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    "ocrText": "Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nContested Materials Collection\nFolder List\nBox Number\nFolder Number\nDocument Date\nNo Date\nSubject\nDocument Type\nDocument Description\n50\n21\nWhite House Staff\nMemo\nUnaddressed memo from Paul Davies RE:\nPD's concerns. 1pg.\n50\n21\n5/15/1970\nCampaign\nLetter\nFrom Paul Davies to RN RE: RN's\nsupporters and suggestions. 5pgs.\n50\n21\n5/15/1970\nCampaign\nLetter\nHandwritten copy of letter from Paul Davies\nto RN RE: RN's supporters and suggestions.\n8pgs.\nThursday, May 24, 2012\nPage 1 of 1\nDOCUMENT WITHDRAWAL RECORD [NIXON PROJECT]\nDOCUMENT\nDOCUMENT\nNUMBER\nTYPE\nSUBJECT/TITLE OR CORRESPONDENTS\nDATE\nRESTRICTION\nN-1\nnote\nkipal Daniel's concrns\nn.d.\n[Doc 43)\n[ attached tocome note,\n[Doc 44]\nashed for I may Chothers\n[Doc 45]\nn.d.] ]\nattachments:\n1) Letter, Danies To president,\nre. idea which may\nbe for out,\" 5/15/70\n2) Original hand-written\nCozing of attachment #1,\n5/15/70\nFILE GROUP TITLE\nBOX NUMBER\nPPF\n18\nFOLDER TITLE\nA\nRESTRICTION CODES\nA. Release would violate a Federal statute or Agency Policy.\nE. Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or\nB. National security classified information.\nfinancial information.\nC. Pending or approved claim that release would violate an individual's\nF. Release would disclose investigatory information compiled for law\nrights.\nenforcement purposes.\nD. Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy\nG. Withdrawn and return private and personal material.\nor a libel of a living person.\nH. Withdrawn and returned non-historical material.\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION\nNA FORM 1421 (4-85)\nPresidential Materials Review Board\nReview on Contested Documents\nCollection: President's Personal Files\nBox Number:\n18\nFolder:\nD\nDocument\nDisposition\n43\nReturn Private/Political\n44\nReturn Private/Political\n45\nReturn Private/Political\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nPaul Davies\nconcerned about left out feeling\nof old time friends and supporters\nFeels Jerry Milbank very\nnice guy but unable to make\ndecisions. Poor leader ship at\nthe Rep. Natl. Finance Comm.\nFeels General Clay and Lang\nWashburn (Davies son-in-law)\ndid a great job in handling of\nRepublican Finances (has not\ndiscussed his concerns with Lang)\nThinks President should send\nmore of his specially inscribed\npictures to old time supporters\nand friends\nCopy of hand-written letter\nHold poinber\nPaul L. Davies\nOne William Street\nNew York\nMay 15, 1970\nDear Mr. President:\nFaith and I have been thinking about Mrs. Nixon and you\na lot in recent days and weeks and only wish there were ways\nand means we might be helpful in these difficult times.\nI appreciated being appointed on the National Industrial\nPollution Control Council and will try to be helpful as I have some\nbackground and experience in this critical field.\nI have written Reed Hunt, a good friend of mine over many\nyears, offering the assistance of Lehman Bros. partners and staff\nin the work of his study group if he would like to have assistance.\nI have one idea I would like to suggest which may be \"far\nout\" but I know from my personal experience it would be helpful\nwith some of my friends.\nThe thought came to me yesterday when I was sitting in\nGeneral Clay's office which is next door to mine and I was looking\nat a picture of General Eisenhower with a long hand sentence in the\nGeneral's handwriting \"To Lucius Clay with lasting admiration and\naffection from his old and devoted friend Dwight D. Eisenhower. \"\nI think this is one of Lucius's proudest possessions.\n- 2 -\nAs you know, I am concerned about the defection of many\nof the close friends you had had over the years because of the iron\nring that has been forged around you by some members of your White\nHouse staff and the constant loss of these relationships because of\nminor rebuffs and policy determinations which are really not necessary.\nI have been closely associated with you and your close group of\nstaunch supporters during your campaign with President Eisenhower\nwhen at times the going was rough, then in your ill fated Presidential\ncampaign - then as Chairman of your Finance Committee in Northern\nCalifornia during the Governor's race and finally as the original suggestion\nand subsequent co-organizer of the Industry for Nixon Group nationwide.\nI think next to General Clay and one or two others I know\nas many of the major contributors to your past campaign funds as\nanyone else. Maury Stans, of course, knows many more currently.\nI am very much disturbed about the defection of former\nlarge givers from our cause because of lack of information and sincere\nbut lackluster leadership in the finance area of the Republican Party.\nYou know Judy and her husband Lang Washburn. I may\nbe wrong but I think General Clay and he did a great job in the handling\nof Republican Finances.\nI am very much disturbed about the present status of the\nRepublican Finance Committee and the complete disintegration of the\nformerly competent staff by poor leadership. Until I came to Lehman\nBrothers as a senior partner I had been on the Board of Chase\nManhattan for many years - I had to resign because of legal\n- 3 -\nrestrictions as an Investment Banker I could no longer serve.\nJerry Milbank was on for a few years before I resigned - he\ncouldn't be a nicer fellow but during his whole term of service he\nnever expressed an opinion. I had negotiations with him when he\nwas Chairman of the Executive Committee of Commercial Solvents.\nHe couldn't have been nicer but he always depends on someone else for\ndecisions. In short he is not a leader.\nJerry has really no acquaintance nationally and can't attract\nleadership around the country to serve in next several years in key\nspots where raising money is going to be most important for your and\nthe Party's future.\nI have never discussed any of this with my son-in-law, Lang\nWashburn - he is most happy in his job as Director United States\nTr avel Service - just got his new budget bill past both houses - now\ngoes to Conference - substantial increased appropriations for what I\nconsider important as a future contributor to Balance of Payments.\nIn my opinion we must find a way to bring back to our\nformer close group of your friends who can help financially and by services\na feeling they are needed and are part of your team - and not have\nthem feel alienated and completely out of the picture because rightly\nor wrongly you have surrounded yourself with a group of young men who\ndo not realize what these leaders of industry can and are willing to\ncontribute if they feel as they used to - part of your great family of\nadmirers and co-workers.\n- 4\nI sent you a wire from Hot Springs at the conclusion of the\nCouncil - part of the feeling of necessity of expressing the views in this\nletter comes from your many friends then who talked to me about their\nconcern for you and the party - not because your not doing a wonderful\njob but because they don't feel part of the team any more. They\nfeel you are being divorced from your real friends by the group\naround you altho everyone admits they are great -- In my opinion\nwhat's really needed is a combination of old time friends who've\nbeen thru precious trying times and the new younger men who haven't.\nAlso some co-workers who know your real friends over the years as\nwell as those who don't.\nIf you ever read this letter or a summary of its contents I\nc an well understand if you throw it in the wastebasker.\nHowever, I have been lying awake over the past several nights\nthinking about your problems and wondering if there was anything I\ncould do to help. I decided early this morning to write this letter -\nat least I'll feel better now it's done.\nNow going back to my comment early in this letter about General\nClay's picture in his office with notation by General Eisenhower.\nRegardless of your reaction to contents of this letter - I'd\nlike to have two fairly good sized pictures of you with, if possible, a\nhand-written personal notation on the surface - one for my office at\nLehman Bros. in New York - another for my office at FMC Corporation\nin San Jose, California.\n- 5 -\nI think if more of your close friends - major supporters and\nsubstantil contributors had such a picture prominently displayed in\ntheir offices, a lot of people wouldn't come in and talk in a downgrading\nway about your policies and they'd realize your friends are legion in\nevery walk of life.\nI'm sorry for length of this letter - if you never see it\nI'll understand - for I know the tremendous pressures - emotion and\nphysical your working under.\nHowever, at least I'll feel better for having written it and I\nhope some of the suggestions may be helpful.\nI'm sure you know that if at any time there is anything I can\ndo to be helpful in any way to lighten your heavy load all you have\nto do is to call on me.\nFaith joins me in sending our affectionate regards - we\nremember you nightly in our prayers that you may be given health,\nstrength and Divine Guidance to coninue on the course you are\npursuing which we know is for the best interests of all our citizens -\nour country and the world.\ns/:Paul\nPAUL L. DAVIES\nONE WILLIAM STREET\nNEW YORK\nMay 15 1970\nNear Mr. President:\nFaith and 2 have been\nthinking about Mrs Newn\nand you a lot in recent\ndays \"and casebo and only\nwith there were ways\nand means we might\nbe helpful in there abifficult\ntimes\n2 appreciated being appointed\non the Mational Industrial Prelection\nEntral Connect and well by\nto he helpfuly over) as I have\nsome background and expense\nIn the critical fieled.\n2² 2. have contten Reed Hunt,\na good friend of mine over\nmany you, offering the\narristance of Febman Bran\npartners and staff in the\nwork of this study group\nif he would like to have\nassistance\nI have one idea Frauld\nIche to suggest which may\nhe \"for aut\" that I know prom\ncivy personal experience it\nwould be helpful with pow\nof my friends.\n(2\nPAUL L. DAVIES\nONE WILLIAM STREET\nNEW YORK\nThe thought come Y. me\nyesterday when 2 was sitting\nin General Clays office which\nis next dror to mine and I\nwas lanking at if protective of\nGeneral Evenhower with a\nlong hand sentina in the\nTo human Clay\nGeneral handwriting. A a th\nlasting adminition and effection\nfunkin out and devered spread\nDeought I Evenbown\nthe is pm of Incine :-\nprocedent porcessions.\nas you know I'am emericand\nabout the defection of many\nof the alone friends you had\nhad over the yours because\nof the iron rening that has\nbeen forged around your by\nsome members of your White\nHowever staff and the constext\nhas of there relationships\nbecause of minor rebaffs and\npolicy determinations which\nare really not necessary\nI-ham been classly associated\nwith you wood your alone guey\nof Starench supporters during\n(\none)\n3\nPAUL L. DAVIES\nONE WILLIAM STREET\nNEW YORK\nyour compary with President The\nEvenhown when at times\nyoung was rough, them in your\nits fated presedented compaign\nthen as Charman of your Luana\nCommiter is Northern Couponer\nduring the Governor's ruce and\nfinally as the original suggestor\nand subsequent co-organeze of\nthe Industry for Than Group nation\nwide.\n2t think next to General Clay\nand one or two others I know\nas many of the major contributor\nto your past (wee) campaign feeds\nas anyone char. Marra Stane of iours\npnown many more currextly\nIm very much Austurbed\nabout the defection of fromer large\ngroups from our cause because of\nback of information and service\nbat luck heater hadersby in\nthe finance area of the Republican\nParty\nyou know Dudy and her housband\nhaving Imag be wrong\nbut I thenk Lend Clay and he\ndid a great Job in the\nhandle of Regulation Finances,\nDan very much districted\nabout the parent status of\nits Fundred formather\n(\nPAUL L. DAVIES\nONE WILLIAM STREET\nNEW YORK\nand the amplite downle palism\nof the formerly computent Staff\nby poor leadership Datel Jame\nto Lehman Brothers to a seper\npartner 2 had here me the\nBeard of Char Markettan for\nmany years - I han to learger\nbecause of legal restructions as\nan Immitment Basher I caned\nm longer serve\nJerry Melbarh Tabs and for\nat few years type ) ringred\nthe coacknt he it main fellow\nteat during to whole term of\nservices the (ourry Never expused &/L openeon\n2 had negatictions with him\nwhen he was Chamman of\nthe Executive (imettee of Company\nSolvents. He around nt have Even new\nbut the charges dependion\nsame mi ilu for declarem Zn\nshort tu is not a leader\nJanu Yes, really THE expressions\nnationally and cant about\nleadership around the country\nto reque in met reveral your\nin key spot, where rousing\nmany in going % the most\nomportant for your and the\nPotyer fature\nPAUL L. DAVIES\nONE WILLIAM STREET\n5\nNEW YORK\n? =7 have never discussed only of\nthe with my am in law Herry\nWashburn - he L) most happy\nin his -7-t as Denator backed\nStates travel fast got\nhas new backge T bell part with\nhouses - 7000 your to Impane-\nsubstanted uncreased appropriation,\nfor WHAT ? emole. important an\na future to Bolance\nde\nPay meats.\nL my uponeon we must\nford - may to breey tack\n6\nPAUL L. DAVIES\nONE WILLIAM STREET\nNEW YORK\nadmirers and co - worker.\nDirect you a are from\nHel Sprays at the conclusion\nof the Suncil - part of the\nfeeling of necessity of expressing\nthe views in this letter comes\nfrom year many friends There\nwho Tothert to me about Then\nconcern to you seed the party\nnot because your not day a\nwonderful for fact because\nthey don't feel part of the\nterm any more. They ful you\nare buy disarced from your was\n(own)\nfriends by the gray and --4\nbeha secies educts\nthey are great - In my yes\nwhat really needed is a\ncombination of old time friends\nwhine been than provider Try ory\ntime. and the new younger once\nears havent the some who\nknow your real friends over the years exacile- throughout\nof you ever read other letter\non a summary of its controls )\ncan well underst and of you\nthan In the\nHuman I have been lazyly\nawake over the pail should\nmusht thenkey about you y\nproblems and wonder of\nthen was any they I could\nas % help I decided lazly They\nmome to write this letter -\nat leart I.d for beter new it, benes\nPAUL L. DAVIES\n1\nONE WILLIAM STREET\nNEW YORK\nNon going back % my comment\nsorly in the letter about Energer\nClay's procture in her of free\nwith notation by General Eventurer-\nRegardless of of your readem\nto contents of then letter -\nIt like to have that famly\ngood sized proctures of you\nwith, if possible, a hand written\npersonal natation on the\none for my office at tehman\nBras in New York 1 smother\nfor my after it 7mc Concoration\nover\nin San Jon\nthank of of your\nchose friends. myor supported\nand substanted had\nruch .T picture promerily denplayed\nin than offices, a let M, payle\nwouldn't some 6 in and Talk\nin a downgrading way about\nyear pulicies and they of redigue\nyour beads are legion \" day\nwalk 14 lifer\nPm sowy for legale of\nthis letter - it you never are it\nshee underst cond -Tor - for I kupa the\nbremephans pressure - smotenced\nand spyacked your combing\nunder\n(i\nPAUL L. DAVIES\nONE WILLIAM STREET\nNEW YORK\nHowever at least 2.4 feel\nbetter for having written I\nand I. hope 7 ml of the\nsurgestion may the helpful\nI'm sure your know that\nif at any time the is ongitley\n2. can do I the helped in\nany way to leghter your heavy\nload all you have to do is\nt, call m me\nEarth Lovis me in seading\nMr aplectional engards - Ne smanker\nyou nighty In Mer\ndan\n5\nthat your may be givin health\nstring th and From gundans\nto continue in the counce you\nare prevaring which were bran\nis for the best intereals of\nwill our our - country\nand the world\nB\nsees"
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