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    "ocrText": "A Less-Than-Satisfactorily-Organized\nReview of Selected Network Coverage of\nCalifornia Primary - 6/6/72\nPRESIDENT HAS SEEN\nAt 3:30 a. m. CBS estimated McGovern would win by 43-38 over\nHHH with 7% to Wallace. In comments thruout the evening it was\ngenerally expected that such a margin, significantly smaller than\nthe polls anticipated, would to some degree slow McGovern's\nmomentum. Mankiewicz early in the evening predicted a 5-6 point\nlead and Gary Hart, McGovern's campaign director, predicted a\n8-10 point margin.\nWith 30% tallied in California, McGovern led 48-36. He barely\nbeat Wallace in New Mexico - - 32-30.\nABC's 12 o'clock show opened w/returns available and then had\nHHH who, as Smith accurately said, didn't sound a \"last hurrah. \"\nHe recalled Adlai's problems in '56 when he didn't win primaries\nbut got the nod. He had no regrets over campaign SO far -- had to\nbe done this way. Even if he doesn't make it, HHH will be dis-\nappointed but not sad too much else to do.\nMcG then on ABC voicing confidence that Govs were reassured\nPreceding report on problems of write-in campaigns in Calif, Smith\nnoted that the man w/the most popular votes is being given least\nchance for nomination.\nReasoner doesn't see Dems all that disunited, especially re:\n168. McG's leading position pulls teeth from many of the more\ndestructive party elements tho the debates so far have provided\nmuch ammo for GOP as have past McG statements. In concluding\ncommentary, HKS said he still finds the McG phenomenon unexplained.\nA nice, non-magnetic man w/a Senate record certainly modest compared\nto HHH and he's not a proven national vote getter, garnering only a\nfifth so far in all primaries for the No. 3 spot. HKS views McG as\nhe views a 747 -- he knows it can't fly but it does\nReasoner\ndeclined to say whether McG is a Goldwater w/strong tho few backers\nor an FDR who has tapped a broad sentiment.\nNBC, in 1:00 a.m. report, said McGovern had maintained his\nlead of 15% in raw stix, but in key precincts the race was \"neck and\nneck. 11 Chancellor said McGovern had made a \"major gain\" among\nblack voters pulling even with HHH and McGovern was getting twice\nthe Chicano vote of HHH -- another \"breakthru,\" said John.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n2\n\"The nomination is still elusive, 11 said John. \"McGovern\nhasn't got it locked up. Commenting on lively scene at HHH\nHdqtrs, Chancellor said: \"It looks like the nite the Lusitania\ndidn't sink. 11\nUtley reported from McGovern Hdqtrs that McGovern aides\nnow see a closer race with McGovern winning by 5-10%, and they\nfeel that polls may have caused overconfidence.\nNBC estimated RN would get 90% of vote. (Smith on ABC said\nRN has nomination wrapped up he's safe, for those who were\nworried, said HKS.) Chancellor said 10% for Ashbrook indicates\nthere could be a problem for RN in Nov. with disaffected con-\nservatives. Reagan, on tape, represented RN at victory party\nand he warned against GOP overconfidence and said GOP must\nincrease its registration figures.\nChancellor, on NBC, said \"It does begin to look like McGovern's\nday. 11 He indicated that McGovern would probably win, but by less\nthan early margin of 15%. Brinkley said he didn't see why Calif.\nelection officials were upset by nets projections; it's nothing new,\nhe said, as newspapers have put out early election editions for a\ncentury. (Thruout evening, nets' frustration -- especially NET\nand NBC -- was evident over slowdown.)\nMcGovern, on NBC, said: \"We're on the way to the nomination.\"\nHe cited support in industrial state of N.J. and diverse state of\nCalif. as proof of his appeal, and he said he'd probably win on 1st\nballot. He said blacks were voting for him in greater numbers\nbecause they were beginning to recognize him and what he stood\nfor. And he said that after N.Y. primary, he'd begin to go after\nuncommitted delegates.\nHHH, on NBC, pointed out that he'd won several primaries,\nand he said the nominee will be named at convention, not in Calif.\nHe'll go on to Miami, no matter the result in Calif. He said he'd\nspent $11, 000 in N.J. while McGovern had spent $250, 000. He said\nWallace had done well in primaries, including New Mex., and he\n\"may be the balance of power¹¹ at convention. Finally, he pointed\nout that Texas, Missouri, and some border states haven't been\nheard from yet.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n3\nLater NBC showed various polls which reflected McG's gains\nin recent weeks. Still he trailed RN -- 55-45 in Gallup -- in all but\none and that was a new Quayle Poll of Calif. which found McG\nleading RN 51-49. And w/Field showing the 2 at 41-41, Chancellor\npointed to Calif's barometer reputation saying these polls could be\nimportant and they also show that McG would not represent the\ndisaster Goldwater-type year which has been suggested by some.\nAfter film of McG's speech laden w/humor -- \"We Can't Believe\nWe Won the Whole Thing\" -- and sorrow -- over RFK -- Chancellor\nnoted that McG had picked up many of RFK's supporters, and now,\n4 years after that death, he \"almost has\" the nomination picking up\n370 new delegates Tuesday.\nIn a 10 minute special at 11:30 abbreviated from planned 30 min,\nCBS said McG won S. Dakota and seems to be leading elsewhere.\nWith 1% in -- Orange and San Mateo Counties -- McG led 51-36.\nA CBS survey of 2, 000 voters statewide found McG ahead by 5 points,\nnot by as much as the 15-20% margins in polls. And Mankiewicz\nwas predicting a 5-6% win. Still, said Cronkite, almost all elements\nof the electorate backed McG -- all across the board except for the\naging and aerospace workers. (Survey also showed Prop. 9 -- the\nstrong anti-pollution bill -- going under 2-1.)\nCBS came on again around 1:20 and went til 3:30. Note several\ntimes of Wallace's surprisingly strong New Mex. showing where\nhe'll split delegates 9-9 with McG. CBS predicted McG, after N.Y.,\nwill have 1, 266 delegates. And tho he won all 4 contests Tues, they\nweren't the runaways expected.\nHHH on CBS/NBC before a happy cheering crowd as he went on\nfor seeming hours -- good filler for nets whose film libraries were\nobviously low -- thanking virtually everyone who had worked for him\nin Calif and pointedly directed cameras to his young supporters.\nMcG on film accepting congrats for record 4-primaries in a day\nand for birth of grandson. Chances now better than 50-50, said\nGeorge, recalling Muskie/HHH descriptions of Calif. as the decisive\ncontest. He then emphasized Dem unity and his hopes for a Muskie\nor HHH endorsement tho he won't push either man.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n4\nFrom Houston, Mike Wallace w/late owls Lucey, Hearnes,\nCarter and Mrs. Geo. Wallace. She stressed the popular vote\nof her husband and said it's certainly not all wrapped up for McG.\nHearnes reiterated that he's more for Muskie than Muskie. Carter\nvoiced concern at McG having delegates all out of proportion to his\npopular votes and the Ga. gov. emphasized McG's knowledge of\nreform rules and hopes for challenges. Several times Carter\nemphasized that Dem govs were united in wanting to beat RN and\nhe feels the Pres. is vulnerable. He also noted McG did say he'd\nrun on platform of party even if it differs from some of his programs.\n(Carter suggested McG, Muskie, HHH and Wallace play key role in\nplatform preparation -- especially important that Wallace be so\nincluded.) Note by Mike Wallace that only 3 of 25 or 28 Dem govs\nhad indicated McG could beat RN in their states -- Lucey, Anderson\n(Minn.) and S.D.'s gov. Lucey's only response was that poll wasn't\nunscientific. The Wisc. gov. emphasized McG is a reasonable man,\ngovs who'd never met him before now know that and he'll get the\nPOWs back.\nMike Wallace noted similarity of Dem govs' inability to agree\nwith position of GOP govs in '64 and '68 -- that's right, said\nCronkite, those liberal govs couldn't decide who they wanted and\nas a \"consequence, 11 they got BG in '64 and RN in '68.\nTeddy White on CBS said if margin is as close -- 2-5% -- as\nsample precincts indicate, then HHH will have scored in debates by\nforcing McG to defend his programs. Schoemacher of CBS said 4-5\npt. margin would hurt McG's momentum. White suggested such a\nresult could be claimed by HHH as his \"moral victory. 11 Still, don't\nmourn for McG, said Teddy, as he was with but 7% in polls a few\nmonths ago and this March of McGovern has been one of most\nastounding factors ever in US politics. Cronkite added that we\nshouldn't sneeze at a 4-5 point margin.\nSchoemacher said a McG aide told him they'd not press for an\nactual figure in platform for DOD budget cut nor would they push\n$1,000 income grant. Asked what welfare stand would be, the aide\nsaid -- clean up the mess. White sees platform as rescue operation\nfor McG -- get him on more thought-out ground.\nWhite noted concern for RN in 70-20 McG over HHH in initial\nsurvey of Calif's youth voters -- there'll be 2-1/2 M this fall and\n88% of new registrants are in that group. Schoemacher said there\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n5\nare 2 general thrusts in McG effort: (1) alienation; (2) a generational\nchangeover -- the old simply must go. Note of McG's many under- 30\noperatives. As for McG in Miami, White said 3 McG calls -- to\nChisholm, Hearnes and Daley -- could wrap it up for McG if he were\nanother man and if \"old politics\" still existed. Can't do today, tho,\nsaid Teddy. He also predicted Ill. delegate battle will go to floor\nand McG can't control insurgents on that issue. Nor can he avoid\na stand on busing -- so it's by no means wrapped up, said White who\nwarned if Dems started playing w/racial quotas in delegations on\nthe floor, they'd be dealing w/social dynamite.\nNET special (11 p.m. - 3:15 a.m. but not all of it monitored)\nopened with MacNeil saying that what we may be witnessing is not\nonly winner of Dem nomination, but -- \"it seems to be becoming\nless bizarre everyday\" -- a possible new Pres -- i.e. McGovern.\nHe said the \"special mood\" of electorate-alienation seems to be\naiding George Vanocur said HHH's Calif. campaign was \"one of\nthe more heroic efforts\" he'd seen, as HHH had no organization and\nhad to \"carry the whole campaign on his back.\"\nMcGovern, on NET, said \"every indication we've seen\" in\nCalif. \"indicates a decisive McGovern victory. 11 He said he'd\nassured Dem govs he'd listen to their views. He said all the govs\n\"felt much better, and that Gov. Carter had told many people that\nhe was reassured. McGovern also said he won't write off the south,\nand felt he'd carry some Southern, border, plains, and Western\nstates if he were nominee.\nHaynes Johnson of Post on NET pushed his thesis of the alienated\ncitizen w/considerable fervor. Public is anti-institution, anti-party,\nanti-Establishment. McG is seen as quiet, trustworthy,\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n6\nhonest. He's a quiet man in a time when public wants quiet. John\nMitchell can't really believe only Dems. are alienated from each\nother, said Johnson who also said GOP primaries mean nothing. RN\nis vulnerable to current spirit of public -- and he's beatable. War,\ncrime, inflation and other problems of ¹68 which helped elect him\nstill exist. Johnson also said a broad coalition will be needed to win.\nAnd he asserted that RN also is hurt by lack of emotional hold on public\nand connection of minority GOP to big business.\nLucey, Gary Hart and ManKiewicz, all on NET, had full opportunity\nto tell us honesty, trust, credibility would be the key issue. Hart said\ncountry is ready for a man who tells the truth. ManKiewicz said public\ndoesn't want \"politicians\" and RN is the \"quinessential politician. 11\nFrank said campaign's key word will be hones not radical. ManKiewicz\nsaid McG wasn't type to make backroom deals etc but Jess Unruh said\nthose deals would certainly be made by McG but if 1 he pulled the usual\nticket-balancing act re: VP, he'd be in trouble as he has very little\nroom to backpedal where it's visible. And if he goes to old geog. /ideol.\nway of balancing ticket, he'll destroy a great deal of his credibility,\nsaid Unruh. The mustachioed ex-Big Daddy also said McG had obscured\nand obfuscated issues and it's unlikely he can do this in the 3 national\ncampaign months.\nWhen informed of NBC's projection of McG as winner, NET,\nmistakenly, said McG was heading for 60%. \"Fantastic, just fantastic, 11\nsaid Vanocur. Concluding the show, Liz Drew, admittedly pontificating,\nsaid we may look back on last few weeks as a truly historic period\n(mind you, she was referring to the California \"debates, 11 not Moscow --\nobserver). The voters heard the major issues argued out and they made\na decisive choice. Vanocur retreated to some mysterious Mt. Olympus\nto tell us that you just can't use labels anymore. There's something almost\nmystical -- it's like trying to understand War and Peace as a young man,\nsaid Sander -- there's \"a mystical force\" driving ahead in this society.\n(Apparently some NET producer concluded that the 4 hours of bright lights\nhad overcome the increasingly intense Vanocur as the show was called to a\nquick halt to the surprise of the anchormen.)\nWith 39% counted in California, it's 47-37 for McG.\nIn New Jersey,\nearly estimates of 81 of 109 delegates for George were scaled down to 63.\n#\n#\n#\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\nNEWS SUMMARY\nJune 7, 1972\n(Tues. nets, wires, columns)\nThe major stories of the day:\n-- In a 5-1 decision the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals overturns\nMerhige's consolidation order for the Richmond and suburban\nschools.\n-- Laird on Hill again where he says he wouldn't back SALT unless\nCongress approves Trident and B-1.\n-- The Calif. returns are awaited as Dem govs assess McG's\nappearance and those dubious before remain dubious.\n-- ARVN has pushed NVA out of Kontum.\n-- A Rhodesian mine disaster has apparently claimed 468 lives.\n-- Jackie's return to DC for Bernstein's \"Mass\" and a Folk Mass\nfor RFK on film on all nets.\n****\nSALT-LAIRD\nChancellor said Laird was back on Hill calling for more of what\nDOD says it must have -- film as the Secy. \"challenged Congress\",\nin Goralski's terms, as he said he'd oppose SALT unless Trident,\nB-1s and other budget needs were approved. Further, on NBC\nfilm, he emphasized US must be able to bargain from strength if\nwe're to ever get limits on offensive weapons. Goralski sais Stennis\nwas reserving judgement on SALT til seeing how it affects DOD\nbudget and it's appearing, said reporter, that DOD costs will go up\nrather than down in wake of SALT.\nLaird, said CBS, \"expressed some reservations\" about SALT\naccords. On film, Laird said new sub and manned bomber are\nneeded, and he said he couldn't support SALT without Hill action on\nnew defense programs which are needed so US can bargain from a\nstrong position. Schiefer said new programs would involve \"huge\nexpenditures\" and there will be an election year debate on the matter.\nSaid reporter: \"The fate of the arms treaty may well hang in the balance.\"\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n2\nABC said Laird \"carried his argument (for SALT) somewhat\nfarther\". Koppel said \"Admin is obviously concerned¹ over\ndefense programs, and thus, Laird's strong words. But, said\nreporter, Hill is expected to approve programs. Admin, said\nKoppel, believes the best inducement to further arms accords is\na strong bargaining position -- thus Laird's statement \"without\nthe use of unnecessary subtlety.\nStennis hinted he'll support SALT, saying he believed testimony\n\"will indicate (SALT) is a step forward for US and a step that can\nbe safely taken now, if (US) will maintain programs which are vital\nfor natl. defense.\"\nProxmire attacked DC ABM saying: \"It's ridiculous to put up\na billion dollars to protect the politicians while the rest of the country\nis utterly destroyed.\"\nLaird said the Hill would jeopardize \"the security of the US and\nsafety of people¹¹ if it didn't give go-ahead for weapons requested.\n\"I couldn't support (SALT) if Congress fails to act on the S. Trident\nand B-1 and in other programs we have outlined for improving offensive\nsystems the 5 year period, 11 Laird said.\nUPI reports DOD will study feasibility of a killer satellite system\nto intercept, inspect and destroy hostile space vehicles. The SU\nalready has system tested, says UPI.\nDOD disclosed plans to develop an entirely new sub-launched nuke\nmissile as a \"hedge\" against failure in SALT II.\nLaird quipped \"the price of sheets has gone up in DC\" because of\nhis charge McG's defense cuts would mean running up white flag of\nsurrender.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n3\nThimmesch writes: \"RN deserves a pat on the back for his perfor-\nmance at the summit. He came with 3 years' planning and study for this\nhistoric event. He did a good job with his homework, was able to recite\nthe facts and figures which Sov officials relish hearing, without having\nthem whispered in his ear by aides. He worked exceedingly long days,\nsome of them running to 18 hrs. 11 And \"RN's work ethic was never put\nto better use than in Moscow. 11 He adds that RN carried himself very\nwell, with no show-boating or buddy-buddy stuff; and RN \"was especially\nimpressive\" at the ceremonials involving Soviet war dead. He says RN\ngained respect in world capitals for his efforts to build peace and \"may-\nbe some of the sophisticates back in the States might come around to\nswallowing their pride and resentment to admit that this serious, hard-\nworking and uncharismatic man\nhas really accomplished something\nin Moscow. 11\nKalb, on CBS radio, said: \"After decades of cold war cutting into\nthe very psychology of the 2 peoples,\nthe 2 super-powers did take\nseveral giant strides toward internat'l sanity. 11 Neither side got the\nbetter of the SALT deal, said Marvin, and he noted that \"the leaders of both\ncountries committed their personal prestige, their political savvy, to the\nsuccess of this summit. 11\nDrummond urges RN to make sure SALT accords are understood\nand accepted by the Hill and public: otherwise, he says, it could be\nanother Gulf of Tonkin resolution which was accepted on faith, later to\nbe repudiated. He said: \"The Senate needs to hear from you (RN)\npersonally, and the people need to hear from you, as to why you're con-\nvinced that this nuclear arms-control treaty which seems on the surface\nadvantageous to SU, is in its entirety equally advantageous to US. 11 Why\nshould SU want an advantage in number if numbers are meaningless?\nasks Roscoe. And Drummond suggests that RN himself \"break another\nprecedent\" by leading off Senate ForRel Comm testimony, and directly\nrebutting the arguments raised against the treaty.\nKalb, on CBS radio, reported \"restraint and reserve\" of Poles during\nRN's visit, except for brief moments. The reason, said Kalb, is that\nPolish leaders didn't want to go out in front of Soviets -- since SU gave a\ncorrect reception, so would Poland. In '59, Poland wanted to show some\nindependence, but not now, said Marvin now, they're 16 years removed\nfrom the freedom days of Poznan, and memories fade.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n4\nNational Review bulletin criticizes SALT accords saying they indicate\na direction of change from US superiority to inferiority in offensive\nweapons. NR is most disturbed about ABM limitation -- it says that RN\nhas \"renounced the defense of all but a token fraction of our retaliatory\nmissile systems¹¹ from SU 1st strike capability, while \"the SU silos are\nadequate to protect Soviet missiles from our lower-power warheads. \"\nAlso, says NR, RN has renounced -- forever -- any defense of American\npeople from hostile missiles, no matter how effective an ABM might be\ndeveloped in the future.\nINDOCHINA\nAll nets noted GVN said Kontum has been completely cleared of NVA.\nUS air raids knocked out over 100 supply boats in most damaging\nattack on NVN's inland waterways since resumption of full-scale attacks.\nLe Duc Tho would agree to secret talks with HAK if the latter came\nup with a new peace proposal and if the Paris talks resumed.\nIn USSR's 1st major comment on VN since summit, Pravda said\nVNese Reds don't with to humiliate US or impose a Red gov't on SVN.\nUS diplomats said they saw no shift in SU position.\nCBS/ABC noted without naming the US, Swedish PM Palme told\nthe Environ. Conf. \"ecological warfare\" is being waged with indis-\ncriminate bombing, bulldozers and herbicides -- \"an outrage which\nrequires urgent internatl. attention. 11\nState was \"deeply disturbed\" Palme interjected VN into the Conference\nand called his description \"as one-sided and unbalanced as earlier inter-\nventions. 11 For head of the host state to speak as Palme was \"incompre-\nhensible\" said State.\nDallas Morning News edit says EMK is not opposed to VN war but\nis \"opposed to anything that stands in the way of NVN's victory. 11 While\nEMK cites figures on refugees, says edit, he doesn't blame Reds for\ntheir might makes right policies, but criticizes US policies. Asks\npaper: \"Which way are the refugees migrating -- toward the Red ''lib -\nerators, or away from them\"?\nUPI reports that a 1964 13-page memo from George Ball to LBJ on\nVN will be published in Atlantic. UPI says the memo was brought to\nLBJ's attention in early 1965. It was a warning of consequences of an\nescalated war and urged a negotiated settlement.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n5\nOTHER FOREIGN AFFAIRS\nThe Air Line Pilots Assoc. ordered its members on 36 US\nairlines to refuse to fly to nations that provide sanctuary for air\npirates.\nFilm of USAF plane on NBC returning the dead victims of the\nTel Aviv massacre to their native Puerto Rico. Most depressing\nto others, said reporter, is that this could happen anywhere again.\nAs long as revolutionaries will give their lives up at same time,\nthere's little to protect against it.\nPolish Gov't sources said Castro is suffering from heart\ntrouble, medically termed \"a state prior to a heart infarct. 11\nFord and Boggs will leave for the PRC June 23.\nSenate For. Relations hearings on RFE broke up in a clash\nover what UPI calls Fulbright's \"insistent questioning\" about the\nCIA role in the radio operations. Witness Stikker denied govt.\npersonnel were involved\nFulbright differed\nStikker concluded\n\"You make me angry, you make me excited.\nI raise my voice a\nlittle. 11 Fulbright said \"you're here by request\" and adjourned the\nsession.\nADMIN\nRN left for CD to work on domestic matters. UPI says the\nretreat raised speculation RN may be preparing for first press\nconference in more than 10 weeks.\nRather, on CBS radio, said RN \"seldom has looked as relaxed\nand confident as he has during this Fla. stay. He sees (summit)\nnot just as a success but as a triumph. 11 And, said Dan, RN and\nhis aides feel that, at last, the me dia and public have recognized\nRN's achievements, while, on other occasions, they were ignored.\nAnd WH is confident about Nov, believing it can overwhelm\nMcGovern by showing him to be an extremist candidate, who would\nmake US weak militarily and economically. But, said Dan, it's\na long way to Nov, and \"one must assume RN knows personally the\ndangers of overconfidence.\"\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n7/5/74\nCopy given to Geoff Shepard,\nOffice of Counsel to the President\n6\nIn brief note of Connally's arrival in Caracas, Chancellor\nnoted that there's a belief the emissary will have discussed\nVN before he returns from his month-long tour. ... UPI reported\n\"strict security\" greeted Connally on his Venezuelan arrival. RN\nwas object of attacks and rioting there in '58 and student demonstra-\ntions have been numerous during past month.\nCBS AM News carried film, with straight report, of RN-HAK-JBC\nmeeting; Connally trip and VP speculation.\nHerb Klein said it's his \"personal opinion\" VP Agnew will be on\nticket and cited the Veep's \"outstanding work internationally and\nnationally.\"\nThe Senate will vote on Kleindienst's nomination Thurs. UPI\nsays informal surveys show no more than 20-25 no votes\nScott, defending Kleindienst's failure to report a bribe offer, said\nhe'd been offered 2 bribes when he was Assist. DA of Phil, and\ndidn't report them, as it was his word against theirs. He added:\n\"in hindsight it may not have been proper, but it's not something\nthat in the course of talking with somebody that you know a bribe\noffer is being made.\"\nScott accused Dems of \"prancing nonsense\" and \"rabian tactics\"\nin efforts to get the nomination recommitted. He said the ITT affair\nreminded of the archeological excitement caused by excavation of\n\"Peking Man who as it turned out wasn't from Peking and wasn't\na man. 11\nFulbright will vote against Kleindienst as he's concerned RGK\n\"would subvert the public interest in favor of economic power.\"\nNational Review edit leads: \"RN delivers. The Sup Court has\ntaken another step in the right direction,\" in verdict on unanimous\njury decisions. Particularly, Powell seemed to indicate, says edit,\nthat he doesn't feel Bill of Rights can be applied to states thru\n14th Amendment. \"And that is a giant step, backward, toward\npeace in the streets for a generation?\"\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n7\nBrinkerhoff, in Dallas Morning News, has favorable article on\nHelen Bentley, 1st woman chmn of the US Maritime Comm. \"She\nalways delivers the goods. whether she's covering the waterfront,\ndecking a docker, bracing the brass or helping steer the nation,¹\nwrites reporter, and adds: \"every yardstick for rating women in\ngov't puts her at the top.'\nBUSING\nThe 4th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned 5-1 a court-ordered\nmerger of Richmond's predominantly black schools with white suburban\ncounties. The Court said it believed the last vestiges of state-imposed\nsegregation had been wiped out and \"because it is not established that\nthe racial composition (of Richmond and county schools) is the result\nof individual State action, we conclude there is no constitutional\nviolation (and) the Dist. Judge (Merhige) exceeded his power of\nintervention.¹\nNBC film of white Richmond School Board member saying her\ngroup wants consolidation as only other choice is all-black system\nand they' re on verge of that now. NBC's Stern said it wasn't a\ncomplete victory for either side as court said it was Richmond's\nsituation on which they were ruling. Thus may not be much bearing\non Detroit, Indianapolis, Hartford and others.\nLead story on CBS/ABC was the Richmond decision. CBS\nnoted the Court said the original ruling involved a restructuring of\nstate internal gov't, and that this exceeded the court's authority.\nCBS' Shaw reported the court ruled that Merhige had exceeded\nhis powers of intervention. Va. Att. Gen., on film said ruling will\nclear up a lott of confusion as parents hadn't been sure from year\nto year what school their children would attend. Shaw said the original\nRichmond decision had been \"the motivating force¹¹ behind Admin\nappeal for busing moratorium. And he said that Admin position on\nbusing was \"strengthened\" by the ruling. He added that Admin was\n\"obviously delighted\" by the decision.\nABC said the original ruling had raised a \"storm of controversy\".\nGeer said Court ruled that original decision was a violation of\nconstitution. He noted that, if implemented, it'd have meant extensive\nbusing. And Geer called decision a \"major defeat 11 for Richmond\nSchool Board which had advocated the earlier plan. Reporter concluded\nthat, if decision stands, integration of suburbs around Richmond is\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n8\na long way off.\nABC noted Justice said the decision \"is what we\nasked the court for\".\nJerry Ford called the decision \"the first encouraging court\naction\" on busing and \"hopes (it) will be the forerunner of like\ndecisions by other courts. Brock said busing problems will\nbe solved only thru an amendment, but \"instead of facing the\nproblem head-on, Congress has sidestepped the issue by passing.\npiecemeal legis aimed at public appeasement and ignoring RN's\"\nproposals to solve the problem. Brock \"urged\" citizens opposed to\nbusing to contact Bayh to encourage hearings so \"we can finally\nend the abusive practice of forced busing.\"\nECONOMY\nUPI leads: \"new demands for tax reform now, not next year as\nproposed by RN, were voiced as pressure mounted to tie reform to\na debt limit bill anxiously sought by the Admin. 11 31 House Dems\nand GOP introduced a reform bill to force a Hill vote on reform.\nPatman said the public is \"fed up\" with the idea the Hill feels it can\npostpone tax reform until the future.\nAnyone who thinks we can\ndelay on this issue is playing with political dynamite. 11\nReuss said \"only an incurable optimist could claim RN is favorably\ndisposed towards meaningful revenue-raising tax reform¹ and urged\ntax reform be included in the debt bill to bloc a veto.\nCommon\nCause Rogovin agreed with Reuss and said the \"bluebird of tax\nhappiness (reform)\" has been sought for a decade and that Mills\nproposal is the best reform that could be included in the debt measure.\nHerb Stein repeated the Hill must join RN in setting a\n$246B ceiling.\nUPI says the proposal got a surprise boost when Ullman attacked\nthe Mills bill as a \"helter skelter, willy nilly approach we've followed\nfor so long around here. 11 Ullman prefers the next Congress rewrite\nthe entire code.\nJessup, on Spectrum, said the value of US dollar, not tax reform,\nwill be overriding fiscal issue for several years to come. And he\nnoted Brookings report finding that fed gov't is, in effect, going\nbroke. Jessup said only real alternatives are higher taxes or cut\nin welfare state spending -- but HHH and McGovern don't talk about\nthis gr im choice -- HHH is living in the '60's and McGov is in the\n'80's, he said.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n9\nI. W. Abel attacked Admin economic policies saying: \"The blunt\ntruth is that RN Admin has regarded the worker as expendable in its\nefforts to slow down inflation. 11 He added that RN's economic policies\ncould send Americans \"back to selling apples on the corner or raking\nleaves. 11\nPay Board refused to restore cuts made in wage increases for\ndock workers but approved a 5.9% 2nd year pay and fringe benefit\nincrease.\nD.J. closed at 951. 5 off 2.9 with 15.10 V.\n...\nThe price\nof gold hit a record $62/oz. on the London Free Market.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n10\nOTHER DOMESTIC AFFAIRS\nFBI's Gray said concerning alleged secret files: \"I haven't found\nany such files, and I've studied the index on our filing system without\nfinding any. 11 He also said he believed wiretap law will be upheld\nby Sup. Court. \"We need it, 11 he said. \"This law is shrouded in\nprotective features. 11\nRep. Pepper said Gray assured him FBI\nwill step up its attack on organized crime. He added he found Gray\nto be a \"low-key, competent man.\"\nNBC note that welfare costs are down again due to lower medical\nbills for the poor but number of recipients up.\nUp to 50, 000\nWelfare recipients in NY and Calif will be required to register for\nwork under experimental projects reapproved by HEW.\nPositive NBC film on Oklahoma's pilot homesteading operation\nfor VN Vets, welfare recipients or low income. Over 5, 000 applicants\nfor less than a hundred spots and Gov. Hall found this response en-\ncouraging as it showed many of those having troubles are willing to\ntake a risk to get out of their low status. Self-help alternatives to\nwelfare are needed, he emphasized. 3 years, tho, before this effort\ncan be fully evaluated.\nMeyer Lansky and alleged long-time associate Cellini were\nindicted by fed. grand jury on tax evasion charges.\nThe largest seller of mail-order health insurance was accused\nof making high profits at the expense of policy-holders, many of them\nlow-income elderly. A Sen. Subcomm. pointed out profits of Nat'l\nLiberty Corp were 27% in 1970.\nThree minutes on NBC of one of Jackie's infrequent visits to DC\n--applause at the Center and then to RFK's grave Tues. am for a folk\nmass. Caroline, Teddy, Ethel, Joseph all focused on at RFK's site\nand then to Jackie before the eternal flame\nABC/CBS with similar\nfilm.\nPOLITICS\nA poll of 13, 000 Calif. high schoolers shows 30% are for RN;\n22% for McG and 23% undecided.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n11\nCBS/ABC both noted Calif GOP primary -- CBS said the interest\nis in whether Ashbrook can strengthen his GOP bid. ABC said \"One\nresult is absolutely predictable\" -- RN will receive the delegate\nvotes he needs to put him over the top.\nGOP Platform drafters picked McG as their target and quoted HHH\nthat the S. Dakotan \"just isn't the man to be Pres. 11 They forecast a\nDem platform \"loaded with false hopes and phony promises\" and\npromised a GOP stand for programs \"that won't strain the economy to\nbreaking point or endanger US natl. security.\" They wrote off Dem.\nRegional Platform hearings as a \"traveling circus\" aimed more at\npublicity than testing public opinion.\nAP's Beckler leads a dispatch: \"Many GOP leaders appear to have\nall but conceded the Dem Pres. nomination to McGovern and already\nare mounting the general election campaign against him\" Rhodes used\nHHH's words to attack McGovern as he discussed GOP platform. He\nadded: \"I expect the Platform Comm. will be favorable to RN's\nposition on practically every item to be considered.\"\nCBS said \"apparently GOP assumes¹ McGovern will be Dem nomi-\nnee as it's already using HHH's words against him.\nRep. Rhodes said a GOP questionnaire \"semiscientifically\"\nprepared and sent to cross section for opinion on issues, will be\ntabulated for Platform use and made public.\nArizona Republic edit challenges ACU's Battle Line attack on\nconservative backers of RN. Regarding Goldwater's support of RN's\nPRC Trip, the edit says \"It's simply unrealistic to expect the world's\ngreatest industrial power¹¹ to ignore PRC and adds: \"If Battle Line\nhas any evidence of a sell-out of US interests in RN's policy toward\nPRC, we'd like to see it. 11 And paper says Goldwater-Reagan support\nfor RN hasn't destroyed the conservative movement. Edit says RN's\nCourt appointments have \"placed US back on a conservative path that\nwill benefit everyone.\"\nKlein in NY said no decision has been reached on whether NY GOP\nand Conservative Party will field separate or joint slates in Nov. He\nsaid \"The major direction of RN's reelection campaign in NY will be\nset by Rockfeller. 11 Klein predicted VP Agnew would be on the ticket.\nAP said Klein \"flew into Albany in an unmarked plane piloted by 2 AF\npilots. 11\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n12\nRiesel writes that WH and Rockefeller believe RN can take NY\nwith labor's help. Rocky himself called his relationship with RN:\n\"never closer\" and \"Filled with mutual respect. 11 Labor bloc for\nGOP will be led by Brennan, Pres. of NY Bldg and Construction\nTrades Council, along with Teamsters' Fitzsimmons. GOP, says,\nRiesel, expects to get 40-45% of labor vote nationwide. GOP strategy\nis to avoid direct conflict with Meany -- thus, no nat'l Labor for RN\nComm., rather a series of local comms. These regional groups,\nsays Victor, could prevent nat'l AFL-CIO from aiding McGovern\neffectively; and also will serve to make it difficult for COPE to portray\nRN as anti-labor.\nDrummond writes of RN -- \"Here is a GOP Pres who's going to\nbe running on the Dem side of most issues. 11 and adds: \"No conser-\nvative GOP Pres has ever embraced SO unabashedly policies and programs\nSO long preempted by the opposition as has RN\" He says RN \"isn't\nprimarily a philosopher or an ideologue. He's essentially a problem-\nsolver, a quarterback whose instincts are conservative but not im-\nprisoning.\"\nDrummond says RN is beatable because Dems are the majority\nparty and are increasing with the 18-20 voters, and this is also indi-\ncated in composition of Congress. And he notes labor leaders will be\nmore determined to defeat RN than in '68. Also, Miami Convention\nwon't be as divisive as Chicago, and even then HHH came very close\nto winning. And, says Roscoe, greatest threat to an RN win would be\nnew problems with PRC or USSR, or continued economic problems.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n13\nNBC led with over 7 minutes on the Dems with film of McG\nin Houston and HHH making his last hopeful handshakes. McG\ncalled his session w/Dem gov \"enormously beneficial. 11 He\nexpects to carry some Southern and border states and emphasized\nneed for reconciliation over the fractures of £68. On NBC/CBS\nCarter conceded McG had -- for the 1st time -- said he'd guarantee\nuniform application of laws. Ky's Ford said wait til after Calif.\nand see if McG follows thru on his remarks to govs and whether\nany of their suggestions soaked in. Reporter Perkins said McG\nthen flew back to Calif where he expects the biggest primary day\nyet - - 4 states and 415 delegates. (NBC noted NM was unsure and\nHHH would certainly get some delegates in NJ but Calif looks good\nfor McG and he's unopposed in S. Dakota.)\nChancellor said many uncommitted delegates will be willing\nto deal if McG wins Calif. Brinkley related some of Calif's\ncontributions to national trends - - the \"smiling\" candidate began\nw/Earl Warren -- and its economic clout -- tho only 9% of nation's\npeople, it has an economy greater than all but 6 countries. So it's\nvery important state and if McG wins it, said David, that'll mean\nsomething.\nCBS/ABC opened by noting Calif. primary\nCBS called it\n\"most fateful Dem primary of '72, 11 and ABC said McGovern victory\n\"could almost assure McGovern the nomination on 1st ballot. 11\nIn film report, CBS' Plante reported McGovern went to Govs\nConf. to deal with \"loud dissatisfaction\" expressed by some Dem\nGovs. On film, McG said he got to know govs and they got to km W\nhim, but he offered no compromise on his stands, and none was\nasked. (ABC film also.) Govs were \"mollified but unconvinced\"\nsaid Plante, and he said a Southerner on the ticket might help\nMcGovern, but, as of now, almost all Dem governors feel McG\ncan't win in their state. And Plante noted that Gilligan, Shapp,\nMandel, and Hearnes all remain uncommitted.\nABC's Matney reported that McG went to Houston earlier than\nplanned because he was worried about Dem Govs. Matney said\nMcG sees his chances of 1st ballot win as 50-50, and that he\nwants Govs with him before the Convention.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n14\nCBS had film report on McG volunteer get-out-the-vote election\nday operation. Reporter said there are 40, 000 Calif. workers, and,\nif numbers, persistence, and organization are the key, then the\nvolunteers may well be the difference if McG wins.\nCBS's Plante, on AM News, said McG \"apparently\" proved to\nDem Governors that he's not \"wild-eyed radical\" but mo st weren't\nenthusiastic even after meeting with the Senator. Even Gilligan and\nShapp are worried McG's base isn't broad enough, said Plante.\nCarter on film said he was encouraged by McG statements re:\ndelegates, but wouldn't say he'd changed his mind. Ky's Ford\nsaid McG is going to have to modify positions to get \"enthusiastic\"\nsupport. Ford said McG didn't answer in full on welfare, budget,\namnesty or POW positions. McG on film told solons he could do\nwell nationwide and said purpose of meeting was \"reconciliation\"\nas '68 fracture had hurt Dems. CBS Benton said perhaps meeting\ncould be described as a \"Texas Standoff.\"\nRemarking on McG's visit to Govs Conv., Gov. Carter said:\n\"The best point was just the fact that he left Calif.\nIt showed he\nwas concerned. 11 But he added: \"I really can't say that my attitude\ntoward him has changed.\"\nMcG is convinced he dispelled uneasiness among Governors,\nsays UPI, but admitted there were \"some differences of opinion\"\nhe'll continue to work on\nLucey said McG made \"a ten strike\"\nand Governors \"seemed to feel reassured.\"\nLa. Gov. Edwards can't support McG because he \"seems\nwilling to subjugate the security of the US to that of other countries\nIt would be a Goldwater nomination in reverse. 11 Edwards also\nwon't support Wallace.\nCBS noted McGovern became a grandfather for 3rd time, as\nhis daughter gave birth to a 6 lb boy.\nReeves, in New York, writes on McG's crash economic\neducation, which included a week in Virgin Islands with millionaires,\na Bankers Club luncheon, and \"Dear George\" letter from contributor\nTowlin, who told the Senator removing incentives (such as inheritance)\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n15\nwould bring progress to slow walk and eliminate competition.\nWall Street Journal ad (contents circulated WS 2 weeks before\nprinter) answered Towbin's concern. McG also got education from\nMass. factory workers who told him they wanted kids to inherit.\nThere were \"few buyers\" at Bankers Club lunch and dozens walked\nout. Dreyfus' Stein said McG at most can \"neutralize\" brokers'\ndesire to \"stampede\" to GOP. McG told Reeves he has \"virtual\nhorror¹¹ of labels and restriction by ideological demands. Reeves\nconcludes McG would take US as far left as it would go, but would\nfall back when he gets \"more education\" from people.\nBecause of wide national interest, NBC \"respectfully declined.\"\nSecy. of State Pat Brown's request that there be no predictions til\n2 hours after polls closed.\nNBC film of HHH as he predicted victory Monday - - \"whistling\nin dark, 11 said reporter -- but Tues. declined to make such state-\nments and appeared mo re hopeful than optimistic.\nCBS noted\nHHH predicted he'll do better than polls show.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n16\nABC's Donaldson said polls show HHH a loser, but \"characteristically,\nhe refuses to act like one, 11 putting in some election-day compaigning in\nLA. HHH said he \"11 go on, (on film,) no matter the results but conceded\nthe margin of results is important. HHH will go to Gov's Conf. day after\nelection.\nAn AP lead: \"Demo and GOP Govs gave a standing ovation to\nCornelia Wallace after she told them George remains determined to\nattend the Dem Convention.\"\nDue to continued recovery, Wallace will be moved from intensive\ncare to a private room.\nOne of Wallace's doctors privately predicts\nthe Gov. may be transferred to another hospital by end of the week.\nIn filmed CBS AM News report on Lt. Gov. Beasley's takeover from\nWallace, Beasley said he'd asked RN to declare Wed. a nat'l day of\nprayer for Wallace's recovery.\nDem. telethon organizer Brown, on Today, said he sold net (after\ncontacting all nets who were edgy over political factor, plus standard\npolicy re: telethons) on telethon on basis 2-party concept was in\njeopardy if Dems weren't viable. GOP stars are being asked to partici-\npate on same basis. Brown said he's approached Bob Hope, who was\n\"somewhat shocked\" but didn't say no. Brown hopes telethon will\nrevolutionize pol fund-raising SO not just millionaires can afford to run.\nwill be\nProtest leaders said there/m ore than 100, 000 demonstrators in\nMiami for the conventions, and a spokesman for a \"gay\" group said\nthey' stage a \"kiss-in\" if Dems don't adopt a platform plank accept-\nable to homosexuals.\nCBS' Morton had a film report on an \"undecided\" Calif. couple voting\nin primary. He said the husband was a Dem technician concerned about\nlaw and order, strong defense, and less gov't waste. He wasn't enthu-\nsiastic about any candidate. The wife was an anti-RN Republican. She\nwas especially concerned about high food prices and high prop. taxes.\nWe learn that the wife didn't vote (as an anti-RN protest) while husband\nfinally voted for HHH. But, said Morton, they're typical of \"a feeling\nthat something is badly wrong¹¹ and that none of candidates on ballot has\na formula for solving US problems.\nSevareid opened his commentary by noting McGovern will probably\nwin Calif. primary, unless polls, etc., are as wrong as he was about\nMcGovern earlier. He then switched to Davis trial verdict. Sevareid\nsaid reaction to verdict was \"truly wondrous. 11 Davis herself, who had\ncriticized the system, said Eric, somehow determined that the jurors\nweren't of the system. And he noted an Urban League official said she\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n17\nwas acquitted because of millions protesting in the streets. This, said\nEric, is an insult to the jurors as it assumes that the jurors didn't\nlisten to the evidence. Who are \"the people, 11 anyway, he asked. Just\nyesterday, an actress told rich McGovern backers they were the people.\nIt all goes to show, he said, that language corrupts thought.\nABC's Reasoner reported on Calif. Proposition 9 (a referendum\nvote) -- the \"most far-reaching anti-pollution measure\" ever. It calls\nfor no more nuclear power plants, no offshore oil drilling on state\nland, strong pollution standards with heavy fines. Most papers and\nReagan are against it, and corps hired PR firm to fight it warning of\npower failures and unemployment. A \"people's lobby¹¹ is backing Prop. 9.\nABC survey, said Reasoner, showed 3 of 4 Dems for stricter controls,\nwhich may be a signal of how state will vote.\nNew York's Reeves has lengthy piece on security, space, delegate,\netc., problems facing Dem. convention. -- which could be making or\nbreaking of oldest pol organization in Western world. A \"first\" will\nbe closed circuit TV system from Hall to all hotels in 50 mi. radius.\nReeves highlights unexpected implementation of \"goody-goody\" delegate-\nreform rules. Old-timers didn't understand what they meant 'til too\nlate. McG did and \"stole\" lots of delegates. \"Nightmare\" of concern,\nsays Reeves, is that ''this new bunch of heroes or fools\" will turn\nnationally televised convention into a version of a \"New Dem. Co-\nalition meeting in Manhattan where soaring demagoguery is sometimes\npunctuated by flying chairs. 11 Reeves also underscores MB concern\nover volatile anti-Castro Cubans and demonstrators and notes Fed.,\nstate and city high security efforts.\nSissy Farenthold's 32-year old millionaire stepson was found slain\non a Texas beach, his neck chained to a concrete block gangland fashion.\n4 men were indicted last year for allegedly defrauding young Farenthold.\nGalbraith won't run against Brooke, but Boston City Councilor\nO'Leary and Middlesex County DA Dvroney will.\n# # #\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\nHe took the second step\n\"A GENERATION\nOF PEACE\"\n\"\nA OF\nTHE JOURNEY\nSINGLE CHINESEPPO\"\nBEGINS WITH A\nPEKING Moscow\nSTEP STERB PROVERB\nREGMANNINGJE\nRepublic editorial page cartoonist\nBIRMINGHAM NEWS\nJune 1, 1972\nPRESERVATION COPY\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\nTHE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN\nNEWS SUMMARY\nJune 8, 1972\n(Wed. nets, wires, mags, columns)\nThe Major Stories of the Day:\n-- Lengthy leads on all nets of what Cronkite termed McGovern's \"clean\nsweep\" of Calif., N. Mex., N.J., and S. Dak. primaries. McG.\nvowed he'd go anywhere in world -- including Hanoi - - if it '11\nshorten VN by even a day. HHH apparently \"softened\" stand on\nWallace as VP - - -- it's highly unrealistic but a HHH-Wallace ticket\nisn't ruled out.\n- - In GOP Calif. primary, a \"predictable\" result with RN receiving\n90% to Ashbrook's 10%.\n-- US jets bombed closest yet to PRC -- 20 miles - bombing a bridge\nand RR yard, as well as important power plant near Hanoi. NVA\ncut HW 1 in 2 areas.\n-- NBC reports more underground blasts hampered rescue efforts at\nRhodesian mine disaster, leaving little hope 417 trapped miners will\nbe found alive.\n- - VP Agnew at Goast Guard Academy graduation and Westmoreland at\nWest Point (NBC film) call for strong defense, in what NBC says\nadds up to an Admin. campaign for a big defense budget.\n- - The Sup. Court agreed to examine the issue of whether a state may\nconstitutionally ignore tax differences between rich and poor districts\nin financing their schools.\n* *\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n2\nSUMMIT/SALT\nThe SU ordered SALT put into effect immediately without waiting for\nformal ratification.\nJavits verbally swiped at Admin's \"fatalistic view¹ that SALT won't\nmake sizable defense budget cuts possible and criticized VN policies,\nbut revealed he and Rocky are planning joint campaign for RN.\nDOD says 2 ABM sites authorized under SALT would cost $8.5 B\nonly $1.8 B less than the full 12-site system Admin. originally proposed.\nDOD report point out inflation, construction delays and design changes\nhad pushed original proposal estimate for 12 sites to $16.3 B.\nOut-going Agric. official Palmby believes the SU will decide by Aug.\nor Sept. on buying US feed grain.\nDr. David of Office of Science and\n...\nTechnology will go to the SU shortly to develop plans for future coopera-\ntion in energy research.\nBruckner says RN's claims for credit on changes being made in\nworld order \"are pretty well founded. 11 RN shouldn't have to worry\nabout place in history -- \"his diplomatic achievements in the last 6 months\nhave been extraor dinary\n11 and, if new initiatives do help citizens of\ngreat power nations to view themselves as citizens of the world, it\nmight be possible to \"stretch the times of peace out until entire genera-\ntions are accustomed to it, even comfortable with it. 11\nPhil. Inquirer edit. leads: \"It's not only in the summit meetings\n...\nthat RN's policy of negotiation rather than confrontation has brought re-\nsults.\nBerlin is another spectacular example. 11 Both sides have\n...\ngained from Berlin accords, says edit, and \"the ceremonies in Berlin\nand Bonn dramatized significant strides that have been made. 11\nEconomist says: \"There's no convincing evidence that US-SU had\nreally reached the kind of deadlock on SALT that could be broken only by\na showdown between the men at the top. It looks as if the deal was timed\nthe way it was SO that it'd show just how fruitful the summit had been. 11\nAs to accords, it says: \"Now the world's 2 most massively armed powers\nhave at least started to rein themselves in. But ABM limitation \"may ac-\ntually strengthen the arguments advanced in certain countries in favor\nof retaining the option to go nuclear \" Mag says \"apparent US ac-\nceptance of inferiority\n11 will stir criticism and there may be fresh\ndoubts about the validity of US power¹ to deter USSR in Eur. But, says\nEconomist, as long as subs remain virtually unlocatable, US power can't\nbe destroyed; thus Treaty should be viewed in conjunction with development\nof Trident.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n3\nAnother Economist piece says that \"nothing revealed about the summit\ntalks\nsuggested the Russians had modified their stand on VN war\"\nexcept that by receiving RN they \"showed more clearly than ever that\nthey don't greatly care what Hanoi thinks\n\" And it adds that PRC,\ninstead of accusing US and SU of collusion, has now started on theme\nthat they're headed for a showdown. \"This is presumably thought to be\nmore fitting to the way the triangular relationship is now developing, 11\nsays mag. As to USSR, article says \"There is at least one man in\nMoscow who has a clear personal interest in seeing that the agreements\nare not swiftly exposed as unworkable, hazardous, or simply fraudu-\nlent; and since his name happens to be Brezhnev, his influence in these\nmatters shouldn't be regarded as negligible. 11\nNY Post edit. says Laird's testimony means that DOD acquiescence\non SALT \"can be purchased only by pledges to invest large sums for mod-\nernization of offensive strategic weapons\nThis is a grim message\" and\n\"It came as melancholy climax to many of the high hopes evoked by RN's\npilgrimages. 11\nSmith Hempstone writes: \"RN has returned from Moscow, like\nChamberlain from Munich, proclaiming peace in our time. 11 He may be\nright, and one hopes he is \"and yet one is left with the feeling that the\nagreement on deployment of NUKE arms will have the effect of limiting\nour strategic options while increasing those of the Kremlin. 11 He says\nprospect is for 3-2 offensive and 2-1 defensive missile advantage for\nUSSR in 5 yrs. Ike, JFK, LBJ doctrine of superiority has been replaced\nby RN-HAK doctrine of sufficiency, he writes. Given SU willingness to\naccept losses unacceptable to a US Pres. \"the present agreement comes\nperilously close to conceding the Rus a 1st strike capability. 11\nThe Economist asks: \"What now? in Europe, after summit. RN\" has\npushed US Eur. policy thru a striking and determined weak; at each stage\nof it\nthe Americans give the impression of knowing what they're doing. 11\nAs to MBFR, mag says it's long been discussed. \"What is new is that\nUSSR's proposed aim of achieving peace by jamboree is now actually going\nto be given a try. 11 Economist says Soviet reasons for wanting MBFR are\nclear \"any likely deal will shift the present balance of military strength\nin Eur. further Russia's way.\n11 And Soviets feel NATO will be less\nunited than Warsaw Pact in bargaining. But mag notes RN's strategy\nhe has \"so arranged matters in Moscow that enough balls are in the air\nat once (MBFR, security conf., Germany) for it to be quite easy, if the\nneed arose, to make USSR drop one. 11\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n4\nBut Economist warns that a security conf. could raise false hopes in\nW. Eur., thus making it even tougher for allies to maintain defense\nspending. Further, a monolithic bargaining position by Western nations\nmight make it more difficult for E. Eur. nations to negotiate independently\nof Moscow. \"Taken together, MBFR and the conf. on security will test\nhow earnest is Russia's proclaimed wish to see the end of block-to-block\npolitics in Eur. 11\nINDOCHINA\nUS and GVN rejected latest NVN/VC demand that peace talks be\nresumed.\nAdm. McCain said mining was \"one of the finest things RN has done, 11\nand that it \"has had a profound psychological effect on NVNese and a pro-\nfound military effect.\n11\nThe DOD cautiously predicted that the NVN may be slowing down\nbecause of US. mining and bombing operations. \"We've seen some initial\nindications the enemy may be practicing supply economy and limiting his\nactivities because he doesn't know where more supplies are coming from, 11\nsaid Friedheim. \"We still give them the capability of mounting a sizable\nattack in the Hue area and conducting a very major campaign there, 11\nFriedheim said.\nAll nets noted US planes hit railyards and a bridge 20 miles from\nPRC border (just 40 seconds flying time, said CBS). NBC/CBS note\nNVA cut HW 1 in renewed fighting along Central Coast, while B52s pounded\nNVA retreating from Kontum.\nNVA cut off Dist. Capital of Phu My and\nrocketed An Loc.\nHanoi claimed downing 5 more US planes.\nNBC's Lord, at Phuoc An on HW 1, said communist attack took local\ncommanders by \"surprise\" and no ARVN were available to drive sappers\noff. Militia -- which had no air support, no artillery and only one 181\nmortar -- couldn't advance, but didn't retreat either. It fought and took\nits losses. It isn't known if NVA or VC attacked, but they've been success.\nful in cutting HW 1 just 22 miles from Saigon -- the closest the enemy's\ncome to Capital since offensive began.\nChancellor, in lead into Ellis offensive assessment, said NVA suc-\ncesses include An Loc and QT, but enemy's so far failed to capture Hue\nand has been turned back from Kontum -- both important objectives.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n5\nOffensive points up basic difficulties in fighting a defensive war, said\nEllis. NVA has picked time and place and ARVN didn't take advantage of\nquiet '71 months -- forays into enemy sanctuaries were \"half-hearted\" and\nNVA supply routes and staging areas weren't hit. SVN's infantry was\nshown as \"unreliable as feared\" but Rangers, Marines and Airborne have\n\"justified faith\" observers had in them. Offensive also tested US willing-\nness to respond, said Ellis, and observers think NVA \"underestimated\"\nUS resolve. RN's air and naval bombardment was \"far more than NVN\nexpected. It's impossible to tell how much NVA has been hurt by US ac-\ntions but it's \"undoubtedly suffered heavily, 11 particularly from air strikes.\nObservers think bombing may have had more effect than first realized\nand this could be why NVA hasn't pressed advantages won in first weeks of\noffensive. It's won SVN a \"breathing spell, 11 said Ellis, but the real ques-\ntion is if ARVN can be pushed into reacting forcefully.\nThe fighting has gone on for 70 days on 3 main fronts, with ARVN at\nfirst coming away \"beaten and humiliated\" but now showing \"new resolve\"\nin fighting said CBS Mudd in lead into Threlkeld filmed report on ARVN per-\nformance.\nThe offensive, said Threlkeld, which came sooner than Wash. or\nSaigon expected, is ultimate test of VNization and, as expected, has pointed\nup old weaknesses and new strengths. In South, a superior ARVN infantry\nunit is still stalled on road to An Loc and is \"overdependent\" on US air. So\nmany troops have been pulled up to fight for An Loc, there's concern NVA\nwill open offensive in Delta which is stripped of military reserves. SVN\nclaims Kontum as important victory, but city's still not out of danger.\nVictory there anyway is more moral than military, as Kontum is of little\nstrategic value. More important is Binh Dinh where NVA has kept access\nroute to north closed 2 months, forcing SVN to resupply only by air or sea.\nIn the Hilands, said Threlkeld, ARVN has traditional problem --\nlack of good mid-level officers. ARVN is now dug in to defend Hue. NVA\nhas probed 'hard\" in area but defenders stood and fought, even had suc-\ncess in limited counter attacks. Of course, NVA has made mistakes too,\nsaid reporter, in its piecemeal, uncoordinated attacks and failure to\nfollow QT victory with dash for Hue. ARVN's holding on, said Threlkeld,\nbut NVA hasn't really tested it since offensive began. It's safe to say,\nARVN isn't doing as well as hoped, but neither is it doing as badly as\nfeared.\nBuckley says NVN should note Hill applause for RN was strongest when\nhe reiterated US determination to seek an honorable end to VN war --\n\"knowing no doubt that word 'honorable' would stick in the throat of the\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n6\nlegions whose determination to discredit the VN war has grown to the\npoint of obsession. 11 Buckley notes that, after RN's blockade action,\ncritics warned of US-SU collision, but \"the only collision that resulted\nwas between Russian and US champagne glasses 11 He concludes:\n\"Never mind for a minute all the other things. By God, I was proud of\nRN Thurs. nite. 11\nRep. McCloskey, on Today, said he can't support RN as long as\nbombing of NVN continues altho other Admin. efforts -- summits,\nrevenue sharing, etc. -- are \"worthy\" of support. US isn't bombing\nas in past to support or protect GIs, but to protect US pride. If he\nwere Giap, the MC said he'd put a POW in town squares around country\n-- Americans should give though to fact bombings may be killing POWs.\nC.S. Monitor's Stringer says VN war results thus far include (a)\nUS has honored a commitment to a small nation and \"commitment\nhonoring isn't an everyday occurrence in internat'l affairs; 11 (b) \"a long\nover-due doctrine\" the Nixon doctrine; (c) effective summitry --\nit's doubtful RN and HAK would've pursued summitry SO much if it\nwasn't for VN; (d) reversal of view that air bombardment doesn't effect\na war's outcome; (e) other countries considering starting brush wars\nwill think twice. Stringer asks, tho, has NVN learned anything? --\n\"Who invited them into Laos, Cambodia, SVN? Who asked them to\nstir up revolt in Thailand? What kind of regard have they shown for\ntheir professed brothers. 11 He asks: \"What say those in America who\nwave the banner of Hanoi\"?\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n7\nOTHER FOREIGN AFFAIRS\nThe UN Envir. Conf. called on Govts to take immediate action\nto reduce pollution of air and water by formulating programs to\nprevent pollutants from crossing internatl. lines. It also demanded\nestablishment of an early warning system to monitor air, water\nand food contamination.\nCastro denied reports of heart trouble and said \"my heart is\nlike steel. 11\nNBC film of town of Steinstubben, West Germany (part of W. Berlin\ncut off from city until Berlin agreement) where West is building\nroad to enhance access while E. Ger. is building wall to keep their\npeople in. A few residents don't want road, said reporter, as they\nfear tourists more than E. Germans, but main complaint is it'll\ntake 5 months to complete road from town to W. Berlin.\nC.S. Monitor edit asks those calling for US cutbacks in W. Eur.\nwill read Brant's speech at Harvard. Brandt, noted paper, said\nBerlin accord confirms, with SU consent, US presence in center\nof Eur indefinitely, and said Brandt, without US there could be no\nEur security. Edit says significance of Brandt's talk is that he\ntold US if it pulls out, it'll be playing into Soviet hands. \"If W.\nEur. security is to be safeguarded in the new era of detente, the\nUS commitment and the US presence must continue, 11 says edit.\nWS Journal and CS Monitor both have front pg analyses of SU's\ngrowing influence in Mideast, using oil as a wedge. Zorza, in\nMonitor, says if Kremlin-encouraged oil nationalization by Iraq\nworks, it \"could change the balance of world power as effectively\nas some of the more spectacular achievemeents of summitry.\"\nVicker, in Journal, says Soviet 4 pronged drive (military, economic,\ndiplomatic, and oil) in ME has been scoring important gains.\nDEFENSE\nCBS noted 5 Blacks among 62 Colonels promoted to Brigadier\nGeneral.\nSenate For. Relations approved 10-3 $28. 5M to finance RFE and\nRL for another year.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n8\nADMINISTRATION\nJames Michener, in May Readers Digest, discusses his\nimpressions of RN's PRC trip. He says: \"I thought RN handled\nhimself superbly thruout the trip. He was amiable, well-groomed,\nunflappable. He often broke away from protocol and displayed a\ngood deal of easy charm\nHe may well have been just what PRC-US\nrelations needed at this moment in history -- a friendly man who\ngot along well with his hosts. 11\nAs to results, Michener says that altho VN wasn't settled,\n\"the dreadful animosity of the last 2 decades was ended, some kind\nof normal relations could be established, and the leaders\nhad a\nchance to size each other up. Those were considerable accomplish-\nments. 11 And writer's overall impression of PRC is that it's \"a\ndreadfully dull place, cowed by dictatorship, and obsessed by puritan-\nism\". PRC has made advances, but they've been made \"at too great\na price in the loss of human freedom\".\nMichener writes of PN: \"The more I observed this gracious\nlady in action, the more I came to respect her.\nnot once did she\nlose her patience. Her smile was always ready, and she spoke\nwithout affectation. 11 He adds: \"She photographed sensationally,\nbut she also knew the right thing to do. 11 Further, \"I concluded that\nPN is a captivating woman, an adept politician, and a strong-minded\ngal, and just about the perfect First Lady to take to a difficult area\nlike PRC\n11\nVPAgnew, at Coast Guard Academy, criticized \"some of the most\ninfluential voices in our midst\" who \"derride our allies and applaud\nour enemies, bewail our shortcomings and ignore our virtues. 11\nNBC film as the Veep said \"it's a time when it is apparently more\nfashionable to run our country down than to serve it.\nbut that\nhistory has painfully taught us we must stay prepared militarily,\neven as we strive for tranquility. 11 He asked if we \"will bear any\nburden, pay any price\nor is US ideal reduced to keeping only\npersonal freedom and to hell with others. 11\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n9\nWestmoreland, also on NBC film, said \"leadership in strength\nis best guarantee of peace and justice in world\" and history shows\n\"only the strong are free\nwe can't disarm unilaterally, hoping\nsuch an example will make pacifists of our adversaries. 11\nNBC's Nesson said VP Agnew and Westmoreland at West Point\ngraduation emphasized some points Laird did on Hill re: strong\ndefense. Laird, the Veep and Westmoreland - -- it all adds up to\nAdmin. campaign for a big defense budget.\nABC noted arrest of\nVN vet with a hand grenade heading for CG Academy where VP\nAgnew was speaking.\nLaird told Naval Academy graduates: \"The way to achieve\nlasting peace is thru hard, tough, meaningful negotiation. The\nway to negotiate successfully is to maintain an adequate strength\n\"\nHe told graduates \"You'll be working toward,\na generation of peace. 11\nConnally arrived in Bogota and said the US \"will continue with\nexisting aid programs. but emphasized \"no further programs are\nbeing considered.\"\nWash. News edit says Connally said he was tired and wanted to\nrest when he resigned -- \"he sure rests fast. 11 JBC, says News,\n\"is getting a buildup, \" as his trip will keep him in the headlines.\nPaper says that WH chefs had better learn 1S how to make a barbeque,\nas the only promotion possible for JBC/to VP or Presidency.\nC. S. Monitor edit on Connally trip says \"where it all ends is\nknown only to RN\". Noting speculation on JBC, edit brings up\nOsborne's suggestion, in New Republic, that RN may retire after\none term, turning the GOP over to JBC. \"He could be at his absolute\npeak in Aug. , 11 says paper, and why not get out when that far\nahead leaving JBC as his legacy to his party?\" Think how many\nsurprises RN has already arranged, says Monitor, and concludes\nthat it'll keep Osborne's theory on list of possible endings for JBC's\ntrip.\nBob Byrd will vote against Kleindienst confirmation.\n7/5/74\nCopy given to Geoff Shepard,\nOffice of Counsel to the President\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n10\nECONOMY\nD-J closed off 7.38 at 944. 08 with 15M vol.\nCBS noted price of gold climbed to new high of $65 in London\nmarket and US dollar weakened on most foreign exchanges. Mudd said\nthis prompted Treasury to deny rumors -- most notably that US-SU\nsecretly agreed to raise price of gold and that Volcker might\nresign -- are \"without foundation\" and are artificially weakening\nthe dollar on foreign markets.\nSen. Long said that if House attaches tax reform to debt limit\nbill, he'd seek to strip it off. He said: \"I favor orderly legislative\nprocedure. I also favor tax reform.\nAP reports Burns told\nclosed-door Ways and Means meeting that he approves of principle\nof Mills tax reform but questions method of repealing tax provisions\nand then considering their reinstatement. MCs risk shaking business\nconfidence with method, Burns pointed out. Burns also quoted as\nsuggesting Hill might apply a \"zero principle\" to appropriations - -\nrequiring Govt. Depts. to justify budget requests from scratch\ninstead of only making a case for new programs.\nCBS noted the Pay Board -- in 1st such action -- reduced\ndeferred wage increases for Philly butchers.\nHouse Ways and Means tentatively agreed on a bill extending\nthe $450 B debt ceiling thru Oct. 31. If sustained, it means the\nAdmin's request for a $15 B increase will be denied.\nOTHER DOMESTIC AFFAIRS\nA Senate sub-comm. will begin hearings June 30 on proposed\namend. that would force removal of any MC missing 40% of roll calls\nper session.\nMCs will try to \"sneak\" the higher educ. bill, stripped of anti-\nbusing provisions, thru the House Thurs., according to head of the\nUnified Concerned Citizens group. A UCC spokesman said he\nwas told RN had told GOP MCs to support it. He said RN \"is\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n11\na blatant master of deceit on school desegregation matters. He\ncannot be trusted. This is a monumental cop-out\" by RN and\nanother step toward \"total Fed. control of education. 11\nABC/CBS reported Gen. Davis' push for full compliance by\nairlines with Fed. security regulations. Davis, on ABC film,\nsaid airlines must instill in all officials the need to resist hijacker\ndemands to the \"fullest extent possible\" consistent with safety.\nHis personal view, said Davis, was that arming crews is\n\"completely consistent\" with the gov't position to resist hijackers.\nDavis said that hijackers often get better service than 1st-class\npassengers.\nABC/CBS note of Air Line Pilots Assn. threat to\ncall a 24-hr. shutdown of air service if hijackings are allowed to\ncontinue.\nCBS noted RN message to Natl. Governors Conference that\nno-fault insurance \"is an idea whose time has come¹¹ but that it\nshould be handled at state level\nThe Governors Conf. refused\nto go on record favoring a fed. program of compensation for innocent\nvictims of crime.\nAP leads: \"The WH has moved to open proliferating Fed.\nAdvisory Comm. to great public scrutiny, duplicating proposals\nrolling rapidly toward passage in Congress. 11 OMB's Carlucci\ntold the Hill that control of panels \"is a management matter and\ncan better be handled by Exec. action than by statute.\n(and under\nRN's Exec. Order) all advisory comm. meetings shall be announced\nin advance\nbe open to public observation, and that public shall\nhave access to (proceedings) records. 11\nHouse Appropriations accused RN of talk and little action and\nvoted an extra $754 M for health work and research -- exceeding\nAdmin requests by $912M. The Comm. was \"amazed\" to find\nthat in some critical areas RN actually had proposed 10% cut for\nresearch.\nEnvironmental Action named 12 MCs as \"Dirty Dozen\" and\npromised to campaign for their defeat in hopes stronger anti-pollution\nlegis. would result.\nFriends of the Earth demanded Park Service\nDir. Hartzog's resignation for letting parks be \"destroyed\" and for\ntrying to \"sabotage\" the wilderness system.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n12\nHouse Appropriations approved a $59M boost in the campaign\nagainst alcoholism, and also voted an extra $43 M for family planning\nservices.\nAgric's Lyng denied a McGovern charge that Admin is withholding\n$400 M in funds for the poor. He said: \"It should be made absolutely\nclear at the outset that there has been no withholding of funds from\neither the food stamp program or the special food service programs. 11\nAbel said Steelworkers would back efforts to remove Gov.\nWilliams from office and support a nationwide lettuce boycott.\nThe Mass. legislature approved (34-21) to a state constitutional\namendment prohibiting abortions by guaranteeing \"every child,\nfrom the moment of conception.\nthe rights of all citizens. 11\nABC's Smith noted that a Joint Hill comm. is expected to act\non a bill to provide about $900 M to attract industry to rural towns.\nReporter Snell followed with lengthy film of Bellaire, Ohio, once\npart of the nation's backbone with 20, 000 people, now under 10, 000\nhaving lost 9 important employers since 1900. Since then, said\nSnell, the town's economy has moved \"inexorably downward, 11 and the\nyouth go off to college or jobs and don't come back. Bellaire must\nfind ways to adjust to the 70s, said Snell, or it will die.\nSUPREME COURT DECISIONS\nto examine issue of states ignoring tax differences between\nrich and poor districts. NBC pointed out decision will have\n\"profound effect\" and CBS said it will be \"one of most important¹\nissues on education as most states rely heavily on property taxes\nfor school financing\nUnanimously and without comment, the\nCourt declined to speed its consideration of Russo's appeal to\nblock his prosecution on charges of helping to steal the Pentagon\nPapers.\nbarred (7-0) the states from indefinitely committing criminal\nsuspects found incompetent to stand trial.\nruled 5-4 a criminal suspect not formally charged may be\nplaced in lineup or showup without a lawyer on hand looking after\nhis rights. (CBS note)\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n13\nruled unanimously that FPC may allocate natural gas\nsupplies in favor of homeowners and other nonindustrial customers\nin cases of shortage.\nstrengthened (5-4) FCC's authority to regulate cable TV\nwith a ruling FCC has authority to order CATV operators originate\nsome of programming. (CBS note)\nthat Govit isn't responsible for damage from military craft\nsonic booms. (CBS note).\noverturned Calif. regulations, by ruling dependent children\ndeprived of support because of a missing parent -- including\nmilitary service -- are eligible for welfare.\nPOLITICS\nStix on primaries:\nCalifornia (99% reported):\nRN:\n90%\n(noted all nets)\nAshbrook:\n10%\nMcGovern:\n45%\nHHH:\n40%\nWallace:\n5%\nChisholm:\n4%\nMuskie:\n2%\nYorty:\n1%\nNew Mexico (98% reported):\nRN:\n89%\nMcCloskey:\n6%\nMcGovern:\n33%\nWallace:\n29%\nHHH:\n26%\nMuskie:\n5%\nJackson:\n3%\nChisholm:\n2%\nNew Jersey figures not tabulated on wires.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n14\nUPI says RN clinched a 1st ballot nomination by winning all\n4 primaries to continue his undefeated skein,\nAnother UPI wire\nsaid RN \"swept to a 9-1 victory\" over Ashbrook in Calif, but notes\nloss of 1 N. Mex. delegate to McCloskey.\nAshbrook dropped out of the race, but said he'd carry fight to\nthe Platform Comm. He said 11\nwith the help of other conservatives\nI intend to take the fight on these survival issues to the\nconvention\n11\nThose issues, he said, were deficit spending, guaranteed income,\nand RN's \"failure to restore military superiority\" and \"lowering\nUS's guard\" against communism.\nFinch said it's \"extremely unlikely\" Connally would be the\nVP nominee\nMeredith, trounced in his attempt to be GOP Senate\nnominee in Miss. , will run for House as an independent.\nDole said Dems are close to \"moment of truth. 11 He asked,\nwill they nominate a man representing a small, extreme faction,\nwho can't, in public debate, explain the cost of his welfare program,\nor will they turn to someone else?\nThimmisch, on Spectrum, speaks positively of Gov. Holton.\nHe says \"Holton holds on¹¹ in the face of controversy over integration,\nand many church and PTA groups have come around to his position.\nAnd Nick notes RN wants Holton to campaign for him. Holton, who\nsends his children to predominantly black schools \"because he\nfelt he had to set an example.\nshakes his head in disgust when he\nhears about northern liberal Dems who tuck their children away\nin largely white private schools\" \"How can they call themselves\nleaders when they do that? 11 he asks.\nCBS lead with clip of McG telling what Cronkite called\n\"jubilant\" supporters that \"you and I proved again we can make a\ndifference, so stay involved to elect leadership that\" again can\nmake you proud to be American. McG took a \"big step\" toward\nthe nomination, said Cronkite he may be unbeatable for the\nnomination.\nhe's in a \"commanding\" position. Wallace made a\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n15\n\"surprisingly strong\" show in N. Mex. but victories put McG\n\"far out in front. 11 Any \"stop McG\" movement will be \"hard put\"\nto find a vehicle to stop the Dakotan. Cronkite said McG. aides\nwere \"disappointed\" margin wasn't bigger as they had list prepared\nfor phone calls to clinch the nomination. McG had hoped to use wide\nmargin to win key Party leaders but now knows he'll have to get\ndelegates the hard way -- one at a time.\nCronkite noted a CBS survey which showed McG had a broad\nbase in Calif -- winning the under 40 vote, and tying HHH for 40-60\nvote, losing only the over 60 voters. He won whites, Mexicans\nand Blacks.\nIronically, said Cronkite, the \"numbers game\" McG used against\nMuskie in NH is now being used against him. Pollster Field, on\nfilm, said apparently the 13% undecided (in poll showing McG 20\npoints over HHH) went for Hubert and that's reason for McG's slim\nmargin. CBS quoted Field as saying poll made a larger impact\nthan any in 26 years and may have created reverse bandwagon of\nvoters who wanted to prove polls wrong.\nNBC's straight lead noted McG added 368 delegates to roster\nand now has about 1, 000 of 1, 509 needed for nomination. But,\nsaid Chancellor, he faces \"prominent obstacles, 11 most notably HHH\nand some Dem Governors. (UPI says McG's victory margin may\nnot have been big enough to launch a bandwagon before the convention.)\nNBC/ABC repeated clips of McGovern's \"can't believe we won\nthe whole thing. \" (Chancellor closed NBC with light suggestion\nDem Platform ban any use of take-off on this alky ad)\nABC's Matney,\nover film of McGovern's victory appearance, called it perhaps the\n'greatest single night\" of his political career.\nMcG, on CBS (NBC note) pledged if elected he would go to\nHanoi, Paris or \"anywhere in world\" to reach agreement with\nNVN for an end to war and relase of POWs.\nCBS' Perkins said with the polls showing a 20-point lead, McG\ndecided to risk and cutback in Calif. spending and side trip to\nN. Mexico. Both paid off. Chancellor pointed out McG workers\nexpect to pick up needed 200-300 delegates before convention.\nWhile no one knows, said John, McG estimates so far have been\n\"remarkably accurate. 11\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n16\nABC's Reasoner had lengthy interview with McG. The Senator\nsaid the disparity between Calif. results and polls shows polls to be\na \"not very reliable\" index. McG admitted \"some misunderstanding\"\nbetween him and the business community on his tax proposals, and\nadmitted that there would be some tax increases among hi-income\ngroups and corporations, but he asserted it is only fair. On\npossible running mates, McG felt that the \"ideological differences\"\nbetween him and Wallace were \"too great, 11 but he WO uld not rule\nout as possibles Carter, Askew, or Sanford.\n\"Comfortable\" is about all that can be said of McG's Calif. win,\nsaid Sevareid. The 5% is about what RFK had (Chancellor note also)\nand with less than 1/2 of the votes, McG gets all the delegates.\nHHH ran true to his \"unique\" form -- poor organization, not much\nmoney, and sheer animal energy. He came up fast at end but not\nquite enough. much like the \"near miss¹ with RN in '68. The\npollsters fell on their questionnaires -- \"wildly overestimating\"-\nand should take a vacation, said Eric. Especially, those with pol\nclients and with high passions. Humor has been absent, but\n\"unintended\" humor will now begin. Wallace -- an anathema to\nboth McG and HHH - might now be suitable to HHH as a running mate;\nMcG will swing thru South and also journey to see Wallace; none\nwill be more \"courted and flattered\" than Wallace at the Convention,\nas the worst thing of all would be for an \"offended\" Wallace to come\nout in the end for RN.\nSevareid said McG will have to move toward center, but the\ntrouble with center lane of 172 pol highway is both fenders can be\ntorn off. McG is \"genuine symbol\" of \"newness and change\" but\nopposite groups see him representing change their way. McG\ncan finess this thru convention, said Eric, but he'll find it hard\nin the campaign and harder for governing purposes if elected.\nAnalyst Scammon and Pollster Quayle, on Today, said it will\nbe more and more difficult to stop McG, but doesn't mean it can't\nhappen. Scammon said complex NY ballot lends itself to-McG\nvoters and the Senator has \"good momentum\" going into State.\nAs far as Nov., Scammon sees the election \"up for grabs\" no matter\nwho Dems run.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n17\nSchoumacher, on CBS AM News, said McG's success has\nbeen traditional \"text book\" campaign -- but no one was watching.\nHighlighting 10 key staffers -- from \"secret weapon¹¹ delegate\nstrategist Sterns to Mankiewicz -- Schoumacher said lack of\npublicity gave McG organization chance to sneak up on other\naspirants, and strategy's unlikely to change.\nSalinger, on Today, predicted McG would have about 1300\ndelegates at convention opening and would have a 1st ballot win.\nTwo clear reasons for McG wins are \"disenchantment\" with pol\nsystem and that youth are involved instead of sitting out 172 as\npredicted after 168 race. Salinger claimed McG victor in debates;\nCerrell with same claim for HHH. Cerrell said money problems,\nMcG media campaign and \"unfortunate\" poll (which dealt \"demora-\nlizing blow'') were main HHH problems. Cerrell said the Hump\nwill be a \"very viable\" candidate at convention.\nUPI's primary round-up leads: \"Like a prairie wind, McG\nswept primaries in Calif., NM, NJ and S Dak. and predicted 'the\nsame fresh spirit would lift him into the Presidency. 11 \"Less\nconspicuously, 11 says UPI, RN \"also triumphed. His one-sided\nvictory over Ashbrook.\nassured RN enough delegates to win\nrenonimation.\n11\nAnother UPI lead: \"McG, carrying the banner\nof RFK who was assassinated here 4 years ago, defeated HHH and\nemerged as undisputed front-runner\n\"CBS noted Mansfield thinks\nMcG may get a 1st ballot win. He said McG would be a \"strong\ncandidate\" against RN \"particularly if the war isn't settled. 11\nAlbert said he could \"enthusiastically support¹¹ McG or any\nother Dem nominee, but declined to forecast if McG would get\nnomination. He saw no disaster for Dems with McG candidacy.\nEMK called McG's Calif. victorv \"very impressive\" and said he\nnow has the nomination \"within an eyelash. \" Teddy still won't\nendorse McG before the convention as McG has proved he can win\nwith only the people's support and will be a \"stronger candidate\"\nif he wins bid on his own. He called it \"entirely possible\" George\nwill win on 1st ballot.\nCranston endorsed McG.\nKey Muskie backers see no chance of stopping McG: Pastore said\nMcG's nomination was \"assured\" while Tunney \"didn't see any chance of\nany individual or group. effectively stopping McG. 11 Burdick said \"it\nlooks like a 1st ballot victory\" for McG, while Hughs said it \"sur e\nlooks\" like the Calif. victor will get the bid.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n18\nCBS Morton over film of HHH at Governor's Conf., said Hubert\nis still in, not involved in a \"stop McG 11 effort, and is working to\nkeep Wallace in Party. HHH on film on all nets said he's hopeful\nthere' be no 3rd Party and emphasized need to keep Wallace in Party\nby respecting him and letting him know he's welcome.\nNBC said HHH \"softened\" on Wallace but AP leads: HHH, battered\nby Calif. defeat in his bid\n...,\nreversed himself and said he could\nunder some circumstances accept Wallace as VP running mate. 11 HHH\ndenied he reversed earlier stand and said it's ''highly unrealistic' to\nexpect the 2 on same ballot.\n...\nUPI says comments represented a\nchange in HHH's stand that was regarded as significant in view of losses\nin Calif. and other primaries to McG.\nHHH, at Govs' Conf., stressed differences with McG on domestic\nissues, said VN wouldn't be an issue in Nov., and said he'd do better\nagainst RN. Gov. Smith said HHH \"got a good reaction. 11\nLucey\nsaid Hubert \"made it clear he was sure he could beat RN. 11 On CBS,\nLucey said there's absolutely \"no evidence\" of a \"stop McG\" campaign\nand Carter would be 1st to disavow such claim.\n...\nArk. Bumpers said\nhe was \"pretty impressed\" by HHH's Calif. showing since polls had\nshown he'd lose by a far larger margin.\nDaley said he thinks it is unfair that HHH, winning 40% of the popu-\nlar vote, won none of its delegates, and isn't ready to concede McG.\nwill win the nomination. Daley said major Platform plans should be\nfull employment and elimination of VN. \"You sound like McG, 11 a newsman\nsaid. \"I was sounding like that long before McG, 11 the Mayor replied.\nAP says HHH appeared to have done well enough in Calif. to stay in\nrace and encourage Dem leaders and Labor chieftains who have been cool\nto McG.\nIn his commentary, Smith said that HHH is such a great personality\nand \"wants to be President SO bad, 11 it hurts to see him losing. Noting that\nif he lost, Hubert said he'd become the \"best doggone Senator you ever\nsaw, 11 Smith said that what US needs is just that. The \"curious success\nof bland McG. , 11 said Howard, and \"plan-less Wallace, 11 is clearly a\n\"protest vote\" against gov't's. ineffectiveness. As Time mag. put it,\nsaid Smith, Congress is in one of its \"worst do-nothing moods. 11 HHH\nis \"one of the most effective\" movers on Hill as he \"almost alone\"\npushed thru the '64 Civil Rights Bill -- in all, a record that makes McG.\nand Muskie look like \"casual PTA officials. 11 The prospect of all Hubert's\nenergy devoted to Congress looks good to Smith, as Congress \"would be\na different place\" with HHH in charge.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n19\nPucinski, who UPI describes as \"precious\" Muskie supporter, said\nCalif. probably has made McG. the nominee, but Puc refused to say how\nhe'd cast delegate vote.\nMuskie's Ill. manager said the Senators will declare within 48 hrs\nwhether to continue to seek the nomination or throw his support to McG.\nUPI says Wallace's N. Mex. showing \"surprised\" even his sup-\nporters and gave his campaign in the Southwest a \"boost. 11 HHH, whose\nsupporters had predicted victory, was \"big loser. 11\nABC carried film of a Wallace aide who stated the staff was not\nputting ''too many\" matters to the Gov. for decision in order to conserve\nhis strength, which reporter Bell said \"adds to speculation\" about the\nWallace campaign future. The Wallace aide said there would be emphasis\non direct mail to delegates.\nNBC's delegate count ran McG. 921-1/2; Wallace, 325; HHH, 308-1/2;\nMuskie, 156-1/2; Others, 57 and 387-1/2 uncommitted.\nABC gave McG. 912; Wallace, 326; HHH, 302; Muskie, 159;\nChisholm, 13; Mills, 1. CBS gave McG 910; Wallace, 326; and HHH, 313.\nCBS AM News projection for delegates at opening of Convention:\nMcG. 1, 266; HHH, 540; Wallace, 359; Muskie, 181; Others, 183; 487 un-\ncommitted.\nMilwaukee's Mayor Maier, Pres. of the U.S. Conf. of Mayors,\nsaid the candidates are \"failing to talk about the problems of\ncities,\n11\n...\nadding that cities \"are faced with bankruptcy and the men who want to\nlead this country\n...\nsomehow can't seem to understand that unless we\nface the realities of\ncities, this country is going nowhere but down-\nward. 11 Maier did say McGovern held the most promise for change.\nABC/CBS had film from Miami Beach, where the City Council de-\nbated whether or not to approve campsites for protesters. A protest\nspokesman, demanding campsites, said they expect more than 100, 000\nfor both conventions, while some citizens fear \"another Chicago. 11\nCBS/ABC note the bitterly debated environmental initiative -- proposi-\ntion 9 -- which would have put strict anti-pollution controls into effect in\nCalif. was defeated about 2-1.\nCalif. voters decided 2-1 to abolish\npresent primary system and move to an \"open primary\" similar to\nOregon's,\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n20\nC.S. Monitor reports youth group analysis of student voting in\nprimaries shows that, while about 60% are registered nationally, in\nmost cases, they didn't vote in that proportion. In Boston, where 28%\nwas turnout for entire city, turnout in student-dominated wards was 27,\n29, and 30%. And in Madison, while city turnout was 52%, the turnout\nin 6 student precincts averaged 46%.\nLATE NEWS/MISCELLANY\nAP reports that NBC says Muskie's plans are to announce support\nfor McG. on Friday at the Nat'l Press Club, after conferring with\nMcGovern Thurs.\nThe Dem. Governors unexpectedly scrapped, in full, a proposed\nparty platform which strongly attacked RN on economy and called for\nopen-housing laws, guaranteed jobs, nat'l health insurance and elimina-\ntion of the property tax. Aides said squabbling broke out over provi-\nsions some wanted included, such as VN withdrawal, reduced defense\nspending, gun control, busing and civil rights.\nMcGovern's campaign moved to N. Y. with RFK's daughter Kathleen\nat the forefront.\nWallace's manager said Geo. will attend the Convention and will\n\"go all the way\" in his bid for nomination.\nGemini 4 and Apollo 9 Commander McDivitt retires from the AF\nand NASA Sept. 1.\n#####\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum"
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