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    "ocrText": "NEWS SUMMARY\nSeptember 20, 1972\n(Tues. nets, wires, columns)\nTHE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN\n0.020\nMajor stories of day:\nKilling of Israeli diplomat in Britain by mailed explosive led\n2 nets. Israeli Amb. to Britain said terrorists were taking\nadvantage of West's open society, and that, if not stopped,\nwould strike at non-Israelis as well. NBC's Montgomery noted\nsecurity had tightened and that ironically the letters had\narrived in an avalanche of sympathy mail re: Munich.\nAll nets noted US military attache is being held by Syria\nprobably, said NBC and CBS, for exchange for 5 Syrian\nofficers captured by Israel.\nPolitics led ABC with note of Gallup testimony on Hill that\nRN's lead in polls would probably decrease. ABC's Reynolds\ninterviewed McG on his ideas on \"smoking\" RN out of WH.\nReynolds concluded that in this campaign, Dem candidate is\nGeorge McG but Republican prefers to be known as Richard M.\nPresident.\nMcG on film on 2 nets with his tax credit proposal for private\nexcept segregated - - schools. ABC/NBC said it was similar to\nRN's ideas, (twice noted on NBC) while CBS said RN said he\nfavors federal action, but the actual method must be studied.\nCBS with not too favorable Rather report on RN's campaign\neffort, concluding that RN's strategy is to avoid travel and\navoid meeting the public.\nABC's Reasoner, in his\ncommentary, said RN's policies were amoral.\nCBS/ABC film reports on grain deal controversy (NBC note)\nwith testimony of former DA official Palmby who denied any\nimpropriety.\nABC followed with film report on the futures\nmarket, and explained how big exporters could reap a profit by\nbuying low and selling high.\nCBS with late note of VP\nAgnew's statement that RN has ordered FBI to investigate grain\ndeal for any wrongdoing.\nNBC w/Swedish film of 2 recent POWs who say they are well\ntreated, well fed and appear in good spirits except for stated\nloneliness. Swedish reporter said he believed POWs were well\ntaken care of. Also NBC photos of 3 released POWs sight-\nseeing in Hanoi w/Chancellor saying they look relaxed and at\nease in pic.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n2\nINDOCHINA\nNBC noted NVN has stepped up offensive in central coastal area,\nwhich is tying up SVN forces needed to reinforce those at QT.\nChancellor said QT was scene of almost total devastation.\nNBC's Streithorst w/a very negative film report of QT which\nstarted when he said SVN flag flew over nothing and continued\nw/comments that QT looks like scenes from WWI movie or a\nsurrealistic painting. Film sweeps the scene as reporter says this\nwas a tower, this was a struck, etc. and all give testimony to\nferocity of battle, particularly the NVNese bodies strewn about.\nFilm clips of POW being interrogated w/Streithorst saying mood is\nnow one of quiet w/only noise being distant thump of artillery.\nWhile walking around, he said, he found a love letter written to NVNese\ngirl 5 days ago. The letter was typical w/mentions of family and school\nand writer's pride in becoming a fighter. Then the mood changed,\nreporter said, as writer mentioned smoky hell of city and complained\nof strikes and artillery. Streithorst concluded that last line expressed\nhope writer and girl could get together again, but the letter was\nunfinished and unsigned.\nABC noted the 7th Fleet joined in supporting ARVN in a\nN. Coast drive aimed at checking NVA assaults that have overrun\none district town and 3 hamlets in the past 4 days\nARVN\nreinforcements also embarked on a new sweep in QT province to\nsave Mo Duc, largest of 10 districts w/a pop. of more than 100, 000.\nNVN's news agency quoted POW wife Charles as saying the bombing\nraids \"have got to stop\" and said POW mother Gartley called the bombing\n\"so unnecessary.\"\nNBC w/Swedish film of 2 other recent POWs -- 1st Lts. Donald\nLogan and Peter Callaghan. Logan on film saying treatment has been\nbetter than he expected w/medical and basic needs attended to. He\nsaid they get plenty to eat and are in good health, but they're lonely\nand want to be reunited w/families. Callaghan on film saying meals,\nwhich are very good, consist of 2 dishes -- soup and a side dish of\nvegetables, pork or fish which they use to make sandwiches. They also\nget fruit daily. Logan said they have mailed one letter to US but since\nthey've been there only a short time, they have received no reply\nwhich they are eagerly awaiting. Swedish reporter Eriksson said\nPOWs seem to be in very good health and he believes they are telling\ntruth when they say their condition is satisfactory.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n3\nToday 7 a. m. news had film report on NVN workers repairing\ndikes along Red River 25 miles west of Hanoi. Reporter Rich\nnarrated as workers from nearby farms and factories were shown\ndigging up clay and then sodding dikes. He noted that despite NVN\ncomplaints over bombing of dikes, no flooding had been reported.\nA district judge in San Fran. suggested the Supreme Court\nmake 11 a final statement\" on whether US involvement in VN is\nconstitutional. He made the comment in dismissing a suit\nchallenging the legality of the war because Congress had not\npassed a declaration of war.\nHouse Internal Security said that as a result of Fonda's Hanoi\ntrip, legis would be introduced to prohibit travel to countries in\narmed conflict with the US. A Comm. spokesman quoted Ichord\nas saying he felt Justice's Olson showed a reluctance to prosecute\nFonda for fear it would turn her into a martyr.\nSenate For. Relations approved 7-3 a $1.55B Foreign Aid\nAuthorization Bill which includes a Brooke amendment calling for\nwithdrawal from Indochina. It was the same bill, wéxception of\nscaled-down authorizations, the Senate rejected 43-42 in July.\nMIDEAST\nABC report of the bomb in the Israeli embassy with Amb. Comay\nsaying it is much easier for a terrorist group to operate in the West\nwith all its freedom and democracy than in the ME. So unless\nstrong and concerted efforts are made to stop the terrorists the\nmenace will spread. Reporter Watson noted demands by many\nBritains for tighter security measures.\nCBS' Lawrence said bomb\nwas part of a larger plot to kill at least 5 Israeli's at the embassy,\nbut that security had intercepted the other bombs. They were all\nmailed from Amsterdam, European hdqts of Black September.\nLawrence said Scotland Yard would tighten security, but without\nany real assurance such a thing mightn't occur again.\nNBC's Montgomery w/film report noted 4 letters had been mailed\nfrom Amsterdam addressed to 4 officials, each containing 1 oz.\nof explosives. One of the letters included a note from Black Sept.\nsaying we shall kill you everywhere. The attache, hit in the chest\nand abdomen, staggered from the room crying, \"It's a bomb, 11 before\nhe collapsed, Montgomery reported, and the new agriculture attache\nin the room at the time, is hospitalized w/shock. A press officer\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n4\non NBC film said there was no panic at Embassy. The bombs hurt\nindividuals but cannot affect the existence of Israel. Israeli Amb.\nComay said there should be no sympathy for terrorists and no\nindulgence for Egypt and other Arab countries that offer terrorists\nsanctuary and then gloat over their deeds.\nIsraeli embassy in Paris received 2 similar explosive parcels,\nbut they were dismantled.\nBritish For. Sec. Home said Britain is \"disgusted at the under-\nhanded acts of terrorism. 11\nEgypt's For. Min. in London on a\nvisit, said he was \"sorry\" about the murder.\nCBS/NBC noted SU said it'd continue supplying arms to Iraq\n(CBS said it'd strengthen SU grip on Iraqii oil, and that SU would\ncontinue assistance to Palistinian guerrillas.\nNBC noted Israel had arrested JDL member for trying to ship\nrifles, pistols and grenades to NY by air freight.\nUGANDA\nAll nets noted one Peace Corps volunteer was killed in the\nfighting in Uganda.\n9 Amer. are detained in Uganda, including\nsome Peace Corps volunteers.\nBray said \"assurances (have\nbeen given) on a very high level\" that AP correspondent Torchia,\nunder arrest since Sun. ,\"will be released promptly. 11\nInvading Ugandan exiles from Tanzania dug in in ideal defensive\ncountry just inside Uganda. The force had been reported in full\nretreat Mon. NBC noted Uganda claimed to push back 1000 invading\nexiles and that Ugandan radio said 300 exiles KIA.\nABC report of Asian refugees arriving in London from Uganda\nwhere they were stripped of money and gold jewelry. Many arrived\nwith only their clothes and have received a warm and sympathetic\nwelcome at the airport. However, many of the British feel they\nshould not accept responsibility for the Asians.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n5\nOTHER FOREIGN AFFAIRS\nA Japanese special envoy just returned from Taipei said there\nwas little chance Japan could keep up cultural and economic ties with\nNationalist China if it opens relations with PRC.\nNBC film of demonstrations greeting envoy from Japan, who went\nto Taiwan to try to explain Tanaka's new PRC move to hurt and angered\nNat'1. Chinese, said Rich. He said relations had been good between\ncountries until this and now papers were saying Japan was stabbing a\ngood friend in the back. Film of demonstrators greeting envoy's\narrival and then breaking windows, beating on cars, tearing up\nJapanese flag. As Asian demonstrations go, Rich said, this was well-\ncontrolled but it pointed up risks Tanaka was taking in seeking out PRC.\nThey were also looking for indications of how far a US Pres. must go\nbefore formal diplomatic relations w/PRC established.\nUS Jews pressed the Admin. to make public and specific US\nposition on Soviet treatment of Jews. Responding to Sec. Richardson's\nletter that said RN made the US position clear to Soviet leaders during\nthe summit, the Nat'l. Center for Jewish Policy Studies asked whether\nthe cases of specific Soviet Jewish prisoners were brought up; if RN\nreceived any assurances regarding medical treatment for sick prison-\ners; and if there's been follow-up to the summit discussions.\nThe UN Gen'l. Assembly opened to a call from its new President\n(Polish) for an end to the VN war and advice from a subordinate body\nto keep US troops in Korea\nABC noted the Polish official said VN\nwar was not justifiable. ABC also cited heaviest security since\nKhruschev visit.\nNBC noted UN Comm. recommended troops stay\nin Korea, a move opposed by SU, PRC and 26 other countries.\nChancellor said UN opened w/scene quite unlike anything else. 100\nforeign ministers would be in town, extra cops were sent up from Wash.\nPark Ave. was filled w/limousines and police escorts, and caviar and\ncanapes were at a premium. Yet, Gen'l. Assembly had hardly opened\nbefore demonstrations began airline pilots and hostesses protesting\nhijackings, women for peace in VN, the NY Conference on SU Jewry\nand the Afghanistan Emergency Relief Fund. And this was only the 1st\nday, Chancellor said. There are 13 more weeks to go.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n6\nHottelot on CBS AM noting tight security surrounding opening of\nUN said, \"if they can agree on something\" is key phrase re: terrorism\nissue. He noted African and Asian countries don't want rules against\nterrorism to apply to them and that one man's freedom fighter is an-\nother man's terrorist; one revolutionary is another man's George\nWashington. He said decision will lie in who is a terrorist for doing\nwhat under which conditions.\nRN met w/Rogers and Bush and urged them to seek broader inter-\nnat'l. cooperation against illicit drug traffic and internat'l terrorism\nin the UN. RZ said the meeting also centered on security measures\nfor foreign diplomats at the UN.\nPM Heath said if US, Japan and a united Europe work together, they\ncould influence expanding world trade and establish a \"proper relation-\nship\" w/PRC and SU. Heath said he hoped Japan \"won't feel afraid\" of\nthe European community.\nDEFENSE\nAP leads: \"With an endorsement of the so-called RN doctrine,\nHouse Appropriations has approved an extra $481 M for military aid\nand an over-all foreign-programs bill totaling $4.2 B. 11 The Comm.\nfelt the $481 M boost was justified because RN's policies had saved\nmoney and GI lives w/troop reductions. NBC noted this was same bill\nSenate defeated and would cut off VN funds unless US is out in 4 months,\nthe provisions being POWs' release and MIAs accounted for.\nCBS/NBC noted a group of black airmen locked themselves in a\nmess hall at Laredo AB to protest alleged mistreatment on and off the\nbase. They demanded blacks at the base be given shorter tours of\nduty at the base, at which RN is scheduled to land Fri.\nNBC's Goralski w/film report on 4 Senators who traveled to Denver\nfor testimony from hospitalized Gen. Slay re: Lavelle. Goralski said\nSlay was a key witness, having served under Lavelle, and added that\nSlay, behind closed doors, said Lavelle had given orders for raids and\nhad falsified reports. Goralski said this seemed to clear superior\nofficers of charges. Goldwater on film saying he can understand why\nLavelle ordered raids and if he's a bad guy, then SO am I. Goldwater\nsaid he doesn't like the way the war has been fought. Hughes says it's\na case of the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing but no\ngeneral has the right to assume he's God. Stennis on film saying case\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n7\nstill isn't black or white, yes or no, innocent or guilty and he's come to\nno conclusions. He wants to analyze the testimony. Goralski noted there\nwould be no further witnesses and now Comm. will analyze testimony\nand try to discover who's responsible and why it was done.\nECONOMY\nUPI leads an advance: \"The Chrmn. of RN's Council of Economic\nAdvisers said efforts to half inflation and cut unemployment will fail\nunless Congress adheres to a proposed $250 B limit on federal spending\nthis fiscal year. 11\nStein predicted the present 5. 6% unemployment would drop \"to the\nlow 4's\" in 173 and \"even possibly reach 4%\" by the end of '73 if the\nHill observes a spending ceiling. Stein pointed out unemployment dipped\nfrom 6. 1% to 5. 6% in the past year, while consumer prices increased\nonly 3% compared to 4. 4% the year before.\nReuss called for prompt panel consideration again of his tax reform\nproposals, saying \"If RN gets thru the next few weeks\nwithout having\nto commit himself on specific tax loopholes, it's expecting a good deal\nto think he 'll emerge in '73 as a prominent loophole-plugger. 11\nAP says RN's proposed $250 B spending ceiling appeared to have\nthe votes to clear Ways and Means, where Dems. such as Ullman said\nthey'd vote for the limit but were unhappy about relinquishing Hill con-\ntrol over the pursestrings and wanted to know who would advise RN on\nwhich programs would be cut back.\nThe economy may top the Admin. 's official forecast made in\nJanuary. Evidence of continuing economic expansion is shown in the\nindex of industrial production which rose 5% in August. Shultz said\nthe GNP is expected to grow $7 B higher than forecast in January. If\nso, reports AP's Neikirk, the GNP will grow by more than $10 B this\nyear and make 172 one of the best years for the economy.\nD-J was down 2 at 943 with Volume of 13 M.\nDRUG/CRIME-RELATED\nAP leads: \"The RN Admin. 's chief spokesman on narcotics' en-\nforcement said that McG is 'simplistic and naive' concerning the drug\nproblem. 11 Gross said McG's solution indicates a lack of background\nand knowledge.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n8\nSimilarly UPI lead referred to Gross' charges that McG's recom-\nmendations are \"simplistic and naive. 11 He called McG's Mon. state-\nments \"really a disservice to the public\" and also pointed out Shriver\n\"clearly misunderstood the depth of the problem¹ and that Gov't.\nprogress didn't begin 'til Amb. Watson arrived in Paris after Sarge\nleft.\nNBC/CBS notes Ellsberg and Russo filed a $1 M damage suit,\ncharging the gov't. w/illegal wiretapping in the Pentagon Papers' case.\nThe suit, considered a \"test case, 11 was filed in Wash. and names the\nheads of 8 gov't. depts. and agencies and former AG Mitchell.\nCBS noted the former head of the FBI's LA office, Wesley Grapp,\nhas been suspended for a 2nd time and demoted to Minneapolis. Grapp\nhas been suspended for 30 days for equipping his office w/electronic\ndevices to record phone and other conversations. Earlier he was sus- -\npended for countermanding Gray's order that agents be permitted to\ngrow mustaches, abandon white shirts and let their hair grow.\nBrinkley said it's the 1st duty of a gov't. to protect its citizens\nbut ours can't. Few street muggers are caught and those that do, soon\nget out, owing nothing. Their victims, tho, often get hospitalized and\nhave to face loss of income and huge debts. To say this is unfair is an\nunderstatement, he says, noting Senate passage of bill compensating\nvictims of crime. He said this would apply to federal territory, includ-\ning D.C. which has worst crime record in country. 7 states have such\ncompensation, 43 do not. It's a sad story for a civilized, democratic\ncountry, Brinkley said, but in time if there is no solution, the country\nwill be neither civilized nor democratic.\nSevareid's commentary dealt with Senate-passed bill to compensate\nvictims of violent crime, and good Samaritans who are hurt. Eric\nfavored the bill and said state has obligation not only to punish and pro-\ntect, but to compensate as well. It's a concept as old as Hammurabi,\nbut seldom followed, and it's based on premise that when state fails in\nits duty to protect citizen, he has a rightful claim. He said he agrees\nwith Mansfield who said the victim is as much entitled to protection of\nconstitutional guarantees as the perpetrator.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n9\nOTHER DOMESTIC AFFAIRS\nChurch introduced a resolution to stop RN from claiming written\ncredit for the 20% Soc. Security increase, accusing the Admin. of\nmaking a \"shameless attempt to create the impression (the increase)\nis the result of Pres. leadership, 11 when RN \"even sent a personal\nemissary -- MacGregor -- to argue against the increase.\n\"Revenue Sharing Makes Tax Increase Likely\" is head on Human\nEvents lead story -- a critique of revenue sharing, which, says HE,\n\"in effect puts the states on welfare. 11 The paper hits hard at conser-\nvative GOP Senators, saying not one voted no; and it's particularly\nupset with Buckley, who, in prior weeks, was publicly criticizing\nthe measure, but voted yes. HEfeels that, as price for their support,\nconservative Senators should have demanded an automatic phase-out\nof categorical federal grants in amounts equal to cost of rev-sharing.\nAnd HE quotes at length the arguments of Proxmire and Byrd (Va.)\nagainst the bill.\nConservatives have lost on revenue sharing, but may yet defeat\nFAP, says Human Events, as there's now strong evidence that Admin.\nand some key supporters including Mills, may have given up. HE\nfeels real welfare reform should involve elimination of federal role in\nthe area with state takeover of responsibility.\nSen. McIntyre called RN's oil import decision \"a patchwork remedy\nwithout long-range assurance\" of adequate supply for the NE.\nMorton, saying Aspinall had made great contributions to the US but\nthat the \"time had come for a change, 11 hoped legis. would move more\nswiftly thru House Interior in view of Aspinall's defeat.\nThe House Comm. on Gov't. Operations said the Coast Guard has\nnot been enforcing firmly enough the legal ban on oil spills. It criticized,\nless harshly, the EPA.\nCBS AM had film on Las Vegas school boycott, noting buses from\nblack areas were full, but those from other areas weren't. Three\nparents interviewed opposed busing, and 2 pointed out their children were\nformerly w/in walking distance of school. Kurtis concluded that the\nbusing issue is as \"volatile\" in Las Vegas as in Mich. or the South.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n10\nDespite a court order to halt an illegal strike, 4500 D. C. teachers\nprepared to throw up picket lines to protest personnel cuts and a pay\nraise bill stalled on the Hill.\nSociologist Jencks, whose study showing quality of schooling has\nlittle effect on a person's earning ability, defended his study on CBS\nAM News, but said he wasn't against improving schools but only was\ninterested in pointing out schooling doesn't guarantee economic success.\nRutgers Educ. School Dean Schwebel expressed \"sharp disagreement\"\nw/the study's findings, and was critical that it used pre '65 data, which\nwas all prior to the nat'l. drive to improve educational quality. Jencks\nadmitted there's a \"huge\" danger people -- such as opponents of busing\nwill misuse the info, but thought it would be worse to suppress info\nin the study.\nFCC's Hooks on Today said the Gov't., based on low-level black\nappointees, is not really an equal opportunity employer but added the\nFCC was well-tuned to this issue and would go forward. He said RN's\nstatement re: quotas doesn't bother him altho he sees nothing wrong\nin aiding blacks who have been artificially held back for 100s of years.\nHe said you can't expect handicapped and hobbled people to compete\nequally w/others. He said Jews feel strongly about quotas because\nthere was a time when quotas were against them, but he hopes pre-\noccupation w/this doesn't prevent Jews from helping to fight for other\nminorities. He said he has told young blacks to prepare themselves\nbecause US is country offering them best opportunities. He said US is\nnot as much a land of opportunity for blacks as for whites, but he is\nworking to make it one for everybody. He feels blacks have been\nshortchanged by TV because it seems the best way for blacks to get\ncoverage is for them to be athletes, singers or militants. He said\nthere are 100s of black professionals not being shown on TV who could\nprovide better models for black youth. Hooks said it seems as if there\nis an unconscious conspiracy to keep balanced black programs from\nb eing shown on TV.\nNBC noted New Vita company is recalling its spaghetti, macaroni\nand noodles because of deadly bacteria. Also, the warning has been issued\nnot to eat fresh or frozen clams or mussels from Maine, N.H., or Mass.\nsince Sept. 4 because of dangerous algae.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n11\nPOLITICS\nGOP-RELATED\nH. K. Smith noted 35 surrogates are out for RN w/more added.\nJackson reported on Pam Powell who would like to be an actress but\nis serving as a politician or at least a politician's helper. Jackson noted\nthat Pam is head of YV whose aim is to capture the youth vote and is\nalso daughter of Alleson and Powell which is announced at every stop;\nOn these stops she explains her ardent support for RN (bad audio)\ntalk\nabout change\nSALTtalks\nno one could have accomplished it as quickly\nJackson added that Pam spends most of the time on college campuses\nwhere she fends off sensitive or skeptical questions about unemployment,\neconomy but most often the war. Pam on film:\nplan in '68 was VNization\ngive him time and patience\nFilm of a long hair arguing with Pam\nthat RN has had enough time\nstill bombing.\nJackson noted that beyond the speeches and heated exchanges the\nbasic goal of YV is to build an army of 500, 000 volunteers many\nrecruited on campuses (shot of busy recruiting table). This raises the\nquestion, said Jackson, of why Pam is there and not RN. Pam on film\nresponding that RN is not campaigning actively while Congress is in\nsession and won't know now about after because his schedule can not\nbe set more than 24 hrs. in advance. Jackson wonders whether Pam\nand the other surrogates can sufficiently serve as a rallying point and\ncan hold voters until RN comes out of the WH to speak for himself.\nAfter Cronkite observed (after McG report) that RN's campaign on\nthe stump at least, is being waged by stand-in including PN and the VP,\nRather had a lengthy straight to negative report on RN and GOP campaign.\nHe said RN's concentrating on 3 I's Ireland, Italy, and Israel - in\nother words, on ethnic voters. For instance, he posed w/Irish girl\nwhom he invited to WH when he was in Ireland, and he talked with a\nPolish official, noting his recent visit there (film of both.)\nFurther, RN had a Catholic priest; Father McLaughlin a full-time\nWH staffer, noted Dan speaking for him. McLaughlin, on film, noting\nMcG comparison of RN to Hitler, said this type of rhetoric is immature,\nirresponsible, and dangerous it panders to New Left, the new elite,\nthe radical chic, who're bent on destroying our institutions. Rather\nsaid that's the kind of thing RN doesn't say about his opponents with\nso-called surrogates saying it for him, so he feels he doesn't have to.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n12\nFilm of Sen. Scott noting reports of Shriver's net worth at $100, 000 --\nhe said he thought Shriver's net worth was a lot less -- unless you're\nreferring to money. He added that Eunice must've cut off his allowance,\nRather said that's the kind of thing the VP used to be called on to say, but\nhe commented that he'd no longer be point man for such attacks. Veep\non film, said he wasn't going to deal w/internal Dem problems because\nhe wanted to appeal to Dems and Indeps. on the basis of RN's record.\nRather noted RN went to CD. He said RN will make a quick trip to\nTexas, but his basic strategy of keeping travel and direct contact with\nwith the public at a minimum remains the same. RN's philosophy is\n\"why risk much travel and direct contact with the public when you have\nthe WH as a political base, 11 concluded Dan.\nChancellor said just about everybody was only on the campaign trail\nexcept RN, noting PN was in West, the VP in Minnesota and McG in\nChicago where he took a position on tax credits that was same as RN's.\nUPI says King Timahoe demonstrated his independence when he was\ncalled on to help welcome a young Irish girl to the WH. RN had invited\nMarianne Scully, who greeted RN and PN in Ireland in '70, to stop by\nduring her US visit. RN greeted her along w/Timahoe, but despite\n\"repeated Presidential commands to 'sit, 111 Timahoe just wagged his tail.\nFor the VP, it was the 1st day of campaigning, said NBC's Perkins\nleading into film report of the Veep arriving in Minneapolis to cries of\n\"4 more years. 11 The VP shown shaking hands at airport and hotel, as\nPerkins said the schedule called for a crowd outside the hotel, a speech\ninside and a news conference. The VP was starting off very low key\nw/no desperate dashing around because there was no cause for desperation.\nThe VP on film saying the formal campaign has begun and he wants it\nclear that he's not hostile to Dem contenders. He said RN was making\nevery effort to keep campaign bipartisan and had told Admin. officials\nto be friendly. In fact, the VP said, RN suggested I ask McG to play\ngolf. (Laughter, applause.)\nIt was a mild speech and the harshest things he said, Perkins noted\nwas: film of VP saying, he would pay attention to positive record accom-\nplished by RN in 4 yrs. but that he would be called upon to contrast that\nrecord w/\"the rather meager, probably well intentioned, but often\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n13\ninconsistent and poorly thought out\" McG proposals. Perkins says this\nwas what the VP calls the \"new conciliatory Veep\" and this might be the\nquietest, most restrained campaign of the generation. He said the VP\nwould walk gently across the country, making no waves.\nAP leads a report on the speech: \"The VP began his '72 model\ncampaign saying he will stress the positive record of the GOP Admin\nin contrast to the 'rather meager, probably well intentioned, but often\ninconsistent and poorly thought out' proposals of McG. 11 The Veep said\nin advance he was dropping his hard-line campaign style of 2 yrs. ago,\nand his 1st text was a demonstration of the new look. The Veep concen-\ntrated on praising RN's \"new federalism\" proposals, particularly revenue\nsharing. The VP only briefly mentioned the opposition and did not use\nthe name McG.\nAP also leads: \"The VP, who says he's 'the President's man, set\nout on his 1st major tour of the '72 campaign.\"\nAP lead: VP Agnew embarked on his new-look campaign for the GOP\nticket likening the Dems to a football team that is in trouble and \"getting\na little bit reckless. 11\nAP leads: \"VP Agnew said it is his personal\ntheory that someone encouraged the Watergate wire-tappers to invade\nDem Hdqts and \"set up\" their arrest to embarrass the GOP. \" He said\nhe had no evidence, called his guess \"just another speculation, 11 and at\none point termed it \"the same kind of wild fancy\" the Dems have been\nuttering.\nAP leads: \"PN fielded tough questions on VN, Watergate bugging,\nMartha Mitchell, and abortion on her 1st day of a week-long cross country\ncampaign trip. 11\nBlair said RN, remaining aloof in the WH, had dispatched PN on a\nvote-getting tour, leading into Kiker on both Today news segments w/film\nreport of PN in Chicago. Over silent film of PN arriving at campaign\nHQs, talking w/volunteers and later greeting new citizens at Citizenship\nDay ceremony, Kiker noted PN's 6-day, 7-state tour would take her to\nsome important swing states, including Ill. and Calif. He noted PN\nspent several minutes thanking volunteers and urging them to continue\nand had later attended ceremonies where 250 were sworn in as new\nUS citizens. Kiker said PN doesn't do much speaking -- it's mainly\nsmiling and shaking hands -- but RN campaign managers think she's\neffective and PN is expected to make more such tours.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n14\nMcLaughlin on CBS AM w/film report noted rock music was blaring\naway as PN arrived at Chicago campaign HQs. A crowd of about 1, 000\nwas there as PN forced her way thru police and security people to get\ninside. PN said RN had given her no instructions except to have a good\ntime, McLaughlin said, adding that as PN left she was serenaded w/an\noriginal song by 12-yr. -old girl. PN on film shown talking w/crowd\nand applauding rock performers\nDeparting Chic, PN thought RN would\n\"win big¹¹ there. UPI says thru-out her stay she heard optimistic GOP\nreports that RN would carry Ill.\nUnder a p. 1 pic of Julie and Trevino signing autographs, the St. Louis\nGlobe-Democrat headed a story, \"Julie isn't green at golf or politicking. 11\nThe story noted Julie out-putted Trevino and Hope and then later at a\nluncheon proved she could politic. She said '72 was the year of the new\nmajority, and in case she doesn't make it back to Missouri before the\nelection, she hopes \"we have a huge, gigantic inaugural ball\" that many\nof them could attend. Julie was greeted by cheers and a high school\nband when she arrived, and was serenaded and introduced as \"the sweet-\nheart of all our land\" at the event. (At the top of p. 1 is a banner headline:\n\"Busch to campaign for RN. 11)\n\"RN Praised by Coughlin at Ardmore\" is head over Phil Bulletin\nstory which reports Rep. Coughlin called RN's record in moving from\ncold war confrontation to new era negotiation \"a remarkable tribute to\nhis vision and concern. 11 Coughlin described McG as \"a captive of an\nisolationist past that must be remembered but not repeated. 11\nImmediately below this story comes a short item as Harry McNichol,\nchmn of the Del. County GOP Bd. of Supervisors, hailed passage of\nRev. Sharing and \"blasted\" McG for not being in Wash. to vote on it.\nPhillips sees a new \"Dixeopolis\" emerging stretching from Richmond\nto Atlanta. Right-wing Dems in the area now hold balance of power between\nMcGish nat'l Dems and more conservative GOP. The area is growing\neconomically and this can only expand the new middle-class and aid local\nGOP. Further, most blacks (80-90%) are joining Dems and may control\nDem party in many parts of the South and, if that occurs, it'll cement\nmovement of whites into GOP, feels Phillips. While New Politics has\nbeen associated with left, Phillips feels the term is more appropriate to\nthe emerging Southern middle-class that's shifting to GOP.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n15\nHow a candidate handles being ahead or behind explains a lot, writes\nThimmesch. RN's top campaign men \"generally exude a militaristic,\nkeep-it-locked up attitude, a maniaalmost, for the hard line and\nsupersecurity. 11 Nick feels that a campaign should be an open adventure\ninvolving hard work and fun but \"the hard-line men.\ndon't feel this\nway''; that is why they hired an ex-CIA man for security. Nick feels\n\"hiring a CIA type is beneath politics. 11 Noting Colson and other GOP\nmemos, he says they \"in Prussian dictum, demanded rigid loyalty,\nrelentless work and enthusiasm. 11\nFurther, RN hdqts can be described as \"plasticized, affluent,\noverguarded, stifling. 11 In contrast, McG hdqts is open and somewhat\ndisorder \"it looks and sounds like a campaign hdqts. 11 While McG\ntop men do dumb things, \"there's more fun. 11 Nick concludes that\nMcGites have more heart, RNites more head. He also states that he\nfeels RN is much more correct on the issues and knows how to be Pres.\nThere's nothing new or unusual about campaign organizational\njealousies; writes Plain-Dealer's Zimmerman, but \"the tensions that\ndarkly ebb and flow between RN's own organization, whether involving\nthe actual CRP staff (sometimes referred to as CREEP by RNC staffers)\nor the WH staff. and the permanent party apparat seem especially deep,\ndivisive, unhealing, and most important to the observing voter quite\nrevealing of Presidential style. 11\nBut why should there be a group separate from regular party? asks\nreporter. Because of \"what many consider to be the frightening arrogance\nand secretiveness \"of top WH-CRP staff, which has little interest in local\nGOP groups. Also because CRP goal is to reelect RN only, and \"Republican\nis almost a dirty word, 11 further, \"the special tensions\" surrounding\nWatergate affair, and \"the deification of RN by his staff\" and their desire\nto see him win by a landslide, as opposed to longer-range, less emotional\ngoals of RNC.\nWriter says that Malek is one of few CRP respected by RNC, but that\nRNC's Evans is not liked by CRP, and has sided with RNC in disputes\nwith CRP. One RNC staffer said: \"They (CRP) downgrade the GOP, but\nGOP organizations are the only ones that are producing across US. 11\nWriter concludes that if GOP still isn't known for its grass-roots\norganizational abilities, itestill under Colson has become known for\nagg ressively answering McG. And, he adds, this \"scares some even\ninside CRP, who remember the negative public reaction of '70. 11\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n16\nW.S. Journal's Otten features a discussion of Fred Malek, and his\nviews on management in gov't, as expressed in recent Harvard Business\nReview article. Malek, notes Otten, advises businessmen transplanted\nto gov't that they have to make some changes -- especially in their\nmental perceptions -- while he must show mental toughness, the\nbusinessman must also show humility, flexibility and a willingness to\ncompromise. He must be able to gain Hill and public acceptance of an\nagency's goals. And Otten notes that Malek feels his public image isn't\nreally accurate and that he's built up more than he's torn down, and\nhe adds that he's mellowed since arriving in gov't.\nMalek is also featured in Chi. Sun-Times, he's a native of Berwyn,\nIll. Story notes Malek's ethnic background and says he's enthusiastic\nabout winning over ethnics to GOP. He says that \"Not all Dems who vote\nfor RN will change their party registration, but next time it's not\ngoing to be so difficult to vote GOP\" as to his present political role,\nMalek feels that \"motivating people, building enthusiasm, is so\nimportant. There's so much more emotion in politics than in business. \"\n\"The major impression derived from last month's GOP convention\nwas one of political schizophrenia, 11 says ACU's Battle Line in lead story.\nWhile US public is shifting to the right, especially many Dems, GOP\n\"seemed under some strange compulsion to go out and appeal to the\nconstituency of McG. 11 The \"positive action\" mandate for minorities\nwas in essence a covert move toward very quotas which GOP said it\ndidn't want, feels Battle Line. Further, GOP platform is an \"abysmal\ndocument\" \"almost totally devoid of anything which resembles\ntraditional GOP principle. 11 While GOP may win this time w/its\nappeal to left, it won't create a new majority because it isn't in accord\nwith shift to right by voters. But, says ACU, fortunately, GOP rank and\nfile is still strongly conservative, and combined with shift in public mood,\nthis could eventually give GOP new majority status after all.\nHuman Events says conservative GOPers are worried that GOP counsel\nScribner won't fight vigorously against Ripon Society suit on GOP delegate\napportionment. Scribner \"has strongly indicated he sides with Ripon, 11\nand if suit isn't fought strongly, convention decisions on delegate allocation\ncould still be upset.\nJBC was condemned by a Texas Dem labor caucus asaa traitor to the\nstate party for his support of the Admin. and its labor policies.\nVandals set fire to the building housing Hollywood's RN re-election\nHQs, but one of them was trapped by the flames and died.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n17\nWATERGATE\nCronkite noted DNC break-in defendants had their 1st day in\ncourt. Schorr w/report that featured film of all the defendants near\ncourthouse. It's out in the open now, said Dan no pulled-down\nhats or ducking the cameras. He noted the judge overruled 3 defense\nmotions, and next defense move will be to ask judge to disqualify\nhimself. Cronkite said judge's refusal to delay trial indicates he\nintends to move ahead quickly, possibly before Nov. (NBC note of\nlatter.)\nNBC/ABC noted Liddy and Hunt pleaded innocent to charges of\nconspiring to break into and bug the DNC, and bail was set at\n$10,000\nNBC also noted bail for others was set at up to $50, 000.\nAt the proceedings, Liddy's attorney said \"it would be a crying\nshame\" to require Liddy to post bail bond while under D.C.'s Bail\nReform Act persons accused of rape and mugging are released on\ntheir own recognizance. Silbert argued that it's the \"alleged\nrespectability\" that the men claim that poses serious risk of flight\nsince they have everything to lose -- \"going to jail, being convicted,\nplus their alleged good name. 11 Judge Sirica gave each side 15 days\nto file motions and 10 more days to file responses, denying any\nmore time and indicating the case would probably be tried promptly.\nUPI's Risher leads: \"It's perhaps an indication of the toleration\nwith which the public views political shenanigans that the Watergate\ncase hasn't become an issue in the current campaign. 11 The case\"isn't\nhaving an appreciable impact on the thinking of voters. 11 Writer says\nanother \"oddity\" about campaign is that \"7 weeks before the election,\nyou can hardly tell from his actions that RN is involved in it. 11 His\nschedule is as usual and he's only a bit more visible. And so far,\nMcG \"has been able to draw RN into only tenuous -- and long-range\ndebate. \" RN, says writer, apparently feels McG'll have to close\npoll gap before he can expect serious debate from RN.\nFord said he canvassed 25 houses in Mich. and no one raised\nthe Watergate matter. Voters, he said, have faith in the judicial\nsystem and are more concerned.\nwith issues like peace and\nprosperity.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n18\nGRAIN DEAL TESTIMONY\nCBS followed Watergate report w/Walker report on Palmby\ntestimony. He said Palmby had an \"easy familiarity\" w/MCs.\nPalmby on film clip similar to ABC avowing his experience and\nintegrity. Walker noted Rep. Purcell still has questions about\nPalmby's role, but feels his Comm. can't follow up any more.\nCronkite followed report by noting Purcell's bill to compensate\nsmall farmers for money lost on grain deal.\nPalmby testified Continental Grain had no inside govt. informa-\ntion in making large sales to SU and will not make \"windfall profits\"\non the deal\nNBC noted Palmby said he had done nothing improper.\nPalmby said there is room for difference of opinion on govt.\npolicy, but that is different from \"the shameful defamation characteristic\nof the criticism to date. 11 Palmby said he was \"referring particularly\nto statements that an agreement had been reached in Moscow.\nin\nApril. 11\nABC's Schoumacher reported Palmby knows his way around D. C.\nand even the House committeemen know him by his 1st name. How-\never they are curious about his change of jobs and how 30 days later\nhis company sold grain to SU even before the WH announced the deal.\nPalmby on film saying he denies the charge that he had a special\nadvantage\nlooks forward to an investigation. Schoumacher added\nthat the GOP say they are satisfied but some Dems are not. Palmby\nsaid you can read into it anything you want, said Schoumacher, and\nJustice is trying to read conflict of interest.\nCBS had a late note at end of show that the VP, noting Dems have\ntried to make another Watergate out of grain deal, said RN has ordered\nFBI to investigate the matter.\nWires quote the VP as saying: \"The FBI has a business-fraud and\nbusiness-practices unit that has been asked by RN to look thoroughly\ninto this matter to investigate the profits of these big grain exporters\nthat you refer to, to see whether anyone has taken any undue profit,\ndue to any misinformation or improperly revealed info on the part\nof the fed govt. 11 The VP said this investigation \"is in progress. 11\nAP says a FBI spokesman said no such request had been\nreceived, but it would go to Justice first.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n19\nFollowing Palmby, ABC report on the Futures Market in\nChicago which predicts prices so farmers and buyers will know\nwhat to expect in grain prices. Chmn of Chicago Bd of Trade\nStotler on film saying Futures protectseveryone. Reporter\nconcluded, however, that if exporters can learn what others do\nnot know they can profit by buying at the low price, sit back and\nwatch the price rise due to demand and sell at a profit.\nReasoner commented that small farmers are baffled by the\ngrain deal and that once again he has the feeling that while the Admin.\nplaces strong emphasis on the letter of the law, it has a general\nmoral insensitivity. That's when its leaders engage in questionable\npragmatism. The saddest thing is that it doesn't even occur to them\nthat it is questionable. This is an aura about RN during his entire\ncareer, noted Reasoner. People have heard him speak of the \"art\nof the impossible\" in politics, but rarely, if ever, about the \"place\nof principle\" in politics.\nIn stories such as Carswell, Watergate and the grain deal there\nis quick-footed defensiveness but almost no sign of outrage. Amoral\npragmatism has its uses, says Reasoner, for it permits admirable\nreadjusting of relations with China and Russia. However, this\namoral pragmatism does not inspire confidence, symbolized by\nGen. Vogt misrepresenting a piece of pipe during the Laotian\ninvasion (which Reasoner has never recovered from). It did not\nbother Laird when the deception was exposed, noted Reasoner. So\nwe have a generation of leaders who have forgotten how to blush.\nMcG\nABC led with McG's decision to change his campaign tactics.\nReasoner noted that one of McG's major concerns is lack of campaign\nactivity by RN. Reynolds reported that while McG is campaigning he\nseems to be saying to the WH come out RN and put up your mitts.\nRN is not campaigning as he has done in the past, so McG is cam-\npaigning against the President not the person, the institution\nnot a politician. McG on film saying\nall RN has to do is print\nslogans all over the country saying Re-elect the Pres.\ndoesn't even\nsay what his name is\nif my name was Nixon I'd keep it a secret\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n20\ntoo\nthis is the man who has broke: n more promises in 3 1/2\nyears than any other President in U.S. history.\nMcG told Reynolds that he hopes to smoke RN out and that we\nneed both the candidates on the stump. He said he doesn't see how\nany incumbent with his record can hide in the WH - - with an\noccasional helicopter foray, and expect people to have confidence.\nReynolds added that if McG is displeased with RN he is unhappy\nw/his own campaign. He is cutting his tour short in order to make\nfireside chats from D. C. He wants to explain his positions and\nhopes to force RN to openly defend his own. Reynolds added that\nwhile McG knew it would be an uphill fight, he had counted on RN\nto behave as he has in previous campaigns openly partisan,\npolitical, roughtand tough. However in this campaign the Dem is\nGeorge McG but the GOP prefers to be called Richard M. President.\nUPI says McG \"dolefully told of the trials of running for public\noffice against a Pres. safely ensconced in WH. 11 McG said: \"That's\none of the reasons the press clobbers me as much as they do, I'm\nout and he isn't. 11\nNBC's Valeriani w/film on McG's arriving in rainy Milwaukee,\nstate in which McG won his 1st primary. Over film of McG being\ngreeted by cheers of \"We Want George\" and applause, Valeriani\nsaid this visit followed McG's basic strategy to concentrate on\nstates w/biggest electoral votes and get to others when possible.\nBut, reporter said, McG's views are still blurred according to\nregular Dems so McG will make a TV speech to clarify his views.\nAP leads a feature: \"McG, who used the Wisc. primary for a\nspringboard to the nomination, may well find things quite different\nthe second and most important time around. 11 Even Gov. Lucey\nhas tempered his optimism, tho he still feels McG will win, says AP,\nwhich points out McG won the primary appealing to the youth vote\nand promising tax relief. McG's campaign topics seemed to change\nand Wisc. voters appear to be swinging to RN and the presence of\nyouth in the GOP campaign is \"more noticeable than ever¹ w/fewer\nyouth appearing to work for McG. Wisc. AG Warren is \"surprised\"\nat the broad youth support. \"We've got a lot of new blood in the GOP,\"\nhe said.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n21\nUPI says 1, 000 people turned out to greet McG in Milwaukee\ndespite rain a short time before his arrival. McG's supporters,\nmanyof them soaked to the skin, notes UPI, cheered and made the\n\"V\" sign at McG as he promised again to \"end this senseless slaughter\nonce and for all. \" The war, he said, \"corrupts, poisons and afflicts\neverything we try to do to redeem this society. I have set before you\ntwo choices, 11 he said quoting the Bible, \"life or death, blessings or\ncurses. 11\nCatholics are 1/4 of US electorate, said Cronkite, and at least\ntwice recently RN has gone on record in favor of federal assistance\nto private schools, but he's said the best method for it must be\nstudied. And McG endorsed the idea of tax credits for private\nschools. Reporter Morton said McG chose the largest Catholic\nschool in the largest Archdiocese in US to announce his position.\n(Also noted by NBC.) He said he opposes aid to private segregated\nschools, but he'll support it for other types. On film, McG said\nhe endorsed tax credits for parochial schools. Reporter said\nMcG endorsed no specific plan.\nMcG aides said the plan would cost $5-700M a year, but it\nwouldn't mean a reduction in aid to public schools. McG on film, said\nit wouldn't cover full cost of education, but that's as it should be, as\nparents don't want a total federal subsidy only help. Morton\nconcluded that, without questioning Morton's sincerity, it's fair to\nsay McG's position is also a political plus, as it'd most effect 7\nmidwest states and Calif. -- all of which he needs to win.\nValeriani w/NBC film also noted McG's position was same as\nRN's. Film of McG entering school to cheering, applauding crowd\nand announcing his decision to great applause. Also on film, McG\nsaying parents and educators are not seeking and should not seek total\nsubsidies for all costs and only ask for a chance to provide this\neducation at personal cost they can afford. Valeriani noted this could\nbe major campaign issue for Catholic voters.\nAP leads: McG moved to preempt a Nixon Admin. campaign ploy\nby coming out for a tax credit for parents of pupils in Catholic and\nprivate schools. McG ran immediately into opposition from the NEA\nwhich said \"such aid would be unconstitutional in view of recent court\ndecisions. 11 It urged McG to focus his energies on the fiscal crisis\nin public school systems.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n22\nUPI leads: \"McG, the son of a Methodist minister, told an\naudience of Roman Catholic schoolboys that tax credits should be\ngiven to their parents for their education. 11 McG was greeted by\na thunderous reception from the high school audience, UPI said.\nAP leads another report: \"Declaring 'we will not abandon\nthese valuable schools, 1 McG endorsed proposals to aid parents\nof students in private and parochial schools by lowering their\nFederal income tax. 11 AP says the remarks drew an ovation\nlasting \"1/2 minute. 11 AP points out McG previously said he was\nlooking for ways to aid church schools without violating the\nConstitution, and that McG's statement was more specific and\npresented w/more drama and emphasis than his earlier stand.\nABC noted McG praised parochial schools ase places where\nsound moral virtues are taught and said they contribute to a\nhealthy diversity in US life.\nAP says Daley did not meet with McG during his Chic. visit\nwhich was taken by some observers as a mild snub. Also, William\nLee, Pres. of the Chicago Fed. of Labor and considered a close\nally of the Mayor, skipped a private breakfast with McG and other\nlabor leaders.\nAP leads: \"After a day of campaign foulups that reportedly\nleft him fuming, McG endorsed the idea of tax credits for parents\nof students in private and parochial schools. 11 AP points out McG\nspent 17 hours in W. Va. and S. Ill. but spent barely 5 hrs of it\ncampaigning, with the rest spent on twisting mountain roads, city\ntraffic jams, so that by late afternoon a high McG staffer was\nmuttering \"Dumb! Dumb! Dumb!\" McG was described as extremely\nirritated about arriving 2 hrs. late in Cinncy, missing local TV news\nbroadcasts, w/one station cancelling its interview altogether.\nMorton on CBS AM w/film report said McG had spent most of\nyesterday traveling to his campaign stops. 1st there was a 2-hr.\ndrive to coal mining country of W. Va. and to Logan where Jay\nRockefeller on film introduced McG as the next Pres. McG on\nfilm saying he's for deep mining because it's stable and secure\nand supplies the fuel need w/out destroying the land, countryside\nand environment. Next, said Morton, McG had a 2-hr. drive to\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n23\nthe airport and then on to Cincinnati where he had 45-min. drive\nto a formica plant. McG shown in plant shaking hands encountering\nsome GOP supporters in RN boaters. Morton noted McG was late\nin arriving so missed the change in shifts. Later when he was\nasked by newsmen whyy he had visited the plant, McG said it was on\nhis schedule so he went there. McG then traveled to Carbondale\nwhere he was greeted by the largest crowd of the day (film clips\nof McG at airport, greeted by band and applause). The mayor of\nnearby Metropolis on film presented McG w/Superman of Metropolis\naward for \"superior achievement. 11 McG on film saying those w/doubts\nthat he had capacity to win should see their doubts vanish now that he\nhas Superman cape. Morton said you could consider this day a\nwaste since so much time was spent traveling to see so few people, but\nthe local coverage McG received could make up for that. Or, he\nsaid, you might say it doesn't really matter because for Superman\ndays like this are a piece of cake.\nBlair noted that altho McG had no specific plan re: his favoring\ntax credits for parents sending children to private or parochial\nschools, the announcement was seen as a friendly gesture to\nCatholic voters in big states McG must win. Bell on 7 a. m. Today\nnews w/film report of McG in Cincinnati where he was well received\nat plant altho there were a few RN hats in the crowd. Film clips\nof McG shaking hands w/electrical workers who have endorsed him\nand of workers wearing RN boaters. Bell noted that McG had\ncampaigned in this generally GOP area several times and that if\nvoters who went for Wallace in '68 gave their votes to RN, McG\nfaced an uphill battle. She noted RN won state by narrow margin\nin '68.\nLocal Carbondale observers said McG could have done better\nif he'd waited 2 days until start of classes at SIU. (AP, UPI note)\nWires noted that in St. Louis McG was asked if he knew who Ed\nDowd is, and McG replied -- \"sort of, vaguely\". Reporter explained\nDowd is Dem candidate for Gov. of Mo.\nUPI says \"a prime\nexample of what can go wrong with McG's wide-open type of\ncampaigning\" came in the St. Louis incident.\nUPI w/a lead on his Monday night speech: \"Meany made his\nstrongest attack yet on McG calling his economic policies antilabor\nand his backers unwashed intellectuals and homosexuals. 11\nMcG\nwas \"very surprised\" Meany attacked his economic program, saying\n\"it's roughly the same kind of w-p guidelines proposed by JFK and LBJ\nand which worked so successfully til '65. 11\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n24\nLevine on 8 a. m. Today news w/film report of Meany at\nSteelworkers Conv. where, said Levine, most think Meany made\na mistake in staying neutral. Meany on film saying unions were\nnot a political party, were not in partnership w/a pol party, and\ndidn't own or weren't owned by a party. Levine said Meany took\na gamble in attending Las Vegas conv. , hoping to talk steelworkers\nfrom endorsing McG, but no one was giving odds on his success or\nfailure.\nMcG would hold Pres. news conferences at least twice a month\nand order the Cabinet to do likewise monthly. Additionally, he'd\neliminate backgrounders and open all Cabinet meetings -- except\non natl. security affairs -- to the media.\nAP says McG also had some \"seemingly bitter\" words for the\nnational public-opinion polls. He said here \"we're going to make\nthose pollsters eat those polls before the election is over!\"\nABC\nnoted that Gallup, joining other Hill witnesses who don't see opinion\npolls creating a bandwagon effect for RN, expects McG will soon\nclose the gap. He said McG could benefit significantly from\ndisenchanted Dems who up til now opposed him as \"there is always\na return to the fold. 11 of loyal dems.\nO'Brien predicted the election would be \"one of the closest in\nhistory\" w/Calif's 45 electoral votes the key to victory.\nMcG campaigners say Herb Klein used \"deception and distortion\"\nin an attempt to frighten voters by saying McG would cause the loss\nof 300, 000 aerospace jobs in Calif.\nMcG charged that RN has turned his back on the UN with actions\nin VN, on Rhodesia, and the environment.\nAn interfaith network called \"religious leaders for McG\", of\nAmerican Religious Leaders has been formed to back McG. A\nspokesman emphasized that participants are acting as \"individual\ncitizens, 11 not as spokesmen for their church constituencies, and\nthat they continue to insist that pulpits and official church channels\nnot be used for partisan purposes.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n25\nGreeted by enthusiastic crowds in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh,\nMcG believed his campaign had finally turned the corner, but it\nhasn't turned the corner in heavily Dem ethnic areas of Philly and\nPittsburgh, says Plain-Dealer's Havel. One lifelong Dem said\nthat McG's not for the laboring man \"a remark echoed by\nothers. 11 Also, many Dems indicated they just may not vote. And\nwriter adds that youth vote isn't in McG's pocket. Writer says\nbacktracking accusation against McG was heard over and over, along\nwith the vague charge that McG has funny ideas on drugs and things.\nNoting that during primaries, McG staff claimed McG's stock\nsoared whenever he went into a state. Havel says his day in Pa\n\"appeared to do him little good\", as a recheck of Philly and\nPittsburgh voters couldn't turn up a single voter whose mind was\nchanged. Havel says McG's talks were without focus and that he\nwasn't given good TV coverage. However, he adds that it's clear\ndefecting Dems could be led back if McG can convince them he's\ninterested in helping working man.\nJeffrey Hart, noting McG advisor Chayes reported statements\non total pullout from SE Asia, says McG's for. policy unloading\noperation will have to go some to match his domestic record where\nhe's unloaded quite a few ordinarily Dem groups \"it's been a\npolitical disrobing act which would've been the envy of Sally Rand. 11\nHart notes a wit's new definition of a Southern Dem -- any Dem going\nto vote for RN and live South of Canadian border. As to Chayes\nstatement, Hart says well, there go Indonesia, Malaysia,\nPhilippines and Burma for starters. And he writes that \"like most\nstatements issuing from the McG camp, this one was subsequently\ndenied. 11\nNational Observer's Perry writes on decline in enthusiasm for\nMcG at Trinity College (Conn). A Prof was giving the kids a McG\npep talk and Perry observed: \"that these kids should need a pep\ntalk is a little odd\". He notes these are the younger brothers and\nsisters of the campus rebels but \"there's not much enthusiasm\nabout the election, 11 and, if there isn't much here, where else could\nyou find it. While in a poll 61% were for McG and 21% for RN,\nPerry says they don't seem ready to work for McG. When McG\ncame to Waterbury, a \"not overwhelming\" 200 went to see him, but\nonly 10 volunteered to help. Perry concludes that the students \"are\nstill a little puzzled, a trifle disappointed by McG. 11 He adds that\n\"McG has a way to go, even with the people who have love him best. !!!\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n26\nSHRIVER\nAP leads: \"Shriver visited a crippled children's home and said\nthat there is 'truly a national scandal' in the way US takes care of its\nmost helpless. 11 Shriver said RN has vetoed 3 major bills designed\nto get at the problems of children, adding \"I cannot understand a\nPres. who vetoes bills like those bills and then goes to Cong. for\nextra money for bombers, submarines and missiles -- extra money\nto wage war in VN. 11 Shriver said RN had promised a lot of help\nfor crippled and retarded children but \"the tragedy is he hasn't\ndone any of them -- appropriations are less than they were 3 or\n4 years ago. 11\nShriver said RN has shown no concern for poor people, adding\n\"GOPs aren't saying to black folks to go to the rear of the bus,\nthey're saying get the hell off the bus. 11\nShriver said of RN's PRC visit - He \"merely rectified\na mistake he's been making for 25 years. He's been one of the\ngreatest architects of the anti-PRC program 11 Shriver said that\n\"with the Russians, I think he's doing a good job. I think he's made\nsome progress there. But I notice now we're going to continue to do\nbusiness with the Russians despite the fact they've got those unholy\nlevies on Jews. 11\nDancy on 8 a. m. Today news w/negative film report on Shriver in\nPittsburgh. He said Shriver was not greeted w/enthusiasm when he\narrived at a US Steel plant -- partly because he was late again. He\nhad hoped to greet workers entering plant but then opted to stay to\ngreet those leaving. It was as bad as his campaign managers expected,\nsaid Dancy most of those leaving brushed by Shriver who was shown\non film standing around waiting for workers and then trying to shake\nhands. Dancy noted most in Allegheny Co. were talkingaabout going\nGOP anyway, altho it had been a long time since Dems had lost it.\nHe quoted a Dem official as saying it's \"only probable\" Dems will win.\nLATE NEWS/MISCELLANEOUS\nUnited auto workers union announced it had been notified the federal\npay board has approved proposed increases for 40, 000 aerospace\nindustry workers.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n27\nThe Army, as part of its new emphasis on youth, announced\na change in policy to provide more rapid promotions for outstanding\nofficers.\nBoth Rooney and Lowenstein charged irregularities at polling\nplaces in Brooklyn and it appeared vote count would be delayed.\nAIP's Schmitz said the RN-McG race is \"as phony as a professional\nwrestling match\" because there's really no difference between the two.\nSt. John on CBS AM Spectrum noted Schmitz' statement that AIP\nis only party that's come out against abortion. St. John raised\nquestions of how govt. can sanction abortipn when it's virtually\nabolished the death penalty, and if life is sacred, how can govt. have\npower to say who lives or dies. He noted Hitler had this power.\nSt. John's suggestion was for govt. to play no part in abortion\nquestion and leave it up to individual's moral consciences.\n####\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\nTHE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN\nJAMES J. KILPATRICK\nGeorge McHumbug Telling It Like It Isn't\nBack in spring, when he was\nimpression that Nixon is to\nThe Department of Agricul-\nber of farms at 2,831,000 and\ncampaigning for the Demo-\nblame for the decline of the\nture's census of 1910, the first\nthe average size at 394 acres.\ncratic nomination, George Mc-\nfamily farm.\nof its kind, found 6,406,000\nSen. McGovern, playing it\nGovern constantly emphasized\nNow, demagoguery is an art\nfarms in the United States.\nstraight, might have leveled\none aspect of his candidacy:\nform in its way, like playing\nThat number remained almost\nwith his audience on food\nHe intended to level with the\na jug or chewing tobacco. You\nconstant for the next 30 years,\nprices, production costs, and\npeople. He was not going to\nhave to admire a virtuoso.\nrising to 6,545,000 in 1930, de-\nprofit margins. The proces-\nequivocate, falsify or cover\nBut this was not even high-\nclining to 6,350,000 in 1940.\nsing industry, he might have\nup. He wanted to restore cred-\nclass demagoguery. The sen-\nThen all kinds of things be-\nsaid, is highly unionized;\nibility to government.\nator's implied charge was\ngan happening at once. The\ncosts of packaging and distri-\nIf the senator had kept that\nhogwash. He knew it was hog-\nwar took young men off the\nbution are bound to go up.\npledge, he would not be run-\nwash-after all, he grew up\nfarms and created new jobs in\nThe senator himself is firmly\nning 30 points behind in the\nin South Dakota-and his au-\nthe cities. The postwar years\ncommitted to the unionization\npolls today. He would be gain-\ndience knew it. But this was\nsaw an explosion of urbanism.\nof farm labor: He will not to-\ning in great strides on a Nixon\nSen. McHumbug speaking.\nThese years also witnessed\nlerate a leaf of lettuce on his\nadministration that is woefully\nIf the March and April Mc-\nrapid changes in agricultural\njet plane, the better to sym-\nvulnerable in these areas. Sad\nGovern had been speaking-a\ntechnology, as new and more\nbolize his courtship of Cesar\nto say, George McGovern\nMcGovern who was going to\ncostly machines began to re-\nChavez. This is the way\nsteadily is revealing himself\nlevel with the people-the sen-\nplace hand labor.\nthings are, he might have\nnot as an exceptional states-\nator would have played it\nFor these and countless\nsaid, and farmers will have it\nman, but as merely another\nstraight. He would have cut\nother reasons, the whole na-\njust as tough under my ad-\npolitician. He is Sen. Mc-\nout the hokum.\nture of American farming be-\nministration as they'v had it\nHumbug.\nMcGovern might have said,\ngan to change. In 1960, when\nunder Nixon. Sorry about\nFor a recent example of the\nlaying it on the line, that the\nEisenhower was going out of\nthat.\nlate-model McGovern, con-\nfamily farm as a social and\noffice, there were 3,961,000\nOut in the great farm belt,\nsider the senator's remarks\neconomic concept has been\nfarms; the average farm was\nwhere the voters are not\non his Midwestern tour. His\ndeclining in the United States\n297 acres. Through the eight\nexactly enchanted with Rich-\npurpose was to appeal to the\nfor the past 30 years. This is\nyears of Kennedy Johnson,\nard Nixon, such an ap-\nfarm vote. Toward this end,\nnot the fault of any politician\nthe number of farms went\nproach might have won some\nhe sought to portray the Nixon\nor any political party. It is\nsteadily down, and the aver-\nvotes for the Sen. McGovern\nadministration as the enemy\nthe result of changes beyond\nage size went steadily up.\nwho tells it like it is. But not\nof the little farmer and the\nthe control of any Con-\nPrecisely these trends have\nfor Sen. McHumbug, who in\nfriend of the corporate giants.\ngress-changes and trends\ncontinued under Nixon. The\nMinnesota was telling it like\nHe left the carefully cultivated\nthat probably are irreversible.\n1972 estimate places the num-\nit isn't.\nWASHINGTON STAR\nSeptember 19, 1972\nPRESERVATION COPY\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\nWILLIAM F. BUCKLEY JR.\nWatergate: Consult Le Carre\nSuddenly Bernard Barker\nprimarily emphasized that he\nwith contemporary Cuba. Ac-\nsurfaced, and that in itself is\nwould not talk about the only\ncording to this hypothesis, the\nperplexing. He gave an inter-\nsubject he is in a position to\nCastro government, foreseeing\nview to the New York Times,\nspeak about authoritatively,\nits economic excommunica-\nbut disclosed very little. He is\nthat would interest the New\ntion from the Soviet Union,\na tough professional, with a\nYork Times or its readers?\ndecided late this spring to\nbackground of intelligence\nPerhaps he did it in order\nmake a deal with McGovern's\nwork, for Cuba and for the\nto register the single point\nDemocratic party. A very\nUnited States (his mother was\nthat he deeply resents being\nstraightforward deal based on\nCuban), and he stressed that\nthought of as a common burg-\nthe tactical need of the Mc-\nhe would not talk, period;\nlar. In fact no one has ac-\nGovern people for money with\nthat he would never talk, and\ncused him of being interested\nwhich to wage the presiden-\nthat nobody would succeed in\nin Democratic party head-\ntial campaign, and the strate-\nmaking him talk about the\nquarters on the grounds that\ngic need of Cuba for more\nsuper-secret mission in the\nhe might have found money\neconomic help in the years\nWatergate Office Building in\nthere. Barker and his friends\nto come. Someone inside\nwhich he and three associates\nwere looking for information,\nthe Castro government - - so\nwere engaged when early in\nand certain kinds of informa-\nthe story goes - tipped off\nthe morning they were arrest-\ntion are for all intents and\na prominent Republican to the\ned, giving rise to a case that\npurposes legal tender. Barker\nfact that the deal would be\ncontinues very prominent in\nsaid that he was used to\nsecretly consummated at the\nthe news because it has ev-\n\"paramilitary\" work, by\nWatergate perhaps on the very\nerything.\nwhich he gave us to under-\nday of June 17.\nBarker and his associates\nstand that he was engaged in\nThe recipient of this infor-\nhad cash. They had the name\na job touching on the national\nmation requisitioned a suit-\nand telephone number of E.\nsecurity. I would guess that\ncase full of money with which\nHoward Hunt Jr., who worked\nthat is true.\nto pay professionals to bug\nin the White House. Money\nThe mysterious Howard\nthe Democratic headquarters.\ntransfers to Barker had been\nHunt, who disappeared from\nBut in turn the Republicans\nmade, from funds donated to\nsight after the arrests, con-\nwere betrayed, whether by\nthe re-election campaign of\ntinues to figure in the case.\nsomeone in their own ranks\nPresident Nixon.\nBarker said that he knows no\nor by a double agent we leave\nMaurice Stans, though\nman to whom his country\nit to John Le Carre to divulge.\nchairman of the fund-raising\nshould be more grateful than\nMeanwhile, everyone clams\ncommittee, professes no\nHoward Hunt. I concur. I\nup for reasons not entirely\nknowledge of what the funds\nhave known the gentleman\nself-serving. The Republicans\nwere doing in Barker's ac-\nfor 21 years and am the god-\ndo not want to publicize a\ncount. Former Atty. Gen.\nfather of three of his children.\nscandal that could rock the\nJohn Mitchell says he knew\nHunt is not a trifler-yet his\nentire country causing unfor-\nabsolutely nothing about\ninvolvement in the venture,\nseen results. The Democrats,\nit. The Democratic party, en-\nif it went beyond mere coin-\nfor the most part innocent of\njoying hugely every minute of\ncidence, tends to magnify\nany complicity in the alleged\nof it, is making charges all\nrather than diminish the sig-\narrangements, give vent to\nover the place and has filed\nnificance of the case.\nstraightforward indigna-\nextravagant civil suits alleg-\nOnly James Jackson Kil-\ntion uncomplicated by guile.\ning \"conspiracy to commit po-\npatrick has publicized a ver-\nSo? The mystery will prob-\nlitical espionage\", whatever\nsion of what happened that is\nably continue. The indictments\nthat means in this day and\nin any way both coherent and,\nhave been filed. But they a-\nage, and it is widely specu-\nthough melodramatic, not im-\nmount to little more than\nlated that Nixon's entire cam-\nplausible.\nbreaking-and-entering charg-\npaign is jeopardized by the\nHe sets forth the hypothesis\nes, which is the equivalent of\nWatergate Caper.\nof a friend knowledgeable in\nindicting Alger Hiss for lying\nBut why did Barker grant\nthe ways of the intelligence\nabout his associations with\nthe interview, inasmuch as he\ncommunity and conversant\nprothonotary warblers.\nWASHINGTON STAR\nSeptember 19, 1972\nPRESERVATION COPY\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\nCROSBY S. NOYES\nWhy McGovern Is Bombing Out With Voters\nMy friends and colleagues\nincoherent campagn organi-\nvanced by the serious analysts\ning and the mining of North\nin the liberal press are cud-\nzation could have something\nfor his deplorable showing S0\nVietnam's harbors, drives\ngeling their brains these days\nto do with the quality of the\nfar. Richard Nixon comes in\nthem into paroxysms of frus-\nto come up with some plaus-\ncandidate himself. Or that the\nfor his share of the blame for\ntrated rage.\nible explanation of George\nsystematic dismantling of the\nwhat is held to be his shame-\nTo explain this state of af-\nMcGovern's election cam-\nDemocratic party apparatus\nless exploitation of the power\nfairs, the American electorate\npaign. And they are having a\nat the Miami Beach conven-\nof the presidency to get him-\nitself is being taken to task.\nhard time of it.\ntion was entirely typical of\nself re-elected.\nThe public, it is said, has\nTo say that they are dis-\nMcGovern's whole approach\nIndeed, Richard Nixon can-\ngrown callous and indifferent\nmayed and appalled by the\nto government.\nnot do anything these days\nto the killing in Vietnam. As\nperformance to date is putting\nAdmittedly, one is told, the\nwithout being accused of poli-\nlong as American casualties\nit mildly. They are incredu-\nsenator has made a few mis-\nstay near zero, nobody cares\nlous at each new national poll,\nticking in the worst way. If\nvery much how many Asians\nconfirming the fact that Mc-\ntakes along the way. He has\nthe United States casts a veto\nare killed in the unending\nGovern is bombing out with\nmanaged to create a credibil-\nin the United Nations Security\nwar.\nthe voters, trailing Nixon in\nity gap of his own-what with\nCouncil to prevent a censure\nOne of McGovern's trou-\nthe popularity ratings at bet-\nTom Eagleton, welfare, tax\nmotion against Israel, it is as-\nbles, one suspects, is that\nter than 2 to 1. They are utterly\nreforms and so on-at least\nsumed to be a crass bid for the\nmost American voters recog-\nunable to understand why it\nas great as that of the incum-\nJewish vote in November. If\nnize this argument as the rub-\nshould be that the better\nbent administration. His big-\nHenry Kissinger shows up in\nbish it is. They understand\nknown the senator becomes,\ngest mistake, as his support-\nMoscow, it is explained as a\nperfectly well which side is\nthe worse he does in his quest\ners see it, was to take too firm\nmaneuver to distract American\nresponsible for continuing the\nfor the presidency.\na position on too many issues.\nvoters from problems closer\nwar, the efforts that have\nMy friends, of course,\nNow that he has repudiated\nto home. One gathers that the\nbeen made to bring it to an\nnever will accept the proposi-\nmost of them, it is hoped he\nonly way for the President to\nend and the consequence of\ntion that McGovern is an in-\nmay do better.\nbe fair to the opposition would\nthe capitulation that McGov-\neffective spokesman for a\nAnd perhaps he may. For it\nbe to forget about running the\nern proposes.\nloony political philosophy.\nis fairly clear by this time that\ncountry for a while and join\nIf there is an element of\nThat is a judgment which your\nthe more people know about\nMcGovern on the campaign\nracism in the debate over\nserious political analyst never\nwhat McGovern proposes to do\ntrail.\nVietnam-and there is it\nwould subscribe to, partly be-\nas president, the more nervous\nBut undoubtedly the biggest\ndoes not lie with those who\ncause it is too simple and\nthey become about his can-\nproblem for my friends and\ninsist on continuing American\nbecause it ascribes to the\ndidacy. The\ncolleagues in the liberal press\nsupport for South Vietnam.\nelectorate a discrimination\nthought-promoted by McGov-\nis the issue of Vietnam in the\nIt lies, rather, with those who\nand discernment which most\nern himself-that Congress\nelection campaign. In their\ncontend that Asians have no\nof these anaylsts are reluctant\nnever will buy many of his\nview, Vietnam, by all rights,\nright to defend themselves\nto concede.\nproposals is hardly the highest\nshould be McGovern's most\nagainst armed aggression and\nSo other explanations are\nrecommendation of his qual-\neffective talking point. The\nthat freedom and self-deter-\nsought-money, organization\nification for office.\nfact that the polls show a solid\nmination are concepts that\nand whatnot. It apparently\nOf course, McGovern's own\nmajority of Americans sup-\nonly Westerners can under-\nnever occurs to these analysts\nfumblings and failings are not\nporting Nixon's policies in\nstand.\nthat a lack of money or an\nthe only explanation being ad-\nVietnam, including the bomb-\nWhat the American voter\ncan't stomach, it appears, is\na candidate who would cheer-\nfully sacrifice a nation that\nthe United States has fought\nfor seven years to preserve -\na candidate who, with a clear\nconscience and high sense of\nmoral righteousness, would\nsell out 15 million South Viet-\nnamese to their mortal ene-\nmies. It explains something,\nperhaps, about George Mc-\nGovern's chances of becom-\ning President.\nWASHINGTON STAR\nSeptemb: er 19, 1972\nPRESERVATION COPY\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\nMACNELLY\nCHIRP\nTELEPHONE\nCHIRP\nMcGOVERN\nHDQRTRS\n100\nMOORIEN\n'Can I call you back, George?\n,\nPHILADELPHIA INQUIRER\nSeptember 16, 1972\nPRESERVATION COPY\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\nMANELLY\nTHERICHMOND\nNEWS LEADER\nOF\nd\nMcG\nTHE RICHMOND NEWS LEADER\nSeptember 5, 1872\nPRESERVATION COPY\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\nMANELLY\nTHERICHMOND\nWOMEN\nNEEDNOT\nAPPLY\n-POPE\nAnd is his holiness expecting you, Sister Abzug?'\nRICHMOND NEWS LEADER\nSeptember 15, 1972\nPRESERVATION COPY\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n-\nEVEN\n\"And what's all this baloney about McGovern being a good\nguy? He's not my idea of a good guy.\"\nNEW YORKER\nSeptember 16, 1972\nPRESERVATION COPY\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\nMEDIA REVIEW\nSeptember 23, 1972\nClear RN night on the nets w/Laredo leading one and the good CPI news favorably\nleading the other 2. Excellent film on all from Texas. McG came off strong in\nhis response to the Veep on 2 nets before his best crowd of week (7, 000) but his\nbussing charge was on but one show. Other McG problems on nets: Columbus,\nOhio survey no gain there, said ABC. HKSmith found him out of tune w/\npublic on issues, and Chancellor-Valeriani failed to see much progress for McG.\nHard to see how we could have had a better night on nets.\nCPI didn't get the good ride in 5 ams seen as it did on nets, but it favorably led\nTimes and was straight to positive on p.1 of Post w/Sun's #4 story (behind 2 local\nones and Brandt): \"Inflation Slows Sharply. 11 However food costs increase are\nplayed up in Sun, housing rise is #3 Inquirer story and News treated it as just\nanother increase.\n\"RN Condemns 'Permissive' Judges; McG Calls Him Cynical on Busing\" is\ntwinned #2 story in Times w/photos of both in best play for either. Bottom of\np. 1 in Sun is 4 column photo of RNs and JBCs at ranch over story: \"RN Says\nJudges Hinder Drug War. 11 Next to this is \"McG Rebuts Agnew Disloyalty Hint. 11\nSun's Clymer says narcotics issues has been almost daily battleground between\nRN/McG.\nIn NYNews Shriver visit there gets top attention w/mixed story on political page\n(7) below which is: \"RN: Judges 'Weak Link' in Dope War. 11 Good motocade\nshot captioned \"Seemingly riding the crest of popularity. 11 At bottom of page:\n\"McG Blasts Agnew Over Slur\" and \"Spiro Scorns Retreat from US World Role. 11\nInquirer w/political stories on p. 2 w/3 column head leading: \"RN Accuses\nJudges of Leniency On Pushers. 11 Single col. \"McG Raps RN on Busing\" is next\nto photo of McG \"overshadowed by a sign of RN. 11 Can't complain there.\nPost w/political stories at bottom of p.1 again as in Sun the candidates are\ntwinned but we get the p.1 photo, here w/RN playing piano w/Happy Birthday.\n''McG takes on Busing\" is favorable account of McG's Detroit remarks and runs\nnext to generally sympathetic report on McG's problems in giving the public a\nfull understanding of him. Story on \"Pres. Takes Campaign to Texas\" mentions\ncrowd of \"36, 000 happy persons.\"\nShriver's tamale dinner gets some inside coverage -- \"unfaxed by millionaires'\nand beside attention given VP by McG response to him, there is seen \"Old Agnew\nResurfaces to attack McG\" seen as personal attack. Sun sees stepped-up\nAgnew rhetoric as result of bored audiences in 1st three days.\nTeacher strike (DC/Philly), veto of Marriott Park in Md. and drug pusher arrest\nare leads in 4 papers other than Times which reflect more muted attention given\npolitics on today's press. CPI and RN w/good heads getting out criticism of\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n-2-\nlenient judges (NB: Wide note on unspecified judges) clearly make this an RN\nday. Wires very positive from Laredo. Possible problem for Veep in way media\nwill emphasize his criticism of McG is return to the old \"divisive\" Agnew - -\nclarly a theme McG would welcome as witness his sharp and well-played\nrebuttal. Post, Times, Sun all refer to rhetoric similar to '68 and '70.\nTimes w/reports on Eleanor and Mrs. Nixon -- - - latter account again emphasizing\nher avoidance of the issues in contrast to Mrs. McG.\nFinally of note -- CBS radio has referred to RN Texas crowds as enthusiastic\nand fervent. In noon lead story, reporter said organization can turn out crowds\nbut up to candidate to turn them on. From San Antonio and Laredo, reporter\n(Culhane) said RN clearly had done that -- especially w/Chicanos who aren't\nusually viewed as pro-RN.\nMonitor leads\" \"GOP Picks UP in Dixie and Dems Stall in NY\" -- - GOP seen w/\nheads up, Dems trailing, heads down. Sperling joins others in seeing little\npublic impact from Watergate -- unless RN himself can be implicated. On same\npage Drummond calls for RN to do more to fix blame.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum"
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