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From Porter to Magruder RE: Ohio Republican Council. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/30/1972
From Magruder to Abrahams RE: having a 'duty officer' available in the press office. 5 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/31/1972
From Shumway to MacGregor RE: peding requests for interviews. 4 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/30/1972
News release from California Committee for the Re-election of the President RE: more than 8000 California Republicans welcoming RN back to California. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Newsletter], 8/18/1972
Release from California Committee for the Re-election of the President RE: Committee of Jewish Voters. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Newsletter], 8/18/1972
From California Committee for the Reelection of the President RE: weekly media report. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Report], 8/17/1972
List of confirmed celebrites for the President, 1972, Hollywood. 13 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Report], 9/1/1972
From Odle, Jr. to Abrahams et al RE: staff meeting. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/5/1972
From Magruder to Dailey RE: Campaign Materials. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/1/1972
From Magruder to Parker RE: Schedule Request. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/5/1972
From Magruder to Dailey RE: Campaign Materials. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/1/1972
From Magruder to MacGregor RE: planned TV purchases by McGovern. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/1/1972
From Abrahams to Surrogate Speakers and State Campaign Chairmen RE: speech inserts and background material on McGovern Economic Proposals. 16 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/31/1972
From Abrahams to Press Aides of Surrogate Speakers RE: significant quotes from McGovern. 6 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/31/1972
From Magruder to Parker RE: Schedule Request. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/5/1972
From Magruder to Dailey RE: Campaign Materials. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/1/1972
From Magruder to MacGregor RE: planned TV purchases by McGovern. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/1/1972
From Abrahams to Surrogate Speakers and State Campaign Chairmen RE: speech inserts and background material on McGovern Economic Proposals. 16 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/31/1972
From Abrahams to Press Aides of Surrogate Speakers RE: significant quotes from McGovern. 6 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/31/1972
News release from CRP RE: statement from Floyd McKissick, former head of the Congress of Racial Equality. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Newsletter], 9/9/1972
Proposed schedule for the Honorable Clark MacGregor RE: Pittsburgh Canvass Kickoff. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Report], 9/11/1972
From CRP RE: statement from MacGregor on misinterpreted statement. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Newsletter], no date
Statement from Maurice Stans RE: O'Brien's allegations being a scurrilous pack of lies. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], 9/11/1972
Press release RE: statement by Paul Jones on McGovern and Civil Rights. 5 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Newsletter], no date
From Malek to Strachan RE: itemized responses to questions posed in previous memo. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/15/1972
From Sedam, Jr. to MacGregor RE: second letter from Senator Dole alleging McGovern campaign violations. 4 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/30/1972
From Magruder to MacGregor RE: Senator Dole's letter charging McGovern's campaign violations. 7 gps. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/30/1972
From Miller to Strachan RE: attached transcript of Q&As following McGovern's speech to the New York Society of Security Analysts. 4 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/30/1972
From MacGregor to 'Fellow Republican' RE: working diligently for victory. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 8/19/1972
From Danielson to unk recipient RE: greetings and welcome (to Miami). 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 8/19/1972
New release from CRP RE: statement from John Mitchell and the tactic of using U.S. POW's as bargaining counters to extract political concessions. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Newsletter], 8/15/1972
From Odle to Barrick, LaRue et al RE: budget meetings. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/23/1972
From Porter to MacGregor RE: National Federation of Republican Women Convention, Boston, MA, Friday, September 22, 1972. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/9/1972
Press release from CRP RE: debate. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Newsletter], 8/14/1972
Press release from CRP RE: statement by MacGregor on calling out to McGovern to repudiate the conduct of Ramsey Clark in Hanoi. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Newsletter], 8/12/1972
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From Porter to Magruder RE: Ohio Republican Council. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/30/1972
From Magruder to Abrahams RE: having a 'duty officer' available in the press office. 5 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/31/1972
From Shumway to MacGregor RE: peding requests for interviews. 4 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/30/1972
News release from California Committee for the Re-election of the President RE: more than 8000 California Republicans welcoming RN back to California. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Newsletter], 8/18/1972
Release from California Committee for the Re-election of the President RE: Committee of Jewish Voters. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Newsletter], 8/18/1972
From California Committee for the Reelection of the President RE: weekly media report. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Report], 8/17/1972
List of confirmed celebrites for the President, 1972, Hollywood. 13 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Report], 9/1/1972
From Odle, Jr. to Abrahams et al RE: staff meeting. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/5/1972
From Magruder to Dailey RE: Campaign Materials. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/1/1972
From Magruder to Parker RE: Schedule Request. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/5/1972
From Magruder to Dailey RE: Campaign Materials. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/1/1972
From Magruder to MacGregor RE: planned TV purchases by McGovern. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/1/1972
From Abrahams to Surrogate Speakers and State Campaign Chairmen RE: speech inserts and background material on McGovern Economic Proposals. 16 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/31/1972
From Abrahams to Press Aides of Surrogate Speakers RE: significant quotes from McGovern. 6 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/31/1972
From Magruder to Parker RE: Schedule Request. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/5/1972
From Magruder to Dailey RE: Campaign Materials. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/1/1972
From Magruder to MacGregor RE: planned TV purchases by McGovern. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 9/1/1972
From Abrahams to Surrogate Speakers and State Campaign Chairmen RE: speech inserts and background material on McGovern Economic Proposals. 16 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/31/1972
From Abrahams to Press Aides of Surrogate Speakers RE: significant quotes from McGovern. 6 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/31/1972
News release from CRP RE: statement from Floyd McKissick, former head of the Congress of Racial Equality. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Newsletter], 9/9/1972
Proposed schedule for the Honorable Clark MacGregor RE: Pittsburgh Canvass Kickoff. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Report], 9/11/1972
From CRP RE: statement from MacGregor on misinterpreted statement. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Newsletter], no date
Statement from Maurice Stans RE: O'Brien's allegations being a scurrilous pack of lies. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Other Document], 9/11/1972
Press release RE: statement by Paul Jones on McGovern and Civil Rights. 5 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Newsletter], no date
From Malek to Strachan RE: itemized responses to questions posed in previous memo. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/15/1972
From Sedam, Jr. to MacGregor RE: second letter from Senator Dole alleging McGovern campaign violations. 4 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/30/1972
From Magruder to MacGregor RE: Senator Dole's letter charging McGovern's campaign violations. 7 gps. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/30/1972
From Miller to Strachan RE: attached transcript of Q&As following McGovern's speech to the New York Society of Security Analysts. 4 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/30/1972
From MacGregor to 'Fellow Republican' RE: working diligently for victory. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 8/19/1972
From Danielson to unk recipient RE: greetings and welcome (to Miami). 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 8/19/1972
New release from CRP RE: statement from John Mitchell and the tactic of using U.S. POW's as bargaining counters to extract political concessions. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Newsletter], 8/15/1972
From Odle to Barrick, LaRue et al RE: budget meetings. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/23/1972
From Porter to MacGregor RE: National Federation of Republican Women Convention, Boston, MA, Friday, September 22, 1972. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 8/9/1972
Press release from CRP RE: debate. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Newsletter], 8/14/1972
Press release from CRP RE: statement by MacGregor on calling out to McGovern to repudiate the conduct of Ramsey Clark in Hanoi. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Newsletter], 8/12/1972
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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
37
5
8/30/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Porter to Magruder RE: Ohio
Republican Council. 2 pgs.
37
5
8/31/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Magruder to Abrahams RE: having a
'duty officer' available in the press office. 5
pgs.
37
5
8/30/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Shumway to MacGregor RE: peding
requests for interviews. 4 pgs.
37
5
8/18/1972
Campaign
Newsletter
News release from California Committee for
the Re-election of the President RE: more
than 8000 California Republicans welcoming
RN back to California. 1 pg.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Page 1 of 8
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
37
5
8/18/1972
Campaign
Newsletter
Release from California Committee for the
Re-election of the President RE: Committee
of Jewish Voters. 1 pg.
37
5
8/17/1972
Campaign
Report
From California Committee for the Re-
election of the President RE: weekly media
report. 1 pg.
37
5
9/1/1972
Campaign
Report
List of confirmed celebrites for the President,
1972, Hollywood. 13 pgs.
37
5
9/5/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Odle, Jr. to Abrahams et al RE: staff
meeting. 1 pg.
37
5
9/1/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Magruder to Dailey RE: Campaign
Materials. 1 pg.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Page 2 of 8
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
37
5
9/5/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Magruder to Parker RE: Schedule
Request. 2 pgs.
37
5
9/1/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Magruder to Dailey RE: Campaign
Materials. 1 pg.
37
5
9/1/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Magruder to MacGregor RE: planned
TV purchases by McGovern. 2 pgs.
37
5
8/31/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Abrahams to Surrogate Speakers and
State Campaign Chairmen RE: speech inserts
and background material on McGovern
Economic Proposals. 16 pgs.
37
5
8/31/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Abrahams to Press Aides of Surrogate
Speakers RE: significant quotes from
McGovern. 6 pgs.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Page 3 of 8
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
37
5
>
Campaign
Newsletter
News release RE: statement by Senator Bob
Dole. 2 pgs.
37
5
9/5/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Abrahams to Surrogate Speakers RE:
McGovern's Voting Record. 2 pgs.
37
5
8/29/1972
Campaign
Memo
From MacGregor to Shumway RE: attached
July 21, 1972 letter from Bruce Cohn to
MacGregor. 2 pgs.
37
5
8/29/1972
Campaign
Memo
From MacGregor to Shumway RE: July 27,
1972 letter from McManus to MacGregor. 3
pgs.
37
5
9/5/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Dailey to Magruder RE: Campaign
Materials/your memo of Sept. 1. 1 pgs.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Page 4 of 8
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
37
5
9/9/1972
Campaign
Newsletter
News release from CRP RE: statement from
Floyd McKissick, former head of the
Congress of Racial Equality. 2 pgs.
37
5
9/11/1972
Campaign
Report
Proposed schedule for the Honorable Clark
MacGregor RE: Pittsburgh Canvass Kick-
off. 2 pgs.
37
5
>
Campaign
Newsletter
From CRP RE: statement from MacGregor
on misinterpreted statement. 3 pgs.
37
5
9/11/1972
Campaign
Other Document
Statement from Maurice Stans RE: O'Brien's
allegations being a scurrilous pack of lies. 1
pg.
37
5
>
Campaign
Newsletter
Press release RE: statement by Paul Jones on
McGovern and Civil Rights. 5 pgs.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Page 5 of 8
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
37
5
8/15/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Malek to Strachan RE: itemized
responses to questions posed in previous
memo. 2 pgs.
37
5
8/30/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Sedam, Jr. to MacGregor RE: second
letter from Senator Dole alleging McGovern
campaign violations. 4 pgs.
37
5
8/30/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Magruder to MacGregor RE: Senator
Dole's letter charging McGovern's campaign
violations. 7 gps.
37
5
8/30/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Miller to Strachan RE: attached
transcript of Q&As following McGovern's
speech to the New York Society of Security
Analysts. 4 pgs.
37
5
8/19/1972
Campaign
Letter
From MacGregor to 'Fellow Republican' RE:
working diligently for victory. 1 pg.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Page 6 of 8
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
37
5
8/19/1972
Campaign
Letter
From Danielson to unk recipient RE:
greetings and welcome (to Miami). 1 pg.
37
5
8/15/1972
Campaign
Newsletter
New release from CRP RE: statement from
John Mitchell and the tactic of using U.S.
POW's as bargaining counters to extract
political concessions. 3 pgs.
37
5
8/23/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Odle to Barrick, LaRue et al RE:
budget meetings. 1 pg.
37
5
8/9/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Porter to MacGregor RE: National
Federation of Republican Women
Convention, Boston, MA, Friday, September
22, 1972. 1 pg.
37
5
8/14/1972
Campaign
Newsletter
Press release from CRP RE: debate. 1 pg.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Page 7 of 8
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
37
5
8/12/1972
Campaign
Newsletter
Press release from CRP RE: statement by
MacGregor on calling out to McGovern to
repudiate the conduct of Ramsey Clark in
Hanoi. 1 pg.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Page 8 of 8
Presidential Materials Review Board
Review on Contested Documents
Collection: H. R. Haldeman
Box Number: 318
Folder:
Campaign 25 Part IV Sept. 5- [Folder 2] [1 of 2]
Document
Disposition
135
Return Private/Political Memo, Porter to MacGregor, 8-30-72
136
Return Private/Political Memo, Magruder to Abrahams, 8-31-72
137
Return
Private/Political Ltr, wilck to Republican, 9-4-72
138
Return Private/Political Memo, Shumway to Mac Gnegor, 8-30-72
139
Return
Private/Political CA CRP, Press Release # 107, 8-18-72
140
Return
Private/Political CA CRP, Press Release = 106, 8-18-72
141
Return Private/Political CA CRP, Weekly Media Report, 8-17-72
142
Return
Private/Political "Confirmed Celebrities," 9-1-72
143
Return Private/Political Memo, odle to Abrahams, et al, 9-5-72
144
Retain
Open
145
Return
Private/Political Memo, Magruder to Dailey, 9-1-72
146
Return
Private/Political Memo, Magruder to Parker, 9-5-72
147
Return
Private/Political Memo, Magruder to Dailey, 9-1-72
148
Return
Private/Political Memo, Magruder to Mac Gregor, 9-1-72
149
Return
Private/Political Memo, Abrahams to Surrogate 8-31-72
150
Return
Private/Political Memo, Abrahams to Press Aides 8.31.72
151
Return
Private/Political Press Release, Stmt by Dole, 9-2-[72]
152
Return
Private/Political Memo, Abrahams to Surragate "9-5-72
153
Return
Private/Political Memo, Shumway to Mac Gregor, 8.30.72
154
Return
Private/Political Note, MacGnegor to Shumway, 8-29-72
155
Return
Private/Political Memo, Dailey to Magruden, 9-5-72
156
Return
Private/Political CREEP Press Release #1 9-11, 9-9-72
157
Return Private/Political "Proposed Schedule for MacGnegor. 9-11-72
158
Retain
Open
Presidential Materials Review Board
Review on Contested Documents
Collection: H. R. Haldeman
Box Number: 318
159
Return Private/Political CREEP Press Release #9-17, n.d.
160
Return Private/Political "Statement by maurice Stans..." 9-11-72
161
Return Private/Political "McGovern and Civil Rights..." 9-11-[72]
162
Retain Open
163
Return Private/Political Memo, Malek to Strachan, 8-15-72
164
Return Private/Political Memo, Sedam to MacGregor, 8-30-72
165
Return Private/Political Memo, Magruder to MacGregor, 8-30-72
166
Return Private/Political Memo, Miller to Strachan, 8-30-72
167
Return Private/Political FormLtr, Mac Gnegor to Fellow Republican, 8-19-72
168
Return Private/Political Ltr from Danielson, "Welcome to..." 8-19-72
169
Return Private/Political CREEP Press Release #8-66, 8-15-72
170
Return Private/Political Memo, Odle to Barrick, 8-23-72
171
Return Private/Political Memo, Porter to MacGregor, 8-9-72
172
Return Private/Political CREEP Press Release # # 8-60, 8-14-72
173
Return Private/Political CREEP Press Release #8-59, 8-12-72
174
Retain Open
S Stracker
August 30, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HONORABLE CLARK MACCRECOR
THROUGH:
JED S. MAGRUDER 151
FROM:
HERBERT L. PORTER/S/
SUBJECT:
Ohio Republican Council
With reference to my memorandum, dated August 28, 1972. regard-
ing a request from the Ohio Republican Council for Governor
Rockefeller to keynots a fund-raising dinner in Cleveland, Ohio,
Mr. Stans has approved that 10% of the gross receipts go to the
Committee for the Re-election of the President.
I Strachan
August 28, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HONORABLE CLARK MACGREGOR
THROUGH:
JEB S. MAGRUDER 151
FROM:
HERBERT L. PORTER
SUBJECT:
Ohio Republican Council
Paul Jones brought to our attention a request from the Ohio
Republican Council for Governor Rockefeller to keynote a fund-
raising dinner in Cloveland, Ohio. The tentative dates now
available are September 30, October 7, and October 14, 1972.
These can be changed.
The Chio Republican Council is a Black organization with a
membership of almost 5,000 Blacks. They are very intent on
raising the percentage of Black vote for the President. It was
reported to us that the polls show less than 107 of the Blacks
in the Cleveland area now favor the President. They feel that
Covernor Rockefeller is the only spoaker who would be satisfactory
to the Council. They will not have the event if the Governor is
not available.
This event has been approved by Mr. Paul Jones and Mr. Don Mosiman.
It has also been endorsed by the Ohio Committee for the Fe-election
of the President.
The plans now call for tickets to sell at 100 for patrons and
$25 for dinner guests. They are expecting approximately 600
persons in attendance.
Do you approve of this event for Governor Rockefeller?
Approve
Disapprove
Comment
COMMITTEE FOR THE RE-ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT
MEMORANDUM
August 31, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
AL ABRAHAMS
FROM:
JEB S. MAGRUDER W
Following up on our conversation earlier today, I think it is essential
for us to have a "duty officer" available in the press office regularly
and that your key people be reachable anytime during the day. I suggest:
1. Assign Art Amolsch as your "McGovern Man" to coordinate with Ed
Failor on any press attack program we are running as well as keeping
Ed informed of key McGovern/Shriver positions as they develop.
2. Have a duty officer assigned to be physically present in the press
area from 8:00 am until 8:00 pm Monday thru Friday and 9:00 am until 6:00 pm
Saturday. The duty officer should either be Shumway, Dore, Powell Moore,
or yourself.
3. Each of your key people (Shumway, Dore, Powell Moore) should be
available by telephone through the White House switchboard at all times.
CC: Ed Failor
Bob Marik
Gorden Strachan
Fred Malek
Republican
National
Committee.
September 4, 1972
Dear Republican:
Enclosed you will find the two latest Talking Papers -- Older
Americans and Revenue Sharing. In the next ten weeks we plan to
provide you and other Republican leaders with three or four Talking
Papers each week. We believe these will be helpful background
information as well as valuable speech inserts.
Each week we will attempt to deal with some aspect of foreign
policy and/or the economy and with one additional issue of particular
interest or requiring emphasis during a particular time frame.
Also enclosed is an order form for the issue pamphlets. As you
know, we have tried to prepare these in a format which will easily
lend itself to reproduction by offset printing. Some offices are
simply retyping information on mimeograph stencils and running off
their own copies.
We have not been able to confirm the rumor that a State chairman
in the Midwest has been miniaturizing the materials and sending
them to his county chairman by carrier pigeon. However, as you
develop new and/or more effective ways of using this material,
please let us know so that we can pass the word to others.
Sincerely,
C. Thomas Wilck
Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Center: 310 First Street Southeast, Washington, D.C. 20003. (202) 484-6500.
Communications Division
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, 310 FIRST STREET, SOUTHEAST, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20003 Sept. 4, 1972
TALKING
PAPER
***OLDER AMERICANS
President Nixon has demonstrated in his proposals and programs that the
nation's responsibilities to older Americans have been too long neglected. He
is aware of the wealth of diversity and talent in this generation, and he is
aware, too, of the special problems older Americans encounter in today's fast
changing society.
President Nixon last year called the White House Conference on Aging and,
in his special message to Congress in March 1972, he pledged a "year of action"
on behalf of older Americans.
Fifty-two percent of older Americans must live on Social Security and pensions.
The President has increased Social Security benefits 51 percent since 1969. In
addition he has:
-- Provided automatic cost of living increases in benefits;
-- Proposed that windows receive 100 percent of their deceased husbands'
federal benefits (they now receive 82 percent); and
-- Proposed tax incentives to encourage broader coverage by private
pension plans and laws to guarantee sound administration of pension funds.
One part of President Nixon's welfare reform package would provide an income
floor for older Americans that would substantially eliminate poverty in this
group. Although the proposal has been pending for 3 years, the Democrat-controlled
Congress has not acted.
Congress also has not acted upon President Nixon's Revenue Sharing proposal
which would relieve fiscal pressures on states and localities, allowing them to
provide property tax relief -- a matter of concern to all Americans, but especially
those living on fixed incomes.
President Nixon also has made proposals to Congress to allow a single
person 65 or over to receive up to $5,100 in tax free income. A married
couple, both 65 or over, would be allowed to receive about $8,000 in tax
free income under the President's tax reform plan.
The quality of nursing home care for our nation's elderly also is of
concern to the President. One year ago he initiated an eight-point program
to upgrade nursing home care and insure enforcement of standards necessary
for older Americans to spend their retired years in comfort and health.
President Nixon does not believe that people must or should end their
contributions to society just because they are 65 or over. He has proposed
legislation to open federal volunteer programs to older Americans and he has
doubled the funding for several public service job projects for the elderly.
In the area of private employment President Nixon has proposed broadened
coverage of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act to include state and
local governments, and has directed the Secretary of Labor to expand
employment opportunities for persons 65 or over.
These actions constitute a positive momentum toward a better life for older
persons in this country -- a momentum the President intends to sustain.
###
(NOTE: Utilize local offset printers, mimeograph machines or xerox machines
to reproduce this Talking Paper for further distribution during the campaign.)
Communications Division
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, 310 FIRST STREET, SOUTHEAST, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20003 Sept. 4, 1972
TALKING
PAPER
***REVENUE SHARING***
For the past 40 years there has been a one-way flow of power to Washington
in terms of federal control and tax dollars. The federal budget alone has
grown from $4.6 billion in 1933 to almost $250 billion in fiscal 1973.
Revenue sharing is President Nixon's answer to this one-way flow of power
away from states and cities. The idea is to put federal resources into more
hands and give others more chance to innovate and create new ways to solve problems.
Revenue sharing also is the President's answer to the plea from local
authorities for more funds. Our cities and states are facing a fiscal crisis
which local tax sources can no longer meet. Between 1948 and 1969, for example,
state and local debt rose from $19 billion to $135 billion.
President Nixon would institute revenue sharing in two forms - General and
Special Revenue Sharing.
General Revenue Sharing -- now passed by the House and awaiting Senate action--
would distribute $5.3 billion in the first full year of operation and increase
as states made greater efforts to utilize their existing tax sources. By 1977
this fund would amount to nearly $30 billion in money returned to states and cities
over the five-year period.
General Revenue Sharing meets the two immediate problems facing state and
local governments. First, it provides funds virtually immune from complicated
and restricted federal requirements that have so long plagued programs offered
from Washington.
The money may be used for any purpose states or localities designate -- from
public safety and transportation to environmental protection and sewage collection.
Second, General Revenue Sharing will provide immediate tax relief.
States and localities will be able to supplement their own revenue sources
or reform their tax systems with these added funds.
Through Special Revenue Sharing, President Nixon has proposed a revamping
of the government's myriad of grant programs that restrict states and localities
in meeting often unigue local problems. He proposes that the federal government
replace 130 federal categorical grant programs with more than $12 billion
in six defined areas. States and local governments could then determine how
best to use federal funds to tackle their problems.
The six areas in Special Revenue Sharing are:
Elementary and secondary education ($3.2 billion);
Transportation ($2.8 billion);
Urban development ($2.3 billion);
Manpower training ($2 billion);
Rural development ($1.1 billion); and
Law enforcement ($900 million).
Congress has yet to act on these six Special Revenue Sharing bills.
Taken together, General and Special Revenue Sharing can help right the
inbalance that has existed for too long in the federal system. They would help
restore power to the people where they need it most -- at the local level.
Much of the inefficiency, duplication and delay connected with federal programs
would be eliminated. And the $8 billion "revenue gap" at the state and local
level that existed in 1971 would be narrowed.
In short, President Nixon's Revenue Sharing plan would revitalize government
and strenghten the federal system.
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COMMITTEE FOR THE RE-ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT
MEMORANDUM
August 30, 1972
MEMORANDUM TO THE HONORABLE CLARK MacGREGOR
THROUGH:
JEB S. MAGRUDER
We have three pending requests for interviews this month,
although I am certain the requests will increase when
1) The President returns and 2) the newsmen come back from
Vacation.
The requests:
Jim Deaken of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Jim has run into
you a couple of times in the elevator (his office is in this
building) and indicates you have agreed.
Richard Zimmerman of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He wants
about 15 minutes sometime in the next two weeks.
RECOMMEND: Accept for 30 minutes, both at the same time.
They have no circulation overlap.
Accept
Reject
Date
The Americans for Constitutional Action Off-the-Record Club.
I am enclosing my memorandum of August 1 on this subject.
Accept
Reject
Date
Enclosure
DEVAN L. SHUMWAY
CC: Mr. Abrahams
COMMITTEE FOR THE RE-ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT
MEMORANDUM
August 1, 1972
after condenting
MEMORANDUM TO THE HONORABLE CLARK MACGREGOR
THROUGH:
JEB S. MAGRUDER
SUBJECT:
ACA Off-the Record Club
I am returning for your consideration the invitation of
the Americans for Constitutional Action for you to attend
an off-the-record discussion sometime before the
National Convention -- with a preference for a Tuesday,
Wednesday or Thursday.
Generally, I would not recommend off-the-record formats
because they don't get us stories. But Timmons feels
strongly that we should accpet this one.
I am attaching a list of proposed press who would attend.
(Incidentally, we could make it on-the-record if we wanted
to do so, as I understand it.)
Accept
Reject
Date or comments:
DieVas DEVAN L. SHUMWAY
Enclosure
Americans for Constitutional Action
955 L'Enfant Plaza North, S.W., Suite 1000
Washington, D. C. 20024
July 27, 1972
"Timmos
202-484-5525
The Honorable Clark MacGregor, Chairman
OFFICERS
Committee for the Reelection of the President
BEN MOREELL
Chairman Emeritus
1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.
CHARLES A. McMANUS
Washington, D. C.
President
EDWARD G. ORBANN
Treasurer
TRUSTEES
Dear Mr. MacGregor:
HON. BRUCE ALGER
Boca Raton, Florida
CAPT. E. ROBERT ANDERSON
In accordance with my conversation with your secretary,
San Diego, California
HON. RALPH BEERMANN
Miss Kay Humphrey, I would like to invite you to be our guest
Dakota City, Nebraska
again at the Off-The-Record Club at Costin's Restaurant, National
PROF. ANTHONY BOUSCAREN
Syracuse, New York
Press Building, 14th & F Streets, Washington, D. C. If at all
WALTER BRENNAN
possible, the club would like to have you as its guest prior to
Moorpark, California
the Republican National Convention and any Tuesday, Wednesday or
PROF. CLARENCE B. CARSON
Hillsdale, Michigan
Thursday is preferable.
HON. JAMES C. DAVIS
Atlanta, Georgia
PATRICK J. FRAWLEY, JR.
The format is kept simple. There is a cocktail hour
Culver City, California
commencing at 6:30 P.M. We sit down promptly to eat at
FRANK DE GANAHL
Carefree, Arizona
7:30 P.M. Lew Helm, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior,
HON. CHARLES B. HOEVEN
or Bill Timmons, Assistant to the President, acts as Master
Alton, Iowa
REV. T. ROBERT INGRAM
of Ceremony and introduces the guest. The guest determines
Houston, Texas
whether or not his remarks will be strictly off the record;
WILLIAM LOEB
Reno, Nevada
deep background (Lindley Rule); background (the press, of
CHARLES A. McMANUS
course, would not identify you as having made a particular
Bowie, Maryland
ADM. BEN MOREELL
statement or comment, but they would have the prerogative of
Port Hueneme, California
attribution insofar as a key spokesman for the Administration
EDWARD G. ORBANN
Fort Myers, Florida
or a top Presidential aide, etc.); or for the record. The
THOMAS PARKER, M.D.
guest makes any remarks that he chooses, then we go into a
Greenville, South Carolina
Q and A.
HON. JOHN R. PILLION
Lake View, New York
JAMES E. PRICE
If you prefer, everything is strictly off the record
Birmingham, Alabama
DR. MAX RAFFERTY
and no one has violated the ground rules since the inception
Troy, Alabama
of the club in 1967. As an example, the former Senator
HON. KATHARINE ST. GEORGE
Tuxedo Park, New York
Thruston Morton one evening announced 18 months prior to his
HON. GORDON H. SCHERER
formal announcement that he would not seek re-election to the
Cincinnati, Ohio
HON. WILLIAM M. TUCK, ESQ.
United States Senate. This story was not carried.
South Boston, Virginia
JOHN WAYNE
Hollywood, California
If your remarks are off the record, the reporters have the
HON. CHARLES E. WHITTAKER
prerogative to follow up this session with our guests the
Kansas City, Missouri
following day or sometime thereafter of anything they might
LOYD WRIGHT, ESQ.
Los Angeles, California
have of interest to them.
(continued)
The Trustees of ACA except for the President receive no compensation for their services and no reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses which they incur on behalf of ACA.
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July 27, 1972
If you choose, rather than the off the record deep
background, nothing you say at this meeting will be attributed
to you in any way. Reporters, however, are free to use the
substance of the material as they choose, but only on their
own authority as part of their own story without attribution.
As far as anyone outside of the room is concerned, the meeting
never took place; you were not there; or nothing was said.
The guest may agree, if he wishes, to certain journalist forms
of attribution, such as Senatorial sources, Democrat officials,
conservatives in Congress, etc.
Your format will be decided between you and the gentleman
who introduces you before you start speaking. Of course, you
may make the entire or portions of the evening for the record.
The group is composed of 28 of the top political writers
in Washington, 15 of which are Bureau Chiefs, and one Managing
Editor. A list is enclosed. The purpose of the "Off-The-
Record Club" is to establish a better rapport between conser-
vatives and the National News Media.
Looking forward to being your host at the Off-The-Record
Club, I am
Sincerely yours,
Charlie Charles A. McManus
President
CAM:dd
Gordan Strachan
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California Committee
7y
for the Re-election
R
of the President
1670 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017 (213) 484-1330
August 18, 1972
Contact: Jack Easton or Al Donner
(213) 484-8404
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
More than 8,000 California Republicans - all volunteers - will turn out
to welcome President Nixon back to California Thursday, August 24, 1972, with
a massive registration drive.
Timed to coincide with the end of the Republican National Convention in Miami
Beach and President Nixon's return to California Thursday evening, the WELCOME
WALK is expected to be one of the largest single registration drives in the
history of the state, according to registration chairman Gordon C. Luce.
"We want to welcome a President who has a solid record of achievements," Luce
explained, "and the most tangible way we can do this is to help register more
persons who will vote for him in November."
The Registration Blitz will operate from more than 70 headquarters of the
Committee for the Re-election of the President in almost all the counties of
California, according to Luce. Registration teams will canvass homes from
about 5:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. Almost half the volunteers are expected to be young
voters under 30 years of age.
"We're very optimistic that this registration drive will be one of the most
successful in the history of California," Luce said. "Many thousands of persons who
watched both conventions will vote for the President, and we think many of them
are also ready to register Republican. Our Welcome Walk will give them the chance
to show their support for a President who has done a responsible job for the
country," Luce emphasized.
Luce urged people who are not contacted on the Welcome Walk and wish to register
to call their local headquarters of the Committee for the Re-election of the President.
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California Committee
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for the Re-election
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of the President
1670 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017 (213) 484-1330
Contact: Jack Easton or Al Donner*
(213) 484-8404
August 18, 1972
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
LOS ANGELES: Formation of a statewide Committee of Jewish Voters for the
Re-election of the President was announced this week by the head of Senator Humphrey's
campaign for Jewish votes. David Luchins, 25, former National Coordinator of the
Jewish Community for the Humphrey campaign, announced formation of "Concerned
Citizens for the Re-election of the President" in Los Angeles. Joining him in
support of President Nixon was Harvey Tannenbaum, 19. Luchins plans to organize
other "Concerned Citizens" groups throughout California and urged Jewish voters who
are worried about McGovern's failure to support Israel to contact their local
headquarters of the Committee for the Re-election of the President.
Tannenbaum expressed concern over McGovern's stands on Jews both in the U.S.
and abroad, saying, "We are particularly alarmed by his advocacy of ethnic and racial
quotas, by his weak public record concerning American support for Israel, by his
suggestion that Jerusalem be internationalized, and by the presence of Arab
apologist Rick Stearns on his national campaign staff."
Luchins pointed up McGovern's inconsistency, charging him with "continually voting
against meaningful gun-control legislation, voting for Vietnam appropriations while
supporting the Tonkin resolution," and added, "In 1971, on the college campuses of
America, McGovern supported the array of liberal positions on drugs, abortion, amnesty
and rights of homosexuals, then suddenly in 1972, he began to reverse himself on
all his positions."
Conversely, Luchins lauded President Nixon for the courage and consistency
of his record. He cited the President's major accomplishments in "ending the
isolation of China, introducing the first presidentially sponsored family
assistance plan in our history, appointing more minority group members and women
to meaningful Federal posts than any President, and negotiating the historic
SALT agreements with the Russians."
Luchins added, "President Nixon does not ask us to accept promises based on
fantasy. He has performed with expertise in foreign and domestic affairs."
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# (Al Donner has joined GOP NEWS SERVICE in Los Angeles. Formerly he was
communications director at Republican State Central Committee in Sacramento.)
California Committee
for the Re-election
of the President
1670 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017 (213) 484-1330
Gordon Stracher
August 17, 1972
WEEKLY MEDIA REPORT
CONFIDENTIAL
State CALIFORNIA
Week Ending August 11, 1972
Ly
From: Jack Easton, Communications, LOS ANGELES
NEWSPAPER COVERAGE OF CAMPAIGN:
See attached clips. Activity Summary - totals.
TELEVISION & RADIO COVERAGE:
1. RADIO FEEDS: Agnew cuts to 75 stations & Radio News West (30 stations.)
2. KNBC feature on Steve McHague, delegate camping along drive to Miami, exclusive.
3. Gregg Petersmeyer: KABC Radio, KTLA-TV-5, KHJ radio, Radio News West (30 stations).
4. El Monte Parade Headquarters Opening: Radio News West supplied cuts.
5. Jane Fonda Picketing: Fed cuts with counter demonstrators chanting "traitor" to
KABC, KBBQ, KRLA, KPOL, KHJ.
6. Jews for Nixon: Rabbi Luchins & Tannenbaum: 5 TV interviews, RNW, UPI, AP,
10 radio exclusives, etc. (See attached breakdown).
CAMPAIGN'S KEY ACTIVITIES & COVERAGE:
1. Created counter demonstration for Jane Fonda visit to Nixon headquarters picketing.
2. Sanchez coverage in San Francisco.
3. Mrs. Banuelos: Fund raising dinner for Spanish-speaking youth to Convention.
4. Oriental Youth Fund raising dinner (300 in attendance).
5. Youth Registration Whittier - Coverage 3 networks, Time Mag, RNW, fed 70 stations.
6. El Monte Parade Headquarters Opening: 3 networks, Time Mag, local press.
7. Rabbi Luchins & H. Tannenbaum, former Jewish Community Directors, opened Nixon
headquarters in heart of Los Angeles Jewish community.
OPPOSITION'S KEY ACTIVITIES & COVERAGE:
1. Note McGovern statement: "Ramsey Clark deserves consideration for cabinet position.
2. McGovern's tour of shoe factory was great appeal to blue collar workers. He
stopped to talk to workers and asked them questions, shook hands, appeared
sincere, warm and receptive as a candidate of the people. Our surrogates do the same.
3. Press conference held with celebrities at VIP home for registration lesson. Where
are our celebrities? Why aren't we permitted to use them?
4. McGovern literature is beginning to flow; however, many of our headquarters are
entirely out of bumper stickers, literature, brochures and photos, waiting for
1701 to provide shipments of same.
PROBLEMS, NEEDS AND PLANS:
1. Telegram from Ed Cowling RE Hodgson schedule, which arrived 2-days after he left
California.
2. Humphrey aid Ted VanDyk, compares McGovern strategy to Genl. Giap's battle plan.
3. Trouble getting Spanish speaking VIP for special KHJ-TV programs of 1/2 hour.
4. Hodgson & Kliendienst scheduled to press interviews & talk shows without our
knowledge of these appearances.
5. Romney is popular out here, his comments hurt.
6. We need graphs illustrating withdrawal from Vietnam, more press attention to
the dramatic decrease in U.S. role in Vietnam. Many believe Nixon has not
reduced forces significantly. 7. Need minority with President wire photos.
8. Need advance notice on Calif. appointed posts. 9. 1701 radio feeds often worthless
We received no actualities for Laird, Rogers, Jewish director, Jesse Jackson.
10. Confusion among press due to lack of communications from Agnew staff during visit.
JE:ss
Celebrities For The President
As of 9/1/72
CONFIRMED CELEBRITIES
FOR THE PRESIDENT - 1972
HOLLYWOOD
MISS JUNE ALLYSON
ACTRESS
* MR, JIM AMECHE
ANNOUNCER
MR. LEON AMES
ACTOR
MR. MOREY AMSTERDAM
COMEDIAN
MR. EDDIE ANDERSON
ACTOR
(Rochester)
MR. WARNER ANDERSON
ACTOR
MR. RICHARD ARLEN
ACTOR
MR. DESI ARNAZ, SR.
ACTOR
MR. ROBERT ARTHUR
PRODUCER
MR. FRED ASTAIRE
DANCER/ACTOR (will lend name only)
MR. FRANKIE AVALON
SINGER/ACTOR
MISS LITA BARON
ACTRESS
MISS ELIZABETH BAUR
ACTRESS
MR. EDGAR BERGEN
ENTERTAINER
MISS AMANDA BLAKE
ACTRESS
MISS JOAN BLONDELL
ACTRESS
MR. RAY BOLGER
ACTOR/DANCER
MR. PAT BOONE
SINGER/ACTOR
Confirmed Celebrities for the President
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MR. PERRY BOTKIN
INSTRUMENTALIST
MISS ROSEMARIE BOWE
ACTRESS
(Mrs. Robert Stack)
MR. LEE BOWMAN
ACTOR
MRS. SYBIL BRAND
CIVIC LEADER
* MR. FOSTER BROOKS
ENTERTAINER/COMEDIAN
MR. LES BROWN
CONDUCTOR/MUSICIAN
MR. SONNY BURKE
COMPOSER/MUSICIAN
MR. PAT BUTTRAM
COMEDIAN/ACTOR
MR. ROD CAMERON
ACTOR
MISS JUDY CANOVA
ACTRESS/COMEDIENNE
MR. HOAGY CARMICHAEL
COMPOSER/MUSICIAN
MR. A. J. CAROTHERS
WRITER
MRS. JOANNE CARSON
PERSONALITY (will appear-do not publish
name
MR. GEORGE CHANDLER
ACTOR (former Pres. Screen Actors Guild)
MISS CYD CHARISSE
DANCER
(Mrs. Tony Martin)
MR. BARRY COE
ACTOR
MR. DENNIS COLE
ACTOR
MISS TINA COLE
ACTRESS/SINGER
MR. GARY COLLINS
ACTOR
MR. CHRIS CONNELLY
ACTOR
MR. CHUCK CONNORS
ACTOR
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MR. ROBERT CONRAD
ACTOR
* MISS MARY COSTA
OPERA STAR
MR. & MRS. BING CROSBY
SINGER
(Kathryn Grant)
MR. BOB CROSBY
SINGER/ORCHESTRA LEADER
MR. PHIL CROSBY
SINGER/ENTERTAINER
MR. BENJAMIN CROTHERS
ENTERTAINER
(Scat Man)
* MR. ROBERT CUMMINGS
ACTOR
MR. MIKE CURB
SINGING GROUP (MIKE CURB CONGREGATION)
MR. KEN CURTIS
ACTOR
MISS ARLENE DAHL
ACTRESS
MISS JAN DALEY
SINGER (will appear- do not use name in
* MR. CESARE DANOVA
ACTOR
MR. SAMMY DAVIS, JR.
ENTERTAINER/ACTOR/SINGER
MR. DENNIS DAY
SINGER
MISS YVONNE DeCARLO
ACTRESS
MR. FRED DeCORDOVA
PRODUCER (Johnny Carson Show)
MR. DON DeFORE
ACTOR
MR. LARRY DELANEY
ACTOR
MR. WILLIAM DEMAREST
ACTOR
MR. ANDY DEVINE
ACTOR
Confirmed Celebrities FOR The President
Page four
MR. & MRS. ROY E. DISNEY
VICE PRESIDENT WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS
MISS JOANNE DRU
ACTRESS
MR. JAMES DRURY
ACTOR
MR. DON DUBBINS
ACTOR
MISS IRENE DUNNE
ACTRESS
MR. CLINT EASTWOOD
ACTOR
MR. BUDDY EBSEN
ACTOR
MR. RALPH EDWARDS
TELEVISION HOST/PERSONALITY
MR. VINCE EDWARDS
ACTOR
MR. ANTHONY EISLEY
ACTOR
MR. RON ELY
ACTOR
MR. CHAD EVERETT
ACTOR
MR. EDDIE FISHER
SINGER
MISS RHONDA FLEMING
ACTRESS
MR. GLENN FORD
ACTOR
MR. JOHN FORD
MOTION PICTURE DIRECTOR
THE FRONTIERSMEN
SINGING GROUP
MR. ROBERT FULLER
ACTOR
Confirmed Celebrities for the President
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MRS. CLARK GABLE
PERSONALITY
MISS EVA GABOR
ACTRESS
MISS ZSA ZSA GABOR
ACTRESS
MISS KATHY GARVER
ACTRESS
MR. CHRISTOPHER GEORGE
ACTOR
MRS. LYNDA DAY GEORGE
ACTRESS
MR. JACK GING
ACTOR
MISS ARLENE GOLONKA
ACTRESS
(Mrs. Larry Delaney)
MR. CARY GRANT
ACTOR
MR. JOHNNY GRANT
TV MASTER OF CEREMONIES
MISS SHELBY GRANT
ACTRESS
(Mrs. Chad Everett)
MISS ANGELA GREENE
ACTRESS
MISS VIRGINIA GREY
ACTRESS
MR. GEORGE HAMILTON
ACTOR
MR. MANNY HARMON
ORCHESTRA LEADER
MISS LINDA HARRISON
ACTRESS
(Mrs. Richard Zanuck)
MISS JUNE HAVER
ACTRESS
(Mrs. Fred MacMurray)
Committed Celebrities for the President
Page six
MISS SUSAN HAYWARD
ACTRESS
MR. CHARLTON HESTON
ACTOR
MISS MARTHA HYER
ACTRESS
(Mrs. Hal Wallis)
MRS. GAIL PATRICK JACKSON
TV PRODUCER
MISS ANNE JEFFREYS
ACTRESS
(Mrs. Robert Sterling)
MR. GEORGE JESSEL
TOASTMASTER GENERAL
MR. VICTOR JORY
ACTOR
MISS LAINIE KAZAN
SINGER
THE KING SISTERS (3)
SINGERS
MISS DOROTHY KIRSTEN
OPERA STAR
(Mrs. John French)
MRS. ALAN LADD
PERSONALITY
MISS DOROTHY LAMOUR
ACTRESS
MR. MICHAEL LANDON
ACTOR
MISS RUTA LEE
ACTRESS
MR. MERVYN LeROY
PRODUCER/MOTION PICTURE DIRECTOR
MR. SOL LESSER
MOTION PICTURE DIRECTOR
MR. ART LINKLETTER
TELEVISION MC/PERSONALITY
MR. STANLEY LIVINGSTON
ACTOR
Commited Celebrities for the President
Page seven
MR. RICHARD LONG
ACTOR
MR. ART LUND
SINGER
MR. WILLIAM LUND
ACTING PRESIDENT OF CAL ARTS
(wife, Sharon Disney)
MR. WILLIAM LUNDIGAN
ACTOR
MR. PETER LUPUS
ACTOR
MR. JAMES MacARTHUR
ACTOR
MR. FRED MacMURRAY
ACTOR
MR. JOCK MAHONEY
ACTOR
MR. LEE MAJORS
ACTOR
MR. TONY MARTIN
SINGER/ENTERTAINER
MR. JOHNNY MATHIS
SINGER
MISS VIRGINIA MAYO
ACTRESS
(Mrs. Michael O'Shea)
MR. ANDREW McLAGLEN
MOTION PICTURE DIRECTOR
MISS JAYNE MEADOWS
ACTRESS
*
MR. RAY MIDDLETON
ACTOR
MISS ANN MILLER
DANCER/ACTRESS
MR. RON MILLER
VP & EXEC. PRODUCER WALT DISNEY PRODUC
(wife, Diane Disney)
MISS MARY ANN MOBLEY
ACTRESS/FORMER MISS AMERICA
(Mrs. Gary Collins)
Committed Celebrities for the President
Page eight
MISS CONNIE MOORE
PERSONALITY
MISS TERRY MOORE
ACTRESS
MISS AGNES MOOREHEAD
ACTRESS
MR. KEN MURRAY
PERSONALITY
MR. ED NELSON
ACTOR
MR. WAYNE NEWTON
SINGER/ENTERTAINER
MR. LLOYD NOLAN
ACTOR
MR. HUGH O'BRIAN
ACTOR
MR. MICHAEL O'SHEA
ACTOR
MR. MORGAN PAULL
ACTOR
MR. JOHN PAYNE
ACTOR
PEOPLES & MAY
COMEDY TEAM
MR. VOLTAIRE PERKINS
ACTOR
MISS MARY PICKFORD
ACTRESS
(Mrs. Buddy Rogers)
MR. WALTER PIDGEON
ACTOR
MISS DARLENE POOLE
MISS CALIFORNIA
MISS JANE POWELL
SINGER/ACTRESS
Committed Celebrities for the President
Page nine
MISS PAMELA POWELL
ACTRESS
(daughter of June Allyson
& Richard Powell)
MISS PAT PRIEST
ACTRESS
MR. LeROY PRINZ
PRODUCER/CONVENTIONS, RALLIES
MISS MARTHA RAYE
ENTERTAINER (will lend name only)
MR. GENE RAYMOND
ACTOR
MISS MAUREEN REAGAN
ACTRESS
MISS DEBBIE REYNOLDS
ACTRESS/ENTERTAINER
MISS MADLYN RHUE
ACTRESS
MR. DALE ROBERTSON
ACTOR
MR. BUDDY ROGERS
ACTOR
MR. GILBERT ROLAND
ACTOR
MR. CESAR ROMERO
ACTOR
MR. KURT RUSSELL
ACTOR
MISS ROSALIND RUSSELL
ACTRESS
MISS IRENE RYAN
ACTRESS
MR. FRANK SINATRA
SINGER/ACTOR/ENTERTAINER
MRS. AUDREY MEADOWS SIX
ACTRESS
MR. RED SKELTON
ACTOR/ENTERTAINER
Committed Celebrities for the President
Page ten
MR. JOHN SMITH
ACTOR
MISS JULIE SOMMARS
ACTRESS
MR. ROBERT STACK
ACTOR
MISS LARAINE STEPHENS
ACTRESS
MR. ROBERT STERLING
ACTOR
MISS KAYE STEVENS
SINGER/ENTERTAINER
MR. JAMES STEWART
ACTOR
MR. MILBURN STONE
ACTOR
MR. NORMAN TAUROG
MOTION PICTURE DIRECTOR
MR. DANNY THOMAS
ACTOR
MR. MARSHALL THOMPSON
ACTOR
MISS MARTHA TILTON
SINGER
MR. FORREST TUCKER
ACTOR
MR. RUDY VALLEE
ACTOR
MISS MAMIE VAN DOREN
ACTRESS
MISS HEIDI VAUGHN
ACTRESS
MR. PAUL VAUGHN
ACTOR
MR. ROBERT WAGNER -INDEPENDENT ACTOR
MR. HAL WALLIS
MOTION PICTURE PRODUCER
Commisted Cerebrities for the President
Page eleven
MR. JOHN WAYNE
ACTOR
MR. MICHAEL WAYNE
PRODUCER
MR. PATRICK WAYNE
ACTOR
*:
THE WIERE BROTHERS
SINGING GROUP (2)
MISS CAROLE WELLS
ACTRESS
(Mrs. E. L. Doheny, IV)
MISS MARGARET WHITING
SINGER
MR. ROGER WILLIAMS
PIANIST
MR. MEREDITH WILLSON
COMPOSER
MISS MARIE WINDSOR
ACTRESS
MRS. BONITA GRANVILLE WRATHER TV PRODUCER
******
*added this week
President For The President
As of 9/1/72
CONFIRMED CELEBRITIES
FOR THE PRESIDENT - 1972
NEW YORK
MR. JOEY ADAMS
COMEDIAN
MISS LICIA ALBANESE
OPERA SINGER
MR. ERIK BLYTHE
ACTOR
MISS TERESA BREWER
SINGER
MR. DAVID BROWN
PRODUCER
(Chairman, Executive Committee -
New York Celebrities)
MISS ANITA COLBY
WORLD FAMOUS FASHION MODEL
MISS JEAN DALRYMPLE
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
MR. BARRY FARBER
OWN RADIO SHOW
MR. TONY FAYLISS
PRODUCER (shows, rallies, etc.)
MISS ANN FOGARTY
DESIGNER/DRESS MFG.
MR. FRANK FONTAINE
ACTOR/COMEDIAN
MISS CONNIE FRANCIS
SINGER
MR. LIONEL HAMPTON
ORCHESTRA LEADER/MUSICIAN
MISS LUCIA HAWKINS
SINGER
MISS HELEN HAYES
ACTRESS/FIRST LADY OF THE THEATRE
HILDEGARDE
3
SINGER
Celebrities For The President
Confirmed Celebrities
As of 9/1/72
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MR. ALLEN JONES
SINGER
MR. SAMMY KAYE
ORCHESTRA LEADER
MISS GINETTA LA BIANCA
SINGER
MR. LESTER LANIN
ORCHESTRA LEADER
MR. GUY LOMBARDO
ORCHESTRA LEADER
MR. GORDON MAC RAE
SINGER/ACTOR
MISS SHEILA MAC RAE
ENTERTAINER
(Mrs. Ronald Wayne)
MISS CLAIRE MANLEY
MAGICIAN/ENTERTAINER
MISS ILONA MASSEY
ACTRESS
MISS JULIA MEADE
PERSONALITY
MISS ETHEL MERMAN
SINGER/ACTRESS (will appear-do not
name
MISS DINA MERRILL
ACTRESS
MR. ROBERT MONTGOMERY
FORMER ACTOR & PRES. SCREEN ACTORS
MR. GREG RAFFA
ORCHESTRA LEADER/MUSICIAN
MISS DOROTHY SARNOFF
SINGER/AUTHORESS
MR. JULE STYNE
COMPOSER/MUSICIAN
Committee for the Re-election of the President
September 5, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
Mr. Albert Abrahams
Mr. Fred LaRue
Mr. Stanton Anderson
Mr. Robert Mardian
Mr. Alex Armendaris
Mr. Robert Marik
Mr. Paul Barrick
Mr. Richard McAdoo
Mrs. Nancy Brataas
Mr. Bruce Miller
Mr. Raymond Brown
Mr. Manyon Millican
Mr. Murray Chotiner
Mr. Robert Morgan
Mr. Marvin Collins
Mr. Donald Mosiman
Mr. Peter Dailey
Mr. Richard Murray
Mr. Lewis Dale
Mr. Frank Naylor
Mr. Bernard De Lury
Mr. Daniel Piliero
Mr. Thomas Evans
Mr. Herbert Porter
Mr. E. D. Failor
Mr. Thomas Reed
Mr. Harry Flemming
Mr. Robert Reisner
Mr. Rick Fore
Mr. Richard Richards
Mr. Jon Foust
Mr. Ken Rietz
Mr. Lawrence Goldberg
Mr. Peter Sawers
Mr. Gordon Gooch
Mr. Glenn Sedam
Mr. Orley Herron
Mr. Charles Shearer
Mrs. Pat Hutar
Mr. William Stover
Mr. Jerry Jones
Mr. Taras Szmagala
Mr. Paul Jones
Mr. Robert Teeter
Mr. Allan Kaupinen
Mr. Webster Todd
Mr. Paul Kayser
Mr. Lang Washburn
Mr. Clayton Yeutter
FROM:
ROBERT C. ODLE, JR.
f
Our next Staff Meeting will be tomorrow, Wednesday, September 6,
at 7:30 a.m. in the third floor conference room of 1701. Due to
the increase in the size of the staff, only those Division directors
listed above, or their designated alternate, should attend. Assist-
ants should not attend if Directors can be present.
Beginning Tuesday, September 12, our Staff Meetings will be every
Tuesday morning at 7:30 a.m.
Thank you.
CC: Mr. Clark MacGregor
Mr. Jeb Magruder
Mr. Frederic Malek
Mr. Maurice Stans
bcc: Mr. Gordon C. Strachan
Mr. Frank Herringer
COMMITTEE FOR THE RE-ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT
MEMORANDUM
September 1, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
PETE DAILEY
FROM:
JEB MAGRUDER
SUBJECT:
Campaign Materials
We must get our material situation under control. While Lewis Dale
has responsibility for ensuring material to meet our day-to-day needs,
the ultimate responsibility for the materials rests with the November
Group.
We are supposed to be receiving regular progress reports on materials
distribution performance. To date, report one has not passed my desk.
I would like to see this first report in my office no later than next
Tuesday, September 5.
This report should of course break out information on our campaign
materials situation at 1730. As the "display case" here in Washington,
obviously we must stay on top of this location.
CC: Rob Odle
Lewis Dale
Fred Malek
Gorden Strachan
Committee for the Re-election of the President
MEMORANDUM
ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
September 5, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
MR. DAVID N. PARKER
FROM:
JEB S. MAGRUDER
SUBJECT:
Schedule Request
It is felt by a number of people here that up to four small
meetings between the President and groups of our staff mem-
bers would definitely give our people a tremendous morale
boost and recognition for their efforts, and might also be
helpful to the President in understanding how 1701 is organ-
ized and what it is doing.
The sessions could be as short as five minutes each for a
handshake and picture, or longer if the President wanted to
explore certain areas.
The suggested four groups are as follows:
1. Robert Marik, Director of Planning and Research
Robert Teeter, Director of Polling
Arthur Finklestein, assistant for demographic analyses
Purposes of meeting: to discuss trends in the 1972
electorate, computer maps, the "emerging majority," and
the "technical" side of the 1972 campaign.
2. Robert Marik, Director of Planning and Research
Robert Morgan, Director of Direct Mail
Nancy Brataas, Director of Telephone Operations
Richard Shriver, assistant for campaign planning
Purpose of meeting: to discuss direct mail and telephone
operations in the 1972 campaign and the relationship
between them. In this campaign, direct mail, telephone
operations, and door-to-door canvassing will be more
closely coordinated than ever before.
ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
3. Peter Dailey, President, November Group, Inc.
Phil Joanou, Executive Vice President
Mike Lesser, Senior Vice President
Bill Taylor, Creative Director
George Karalekas, Media Director
Purpose of meeting: to discuss November Group's operations
and advertising in the 1972 campaign.
4. Albert Abrahams, Director of Communications
E. D. Failor, Special Assistant to the Campaign Director
De Van Shumway, Director of Public Affairs
Powell Moore, Director of Public Information
Ann Dore, Communications Manager
Clifford Miller (if in Washington), public relations consultant
Purpose of meeting: to discuss public relations and media
policy in the 1972 campaign organization and the attack
strategy.
CC: Mr. Dwight L. Chapin
Mr. H. R. Haldeman
Mr Clark MacGregor
ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
COMMITTEE FOR THE RE-ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT
MEMORANDUM
September 1, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
PETE DAILEY
FROM:
JEB MAGRUDI
SUBJECT:
Campaign Mat rials
We must get our material situation under control. While Lewis Dale
has responsibility for ensuring material to meet our day-to-day needs,
the ultimate responsibility for the materials rests with the November
Group.
We are supposed to be receiving regular progress reports on materials
distribution performance. To date, report one has not passed my desk.
I would like to see this first report in my office no later than next
Tuesday, September 5.
This report should of course break out information on our campaign
materials situation at 1730. As the "display case" here in Washington,
obviously we must stay on top of this location.
CC: Rob Odle
Lewis Dale
Fred Malek
Gorden Strachan
&.Strachan
COMMITTEE FOR THE RE-ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT
MEMORANDUM
September 1, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
CLARK MACGREGOR
FROM:
JEB S. MAGRUDER $
SUBJECT:
Planned TV Purchases
by McGovern
Attached is a copy of a memo from George Karalekas outlining planned
TV purchases by McGovern.
CC: Mr. H. R. Haldeman
OVEMBER
ROUP
NC.
August 31, 1972
SUBJECT: DEMOCRAT'S REQUEST FOR AVAILS
RUSH
Stan Moger called this morning to alert me to the fact
that the Democrats have requested television availabilities
in Texas and Minnesota in addition to the North East Area
-
which he told us about yesterday.
They have indicated to the reps that they plan to run 300
rating points a week effective 9/12 in some combination
of 60's, 30's and 5's with some heavy-up activity scheduled
in the last few weeks.
The above encompasses television broadcast time only. As
I mentioned to you yesterday, they also are exploring the
possibility of utilizing Criterion boards in New York City
for two months. They are talking about a total of 1,258
boards (1,000 "white", 200 "black", 58 "Spanish"). The
estimated cost per board is $30.00 (gross) or a two month
total of approximately $75,000.00.
I will keep you posted, as additional information comes in.
GSK:sm
CC: P. Dailey
B. Novelli
E. Fitzpatrick
P. Levins
M. Lesser
SHK
S. Willis
S. O'Leary
M. Giangrande
J. Somers
S. Woodson
Committee for the Re-election of the President
MEMORANDUM
August 31, 1972
TO:
SURROGATE SPEAKERS AND STATE CAMPAIGN CHAIRMEN
FROM:
Albert E. Glernbams Abrahams
Director of Communications
SUBJECT: Speech Inserts and Background Material on
McGovern Economic Proposals
Enclosed are three speech inserts on the latest package of
welfare, tax and other economic proposals made early this
week by Senator McGovern. Additional background material is
included in this package. These new proposals are equally
ambiguous and contradictory and we should remind the people
of that fact. Please see that this material is used in every
possible way.
It is apparent that Senator McGovern is trying to create the
impression that he has abandoned his earlier very liberal
proposals and adopted a more "traditional" approach. As the
attached indicate, this is simply not SO. He has merely
added to his plan a number of very expensive proposuls with-
out in any way renouncing his original concepts. Hence, as
indicated in the attached, his tax and welfare policies are
still subject to the same basic criticisms they were before,
with additional points which should now be discussed.
Enclosures:
Speech inserts and background material.
SPEECH INSERT #1
George McGovern the Economist was back on stage again a few days
ago unveiling still another welfare-tax reform-health insurance-
social security bonanza designed to convince the voters that, Yes,
indeed, he will be giving something for nothing to everybody if he
is elected in November. But his most recent performance was not
really very different from his earlier ones this year when he made
the same sort of far-out promises -- only to be denounced by tax
experts of his own party and economic leaders of virtually every
school. In fact, his most recent performance just shows that McGovern
the Economist is the same old McGovern the Magician we've been
getting to know so well in the past few months.
McGovern the Magician now proposes to give a welfare family
of four $1000 per person per year to everybody-- but he was then
going to take it back from those who were not on welfare. So what's
new in his latest give-away? Not much. Basically, it is the same
old shell game he was working three months ago.
McGovern the Magician now says that there would be $5 billion
to cover state and local operating costs and the increased benefit
level of his latest give-away. But the fact is that operating costs
alone would total $5.9 billion with nothing left over to cover the
higher benefits.
McGovern the Magician says there would be $3 billion. to expand
social security to cover three million more people and increase the
minimum benefit level across the board to $150 per month. But the
fact is that raising the minimum benefit to that level alone would
cost $4.5 billion.
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2222
It is pretty obvious that McGovern the Magician has not really
improved his show very much -- basically he is trotting out the
same old numbers tricks he started out with early this year.
You would think that by now he would have learned to make his
figures add up a little better, but he hasn't: He proposes to raise
$52 billion to pay for his schemes through various tax changes and
by slashing the defense budget. At the same time, he proposes to
spend $60 billion on compulsory national health insurance and $91
billion on other programs, excluding welfare. That all adds up to
a minimum deficit of $99 billion.
And it doesn't take a Ph.D. to figure that out. In fact, it
doesn't take a college student or a high school student. In fact,
a third grade student can total up that deficit. Certainly, the
taxpayers can.
The American people don't want a magic show. They want sound
and responsible leadership, and they know that they have that
leadership right now with President Nixon in the White House.
SPEECH INSERT #2
Last spring the barn doors opened, and, in a cloud of dust,
Sen. George McGovern wheeled out a magnificent contraption -- a
machine which would give $1000 a year to every man, woman and child
in America, a machine which would eliminate poverty, a machine
which would reduce taxes for just about everybody. Yes, it was a
magnificent contraption.
But, unfortunately for Sen. McGovern, it was all too obvious
that it wouldn't run. And some of his best friends told him so.
His fellow Democrat, Wilbur Mills -- Congress's tax expert -- said
it wouldn't run. His fellow liberal Tom Wicker of the New York Times
said it wouldn't run. As a matter of fact, just about everybody
agreed it wouldn't run. So, it was back to the barn with it for an
overhaul.
For many weeks now we have all been eagerly waiting for the
results.
And, early this week, the barn doors opened again, and Sen.
McGovern emerged wheeling another magnificent contraption -- a
machine which will give every man, woman and child in welfare -- up
to a family. of four -- you guessed it, $1000 per year; a machine
which will eliminate poverty, a machine which will reduce taxes for
just about everybody. But this contraption appears to be even more
magnificent than the early one. It is going to put another three
million people under social security and raise minimum benefits to
$150 per month across the board. It is going to give us compulsory
national health insurance. It is going to give us a bigger bonanza
than ever.
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But this new McGovern machine is basically the same old collection
of far-out promises -- rewired, with a few new touches of paint here
and there, a little bailing wire to hold up the rear end, a couple of
new wheels and gears to jazz it up -- it is basically the same old
collection of far-out promises the prairie populist rolled out of
the barn last spring.
The facts of the latest bundle of McGovern economic schemes speak
for themselves:
Sen. McGovern says no new taxes. But the fact is that his health
insurance plan alone calls for $7.7 billion in higher payroll taxes.
The fact is that, to pay for the latest McGovern proposals, an average
American family of four making $12,500 a year would have its taxes
increased by at least $1,038 -- twice its present tax bill.
Sen. McGovern says no new taxes. But the fact is that he proposes
to raise only $52 billion through tax changes and dangerous slashes
in the defense budget, while just one of his schemes -- the compulsory
health insurance plan -- would cost $60 billion to finance. And other
McGovern programs, excluding welfare, would cost another $91 billion.
That adds up to a deficit of $99 billion. Yet Sen. McGovern says no
new taxes.
So what is the alternative? The only alternative -- if this
Nation were to really pursue the extrvagant, wasteful, misconceived
program offered by Senator McGovern without raising taxes -- the
only alternative is massive deficit spending which would feed the
fires of inflation at just the time when President Nixon has brought
them under control; massive deficit spending which would disrupt the
solid economic growth which has resulted from four years of prudent
management by the Nixon Administration; massive deficit spending
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INSERT #2
3 3 3 3
which would spell disaster for the competitive position of American
workers in international markets.
I say to you that George McGovern can tinker around as much as
he wants to with his magnificent collection of give-aways and far-out
promises, but it will remain clear to the American people that it
won't work. And that is why, on November 7, the American people are
going to wheel George McGovern back into the barn for a truly major
overhaul.
SPEECH INSERT #3
Senator McGovern's most recently announced package of economic
proposals embodies the same grave risks that his earlier, far-out
schemes did -- specifically, his programs would require either huge
increases in the tax burden of the average American or massive deficit
spending and increased inflation which would disrupt the Nation's
economy and seriously erode the purchasing power of the wage earner's
paycheck.
His latest proposals are being touted as an improvement on the
outlandish schemes he floated last spring. They may indeed be an
improvement, but that's not saying much. The fact is that these
latest proposals are full of inconsistencies, ambiguities and
contradictions.
Senator McGovern would raise $52 billion to finance his programs
through tax changes and cuts in the defense budget. But just one
of his programs -- compulsory national health insurance -- would alone
cost $60 billion. So we start with a deficit of $8 billion. Add to
that the cost of his other programs, excluding welfare, and the
deficit rises to $99 billion.
What will Senator McGovern do about that deficit? Well, he promises
that there will be no new taxes, so, evidently, he would just have us
all live with his deficit spending -- with his continuing deficit
spending. He would have us live with increased inflation which is the
necessary result of such spending. He would have us live with a
deteriorating economic position in international markets, another
necessary result of such spending. He would have us live with an in-
tolerable drag on job-creating investment, yet another necessary result
of such spending.
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INSERT #5
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But when Senator McGovern promises no new taxes, he doesn't appear
to really mean it -- at least not altogether -- because his health
insurance scheme alone calls for $7.7 billion in higher payroll taxes.
The fact is that to pay for the McGovern programs the average American
family of four earning $12,500 would see its tax bill increase by
$1,038 -- twice its present level.
The parts of the Senator's new proposals which can be nailed down
specifically are disturbing enough, but what about other, murkier
propositions? What does he mean when he advocates make-work public
works projects? Aerospace and defense industry hand-outs? Control
over industrial location decisions?
Taken together the new McGovern programs reflect the same irrespon-
sibility, the same confused thinking, which characterized his earlier
proposals. These programs, on their face, simply will not work. And
I believe the American people will recognize that fact.
President Nixon has set this Nation on a sound economic course.
He has reversed the disastrous policies of the preceding Democratic
Administrations. He has made the first real progress in more than a
decade in curtailing inflation. He has converted an artificial war-time
economy into a sound and growing peace-time economy. He has proposed
a major overhaul of the outmoded welfare system. In short, he has
compiled a proven record of responsible leadership which contrasts
sharply with the outlandish promises of his opponent.
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INSERT #3
3 3 3 3
Much as Senator McGovern might hope otherwise, this obvious
contrast will not be lost on the American people. In November the
American people will not vote for outlandish promises but, rather,
they will vote overwhelmingly for the proven record of responsible
leadership --- the record of Richard Nixon's first four years in the
White House.
MCGOVERN STUMBLES TOWARDS HIGHER TAXES AND INFLATION
1.
McGovern's tax and spending proposals add up to higher taxes or new
inflation.
$52 billion to finance new programs from slashes in defense
and tax changes
-60 billion to finance ONE new McGovern program -- compulsory
national health insurance
-91 billion to finance other McGovern programs, excluding welfare
$-99 billion DEFICIT will be paid for in higher taxes or inflation.
2.
McGovern's Third Welfare Proposal this year is still not thought out
$1,000 welfare grant per person converted to $4,000 for some
families of four
McGovern proposes to include the working poor in the welfare
program, but has not yet been able to figure out how "he swept
the problem under a committee. "
McGovern estimates for portions of program costed out are wrong
-McGovern says $5 billion would cover state and local operating
costs and increased benefit level
-Facts are operating costs alone are $5.9 billion with no funds
left over for higher benefits
-McGovern says $3 billion would expand social security to cover
3 million more people and increase minimum benefit level across
the board
-Fact is raising social security minimum benefit to $150/month
would by itself cost $4.5 billion
3.
McGovern's Tax Proposals Confused.
No New Taxes?
-McGovern says no new taxes on wage earner
-Fact is McGovern's health insurance scheme calls for $7.7
billion higher payroll taxes
McGovern's proposals are a strong disincentive to job-creating
investments and will thus slow the economy and create unemployment.
The resultant, sluggish economy will reduce the revenues McGovern
forecasts with his tax changes
4.
To pay for McGovern proposals an average American family of four
making $12,500 would have its tax bill increased by at least $1,038,
or twice their present tax bill.
- 2 :
Another result of McGovern's proposals would be to harm the
international competitive position of American workers
Many of McGovern's proposals are so murky and vague that they are
impossible to price. What specifically does he mean when he advocates:
-Make work public works projects?
-Aerospace and defense industry adjustment handouts?
-Control over industrial location decisions?
The costs of such programs will only add to the average American
family's tax burden.
August 29, 1972
THE McGOVERN WELFARE/TAX SCHEME
:
AS REVISED FOR AUGUST
$1000 PER PERSON
-- There is no substantive change in Senator McGovern's
$100 per person no-work, giveaway, welfare scheme. A guarantee
of $4000 per family of four still comes out to $1000 per person.
-- The Senator reiterated and reaffirmed his support for
every high-spending scheme he committed himself to in the
McGovernite platform of last month. The health insurance plan
he has endorsed would by itself cost $60 billion -- for which
he makes no provision in. today's new tax program.
DANGEROUS DEFENSE CUTS
-- The American citizen loses from every standpoint from
his $32 billion proposed defense cut. First, gaining this new
revenue would be done at the sacrifice of America's security,
making our nation second to the Soviets, unable to maintain our
essential defense and unable to negotiate further arms agree-
ments with the Soviets. Second, the supposed added revenue
would come from Senator McGovern's wiping out of $32 billion
worth of defense-related industries -- millions of jobs and
billions of dollars in lost wages.
2,
HIGHER TAXES
-- The McGovern proposals have overstated the facts and
cannot yield the amount of revenue he claims. For example,
his proposal on raising tax rates for capital gains would have
to exempt property now owned and purchased under the present
tax laws. His phased program of higher taxes would mean less
revenues. Second, if full taxation was to be made on capital
gains, full tax losses would have to be allowed on capital
losses from such income -- reducing McGovern's projected
revenue gain much further. Third, a panic would be created in
the securitities markets the likes of which we have not seen
since 1929. Investors would dispose of securitities indis-
criminately; the incentive to invest would be taken away:
and the effects would be felt throughout the country in a
pervading lack of confidence in the growth of our economy.
Finally, Mr. McGovern forgets that nearly 10% of all stocks
are held by pension funds plus that which is held by mutual
funds and the insurance industry. By removing capital gains
treatment, he would threaten the income of the entire pension
fund system upon which the American working man depends for
his retirement. -- not to mention the insurance policies upon
which his future may be staked. In short, the income-producing
ability of pension funds and other retirement vehicles would
be stripped away, driving into old-age poverty millions of workers.
3.
HALTING ECONOMIC GROWTH
-- Nearly $6 billion of the estimated revenue McGovern
says he will create would come from repealing provisions of the
law enacted by his colleagues in the Congress upon the recommen-
dation of the President to speed the growth of our economy.
McGovern's plan would halt economic growth.
-- McGovern says he will do away with the percentage
depletion allowance but then recognizes the national energy
crisis and is prepared to offer a subsidy for domestic oil
production -- so the net-revenue gain McGovern foresees comes
very possibly to zero. He can't have it both ways.
****
WHAT IT MEANS:
More generally, what will McGovern's proposals mean to
the average American in a language that he can understand
instead of in the language of McGovern's Philadelphia lawyers
and Washington economists?
The welfare rolls will swell. Millions of more Americans
would go directly on welfare -- paid for by the guy who always
pays the welfare tab: the middle-income American worker.
There is still no work requirement under McGovern's $1000
per person program To millions of Americans he is saying:
don t-worry, you don't have to work; we'll give you $1000 per
person and some other American will work to pay you your
welfare,
4.
Taxes. The too-high taxes at every level of Government
would, under George McGovern proposals, go sky-high. There is
no other way to pay for his comprehensive program of social
engineering -- his public works programs, his guaranteed jobs,
guaranteed welfare and new subsidies.
Inflation. If Americans think they have inflation now,
they need only look forward to George McGovern's new soak-the-
middle-class scheme. Basic to the McGovern proposal is having
the Government do everything for everybody. More Government
spending means more inflation. More inflation is going to
mean: higher food prices, transportation costs, education
costs, housing costs -- a general rise in the price of every-
thing Americans purchase. Everything for everybody means more
inflation for everybody.
IN SHORT:
What can be made of George McGovern's pilgrimage to Wall
Street to unveil his latest insult to the American public's
intelligence?
-- McGovern's latest scheme means a permanent WPA program
with a permanent ever-expanding federal payroll; a program which
would dwarf the make-work programs of the dark Depression days,
The old CCC might become under McGovern, the WWW : The Workless.
Welfare Wonders.
5.
--McGovern's plan is a clear benefit to his running-mate
Sarge Shriver who, under present law, pays 73% of his income in
federal taxes. Under George McGovern's proposal, Mr. Shriver
gets a tax reduction of 25% -- which no doubt means more yachts,
tennis courts and Cardin suits.
-- At the very time the galloping inflation which began in
the mid-1960s is coming under control, George McGovern announces
that he, in effect, with his high government spending schemes,
puts increased inflation at the top of his priority list. Too
bad for Sarge Shriver; his 25% tax cut would get wiped out by
McGovern's guaranteed inflation.
--- In pure and simple terms, on August 29, 1972, George
McGovern announced his proposed wipe-out of the average American
working man. With his high tax and high welfare sch eme, George
McGovern would seal the coffin on the guy who works hard, supports,
his family, pays his taxes and is trying to get ahead. The
McGovern policy is a stay-behind policy not a get-ahead policy.
-- In the end it comes down to this: George McGovern has
now introduced three welfare plans within the last few months.
Each one guarantees millions of more Americans on welfare and
billions of mo're dollars in high taxes. Just once, it is hoped
that Senator McGovern will climb the platform somewhere and
announce his plan for the American working man instead of new
welfare plans to soak the working man.
Committee for the Re-election of the President
MEMORANDUM
August 31, 1972
MEMORANDUM TO:
Press Aides of Surrogate Speakers
Cal
FROM:
Albert E. Abrahams
Director of Communications
Attached are some significant quotes from Senator McGovern which
I thought might be of interest to you.
20 QUOTATIONS OF MR. MCGOVERN
ON HANDLING VIETNAM
"I'll accept that -- begging is better than bombing, 11 McGovern
responded. "I would go to Hanoi and beg if I thought that would
release the boys one day earlier. 11
- -McGovern in South Carolina
quoted by Paul Hope, W. Star
June 29, 1972
ON THE PRESIDENT'S HANDLING OF VIETNAM
"I've said many times that the Nixon bombing policy on Indochina
is the most barbaric action that any country has committed since
Hitler's effort to exterminate Jews in Germany in the 1930s. "
--McGovern in interview with
Gregg Herrington of AP,
June 29, 1972
"He (President Nixon) has descended to a new level of barbarism
and foolhardiness for no other reason than to save his own face
and to prop up the corrupt regime of Thieu. 11
- -AP, April 16, 1972
"I think the re-election of Richard Nixon in* 1972 would be an open
hunting right for this man to give in to all his impulses for a major
war against the people of Indochina. II
--Speech, April 20, 1972
Catholic University
ON THE MERITS OF THE COMMUNISTS
"Milton Viorst: I suppose that Nixon would like to make the late
Ho Chi Minh into the Vietnam Hitler. Are you suggesting he might
be the North Vietnam George Washington?"
"McGovern: That's right. 11
- --Sept. 1971 issue of Playboy
from Anson biography
"Playboy: Do you sympathize with the aspiration of the Viet
Cong and their North Vietnamese allies?
"McGovern: In that they' re striving for national independence,
yes. Their posture is more legitimate than that of General
Thieu, who is really a creature of French and American power. "
- -Playboy interview, July, 1971
ON SUPPORTING REVOLUTION
"All else failing, the Church must support resistance movements,
including revolutions which are aimed at the elimination of political
or economic tyranny which makes racism possible. "
- -London Express Service, 1969,
quoted in Manchester Union Leader
February 26, 1971 -
"McGovern says:
I
I could foresee circumstances in which we
might provide non-military assistance and, perhaps, even military
supplies directly to the oppressed people.
"
(in Angola and
Mozambique)
- -Interview in National Democrat
May 28, 1971
ON AMERICAN PATRIOTS
On Senator Goldwater
"I regard Mr. Goldwater as the most unstable radical and extremist
ever to run for the Presidency in either political party. "
- --McGovern, Cong. Record
p. 21690, September 8, 1964
On J. Edgar Hoover
"
Hoover had lived beyond the normal years, so I couldn't feel
the pathos I would for a young man. I could feel nothing but relief
that he (Hoover) was no longer a public servant. I thought he had
become a menace to justice. 11
- -McGovern in interview with
Richard Meryman, Life Magazine
July 7, 1972
Cont. on J. Edgar Hoover
"I don't know whether you could persuade Ramsey Clark to take
the job or not, but he'd be perfect, if you could get him. 11
Miami Herald, October 3, 1971
On Senator Karl Mundt
"I don't know how he (Mundt) felt about me.
but I know I
hated his guts
I hated him so much I lost my sense of
balance. 11
To Robert Sam Anson
McGovern: A Biography (p. 93)
ON NATO
"I really don't understand why we have any forces at all in
Western Europe. 11
- Bill Anderson, quoting McGovern
8/71 in Chicago Trib., June 9, 1972
ON THE NEW SPACE SHUTTLE
"I wouldn't manufacture foolish projects like the shuttle. "
-Orlando Sentinel, January 21, 1972
ON FORCED BUSSING
"Q: You support bussing for integration, per se?"
"A: Yes, I do. I think it's essential."
--Interview, Washington Post
January 9, 1972
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ON THE MAY DAY RIOTS, 1971
"Well, if I were President, there wouldn't be demonstrations
like that. (Laughter) Those people would be having dinner at
the White House instead of protesting outside. (Laughter)
-Interview with Phila. Inquirer
April 16, 1972
ON THE CHICAGO POLICE AT 1968 CHICAGO CONVENTION
"Friends of McGovern had never seen him more angry. 'Those
sons of bitches, I he (McGovern) kept cursing. 'Do you see
what those sons of bitches are doing to those kids down there?
Those bastards. I 11
- Robert Sam Anson
McGovern: A Biography
ON UNCONDITIONAL-AMNESTY
"McGovern advocates, 'Amnesty to be granted to those who, on
the basis of conscience, have refused to participate in the Vietnam
tragedy. Applicable to all men now serving jail sentences for
refusing induction as well as the thousands of young men who have
crossed the borders of the United States to avoid fighting in what
we know to be an immoral war. I 11
- -McGovern on the Issues
ON MARIJUANA
"That experience (prohibition), along with limitations on enforcement
personnel.
suggests that a more promising route might be to
regulate marijuana along the same lines as alcohol. 11
UPI, February 16, 1972
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ON ANGELA DAVIS' ACQUITTAL
"I want to say to the brothers over here who are trying to get
recognition that this is a happy day
The court has spoken,
and Angela Davis has been acquitted, and this is another
demonstration that we can be pleased about it.
The Superior
Court of California has given Miss Davis a complete acquittal.
That is not a cause of mourning. That is not a cause for protest.
That ought to be a cause for rejoicing. 11
--McGovern on Angela Davis
at rally in Watts (L.A.) UPI
June 5, 1972
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CONTACT: DEVAN L. SHUMWAY
SATURDAY
(202) 333-6760
#9-4
STATEMENT BY SENATOR BOB DOLE
WASHINGTON, September 2 -- Traditionally, American Presidential
campaigns begin on Labor Day; and the issues are joined for the
two months hence. That is not the case this year, however. For
the campaign began in the days immediately following the Democratic
Convention. And the incredibly inept political performance of
Mr. McGovern in the past seven weeks has made George McGovern
himself the major issue of the fall campaigns.
Does Mr. McGovern have anything approaching the competence,
credibility and capacity to govern effectively the United States?
That is the central question of this campaign. And if the seven-
weeks' circus he has conducted was any indication -- he does not.
Three items have raised new question marks over Mr. McGovern's
fitness for high office.
The first was the fund-raising letter of Mr. McGovern which
raffled off tickets to future White House dinners as the "prize"
for 250 lucky contributors. This "offer" was unparalleled in
American history.
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SEN. DOLE
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The second occurred August 24th when Senator McGovern told
the American Federation of Teachers that "teachers belong in
school -- or on a picket line - but not in jail." This public
endorsement of illegal strikes by teachers charged with the
education of American children was rewarded immediately with a
quarter-million-dollar pay-off -- to the McGovern campaign by
the AFT.
The third is the enormous sums McGovern is taking in campaign
contributions from millionaire, Stewart Mott -- even though in the
wake of the 1968 campaign, it was disclosed that Mott had offered
similar enormous contributions to Hubert Humphrey -- in return for
Humphrey's abandonment of South Vietnam. Senator Humphrey
angrily refused to sell out his beliefs for Mott's millions. But
Mr. McGovern is fully willing to take hundreds of thousands of
dollars from Mott without a word of explanation to the American
people.
Senator McGovern owes this nation some answers. By what right
does he raffle off White House dinner seats for political contributions?
What is his explanation for the $250,000 contribution handed over
to him by the American Federation of Teachers in return for endorsing
a right to strike by public employees? Why is he taking hundreds of
thousands from a man who tried to bribe a presidential candidate into
abandoning his beliefs for campaign contributions?
What kind of politician is it who stoops to these means and
sources to finance his campaign? That is the question Mr. McGovern has
to answer to the satisfaction of the American people.
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Committee for the Re-election of the President
MEMORANDUM
September 5, 1972
TO:
SURROGATE SPEAKERS
FROM:
Albert lil
Director of Communications
SUBJECT:
McGovern's Voting Record
It is useful in reading the attached record to note that there are obvious
election year shifts in McGovern's position when he was a Senate candidate.
The material should prove helpful in assessing his backing and filling
tactics as a presidential candidate.
CONFIDENTIAL
MCGOVEKS 23 OTING RECORD
YEAR
ADA
ACA
1963
94%
0%
1964
94%
6%
1965
94%
4%
1966
85%
4%
1967
92%
11%
1968
43%
39%
1969
94%
6%
1970
80%
5%
1971
96%
9%
(One begins to understand how McGovern survives in that farm
state -- by being the most radical member of the Senate for the
first five years of his term -- while the voters aren't looking --
and then moving sharply right in his election year.)
Stachan FYI 0
COMMITTEE FOR THE RE-ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT
MEMORANDUM
August 30, 1972
MEMORANDUM TO THE HONORABLE CLARK MacGREGOR
FROM:
DEVAN SHUMWAY Jan
Responding to your note of August 29, I forwarded this
request to Ron Ziegler's office sometime ago for his
action.
Enclosure
Committee
for the Re-election
of the President
August 29, 1972
Date
TO:
VAN SHUMWAY
FROM: CLARK MacGREGOR /R/R
Please Handle
FYI
File
Hold
Where do we stand on this?
NEACT
8/20
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NATIONAL
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
CENTER
FOR TELEVISION
955 L'ENFANT PLAZA NORTH, S.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20024 (202) 484-1500
July 21, 1972
Shury stand
where Jan do we
Mr. Clark MacGregor
Chairman, Committee for the
This
Re-Election of the President
1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.
or
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. MacGregor:
The National Public Affairs Center for Television is planning
to broadcast a one-hour, prime time television interview
with the Democratic Presidential nominee, Senator George
McGovern, on Wednesday night, July 26. This program will be
broadcast on virtually all of the Public Broadcasting Service
stations across the country.
Following the Republican National Convention, we would like
very much to do a similar interview with the President.
This interview would also be broadcast on all the Public
Broadcasting Service stations in prime time.
If such a program is of interest to you and to the President,
I would be glad to meet with you at your convenience to
discuss all the necessary details.
Sincerely,
Brueild
Bruce Cohn, Executive Producer
A Public Affair/Election '72
BC:kj
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Committee
for the Re-election
of the President
Date August 29, 1972
From
TO:
VAN SHUMWAY
FROM: CLARK MacGREGOR
Ressul
Please Handle
FYI
File
Hold
Does the attached still refer to
something that is worth pursuing?
To Bob Reisner
yes. 2'm sending
through Leb out.
a dew proposal
Va.
Americans for Constitutional Action
F/n
955 L'Enfant Plaza North, S.W., Suite 1000
Washington, D. C. 20024
July 27, 1972
8/15
202-484-5525
The Honorable Clark MacGregor, Chairman
OFFICERS
Committee for the Reelection of the President
BEN MOREELL
Chairman Emeritus
1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.
CHARLES A. McMANUS
Washington, D. C.
President
EDWARD G. ORBANN
Collia Sighan
Treasurer
TRUSTEES
Dear Mr. MacGregor:
HON. BRUCE ALGER
Boca Raton, Florida
CAPT. E. ROBERT ANDERSON
In accordance with my conversation with your secretary,
San Diego, California
HON. RALPH BEERMANN
Miss Kay Humphrey, I would like to invite you to be our guest
Dakota City, Nebraska
again at the Off-The-Record Club at Costin's Restaurant, National
PROF. ANTHONY BOUSCAREN
Syracuse, New York
Press Building, 14th E F Streets, Washington, D. C. If at all
WALTER BRENNAN
possible, the club would like to have you as its guest prior to
Moorpark, California
the Republican National Convention and any Tuesday, Wednesday or
PROF. CLARENCE B. CARSON
Hillsdale, Michigan
Thursday is preferable.
HON. JAMES C. DAVIS
Atlanta, Georgia
PATRICK J. FRAWLEY, JR.
The format is kept simple. There is a cocktail hour
Culver City, California
commencing at 6:30 P.M. We sit down promptly to eat at
FRANK DE GANAHL
Carefree, Arizona
7:30 P.M. Lew Helm, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior,
HON. CHARLES B. HOEVEN
or Bill Timmons, Assistant to the President, acts as Master
Alton, lowa
REV. T. ROBERT INGRAM
of Ceremony and introduces the guest. The guest determines
Houston, Texas
whether or not his remarks will be strictly off the record;
WILLIAM LOEB
Reno, Nevada
deep background (Lindley Rule); background (the press, of
CHARLES A. McMANUS
course, would not identify you as having made a particular
Bowie, Maryland
ADM. BEN MOREELL
statement or comment, but they would have the prerogative of
Port Hueneme, Catifornia
attribution insofar as a key spokesman for the Administration
EDWARD G. ORBANN
Fort Myers, Florida
or a top Presidential aide, etc.); or for the record. The
THOMAS PARKER, M.D.
guest makes any remarks that he chooses, then we go into a
Greenville, South Carolina
Q and A.
HON. JOHN R. PILLION
Lake View, New York
JAMES E. PRICE
If you prefer, everything is strictly off the record
Birmingham, Alabama
DR. MAX RAFFERTY
and no one has violated the ground rules since the inception
Troy, Alabama
of the club in 1967. As an example, the former Senator
HON. KATHARINE ST. GEORGE
Tuxedo Park, New York
Thruston Morton one evening announced 18 months prior to his
HON. GORDON H. SCHERER
formal announcement that he would not seek re-election to the
Cincinnati, Ohio
HON. WILLIAM M. TUCK, ESQ.
United States Scnate. This story was not carried.
South Boston, Virginia
JOHN WAYNE
Hollywood, California
If your remarks are off the record, the reporters have the
HON. CHARLES E. WHITTAKER
prerogative to follow up this session with our guests the
Kansas City, Missouri
following day or sometime thereafter of anything they might
LOYD WRIGHT, ESQ.
Los Angeles, California
have of interest to them.
(continued)
The Trustees of ACA except for the President receive no compensation for their services and no reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses which they incur on behalf of ACA.
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July 27, 1972
If you choose, rather than the off the record deep
background, nothing you say at this meeting will be attributed
to you in any way. Reporters, however, are free to use the
substance of the material as they choose, but only on their
own authority as part of their own story without attribution.
As far as anyone outside of the room is concerned, the meeting
never took place; you were not there; or nothing was said.
The guest may agree, if he wishes, to certain journalist forms
of attribution, such as Senatorial sources, Democrat officials,
conservatives in Congress, etc.
Your format will be decided between you and the gentleman
who introduces you before you start speaking. Of course, you
may make the entire or portions of the evening for the record.
The group is composed of 28 of the top political writers
in Washington, 15 of which are Bureau Chiefs, and one Managing
Editor. A list is enclosed. The purpose of the "Off-The-
Record Club" is to establish a better rapport between conser-
vatives and the National News Media.
Looking forward to being your host at the Off-The-Record
Club, I am
Sincerely yours,
Charlie Charles A. McManus
President
CAM:dd
Committee for the Re-election of the President
MEMORANDUM
September 5, 1972
TO:
JEB MAGRUDER
FROM:
PETER DAILEY
SUBJECT:
Campaign Materials/Your Memo
of September 1.
My understanding is that your meeting Friday evening
satisfied you that campaign materials are effectively
under control and that the working relationship bet-
ween the November Group and Lewis Dale is an effective
one.
The first progress report on materials and distribution
was handed to you on September 1, as originally agreed
upon.
We are as concerned as you that materials be properly
and effectively distributed and we will support Lewis
in his most difficult task of priorizing shipments
as best we can.
CC: Lewis Dale
Fred Malek
Gordon Strachan
Acts
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1972
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#9-11
STATEMENT BY FLOYD McKISSICK
FORMER HEAD OF THE CONGRESS OF RACIAL EQUALITY
Tuesday, August 29, should have been a Day of Revelation for the
hundreds of thousands of black people who put their faith in the
candidacy of George McGovern.
On that day, under political pressure, Mr. McGovern--the so-called
Prairie Radical of the primaries--marched off, hat-in-hand, to New York
to make his peace with Wall Street. To soothe Wall Street, to save the
old plantation, McGovern appears to have sold his black supporters down
the river.
The $6,500 guaranteed annual income, for which George Wiley and the
National Welfare Rights Organization have fought for years, is also the
center piece of the Black Caucus' program in the Congress. Before the
convention, McGovern had introduced it into the Senate with the cry
"$6,500 or Fight;" he had embraced it by endorsing "in toto" the Black
Caucus program; he has endorsed it again when he supported the resolutions
of the Gary Convention. But that was in the primaries, when McGovern
desperately needed black votes.
On August 29, Mr. McGovern decided his own black supporters were
in the bag; that they "had nowhere else to go." So the candidate of
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Brothers Fauntroy, Clay and Wiley went to New York--and to the applause
of the Wall Street Fat Cats--chopped $2,500 out of the guaranteed in-
come he had committed himself to in the Black Caucus program, and on
the floor of the Senate.
Why are Brothers Clay, Fauntroy and Wiley so silent now?
The answer is because their presidential candidate sold them down
the river for a pat on the head from Big Business.
And where is their Vice Presidential candidate? Last week, Shriver
was down in Louisiana telling a white audience he was proud that all
of his slave-holding ancestors had fought with the Slave States--and
proud that none of them had fought with the Union. If Brothers Clay and
Fauntroy and Wiley are a little sheepish today, well, that's understandable.
But they've got a plate of crow and humble pie to eat this morning.
Black Americans who believe in jobs rather than welfare; who want a
piece of the action, not a part of the dole, who want a political leader
who does not promise more than he can deliver, do have somewhere to go.
They can get off the ditched bandwagon of George McGovern and get behind
the New Majority of the President of the United States, Richard Nixon.
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5:30 Sept. p.m. 11, 1972 GORDON STRACHAN
PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR THE HONORABLE CLARK MacGREGOR
EVENT: PITTSBURGH
PURPOSE: CANVASS KICK-OFF
September 16, 1972
Saturday
7:45 a.m.
Depart MacGregor residence, 2834 Foxhall Rd., N.W.,
for Washington National Airport.
Party to include:
Honorable Clark MacGregor
Mrs. MacGregor
Driver - Mike Wilson
8:05 a.m.
Arrive National Airport, United Airlines terminal.
Will be met by Charles Reisler.
8:25 a.m.
Depart National Airport, United Airlines flight #499.
Flying time: 53 minutes
9:18 a.m.
Arrive Pittsburgh Airport, United Airlines terminal.
Will be met by Dick Wright, Allegheny County
Re-election Chairman.
9:30 a.m.
Depart Pittsburgh Airport for Brentwood Re-election
storefront headquarters. Dick Wright to drive.
10:00 a.m.
Arrive Brentwood Re-election storefront headquarters,
3608 Brownsville Road, (412-881-0630). Deliver
brief remarks to volunteers regarding importance
of canvassing, voter identification.
10:15 a.m.
Depart 3608 Brownsville Road. Walk one block to
residential neighborhood. Personally canvas approx.
36 homes.
11:30 a.m.
Proceed back to 3608 Brownsville Road.
11:45 a.m.
Arrive 3608 Brownsville Road. Meet with staff
and volunteers, lunch.
1:00 p.m.
Depart 3608 Brownsville for Pittsburgh Airport.
Dick Wright to drive.
1:35 p.m.
Arrive Pittsburgh Airport, Allegheny Airlines terminal
1:50 p.m.
Depart Pittsburgh Airport, Allegheny Airlines
flight #498 (snack flight).
Flying time: 50 minutes
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September 16, 1972
Saturday
2:40 p.m.
Arrive Baltimore Friendship Airport, Allegheny
terminal. Will be met by Mike Wilson.
2:50 p.m.
Depart Friendship Airport for MacGregor residence.
Mike Wilson to drive.
3:30 p.m.
Arrive MacGregor residence.
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#9-17
STATEMENT BY CLARK MacGREGOR
The allegations in the amended complaint as reported in the
press are false, and Mr. O'Brien and his friends are well aware
that they are false. They are deliberately abusing the American
judicial system for the sole purpose of manufacturing political
headlines which would be grossly libelous if said outside a
legal proceeding.
The time has come to call a halt to this prostitution of
the judicial process and the libeling of honorable men. Accordingly,
I have instructed our attorneys today to file a suit for punitive
damages for malicious prosecution and abuse of process.
The behavior of Mr. O'Brien and his associates is particularly
vicious in that they have deliberately made false charges against
two individuals knowing in advance that the charges are false.
The allegation that Mr. Maurice Stans and Mr. Hugh Sloan willfully
engaged in improper activities is totally without foundation and
was fully dispelled in full statements which they filed with the
General Accounting Office.
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CLARK MACGREGOR
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Mr. O'Brien's action is all the more contemptible because he
knows the men he has falsely charged cannot speak up in their own
defense because of the pendency of a grand jury proceeding and by
reason of the need to protect the constitutional rights of men
who must be presumed to be innocent.
The moral bankruptcy of the McGovern candidacy, and the
indecency to which these men will stoop to conceal that bankruptcy,
was never more clearly shown than in their effort again today to use
the American court system as an instrument for political libel and
slander.
Within the past 72 hours George McGovern has levelled charges
of impropriety -- wholly unsupported by any facts - - regarding
U. S. agricultural sales to Russia. He refuses to document or
substantiate his charges, or to apologize and retract them.
Sunday's L.A. TIMES' front page proclaims "GOP Aide Acts as
McGovern Informer." The by-lined story by Jules Witcover quotes
Mr. McGovern as saying in Albuquerque Saturday, when asked who
his spy is: "Well, I can't disclose that, but it's a fact.
You'll have to accept it on faith."
Over the weekend, George McGovern said, spying is abhorrent.
To us, it has always been abhorrent.
What a difference a spy makes, if he's your spy!
Let the self-annointed King of Credibility become credible on
the Pierre Salinger Paris Caper and on his grains sales charges.
Let the self-proclaimed Disciple of Disclosure tell us who his
spy is. I'll fire the
...
gentleman.
(more)
CLARK MacGREGOR
3 3 3 3
When George McGovern supplies you and me with some responsive
answers, I'll be pleased to respond to any further questions
you have.
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PRESS CONTACT: DeVan L. Shumway
SEPTEMBER 11, 1972
(202) 333-6760
STATEMENT BY MAURICE STANS, CHAIRMAN OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR THE
RE-ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT
Mr. O'Brien's allegations against me are a scurrilous pack
of lies, and he knows it. They amount to nothing more than a contemptible
manuever to use the court for his own base political purpose --- and
the American people will recognize it.
$50
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CONTACT: DEVAN L. SHUMWAY
(202) 333-6760
# 9-16
McGOVERN AND CIVIL RIGHTS:
A STATEMENT BY PAUL JONES,
DIRECTOR, BLACK VOTER DIVISION
COMMITTEE FOR THE RE-ELECTION
OF THE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, D.C., September 11 -- it is becoming increasingly
clear that Senator McGovern has no concept of the needs of
Black Americans.
In what has been heralded as a McGovern White Paper on Civil
Rights -- the Senator is found once again taking the Black
vote for granted. No where in McGovern's "White Paper" does he
come to grips with essential civil and social issues facing
Blacks.
Such tactics -- becoming known, more and more, as
transparent McGovernism is among the reasons increasing numbers
of Blacks are lining up actively supporting re-election of the
President.
The McGovern White Paper seeks to deal with wiretapping and
encroachment on civil liberties --- clearly avoiding a stand on
vital Civil Rights concerns of equal quality education, job
opportunities, economic advancement, equal treatment before the
courts of the nation, federal service equal employment opportunities,
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PAUL JONES
2222
private sector equal employment opportunities and civil rights
conciliation.
I call on Senator McGovern to publicly make known to Black
Americans -- all Americans -- where he stands on these
important civil rights issues. Indeed, the Senator might well
want to provide the nation a Black Paper -- not a White Paper --
on civil rights.
Meanwhile, Blacks are no longer waiting for McGovern to
discover that there are Black communities -- and they do have
problems -- as do all Americans -- they are coming together,
Blacks of all political persuasion -- Democrats -- Republicans ---
and Independents -- demonstrating there are no longer the powers
of any one party -- that McGovern does not have them in the bag.
The Democrats say they've got Black votes in the bag. I think
they're overlooking a few facts.
President Nixon's record on Blacks:
EMPLOYMENT:
NIXON ADMINISTRATION
PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION
Sub-Cabinet appointments
9
3
Executive level appointments
62
49
White House Staff
7
2
Supergrade appointments
150
63
General/Admirals
12
2
Minorities in Federal
employment
19.5%
19.2%
Appointments to Commissions-
Advisory boards
89
60
Appointments of women to
Executive level posts
88
27
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PAUL JONES
3 3 3 3
The Nixon record on Blacks continued:
Aid to Black colleges
$601 million
$300 million
Aid to Minority Bank
Deposit Program
$245
million
Not established
Aid to Minority Business
Enterprise
$508 million
Not established
Civil Rights Enforcement
Budget
$602 million
$ 75 million
Equal Employment Opportun-
ity Budget
$ 30.5 million
$ 8.2 million
Fair Housing Employment
Budget
$ 8.2 million
$ 2 million
Mr. Nixon is the first President to ask for government funds to fight Sickle
Cell Anemia.
He is spending $371 million to combat drug abuse this year.
He has asked for $2.5 billion to raise the quality of education in dis-
advantaged schools.
Deeds, not words. That's what President Nixon has delivered.
A lot of people will be in for a surprise in November --
especially McGovernites -- when more Blacks than ever will
be voting for President Nixon.
WHAT HAS McGOVERN DONE FOR THE BLACKS?
e The 1957 Civil Rights Act: This was the
first Civil Rights Law to be enacted since
the days of reconstruction. McGovern was
absent on the votes leading to the passage
of this bill in the House.
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1959, the Rooney Amendment: An amendment
to the Justice Department Appropriations
Bill extending the life of the Civil Rights
Commission. McGovern was absent and did
not take a stand for the Record.
Civil Rights Act of 1960: When it was up
for final House approval, McGovern was absent,
and did not take a stand for the Record.
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PAUL JONES
4 4 4 4
1972, Governor's Conference: Houston. The
Atlanta Constitution reported that McGovern
offered two major concessions to the South.
One was a promise to push for a change in
the 1965 Voting Rights Act which requires
Southern states to submit re-apportionment
plans' to the Justice Department.
1960, the McDonough Amendment: Prohibited
the Federal National Mortgage Association
from purchasing housing where discrimination
was involved. McGovern voted against it.
1964 Civil Rights Act: McGovern joined 22
other Senators in supporting a last-ditch
effort to emasculate the voting rights
provisions of the Act.
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1968, Riot 'Punishment' Measures: This
legislation sought to disqualify anyone
convicted of participating in a riot from
Federal employment for six years. A thinly-
veiled effort to punish Blacks who had
participated in the disturbances that follow-
ed Rev. Martin Luther King's assassination.
McGovern voted for it.
1960, Powell Amendment: Part of the School
Construction bill requiring that facilities
built under the Act be open to all students
regardless of race, color, creed, national
origin or religion. McGovern voted against
it.
WHAT HAS McGOVBRN DONE FOR THE BLACKS? JUDGE FOR YOURSELF.
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PAUL JONES
5 5 5 5
Recently, Senator McGovern said that working men supporting
President Nixon ought to have their heads examined. Yesterday,
he said young people, who support the President, don't know
which end is up.
I expect any day now that Senator McGovern will be telling
Black Americans that they need their heads examined or don't
know which end is up.
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Committee for the Re-election of the President
MEMORANDUM
August 15, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
GORDON STRACHAN
FROM:
FRED MALEK 7m
Your memo of August 1st raised several questions regarding our field
progress. I will respond to them in the order that they were asked:
1. Rick Murray has responsibility for New Jersey.
2. There is no up dated memo, but Bob Mardian has been assigned
the responsibility for following the McGovern campaign organization. I
will discuss with him his progress to date.
3. Most of the instructions to the various States have been verbal.
However, some of them were in writing such as agreements with Nofziger
on the California situation, budget agreements, and others.
4. The budget situation for the state organizations is completely
resolved. There is still some question on the advertising budgets, and
there are several other non-field items where we are overbudgeted, and
we plan to address these in the next week.
5. Marvin Collins was cleared by Mitchell, Reagan, and Finch. I
have briefed him extensively on the California situation, he has met with
Finch, and he has now spent considerable time in California.
6. Peter Sawers has not run any state-wide campaigns. Rather,
his major experience has been in running Rumsfeld's Congressional cam-
paign. However, the principles are the same, and he is taking hold well.
7. Gordon Gooch is completely responsible for New York, and Harry
Flemming has been completely out of that situation since July 3rd.
Sorry for the misspelling on Erik Jonsson - smart ass. A separate memo
has been forwarded to you on the materials distribution system. I trust this
answers the questions you raised.
H
ADMINISTRATIVELY COMFIDENTIAL
August 1, 1972
FU 8/5
MEMORANDUM FOR:
FRED MALEK
FROM:
GORDON STRACHAN
SUBJECT:
Progress in Strengthening
the 1701 Field Organisation
Your July 28 memo was read with considerable interest.
However, there were several questions raised:
1) Who really has responsibility for New Jersey -- Rick
Murray or Al Kaupinen?
2) Is there an updated memorandum analysing McGovern's
campaign organization? Maybe it would be best if Rick Fore
did such a paper since he did the original analysis of the
California/MeGovern situation.
3) Concerning the specific instructions to the various
states mentioned on Page 1, are any of these in writing?
4) The budget situation is still not completely resolved
because as I understand it the advertising people are ques-
tioning the cuts.
5) Who is briefing Marvin Collins on the California
situation? Was he cleared by Mitchell, Reagan and Finch?
6) Has Pete Sawyers run any statewide campaigns?
7) If Gordon Gooch is fully responsible for New York,
is Harry Flemming completely out of that situation?
8) A minor point, but our Chairman in Texas, Brik Jonsson,
does not spell his name the same as the former President.
9) It is not clear that the materials distribution system
has broken down. Peter Dailey says that the report from one
of your fellows, who was up in New York examining last week,
will be positive. He says that the delay in the materials
distribution is attributable to the change in materials from
"Re-Elect the President" to the entirely new set, "President
Nixon - Now More Than Ever."
GS/jb
Committee for the Re-election of the President
MEMORANDUM
August 30, 1972
MEMORANDUM TO:
CLARK MAC GREGOR
THROUGH:
JEB MAGRUDER
FROM:
GLENN J. SEDAM, JR.
$
SUBJECT:
Second Letter from Senator Dole Alleging
McGovern Campaign Violations
Attached is a draft of a second letter to be released by Senator
Dole tomorrow alleging two additional violations of the Campaign
Act by Senator McGovern.
DRAFT
Philip S. Hughes, Director
Office of Federal Elections
441 G Street, N.W.
Washington, D. C. 20548
Dear Mr. Hughes:
Two additional serious violations of the law by the McGovern
campaign have come to my attention since my earlier letter.
It appears that, as well as attempting to cover up contribu-
tions of large sums of money and to not reveal the identity of
large donors, Senator McGovern's fund raising efforts have also
been designed to illegally facilitate the avoidance of Federal
Gift Tax payments by large contributors. For example, records on
file with your office reveal that Mr. Hugh Hefner, publisher of
Playboy Magazine, has to date contributed at least $50,000 to the
McGovern campaign. This amount has been divided into several
$2,500 individual contributions which have been parceled out to
various separate McGovern campaign committees designed to enable
Mr. Hefner to escape payment of the Federal tax levied on political
contributions in excess of $3,000 under IRS regulations.
It appears that the bulk of these committees had no pur-
pose other than to act as conduits for Hefner's contributions.
Sums involved were immediately transferred out directly to the
McGovern Central Control Fund in California and several of these
conduit committees appear not to have reported receiving or expend-
ing any other monies.
Philip S. Hughes, Director
Page two
Ten of these committees have the same officers: Arthur
Wortman is the Chairman of each of these while Marian Pearlman
serves as Treasurer. Wortman is the Director of Financial Reporting
for the McGovern campaign. Consequently these committees do not
qualify for the $3,000 per donor exclusion from gift tax in that
the IRS has ruled that contributors to such "dummy" committees
are subject to Federal taxation (Rev. Rule 72-355, 1972-29 I.R.B. 4).
Thus, it seems Mr. Hefner has been misled by the McGovern campaign
and will be required to pay a gift tax on the amount of his contri-
butions in excess of $3,000. One can only speculate as to how many
other dummy committees have been established as tax shelters for
wealthy contributors by the McGovern campaign people.
The other violation which has been called to my attention
concerns the failure of the McGovern campaign to file reports with
your office as required by Section 14.6 of the Comptroller Gen-
eral's Rules and Regulations five days before the selection of
Mr. Shriver as the Democratic Vice Presidential candidate. While
the circumstances of this nomination were most unusual, the regula-
tions require, and it is Congress' intent, that reports of contri-
butions and expenditures be filed and be publicly available prior
1/ Senior Citizens for McGovern, Artists for McGovern, Consumers
for McGovern, Doctors for McGovern, Economists for McGovern, Farmers
for McGovern, Students for McGovern, Veterans for McGovern, Social
Workers for McGovern, Accountants for McGovern.
Philip S. Hughes, Director
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to the selection of candidates for President and for Vice President.
This requirement was designed to insure that contributions and ex-
penditures by and on behalf of nominees for the offices of President
and Vice President are a matter of public record before the parties
select their candidates. This requirement seeks to ensure that no
hidden financial considerations are in issue when selection of a
candidate is fianlly made. All of the McGovern campaign committees
have failed to file requisite reports before the second Democratic
Party nominating convention wherein Mr. Shriver was nominated as
the party's evenutual Vice Presidential candidate.
In view of the violations which I cited in my previous letter
and the additional points that I now raise, I feel that an immediate
and thorough investigation of Senator McGovern's campaign fund raising
organizations should be undertaken as soon as is practicably possible.
Committee for the Re-election of the President
MEMORANDUM
August 30, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR MR. CLARK MACGREGOR
FROM:
MR. JEB MAGRUDER
SUBJECT:
Senator Dole's letter charging
McGovern's Campaign Violations.
Attached is a draft of the letter for Senator Dole's
signature which Glenn Sedam prepared and forwarded to
Senator Dole last night. It was released at 10:00 AM
this morning.
You will note that the information on Hugh Hefner's
donation, and that on Max Palevsky, was deleted to be
used in another letter from Senator Dole today for
release tomorrow.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Senator Robert Dole of Kansas, Republican National Chairman,
today called for an immediate and thorough investigation of more
than a half-dozen serious violations of the Federal Election
Campaign Act of 1970 by Senator McGovern's campaign which could
amount to more than $400,000 in non-reported and improperly reported
campaign funds.
The alleged violations include among others: (1) the failure
to report large amounts of contributions from wealthy contributors;
(2) failure to list the names and other information on campaign
of sunds
contributors as required by law; (3) improper splitting of contribu-
political
tions to avoid Federal gift taxes, and; (4) illegal contributions
The possible neceipt 01-
from foreign principals.
The specific allegations are set forth in a letter sent today
by Senator Dole to the Director of the Office of Federal Elections.
The text of the letter is as follows:
Philip S. Hughes, Director
Office of Federal Elections
441 G Street, N.W.
Washington, D. C. 20548.
Dear Mr. Hughes:
The Comptroller General's Rules and Regulations promulgated
under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 provide in Section
20.10 that any person who believes a violation of the Act has occurred
may file a complaint with your office. I believe that there is
substantial evidence that the McGovern Campaign apparatus has com-
mitted at least eight serious violations of the Act. The records
on file with your office indicate that the Senator's campaign offi-
cials, and others acting on his behalf, have conspired to obfuscate
their true fund raising actions by false and misleading filings
under Title III of the Act, and have generally attempted to mis-
lead your office and the public. Accordingly, I call for a complete
and immediate investigation of the McGovern Campaign, records.
While Senator McGovern's Campaign has attempted to hold its
candidate out to the public as "Mr. Clean", his organization has
in fact resorted to devious cover-ups in various fund raising
activities. For example, the McGovern Campaign received $5,000 on
May 22, 1972, and $5,000 on June 7, 1972, from a London, England,
committee called "Americans for McGovern Abroad". This political
committee has not, as required under the Federal Election Campaign
Act, registered with the Federal Elections Office. The secrecy of
this fund leads me to question whether the purpose of concealing
Philip S. Hughes, Director
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August 29, 1972
the identity of the contributors of the committee is motivated by
the fact that the fund serves as a conduit for political contribu-
tions to the Senator's campaign from foreign principals in violation
of Section 613 of the Federal Criminal Code.
On May 5, 1972, a half-page endorsement of McGovern's candi-
dacy was published in the Los Angeles Times by the "California
Citizens for Fair Share". The cost of this publication was several
thousand dollars, and its stated purpose clearly brings the sponsor-
ship within the definition of a "political committee" as set forth
at Sec. 11.14 of the Comptroller General's Rules and Regulations.
The committee was obviously acting on Senator McGovern's behalf.
As such, the California Citizens for Fair Share is required to
file a statement of organization with the Comptroller General's
office within ten days of the date of its organization or within
ten days after the date on which the committee has cause to antici-
pate the expenditure of more than $1,000. No such registration has
been filed. Further, Sec. 12.6 of the Rules and Regulations requires
that any political committee which makes expenditures on behalf of
a candidate that is not authorized by the candidate shall include
a statement in the advertisement to that effect. The absence of
such a disclaimer indicates either complicity by the McGovern Cam-
paign in the violation and/or a further violation of the law by
the California Citizens for Fair Share.
Philip S. Hughes, Director
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August 29, 1972
Section 14.2(b)( (2) of the Comptroller General's Regulations
provides as follows:
"The full name, residence mailing address, occupation,
and principal place of business, if any (as defined in
Sec. 12.4 of this subchapter), of each person who has
made one or more contributions to or for such committee
or candidate (including a separate itemized account for
the purchase of tickets for fundraising events, such as
dinners, luncheons, rallies, and similar events held to
raise funds for the committee or candidate) during the
reporting period in an amount or value in excess of $100,
or within the calendar year in an aggregate amount or
value in excess of $100, together with the amount and
date of such contributions;"
It has been generally reported in the press that certain Signe persons special presided
tickets for the McGovern rally at Madison Square Garden were sold mhe
amount of $2000 n more.
for $2 500 apiece and up. Federal reports filed on behalf of the
McGovern Campaign appear to have reported some of the bulk ticket
sales, but appear to have ignored the reporting requirement of the
niaghave
law requiring that the identity of contributors. who purchased the some
of Use 97000 2Th of tichets be reputat individual
many tickets sold at prices in excess of $100 be reported.
The Committee for Good Government-D.C., on June 12, 1972,
filed with the Office of Federal Elections a report in which it
indicated that it made "transfers-out" on April 20, May 1, May 9,
May 24, and May 31 in the total amount of $21,500 to McGovern for
President-D.C. The McGovern for President-D.C. committee, however,
reported that it received "transfers-in" from the Committee for
Good Government-D.C. at a total of $13,278.42. The Good Government
committee transferred-out to the McGovern for President Committee
Philip S. Hughes, Director
Page four
August 29, 1972
$8,221.58, more than the McGovern for President Committee admits
it received.
The McGovern for President-New York Committee has reported
"transfers-in" from the following committees:
a) On April 14, 1972, $1,000 from the Drug Hospital
Union;
b) On April 28, 1972, $1,000 from the Academic Lobby;
c) On May 31, 1972, $5,000 from the Committee for Peace.
None of these three political committees have registered with the
Federal Elections Office as they are required to do by the Campaign
Act.
In all instances where a committee received contributions
from an individual, it is the express duty of the Treasurer of the
political committee to obtain the name, address, occupation, prin-
cipal place of business, and the date and amount of the contribution.
(11 C.F.R. 12.4(a) (2)) In doing so he is bound to exercise his
best efforts to obtain the above information which is necessary to
meet the legislative intent of requiring public disclosure of all
political contributions in excess of $100. The McGovern Campaign
filings are so lax in meeting this requirement (especially with
regard to occupation and principal place of business) that one can
only conclude that it is a purposeful intent to be less than totally
honest in revealing the true identity of contributors.
It has been generally reported in the press that Stewart
Mott, the General Motors heir, has contributed $377,500 to the
Philip S. Hughes, Director
Page five
August 29, 1972
McGovern Campaign. Records available to the public, however, have
reported only $38,000 in contributions and $160,000 in loans to
the campaign by Mott - a substantial difference not reported by
the McGovern Campaign.
The McGovern Campaign committees have apparently attempted
to cover up such large contributions in their effort to build an
image of receiving most of their money from small contributors.
They should not, however, be permitted to flaunt the Federal Cam-
paign Act in pursuit of their public relations goals.
In my opinion, there is substantial reason to believe the
McGovern Campaign apparatus has violated federal law on numerous
other occasions as well and will continue to do so unless challenged
by your office. The examples cited in this letter are apparent
from a cursory examination of the public record. Your investiga-
tion into the Senator's campaign records will most likely reveal
further violations which have been better concealed. I therefore
call upon you to expeditiously undertake a thorough investigation
of Senator McGovern's Campaign fund raising organizations.
Very truly yours,
Bob Dole
Committee
for the Re-election
of the President 1701 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006 (202) 333-0920
August 30, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
GORDON STRACHAN
FROM:
BRUCE MILLER
bm
Attached is a transcript of the Q&A's following McGovern's
speech to the New York Society of Security Analysts.
sent
to
McGOVERN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS AFTER HIS NEW YORK SPEECH
August 29, 1972
1. Under your plan would any working man get less for his work
than he would get on welfare?
Absolutely not. No man or woman will earn less who is working
than he could receive under welfare. I did not here today
spell out every detail of the national income insurance group
proposals but we would certainly guarantee that no person
working is going to earn less than he would earn by going on
welfare.
2. What effect do you think the higher income taxes on the
$15,000 to $25,000 bracket would have on traditional American
incentive? Similarly, what effect would it have on equity
investment?
Well, it would have no effect at all in the tax position that
people in the middle income bracket - $15,000 to $20,000 -
who make their income on wages and salary. As I have said,
we are not going to raise by one-tenth the taxes of anyone
whose income is derived from wages and salaries and the only
persons, as a matter of fact, who would have any tax change
would be those who derive their income from the tax shelters
that I have referred to here and have spelled out to you.
But even there I have no doubt at all that we will have a
healthier standing investment incentive in this country and
investment pattern under the kind of full employment sound
economy that I prescribe than we have under the sluggish
high unemployment economy which exists today. I think the
programs that I have outlined here today to put people back
to work, to take them off welfare, begin building up our
cities, begin building up our country, ending the waste in
the military sector and something I haven't stressed today,
but even living in peace for a change, that all of this
creates a climate in which business will prosper.
3. Please explain your sponsorship of S-3378, a bill which
denies tax deductibility to charitable request legacies
where proceeds are to be used outside the United States
and its investment possessions, such as CARE.
Well, that question refers to a bill that I co-sponsored a
few months ago with Sen. Humphrey and Sen. Kennedy, Sen. Nelson
and others in which the drafters of the bill inadvertently
included a section which did have the affect of what the
question indicated - closing down the possibility of deductions
for contributions to overseas organizations such as CARE and
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the United Jewish Appeal and other organizations of that kind.
So several days ago, Sen. Nelson and I and other co-sponsors
of that bill introduced separate legislation to correct that
deficiency in our tax proposal.
4. Why do you think Wall Street fears you after having
proved to them Republican political victories mean disaster
for the Street?
I think the question must have been written by my staff.
Well, I don't know why Wall Street fears me. I really don't
know why they were so afraid of John Kennedy or why they
were afraid of President Roosevelt. I've always felt as
a student of history that had it not been for the
progressive and imaginative initiatives that President
Roosevelt took which at first terrified the business
community that we might have lost our free enterprise system.
I think it is historically sound to say that President
Roosevelt saved us from disaster. As Arthur Okun said
here last Tuesday, there's a peculiar marriage of at least a
sizable portion of Wall Street that takes place every four
years with the Republican party. I never thought it was
a wise mass but nevertheless there is and I suppose I'm on
the receiving end of those same fears that have always
haunted Democratic presidents during the campaign period and
which usually turned to rejoicing on the part of the business
community once we elected. So I can only repeat again
something that I hope everyone will accept that a full
employment economy - the kind I have outlined here - where
you reduce these maximum tax rates and then broaden the
base so that we are all paying a fair and more equitable
share of the tax load. I think that's going to create a
situation in which Wall Street will do better, in which the
working people of this country will do better because it is
the kind of economy where we are not giving everybody a
smaller slice of the pie or giving anybody a smaller slice
of the pie except enlarging the size of the economic pie
by the kind of enlightened social and economic policies
that I think will help this country function at its best.
I know we have to do something here in the United States if
we are going to restore some measure of confidence and respect
for our government and for the manner in which it conducts
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its business. We cannot go on with the kind of inequities
that have been publicized in the press in recent years,
especially, and maintain the kind of a safe and decent
society in which we want to rear our children. So what
I want above all else for this country is not a diminished
opportunity for business people but an opportunity for all
Americans to have the good things in life and to enjoy
those things in a climate of peace. That I think ought
to be the great goals of the 1970's.
#H
Committee
for the Re-election
of the President
1701 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006 (202) 333-0920
August 19, 1972
Dear Fellow Republican:
As we enter the campaign of 1972, each of us holds a part of history in his
hands. The success or failure of our efforts on behalf of President Nixon
this year will determine the history of our country for the next four years
and perhaps for the next generation.
The President and I are depending on you to provide a resounding victory on
November 7.
As you well know, a political party consists of people who believe in a set
of principles to guide the government. Victory for a political party results
when sound principles, dedicated leaders, inspired volunteers, and an articu-
late candidate work together.
As President Nixon has clearly demonstrated through his first three and one-
half years in the White House, it takes hard work to reach worthwhile goals.
In his Inaugural Address on January 20, 1969, the President pledged his
Administration to the goal of seeking peace in the world, and added:
"I know that peace does not come through wishing for
it -- that there is no substitute for days and even
years of patient and prolonged diplomacy."
So, too, victory for our cause on November 7 will not come about because we
wish it. Each of us -- you and I -- must work diligently to assure the poli-
tical organization -- at all levels -- which will give us that victory.
I pledge to you that from now until the polls close on election day, I will
devote my total energy and talents to the re-election of President Nixon.
I know each of you will make the same pledge and join me in the effort ahead.
With best wishes for success,
Sincerely,
Clark MacCaregor
Clark MacGregor
Campaign Director
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Presidential Host Committee
1972 Republican National Convention P.O. Box 1248 / Miami Beach, Fla. 33139 / (305) 674-2121
J. DEERING DANIELSON
Co-Chairman
MRS. J. DEERING DANIELSON
Co-Chairman
August 19, 1972
LEONARD L. ABESS
HARRY HOOD BASSETT
MISS DELIA CARBALLO
MRS. RADFORD R. CRANE
DR. RAUL CUADRADO
Welcome to Miami!
MRS. CARLING L. DINKLER, JR.
On behalf of the Host Committee for the
LEON EARLES
Re-election of the President, we extend
JAMES GERITY, JR.
our sincere greetings.
PAUL L. E. HELLIWELL
MRS. JAMES F. McKILLIPS, JR.
We look forward to working with you for
an enthusiastic re-nomination of The
SAMUEL L. HIGGINBOTTAM
President and his overwhelming re-election
MISS EVELYN MITCHELL
in November. Our committee is providing
WILLIAM L. PALLOT
volunteers and services for most of the
THE HON. WILLIAM D. PAWLEY
activities of the national campaign staff.
MRS. EDWIN J. REEVES
To assist in making your stay in the Sunshine
MRS. EDWARD F. SWENSON, JR.
State enjoyable, a "Host Couple" from our
BROWN L. WHATLEY
committee has been assigned to your delegation.
MRS. LEONARD A. WIEN
Further, if we can be of service, please
WILLIAM A. WYNN, JR.
call us at 674-2121.
Have a good convention!
Sincerely,
J Decries Daudson
J. Deering Danielson
Chairman
News
from
the Committee
for the Re-election
of the President
1701 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006 (202) 333-0920
FOR RELEASE: P.M., TUESDAY
CONTACT: DEVAN L. SHUMWAY
AUGUST 15, 1972
(202) 333-6760
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STATEMENT OF
HONORABLE JOHN MITCHELL
FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL
WASHINGTON, D.C. --- For the past several years, the Communist
regime in Hanoi has resorted to the inhumane, reprehensible
tactic of using American prisoners of war as bargaining
counters to extract political concessions at Paris. They have
played cruelly upon the deep concerns of American families,
parents, wives and children. Occasionally, a naive American
has been unwittingly duped into playing Hanoi's wretched
game, into serving as an American megaphone for Communist
propaganda. Such a naive American is Mr. Ramsey Clark.
For two weeks this man, whom Senator McGovern says is
his "perfect" choice to be Director of the FBI, has been
chaperoned around North Vietnam on a guided tour by his
Communist hosts. Now he returns to the United States and
informs us that the Hanoi Government has told him that
American prisoners will be returned when there is a military
and political settlement. There is nothing new in that,
nothing new at all.
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HON. JOHN MITCHELL RE RAMSEY CLARK
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What is new, says Mr. Clark, is that an "editor" of the
largest Communist newspaper in Hanoi assured him that the
prisoners would be released if Senator McGovern is inaugurated
on January 20. Given the stark contradiction between the stated
position of the Hanoi Government and the whispered position of
that Hanoi editor, one must conclude that Mr. Clark has been led
down the primrose path by a Communist newspaperman.
In exchange for this endorsement of Senator McGovern by the
largest daily in Hanoi, Mr. Clark has provided the Communist
regime in return with an international propaganda windfall.
Mr. Clark's behavior while within the frontiers of a
country waging war against an ally and the armed forces of the
United States was inexcusable. And the time has come for
Mr. McGovern to face up to this issue.
Does Senator McGovern endorse and approve the outrageous
conduct of his adviser and supporter, Ramsey Clark, while in
Hanoi? Does Senator McGovern believe Ramsey Clark is the
"perfect" choice to fill the shoes of the late J. Edgar Hoover
as Director of the FBI?
Senator McGovern's half hour diatribe against American policy
in Southeast Asia Sunday did not answer these questions. It only
served to remind us that Senator McGovern, like Mr. Clark, seems
more solicitous about the fate of a nation committing aggression
than about the fate of its victims.
(more)
HON. JOHN MITCHELL RE RAMSEY CLARK
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::
Is Mr. McGovern once again waiting for public opinion to
crystallize? Is he waiting for the polls to tell him whether or
not to dump Ramsey Clark as his prospective choice for FBI
Director?
We do not need another half hour of obfuscation on the
question; we need only a half minute of candor.
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strachdu
Committee for the Re-election of the President"
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MEMORANDUM
August 23, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
MR. PAUL BARRICK
MR. FRED LA RUE
MR. CLARK MAC GREGOR
MR. JEB MAGRUDER
MR. FREDERIC MALEK
MR. MAURICE STANS
MR. LANGHORN WASHBURN
FROM:
ROBERT C. ODLE, JR.
SUBJECT:
Budget Meetings
This is just a reminder that at the last budget meeting
it was agreed to initiate a regular weekly budget meet-
ing each Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. in Suite 407. The
first Wednesday budget meeting will be September 6.
It was also agreed there would be a budget meeting next
Tuesday, however, and that meeting will be Tuesday,
August 29, at 3:00 p.m.
Thank you.
Strachan
Committee for the Re-election of the President
MEMORANDUM
August 9, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HONORABLE CLARK MAC GREGOR
FROM:
HERBERT L. PORTER
Bard
SUBJECT:
National Federation of Republican Women
Convention, Boston, Massachusetts, Friday,
September 22, 1972
Mrs. Connie Armitage, President of the National Federation
of Republican Women has called me specifically requesting
that you address their Convention in Boston on Friday,
September 22. Mrs. MacGregor is also invited to this event.
Their schedule is flexible, and you can name the time you
wish to be there. A lunch or dinner could be arranged.
Would you be willing to speak to this convention in Boston
on that date? They have called several times and are very
interested in having you and Mrs. MacGregor attend.
APPROVE
DISAPPROVE
COMMENT
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CONTACT: DEVAN L. SHUMWAY
AUGUST 14, 1972
(202) 333-6760
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DEBATE (please note embargo)
WASHINGTON, August 14 -- Clark MacGregor, Campaign Director of the
Committee for the Re-election of the President, released the
following statement today:
"Although I responded to Senator George McGovern's call to
debate on July 22, the Senator apparently overlooked that response.
Therefore, I will reiterate what I said on July 22.
"Leaders of both parties have long maintained that it was not
in the national interest for incumbent Presidents to engage in public
debate. On August 18, 1964, Senator McGovern himself voted to kill
a bill which would have permitted debates between Senator Goldwater
and former President Johnson. By his actions and his comments then
he made his position clear. He was against campaign debates involving
the President. I think Senator McGovern was sincere in 1964. I
think he was right.
"His repeated challenge now in the face of his own recorded
view is a desperate attempt by a losing candidate to divert attention
from the successful policies of the President and from his own extreme
defense, welfare and tax increase proposals -- the real issues in
this campaign.
"We call upon Senator McGovern to stop reversing his own record.
Come home, Senator McGovern -- come home to reality."
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AUGUST 12, 1972
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STATEMENT BY CLARK MacGREGOR
CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR OF
THE COMMITTEE FOR THE RE-ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This afternoon, former Attorney General John
Mitchell issued a call to Senator McGovern to repudiate the conduct
of Ramsey Clark in Hanoi. This is a very serious matter. Senator
McGovern has said that if he were elected President, he hoped Ramsey
Clark would take the position of Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation. Mr. Clark, for his part, is now in the capital of
North Vietnam serving as a mouthpiece for Communist propaganda and
lending whatever slim credibility he retains as a former cabinet
officer to the calculated program of deceit emanating from Hanoi.
It is serious business when a McGovern advisor and associate
broadcasts enemy propaganda to American servicemen and attempts
to undercut United States efforts for a just peace in Southeast
Asia.
I concur fully in former Attorney General Mitchell's demand
for Senator McGovern to repudiate Ramsey Clark. I call on Senator
McGovern to tell the American people if he still regards this man --
who is now assisting an enemy responsible for the deaths of 55,000
American servicemen -- to be the "perfect" choice for the most
important internal security post in the United States Government.
It's time the American people got the answer.
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