Richard Nixon Presidential Library Contested Materials Collection Folder List
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23 2Campaign Other Document Newspaper advertisement for Pete McCloskey's campaign. Not scanned.
23 2Campaign Other Document Newspaper advertisement for Pete McCloskey's campaign. Not scanned.
23 2 3/10/1972Campaign Memo From Strachan to Haldeman RE: McCloskey's Congressional run. Handwritten notes added by unknown. News piece on McCloskey's campaign attached. 2 pgs.
23 2 12/20/1971Campaign Memo From Dent to Haldeman RE: attached information. 1 pg.
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23 2 12/17/1971Campaign Letter From Charles E. Moreshead to Dent RE: enclosed information on McCloskey's trip to Maine. News pieces on McCloskey's comments regarding Muskie attached. 3 pgs.
23 2 11/18/1971Campaign Memo From Buchanan to Haldeman analyzing McCloskey's campaign ads. 1 pg.
23 2Campaign Other Document Newspaper advertisement for Pete McCloskey's campaign. Not scanned.
23 2 11/5/1971Campaign Memo From Strachan to Haldeman RE: Nofziger's work to check McCloskey in California. 1 pg.
23 2 Campaign Memo From Nofziger to Strachan RE: attached information. 1 pg.
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23 2 10/22/1971Campaign Letter From Ronald Conway to Nofziger RE: McCloskey's political status in San Mateo County, California. Copies of news clippings related to the subject attached. 2 pgs.
23 2 Campaign Memo From Nofziger to Strachan RE: attached press clippings on McCloskey. Handwritten notes added by Strachan. 1 pg.
23 2 8/6/1971Campaign Newspaper Marin County "Independent Journal" article on McCloskey, RN, and China. 1 pg.
23 2 8/7/1971Campaign Memo From Timmons to Haldeman RE: an attached form letter from McCloskey to House Republicans. 2 pgs.
23 2 8/9/1971Campaign Other Document Tenth page of a memorandum, including information on RN's China visit and its effects on McCloskey. Handwritten note added by unknown. 1 pg.
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23 2 Campaign Memo From Nofziger to Strachan RE: attached newspaper articles. Handwritten note added by unknown. 1 pg.
23 2 7/5/1971Campaign Newspaper Roscoe Drummond's San Mateo "Times" editorial titled "McCloskey in Trouble." 1 pg.
23 2 7/10/1971Campaign Newspaper San Mateo "Times" article on the split between McCloskey and James Halley. 1 pg.
23 2 Campaign Memo From Nofziger to Strachan RE: attached information pertatining to a previous conversation. 1 pg.
23 2 Campaign Photograph Handwritten notes on McCloskey's relations with steelworkers. 1 pg.
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23 2 6/10/1971Campaign Memo From Dent to Haldeman RE: an attached letter. 1 pg.
23 2 6/7/1971Campaign Letter From Eugene F. Trumble to Dent RE: McCloskey's campaign structure and efforts. Handwritten notes added by unknown. Information from a periodical, possibly "Newsweek," attached. 2 pgs.
23 2 6/8/1971Campaign Other Document Note to "follow-up" on using "Jack Kemp against McCloskey." Handwritten notes added by unknown. 1 pg.
23 2 5/29/1971White House Staff Memo From Ehrlichman to Haldeman RE: an attached news article. 1 pg.
23 2 4/21/1971Domestic Policy Newsletter An issue of "The Brown Republican," including information on an anti-RN rally. 2 pgs.
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23 2Campaign Other Document Slip of paper containing notes on the efforts of White House officials to check McCloskey's campaign progress. 1 pg.
23 2 White House Staff Memo From Kehrli to Strachan RE: an attached memo. 1 pg.
23 2 4/19/1971Campaign Memo From Buchanan to Haldeman RE: painting McCloskey as a follower of the Kennedy New Frontier in an effort to minimize his campaign's effect on RN in 1972. 1 pg.
23 2 4/20/1971White House Staff Memo Fro Colson to Dent RE: attached information. 1 pg.
23 2 4/13/1971Campaign Memo From J. Roy Goodearle to Colson RE: information on McCloskey and thoughts on how to counters his campaign efforts. 3 pgs.
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23 2 5/4/1971Campaign Memo From Strachan to Haldeman RE: the use of Walter Cunningham as an anti-McCloskey candidate in California. Handwritten response added by Haldeman. 1 pg.
23 2 4/29/1971Campaign Memo From Chotiner to Mitchell RE: a potential Cunningham Congressional run. Biographical information on Cunningham attached. 3 pgs.
23 2 5/4/1971Campaign Memo From Strachan to Haldeman RE: the use of Walter Cunningham as an anti-McCloskey candidate in California. 1 pg.
23 2 4/21/1971Campaign Other Document Handwritten notes detailing the advice of various White House officials with regard to McCloskey. 2 pgs.
23 2 Campaign Newspaper Article authored by Rowland Evans and Robert Novak titled "McCloskey and the Democrats." 1 pg.
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23 2 4/16/1971Campaign Newspaper "Wall Street Journal" article authored by Norman C. Miller relating to McCloskey. Handwritten note for Strachan added by unknown. 1 pg.
23 2 4/19/1971Campaign Memo From Strachan to Haldeman RE: Nofziger's information on Norton Simon, Cyprus Eaton, Bob Dole, and their relations with McCloskey. 1 pg.
23 2 4/17/1971Campaign Photograph Handwritten notes on McCloskey. Important financial and political figures, such as Norton Simon and Bob Dole, mentioned. 1 pg.
23 2 5/14/1971Campaign Other Document Handwritten notes relating to Nofziger and Dole, with a particular emphasis on McCloskey. 1 pg.
23 2 4/8/1971White House Staff Memo From Strachan to Haldeman RE: a talk to be given at a dinner involving Clem Stone. 1 pg.
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23 2 4/13/1971Campaign Memo From Strachan to Haldeman RE: information from the Republican National Committee on presidential primaries. 1 pg.
23 2 4/9/1971White House Staff Memo From Strachan to Haldeman RE: Mrs. Haldeman's visit to the White House. 1 pg.
23 2White House Staff Other Document Sheet of paper reading "Deliver to Gordon Strachan." 1 pg.
23 2 3/27/1971Campaign Newspaper Thomas J. Foley's article titled "McCloskey to Challenge Nixon in 1972; Simon Pledges Funds." 2 pgs.
23 2 5/19/1971White House Staff Other Document From March to Strachan RE: attached information relating to a previous phone call. 1 pg.
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23 2 5/13/1971Campaign Newspaper "Pittsburgh Press" and "Washington Post" articles detailing the McCloskey campaign's setbacks. 1 pg.
23 2 5/3/1971Campaign Newspaper "Long Beach Press Telegram" article titled "GOP war views split -- McCloskey." 1 pg.
23 2 5/9/1971Campaign Newspaper "San Francisco Examiner" articled by Will Ellsworth-Jones entitled "Varying Views of McCloskey." 2 pgs.
23 2 5/15/1971Campaign Newspaper Copy of a newspaper article by Robert S. Allen and John A. Goldsmith relating to McCloskey's campaign. Handwritten notes added by unknown. 4 pgs.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 Page 10 of 10 THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHI N G TON
Administratively Confidential
March 10, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR: H.R. HALDEMAN FROM: GORDON STRACHAN <:i SUBJECT: McCloskey
The UPI wire on McCloskey's news conference is attached. Although he will not continue to run for President, his name will remain on 10 ballots as a symbolic protest against the Vietnam War.
McCloskey will run for Congress in the 17th District, which is in Santa Clara County, south of his old district. His only competition is Bob Berry, a former congressman from New York, who has almost no chance of beating McCloskey in the primary. The only potentially strong challenger is Dr. Royce Cole. He is young and conservative and could win if Berry were out. Nofziger recommends that Berry be asked out of the race and that money be put into Cole's campaign to accelerate the attack on McCloskey.
According to Nofziger March 24 is the deadline for McCloskey to file a list of delegates for the California Presidential Primary. Nofziger thinks McCloskey is just unpredictable enough to file. Even if he doesn't file, Nofziger believes some Democratic group would be well advised to spend the money to get a slate of McCloskey delegates and then run an ad campaign to increase the anti-Nixon vote. Nofziger is trying to find out if this is happening.
Magruder believes that the mere fact that McCloskey will probably have an easy primary and general election is attributable to the factionalism in the California Republican Party. In particular, Nofziger has not implemented his assignment to counter McCloskey. • THE WHITE HOUSE y. WASH NaTON ~\t\ Date: Decemb er 20 , 1 9 71 \"
TO, H . R. HALD EMA N
FROM2 HARRY DENT~
Please handle---- For your information _~ MAINE REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE
STATE CHAIRMAN
December 17, 1971
Hon. Harry Dent The White House Washington, D. C.
Dear Harry:
Enclosed please find press releases concerning Representa
tive McCloskey's recent visit in Maine.
My best wishes for a very happy holiday.
Sincerely, ~ , - L I 1" I .', , . "\ ~--~-+ d--'/-, ~ ~ -' c. . 1'" . /fI, b t --A-,-",~z;.~~t:: C\,2'r"" .; , ; ; (, c··~ j~., T / ~CHARLES E. MORESHEAD State Chairman
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Kennebee Journal. Augu$ta, FrIday. Dee. 17. 1971
Moreshead raps l\tkCI;s!~~yl .-~ If .. (lii"io f\ n r· or praising ~en. iV1US"ie . . "", (AP) -, "I., certainly ,h{)p~ thC'y \\;1\ ~.. ~" : ~...... >~ . .,....:;. "-' ':':" ~far~Jdn~pubHc3il'~p~rty "(~}~:lil~.. ,~{.I·C· tJH"'Ht~l~ tl!L; ·puh}jei+~t..seek.. ,man Ctlarirs B. MitI'C's!Jcild: In;:: 0PPU['lUIII st," l"IOl'{'~h{,:ld l'Did Thllr~d:lY he thinks Hell· I· :;Il/n. .. Paul N. MeCh):,kf'v Jr., H-Ca-, ~kCI(.ske~· ".'Il~ In Mame IIUf., Is a "publicit;'-s('pkillg op- iWedllesday. In :op~';,k to ~tlldp~lt!' i '}>Qrtunist." ,at the U\Uv('rslty of. ]\\;uue, II 1 1 Itt 1\1 CI I Ibr:lllchcs at Orono 6l11d port-j ~ as IC'(, Oil II "c. o~.'(,Y Ihillel-Gorham. g after the (.on rC'5smao. p::llsrd:. .1IP sili.d he hilS "lrl'me".do11l1 I S£'o. F.drnuJld S. l\\usloc, 1\, " t I ~ , I'll lUe If" al~ h' t i tJ D "1' ire"p{'c or ~~n." us .. ~ on ~nll1~C'r (}r . If' .. emocr a _~c i peoars to me to be an honest Prcludelltial Il0mtnatlO11 in Ifll~., man the American people can: "I have made it a point! t111st." , throughout.. my pol!licHI can'..rl McCloskey liaid h... "will n!'v-' lind eSp<'cI:llly dUring my ten- ('I' a(!:lin enelOl',,, an\'one of my ure :IS l;latl~ chairman. not to'(\lI'n ·pnrty if I think hj~ OPI~ publicly crill CIZC rncl1llwrs o( InC'nt is the better man." . m~' 0\11\ politkal l)l\rty," said I The conl;rrssmlln will chill- i MoreShC'Hd a \C'!1)rC l'
-."..,-·· M \:;;';., r'11 • 1f)1 . r"ij(\;}" " M ~ 1'1 rt t-U()~r' AS' ~~--- 'AOlrp-~.- '<, ~ ~ Jil u iii V'V,.y W . Is lJ v··~· ';j~£ t1""c 1¥~~~ By DONALD C',HANSEN chalienge President Nixon in the New Hamp ciuding the Vietnam War ani'! nuclear testing!' shire Drimarv next :'larch 7 ,u1d perhaps in sub "We must restate the faith of the prop!e 1:n U.S. Rep. Paul N. !\1cCloskey; a Republican sequent ones' 8S well, in Grner to force changes ihctr go'.ernment," !lIcC!0~l;ey sain, addit'g that: challenging President l\'Lxon's r'e-election bid in in administration policy and perhaps dump the public confidence ill their elected officials ,;,:a" at order to reshape the GOP, indic... tes he might President. an all time low_ if 1 ~1 endorse Democrat E-dmund S_ Muskie the Speaking before two to three hundred studer-Is "We Il('ed politicians "ho wlli' stalld Ut! and s [;;1 1,:aine senator \~ ins. t.he nonl1113tion next year .. at the Gorham campus of the University of teU the p-2opJe the truth without v,~onderin5 "I have tremendous; rCSD€ct for Sen. ~ruskie,>I . r~ l\'laine at PorHand-Gorhiun, McCloskey 'c:;ti ":hether it will hurt them poiiticaliy," he told the J ill :i\lcCloskey said during a 'oue-day t.rip to Maine maff·.ct his own Cllance of winning tbe presidency Gorham auriifnce "fiE'r earlier speaking at Lie WC!dnesday. "He appears to me to be an honest "at. i.bout 1,000 to one." Orono ca:npus o[ the university • .man t.he American people can trust." He accused what he called th,e "NLxon-Agnew McClo;;J;cy, who first sprang 10 prominence in And, the CaJHornia' Republican added, "1 will Mitchell administration" of cor.tinuing an tmcon 1967 '"h~n he defeaied Shir1cy Temple Black in a never again endorscanyon€ of my own party if I sch~nab]e vw~ar in Soutb(:~st Asia and of "drliher GOl? cril1gressionai primary, 'It'as received atten think his opponent is the better man." at-ely concealing and distorting facis from the But M.cCloskey's immediate goal, he said, is to American people "on a wide range of issues, in-
Uvely if l10t enthusiastically by the Gorham stu iI:cCloskt'y said he wanted "to Ihear what all supfJurt from the Maine Republican organiza dent body. the candidates (for president) have to say" be tion. Spe.aking iniormaily in a small knot of stu [nre making lip his mind who to b'ack, but said There wE're, fer insiance, no major !.!alllc Re dents who gathered around him after a qllCstion that "if :'Iluskie gets the nomination r believe he publicans pa!'licjpatin~ in ;\lrC1oskey's visit and answer session at .the Warren .lIiH Gymna has a reasonable chance to be president. here. Only ~ few coilege studenls Shiy\,:ed up lor ;~ sium, :McCloskey stressed, as he would again at "Ed }\illskie has Lile capacity to restore failh a private m('eilng at the Portland airport al a· uws conf€l'ence, the need to restore truth to and confidence in our government and if be. ;though a number of relatively prominent liberal politics . stands up and tells the truth he'll be the. nell.1: GOP party members bad been invited. . "Neither political party is worth a tinker's president. " !'IIcCLOSKEY'S PITCII is not l!eared towards damn," he told one student who said he was fed. organizational Republicans in ?iaille an.y-way. He up with the system. "What we need to do is re l\IcCLOSKEY DECLL~ED to specuJate what was basically irl!erested in attracting some col form them. And we politicians have to stand up kind of showing he' needs to make in the New kge stuucnts in l\ia inc to volunteer to help in the and tell t.he truth." Hampshire primary, but said he'd drop out if he New Hampsh,ire primary. As the student contimlCd to look skeptical, dhln't make "a creditable one." "We're only ';0 miles from L\;e border," he told McCloskey continued, 'Sen. Muskie was stating President t,;ixon's managers in Netv Hamp the Gorham students, "and we \\"ad all the help 'a simple fact as he faw it when he said he didn't shire have said the Presid"nt shQuld win 85 per \>c can get from students from all over New t.J2ucve a black could be elected vice pre"ident. . cent of the vote but McCloskey sa.id a \\ilite E.ngla nd. " "Now I think Muskie was wrimg - I'd be hap House·eommissioned poll Jin New Hampshire Accompanying McCIoiikey on the Gorham py to run willi a black - but he was at least sho\\'cd McCloskey 'l\ith 22 per cent of the vote. Portland leg or his Maine \1.sit was Poril::md saj'ing openly what he believes to be true." McClo:;kt>y's attack ( WASHINGT O N Nov ember 18, 1971 MEMORANDUM TO: H. R. HALDEMAN FROM: PAT BUCHANAN The fancy ads and slick comme rcials may have reached a point of diminishing returns -- if this ad is any indication. McCloskey is directing his pitch against the "Pitchmen;" emphasizing sincerity and candor. When one considers that poll you mentioned one day -- where something like 80 percent of the American people thought we were too P. R. -oriented -- McCloskey' s people have zeroed in on som·e thing, which could be lUJuri ous . Consi de ration ought t o be g i v en -- in light of this and general public revulsion to TV gimmickry and campaign spending, to how much and what kind of telev ision should be used not only in the primarie s, but in the general as welL Because of that " Selling of the President" and the aura left by supportive position in the media, we are vulnerable on this score. Buchanan THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON Date: 11-5-71 TO: H • R • HALDEMAN FROM: GORDON STRACHAN Lyn Nofziger is continuing to watch the McCloskey situation in California. In addition to the work with possible challengers, he has met with some success in disadvantageously redistricting McCloskey's seat. republican national committee Lyn Nofziger GORDON STRACHAN to October 22, 1971 Dear Mr. Nofziger, J wanted to let you know what is happening in San Mateo County regarding the June Congressional Primary. As you can imagine McCloskey will end up running for Congress again. and as a result a committEe has corne into ex istense to defeat him in the primary. I thought you would want to know about this comm ittee so I have enclosed some newsclippings that will give you some of the backroul1d on the committee. The committee has spent months tieing down all the money and republican groups into supporting one candidate who will be chosen by all the representatives to the committee. A screening and elimin ation of some candidates will be held on Octobe r 30. The committee is well prepared for the upcoming challenge and we pIan;.to meet it optirnistically. Since this is probably good news for you I wanted to let you know about it as soon, as it became public. Sincerely Yours, Ronald Conway POBox 2481 Menlo pa rk, calif. 94025 l ,.!."Jr.·\J'.I',\'I·· .. \J;,I.~r·:I.J.·. - - - [I'enppor ['wnCf 1"'\' vIS fie t \r 1'11 ,eo-'cl'rl 1al nn 11 ,,1,"Ifl a prJ'n1 C Ncw$ Pdlilical !.Cfiil.r Ie l' 0" s blo Santa CIJl'aimon,T of the coort, said the: A group of Republicans uS·iC~)unl.r, Santa Cruz COllnfn::rrollp will ~cek to nw!('h osert(·d1.v prcpan'{l 10 illtov;'wi:I also be included if part' :\IcCi()skc~"s fir;allCing in th~ vast SlIll1s of money beh>lll!of if is cmbraced in the re-!primnry if he rU!1S for rc an opP(1sition cOl1.:!rC'~~iDnal! aligned district, le-leClion. and eXjJI'C'ti> him :0 CHl1di-date to maverick GOI'/ Co-chairman of the ('alJdi·;spend more Iii;>:] :<100,0(;0. Rcp. Paul N, "Pete" :\leClos-iclnte recruitment group arc! "We ha\'e no p!edges, b:'l key hJS scheduled an ~dl-da.r ILee Kniser of Atherton ,wd iwe havc a lot of people wbo jnterviewing s e 5 s ion \\,j,hD0:m Watkins of Purtola Val-lhD\,C accepted t:1Ls comnllt prospective contenlicrs OCL/lleY, The cHort has nsslllned lice and are in fa\Of of it ,,1].1 30. the lJamc "Project EHnlc,'" iw\'e access to money," K;; , ; 'rhe 'group represents both:sfanding for "Election of He-I said. , ser San l\1ateo :mel ~;)l1ta Clara !sponsible Heprescntatioll In Efforts will be mac' to' COUllty GOP leaders, since it' Conp;ress." zero in on sin::;h~ caw'?:ltc~ I. is expected that ;\IcCloskey's! Kent Kaiser, son of thp ill each of t\\'o' 1'(':, pr,.l":Ol1(>(I ': j r,:,,;d 'i,,::, i" v .,>,,, it ,\I(:Cl05].;e:, might legally l'tU as. <.Ill 111 cumbeni onc erossll1g th(~' Santa Clara COllll')- line and olle 'wholly in Scm ;.\iateo County. " i 1~1~'~~. r r.rn, ~1\\1~5 Kaiser 11)[1(1(> lL Clear. how·, \:s. :i U \;;:v t·•• i:'~ \;# ~I \ao)' d ~ i3 ever that Pro j l' Ct i:HIUC , . f f " ... ..",~ ~,J' fl P! will concentrate liS' e 0 r , U7 ,.. t \' • ~ f; '.J 1"'" II" If"tI- ~J/~I'! /\ "".... f 'J r. ' '1 r ...."! (J"1 n 1,\'1 \. J '\:c;& ii '1.4.v:;; \ "I and finances in whichevf>T li\ '-iClI~ bl i:i ~.:l ~.,,!.11 ...... L~ ....,~ w ~ '<~~ " 1. Cf) '":J \:'... ~idjstrict :\1 c C los key mayI • choose to rUll. ; " , /' 1 .\ and I ee Kaiser have!hns establd]cd a Redwood 5:IIYi Whether he will rim or not ' A group of blleadll1;! San MateO!\a.lc,! d' 'h,,'rnlan of the'nl:.l!.I11~ address P.O. Box ~'J32.\ ' ' "creel'-Ibcen c eCle co'c ,d I , , " . 'llI11" ! is In question. sinct' Iw l,s ai.: (o,mt\, Repu ICat.", IS" • , p i c ERRIC (I.: leclion' l! serf:s nommatlOn, III \\ 1 o. 'in;:: candidates to Opp05C Rep. Igron , pro,eb~e J Repres;nratlOnl Tile first screenilll' llH::ctmg}s 'ire'ldv running for J'rt'~ld('nl; Paul M. McCloskey "nd run Inl?' Ischeduled [or Oct. 30 and \\lil President :\iXOIl on g Re~p~nsl ~la,,'aU;st 'anv newly created con res-llI1 Conill e"s). . Ibe open to the press but not the lla~ antiwar JlI~ltlorm, The: sional district. . Walkins, ~ll ele~tro~I("~ .c?m. ,pUbliC, . .' IShowdown in i!Ja,l (,tf()rt .• h~\\:.; ~. Dean A. Watkins of Porlola Ipapy execUl!\'e, S~ld !Jje~loJccti Watkins said the screemng lever wlll come 111 the '\mlcll ---- comminec has been set lip to ) 7 N',:w lIampsll ire prim:lr~... i "reprbcllt the lotal spectrum. :1 and if ;.\rcCl~skey 105,es hean.. of the Rt'j1\lblican Pany." . ~ Iy there, he IS ('xpcc,ed to reo Every Republican orgonlza - tiu'll to California for are-I lion within San Matco and y e lec:tion bid. i Santa Clara Counties wiU b~ in Plans for the Od. 30 inter-; vited to send r('presentatIY<~s., viewin a session, ;1) be hpJd :it' ~ • ,\p , I E~·ery prospecti\'e candld::ne l the Redwood CIt:-' "omen 51 · who applies before the: screen-: ) ,Cluh, wer(' ]:dd at r. Tu<'sc!;.1\·. ing committee will be asked to. It In'loht meetill!!. T}:e press, b'll support the committee's chOice, S" !Ilol b the public~, at large. WI'11 , he ·said. : .1 be admitlt'd, ! ThirH'C'n prospeC'tiYe can· -1 All candid:ltcs m~nlione(J: didntes ll;,:e already been Iist ./as possible GOI~ Tlvals to · ed, The\' inchlde (harlE'S Chase" l\IcCloskcy are beJll6' lllnted, i Forden -Alhern, Roberty Bany, ; Mrs. Shirley Temple Black,. I Gordo:i Smith, Ronald Ch,'lrJe::;, : Jack Wilson. Ned Hutclllnson, ; Thomas McQinn Smith and Dr. ~ Royce Cole. . ' Also under conslderallon are I Assemblyman Dixon Arnc'tt, · Wilham 13,~!>t, Larry Farghar .. and f (I r 111 e r As~emblyman 1 George W. Milias. republican national committee lyn Nofziger FOR GORDON STRACHAN I .~-. ,.,..,.. • ~ ,or" ~ v.y:; ~ "'~;~:f . ~ . .~ ";;";;;;"';;"I;;",;".~=-=':;";';:';;:.:';',.";;,,:;";..:';',;"I JI Am~,"61'l'~~" M,i(;, iii 'i'\""~: .! 1 I I .. ~tcCt~~.~~Y·.~_~·~~s J~.is!.ss~r \~ J~. i 'As' Nixon GO'e~ :,~~, ~hlnc;I ,.',' .::~9 r \ 't,' ~~. :By nUs WALTON: ,',i.:, "\,"~i~;~:~<'IN~ FACT, Pete MC~~S'key inay'also ,;t"t SACRAMENTO -'The Hon. Paul Nor- find a dead·end road when he runs for re- ~ 1 \ ton (Pete) McCloskey, Republican con-' election to the U.S. House of Representa gressman from San Mateo County. has lives.' , .' ~ : 1,';":) .' .• ,' ,n~ , been going full bore in his campaign to ,. The new congressional districts being unseat President Nixon for the party's .carved out on the San Francisco Peninsu- Domination next year. " ., '. :.: :.J la may settle his political hash for some' , Be's been spending Norton Simon's time to come. ' '.' i l' money as though it were a bucket of When those new boundaries are drawn, Bunt's catsup - splashing it all around•..... San Mateo County will be divided be- Liberally. " " 'tween two congressional districts. Ex- Now he's opened a California command tremely reliable information is that one ~. post on Van NeSs Avenue in San Francis- of those districts will extend from Red. .. ., co, gearing up for the 1972 presidential wood City north to the ~ Francisco f..:J , " primary. '," , county line. It will contain 435,000 souls . - ~ ) 'l'BE TROUBLE IS, ror all the sound (the • • ide aI' , number) and it will be. , I, and motion and catsup, Pete's not going carved out as a Democratic district so (/.) ::.> ,aD)'Where. President Nixon cut.him off att,hat Assemblyman Leo Ryan can go to :z the knees with that planned trip to Com· Washington as a congressman. ::0 ::.> monist China. .' The remainder of San Mateo County, .." ::.> McCloskey's single issue (despite' his south of Redwood City. will be thrown !TI protests to the contrary) was the war in into a new dis t ric t with Santa Cruz .r :~ ('") Vietnam and the mess in Southeast Asia. County and the northern part of Santa ::.> r ;)G He argued that President Nixon' was ~t Clara County. It Will include the cities of ::r; moving fast enough or far enough.' , . Palo Alto, Los Altos, Cupertino, Mountain 0 "flO. ::0 Now what can he say? I mean, a: trip to View, Sunnyvale, and the tip of the city t ,i :z Peking is going pretty far! of Santa Clara. • ~ ~;:$ That just about brings things down to It is designed to be a Republic~ dis '"T1' ::0 "CY' domestic issues. These are and will be trict - but not necessarily McCloskey's. 6 o~ the really big issues of 1972. And, at this FOR ONE THING, most of the Repub :<::.> point they are hardly Republican vote- licans in the new dis t ric t have been getters.' ;. . moderate to conservative, Nixon-Reagan ::.>c:::: ~a C') , . '.;. ~. 'Republicans. They have not cottoned to c:::: THE RECESSION-depresSlon, the way McCloskey has been repudiating . (/.) : --I ~I ;J tiOD, uneD!ployment - !hese may well be the President and the governor. $T> ~t Democratic crows commg home to ~st For another thing _ and more impor ...... ;~ after flapping around .the coun~ sm~ tant, politically-speaking _ the Sunny_ 1 (D '-I the '30s. But. the mOgJc~ of politics will vale-Mountain View area is the northern ..... nO b1~e pressmg econonuc problems on California location for l«kheed and the the lDCumbents, not on root causes.from many sub-contraeting firms which aerv anof!1er era. . . . "" • 'ice Lockheed and, other defense indus !TI 0 . NJXon may have some problems within. , tries" The tho u a and s of l«kheed :::::j his own party. But they come from the empioyes _ and the thousands that once " 0 ::0 ~~ right and that is hardly McCloske~~ "" worked for l«kheedand are now unem. ~ try. , .:.'...,; ployed - are not likely to respond to pl, So, J!OOr old Pete. Be and his yo?th!ul McCloskey's blandisbments. They are ~ C') pumpkin-ea~rs m~y get ~eir Jo~es , more likely io recall his vacillation on 'I !TI from stumpmg agaInSt PresIdent N~on., the Lockheed loan, his vote against the . ...~:~.. , :":''';':':iI/o but they are on a.dead-en~ road.~ . ," SST' and ABM, and his generally anti .::: /) ';'~f ....:defense indus~ posture.~And.that's ~w :.. ,: ideology, that's JObs! ': . Y '~': ":;", .ALL OF WHICH leaves McCloskey , ..'. with another troublesome decision. ';., : Should he make a fight in a Republican , district which could repudiate him .8 he , 'i' JUs repudiated N'lXOn?' Or, Should. he ,.'" ',,' make a run for it in the new "northern" .I . . San Mateo County district which will be 'i" Democratic but perhaps more ~DSive ,0:toldabrandofpolitics? .' \ "" I .1 .~~~; On at least one oecaaion MeCIosby has '. '} ,.! !mpliOdhe might just -.Leo 1!.Y1I fl ;.'And that. would be q~~,~c~:i;'~' . ( ~. Ryan ,havIDg f:be ~e. ~Ji ~"~,, f;' ,". ~:e'Eltlier waY. alJd at"DOth,~ uatioilal~~ ~. I'jlDd_cOJlll'essi~M1 dlstrl~leve1,;;pete Me;.,~ ,J.,Cloakey .must have a sense of; kDowiDS :>" ':~,tlIat his political future baa.,*,.'~ '~1~~.. ,! lfm~,' ~ TO: FROH: William E. Timmons Please Handle For Your Information ~ Oth,~r 1 McCloskey Volunteers 324 C Street, S. E., • Washington, D. C. 20003 • (202) 544-5251 • ~ st ~ , 1:-71 l. 11 . Luis lIouse of .. tativ s :ash i It , ll . C• ... al' Louis: ,:y, I. Hr, s,lir sur>porL rs I'lo! op in our st t~ :1 l'.uqud'ters on 'lonlay, /\ gust 9, at 11:30 «.m. Til c " r ss 0 t;lC :luH':luart rs is l",~· ,'ort, :ai, S ~t'~,- t , C ,COl" , ,: I I an shil'e , 03381 , P on(; ('.i03) 22 I r.l rU1l1 i I J fCT ~;h; ,'- UJ1i Cull I o~ i ,- dOll fOI" Pr~s i d n t fOl- tllo r asons : first , I l'UI to \'evital ize the Gor anJ to lake it til(" flajority party. It is Illy u(:! li~f t'lat uHlLr t:,is national I\dninistration l s leadcl"ship tie party is dy iilJo I, 1970 , litll the Defilocr ts ' lOralized and alnost lllkrupt , lith ,lO re thall sufficient RC[Jubl ican financing, nnd ii i th unpl"ecedented orpOI'tunity to elect r.lany 11 \/ RepuLl "car s to thl COIl<)l"CSS and to the State Houses , this f\<.imini stratioll ' s polici s and political stratcqy led to a national defeat for OUI" 1J(l\~ty . ev~n tllou9h sone strong statc parties in states such as ; e\1 Hanpshi re \/er~ able to 'lOld out a~Jainst a DE.; locratic SHeep. In ny min state of Cal ifornia Ie hav~ \~lcl..f, ... ly lust uotll f\:puLJ lical1 Scnatol"S and the rlajority of both houses in tile Ll.:nislature. Til over tuo lillian le\1 Cclifornia voters are reg isteri ng Ue.Joc\'at ic oy nlar~ills of 2:1 to !:i :l in a state IIher DCflocrats already have a milli on vote edge in r gistration . Ullile it is prot;a~ly too early to predict IIml tiC all.lost 90 , 000 lle"l voters in YOW" state lill register , if results do parallel those in California , then our party could be in serious ~rouble in ilcII Ilampshirc as I/ell . I \lQull.! hope that ny candidacy \lOuld le1p our narty attract the ideal i sn , tile energi es , and tile cnthus i aSl,l of the f i nes t young peop l e in tilC nation , as \/ell as tile loyalty of Ilal1Y disgrul tlcd Denocruts and Inde pend nts . Second , I '"un to encoura'Je open and 1I 0nes .L Jebate and to express positive Republican alternRtives to the policies of the present Admin i stration on sucll issues i.1S truth i n ~nvern1Cnt , the cconony , judicial ex cellence and independence. the 'Ia r in Vietnan, the failure to uphold the historical P.epublican moral con mitnent 011 r acial issues , the lack of dedication to the protection of personal liberties. and tIe proper and best national political strategy for the Rerublican Pa\~ty . 011 Lotll counts, I \/illingly take r.W case to you and to other 11evi flanpshire Republ icans , and I await your decision all I"arch 7,1 972. I look for lard to an early oppm"turdty to iscuss tl1ese issues and concerns \litn you , perhaps in Concord on 101 day . Ge ~ . Paul ,I . 11cCloskey , Jr . 10 U N I s pla n to vis it Chi na• • • • Cont i n uing t h e ir I e g llia . cov c r a g e of t e D Ul1.i p NL-on niov e ment, the latc C BS Ne vs wit h R ather b a d a f ulso l1.'le r eport on M cClo sl-e y a n d Lo\venste i n s peakil g befo re 1, 200 Texa s s t u d e n t s i n a rrlOod wlli b c oul d o Hcr Illittle cOJnio rt f or R N . II McC10 s1:: e y s a i d to hav e I'a str il~ i ng, physic;) l r e s e D:1bla ncc t o J F K. II .•• Ja ck ·Wil s on l eav e s D. C . v;r.i. th $20, 000 of t h e $100,000 h e \,rant s to oppo s e McC10 c- J e y Iv' i n t he Frou s p r imary ne. ct: y c a r . .•• JiJ"n Buck l e y sai d h e ld supp o rt Conn a lly i f h e ""ere on the ticket b u t tba t h e a n d ot her con servative s f eel Nixon- A g n e w is the i deal t i cket ..• . And a gai n , \ve I re told, t his i s t he \veek for Lindsa y' s s "\vit c hing p a r tie s , but not sure h e III go for ll W H •• 0 Julia n Bon d c a lls ·Wa llac e !I a d anger o 8 , dallge r o u s m rt n b e c a use of hi s i ntelligence . ISC E L.LANY CBS h a d a. v ery p o s i tiv e r ~ po rt on a n ex - con help e d by J Oh11l1Y Ca sh wl ile in p rison a n d w h o ' s n o v a ' j EgC l' i n his OWii r i ght. a nd a lso seekin g to 1elp others in t r OLl Ie . And lBC clo s 'd -- for third we k i n a row - with s om .e b artland f i lms t h i s of -a t rado r - p ulling con t e st . -.. Lots of In a j oT s p o r l · d e v <.;lo )l1, cni: s -- 2 youncr b l a cks co ntim 1E ~ j-o e x .e l as pi.tc h er s as Vida B l ue win 2 0t h and r crgl.lson J enkins w i ns 18tb - a p p r p riatel-y o n t he e v of S a tch e ll P a i cre ' s fr ont- d o o r induction to Flall of F an1e . . . Joe 1 a lnatJ out fo r rn ost o£ S .a50n v 'ith wr e c h~ cl k n ee a nd Redskins r u i n Gcorge AlIe n i s deb u t b y collapsing in 2nd h a lI against S an Dieg o ... Bob Sho r t r p ortcdly ha s A L O W 11 c rs over t h e b a Tl' cl in his desire to IT10ve S e n atol' s t o D a n a s . lvl ean AThi l new N a t hop e, Pete Broberg pit hed a s butout. .. AJld 5 1 yea r o ld I-J e l1ry Haynes -- the H OIT1e r of Hom e r a nd J ethro -.~ h a s died o£ a h eart attack. W ann eulogies frOIT1 Archie C r.l.1Upb Cll a nd Chet AH:ins. # l! if If republican national committee Lyn Nofziger FOR GORDON STRACHAN ... " ·,\',M'," ,~! jr.!~: . T"~~~.~. ,.r>,Y-/:i ./' 1 f ;.~ ...... " t;..t;.Jl"'W' t' t , r;: me", ' "~r'',._ ' I, ""':fro• " ';~ :,f ~x .. '1,., '. ~~. J i'~ ....L ....1 ;., :.:,:... ';, ~ :"" >"~" ;." ":.:;.:~; ':~:~;'":~,f< '~:~,'~, ' • "f ,:/': RED WOO D CITY -1leP. showing is In. { . ':','iPavl McCloskey, the Cali- trouble whete i~ hurts - in his , .';'::"~lfornia Republican who .s out to home .congressional d1s1.rlct -, < , <, ~der8il President ~1XOn, may' and It is probal11e th~t ¥S tro.~ ;, . ~, ',~"" well end up deraUmg himseJf ble is going to' grow. ,. ;';'::,Ji,~., ~;.." ,~'right out of Copgress:' ':,""~fCongressman Gubser, usual- 4 ~, '.u... ,~ thing is evident: McClos., ly a moderate and mild-spoken .; (~ '. {,key may look llke a big shot 1n man, didn't hold anything back ~ , ,~. : '. Washington by showering his and the RepubUan voters bere ' , . ,:,"; j<'';:~denuncia~ions on the President showed :they ~e ,it. " ,,:...,-:~ ... "to; , ..';~'~ " ~ ...~ ... ttl .r '".. {"t ~ '-AI ., , ii.,.. . . 1" #' ,~Jj:J:h'l'" ,," ~ilt::'~r;:!.i~~ ..... ; i_'-'" ,';f., '.~"""''''''''',,' f""f.:t~~~·:" 1 ,; "~l;~'; :,,.t'\!"~."""~. " .!',. '. '';':' ....,f'q' , ... ··,\.;,,;;r ., f" :' . _ '.",';." ,', ~~ : f ~.~: ~~d;;· J 't. r:.\~, r;, : ?-:~; '.~. ~; ~ ,;.~OpP~~~d'~·: ! [·~,~lI,ey~Op j "\ ,,:.~f,! f'o'. '.~~.~_. ~t.:..~,,," : ~ ~4:/c*:, , ' ~j._,; ,_ <' .:'... , ~ t, ,McCIo~key! • ,I ...._,.;.!._r~.~\ . ':.:!:!: .... i ... ' J' . FOR GORDON STRACHAN FYI as per our conversation. r _____...... ---...... ",. __ .. _--. _ ., - ~ ..... ~~... - ••.,....-.----w--". ••••••-.. • • • • _ • _. ~....---. •• •• ..... T HE WH ITE H OU S E WASH I N G TON Dat: Jun e 10, 1971 TOz BOB HALDEMAN FROM: HARRY DEN'!' Please handle.______ For your information,______DDD [5J ~ [A] TRUMBLE, SPANO &-I ASSOCIATES, INC. 0 PUBLIC RELATIONS 1678 NORTHWESTERN 8ANK BLOG. JONATHAN VILLAGE ONE CENTER DDD MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 55402 0 612/338·6727 CHASKA, MINN. 55318 0 612 / 448.4900 June 7, 1971 t,1r. Harry Dent The Hhite House Washington, D. C. Dear Harry: Some further information on the Newsweek reference, supplementing my conversation Friday with Rose Smith. McCloskey was accompanied on his Minnesota visit by a Newsweek reporter. In a briefing McCloskey was informed of the ~ · , u situation jn M·nnesot~ in which both parties on the same night (February 23, 1972) hold precinct caucuses for the purpose of electing convention delegates. That struck McClos key as representing a singular opportunity for citizen action, and he encouraged the rally audience to attend. It was a rather general bipartisan challenge, not a specific "campaign to get anti-war delegates elected," as N ews~'/eek said. I can ind no evidence of an organized effort to elect McCloskey delegate ~ . But the situation certainly bears watching, and I will do just that. In particular, I'll keep an eye on the organization I mentioned to Rose Urban Co ncerns, 2424 University Avenue, Minneapolis. It is a Republican workshop-type organization -- but non-partisan -- headed by a liberal Republican from st. Paul, ~lary Hoffmann. The group has applied for and received a tax deductible status, so at least it represents itself as non-partlsan. The leaders speak of it as being organized to advance political education. Best regards. SO: Eugene F. Trumble EFT/eh Enclosure THE PERISCOPE BULLETS AND BALLOTS IN VIETNAM Wilson is willing and is talking dates, with sum mer or early fall the best bets. The Russians Though convinced that Hanoi's power to wage a want to discuss Britain's entry to the European sustained major offensive is past, Saigon is keep Common Market. Moscow opposes it, and Wilson ing a wary eye on a big enemy buildup in South is no\'!,' on the fence. Heath is committed to join Vietnam's northwest proyinces. At least five in ing the \farket and while he too has a \foscow in fantry and three artillery regiments are there, vitation, he is in no hurrv to make the visit. hoarding ammunition stocks for summer action. Intelligence analysts are sure Hanoi will try to MC CLOSKEY IN MINNESOTA embarrass the Saigon government before the fall 1/ elections by inAicting heavy punishment on Rep. Paul (Pete) \ icC loskey, the anti-Nixon Re South Vietnamese units in the north. publican, wants to steal some early thunder be fore the .\tareh 1972 New Hampshire primary WHO SHOULD PAY FOR STRIKES? kicks off the Presidential campaign. He plans a eampaign to get antiwar delegates elected to Henry Ford 11 and his ('xperts are seriollsly ex Minnesota's COP nominating eon\'ention. This ploring an id('a that would, in efft'cL put a com process begins in precinct votes in February, in pany in the position of heipinlS to finance a strike which anyone can vote . .\IcCloskey is organizing against itself. He won l lA ~ w/l&v,{J E WASHINGTON Date ~9~2,.--,-9_ From John Ehrlichman THE BROWNREPUBLICAN No.9 Published by Brown YOung Republicans Lynda Durfee. edt 4721 /71 Rally "Bombs" *********************************** The "Dump Nixon" rally on April 18th can only be considered a fail YR MEETING ure in light of the hopes of the or ganizers. It was a failure, first, Thursday, April 22 because of the size of the turnout. Morriss Lounge 8.00 P.M. The rally organizers' claim of 22,000 to 25,000 is clearly an exaggeration. GUEST SPEAKER The N. Y. Times estimated 10,000, the Providence Police said 6,000, and an ATTORNEY GENERAL RICHARD ISRAEL aerial photograph revealed that onl y about 7 ,000 were there. The fact *********************************** that the ral l y organizers exaggerated the turnout is not surprising con s idering the fol lowing statement made by Allard Lowenstein (quoted in the March 16th Brown Daily Herald). "If we don't get 15,000 people , we're wasting, our time. II In addition t o the size of the turnout, t he rBly's organizers had a second disappointment. The rally was supposed t o be a gathering of "middle Ame ricans", Providence was chosen by Lowenstein specifically be cause i t was a "middle American" city. However, the rally was atten ded mostly by students. Whi le the r ally failed to fulfill any of the organizers' hopes, it did demostrate one fact. large numbers of students are alienated from the existing political process in this country. None of the three presi dential candidates present at the rally (Muskie, Bayh, McCloskey) got an enthusiastic reception. This high degree of bitterness and frustration am ong student s cannot be blamed on the war . its causes are much deeper than t hat . Nevertheless, the war i s aggravati ng this sense of alienation. Therefore, it i s time for the United , , " States to rapidly liquidate its in volvement in Vietnam. The Nixon ad "Wonder which one's doing the thinking , , ," ministration should go ahead with its plans to withdeaw most American forces f rom Vietnam by mid-1972. It must not allow reverses such as that s uffered in Laoe to delay American withdrawal from Vietnam. ---Ernie Evans $$$ for R.I.? Since there wi ll be no require Increased welfare, transporta ments concening "matching s tate funds" tion, education . law enforcement, to Federal Aid or obtai ning Federal and ur ban development have long been approval f or state programs, state goals and programs that states have governments will have greater flex been unable to meet effectively due ibility in deci ding upon programs. to l imitations on state revenues. Regulations and restrict ions f ormer With t he increasing concern over ur ly governing all states in the coun bam probl ems and growing state defi try will no longer r estrict s tate ci ts, President Nixon has f ormulated spending to useless or inapplicable and s ent to Congress his plan f or re projectso R. I. Will be able to ut vising America's tax system to pro ilize citizen involvement and initi vide extra revenues to the states for ative to allocate funds to creative these ur~ent programs. The adm inis and effective project s for t he state. tration ' s plan, revenue sharing, will The onl y real rest riction on projects rechannel approximatley $15 bill ion is one concerning discrimi nation in of Federal tax money back to stat es, volving minority groups. The Secre count ies , cities, and towns, of which tary of the Treasury and t he Attorn $5 billion will be new revenue to the ey General are empowered t o immedi states. ately cut off funds to a state which The newly acquired Federal reve does not comply. nue will be distributed according to Revenue shauing, then, is quite population . R. I., for instance, is simply a program to increase the un slated to receive $21 million i n the r estricted use of Federal funds for first year of revenue sharing. The local projects. It will enable the use of this money will be unrestrict states and municipalities to intiate ed , although planning aid and estab new programs and to increase aid to lished programs will be available if old ones, without raising taxes. Af the states want them. Governor' ter all, what could be bet t er than Licht and the legislature will then getting more for less? And who knows have t he t aslr of dividing about 50% how better to spend our money than of the revenues among the citi es and you and 11 towns in R. I. for their use in mu ---Frank Morgan nicipal i mprovements. The r emaider will be s pent on state welfare, roads, transportation, or wherever there is the greatest need. "The 1970s absolutely must be the years when America pays its debt t o the past by re claiming the purity of its air, its waters, and our living en vironment . It is literally now or never." ---President Nixon I January 1970 " Say, I'm trying to do lilY s/wu il1 the ecology movement -rather titan drive around all afternoon, pollllting the air, W/I)' don't we go mwr to lit)' tJ/ace.l! " THE WHITE HOl:JSE WA!lH I NGTON Date:- ----- From: Bruce Kehrli I/. 'A~ "..ru sN" Ie,.,.... 1'U-A-l ~~ ~e 7?fk ~/c1 Labk. ,.J 1'b ,,;, S-0 - /l.J ~o.,)r ./.J n4~ Ftt. #- . G~~' tZ. .. ~f.4J(... THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON April 19, 1971 MEMORANDUM FOR: H. R. HALDEMAN FROM: PATRICK J. BUCHANAN SUBJECT: Political Memorandwn, 1972 Congressman McCloskey is now traveling at times in the company of Jerry Cooke and Charles U. Daly. Have uncovered nothing about the former, but the latter is an old New Frontiersman, a John F. Kennedy man, a Bobby Kennedy man -- and a protege and close friend of Larry O'Brien. This raises up interesting possibilities. Is the Democratic Party providing staff assistance and/or financial assistance to the McCloskey Campaign. If so, we can discredit McCloskey as not a man of principle, but as a party traitor, who is trafficking with New Frontiersmen to defeat a Republican President. Good stuff can be made out of this -- damaging to McCloskey's budding effort. If we could find out where the money is coming from, to McCloskey, we might build a case that he is simply a pawn. Anyhow, we should have some of our political people looking out for this sort of thing. '] HE WHITE HOUSE WASIIIl\GTO?\ April 20, 1971 ME:tviORANDUM FOR: HARRY FROM: CHUCK ON The attachcd ITlernO which I have received Roy Goodearle is very on target ""lith SOITlE.' of the things we have discussed, particularly point 2. I think the tilne has arrived to rnake a Inovc in that area and to sonlcone postured. Have you this one on track? cc: Gordon StrClehan / Roy Goodearlc OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT WASH1NGTON AprU 13, 1971 .. I J. ECY C;()ODEAH SU1"TECT: r~ e TJ .:: c (-~ 11 t c~ 11. \ (~ T); 1 uJ (Pclc) IvicClo'.;kcy, Jr . l\':'pr(' ntativc !)t:,lJ . (Pctc)~,l elo I,,; . Jr., i j\1c(;J;key is bri :1t. (Jrtic,:latc and (1} biti·,:,n::;. I'll additjn)'J, tl(~ ha~~ an cxccllt:' r(~J(:tA"ion \\'iti't ;J :nUl'1f)er of }JcuIJ}e UJ1 tht\ affluent ]{>it.. ()rJc of his aidt~ : .~~(lr t.:>~2] J rcc ackn(l\\']c(' cd Ih:lt "\fcClo:,k,'y h s be ]1 curdacl(:d 1))/ C':ir\!si<~ tcm v:itb ;111 off r of fj ]1,,11:ei <11 ," run, 1vicClo y \yj1] have 11': upport of Xodon ~)inlOh 8nd other "li\)(:1'c;J" Ht::pt'l:)Jjcc'JJ.'~ in CaJiforni • rc s rl1an ~ ," re C(;llt ;,pc king scllcdttlC b2 s lJl'(,lj bcavily c::unpus oriC:lltccl. J:i:3 office aci] its thai: he 1 :cs receiv(:,cl 'rvery few" indtatiU)l'j to '"1) k 10 HCj)libJic l group,s cJ1her in Califurnia or in oth J' part of th", coudry. 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J •• ! 1.L U} I~i rJYO \' i, hi ("V,'l! be .~ Il~ it) ii,-~,tl J' !c(":]o lZt»' iJ, the GOP prinJ ry ;I(;':t jt-al', (,.'Ojl~'Ci~11jy i" J Lofn", fad that rcdistrictin,~ c(J\\j(l nl j:.,; t1.,; (;l.ddct ,,]j htiy JnOl"C c:orl~~('rvativv. 1 thinl< The first cOll,lcl pro,]dv the' i[I',;)l\:UJiti,;)l \,\ will Jlccd if h,; k<:J~'ps oIl hi Pl'V"Cllt COUI' <:, ,I,lld 1\!C' .. r.'cnnd ('ould]1 lit lli J,:;I1Jt'uv"ring roorn or even furct' nil!l 1u cr,ic:uJ::;c Cl'~ir;:e tu ave 1ds O\'~11 }h\]j'lic;;.l ~J{i_u. THE WHITE HOUSE DETERMnJEJ T B , AM WASHINGTON ADMIN IS~i\al.i ,_ .... _,KING E.O . 120 ~5 . S~_._ua 6-102 May 4, 1971 By_~!~-",______,iu,_ , u..l t e ____3 -/ .2-----?' 2- CONP lBE-NL£UL MEMORANDUM FOR: H.R. HALDEMAN FROM: GORDON STRACHAN G SUBJECT: Astronaut Cunningham Murray Chotiner sent the attached material on Walter Cunningham. Chotiner is suggesting that he be contacted about challenging McCloskey in his California district. Is this the type of individual we want Colson or some one on the outside to approach? I ~ YES NO ~ If yes, Nofziger instead of Colson should discreetly have Cunningham contacted and keep us posted. Disagree______Agree ------ J)dMf P -~~ ~ ~ ~ .A.#-~:dalt . cJ~k- . April 29, 1971 p GOdFIDEN-'J!-I-AL •• 1 A.vdA!, _;:,·l ... . : .. ·1 ' 10 mUd FOR JOH L~. ~'1 I'rCH LL RO ru Y CHOTI ER ubviously, no on connected with the Administration hould b identified with this tilought. ut, for your information, altar Cunningh ., ~ SA stronaut, is seriously interested in becoming GOP oandidat for Congress in Congres man cClosk yls i trict in Californi . ~closed i biographical d tao r. fi e • H ldeman PE m GOnFIDD...~ ':l?I;Ail .•' ) " .,. NAT IONAl AE RONAUT ICS AND SPACE ADf1 I NI STRAT ION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20546 BIOGRAPHICAL DATA WALTER CUNNINGHAM NASA ASTRONAUT ~ANE: Kalter Cunninnham (Civilian) BIRTHPLACE A~D DATE: ~larch 16, 1932, Creston, Iowa; considers Santa ~lonica, California hometo'm-. Parents, ~lr. and Mrs. Kalter lv. Cunningham, reside in \renice, California. PHYSI DESCRIPTI Blond hair; hazel eyes; height,S ft. 10 in.; weight, 155 podnds. EDUCATIO~: Graduated from Venice Iligh School, Venice, Califo~nia; received B.A. with honors in Physics, 1960 and ~l.A. in Physics, 1961, from UCLA; has completed work, , on doctorate in Physics with exception of thesis. ~~RITAL STATUS: Ma ed to rmer Lo Ella Irby, Norwalk, California. Her mother, ~lrs. llie j\larie Maynard, resides in Oxnard, California. CHI Brian, Sept er 12, 1960; Kimberly, February 12) 1963. OTHER ACTIVITIES: Sports enthusiast, particularly interested in gymnastics and handball. ORGAt'dZATI Member, American Geophys ical Union, rican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Sigma Pi, and Sirrma Xi. PERI Joined tlle Navy in 1951 and began fli training in 1952. Joined a Marine squadron in 1953 and senred on active until August 1956. ~ow is Marine reservist, with r of Major. Was research scientist r Rand Corporation before joining NASA; worked on classified de nse studies and oblerns of Earth's magnetometers at Rand. was awarded NASA's Excentional Service Medal for the Apollo 7 flieht at ceremonies at the LBJ ranch. - more . CUNNIN contd. At UCLA, in conjunction Kith doctoral thesis PI' lorn, he velopcd and tested in a search coil liwgnetOlilotol' which was later own aboard the first XASA o iting Geophysical Observatory satellite. lie has 3,500 hours of Dying time, more than 2,800 hours in jets. 4 Cunningham \\:15 one 0:" the third group of astronauts selected by :\ASA in October, 1963. 1:1(1 his fir s t ~ p:l C e light October 11-22, 1968, as Lunar Nodule Pilot aboard the 0110 7 sDacccral"t i;l t ~1 \.~ first manned mission of the Apollo series. end ~ ~ DE T t. y 4, 1971 A. , E. • By_.L.Jj.1. -P --- . "~ : nin h o alt r •1. Ca1ilo IS th1 ty of ind1v1du 1 t Col or 0 on 0 th out to ro c ? o or tl ------01 a r GS: •• _ ...... c ..... _< ...... • ...... 4 ROlvland Eva-ir.s a nd Robert Novak McCloskey and the Democrats THE FACT that the much is strictly limited to his anti backing in his dump-Nixon Wayne Hays of OhiO, chair. war activities and not for 'hiS campaign-not even In his man ot the House Adminis publicized trip to Laos by Republican challenge to r.Ir. Rep. Paul N. {Pete) Mc Nixon. For pOlitical funding, home state. California liberal tration Committee. Closkey, the Republican dove he is now talking to multimil Republicans who .trongly Hays' longUme opposition frlJm California, was financed lionaire California industrial supported McCloskey's earn· to reporting provisions had and arranged iby liberal Dem ist Norton Simon, who ill a paigns for CongresS are ,been well known. Conse· ocrats is a tipoff to the scarc nominal Republican. heartsick over wilat they con· quently, the bill's sponsors ity ot genuine Republican sider their friend's new demo have worried that he might 'Even McCloskey's political stall it In his committee with backing for his challen,ge activities, however, have had agoguery on the war. This in against President Nixon. cludes SUch outspoken liber the connivance of the White a distinctly Democratic color· House (whose overt support Some $7,500 to finance the ation so far The antiwar als as state Assemblyman William Bagley and John G. of the measure is doubted). trip was raised among the rally at Providence, R. r., on Sponsors of the bill had been same people who backed Sen. April 18 addressed by Mc Veneman, Under Secretary of Health, Education and Wel huddling with House Demo Eugene McCarthy's challenge Closkey had a ,bipartisan cratic leaders to find a way against President Johnson in label but actually was put to· fare. A footnote: Sen. Robert to move the tough, independ 1968. Martin Fife, a million gether by New York liberal ent-minded Hays. aIre plastics manufacturer ac. Democrats under the leader Dole of Kansas, Republican tive in New York City's Mc ship of ex-Congressman Al. national chairman, has They need not have Iboth Carthyite New Democratle lard K.. Lowenstein. balked at suggestions from ered. Hay! Is drafting his Coalition, ~ontr1buted $3,000. Nixon political operatives own till for reporting provi The Providence rally trot sions and a $35,000 overall Another $1,000 came from ted out as a member of the that he cut :l\IcCloskey down Sam Rubin, a rich Wan to size ,before next year's pri limit on every House cam· IIponJOring committee one paign-even tougher than tho St.reet operator who 'backed Malcolm Farmer III, de maries. Dole feels it Is not leftist causes in times past the role of the party's chair· Ibill written by the Senate lIerthed as a Republican 'Who Commerce Committee. Fur. and was a McCarthy sup had been campaign manager' man to hatchet a fellow Re· porter in 1968. publican in Congress, no mat· thermore, Hays has a com for former Gov. John Chaffee mitment for co-sponsorship Axranging the trip was of Rhode Island (now Secre ter what his transgressions. Instead, anti·McCloskey from Rep. Watkins Abbitt, a Charles U. Daly, McCloskey's tary of the Navy). In fact, conservative Virginian who Marino comrade in Korea Farmer, a middle-level offi. hatcheting will be divided be heads the subcommittee han· who has excellent connec· cial in the Chaffee adminis tween Gov. Ronald Reagan of dling the bill. tions on the Democratic left tration, was never close to California and a .selecteci dating from service as a Ken being Chaffee's campaign group or McCloskey's col A Footnote: Russell He nedy "White House aide. The manager and always was reo leagues in the House. menway of the Xational Com actual fund raising was garded by Chaffee aides as ittee for an Effective Con· helped by writer Jimmy Bres something other than aRe· Campaign Limits gress, key lobbyist for the bill, believes Hays'S overall lin, who escorted McCloskey publican. His 'Auto now car THE PROBABILITY of a to three .Manhattan dinner ries Democratic bumper spending limit Is unenforcea tough bill limiting campaign ble and would prefer the Sen partie! one night solicitln: ltickers. spending has increased rich reform Democrats. The larger truth is that sharply with the disappear. ate 'bill's lIpproach of a McCloskey has not picked up $60,000 spending limit on McCloskey told us such ance of one of it.'! last road.' communications media. tapping of Democratic funds significant Uberal Republican blocks: Resistance from Rep. e 1971. Pllblloben·R.U 81ndlel.tl • .., _ ..., "" ... - . " J -"' .. An(l P tc "A IcCloskey Cran!?,s Up Garnpaign .. • • ,·t lally, U10 Congt('1JS mlln says he thought Antiwnr Republican Prepares .;" l.g gIving an academic unswer to Ii stu P .d t It's question whcll he m enlloned Impeach- . A Challenge to reSl en; \II pnt to Ii smull CI'owd at Stanford University I 'It's All ~ Crazy Accident'. 011 Feb. 11. Though hc did 8pcnk ot that cour~o 7: ~ f.(, .- 7/ 8S a Ulooret!('nl pos:; ibl1ity, he recalls telling ]J the student that the war Issue didn't jU HUty an . By NORMAN C. MILLEI"' Impeachmcnt and that anyway Congrcs.9 Staff Reporter 01 TilE WAT,L S TRH:ET JOURNAL. wasn't about to do It. Nonethele:;s, a. wire-scI' WASHi~- On l'latus-coli'SCIous CfI.pltol vice reportcr was In the erowd And wrote a H!I1 the Cl'o.mped, two-room ottice (;ssigned to story saying Rep. McCloskey advocated 1m California Republlcon Rep. Paul McCloskey peaching President Nbcon_ shows that the powers-that-be consider him Lots of Lettel'!! just another junior Congressman lacking 1nn~- The effect was remarkable. Thousands at ence_ letters began pouring into the Congressman's But the powers-that-be a.re wrong, and tho office. Some wcre hostile, ltke one from a Congressman has some 30,000 ltems of evi Georgian: "It 4-F anti-American S.0.E.8 like dence to prove It. you would help the President Instead of giving The evidcnce is letters from people all over encouragement and aid to North Vlctnam, the country who in recent weeks have heard.of maybe our President could end the war." "Pete" McCloskey's fervent end-the-w?,r,cntl But by a margin approaching 20-to-1, the re cism of President Nixon. The va15t maJorIty of sponse was favorable. "Dl'Uvo, Impeach these people say they want the 43-year-old Con- I Nixon," wrote Claude Smith of Los Angele.s. gressman to do something no other GOP po~ltl- "Congratulations," wrote AustIn Brumley of cian seems willing to consider: run agamst Morro Bay, Calif. "Your defiance of Nixon .. . President Nixon in next year's primaries. Is the most encouraging poUtlcal development H B manager of the Colonial Inn since McCarthy defied Johnson and started Y r Ra . S °rinW11 ,S MI'ch expresses a typical campa igning in New Hampshire in 1968." In Hal' bor P g , ., tl b ' d sentiment: "As a lifelong Republican, I am . Rep. McCloskey "{,~ p~o~~ y eSleg: I amazed and disappointed that President Nixon With reporters asking m w a e was up 0. , has enlarged the war in Indochina," he wrote His explanation that he' ;;a; -~cly -"dis.cussing" Rep. McCloskey. " ... I sincerely hope that thc impea-chment question gencrated more' someone within the Republican Party can offer publicity, resulting in more letters of support_ a challenge to President Nixon in next year's "The whole thing was a crazy a<;cident," re primaries. I would like to make a donation and i flects the Congressman. "I didn't say anything : work for you." at Stanford I hadn't sald 100 times before, but In fact, letter-writers like Mr. Brown have that girl (reporter) misrepresented· the im sent Rep. McCloskey a total of $4,000 so far to pcachment statement and put the national show they're serious about backing him as a spotlight on me." , GOP peace can . . al Republi If the Congressman wasn't serious about can, wh . resslng astonlshmen ch impeaching the President, he was completely sup s e ,indeed challenge a rnest about a primary cha1!enge to Mr. P ent if that seems e ~nly way to raisel n. He suggested several pol5sible Republi e war Issue in GOP primaries_ . , ldidates, such as liberal Sens. Mark More Than Talk ' of Oregon and Charles Mathias of This isn't juSt brash talk. He has promises, Marylan . Nothing dOing, they a ll said. of financial support from industrialist NortOn! While OP liberals brushed aside the Mc Simon and some other liberal RepublicanS, and Clo~key uggestion, the Republican right re Mr. McCloskey says that by the end of this· acted th derously_ The Congressman was de- month he will establish a Washington political! by California Gov_ Ronald Reagan, office to begin organizing for a primary cam conservative California Republican As- paign. He Is embarked on a frenetic, candi se y censured him as "an enemy of the date-type Bchedule. After winding up a week Ainerican pOliUcal process." ' ng trip to Vietnam and Laos, Mr_ MeCl Things like that got Mr. McCloskey's Irsh w ar on the CBS "Face the Na on" TV up, and soon he was saying, ''I'll:run against intervle ea-rly ·sun ay and then fly to Providence, R;I., to speak at an antiwar Nixon if no one else will." With that, more let rally organized by his close friend, Democratic tel's of support i'olled in, and they stiltare com· dove Allard Lowenstein_ Monday night, thel ing, in a grassroots upsurge reminiscent of Eu GOP Congressman will be In Princeton for an- gene McCarthy's 1968 campaign. (Rep. _Mc other antiwar rally. Closkey doesn't like being compared with Mr. Rep. McCloskey also Is recruiting a stable 11cCarthy. "I'm no poet," says the ex-Marine.) at experts, many from universlti:s ar0t1:nd ,his Being a mavcrick underdog doesn'.t bother suburban San Francisco c?ngresslOnal dlstnct, ' Pete McCloskey. Three years ago, to win his to give him a crash educaho~ on on an:ay of Is- House seat he first had to ·beat nine other Re sues. "What I don't know IS frlghtemng," he Ipublican c~ntenders IncludinO' Shlrley Temple says. "I have a lot of studying to do to become Black who was the ~dds-on f:vorite due to her a credible candidate." .. movi~ fame. He has wccessfully defended him What thc lean, dark-halred lleutcnant colo· self against tough conservative GOP challcng nel In the Marine Rcserve does kryow some en; In two ·subsequent primaries, and he rolled thing about is war, having- been decorated tor up hig vidoriel'l In the general eledions by get. combat gallantry In Korea. And he ~o.s been t1ng a sizable share of the Democratic vote. convlllced Slllce he ran for the House In a spe- Of course that's hardly preparation for a I cial el ection three years ago that Vietnam Is a presidential 'primary campaign, and no one quagmire for Ule U.S. I\nows It better than Mr. McCloskey. He's hop On mflitary gr?unds, he ar~es that the ing, therefore, that on e of three things will hap I Nixon VletnamlzatlOn policy won t work. ~n pen this year: Congress wfll torce an end ot the moral gl'otmds, he charges that the President s wal' by (: uttlng of( funds, President Nb.:on him- "mas:live use of alrpower" is an "Indefensible s(:lt will manago to .end it, or a better-known policy of killing grcat numbers or ASians to Republican will decide to become a peolce can save Amerlcctn tace in thl~ war." His trip .to In dictate ill the prlmarle!!. dochlna evidently has reinforced his atlltude; "I think one ot tho:.;e things will almost ccr he hH9 been quoted as charging that U.S. talnly happen uy November, a.nd then I bombing on the Plain ot Jars is having a dey wouldn't have to run," :;IlY:l Mr. M cC lo.~l\Cy. atltating Impact on Laotian civilians. Dut It llone ot these possible devi'lopments rna Some other dove!! Bay the Bame thin!:" but to :rial1zcB, he promises to chall enge Prc >l lctcnt, they don't g'ct 30,000 lelters l>esee(,hlng them to Nixon In every primary. "I wouldn't expect to run for PrcKid cnt. That'd bccause Mr. Me- win ," he says, "but It the effort forces the C'oskey hu:! Hale! one more tiling : thllt one way Prr.sldent to end the wur ono day earlier II to get rid ot n President who won't terminate would be a vktory ttl mo." an "Immoral" war 10 to "Impeach him." ~ _____ APR 1 r, 1971 - A 119. 1971 HALO . JEeT: CCl08key ofzg b .eDt y. Cypru £oAlWD _,~rlty tor a liI cClo8key." - 01. rov GS:pm - ~/1 7 n I A rU • 1971 o H. GO' A~~'I". CT: fo1lo ina optim.: GUmer rly d 3. T Pre.t hU GS:pm • I'll • 1 71 • lcall a I,.. t t 1'/ I ril • 1 71 ., e S:elr loskey to Ch lIeng 972; Simon PI d BY THOMAS J. FOLEY Times 5111t WrIt r In a -pFe h Feb 11 at -tanford Unive 1 v, hI'; alma mater McClos key pro 0 e d a 1 ational debat oa lDlneachmenl of the Presldent. Hl: g r (l 11 n d ~ 11 a I d were that 1\lr . -I -nn rn er<:tepped hIs con tIt Itlonal -luthon t ) 1I II IIlg Amerl ran SUllprd for thf' r~mh()[!Ja and Lan- incur'lon. Lnter. :.IcCloskev said hp. ropen some an 1 \ aT Republ I an "ould oppose ~lr . • 'n.:on'• re nomm twn bllt that he 'ould te Pll!3Se urn to Page 9. Col. 1 raig-n , k of m terest of h of actual or n challengmg aries. M oskey la for 172 Preside-- oounued fr In }'it t Page in if no one . pond( d. I· loskev ai he had been ftinundalPr\" with orfel. or • IPpOI t. H aid he oultl :;tart with a m' II st'lf[ and upplemenl it a fund' ue· came a\'ailaule.•\ resetll'ch a "i.'tant and .In e"perl on fun I-raising ilnd othel" po. Iilk. I In 'I.: hanks will be the fir t hired. reClo"key'. move nnw pul' him f'ight Illont ohead oC the 10)7 chal· Icngc to Pre.'ident. Lyndon B John on hv form r Sen. E ~I ene J. ."Ic arthy (D Minn.), who annolllwed hie a nd ida c v in lale l ovembcr. • 'The Porlola \ allt:y e011 gre. man originally ha,d 'aid 1e would run only If orne nthet' more prom inent GOP liberal die! not, n(1 he menlione I particu lal Iv Sen. Mark O. Hat fi ';1 of Oregon, Charle' V . • tathia' of 11 a r y la n II, ('harle' II. Perl'. of Jllin (Ii. . W York City Mayor .John \. Lind ' I I' CITIZENS FOR THE RE·ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT .. ! f l J., i •IiI 1 J r'" " w.-·_---- .. McCloskey faces e Competition At Hon: 1\EDWOOD CITY. CaMlIf: \ R Paul N. ' c (UP\) - ep. blican con- Closkey. the R~PUing to chaI ressn1an threa en, 's fac g 'dent NiXon, 1 . lenge PreSi McCloskey" e[ '\'''''', ing a "dump .'. t . his own distnc . fort in . 47 a small , acl~ W. Wilson" "'csu J . whO dCSCfl ',j "'·~d·~ .. "~ ...", 1 ',..," .... I '"" .... >J\ ,'-.... "-."tr bUSlfiCSSman "moderate con l himscl( as a sU porter of d ": '-" .' -, .... .,. . ~, • • • ... ;~ icop war •. ---r-... , .. views split HE ESTlUATED, how I ever, that t* :.:.-~"... ~ . " . . ~~ Varymg View§ By ww EUsworth.Joncs " .. .. " ~:' , ; " , • ,i I, ,~. X;. f ", l, "f .:.• ~, , . . ~ . I .,.', . 1 r I ~ ! ~- " .... " r '... J . ~h . ,..... ;... ,,' , .. -~. - - ---...... __'... - The bist' thing Congrcs$~ "I don't like tho way he's roan Paul N. McCloskey has doIng things now; 1 am not i, ."'~ { going for him is Paul N. completely satisfied, but I , ,':" McCloskey. think I'll vote {or him ngaln; When his constituents 1n I like hIm evrQ less since he .' San Mateo t..tk about him, came bac};' from Vietnum; • words like "sincere, honest, he's an opportunist" - these guts" keep cropping up are some of the feelings that words, often in short supply the word "McCloskey" pro- . when pol i tic ian s are dis duces. cussed. Jim Hannay, a CadiUac 3 But .at the same time his salesman, probably sums up powerful per s 0 na 11 t y the feelings against McClos-~ "charisma" rears its over key most clearly, He helped worked head when he is in the Congressman's first being dis c u sse d - means campaign, but he says now that if he has made good he has doubts whether he friends, he has also made bit would vote for him again. ' ter enemies. "I am not sure that some "1 despise him and I voted of his most recent stands are for the rat the last time," to my way of thinking," he was the reaction of one of his says measuredly. Cadillac constituents in Bur Hannay says that although lingame. "He's trying to get he himself Is againSt the war all the hippies and rioters he does not like the methods and demonstrators on his McCloskey-is using to try side, he thinks there's more and end it. ot them." Of course McCloskey can Shirley Victory produce the usual disillusion " . McCloskey first became a ment that greets pOliticians. " . national figure by courtesy of "He's just like the rest of Mrs. Shirley Temple Black. them," said a man behind whom he defeated with sur the counter of a San Mateo prising ease back in 1967. But new sst and, "they're all' he has now become a nation lousy." al figure in his own right, Belleves with a new office bein set up But he also produces hls in Washington to handle his " fair share of believers. "I national affairs. think he's a good man, he's .' . If be has grabbed the na trying to do something about tion's headlines what do his the war situation," says Bur hom e tow n voters think? llngame barber A.I.. Spald-. - From talks with voters it Is ing. "I voted for him last obvious that he is going to time and I'll vote for him .have a tOllgh time in 1972. again." His problem will not be the William Trebilcox, 50, of general election but the Re Redwood City, calls himself publican primary. A Republi "one of the silent majority can against the war is one I don't get out and riot like a thing; but a Republican lot of 'em," His opinion: openly' opposed to the Presi "He's saying the right thing .' .., dent and willing, even, to and he's not scared of any talk in terms of impeach one, I'll vote for him again." ment, is too much for some "He's got guts," says an to swallow. early moming customer in a TeUtake' San Mateo coffee shop; but -"'-, • It Is 'easy to spot the disil Herb Matiner. a 54 year old lusionment just as soon as gas station manager in San the word liM c C los key" is Mateo, put the case for the mentioned., There is a short McCloskey believers in an .. ' pause, and' a tightening of other way: the face, while they decide "He s pea k s out; he's whether to let feelings pour putting his pOSition in jeopar out. Usually they do, asking dy for what he believes is at the end that their names right. A man who is willing 110t be used. to sacrifice his political po~i "I had all the faith In the tion in the party and go as "'orId in him before," said a far out as he bas deserves mid die -a g e d lady selling my vote." .,' f1ower~ in Burlingame, "but Vs. Nixon 1 w 0 u I d n 't vote for him If M c CIa s key does run again. I don'tthink he should against Nixon, be will have .... work against our PreSident. MattneJ;"s vote, even though . U he kept s 0 m e of his he is a staunch Republican thoughts to himself he would and a preVlQuS Nixon sup.. ,be much better off." porter. A middle-aged man stand "If someone like !vlcClos ing on a street comer in Bur key doesn't speak out, then lingame was more blunt: "I this war will not only contin , , think he's the -," he said. ue to exist, but it will grow "He's talking all the time or other Vietnams will pop aboUJt this and that, but he's up," he says. doing nothing for his coun The Republicans in San try," Mateo have already started I Some Support looking tor a new candidate I In dOWntown Redwood City behind whom they can unite a shopkeeper paused as he against their maverick con swept the sidewalk in front of gressman. .;-: his shop: "I don't think very But they will have to fight.' ... mnch of the way he's going Robin Schmidt, the congress .._ against the President. I vot~ man's administrative assist ed for him the first time, but ant. admits it is "hard to 1 w 0 u 1d n 't vote for him teU" how people feel right • again." now, PlI3L l~ : fi ..:; , ~_Jt f.. :. f,YNDICA'l'& 30 E'!;T 1! 2~. J S't'i~: . '1' }i£:i Y x":<) r :1. ~ Dy noberi S. Allen an J ohn A._ Co l dsillith 118):"8 i s u lot mor e t ha.'l hi!"'h- f1or.n tlltruism behind Re~resQnt~tive lIl"lcte" '~oC loskey ' s artfcl cpenrhending of the " dUlni> Hixonll co:.l'!lOt1on. "ccl fRet 15 NfcCI OGkcy's coy poli'1cking i s s t r ictly ut.i litarian. ~e dis~idont California Rapublicun tacos the s t ron~ likelihoo of being duQped hir:mel f. no is under foreboding doublo-bar:-oled attaCkl (1) Local, flto.to ond conRr sr.1on. GO? londers ar o angrily gunni."c for him, nd adndttedly C&I1V.lssi ng the !iol . for a tont candidate ,to r un sca:i.r..st him in next Borin-'s (2) As n ro;:;ult of tho 1970 census, hi s eleventh dist rict probablj will be i'1Iporta."1·1::' ch::-..n ~ed b t he state logi slatu.r.,c- th a couny comprisin . II sizablo Democratic and ultrn- liborcl. vote being replaced by a raoro conservative and normally liepublican county . t Such a sw1tch Yioul e riously affec" l!cCloskey' s chances of ho1dina onto hio liouse GO t . ~ ,In his threo lect1ons, he won l ar ely throuGh Deooc r atic bacldn~ . In the first -" (1967} . o!'ccial olection, ho o\ved his viotory OV01- l r a. Shir ley Temple Dlnc!~ to a heavy Dnrl10cratic m';in~ to him. Tho SST"..9 happenod in 1968, nnd even IIlOre so in 1910 when the 'i:lamcrats did:-!' t even run nnyono agaim3 t him. S O GC .ing tho threat -I n~ hl':ld t1n~ on the wall, ~.tc C105key is car.n1ly 'Lhe Dcr..ocratic en _ ncer ad and fina.ncod "dump ~J1xon1t a.,:itat1\'m is a for uitoUB brenk for both hio and the Democr ats. A rebellious Republican standard- bearar suits 2-tU .:1 t heir Pllr?os~ to a T; and for UcCloskoy, it'D A grandstanding oscapo from 0 possiblo trouncinG nt Ofj'.e . As '.(cCloskey eo:s it, he hns nothir.z; to lose playing Davi against the President. A.s far as the OOP are conc"rnod, they ara alroady fur10usly ent on a.x1ng him. And ....hilo the odds are big f1(~ainst his gotting any'.maro challenp,inc; tho President, 1 will be inf:Lni:.ely l:lore sat sfy1nR t o ~lcClosk0;r' e far-fro:n-m dest ego t o be llckod doing t hat tha.."l beln!; defC<.'\tcd for rt..'-slcctlon to the House. So «hila dovoutly professing lofty idoalism and princi ples, actually l!cCloskoy is being strictly pragcatic. .. ALL SIDES '1'0 llib, 'MIDDLE Gra~11ca lly illustrative of that trait was MoClos ey's rccG.t votinw on the sppro:'>rilltion for tba Houso Internal SOC"..lr i y Comm1ttoe:'-long the tarcet of le tlsts, ultra- llbcrnls Md other milltents. licCloskcy wns on all. sides of this red-hot issue. It' 5 0 r.i&hly revealing exa'llpla of how he craftily maneuvero .:md operates. TI i th1n the spcce of little more than one hour, he voted both ~gainst thQ a,pro9ri ation &n for i~thus puttinG himself in a position to c 1~ approval from partisans on botheides. This re::lClrkable dexterity rent unreported. -ow if any of .1cClo keyts constituents. to 5tJ:;f nothi!·e of the public at large, are a are of this s ignificant incident. Following 1s the untold stor,y: Thc~ wera three roll oall votes. The fir st was on an amend:".1Cn to increase \l - the co:!mrl.ttoo's bud£; t to $570,000 - .?,120,OOO more than reconL":lendad by tho o:mnittce on J\d:!dnistrntion. After a stormy \\Tangle, the House apcrove that b1J the dec iva count of 256 to 129. t.'cC loo:,,~ was i1cnt durin ~ the torrid argument, but on the eh . do he voted aea1.not tho incrcfltla . '. J- lien Ho coin voted ith t.he op;1ooition on the ascond..and key test on the issue. is -ria Dn ultra-llber.,.l ~t1on to roco:rr:nit 0 ppropriat1onj in effect, .~ kill it. '11.1s i'>~O roj ct.cd eVC:1 Tl'.orc docisivcly- 274 t o l Ou . I On t .6 l r.roodintoly following third r oll call-for f1n..1.l pllfjsa '- e--t~ Clos. ey, • aeain s;rJ'in~ nothlnr" apparently underwent a r omarknbla c h~~$ of hea.rt. '1'bis timo, he lined - up with ·tho overwholming majorit - 298 to 1~. CcC lo~! Intorna.l t tee and ut h1t:1self' on cord as f avorinG i t . 'n ":'5 , "ltithin littlo lIlore than one hour and without sayin. Go ord, he achieved t..a um. uo f 'at, of bein8 on nll sides of t.hic polltics- loaded controverS'J. Snorted one of hie non-t.(~:u.ri::le California colleagues, "I see ete io r ising above prinoiple ag.u.n. /'. I hnyc Q~ ; crvc:d for a l ong time, he ha.6 a truly r emarkabla facility for that kind of celf-I3N'Vi: I ' lovit etion." D::;'!OCAA' Ie DhRLlNQ i':h1lc state and congresE1onal Republican leader s era 1ncrc~inely denouncing "'cCloslooy" his tics with Democrats are uteadily expanding. lis f ultra-liboral DCr:lOcrsts who put up s lot or monf'y f.or tor:ner Senato 1968 CD.i!I ~):a e:'l . Funds frolil the sarna SOIU"CO are p~ing for the caapaiGfl hcadquartars )fcClos -:.ey h..1.0 just o-pened thro~ blocks from the Capitol. .. li-a 1s 'in f r equent contact vii f ormer Representati ve Allard Lowem;tein) ~N . Y ., .. .ho l aunched tha (.i.urap Johnson" movoment and 1s now loudly tootline "dump tiixon"- th. ;'cClODkey's or, husiastic aupport. Two weo! na"":led hcnci. 0" t 16 lJ::JoriCml5 t or Dcmoorl!.tic Action (ADA), 0. ponition he intends to use as a pringboard to r~ for either mayor of No York Ci ty" govornor of tho a ta, or for enother tr,y for Concress. One of tJcClosk~ ' 8 closest House confidants i s Raprese-n t1ve PhUlip Burton, 53.n !;'r. ncisco, II militant liberal with conDiderable influonce in Cc.lii'ornia. D ocratic circleD .. B_3 brother i a member of tho t.ata ler.ielatura. Tn.-ido rord is that ~J cClnek()y i s urecntly seeking Burton' s telp to avert adverse rcdistrictin': o . his home b 11 '1ck. ton can hel~ him r cm.o.1ns to be Boen. ReportedlyJ local Dc:m.ocret.s have their eyo on PoClosKey' s Gent an~ have evinced dotarminat1on to tlOke G fight for i t . App.;lrently they ~ea.':l bont on not givi.ng him another free ride. ~. i'deh :furthar i ntensiti es his backstago y~n for a f ae aavi.!lR wr;:y out . , His cocd friend Lo\lcn~to in and othor ell-haole Democr ats arc ntic1ngly . crrerinl1 t to ldm- as t heir " dump Nixol':" ::itandard-bearer. Il Ii 'If Ii Ii if h' .,. . '. -'