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Digitized from Box 22 of The Ron Nessen Papers at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
PRESS INVITED TO SOCIAL FUNCTIONS
Newspaper - News Service_ Executives
Washington Post Editor Washington Post Publisher . Washington Star Publisher
New Yerk Times Publisher Los .Angeles Tirr es Publisher Cleveland Plain Dealer President Cincinnati Enquirer President Florida Tines Union President Contra Costa caLif _ Publisher c. ~ ;J_. ~~~~ r; u~ Knight-Ridder Newspapers President Copley Newspapers Chairman of the Board Panax Corporation President Gannett Newspapers Publisher Editors Copy Syndicate Publisher Hearst Newspapers Editor-in - Chief Time Inc. Chairman of the Board National Newspaper Pub. President Asso - San Fran Spidel Newspapers-Nevada President
Network Execus
CBS Chairman of the Board NBC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ABC President (invited and regretted, invited again)
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• POSSIBLE !NV ITA TIONS TO STATE DINNERS
Regulars who haven't been: Other Press: Sandy Socolow pb;J iikaeecoff p IE! - "' _. Don Meany
Bill Lord
1' 1 Saul Friedman Darwin Olofson
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Columnists Editors and Publishers Scotty Reston I, JL Mll'£5 lt!li£!' Dave Broder Mike O'Neill - NY DailY. New~ ,J, I 1 ' Tfztd!t Philadelphia Bulletin · ~ r: George Will St. Loqis Post Dispatch Bill Safire Pittsburgh Post Gazette tHclc 'Pltlnnnesch ~ s~e:i.-. 1 Omaha World Telegram Robert Novak Denver :Post Portland Oregonian US News and World Report
:lh 2 S'upley ~ Everett Collier Houston Chronicle James Chambers- Dallas Times-He: Others: 'J-oe p~aley - Dallas News M/M Anthony L. Conrad Richard Johrison-Housfon,_ Chronicle (President of RCA)
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..Maury S, 197S
Dear Betty: Thaat you ffW your Alpport. The rns14ea.t also wu pleued acl -•• by J'0111' eel- a hls aracefulaesa oa the dace floor. He looks f....,..1'4 to a early opportuaity to 4uce with you aaab. Jest wishes to you ad your Jaubu.4 fo1' tbe Jlew Tear.
loa Messa Press Secretary to tJae Pn•ictnt
Mrs. Ietty Beale Tlae Wuld.Qtoa Stu zzs Viqiala &...... s.e. Waslliaatcm. D.C. 20061
NOTE TO CONNIE GERRARD: The President wants Betty Beale invited to a White House dinner as a guest soon.
Patty
IN/pp October 7, 1975
Ron-- FYI
Barry Zorthian called today to ask that the following gentlemen be invited to a White House function (in other words, S te Dinner) at some point:
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Mr. and Mrs. James;It'. Shepley President / Time, ~c. / Time I Li\e Buildifg Rockefell::{ Cen1er New York,~N· i York 10020 212-556-36 7;
/ \ 300 East 5(-Jth\Street Apartmeny/23-D-.i' ' New Yorli, New York 10022 212-75;16794
They are the two top,h'nen at Time, as you know. I told Zorthian we would certainly put them d~wn for some time -- but didn't give a definite commitment for any time soon.
Do you want to put them on a near-future dinner? Right now we have the Sadat dinner for late October coming up, which is theonly one I know of.
Put ------on the Sadat dinner Not the Sad at dinner, but let's keep them in mind for another dinner in the future
c g NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL I~
II MEMORANDUM NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
July 28, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
The State Department has suggested that we ask the White House to include Mr. Erwin D. Canham on some social occasion at the White House. Mr. Canham, who is the Editor Emeritous of the Christian Science Monitor, was personally appointed by the President to be the administrator of the plebiscite recently held in the Northern Marianas. Mr. Canham has also been. an effective witness before Congress on behalf of the resolution approving the convenant for commonwealth. It is also thought that Mr. Canham will be called upon when the United States seeks U.N. approval regarding the change in the status of the Northern Marianas.
Given Mr. Canham's previously prominent position and his recent dedicated service on behalf of the President, I recommend that the , Social Office include him on some future event.
. " THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
.:? ~ brna..:-y 13, 1976
~: 0 . sure that the 1nvitation for the President to attend the annual GoveT!lffient-Industry dinnel" by the Electronic Industries Association is given serious consideration.
I also will see what I can do about having Mr. and Mrs. Conrad invited to a State dinner, c: Sincerely,
Ron Nessen Press Secretary to the President
Mr. Ray Scherer Vice President, Washington RCA 1800 K Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. 20006
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The EIA. p~ople ,(to,which we belong) are anxious to
have the ~~esident. -They feel they have a charice . ~ . )>ecau.-se l _~they have a raincheck from 1974 and 2) he appreciates the importance of communications. . . . Please let... .me know if you think there is any chance. of . ~.a L . his, coming• . . ~.1 ~ ...... _ On another matter, may I nominate the president of RCA and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony L. Conrad, for one of your State dinners.
He is new in the job as RCA chief and, I think, a particularly personable fellow. ·p; Otherwise,.. I see those beasts in the pressroom are .. letting up a bit. Maybe it's because they now have Reagan to be beastly to also.
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NOTE FOR.: FROM . RON NESSEN ..
THE CHIEF OF PROTOCOL DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20520
June 18, 1976
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mr. Ronald H. Nessen Press Secretary to the President The white Hot~~o~~ce
FROM: Henry E. Cat~~~~ SUBJECT: Suggested invitee to the White House
Marilyn Berger mentioned to me the other day that she had never been invited to the White House and would so much like to go. I pass this FYI. THE WHitE H6U~E WASHINGTON
FROM : RON NESSEN cd' 7 ~ J (}-t{'J\ [0~ut~ ~ ~_,_fl ~ «- If-~~ v~ - ~ (R- f\j,V NHW"VOHR,NHW"VORK 10019
.JOHN A, MILLER
CHIItl" EXECUTIVE O,.,.ICitft (212) 262·7?82
August 11, 1976
Mr. Joseph Kingsbury-Smith National Editor The Hearst Newspapers Washington Headquarters 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D. c. 20006
Dear Joe:
How thoughtful of you to have written on August 6th about the possibility of Bunny and me attending a dinner at the White House.
We would indeed be interested.
JRM:cl September 1974 WHITE HOUSF. CORRESPONDI!:NTS CALL LIST
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City Wire ••••••••••••••• 833-5366 ~ •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 36Z-4000 Television Desk.. • • • • • • • • • X ZO 1 United Press Internati011al •••••••• 393-3430 Radio Desk. • • • • • • • • • • • • • X371 Tom Brokaw (tv) • ,337-2754 White House booth • • • • • • O£f UPI board Ruas Ward (radio). .320-41~3 l>Hclen Thomas •••••a32-3838 Richard Lor ncr, •• 544-0370 ~~~~1'10 G•tlaea •• ' , a:il6 N96 Natioaal Public Radio, ••••• , •••••• , 785-5500 .8 rc..IC.HIVR~~ 6£DIVAJ. /) . Tllu!'mont- dl•ect Une..... , 301/211-7618 E. Di~k Holwill•••••• 941-9386 CitJ Wire •••••••••••••• Off UPI boanl Joeh Da'sa •• ~····659-2642
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WIRE SERVICES Metromedia.• ...... 244 6Zl0 Ed Tobias, .....••• . • 587-2559 Associated Press,,,,,,,,.,,, •••• 833-5310 Jeff BeauchamR•.• 301/665 78b' White House booth ••••••• 833-5397 + ;8 Mutual••••••••••••••••••••••• , . •• 785-· ]) Frank Cormier ••• 273-3560 ·o 1) Fran Lewi.ae••• , •• 333-1745 White House Booth,,,,, ••••7 5-6415 + 16 71 Howard Benedict•• 530-9499 :P Forrest Boyd, •••• .949-6195 Bill Gree .Yood, •• ,338- H77 Bob Moore ••• , ••• 667-0260 Thurmoat direct U.•t!~., •• 301/271 .. 7225
City Wire••••••• , • , ••••• 833-5366 ~ •••••••••••••••••••••••. ' •• • 686- 00 Television Desk,, •••••• , .686-4200 United Press International •••• , • , , 393-3430 Radio Desk,,,,,,,, ••• ,, . 686-4233 White house Booth•• ,,,,,. 686-4363-65 White House booth •• , , •• 638-2760 J) Tom Brokaw (tv),, 337-2754 »Helen Thomas, ••••232-3838 . 'l> .Ruu Ward (radio), 320-4183 tO.Ricbaral Clrewald•• 9U-4Z71 ~· c.&)ohn Cochran...... 229-4252 '·O!Ucbud Luau•••• 544-03"1111 National Public Radio, •• ,,, •• ,,.,., 785-5500 Thurmont direct line••• ,. 301/271-7618 \~White House Booth••• , •••• 785-5513 City Wire , •••••• , •••• , , NA8-,6!1 • Dick Holwill•• ,,,. 942-9386 Bob Zelnick., ••• ,356-0274 RKO General Broadcaetin~,,.,,,,, .965-1500 Reuters ...... •....•••••••.•.•...628-9212 Pil'ect Dial_to cWf*s esk ••••••965-Z212 White House booth ••••••• 628-7633 White House Booth •• , • , ; , , 638-4110 ~ Ralph Harris ••• ,, 365-3573 f'•J>. Cliff Evans,,.. • 36Z-2424 or 36-l-2323 Bob Trautman.~ •• 229-391' Storer Broadcasting • , , , , , , , , , , , •••331-9884
White House Booth•• , •••• , 628-5033 Asence France Preue,.,,, •.• , •••• 628-8570 .:J> F~y Wells •• ,,,, •• 332-3855 White House booth•••••• , •• , , 638-6466 :0 Louis Foy•••••• :.338-4789 UPI Audio ••••••••••••••••• 628-Z688 Francois Chatel.,. 338-4386 White House booth.,., 347-8042 ~ ODon Fulsom•• , 293-7128 TELEVISION AND RADIO -0 Roger Gittines. 547-7950 A!!..£. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 393-7700 WMAL •••••••••••••••••••• 686-3000 TV Desk after Hours •• ,,. 393-2579 or ••••• 223-3357 David Schumacher,,,560-2947 .:J) Tom Jarriel•••• ,, 299-2349 +46 p.a Ann Compton.,,., 337-1387 l!!.Qf.•..•.••••.•...•....• (avt. . ... 686-6110 G•orge Watsoa,,, 333-1344 {J;adf.o)-'.86-6l03 White House Booth••• , •••• 686.6095 AP 1\!dio. , • , •••• , • , , , ••••••••• , 872-0549 White Houu Boo_kb •• , •••• 8n-,93~ Gill Butler. , , • , , • 439-182Z ~-r:watt RGdae:n ••••• 536-2762 · . . . Dir. Dial WTOP, 686-6075 CBS••• .•• • •.• ·...... Zt''-1Z34 ---x.a ... nmerat Duk ...... 296-3934 Westinghouse •••••••••••••••••••• 783-0907 White House Boeth••• , ••• 628.. 8440 White House Booth,.,,.,., 347-50Z3 3){1l) ~.~.C&) ttkschleffer••••• 244-2628 lt1» Sid Davia •• ,.,,,, .229-4350 J> Phil Jones., ••• ,., 762-7657 Jerry Udwi.n••••• , 229-4773 L Bob Pierpoint.,,,. 299-9036
. WRC-TV •• , ••••• , •••••• , •••• 686.,4111 tbru 5
Robert Endicott • , • 299-345'2
Video News ••• , ••• , , , ••• , , ••• , • , • 554-3434
Con%de Lawn.,, •••. 554-3434 - 2 - NE:WSPAP!:RS MeCleadon New a Service•• ••• ••••• 483-3791 Baltimore Sun •••••• (M) ••••••••• 347-825 .~-~Sarah McClendon ••• 483-3791 + 7918 (Late evening) •••••• 484-7482 ~~ie1 Dobbln•••• 667~991 Adam Clymer~ ....541;;·4305 lndianapolia Star &.: New a. (M, E) •••• 638-6425 Pat FUrJurlon. 362.:.65"411 ~-~en Cole ••••••••••• 356-7406 Boaton Globe ••••••• (M,E) ••••••• 298-916 Lou Hiner ••••••••• 2.56-6635 White Houae Booth••••••• 638-6529 Kanaas City Star •••••• (M). ••••••• 2.98-7790 ·D.David Nyhiln••••••• A 333-~925 White House Booth •••••••• 73 7-7189 Marty Nolan••••••• zn.;z35r Joe Lastelic ••••••• 578-3215 Buffalo Newa •••••••(E) ••••••••••737-318 Henry Gold••••••••• 301/881-5939 White Houae Booth •••••••638-3048 Loa Angeles Times ••••• (M). ••••••• 2.96-1440 J) Lou Warren •••••• 521·1664 White House Booth••••••••• 638-562.2 Roland Powell•••• 933-6516 ~Don Irwin•••••••••• 652-2.746 Chicago Daily Newt IE) •••••••••• 659-2660 !J Rudy Abramaon •••• 62.0-9265 Dennis Britton••••• 533-92.73 White Houu Booth••••••• 347-0128 .J> Peter Liaa1or ••••• 536-6983 or 6689 Minneapolis Tribune •••• (M) ••••••• 347-5885 Bill Eaton•••••••• 370-5715 White House Booth••••••••• 783-4982. Bob Gruenber1•••• 942-8707 Frank Wright •••••• 530-6743 + 6160 Al McConagha•••••• 2.2.9-8113 Chicago Sun Timu •• (M) ••••••••• 785-8200 White Houae Booth ••••••• 393-67Z9 Naahville Banner••••••• (M) •••••••• 544-52 32. _.» Morton Kondracke •• 2.44-6804 Senate Preas Gallery •••••••••• ~2.4·-0241 Tom Roaa ••••••••• 965-0568 ,. DFrank vanderLinden•••• 22.9-8048 Leland Bandv•••••••••• 546-5481 Chicago Tribune •••••(M) ••••••••• 785-9430 NatinyJ Cgnrier •••••••••••.• 347-7184 White House Booth ••••••• 347-7973 White House booth•••••• 347-7184 J) Aldo Beckman •••• 52.7-1569 Jim Squirea •••••• 256-572.3 Howard Norton••••• 652-6109
Chriatian Science Monitor. 'M) •••••785-4400 New•day • •.•.••••.•••• (E). ••••••• 2Z3 -8410 White House Booth••••••• 347-"953 White House Booth•••••••• 347--l398 Godfrey Sperliq•• 656-1497 A.O.Marty Schram•••••• 2.29-1492. Robert Hey••••••• 649-2067 Pat Sloyan•••••• 70J/338-4076
Columbus Db patch•• (E) •••••••••• H1 -3144 New York Daily News •• (M) •••••••• 62.8-5058 • t)Jeor1e Embrey ••• 356-0506 White House Booth.. • • • • • • 628-2529
Daily Oklahoman ••• (M) ••••••••• 628-0335 1) Pa.al Healy••••••••• 338-0836 A- ~.Jim Wiechart •••••• 363-3897 Al Cromley••••••• 2.56-8714 Vivian Vablber1 •• 5-i6-12.70 New York Tlmea ••••••• (M) •••P•• ZC)So.3100 White Houae Booth •••••••• 638-02t3 Dallas News ••••••• (M) ••••••••• 628-5030 .lFPhil_s~~~e -~oft. ~ ~! ~__._~ ~§~ -53i~ White House Booth••••••• .628-5032. '3> Jim N~hJ.2P ...... _. .Lu.. A ...JilA-1046 John Geddie •••••• 430-2794 Carolyn Raeke... 548-3742 Omaha World Herald ••• (M, E) ••••• 393 -0644 Darwin Olofson••••• 299-9583 Dallas Times-Herald. (E) •••••••••338-439 t-·D. Margaret MaJ•• •••965-0716 Philadelphia Bulletin ••• (E) •••••••• 737-0403 White House Booth•••••••• 393-6708 1' Larry O'Rourke •••• 2-l4-4942. Des Moines Register.(M,E) •••••• 3~7-9111 ll!ob Taylor ••••••••• 5:-l-l-4213 l) Clark Mollenhoff•• 362. -702.2. George Anthan •••• 587-2427 St. Louie Post Dispatch •• (E) •••••• 298-6880 White House Booth •••••••• 347-5040 Detroit News ••••••• (E) ••••••••• 628-4166 :~>lit.) J.Tim Deakin••••••••• 32.0-4949 Dick Dudman •••••• 363-6476 \\'bite House Booth...... 638-3795 Tom Ottenad ••••••• 942-9097 1-Al B1ancbard••••• 790-'324 Dick Ryan•• , ••••• 42-l-2.65 8 Toledo Blade •••••••••• (E) •••••••• 393-4580 .. • -•nk Kane •••••••• 780-9509 .. - 3 -
Wall Street Journal ••••• (M). •••••••783-016 Ridder •••••••••••••• , •••••• , ••• , 737-862'1! j) Dennie Farney•••••• 765-7192 4-~>• Bill Broom, •••• ,, 893-4459 Bob McGilvray•••••• 585-4038 ,Al_ Eisele••••• ,, •• 533-7210 Carol Fal• • ••••••••483-5607 Scripps-Howard ••••••••••••••••••• 347-7750 ~ Ted K:nap •• ,, •••• ,. 536-805.7 Washington Poet •••• (M) ••••••••• 223-6000 Richard Boyce ••••• 320-5760 . White House Booth ••••••• 223-7909 Lou Cannon•••••••• 893-8171 Dir. Dial-Poet •••• ZZ3-7477 MAGAZINES ,. Ed Waleh••••••••••• 931-7670 Business Week •••••• ,.,, ••••••••• 737-6630 White House Booth, ••••••• 628-7405 Waehington Star-Newe. (E) ••••••• 484-5000 ~"'"-•• Walcaak•• ~ ••••966-5693 White House Booth •••••• 484-4491 Bob Farrell...... ~.333-7604 Herb Cheshire, ••••• 765- 0065 -&Fred Barnee ••••••• 920-5~5~ Dirw Dial-Star ••• 484-4283 New Republic •• , • , , • , •• , • , • , • , • , • 331-7494 Barbara Cohen••••• 96S-4425 After 5:00p.m•• ,,., •••• , ••• 331-8254 Dir. Dial-Star ••• 484-4ZZO · White House Booth ...... 737-7653
NEWS SERVICES 5) John Osborne ••• , •• 338-6590
Beoth Neweeape£1 of ¥\chif,an., •• 737-7770 Newaweek ...... 291-7880 I'·D Waay ,St-s»~· ~ ..... 15 ~38 White Houae Booth ••••••• 737-7653 Bob ·Lewle •••• , •• , 299-5973 s> Tom.DeFrallk.,., ,547-5329 T r&ne J'eablree ••.••.••.• , .... , , • , , ••"'73"7 -3586- p Mel Elflll •• ,,,,., .667-8781 Tom Joyce • , • , ••• , 588•7964 Trude Feldman,·:, ,737-3586 ' .. . ~ ~ ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 293-430~ Copley ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 737-6960 j) Dean Fischer•••••• 338-5396 White Houae Booth, , • , , • , 347-5625 :P Bonnie Angelo, •• ,, 652-3599 ~.J>.um Cary••••••••• 893-773B ,]) Hugh Sidey ••• ,,,,, 299-7602 + 83 Ed Neilall. , ••• , • • 768-9266 S1U&e- TA'-llt>T· · US News and World Report •• , •• , , • 333-7480 ~.. , .• • • • • .r_!•• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 331•0900 ::J!I John Masbek ••••••• 299.-6271 .!D Dave Kraalow ••• , 460-3751 Mike W ri&ht•• , • , , • 547 4514 ~·0 Gelle Riaher., •• ,. 892-4539
Fairchild.,,, ••••••••••• , •••••• 737-7090 GOVERNMENT MEDIA Dick Wightman., •• 462-8191 United States Information Agency•••• 632-4755 Lloyd Schwartz. , •• 768-0886 ••••632-6539 White House Booth•• , •• ,,. ,632-6776 Gannett ••••••••••••••••••••••• ; 393-3460 ,.._. Al Sullivan••••••••• 243-5893 White House Booth • , ••• , 393-48S1 Dave Brashears, •• , 532-9036 BUl Ringle ••• , ••• 356-2487 I' O;arol Richard•~, • 544-5444 Voice of America,,., ••• , •••• , ••••• 755-4444 White House Booth, •••••• , 63Z-5 194 Hearst ••••••••••••••••••••••••• Z98-69ZO A-0.Phil Jurey.,,.,,.,. 363-8117 White House Booth • • • • • • 393 -OZS2 Bob Leonard••••••• 926-6914 :J> Joeeph KlDgabury-Smith•• 333-ZZlO J) J'ohn Wallach•••• , ••••••• 338-3867 PHOTOGRAPHERS Knight. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 63 8-Z84 White House Booth ••••••• 347-4182 Asaociated Press , , , , •• , ••••• , , , , • 833-5360 :;» Bob Boyd., •••••• , 229-5755 Toby Maseey •• ,., •• ,. 968-7338' Clark Hoyt••••••• S44-0837 Beano Rollins ••••••• , 966-9374 Barry Stroup ••••••••• 243-6218 Newhouse ••••••••••••••••••••••• Z98-708 White House Booth •• , ••• , 783-8920 United Press International .... , •••• 347-1124 .:J) Saul Kohler •••••• 593-7464 Hugo Wessela••••••• ,. 384-6838 Jim. Roper••••• ...! 265-1768 Jim Sutherland ••••••• 2Z9-7438 Dean Reed•••• ,., 356-1448 NEWSFILM Nover News Service •••••••••••• , .031-13 UPI Newsfilm •••••••••••• , ••••••• 488-7313 Naomi Nover, •• , •• 363 -6991 Pul Sisco ••••••••• 320-3850 Senate Preu.,.,. ZZ4-0241 .Jack Shultz.,,., ••• 474 - 1pll )>' - 4 -
Hearst Metrotone ...... •.•.••.. 393-8311 Charles Shutt ..•.•.•.. 774-4970 Jack May...•.•....•.• 301/841-6400
NETWORK POOL
January 1 - March 31 •.•.. CBS ..•.•Z96-1Z34
Sandy Socolow •..•...•.. 362-21Zl Bill Headline ..•.••...•. 656-6848 Bill Galbraith.....•.•.. 565-0068
Mutt: Lynn Peterson.•.. 360-6375
April 1 - June 30 ••••••.. NBC •.. :. 686-4000
Frank Jordan...•.•.••. 965-54Z4 Christie Basham..•.... 836-24Zl Don Meaney...... •.••. ZZ9-0271
Mult: Bob Mathews ..• 301/466-1136 Ben Lacey..•.•.•.. Z44-4833
July 1- September 30 ...... ABC •.• 393-7700
Bill Lord ...•..•.•.•• 776-8527 or 6615 Kevin Delany.•.•....• 338-5858 Michael Duffy..•.••.. 547-0704
~: Lea Blatt .•.... 451-0327 David Allen ..•. 430-1525
LIGHTING TECHNICIAN
Cleve Ryan •.•..•••.•..••...•.•••.. 3Z2~4819
White House .•...•.••••.• 347-5662
Francis Peter..••..•.••.•••..••.•.. 656-2486
Office (ABC) ..•••.•.••.• 393-7700
STENOTYPISTS
Al.de rson Reporting Company~ •••.•. 628-2345 Frank Stout •••.•..•.•.••. 938-2545 Hal Alderson..•.•.••.•••. Z99-5649 Ben Aldereon•.••.•.••.••• 869-5660 Jewel McGrath•...... •• 361'1S!S · ~:z:991 ' Gay Halterman..••...•.• .• ·. 95Z-0699 Doug Rou .•.•..••.•.•.••. 667-0690
.MISCELLANEOUS
Weetern Union•••..•.••...•• , ••.•.• 624-0500 Direct line .•••..•••.••. 624-0191 John Buckley.•... 423-7191 Peter Maher .•.•. 589-0705
Bill Davia .•.•..•.••.•...•.••••.••. 393-6729
Senate Preu Gallery...•.••.•••••.. 224-0Z41 Houee Preu Gallery•....•.••••••••. ZZ5-3945 ([hica_go ~ribunt Hi> WORLLI;, -::,pf<,AC~; T t.~WSf>A}'}_}'
TRIBUNE TOWER • CHICAGO, ILL 60611 Telephone 222-3232 • Area Code 312 August 23rd, 1976
Dear Ptr. President, Congratulations on your winning of the Republican nomination. I am delighted that you are the people's choice, and I would like to take this opportunity to state that you have my backing and support, and that I will do all I possibly can do to help inform the ~;~-~~i ~f-To~~:-~~~t;'a~~ain~i-ii~~~~tra!t-~~~ i~~~-- ·Tor at least· another four years. Sincerely, f)vd_~ Richard Locher Editorial Cartoonist
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3 September 1976
Dear Mr. President:
Ed Grimsley, as editor of the Times Dispatch editorial page, was responsible for the two editorials of August 19 and 20 to which you so kindly referred in your welcome letter of September l. Ed is at this very moment on his way to Washington in anticipation of meeting with you this afternoon.
He and I both thank you for your gracious reference to these editorials and reaffirm our confidence in you and Senator Dole.
Sincerely,
The Honorable Gerald R. Ford The White House Washington D. C.
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WASHINGTON
August 23, 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR: MARIA DOWNS
FROM: DAVE GERGEN
SUBJECT:
I would like to second this recommendation from Sandy Wisniewski.
• ~c: Connie Gerrard
bee: Sandy. Wisniewski ..
I• Aupat 19, 1976
CONl'ilE GElUlAJlD
SANDllA WISNtE'WSJ.a
Per oar ala--.loa of pe:rbapa a week aao, thia la to recommeae that Chaz-lea JdlU., PrealcleDt ol the Amerie&D Buataeaa PI'•••• be coulderecl aa a poaalble pat to a Stae. Dbuaer--or, u yoa nwaeal:etl, tile after· cU.uer atel'talameat.
The Amel'lcaa Buillea• Preae ill aa aaaoclatf.oa of pabllahel'a ot baalaea• mat••IIMHt of appra:dmatoly 100 D"~ANDbera wbo JMlN.iah appi'Oalmately 500 ma&&alaae•... 'Ml"fddaa from Btaala••• Weelt to Oil • Gaa Jourcal.
I ba•• ar:ruaecl two Waabiqtoa CoaferacH fo'f' th.em-·Octob4tr 1974 aad N~eJ'IlJMr 1975. Aa yoo swobaltly 1"emem1Mtr, tiM Prealdeat hoeted a raceptl• for t1aem follewiaa tbeb CoDlereaa NoYttrnMI' Stb.
I bow frOID talklat to Claarllo tJt.at he Ia a npporter of tJ:&. PrealGal*•• He le alao ••JY CODCei'IUMI OYel' the lmp&Ct JlauzlF Cue.r hu bad to date wltb tlle boatae.. com'D'IJitity. Tbe lut time that Charlie was Ia towa.. Auaut 9. I ~ blm to Da¥e Cieraea. At tllla IDHllDI• th.,- dlacu... tile PnaW.t'a relatloaabtp wltl:a the baabaeaa commcait,.. &IMI Cb&rUe offend to be of wbateYer ualataaca he co.tcl to help ua cllaaemfaate lMtalHaa aAd HODOIDlc .....
AltlaooP I bellne that la hla olllcial me aa Preald•t of the Aaaoclatloa h• I'D1dt remala •aot too olwloualy partlaaa," Cb&Jollela a ltepabUcaa · _,.. a awppoi'MJ! of tbe Pnaldeatla. 1 alao belleYe tlaat mo•t of hia memb.el'a leaa oaJ' way. ft ceriaialy la aa:r•p we elaoelcl capitallae oa.
II 70" aeect larA•• iaformatloa. let me bow. I am alt&cbta1 th• CMtral Tlle oa .ABP. By the way. thent la a Wra. MlU. I do Dot ha•• a ho.r~M add""•• bat 1 coalcl a• oa. eaaUr. (_~__Em (!!,!&en--FYI THE BOSTON GLOBE EDITORV\L EVALUATION
Oil Bill - For Deregulation, With Careful Administration
"President Ford should sign the bill gradually decontrolling oil prices but care nmst be taken in its administration to minimize flaws that have resulted from. con1prom.ises inevitable in such legislation. 11 12/15/76
Nixon Trip to China - Opposed
"President Ford or Secretary of State Kissinger should gently but firmly inform Richard M. Nixon that it would not be advisable to visit the People's Republic of China at this time. 11 The editorial says the trip would undoubtedly 11 soothe the chafed ego of the discredited forn1er President'' but that there must be "less mischievous '\vays to restore Mr. Nixon's spirits. 11 It mentions that Mr. Nixon was driven from office by offenses which struck at the 11 roots of democratic legitimacy •.• Should he now travel to China .• , Mr. Nixon would make a further travesty of our governm.ental system and indirectly weaken the legitimacy of President Ford's succession. ' 1 The paper continues that Mr. Nixon is a citizen fee to travel wherever he wants. 11 But if tl1ere is a.uy pat.r.iot..io111 left i.11 Ll1e 1~f1d.1·1, l:..e sl!uulU volwl~ Palestinian Is sue - Move To N egotian 11 There is now a general if grudging acceptance that the Palestinians should be granted territory•.. The issue of establishing a Palestinian territory is now in center stage as the key to a Middle East settlement. The resolution which the United States veoted was not entirely negative. It did provide in general terms that all existing states in the Middle East would be guaranteed their sovereignty and political independence. The guarantee, of course, would have included Israel. That provision, which did not appear in earlier resolutions, inspires hope .•. The gravest danger right now is that there might be a long stalemate v.hich one side or the other might be tempted to break with violence. The Israeli position is that we should 1nove very cautiously into new negotiations. That is sound advice. However, we must move. To hold back now might be disastrous. 11 11/29/76 2 Resignation of Secretary Dunlop - Disappointed "For the second tit11e in little n1ore than two months President Ford has driven from his cabinet a strong and resourceful merr1ber. In the n1eanwhile, the President faces a difficult political year in which labor unrest can scarcely have been reduced by his \·eto. And he will have to face it without the help of the best man available to him for the difficult job of handling labor policy. A pity. 11 1/15/7 6 Railroad Reform - Support Bill The Globe is in favor of the federal reform and rehabilitation of the An1erican railroad system. The paper does point out, however, that it is a costly proposition. 11 Congress and the Adn1inistration should push ahead with the rescue of America 1 s railroads. But the public should keep its eyes open to the fact that it tnay continue to be necessary to support those railroads with public funds, just as we support our road system with such money. 11 l/28/7 5 Grain in International Politics - Should Not Be Used As A Weapon "Some Americans have suggested that the U.S. cut off grain shipn1ents to the Soviet Union as a way of forcing her to abandon her activities in Angola. 11 President Ford has wisely renounced such proposals .• Avoiding embargo does not rrwan the President has closed the door on discussions with the Soviet Union that might involve trade as part of the general process of detente. But he has sensibly refused to act precipitately and in the process has done a service for improving all world trade. 11 l/7/76 Nomination of Justice Stevens - Praise "By quickly nominating such a well qualified person for the Court vacancy, Mr. Ford demonstrated highest regard for the importance of the Court's role in this country. 11 12/2/7 5 Angola - Opposed to Involvement The Globe is decidedly against any involvement in Angola. They recognize that "the threat of Soviet expansion to world order and stability is real. But there are limits to what the United States alone can do to counter this threat. These lin1its must be recognized and Congress must concur in them. 11 12/26/75 3 ''Sentirnent in Congress and in the country is clearly opposed to continued US involven 11 The covert 1nanner in which the Adn The Globe feels that detente has already been damaged by the situation in Angola. "For one thing is clear, detente will not survive \vithout evidence here that it will provide a non-military way out of Soviet American confrontations of the Angolan kind. 11 1 /7/76 The paper also takes the position that the UN should play a role in resolving the.Angolan situation: "Meanwhile the UN has a responsibility to speak out against imperialism and expose the USSR and Cuba to world censure. By failing to act on such adventurism ••. the UN is seriously devaluing its currency as a responsible world organization for peace. 11 12/15/75 Tax Bill - Applaude Compromise !!The last minute agreerr1ent between President Ford and the Congress over extension of the tax cut must first of all be appluded •.• The key elen1ent \Vas the discovery by the President that, after hadng adamantly demanded a spending reduction to match the tax cut, he cmld live with a non-binding expression of principle by the Congress that it would act on spending next year .•• The President's flexibility on this score was welcome, if a bit tardy ••• But if all sides keep in mind the recognition last Friday by both Congress and the President that the economy is still in urgent need ofhelp, theymay pull through. 11 12/23/75 4 Social - Your Proposals \Vrong "There is growing concern that the Social Security Systen1 will be driven into deficit, given existing trends in incotne and outlays. But the Administration's proposal forhanclling this problem by raising the base rate is a 1nove in the wrong direction. On its face the proposal does not seem startling •.• But is it the trend of the rate increase rather than the actual atnount that is at issue? ..• The Social Security system is fundamentally sound and can be made sounder with sensible adjustments. But it would be a serious mistake to use its real problen1s as an excuse for further dilution of the progressive character of the basic Federal tax structure. Avoiding that pitfall should be the first priority for Congress. 11 1/28/76 State of the Union - General Comment "Whatever the general tenor and thrust of President Ford 1 s State of the Union message, the fact is that he did propose specific measures in important areas, Some were weak, some mildly innovative, some practical, some illusory, but Congress will have to deal one way or another with each... He (the President) continues to insist that the tax cuts be matched by spending reduction -- thereby utterly removing the stimulative effect of the tax cut on the economy while it is, even by his standards, still operating well below par ••. The state of the union is better but not good enough, the President told the country. He mJght with equal force have applied the phrase to the economic content of his message. It will do little to accelerate the slow climb back toward general prosperity. 11 1/21/76 Budget - Suggests Legislative Stalemate "Beyond the question of whether the budget is adequate to keep the fragile recovery going, its content offers some clues to problem areas for specific parts of society. Three features stand out. First is a $9 billion increase for the Defense Department. Second is another increase of $9 billion for Social Security beneficiaries. And third is a $6 billion increase in interest payments on the national debt. This total of $24 billion would exceed the $20.7 billion increase in the budget 11 overall -- meaning that other program.s will have to give way. ••• The President has already targeted the Food Stamp program for cuts on the grounds of abuse by users. But the reductions in the balance of the programs are predicated on the simple desire to reduce Federal expenditures even though they produce actual benefits for the individuals involved and for society as a whole ••. This budget is the product of the recession from which we are just beginning to emerge. It may also be a budget that will stymie that emergence and give us another recession next year. Thl t would n1ean hard work for 5 whoever occupies the White Hous c starting next January. 11 The President 1 s message strongly suggests a disruptive s s of vetoes and override atten1pts this spring and sun1mer ••• " Concorde - Decision 11 Erninently Sensible11 Although the Globe was originally a inst giving permission to the Concorde to land in Arnerica, they pointed out that Secretary Colen1an1 s decision was "eminently sensible. 11 After sixteen months, when all the statistics are completed, the plane can then be judged on facts rather than on 11 speculative judgement that has marked a ument about it up to this date. 11 The paper is in favor of theConcorde being judged on its own merit, but goes on to say: 11 But in the long run, money will probably tell the story. The British and French are apt to ground the plane not because it is noisy but because, from a money point of view, it is a white elephant. 11 2/6/76 Moynihan - More Will Be Heard Although recognizing that the policy of fimness against anti-Americanism in the Third World will presumably rem.ain in effect no matter who is nan1ed 11 1 to succeed ~.1:oynih:J.n, ••• it cle:1rly v.rill not be pursued v:ith the s:J.n1.c gusto. ' The paper also points out: 11 Everyone is quite certain that the last has not been seen of Pat Moynihan the public man. 11 2/6/76 Federal Elections Commission - Should Be Reconstituted The Americ''"·, public would consider it inexcusable for the Congress not to reconstitute the Federal Election Con1mission within the 30-day deadline set by the Supren1e Court. 11 Less than 18 months after the most corrupt campaign practices of the century forced a President to resign, recalcitrant 1nembers of the Senate and especially the House are proposing to. kill the only mechanis1n for monitoring campaigns. The country needs a regulatory body with legal standing to make regulations, invalidate improper practices, and force disclosures. 11 2/3/76 An Elected President - Country Needs One "Despite the sincere efforts of Gerald Ford and Nelson Rockefeller, despite the genuine goodwill and impulse toward reconciliation throughout America, the nation has not had a sense of propriety and permanency 6 about its unclected government. Vv e ha ·ve been waiting for the restoration of an elected Presidency in 197() ••• The caution and skepticisrn. were inevitable. Mr. Ford con1pounded then1 with rnistakes in judgment, contradictory stands on policy, and disastrous public relations. But he has learned in office, andhe has a chance to recoup public respect this year. Gerald Ford n1ay, like his one embattled model, Harry Trurnan, recover enough to succeed hhnself in office ••• Choosing a Presidenc is one of our oldest and m.ost revered rituals. But 1nore than that isis an irreplaceable means of focusing national discussion and achieving eventual consent. Electing a President, whoever he is, is what we need most to get this country moving again. n l /1/7 6 , L 1 '. r ,l l '( • l ' . 1 • ,~ i ,. l. ".. 1\.1 I .. · ' nr ~ r ' • r ••co11 0 c ·.i 1 h .., pl c' ! . nc, n c' dill J At , t·i < n () l 1 l ic/ ... 1 ' i. n ,} o n •'l' •· t. It , ·u r for ih . r · 1~ l. \1•ol lt cxp ' . all o u l ·lint,rv·nti pl.: ~· ... , A 'H.:ra~· n re.so rc<.:u u~ L CJJ."C ill ort 1t, usctul 11 inve, 1 .. nb. 1/2< t7o 11 1 Presi< !1!. Ford ha. been mut l rir- a')r · ho\v Con~rcss will E to regret• its r ·fu <-1 to send 1nore An1 • ri .n e>rn1s into the bat le. He has said nothing bout the An o'· n . \vh) ,., 1ll live to see <.nol~e~· c: · • because of th c absence of Amet·!ca •-:.. ar >s. Gr n! eel, it is an u;) y scene ... But n~ scene\\ onlu h vc l e ugl' er had Congr,ess n .t put a halt to the further intru.·ion of 1 Hrican ;:·rn1s into thei r broglir. 11 2/13/76 11 The United S•.,tes was on soli•' grou •. d in arguing against \Vhu.t Cuba ::!id ir. ."..;.·bo~a. :!Jut to e:...te,·t-.1 ~~ ._ <.o.J.·gu..,.~.co .. LU what Cuba may do in Rhodesia raises different questions that could place in question ,ome of Arnt·rica 1 s own security and troop-cl<:ploy1nent policies. . . A Cuban advent!-lrc in the 'Vestern Hen1isphcre cot 11Amtrican officials have favored withholding diplomatic recogmtwn of the new nation of Angola' pending a clariLcation of Cuban plans. Secretary of State Kissinger has argued thc>t all troops should be out before Arner ica acts .. But the reason for further delay is not clear. If, a 's now appears to be the case, Neto is not a puppet of either l\1oscow o r Havana, there is no reason for Washington to stall the cstablish1nent of diplomatic ties. 11 5/30/76 ~ Africa: Strongly Support Admiuistration 1 s New Policies 11 Hhodesia is , as yet, not much of a battlefront. .. Yet the whites re1nai1 reluctant to come to terms with the black nationalists .. . [Their) fear~ are net without justifirCt.tinn. Yearo of frustration have deepened amo. g the black nationalities rivalries with sorne sinAilarities to the divisions • • 1 f I ' ' •, ' " . ' r l ' I ; ' r . ( t I ,. 1 ( ', ~ ,) .- t <: ), , 1; 1 l : I.. 1, l. \ lt l ~ '• 1 1 ,. t •" n· i< ). l ) l L• f ( it i. 1 • lc! .. i C- ' O.L,. \ 11 ( I f··i ~)' t l o l< l • I q ll '<; I. ) 0 r \o '• - I r \\ lc' r ,. - , tio 1 ll ( -'/23'-·• • I I 11 ln hi Lu 1 t.!."L' s c 1 Tu /• S r ..;1 St ' Yi ::;.J.' c,a r, and e ; ~Lettd '. d 2 tOJ ei ,11 policy L:l llJ. c, c < tc i 1 S()1 f ~r:c ~~~ t is t· • l) a1H1 c~ nstructive. . I \Yill ot pl , ~e the ·.. -'ute' i, .. ~ ies r r H.hod<: ·,, ~ nd So\'~ Afri .,.,, but the~· il1 do ·; •11 ton) e the 1. )odanc h ...· ~ttac'1< d tot, creation o.:: 111 l~ir ci· l so• i tic, in outhern ' · ic,. to t.he det irabili of assur' ng t 1e ig1 s of whi ... cs in the n1L1o it· as of blacks in the majority ... The sp r:h will, ho\-.e er, •.. in rc. ect fron1 l)) l1Y in_. r ica. For it was con ·t>·ucti· e D'<1tt hing p:rc. ; ..:..: of LH... L ta:,cu support with advocacy of p>-i .::::ir..olc. J.t wa:-> not pr<. ent1ous: Fr01n the st~rt, Kissinger acknowledged that the Uni.tcd Stat. s has neg lected A.frica. And it was respectful of Africa ib>df. . . We c<'n think uf no bct.hr guidelines for a new Amer.can policy in Africa. 11 4/28/76 Much of th<; criticism of the ' ch 1inistrations 1 new policy to-. : ard Africa. 11 c ontains • • • an clement of racism that can only be destructivl.: .. . Son1.e of these critics wantonly ignore the cautions that Kissinger hin1.self expressed so well. He was not advocating a bloodbath that \vould wipe whites frorn the face of Africa. On the contrary, he '\Vas proposing the only 1ncans that holds any hope of pres erving multiracial societies and avoiding the econornic dislocation that would result from wars of libera tion ... The great Amer i.can corporations that have invested $1. 5 billion in South Africa have far n1.orc to fear from the risks of perpetuating today's apartheid than from the model of peaceful change that Kissinger described. 11 5/13/76 VietNam: Respo..nsibility Too quicltly Forgotten I n cotnmenting on the year tl1at has passed since the end of the Viet Narn 11 war, the editors point out that ••• Indochina r1as b( · 1 L.1.. g 'ly erased from the American mind . .. Some tentative talk about norrr.alizing • . ( '. f t '1 ,, l l I I I , ... , (:( ·' ( I ' ; ,., . ,. . L . 11 ' , . ?~ .• 1 . \_,\... l' ! 1': ( ~ r I I I ,. ,~ .. h· l 1 d l f. I / ( '• ' ' ( . 1· ~. 11 c I) ' ~ ; ( 0 Tr •'' ( . •rl ' · - ~- l (' - 11 r 1 ~ [ C- .., r' t > .._ ~) . I']' I• lir 1., '- ,_ 1 '\ ( ) not , t •r t' · 1 , i i ., r )' b 1· 1 l I I el. }' ( 1 t ( ~ ... . t ( I l L 1 pel· ,t )ll 's .''3i.' , ''1h chii tr c< l ,, in th . Mic l' {..:: ob i 1 a _i. f pc· c' •' 1 > ·} 'llJ.'Elui·es havin i fll t;;,1Cl ill t. (' '- c I ll"ic s or < rc~. J'f, 1-=Q t't"C ]) I 1 is a lo\· · d::- ( !nea. s of c~.ug1 L .. ·no th t ]\H ce. It 1 s £.:nco n a ' i ~-; g , . ~ • Co,,g, c .., 'r pcrcdv sit tL t \Yc~y. 11 416/16 ''The 'corr1p-oL i r.~ 1 re<.ched by Pr erni r Yi z1' , Hal in'~ govo:rmnc:rt c'n tht..LJ.•to...: t: · >l uf l::;!CJ.eli sctt:~eHlen.s on lhe \v st ) · 1:!::: o1 the Jord n HJVCl has probably succeeded in de;usiPP', or at l~ast d fen·in , a dnmr->"'tir politic 1 crisis. But the cornp!'OJ ise has dune no,: ing tc eaoc t1, po~;,;~ ... l problen1 that will have to b· faced \Vh n negoti<·tions over the sovereibn1y of the V{est Bank take place ..• The gov<>r1m1e .t of Israel has neve· fortnc:.ll> ...'efi~cd its West Bank s<::i.tlernent~policy ... But a clear de facto poli y nf ( .. _ouraging settlem.ents has existed since 1967 ... Neitl)er peace not security can be obtain " 11 by insisting' on colonize:. tion. One ai1n simply is not compatible v:ith the other." 5/12176 Europe: \Ve Should Watch, But Not Become Involved In, Growth of Communist Parties "On Kissinger's orders, high-ranking U.S. diplomats in several European countries have contacted Socialist leaders to warn then1. bluntly against entc~ring electoral alliances with the Communists ... Washington's suspi cions about the consequences of Con1muni s t power-sharing in ·w cs tern Europe may be well founded-- but they may not be. [Many] believe it would be a mistake to reject overtures fron1 \\'est European Con11nun;d parties that may be in the proce~s of a historic break with Moscow that could seriously weaken the Soviet Union's capacity for mischief. In any event, the decision on how or \Vhether to integrate Cornrnunists into their' political systems is one for the Europeans to decide; tt should not, and cannot, be dictated from Washington. " 3 I 7 I 76 • II . ( ( ( ~· l ( ... .. ' ~ · ' r ( . p r pt .. 'I a 1 ,. () ( I 0 c 1_ I 1 ' h' \' ()_. r• • t e • J 1 ( l L li I, i' SO\;~ c - ~ 1 . ( l u l H ) ,. ·i·in- ,_Jl 1 Gt r•r " '' .1 ' 1 1 ( "4/ll 7t) Chi · : E". 1 0 1\; () 1 } i e ~ 1 it. r s 11 TtHS • <...... c. ficuJt d . y.:. for n 0 Po C?l i h, U 1) h the poli'ic of p ',ing, and io .. n ,. ), , such a the United St t ,, sec'-i.P acc·)n.r .od ·i n ,. i'. China, fo•· t'1tre arc' Dl!\: Latin America: Generally Support Administration Initiatives Concerning the signing of an agreernent establishing a special U.S. relationship with Brazil, the editors of the LA Times believe: ''Brazil's political and economic weight is a reality that guarantees that its vie\vs will be heard in ' ',rashington with a "special respc>ct. But a special rela tionship is best pursued without the forn1al trappings of ·'ln agreement likely to have a counterproductive effect in the rest of South America. 11 2/22/76 ' iiDespitc son1e rev1s1ons in subsequent years, (Pana1nanians) and other Latin Americans vic'.'i' th<:! 1903 treaty that established U.S. 'rights' in • •'l l \ j J f' r ( '.!. r 1 L J (' • l t'T rJ , t .... l ( ,>I l.. (. ~ t th . ,. u I< l' n ,. I ' ~ ' '. ' ( thru t .l' t n .. l (; J 1 .1 iti~r't. e cc" • J u ·h 'I (j; (.f'\ J ' t · ry · .r· co, Ol L• ! l"t< c . l \. l 'L 1 j f t l. r, .{' 1 !C ' • S. -- < c ,., or· d - - i; t , '• l c l I t ' I ' .- n con r( l, l)L:C=ll .. .t. • a pa· i i1 L .. tin ~~ ' ' i l i C' l t. :l! .. 1 1 of . t.- t rri.t • ri 1 ~ty shc••Jl · 1 e rc ·r..:d a uic.~ c ~ :~1 e, 1 ' for practical consideration Econo ..1ic De ··lopn•ent of the Third \Vo ld: ------~ ------ " There is, \Vilhin these initi o• d \'Pio, <:>nt ,· in :· c dc>ing, recover so1ne of the r<. j?CCl lost in the years or the ,·ict Nam war. Some will dismiss [thesP] initiativ~.·" a.s nothing n .ore tha c;.ppea~UJJ. •' H ui the developing nc..:.twns ... but that 1s to rniss tlte point and the significance. An e~senti::~l element of what Kiss inge .. · i trying to do is to satisfy national self-interest while respondi ,,.., ;;"ncr ously to the evident need of the impoverished. He is not urg- rizin charity drive or a wdfar e cam.paign. He is responding to the econon1ic realities th_at both rich and poor have development requ!.rerncnts. 11 5/l8/ ,-6 D etente: Favor Policy, Gently Criticize President for Dropping Tern~ "President Ford's recent announcement that he no longer uses the word 'detente' to describe U.S. -Soviet relations invites cynicism, con~ing as it did in 1·esponse to Ronald Reagan's charge that the Administration has allowed detente to becmne a 1 one-\\'ay street. 1 But the irnportant thing is the policy, not the word, and Ford has made it plain that he will con~inue to seek areas of agreement \Vith Mosco\V. 11 3/8/76 " • . ' . t • I ,. T Tl ' ( ,1 ( ' l \ ., t :o . • I 1-- 1 . l ·< 1 , f I ' J' ' .. ·~ c ·- , ' l I ~ ( C' 1 r r ) . ( ( 'l ,o i l ch j l I ,. 1 •. ' ' l . ~ . ~s fu - • " 1 • l 1) ~ .... \. >- (. ... s \''C 1 aL. l . ., L 1 }' ' ,. ,. - ( i -' l' ' _, If u -' ( OS t< co l (.! .. il yc 2/L. I ( :i s l -. · :1 S)· Stcrn :-.Jced P ,, or~ -----~- than its iJ c J. e, aJ d i:h~ syst _,., i; t in.., i.lp i' r, ser\ es st · q< ~c' lj" t} at it could be bro1 e 1 19 • ... Th.:.tt is '\:\hy P eside 1t Fo d o 1l~ th ~ f>lFi L· h'l.: t !"'J. op1•lar z.c~: ~· of-..· ... b; ~ C.-. " ·e ~ to r~ is ~ ::::u._i l Sccuri:y ta .s ... Congress sho..J.d t ke Forcr' s advice. But it sl r 1 1d not sl< ;) the1 .-~. Social Securi.ty is or.e of tl e nc tion's most im,,o , .t positbc cconon1:c and sucial b n:..r~ts, c:t:!J i• has gro\· ing r-':·obl~•Y.~ that must be addressed before they \.Vorsen further. 11 2/2/t6 "The Social Security system inc1 casin~~Jy demands the kind of attention that it isn 1 t getting. Disparities among individual pen sioners 1 benefits arc widening, and the system's fiscal dcfic:ts con tinue. Yet President Ford this year has confined his legislative proposals to an overly narrO\v area: increasing Social Security taxes enough to tide the system. over the next few ·years. The Adn~inistration wants to avoid undertaking broader reforms in the election year, and Congress sceins unwilling to consider even the funding changes that Ford has in mind .. . The system needs work. Delay will only make the job harder. 11 2/26/76 Food Stamps: Favor Review of Program, But Criticize Suggestions To Date ~ 11 Neither the administrative reforms proposed by the Do artrnent of Agriculture nor the legislative r.efonns voted in the Senate Agricul- ture Committee would do what is needed to straight '• ou~ the food stamp program. They are overly concerned with the relatively few who ha,·e abused the program, and pay too ·little attention to the problem of the many who desperately need it. 11 3/1/76 • .. I" l '> I I J ( r ', .. 'I )j • Jl 1.. • 1 I i T ~ ( ' 0 t ·c: l ) < j 1 , r 1i c . 11 .. .. I l I l ,,. 1 ,, : ( • . ,., o· ' ·1 h l~ . ' (> 0 ) il ''0 \ ' oL. lJ B •· · 1;. -.> •r 1c jo'... , Pt' • t)) J goi>"'~ . to ~ 1" t1 < l,~le'n o Th ; • Hatch Act: Disagree with Veto c Act "President Fu1 c1' s rca. on fox , etoi1 g l i 1 2 r, to epc.a] 1n the most oppre::;· ive Hatch J\.ct ~,;ontrols on pol it' cal , ctivitv .)} L.. ' 1nillion federal employees was both sp ; cio"s and cy1 ical. .. 1 h re is no law against a President diverting his staff fr01n official to I o.ir'~,; 1 duties in o.n elec : >ll year, and most of thq,m have done it. .. H•_d- ·;- 'Td applied a different standard to federal employees who don· L .·: · .. ·n 1 : OY:£1 o.i:.::i(;e . . The effect of his veto is to deny all of them their right to eff~ctivc political involvement. 11 4/14/76 Federal Eler.tion Commission: Reconstitution Can Wait Until 1977 11 In the quiet of 19771 a non-election year 1 Congress ought to take a look at the shambles that it and the Supreme Court have made of the public's demand for electoral reform. The weaknesses and strengths of what is left of the law should reveal themselves this year. 11 2/9/76 "\Ve read nothing more sinister into Congress' (failure to reconstitute the FEC) than a reluctance of ma1iy membe-r, to continue a set of political reforms they wish they had never pnt in the statutes in the first place, and, also, a determination by Republicans and Democrats to secure advantages for their parties in the negotiating process ... The necessa ., corrections can wait until the 1977 session. No further mis • ,. l l l L t) \.J I ,. ( . ' ') . f I ' . , . ' ·i ... J L ' L' (" '" u ' 1 I ' ' I cl; ) ll t•, C< u cc ··1 . ' :' ,,. t ..I ,1 \: cou· ' ' s L \V:> t, 1 ~ 1 . ". ._ II , )1 ' '. 1 lt )' \". 1 :~ 3/?_. '( I . ---, -i' I\ u.ir c ~ 1 Deci ic • Stp D_ 11 1 , . 1" ... e s i , , J • r;"' or 1 ~ d c i. i 011 11 L- -t o ! , , .J 11 t. "L~ o ·' 11 1 forei n-nar e oc t,oodn :, _ rt. ~o ~r. . . 1· c.. ci · it 1 ~ , o"fc ' • () l ll' \;v:1o r ., 'ly ; 1', , ce the h'· o o. c e erDf:1.t t 1i it in po t~ of s · i-!:r st"el , coi'l:te to reai.ize that pr<,.':_tiul•ist so\.. tions iil ser ·e ~.h na.1 n· 1 L.1 ~~ ... 4/21/76 Intelligence Oversight: New Committee Should Have BudO"n - '-' 1 -.... 11 The new c • { ,. ' ., r , ' J I ' ...... , ,. I : <' J ' ' l. (1 l' ' , . I .. . • } f} ' 1 ' ,• ,. 1.; . ( - ' t 1 ' 1. ,( ~ . 0 I r Dl.< - I' 1 • ( ~ ·i of ~ 11 /1 I ('( t ;,. Ill ·~ Jbr .; ( ( c. c ~ < . ' 1 0 I T", ( ( ] t: C;:: a 1 ' ' t t JO <> .. L' t h~ ) ' r o. J ll I () • 1.), ...... :i . \ ,: 1 (-l ic 1 , E er nn,v jc 0 for f,e .. ~'"" Ge J n c 4. t e p o· :I J : r '1 r• . t. . COlT\· "' ·,' b£:corn.t·[ JO (' I c~ /6/76 "It >::..s ap · car less of Tim . . U q ( · tJ"I"' l' - I ' 1 : ( 1 pur i"·, ' c... .:: tell in t: SVJ d on ne' ·· ">r h'~ f ~ r, '? fi ') r! • R '., t th ~ f o .,. Yf' c .,.. ~ cw e n o of C r c i i ~ n n t a c l c c:; t · i anCl e .. eryone knows it.. , Alfhcnt '1 ( rier s oppc en s no lv ,.,;j 1~· ,~ that he rnight be guilty of more than C? reles · ne ~, they sti!l s, gge st publicly that his slip of. the tongPe exroses .a critical flaw 11 tlrF ,...... " that maybe--just maybe--should Clisqm lify hinl. for the Prc;:,:c ncy .. Enough is enough. Carter has b!O'en nroP.erly chastised--as he should have been- -·and the D~mo<.;r ,..t.s :-hot ld now begin looHng for is sues of subs~OJ.nce on which they do disagree. 11 4/16/76 "But Carter not only won in Pennsyhoania, he \VOn big- -and, once again, he was the choice of Dempcrats of diverse ideological persua' io 1s. He did better than his rivals among black voters--despite his 'ethnic purity' gaffe--and he also ran strongly in areas where Wallace was doni nate four years ago •.. The substance of what Ca:tter would or wouldn't do is still lacking . .• We agree with columnist David Broder's assess ment that it would be desirable for Humphrey to enter the race, even at this late stage. He is the one Dern'bcrat left , i1o has both the stature and the zest for combat that might force C-arter, in Broder's words, 'to define more precisely .•. his purposes as a President. 111 4/29/76 • .. . . . ' ' . I ' . .. • I 1I l , ... t" , ' t I ' . '1 J. • c 1' ,. ' 1. . ' (), • 1 > l - 1 'd ••• ; 11 . 1 ,.. ... ' l Jl ' " t 1 l.} •. d 1\. s~ L ) I •'- ·• l"'J 'I l ! r .... 1' ; i) I •' t. t h ;: ·. i 1 l ,. _, 1 'L· ' t' <: ! . .'( 1 (\ 1 . ' c - . 'i.... ' c ll l ... Cl (' .n ~ ..... ::;, ;- 1 1 r r . nt · 1 o01 <. '< ~11L:-l C }1;~-:.11 r 1' r' :J t r.ol o 1l, - ,• pt•l lie i l\.. l· ( t !C.1 >1 ajor i ~. ~t 1 ~~ , to Lee t1 dat S r• bdy 01 re. 0 d aS to\:}~~ tnr r~r ..1o1l y n i 0 !1 t .4 1.. - c i.. r) ,tJrt sid •nc. B· t t ,. ~ i ~ Ji ttl p ,. ( - . [} t ! · S J: ,. i OU 8 i.' l.H 1 11 R ~ .. . , ,-.~..---.,to e.-rp:CJ•t. :t:_ p r i\e tr d. 1crcrs an( c nrr nation to be siln ler ' an they ;: J • , n·1 it follow .. 1Etne.7i he proposes arc sim.;~:istic 1ri o ,_, jincoif'tic ... Th' iror ih;d· t'· TJ, Jnncre>t , \vith 14 e " \Ve sense a society that is ill at ease, a society th;:t fears the kind of country its children may inherit, a society that, torn by deeply troubling events from the assassination of President Kennedy onward, i s looking more at the character of presidential candidates than at the is sues. " 5/20/76 (California State Senator RobertS. 2 "Stevens 1 timing could not have betn worse; you just don't change the rules thL, 1<-.tle in the game. But we agree with him that the state's Republicans should also do away \vith winner-take-all. .• The cliYision of tlelega~.::s a-::cording to popular vote assures a fairer result, encoura-ges morP candidates to compete in the primary, and assigns an equal weight to the vote of every citizen." 6/2/76 • CONNIE: Per our discussion, attached is a brief rundown of the positions of the papers which I monitor every day. I have put them in descending order with those I judge to be the most favorable coming first. Some of these people have probably been included in state dinners before, but I've included them all anyway. I am not including the Chicago Tribune or any of the other papers which have already endorsed the President because it is my understanding that you will submit their names on the basis of their endorsements. I apologize for getting this to you so late, but it took me longer than I thought. A tso, I have only checked the last 4 weeks or so and included only major issues. This is very brief and more research could be done if necessary. SANDI , Los Angeles Times Detailed editorial profile which I prepared prior to their meeting with the President a few weeks ago is attached. They generally tend to be supportive. Additionally, they oppose the Humphrey-Hawkins Act. They generally support our new Africa policies. Support our efforts toward China and suggest that we develop an approach similar to that adopted by Japan--i.e., recognize the regime in Peking, but with proper assurances, keep strong economic ties with Taiwan. They also state that "political realities" favor the President over Reagan. Wall Street Journal This is a very fair newspaper which will blast us on one issue and support us on another. Overall, though, they are supportive. Excellent supportive editorial on President is attached. Additionally, they also oppose the Humphrey-Hawkins Act. They also opposed the imposition of steel import quotas. They believe that the Puerto Rican Summit is not a bad idea in spite of the fact that there will be political charges. They believe we should not change our current position toward Taiwan. Christian Science Monitor Another fair and objective newspaper. Don't always agree with us but have never really blasted us either. Besides, the President has met with Godfrey Sperling and others and has probably developed a good rela tionship with them by now. Additionally, they generally favor our new initiatives in Africa but express some reservations about the imple mentation of these policies. On the Lebanon situation, they question whether there was a need for an all-night vigil by the President but had overall praise for the calmness with which situation was handled. On busing, they believe the situation should be reviewed after the election in a non-political context. They did criticize the President on his statement on private white schools. Washington Star Was surprised to learn that they are as supportive as they are--see attached editorial. Additionally, on our Africa policies, they support the morality of majority rule but think we should remain detached because we might get blamed for whatever goes wrong. They don't • expect much as a result of the HAK-Vorster talks and fault us for not taking on Congress re import of Rhodesian chrome. On the Puerto Rican Summit --"whatever the stated reasons, Ford can't lose politically." Reagan--on foreign policy he "has a rather loose lip" and they criticize him on his income tax disclosures. On the President's statement on private, white schools, they felt he was expressing an honest personal view and they support those views. On busing, back in May they were not in favor of intervening but felt a solution to busing problem lay with Congress (probably will support President's legislative approach). They support the President's crackdown on drug trafficking. They oppose the Humphrey-Hawkins Bill--"likely to over-promise and under-deliver simplistic answers to complex problems." New York Times Decide each position on the issues but tend to be generally supportive. Don't recall any real strong criticism. Additionally, they felt Angola should be accepted in the United Nations. They are opposed to divestiture of the big oil companies. They believe the President exploited the B -1 issue because of Reagan charges. They criticized our food stamp proposals. On busing, they were critical of President for exploiting issue for political reasons. They believe the busing issue has already been thoroughly studied by the Supreme Court and that the Supreme Court is not likely to change its earlier position. On Lebanon, the President was correct not to be provoked into further involvement. On Africa policy, fear we became involved too late to prevent disaster. Reagan--makes dangerous statements on foreign policy. Boston Globe I prepared detailed editorial profile prior to interview several months ago. It is attached. Additionally, they have been critical of President on busing--feel he is being too political. They believe busing should be reviewed. T;hey believe Levi was correct not to intervene in the Boston case and praised the President for taking his advice. On the President's statement on white private schools, they believe he was "morally and legally wrong." On the Puerto Rican Summit--can't be just a political move because there are good reasons for holding it. Hopeful that something comes of it. They had praise for the way the Lebanon situation was handled. On the sale of arms to Africa, they feel it is better that we sell the arms than leave it up to Russia, but that the last thing Africa needs is an arms race. On Reagan--grightening on foreign policy statements. • Washington Post Mildly supportive. They support our new policies of majority rule in Africa. They oppose the President's "interference" in the busing situation. They acknowledge that busing has not worked but suggest correcting segregation through new policies in housing, hiring, zoning, police protection, etc. On Lebanon (prior to assassinations) should not get more involved and should find what the Soviet intention is. On the B-1--"an idea whose time came and went some VJears ago." On the military aid bill--they believe the President should have signed it. On Panama--they criticize Reagan for "strumming emotions" and blame him for making dangerous comments on foreign policy. However, they also criticize the President for not continuing calmly with the Panama negotiations and for reacting too much to Reagan's charges. After the Michigan campaign they commented on the President's change in campaign tactics and said that he had stopped lashing out at Reagan and was "conducting at last the only kind of campaign that offers him the hope of success." Baltimore Sun Pretty middle of the road. They criticized the President for making a "political move" in calling the Puerto Rican Summit. They don't think it will amount to much except maybe setting up a common front among the countries attending. On the Lebanese situation they believe evacuation may have been necessary but seemed "excessively presidential." They believe the President is exploiting the busing issue for political reasons. On the President's statement on white, private schools, they believe he was "wrong legally, morally and politically. " On Reagan's Rhodesia comment, they stated that he should be more careful in making foreign policy statements. Philadelphia Inquirer Pretty middle of the road. They support new iniatives in Africa. Criticized the President for not acting sooner on the FEC bill. They believe that the new SALT treaty is not the best but is better than nothing and generally favorable of President's efforts in this direction. They are supportive of delaying the B-1 decision until after election. On the Lebanon situation- supportive of continuing same policies, but no real comment on President's actions. • New York Daily News Haven't had much good to say about the President since the New York City aid situation. However, they don't run that many editorials on national issues either. On the Hatch Act, they felt that Congress really botched up the bill and that the President should veto. On the steel import quotas, they believe the President "crudely used his office to make political hay." They favor a review of the busing situation, but "heartily deplore" the President's action to have the Supreme Court review its position. They ran a fairly favorable comment on the economy in April on the recovery rate during the first three months of this year and cautioned against over -doing the recovery. On Reagan- -he should refrain from "ad-libbing" on complex international issues. Atlanta Constitution & Journal Strongly favorable to Carter. Attack the President less than Reagan but aren't really friendly. Additionally, they are pleased that the President signed the FEC bill but criticized him for the delay. They commented that unemployment is down and that is good, but they don't give credit to anyone in particular for bringing about this change. When the President made his comment in Ohio on the Brown decision they ran an editorial entitled "Dumb- -or Cynical." Extremely critical of President's busing position and ran an editorial entitled "Blatant Insult." They criticized the President for never using Nixon's name and always referring to him in other ways--such as "my predecessor" and "LBJ's successor." On Reagan, they believe he has a "pathetic case of the babbles" and that he has "stuck his foot in his mouth so many times until now it seems like a natural position. "