 and November. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/6/1972
Handwritten notes of a meeting involving MacGregor, Stans, Barik, Mitchell, Odle, and others on various campaign topics. 4 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], 9/6/1972
Post-April 7, 1972 Committee for the Re- Election of the President budget. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Newspaper], no date
Budget for the Finance Committee to Re- Elect the President. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Financial Records], no date
From MacGregor to members of the Budget Committee RE: notes from the committee's recent meeting. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/14/1972
Post-April 7, 1972 Committee for the Re- Election of the President budget. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Financial Records], no date
Budget for the Finance Committee to Re- Elect the President as of September 9, 1972. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Financial Records], 9/9/1972
Notes on various campaign topics, particularly those involving Dent. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/13/1972
From Dent to RN RE: the results of state primaries held on September 12, 1972. Handwritten notes added by unknown. 4 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/13/1972
From Brad E. Hainsworth to Dent RE: Oklahoma's 1972 state and national election outlooks. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/23/1972
From Hainsworth to Dent RE: Georgia's 1972 political outlook. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/29/1972
From Hainsworth to Dent RE: the state of Nevada politics in September 1972. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/8/1972
From Hainsworth to Dent RE: Wyoming's political outlook in the 1972 campaign. 1 pg. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Memo], 8/24/1972
Handwritten notes on various campaign matters, including campaign finance challenges. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], 8/29/1972
From Hainsworth to Dent RE: the state of North Dakota politics in September 1972. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/14/1972
From Hainsworth to Dent RE: the political outlook of New Hampshire in the 1972 election. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/14/1972
From Hainsworth to Dent RE: New Hampshire political outlloks on the state and national level. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/13/1972
Agenda for a Budget Committee meeting. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Photograph], 9/13/1972
Handwritten notes relating to campaign topics such as financing and relations with "1701." 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], 9/14/1972
Handwritten notes relating to Chotiner and key campaign topics. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Photograph], 9/5/1972
From Odle to Chotiner RE: mail priority within the CRP. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/9/1972
From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: criticizing Kennedy, Humphrey, and Muskie for their support of McGovern. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/14/1972
From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: halting responses to the McGovern campaign on nonissues. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/14/1972
From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: an announcement on the Roswell Employment Training Center which undermines the 1972 Republican campaign. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/14/1972
An "Albuquerque Journal" article titled "Director of Training Center Knocks Closing." 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Newspaper], 9/10/1972
Handwritten notes on the success of certain campaign efforts, such as the use of speakers and commercials. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], no date
Handwritten notes relating to political meetings and campaign projects. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], no date
From Bob Reisner to Malek and Magruder RE: overlap in certain campaign econonmic activities. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/29/1972
Handwritten notes on campaign information obtained from Garment. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], 9/14/1972
Handwritten notes laying out Garment's work in the 1972 presidential campaign. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], no date
From "Jeb" to "Gorden" RE: attached material. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/31/1972
From Garment to Magruder RE: attached campaign ideas. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 8/28/1972
From a member of Harvard Uniersity's Department of Government to Garment RE: campaign advice. 5 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], no date
From Paul Weaver to Garment RE: attached information from Lipset. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 8/16/1972
Proposal for a 1972 Survey of American Professoriate on the political campaign authored by Seymour Lipset and Everett Ladd, Jr. 7 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], no date
From Norman Podhoretz to Garment RE: attached articles relating to the election. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 8/21/1972
An article from "Commentary" titled "McGovern and the Jews: A Debate," written by Nathan Glazer and Milton Himmelfarb. 9 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Newspaper], no date
A "Commentary" editorial written by Norman Podhoretz titled "Between Nixon and the New Politics." 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Newspaper], no date
From Peter P. Witonski to Garment RE: a memo on intellectuals. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 8/14/1972
From Witonski to Garment RE: intellecual support for RN in 1972. 4 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/14/1972
From Strachan to Chapin RE: attached campaign documents. Handwritten noted added by unknown. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Report], 9/8/1972
From Magruder to MacGregor RE: a joint advertising program involving Nixon State Chairmen and Nixon State Finance Chairmen. Proposed letters to the two groups attached. 8 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/7/1972
From RN to C. Langhorne Washburn RE: advertising charges related to the presidential campaign. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 7/20/1972
Handwritten notes relaying information obtained from "L," "G," and Collins. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], no date
From MacGregor to Colson RE: the establishment of a committee for mailings to labor groups. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/6/1972
From Strachan to Magruder RE: victory plans for various states. Handwritten note added by unknown. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/12/1972
From L. Robert Morgan, through Magruder, to MacGregor RE: Committee for the Reelection of the President campaign mailings to New Jersey and California. Draft of proposed letters and other mailings attached. 14 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/29/1972
From Morgan, through Magruder, to MacGregor RE: campaign literature for Spanish speakers. Proposed letter and mailing information attached. 13 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/28/1972
From Morgan, through Magruder, to MacGregor RE: options for mass campaign mailings. State data base schedule, budgets, and Committee Computer Programming Format Manual attached. 22 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 7/14/1972
From Bob Marik, through Magruder, to MacGregor RE: signatures for a New Jersey mailing. Handwritten note added by unknown. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/6/1972
From Marik, through Magruder, to MacGregor RE: mailing strategy recommendations for key election states. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/13/1972
From Robert Hatch to Robert Morgan RE: sending out a letter from the Committee for the Re-election of the President to members of important California unions. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/12/1972
From Magruder to MacGregor RE: a letter to key county officials in Illinois. Draft of letter attached. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/13/1972
From Marik to Morgan RE: letterheads and signatures on key campaign mailings. 6 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/18/1972
From Thomas G. Dunn to Marik RE: approving the use of his name on a Committee for the Re-election of the President mailing. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 8/17/1972
From Morgan, through Magruder, to MacGregor RE: the use of a "Concerned Citizens for the Re-election of the President" group to persuade Jewish voters to vote for RN. Material from the group attached. 14 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/28/1972
From Magruder to MacGregor RE: digital information on voters in key election states. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/5/1972
From Marik, through Magruder, to MacGregor RE: obtaining Illinois Senator Percy's signature for a campaign letter, despite Haldeman's reservations. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/6/1972
From Magruder to Malek RE: providing voter information to various states. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/11/1972
From Morgan, through Magruder, to MacGregor RE: campaign mailing material for California, New Jersey, and Illinois. Campaign material attached. 26 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/7/1972
From Magruder to MacGregor RE: a campaign letter to food industry leaders. Handwritten note added by unknown. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/5/1972
From Morgan to Magruder RE: a copy of a letter from Jeno F. Paulucci to key food industry leaders. Handwritten notes added by unknown. Draft of letter and other relevant campaign material attached. 6 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/1/1972
From Magruder to MacGregor RE: a letter to food industry leaders. Handwritten note added by unknown. Draft of letter and other relevant campaign material attached. 6 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/5/1972
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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
36
1
9/11/1972
Campaign
Other Document
Handwritten note relating to campaign
finances. 3 pgs.
36
1
9/8/1972
Campaign
Memo
From MacGregor to the Budget Committee
of the CRP RE: notes from that entity's
recent meeting. 2 pgs.
36
1
9/6/1972
Campaign
Memo
From MacGregor to "the Staff" RE: the
campaign staff between September 6 and
November. 1 pg.
36
1
9/6/1972
Campaign
Other Document
Handwritten notes of a meeting involving
MacGregor, Stans, Barik, Mitchell, Odle,
and others on various campaign topics. 4 pgs.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Page 1 of 14
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
36
1
>
Campaign
Newspaper
Post-April 7, 1972 Committee for the Re-
Election of the President budget. 1 pg.
36
1
Campaign
Financial Records
Budget for the Finance Committee to Re-
Elect the President. 3 pgs.
36
1
9/14/1972
Campaign
Memo
From MacGregor to members of the Budget
Committee RE: notes from the committee's
recent meeting. 2 pgs.
36
1
Campaign
Financial Records
Post-April 7, 1972 Committee for the Re-
Election of the President budget. 1 pg.
36
1
9/9/1972
Campaign
Financial Records
Budget for the Finance Committee to Re-
Elect the President as of September 9, 1972.
3 pgs.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Page 2 of 14
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
36
1
9/13/1972
Campaign
Memo
Notes on various campaign topics,
particularly those involving Dent. 2 pgs.
36
1
9/13/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Dent to RN RE: the results of state
primaries held on September 12, 1972.
Handwritten notes added by unknown. 4 pgs.
36
1
8/23/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Brad E. Hainsworth to Dent RE:
Oklahoma's 1972 state and national election
outlooks. 2 pgs.
36
1
8/29/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Hainsworth to Dent RE: Georgia's
1972 political outlook. 2 pgs.
36
1
9/8/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Hainsworth to Dent RE: the state of
Nevada politics in September 1972. 1 pg.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Page 3 of 14
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
36
1
8/24/1972
Domestic Policy
Memo
From Hainsworth to Dent RE: Wyoming's
political outlook in the 1972 campaign. 1 pg.
36
1
8/29/1972
Campaign
Other Document
Handwritten notes on various campaign
matters, including campaign finance
challenges. 2 pgs.
36
1
9/14/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Hainsworth to Dent RE: the state of
North Dakota politics in September 1972. 1
pg.
36
1
9/14/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Hainsworth to Dent RE: the political
outlook of New Hampshire in the 1972
election. 1 pg.
36
1
9/13/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Hainsworth to Dent RE: New
Hampshire political outlloks on the state and
national level. 1 pg.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Page 4 of 14
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
36
1
9/13/1972
Campaign
Photograph
Agenda for a Budget Committee meeting. 1
pg.
36
1
9/14/1972
Campaign
Other Document
Handwritten notes relating to campaign
topics such as financing and relations with
"1701." 1 pg.
36
1
9/5/1972
Campaign
Photograph
Handwritten notes relating to Chotiner and
key campaign topics. 1 pg.
36
1
9/9/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Odle to Chotiner RE: mail priority
within the CRP. 1 pg.
36
1
9/14/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: criticizing
Kennedy, Humphrey, and Muskie for their
support of McGovern. 2 pgs.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Page 5 of 14
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
36
1
9/14/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: halting
responses to the McGovern campaign on non-
issues. 1 pg.
36
1
9/14/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Chotiner to Haldeman RE: an
announcement on the Roswell Employment
Training Center which undermines the 1972
Republican campaign. 1 pg.
36
1
9/10/1972
Campaign
Newspaper
An "Albuquerque Journal" article titled
"Director of Training Center Knocks
Closing." 1 pg.
36
1
>
Campaign
Other Document
Handwritten notes on the success of certain
campaign efforts, such as the use of speakers
and commercials. 1 pg.
36
1
>
Campaign
Other Document
Handwritten notes relating to political
meetings and campaign projects. 1 pg.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Page 6 of 14
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
36
1
8/29/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Bob Reisner to Malek and Magruder
RE: overlap in certain campaign econonmic
activities. 1 pg.
36
1
9/14/1972
Campaign
Other Document
Handwritten notes on campaign information
obtained from Garment. 1 pg.
36
1
Campaign
Other Document
Handwritten notes laying out Garment's work
in the 1972 presidential campaign. 1 pg.
36
1
8/31/1972
Campaign
Memo
From "Jeb" to "Gorden" RE: attached
material. 1 pg.
36
1
8/28/1972
Campaign
Letter
From Garment to Magruder RE: attached
campaign ideas. 1 pg.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Page 7 of 14
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
36
1
Campaign
Letter
From a member of Harvard Uniersity's
Department of Government to Garment RE:
campaign advice. 5 pgs.
36
1
8/16/1972
Campaign
Letter
From Paul Weaver to Garment RE: attached
information from Lipset. 1 pg.
36
1
>
Campaign
Other Document
"Proposal for a 1972 Survey of American
Professoriate" on the political campaign
authored by Seymour Lipset and Everett
Ladd, Jr. 7 pgs.
36
1
8/21/1972
Campaign
Letter
From Norman Podhoretz to Garment RE:
attached articles relating to the election. 1 pg.
36
1
Campaign
Newspaper
An article from "Commentary" titled
"McGovern and the Jews: A Debate," written
by Nathan Glazer and Milton Himmelfarb. 9
pgs.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Page 8 of 14
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
36
1
Campaign
Newspaper
A "Commentary" editorial written by
Norman Podhoretz titled "Between Nixon
and the New Politics." 3 pgs.
36
1
8/14/1972
Campaign
Letter
From Peter P. Witonski to Garment RE: a
memo on intellectuals. 1 pg.
36
1
8/14/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Witonski to Garment RE: intellecual
support for RN in 1972. 4 pgs.
36
1
9/8/1972
Campaign
Report
From Strachan to Chapin RE: attached
campaign documents. Handwritten noted
added by unknown. 1 pg.
36
1
9/7/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Magruder to MacGregor RE: a joint
advertising program involving Nixon State
Chairmen and Nixon State Finance
Chairmen. Proposed letters to the two
groups attached. 8 pgs.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Page 9 of 14
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
36
1
7/20/1972
Campaign
Memo
From RN to C. Langhorne Washburn RE:
advertising charges related to the presidential
campaign. 2 pgs.
36
1
Campaign
Other Document
Handwritten notes relaying information
obtained from "L," "G," and Collins. 1 pg.
36
1
9/6/1972
Campaign
Memo
From MacGregor to Colson RE: the
establishment of a committee for mailings to
labor groups. 1 pg.
36
1
9/12/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Strachan to Magruder RE: victory
plans for various states. Handwritten note
added by unknown. 1 pg.
36
1
8/29/1972
Campaign
Memo
From L. Robert Morgan, through Magruder,
to MacGregor RE: Committee for the Re-
election of the President campaign mailings
to New Jersey and California. Draft of
proposed letters and other mailings attached.
14 pgs.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Page 10 of 14
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
36
1
8/28/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Morgan, through Magruder, to
MacGregor RE: campaign literature for
Spanish speakers. Proposed letter and
mailing information attached. 13 pgs.
36
1
7/14/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Morgan, through Magruder, to
MacGregor RE: options for mass campaign
mailings. State data base schedule, budgets,
and Committee Computer Programming
Format Manual attached. 22 pgs.
36
1
9/6/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Bob Marik, through Magruder, to
MacGregor RE: signatures for a New Jersey
mailing. Handwritten note added by
unknown. 1 pg.
36
1
9/13/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Marik, through Magruder, to
MacGregor RE: mailing strategy
recommendations for key election states. 2
pgs.
36
1
9/12/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Robert Hatch to Robert Morgan RE:
sending out a letter from the Committee for
the Re-election of the President to members
of important California unions. 1 pg.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Page 11 of 14
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
36
1
9/13/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Magruder to MacGregor RE: a letter to
key county officials in Illinois. Draft of
letter attached. 3 pgs.
36
1
8/18/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Marik to Morgan RE: letterheads and
signatures on key campaign mailings. 6 pgs.
36
1
8/17/1972
Campaign
Letter
From Thomas G. Dunn to Marik RE:
approving the use of his name on a
Committee for the Re-election of the
President mailing. 1 pg.
36
1
8/28/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Morgan, through Magruder, to
MacGregor RE: the use of a "Concerned
Citizens for the Re-election of the President"
group to persuade Jewish voters to vote for
RN. Material from the group attached. 14
pgs.
36
1
9/5/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Magruder to MacGregor RE: digital
information on voters in key election states. 2
pgs.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Page 12 of 14
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
36
1
9/6/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Marik, through Magruder, to
MacGregor RE: obtaining Illinois Senator
Percy's signature for a campaign letter,
despite Haldeman's reservations. 1 pg.
36
1
9/11/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Magruder to Malek RE: providing
voter information to various states. 2 pgs.
36
1
9/7/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Morgan, through Magruder, to
MacGregor RE: campaign mailing material
for California, New Jersey, and Illinois.
Campaign material attached. 26 pgs.
36
1
9/5/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Magruder to MacGregor RE: a
campaign letter to food industry leaders.
Handwritten note added by unknown. 1 pg.
36
1
9/1/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Morgan to Magruder RE: a copy of a
letter from Jeno F. Paulucci to key food
industry leaders. Handwritten notes added
by unknown. Draft of letter and other
relevant campaign material attached. 6 pgs.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Page 13 of 14
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
36
1
9/5/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Magruder to MacGregor RE: a letter to
food industry leaders. Handwritten note
added by unknown. Draft of letter and other
relevant campaign material attached. 6 pg.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Page 14 of 14
9/11
MF
A
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s
S
Political matters
ha Rue, Bauetr, and
Finances
Receiver)
(Mai Gregor, Ston, Evans, Magueler, malel, Udle
The Budget committed met
Sep 6 in the Rerst of the regular
meetings to review compaign expenditures
In the future
next weeky the meetings will be held on
Mondays so that advertising commitment
decisions can be made.
Slans' analysis was rather pessimistic
noting several of expenditures
exceeding budget allocations. Ene The
all
group decided to establisa a living
30% prokes
preeze at 1701, with a total of 42?
approximately
of which 140 are professional and
608 are support.
Stans noted that receipts were
not coming in as quickly as expectal.
He attributed this to the substantiate
amount of time he has had to
noted said that he could not
spend on the watergate Caper. Me
pleaded asked that every
contact all the people who have
committed butnot delivered only
Kalmborl could help him out of
seiccessfully. Mac Greger said
he would tall with Kalmback
You -ndicated Mar Gregor will
Mac Gregor will try to inerease
the states' contributions by use
of a Stons prepared quota chart.
The only states that is are a real problem
are
in Ohio-where Spence Shore, the
St Repul Finance Chaiman, aas
included Slans' vengeful wrathing
Ind-wpee-nothing has been
had lan
raised; and Pa & - which after
boggd down by
intial aganizational problems.
seems
MR. GORDON C. STRACHAN
COMMITTEE FOR THE RE-ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT
MEMORANDUM
September 8, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE
FROM:
CLARK MacGREGOR
SUBJECT: Budget Committee Meeting, Wednesday, September 6, 1972
1. $500,000 is to be deducted from direct mail and given to campaign
materials.
2. The $100,000 it will cost to run the women's surrogate program
will be charged against the Tour Office's present budget.
3. Stans will not release any funds to November Group until it sub-
mits a $6.2 million budget. (The $6.2 million represents the total
cost to Re-elect Committee -- not just media costs).
4. The convention budget is to be reviewed by Barrick and Timmons,
and Timmons is then to attend the next Budget Committee meeting to
discuss convention spending. Every convention item which can be
charged against the RNC's Arrangement Committee budget will be
charged against that budget.
5. Odle is to provide MacGregor and Stans with samples of the various
Colson mailings.
6. $200,000 is to be taken from the Citizens budget making that budget
$2.154 million, and put into campaign materials to finance voter bloc
campaign materials, thus creating a $2.2 million campaign materials
budget.
7. The Executive budget should be raised to reflect the increased
activity by Ed Failor's operation. Colson's mailing budget should
be reduced by the amount Failor's budget is raised.
8. A new Administrative budget should be put together, showing the
increase in fixed costs.
9. A freeze on additional staff hiring will go into effect COB
Wednesday, September 6. (See attached memo).
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10. The Budget Meetings will shift to Monday afternoons at 3:00 p.m.
beginning Monday, September 25.
11. The next meeting will be Wednesday, September 13, at 3:00 p.m.
Committee for the Re-election of the President
MEMORANDUM
September 6, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR THE STAFF
FROM:
CLARK MAC gregor(?/)
At a Budget Meeting today, Mr. Stans and I agreed
that as of today we will not add any additional
personnel to the campaign staff between now and
November -- regardless of whether they have been
budgeted for or planned. In other words, if a per-
son is not on the payroll today, he will not go on
the payroll at all.
While there should not be any exceptions to this
rule, any requests for exceptions should be made
in writing to Rob Odle who will then bring the re-
quest to my attention.
9/6
cm, Stone, TWE, Barik, J8m, odle, Lakue
Stano- - 45m mentioned as possil
10 m - is Deren te 3.5-mil- Palane nately
Spent 14 m oince apr. 7
- -Recil 2.2 but sent to states
-End of me payroll proes.
460, ock- payroll
- next 10 days will have to cover.
- get 5 m for 19/26 dinner
- Real crisis in Oct.
- St Budgets - are under centrol
Fully funded - by end
- nate Budget in serious trouble
of ag 4.6; punded 5.4
Э
Polls have dried up $ - large
contrilis - who we need t.
2
watergate has Qurt as toa
mijor
gifts
degree in the Ridd -Scans
18100,000 day
millions
behind
gets 20 letters a day.
9/5
- Derect mail is 5,000.00 day,
2 days last
Q
- -Talcen all of Stanstime 4-swlts
wel-
1 ml
3
argans OK w/TWE, washern,
expended.
Lee nunn
4
now Grp Request - bank wire
no, 500,000 on 9/4 /
violates agre - ner Grp
will not live w/in 6m budget
JSM- nor Gup will be w/in
6. 3t each we present argu's
5
Cand support- -
6
Slons - wants to cut hell out
of cuc meys on Item 72
-
7
cm wonts sample of megs
pr/cuc + willesevise Centrol
8
Conventin Scep - Slans - was
(Teat Case)
BT respons ?-any discipline
cm will meet w/ BT + Stans, etc.
cm - we de many things bee/wH
ordered & begin stopping hat
Slans memo shows no pre-pymts
d Prl cm memo,
Research
2 mil prepaid -
5 mil 5 of unexpended bal
litizens
Fm-no probs w/in 1,281 - FM
to check Youth, FM willtry to save.
materials - there are probs + cpls FM
Executive - Failer - why over budget,
getricuc
programs w/ Chotiner, etc,
Scans - wants budget
Probab wonts total 100,000
admenis - function of payroll t. spake
offe-
are fixed costs. stans - start
will
out back
do update
budget.
cutting Salaries bad on staff.
Off admin - of supplies
staff - FM + 5m - holding on staff,
new trying to transfer
will cut back
cm. - no more paid personnell,
- Total preeze on hering COB, 9/6
GSA - may purchase our office supplies
Slans - get indep valuations !
20 wats lines - all used,
next will new figures peRel Cale
new Bridgt mty - 2 wells on men is
Slons, TWE, K, Hofgren, Shreiber-
- -only ones bunging in beg $
cm
togotok.
won't come to D.C. permanently
uses E.t P. as excuse On "ollerprogats"
harBmellons of slin commts
that are not in
5m
scolare
- Scans - 10 official + unoffinal Higs,
cm - Finance People say will make commits.
9/8- - Thermem chart of whl Sts
are mty budget,
Clans- only ineentive tell comp
FM+
I
manager no & Our camp
cm
unless they raise it.
- derebts MeG derect mail
as effective as they claim
- MEG "hurting for $ "
- MCG has put for $ on media
-welly repert
Ino, Pa, Ohio, A only proe sts'
"nothing"
Screw Spence shore post 11/7
1st Rep Fin chmn
Key - straight now
CONFIDENTIAL/SENSITIVE
COMMITTEE FOR THE RE-ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT
Budget Post April 7
R. C. Odle, Jr., July 20, 1972
Division
Responsibility
Budget
Comments
Advertising
Dailey
$ 6,293,000
Represents total cost of November Group to Re-elect
Committee -- media costs, salaries, overhead, etc.
Emphasis in advertising on key states. Some dollars
which might have gone to this budget now scheduled
for direct mail and telephone operations (see below).
Campaign Materials
Dailey
$ 1,500,000
Lowest possible figure -- emphasis on placing materials
in key states. Cost $2 million in 1968.
Candidate Support
Magruder/Malek
$ 1,380,000
Represents White House support account: Presidential
and First Family travel, White House mailing program,
1
etc. Includes only $50,000 for Vice Presidential
travel. Does not include funds for special Presidential
use which may later be required in the amount of
$70,000 $100,000.
Convention
Timmons
$
476,000
Includes all costs associated with convention and
travel to and from convention. Covers entire Nixon
campaign participation in convention.
PR/Media
Miller/Shumway
$
740,000
All expenses associated with Division: salaries,
payroll burden, all publications and "programs.
Polling
Teeter
$
790,000
Firm estimate based on what has been approved.
Increased $40,000 over last projected total due to
special White House polling. Emphasis on key states.
Research and Planning,
Marik
$ 7,785,000
$5,490,000 for direct mail, $1,900,000 for telephone
Direct Mail,
operations, $180,000 for computer maps, Compass
Telephone Operations
Systems, data processing, balance for salaries,
travel, payroll burden. Concentrates on key states.
"Citizens" activity:
Malek
$ 2,354,000
Entire cost of all voter bloc and citizens groups,
special groups and
plus overall Citizens coordination, national volunteers
committees
(women) program, Ballot Security, etc. Less than
1968 figure. Does not include voter bloc materials.
Scheduling
Porter
$
260,000
Scheduling of all surrogates, celebrities, athletes,
American Music; staff salaries, payroll burden, etc.
Tour Office
Foust
$
974,000
All advance and tour office costs: most funds for
travel of surrogates and advance personnel.
Executive
Failor
$
60,000
Primarily salaries and payroll burden for Failor
operation and other special assistants.
Administration
Magruder/Odle
$
343,000
Basically salaries and payroll burden for campaign
director's office; deputy director, security guards,
correspondence and personnel units, etc.
Office Administration
Odle
$
789,000
Rents, telephones, furniture, office equipment,
autos, typewriters, office supplies, leasehold im-
provements, etc. Running higher than previously
expected.
SUB-TOTAL
$ 23,744,000
Funds spent prior to April 7
$ 3,110,000
All funds spent by all division but does not include
pre-payments.
SUB-TOTAL
$ 26,854,000
Finance Committee Budget
Stans/Barrick
$
865,000
Does not include costs of running office covered above.
SUB-TOTAL
$ 27,719,000
Political Division
Malek
$
781,000
Salaries, payroll burden, travel, etc. Also includes
voter registration materials.
State Support
Malek
$ 11,500,000
TOTAL
$ 40,000,000
4
FINANCE COMMITTEE TO RE-ELECT THE PRESIDENT
e l of 3
BUDGET COMPARISO OF
ACTUAL
EXPENDITURES
TOTAL
THROUGH
UNEXPENDED
EXPENSE CATEGORY
BUDGET
BALANCE
OPERATING ACCOUNTS AND DEPARTMENTS
32000 PRINT MEDIA
22,656
Advertising
5,368,000
580,248
4,787,752
Accts. 33000-Billboards
2,375
35000-Broadcast Product.
7241
36000-Print Production
231
38000-Agency Fees
449,680
Dept.17-Advertising
98,065
580,248
Campaign Materials
1,500,000
1,320,796
179,204
Accts. #60000-Campaign Materials
1,125,892
60010-Printed Matter
194,898
1,322,796
Candidate Support
1,380,000
480,998
899,002
Dept. 70-Pres.and 1st Family
63963
71-White House Staff
19,723
72-Public Relations
206, 295
73-The Vice President
162,043
Accts.#66000-Expenditures prior
to dept. breakout
29,374
Total
480,998
Convention
451,000
549,036
< 98,036>
Acct. #69000-Convention
511475
Dept. 19-Convention
37,561
549036
P/R - Media
677,000
348,818
328,182
Acct.- #60050-P/R Publications
153.237
Dept. 16-Public Relations
195,581
348,818
Polling
590,000
230,047
359,953
Acct. #67100-Polling & Research
230,047
Dept. 15-Included in Marik's
Research & Planning Chgs.
-
230,047
Research, Planning, Direct
Mail, Telephone Operations
5,285,000
1726,031
3558,969
Acct. #34000-Telephone
71222
60070-Pol. Direct Mail
1,340,051
Dept. 15-Pohhing & Research
314,697
1,726, 031
age 2 of 3
ACTUAL
EXPENDITURES
TOTAL
THROUGH
UNEXPENDED
EXPENSE CATEGORY
BUDGET
BALANCE
OPERATING ACCOUNTS AND DEPARTMENTS
Citizens Activity
2,354,000
1,072,662
1,281,338
Dept.30-Agriculture
63213
31-Black
45,155
32-Business & Industry
103,396
33-Elderly
632339
34-Ethnic
28,604
35-Jewish
51,179
36-Spanish
39,348
37-Women
76,622
38-Youth
3-26-975
39-Transient
26,208
40-Labor
32.575
41-Veterans
31,401
42-Lawyers
16,679
43-Physicians
17,036
44-Citizens
137,899
43-Educators
7,122
1,072,662
Scheduling
260,000
Tour Office
974,000
1,234,000
229,546
1,004,454
Acct.66500-Spksmen Res. Support
47.050
Dept.13-Spokesmen
182,496
229,546
Executive
60,000
63,883
(
3,883
Dept.10-Executive
63,883
Administration
343,000
344,304
6
1,304)
Dept.12-Administration
344,304
Office Administration
731,520
793,305
(61,785)
Accts. #51000-Postage
82,987
52000-Office Supplies
145,023
52100-Telephone
205,209
53000-Insurance Taxes
14,504
54000-Rent-Non Fin. Dept.
154,906
55000-Leasehold Improve-
27,226
ments
56000-Furn.Equip.Rented
131,873
57000-Furn.Equip.Purchased 31:577
793,305
Sub Total
19,973,520
7,739,675
12,233,845
Funds Spent prior to 4/7
3,110,000
-
3,110,000
ACTUAL
age 3 of
EXPENDITURES
TOTAL
THROUGH
UNEXPENDED
EXPENSE CATEGORY
BUDGET
BALANCE
OPERATING ACCOUNTS AND DEPARTMENTS
Sub-Total
23,083,520
10,849,675
12,233,845
Finance Committee
865,000
381,176
483,824
Accts. #70100-75000
381,176
Sub-Total
23948520
11,230,851
12,717,669
Political
781,000
336,132
444,868
Dept. 14-Political
240; 103
18-Field Operations
63,593
20-Ballot Security
32,436
336,132
State Support
10,777,500
4,394,956
6,382,544
Transfers of Funds
2,175,960
Major Gifts
1863.412
Over $100 money retained in
states
700 594
4,394,956
RNC - Unallocated
(180,000)
(180,000)
TOTAL
35,327,020
15,961,939
19,365,081
COMMITTEE FOR THE RE-ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT
MEMORANDUM
September 14, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE
FROM:
CLARK MacGREGOR
SUBJECT: Budget Committee Meeting, Wednesday, September 13, 1972
PRESENT: Barrick, Dailey, Evans, Joanou, Jones, LaRue, MacGregor,
Magruder, Nunn, Odle, Reisner, Stans, Strachan
1) The following advertising commitments are authorized subject to
review and possible cancellation at the Budget Committee meeting
on Monday, September 25: $2,271,909 for network television,
$180,700 for voter bloc advertising, and $335,000 for Democrats
for Nixon. It is understood that we will continue to operate
within the $6.2 million dollar advertising budget even though we
have made these tentative commitments.
2) We will not cut back on direct mail at this point, but we will
continue to evaluate the electronic media expenditures versus direct
mail expenditures.
3) All campaign divisions will give top priority and their maximum
support and effort to the Finance Committee's Night for Nixon.
4) The proposal by Anne Armstrong for a bus tour is rejected. This
will be communicated to her by Odle. (After the budget meeting
Odle talked to Anne and told her the money was not available for
the program from 1701. Anne said she would explore the possibility
with Thomas B. Evans and Lang Washburn of raising $40,000 through
the RNC for this purpose.)
5) Peter Dailey is to meet with Bailey Howard regarding Howard's
proposal to donate $20,000 to the Committee which the Committee
would match with $20,000 additional for weekly newspaper advertise-
ments. Dailey is then to bring the proposal in completed form back
to the Budget Committee for approval. (Subsequent to the budget
meeting Odle called Herb Klein at Lang Washburn's request to inform
him of the action of the Budget Committee. Howard is in California
already at work on the program but Klein will -have Howard call
Dailey inmediately to discuss it.)
-2-
6) The next meeting of the Budget Committee will be Wednesday,
September 20, at 3:00 p.m. The meeting after that will be on
Monday, September 25, at 3:00 p.m., and every Monday at 3:00 p.m.
thereaf ter.
:
A copy of the revised budget is attached.
CONFIDENTIA /SENSITIVE
COMMITTEE 10R THE RL-ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT
Budget Post April 7
R. C. Odle, Jr., September 13, 1972
Division
Responsibility
Budget
Comments
Administration
Odle
$
594,000
Basically salaries and payroll burden for compaign
director's office, deputy director, administrative
personnel, counsel, security, correspondence, and
personnel units, etc. Includes payroll burden.
Advertising
Dailey
$ 6,293,000
Represents total cost of November Group to Re-elect
Committee media costs, salaries, everhead, etc.
Campaign Materials
Dailey/Malck
1
$ 2,200,000
Includes $200,000 for voter bloc materials.
Candidate Support
Magruder/Malek
$ 1,347,000
Represents White House Support account: Presidentia
and First Family travel, White liouse mailing pro-
gram, etc. Vice Presidential travel and advanceber
for President and Vice President also to to charges
to this account.
Citizens and voter
Malek
$ 2,151,000
Entire cost of all citizens groups and voter Block.
bloc groups
Voter bloc materials included under "campaign
materials."
Convention
Timmons
$
476,000
Covers 1701 and White House participation in con-
vention. Could run higher, but Timmons/Barrick
are determing what costs may be charged to RNC and
various voter blocs.
Executive
Failor
$
93,000
Primarily salaries and payroll burden for Failor
operation and other special assistants.
Finance Committee
Stans/Barrick
$
865,000
Office costs covered under "Office Administration.
Office Administration
Odle
$ 1,126,000
Rents, telephones, furniture, office aquipment,
office supplies, postage, ressenger servic., autos,
typewriters, %erex equipment, leaschold improve-
ments, etc., for all divisions.
Political Division
Malek
$ 781,000
Salaries, payrell burden, travel, etc. Also
includes voter registration materials.
Polling
Teeter
$
790,000
Firm estimate based on what has been approved.
Press Office
Abrahams
$
740,000
Salaries, payroll burden, publications, programs.
Research and Planning,
Marik
$ 7,285,000
$4,990,000 for direct Lail, $1,900,000 for trie-
Direct Mail and Tele-
phone operations, $180,000 for computer nape,
phone Operations
Compass Systems, data processing, balance for
salaries, travel, payroll burden.
Scheduling
Porter
$
260,000
Scheduling of all surrogates, celebrities,
athletes, American Music; payroll, etc.
State Support
Malck
$ 11,500,000
State re-elect committees costs.
Tour Office
Foust
$
974,000
All advance and tour office costs: most funds
for travel of surregates and advancence. Women's
surrogate program also charged against this
account (to cost $100,000).
SUB-TOTAL
$ 37,478,000
Funds spent prior to April 7 by all Divisions
$ 3,110,000
Does not include pre-payments
TOTAL
$ 40,588,000
Increase over $40 million due to flxed costs in
Administration and Office Administration.
FINANCE COMMITTEE TO RE-ELECT THE PRESIDENT
age 1 of 3
BUDGET COMPARISO AS OF 9-11-72
ACTUAL
EXPENDITURES
TOTAL
THROUGH
UNEXPENDED
EXPENSE CATEGORY
BUDGET
9-11-72
BALANCE
OPERATING ACCOUNTS AND DEPARTMENTS
32000-PRINT MEDIA
22,656
Advertising
5,368,000
574,657 4793,343
Accts. 33000-Billboards
2,575
35000-Broadcast Product.
7,041
36000-Print Production
251
38000-Agency Fees
Dept.17-Advertising
93,25
Campaign Materials
2,200,000
1,617,456
582,544
Accts. #60000-Campaign Materials
1,402,558
60010-Printed Matter
194
/
1,614,900
/
Candidate Support
1,347,000 610,330 736,670
Dept. 70-Pres. and 1st Family
62
71-White House Staff
31 / 16
3/1
72-Public Relations
315
73-The Vice President
123,496
Accts. #66000 Expenditures prior
to dept. breakout
27,331
Total
6.1
Convention 1 I
451000 516,443 65,443>
Acct. #69000-Convention
470.00
Dept. 19-Convention
45
P/R - Media
677,000
361,846
315,154
Acct. #60050-P/R Publications
Dept. 16-Public Relations
199.111
Polling
590,000
230,045
359,955
Acct. #67100-Polling & Research
250.005
Dept. 15-Included in Marik's
Research & Planning Chgs.
230,045
Research, Planning, Direct
Mail, Telephone Operations 4,785,000 2,014,846 2,770,154
Acct. #34000-Telephone
1,698,035
60070-Pol. Direct Mail
Dept. 15-Polling & Research
316,211
2,014,246
1
ADJUSTED FOR TRANSFeRS TO
youth Dept AND campaign materials.
Page 2 of 3
ACTUAL
911-72
EXPENDITURES
TOTAL
THROUGH
UNEXPENDED
EXPENSE CATEGORY
BUDGET
9-11-72
BALANCE
OPERATING ACCOUNTS AND DEPARTMENTS
Citizens Activity
2,154,000
990,581
1,163,419
Dept. 30-Agriculture
69905
31-Black
45581
32-Business & Industry
120,122
33-Elderly
70.545
34-Ethnic
21,971
35-Jewish
52,541
36-Spanish
40,286
37-Women
REFLECTS CONVENTIONS
105,448
38-Youth RECEIPTS)
178,769
39-Transient
29,147
40-Labor
32,700
41-Veterans
40,740
42-Lawyers
17,343
43-Physicians
17,037
44-Citizens
141.110
43-Educators
7,134
990.581
Scheduling 260,000
Tour Office
974,000
1,234,000
241,266
992,734
Acct.66500-Spksmen Res. Support
53,854
Dept. 13-Spokesmen
189,412
H
24,266
Executive
93,000
64,002
28,998
Dept.10-Executive
64,002
Administration
594.000
352,129
241,871
Dept.12-Administration
350.121
Office Administration
1,068,520
870,588
197,932
Accts.51000-Postage
91,988
52000-Office Supplies
52100-Telephone
204.60
53000-Insurance Taxes
17/10/19
54000-Rent-Non Fin. Dept.
168471
55000-Leasehold Improve-
341116
ments
56000-Furn.Equip.Rented
156,010
57000-Furn.Equip.Purchased
31,000
870,557
Funds Spent prior to 4/7 3,110,000 3,110,000 1
ACTUAL
9-11-72
Page 3 of
EXPENDITURES
TOTAL
THROUGH
UNEXPENDED
EXPENSE CATEGORY
BUDGET
9-11-22
BALANCE
OPERATING ACCOUNTS AND DEPARTMENTS
Finance Committee
865,000
405,816
459,184
Accts. #70100-75000
405,816
Political
781,000 364,131 416,869
Dept. 14-Political
260,557
18-Field Operations
63,593
20-Ballot Security
39,981
364.131
State Support
10,777,500 5,251,105 5,526,395
Transfers of Funds
2,220,000
Major Gifts
$407,104
Over- $100 money retained in
UNDER-
states(s)
624,000
A
A
5,251,105
RNC - Unallocated
<180,000> <113,853 > < 66,147>
PREPAYMENT
TOTAL 35,915,020 17461,388 18,453,632
A
$113,853 charged to white House Support- PAGE / of this Report
B
AS of soptember 1, 1972
Budget INCREASE
Total 1/31/72
$35,327,020
INCREASES;
1. Admin. Dept
251,000
2. office Admin. Cost
337,000
35,915, 020
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 13, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
HARRY S. DENT WBH for
SUBJECT:
State Primaries Held Sept. 12
Arizona
Governor: No race.
Senate: No race.
House:
1st District. Rep. John Rhodes (R) won handily.
2nd District.
Rep. Morris K. Udall (D) was unopposed;
will face Dr. Eugene Savoie (R) in Nov.
3rd District.
Rep. Sam Steiger (D) was unopposed; will
face Dr. Ted Wyckoff (R) in November.
4th District (new). As of 6 a.m. computer in the district
was broken, count not ready.
Colorado
be weat closeay
Governor: No race.
Senate: Senator Gordon Allott was unopposed. Floyd Haskell,
who left GOP over Cambodian incursion, won Democrat
nomination.
House:
1st District. Rep. James D. McKevitt (R) will face
Democrat Patricia Shroeder.
2nd District.
Rep. Donald Brotzman (R) will take on
Francis W. Brush (D)
3rd District.
Rep. Frank Evans (D) will be challenged
by Chuck Brady (R).
suprise x 4th District.
Rep. Wayne Aspinall (D) was upset by
Professor Alan Merson (D), who will face
James P. Johnson (R) - now a chance-
5th
District (new). State Senator William L. Armstrong (R)
will face Byron 'L. Johnson (D).
- 2 -
Florida
Governor: No race.
Senate: No race.
House:
1st District. Rep. Robert L. F. Sikes (D) won renom-
ination. Unopposed in November.
2nd District.
Rep. Don Fuqua (D) was renominated, also
unopposed in November.
3rd District.
Rep. Charles Bennett (D) will be
challenged by John S. Bowen (R).
4th District.
Rep. William V. Chappell (D) will face
P. T. Fleuchaus (R).
Coulen
5th District (new). Count not completed as of 7 a.m.
6th District. C. W. Young (R), incumbent in the old 8th,
will face Michael O. Plunkett (D).
7th District.
Old 6th incumbent Sam Gibbons (D) will be
challenged by Robert A. Carter (R).
8th District.
Rep. James A. Haley (D), of the old 7th,
will take on Roy Thompson Jr. (R).
9th District.
Rep. Louis Frey (R) was unopposed and
seats
will be in November.
-10th District (new) L. A. Bafalis (R), and a run-off
seems certain between the four Democrats.
11th District.
It will be old 9th incumbent Paul G. Rogers
(D) against Joel Gustafson (R).
12th District.
Rep. J. Herbert Burke (R), of the old 10th,
coalin
will be faced by James Stephanis (D).
13th District (new). Count not completed as of 7 a.m.
14th District. Rep. Claude Pepper (D) will meet Evelio S.
Estrella (R).
15th District.
Rep. Dante Fascell will apparently face
Ellis Rubin (R).
Minnesota
Governor: No race
Senate: Senator Walter Mondale (D) had no problem being
renominated, and will face Rev. Philip Hansen (R),
a Lutheran minister.
- 3 -
House:
1st District.
Rep. Al Quie (R) will face Charles
Thompson (DFL)
2nd District.
Rep. Archer Nelsen (R) will face Charlie
Repany
mwo
Turnbull (DFL)
3rd District.
Rep. William Frenzel (R) will be
challenged by Jim Bell (DFL) .
4th District.
Rep. Joseph Karth (DFL) will face Steve
Thompson (R).
5th District.
Rep. Donald Fraser (DFL) will face Al
Davisson (R).
6th District.
Rep. John Zwach will be up against Richard
Nolan (DFL) .
7th District.
Rep. Bob Bergland (DFL) will take on Jon
Haaven (R).
8th District.
Rep. John Blatnik (DFL) held off three
challengers and will face Edward Johnson
(R).
New Hampshire
you will but urn probably
Governor:
Meldrin Thomson has grabbed the GOP nomination
from Gov. Walter Peterson. It appears Roger J.
Crowley will win the Democrat nod.
Ge-loriga
Senate: Former Governor Wesley Powell, will run for the GOP
against Sen. Thomas McIntyre. Lwill
House:
1st District Tough Rep. Louis Wyman (R) will face former GOP
Congressman Chester E. Merrow, who swept
Race
the Democrat field.
thenged.
Vermont
andrew
blag.
Biman
d
Governor:
Luther Hackett (R) will face Thomas Salmon for
the office of retiring Governor Deane Davis
South Carolina
(D) unpopuler
A special run-off election was held in the 6th District
- 4 -
twint aung
between incumbent John McMillan (D) and John Jenrette (D)
suprese
Jenrette is the apparent winner, by about 900 votes. A
recount is likely. There is a ghost GOP candidate. Rep Cond will
be beefed up
Wisconsin
Governor: No race.
Senate: No race.
House:
1st District. Rep. Les Aspin (D) will be faced by Merril
E. Stalbaum (oR.
2nd District.
Rep. Robert W. Kastenmeier (D) will run
against J. Michael Kelly (R).
3rd District.
Rep. Vernon Thompson (R) and Walter
Thoresen (D).
4th District.
Rep. Clement Zablocki (D) will take on
Phillip D. Mrozinski (R).
5th District.
Rep. Henry Reuss (D) will face Frederick
Van Hecke (R).
6th District. Rep. William Steiger (R) will be opposed by
more
James A. Adams (D).
+
7th District.
Rep. David Obey (D) will face former 10th
Rep. Alvin O'Konski (R) Redistricted
8th District.
Harold Froelich (R) will oppose Rev. Robert
J. Cornell (D).
9th District.
Rep. Glenn Davis (R) will be opposed by
Ralph A. Fine (D).
tec: Haldemen
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 23, 1972
TO:
Harry S. Dent
FROM:
Brad E. Hainsworth
RE:
OKLAHOMA
The President: The State GOP Chairman, Clarence
Warner, predicts that the President will carry
the state by 200,000 votes (1968: 148,039). If
this should prove to be the case, the Republicans
can win the Senate seat and possibly pick up the
Second Congressional District Seat. McGovern
has never been popular and the Eagleton affair
has further eroded his support.
Governor: No race
Senate: Fred Harris (D) is not seeking re-election.
GOP is favored. Congressman Ed Edmondson handily
won the Democrat primary. The Republican is Dewey
Bartlett. The President should be a big help in
this race.
House: Run-off election is September 19, 1972.
1st District: Page Belcher (R) is not seeking
re-election. The Republican is favored. A run-
off will be necessary between ex-Tulsa Mayor James
Hewgley and ex-U.S. Attorney Robert Rizley. The
Democrat is James Jones.
2nd District: Ed Edmondson (D) is running for the
Senate. Democrat Clem McSpadden is favored. The
Republican is Emery Toliver.
Harry S. Dent
August 23, 1972
Page 2
3rd District: Carl Albert (D) will win. No
Republican.
4th District: Tom Steed (D) should win. The
Republican is William Crozier.
5th District: John Jarman (D) should win. The
Republican is Llewellyn Keller.
6th District: John "Happy" Camp (R) should win.
The Democrat is William Schmitt.
Issues:
The President's Vietnam posture is favored. Bussing
will be a plus in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. The
economy will be the main issue. There is some un-
employment, but the Space Shuttle will be of help.
MEMORANDUM
bcc: H. R. Haldeman
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 29, 1972
TO:
Harry S. Dent
FROM:
Brad E. Hainsworth
RE:
GEORGIA
The President: The Democrats appear to be turning
more and more to President Nixon but not necessarily
to other GOP candidates. If voters go to the polls,
the President should carry the state.
Governor: No race
Senate: David Gambrell (D) was unseated in a run
off election yesterday by Sam Nunn, a young wealthy
state legislator. In a surprise move blacks (LeRoy
Johnson and Julian Bond) endorsed Nunn. The effect
and meaning of this is not yet clear to state GOP
leaders. Lester Maddox also endorsed Nunn. Repubican
Fletcher Thompson would have had a better chance
against Gambrell who appeared more liberal than Nunn
and vascillated on bussing. Presidential coattails
may help Thompson, and is favored.
House: 1st District: Democrat Elliott Hagen was
defeated by his former administrative assistant,
Robert (B0) Ginn who should win. The Republican is
William Gowan who is unpopular with Republicans.
2nd District: Dawson Mathis (D). No
Republican.
3rd District: Jack Brinkley (D). No
Republican.
4th District: Ben Blackburn (R) should win.
Democrat is Odel Welborn.
Page 2
August 29, 1972
5th District: No incumbent. Very close.
Democrat is Andrew Young (Black) Republican is Rodney
Cook.
6th District:
John Flynt, Jr. (D) No
Republican; Ray Gurley did not qualify.
7th District: John Davis (D). Favored.
The Republican is Charles Sherrill.
8th District: William Stuckey (D) Close.
Republican Ronnie Thompson has been hospitalized with
depression due to an air accident. He also has had
some difficulties over a married woman, but this has
not been in the press.
9th District:
Phil Landrum (D) *
No
Republican.
10th District:
Robert Stephens, Jr. (D)
No Republican.
Issues:
Bussing is a volatile issue and favors the Administration.
Vietnam is emerging as an issue, but the Administration
is favored. Economic problems hurt with prices seen as
climbing but wages held back by controls.
MEMORANDUM
bcc: H. R. Haldeman
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 8, 1972
TO:
Harry S. Dent
FROM:
Brad E. Hainsworth
RE:
NEVADA
The President: State GOP Officials are predicting
a 25,000 vote margin for the President if things
continue as they are presently. A recent poll in
Clark County (Las Vegas) among Democrats only
showed the President receiving 43% and McGovern 47%.
Governor: No race.
Senate: No race.
House: Walter Baring (D) lost in the primary to
William Bilbray, a young liberal who is favored.
The Republican is David Towell. The GOP has an
excellent chance, but registration favors the Democrat.
Issues: Bussing is the prevailing issue. The White
House has been instrumental in having the Justice
Department file an amicus brief in behalf of the state
on an urgent bussing appeal. This is going very well
for the President.
MEMORANDUM
August 24, 1972
TO:
Harry S. Dent
FROM:
Brad E. Hainsworth
RE:
WYOMING
The President: The President should carry
Wyoming. But the feeling persists that the
Administration ignores the needs of the
people. Ranchers are quick to point at
preditor controls, and the ruling against
pesticides.
Governor: No race
Senate: Clifford Hansen (R) should win.
The Democrat is Mike Vinich (ran for State
Auditor in 1970).
House: Teno Roncalio (D) is favored. The
Republicans have a viable candidate in Bill
Kidd. A big Presidential vote could make a
difference here.
Issues: The environment, preditor control,
and control on pesticides are the leading
issues.
BEH:)
bee: MacGregor, Haldeman, Parker
Dent
8/29
Rollins - on dands + wants to
help + raise
Menn - only 15. names for $ + as
poe input pessed
Cpls by Ger + sen re P pies +
Proe in Field
too selfish camp
Hullin Dent 8/29 cover
Field 0 pers
cm
$ probs- Stans only centact
says
now too cresy on Grand July
Evans - alternative plan a
Rollins get + Dent + malel
into bills -het all 8Cs
St will mtg
need 0 mbtedsmen but can't
get in FM'S way.
conven a way P shaling hands,
etc - nerted to WH on 9/12
cm meetings etc -Crelpful
nere FU - in State many up things,
1701- too heartless, only care re P,
need a little Ar, politiving wown people,
FM just walled off on
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but can't Do't all
September 14, 1972
TO:
Harry S. Dent
FROM:
Brad E. Hainsworth
RE:
NORTH DAKOTA to
The President: Media polls show the President far
ahead, and he should carry the state by a substantial
margin. McGovern is weak and there is little evidence
of the grass roots organization that looked immergent
in the precinct caucuses this spring. GOP leaders
expect a 20%-30% stay-home rate among Democrats, and
this could have a positive affect on all racws.
Governor: William Gust (D) is not seeking re-election.
The Democrat is Congressman Art Link who feared defeat
at the hands of Mark Andrews in a fight for the At-large
House seat. The Republican is Lieutenant Governor
Richard Larsen (36) who ran an extremely strong primary
race winning approximately 698 of the vote - more than
his primary opponent and Link together. Larsen should
win.
Senate: No race.
House: At-large Mark Andrews (R) should win. The
Democrat is State Chairman Richard Ista who could find
no other candidate.
Issues:
1. The Watergate Affair is hurting the President
but not fatally.
2. Agriculture is not the hot issue it once was,
thanks to the President's grain sales and to
Butz's popularity.
BEH:j
bec: MacGregor, Parker, Haldeman A
September 14, 1972
TO:
Harry S. Dent
FROM:
Brad E. Hainsworth
RE:
NEW HAMPSHIRE to
The President: The President should carry the state
by a substantial margin and GOP officials look for a
major coattail effect on all other state offices.
Governor: Governor Walter Peterson, Jr. (R) was
defeated in a major primary upset by Republican
Mel Thompson. Peterson has been under heavy fire
from Loeb for two years. The GOP will unite behind
Thompson who should win. The Democrat is Roger Crowley.
Senate: Thomas McIntyre (D) is in for a tough race
from Republican Wesley Powell who is favored. Very
close.
House: Both seats are considered safe.
1st. District: Louis Wyman (R) should win. Democrat
is Chester Merrow.
2nd District: James Cleveland (R) should win.
Democrat is Charles Officer who nearly beat Cleveland
in 1964.
Issues: Personalities continue to predominate and
Loeb never misses a chance at McGovern. The President
has support over Vietnam.
BEH:]
bee: MacGregor, Parker, Haldeman
September 13, 1972
TO:
Harry S. Dent
FROM:
Brad E. Hainsworth
RE:
VERMONT
The President: The President should carry Vermont.
The state GOP and the state CREP are working in a
coordinated effort which should pay off. McGovern
is not well received throughout the state, but his
organization is visible and he has strength in the
under 25 vote.
Governor: Dean C. Davis (R) is not seeking re-
election. The Republican is Luther Hackett who should
win. He has had political experience in the state
legislature and is an attractive candidate. The
Democrat is Thomas Salmon, a viable candidate, but
this is not the year.
Senate: No race.
House: At-large: Dick Mallary (R) should win.
The Democrat is ex-Congressman William Meyer.
Issues: Among those not supporting the President,
the chief issues is Vietnam; however, there is
substantial support for the President's policies
throughout the state. The economy is an issue and
unemployment remains a problem in some areas.
BEH:j
bec: MacGregor, Parker, Haldeman
AGENDA
Budget Committee Meeting, Wednesday, September 13, 3:00 p.m.
1. Advertising discussion (Peter Dailey/Jeb Magruder). .
/
2. Discussion of revised budget (Rob Odle).
a. Rise in fixed costs of Administrative Division and
Office Administration.
b. Convention report.
C. Adjustments to Campaign Materials, Candidate Support,
Citizens, Executive, and Tour Office.
3. Discussion of income and spending (Maurice Stans/Paul Barrick). .
4. Discussion of post-freeze hiring (Clark MacGregor). .
9/14
MC
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that admin no concerned
w/ Elee
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9/5
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COMMITTEE FOR THE RE-ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT
MEMORANDUm
September 9, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
MR. MURRAY M. CHOTINER
FROM:
ROBERT C. ODLE, JR.
Despite my instructions to our mail room that your re-
quests for messenger service to the White House are to
receive top priority, I understand that you are still
not satisfied with the response to your requests.
We have three men in our mail room processing and de-
livering several thousand pieces of mail each day. One
of them (who has a White House pass) spends most of his
time going back and forth to the White House. It is
possible that when you call for a pick up, he will be at
the White House, and, consequently, it will be a few
minutes before he arrives in your offices in response
to a request.
We will assign a top priority to your requests and do
the very best we can to get your envelopes to the White
House as quickly as possible.
When you do not feel you are getting the quality of ser-
vice you feel you need, please let me know immediately
(or Andy Lawrence in my absence) and we will take care
of the problem. Just let us know.
We're definitely not the White House mail room, but we're
trying hard to be Number Two.
cc: Mr. Jeb S. Magruder
bcc: /Mr. Gordon C. Strachan
Mr. G. Andrew Lawrence
Mr. Nick Bungato
September 14, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
H. R. HALDEMAN
FROM:
MURRAY CHOTINER
How about the campaign exposing the McGovern triple phony
play. I refer to Senators Kennedy, Humphrey, and Muskie
travelling with him in segments. 1
In the first place, I have never heard of a presidential
candidate taking people along to bolster his campaign.
Usually, the nominee carries along candidates for lesser
offices in order to bolster them. This is bolstering in
reverse.
Phony No. 1
Senator Kennedy pretends to support McGovern but really
doesn't want him to win. The reason for this is if McGovern
wins, Shriver wins. If Shriver wins, Kennedy can't run for
President until Shriver gets through being Vice President
for eight years and, possibly, President for eight years.
If Kennedy has to wait 16 years, he will be all worn out if
his escapade off the coast of Maine means anything.
Kennedy has his wife Joan travelling with him when he cam-
paigns. Why? If she can travel with him for political
purposes, why does he take a substitute travelling off the
rock-bound coast of Maine.
Phony No. 2
Senator Humphrey now "supports" McGovern. Why not run a
full-page ad in every city where Humphrey appears with
McGovern. It can be headed: "Never Mind What Senator
Humphrey Says Now -- This Is What He Said About McGovern
in California on
, 1972.'
(Reproduce California Full-Page Ad)
Humphrey tore McGovern apart. The ad can end with
"Which is the real McGovern -- the one Senator Humphrey
described in California or the one he is pushing now?"
Mr. H. R. Haldeman
September 14, 1972
Page - 2 -
Phony No. 3
Senator Muskie, the "strong" man of Loeb-New Hampshire
fame. Which is the real Muskie? The one who says he now
supports McGovern or the one who connived in Miami behind
closed doors to stop the McGoverh nomination? Full-page
ads should be run in every city in which Muskie appears
with McGovern.
The fertile minds of the campaign should be able to lay out
the ads and the copy that goes with it.
tramy
MMC:a
September 14, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
H. R. HALDEMAN
FROM:
MURRAY CHOTINER
Isn't it possible to convince our people to stop
playing into the hands of the McGovern crowd.
They charge; we answer; they reply, we answer
again, etc., etc.
That's what they want -- keep the "issue" alive.
Ignore their reply to our answer by merely stating
if asked for a comment -- "that was completely
handled on (date)
.
Let's get on with the
real issues."
A specific I have in mind is the Russian wheat deal.
transay
MMC:a
September 14, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
H. R. HALDEMAN
FROM:
MURRAY CHOTINER
What genius is responsible fort the announcement that
the Roswell Employment Training Center would be ter-
minated by June 30, 1973. This is only September,
1972. November 7th comes between September and June
30th.
This reminds me of 1954 when the then Vice President was
campaigning in Minnesota and. another genius announced the
cut back on the egg buying program a few weeks before
election.
The Vice President set up a conference call from Minnea-
polis and urged the powers-that-be to continue the egg
buying program at least until after November. When he
was told that there was a surplus of eggs and the Adminis-
tration didn't know what to do with them, he calmly
replied: "Throw them at the Democrats but buy eggs."
Will someone remind the Interior Department that Indians
vote in a number of states. They are citizens.
MMC:a
Terruay
Director of Job
Training Center
Knocks Closing
Journal Special
ROSWELL-The director of
the Roswell E m ployment
Training Center Saturday
criticized the decision of the
U. S. Dept. of Interior to close
the two "extremely successful
ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL 9/10/72
training programs" for Indians
in Roswell.
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decision to terminate the pro-
grams by June 30, 1973, reached
him Friday.
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effective ways to improve the
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COMMITTEE FOR THE RE-ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT
1701 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. NW.
WASHINGTON. D. C. 20006
(202) 333.0920
August 29, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
FRED MALEK
JEB MAGRUDER
FROM:
BOB REISNER iR
SUBJECT:
Neil Carothers' Arts and
Sciences Committee
In outlining the formation of an economists committee, it became
apparent that there was considerable overlap between the efforts that
were already underway under Neil Carothers and the proposed economists
activities.
It would seem that continuing under the present arrangement will only
lend confusion to both groups. Ultimately, this kind of conflict
could be seriously counterproductive.
Garment
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FROM:
DATE:
8/31
REMARKS:
AUG 29 1972
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 28, 1972
Dear Jeb:
Here are some materials that will give you an idea
of where we are in the area you and I discussed this
morning.
The first memorandum outlines work underway (and
some problems). This will be discussed further at
a meeting on Thursday.
The second describes a research project, now inde-
pendently funded, that may produce some interesting
and useful data, leading to articles, comment, etc.
The third document is an advance on a Commentary
debate (Nixon or McGovern?).
The fourth is a memorandum of comments and ideas
from Witonski at Harvard.
I'll let you know when I need some specific assistance.
Best,
hen
Leonard Garment
Mr. Jeb Magruder
Committee for the Reelection
of the President
1701 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.
Washington, D. C.
attachments
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT
CAMBRIDGE. MASSACHUSETTS 02138
90 Riverside Drive, Apt. 4A
New York, N.Y. 10024
Mr. Leonard Garment
Special Assistant to the President
The White House
Washington, D.C.
Dear Len,
Herewith a brief report on my discoveries and activities to date, to-
gether with some suggestions about possible future and ancillary campaign
activities. I apologize for being so late in getting this off to you, but
as you will see things have been---and still are somewhat up in the air.
Discoveries. It quickly became clear that our initial plan was unwork-
able. The leading intellectuals we had in mind do indeed oppose McGovern
and do feel some personal desire to do something to help defeat him; and
their attitudes toward Nixon are more or less what we thought in the cir-
cumstances they prefer him, but many (though not all) are unwilling to de-
clare in public their direct support of him and of his campaign. Therefore
they are not willing to sign a statement which is paid for by the Committee
for the Re-Election of the President, or which states that it is paid for
by CRP. They also have qualms about professors and editors making public
political endorsements---something they associate with intellectuals on the
left and which they think helps to politicize the university.
Second, they all would do something on a "behind-the-scenes" basis. In
particular, they are prepared to write---even about reasons for supporting
Nixon this time.
Third, there was considerable confusion being created by almost-identi-
cal organizing efforts on the part of at least three different people. One
person has been contacted by six different people. The result is confusion
and an eventual decision not to do anything---nobody, and especially not
these people, can say yes to everybody. So they are forced to say no to
everybody. This problem is now essentially solved by a division of labor
and of markets, as 1 understand. But there is another problem which hasn't
been solved: the absence of a regular "Professors for the Re-Election of
the President," or something along these lines. There ought to be a way
to involve Republican professors and others who are prepared to state pub-
licly that they favor Nixon in '72. The number of these should not be in-
significant---and the nature of my operation is such that I can't put
anything together for them without compromising my relationship with the
peopèe I am working with.
Mr. Leonard Garment
Fourth and finally, the leading intellectuals we have discussed remain
somewhat skittish or shy---or pusillanimous, to quote a less solicitous ob-
server. They 're also in mid-career and middle age; they have habits; tehy
have a sense of their position---and the upshot is that, though they are
prepared to move toward a close relationship with the second Nixon adminis-
tration eventually, they're not prepared to jump aboard now, whole hog.
Program of Activities. It may yet prove possible for me to find altogether
independent money for an ad in which "Liberal Professors Against McGovern",
or some such group, can make a public statement without publicly associating
themselves with CRP. This is something I will pursue independently. But I
am also giving it a lower priority because it might conflict with the main
activity of the moment. In any event I will not trouble you with this line
of activity.
It is clear at this point that the main thing our intellectuals will do---
and do well and willingly---is write. I am putting together or assisting a
number of different sorts of writing, and this program is already well under
way. The general objectives of such writing are two--the same objectives
that our proposed ad had. First, to get respected intellectual leaders to
give their reasons why they are voting for Nixon (or not voting for McGovern)
the point being persuasion. Second, to get articles written about the at-
titudes and voting intentions of intellectuals and professors in '72---the
point here being to reinforce those who think they will vote Nixon, and to
demobilize those who are conflicted (and thus to deny their votes to McGovern).
At this point, two enterprises are under way. First, Marty Lipset and
Everett Ladd are conducting a survey of the voting intentions and attitudes
of professors; the findings will be compared to similar studies in 1968.
The results will be reported in partial form by Lipset at the American Poli-
tical Science Association in Washington (there should be press coverage of
his data), and later in full form in a leading magazine, probably around
the end of September. It is nearly certain that the survey will show a big
drop for the Democratic candidate and a big increase for Nixon. Second,
Pat Moynihan is writing up his interview with the President for Life and
will also write a piece for The New York Times Magazine on the probable
shape of a second Nixon Administration.
(In parallel but unconnected developments, Commentary will feature a
symposium on Jews and Nixon in their September issue, with Nat Glazer making
the case, weakly, for McGovern. Glazer has since changed his mind, and will
state his preference for Nixon in a letter in the October issue. The Public
Interest will feature three major long articles, by Moynihan, Bell, and Lipset,
on "quota democracy", myths about social mobility, and the Serrano decision;
they add up to a serious attack on a major McGovern theme. Norman Cousins'
new magazine may run an article attacking McGovern's "massive retaliation"
defense-posture concept. Irving Kristol has a forthcoming piece in the Wall
Street Journal on why Jews are moving (and'should move) away from the left.)
Mr. Leonard Garment
A third enterprise is an attempt, with the help of Ithiel Pool, to get
a magazine, preferably a large and important one, to publish a long sym-
posium of differing views on who to vote for in November. The idea, which
is Ithiel's, is to show professors that the academy isn't entirely a one-
party environment, and that there are many people in it who have thoughtful
and intelligent and persuasive reasons for voting for Nixon or for not vot-
ing for McGovern. I don't know if this will come off, but we're working
on it.
At this point, that is all I am doing, and all I really have time to
do, as I explained to you earlier this month.
Future and Ancillary Activities. If there is to be an independent ad,
that will come in the future--ideally around the end of September or be-
ginning of October.
A second future activity requires your assistance. It was suggested
spontaneously by James Q. Wilson, and I think it has authentic merit. Jim
would like to see a long, serious, persuasive statement from the Administra-
tion at some point during the campaign on what he calls traditional Repub-
lican principles. The audience of this statement would be, directly or
indirectly, intellectual and academic; the point would be to give a persua-
sive and serious statement that such people could take seriously, would
have to take seriously. The principles Wilson has in mind are things like
the dangers and (incompetence of bureaucracy, the dangers of overpromising
and underperforming, the value of decentralization/federalism, etc. He is
afraid (and not without reason) that the McGovern campaign is trying to
appropriate to itself these principles and to take credit for them and
in the process to corrupt them. He would therefore like to write, together
perhaps with Moynihan and Banfield and me, a long and serious address arti-
culating these principles and reasserting Republican ownership of them.
His notion is that it might be given before an academic audience by a mem-
ber of the Administration with the credentials to go with the audience-
the name he mentioned was Schultz. It could then be distributed, etc.
serious
if that were desired. We will do this if you determine that there is in-
terest in such a speech.
As I stated earlier, I do think it would be valuable to set up a na-
tional "professors for the reelection of the President" committee, under
the CRP, to provide materials, assistance, and perhaps speakers and liter-
ature (deriving in part from our program of writing) ---and encouragement
to people to join or form local chapters, etc. My operation is in-
compatible with my doing this (and anyway my time won't permit), since
our "concerned intellectuals" do want to keep their participation more or
less sub rosa. It should include conservative and not-so-conservative
people, professors and nonacademic intellectuals, etc. I will write you
more on this later.
-4-
Mr. Leonard Garment
A Problem and a Possible Solution. Having said all this, I remainsome-
what dissatisfied with the program underway for our old-line liberal intel-
lectuals. There are, after all, only so many magazine articles and speeches
they can usefully write; one wouldn't have to arrange for many more to com-
pletely exhaust the market. This means that there are a lot of academics
and intellectuals who aren't being involved in any way and that, of course,
is undesirable. Most of the people we have discussed, for example, I have
not yet contacted for the simple reason that I haven't had anything to ask
of them or to propose to them. Now if we finally can get an independently-
funded anti-McGovern ad under way, that will solve the problem somewhat,
provided of course that people will be willing to sign it. But the pros-
pects of such an ad are at this time problematic, and in any event I'm not
persuaded of its value---or rather, I do think it has value, but I don't
necessarily think it's the ideal instrument for involving these people for
the purposes of an eventual entente and alliance with the Administration and
possibly even with the Republican party. (As a campaign instrument, it's
OK---but Lipset's study will be at least as good, especially if supplemented
with other articles based on interviews, etc.)
So the question is: What to do? One possibility that springs to mind
immediately (it was also suggested by Peter Witonski) is to establish some
advisory boards to produce position papers, speeches, research, and other
such "staff" materials for the campaign. This might work, but it comes a
bit late, it has the disadvantage of being a very direct form of involvement
in the campaign itself, with all that implies to these somewhat skittish
people, and in any event it seems superfluous. The President has a big
staff which is already producing speeches and position papers; he doesn't
necessarily need outside talent---although a small board of friendly in-
tellectuals couldn't hurt and might help, provided they were really wanted
and were to play a serious role. Besides, the President obviously isn't
going to be campaigning on the basis of a lot of new ideas for public policy;
he is, and should, campaigning largely on the basis of his record and on
the theme of continuation. Insofar as he tries to make an implicit dis-
tinction between McGovern and himself on the point of "professionalism" and
"competence" vs. "change that won't work" and "wild schemes", then he won't
want to be coming up with an arsenal of new proposals. (Insofar as he does,
moreover, he immediately establishes that there were things in his first
term that he should have done but didn't.)
But one other possibility that occurs to me seems much more viabl as
an implicit campaign device, as a means of invelving leading intellectuals
on terms they find comfortable, as a means of making the highest and best
use of the talents of these people, as a means of establishing the personal
relations between intellectuals and the people in the Administration. This
is the idea of setting up, over the next two or three weeks, a number of
small (for congeniality and effectiveness reasons) but eminent "expert ad-
visory groups" whose function would be to plan for the second Nixon Admin-
istration. It seems to me that the Administration would find this useful
Mr. Leonard Garment
in any event---these would be "outside" people, they would bring a different
set of experiences and views, they wouln't be committed to the programs and
strategic doctrines, as it were, of the first Administration, and they would,
after all, be authentic experts. With luck, the right people, and hard
work, a few such groups might come up with some really good ideas, or at
least some interesting and helpful avenues of approaching certain public
issues. At a minimum, they couldn't hurt. And there would be no possibility
that they might become irritated or alienated as a result of their ideas
and work being immediately disregarded or rejected---as would be the case
almost inevitably if they were used for campaign purposes. This isn't to
say that some members, individually, might not have a couple of usable
ideas for the campaign, or write a few good speeches. That is always a
possibility.
Such expert advisory boards have three other advantages. First, their
existence and membership could be publicized at the time of their appoint-
ment, in September. This would symbolize the disaffection of leading in-
tellectuals from McGovern, the openness and far-sightedness of the Adminis-
tration, the seriousness and professionalism of Nixon governance. Second,
because the boards would be not-for-the-campaign and because they would be
identified as expert boards, it would not be so very difficult to get peo-
ple to agree to join--they are experts, most of them consult, and this
would be a role that they're used to and are comfortable with. If the
boards were small and really eminent, being asked to join would be in the
nature of an honor. Moreover, these boards would be in operation over a
time of perhaps four months---which would largely obviate the problem of
time for individual members, since they wouldn't have to feel they were
taking on a big job which would have to be done all at once. And third,
this idea has the advantage that it would put these leading experts in
direct personal contact with people in the Administration, and vice versa.
That seems valuable both as a means of really moving some of these people
into the Administration's (and possibly the party's) orbit eventually-
and also as a means for recruitment for the Administration.
There might be four or five such groups, each with five or six members,
with a high Administration member ex officia, and with a part-time or full-
time staff member (to do the drafting, etc.) One idea would be to delincate
subject-matter areas in the conventional foreign, defense, city, eco-
nomic, etc., policy---and have the group undertake a kind of inventory and
survey. Another idea is to delineate areas in terms of general sorts of
problems that the next Administration will have to deal with redistribu-
tion, the fate of New Deal/Fair Deal/New Frontier/Great Society programs in
the no-fiscal-divided era, new weapons systems, style of Presidential lead-
ership, the future management of the economy, etc.
If you think there is merit in this, as I do, I hope you 11 let me know.
Meanwhile, I'll get back to the telephone, the magazine, and my book. By
the way, I thought the Convention just over last night---was immensely suc-
cessful and attractive, especially for eayward Democrats. Or maybe I'm just
biased.
Sincerely,
THE
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EDITORIAL OFFICES: 10 East 53 Street, New York, N.Y. 10022
Interest
Editors: DANIEL BELL IRVING KRISTOL
Associate Editor: PAUL WEAVER
August 16, 1972
Dear Len,
Here is Lipset's prospectus for his survey of
the political attitudes of the American professoriate
in the '72 election. The only problem, as I said,
is time: he and his colleague Ladd need at least
a preliminary committment on money from a foundation
very soon. If they have it soon, the results of the
survey will be available for release and publication
toward the end of September- good time, I think,
inasmuch as it's about then that we can expect Mc-
Govern's standing in the polls to start moving up
(as Humphrey's standing did in '68), and this infor-
mation will contradict any such impression.
The only other thing to be said about this study
is that it's absolutely legitimate. Any foundation
which takes intellectuals, voting, political opinion,
etc., as its bailiwick would be delighted with this
proposal, since Lipset and Ladd are the national ex-
perts on the politics of the professors. And the re-
sults of the survey will be communicated through pro-
fessional journals as well as through Commentary or
some other comparable, more popular journal.
Best regards,
Parl
Paul Weaver
Publisher: Warren Demisn Manshel
Chairman of the Publication Committee: Stanley Simon
Publication Committee: Onville C. Brim. Jr. Nathan C arer Harry Kahn Daniel P Arthur J. Rosenthal Leo Rosten Martin E. Segal
Arthur L Singer, H. Robert M. Solow Roger Start James 0 Wilson
PROPOSAL FOR A 1972 SURVEY OF AMERICAN PROFESSORIATE
from Seymour M. Lipset, Harvard University, and
Everett C. Ladd, Jr., University of Connecticut
This memorandum contains a proposal for a national survey of the
American professoriate designed to follow-up on the findings of the 1969
massive (60,000) questionnaire survey conducted under the auspices of
the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education. The principal investigators
have been involved in the analysis of the 1969 investigation, and have
completed a number of articles, and the first-draft of a book based on
these data. They propose to elaborate on hypotheses engendered in the
earlier survey through a study linked to the analysis of the way
academics react to the 1972 elections.
BACKGROUND
A review of the literature, both empirical and theoretical, as
well as the results of our own analysis of the 1969 survey indicate a strong
relationship between intellectual creativity and propensity to support what
Lionel Trilling has described as the "adversary culture" of the intellectual
world. That is, those most involved in creative activities in the sciences,
scholarship, and the arts, are most disposed to support unorthodox "anti-
Establishment" opinions and movements. The logic underlying this relationship
as suggested by various analysts such as Thorstein Veblen, C. P. Snow, Paul
Lazarsfeld, and many others, is that the cast of mind most conducive to
originality in intellectual activities, which by definition involves innovation,
the capacity to break out of accepted molds of thought, will also tend to
dissent from accepted formulations in the social and political worlds. There
are, of course, many other congruent hypotheses, such as those specifying
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sources of tension between intellectuals and the powers, which may account
for the substantive findings. (These are discussed in various of our
published papers cited in the bibliography, and will not be repeated here.)
With respect to recent political and social events, our analysis
indicates that the American academic profession as a whole has been more
supportive of liberal to left political causes than any other occupational
segment. This generalization holds true with respect to voting behavior,
both being more Democratic and more favorable to left third parties, and to
attitudes towards various political and social issues, race relations, the
Vietnam war, and many others. And congruent with the assumption that
intellectual achievement is associated with critical social views, indicators
of achievement, whether institutional (calibre of school), or personal
(publication and research record) are associated with more liberal or left
opinions on political matters.
Significantly, however, the correlations between scholarly eminence
and "liberal" political positions are reduced with respect to intramural
issues, e.g., attitudes toward student activism, student power, quotas for
minority groups, etc. Seemingly a large segment of the more creative and more
liberal find changes in the traditional way of life of academe threatening,
and take a more conservative position on such matters.
In projecting a new survey for 1972, we would like among other things
to focus on some of the sources and consequences of the strain between
extramural!Wiberalism'bnd intramural "conservatism." This concern may be
particularly related to the 1972 election. There is some indication that the
divisions within academe concerning ways of reacting to the pressures for
intramural change stemming from student activists and reform movements may
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affect behavior in the 1972 election. That is, the identification of the
McGovern campaign with youth activism, and quota democracy, which attracts
many ideologically dedicated liberals, both within and outside of academe,
to him, may also undermine the Democratic vote among traditional liberal
and Democratic faculty who have been disturbed by some of the consequences
of the politicization of academe flowing from ideologically motivated
campus activism. Some suggest that the intramural conservatism of some
academics who have been extramural liberals or radiçals may place a strain
on their general social ideology and political commitments.
Speaking of these possibilities, Milton Friedman, one of the few
important identified conservatives in the social sciences, has suggested that
conservatism as a hetrodox view within American academe may replace liberalism
as the anti-Establishment orientation. He hypothesizes (hopes) that a
reversal of the creativity-liberalism relationship is beginning to occur.
Presumably reactions to the 1972 election issues should enable us to shed
light on this line of thinking concerning changes in academe.
A 1972 survey which repeats a number of the 1969 items concerning
political
academic issues as well as dealing with/issues will permit an estimate as to
the reactions of the professoriate to a period of enormous institutional
crisis and change. Since 1969, academe has had to openly face the problem
of curtailed budgets involving the reduction of opportunity for advancement,
of particular concern to junior faculty, lessening research funds, pressure
for increased teaching loads, reduced support for graduate students, and the
like. The pressures from government agencies and private interest groups to
take affirmative action, particularly in the form of quotas, with respect
to the employment of certain minority group members, and women, have also
taken on major proportions since the earlier survey. We would propose to
explore the ways in which faculty are reacting to these matters, how they
affect both their orientation towards the university and larger political
matters
Given the increased importance of the academic stratum in training
and credentially almost half the youth of the country, including almost
all the future elite, and the sheer impact which the numbers involved
(600,000 faculty and 8 million students) can have on the body politic and
cultural, it seems important to undertake a repeated survey of the profession,
the
in/context of a national election campaign in which the two parties have
positions which reflect directly on intramural concerns of the academic
community. The new survey would also seem warranted as a means of ensuring
some continuity in our estimates of the outlook of academé Only through such
a follow-up can local "static" be eliminated intrusions upon opinion
caused by short-term forces which run counter to the general pattern prevailing
over time. In this way changes in opinion among a core group of opinion
leaders may be charted. We now have continuity in surveys of the national
The
electorate. Michigan Survey Research Center has conducted biennial election
studies since 1952. They have paid careful attention to assuring compar-
ability in the information collected over time. One of the most powerful
arguments on behalf of funding the 1972 Michigan study is the value of
building upon an existing data base.
The 1969 survey had various strengths and some weaknesses. Its
sheer size, 30,000 individuals queried, permitted the investigators to
analyze a variety of sub-groups, and variables, which normally could not be
treated separately in the more common small samples used in survey research.
Thus, we looked in detail into the characteristics of particular disciplines,
religious groups, and the like. The fact that the survey was based on question-
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naire rather than interview data, however, limited the kinds of information
which could be gathered. A follow-up survey based on personal interviews
with a much smaller sample would allow us to widen the analysis of the
profession by probing more deeply into the varying orientations of
academics.
PROCEDURES
The 1972 survey should, of course, replicate major components
of the 1969 Carnegie survey, together with items bearing on the changing
educational and political contexts. There is little need, however, to
secure a comparably large sample, since the specification of general
relationships permitted by the great numbers is not likely to change.
A sample of 1500 is sufficiently large to permit a reliable comparison
of opinions of the professoriate as a whole at the two points in time.
Detailed interviews will allow us to test out various hypotheses which have
arisen in the course of the analysis of the questionnaire data. For
example, there is some indication that intellectual concern with abstract
theory in various disciplines is associated with support for. "purer" forms
of politics, leftist or conservative.
We propose to conduct personal interviews with a national sample
of 1,500 faculty. The interviews would be conducted by the highly trained
field staff of an established survey organization such as the National
Opinion Research Center of the University of Chicago or the Survey
Research Center of the University of Michigan. The "per respondent" costs
of this type of interviewing are much higher than with mailed questionnaires,
but precision in defining the sample and the much higher response rate should
permit us to work in a satisfactory manner with a vastly smaller subset:
a sample of 1500 should be adequate for all essential
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BUDGET
We estimate a per interview cost of $40, or $60,000 for the survey;
and expenses of $15,000 in putting the survey data into machine readable
form. An additional sum of $25,000 should be allocated for analysis of the
data. Thus, we are confident, a major national survey of the American
professoriate can be completed for not more than $100,000, building upon
the 1969 study, and providing the frame for periodic investigations in the
future. Alternative survey strategies can be devised, but the one outlined
above seems best especially when we view the project as part of a long-
term data gathering enterprise which should be of value to researchers
engaged in longitudinal studies well in the future.
The minimum alternative survey strategy would be based on a
telephone survey of a random sample of faculty members (500 to 750 res-
pondents) at selected universities. We estimate a per-interview cost
under, this minimum alternative strategy of $10; an additional sum of
$10,000 would suffice for basic coding and data analysis operations. The
lowest feasible sum for this minimum strategy would thus be approximately
$15,000. The results of the survey would be less comprehensive and com-
parable than they would be under the larger budget outlined above, but
they would still be reliable enough to constitute a useful and important
addition to our understanding of the attitudes and behavior of this in-
creasingly important sector of modern American society.
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PUBLISHED MATERIALS ON THE POLITICS OF ACADEME BY S.M. LIPSET & EVERETT LADD
S. M. Lipset, Rebellion in the University (Boston, Little Brown, 1972)
S. M. Lipset, "Academia and Politics in America," in T.J. Nossiter, ed.,
Imagination and Precision in the Social Sciences (London: Faber and Faber,
1972), PP. 211-289.
S. M. Lipset, "Faculty and Students: Allied and in Conflict," Quod Novum:
Blad voor de Rotterdamse Academische Gemeenschap (Rotterdam, November 27,
1970), pp.8-13.
S. M. Lipset, "The Politics of Academia," in David C. Nichols, ed., Perspectives
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Commentary 165 East 56 Street
New York, New York 10022
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Norman Podhoretz, Editor
August 21, 1972
Mr. Leonard Garment
The White House
Washington, D.C.
Dear Len:
I thought you might be interested in seeing
an advance copy of the special feature we're
running in our September issue under the
title "McGovern, Nixon, and the Jews," con-
sisting of a debate between Nathan Glazer
and Milton Himmelfarb, and an analytic piece
by me.
Best,
2
Norman Podhoretz
NP/hbc
Encs.
Commentary
McGovern and the Jews: A Debate
Nathan Glazer
Milton Himmelfarb
Because of the unusually intense concern evident everywhere with the question of whether
and to what extent American Jews will depart from their customary allegiance to the Demo-
cratic party in the 1972 Presidential election, COMMENTARY invited two of its regular contrib-
utors. one a supporter and the other an opponent of Senator George McGovern, to debate the
role that Lewish interests should and will play in the coming election. NATHAN GLAZER,
Professor of Education and Social Structure at Harvard. is the author of American Judaism
and (with Daniel P. Moynihan) Beyond the Melting Pot. as well as several other books. MILTON
HIMMELFARB (who of course speaks here as an individual) is one of our contributing editors;
his The Jews of Modernity is scheduled for publication in January 1973 by Basic Books.
Nathan Glazer
his chairmanship demonstrate, to the mechanical
"representation" of what are considered
"deprived" groups-in the case of the Democratic
T
HIS will be the first electoral cam-
party, women. youth, and racial or quasi-racial
paign in memory in which the
minorities. McGovern supports quotas in party
question of specific Jewish interests may play a
affairs: he probably supports them in employ-
serious role in voting by American Jews. Of
ment and elsewhere. Three of his closer advisers,
course there has been a 'Jewish vote" in prev-
John Kenneth Galbraith, Edwin Kuh, and Les-
lous Presidential elections. but it has not been
ter C. Thurow collaborated on an article in the
activated by any sense that one or the other can-
New York Times Magazine last year* that pro-
didate was unsympathetic to the special interests
posed. as a solution to the problem of small num-
Jews have as Jews; rather it has responded to the
bers of non-whites and women in well-paying
degree of liberalism of the two candidates. Jews
jobs, that such jobs be reserved to these groups
have for decades favored the candidate they per-
in proportion to their numbers in the popula-
ceived as the more liberal.
tion. As readers of COMMENTARY need no
The situation in 1972 is quite different. The
reminding, a policy like this, of replacing equal
main reason. it seems clear, is that Senator
opportunity with equal representation, must
McGovern in the past has expressed a more
inevitably entail a restriction on the opportu-
"even-handed" attitude toward the Arab-Israeli
nities of Jews.+
conflict than most liberal Senators-this is one
It is thus evident that Jewish interests may
sign that there are "radical" tendencies in his
be affected by the outcome of the 1972
outlook. More significantly perhaps-since his
Presidential campaign. But should a Jew
recent statements in support of Israel go as far as
allow such considerations to affect this vote?
anvone could expect. il not further-his general
Should not the general interest-the interest of
position in favor of the reduction of American
all Americans in peace and in social and racial
military power and commitments abroad seri-
justice-transcend the particular interests of 3
ously raises the question of whether under a
per cent of the American people? This is not a
McGovern administration American aid would
in a crisis actually be available to Isracl.
There is a second reason for Jews to feel some-
*August 22. 1971.
free Paul Seabury's "HEW and the Universities' and
what uneasy about a McGovern Presidency.
Norman Podhmetz's "k 11 Good for the Jews?," both
McGovern seems committed, as the Democratic
in the February COMMENTARY as well as the correspon-
party reforms sponsored by a commission under
dence 011 these articles in the May. June, and July issues.
COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 1972
question that is ordinarily raised todav, either by
We can make one more pragmatic argument
Jews or by anyone else. Group selfislmess has
for the. survival of Israel in terms of general
been elevated to a paramount position. and it is
American interests: the destruction of Israel
almost universally assumed that everyone-busi-
would be such a severe blow to the morale of
ness, labor, farmers, blacks, etc.-will vote his
American Jews that the role of this small but
own special interests without reference to the
influential minority on American life would
general interest, which has in any case become a
undoubtedly become less healthy than it has
very murky concept. But I think this is still an
been. It must be remembered that American
important question and should not be ignored.
Jews have, with their money and energy and
If indeed the interests of Israel were in opposi-
influence, supported the protection and expan-
tion to general American interests: if indeed the
sion of civil rights and civil liberties, they have
Jewish concern with the opportunities that were
worked toward a greater equality in income dis-
opened up to them in the 1940's and 1950's and
tribution, they have played a large role in financ-
are now declining-the opportunity to enter
ing liberal causes and liberal candidates. One
good schools, to compete fairly in civil-service
may well wonder what the influence of American
and other examinations, to compete for good
Jews in American life would become if Israel
jobs in government and education and business
were to be conquered by the Arabs and the Jews
on the basis of merit-if these interests contra-
thrown out or slaughtered. This is something
dicted a necessary and just policy to repair the
that must be taken into account in considering
unequal treatment of blacks and other minor-
whether the support of Israel coincides with
ities, then Jews might well have to consider
American interests in general.
whether it was not morally incumbent upon
For Jews, then, the survival of Israel is a tran-
them to vote against their own interests.
scendent interest. If the survival of Israel coin-
cides with the larger American public interest,
L
ET us reflect on these matters for a
well and good. If it does not-well, the United
moment. It may be that American
States is a big and rich country, and the reduc-
support of Israel is detrimental to Amer-
tion of its influence in the Middle East, or the
ican interests more generally conceived. It
loss of a point to Russia, should not outweigh
may be more important for the United
this transcendent Jewish interest.
States to compete against Russia for alliances
The Jewish commitment to equality of oppor-
with countries representing scores of millions of
tunity-and the benefits this principle brings to
Arabs and hundreds of millions of Muslims than
Jews-are another matter. First of all, the battle
to support the survival of Israel. On this issue,
is already in large measure, I believe. lost. Wher-
however, I feel that the weighing of a general
ever ethnic and racial groups conflict, in a set-
national interest must simply be set aside by
ting in which dominance by one is excluded,
Jews: the survival of Israel is for Jews an interest
quotas seem to come in-this is, I am afraid, the
that must transcend all other interests. In World
logic of the glacial movement in all societies
War II the survival of Jews was an interest that,
toward greater equality. Even under Nixon-
as against the United States' capacity to make
though spokesmen for the minority groups seem
war in the most efficient and effective way, should
unaware of the fact-the Equal Employment
have been given priority. Tragically, it was not.
Opportunities Commission and the civil-rights
Today, it is an interest that, as against the capac-
arms of HEW and other government agencies
ity of the United States to compete with Russia
have been imposing the requirement for equality
for influence in the Arab and Muslim world--
of representation with steadily greater harshness
and this seems to me the most that can be said
on institutions of higher education and on other
for an American interest in favoring the Arab
large employers. The guidelines which require
states-must, for Jews, come first.
record-keeping for what is in effect the imposi-
Admittedly we cannot simply assert our over-
tion of quotas have been steadily expanded from
riding interest in the survival of Israel. I'e must
blacks to "Spanish-surnamed Americans" (a cat-
also defend it rationally (though it does not nec-
egory which apparently embraces the descen-
essarily rest on rational grounds). We must argue
dants of Spanish immigrants, Cubans, perhaps
for it. We must be capable of arguing that the
even the occasional Irishman with a Spanish
survival of Israel is morally right. despite the
name), American Indians, and Orientals; no
agonizing problem of the Arab refugees. (Their
doubt they will soon include Eastern- and South-
claims can after all be to some extent met within
ern-European immigrants and their descendants.
a framework in which Israel survives as a secure
And the similar requirement for much larger
state.) Most Jews and many others would also
proportions of women in better jobs is aheady
argue that the survival of Israel is fully consis-
law, or at any rate is incorporated in federal
tent with American interests: it is a more secure
guidelines which have the power of law.
ally than the Arab states would be: it is a strong-
Obviously in this area, Jewish interests are still
CT state: our only Arab allies would invariably
at stake and require attention. But in a world in
be the more skward despotisms.
which such considerations steadily decline in
McGOVERN AND THE JEWS
response to the demands of equality, WC cannot
bureaucratic power. We have spent billions on
assign as much importance to the right of Jewish
weapons that are useless, we are aware that the
males to achieve good jobs on the basis of merit
military keeps vast and unnecessary stores of
as we do to the Jewish interest in the survival
goods, that it treats itself at the higher levels to
of Israel.
lavish perquisites, that it maintains great num-
bers of unneeded bases in the United States itself
U
NDER these circumstances, can Jews
which could be used to expand recreational facil-
-should Jews-support McGovern?
itics or for other civilian needs. We are aware of
I believe they can: and on the basis of other,
the fact that Congress, the military, and industry
more general considerations, I also believe they
combine to insist on these wasteful expenditures.
should. Of course, individual Jews will balance
I myself would like to have in the White House
general interests against Jewish interests in dif-
a President who could stand against some of
ferent ways. For myself, I believe Jewish political
these expenditures and hold them to lower
influence in this country is such that any Amer-
levels. And I do not see that the security of Israel
ican President must give some support to Israel;
would thereby be radically aflected.
and I believe the American experience in Viet-
nam is such that no American President-unless
he is someone we should distrust as adventurist
T
TAKE a larger perspective, I do not
see that the security of Western
or unbalanced-will risk war with Russia to save
Europe would necessarily be affected either. I
Israel.
have never understood why Western Europe,
Admittedly between these two extremes of
which is wealthier than Soviet Russia by far,
some support to Israel and no risk of war with
requires an American military presence. East
Russia, there is a wide range of possible policies.
Germany and West Germany are settling the
That Nixon has leaned more to the end of
question of the two Germanies. We and our
accepting risk than McGovern would, I do not
allies and the Russians are settling the status of
doubt: and yet how far toward that end can he
West Berlin. Germany has accepted the frontiers
really lean? One recalls a poll in which only 8
with Poland and Russia. Why should not this
per cent of the American people were willing to
approach to a permanent settlement be reflected
go to war to protect Isracl, an even smaller pro-
in the reduction of our military presence in
portion than was willing to go to war to protect
Europe? Who really believes that Western
India! (To be sure, that was before our
Europe is threatened by a Russian invasion? And
improved relations with China.) It would not be
if it is not, what is the purpose of the American
a popular-or even a possible-policy for this
army in Europe?
country to send American troops or to risk nucle-
The purpose of American arms in the Far East
ar war for Israel. I believe that Victnam marks a
is even more obscure. Most of the Japanese want
watershed in many respects. I am amazed that
us to leave. We should; the third most powerful
President Nixon still acts as if American military
economic state in the world is capable of manag-
power could be used in defense of our allies and
ing its own defense. American bases and arms in
that other countries act as if they credit this pos-
the Far East permit us to pour bombs on Viet-
sibility. I do not. We will send arms, we will send
nam from Guam and Thailand and Okinawa.
economic aid, we will move aircraft carriers
Yet can anyone say American security has been
around-though to what purpose I do not under-
enhanced by the fact that we now maintain a
stand, since it is perfectly clear that these carriers
military presence in Southeast Asia? I can think
will not be used against Russia or the Arabs to
of only one good reason for holding onto bases
protect Israel. As President. George McGovern
in the Far East, and that is to keep American
might do almost as much-at least up to the
forces in South Korea. There they have truly
movement of the aircraft carriers. More than
maintained peace for twenty years against the
that, I doubt that even Nixon would ever do.
bellicose North Koreans. But there have been
It is pointed out that McGovern as President
recent indications that South Korea and North
would cut the military budget: would that not
Korea themselves may come to some peaceful
weaken credibility in the American commitment
arrangement. We may thus in a few years be able
to Israck Since i do not agree that the effective-
to withdraw American troops even from Korea.
ness of this commitment is based on the belief
As for the rest of Asia: American bases are a
that America would actually go to war, I think
disaster, for this country and the countries of
some reduction in American military expendi-
Southeast Asia. American military support is it
tures whether 10. 20. or 30 per cent--is quite
disaster. I do not believe for a moment that these
consistent with such a commitment. One under-
countries would be less fortunate under the mlc
stands that a good part of the military budget is
of Communist Nonh Vietnam-and of course I
waste Ven likely the waste and the non-
fulls expect that to be the fate of at least the
waste would be cut at roughly the same
area which formeth made up French Indochina
that " probably the best one on hope for in
-than they have been for the last seven years.
view of the nature of busket-making and of
suffering the effects of the horrible was that om
COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 1972
presence alone sustains. Our efforts 10 play a role
values change, and clearly American values are
on the South Indian subcontinent are pitiful.
today in large measure antagonistic to produc-
Our arms have enabled Pakistan to engage in
tion and competition, and it is these antagonistic
the most terrible crimes any nation has commit-
values that are represented by McGovern. One
ted since World War II and to fight pointless
recalls with surprise that after World War II,
wars against India. Our arms indeed have con-
even with 50 much destroyed by war, England
tributed to the abysmal poverty of both nations.
was still the richest country in Western Europe,
If other nations wish to provide arms to this end,
and after 25 years of small differences in growth
let them. We have no national interests there,
rates, it is now the poorest. And yet the massive
except an interest generally in peace and devel-
gradual shift leading the United States in the
opment. Undoubtedly the least defensible action
same direction seems to be irreversible. One can
of the Nixon administration has been its support
only hope that Japan and Western Germany will
of the butchers of Pakistan.
be next-and well they may. It seems to me no so-
George McGovern wants to reduce the size of
lution to vote for a man who makes speeches
the military, its role in the world, and the scope
against the tide rather than the man who is
and scale of American commitments around the
ready to drift with it. What can speeches change?
world. I agree. He has said he will not reduce
On the whole, I prefer the way Nixon-or his
the American commitment to Israel. Inevitably
advisers-have talked about American social pol-
this commitment, whether by McGovern or
icy to the way McGovern has talked about it. And
Nixon, cannot extend to the use of American
yet we should not exaggerate the differences. In
troops or warships. or to a serious risk of war
comparison with Kennedy and Johnson, both
with Russia. That is reality. I believe our inter-
Nixon and McGovern are men who want to do
ests as Americans demand an immediate with-
less in domestic policy rather than more. Neither
drawal from South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambo-
Nixon nor McGovern wants to follow the pat-
dia. There is nothing we can do in those
tern of the 60's in which for each problem and
countries that can help them. This has now been
each subdivision of a problem we devised a spe-
demonstrated under both Johnson and Nixon.
cial program-or two, or three, or more-and
We can kill their people and destroy their land
funded them all. to some extent. and saw most
by our distinctively American ways of warfare.
of them fail. What, after all, does McGovern's
we can turn their daughters into prostitutes and
domestic program amount to? The greatest
their children into beggars, we can corrupt their
emphasis has been placed on the guaranteed
rulers and their politics. This much we can do,
annual income of $1,000 for every American. In
and have. It is not clear that there is anything
all the fuss about this proposal-which is crudely
else we can do-at least we have not, under a
formulated and no doûbt far 100 large-the sim-
number of administrations. Therefore we should
ilarities with the Nixon Family Assistance Plan
leave. immediately. McGovern would leave.
have, surprisingly, been almost entirely over-
This is the one and overwhelming reason why,
looked. Both want to do away with a welfare sys-
as between Nixon and McGovern, I would stand
tem based in significant measure on social ser-
for McGovern-having. however, also considered
vices to aid the poor and to institute instead a
whether his election would represent an unac-
program to give money directly to the poor. Both
ceptable danger to the survival of Israel and hav-
wish to cover the working as well as the non-
ing concluded that it would not.
working poor. Both want to replace diverse state
and local programs with a lederal program. and
O
N DOMESTIC issues, the balance
state variations with a national minimum. Both
between Nixon and McGovern is
try 10 deal-better than the present welfare sys-
closer. Here my view of the specific Jewish inter-
tem does-with the problem of work incentive,
of and the larger American interest merge. I
and it can be argued that the McGovern
believe in equality of opportunity and the
approach. in which the income guarantee is in
reward of merit, and not because they help Jews.
no way affected by earnings, is the more effective
I think these principles also help society. They
in creating an incentive to work. It will be
make society more efficient and effective, they
recalled that one of the contributing ideas to the
conform to a widespread sense of a proper moral
Nixon FAP was the child allowance. which Dan-
order. they are necessary to help America com-
icl P. Movnihan championed vigorously. The
pete with other countries and it is perfectly
child allowance too has the virtue of being unre-
clear from the balance of trade that America.
lated to earnings and therefore does not under-
with all its vasi natural advantages. no longer
mine the incentive to work in the way a system
competes VCIV well with a country such as Japan
does in which the income guarantee declines
which has none of these advantages. With equal-
with earnings. The child allowance also goes to
ity of representation replacing equality of oppor-
every lamily, rich or poor, just as the McGovern
tunity, 1 ser America sinking-not rapidly. not
allowance does. or course there are important dil
insupportable, but inevitably. Nations do change
ferences between the Nixon and McGovern
in their capacity to produce and compete. Their
plans- yet as one is modified in Congress, and
McGOVERN AND THE JEWS
the other is modified by political reality, they
conceivable reform in health care that can sub-
will come closer and closer to each other, even
stantially reduce the huge rate of growth in these
though the candidates will inevitably magnify
costs. Social Security will cost more. Revenue
the significance of the distinctions that remain.
sharing with states and cities will cost more.
All these are programs which McGovern, I
T
HE interesting thing is that McGovern
assume, would support: some he would expand
has talked about little else domestical-
-such as the public underwriting of health care.
ly. It is hard to know what he would do about
What McGovern as President would find-and
housing, about urban renewal, about crime, about
what would introduce sobriety into his proposals
juvenile delinquency, about elementary educa-
-is that there is not enough money even for the
tion, about higher education, etc. McGovern ap-
programs already written into law, and whose
parently believes-if we are to take his relative
principles he accepts, and hardly any for the
inditference to specific domestic programs serious-
new programs he would wish to introduce. The
ly-that the best way to solve the problem of the
issue would resolve itself into a choice between
poor is to give them money. That is also what
new taxation and more inflation. All this is the
Daniel P. Moynihan believes, and what he ap-
déja ill of all developed nations whose desire for
parently succeeded in getting President Nixon to
social services outruns their capacity to provide
believe. It is not only a Republican administra-
enough through taxation, however much they
tion which no longer believes that we know how
soak the rich, to pay for them.
to solve specific problems with specific programs.
The government-in-opposition at the Brookings
ONE comes back, then, to foreign affairs, and
Institution now also believes the same thing-and
there the choice, for the Jewish voter, is between
so. it would appear, do McGovern and his ad-
the man who acknowledges the moral and prac-
visers. Certainly it would be naive to expect a
tical tragedy of Vietnam, and of American military
President McGovern to act like President John-
policy in SO many other places. and the man who
son, even leaving aside the fact that he would
makes no such acknowledgment but who has done
come in with a narrow majority and probably
more for Israel than any other American Pres-
also an antagonistic Congress: The age of poverty
ident. It will be a difficult decision for Jewish
programs is over, and the age of income redistribu-
voters, and more of them are likely to vote for the
tion has begun. Amazingly, no one has noticed
Republican candidate than Jews have ever done
that Nixon and McGovern agree on this point-
before. For myself, I believe McGovern would do
though Congress still seems to disagree with
what an American President can do to ensure the
them both.
survival of Israel. For just as no American Pres-
What else is there to say about McGovern
ident, even with all our arms and wealth, could
domestically? Tax reform? Undoubtedly he
ensure the survival of a non-Communist South
would try to cut into the income of the well-to-do
Vietnam, there are limits to American power in
more sharply than Nixon has done. In this he
the Middle East too. We must always live in fear
would only be following the lead of most
and trembling when it comes to the survival of
advanced nations with substantial social pro-
Israel, dependent as this survival is on Israel's
grams, and the inescapable arithmetic of the pro-
own strength, on the financial and poli-
grams which both Democrats and Republicans,
tical aid of Jews in other countries, and
Left and Right, have already agreed on. The
on Israel's own good political sense. None
costs of giving subsidies for every student to every
of those things will change, whether Nixon
institution of higher education will be enormous
or McGovern is President after 1972. And
- ire are already committed to that by the higher
SO, in the end, for me, Vietnam is de-
education act. The costs of Medicare and Medic-
cisive, and on that ground I support
aid are already enormous, and there is no
McGovern.
COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 1972
Milton Himmelfarb
should we be reassured when Stearns, with his
"Zionist" and pro- "Palestinian" record, is
quoted (in New York magazine, July 3) as saying:
I
T WILL be better for the Jews if Mc-
"I would like to have the most responsible job in
Govern does not win. Whether he
this Administration that I could have. I didn't go
wins or loses, it will be better for us if this year
through this for the simple exercise of nominat-
we give the Democratic candidate less than our
ing and electing a President"? (In the press of the
usual crushing majority.
campaign.a new Stearns now says he agrees with the
The Jews' overriding foreign-policy interest is
new McGovern.) Or should we be reassured be-
Israel. More accurately, our overriding interest
cause McGovern has said that Senator Fulbright
of any kind is Israel. If-which God forbid-Israel
would make a good Secretary of State? Fulbright
should cease to exist, do we not know in our
-whose coldness toward Israel chills us.
bones that the Jews would cease to exist? We
Nor will it do to say that we should listen to
have not in us the stuff of our galut ancestors,
the present McGovern, rather than the McGov-
and what they were able to do in the absence of
ern of a few years ago. How seriously can we take
a Jewish state we and our descendants will be
the new pro-Israel statements and planks of a
unable to do; for we are barely able to do it in
candidate whose policy is diplomatic and military
the presence of a Jewish state.
withdrawal? Nixon has made his remarkable new
American Jews and Israclis must agree with
approaches to the Soviet Union (and China). but
Ben-Gurion: It is not that the Jews are for the
the United States Sixth Fleet remains in the
sake of Israel but that Israel is for the sake of the
Mediterrancan, a barrier for Israel against'a Rus-
Jews.
sian attack. Of what use will McGovern's new
For American Jews, therefore, the interest in
professions of friendship and support for Israel.
Israel is not what the interest in Italy is for our
be when he recalls those carriers from the Med-
Italian neighbors. When Italy and Yugoslavia
iterranean?
disputed the possession of Trieste, Italian Amer-
Much has been written about Israelis in high
icans naturally sided with Italy. But that was a
places telling American Jews that Nixon, unlike
marginal question. The existence of Italy and
McGovern, is a proved friend, and therefore
Italians and italianità was not at risk. What Jew
worthy of support. We hardly need Israelis to tell
would not pray for Israel's problems with the
us something SO obvious.
Arabs to be like Italy's with Yugoslavia? With
Israel it is not a question of this city or that,
IN DOMESTIC matters the great question today is
these borders or those. Yugoslavia, and her
what equality and justice inean. McGovern and
friends, did not deny Italy's right to be Italy.
the McGovernites define equality and justice in a
It is 3,750 years since Abraham began Jew-
way that is bad for the Jews-and bad for Amer-
ish history, a history of some consequence. If Is-
ica as well.
rael's friends do not worry about her, both Israel
Their definition is the one that somehow,
and that history will come to an end. And if the
without real discussion and almost behind our
Jews do not worry about Israel. why in the world
backs, has come to be accepted by the Best Peo-
should anvone else?
ple. Equality and justice used to mean No Dis-
For a Jew, accordingly. McGovern's inferiority
crimination (against individuals), now they tend
to Nixon should be manifest. The case is not what
to mean Fair Shares (for groups) How does one
it would be if, say, Humphrey were running
assure Fair Shares? By legislating proportionality.
against Nixon. Then a supporter of Nixon
or quotas. Can anything be clearer than that a
could argue that Nixon's deeds were more im-
principle of group Fair Shares must be fatal for
portant than Humphrey's words, but he could
the Jews?
hardly say that the words were not good words,
When we think of discrimination-unfairness,
or that they had not been good from the outset.
injustice-against Jews in the United States, the
With McGovern. on the other hand, even the
example that comes most readily to mind is that
words are recent, quite different from his former
of the medical schools between. say, 1920 and
words, and therefore dubious. In the press of
1950. It fras not that the proportion of Jewish
the campaign he is now saving to Jews things
students in American medical schools was lower
about Israel that are marked by all the fervor and
than the proportion of Jews in the American
sincerity of Governor Rockefeller's cating knishes
population, even in those bad old days. It was
in Jewish neighborhoods during his campaigns
that many Jewish candidates for admission to
for ofice.
medical school were kept out, though qualified,
How reassuring can it be to Jews that the
because they were Jews. For us the incontrovert-
Arabists of the National Council of Churches
ible proof of injustice and unfairness, and of
(like the anti-Israel secular Left) were rapturous
their especial wickedness in America. was that
about McGovern's nomination? And though peo-
Fascist Italy Fascist Italy!- opened the doors of
ple like Senator Ribicoll tell 115 that Richard
its medical schools to Americans shut out as Jews
Stearns is not really all that close to McGovern.
by American medical schools. The discrimina-
McGOVERN AND THE JEWS
tion was against qualified individuals, and by
ary device, necessary now for undoing the effects
"qualified" we did not mean passable: in many
of past injustice, but to be discarded as soon as
cases we meant superior. (It was Jews who told
they have served that purpose, in favor of a use.
the contemptions joke about the stutterer who
substantive and not merely formal, principle of
accused the radio station which had not hired
individual No Discrimination. Anyone who be-
him as an announcer of being anti-Semitic.)
lieves that is allowing hope to triumph over
No Jew agreed with the excluders' defense,
experience: rien ne dure que le provisotre, noth-
that there was no discrimination, because the
ing is SO permanent as what is temporary. Once
Jews. only x per cent of the American popula-
you give people a special privilege, you can as
tion, were x + y per cent of medical students.
easily take it back from them as take back meat
How could percentages. or quotas, justify the in-
from a tiger. Have we been able to take back the
justice to this individual. excluded though merit-
depletion allowance from the petroleum industry,
ing inclusion? Was it not self-evident to any
or agricultural subsidies from Senator Eastland?
rational person that trying to reconcile quotas
with democracy was like trying to square the
Presidential candidate (eight years from now, or
forty-eight): Group Fair Shares have done their
circle? Quotas were part of the feudal world of
job, and it is time to go on to individual No
ascription, with the different estates having dif-
Discrimination.
ferent privileges and duties, and estate deriving
mostly from parentage. Were Americans proud
Accredited minorities, HEW staff, deans of
of the Constitution's one lapse into that system
minority students, coordinators of Spanish-
of ascription-toleration of hereditary slavery?
surname research: Male chauvinist pig! Racist!
Fascist! Insensitive!
To talk about these things today it is neces-
sary to use the past tense. Today, and precisely
For Jews the outcome is unmistakable. Now we
among the advanced and educated-the succes-
are lumped under "white," or "other." But as the
sors to those whom a generation ago we could
white and other are subjected to their residual
appeal to as rational-quotas no longer are self-
quotas, and as new whites and others, inevitably.
evidently feudal, but seem to be of the essence
come onto the scene to make their separate
of democracy. The Republican Mr. Pottinger of
claims-Italians, Poles, Southerners-how long
the Department of Health. Education, and Wel-
can it be before it occurs to those whites and
fare has been bestowing the blessings of quotas
others who are not Jews that the dillerentiations
on the universities: and the Democrat Mr. Mc-
within "white and other" should in all fairness
Govern has been promising appointments, from
be reflected in subquotas? Manifestly, if fairness
the bottom to the top. by quota. (Except that
requires proportionality and quotas, it cannot be
"quota" is still felt to be an unattractive word, so
fair that the Jews, who are so few, should have
its agents deny the word while doing the thing.)
SO many good things and good jobs. Fair Shares-
Though President Nixon cannot avoid the
let the Jews' good things and jobs be in propor-
responsibility for Pottinger, Pottinger is not close
ion to their numbers. (And how far are we from
to Nixon: but Senator McGovern is close to Mc-
the time when "women" will discover that they
Govern.
are not a unitary, undifferentiated minority, so-
But it does not end there. McGovern's quota
called, but that some are black. and some are
system applies to more than government jobs
Jews, and so on; and that by the justice of Fair
(and university admissions and appointments).
Shares, Jewish women are getting too much?)
Among his economic advisers are Edwin Kuh and
Concede the major premise, Fair Shares, and the
Lester C. Thurow, co-authors, with John Ken-
conclusion is irrefutable.
neth Galbraith. of "The Galbraith Plan to Pro-
mote the Minorities." in the New York Times
B
UT WHY concede that premise? Why.
Magazine for August 22, 1971. That plan is quite
especially, should Jews concede it?
simple-quotas in business and industry. (I envy
Those Jews who refuse to concede it have been
the voung. and the young in heart, who do not
accused of engaging in mere, mean-spirited de-
experience my occasional difficulties in grasping
fense of their turf. or course, when any other
that while American women. who are more than
group defends its turf. everyone understands that
50 per cent. are a minority, American Jews. who
to be. if not necessarily admirable, then at the
are fewer than 3 per cent. are not a minority.
very least natural. Apparently it is only the
Among others, Galbraith, Kuh. and Thurow
Jews' defense of their turf that is mere, and mean-
explain it all to me, but I suppose I am a slow
spirited. But in fact we are not dealing here with
learner just as I am slow to learn what exciv-
a defense of turf. in anything like the sense of
A
bods who is anybody knows about the Middle
straightlorward economic interest. The logic of
Last: that Issael, with a Jewish population of 24
proportionality does not. cannot, stop with VOGE
million. is a Great Power.)
tion and job.
Whether tactically or because they themselves
For a concrete illustration of what is at stake
are not entirely happy about quotas, many augue
here. I wish I could incorporate the whole of
for quotas group Fair Shares as only a tempor.
Jerome Karabel's "Open Admissions: Toward
COMMENTARY-SEPTEMBER 1972
Meritocracy or Equality?," in Change for May
friend of mine teaches in that very department, in
1972. Karabel is described as a researcher for the
that university. He has had to learn Middle
American Council on Education, the roof or
Persian.
umbrella organization of the American colleges
From all of which it emerges that if we protect
and universities. No doubt he thinks of himself
the Jewish interest-and this one, at least, surely
as nonconformist and anti-establishment, but in
is not very crass-we will also be protecting the
matters of this sort, can anything be more estab-
American interest. against those who go lusting
lishmentarian than an article by someone on the
after relevance, and would use both the bureau-
staff of his organization?
cracy and the courts to impose it. (What would
For our purposes, he says two things of inter-
Edmund Wilson have said about government, and
est. The first is that a generation ago the increas-
liberal Babbius, decreeing that languages are
ing reliance upon individual ability or merit for
irrelevant?) When classical and biblical studies
determining whom to admit and whom not to
had begun to decline among the Protestants,
admit to colleges and universities, and the de-
there were some among them who consoled them-
creasing reliance upon ascription (birth, group),
selves that the Catholics were carrying those
was a victory for democracy and equality; but
studies forward. Now that the Catholics seem to
that today-for reasons not explained very clearly
be going the way of the Protestants, it may be the
-reliance upon individual merit or ability is un-
Jews-and precisely the most Jewish Jews-who are
democratic and unegalitarian. The second thing
running with the torch. I am told that at Colum-
of interest he says is that it is not enough for
bia a striking proportion of the young men who
everyone who wants a college education to be
are studying Aeschylus and Lucretius sit in class
admitted to a college: as long as some colleges
with their heads covered by kippot, and are never
are academically more selective than others, there
there on a Jewish holy day, no matter how
will be unjust inequality. In other words, the
"minor."
University of Chicago has no right to be fussier
Of more immediate, and practical, political
about its students-and presumably about its pro-
consequence is it that some Tews, because of their
fessors-than Podunk A. and M. In that view,
Jewish experience and sensibility, are helping to
distinctiveness/distinction is inherently and nec-
remind America that individual No Discrimina-
essarily the enemy of democratic equality, and
tion, not group Fair Shares, is the good, authen-
must be done away with. What of the acad-
tic American idea.
emy as a community of scholars, a constituent of
the international republic of learning, the place
FEW observations remain to be
where Mycenacan studies can be cultivated. to-
A
made, of, a more (or an even
gether with hopelessly impractical, pure math-
more) internal Jewish character. II has been said
ematies? To ask that question is to show you
that American Jews are deserting the Democratic
believe-or, for motives not hard to divine. pre-
candidate because of economic conservatism-
tend to believe-in the discredited ivory-tower
that is, because so many of us are rich, and Mc-
notion of the university. If this is the wisdom
Govern has a soak-the-rich tax program. Whether
of people who are supposed 10 care about the
so many of us are rich is questionable, despite all
universities as universities, why should we be sur-
those Wall Street types the writers love to men-
prised that it is also the wisdom of HEW "change
tion and quote; but certainly, on average, the
agents"?
Jews of Scarsdale are richer than the Jews of
A letter in COMMENTARY (May 1972) has re-
Congressman Celler's district in Brooklyn. I will
ported that when the chairman of a graduate
bet that the Jews of Scarsdale go for McGovern
department of religion in an Ivy League univer-
more than the Jews of Celler's congressional dis-
sity said that a knowledge of Hebrew and Greek
trict-an odd sort of economic conservatism.
was prerequisite to admission, HEW representa-
It has also been said that middle-aged Jews
tives told him to "end those old-fashioned pro-
should think twice about preferring Nixon to
grams that require irrelevant languages and start
McGovern, for fear of further widening the
programs on relevant things which minorité.
already wide generation gap, and alienating the
group students can study without learning lan-
Jewish young even more. Nonsense. The radical
guages.
children of conservative Jewish parents are ance-
11 that frame of mind. the new treason of the
dotes. not statistics. Radical Jewish sons and
clerisy. is made even more official than it already
daughters have liberal to-radical parents-who are
is. hard times will have arrived. Every ordinary
apt to be more liberal-to-radical than they are
few is dependent upon. is nourished by. learned
lewish, and who know that the current liberal-to-
lews and the learned lewish tradition. Jewish
radical thing is to be for quotas, and McGovern.
scholars have to know-in addition to the Jewish
In the Florida Democratic primaries, while the
languages--Greek. Latin. and who knows how
elderly throughout the state voted for the vic-
many modern European languages (loi reading
torious Wallace more than the young did. the
the scholarly literature). Some scholars also have
Jewish elderly voted for Wallace not at all. They
to know Arabic, others Akkadian and Ugaritic A
preferred Humplitey, giving him a larger margin
McGOVERN AND THE JEWS/51
over McGovern than younger, more prosperous
casts of people whose judgment I respect are be-
Jews did. (The evidence for Florida has been
tween 25 and 35 per cent. My guess is 25 per cent.
analyzed by Professors Lipman and Straiss of the
More would be better. and less would be dan-
University of Miami.) There are generation gaps,
gerous. It is good to have the politicians compet-
and generation gaps.
ing for our support; but why should they
A certain amount of blackmail is being exer-
compete if we do not show we are prepared
cised here. I was in Israel during the Democratic
to reward friends and punish enemies? Even il
convention. and in Ma'ariv for July 7 that great
McGovern is elected, it will do us no harm at
and good Jew Abbie Hoflman was quoted as say-
all if he senses in us a certain coolness, or reserve.
ing:
It was because the Jews, more than all other
whites, supported Mayor Lindsay that he decided
Any Jew who supports Nixon is a Gentile
to reward us with his plan for Forest Hills and
[Hebrew: goy; or did Hollman use the word
all the boons, internal and external, material and
"goy" himsell?-MH], even Golda Meir
I
moral, that go with it. If there had been fewer
am pro-Jewish [that's nice-MH] but anti-
Zionist [i.e., denying the right of a State of
Jewish votes for Lindsay-especially in Forest
Israel to exist-MH].
Hills-he would have treated the Jews more con-
siderately, or at least circumspectly.
How will the Jews vote? Everyone is agreed
Is there any use fighting? Aren't quotas inev-
that in 1968 we gave Humphrey 80 per cent or a
itable? Shouldn't we accommodate ourselves to
little more. and Nixon between 15 and 20 per
the wave of the future? For instance, shouldn't
cent. The projections of the Jewish vote for Nixon
we begin now to train our children for vocations
in 1972 that one sees in the papers range all the
less dependent on government and large organi-
way to 50 per cent. But old habits die hard, and
zations (and on a college education)? I have heard
many a Jewish arm will be 100 paralyzed to pull
a professor at a rabbinical sentinary speak in that
the Republican lever in a Presidential election.
vein to his students.
Besides. by November the fudging and blurring of
But I also remember what Isaiah Berlin said
McGovern will have proceeded enough for most
about twenty years ago in his lecture on Historical
Jews to do what they want to do, and are com-
Inevitability: the irresistible, often, is only the
fortable doing-vote for the Democrat. The fore-
unresisted.
Issues
Between Nixon and the New Politics
Norman Podhoretz
A
LTHOUGH Nathan Glaver (p. 43)
hardly necessary to show in detail
is for McGovern and Milton
that in the course of his pre-
Himmelfarb (p. 48) is against
Presidential career he generally
him, they both expect that Jews
spoke and acted in such a way as
will give a smaller majority of
to deserve this response. Even as
their vote to the Democratic can-
President he has done many things
didate this year than they have
calculated to infuriate liberals. He
ever given to a Democratic candi-
has unleashed Agnew, he has taken
date in any recent Presidential
a tough line on civil disobedience
election. The normal pattern has
and direct-action protest, he has
been for Jews to give between 80
invaded Cambodia, he has intensi-
and 90 per cent of their vote to the
fied the air war in North Vietnam,
Democratic Presidential candidate;
he has appointed conservatives to
this year the figure is widely ex-
the Supreme Court, be has come
pected to go below 70 per cent
out against busing.
and could even, some say, go be-
Yet it is also true that in the
low 60. One also hears that a cer-
course of his career as President
tain number of wealthy Jews who
he has done more and more to
have contributed heavily to Demo-
deserve, if not the aflection of lib-
cratic Presidential candidates in
erals, then at least a diminution of
the past are either planning to sit
their dislike. He has proposed a
this election out or to throw their
guaranteed annual income. he has
financial support to Nixon.
instituted wage-and-price controls.
Does all this mean that the Jews
he has withdrawn half-a-million
are beginning to move into the Re-
men from Vietnam, he has entin-
publican party? I think not-or at
ciated a foreign-policy doctrine in-
least not necessarily. In my opin-
volving a lesser degree of American
ion, the turn away from McGovern
intervention in international dis-
has been caused not by a sudden
putes, he has visited Communist
access of Jewish enthusiasm for
China, he has negotiated an arms-
Nixon or his party, but by a stead-
limitation treaty with the Soviet
ily mounting Jewish uneasiness
Union and possibly also (il such
over McGovern. I think, moreover,
surprising developments as the
that to understand this uncasiness
move toward unification of the two
fully. one has to look not only at
Koreas and the departure of Sovier
the two issues of Israel and quotas
troops from Egypt are anything
which Mr. Glazer and Mr. Him-
more than coincidence) the begin-
melfarb between them so exhaus-
nings of a long-range political set-
tively discuss. but also at the char-
tlement. On balance, surely, it
acter of the "McGovern phenom-
makes more sense for Nixon's old
enon" as a whole. For everything
supporters in the conservative
in this discussion depends on
camp like William F. Buckley, Jr.
whether the forces led by Mc-
and Richard J. Whalen to feel be-
Govern will retain control of the
trayed (which indeed they seem to
Democratic party or whether thes
do) than it does for liberals to go
will indeed prove to be. as many
&
on hating him its much as then
people have predicted. the Gold-
seem to do. Nevertheless liberals
waterites of the Leh.
do go on hating him. less perhaps
than they used to but still much
FRAM Richard Nivoa inspires dis
more than, on the record, they File
like among liberals and even
tionally should.
harred is hardly news, and it is
And il this is the case with lib
COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 1972
erals in general, it is also the case
peatedly been asked by these same
loss he will suffer of normally
with Jews. who are still one of the
Jewish audiences whether the
Democratic Jewish votes is to be ey
most liberal groups in the country
"fact" that there are no Jews in the
plained by a newfound Jewis
(for even if the most wildly pessi-
Nixon administration means that
fondness for Nixon. The specific
mistic forecasts from the Democrat-
the President is anti-Semitic. For
issues are certainly real and the
ic point of view were to prove ac-
just as blacks seem not to realize
concern over them is certainly gen-
curate, it would mean that "only"
that it is under the Nixon admin-
uine, but there is, I believe, some-
60 per cent of Jewish voters were
istration that the dual school sys-
thing larger and more difficult to
going for McGovern-a higher per-
tems of the South have finally been
define for which they serve as a
centage than he is likely to get
abolished, and that the concept of
manageably concrete, though not
from any other group except per-
"affirmative action" has been
altogether satisfactory. stand-in.
haps the blacks). Jews as liberals
turned into a means of instituting
This something is the New Politics.
share in the general liberal dislike
a quota system mainly in the black
By the New Politics I mean the
of Nixon, and Jews as Jews, often
behalf, so Jews seem not to realize
insurgency within the Democratic
with an even lesser degree of ra-
that the Nixon administration has
party which came out of the anti-
tionality, dislike him on their own.
been friendly in a variety of im-
war movement and which. having
The Israelis say that Nixon has
portant ways to them.
lost its chance to capture the party
done more for them than any
in 1968 either through Eugene Mc-
American President before him,
To complicate matters even fur-
Carthy or through Robert Ken-
and yet in speaking before Jewish
ther, those Jews who worry about
nedy, found a second chance in the
audiences I have repeatedly been
quotas and who oppose McGovern
reforms developed by the Mc-
asked what 1 think makes the Nixon
because he appears to favor them,
Govern Commission and then
administration "anti-Israel." More
seem not to realize that it is under
seized it through the candidacy of
Jews have been appointed to pow-
the Nixon administration that
McGovern himself. The nature of
erful positions within the Nixon
quotas have become a threat. But
the New-Polities movement is casy
administration-one has only to
this is only one of many indica-
enough to describe in sociological
mention the names of Henry Kis-
tions that the Jewish uneasiness
terms. The movement is made up
singer, Arthur Burns, and Herbert
over McGovern is not to be fully
largely of educated, prosperous
Stein-than has probably ever hap-
explained with relerence to specific
people, members of the professional
pened before, and yet I have re-
issues, any more than the probable
and technical intelligentsia and
their wives and children, academics
and their students: the group, in
short, as Michael Novak (p. 52,
reminds us, that David T. Baze-
lon presciently identified as a New
Class long before it came to con-
sciousness of itself as a class and as
a potential political force. Thus
for all the self-gratulatory speeches
about the unprecedented "rep-
resentativeness' of the 1972 Dem-
ocratic convention, a survey by
Haynes Johnson of the Washington
Post showed that fully 39 per cent
of the delegates-as compared with
-1 per cent of the population as a
whole-held postgraduate degrees.
and that 31 per cent had incomes
of more than $25,000 a vear.
whereas only 5 per cent of the
population as a whole is in so high
an economic bracket.
But if the sociological character
of the New-Polities movement is
clear, its political or ideological
character has been obseured some-
what in the process of its transfor-
mation into the McGovern "pop.
ulist" movement. Lately the with
has all been ol tax reform and the
redistribution of wealth. but this
was not 30 issue indigenous to the
New Politics or to the "MeGovern
phenomenon" it taken our
COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 1972
from George Wallace. and the care-
stream of that widespread antag-
us is long overdue, with a sizable
lessness with which the McGovern
onism toward the Center and its
number of Jews and other former
proposals have been thought out
"middle-class" values which grew
Democrats now turning to the Re-
is perhaps a sign of the Indamen-
into SO vivid a presence in Amer-
publican party in the hope of find-
tal indifference to such matters
ican life and culture over the
ing or creating a reconstituted Cen-
which the New-Polities movement
course of the 60's; and they see in
ter there. For il America should
until 50 recently telt. For what this
that antagonism not only a den-
"come home" to the Democrats 1111-
movement really cares about is not
igration of them, of their achieve-
der McGovern, many whose home
the distribution of economic power
ments and their aspirations, but a
is the Center would no longer be
but the distribution of political
threat to their future position.
at home with the Democrats.
power. It wishes to "participate in
This is why a relatively large num-
In either case, we would all
the decisions that affect our lives"
her of Jews will almost certainly
know better than anyone knows to-
and it wishes to govern, but it has
refuse to vote for McGovern, even
day where the country is, how it
no clear idea of what, in addition
if-as will surely happen in many
feels, what it wants. In the event
to participating and governing, it
instances-they should decide not
of a McGovern victory, even a nar-
wishes to do. Consequently it has
to vote for Nixon either.
row one, we would know that the
itself become the issue. Why has
McGovernites are right when they
the AFL-CIO, which until the
IN other words. if there should be
say, in the words of Arthur Schles-
nomination of McGovern obses-
a large-scale defection of Jews from
inger, Jr., that "disgust with the
sively kept declaring that its main
the Democratic ticket this year. it
way things have been recently
political priority was the defeat of
would not necessarily signify the
managed in this country, the recoil
Nixon, refused to endorse Mc-
birth of a permanently substantial
against the Establishment, the pes-
Govern? Asked this question,
Jewish Republican vote. If the Mc-
simism about the national future.
George Meany and 1. W. Abel and
Govern candidacy should indeed
the desire for unspecified
the other anti-McGovern labor
turn out to be a counterpart of the
change
infect every bloc in
leaders fish for unconvincing ex-
Goldwater candidacy of 1961. with
the nation." By contrast :.. the
planations in McGovern's voting
the electorate severely punishing
event of a catashophic McGovern
record, when what is actually
the Democrats now for challenging
deleat, we would know that the
bothering them is the hostility of
the Centrist consensus from the
anti-McGovern forces, both Repub-
the New Politics toward organized
Left as it punished the Republicans
lican and Democratic, are right
labor ("It isn't worth the powder
then for challenging it from the
when they say that such feelings
it would take to blow it up." I
Right. the Democrats would no
are still confined to an ideological-
once heard a leading McGovern
doubt do in their catastrophic de-
Is passionate minority (what the
strategist say of the labor move-
feat what the Republicans did af-
Wall Street Journal sometimes calls
ment) and the contempt of the
ter theirs in 1964. They would
the "mass intelligentsia" and some-
New-Politics people for the ordi-
move once again toward the Cen-
times the "modernist-academie
nary workingman and the "racism"
ter, politely overriding their now
elite"); that most other people, if
and vulgar materialism which al-
discredited and demoralized insur-
they are really infected with dis-
legedly define his character.
gents in the process (just as Nixon
gust, are disgusted not with the
has quietly ignored the protests
"Establishment" in general but
So TOO with those Jews who are
of the Goldwater Right against
precisely with that wing of it dom-
bothered by McGovern. They are
many of his loreign and domestic
inated by the New Class and the
bothered in my judgment much
policies), and renewing their ap-
New Polities: and that the great
more by the general attitudes of the
peal to groups like the Jews whose
majority of Americans believes the
New-Politiés movement than by
repudiation of the insurgents
country is already "home," that the
McGovern's stand on Israel-which,
would have contributed to the size
structure of the house is sound.
after all. as Nathan Glazer points
of the defeat.
and that what it mainly needs is
out, is by now as fervent as any
If, on the other hand. the pro-
patching and sprucing to 3
friend of Israel could wish-or by
jections of the McGovern strategists
greater (if they are liberals) on
his stand on quotas: after all. the
should be vindicated and McGov
CT (if they are conservatives) extent
Nixon administration has done
cm. carried along by a new coati-
11, however, the Democrats under
more to further quotas In deeds
tion of blacks. youth. and women.
McGovern should neither win 1101
than McGovern could possibly vet
should win despite the delection
be decisively deleated-it. that is.
have done by words. But the lews
of traditionally Democratic groups
Nixon should be re-elected by a
who are bothered by McGovern
like the Jews. there might then yery
very close margin-everything
sense that the movement of which
well come about one of those pe-
would remain uncertain. unsettled.
he is presently the head represents
riodic realignments which C. Vann
and bitterls polatized. loi the 100
the entry into the political main-
Woodward and other historians All
and for everyone dse.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02138
INSTITUTE OF POLITICS
78 MOUNT AUBURN STREET
14 August 1972
Len Garment
The White House
Washington, D.C.
Dear Len:
Herewith a short memo on the intellectuals. I believe that
these suggestions might help some, and I will be happy to elaborate
on them in greater depth should you so desire.
Yours (in haste),
Perr
Peter P. Witonski
INSTITUTE OF POLITICS
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT
MEMORANDUM
DATE:
14 August 1972
To: Leonard Garment
FROM: Peter P. Witonski
RE: The Intellectuals and the Reelection of the President.
To date our campaign to gain support for the President's re-
election within the intellectual community has not achieved the
things we had hoped it would. There has been a vast amount of confusion
and duplication (as exemplified by Carothers'x operation), and a
striking lack of originality. The lack of originality is, I believe,
the major problem. The intellectuals approached by the administration,
as of this date, have been asked only to lend their names to a list
that will eventually appear in the national press. These scholars
have been suspicious of petitions since the fifties. Petitions,
they feel, are simply a way of using intellectuals. They do not
want to be used.
Of course, not all intellectuals are unwilling to append
their names to a petition supporting the President. It is simply
a case of which group of intellectuals you want on a petition. Most
of our efforts, to date, have focused Hon a small group of dis-
enchanted Kennedy Liberals, who have lately seen the Light. The
problem is, they have only just recently scen the Light: they have
not yet committed themselves to the glow. Many of them were burned
in the sixties, and are presently unwilling to jump on any political
bandwagon. This does not mean that we should forget about these
scholars. They can make major contributions to the campaign and
to the status of the second Nixon Administration. However, I very
much doubt that many of them will sign our petition of support for
the President. I know many of these men personally, and I know
for a fact that they would be willing to make their support for
the President public in other ways.
In concentrating our efforts on the disenchanted liberals,
we have partially ignored the many hundreds of firmly committed
Republican academics who have been toiling in the vinyards for many
years now. Many of these scholars and I include such men as Harry
Jaffa, George Stigler, Leo Strauss, Russell Kirk, and Ernest van
den Hang are men of great reputations within the intellectual
community. Since you will not get many disenchanted liberals
to sign a petition supporting the President's reelection
assuming that you still wish to have a petition I would suggest that
you now begin to direct your efforts towards those intellectuals
who are already Nixon eficionados, punctuating them with those few
disenchanted liberals who will allow their names to be included.
As you know, I am not a believer in these published lists.
I don't think they achieve anything politically, save perhaps
to interest a few book worms. If I were running the program, I would be
far more concerned with getting the intellectuals to interest the
general public. Ever since the New Deal, the public has perceived
the Democratic Party as the party with "Brains"; and the Republican
Party as the party of the un-intellectual bourgeoicie, what J.S. Mill
called "the Stupid Party.' 11 Our task this year should be to show the
voters that things have changed; that under Richard Nixon, the
Republican Party has become the party of ideas, of the "Brains."
I
doubt that a petition in the New York Times can achieve this.
What I would propose, as an alternative course of action,
is a genuine dialogue between the President and the intellectual
community. Such a dialogue could enlist the friendly support of
many of those disenchanted liberals presently unwilling to sign
a petition. It could also influence the public.
The confrontation would be similar in style to the nationally
televized forums the President held with various representative
citizens during the last General Election. Instead of "citizens,"
the President, and, possibly the Vice President, would confront a
carefully selected audience of leading intellectuals. The impact
of such a forum would be powerful. It would receive a great deal of COMMER
coverage in the media: it would enhance the President's reputation as
a thinking-professional, the peer of the best minds in America;
and it would greatly impress the public.
If the forum proved a success, we could set up mini-forums
(of five to ten intellectuals), that could appear on talk shows
all over the country, and address university audiences.
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There are several other things that should be donecto attract intellectuals
We should have people at all the major, professional conferences, such
as the American Political Science Association Convention, that take
place in the fall. Most important, we should have at least one
person at the September meeting of the Mt. Pelerin Society
in Switzerland. (The Mt. Pelerin Society is an international
association of major conservative intellectuals, that is having
its 20th meeting this year. It is made up mainly of American
scholars, including such men as Walter Lippman, Milton Friedman,
and Marty Lipset. It will be the only occasion before the General
Election when the cream of American conservatism will be gathered
under one roof.)
We should also start an immediate writing campaign. I.e., we should
get a group of twenty or so intellectuals to start writing favorable
essays about the resident as soon as possible, so that the
essays can get into print before November.
P.P. Witonski
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COMMITTEE FOR THE RE-ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT
MEMORANDUM
September 7, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR;
CLARK MAGREGOR
FROM:
JEB MAGRUDER
SUBJECT:
Joint Adve tising Program
The detail work on the joint advertising program is completed.
Specifically, letters to Nixon State Chairmen (over your signature) ,
and Nixon State Finance Chairmen (over Paul Muller's signature)
announcing the program are drafted (see Attachments A and B) and the
certificates have been- printed, (see Attachment C).
As you may recall, the Nixon State Chairmen will be responsible for
ensuring the program is administered in the states according to (a)
the legal requirements of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971; and
(b) our strategic requirements for a high-level, quality oriented campaign.
Nixon State Finance Chairmen will be responsible for ensuring that records
are kept and the certificates are disbursed properly.
The letters are attached for your review and approval (Attachments A and B.)
1. Letter to Nixon State Chairmen
APPROVE
DISAPPROVE
COMMENT
2. Letter to Nixon State Finance Chairmen
APPROVE
DISAPPROVE
COMMENT
Attachments
DRAFT
Dear (Nixon State Chairman) :
As you know, one of the President's major objectives is to ensure the
election of Republicans to Congressional and State offices. In line
with this objective, he plans to give up a portion of his advertising
limitation (not actual dollars) to each state for use in joint
advertising. The purpose of this letter is to outline our program.
By way of background, the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 requires
that the charges for joint advertising on behalf of the candidacy of
more than one candidate for federal elective office must be appropriately
apportioned to each of the candidates' media spending limitation and'
each candidates' apportioned share must be certified by that candidate.
The certification is. that his apportioned share of the charge for
advertising does not exceed his media spending limitation under Title I
of the Act. To permit you maximum flexibility in scheduling joint
advertising of other candidates with the President, we have devised a
system to help in your effort.
First, we will supply your Finance Chairman with preprinted certificates
drawn against the President's limitation to be used by you in your state.
These certificates will be in denominations of $10, $20, $50, and $100
and total $
for your state.
Second, within this dollar limitation, these certificates contain no
restriction on the manner of use and therefore may be employed to
support the President's share of joint advertising as you best see fit.
However, as a condition of your authority to make these judgements,
you must assume the following responsibilities:
A. The Act stipulates that each candidate must certify to 2
reasonable allocation of the joint advertising cost. You -
working with your Finance Chairman - will be responsible for
determining that the allocation as to the President's share
is accurate. Obviously, we look to you to avoid the penalities
that accrue if the allocations are deemed unreasonable by the
Federal Elections Office.
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B. In addition to the prepaid certificate, the law requires
that you also provide the medium with certain other in-
formation about the advertisement. A form for this pur-
pose is attached. A copy of this form must also be sent
to your Nixon State Finance Chairman. This will provide
him with the information he legally must report on schedule
C of Election Form #3.
C. Regardless of the media expenditure allocation for certification
purposes, 100% of the actual money cost for joint advertising
must be provided on a State or local level. No dollar obligation
will be assumed by the Committee for the Re-Election of the
President.
D. You will be responsible for determining that any joint
advertising involving the President's participation is in
good taste and in keeping with the tone of the national
campaign. In no instance should Mr. Nixon's name or image
be associated with undesirable advertising, such as that
containing derogatory statements about the opposition,
involving name-calling, and the like.
A detailed explanation concerning the control and issuance of the
presigned forms will be provided to your State Finance Committee
Chairman in the letter transmitting the certifications to him, a
copy of which will be provided to you. Notifying candidates in your state
will be your responsibility. Similarly, you will have to determine
how best to "spend" your state's allocation.
As you can imagine, it is very important that you fully comply with the
Federal Elections Campaign Act of 1971 in the use of the certifications
delegated to you. Therefore, if you have any questions concerning the
use of these certifications, please call me or call our General Counsel,
Mr. Glenn Sedam, at 202/333-1912.
Sincerely,
Clark MacGregor
Campaign Director
ATTACHMENT
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING CERTIFICATION NOS.
OF EXPENDITURES AGAINST CAMPAIGN LIMITATION OF RICHARD M. NIXON.
Description of Joint Advertising:
Name and address of medium
Date of Ad Appearance
Length of Ad
Rate
Total Expenditure Certified
$
Charges covered by this
certification
&
Information re other Tie-in Candidates:
Name
Office Sought
State, City, County
NOVEMBER
GROUP
B
INC.
September 6, 1972
Dear Nixon State Finance Chairman:
A few days ago Clark MacGregor outlined to your Nixon
State Chairman the general procedures to be followed
in connection with certifications of expenditures against
President Nixon's cumpaign spending limitations to cover
his participation in joint advertising on a State or
local level. A copy of this letter is enclosed.
As indicated therin, we are hereby transmitting presigned
certifications as follows:
Denominations
Total Dollar Value
Certification Numbers
$10's
$20's
$50's
$100's
Total
Kindly acknowledge receipt of these certifications by signing
a copy of this letter and returning it to me without delay
in the self-addressed envelope provided.
There are several important points to be made regarding the
certifications:
1. While they have no purchasing power, they do
have a unique value in that they commit part
of the total SY endable funds that can be used
under the Poderal Election Campaign Act for
the re-elect ion of the President. Unauthorized
use could insur criminal penaltics under Federal
law. Therefore, you should maintain a very care-
ful custedy over them. When the campaign is over,
any unused certifications should be returned to
me.
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NEW YORK. N.Y.
(212)
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2. An addenda to the presigned forms will be necessary
in order to provide all the information required
for cortifications under the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act. We are enclosing a format, which when
completed and autached to the prepared certifica-
tions should satisfy all requirements. (See Attach-
ment A).
3. For practical reasons, the certificates have been
prepared in rounded dollar amounts. Depending upon
the charge being made against the President's
spending limitation it may be necessary for you
to supply the madium with several certificates which
total to the nearest round figure in excess of the
charge. (For example, if against a total ad cost
of $350 and the amount allocated against the Presi-
dent's spending limitation is $35, two $20 certifi-
cates or four $10 cortificates will have to be
provided to the medium.)
1. In reporting the expenditure on Schedule C of
Comptroller General Election Form 3, the exact
dollar amount allocated against the President's
spending limitations should be shown, e.g. in the
above illustration, $35 not $40.
5. The responsibilities for proper allocation among can-
didates in joint advertising, as covered in the General
Accounting Office regulations, as it relates to the
President's participation will be that of each State
Committee. Our suggestion is that generally the pre-
signed certifications support no incre than ten per
cent of the total cost of the ad. In any event, we look
to your Committee to procerly document the rationale
behind each allocation, and to carefully preserve
documentation in the event that it must be supported
to a General Accounting office auditor.
We are also enclosing & copy of the authorization by the Prosi-
dent for signature of certification on his behalf and of per-
mission by the designee to use facsimilies (attachment B)
A photocopy of this document must be furnished by you to each
medium receiving a cortification on behalf of the President,
at the time of the first cortification. (The suthorization
is effective for the entire compaign and therefore only one
copy is required for each medium used.)
Hopefully, this letter contemplates all questions that might
arise concerning the joint advertising certification procedure.
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Should it not, please phone me at (212) 752-3633.
Sincerely,
Paul J. Muller
Finance Director
November Group, Inc.
Receipt of certifications totaling $
is hereby acknowledged.
Date
ATTACHMENT A
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING CERTIFICATION NOS.
OF EXPENDITURES AGAINST CAMPAIGN LIMITATION OF RICHARD M. NIXON.
Description of Joint Advertising:
Name and address of medium
Date of Ad Appearance
Length of Ad
Rate
Total Expenditure Certified
$
Charges covered by this
certification
&
Information re other Tie-in Candidates:
Name
Office Sought
State, City, County
ATTACHENT b
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 20, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
C. LANGHORNE WASHBURN
FINANCE COMMITTEE TO
RE-ELECT THE PRESIDENT
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Sections 104(b) and (c) of the Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971 require that a candidate for the office of
President, or = person specifically authorized in writing
by such candidate, certify to any person making 2 charge
for use of any newspaper, magazine, outdoor advertising
facility or broadcasting station on behalf of his candidacy
that payment of such charge will not violate the expenditure
limitations imposed by Title I of the Act.
In accordance with this requirement and the regulations
and guidelines found in 11 CFR 4. 12(c) and the answer to
Question 1, Part VII of the March 16, 1972 Federal
Communications Commission Public Notice entitled "Use
of Broadcast and Cablecast Facilities: Candidates for
Public Office", J hereby authorize you to make such certi-
fications on my behalf for my campaign for nomination and
election to the office of President. In that these regulations
and guidelines also require a statement of any restrictions
or limitations on your authority to act in this regard, by
this memorandum I notify you that nobe are imposed.
Rill Mil
As permitted by rulings from the General Accounting Office
(Reference 8330-E; 05-1659 of June 8, 1972) and Federal
Communications Constitution (Referince 8330-E; 05-1444 of
June 13, 1972); I, C. Longhorne Mashburn, authorize the use
of a facsivile of my signature on certifications under Section
104(b) and (c) of the Federal Election Compairn 201, of 1971
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I hereby certify that expenditure of the amount shown on this certification for ad-
vertising detailed on the attached documents will not exceed the spending limitation
of Richard M. Nixon, candidate for the office of President of the United States of
America, in the general election of 1972, os specified under Section 104 of the
Compaign Communications Reform Act of 1971 Public Law 92-225.
Issued to:
Date:
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COMMITTEE FOR THE RE-ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT
1701 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. N W
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September 6, 1972
(202) 333-0920
MEMORANDUM FOR:
CHARLES W. COLSON
FROM:
1 CLARK MacGREGOR
SUBJECT:
Your Request for the Formation
of a New Labor Committee
Bill Rhatican of your office called Glenn Sedam early in August and
asked that a dummy committee be established as a vehicle through
which a mailing to labor could be funded.
Bill was advised at that time that as a matter of policy new com-
mittees would not be formed and that activities should be under-
taken under the umbrella of this Committee, budgeted by this Committee,
and paid for by the Finance Committee. Bill later called back saying
that you insisted that a new committee be organized.
Glenn prepared draft documents that could be filed were a new committee
to be registered and forwarded the drafts to DeLury. In his forwarding
memo he briefly outlined the responsibilities of a chairman and a
treasurer under the new law.
Glenn, following the policy set out by me, and by Maury Stans, continued
to advise all concerned that a new committee not be registered. Further,
he continued to advise that if a new committee were intending to solicit
or receive contributions or make expenditures on behalf of the President,
that committee must be authorized by Maury Stans to do SO. Maury is the only
person delegated authority by the President to authorize committees to
operate on the President's behalf.
A similar issue arose in August regarding a concerned Vietnam Veterans
for Nixon Committee. Glenn responded in the same manner. We later learned,
however, that the concerned Vietnam Veterans Committee has undertaken a
mailing, and has not registered. This puts them in violation of the law,
and presents a potentially embarrassing legal violation for us.
Therefore, I ask that all requests for new committees be directed to
me. If I believe there is reason to deviate from our policy of "no more
committees" I will discuss it with Maury Stans, and if Maury agrees, we
will have the committee properly organized and budgeted.
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September 12, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
JEB MAGRUDER
FROM:
GORDON STRACHAN S
SUBJECT:
Campaign Victory Plan
In August we read Bob Marik's victory plans for the large
states and the small states. In light of the possibility
that Wave III will be received soon, is there any advantage
to doing updated victory plans for the crucial states?
I am particularly interested in California, New York,
Pennsylvania, Illinois and New Jersey. However, the states
might change in light of the Wave III results. In any
event, give me a call about this project as I do not want
to raise it with Bob Marik until you agree with me that
it's a good idea.
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CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN LETTER
- SEPTEMBER MAILING -
Dear Fellow Republican:
One vote per precinct was the difference between winning and losing
for President Nixon before. And it could be again!
That is why your vote and familiarity with the issues are so important
in this Election. Consider the alternative -- the most clear-cut in
a century.
The President wants to provide training and work incentives for those
on welfare so people who can work will work. Senator McGovern, on the
other hand, wants to give every man, woman and child in the country
$1,000 whether he works for it or not, whether he needs it or not, and
whether we can afford it or not.
President Nixon wants to trim only the fat from our military budget,
believing that to insure peace, we must remain strong. Senator McGovern's
proposed $32 billion slash would, according to his fellow Democrat,
Senator Humphrey, "cut into the very security of this country".
We're sure you approve of President Nixon's strong action and decisive
leadership. But mere approval won't get him re-elected.
Consider what the President has accomplished.
DRUGS. The President considers hard drugs Public Enemy No. 1. He has
cracked down hard on pushers. He is spending 600% more for rehabilitation
than was being spent.
THE ECONOMY. According to the July 22nd issue of the New York Times
the second quarter of 1972 showed the fastest gain in the economy since
1965 and a "notable drop in the rate of inflation".
VIETNAM. The President has brought home over 90% of our troops, while
demanding that our POW's must be released before we leave Vietnam.
Senator McGovern wants us to get out of Vietnam regardless of our POW's.
CRIME. Under President Nixon the increase in the crime rate has been
cut 50%. And 80 major cities reported less overall crime this past year.
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FOREIGN POLICY. The President's most buring desire is a generation of
peace. And he has taken decisive action. He went to China. He went
to Russia. He has been negotiating to ease tensions in the Middle East.
He has done all this and much more. But the job is only half finished.
That is why we need President Nixon now more than ever.
President Nixon needs your vote. Go to the polls and vote for President
Nixon on November 7th. He needs you as a volunteer, even if you're
already working a long day. Volunteer if you possibly can. He needs
your financial support, even if it's a real sacrifice to give. Please
send any amount you can spare.
Use the Volunteer Card enclosed for your contributions. They could prove
as important as your ballot A form for obtaining an absentee ballot is
also enclosed. If you expect to be away from home on Election Day,
please use it without delay.
Sincerely,
P.S. Although large gifts are needed here in California, small ones
are also greatly appreciated. Do give something if at all
possible. And please do it now.
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NEW JERSEY REPUBLICAN LETTER
- SEPTEMBER MAILING -
Dear Fellow Republican:
One vote per precinct was the difference between winning and losing
for President Nixon before. And it could be again!
That is why your vote and familiarity with the issues are so important
in this Election. Consider the alternative -- the most clear-cut in
a century.
The President wants to provide training and work incentives for those
on welfare so people who can work will work. Senator McGovern, on the
other hand, wants to give every man, woman and child in the country
$1,000 whether he works for it or not, whether he needs it or not, and
whether we can afford it or not.
President Nixon wants to trim only the fat from our military budget,
believing that to insure peace, we must remain strong. Senator McGovern's
proposed $32 billion slash would, according to his fellow Democrat,
Senator Humphrey, "cut into the very security of this country".
We're sure you approve of President Nixon's strong action and decisive
leadership. But mere approval won't get him re-elected.
Consider what the President has accomplished.
DRUGS. The President considers hard drugs Public Enemy No. 1. He has
cracked down hard on pushers. He is spending 600% more for rehabilitation
than was being spent.
THE ECONOMY. According to the July 22nd issue of the New York Times
the second quarter of 1972 showed the fastest gain in the economy since
1965 and a "notable drop in the rate of inflation".
VIETNAM. The President has brought home over 90% of our troops, while
demanding that our POW's must be released before we leave Vietnam.
Senator McGovern wants us to get out of Vietnam regardless of our POW's.
CRIME. Under President Nixon the increase in the crime rate has been
cut 50%. And 80 major cities reported less overall crime this past year.
NEW JERSEY REPUBLICAN LETTER
- SEPTEMBER MAILING -
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FOREIGN POLICY. The President's most burning desire is a generation
of peace. And he has taken decisive action. He went to China. He
went to Russia. He has been negotiating to ease tensions in the
Middle East.
He has done all this and much more. But the job is only half finished.
That is why we need President Nixon now more than ever.
President Nixon needs your vote. Go, to the polls and vote for President
Nixon on November 7th. He needs you as a volunteer, even if you're
already working a long day. Volunteer if you possible can. (There's
a serious shortage of volunteers in New Jersey.) He needs your
financial support, even if it's a real sacrifice to give. Please send
any amount you can spare.
Use the Volunteer Card enclosed for your contributions. They could prove
as important as your ballot. A form for obtaining an absebtee ballot is also
enclosed. If you expect to be away from home on Election Day, please use
it without delay.
Sincerely,
P.S. Although large gifts are needed here in New Jersey, small ones
are also greatly appreciated. Do give something if at all
possible. And please do it now.
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- SEPTEMBER MAILING -
Dear Fellow Republican:
One vote per precinct was the difference between winning and losing
for President Nixon before. And it could be again!
That is why your vote is SO important in this Election. Consider the
alternative -- the most clear-cut im a century.
For one thing, the President believes in the traditional values that
make America great. Senator McGovern seems to have forgotten them.
President Nixon wants to provide training and work incentives so those
on welfare who can work will work and will be taken off the welfare
rolls. Senator McGovern, on the other hand, wants to give every man,
woman and child in the country $1,000 whether he works for it or not
and whether he needs it or not, and whether we can afford it or not.
President Nixon wants to trim only the fat from our military budget,
believing that to insure peace, we must remain strong. Senator McGovern's
proposed $32 billion slash would, according to his fellow Democrat,
Senator Humphrey, "cut into the very security of this country".
The President has taken a hard line against criminals. Senator McGovern
would make Ramsey Clark head of the FBI.
Because of President Nixon's strong actions and decisive leadership
we urge you to join US in helping to keep him in the White House.
Consider what the President has accomplished:
SOCIAL SECURITY/HEALTH CARE. He has proposed a National Health
Insurance Plan and the liberalization of the Retirement Earnings Test.
He has also made Social Security payments inflation-proof -- after
having signed into law increases in excess of 51%.
CRIME. He has cut the increase in the crime rate by 50%. And 80 major
cities have actually reported a decrease in that rate in the last year.
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TAXES. He has decreased the federal income tax for a family of four
earning $10,000 by anaverage of $320. And has proposed federal-state
revenue sharing that would slash your property taxes.
VIETNAM. He has brought home over 90% of our troops. And will end
the war as soon as possible without sacrificing our POW's.
The President has done a lot. But his job is only half finished. That
is why we need President Nixon -- now more than ever.
President Nixon needs your vote. Go to the polls and vote for President
Nixon on November 7th. He needs you as a volunteer, even if you're
already working a long day. Volunteer if you possibly can. He needs
your financial support, even if it's a real sacrifice to give.
Use the Volunteer Card enclosed for contributions. They could prove
as important as your ballot. And use the absentee ballot request
form enclosed if you expect to be away from home on Election Day.
Sincerely,
P.S. Although large gifts are needed here in (name of state) a
small one is certainly better than none at all. But do give
something. And please do it now.
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COMMITTEE FOR THE RE-ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT
MEMORANDUM
August 28, 1972
CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
MR. CLARK MAC GREGOR
THROUGH:
MR. JEB S. MAGRUDER
FROM:
L. ROBERT MORGAN
SUBJECT:
Spanish Mailing
The Spanish ensemble will go out under the letterhead of the
Committee for the Re-election of the President. This will consist
of a letter geared to the interests of the Spanish-speaking
Community, and will include a Spanish-oriented brochure, the regular
Committee envelopes, and the regular Committee letterhead.
This ensemble has been worked out in detail with Alex Armendaris,
and to the best of our abilities, fits the needs of the reachable
Spanish-speaking Democrats in Cook County, Illinois and California.
The ensemble will not go to the Spanish-speaking Democrats in
New Jersey and Pennsylvania because, in our opinion, we do not have
a good chance of converting them to vote for the President.
RECOMMENDATION:
That you approve the letter going to the reachable Spanish-speaking
Democrats in Cook County, Illinois and California (TAB A).
APPROVE
DISAPPROVE
COMMENTS
RECOMMENDATION:
That you approve the brochure to go along with the Spanish letter.
The copy is attached as TAB B, and a xerox of the comp is attached
as TAB C.
APPROVE
DISAPPROVE
COMMENTS
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RECOMMENDATION:
That you approve the use of the regular Committee envelopes and
the regular Committee letterhead for this mailing. (TABS D, E
and F respectively).
APPROVE
DISAPPROVE
COMMENTS
RECOMMENDATION:
That you approve the use of the Volunteer/Contributor Card, which
is the same as the one used with the regular Republican ensembles
(TAB G).
APPROVE
DISAPPROVE
COMMENTS
Attachments:
TAB A
TAB B
TAB C
TAB D
TAB E
TAB F
TAB G
cc: Dr. Robert H. Marik
SPANISH-SPEAKING AMERICANS
(DEMOCRATS)
- SEPTEMBER MAILING -
Dear Fellow American:
Spanish Americans have traditionally voted Democratic. This
year we are not. Here are a few of our reasons.
President Nixon has agreements with 20 countries to help stop
drug traffic and has cracked down hard on pushers.
President Nixon supports tax credits for parochial students.
George McGovern doesn't.
He says our POW's must be freed before we leave Vietnam.
George McGovern would risk abandoning them.
And what has the President done just for our people?
President Nixon has appointed over 40 Spanish-speaking
Americans to top level government positions -- 700% more than
the previous administration.
He has created the Cabinet Committee on Opportunities for
Spanish-Speaking People and directed it to develop the programs
necessary to meet the needs of Spanish Americans.
He has continually increased funds for bilingual education so
Spanish-speaking children can be educated in the language they
know best -- while they learn English.
He has established the Office of Minority Business Enterprise
and directed it to help Spanish Americans to open their own
businesses.
President Nixon has done all this and more -- in only four
years. We can only ask ourselves -- what has George McGovern
done for Spanish Americans?
Because of his strong action and decisive leadership, we urge
you to join us in helping to re-elect the President. We
need your vote. We need you as a volunteer.
SPANISH-SPEAKING AMERICANS
(DEMOCRATS)
- SEPTEMBER MAILING -
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President Nixon. We need him now more than ever. Vote for
him on November 7th. If you want to do more to see the
President re-elected, please use the Volunteer Card enclosed
to make a contribution of time or money.
Sincerely,
REN/ag
PRINTED ON 100% RECYCLED PAPER'
SPANISE BROCHURE
A1 fin,
(COVER)
un amigo en la Casa Blanca
(INSIDE FLAP)
In 1968, Ricbard Nixon promised Spanish-speaking Americans
that they would not take a backseat to other Americans in
receiving appropriate government programs and aids. The
President has kept his promise. Here is his record.
(BACK)
The Democrats have always taken Spanish-speaking Americans
for granted and then - ignored them. President Nixon has
spent 4 years making Spanish-speaking Americans count.
That's why we need President Nixon.
Ahora mas que nunca
(INSIDE COPY)
APPOINTMENTS
To better understand - and solve - the problems of
Spanish-Americans, the President has brought the Spanish-speaking
into his Administration. Now Spanish-speaking Americans are
directly influencing the government programs that affect their
lives.
He has appointed nearly fifty Spanish-speaking
Americans to executive-level policy-making
positions --- five times more than the last two
Democratic Administrations combined. These include:
Philip Sanchez --- Director, Office of
Economic Opportunity
Romana Banuelos - Treasurer of the United States
Henry Ramirez
- Chairman, Cabinet Committee
on Opportunities for
Spanish-speaking People
He initiated the "16 Point Program" to bring the
Spanish-speaking into all levels of government. As
a result. more Spandsh-Americans were hired in the
past year than any other strate group of Americons.
SPANISH BROCHURE
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He set up the Cabinet Committee on Opportunities
for the Spanish Speaking People and directed it
to develop whatever programs are necessary to
meet the needs of Spanish-Americans. President
Nixon and his Cabinet meet regularly with the
chairman of this committee to discuss the progress
of projects for the Spanish-speaking.
EDUCATION
President Nixon has created special programs for Spanish-
speaking children.
He took the concept of bilingual education and
made it a reality. Today, Spenish-speaking
children learn in Spanish as they progress in
English. At the same time they are instilled
with pride in their Spanish heritage through the
study of the rich histories and cultures of the
countries of their parents.
He has increased college opportunities for Spanish-
speaking youth from inner-city schools through
special Office of Economic Opportunity programs.
He has supported OEO projects which provide the
funds to help migrant children stay in school and
let go on to college.
HOUSING
Under President Nixon, an innovative housing program has been
undertaken to provide both better homes and more jobs for
Spanish-speaking Americans. Today, 87 housing projects
providing over 6,000 units of low income housing are being
built by Spanish-specking contractors, sub-contractors and
workers -- for Spanish-American families.
HEALTH
President Nixon has approved more and more funds for improved
health care programs especially for Spanish-speaking Americans.
SPANISH BROCHURE
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Under bis Administration a network of health
care clinics have been established by OEO to
provide medical and dental assistance to
Spanish-spenking Americans.
A comprehensive health care program for migrant
workers from maternal and child health services
to out-patient clinics and disease control
programs is now provided by his Department of
Health, Education and Welfare.
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
President Nixon has worked to increase businesses, jobs
and job training for Spanish-speaking Americans.
He established the Office of Minority Business
Enterprise to help start new businesses owned by
Spanish-Americans. As these businesses grow,
they will provide more and more jobs for the
Spanish-speaking and contribute to the economy
of the Spanish Community.
The President's OMBE has also helped Spanish-
speaking communities form their own banks. In
their first year, these banks had nearly $64 million
in deposits.
Last year, 197,000 Spanish-speaking Americans
learned new skills so they could get better jobs
under President Nixon's Department of Labor
Manpower programs.
DRUGS
President Nixon has moved to combat drug abuse in Spanish-
speaking communities. His Drug Abuse Program is providing
local programs in drug education, treatment and rehabilitation
for Spanish-Americans.
(SLUCLINE:
Published and paid for by the Finance Committee to Re-elect
MICE TYPE)
the President, Maurice II. Stans, Chairman, C. Langhorne
Washburn, Deputy Chairman, Paul Barrick, Treasurer, 1701
Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
un amigo enta Casa Blanca.
Alfin,
Ahora mas que nunca
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Committee for the Re-election of the President
MEMORANDUM
July 14, 1972
CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
MR. CLARK MAC GREGOR
THROUGH:
MR. JEB S. MAGRUDER
FROM:
L. ROBERT MORGAN
SUBJECT:
Direct Mail Strategy
Three (3) options are suggested in this memorandum for your review
and decision. These options have been developed on the basis of
political considerations within the specific confines of the budget
restrictions.
In lieu of the magnitude of these decisions, a brief historical
overview is warranted. The Direct Mail Budget was initially
approved at $4,490,000, which was supposed to cover the data base
development in eleven (11) key states, research, postage, materials
and mailing service for 31,667,000 ensembles. The breakdown by
state is shown in TAB A. The original budget is shown in TAB B.
The data base is presently over budget by $121,000, due to the fact
that we were unable to negotiate cost-sharing arrangements with all
state parties and/or the state-wide candidates. A Critical Path
Plan is used to control and help manage each of the state data base
projects. The detail of the specifics required to develop this data
base is reflected in TAB C, which each state vendor has accepted
as a standard for performance.
We developed programs for six (6) Primaries using the Reuben H.
Donnelley Corporation for both the software, hardware and mailing
operations. It did not become evident until May/June that they
did not have the software and hardware capability to satisfy our
total needs for the General Campaign. We then immediately reviewed
capable software companies and changed to a centralized software
system with decentralized production. University Computing Company
(Sam Wyly) is now our software/data base facility in Dallas, Texas.
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Their performance to date has been excellent, the positive
attitude of their people and scientific management systems will
allow us to meet our deadlines. Using University Computing Company
as a central data processing center allows us to have regional
computer printing and mailing services in California, Texas,
Illinois (covering Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania), and Phildelphia
(covering Connecticut, New Jersey and Maryland). The 5c precancelled
stamp will be used on all of our ensembles to give them the first-
class look at the third-class bulk price.
We originally planned that Priority I states would have three (3)
mailings to Republicans and two (2) mailings to non-Republicans
who were for the President. Priority II states would receive "Get
Out the Vote" telegrams for Republicans and non-Republicans for the
President, plus a supportive letter as soon as they were identified.
We had intended to mail undecided voters a convincing package to
get them to support the President in these eleven (11) key states.
STRATEGY WITH MC GOVERN AS THE CANDIDATE
Our original direct mail strategy was to mail to Democrats and
Independents only after they had been identified as favorable to the
President by voter canvasses (telephone and door-to-door). The
purpose was to reinforce their commitment and get them out to vote.
With Senator McGovern as the Democratic candidate, it is possible
that a fundamental shift of the electorate toward the President will
occur. To capitalize on this, we now feel that direct mail should
be targeted to the peripheral urban ethnic populations such as
Italian, Polish, Irish; the Jewish population in all metropolitan
areas in the key states and Spanish-speaking Americans. A history
of Wallace voters and other specific split-voting precincts with
identifiable demographics would also be included. We would plan
to mail a non-personal letter with copy geared to that specific
voting segment along with a brochure with emphasis on their area
of interest. It is my opinion that direct mail will be most
effective if we have an initial Presidential Mailing which will
sensitize the recipients, particularly the several demographic
classifications of voters, to the Campaign issues and concerns.
We have previously operated under the understanding that President
Nixon would not send out a computer letter with his signature on
White House stationery. Jeb S. Magruder has requested permission
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to have a letter with the President's signature on White House
stationery with the words at the bottom, "Not Printed at Government
Expense", get sent out to sensitize the voters. Option No. 1
will create an environment within the Direct Mail milieu causing
more effective results. This plan takes advantage of the
incumbency and leaves greater flexibility to handle the unexpected
within a cost effective atmosphere.
The three (3) options we are suggesting are listed below in their
order of preference. The quantities for states mailed take into
consideration the most recent priorities which eliminated a mailing
to the State of Washington.
QUANTITY
OPTION I
MAILED
COSTS
DESCRIPTION
(000's)
Presidential Letter
6,260
$ 713,640
This is our first option
Ethnic Mailing
5,478
657,300
if the President will agree.
Republicans in NJ.
The Presidential letter will
and Calif.
3,125
450,000
include White House stationery
Telegram to
letterhead with the 5¢ pre-
Identified Pro-
cancelled stamp completely
Nixon Voters
13,825
1,244,250
computerized on the envelope
and letter. This would go
28,698
$3,065,190
out to reachable non-Repub-
licans in California, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania and Cook
County, Illinois.
An ethnic mailing ensemble
to the specific voter segment
would go out one week later.
This ensemble would include
a letter geared to that voter
segment, a brochure in most
instances, and a personalized
volunteer/contribution card.
The letter to Republicans
would include an absentee
ballot request and non-
personalized letter, a brochure
and a personalized volunteer/
contribution card.
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DESCRIPTION
All of the Priority states
would receive "Get Out the
Vote" telegrams to all Repub-
licans and all non-Republicans
who are for the President.
TAB D shows the cost and
quantity by state for Priority
I and II states for OPTION I.
QUANTITY
MAILED
OPTION II
(000's)
COSTS
DESCRIPTION
Ethnic Mailing
6,260
$ 751,200
The first ethnic mailing is the
Second Ethnic
same.
Mailing
4,695
563,400
Republicans in NJ.
The second ethnic mailing would
and Calif.
3,125
450,000
include another hardselling
Telegram to
message to the specific voter
Identified Pro-
segment to reinforce what we
Nixon Voters
13,825
1,244,250
originally sent and to tie in
with the voter identification
27,905
$3,008,850
throughout the states.
The Republican and "Get Out the
Vote" telegrams would be the
same.
TAB E shows the cost and
quantity by state for Priority
I and II states for OPTION II.
QUANTITY
MAILED
OPTION III
(000's)
COSTS
DESCRIPTION
Ethnic Mailings
6,260
$ 751,200
The ensembles are the same as
Republicans in NJ.
OPTION I, except that the
and Calif.
3,125
450,000
second ethnic mailing is not
Telegram to
included.
Identified Pro-
Nixon Voters
13,825
1,244,250
TAB F shows the cost and
quantity by state for Priority
23,210
$2,445,450
I and II states for OPTION III.
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The summary of the total budget is shown at TAB G.
RECOMMENDATION:
That you approve OPTION I as the Political Direct Mail Strategy Plan.
APPROVE
DISAPPROVE
COMMENTS
1
OR
That you approve OPTION II as the Political Direct Mail Strategy Plan.
APPROVE
DISAPPROVE
COMMENTS
OR
That you approve OPTION III as the Political Direct Mail Strategy Plan.
APPROVE
DISAPPROVE
COMMENTS
Attachments:
TAB A
TAB B
TAB C
TAB D
TAB E
TAB F
TAB G
cc: Dr. Robert H. Marik
TAB A
STATE DATA BASE SCHEDULE
California
10-20 July
Connecticut
17 July-21 August
Illinois
17 July-15 August
Maryland
17 July-15 August
Michigan
Universal List
(presently available)
New Jersey
1 August-15 August
New York
Separate
Ohio
17 July-7 August
Pennsylvania
10 July-21 August
Texas
31 July-21 August
TAB B
ORIGINAL DIRECT MAIL BUDGET
Materials
$ 936,240
Mailing and Services
1,559,880
Postage
1,559,880
Research
41,500
List Development and Software
392,500
TOTAL BUDGET
$4,490,000
COMMITTEE COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FORMAT MANUAL
This manual has been prepared by the Committee for the
Re-Election of the President to define the tape input speci-
fication, data validity criteria documentation required to support
the Voter Registration Data Base.
Individual Voter records must be rolled or netted to house-
hold records where all members of the household have the same
political party designation. A file will be defined as the
complete set of household voter records for a county.
Each file will contain one complete county. Partial counties
or files containing multiple counties will not be accepted
The files will be supplied on magnetic tape recorded nine
track 1600 BPI. There will be no internal tape labels. The
files will contain 2,000 character blocks made up of 200
character logical records blocked ten. The last block may be
truncated. See attachment "1" for the format of each logical
record. Each reel of the file will be closed with a tape mark.
Characters will be GBCD.
Each reel of magnetic tape will be clearly labeled with an
adhesive external label. The date of file creation, state
name, county name, county code, and reel number total reels
in the file will be shown on each magnetic tape. The label
will identify the organization that created the file.
The file sequence or sort will be, major to minor, in ascending
sequence:
State Abbreviation
County Code
Zip Code
Town Name
Local Address Code
Street Number
Street Name
House Number
Surname
Given Name One
The above sort sequence will also result in the file being
in ascending sequence based on the first twelve (12) positions
of each logical record.
NOTE: In this document and in the accompanying file layouts
and file descriptions position zero (0) is not used.
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The first position of each logical record is referred to
as position one (1).
Each file will be accompanied by three computer print-
outs. These are the Zip City Audit, the Political Unit Audit,
and a File Inspection Manuscript.
The Zip City Audit will contain date, page number, state
name, county name, the name of the organization that produced
it, and column headings on each page. The column headings
will consist of:
Zip Code
City Name
Republican Household County
(number of records)
Democrat Household Count
Independent Household Count
Other Parties Household Count
Total Household Count
Republican Gross Count (number
of individuals)
Democrat Gross Count
Independent Gross Count
Other Parties Gross Count
Total Gross Count
Warning Error Count
Fatal Error Count
Magnetic Tape Reel #
(This indicates which reel
within the file these records
are contained on.)
Note that Household (record) count will never exceed Gross
(individual) count.
There will be one detail line printed on the Zip City
Audit each time any one of the following changes:
Zip Code
City Name
Reel Number
There will be sub totals for each zip code, city name,
and magnetic tape reel. Do not sub total for single lines of
detail. There will be grand totals for each file. A sample
layout of the Zip City Audit is contained in attachment "2".
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The Political Unit Audit will contain date, page number,
state name, county name, county code, the name of the organi-
zation that produced it, and column headings on each page.
The column headings will consist of:
Township/City code
Ward Code
Precinct Code
Political Unit Code
Republican Household Count
Democrat Household Count
Independent Household Count
Other Party Household Count
Total Household Count
Republican Gross Count
Democrat Gross Count
Independent Gross Count
Other Party Gross Count
Total Gross Count
There will be one detail line for each of the smallest
political units in the file, with subtotals for each succes-
sively larger political unit and grand totals for the file. A
S mple layout of the Political Unit Audit is contained in
attachment "3".
The File Inspection Manuscript will contain date, page
number, state name, county name, the name of the organization
that produced it, and column headings on each page. The column
headings are described in attachment "4" which also contains a
sample layout of the File Inspection Manuscript. The detail
information contained in the manuscript will consist of each
significant field contained in the records selected to be
printed on this report. These records may be selected in one
of two ways; error detection or every "Nth" record. The error
detection option will be used by the List Compiler to display
records with possible errors so they may be researched. When
this is done each record will be keyed with error messages to
aid in the research. When the final list validation process is
performed, an every "Nth" record sample will be selected for
display to be supplied with the final tape files. If the file
size is 100,000 or fewer records, every one hundredth record in
the file will be selected for inclusion in the file inspection
audit. If the file size is greater than 100,000 records, every
two hundredth record will be selected for inclusion. Error
messages will not be keyed into the records in this step.
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The List Compiler (the organization preparing the data files)
will perform the following procedures prior to file shipment:
1. Prepare the file in the proper format.
2. Process the file with the validation program using
the option of keying suspected error records and
displaying them.
3. Research each record that is displayed.
4. Correct all discrepancies found in the file.
5. Repeat the above steps if necessary for "final
cleanup".
6. Ship the completed files on magnetic tape with
the Zip City Audit, the Political Unit Audit, and
the File Inspection Manuscript.
Two types of errors will be defined in attachment "5". A
Fatal Error is one considered definite and unacceptable. A file
containing any Fatal errors is not acceptable. A Warning Error
is a condition which may or may not be a problem. Each warning
error should be researched and corrected if necessary, but does
not necessarily indicate that the record is not acceptable.
Attachment "1"
COMMITTEE GENERAL FILE FIELD DEFINITION
JUSTIFICATION
ZERO
TYPE
L LEFT
SUPPRESS A ALPHA
R RIGHT
Y YES
N NUMERIC
BYTE LENGTH DESCRIPTION
X=NOT APPLICABLE N NO
A/N ALPHA NUM
1
2
State Abbreviation
X
X
A
3
3
County Code
R
N
N
6
7
Sequence Number
R
N
N
1
13
Always 0
X
N
N
14
5
Zip Code
X
N
N
19
5
Township/City Code
R
N
A/N
24
2
Ward Code
R
N
A/N
26
5
Precinct Code
R
N
N
31
3
Political Unit Code
R
N
N
34
2
Congressional District Code
R
N
N
36
3
State Lower House Code
R
N
N
39
2
State Upper House Code
R
N
N
41
1
Title Code-Name 1
X
X
A/n
42
9
Given Name-1
L
X
A
51
1
Middle Initial-1
X
X
A
52
15
Surname
L
X
A
67
1
Surname Suffix Code-1
X
X
N
68
1
Title Code-Name 2
X
X
A/N
69
9
Given Name-2
L
X
A
78
1
Middle Initial-2
X
X
A
79
1
Surname Suffix Code 2
X
X
N
80
1
Title Code-Name 3
X
X
A/N
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JUSTIFICATION
ZERO
TYPE
L LEFT
SUPPRESS A ALPHA
R RIGHT
Y YES
N NUMERIC
BYTE LENGTH DESCRIPTION
X NOT APPLICABLE N NO
A/N ALPHA NUM
81
9
Given Name 3
L
X
A
90
1
Middle Initial-3
X
X
A
91
1
Surname Suffix Code-3
X
X
N
92
1
Title Code-Name 4
X
X
A/N
1
93
9
Given Name-4
L
X
A
102
1
Middle Initial-4
X
X
A
103
1
Surname Suffix Code-4
X
X
N
104
1
Local Address Code
X
X
N
ADDRESS FIELDS
If Code 1 in Byte 104:
105
7
House Number
R
N
A/N
112
5
Fraction or Apartment:
Fraction 1/2 (3bytes) 112-116
--
-
A/N
Blank (2 bytes) 115-116
or
Apt Designation (5 bytes) 112-116 L
X
A/N
117
2
Prefix Street Direction
L
X
A
STREET NAMES
119
3
Street Number (Numeric Sts. only R
Y
N
122
16
Street Name Field
L
X
A/N
If Code 2 in Bvte 104:
105
17
Blank
122
4
Rural Route Designation
R
Y
A/N
126
4
Post Office Box Designation
R
Y
A/N
130
8
Blank
JUSTIFICATION
ZERO
TYPE
L LEFT
SUPPRESS A ALPHA
R RIGHT
Y YES
N NUMERIC
BYTE LENGTH DESCRIPTION
X NOT APPLICABLE N NO
A/N ALPHA NUM
If Code 3 in Byte 104:
105
14
Blank
119
19
Edited Address
L
X
A/N
138
13
Zip Post Office Name (Town Name)
L
X
A/N
151
1
Political Party Code
1
X
X
A
152
9
Census Tract
X
X
X
161
2
Length of Residence
R
N
N
163
1
Contributor/Volunteer Code
X
X
A
164
5
Contribution in Dollars
R
Y
N
169
2
Source of List
R
Y
A/N
171
7
Telephone Number
R
N
A/N
178
6
Special Interest Codes
X
X
A/N
184
8
Issue Codes
X
X
A/N
192
1
Attitude Code
X
X
A/N
193
8
Blank
X
X
X
Attachment 5
COMMITTEE GENERAL FILE DETAIL DESCRIPTION
Only the following characters are acceptable in this file:
A thru Z
Ø (Zero) thru 9
/ (Slash) only in position 113
- (Dash) only in positions 106 thru 110
Reference to "Directory of Post Offices" will be shown as POD-26,
which is that publication"s issue number. A July 1971 or later issue
should be used for reference.
A validation table will be constructed for each file to be com-
piled. Each record in the file will be checked against the validation
table to insure that the following fields, singularly and in combination,
are correct in content.
Zip Code
Township/City Code
Ward Code
Precinct Code
Political Unit Code
Congressional District Code
State Lower House Code
State Upper House Code
Zip Post Office Name
(Town) (City) (Name)
Only those political codes that have been established by local
political practice must be included in the table. However, the political
coding structure must be such that the concatenation of Township/city
code, ward code & precinct code uniquely defines a precinct in a county.
This procedure will insure that, for example, the county code in
a record is valid for the state being processed, that his zip code is
valid for this county, that this zip code and city name is consistant
with POD-26, etc.
STATE ABBREVIATION - Use only standard abbreviations found in
POD-26. An error found in this field results in a Fatal Error. Code 1,
COUNTY CODE - Use only those codes supplied in the attached. If
not consistant with the validation talbe, a Fatal Error results. This
code must be consistant within a file.
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SEQUENCE NUMBER - A unique contiguous sequence number must be
applied to each record within a county file, beginning with 0000001.
This number must be applied to the records so that when the file is
sorted to ascending sequence number sort the following sequence,
major to minor, will result:
Zip Code
Zip Post Office Name
Local Address Code
Street Number
Street Name
Street Direction
House Number
Surname
Given Name
An error in this field is considered Fatal.
ZIP CODE - This field must contain the correct zip code for
this record. Refer to POD-26. Fatal Error if not consistant with
table.
TOWNSHIP/CITY CODE - If a township or a city code has been
established as a local convention, it will be contained in the
validation table. This field must be consistant with the validation
table or a Fatal Error results.
WARD CODE - If political ward codes are assigned, they will be
contained in the validation table. This field must be consistant with
the validation table or a Fatal Error results.
PRECINCT CODE - If precinct codes are available, they will be
included in the validation table. This field must be consistant
with the validation table or a Fatal Error results.
POLITICAL UNIT CODE - If local convention has established a sub-
division of the above political units, this coding will be included in
the validation table. Failure of consistancy with the validation table
is a Fatal Error.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT CODE - This is the code for the U. S.
Congressional district which applies to this record. This code will
be contained in the validation table and an error found in this field
is considered Fatal.
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STATE LOWER HOUSE CODE - Must be consistant with the validation
table.
STATE UPPER HOUSE CODE - Must be consistant with the validation
table.
TITLE CODE 1 = Must contain one of the following:
"1" - Indicates Title "Mr."
"2" - Female, Title unknown
"3" -
"
"
"Miss"
"4" -
"
"
"Mrs."
"5" -
"
" "Dr."
"6" -
"
"
"Rev."
"9" -
"
No Title - Warning Error
"B" -
"
Title "Mr. & Mrs."
"C" -
"
"
"Dr. & Mrs. "
"D" -
"
"
"Rev. & Mrs. "
Any other character results in Fatal Error.
In the list compilation procedure, if titles are not avail-
able in the source information, table look-ups will be used to deter-
mine titles of individuals. Titles may require modification in the
list netting procedure. (Example: Imput John Doe, no title. Table
look-up procedure applies title code "3". During netting procedure
it is found that John Doe and Mary Doe live at same address. Netting
procedure would be to change John Doe title to Code "B" and place
Mary Doe's given name and other information into the Name 2 field of
John Doc's record with a title code "4". Mary Doe's record would then
be deleted from the file.
GIVEN NAME 1 -- This is the Given Name of the person considered
head of household. If Christian name is not available, then first
initial is acceptable.
Fatal Errors: Imbedded Blanks
Numeric Characters
R Blank Field
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SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER
NOVEMBER
REPUBLICANS
"GET OUT
PRESIDENTIAL LTR
ETHNIC MAILING
ONLY
THE VOTE"
Delivery 9/11
Delivery 9/18
Delivery 9/18
Delivery 11/2-4
(a) Computer Ltr
(a) Ltr
(d) Bristol
(a) Computer Ltr/Vol. Card
(a) Teleg. Form
(b) Computer Env.
(b) Brochure
Card
(b) Brochure
(b) Window Env.
(match address)
(c) BRE
(e) Window Env.
(c) BRE
(d) Window Env.
STATE PRIORITY
QUANTITY
QUANTITY
QUANTITY
QUANTITY
I
II
I
II
I
II
I
II
I
II
California
3,000,000
2,625,000
2,100,000
3,100,000
Connecticut
725,000
Cook Cty
Rest of
(Illinois)
Illinois
960,000
840,000
600,000
300,000
Maryland
570,000
Michigan
1,560,000
New Jersey
800,000
700,000
1,025,000
1,370,000
(New York)
Ohio
1,600,000
Pennsylvania
1,500,000
1,312,500
2,500,000
Texas
1,500,000
TOTALS
6,260,000
5,477,500
3,125,000
7,570,000 6,255,000
PRICE PER THOUSAND
$114
$120
$144
$90
$90
COST PER MAILING
$713,640
$657,300
$450,000
$681,300
$562,950
TAB D
SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER
NOVEMBER
SECOND
REPUBLICANS
"GET OUT
ETHNIC MAILING
ETHNIC MAILING
ONLY
THE VOTE"
Delivery 9/18
Delivery
Delivery 9/18
Delivery 11/2-4
(a) Ltr
(d) Bristol
(a) Ltr
(d) Bristol
(a) Computer Ltr/Vol. Card
(a) Teleg. Form
(b) Brochure
Card
(b) Brochure
Card
(b) Brochure (d) Window Env.
(b) Window Env.
(c) BRE
(e) Window Env.
(c) BRE
(e) Window Env.
(c) BRE
STATE PRIORITY
QUANTITY
QUANTITY
QUANTITY
QUANTITY
I
II
I
II
I
II
I
II
I
II
California
3,000,000
2,250,000
2,100,000
3,100,000
Connecticut
725,000
Cook Cty
Rest of
(Illinois)
Illinois
960,000
720,000
600,000
300,000
Maryland
570,000
Michigan
1,560,000
New Jersey
800,000
600,000
1,025,000
1
1,370,000
(New York)
Ohio
1,600,000
Pennsylvania
1,500,000
1,125,000
2,500,000
Texas
1,500,000
TOTALS
6,260,000
4,695,000
3,125,000
7,570,000
6,255,000
PRICE PER THOUSAND
$120
$120
$144
$90
$90
COST PER MAILING
$751,200
$563,400
$450,000
$681,300
$562,950
TAB E
SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER
NOVEMBER
ETHNIC MAILING
REPUBLICANS ONLY
"GET OUT THE VOTE"
Delivery 9/18
Delivery 9/18
Delivery 11/2-4
(a) Ltr
(d) Bristol
(a) Computer Ltr/Vol. Card
(a) Teleg. Form
(b) Brochure
Card
(b) Brochure
(b) Window Env.
(c) BRE
(e) Window Env.
(c) BRE
(e) Window Env.
STATE PRIORITY
QUANTITY
QUANTITY
QUANTITY
I
II
I
II
I
II
I
II
California
3,000,000
2,100,000
3,100,000
Connecticut
725,000
Cook Cty
Rest of
(Illinois)
Illinois
960,000
600,000
300,000
Maryland
570,000
Michigan
1,560,000
New Jersey
800,000
1,025,000
1,370,000
(New York)
Ohio
1,600,000
Pennsylvania
1,500,000
2,500,000
Texas
1,500,000
TOTALS
6,260,000
3,125,000
7,570,000 6,255,000
PRICE PER THOUSAND
$120
$144
$90
$90
TAB F
COST PER MAILING
$751,200
$450,000
$681,300 $562,950
TAB G
TOTAL BUDGET
$ 4,490,000
First Budget Approval
+ 1,000,000
UCC Budget Approval
$ 5,490,000
TOTAL BUDGET
LESS: EXPENSES
-
300,000
California Primary Expense
$ 5,190,000
-
1,100,000
UCC Expense Including Key Punching
$ 4,090,000
-
514,000
Data Base "Development Expense
$ 3,576,000
-
209,000
New York Direct Mail Request
$ 3,367,000
- 3,065,000
OPTION I
$ 302,000
-
50,000
Agricultural Mailings
$ 252,000
-
50,000
Volunteer Mailings
$ 202,000
Remaining Monies for Emergency Mailings
$ 4,490,000
First Budget Approval
+ 1,000,000
UCC Budget Approval
$ 5,490,000
TOTAL BUDGET
LESS: EXPENSES
-
300,000
California Primary Expense
$ 5,190,000
-
1,100,000
UCC Expense Including Key Punching
$ 4,090,000
-
514,000
Data Base Development Expense
$ 3,576,000
-
209,000
New York Direct Mail Request
$ 3,367,000
-
3,008,850
OPTION II
$ 358,150
-
50,000
Agricultural Mailings
$ 308,150
-
50,000
Volunteer Mailings
$ 258,150
Remaining Monies for Emergency Mailings
TAB G
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$ 4,490,000
First Budget Approval
+
1,000,000
UCC Budget Approval
$ 5,490,000
TOTAL BUDGET
LESS: EXPENSES
-
300,000
California Primary Expense
$ 5,190,000
-
1,100,000
UCC Expense Including Key Punching
$ 4,090,000
-
514,000
Data Base Development Expense
$ 3,576,000
-
209,000
New York Direct Mail Request
$ 3,367,000
-
2,445,450
OPTION III
$ 921,550
-
50,000
Agricultural Mailings
$ 871,550
-
50,000
Volunteer Mailings
$ 821,550
Remaining Monies for Emergency Mailings
CC y. Strac have
Committee for the Re-election of the President
MEMORANDUM
September 6, 1972
CONF IDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
CLARK MAC GREGOR
THROUGH:
FROM:
JEB BOB MARIK S. MAGRUDER and
SUBJECT:
Signature for New Jersey Republican Letter
As a part of the direct mail program, a letter will be sent to
all Republicans in New Jersey in late September or early October.
It is our conclusion that the joint signatures of Senator Case
and Governor Cahill would be most appropriate on this mailing.
Recommendation
That you approve Senator Case and Governor Cahill to jointly
sign the Republican mailing in New Jersey.
Approve
Disapprove
Comment
Janges
9/6/15PM cm
CONFIDENTIAL
Committee for the Re-election of the President
MEMORANDUM
September 13, 1972
IFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
MR. CLARK MAC GREGOR
THROUGH:
MR. JEB S. MAGRUDER
FROM:
BOB MARIK
1
SUBJECT:
Direct Mail Strategy
As you know, the Direct Mail budget was recently reduced by
$500,000. Under these circumstances, we can only implement
additional mailings by reducing the currently planned mailings
accordingly. Two situations have recently come up where we
feel that such a change in strategy is warranted.
CALIFORNIA. Bob Hatch of California has communicated to us that
leaders of several unions in that state are prepared to send a
mailing to their membership urging a vote for President Nixon.
(See TAB A.) We feel that such a mailing represents a unique
opportunity for the President to gain support from union families.
It is expected to yield greater benefits than an equal number of
letters sent to registered Democrats in the state.
RECOMMENDATION:
That you authorize a reduction of 500,000 letters from the planned
mailing to 3,200,000 Democrats in California, and that the funds
thus saved be applied to a mailing to 500,000 union families as
described above. The decisión on which Democrats to omit from
the mailing would be made jointly by us and by the California
Re-election Committee.
APPROVE
DISAPPROVE
COMMENTS
ILLINOIS/MICHIGAN. In the second wave of polling, the President
held a substantial lead in the State of Illinois. Nevertheless,
CONF IDENTIAL
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as a conservative measure, Cook County was designated as a Priority
I "State"
Democrats for Nixon mailings are presently planned for Italians,
Irish, Polish, other PUE's, Elderly and Veterans among registered
voters in Cook County. In addition, there are mailings scheduled
for Spanish surname voters and Jewish voters. The total number of
all of these is estimated to be 280,000. In addition, we are
planning to mail to 560,000 high and middle income voters in Cook
County, under the Committee for the Re-election of the President
letterhead. Although we do not have registration by party, this
latter group would be expected to be predominantly behavioral
Republicans. If the third wave of polling, which should be available
in preliminary form by Wednesday night, shows the President still
in commanding lead, this latter mailing to high and middle income
voters in Cook County could be considered expendable.
At the same time, Bob Teeter has uncovered some extremely interesting
information about the voters who are declaring themselves undecided
in Michigan door-to-door and telephone canvassing. Bob did a
professional survey on a representative sample of these voters. Our
expectations were that many pro-McGovern voters would be hiding bohind
a claim of undecided. However, the results showed that the "undecided"
favor the President by 48 to 13. Therefore, it would seem to be
effective strategy to mail a follow-up letter to all voters found
to be undecided in the Michigan door-to-door and telephone canvass.
RECOMMENDATION:
That you approve the elimination of the high and middle income mailing
from Cook County, Illinois, and that the money thereby saved by applied
to a comparable size mailing to undecided voters as identified by
door-to-door and telephone canvass in Michigan.
APPROVE
DISAPPROVE
COMMENTS
9/13
TAB A
September 12, 1972
200 HOLLERS NUMBER
FROM: ROBIRT P. MATCH
300 1/1002 LETTER
Yorth we SEX organizing our state Labor sittee for
the President and we have been shle to got 2020 top londers
representing large unions in this state to endorse the
President. Our meeting today is for Southern California and
within typ weeks, we will heve mother press conference for
Northern Callfornia. The Ither leaders Vant to solicit
each of their members to vote for the President and I believe
such a lattor world be an effective use of your mail budget
for California. The four main unions (but there are others also)
in California who support the President-are the Termatans,
Building Trades, Operating Engineers and various murine unions.
I estimate that NO will have somethere around 1, 000, 000 members
represented. A letter from Wholr lender should have great impact
on wheir vote and I request consideration for such a letter in
Callfornia.
Committee
for the Re-election
of the President
1701 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006 (202) 333-0920
September 13, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR: THE HONORABLE CLARK MacGREGOR
FROM:
JEB S. MAGRUDER
SUBJECT:
Letter in Support of Senator Percy
Senator Percy has asked for a letter of support to twelve
hundred Illinois County officials from you. A draft of the
proposed letter is attached.
As you may recall, we have asked Percy to sign an Illinois
(Cook County) mailing for us, which he has agreed to do. I
believe we should meet Percy's request.
Agree
Disagree
Comment
9/13
1701 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006 (202) 333-0920
"
Dear Illinois Leader:
I'm sure we agree that the President has compiled a remarkable legislative
record over the past four years, particularly in view of the fact that the
Congress has been controlled by the opposition.
That record will be even better over the next four years if, in addition
to returning the President with an overwhelming mandate, we give him a
Republican Congress.
A big part of our effort will be to return to the Senate every Republican
incumbent up for re-election. The re-election of these important Senators
would provide the foundation on which we can conceivably build a majority
in the Senate. In Illinois, that means we need to work for the re-election
of Senator Charles Percy.
In the past four years the Congress, through inaction, has scuttled many
of President Nixon's most innovative legislative proposals. In the Senate
the best example is the President's comprehensive legislative package to
reorganize and streamline the departments of the executive branch.
At the President's request, Senator Percy served as the chief Senate
sponsor of the legislation. And when the Senate reported the bill to
the Government Operations Committee, Percy, as the senior Republican member,
became the prime mover behind the bill.
But the Democratically-controlled Committee treated the most important,
thoroughly studied and carefully drafted reorganization legislation since
the creation of the civil service in a manner which can only be considered
cavalier.
The bill moved through the Committee at a turtle's pace. The Committee
arbitrarily cut short the number of hearings. Had it not been for Percy's
efforts, the bill probably would have even been denied the six days of
hearings it ultimately received.
As the chief Senate sponsor of the President S Drug Abuse Office and
Treatment Act, Percy met with more success. In the Conference Committee,
when members of the Senate and House got together to iron out the
differences between the versions each body had passed, Percy determined
negotiations were largely responsible for winning an increase of about
$500 million in funds for drug treatment and rehabilitation.
Page 2
More of these kinds of victories lie ahead in the next four years if we
can re-elect Senators like Chuck Percy and return a majority of Republicans
to the Senate. A Republican majority in the Senate would mean that Chuck
Percy would become the Chairman of the Government Operations Committee.
No longer would the government reorganization plan lie dormant.
In a Republican-controlled Senate, Percy would also replace Senator
George McGovern as Chairman of the Select Committee on Nutrition and Human
Needs. Senator McGovern has said that President Nixon has done more to
feed the hungry in America than any other President in our history. With
a Republican, Chuck Percy, in charge of the Hunger Committee, the President
could accomplish even more.
As the Campaign Director of the Committee for the Re-election of the
President, I ask your support in the effort to re-elect Senator Percy.
I believe an all-out effort to acquaint all the people of America with
the record of achievement of the first four Nixon years can win a mandate
for further service. To translate that mandate into a successful program
for peace in the world and progress at home, the President will need
the continued support of Republican Senators like Chuck Percy.
Sincerely,
Clark MacGregor
Campai gn Director
Committee for the Re-election of the President.
MEMORANDUM
August 18, 1972
CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
FROM:
L. ROBERT Rilla
BOB MARIK
SUBJECT:
Signature for Direct Mail
This memorandum summarizes where we stand on decisions for
signatures on direct mail and authorization to use each name.
CALIFORNIA
Jewish Letter:
Letterhead:
Concerned Citizens for the Re-
election of the President
Signers:
Albert Spiegel, Lewis Boyar
Italian Letter:
Letterhead:
Democrats for Nixon
Signers:
John Wirth to provide 1 or 2
names. (May use Jeno Paulucci.)
Target Date: Monday, August 28.
Spanish-Surname Letter: (L.A., San Diego, other)
Letterhead:
Committee for the Re-election of
the President
Signers:
Caesar Romero (Permission given
verbally by agent to Alex Armendaris.)
Text of letters must be cleared by
by telephone with Mrs. Sue Taurog,
Suite 625, 9229 Sunset Blvd., Los
Angeles, California 90069, (213)
278-3233.
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Elderly Letter:
Letterhead:
Democrats for Nixon
Signers:
John Connally
P.U.E. Letter:
Letterhead:
Democrats for Nixon
Signers:
Mayor Jack D. Maltester, Past President,
U.S. Conference of Mayors, San Leandro,
California. (415) 638-4100. On vacation-
will reach Monday, August 21.
Edward Kiernan, President, International
Conference of Police Assocations. (212)
544-2700.
(Permission granted:)
Veterans Letter:
Letterhead:
Democrats for Nixon
Signers:
John E. O'Neill, Executive Director,
Concerned Veterans for Nixon. 872-9800.
Permission given. Letter en route.
Text clearance not necessary.
Raymond Gallagher, Past National Commander
of Veterans of Foreign Wars. (605) 472-2710.
Permission given. Letter en route. Text
clearance necessary by phone.
High Income-Middle Income:
Letterhead:
Democrats for Nixon
Signers:
John Connally
COOK COUNTY ILLINOIS
Jewish Letter:
Letterhead:
Concerned Citizens
Signers:
Samuel Rothberg, Paul Hurwitz
CONFIDENTIAL
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Italian Letter:
Letterhead:
Democrats for Nixon
Signers:
John Wirth to provide names.
(May use Jeno Paulucci)
Target Date: Monday, /August 28.
Irish Letter:
Letterhead:
Democrats for Nixon
Signers:
Frank Fitzsimmons (permission verbally
secured by Dick Howard. Will get per-
mission at time of review of final
ensemble.)
Edward Kiernan. (See California P.U.E.)
Polish Letter:
Letterhead:
Democrats for Nixon
Signers:
Frank Prochot, Vice President, Polish
National Alliance. (Probable)
Casimer Zukomski, Vice President, Polish
American Congress. (Probable) John Wirth
securing permission.
Spanish Letter:
Letterhead:
Committee for the Re-election
of the President
Signers:
Caesar Romero - Permission Granted.
(See California Spanish Letter)
Elderly Letter:
Letterhead:
Democrats or CREP
Signers:
James Roosevelt (Permission not yet obtained.)
John Connally
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Veterans Letter:
Letterhead:
Democrats for Nixon
Signers:
Raymond Gallagher and John O'Neill
(Permission Granted--See California
Veterans Letter.)
High, Middle Income:
Letterhead:
CREP
Signers:
Clark MacGregor
NEW JERSEY
Jewish Letter (P.U.E.)
Letterhead:
Concerned Citizens
Signers:
David Litwin, Philip Hoffman
Elderly P.U.E.
Letterhead:
Democrats for Nixon
Signers:
Connally
Gallagher (permission granted)
Non-elderly P.U.E.
Letterhead:
Democrats for Nixon
Signers:
Connally
Fitzsimmons (permission granted)
Italian Letter:
Letterhead:
Democrats for Nixon
Signers:
John Wirth to provide names.
Target Date: August 28.
CONFIDENTIAL
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Elderly (Other):
Letterhead:
Democrats for Nixon
Signers:
Connally
Non-elderly, high, middle income:
Letterhead:
Democrats for Nixon
Signers:
Thomas Dunn, Mayor, Elizabeth, N.J.
(201) 353-1188. (Permission granted
and letter received (Tab A).
PENNSYLVANIA
P.U.E. Elderly Letter:
Letterhead:
Democrats for Nixon
Signers:
James Roosevelt
John Connally
P.U.E., Other, Non-elderly:
Letterhead:
Democrats for Nixon
Signers:
Connally
Fitzsimmons (permission granted)
P.U.E. Jewish Letter:
Letterhead:
Concerned Citizens
Signers:
Arlen Spector, Leonard Goldfein
Italian Letter:
Letterhead:
Democrats for Nixon
Signers:
John Wirth to provide names.
Target Date: August 28.
CONFIDENTIAL
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Irish, Polish Letter:
Letterhead:
Democrats for Nixon
Signers:
Fitzsimmons (permission granted)
Kiernan
(Permission Granted.)
Other, Elderly:
Letterhead:
Democrats for Nixon
Signers:
Connally
Non-elderly (High and middle income):
Letterhead:
Democrats for Nixon
Signers:
Connally
Other Jewish Letter:
Letterhead:
Democrats for Nixon
Signers:
Herman Fineberg
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
THOMAS G. DUNN
August 17, 1972
ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY
MAYOR
Mr. Robert Marik
1701 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D. C. 20006
Dear Bob:
Please convey to Governor Connally my authorization, as
requested by you in our telephone conversation today, to
affix my name to a New Jersey mailing espousing the cause
of re-electing President Nixon by the "DEMOCRATS FOR NIXON".
Further, as I mentioned in my telephone talk with you,
Chairman Connally of the "DEMOCRATS FOR NIXON" has carte
blanche approval to use my name, signature, etc.. on any
matter that will aid in the re-election of the President,
providing same is approved by the Chairman.
Should you wish to contact me in the forthcoming week,
please call on one of the following numbers:
August 21st-25th
(609) 492-9423 LONG BEACH ISLAND
August 26th on.
(201) 353-1188 OFFICE-CITY HALL
(201) 353-6069 RESIDENCE
Cordially
J. Duan
MAYOR
TGD:sae
P.S. For information purposes: I have been the Democratic Mayor of
Elizabeth, New Jersey since January 1, 1965. I am seeking re-election
in the forthcoming Gereral Election for my third four-year term. From
mid-1871 to mid-1972, I served as President of the New Jersey Conference
of Mayona, Any other "лазите" facts can be obtained by calling my
secretary Sally at the office. (201) 353-1188
&
T.G.D.
S. Strachan
COMMITTEE FOR THE RE-ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT
MEMORANDUM
August 28, 1972
CONF ENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
MR. CLARK MAC GREGOR
THROUGH:
MR. JEB S. MAGRUDER
FROM:
L. ROBERT MORGAN
SUBJECT:
"Concerned Citizens for the Re-election
of the President"
Max Fisher and Larry Goldberg have promoted the pseudonym "Concerned
Citizens for the Re-election of the President". An article recently
appeared in Time magazine mentioning the group. "Concerned Citizens
for the Re-election of the President" is not a legal committee, but
we intend to use it as a name on the top of the letters, envelopes
and brochures to the reachable Jewish Democrats. The advertising to
the Jewish Community will carry the same "Concerned Citizens for the
Re-election of the President" theme.
The letter and the brochure will both have the disclaimer that they
are paid for by the Committee for the Re-election of the President.
The letters in the different states (Cook County, Illinois, California,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania) will be signed by different people. The
Volunteer/Contributor return card will come to a Washington post office
box for processing; the money will be placed in the Finance Committee's
bank account, and the volunteers will be computerized and immediately
sent to the respective states.
The attached ensemble has been approved by Max Fisher. This mailing
is scheduled to go out for delivery on September 25, which is after
the Jewish High Holidays.
RECOMMENDATION:
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SEPTEMBER MAILING
Dear Concerned Citizen:
Rarely in history has there been such a clear-cut choice between
Presidential candidates. Although most of us are Democrats and
Independents, our choice has to be President Nixon. We'd like you
to know some of the reasons.
The President believes in traveling to any country in the world
for peace. But he also believes in negotiating from strength.
He is. firmly committed to a strong Mediterranean fleet to help
keep peace in Israel, and the Middle East.
In fact, the President is widely regarded as one of the greatest
friends Israel has had. To cite just one example of his commit-
ment to Israel, he has provided more military and economic assis-
tance than all previous administrations combined.
On the other hand, Senator McGovern's record is disturbing. He
has suggested the internationalization of Jerusalem and a return
to the insecure pre-1967 boundary line. Most worrisome of all,
he is now advocating the reduction of the Sixth Fleet which is
in the Mediterranean to discourage Arab-Soviet aggression.
Turning to domestic issues, the President believes, of course,
in helping the poor. But he doesn't believe in increasing the
taxes of the average American in order to finance a $1,000 give-
away to every man, woman and child--as proposed by Senator
McGovern.
The President believes the merit system made America great.
Senator McGovern seems to believe in the quota system. He feels
minorities should be represented in proportion to their number,
eligible or not, qualified or not.
Under President Nixon, things have become quieter, more orderly.
Our campuses are back to the work of scholarship. Our cities
don't have the almost weekly riots they used to have. And
through a combination of firmness and reason, the President has
succeeded in slowing down the drug traffic into America and cut-
ting the serious crime rate in half.
The President has decreased personal income taxes by 22 billion
dollars, and has proposed a Federal revenue sharing plan which
would help each state ease the burden of property taxes.
And the President acted boldly against inflation when he made his
courageous decision to impose a wage-price freeze. As a result
of this decision, the rate of inflation has been cut dramatically
for the first time in years.
For reasons such as these, we support President Nixon--and believe
you should, too. We need your vote. We need you as a volunteer.
We need your contribution.
Sincerely,
P.S. Citizens in (name of state) have just begun raising money,
so give generously. Give whatever you can. But give
something. And please do it now; it's needed now.
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DEMOCRAT - JEWISH
"The United States stands by its friends. Israel is one of
its friends.
Richard Nixon
"On that issue (Israel) President Nixon has proved himself.
He has provided as much economic and military assistance to
Israel as all the White House predecessors combined. In times
of crisis he has stood up to the Soviet Union in the Middle
East. McGovern is more of a mystery.
Time Magazine-
August 21, 1972
Foreign Policy:
President Nixon, in the name of peace, went to Moscow where he
negotiated agreements with the Soviet Union to limit development
of missiles. He visited Peking to begin improving U.S. -China
relations. He called a halt to crisis diplomacy, seeking to
reduce tension in such troubled areas as the Middle East.
Defense:
President Nixon believes in a strong America. He believes that
the best way to decrease the defense budget is through mutual
disarmament. He has proved his point with the Russian SALT
Agreements. His democratic opponent, however, this year favors
deep cuts that the President opposes, despite warnings from mil-
itary experts that the U.S. would thereby be weakened around the
world. In the Middle East, such weakness could encourage aggres-
sion against Israel.
Soviet Jewry:
President Nixon increased Voice of America programs to the USSR
and introduced special Jewish programs. He granted financial aid
to help Soviet Jews resettle in Israel--the first such aid ever
offered, and ordered the Justice Department to admit Soviet Jews
to the United States on a non-quota-basis. The President recently
spoke out on the matter when he visited Moscow, and has promised
to continue doing SO.
The Economy:
President Nixon has taken strong action to halt inflation and in-
crease employment. He initiated a 90-day wage-price freeze, fol-
lowed by more flexible controls, and introduced a package of tax
cuts to stimulate the economy. The inflation rate has been cut
in half, and the Gross National Product has expanded at a yearly
rate of over 7%. Housing starts, a prime indicator of economic
vitality, are up 42% over last year.
Environment:
President Nixon established the Environmental Protection Agency,
the first Federal unit ever set up to protect our quality of
life. He has increased funding for environmental improvement
by over 500%, and initiated a Legacy of Parks program to bring
increased recreational opportunities to cities. No less than
25 separate environment bills have been proposed by him.
Taxes:
Under President Nixon, Americans are paying $22 billion less in
Federal taxes. In addition, the President's proposed revenue
sharing plan would return more money to the states, enabling
them to lessen state taxes--especially the property tax. This
savings affects not only homeowners but, eventually, many tenants,
too.
Education:
Stating that "no qualified student who wants to go to college
should be barred by lack of money, President Nixon signed the
Education Amendments Act of 1972, the largest higher education
bill in history. Though increasing the education budget by
$4 billion, the President places the emphasis on "quality" in
education, opposing a lowering of educational standards, the
busing of children and unnecessary government intrusion.
Social Security:
During President Nixon's term, social security benefits have
increased by 51%, including a recent 20% increase. The President's
program also has an inflation-proof feature that allows benefits
to go up whenever the cost of living goes up. To further ease the
cost of living for older Americans, the President has asked Con-
gress to grant them reduced transportation fares.
Stability:
In 1968, there was mass rioting in cities and on campuses across
America. Under President Nixon, riots have become a fraction of
what they were. The President has spoken out strongly for the
need to respect the law, but effectively worked to solve many of
the problems disturbing Americans.
Vietnam:
The President has done everything in his power to bring peace to
Vietnam without sacrificing the South Vietnamese in the process.
He has brought home 500,000 men reduced casualties by 95%
ended ground combat of American
forces
and cut spending by two-
thirds. Strong steps are continually being taken to get the
enemy to cease its aggression and make peace.
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CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR THE PRESIDENT ENSEMBLE--August 22, 1972
JEWISH BROCHURE QUOTES
"George McGovern is wrong on Israel."
"
Now if you start cutting the Sixth Fleet, with the
Soviet buildup in its fleet in the Mediterranean, one
of these days the Soviet Union is going to present you
with a fact accomplished, so to speak, a fait accompli,
in which it says, listen, we are in North Africa, we're
going to stay in North Africa, we have our bases in
North Africa. They can overrun Israel in the Middle
East. The only protection which Israel has in that part
of the world right now is the presence of the American
Sixth Fleet as a counterbalance to the power of the
Soviet Union."
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey
Date
"I am a little surprised that Senator McGovern has
announced this (welfare and tax reform) as his program.
I find myself with a great many questions about it. I
don't know where we get that money that we would have to
make up if it is to be a balanced program. Even if
McGovern added $43 billion to his revenues through elim-
ination of the Social Security payments, there still
would be a 'very sizable deficit'.
Rep. Wilber Mills
Date
"Everyone who earns between $8,000 and $20,000 would be
socked in the poverbial jaw with the tax load from
McGovern's ambitious programs.'
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey
Date
"McGovern has become the spokesman of some of the most
dangerous and destructive currents in American politics.
Some call the McGovern Doctrine the new populism. I
call it the new extremism.'
Sen. Henry Jackson
Date
"McGovern's positions on many of the issues are unacceptable
to a large portion of our people.
Sen. Edmund Muskie
Date
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COMMITTEE FOR THE RE-ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT
September 5, 1972
MEMORANDUM
MEMORANDUM FOR:
CLARK MACGREGOR
FROM:
JEB S. MAGRUDER
SUBJECT:
Distribution of Computer
Voter Lists to States
As you know, we have assembled a list of the majority of the registered
voters for nine key states (New York not included). These lists are
the key to our direct mail and telephone operation and have been compiled
at considerable cost to the Committee.
In the past several weeks we have had several inquiries from state
officials who are aware of the lists and have asked to have access to
them. Thus, at this point, we are faced with a decision as to whether
we (a) release the list to certain states or candidates within. a state;
and (b) charge for this service.
After discussions with Bob Marik and Jerry Jones, of Fred Malek's staff,
I believe:
1. Under no circumstances should we release our primary data sources --
i.e., computer tapes and cards.
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2. We should make computer lists available (print-out or chesire labels)
on a selected basis for a fee. Specifically, we should determine an
appropriate charge for every situation after considering both the
direct cost to us for preparing the list/labels and the original
acquisition cost of the data.
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3. Each request for these lists should be reviewed by you and
Mr. Haldeman to ensure that consideration is given to both political
points of view and the President's interests.
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Committee for the Re-election of the President
MEMORANDUM
September 6, 1972
CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
CLARK MAC GREGOR
THROUGH:
JEB BOB MARIK S. MAGRUDER
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Direct Mail for Illinois
As you recall, we recommended two weeks ago that Senator Percy
be added to sign the late September letter to high and middle
income voters in Cook County, Illinois. Mr. Haldeman has not
endorsed that plan.
All of our information indicates that Senator Percy is by far
the strongest public figure (aside from the President and Vice
President) among this voter segment, most of whom are Republican.
I strongly feel that, with due respect to Mr. Haldeman's reservations,
it is firmly in the President's interest to have Senator Percy sign
the letter.
Recommendation
That you approve the use of Senator Percy's signature on the letter
to high and middle income voters in Cook County, Illinois.
Approve
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Committee for the Re-election of the President
MEMORANDUM
September 11, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
FRED MALEK
FROM:
JEB S. MAGRUDER
SUBJECT:
Computer Lists
Bob Morgan has provided me the following information on
which states participated in financing of our voter lists,
and whether they are - by advance agreement - to receive a
copy of the voter tape.
FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION
COPY OF TAPE
California
None
*One copy of tape to:
Bob Monagan
RSCCC
Connecticut
50%
One copy to State
Committee
Illinois
None
No copy
Maryland
None
No copy
Michigan
None
**No copy
New Jersey
Two-thirds by State
One copy of tape to
State Committee
Ohio
None
No copy
Pennsylvania
None
No copy
Texas
50% Texans for Tower
One copy to Senator Tower
*California got a copy of the tape because of the
low cost and Lyn Nofziger asked to have it done
early, based on his cooperation in the state.
**A Universal List was used in Michigan and it still
belongs to Donnelley.
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As you know, we will make mailing labels (not lists or
computer tapes with exceptions noted above) available to
state candidates within the following guidelines:
/ 1. The labels will cost $15.00 per thousand, which is
about our cost including handling.
2. Each request for these labels will be reviewed by
Messrs. MacGregor and Haldeman or their designees.
3. Each request will require about two weeks to
process and mail.
ec: S. Strachin
COMMITTEE FOR THE RE-ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT
MEMORANDUM
September 7, 1972
CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
MR. CLARK MAC GREGOR
THROUGH:
MR. JEB S. MAGRUDER
FROM:
L. ROBERT MORGAN
SUBJECT:
Republican Mailing Ensembles to California,
New Jersey, and Cook County, Illinois
Attached to this memorandum is the entire Republican ensemble in
one package, including a stat of the brochure, a xerox of the
brochure copy, a xercx of the letter as it will appear, a xerox
of the Volunteer/Contributor Card, a xerox of the absentee ballot
request self-mailer, as well as the mailing and reply envelopes.
These are put together as they would appear in an ensemble received
by the recipients.
The Republican ensembles basically vary in two (2) ways -- Older
Americans letter and brochure, and all other Republicans letter and
brochure. Known contributors in California and New Jersey will be
separated from our regular mailing and given computerized letters,
which we anticipate will increase their contributions. The
computerized letter will take the place of the regular fund-raising
letter that would normally go out in California to the same group
of people; consequently, avoiding a duplication of effort. All
responses to these mailings go directly to the state headquarters.
All of the Republican ensembles will be posted with a 5¢ pre-cancelled
stamp to increase the personalized effect.
The objectives of this mailing are:
1. To be supportive of the Republican position.
2. Develop an additional cadre of volunteers.
3. Increase the contributions from our donors.
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polling places on Election Day to get an absentee
ballot.
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CONFIDENTIAL
Culifornia Committee for the Re- election of in President
1272 Livel Les Angeles Cellfornia 20017
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Now more than ever.
California Committee for the Re-election of the President
1670 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, California 9C017
Dear Fellow Republican:
One vote per precinct was the difference between winning and losing for
President Nixon before. And it could be again!
That is why your vote is so important in this Election. Consider the
alternative -- the most clear-cut in a century.
For one thing, the President believes in the traditional values that
make America great. Senator McGovern seems to have forgotten them.
President Nixon wants to provide training and work incentives so those
on welfare who can work will work and be taken off the welfare rolls.
Senator McGovern, on the other hand, proposed giving every man, woman
and child in the country $1,000 whether he works for it or not and
whether he needs it or not, and whether we can afford it or not.
President Nixon wants to trim only the fat from our military budget,
believing that to insure peace we must remain strong. Senator McGovern's
proposed $30 billion slash would, according to his fellow Democrat,
Senator Humphrey, "cut into the very security of this country".
The President has taken a hard line against criminals. Senator McGovern
would make Ramsey Clark head of the FBI.
Because of President Nixon's strong actions and decisive leadership we urge
you to join us in helping to keep him in the White House.
Consider what the President has accomplished:
SOCIAL SECURITY/HEALTH CARE. He has proposed a National Health Insurance
Plan and the liberalization of the Retirement Earnings Test. He has also
made Social Security payments inflation-proof -- after having signed into
law increases in excess of 51%.
CRIME. He has cut the increase in the crime rate by 50%. And 80 major
cities have actually reported a decrease in that rate in the last year.
TAXES. He has reduced the Federal income tax for a family of four
earning $10,000 by an average of $320. And has proposed federal-state
revenue sharing that would reduce your property taxes.
VIETNAM. He has brought home from South Vietnam over 90% of our troops.
And will end the war as soon as possible without sacrificing our prisoners
of war.
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The President has done a lot. But his job is only half finished. That
is why we need President Nixon -- now more than ever.
President Nixon needs your vote. Go to the polls and vote for President
Nixon on November 7th. He needs you as a volunteer, even if you're
already working a long day. Volunteer if you possibly can. He needs
your financial support, even if it's a real sacrifice to give.
Use the Volunteer Card enclosed for contributions of time and money.
They could prove as important as your ballot. And use the absentee ballot
request form enclosed if you expect to be away from home on Election Day.
Sincerely,
Ronald Reagan
Chairman
P.S. Although large gifts are needed here in California, a small
one is certainly better than none at all. But do give
something. And please do it now.
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Now more than ever.
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PRESIDENT NIXON. NOW MORE THAN EVER.
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"The time has come for a new attitude toward old age
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in America
to stop regarding older Americans as
a burden and start regarding them as a resource
"
Richard Nixon
SOCIAL SECURITY
During President Nixon's term, social security benefits
have increased by 51%. The President's program also has
an inflation-proof feature that allows benefits to go up
whenever the cost of living goes up. Regarding the income
situation for older Americans, the President has also asked
Congress for an expansion of the retirement earnings test,
and an increase in widows' benefits.
HEALTH CARE
President Nixon has earmarked massive amounts of money to find
a cure for cancer. Federal outlays for health care and
research in 1973 will reach $25.5 billion, and the President
has proposed a National Health Insurance Standards Act, a
Family Health Insurance Plan, and the National Health
Education Foundation, all aiming at better health care for
everyone. He has also requested the elimination of $5.80
monthly premium under Part B of Medicare.
STABILITY
In 1968, there was mass rioting in cities and on campuses
across America. Under President Nixon, riots have become
a fraction of what they were. The President has spoken
out strongly for the need to respect the law, has effectively
worked to solve many of the problems disturbing Americans.
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DEFENSE
President Nixon believes in a strong America. He believes
that the best way to decrease the defense budget is
through mutual disarmament. His recent SALT agreements
with Russia prove that point. Senator McGovern favors
deep cuts that the President opposes, despite warnings
from military experts that the U.S. would thereby be weakened
around the world.
NEW GOVERNMENT RESPONSIVENESS
President Nixon has embarked on a comprehensive program
within the government to insure coordination between all
Federal and state agencies involved in the field of aging.
This has included the formation of a fully staffed Cabinet
Committee on Aging and the appointment of Arthur Fleming
as a full-time consultant.
CRIME
The President's vigorous law-enforcement policies have cut
the increase in the nation's serious crime-rate from 10% two
years ago to 1% in the first quarter of this year. Eighty
(over half) of our major cities have reported actual
decreases in crime, and Washington, D.C. has achieved a 30%
decrease over last year. Making all this possible has been
President Nixon's program of increased aid to states and
localities.
THE ECONOMY
President Nixon has taken strong action to halt inflation
and increase employment. He initiated a 90-day wage-price
freeze, followed by more flexible controls, and introduced
a package of tax cuts to stimulate the economy. The
inflation rate has been cut in half, and the Gross National
Product has expanded at a yearly rate of over 7%. Housing
starts, a prime economic indicator, are up 42% over last
year.
OLDER AMERICANS BROCHURE
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FOREIGN POLICY
President Nixon, in the name of peace, went to Moscow
where he negotiated agreements with the Soviet Union
to limit development of missiles. He visited Peking
to begin improving U.S./China relations. He called a
halt to crisis diplomacy, seeking to reduce tensions in
such troubled areas as the Middle East.
TAXES
(TO BE UNDERLINED Under President Nixon, Americans are paying $22 billion
IN RED)
less in Federal taxes and corporations are paying $10
billion more. In addition, the President's proposed
revenue sharing plan would return more money to the states,
enabling them to lessen state taxes -- especially the
property tax. This affects not only homeowners but,
eventually, many tenants too, through increased rents.
VIETNAM
The President has done everything in his power to bring
peace to Vietnam without sacrificing the South Vietnamese
in the process. He has brought home 500,000 men ended
ground combat of American forces and cut spending by
two-thirds. Strong steps are continually being taken to
get the enemy to cease its aggression and make peace.
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Now more than ever.
California Committee for the Re-election of the President
1670 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, California 90017
Dear Fellow Republican:
One vote per precinct was the difference between winning and losing for
President Nixon before. And it could be again!
That is why your vote and familiarity with the issues are so important
in this Election. Consider the alternative -- the most clear-cut in
a century.
President Nixon wants to provide training and work incentives so those
on welfare who can work will work and be taken off the welfare rolls.
Senator McGovern, on the other hand, proposed giving every man, woman,
and child in the country $1,000 whether he works for it or not, whether
he needs it or not, and whether we can afford it or not.
President Nixon wants to trim only the fat from our military budget,
believing that to insure peace, we must remain strong. Senator McGovern's
proposed $30 billion slash would, according to his fellow Democrat,
Senator Humphrey, "cut into the very security of this country".
We're sure you approve of President Nixon's strong action and decisive
leadership. But mere approval won't get him re-elected.
Consider what the President has accomplished.
DRUGS. The President considers hard drugs Public Enemy No. 1. He has
cracked down hard on pushers. He is spending 600% more for rehabilitation
than was being spent when he first took office.
THE ECONOMY. According to the July 22nd issue of the New York Times
the second quarter of 1972 showed the fastest gain in the economy since
1965 and a "notable drop in the rate of inflation".
VIETNAM. The President has brought home from South Vietnam over 90%
of our troops, while demanding that our prisoners of war be released
before we leave Vietnam. Senator McGovern wants us to get out of Vietnam
now and risk abandoning our prisoners of war to the enemy.
CRIME. Under President Nixon the increase in the crime rate has been
cut 50%. And 80 major cities reported less overall crime this past year.
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The President has done a lot. But his job is only half finished. That
is why we need President Nixon -- now more than ever.
President Nixon needs your vote. Go to the polls and vote for President
Nixon on November 7th. He needs you as a volunteer, even if you're
already working a long day. Volunteer if you possibly can. He needs
your financial support, even if it's a real sacrifice to give.
Use the Volunteer Card enclosed for contributions of time and money.
They could prove as important as your ballot. And use the absentee ballot
request form enclosed if you expect to be away from home on Election Day.
Sincerely,
Ronald Reagan
Chairman
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is certainly better than none at all. But do give something.
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PRESIDENT NIXON. NOW MORE THAN EVER.
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"Let us reject the narrow visions of those who
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would tell us that we are evil because we are not
yet perfect, that we are corrupt because we are
not yet pure, that all the sweat and toil and
sacrifice that have gone into the building of
America were for naught because that building is
not yet done."
Richard Nixon
DEFENSE
President Nixon believes in a strong America. He
believes the best way to decrease the defense budget
is through mutual disarmament. He has proved his
point with the Russian SALT agreements. Senator
McGovern favors the deep cuts that the President
opposes, despite warnings from military experts that
the U.S. would thereby be weakened around the world.
DRUGS
President Nixon has been both tough and flexible. He
won the agreement of Turkey to place a total ban on
the growing of opium poppy made an agreement with
France to assist in halting the traffic of drugs
and
stepped up arrests of pushers. He is spending 600%
more for drug education than ever before. Together,
these actions are finally turning the tide against the
drug scourge.
VIETNAM
The President has done everything in his power to bring
peace to Vietnam without sacrificing the South Vietnamese
in the process. He has brought home 500,000 men ended
ground combat for American forces and cut spending by
two-thirds. Strong steps are continually being taken
to get the enemy to cease its aggression and make peace.
GENERAL BROCHURE
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STABILITY
In 1968, there was mass rioting in cities and on
campuses across America. Under President Nixon,
riots have become a fraction of what they were.
The President has spoken out strongly for the need
to respect the lawland has effectively worked to
solve many of the problems disturbing America.
FOREIGN POLICY
President Nixon, in the name of peace, went to Moscow
where he negotiated agreements with the Soviet Union
to limit development of missiles. He visited Peking
to begin improving U.S./China relations. He called
a halt to crisis diplomacy, seeking to reduce tension
in such troubled areas as the Middle East.
ENVIRONMENT
President Nixon established the Environmental Protection
Agency, the first Federal unit ever set up to protect
our quality of life. He has increased funding for
environmental improvement by over 500%, and initiated
a Legacy of Parks Program to bring increased
recreational opportunities to cities. No less than
25 separate environment bills have been proposed by him.
HEALTH CARE
President Nixon has earmarked massive amounts of money
to find a cure for cancer and sickle cell anemia.
Federal outlays for health care and research in 1973
will reach $25.5 billion, and the President has proposed
a National Health Insurance Standards Act, a Family Health
Insurance Plan and the National Health Education
Foundation, all aiming at better health care for everyone.
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TAXES
(TO BE UNDERLINED
Under President Nixon. individuals are paying $22 billion
IN RED)
less in Federal taxes and corporations are paying $10
billion more. In addition, the President's proposed
revenue sharing plan would return more money to the states,
enabling them to lessen state taxes -- especially the
property tax. This tax affects not only homeowners but,
eventually, many tenants too, through increased rents.
THE ECONOMY
President Nixon has taken strong action to halt inflation
and increase employment. He initiated a 90-day wage-price
freeze, followed by more flexible controls, and introduced
a package of tax cuts to stimulate the economy. The
inflation rate has been cut in half, and the Gross National
Product has expanded at a yearly rate of over 7%. Housing
starts, a prime economic indicator, are up 42% over last
year.
CRIME
The President's vigorous law-enforcement policies have cut
the increase in the nation's serious crime rate from 10%
two years ago to 1% in the first quarter of this year.
Eighty (over half) of our major cities have reported actual
decreases in crime, and Washington, D.C. has achieved a
30% decrease over last year. Making all this possible has
been President Nixon's program of increased aid to states
and localities.
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COMMITTEE FOR THE RE-ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT
MEMORANDUM
September 5, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
CLARK MACGREGOR
FROM:
JEB S. MAGRUDER
SUBJECT:
Jeno F. Paulucci Food
Industry Letter
Attached is the Paulucci letter and related pieces for mailing to
businessmen in the food industry. This ensemble reflects Mr. Paulucci's
revisions and as far as he is concerned is the final copy. The ensemble
includes:
(a) Jeno Paulucci personal letter
APPROVE
DISAPPROVE
COMMENT
(b) Letter from Frank Register
APPROVE
DISAPPROVE
to Senator McGovern
COMMENT
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(c) Letter from Senator McGovern
APPROVE
DISAPPROVE
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(d) Contributor card
APPROVE
DISAPPROVE
COMMENT
(e) Reply and mailing envelopes
APPROVE
DISAPPROVE
COMMENT
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COMMITTEE FOR THE RE-ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT
MEMORANDUM
September 1, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
MR. JEB S. MAGRUDER
FROM:
BOB MORGAN
SUBJECT:
Jeno F. Paulucci Food Industry Letter
Attached is the copy for the Paulucci letter to businessmen in
the food industry. This copy reflects Mr. Paulucci's revisions
and is the final copy.
The total ensemble will include: Jeno Paulucci's personal letter,
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reply envelope, mailing envelope, letter to Senator McGovern from
Frank Register, letter to Frank Register from Senator McGovern,
and a contributor card.
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Frank Register. (Please read paragraph 4 carefully).
Senator McGovern later tried to "whitewash" the matter with a
tolegram which stated his letter was "unauthorized and ill
advised. 11 This is what concerus business and industry. just
what is McGovern's true attitude toward the businessmen? His
constantly changing positions on domestic and foreign affairs
already have some of us concerned about our country's future,
should McGovern attain the Presidency.
Independents and Democrats must unite with Republicans to assist
in the re-election of President Nixon. With the short time
remaining, John Connally, Chairman of Democrats for Nixon, and
and myself need your strong financial support to put together
an effective campaign. We need your help. Please send your
check to:
Jeno F. Paulucci
Vice Chairman - Independents
Democrats for Nixon
802 Madison Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20005
Regards,
JENO (SIGNATURE)
JFP:cav
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McGovern letter
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to protect my business. How about you? J.V.P.
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May 22, 1972
Senator George McGovern
United States Senator from South Dakota
Senate Office Building
Washington, D. C. 20510
Dear Senator NcGovern:
In yesterday S news telecasts, you were shown endorsing Caesar
Chavez and the lettuce boycotts.
I would suggest that you consider this position carefully from a
number of standpoints. Under existing law, such boycotts are
clearly illegal. Secondly, the pattern established in the grape
boycotts was one of damage and destruction to innocent third
parties in this instance, retailers who have no way of knowing
who is right in a labor dispute many miles away. Thirdly, such
tactics, if successful, result in increased costs which mean in-
creased prices, a subject which I know is of concern to you.
Sincerely,
Frank X Regater
Frank D. Register
Executive Director
FDR/cms
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347-9803
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356
1733
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COMM TYPE ON
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AGRICULTURS MID FORESTRY
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20510
June 1, 1972
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Dear Mr. Register:
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Thank you very much for your recent letter.
You should know, Mr. Register, that I have competent
legal-advice and you need not worry about me on that
score.
Your reference to innocent third parties was intriguing
to say the least. If you are suggesting that retail gro-
cers are under any definition of the term "innocent, I
would be surprised, It may interest you to know that I
am fully aware of the monopoly meat and other commo-
dity pricing practices of the chain stores. I am also
aware of rate of return on your investment.
You may be sure, Mr. Register, that when I am Presi-
dent suits will no longer be brought by stockmen, egg
producers and others, but by the Attorney General of the
United States.
With very good wish, I am
Ong McGovern Dear
Frank D. Register
Executive Director
National Association of Retail
Grocers of the U.S., Inc.
Suite 620
2000 Spring Road
Oak Brook, Illinois 60521
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COMMITTEE FOR THE RE-ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT
MEMORANDUM
September 5, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
CLARK MACGREGOR
FROM:
JEB S. MAGRUDER
SUBJECT:
Jeno F. Paulucci Food
Industry Letter
Attached is the Paulucci letter and related pieces for mailing to
businessmen in the food industry. This ensemble reflects Mr: Paulucci's
revisions and as far as he is concerned is the final copy. The ensemble
includes:
(a) Jeno Paulucci personal letter
APPROVE
DISAPPROVE
COMMENT
(b) Letter from Frank Register
APPROVE
DISAPPROVE
to Senator McGovern
COMMENT
(c) Letter from Senator McGovern
APPROVE
DISAPPROVE
to Frank Register
COMMENT
(d) Contributor card
APPROVE
DISAPPROVE
COMMENT
(e) Reply and mailing envelopes
APPROVE
DISAPPROVE
COMMENT
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copy of Sunstor McGovern's answer to
Frank Register. (Please read paragraph 4 carefully).
Senator McGovern later tried to "whitewash" the ratter with 2
telegram which stated his letter was "unsuthorized and ill
advised." This is what conceres business and industry. just
what is McGovern's true attitude toward the businiscmen? His
constantly changing positions on domestic and foreign afiairs
already have some of us concerned about our country's future,
should McGovern attain the Presidency.
Independents and Democrats must unite with Republicans to assist
in the re-election of President Nixon. With the short time
remaining, John Connally, Chairman of Democrate for Nixon, and
and myself need your strong financial support to put together
an effective campaign. We need your help. Please send your
check to:
Jeno F. Paulucci
Vice Chairuan - Independents
Democrats for Nixon
802 Madison Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20005
Regards,
JENO (SIGNATURE)
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McGovern letter
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May 22, 1972
Senator George McGovern
United States Senator from South Dakota
Senate Office Building
Washington, D. C. 20510
Dear Senator McGovern:
In yesterday's news telecasts, you were shown endorsing Caesar
Chavez and the lettuce boycotts.
I would suggest that you consider this position carefully from a a
number of standpoints. Under existing law, such boycotts are
clearly illegal. Secondly, the pattern established in the grape
boycotts was one of damage and destruction to innocent third
parties in this instance, retailers who have no way of knowing
who is right in a labor dispute many miles away. Thirdly, such
tactics, if successful, result in increased costs which mean in-
creased prices, a subject which I know is of concern to you.
Sincerely,
Frank Begnter
Frank D. Register
Executive Director
FDR/cms
201 Building. 1625 K Statet Star NW Washington D C 20006 Phone: (202) 347-989
(312) 366 1733
CARLT CORTIS NEER.
ROBERT KANS
HENRT BELLMON CKLA.
United States Senate
CHIFF CLERK
COMMITTEE ON
AGRICULTURS MID FORESTRY
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20510
June 1, 1972
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Dear Mr. Register:
Thank you very much for your recent letter.
You should know, Mr. Register, that I have competent
legal advice and you need not worry about me on that
score.
Your reference to innocent third parties was intriguing
to say the least. If you are suggesting that retail gro-
cers are under any definition of the term "innocent, I
would be surprised. It may interest you to know that I
am fully aware of the monopoly meat and other commo-
dity pricing practices of the chain stores. I am also
aware of rate of return on your investment.
You may be sure, Mr. Register, that when I am Presi-
dent suits will no longer be brought by stockmen, egg
producers and others, but by the Attorney General of the
United States.
With eery good wish, Iam
Ong icGovern Dear
Frank D. Register
Executive Director
National Association of Retail
Grocers of the U.S., Inc.
Suite 620
2000 Spring Road
Oak Brook, Illinois 60521
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