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From Marie Smith to Bud Krogh. RE: Young Americans for Responsible Action. 2 pgs. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Memo], 3/4/1971
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library
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49
24
3/4/1971
Domestic Policy
Memo
From Marie Smith to Bud Krogh. RE:
Young Americans for Responsible Action.
2pgs.
Monday, June 04, 2012
Page 1 of 1
DOCUMENT WITHDRAWAL RECORD [NIXON PROJECT]
DOCUMENT
DOCUMENT
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Marie Smith to Krogh
3/4/71
(nixon)
DOC 94]
FILE GROUP TITLE
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WHSF: SMOF: Krogh
21
FOLDER TITLE
Young Americans for Responsible Action
RESTRICTION CODES
A. Release would violate a Federal statute or Agency Policy.
E. Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
B. National security classified information.
financial information.
C. Pending or approved claim that release would violate an individual's
F. Release would disclose investigatory information compiled for law
rights.
enforcement purposes.
D. Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy
G. Withdrawn and return private and personal material.
or a libel of a living person.
H. Withdrawn and returned non-historical material.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
NA FORM 1421 (4-85)
Presidential Materials Review Board
Review on Contested Documents
Collection: Egil Krogh
Box Number:
21
Folder:
Young American for Responsible Actions [8-4-71]
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94
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March 4, 1971
TO:
BUD KROGH
FROM:
MARIE SMITH
Bud, perhaps you will recall that when I saw you
in the hall at HEW recently you asked me to send you a
memo explaining the situation with YARA. Before setting
forth my reasons for leaving the organization, let me
urge you please not to take any action with regard to
Peter Gonzals' early out. To do so would create unnecessary
confusion. The advisory board is aware of the problems
and has taken steps to see that they are corrected.
Pete Gonzals is still National Director of YARA. While
he doesn't have much voice in the operation of the organ-
ization, I'm still convinced that his motives are good
and that he would like to see YARA become a viable
organization. I personally have my doubts as to whether
it ever will with Sam Howlett, the National Coordinator,
holding the reins.
Sam is extremely shrewd and he is more adept at
motivating people than anyone I've ever seen. He has a
tremendous amount of potential for good, but it became
increasingly obvious to me and others who observed him
closely that the success of YARA was more important to
the future of Sam than the future of the country. When I
went with the organization fulltime I discovered that quite
a number of things were taking place which were incongruous
with the stated aims of the organization -- financial
irresponsibility, misrepresentations about what the organ-
ization was accomplishing and planned to accomplish, laxity
on appointments with very important people, and a shocking
amount of callousness toward people who had done the most
for the organization.
All of this remained pretty well camouflaged until
my girlfriend (Lillian Cox), the secretary (Peggy Butler) and
I decided around the first part of February that we could
not in good conscience remain a part of YARA. It was quite
a painful departure as we all were very much committed to
the concept. However, I felt an obligation to make certain
people who had lent their support to YARA on the basis of my
appeal know about my decision. In most cases I simply advised
them of my disassociation. With Jon Rose and the most active
- 2 -
members of the advisory board (primarily Del Smith, my former
boss), I went into much more detail. Subsequently the
advisory board insisted on an accounting. At a meeting a
couple of weeks ago members of the advisory board made it
clear that they would be keeping much closer tabs on the
organization.
Bud, I apologize for not having advised you before
now about these developments. However, it really didn't
seem necessary since your involvement was more with Pete
Gonzals' situation, and his status with YARA hasn't actually
changed. As far as the organization itself is concerned,
there is still some hope on the part of certain members of
the advisory board that with major changes it can still be
a useful instrument.
Thank you for your help several months ago. I'm
really sorry I don't have better news about the organization.