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To: H.R. Haldeman From: Bruce Kehrli RE: "Election Night Plan." 3pgs [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 10/24/1972
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10/24/1972
Campaign
Memo
To: H.R. Haldeman From: Bruce Kehrli RE:
"Election Night Plan." 3pgs
45
17
10/20/1972
Campaign
Memo
To: Clark MacGregor From: Stan Anderson
RE: "Election Day and Evening Activities."
7pgs
45
17
10/24/1972
Campaign
Memo
To: H.R. Haldeman From: Bruce Kehrli RE:
"Election Night Plan." 3pgs
45
17
10/20/1972
Campaign
Memo
To: Clark MacGregor From: Stan Anderson
RE: "Election Day and Evening Activities."
7pgs
45
17
10/20/1972
Campaign
Memo
To: Clark MacGregor From: Stan Anderson
RE: "Election Day and Evening Activities."
7pgs
45
17
10/26/1972
Campaign
Memo
To: Clark MacGregor From: Stanton D.
Anderson RE: "Election Night Program."
7pgs
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Page 1 of 1
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October
ADMINISTRATIVELY gstable CONFIDENTIAL
24, phone members. House
MEMORANDUM FOR
H. R. HALDEMAN
FROM:
BRUCE KEHRLI
SUBJECT:
Election Night Plan
Attached at Tab A is the general plan for Election night
activities at the Shoreham. This does not include the
specifics of influencing the vote and of information re-
trieval at the White House. The information plan is in-
cluded at Tab B and the vote influence plan is due by close
of business, Wednesday.
The reason that these are being forwarded now (without the
PR/voting influence plan) is that we would like to get some
feedback on the type of information that you and the Presi-
dent will need.
You should review both plans and particularly note any changes,
additions or deletions on the information plan.
In addition to the resources of the Re-election Committee and
the RNC, the following will be set up in the West Wing.
1. Monitoring of all three networks, the Washington
and "A" wires of UPI and AP and the Election night
wire that prints out detailed results by state for
Presidential, House and Senate races every 45
minutes starting at approximately 7:00 p.m.
2. A system of receiving information on standard
forms similar to the system we have after speeches
will be set up in Timmons' office and the Roosevelt
Room. According to Chapin, the President will be
in the Residence; if plans change the following
apparatus will be shifted downstairs or to the
EOB so as not to disturb him if he's in his office.
No need- it won't district him in
the office The office will be set
up for TV
-2-
3. Access to the West Wing will be limited to
those working on the follow-up system and people
with offices here.
4. Bob Teeter will be located in the West Wing
to analyze the data coming in.
5. Teeter will have information on when the nets
will release their information. They may attempt
to hold it for awhile trying not to influence the
vote, and if so, we'll try to put someone "inside"
to forward information as it comes in. Also, we
are trying to get information on when the nets
will project a winner.
6. We expect quite a few congratulatory phone
calls and we propose to set up a system to have
the following people take the calls for VIPs and
close friends:
who directs
Butterfield -- Cabinet, Administration
Timmons -- Senate and Congress
of
Dent -- Governors
Colson -- Labor, Business
Klein--Editors, Publishers
Rose Woods -- Close friends
Finch - big Pols.
Each of the VIP calls will be noted (on standard
form) along with the message so that a letter can
be sent thanking them for the calls.
APPROVE
If you approve, Kt a draft will be submitted.
DISAPPROVE
7. Should we "gin up" congratulatory calls from the
Cabinet and friends for the President to take himself?
YES
NO
have alita a
best
we LC should shout be
Valley hand on
-3-
8. Strachan, Colson, and Teeter can get comments
from pollsters -- Gallup, Harris, Benham.
9. If it looks like a landslide, we should have
Colson program prominent people to release statistics
about the overwhelming mandate for the President.
YES
H
NO
10. Suggest we skip the news summary on the day after
the Election. Give Mort Allin one night off to help
out with the follow-up. Have Mort put together a
we
summary of the Wednesday morning papers during the
need
day on November 8th.
11. Will the President want to send out telegrams to
Republican winners and losers in House, Senate and
Governor races? If so, suggest we not send out until
all results can be checked and verified which may take
OK
a couple of days.
The specific Senate and House races to be monitored,
specific counties and precincts to be watched, and
sample forms will be forwarded close of business,
Monday, October 30, if we're on the right track.
OK
Committee
for the Re-election
of the Prosident
1701 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006 (202) 333-0920
October 20, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
CLARK MacGREGOR
FROM:
STAN ANDERSON
SUBJECT:
Election Day and Evening Activities
This memorandum sets forth the results of initial planning we have com-
pleted for the activities on election day and evening, and asks for your
concurrence. The memo also outlines the type of programmatic activity
we anticipate and outlines the various logistic and support activities
necessary to carry out our plans.
PURPOSE OF ELECTION DAY AND
EVENING ACTIVITIES
The purpose of the proposed election day and evening activities at the
Shoreham are threefold:
Toprovide a gathing pt prPs
a) The primary purpose of the day and evening is to get out the
twops
vote in all states and to influence the vote for the President
in the West.
Bad Don't want this in NE
b) An auxiliary purpose is to provide a mechanism and forum to
collect and display election results primarily for use in in-
fluencing the vote in the West and providing the President
and you with up-to-date election results and analysis.
c) A third purpose is to provide a suitable public forum for the
President's first public appearance after his reelection.
In essence there are three separate phases: 1) affecting the vote; 2)
collecting the results and 3) providing a suitable setting for the Presi-
dent. Phases one and two will overlap in the early evening as the polls
close in the East and the results begin to pour in and while we still at-
tempt to influence the vote in the West. Later in the evening phases two
and three may also overlap.
bcc: Bruce Kehrli
- 2 -
OVER-VIEW OF ELECTION DAY ACTIVITIES
Shoreham. We anticipate making the Shoreham the Nixon Headquarters
Hotel. The Shoreham will serve as the focal point of activities
throughout the day and evening. The primary emphasis in all planning
and preparation will be the need for an effective "get out the vote"
effort on election day. This philosophy will permeate everything we
do in an effort to insure that the staff focuses on the important "get
out the vote" activities of the last day and not on the celebration
aspects which may also occur.
Nogood unless can
Approve
Disap pconcutrat our
c
Invitations. It is our feeling not
good that election states night activity -So. should mta.
be a mammoth show but rather an opportunity for those people here in
Washington who have worked long and hard on the campaign to get together
to view election returns and to hopefully have a personal opportunity to
see the President in his first personal appearance after his reelection.
In this regard I recommend invitations to the following groups in the
number indicated.
CREP Staff - Approximately 700 (including spouses). This number
includes all campaign staff except those field people having
election day responsibilities who will remain in the field.
Approve 14th
Disapprove
Discuss
C
CREP Volunteers - 500 (including spouses). We anticipate selecting
the 250 volunteers who have worked the hardest in the past 18 months.
Approve
H
Disapprove
Discuss
C
White House Staff Approximately 1,200 (including spouses). This
number would include all White House staff including administrative
people who have worked long and hard in the campaign.
Approve
H C-will be Move
Disapprove
Discuss
"Rose Mary Woods List" - Approximately 200 (including spouses). This
list includes family members and close friends of the President who
are normally invited to this type of event.
Approve H Disapprove
Discuss
- 3 -
Republican National Committee - Approximately 400 (including
spouses). We feel it is important that the RNC participate
fully in election day activities to further exemplify the close
working relationship between our two organizations.
Approve H. Disapprove
Discuss
CREP Finance Committee - Approximately 450 (including spouses).
This is the maximum number that Mr. Stans anticipates attending.
Approve H Disapprove
Discuss
Surrogates - Approximately 30 (including spouses). Surrogates
normally based in Washington will be invited, those who are
Governors, Senators and Congressmen will be encouraged to stay
in their state.
Approve Hjj Disapprove
Discuss
Administration Appointees - Approximately 500 (including spouses).
This list includes all the Agency Heads, Under Secretaries, and
Assistant Secretaries.
Approve H Disapprove
Discuss
Democrats for Nixon - Approximately 100 (including spouses). This
list will be supplied by Mr. Connally's office.
Approve H don't Disapprove limit them if Discuss they want more
C
Young Voters for the President - Approximately 500 (including spouses-
no dates). This number will liven-up the evening and provide an op-
portunity for these young workers to be involved in an exiting event.
Approve H Disapprove
Discuss
Vice President - Approximately 200 (including spouses). We are ad-
vised that this is the approximate number of invitations that will be
required by the Vice President's office.
Approve H Disapprove
Discuss
- 4 -
Miscellaneous - Approximately 500 (including spouses). This
group includes friends of senior CREP and White House staff
and others who do not fit in any other category.
Approve
H
Disapprove
Discuss
D.C. Committee - I recommend that we ask the D.C. Republican
Committee and the D.C. Re-election Committee to sponsor another
election night event at a different hotel in Washington. There
are several reasons for this recommendation. First, if we in-
vite both of these Committees to participate in our activities
it would add approximately 2,000 more people to our event which
would severely over-tax our existing facilities. Secondly, the
D.C. sponsored affair could be advertised locally as a public
event thus directing a major portion of the "walk-in traffic"
away from the Shoreham. We anticipate that this "walk-in traffic"
could be substantial. We plan to provide the D.C. event with
various speakers throughout the evening.
Approve
H
Disapprove
Discuss
Security. Some form of security must be undertaken at the Shoreham in
order to provide proper protection for the President and in order to
insure that "walk-in traffic" will not overwhelm those guests we have
invited. The security will be "soft" and will not be readily apparent.
There will be no uniformed security people in evidence. "All security
will be handled by Steve King's current staff and by volunteers from
YVP.
It will be necessary for us to have some sort of security identification.
We recommend a security pin which will also serve as a momento of the
evening.
Approve
H
Disapprove
Discuss
C
Overall Budget. Attached at Tab A is the overall budget which was pre-
sented to the Budget Committee last Monday, October 16, 1972. I recom-
ment that you approve this proposed budget.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
5 -
SPROGRAM ACTIVITIES
Influencing the Vote. All activities on election day at the Shoreham
Tablo spot State Mrsket
will be aimed at influencing voters to come out and vote for the
President The development of a detailed program will be undertaken
3
by Ed Failor. A schedule will be devised which will provide for you,
and some of our major surrogates, a forum to hold press conferences and
briefings for the press assembled at the Shoreham. Mixed into these
formal briefings will be press coverage of the President voting in
California and you voting in D.C. We will provide special spot-masters,
featuring various Administration spokesmen, aimed at key western states.
We will be forwarding to you shortly a detailed program to influence the
vote.
Collection of Election Results. We have concluded that it is unrealistic
to try and compete with the networks on the collection and projection of
election results in the Presidential race. They have invested nearly two
million dollars in their combined retrieval system and have developed a
very sophisticated computer system to instantly analyze the results as
they are received. We are informed that the networks will telecast re-
sults as they are received.
We do plan however to develop a collection system which will amplify upon
the materiel collected by the networks. There are basically three types
of data which in our view would be useful to the President and to you
during the day and early evening hours:
1) Periodic information on voter turnout with comparison data
on voter turnout in similar areas in prior Presidential
elections.
2) Voting data from special target precincts in blue collar
Vorget
black and Catholic areas selected by Bob Teeter.
block
3) Collection of reports from political operatives across the
country who will analyze early results in their areas.
We also plan to lease a UPI election night wire which, beginning at 7:00
p.m. will print out the complete vote count from each state for Presidential,
Senate and House races. The cost for this service is $300. I have asked Ed
DeBolt of the RNC to pull together a detailed plan for the election night col-
lection operation. Ed will combine the resources of our Committee, the White
House, the RNC and the Senate and House Campaign Committees in this project.
This plan will be forwarded to you shortly.
- 6 -
Election Night Entertainment. We feel that the entertainment aspects
of election night should be simple and flexible enough to adapt to
the coverage of election results. I have asked Mike Viner, producer
of the Miami Beach Marine Stadium program, to produce our election
night program. Mike has agreed to undertake this responsibility for
no cost. He is in a position to arrange for entertainers who will
blend easily into the evenings activities. The entertainment will be
in individual modules interspersed around election results which will
be shown on the eidaphor screen behind the podium.
HOTEL LAYOUT AND LOGISTICS
Hotel Selection and Proposal. As previously discussed, the Shoreham
Hotel has been selected as the most appropriate facility in which to hold
the Committee's election night activity. All necessary press facilities
for excellent nationwide media coverage throughout the evening can easily
be accommodated in the Ballroom and still leave sufficient space for our
invited guests. All meeting rooms in the hotel are being provided at
no cost to the Committee. See Tab B for a proposed layout of the ground
floor rooms in the hotel.
Sleeping Rooms. We have reserved 400 sleeping rooms in the hotel. We
have also reserved 40 suites. All Finance Committee invitees will pay
for their own rooms or suites. Some senior staff at the White House and
here at the Committee will require either sleeping rooms or suites which
should be paid for by the Committee. We will determine these needs on an
individual basis in the next week.
Regency Ballroom Layout. Attached at Tab C is a proposed layout of the
Regency Ballroom. This layout is geared to the anticipated desires and
needs of the networks. We are working closely with the networks to
maximize media coverage. A detailed layout of the Ballroom will be for-
warded to you as soon as negotiations for final placement of the network
facilities are completed.
We will be required to install an audio system in the Ballroom to insure
proper nationwide network coverage. We will also install an audio con-
trol panel with appropriate microphone inputs and speakers with the
ability to feed the PA system to the Empire Room where the working press
will be located.
We also plan an eidaphor screen behind the podium. The screen will serve
as an electronic "tote board" throughout the evening. We will have the
capability to show the various network programing on the screen or show
independent results that we collect.
7 -
Cash bars are to be set up in the Ambassador Room, which is immediately
across the hall from the Regency Ballroom. No food will be provided.
The Committee will not bear any costs associated with these bars. Soft
drinks will be provided at no cost.
Transportation. We plan to have a shuttle bus system with two 51 pas-
senger busses operating from 5:00 p.m. until the evenings activities
have concluded. The busses will run a continuous loop between the White
House, 1701 and the Shoreham. Pick-up and dispatch will occur every 15
minutes at each location.
Telephones. We plan to utilize the existing 90 unused three-digit branch
lines at 1730 and extend the 1730 telephone system to the Shoreham. With
the addition of some seven-digit telephone numbers this will keep the
telephone expenses at a minimum level. This procedure will allow users
access to the WATS system at 1730 and 1701. A telephone directory will
also be developed.
Food and Beverages. We have found it necessary to divide the invited
guests into three separate categories, each receiving a varied degree of
hospitality because of the wide range in the types of person invited to
the election night activities. The first group is the Finance people
who will be invited directly by Mr. Stans. In accordance with prior
custom the Finance people require a separate area and top quality food
and beverages for their invitees.
The second group are the VIP's who don't fit into the Finance area. This
group is composed of senior White House, CREP and Administration officials
and friends of the President and other high officials. We plan to have
a separate area for the VIP's and provide them with good quality food and
beverages.
The third group is the remainder of the invited guests. This group will
be gathered in the main Ballroom and they will have cash bar facilities in
the Ambassador Room adjacent to the main Ballroom,
Conclusion. In 1968 the election night activities cost approximately
$300, 000 and planning for the event began in early September with full-
time commitment of time on the part of several staff people. We started
late on this project but I'm confident with the group now working on the
event that it will be a success.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 24, 1972
ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
H. R. HALDEMAN
FROM:
BRUCE KEHRLI
BAU
SUBJECT:
Election Night Plan
Attached at Tab A is the general plan for Election night
activities at the Shoreham. This does not include the
specifics of influencing the vote and of information re-
trieval at the White House. The information plan is in-
cluded at Tab B and the vote influence plan is due by close
of business, Wednesday.
The reason that these are being forwarded now (without the
PR/voting influence plan) is that we would like to get some
feedback on the type of information that you and the Presi-
dent will need.
You should review both plans and particularly note any changes,
additions or deletions on the information plan.
In addition to the resources of the Re-election Committee and
the RNC, the following will be set up in the West Wing.
1. Monitoring of all three networks, the Washington
and "A" wires of UPI and AP and the Election night
wire that prints out detailed results by state for
Presidential, House and Senate races every 45
minutes starting at approximately 7:00 p.m.
2. A system of receiving information on standard
forms similar to the system we have after speeches
will be set up in Timmons' office and the Roosevelt
Room. According to Chapin, the President will be
in the Residence; if plans change the following
apparatus will be shifted downstairs or to the
EOB so as not to disturb him if he's in his office.
-2-
3. Access to the West Wing will be limited to
those working on the follow-up system and people
with offices here.
4. Bob Teeter will be located in the West Wing
to analyze the data coming in.
5. Teeter will have information on when the nets
will release their information. They may attempt
to hold it for awhile trying not to influence the
vote, and if so, we'll try to put someone "inside"
to forward information as it comes in. Also, we
are trying to get information on when the nets
will project a winner.
6. We expect quite a few congratulatory phone
calls and we propose to set up a system to have
the following people take the calls for VIPs and
close friends:
Butterfield -- Cabinet, Administration
Timmons -- Senate and Congress
Dent -- Governors
Colson -- Labor, Business
Klein;-Editors, Publishers
Rose Woods -- Close friends
Each of the VIP calls will be noted (on standard
form) along with the message so that a letter can
be sent thanking them for the calls.
If you approve, a draft will be submitted.
APPROVE
DISAPPROVE
7. Should we "gin up" congratulatory calls from the
Cabinet and friends for the President to take himself?
YES
NO
-3-
8. Strachan, Colson, and Teeter can get comments
from pollsters -- Gallup, Harris, Benham.
9. If it looks like a landslide, we should have
Colson program prominent people to release statistics
about the overwhelming mandate for the President.
YES
NO
10. Suggest we skip the news summary on the day after
the Election. Give Mort Allin one night off to help
out with the follow-up. Have Mort put together a
summary of the Wednesday morning papers during the
day on November 8th.
11. Will the President want to send out telegrams to
Republican winners and losers in House, Senate and
Governor races? If so, suggest we not send out until
all results can be checked and verified which may take
a couple of days.
The specific Senate and House races to be monitored,
specific counties and precincts to be watched, and
sample forms will be forwarded close of business,
Monday, October 30, if we're on the right track.
Committee
for the Re-slection
of the Prosident
1701 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006 (202) 333-0920
October 20, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
CLARK MacGREGOR
FROM:
STAN ANDERSON
SUBJECT:
Election Day and Evening Activities
This memorandum sets forth the results of initial planning we have com-
pleted for the activities on election day and evening, and asks for your
concurrence. The memo also outlines the type of programmatic activity
we anticipate and outlines the various logistic and support activities
necessary to carry out our plans.
PURPOSE OF ELECTION DAY AND
EVENING ACTIVITIES
The purpose of the proposed election day and evening activities at the
Shoreham are threefold:
a) The primary purpose of the day and evening is to get out the
vote in all states and to influence the vote for the President
in the West.
b) An auxiliary purpose is to provide a mechanism and forum to
collect and display election results primarily for use in in-
fluencing the vote in the West and providing the President
and you with up-to-date election results and analysis.
c) A third purpose is to provide a suitable public forum for the
President's first public appearance after his reclection.
In essence there are three separate phases: 1) affecting the vote; 2)
collecting the results and 3) providing a suitable setting for the Presi-
dent. Phases one and two will overlap in the early evening as the polls
close in the East and the results begin to pour in and while we still at-
tempt to influence the vote in the West. Later in the evening phases two
and three may also overlap.
bec: Bruce Kehrli
- 2 -
OVER-VIEW OF ELECTION DAY ACTIVITIES
Shoreham. We anticipate making the Shoreham the Nixon Headquarters
Hotel. The Shoreham will serve as the focal point of activities
throughout the day and evening. The primary emphasis in all planning
and preparation will be the need for an effective "get out the vote"
effort on election day. This philosophy will permeate everything we
do in an effort to insure that the staff focuses on the important "get
out the vote" activities of the last day and not on the celebration
aspects which may also occur.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
Invitations. It is our feeling that election night activity should not
be a mammoth show but rather an opportunity for those people here in
Washington who have worked long and hard on the campaign to get together
to view election returns and to hopefully have a personal opportunity to
see the President in his first personal appearance after his reelection.
In this regard I recommend invitations to the following groups in the
number indicated.
CREP Staff - Approximately 700 (including spouses) This number
includes all campaign staff except those field people having
election day responsibilities who will remain in the field.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
CREP Volunteers - 500 (including spouses) We anticipate selecting
the 250 volunteers who have worked the hardest in the past 18 months.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
White House Staff - Approximately 1,200 (including spouses). This
number would include all White House staff including administrative
people who have worked long and hard in the campaign.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
"Rose Mary Woods List" - Approximately 200 (including spouses) This
list includes family members and close friends of the President who
are normally invited to this type of event.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
- 3 -
Republican National Committee - Approximately 400 (including
spouses). We feel it is important that the RNC participate
fully in election day activities to further exemplify the close
working relationship between our two organizations.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
CREP Finance Committee - Approximately 450 (including spouses).
This is the maximum number that Mr. Stans anticipates attending.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
Surrogates Approximately 30 (including spouses). Surrogates
normally based in Washington will be invited, those who are
Governors, Senators and Congressmen will be encouraged to stay
in their state.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
Administration Appointees - Approximately 500 (including spouses).
This list includes all the Agency Heads, Under Secretaries, and
Assistant Secretaries.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
Democrats for Nixon - Approximately 100 (including spouses). This
list will be supplied by Mr. Connally's office.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
Young Voters for the President Approximately 500 (including spouses-
no dates). This number will liven-up the evening and provide an 00-
portunity for these young workers to be involved in an exiting event.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
Vice President - Approximately 200 (including spouses). We are ad-
vised that this is the approximate number of invitations that will be
required by the Vice President's office.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
4 -
Miscellaneous - Approximately 500 (including spouses). This
group includes friends of senior CREP and White House staff
and others who do not fit in any other category.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
D.C. Committee - I recommend that we ask the D.C. Republican
Committee and the D.C. Re-election Committee to sponsor another
election night event at a different hotel in Washington. There
are several reasons for this recommendation. First, if we in-
vite both of these Committees to participate in our activities
it would add approximately 2,000 more people to our event which
would severely over-tax our existing facilities. Secondly, the
D.C. sponsored affair could be advertised locally as a public
event thus directing a major portion of the "walk-in traffic"
away from the Shoreham. We anticipate that this "walk-in traffic"
could be substantial. We plan to provide the D.C. event with
various speakers throughout the evening.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
Security. Some form of security must be undertaken at the Shoreham in
order to provide proper protection for the President and in order to
insure that "walk-in traffic" will not overwhelm those guests we have
invited. The security will be "soft" and will not be readily apparent.
There will be no uniformed security people in evidence. All security
will be handled by Steve King's current staff and by volunteers from
YVP.
It will be necessary for us to have some sort of security identification.
We recommend a security pin which will also serve as a momento of the
evening.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
Overall Budget. Attached at Tab A is the overall budget which was pre-
sented to the Budget Committee last Monday, October 16, 1972. I recom-
ment that you approve this proposed budget.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
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PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
Influencing the Vote. All activities on election day at the Shoreham
will be aimed at influencing voters to come out and vote for the
President. The development of a detailed program will be undertaken
by Ed Failor. A schedule will be devised which will provide for you,
and some of our major surrogates, a forum to hold press conferences and
briefings for the press assembled at the Shoreham. Mixed into these
formal briefings will be press coverage of the President voting in
California and you voting in D.C. We will provide special spot-masters,
featuring various Administration spokesmen, aimed at key western states.
We will be forwarding to you shortly a detailed program to influence the
vote.
Collection of Election Results. We have concluded that it is unrealistic
to try and compete with the networks on the collection and projection of
election results in the Presidential race. They have invested nearly two
million dollars in their combined retrieval system and have developed a
very sophisticated computer system to instantly analyze the results as
they are received. We are informed that the networks will telecast re-
sults as they are received.
We do plan however to develop a collection system which will amplify upon
the materiel collected by the networks. There are basically three types
of data which in our view would be useful to the President and to you
during the day and early evening hours:
1) Periodic information on voter turnout with comparison data
on voter turnout in similar areas in prior Presidential
elections.
2) Voting data from special target precincts in blue collar,
black and Catholic areas selected by Bob Teeter.
3) Collection of reports from political operatives across the
country who will analyze early results in their areas.
We also plan to lease a UPI election night wire which, beginning at 7:00
p.m. will print out the complete vote count from each state for Presidential,
Senate and House races. The cost for this service is $300. I have asked Ed
DeBolt of the RNC to pull together a detailed plan for the election night col-
lection operation. Ed will combine the resources of our Committee, the White
House, the RNC and the Senate and House Campaign Committees in this project.
This plan will be forwarded to you shortly.
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Election Night Entertainment. We feel that the entertainment aspects
of election night should be simple and flexible enough to adapt to
the coverage of election results. I have asked Mike Viner, producer
of the Miami Beach Marine Stadium program, to produce our election
night program. Mike has agreed to undertake this responsibility for
no cost. He is in a position to arrange for entertainers who will
blend easily into the evenings activities. The entertainment will be
in individual modules interspersed around election results which will
be shown on the eidaphor screen behind the podium.
HOTEL LAYOUT AND LOGISTICS
Hotel Selection and Proposal. As previously discussed, the Shoreham
Hotel has been selected as the most appropriate facility in which to hold
the Committee's election night activity. All necessary press facilities
for excellent nationwide media coverage throughout the evening can easily
be accommodated in the Ballroom and still leave sufficient space for our
invited guests. All meeting rooms in the hotel are being provided at
no cost to the Committee. See Tab B for a proposed layout of the ground
floor rooms in the hotel.
Sleeping Rooms. We have reserved 400 sleeping rooms in the hotel. We
have also reserved 40 suites. All Finance Committee invitees will pay
for their own rooms or suites. Some senior staff at the White House and
here at the Committee will require either sleeping rooms or suites which
should be paid for by the Committee. We will determine these needs on an
individual basis in the next week.
Regency Ballroom Layout. Attached at Tab C is a proposed layout of the
Regency Ballroom. This layout is geared to the anticipated desires and
needs of the networks. We are working closely with the networks to
maximize media coverage. A detailed layout of the Ballroom will be for-
warded to you as soon as negotiations for final placement of the network
facilities are completed.
We will be required to install an audio system in the Ballroom to insure
proper nationwide network coverage. We will also install an audio con-
trol panel with appropriate microphone inputs and speakers with the
ability to feed the PA system to the Empire Room where the working press
will be located.
We also plan an eidaphor screen behind the podium. The screen will serve
as an electronic "tote board" throughout the evening. We will have the
capability to show the various network programing on the screen or show
independent results that we collect.
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Cash bars are to be set up in the Ambassador Room, which is immediately
across the hall from the Regency Ballroom. No food will be provided.
The Committee will not bear any costs associated with these bars. Soft
drinks will be provided at no cost.
Transportation. We plan to have a shuttle bus system with two 51 pas-
senger busses operating from 5:00 p.m. until the evenings activities
have concluded. The busses will run a continuous loop between the White
House, 1701 and the Shoreham. Pick-up and dispatch will occur every 15
minutes at each location.
Telephones. We plan to utilize the existing 90 unused three-digit branch
lines at I730 and extend the 1730 telephone system to the Shoreham. With
the addition of some seven-digit telephone numbers this will keep the
telephone expenses at a minimum level. This procedure will allow users
access to the WATS system at 1730 and 1701. A telephone directory will
also be developed.
Food and Beverages. We have found it necessary to divide the invited
guests into three separate categories, each receiving a varied degree of
hospitality because of the wide range in the types of person invited to
the election night activities. The first group is the Finance people
who will be invited directly by Mr. Stans. In accordance with prior
custom the Finance people require a separate area and top quality food
and beverages for their invitees.
The second group are the VIP's who don't fit into the Finance area. This
group is composed of senior White House, CREP and Administration officials
and friends of the President and other high officials. We plan to have
a separate area for the VIP's and provide them with good quality food and
beverages.
The third group is the remainder of the invited guests. This group will
be gathered in the main Ballroom and they will have cash bar facilities in
the Ambassador Room adjacent to the main Ballroom,
Conclusion. In 1963 the election night activities cost approximately
$300, 000 and planning for the event began in early September with full-
time commitment of time on the part of several staff people. We started
late on this project but I'm confident with the group now working on the
event that it will be a success.
Committee
for the Re-election
of the President
1701 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W., WASHI: TON, D.C. 20006 (202) 333-0920
October 20, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
CLARK MacGREGOR
FROM:
STAN ANDERSON
SUBJECT:
Election Day and Evening Activities
This memorandum sets forth the results of initial planning we have com-
pleted for the activities on election day and evening, and asks for your
concurrence. The memo also outlines the type of programmatic activity
we anticipate and outlines the various logistic and support activities
necessary to carry out our plans.
PURPOSE OF ELECTION DAY AND
EVENING ACTIVITIES
The purpose of the proposed election day and evening activities at the
Shoreham are threefold:
a) The primary purpose of the day and evening is to get out the
vote in all states and to influence the vote for the President
in the West.
b) An auxiliary purpose is to provide a mechanism and forum to
collect and display election results primarily for use in in-
fluencing the vote in the West and providing the President
and you with up-to-date election results and analysis.
c) A third purpose is to provide a suitable public forum for the
President's first public appearance after his reelection.
In essence there are three separate phases: 1) affecting the vote, 2)
collecting the results and 3) providing a suitable setting for the Presi-
dent. Phases one and two will overlap in the early evening as the polls
close in the East and the results begin to pour in and while we still at-
tempt to influence the vote in the West. Later in the evening phases two
and three may also overlap.
bec: Gordon Strachan
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OVER-VIEW OF ELECTION DAY ACTIVITIES
Shoreham. We anticipate making the Shoreham the Nixon Headquarters
Hotel. The Shoreham will serve as the focal point of activities
throughout the day and evening. The primary emphasis in all planning
and preparation will be the need for an effective "get out the vote"
effort on election day. This philosophy will permeate everything we
do in an effort to insure that the staff focuses on the important "get
out the vote" activities of the last day and not on the celebration
aspects which may also occur.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
Invitations. It is our feeling that election night activity should not.
be a mammoth show but rather an opportunity for those people here in
Washington who have worked long and hard on the campaign to get together
to view election returns and to hopefully have a personal opportunity to
see the President in his first personal appearance after his reelection.
In this regard I recommend invitations to the following groups in the
number indicated.
CREP Staff - Approximately 700 (including spouses). This number
includes all campaign staff except those field people having
election day responsibilities who will remain in the field.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
CREP Volunteers - 500 (including spouses). We anticipate selecting
the 250 volunteers who have worked the hardest in the past 18 months.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
White House Staff - Approximately 1,200 (including spouses). This
number would include all White House staff including administrative
people who have worked long and hard in the campaign.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
"Rose Mary Woods List" - Approximately 200 (including spouses). This
list includes family members and close friends of the President who
are normally invited to this type of event.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
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Republican National Committee - Approximately 400 (including
spouses). We feel it is important that the RNC participate
fully in election day activities to further exemplify the close
working relationship between our two organizations.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
CREP Finance Committee - Approximately 450 (including spouses).
This is the maximum number that Mr. Stans anticipates attending.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
Surrogates - Approximately 30 (including spouses). Surrogates
normally based in Washington will be invited, those who are
Governors, Senators and Congressmen will be encouraged to stay
in their state.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
Administration Appointees - Approximately 500 (including spouses).
250
50
This list includes all the Agency Heads, Under Secretaries, and
Assistant Secretaries.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
Democrats for Nixon - Approximately 100 (including spouses). This
list will be supplied by Mr. Connally's office.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
Young Voters for the President - Approximately 500 (including spouses-
no dates) This number will liven-up the evening and provide an op-
portunity for these young workers to be involved in an exiting event.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
Vice President - Approximately 200 (including spouses) We are ad-
vised that this is the approximate number of invitations that will be
required by the Vice President's office.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
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Miscellaneous - Approximately 500 (including spouses). This
group includes friends of senior CREP and White House staff
and others who do not fit in any other category.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
D.C. Committee - I recommend that we ask the D.C. Republican
Committee and the D.C. Re-election Committee to sponsor another
election night event at a different hotel in Washington. There
are several reasons for this recommendation. First, if we in-
vite both of these Committees to participate in our activities
it would add approximately 2,000 more people to our event which
would severely over-tax our existing facilities. Secondly, the
D.C. sponsored affair could be advertised locally as a public
event thus directing a major portion of the "walk-in traffic"
away from the Shoreham. We anticipate that this "walk-in traffic"
could be substantial. We plan to provide the D.C. event with
various speakers throughout the evening.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
Security. Some form of security must be undertaken at the Shoreham in
order to provide proper protection for the President and in order to
insure that "walk-in traffic" will not overwhelm those guests we have
invited. The security will be "soft" and will not be readily apparent.
There will be no uniformed security people in evidence. All security
will be handled by Steve King's current staff and by volunteers from
YVP.
It will be necessary for us to have some sort of security identification.
We recommend a security pin which will also serve as a momento of the
evening.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
Overall Budget. Attached at Tab A is the overall budget which was pre-
sented to the Budget Committee last Monday, October 16, 1972. I recom-
ment that you approve this proposed budget.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
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PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
Influencing the Vote. All activities on election day at the Shoreham
will be aimed at influencing voters to come out and vote for the
President. The development of a detailed program will be undertaken
by Ed Failor. A schedule will be devised which will provide for you,
and some of our major surrogates, a forum to hold press conferences and
briefings for the press assembled at the Shoreham. Mixed into these
formal briefings will be press coverage of the President voting in
California and you voting in D.C. We will provide special spot-masters,
featuring various Administration spokesmen, aimed at key western states.
We will be forwarding to you shortly a detailed program to influence the
vote.
Collection of Election Results. We have concluded that it is unrealistic
to try and compete with the networks on the collection and projection of
election results in the Presidential race. They have invested nearly two
million dollars in their combined retrieval system and have developed a
very sophisticated computer system to instantly analyze the results as
they are received. We are informed that the networks will telecast re-
sults as they are received,
We do plan however to develop a collection system which will amplify upon
the materiel collected by the networks. There are basically three tvpes
of data which in our view would be useful to the President and to you
during the day and early evening hours:
1) Periodic information on voter turnout with comparison data
on voter turnout in similar areas in prior Presidential
elections.
2) Voting data from special target precincts in blue collar,
black and Catholic areas selected by Bob Teeter.
3) Collection of reports from political operatives across the
country who will analyze early results in their areas.
We also plan to lease a UPI election night wire which, beginning at 7:00
p.m. will print out the complete vote count from each state for Presidential,
Senate and House races. The cost for this service is $300. I have asked Ed
DeBolt of the RNC to pull together a detailed plan for the election night col-
lection- operation. Ed will combine the resources of our Committee, the White
House, the RNC and the Senate and House Campaign Committees in this project.
This plan will be forwarded to you shortly.
- 6 -
Election Night Entertainment. We feel that the entertainment aspects
of election night should be simple and flexible enough to adapt to
the coverage of election results. I have asked Mike Viner, producer
of the Miami Beach Marine Stadium program, to produce our election
night program. Mike has agreed to undertake this responsibility for
no cost. He is in a position to arrange for entertainers who will
blend easily into the evenings activities. The entertainment will be
in individual modules interspersed around election results which will
be shown on the eidaphor screen behind the podium.
HOTEL LAYOUT AND LOGISTICS
Hotel Selection and Proposal. As previously discussed, the Shoreham
Hotel has been selected as the most appropriate facility in which to hold
the Committee's election night activity. All necessary press facilities
for excellent nationwide media coverage throughout the evening can easily
be accommodated in the Ballroom and still leave sufficient space for our
invited guests. All meeting rooms in the hotel are being provided at
no cost to the Committee. See Tab B for a proposed layout of the ground
floor rooms in the hotel.
Sleeping Rooms. We have reserved 400 sleeping rooms in the hotel. We
have also reserved 40 suites. All Finance Committee invitees will pay
Jom
for their own rooms or suites. Some senior staff at the White House and
here at the Committee will require either sleeping rooms or suites which
should be paid for by the Committee. We will determine these needs on an
individual basis in the next week.
Regency Ballroom Layout. Attached at Tab C is a proposed layout of the
Regency Ballroom. This layout is geared to the anticipated desires and
needs of the networks. We are working closely with the networks to
maximize media coverage. A detailed layout of the Ballroom will be for-
warded to you as soon as negotiations for final placement of the network
facilities are completed.
We will be required to install an audio system in the Ballroom to insure
proper nationwide network coverage. We will also install an audio con-
trol panel with appropriate microphone inputs and speakers with the
ability to feed the PA system to the Empire Room where the working press
will be located.
We also plan an eidaphor screen behind the podium. The screen will serve
as an electronic "tote board" throughout the evening. We will have the
capability to show the various network programing on the screen or show
independent results that we collect.
- 7
Cash bars are to be set up in the Ambassador Room, which is immediately
across the hall from the Regency Ballroom. No food will be provided.
The Committee will not bear any costs associated with these bars. Soft
drinks will be provided at no cost.
Transportation. We plan to have a shuttle bus system with two 51 pas-
senger busses operating from 5:00 p.m. until the evenings activities
have concluded. The busses will run a continuous loop between the White
House, 1701 and the Shoreham. Pick-up and dispatch will occur every 15
minutes at each location.
Telephones. We plan to utilize the existing 90 unused three-digit branch
lines at 1730 and extend the 1730 telephone system to the Shoreham. With
the addition of some seven-digit telephone numbers this will keep the
telephone expenses at a minimum level. This procedure will allow users
access to the WATS system at 1730 and 1701. A telephone directory will
also be developed.
Food and Beverages. We have found it necessary to divide the invited
guests into three separate categories, each receiving a varied degree of
hospitality because of the wide range in the types of person invited to
the election night activities. The first group is the Finance people
who will be invited directly by Mr. Stans. In accordance with prior
custom the Finance people require a separate area and top quality food
and beverages for their invitees.
The second group are the VIP's who don't fit into the Finance area. This
group is composed of senior White House, CREP and Administration officials
and friends of the President and other high officials. We plan to have
a separate area for the VIP's and provide them with good quality food and
beverages.
The third group is the remainder of the invited guests. This group will
be gathered in the main Ballroom and they will have cash bar facilities in
the Ambassador Room adjacent to the main Ballroom.
Conclusion. In 1968 the election night activities cost approximately
$300,0 and planning for the event began in early September with full-
time commitment of time on the part of several staff people. We started
late on this project but I'm confident with the group now working on the
event that it will be a success.
of
October 26, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HONORABLE CLARK MacGREGOR
FROM:
STANTON D. ANDERSON
SUBJECT:
Election Night Program
This memorandum outlines our plans for the programmatic seg-
ment of election night activities. The program segment is
designed to begin at 6:00 p.m. election night and continue
through the anticipated appearance of the President at the
Shoreham. This memorandum is one of four outlining the
other aspects of election day and evening. You have already
received a memorandum dated October 20 entitled "Election
Day and Evening Activities,' outlining hotel arrangements.
and other logistic details, a memorandum dated October 23
entitled "Retrieval of Election Results," outlining the
process we propose to follow in gathering election results
for the President and for you, and a third memorandum now
being written, entitled "Influencing the Vote," which deals
with the activity occurring on election day and the use of
surrogates and other Administration spokesmen during the
early evening hours.
Purpose and Tone of Election Evening
The primary purpose of our election night activity is to
provide a suitable setting for the anticipated appearance of
the President. An auxiliary purpose is to provide for the
invited guests at the Hotel an opportunity to view election
results and to participate personally in the President's
first public appearance after his re-election.
The tone of the evening is designed to start off with upbeat
entertainment aimed primarily at the Young Voters who will
be present, and gradually throughout the evening the enter-
tainment will become more Presidential in tone, culminating,
of course, in the President's anticipated arrival.
I propose that, as Campaign Director, you be the Master of
Ceremonies throughout the evening. You would introduce the
The Honorable Clark MacGregor
October 26, 1972
Page Two
evening and explain it's purpose, then act as interpreter,
analyst and announcer of major political developments
throughout the evening. You would also be Master of Cere-
monies during the Presidential, program. segment discussed in
detail below.
Entertainment
Mike Viner of MGM Records has agreed to produce the enter-
tainment portion of election night. The entire entertainment
segment will play a secondary role to the other activities
that evening. However, I feel that a certain amount of
entertainment is important in that it can help create enthu-
siasm and excitement as the evening progresses.
I think it would be appropriate to have Mike Curb, President
of MGM Records, be the Master of Ceremonies for the enter-
tainment segment. As you know, his group recorded the Nixon
Rally Song and be has contributed a great deal of time and
effort in helping with our Celebrities program.
We anticipate starting the entertainment at 6:00 p.m. Most
of the guests at this time will be IVP's and junior staff
people from the Committee, the White House and the RNC who
will not have election night duties. Accordingly, for this
first segment we have scheduled a rock and roll group to
entertain from 6:00 to 6:30. (See Tab A for a proposed time
schedule for the entire evening.)
The second entertainment segment will run from 7:15 to 7:30.
We have scheduled Solomen Burke, a black rhythm and blues
singer, for this segment. The third segment will run from
8:30 to 8:45 and feature the Nashville Brass, an upbeat instru-
mental group. The fourth segment will run from 9:30 to 9:45,
and feature Pete Fountain and his group.
We have also made arrangements for Don Costa Frank Sinatra's
band leader and arranger, to form an orchestra for election
evening. The Costa segment is planned for immediately before
the anticipated Presidential program segment. This orchestra
would also play "Ruffles and Flourishes" and "Hail to the
Chief" at the President's arrival. The orchestra would also
play appropriate music during the applause period for the
President as he enters and departs.
The Honorable Clark MacGregor
October 26, 1972
Page Three
We recognize that all of the entertainment segments must nec-
essarily be tentative since the evening's timing is dependent
upon election results and on the anticipated arrival of the
President. All of the entertainers have been informed of the
need for flexibility and they also realize that their presen-
tations may be interrupted if important events develop.
Election Results Segment
The primary purpose of our retrieval of election results is
to provide the President and you with additional information
and analysis to supplement network election results coverage.
However, keeping the guests in the ballroom apprised of up-
to-date election results is a secondary purpose.
As you know, we plan to locate a 9' by 12' Eidaphor Screen
behind the speakers' podium. On this screen we will have
the capability to carry live coverage of the three networks
plus the ability to print any election information we develop.
In other words, we can show the best parts of election cover-
age from all three networks plus any information or analysis
we feel is important.
We anticipate showing election results on the Eidaphor screen
during the following periods: 6:30 to 7:15, 7:30 to 8:30,
8:45 to 9:30, and 9:45 to 10:45. We also anticipate breaking
into the entertainment segments to report any significant
developments that occur. During these election results seg-
ments both the Eidaphor video and audio capabilities will be
operating. During the entertainment segments the video por-
tion of the Eidaphor will continue to operate, keeping the
guests informed at all times.
As indicated earlier in the entertainment discussion, the
time schedule for viewing election results must be flexible,
and will be subject to change if McGovern concedes earlier
than expected or if the anticipated appearance of the Pres-
ident is changed.
Presidential Program Segment
This is the single most important aspect of election night.
The proposals contained herein are necessarily tentative,
The Honorable Clark MacGregor
October 26, 1972
Page Four
but I believe they serve as a starting point for further
development. I suggest that the McGovern concession state-
ment serve as the beginning point of the Presidential program
segment. It is difficult to estimate exactly when McGovern
will concede. Bob Teeter and I have been informed that the
networks will not project a winner in a state until the polls
in that state have closed. Based upon the poll closing times
in each state, we estimate that the President will be pro
jected the winner in states totalling 303 electoral votes by
8:30 p.m. However, these are only network projections and we
feel that McGovern will not concede until the early network
projections are received from California. This would be
between 11:00 and 11:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
After introductory remarks, you would introduce and recognize
the individual members of the Committee for the Re-election
of the President (Mr. Dale, Ed Nixon, Etc.). Next you would
introduce Tom Evans and Anne Armstrong, Co-Chairmen of the
RNC. The RNC involvement is important to show the spirit of
cooperation which has existed throughout the campaign. Evans
could then introduce Senator Dole for a few brief comments.
Next you would introduce the Vice President and members of
the Vice President's family. The Vice President would then
give his remarks.
This segment would take approximately 20 minutes, time
enough for the President and the First Family to motor from
the White House to the Shoreham.
After the Vice President had finished his remarks, you would
return to the podium and introduce the President and the
First Family. There will be a great deal of enthusiasm gen-
erated for this segment, and I would anticipate a prolonged
period of applause before the President begins his remarks.
The details concerning who should be on the podium during the
Presidential remarks will have to be determined by the White
House at a later date. The podium was constructed to be
large enough to comfortably hold the President and the First
Family, Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower, the Vice President and Mrs.
Agnew, and members of the Vice President's family.
The Honorable Clark MacGregor
October 26, 1972
Page Five
Conclusion
This memo goes into some detail, but I feel that is is impor-
tant for you to focus on these details since they mean so
much to the tone and character of the evening. Since time is
now of the essence, your comments on or approval of this pro-
posal as quickly as possible is requested.
Approve
Disapprove
Discuss
B T A A
Tab A
Proposed Time Schedule for Election Night
6:00 - 6:30
The Mob
6:30 - 7:15
Election Results
7:15 - 7:30
Solomen Burke
7:30 - 8:30
Election Results
8:30 - 8:45
Nashville Brass
8:45 - 9:30
Election Results
9:30 - 9:45
Pete Fountain
9:45 - 10:45
Election Results
10:45 - 11:05
Presidential Program Segment
--- Clark MacGregor Remarks
--- Clark MacGregor Introduces
the Committee for the Re-
Election of the President
-- Clark MacGregor Introduces
Anne Armstrong and Tom
Evans
-- Tom Evans Introduces
Senator Bob Dole
-- Clark MacGregor Introduces
Vice President and Mrs.
Agnew and Family
-- Clark MacGregor Introduces
President and First Family