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From Carl L. Shipley to H.R. Haldeman RE: National Symphony Program. 2 pgs. [Subject: Personal] [Letter], 1/8/1971
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Letter
From Carl L. Shipley to H.R. Haldeman RE:
National Symphony Program. 2pgs.
Thursday, June 07, 2012
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Republican
National
Committee.
January 8, 1971
Carl L. Shipley
Member for District of Columbia
1108 National Press Building
Washington, D. C. 20004
(202) 783-1647
Honorable H.R. Haldeman
Assistant to the President
The White House
Washington, D.C.
Dear Bob:
In the event you have not seen it, I am enclosing a copy
of the current Washington National Symphony program where on page 3 a
reference is made to the President's cooperation in connection with
financial support for the symphony.
I think there is considerably more political mileage in
this situation, and suggest that you try and get the President and the
Vice President and their wives together to jointly occupy the President's
Box at one of the concerts between now and the end of the symphony sea-
son.
I have acted as legal counsel and served on the board of
directors of the symphony for many years, and during the entire period
Democratic Administration officials have played an active role in the
symphony and in the Kennedy Center. You will note from the names of the
board of directors now that we have only Dick Kleindienst, John Warner
and Mrs. Ehrlichman from the Nixon Administration. You will notice that
Ted Kennedy's wife and Hubert Humphrey's wife are still on the board of
directors as are Paul Nitze's wife, Walter Washington's wife along with
former Navy Secretary Paul Ignatius, LBJ's inaugural chairman, Dale Mil-
1er, etc. When our officials attend the symphony, the ladies pages
here in Washington take very little notice and concentrate more on the
Democratic personalities with whom they have identified over the years.
Following President Nixon's lead, maybe it would be politi-
cally useful for us to have a calculated program of having cabinet offi-
cers, White House Staff members, etc., attend the symphony and arrange
Honorable H.R. Haldeman
January 8, 1971
Page Two
to have our own PR coverage with photos so that we become identified in
the public mind as equally interested in the cultural activities as the
Kennedy's, et al. Perhaps Mrs. Kleindienst or Mrs. Ehrlichman could under-
take an informal program of this kind to supplement what they are now
doing. They both are most helpful and establish a fine image, but it
simply is not getting the recognition that it should, and we simply cannot
afford to be dumber than our opponents when it comes to exploiting every
little situation that can lead to political advantage.
Sincerely yours,
Carl Carl Shipley
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