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70 7 10/03/1960 Memo Bob Norse to Hal Brown re: 1960 Election. 5 pgs.

70 7 10/14/1960 Letter Hugh Edwards to Bob Haldeman re: Gainsville Daily Sun editorial. 1 pg.

70 7 10/16/1960 Letter From RW McCabe and JE Nidecker re: Rally Operations. 2 pgs.

70 7 10/11/1960 Letter Robert Colwell to Bob Haldeman re: The Economy. 7 pgs.

70 7 09/30/1960 Letter Lyle Hornbeck to Charles McWhorter re: RN's visit to New York. 4 pgs.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007 Page 1 of 1 PACIFIC OUTDOOR ADVERTISING 00. INTER OFFICE COMMUNlCA TION

TO: Hal Brown FROM: Bob Nor~e

SUBJECT: DATE: Oct ober J,'!-\)(-{)

d9J::; t~.Rt. Ll e ehe.ed , O1.1r ne t Lon cannot be sdequat.eIy led }lY' t vo :ne:1

it is only proper t hat Senator Kennedy make this kno.. 1". tc t.'1A e Iectcrate ;

in the event of e Y.3n:1edy vict.ory J if Seuat.or Johnson ',3 t c h~ relef'elted

to R podti en of obscur-Lt.y due to biA sharply IUffer~nr views on I:BJO!'"

3t~OUlJ i::>SU€5 J this abo be made kncvn , It is only rif."ht that t.hese

~ttr5cte1 to the De~crntlc t.icket in the beliff that S~n~1~ ~~~

vi evs \.:11 hs ve some LnfIuerice in A Democr-atic administrflt 10/1 be informed

either tbat his vie... s Ull rreveil en lrJtn~r Lssuea , or that he t s , jn(~eed,

vote for the Kcnne1:r philosophy. J.fter all, ne ver ~n re:;ent timE's hsve

the t vo noninees of 8 Party represented s.uc h ~orc!'l:tctjng phi Loscph.i es, PACIFIC OUTDOOR ADVERTISING CO. INTER OFFICE COMMUNICATION -2­ TO: Hal Brown FROM: Bob Nor-se , SUBJECT: DATE: Oct.ober 3. IGcJ

More specifical]y. Senater Kennedy should be forced to reveal ~Jst whAt

use he \lill :r.ake of :-Jis runnir.l: ~ate in the event of hi:: election.

he is to be en influent ial "right arm" of Kennedy. the ~ibf'r81s s hou H

te ;r;ade 11\18re of this. I~ he is to l'P R llf're "firureh€ad". the

Conservatives should r.e .nade avar-e 0: this. W::icii frnup is Kennedy

deceiving? Our Par:y can use their votesl

3. In contrast to this. Vice President Nixon should forcefully and

repeatedly assure the American per-de. and t ho.,e of the entire free

world. that if elected. t.mb8ssador Lodge 1,./o111d assume an ~ven more

important role in his Administration than did Nixon in the Eisenhower

Administration. To dra:natize this. it might be '..Jise to nnnounce. via

a nationally televised joint address by Nixon. Lodge ami Eisenhover t ne

creRticn of IJ special Post of some kind to be filled by Ambss3Rdor Lodre

in the event of P Republican victory. This post should be one in ~hich

Corrrcun i srn c an be put ".0 the best use for the free world. President

':::isenhower s!101Jld :)e or-ought into the pi ct.ure :n some sort of an advisory

c epaci ty, to of'f'er as s nr ance to t he electorate the": t he s ame t e an t na t has

achieved and preserved peace during t he past s e ven yeArs. and that nBS

stemmed the rushing t i de of Cornrun i sm so rt1~.pant durLng tile Truman

Administration. can rr:ost bl"icnlly be expect.e.l to perpetuAte peace. It'·

nct time for a chanre -- it is time for a continuance of peace and a s~8L18

. ... ~ ~ PAOFlC OUTDOOR ADVERTISING CO.

-J­ INTER OfFICE COMMUNICATION TO: Hal Broloin FROM: Bob Norse SUBJECT: DATE: Oct ober 3, 1060

economy. r':ixon'" finfer Dnd LcxlFe's fist mast be kept in tt':e f ac c of our

wO:lld-be conquer-or-s -- to let our guar-d down is to let freed·;,Ir. dovn ,

4. The elect ton of Senators Kennedy and Johnson, ~h0 allegedly Rre for

"moving nheod", vcu Id , ineS~8pHbly, cause the pre~tife and impl')rt8n!~E'

of the off t ce r)~ \'5. ce r'resident to r ever-t to its status of j neff ect ! venc s . . in the pre-ii st:I.h:::>\·Jer dAy:';. The free world CAnnot of'for-d such A r e t rr;a ~

In summat ' on,

Lodge's apO€fll,and his ability to cope with the number one issue in the

campnign, stould be fully exploited.

The nepubllcamo; 5bo1;10 t ake advantage of the opposi ng phi1o~onhif.s

represented by Kennedy and Johnson to create 83 shRrp a schism 8S

possible ~ithin the Democratic prrty.

. .' . , " , PACJflC (I1;TDO()!{ f.IJV£RTfSI~G co Il'lTER OFFICE (;Oi\fj\flJl'II('ATI()N

TO: FROM:

SUBJECT: DA,TE:

rIO~'II-\L)--A5 C;/d,LUP prn,L (1\'/\ r o po ito o on j\ug. 19 Gall up w ent to vot e r s wlth the Stapel Poll, whi cl: rne asurc s d e g r e e OJ! e nt hus i a srn for Cci;Hliddtes Voter ;;'ppeal rating s howe d Nixo n with 43 points, Ke nrie o y with 42. But s e p.a r ation b e rwoe n vice p r e s v- d e n t i al c arid i cIat e s WdS pronounced: Lodge .jk, po i nt s to .loh n s o n l s 3(). )rjci,f'pi~IlC,enb; rJ'.)r~d ntLtlonallv ga,:e both Nixon a,n,-} Lod;.:,e nearly t wc c the points of their a.dve r s a r ie s .

'OUT Of CAMPAKiNJ --,_._... ..-~.-.- Johnson Role Minor, Schlesinger Asserts

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.' , , ..--­ HAL W. BROWN

10/10/60

Dear Norm:

One of our enthusiastic Republicans sent me the attached memo and I promised to send it on to you so you could please have your secretary mail it to -BOb"lraTetesuin:"' '.- -'­

This is probably something that the "ixon-Ladse team 1s working on with all their might, and it sure makes sense.

Regards, Republican State Executive Committee of Florida

VICE.CHAIRMAN CHAIRMAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS MRS• .JANET F. SHOWALTER G. HAROLD ALEXANDER ANTHONY S. BATTAGLIA SECRETARY MRS. CURE B. WILLIAMS MISS MAYME TYNElI G. HAROLD ALEXANDER ASSISTANT SECRETARY NATIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEE ARTHUR A. ATKINSON LOREN M. BERRY TREASURER GENERAL COUNSEL ERNEST BUTT CLYDE LOCKHART ASSiSTANT TREASURER ASSISTANT COUNSEL HUGH EDWARDS TOM FAIRFIELD BROWN

OFFICE OF GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA THE ASSISTANT TREASURER October 14, 1960 27 N. W. 10TH AVENUE

Mr. Bob Haldeman Washington Building Room 523, 15th & New York, NW., Washington, D. C. Dear Bob:

I am enclos~ng an editorial from the Gainesville Daily Sun dated October 12, 1960, which I think is a very good editor­ ial coming from a southern newspaper. The only correct statement I have heard Kennedy make was that 17,000,000 Americans go to bed hungry every night. We have that many Americans who have gotten so fat during the Repub­ lican Administration they are now on a "Metrecal" diet and take it from me, it leaves you hungry!

HE:ma ugh Edwards encl: 1

DISTRICT VICE·CHAIRMEN FIRST: MRS. CHAS. FISCHER FIFTH: GEORGE M. PERCY SECOND: ERNEST BUTT SIXTH: BASIL LAVERGNE THIRD: L. S. CAMPBELL SEVENTH: MRS. KENT MCKINLEY FOURTH: MRS. FRANCES C. MASON EIGHTH: LEVIS S. TAYLOR .~ !

I. W. IIcCMe, air. lpec. lwat•• OetWer 16, 1960.

J. I. lI1"etu, Dir. laUJ Group

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420 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK 17

October 11, 1960

Dear Bob:

I am gavmg a talk on advertising at a local church, and it ,occurred to me tb&t as part 4...c. of the talk, rather than dwelling on ,..shortcOmings'" ...., it would be more constructive to state the real achievements of our expanding economy in specific terms of what has happened in the last ten years.

I was showing this to Th~er Jaccaci who said, "Does Mr. Nixon know about this?" so I thought ~ would send a copy of the talk and a chart on which it is based, down to you.

As you see, it has a four-year figure and a ten-year figure, whereas 8 years would suit your purpose best. Arno doesn't know if these figures exist, but says you can easily find out from the Federal ReserveEbard and also you may have some facts which would help you interpret them more exactly.

We certainly miss you around here, :fbb, you can see what has happened to the Agency since you left. I suppose we won't see you again if things go well, so I don I t know why I am trying to help.

k enc. 2 Robert T. Colwell

P.S. This letter is being typed by a Democrat. Certainly hope you come back.~z-./~ Mr. Robert Haldeman 1500 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. \>lashington, D.C.

NEW YORK CHICAGO DETROIT SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES LONDON MASS MILLIONS ARE CLIMBING THE INCOME LADDER I q so (lQSb) TOTAL CONSUMER 1960 ESTIMATED 53 Million (SbMillion) SPENDING UNITS IN U.S. 60 Million DISPOSABLE INCOME (AFTER FEDERAL TAXES)

(5.1 ) OVER $~500 .. •

(9.5) $ 5,000 to $ '7,500

(11.2) ~ 4,000 to $ 5,000

$ 3,000 to $4,000

$ 2,000 to $ 3,000

.,., .I1.1~~ (7.3) ~ 1,000 to $ 2,000 . ...

;(4.5). UNDER ~I,OOO .. Source: /950 (on 1949 incomes) and 1956 (on IQSS incomes) from Federal Reserve Board Survey of Consumer Finances. C":l

J. WALTER THOMPSON COMPANY [ VJ 1 P.lhaa talk R. CohTe11 Oct. 1960

Dur1DI .~ ot our tUl11T n1&bU thill winter ft ve ,olDc to bur about tbe work TariOU people do, ml how 1t tit. 1n\o the Cbr1at1an 80... ot \hiDp.

I auppoae ,adnn1.1n& ... nice.ted .. the tir.t nbj.crt, be_...0 IUD7 people are .1Dcereq pualed .. to jut vheN 1t doe. tit iD.

On \hie IlUbjeot, I haft a 'ftIr7 iDtereat1nl r.port troa the pleet. '.nu, bn let. _ take a tn

JI1nutu \0 an.... 110_ que.tiou tbat ..t be "17

-..a iD 7rJV aiDd..

'im, what 18 \he aa1n benetit ot &dYer­

t181D& to our eoonc.yt LeP'1q out, ju.\ tor the ac.nt, the .boncOll1na. and peculiarit1e. ot 1n41­ riclual adY.rti.nmt., wbat 1. ita broad, bulo .ftect?

It 11 to incre... the conlUllptian ot products, just u aaohinel7 1nor..... their production. QiftD inoreaaed produoti'Yit7, adYert.i.1DI 1. a tool in oreat1n& 2

• qcl. ot DlON OOMUllption, lIOn joba, IIOl"e weal'h Ed back: to IIOre ooneuaption -Cain.

tbere are .OM ...&lid cr1'1c18M of the ". t.hia qcl. worka. And 7et 1t 18 one ot the _iD repona vtv' ". can r~1.. O'IU" a taDdard ot 11v1n&. That'a a rather vape pbr..., ao 1.' _ pat it another vq - wbat i. bappea1Dl -- r 1&h\ DOV - to t.M lot

A.coord1nl to the rederal Re.... Boai'd. stw.t¥ of ConaUMr 'iDanc., there were in the United Statu in 19So, 8 lI1lliClD full1•• 111ttl inooaea ot U,OOO a Tear or 18... todq, 5f JI11110n ot tbea have IlCJftd up and out aboY. that c1ua. CleY.n a1lliClD fulli•• in 19$0 Md inCOMI bnnen 1 and 2 thoueand.. 'l'odq,

7t .Ulion ot thea are uking more. Six and a halt JII1llion ha.... moYed up out ot the 2 to ) thousand dollar clua.

What doe. th18 8dd up to, in huun teru? Well, it'. hard to tell at jut what 1ncoae 1.....1 a ta.11T g.ta

. ~ f ., 'lit " 3

an adequate di.t, tor 1n8tanoe. It clepeDde OIl the

ai.e ot your taaily and where you lbe. And it'.

jut as hard to select a level where the youngaten

don't haft to le•• sohool and go to work at the

tint possible ainute.

Lut veek f sat down with our MIlior eoOl1011is\

and tr1ed to work out troll these figures bow UlIT

people you could· really" sq baYe OOM out ot the

shadow into the sunlilht, eOllparatiftlJ', thes. put

~en Tears - with bealtbJ diets, laore decent, housing

and a OMllc. tor better education tor the children.

!hese govermunt tigures are d1epoaal inco_, alter 'ederal tax... TheT don't allow tor 1ntlation, eo

we did. We added l& a ;rear tor intlaticm. Arb1trar~-­

troll h1a knovledp, set\ing the breaking point ot the subsist.eoce lwel at $3,000 in 19$0 and t3,900 todq,

1t 00" to 7 .mien )00 thousand tuUies who are, in

a oerkin senee, OQt of the woods. Tbat's about 25 1Iill1en

people who are, so to speak, reaoued, toptMr with So

1I1l11ClD lION who are colling cloeer to 1t.

oj. • ' 4

'rbe piaP:t'e COIle. out jun about th. ._

DO utter wbere you aet the nb.1atence lenl. ADd

jun to avoid &n7 politioal 1JIlpliclt. iena here -­ thie eeonomi.t • .,.. that whUe actual r1pn. ann't

aTallabl., the preced1nc t.eD Teare would abow jut.

about the .... treDd.

there are aUliona vbo are atill underbo....

and under-fed, cd ttw.J are the re.ponaibUit7 ot all

or 0. .ht jut think or the 2$ llill1an who have, in a

vq, been eaancipated. Jut, think - the lot ot the

COMOD 1IaD in AlMrica baa i(nproved. IIOre rapi~ and OIl

a broader bue during the put. 20 ,.eare than hu e ven

before occurred in hiato17'. Lit,erall7, it ia a

revolution which 18 jut unparalleled in the whole

hUtory ot 1D8I1. It t ••ls good to haT• ..,en the ..u.at

part in it. ADd moat bU8in... un -- intent.iona1.l1' ar not -­ do ha.. .uch a part.

A.dII1tte~ a great aaDY' otber torc.a hav. been at work) social rere••, political tore••, .c1.tl£lo torce.,

IIOral torc... Who 1a to aay which baa done the II08t1

Certa1nl7 buain.aalleD can't take all the credit -- and

, i. • ; aclYert1e1Dl 18 only • tiDy tract.1on of bu.1nesa ... whole. But the picture .. a whole would be 1.IIpoB.1ble without the growth ot our econCDT - and ;you a1llpl)'" would not have enjoyed that growth V1tbout the 1ncr.... in prod.uct1y1ty and oonlnmlpt,1on oar ....r1oan bu.s.ne••

87.tAa hu broup\ &Oout.

'} ).' . " CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS NEW YORK REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE 45 EAST 45th STREET • NEW YORK 17, N. Y •• ORegon 9-6500

LYLE W. HORNBECK CAMPAIGN MANAGER

WILMA C. SIVERTSEN CO·CAMP'AIGN MANAGER Sept. 30, 1960

Mr. Charles McWhorter Nixon-Lodge Campaign Headquarters 1146 Nineteenth Street, N. W. .; Washington, D. C.

Dear Charlie:

Attached is the weekly confidential report re activities, ,developments and reactions in New York state.

Dick I s trip through Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island had an extremely salubrious effect on the organ­ izations as well as the people of both predominantly Republican counties.

We are looking forward to his future campaign trips here, especially in Manhattan on October 5 and upstate later in the month.

Sr~lt! /. \, LWH:pk L W. HORNBECK

~ AIRMAIL SPECIAL DELIVER!

E¥-eueHee (3fJUIet4! ELECT NIXON - LODGE Sept. 30, 1960

TO: Mr. Morhouse, Mr. Hornbeck

FROM: Harry J. 0'Donnell

The Nixon Long Island ·Tour: The oounty leaders reported that the public reaction to the Vice President's rlsit was very good.

All three leaders--Frank Kenna ot Queens, A. Holly Patterson ot Nassau arid Arthur J. Cromarty or Suttolk--said they would like to have Nixon back again because they believe another appearance would help get out the vote and redound to the advantage ot their local candidates.

Although the crowds in Queens were not as large as apparently everyone had expected, the Long Island Daily Press, a Newhouse paper which circulates heavily in Queens, as well as its sister daily, the Long Island star-Journal, devoted considerable space to stories and pictures of the visit on Sept. 28.

Both papers reported a warm, friepdly reaction among the people and were generous and friendly in their detailed descriptions of the Vice President's speeches, actions and personality.

Both newspapers in Queens reported that the visit of the Vice President had a salutary effect on Republican chances to carry the borough and quoted Kenna, in their leads, as s~ing the Nixon visit had a tremendous impact.

The receptions in Nassau and Suffolk were, of course, excellent.

The crowd at the courthouse at Mineola was greater than that which greeted Ike in1952, according to Patterson and also according to Stan Hinden, political writer for Newsday, the county's only daily newspaper.

The Vice President himself best described the Suffolk rally at Commack when he said it compared with the excitement and enthusiasm ot the nati.onal convention itself. **** J. Ad.verae; Nqt"ea , the .l~ader.s in both Nassau and SuffAlk had some critical comment on the attitude or approach ot the Nixon advance men.

This is passed on for lrhat it is worth as there is no advantage in irking successful, experienced county leaders by telling them how to organize a parade or some other routine activity which they have been doing effectively for many years.

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A bit more tact might be in order, as well as a bit more practical flexibility as far as carrying out instructions in the "manual" from which the advance men are working.

Word is getting around concerning what sane of the local leaders consider ludicrous requirements set forth in the "manual"

A couple of newsmen have inquired about the ''manual'', apparently wi th an idea of lampooning it, or giving us the needle generally. **** Chairman Cromarty, who conducted the spectacularly successful rally at Commack in Suffolk County, had a post-visit complaint.

He s~d he had been assured. that the Vice President, in leaving the platfonn, would pose for a picture (a group shot, apparently) with the local legislative candidates (one senator and three state assembly­ men) but that his aides whisked him right by.

Cromarty was counting heavily on the picture because he felt it would be of tremendous help to his local candidates.

This is reported so that consideration Il1BIY' be given to such action and verbal recognition of legislative candidates, along with congressional nominees, on the Vice President's subsequent upstate tours. **** EXTRA CON1!JIDENTIA.L: A trustworthy source who often knaws about such things in advance implied very confidentially that the New York Times probably will give edttorial endorsement to Mr. Nixon, sometime in mid-October. The basis for their support, so it was implied, would consist largely of agreement with his position on filScal responsibility etc., etc.

Thought: The Vice President might , clearly and strongly, on that theme a couple of times early in OCtober•••to provide some convinc­ ing quotes for the Times' benefit among other reasons. **** Some politicoes--and some political writers-believe it would help produce a heavy turnout of voters am help the Nixon-Lodge ticket accordingly, if President Eisenhower could make an appearance in behalf of the ticket at least once upstate where his plurality in 1956 was 1.6 million. It would inspire a maximum turn-out of voters in this pre­ dominantly Republican territory. c ~-," ""1 ... e ... i .' ..... ' '!be combination of several personal appearances by the Vice President and at least one by Ike certainly would tend to off-set any favorable impression upstate resulting from stumping by Kennedy who has, as reported in an earlier memorandum, devoted. more time to upstate New York than any Democratic presidential nominee within memory.

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Kennedy has covered the ground more thoroughly than Harry Truman did in 1948 when he made a whistle stop train trip from Yonkers up the Hudson valley to Albany and west to Buffalo. Truman lost the State to Dewey by only 60,000 votes and would have carried it if Henry Wallace hadn't drained off half-a-million votes.

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i.' / PAGE FOUR BACK BAY LEDGE ~~~~~lOlllOtlOOOOOft:~~Ilc.f~~IOll~~ft6~1tries were flown here from Denmark and were superb. ~ . - . It was a tribute to the great cooks of Denmark - sev­ On Beacon HilI' eral of whom came to aid the Sheraton Plaza staff in ' preparatl(m of this unusual affair, given to commemor­ ffi~..;\~ ate or to precede actually the forthcoming visit of the ! --- And 011 King and Queen of Denmark• . L ....,.,,.-~jt BV FLOVD L. BELL WONDER HOW MANY OF. YOU KNOW THA'1' ( i~~~~g~o~~ooaaOQg;g;tu;QQQ;t;Ucuu; our favorite newspaperman, John H. Fenton of the New Continued f"om Page One York Times - representing editorially that great news­ paper in New England - is a Lay Reader in the Episco- HOW WE DETEST "I TOLD YOU SO" - there- pal denomination and often conducts the early evening . fore we step right in with this one - in an early April Prayer Service at St. Paul's Cathedral opposite the Bos­ issue of the Back Bay Ledger and Beacon Hill Times, ton Common. J olm, by the way, says that the primary this column. said, "The two most improved teams in election victory of Claiborne De Corda Pell in Rhode are the St. Louis Cardinals and the Baltimore Island was not"as unexpected as one up this way would Orioles." May we respectfully direct attention'to the suppose. On the contrary, and 1-&. Fenton's pre-pri­ fact that the Cardinals from a bad seventh place team in marv forecast bears this out, it meant merely that the 1959 climbed to third in the National League, one game voters in Rhode Island had tired of the professionals out of second place; and the did 8 and seized upon the opportunity of choosing a man who similar jump in the , jumping even had less political experience but in their judgment was . higher than did John Thomas and for a long time were more likely to keep his promises to the electorate. actually at the top of the league, finishing in second THE STATE CLUB, most active of allthe political place. And our nomination for Managers of the Year go to Sol Hemus of the Cards and of the organizations of non-partisan calibre. is to hold a pre­ "'..'. Orioles. ~ .'. -".__ ... , election reception for all of tne candidates of both the I ~_~. TWO OF' THE MOST INTELLIGENT AND I ...... r, major parties at the Harvard Club the afternoon of Oc­ tober 26th. Former Senator Sybil Holmes heads the TERE::STINGYOUNG MEN we have met in many a Womens Committee and, of course, President Thorndike' long month are John Warner and Dick Capen, the J"'gh- of the State Clubwi11 be in the receiving line to intro­ ly efficient yet aKvays delightfully pleasantand never duce the candidates. " high pressure Public Relations men who came in ad­ vance of Vice President Nixon's entourage and remain- THREE TIMES within five minutes the other' ed through the notable visit here of the Vice President night, a well known local radio commentator, whose 'and his gracious wife. Both Warner. and Capen thor- controversial programs are rather well known, emphat­ oughly do their jobs, each knows his PR lesson well but ically spoke of "Senator Eugene McCarthy OF WIS­ ~ not to the extent that he uses a pompous approach - CONSIN". Wonder if the young man, who professes ., each is natural, obviously both like people and we never greater knowledge than the Encyclopedia Britannica, saw a conference or staff meeting conducted more effi- ever learned that Eugene McCarthy is the brilliant ciently than John Warner ran that one the day before young Minnesota Senator who drew so much attention Nixon's arrival when about 20 persons whose work was at t~ Democratic National Convention. 'assigned for the following day, sat around a table at the WILLARD H. STEVENS of Longwood 'I'owers, Statler Hilton and saw how well everything had been long time friend, and incidentally a pioneer in the auto­ planned by this team of remarkable young men. We motive industry in New England, suggests this slogan, hope both return soon - and often - to Boston. "Vote for the Man IKE LIKES". Mr. Stevens is re- AND A REAL TIP OF THE HAT TO RALPH tired from active business now and has become a globe BONNELL and his co-chairman, Mrs. Frank G. Allen. circler and world traveler. He was active in the origin­

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