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Rita Hauser Stroock and Stroock and Lavan Seven Hanover Square New York, New York 10004 L AW O FFICES OF

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SEV EN HANOV ER S QUARE , NEW YOR K , N .Y . 10004

RANDUM RE : DATE August 27, 1984 yNA ro : Michael Deaver

FROM: Rita E. Hauser

1. The President's speech was the highlight of the Convention and set the campaign themes quite well.

One issue, however, poses the prospect of real danger to the campaign. Th is is the issue of religion and politics, the sub j e c t he tackled at ;the big prayer breakfast. His approach will be disto.rted by his more f ervent supporters on the Right, and give rise to fear , which will be exploited, in the conununity at large For example , see the attached N.Y. Times editorial and the 5 minutes CBS news gave the su5ject on Saturday night.

I r eceived multiple calls over the weekend from Jewish people in my capacity· as Chair of the National Executive of the American Jewish Committee. AJC, and other major Jewish groups, will issue s t ate­ ments this week condemni ng, or in AJC r s case, hoping that religi on will not be permitted to intrude into politics. I am told the main-line Protestant groups will also issue statements. And the debate has already begun among Catholics, wit h much. admira tion for Cuomo' s position among more educated Catholi cs.

This issue, if not rephrased, can reach up to bite the President . It touches the deepest fears of many, e speci ally of Jews, who see the Moral Majority and the Evangelical Christians as intolerant of diversity , a group seeking to impose social a nd religious views on others .

2. I flew back with Max Rabb, and we caught up on things. Max thought you'd enjoy reading the attached article in· the current "American Lawyer" about our law firm. It relates how Max recruited me to the firm. To: Michael Deaver August 27, 1984 From: Rita E. Hauser Page 2

3. The piece on you in Time was first-rate. It was warm and generous, which. is h.ow I think the elect­ orate likes to see their leaders.

Please call me for anyth.ing I can do. I am listed as a surrogate speaker but, to date, none of us has been given any assignments.

( 22 + THE NEW YORK TIMES, SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1984

ARTHVR OCHS SULZBERGER, Publisher

A. M. ROSENTHAL,• Executive Editor SEYMOUR TOPPING, MCJ1148in8 Edilor ARTIIUR GELB, Dq>~ MCJ1148in8 Editor JAMES L. GREENFIELD, Aui'atant MCJ1148in8 Edilor LOUIS SILVERSTEIN, Auiatant MCJ1148in8 Edilor MAX. FRANKEL. EditxJrial• PQ(Je Editor JACK ROSENTHAL, Dq>~• Editorial PQ(/e Editor Founded in 1851 CHARLOTTE CURTIS, AMOCiate Editor TOM WICKER, AMOCiate Editor ADOLPH S. OCHS, Pu/Ju.Mr 1896-1935 . . · ARTHUR HAYS SULZBERGER, PublWae 1935-1961 JOHN D. POMFRET, E.-:. V.P.,

The President's Sin President Reagan's prayer breakfast speech in inseparable." The genius of the Founding Fathers Dallas was a self-righteous assault on those who dis­ was to keep the debate civilized, and all faiths free, ' agree with his dangerous, divisive mixing o,f reli­ by demanding state neutrality. , gion and politics. Not content to debate the merits of There are faiths in this country that would difficult issues like school prayer and abortion, he brand Mr. Reagan a sinner and bar him from office professed to know the hearts and minds of his oppo­ for having failed once to hold a marriage together. nents, ·and he found them evil. Mr. Reagan has As he says, it is their a~solute right to hold that con­ exceeded the bounds of tolerable debate. viction. But do they have a right to impose it on He began innocently enough with the truism every marriage and every faith? So too with abor­ that faith and religion figure prominently in Amer­ tion, and school prayer, and conducting business on ican political history. But before he was through, he Sunday, or Saturday, or Friday. Why cannot so dis­ was claiming God for only his side and proclaiming tinguished a beneficiary of the tolerance of America the "real truth" that his adversaries are "intoler­ repay other faiths in kind? ant" of religion and care only for the state. Since his earliest days in politics, Mr. Reagan • has sought to exploit the fervor of some religious The President is right to say that children sects and their leaders. The Rev. Jerry Falwell is would learn greater tolerance if they "studied to­ only reaping his earthly reward when he is allowed gether all the many religions in our country." In- · a television pulpit to laud the Republican Party for deed, the Supreme Court has welcomed such social · its commitment "to the liberation of the unborn" study as opposed to govemment-:Sponsored prayer and its standard-bearers as "God's instruments in in public schools. It hardly follows that if children rebuilding America." prayed together - to different deities - they would But never has Mr. Reagan been so intrusive or "understand what they have in common." so heedless of the rights of others to have their reli­ What a misguided way for a party leader to key­ gious and political dissent construed in good faith. note an "ecumenical" prayer breakfast. What an Apparently New York's Governor Cuomo may not odd way to celebrate a campaign of political out­ claim to be religious if he differs with an Archbishop reach. What an abuse of high office for a President about lay politics. Clerics used to be treated defer­ to so insult the motives of citizens protected by the entially, the President scolded, "and a politician Bill of Rights of the Constitution he is sworn to who spoke to or of them with a lack of respect would uphold. t not long survive in the political arena." Mr. Reagan's trespass into the moral realm The President's speech was a studied misread­ was a blatant attempt to divide Americans. And . ing of the sense in which "politics and morality are that, in the civic, secular sense of the word, is a sin. partners that Stroock needed a b1 ness development committee. : i AVY·HITTERS by Jill Abramson one was formed in 1983. In fact, has just finished drafting a five -y

business plan. " I thought there 1 to be a change in the culture of fir m." she says, referring Stroock 's extremely low-key pro! Her push to organi ze a nd forma the business development proc "was a real battle," according to ' Pushing Hard At source close to the firm. who ad "Stroock can still be a dinos firm ." Alvin Hellerstein. who he the litigation practice with Moerd explai ns ... A lot of us felt that b ness would grow organicall y if Stroock& Stroock provided quality legal service Hellerstein now thinks that Haus1 "sense that we should be more ar n 1972 Charles Moerdler, a partner ulate about the firm's capabilities at New York's Stroock & Stroock form a business development c• I& Lavan. was trying to lure Rita mittee" is correct. Hauser. a friend and fe ll ow GOP ac­ Rita Hauser is a driving force Hauser's clout at Stroock is tivist. to his firm . He was having result of her success as a rainmal trouble convincing "the elders." a behind the firm's efforts to modernize. A giant Rolodex-actually. thm group of senior partners. then in their them- bulging wit h names of lsr< sixties. who ruled the firm . that "She is a human buzz saw," says one French. Lebanese. Iranian. Hauser was worth a lateral partner­ South American clients. domin< ship offer. Despite her credentials. executive committee member. the ent ra nce to her corn er off which included 12 years in practice. a (Hauser is nuent in French and Sr close relationship with then-Presi­ ish. ) Her development as a m•uor dent Richard Ni xon. a fo ur-year stint ent producer at Stroock is enhan at the United Nations, and a sturd y "she has bigger ball s than al l of yo u "category" (semiretired) partners. by the high prnlile Hauser keeps' base of in ternational clients. the el­ put together. .. Hauser. 50. has become one of the side the firm . ders were skeptical. Stroock had Twelve years later. it is laughable firm 's leading rainmakers and a driv­ She is a savvy Republican part ~ never had a woman partner or a siz­ lo anyone at Stroock that there were ing force behind Stroock's efforts 10 sider. As a member of the Counci able international practice. The sen­ ever doubts about Hauser's aggres­ modernize it s somewhat musty im­ Foreign Relations. chairperson of ior partners wondered whether siveness. "She is a human buzz age. executi ve committee of the Am Hauser was aggressive enough to saw." says a top member of the After " pushing. pushing. push­ can Jewish Commitlee. and a build a big practice. "Gent lemen." firm 's executi ve commit1 ee. While ing." as Hauser puts ii. she finall y spectcd expert on the Middle E: Moerdler says he informed them, the elders have all retired or become convinced the firm 's other senior she often writ es on the Arab-lsr

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THE AMERICAN LAWYEH l'HOfRichard Nixon, who was looking for a speech­ friend Charles Moerdler. "She writer. Hauser traveled with the vice­ built a good practice," he says president throughout the grueling the firm could only service her cl campaign. in limited areas, such as real e With a presidential campaign un­ and routine corporate v der her belt, Hauser returned to New Moerdler advised her to move York and became an associate at larger firm. "I saw where five-· Proskauer Rose Goetz & Men­ sand dollar clients could easil· delsohn. Watching Hauser operate at come one hundred thousand c a large firm such as Proskauer "was clients," if Hauser moved to a like seeing a racehorse pulling a laun­ service firm, he says. dry cart," a colleague recalls. Part­ Through Moerdler and anothe ner George Shapiro, who had been publican party contact, Ma; counsel to Governor Thomas Dewey Rabb, now ambassador to I before joining the firm, became her Hauser began talks with Strc mentor. "She was just a stripling ofa She came to a luncheon at girl ," Shapiro recalls, " but even House with the firm's senior par back then she had unusual potential carrying a thick book listing for leadership. She had sparkle. Very names of her clients. "There 1 soon the student was teaching the ways resistance to adding a late teacher." While Shapiro never says William Perlmuth, one o doubted Hauser's brilliance as a law­ partners who attended the It yer' "the one thing that was not clear "But Rita had such a wonderful 1 was whether she would be able to tation in international law. Her generate clients. All she needed was tacts in government and the pol a fair shake to demonstrate her ability community were helpful. We di· on the firing line. " hold it against her that she kne1 Shapiro advised her to move to a president." Perlmuth adds tha smaller firm where she would have fact she was a woman was "co more responsibility and client con­ ered a plus. '' tact. In 1961 she joined Herzfeld & Hauser bluntly told the par Rubin, a small international firm that that she wanted freedom to con represented major European clients, all her outside activities, partict including Volkswagen. Hauser began in politics and human rights, ' traveling frequently overseas and building her practice: "I told the building a base of her own French cli­ build my own clientele. I said t ents. She debunks as myth the sup­ delivered was my own affair." posed reluctance of foreign clients to deal was sealed that afternoon. deal with women as their lawyers. In 1972, when Hauser j< "From the Japanese to the Kuwai­ Stroock as a junior partner, tis," she says, "I've had no prob­ were only a handful of other wo lems." There is one exception, how­ all associates, at the firm. " Sh, ever-the Saudis. "They just have a been a role model ," says Perlr thing about women," she explain s. " Her presence here has shown Meanwhile, she continued her po­ were open possibilities." T< litical activities, becoming a key ad­ women represent 9 percent o viser to former New York governor partnership , considerably more the 5 percent average reported by sive, elegant quarters in a new office to be in volved in business develop­ ered a political career and was ap­ most large firms. While Stroock's building at Hanover Square. where ment," whether writing more articles proached by the New York GOP to partners eagerl y cite these statistics Stroock has taken four floors. or participating in PL! . " You have to run for Congress and for New York to impress new recruits, Hauser is Hauser occupies a choice corner of­ , be constantly hustling," she says. attorney general. But running for of­ the firm 's only female senior partner. fi ce on the eighteenth floor. Even Millimet appears to be a Hauser fice , she says, would take too much And even for her, gaining clout at The move provided a cosmetic convert. " No law firmjust ro lls along of a toll on her personal life. She still Stroock has been difficult. transformation, but the firm' s man­ on its own momentum," he says, frequently sees President Nixon. Stroock, which was founded in agement needed a more fundamental echoing her philosophy. By all accounts, Hauser is a classic 1876, has had one of the only two­ overhaul. The executive committee While Hauser has made a strong workaholic. Now that her hildren tiered partnerships in New York. For was expanded to include 12 members impact on Stroock's attitudes about are grown, she spends most evenings generations, the firm was ruled by the in January, among them two younger generating business, her larger role entertaining clients. ''Most of my cli­ Stroock family and a few senior part­ partners. The ratio of highest- to low­ within the firm is not as clear-cut. ents have become my buddies," she ners, who along with the Stroocks est-earning partners has also been The firm 's most influential partners says. And when she isn't entertain­ represented prominent German-Jew­ narrowed, says Perlmuth, to around are Millimet, Perlmuth, Moerdler, ing, she's working. On a recent clos­ ish banking families in New York, in­ 4: I. Most of the firm's 25 senior part­ and Lewis Cole, another corporate ing for a private Lebanese invest­ cl uding the Loebs. In recent years ners, including Hauser, earn between partner and executive committee ment banking firm , Hauser stayed up ·'the elders," the senior partners (in­ $300,000 and $450,000, he says. (Sen­ member. All of them pay lip. service all night putting together a $28-mil­ cluding Alan Stroock), controlled the ior partners adjust their percentages to Hauser's influence. "I doubt a sig­ lion financing. She shuttles overseas fir m. "They were the few who were every five years. Younger partners nificant matter comes up without on the Concorde every six weeks, responsible for most of the billings," may have their smaller shares ad­ Rita being consulted," Moerdler stopping in London, Paris (where she ~ xplains Erwin Millimet, a senior justed upward every year.) A rash of says. Yet Hauser is not a member of helped form a correspondent rela­ partner who bridges the gap between new committees was formed, for bill­ the executive committee, and she is tionship between Stroock and a the elders and Stroock's new leader­ ings, for lateral partners-there is not even chairman of her own busi­ French firm , Gomey et Frank), and >hip. They also commanded most of even a "peer review committee" ness development committee (Perl­ Tel Aviv. Beirutwas oneofHauser's its profits. whose members critique their col­ muth is). Hauser herself maintains regular stops before the city came un­ Five years ago the elders, all in leagues' performance. that she is not interested in the day­ der siege. On her most recent trip to (heir late sixties, agreed to retire on Hauser lobbied vigorously for a to-day governance of the firm, that the Middle East in May, she January I, 1984, when a new partner- business development committee. "I she declined an invitation to join the "squeezed in" Israeli labor party thought we had to stop doing things executive committee (Moerdler con­ leader Shimon Peres between meet­ on an ad hoc basis," she says. In her firms that she was offered a slot), and ings in Tel Aviv with Bank Hapoalim. view, Stroock had to market its great­ that she would have to reduce her Hauser's nonstop regime has est strength-its work for banks, sav­ outside activities if she took on more sometimes been hard on her family al or personality ings and loans, insurance companies, administrative duties. "She's smart­ life. When her two children were and underwriters-more aggres­ er than I am," says Moerdler. " She younger, she managed her household ks most female sively. In 1983 she finally persuaded doesn't need to prove ego that way." (with the help of a full-time house­ the other partners to form a commit­ Another source close to Stroock keeper) by taping notes and instruc­ ent technicians tee, and she has become its driving says Hauser has not reached "the tions all over her apartment during force. "She's taken on the role of Moerdler or executive-committee her absences. "My children probably ~ess getters. marketing· director for the firm ," level because a lot ofpeople feel she thought I was very bossy." she says, says a Stroock client. is too outspoken," and adds, 'Tm "and may have resented it then." The goal of the committee·s five­ not sure to what extent they would Her husband has always been sup­ year plan, according to Hauser, is to ever accept a woman actually run­ portive of her career. The Hausers "analyze what we do poorly and ning the firm." Stroock's new execu­ met while Rita was a Harvard law ;hip agreement w.as to be written. "It what we do well. A lot of people con­ tive committee is still au male, as are student (she transferred to NYU af­ Nas a mutual recognition that they fessed they didn't know how to fol­ the chairmen of all the major commit­ ter her first year) and he was a teach­ .vanted to take it easier and that the low up, how aggressive to be, or tees. Perlmuth maintains that women ing fellow. (She claims theirs was the niddle group wanted more responsi­ what's a proper fee," she says. A will hold these positions in the near first student-faculty maniage.) Gus­ Jility," explains Perlmuth. A chang­ draft of the plan has recently been future. The female lawyers al the finn tave Hauser left law for business and ing of the guard was urgent, sources submitted to the firm·s executive seem hopeful. Partner Lois Weinroth now is chairman of Hauser Commu­ ;ay, and Hauser was in the vanguard. committee. says her male peers at Stroock are nications. (He is a fonner chairman fhe firm 's client base was altering But Hauser's aggressive ideas "accessible," and maintains that the of Warner Amex Cable Communica­ capidly. Hauser recalls, during her about generating business have participation of women on several tions, Inc.) With a double-workaho­ !arly days at the firm , telling Alan clashed with the innate conservatism important committees, including bill­ lic marriage, the Hausers were once Stroock she had heard that one of the at Stroock. "She thinks we should ings and business development, forced to meet in the Nairobi airport 1rm's key clients, Loeb Rhoades market oursc::lves as specialists, shows that "women are developing in order to steal a weekend together. Hornblower & Company, might be when we've grown by being excellent and playing a role in the management Hauser is the first to admit that such a >old. Hauser says he scoffed at the generalists," says senior partner Al­ of law firms." life "isn't for everybody," but in her notion. Loeb Rhoades was swal­ vin Hellerstein. 'Tm just not sure I And if some partners are offended case it's worked. "She has balanced lowed up by Shearson in 1979, and agree with Rita.·· by Hauser's outspokenness, her cli­ her life with a solid, happy mar­ while the firm does some work for Some other partners pparently ents seem to relish it. "If we 're on the riage," says Lester Korn. "She's Shearson Lehman/American Ex­ do. The firm's Los Angeles office wrong course, she lets us know," comfortable with herself." press Inc. and for the Loeb family in­ no sends clients a newsletter called says Lester Korn. "She doesn't take What everyone seems to fmd in­ terests, billings for this key client de­ FuumciJJJ Institutions Update. And, crap from anybody," adds Jeffrey spiring about Hauser is that she ; lined. Another longtime client, according to Hauser, there has been a Chanin of Wickes. "She's nobody's doesn't project a calculated "super­ United Merchants and Manufactur­ positive response to one of her com­ patsy. She speaks her mind. I can dis­ woman" image, riordoessherestrain ers, Inc., has run into financial prob­ mittee's proposals: that the partners agree with her, but she's usually her brash style or opinions to con­ lems. rcprcsentin financial institutions in worth listening lo." form to male standards ofprofession­ Even more urgent, Stroock was in three of the firm's locations-Los Hauser has maintained a high pro­ alism. ''Rita is not the type of profes­ :!anger of being caught behind other Angeles 1iere SlrOOCk represents file in politics in order to keep her sional woman who feels obliged to changes in the profession. Hauser more than 30 sa · and loan associ- options open. During the ·Ford ad­ say she's going to a meeting when strongly backed efforts to democra­ ations). · 1iere it represents ministration, she was continually she's really going to see her child in a tize the firm's management and also several large • and Washing- mentioned as a possible nominee for play or get her hair done," observes a lobbied for a change in location. ton, D.C.-v. closely with the Supreme Court. Rooted in the friend. As Stroock partner Eva Co­ Stroock had occupied the same one another. moderate wing of her party, Hauser ben puts it, "Rita is a total person. cramped offices at 61 Broadway for While MillimeL. cxeartnecommit- does not have strong ties to the Rita is a mensch." more than 50 years. " The working tee chairman, do ) impor- Reagan administration. She was an " Nothing gets done unless you onditions in those offices got so bad tance of the five- ~ear · early supporter of former Texas gov­ have an animating force," says that summer associates weren't ac- "the process has beenca'""'"n•~ ernor John Connally• s unsuccessful Hauser. With an endless supply of epting offers," says a former der someone as inteD- bid for the 1980 GOP presidential ambition and energy, she more than Stroock lawyer. Yet the elders, many known as Rita, the coau:Clltlce nomination. Later, she did serve on qualifies as such a force. If she has of whom grew up during the Depres­ been superb." Since the the Reagan campaign's foreign policy not risen to the very top at Stroock in sion, resisted the expense a move senior partners had gencra:ted advisory group. She admits she har­ terms of influence or rainmaking, she · ould entail. "There were some ofus of the billings, there had to be a ~ bored a desire to become U.N. am­ is certainly close. And if she has yet who preferred that the money not go justment at Stroock when bassador. although she lost out to to scale the heights of a government to a landlord, but home to the wife tired. " There can no longer be Jeane Kirkpatrick, a neoconserva­ career, it is likely she may one day and kids," explains Millimet. By a tude that they get the clien _ tive Democrat. She says she would occupy a top post, given her exper­ how of hands, a majority of the part­ handle the matters," sa be rnterested in public service, giv"eh tise in foreign affairs. Until she ners, including Hauser, voted to " There is no longer an) 1 • right j b in the right administra­ reaches the pinnacle, Hauser will move. In May 1983, after borrowing Hauser thinks there has been a recog­ (pres mably a more moderate undoubtedly, as she puts it, kee heavily, the firm moved to expen- nition at Stroock that "ever) OllC · one). She briefly consid- " pushing, pushing, pushing." --·- -·i.- --.....

THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON

Ms. Patricia Mord' 5332 North 24th P~ga n Hawkins Phoen' . ace I ix, Arizona 85016

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MICHAEL K. DEA.VER - -~ ....

PATRICIA MORDIGAN HAWKINS 5332 NORTH 24TH PLACE PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85016

/ January 8, 1985

Mr. Michael K. Deaver Assistant to the President & Deputy Chief of Staff The White House Washington, D.C. 20500

Dear Mike:

Congratulations! Your new position sounds absolutely wonderf ul - - what a job !! It's g reat watching the news and keeping updated on you. You've received rave reviews and it's obvious that you'll be missed in the White House.

Mike, many thanks for your kind responsiveness these past f our years . I know how busy you were and you always found time for an old friend.

Your service to the President and the Nation has been a special , unselfis h contri bution. Your new challenges sound e x citing. I firmly believe that "change is healthy." We're here on earth so briefly and we need to get as much in as we can. Can you believe all that you've done these past 19 years? ..... and there's more to come!!

Please stay in touch. I'd like to know how to reach you. I'll be back for the Inauguration. Maybe, I'll run into you (ha!) ... in the middle of all that activity -- big chance-huh?

Happy New Year Mike and my best wishes for a healthy and prosperous one. w~:;;;F-s,

Patricia Mordigan Hawkins THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON

Ms. Patricia ~ordigan Hawkins 5332 North 24th Place Phoenix, Arizona 85016

MICHAEL K . DEAVER /iUf__ · --" ~ ~ ~ ~

~/ r r· .~,...... ______Patricia Mordigan Hawkins 5332 North 24th Place Phoenix, .Arizona 85016 (602) 955-5193

October 29, 1984

Mr. Michael K. Deaver Assistant to the President & Deputy Chief of Staff The White House Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mike: I've been meaning to write for awhile now to compliment you and the Administration on some terrific people and programs. First of all, Janet Colson from W.R . Grace and Company was here to address our statewide Small Business Conference on the 11 President 1 s 11 Private Sector Survey on Cost Control • She was excellent! You could have heard a pin drop ... everyone was hanging on her every word and stat. While I 1 ve read a great deal on the Grace Commission, there is nothing like hearing it firsthand. I'm impressed and wanted you to know it. Secondly, Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick was recently in Phoenix for a Senatorial Inner Circle Reception . Not only were her remarks incredible, my husband and I had the opportunity to visit with her personally. Both publicly and privately, it is obvious that her efforts are truly a function of her devotion and belief in the President and his policies. In fact, I expected her speech to deal totally with foreign affairs. It didn't! She expertly combined the President's domestic economic policy and philosophy with his foreign policy and showed how they worked together. I was amazed at her grasp of all the issues and felt privileged to have her in our state. While I'm sure you're aware of all of her knowledge and her unique way of communicating, I just had to let you know. I consider her totally refreshing and one of the best Ambassador's you could have both domestically and internationally. Another brilliant decision of this Administration. And finally, one of my favorite subjects --- Jim Sanders! Mr. Sanders recent~y appointed me to the National Advisory Council of the SBA and I attended my first meeting in Washington, D.C. in later September. Once again, I have to tell you, this man is the best thing that has happened to the SBA. His 11 free-enterprise 11 approach to administering a Federal Agency is quite unique and exactly what I believe in. He's doing an excellent job for the Administration and as I visit with other small busi ess activists throughout the country, it is obvious they all agree. I know Jim is there because of ou and I THA K YOU. October 29, l984 Mr. Michael K. Deaver Page 2

Well, I guess that does it for now. Just what you need in the final week of the election, a long letter! But, I wanted you to know Mike.

11 It looks like the President will win "hands down •••• and believe me, it's because his policies are working. Congratulations to all of you. ,{:)regards, ~&- Patricia Mordigan Hawkins -----~

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MIC HA.EL K . DEAVER

THE WH I TE HOUSE WASHINGTON

Lt. Col. H. T. Hayden United States Marine Corps Detachment "A" 3D Force Service Support Group Fleet Marine Force, Pacific FPO San Francisco, California 96604 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS DETACHMENT "A" 30 FORCE SERVICE SUPPORT GROUP FLEET MARINE FORCE, PACIFIC FPO SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 96604

The Honorable Michael DEAVER White House Washington, D. C.

Dear Mike,

Congratulations on the TIME article! Congratulations on the publicity f~r you and the President, that is .•. There were a number of statements that would upset most people, particularly cuts at you and the President. I really didn't care for the intimation of: "envious of the Ivy League polish of types like " The author probably couldn't survive in California - simple conversation would be over his head. I am reminded of what Ambassador Bill COLBY told me after an article on my activities in Vietnam appeared in the November 8, 1968, TIME. I thought the article made me look a little foolish. Ambassador COLBY's comment: "G:;:.e~t Publicity!" Anyway, Drew MIDDLETON in his new book, Crosi~ · ads of Modern Warefare, made me look a little bit better.------~------~ I mention the book because it is very good reading - enter­ taining, educational, informative, a n d it•s gr e at pub 1 i c i t y • I highly recommend it. The TV pictures of Jimmy CARTER carrying his own luggage, as if he didn't have more important things to do, made you wonder what kind of aids the President had. The recent TIME article shows a man who is dedicated to the President and the country. I am proud of both of you. My political aspirations,you may recall my running for Congress while you were in Sacramento, are behind me. I throughly enjoy being a Commanding Officer of Marines. There is nothing more rewarding than leading young men and women in the defense of our country. a Continued sue ce s s in all your endeavors, and. • • he res to an \ e a r 1 y nigh t t o b e d on 6 S e p t em b e r ! ( (hl-t t - ~ -r- t"Yl'--t-tl , \.. 1-J o J-,12 , yi fu. ""\ j

Semper Fidelis,

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LtCol H.T. HAYDEN P.O. BOX 152 FPO Seattle, WA 98764 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON

Mr. Smith Hempstone Editor-in-Chief The Washington Times Washington, D.C.

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SMITH HEMPSTONE Editor-in-Chief

November 28, 1984

Mr. Michael K. Deaver Deputy Chief of Staff The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D. C. 20500

Dear Mike:

We here at The Washington Times are deeply appreciative of the role you played in making yesterday's interview with the President possible. I thought it was a good one, good for him and certainly good for us.

The man is really amazing: he continues to look like a healthy 55-year­ old, something I am not. He looked rested and relaxed, and he never stumbled once in our 30-minute session.

@nee again, Mike, thank you for your assistance . In a year or so, we would like to have the President out here for lunch. But meanwhile, when things settle down in your shop, let's have lunch.

Many thanks again.

SH:kv THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON

Mr. Robert T. Henkel Robert Henkel & Associates, Inc. 645 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10022 Robert Henkel &Associates, Inc.

Robert T. Henkel Chairman

October 22, 1984

Mr. Michael K. Deaver The White House Washington, D.C. 20500

Dear Mr. Deaver:

President Reagan acqui~ed himself very well in the final debate.

I hungered, however, for a more aggressive closing, along the lines of the attached .

I suspect that you are all not being mislead by the results of the polls and will close strong.

Something like the attached would be a worthwhile two-minute paid TV appearance , or full page newspaper advertisement in the 100 leading daily newspapers, the night before election day.

Good luck and keep up the good work.

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645 Fifth Avenue, (Olympic Tower) New York, N.Y. 10022, (212) 751-8200 In the closing minutes of the campaign I ask you, the American

voter, for four more years to complete the job that needs to

be done and which we have gotten underway during the past four

years. There is at stake here the American dream that this

country will continue to be a viable . location for the hungry

of the world, those whose hunger is the thirst for freedom,

freedom to conduct their individual lives as they see fit, not

as their governments see fit. That is what this country is all

about. Mr. Mondale and I have a basic disagreement about what

this country stands for. Mr. Mondale and his party have

traditionally believed in a policy of something for everybody.

Some of it has not been well intentioned, but rather designed

to persuade the poor and the indigent, and the minorities of

this country and the working people, that the Democrat Party is

their party. But, in addition to freedom, this country has

always been the home of the free enterprise system, a political

system where those that govern the least are the ones that goven

the best. When we came into office four years ago, this .nation

was in a shambles, and Mr. Mondale has to be held accountable for

that situation. Although he has somewhat confused the issue, he

was in fact the Vice President of the United States under President

Carter in the four years prior to my own election. Those four

years were characterized by a total lack of faith and confidence

in America abroad, the rejection of the Shan 6.f Iran as our

staunchest ally in the Middle East, and the subsequent take-over

and humiliation of our Embassy in Teheran. And, I should point­

out, the abject lack of any response to the invasion of Afghanistan

by the Russians, and it was an invasion, other than to petulantly

· deny our athletes the opportunity to compete in the Moscow Olympics.

-1- rhe Carter-Mondale four years was also typified by the mis­ management and dismantling of our military fighting power, as well as the reduction of our intelligence capability abroad. At home, the Carter-Mondale administration through gross incompetence, neglect and inexperience, allowed run-away government spending to wreck our economy and generate a 21~ per cent interest rate and double digit inflation that tragically eroded the ability of the poor and the elderly, those on fixed incomes, to survive. Four years ago, I asked the American voter if they felt they were better off than they were during the Carter-Mondale administration. I don't have to ask that same question today. We are all better off today than we were four years ago, including those who have not quite recovered as well as some others. This recovery has come about because my administration has supported the American free enterprise system, for which the only alternative is a socialist system where the government either controls or supplements the economy. The U.S. economy has come a long way in the past four years because of our policies; it will grow even further in the next four years if a consistent policy is maintained that supports the traditional American system. Mr. Mondale would have you believe that he can step in immediately and begin to spend money that would help those who have not quite caught up. If this were to happen, they will never fully catch up. And Mr. Mondale would accomplish that spending by increasing your taxes -- he will never learn! I believe that my administration has demonstrated what will happen if we fully support the system that is best for our country, and for the free world. In another four years, the results will be even more dramatic. At that time I hope you will provide another

Republican President with the opportunity to go even further.

-2- 'Lice President Bush has impecable credentials to command your trust. He is a former member of the Congress, the former head of our intelligence agency, the first commercial attache to mainland China, and he has been a first rate Vice President of the United States. Ladies and gentlemen I ask for your confirmation and the opportunity to serve you and our country for four more years. The stakes are very high and the alternative very grim indeed . Thank you.

-3- THE WH ITE HOUSE WASHINGTON

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Mr. Michael K. Deaver The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. Deaver:

I am continually amazed at the job you are all doing in support of President Reagan; I was reminded of this vividly at his press con­ ference last week .

I have been in the news/p.r. business all my life (25 years at Carl Byoir, executive vice president, now in my own firm) so I am somewhat aware of what is going on behind-the-scenes.

It's true, of course, that the only time the Communists have been overtly expansionistic in nature since World War II was when there was a Democrat in the White House (i.e., Korea, Cuba, Czechoslo­ vakia, Vietnam, Afghanistan, etc.)

The only exception, I believe, being Hungary when President Eisenhower was involved in one of his medical forays.

The conclusion you can draw is that Communists are afraid that a Republican President will punch them in the nose, while they know they can apply diplomatic negotiations with a Democrat President until hell freezes over.

The more their system fails, the more dangerous they become and there is a wealth of history to support this.

Congratulations on the job you are all doing !

Sincerely,

«~~Robert Henkel

RH:vb THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON

The Honorable and Mrs. John Herrington

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I spoke with t he r el evant pe1:son at the C. Cha s

Clubs your file appears to be complet e . You were not eJ 11) tJJ r for sum.m er membershi p t his ye ar but 1-1 ill be in 1935, anci. tl,•· ff · after until your f ull membe r shi p come s up (maybe fi v£ yca'J 1 )

Apparently there i s a. f orm for this whicl member recei ve i n April. I will talk i->i th Austin Kiplinger , a s he i s on'- of your spons ors. I am told that as soon as he gets thi s fonu he should fill it out with your coope ration . I have not been able to r e ach Kip (they must be on vacation) but I will alert him t o this and also that you are not up for an administratior membership. Perhaps you would prefer that. As we pointed out to you if you take that route you lose the membe rship the moment you leave the administration . However t hey could be contiguous . Your son might enjoy t he summer camp t ennis/gol f / _s wi mming etc next year. londay Aug 6. 1934

Dear Mike: I spoke with the relevant person

d.L .L "'..P.J?80.... "; J v0,7\.L " I You were not eligible 1·or summer membership this year but will be in 1985, and there­ after until your full membership comes up (maybe five years) Apparently there is a form for this which members receive in April. I will talk with Austin Kiplinger, as he is one of your sponsors. I am told that as soon as he gets this form he should fill it out with your cooperation. I have not been able to reach Kip (they must be on vacation) but I will alert him to this and also that 0'1 cw.--.. ~,.,_...._.i,..__._.v ..u-..ca.u-~.ru, Perhaps you would prefer that. As we pointed out to you if you take that route you lose the membership the moment you leave the ad.ministration. However they could be contiguous. Your son might enjoy the summer camp tennis/golf/ swimming etc next year.

I ope you had a gocxi vacation.

This is typed because R.H . thought it unseemly for you to be seen standing on your head in the vl.tl. trying to read my writing: -:.__ ...... _,.+• n . .:.j ...... FROM THE WHITE HOUSE

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Mr. Charlton Heston 2859 Coldwater Canyon Drive Beverly Hills, California 90210 0 CJD CJD CJDD1JO

September 20, 1984

Dear Michael:

Thank you for a most exciting tour of the White House . We enjoyed meeting Carolyn and hope to do it again soon.

Since you are an admirer of good art and publications, I have subscribed to FMR Magazine for you and Carolyn to enjoy, especially volume #4 which depicts the American Indian history written by William J. Orr. This issue will probably come to you prior to December since the next issue #5 is scheduled for mailing soon.

nks and warm wishes.

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