sFExaminer APP. 2 9 1373 Memories of '62 Campaign

SACRAMENTO—i AP — A elec- The decree said the postcard poll conducted by tion campaign a decade ago triggered a controversy the committee was "revised, amended and finally over campaign funds similar to current disputes approved by Mr. Nixon personally." over his 1972 campaign—but on a smaller scale , The judgment said the poll was misleading in The campaign was in 1962 when Nixon, then the two main respects: that it failed to disclose that the out-of-office former Vice President, sought' a political mailing was supported and financed by the Nixon for comeback by running for governor of Governor Finance Committee, and it purported to express the concern- of Democrats for the welfare of Democrats went to court in the fall of 1962 to their party and fears it would be destroyed if CDC- seek an injunction halting operations of a polling backed candidates were elected. organization called the Committee for the Preserva- Then-Gov. Edmund G. Brown, who had the en- tion of the Democratic Party in California. dorsement of the influential CDC, defeated Nixon in After a two-year legal fight. Superior Court the general election. Judge Byron Arnold in San Francisco signed a stipu- Judge Arnold's decree also said that the results lated judgment holding that the Nixon for Governor of the poll were publicized as reporting the "voice of Committee contributed $70.000 to the support of the the rank and file Democrat" while the 170,000 wa, co mm i ttee paid to a San Francisco firm for a statewide mailing The decree held that Nixon and his campaign "to 900,000 conservative Democrats." chairman. H. ft. Haldeman, now a aide, The case was settled in late October 1964 Arnold approved a conunittee circular addressed to regis- awarded nominal damages of $100 to the Democratic tered Democrats. The decree said Nixon felt the State Central Committee and Roger Kent and Eliza- postcard poll circulated by the committee would help beth Gatov, then the national committeeman and him by reflecting adversely on candidates endorsed committeewoman from California. by the California Democratic Council. a liberal- The court also assessed the Nixon committee oriented grass roots volunteer organization. 921i8.50 in court costs.

KGO-AM, San Francisco 27 April 1973 Jim Dunbar talk show

Interviewed by telephone, Roger Kent, former Democratic rarty state central committee chairman for Northern California, listed the names of Nixon campaign officials named in the 1962-64 suit and stipulated judgment of fraud. They included H.R. Haldeman, Herbert Kalmbach, Mauriee Stf,ans, i• • : Murray Chotiner, Herbert Klein, Roy Tevis, and Leona Baxter (or the public relations firm of Whitaker & Baxter).