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Michael Raoul-Duval Papers at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 9, 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR:
DICK CHENEY
FROM:
MAX FRIEDERSDORF
m.f.
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
SUBJECT:
Debate No. 3
The deluge of unsolicited advice continues unabated.
The following came from a caller of national prominence whom
requested anonymity:
1. The President should exploit his legislative initiatives
which Congress has blocked.
2. He should confer more with his old friends on the Hill,
including the following:
A. Senator Brock on health insurance
B. Senator Buckley on education
C. Senator Helms on foreign policy; this could
save the South
D. Representative Bob Michel on welfare
3. President should forever heal wounds of party and
invite to White House for a group picture those who
participated in the high drama of Kansas City: Reagan,
Schweiker, Dole, Buckley.
4. Be wary of Carter in the final debate making an
outrageous attempt to force the President to lose his
cool.
CC: Jack Marsh
Mike Duval
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 12, 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR:
MIKE DUVAL
THRU:
MAX FRIEDERSDORF
FROM:
JOE JENCKES
SUBJECT:
Debate Tickets
Mike, we have had three requests from Senate offices for
tickets to the Williamsburg debate:
1.
Senator Strom Thurmond has requested four
tickets for the following personal friends of
his: Mr. and Mrs. David McLeod and Mr. and
FORD i LIBRARY GERALD
Mrs. C. W. Smith. If it is not possible to obtain
four tickets, the Senator would like two.
2.
Dave Swoap who was a senior research associate
with the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee
and is now on the staff of Senator Carl Curtis
has requested 2 tickets for the Williamsburg debate.
3.
Senator Charles Mathias has requested 2 tickets
for the Williamsburg debate to be used by staff
members.
Many thanks for your help.
total to available will be
we- only to the 15 by (v Jones. your request)
allocated
none appear of Dessible there Whke
October 21, 1976
file
Dear Pete:
I know the President will appreciate having
your comments regarding the energy problem,
which are in your October 20 letter to him.
You may be assured I shall make certain he
receives it without delay.
With kindest regards,
Sincerely,
Max L. Friedersdorf
Assistant to the President
FORD is LIBRARY
The Honorable Pete V. Domenici
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
DCC: w/incoming to Mike Duval - for further handling
bcc: w/incoming to Ann Brunsdale - FYI
Advance Xerxox copies were forwarded to Dubal and Brunsdale
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1976 OCT 21 AM 10 26
HAND DELIVERED
RECEP. AND SECURITY UNIT
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
10-21
EDMUND S. HUSKIE, MAINE, CHAIRMAN
WARREN G. MAGNUSON, WASH.
HENRY BELLMON, OKLA.
FRANK E. MOSS, UTAH
ROBERT DOLE, KANS.
WALTER F. MONDALE, MINN.
J. GLENN BEALL, JR., MD.
ERNEST F. HOLLINGS, S.C.
JAMES L. BUCKLEY, N.Y.
ALAN CRANSTON, CALIF.
JAMES A. MC CLURE, IDAHO
LAWTON CHILES, FLA.
PETE V. DOMENICI, N. MEX.
JAMES ABOUREZK, S. DAK.
United States Senate
JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., DEL.
SAM NUNN, GA.
COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET
DOUGLAS J. BENNET, JR., STAFF DIRECTOR
JOHN T. MC EVOY, CHIEF COUNSEL
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
ROBERT S. BOYD, MINORITY STAFF DIRECTOR
October 20, 1976
The President
The White House
FORD is LIBRARY BERALD
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
It is apparent to me that in the recent days of this
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Presidential campaign, Governor Carter has made a determined
effort to exploit the energy issue by his claims of personal
expertise and implications that he has discovered a painless
cure to this nation's energy shortage. I am deeply disturbed
by these claims which tend, at best, to further confuse the
American people. With this in mind, I believe it would be
useful to contrast the energy program of your Administration
with several of Governor Carter's recent statements on energy.
It is my belief that your Administration has an effective,
workable, and well-thought-out energy policy "based on the
fundamental principles of providing energy at the lowest cost
consistent with our need for adequate and secure supplies;
relying on the private sector and market forces as the most
efficient means to achieve the goals; and achieving a balance
between our efforts to preserve the environment and our need
for energy. 11 This policy is contained in a group of twenty-
three specific legislative proposals and coordinated Executive
actions taken under existing statutes. It is unfortunate that
public awareness of the total impact of this program has been
delayed by failure of the Democrat-controlled Congress to act
upon a number of key elements.
In contrast, Governor Carter offers no specific program
on energy. Instead he has presented a vague prescription for
an energy policy "that must include a combination of energy
conservation and energy development, together with price pro-
tection for the consumer." He has stressed conservation and
coal, and offers reassurances about the importance of solar
energy developments. Governor Carter's stand on nuclear power
is particularly disturbing in view of his claim that he is "one
who is intimately familiar with the problems and potentials of
nuclear energy. He maintains that "we must minimize our de-
pendence onnnuclear energy" and that "nuclear power should be
used only as a last resort.' I have heard it said that, under
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FORO & LIBRARY GERALD
October 20, 1976
Page 2
Governor Carter is also critical of the breeder reactor
program, saying "our excessive emphasis on this project should
be severely reduced and converted to a long-term, possibly
multinational effort. " Finally, he has raised the spectre of
a nuclear power plant disaster whose consequences "would be
more devastating than a total Middle East oil embargo. "
It is clear that Governor Carter has no appreciation of
the seriousness of our energy shortage and the significance of
our already large, and growing, dependence on foreign oil im-
ports. Indeed, in the second television debate he dismissed
the threat of another Arab oil embargo by reassuring the American
public that we could effectively retaliate by imposing a total
embargo on all our exports to the Middle East. He is clearly
misleading the citizens of this country by painting a rosy,
and totally unrealistic picture of our present energy dilemma.
I am confident that Governor Carter's efforts to take
the initiative regarding the issue of energy and the formula-
tion of energy policy, by using this combination of misrepre-
sentation and glib reassurances, can be thwarted by a detailed
examination, in full public view, of the statements quoted above.
In my opinion, no responsible citizen familiar with the
total energy picture in this country would contend that con-
servation and increased utilization of coal, by themselves,
would allow us to achieve invulnerability to disruptions caused
by oil embargoes for at least the next ten to fifteen years.
This conclusion is altered in no significant way by throwing
in realistic contributions from more exotic energy sources like
solar. Clearly we must count on our well-developed nuclear
industry to fill this gap. The fact that nuclear power is a
first choice, or a last choice, makes no difference in this
regard; we must develop and utilize our nuclear potential,
including the breeder, as rapidly as possible if we are to achieve
energy independence on any reasonable time scale.
Governor Carter's credentials notwithstanding, nuclear
power is safe, cheap, and reliable. The well-publicized problems
associated with its use can, I am confident, be solved. The
breeder reactor is essential to extending our supplies of ur-
anium into the time frame when alternative power sources will
be available for large scale use. To suggest that we should
seek to put future breeder development under international con-
trol is to overlook the fact that we are already far behind
France, England, Germany, Russia, and probably Japan in its
commercialization. We would be bargaining from a weak position
indeed.
The President
October 20, 1976
Page 3
Let me now turn to Governor Carter's repeated assertion
that he is a "nuclear physicist" or a "nuclear engineer,"
intimately acquainted with all aspects of nuclear technology.
There can be no doubt that this is a misrepresentation of the
facts. His total experience with this country's nuclear program
consists of eleven months service as an officer in the Navy's
nuclear submarine program in 1952 and 1953, immediately before
his resignation from the Navy and his return to Georgia. This
took place over a year before the launching of our first nuclear
submarine, the Nautilus. To say that this brief exposure to
the earliest type of non-commercial nuclear reactor qualifies
him as an expert on the complexities of the modern nuclear
power industry, as he repeatedly implies, is simply a gross
overstatement of the facts.
Mr. President, I hope you will find these thoughts to be
of use in the closing days of this campaign.
With warmest personal regards, I am,
United States Senator
PVD: dgam
FORD LIBRARY j SERALD
United States Senate
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS
Pete Domenici
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
U.S.S.
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
The President
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Attention: Mr. Joe Jenks
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 21, 1976
Mike Duval:
Attached is an advance Xerox copy of
a letter to the President, which we
thought you would want to see.
Max Friedersdorf will acknowledge
the original letter and a CC of that
response and the original letter will
be sent to you.
Virginia Olson Do
Office of Legislative Affairs
R.FORD LIBRARY & GERALD
10-21
EDMUND S. MUSKIE, MAINE, CHAIRMAN
WARREN G.MAGNUSON, WASH.
HENRY BELLMON, OKLA.
FRANK E. MOSS. UTAH
ROBERT DOLE, KANS.
WALTER F. MONDALE, MINN.
J. GLENN BEALL, JR., MD.
ERNEST F. HOLLINGS, S.C.
JAMES L. BUCKLEY, N.Y.
ALAN CRANSTON, CALIF.
JAMES A. MCCLURE, IDAHO
LAWTON CHILES. FLA.
PETE V. DOMENICI, N. MEX.
JAMES ABOUREZK, S. DAK.
United States Senate
JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., DEL.
SAM NUNN, GA.
COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET
DOUGLAS J. BENNET, JR., STAFF DIRECTOR
JOHN T. MC EVOY, CHIEF COUNSEL
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
ROBERT S. BOYD, MINORITY STAFF DIRECTOR
October 20, 1976
GERALD FORD LIBRARY
The President
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
It is apparent to me that in the recent days of this
ME
Presidential campaign, Governor Carter has made a determined
effort to exploit the energy issue by his claims of personal
expertise and implications that he has discovered a painless
cure to this nation's energy shortage. I am deeply disturbed
by these claims which tend, at best, to further confuse the
American people. With this in mind, I believe it would be
useful to contrast the energy program of your Administration
with several of Governor Carter's recent statements on energy.
It is my belief that your Administration has an effective,
workable, and well-thought-out energy policy "based on the
fundamental principles of providing energy at the lowest cost
consistent with our need for adequate and secure supplies;
relying on the private sector and market forces as the most
efficient means to achieve the goals; and achieving a balance
between our efforts to preserve the environment and our need
for energy. " This policy is contained in a group of twenty-
three specific legislative proposals and coordinated Executive
actions taken under existing statutes. It is unfortunate that
public awareness of the total impact of this program has been
delayed by failure of the Democrat-controlled Congress to act
upon a number of key elements.
In contrast, Governor Carter offers no specific program
on energy. Instead he has presented a vague prescription for
an energy policy "that must include a combination of energy
conservation and energy development, together with price pro-
tection for the consumer." He has stressed conservation and
coal, and offers reassurances about the importance of solar
energy developments. Governor Carter's stand on nuclear power
is particularly disturbing in view of his claim that he is "one
who is intimately familiar with the problems and potentials of
nuclear energy. " He maintains that "we must minimize our de-
pendence on nuclear energy" and that "nuclear power should be
used only as a last resort. 11 I have heard it said that, under
Carter, nuclear energy will follow buffalo chips as an energy
source!
The President
GERALD LIBRARY road
October 20, 1976
Page 2
Governor Carter is also critical of the breeder reactor
program, saying "our excessive emphasis on this project should
be severely reduced and converted to a long-term, possibly
multinational effort. " Finally, he has raised the spectre of
a nuclear power plant disaster whose consequences "would be
more devastating than a total Middle East oil embargo. 11
It is clear that Governor Carter has no appreciation of
the seriousness of our energy shortage and the significance of
our already large, and growing, dependence on foreign oil im-
ports. Indeed, in the second television debate he dismissed
the threat of another Arab oil embargo by reassuring the American
public that we could effectively retaliate by imposing a total
embargo on all our. exports to the Middle East. He is clearly
misleading the citizens of this country by painting a rosy,
and totally unrealistic picture of our present energy dilemma.
I am confident that Governor Carter's efforts to take
the initiative regarding the issue of energy and the formula-
tion of energy policy, by using this combination of misrepre-
sentation and glib reassurances, can be thwarted by a detailed
examination, in full public view, of the statements quoted. above.
In my opinion, no responsible citizen familiar with the
total energy picture in this country would contend that con-
servation and increased utilization of coal, by themselves,
would allow us to achieve invulnerability to disruptions caused
by oil embargoes for at least the next ten to fifteen years.
This conclusion is altered in no significant way by throwing
in realistic contributions from more exotic energy sources like
solar. Clearly we must count on our well-developed nuclear
industry to fill this gap. The fact that nuclear power is a
first choice, or a last choice, makes no difference in this
regard; we must develop and utilize our nuclear potential,
including the breeder, as rapidly as possible if we are to achieve
energy independence on any reasonable time scale.
Governor Carter's credentials notwithstanding, nuclear
power is safe, cheap, and reliable. The well-publicized problems
associated with its use can, I am confident, be solved. The
breeder reactor is essential to extending our supplies of ur-
anium into the time frame when alternative power sources will
be available for large scale use. To suggest that we should
seek to put future breeder development under international con-
trol is to overlook the fact that we are already far behind
France, England, Germany, Russia, and probably Japan in its
commercialization. We would be bargaining from a weak position
indeed.
The President
October 20, 1976
Page 3
Let me now turn to Governor Carter's repeated assertion
that he is a "nuclear physicist" or a "nuclear engineer,"
intimately acquainted with all aspects of nuclear technology.
There can be no doubt that this is a misrepresentation of the
facts. His total experience with this country's nuclear program
consists of eleven months service as an officer in the Navy's
nuclear submarine program in 1952 and 1953, immediately before
his resignation from the Navy and his return to Georgia. This
took place over a year before the launching of our first nuclear
submarine, the Nautilus. To say that this brief exposure to
the earliest type of non-commercial nuclear reactor qualifies
him as an expert on the complexities of the modern nuclear
power industry, as he repeatedly implies, is simply a gross
overstatement of the facts.
Mr. President, I hope you will find these thoughts to be
of use in the closing days of this campaign.
With warmest personal regards, I am,
Sincerely,
Pete V. Domenici
United States Senator
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
PVD: dgam
October 21, 1976
Dear Jimmy:
Thank you for sending me a copy of the
editorial which appeared in the Kingsport
Times-News in support of the President.
I know the President will find this of
interest, and I shall call it to his
attention at the earliest opportunity.
With kindest regards,
Sincerely,
FORD LIBRARY is GERALD
Max L. Friedersdorf
Assistant to the President
The Nonorable James H. Quillen
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
MLF:JEB:VO:rs
bee: w/incoming to Mike Duval - FYI
bee: w/incoming to Ron Nessen - FYI
JAMES H. QUILLEN
WASHINGTON OFFICE:
FIRST DISTRICT, TENNESSEE
ROOM 102
CANNON HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
COMMITTEES:
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515
RULES
Congress of the United States
DISTRICT OFFICE:
RANKING MEMBER
ROOM 157-FIRST FLOOR
STANDARDS OF OFFICIAL
house of Representatives
FEDERAL (POST OFFICE) BUILDING
CONDUCT
KINGSPORT, TENNESSEE 37662
Washington, D.C. 20515
October 14, 1976
OCT
Dear Max:
I feel the President would like to see the
attached editorial which appeared in my hometown
paper, the KINGSPORT TIMES-NEWS, on Monday, October
11, 1976. It states in crystal clear language the
President was right, and I haven't felt any dis-
traction in regard to the debate from the people
in my District.
Sincerely,
James H. Quillen
Mr. Max Friedersdorf
Assistant to the President for
Legislative Affairs
The White House
Washington, D. C.
FORD LIBRAR is s
Enclosure