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    "ocrText": "mailed in Hawaii\nCOPY\nJune 25, 1956\nBALMER, William J. rmw:maf\nSPARLING, Fred W\nMr. Fred W. Sparling\n616 North Rush Street\nChicago, Illinois\n6/25/56\nDear Mr. Sparling:\nThis is just a note to thank you for your\nletter of May 22, and to tell you that I do remember\nyou in Tom Owens' office in the 80th Congress.\nI greatly appreciated your writing to\nme about Bill Balmer, but as you probably have\nnoted in the papers, I am leaving for the Philippines\non June 30, and with the closing days of the session\nthere just is no chance at the moment for me to set\nup any conference.\nYou may be sure I greatly appreciate\nboth your thoughtfulness in writing to me as you\ndid and his willingness to be of any possible assistance.\nI hope you will be good enough to convey my thanks\nand best wishes to him.\nWith every good wish,\nSincerely,\nRichard Nixon\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\ntye\nack\nNo\nBalmer\n616 N. Rush Street\nChicago, Illinois\nMay 22, 1956\nHonorable Richard W. Nixon\nVice President of the United States\nbutie\nWashington, D.C.\nmb\nDear Mr. Nixon:\nI met you a number of times during the first session of the 80th\nCongress in the office of Thomas L. Owens, whose campaign I\nmanaged and whose office I helped organize. I know this is an\nintroduction you could fail to remember, but I use it to avoid\nbeing placed in the \"crackpot\" class.\nI spent last week in Washington in the company of William J.\nBalmer, amidst all the intrigue, hauling and pulling that is now\ngoing on within the Republican Party. I think the situation is\nserious enough to demand your attention and the attention of\nall others interested in the welfare of the Republican Party.\nMr. Balmer was a Midwest manager of Eisenhower's campaign\nin 1952. He was high on the board of strategy, working directly\nwith the President and with Herb Brownell. I personally\nobserved him at work in that campaign and in my political\nmemory book he is the shrewdest of the old line politicians\nthat we have left.\nIn our discussions of the political situation of today, particularly\nas it pertains to your own situation, there is in our joint opinion\nmuch that should be done at the present time, and if you would\nlike to avail yourself of the services of Mr. Balmer, I have his\nauthority to make you this offer.\nThis offer first would entail a lengthy conference with yourself.\nThis can take place any day or any evening that you nominate,\neither in Washington or in Chicago, and on any date of your\nchoosing. I believe time is of the essence and that there is\nmuch work to be done before the convention.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\nHon. Richard W. Nixon\n-2-\nMay 22nd\nI might tell you that Bill Balmer is a delegate to the convention\nfrom the 3rd Illinois District, that he has many friends among\nour delegation and that he has many friends in other states who\nwill serve as delegates. He is also the Chairman of the\nExecutive Committee of the Cook County Republican Organization.\nMay I hear from you at your convenience.\nSincerely yours,\nFred W Spanling\nFred W. Sparling\nFWS/ijs\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\nF.W. Sparling\n616 N. Rush Street\nChicago, Illinois\n5/25/56 Hand delivered by\nSecy to Cong. Mc. Vey\nMargaret La Thomas,\nin that area Held in\nLays sparking a VIIP\nhigh regard R. N- dymany Cong\nandent\nHonorable Richard W. Nixon\nVice President of the United States\nWashington, D.C.\nwanted her to deliver\nReproduced at the Richard he Nixon Presidential sure Library and Museum see letter\npersonally so V.P. would"
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