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THE PRESIDENT HAS SEHEN THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON September 10, 1973 BIPARTISAN RECEPTION FOR HOUSE FRIENDS Tuesday, September 11, 1973 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. (60 minutes) State Dining Room From: William E. Timmons BT I. PURPOSE: To welcome selected bipartisan friends from House of Representatives who want to reconfirm their support. II. BACKGROUND, PARTICIPANTS AND PRESS PLAN: A. Background: Ben Blackburn (R-Ga) and Dan Kuykendall (R-Tenn) conceived the idea for "spontaneous" reception for about 60 House Members to be invited on day of event with appeal "Let's go to White House today to tell the President we back him. 11 B. Participants: 1. Since this is a Blackburn-Kuykendall event, they will invite a bipartisan group that has been supportive, each of whom will be told nature of reception. White House will not have list until late Tuesday. 2. Special Whips have been appointed to invite limited numbers of Democrats; ranking GOP; freshman, sophomore and mid-term Republicans; and geographical quotas. This should insure broad representation. 3. White House senior staff and congressional relations personnel to be invited to reception.