7he PEtJPLE SPE.l'JK/ SrI1SSEN~, Ptf'EI/J,)' wT SINA'rOR BADiOND EARL BALDWIN

Republlcan, ot Strattord, Conn.; born ln Rye, H.Y., August 31, 1893, the son of Luclan E. and Sarah Tyler Baldwln; attended the Central Grammar School; graduated trom Mlddletown High School ln 1912 and trom Weslelan Un1versity in 1916; entered Yale University ln 1910 but lett school when war was declared and enlisted as a seaman in the ; assigned to Otticers' Tralning School! was commlssioned an ensign at Annapolis in February 191~ and assigned to a destroyer, the U.S.S. Talbot; engaged ln trans-Atlantic escort duty and ln antlsubmarine wartare ott the Irlsh Coast ln the Inglish Channel and ln the Bay ot Blscay- promoted to . 11eutenant Junior grade in September 191b and tollowlng Armist1ce served ln the Medlterranean and Adrlatlc Seas, his ship was assigned to Trieste and Flume when: trouble broke out atter the Armlstice; resigned trom the Navy and returned to Yale Unlversity Law School ln August 1919, and graduated with a Bachelor ot LaW degree in 1921; tollowing graduation entered law otfice of Phl111p Pond in New Haven and practiced law there until July 1, 1924, when he became associated with Pullman & Comley in Brldgeport; marrled Edith Lindhola ot Middletown, on June 29, 1922, and they have three sons--Lucian, 21, Raymond, Jr., 19, who served overseas in the Navy, and Tyler, 15i prosecutor ot Strattord Town Court 1927-30; was made partner in the Pullman & Comley ti~ in '1928; Jutge of the Town Court ot Strattord 1931-33,; member ot the General Assembly ot 1931 and 1933, and served as house chairman of the Judiciary Committee and majorIty leader in 1933; pr1vate practice of law 1933-38; elected of Connecticut in 1938; defeated for reelection in 1940; again elected Governor in 1942 and 1944- recelved honorary degree ot LL.D. from Wesleyan 6nlverslty, Middletown, Conn., 1939, and trom Trlnity College, Harttord, Coon., in 1940; Episcopalian; thirty-eecond degree Mason; Shriner; member ot Delta Tau Delta, Elks, Loyal Order of Moose, Eagles, Redmen, Grange, American Legion, Veterans of Forelgn Wars, Forty and Elght, Amerlcan, Conneatlcut, and Bridgeport Bar Associations, American Judicature Soclety, Graduates' Club ot Hew Baven and the Unlversity Club ot Bridgeport; trustee ot Wesleyan Unlversity, lent School, and of Wilbraham Academy, Wilbraham, Mass.; director of the Russell Manufacturing Co., of Middletown, Conn., The Mlddlesix Mutual Assurance 00., of Mlddletown - 2 - the Bridgeport Hospital, The Oonnecticut Mutual Insurance Co.; member ot the board of directors ot the Hartford Fire Insurance 00. and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co.; served as chairman ot the New England Governors' Oonference; Executive Committee Governor's Oonference· elected to the on November ,5, 194 6, to till the vacancy caused by the death of Francis Maloney 1n the term ending January J, 1947, and on the same day was elected for the tul1 term ending January 3, 19.53. SOATOR LEVERETT SALTONSTAIJ·

Republlcan, of Dover, Mass.: born ln Chestnut Hll1 (Iewton), Mass., September 1, 1892- Roble and Greenough School: Harvard College, A.B., 1914; Harvard Unlversity Law School, LL.B., 1917: marrled Allce Wesselhoeft, of Jaffrey, N.1k, June 27, 1916; chlldren, Leverett, Jr. (first lieutenant, U.S. Army, disc barged) Peter B. (killed in action, sergeant, U.S. Marines~, Rosalle (deceased), Emily B, (Sm. lIe U.S~R.R. WAVES, disoharged), William L. (Quartermaster 3/c U.S.N.R., discharged), and Susan; served as first lieutenant, Three Hundred and First Field Artillery, 1917-18 (5 months service in France); attorney at law; member of board of aldermen, Newton, 1920-22: assistant district attorney of Middlesex County, 1921-22; member, Massachusetts House of Representatives 1923-36: speaker of the HouBe for 8 years of service- director of Greater Boston Community Fund Drive, 193A: e1eoted Governor of Massachusetts in 1938: reelected in 1940 and 1942; chairman, Hew England Governors' Conference, 1939-44: ohairman, National Governors' Conference, 1944; eleoted to the United States Senate on November 7, 1944, for the unexpired term of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (resigned), ending January 3, 1949. SEIA TOR HJ:lfRY CABO! LODGE. Jr.

Republican, of Beverly, Mass.; born in lahant, Mass., July;, 1902, grandson of the late United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and nephew of the late Congressman Augustus P. Gardner; graduate of Harvard College; marrIed EmIly Sears, of Beverly, in 1926, and Is the father of two sons; Boston EvenIng TranscrIpt, 1924-2;; Herald TrIbune, 1925-31; member, House and Senate Press GallerIes; member, NatIonal Press Club; elected Represedatlve to General Court- ot Massachusetts, 1932 and 1934; elected Un1ted States Senator on November 3, 1930, for the term ending January 3, 1943; served wIth t1rst American Tank Detachment, Libya, 1942; reelected Hovember 3, 1942, tor the term endIng January_ 3, 1949; resIgned from the Senate, February;, 1944, In order agaIn to go on actlTe duty in the Army; served im the Xediterranean and European Theaters unt1l separatIon, December 22, 1945; elected UnIted States Senator November 5, 1946, tor term enllng January 1953. SEM!OR IRVING McNEIL lVES

Repub11can, ot Norwich, H.Y •• born in Bainbridg~,. H.Y •• January 24, 1896, son of George Albert and Lucy (Keeler) Ives; A.B. Ham1lton College, Clinton, H.Y., 1920; L.B.D., Hobart College, Geneva, N.Y., 1943. LL.D. Ham1lton College, 1946. marr1ed Elizabeth Minette Skinner, October 23, 1920. one son, George Skinner; with Guaranty Trust COe, of Hew York, 1920-23, Manufacturers !rust Co., Rew York City, 1923-30. 1n general insurance business, Horwich, N.Y., 1933-45; member, New York State Assembly since 1930, minority leader, 1935, speaker, 1936, majority leader since 1937; while cha1rman ot New York State Jo1nt Leg1slat1ve Committee on Industr1al and Labor Cond1tions became author and sponsor of leg1slation oreat1ng Rew York State Department of Commeroe and New York State School of Industr1al and Labor Relations at Cornell University. chairman, New York State Temporary Commission Against Discr1mination, 1944-45; apPointed dean, New York State School of Industr1al and Labor Relat1ons, June 23, 1945; served withthe Un1ted States Army 1917-19; discharged w1th the rank ot first l1eutenant, Infantry; with A.I.r., France and Germany, 15 months; member, board ot trustees, Ham1lton College; member, board temporary trustees Rew York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, 1944-4;; member, New York State War Council, 1942-45; member, American Leg10n, Veterans of Fo.reign Wars, Ph1 Beta lappa, Theata Delta Ch1; Elk; Rational Granger; Presbyter1an; directed preparation and publication ot textbook: The Amerioan Story of Industrial and Labor Relations, 1943i elected to the United States Senate on November ;, 1940, for the term endlng January 3, 1953. GpVERNOR JAMES H. DUFi',

Governor of PennsylvanIa. b. Manstield (now CarnegIe), h., Jan. 21, 1883; s. Joseph Miller and Margaret (Morgan) D.; A.B. PrInceton, 1904i student U. ot Pa. Law School 1904-06; LL.B., U. ot ~ittsburgh, 1907; m. Jean Taylor Oct. 26, 1909. PractIced law, 1907-4;, partner Duft, Scott & Smith, Pittsburgh, Pa.; became atty. gen. of Pa. Jan. 1943: gov. ot Pa., sInce 1946. Ohmn. HIstorIcal Commn.; sem. Pardon Bd. ot Oommonwealth of Pa.; pres. VirgInIa Kanor Co. Lite trustee Oarnegie LIbrary, CarnegIe, Pa. Kem. Allegheny County (Pa.) Bar Assn., Internation. Rotary. RepublIcan. Mason, Ilk, Hat. elector 1n Pa., 1912; mem. Rep. nat. convs., 1932, 36, 40. Home: 816 WashIngton Ave., CarnegIe, pa. otfIce: Berger Bldg., PIttsburgh, pa.

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April 19, 1948

MEMO: To All Stassen Headquarters FROM: Warren E. Burger

The attached program is under consideration for operation in the various States. Several state Chairmen A have requested no activities in their states. Will you give us your comments and suggestions on this program and your approval or disapproval (and reasons) of its application to your state. April 19, 1948 HEADQUARTERS MEMO TO: All Staff & state Headquarter Offices FROM: Warren E. Burger

One of the most important operations remaining in the next ten weeks will be the program of reaching the individual delegates as they are elected in each state. Operations have been set up to see that our information and story gets to them. In addition to that Governor stassen will have personal contact with many of these delegates, both through personal letters, telephone calls, and personal conferences. It is at this point that the Citizens for stassen in the various states can become one of the most effective instruments in the entire operation. As a matter of fact, it can be one of the most important contributions which the Citizens for stassen will make to the entire program. This will be the process of having the Citizens for stassen in each state write letters to the delegates, representing their state, urging the nomination of . The emphasis will, of course, be on states whose delegates are elected by Convention but the technique will also apply to the states where delegates have been elected by a Primary. This will reinforce the delegates who have already declared themselves for stassen, or been elected as Stassen delegates, and it will help win over second choice support for delegates who are pledged or have preference for some other candidate. The procedure might well be along the following line: 1. As soon as the delegates from each State are elected a mimeographed list of these delegates, with their full names and addresses, will be prepared. A special letter . should then be sent to the particular State involved enclosing a copy of the list of delegates and alternates and urging each of our Citizens for Stassen to write to each of the delegates and alternates to the Convention. 2. We may also want to consider putting a return card in the envelope asking the member of Citizens for stassen to report to us when he or she has written the letter. 3. Citizens should be asked also to pass their delegate list on to someone else to repeat the process. 4. Our Headquarters letter to Citizens for Stassen should be carefully worked out to be sure the real importance of the assignment is made plain. tf ()1~ W~ ••••••••• 0 t; f; t9;P 41: &"r. ;t~~ /I'

NO SURPRISE. REALLY

As a Republican leader you have, of course, followed the course of the campaign. While the results in Wisconsin and Nebraska seem. to have swept the so called It experts" off their feet, actually ~e ~l'''~ wR9 Rae Bees in close touch with the situation must have been aware of what was happening. Now the agreement is universal that ~rol~stassen has become the major factor in the convention. The two primaries mere­ ly serve to point up that fact. Any close observer would realize that and Nebraska because of:

1. Frank discussion of issues, g1~ng the people the f~ts, and getting them interested in ic affairs. arold Stassen has \;leen doing that for two years, and the people ! ll< It· \.EesI??ndea. 2. The kind of campaigning that can win elections - the kind of campaigning the Republican rty has not had for ~) a;~~~ lo'\ 'the. mtarlt 1ft ''t ttf ~ S~ rlOw tJot,lAPj- ~------LIKE A SNOWBALL Step by step the story has developed: New Hampshire produced two out of eight delegates committed to Stassen; the popular vote was close. Iowa elected its 23 delegates in convention, a majority of them deda.'f"", ~erla~~or Stassen. Popular support showed in a poll of IouJ

Wisconsin l after an active campaign for three candidates, cast a strong popular vote which resulted in the score of Stas­ sen 19, MacArthur 8, Dewey O. Nebraska voters had ' seven candidates to choose from, a real free­ for-all which Stassen won by a Qom£~a&~ margin. r w~ /($ dec. i$II.I eo These were the high lights in 8i .u.. h which are just part of the story ••• the justification for the Stassen claim that he -eailtre 300 delegates for him on the first ballott!Qil a Jlj n; ID: wli If.. lie WHAT ARE THE ISSUES? The writers are saying now that there is little or no difference in the - 2 - stands on issues of e principal candidates. There is a measure of truth in that idea· actually there are definite differences of opin- ion on importaI!t- of national policy, as well as differences] in attitudes. QIowever, this is obviously true: That on American :J-. (;IJlf ~d. fundamentals and on basic ift5pabi1c8ii puHeies, the major GOP candi- dates are not far apart. \..- rr'1\ C' f I S

~cm.:nrt'..",m~t:mr-erte"-er'! ·dit , think the things stassen has done the past two years, in speeches, articles and in his book "Where I stand" have been a top factor in clearing the air, in getting public acceptance of sound Republican principles, and in making it possible for the national convention in June to agree on a forward-looking plat­ form on which the party can go to victory in November. As Stassen has said 1'1 , a dynamic, progressive Republican party, with a positive program, can attract the voters needed for victory. Ba­ sic is a domestic program that will keep America strong, and a foreign policy that will strengthen the hand of liberty-loving people ever,ywhere.

~------DELEGATE PROCEDURES As of this week elev states have had their Republican conventions and five states have held primaries. Six additional states will hold conven­ tions during April and three will have primaries. None of the three, however, are clearcut contests involving presidential candidates. Next major one in this respect is Ohio l -rf\e1"\ ()((' '"J C' /\ ,

PHILADELPHIA PLANS The convention arrangements committee of the Republican national commit­ tee is hard at work on the details for the convention which opens ~une 21. Among its major headaches are housing and tickets. The committee is having to utilize accommodations in adjoining cities as well as in Philadelphia; convenient accommodations are at a premium. Similarly the ticket situation is difficult, they tell us, because or the tremendous interest in the convention and because the space required for press, ra­ dio, television and so on cut into available space for visitors. We don't envy the delegates and the party leaders who must try to satis­ fy the thousands of people who want to participate.

I STAFF MEMO

TO~LL LIAISON MEN AND STAFF SUBJECT: STATE CONVENTIONS FROM: WARREN E. BURGER

RES requests immediate development of a hard hittin~~~~~~"~~ comprehensive program for covering all remaining state conventions. Attached is a schedule of convention and with a few typical names filled in for purposes of illustration. New developments would appear to call for the following kind of program: (1) An immediate trip to each 8tate preferably by the "Captain" of the visiting team. A "Captain" for each visiting operation will be designated. (2) Advance arrival of a three man team with one man in charge to get to the state two days ahead of the convention. (3) The use of three men is desirable so that every Delegate can be contacted to establish personal acquaintance. This applies whether the Delegate is for us or for some other candidate. Following the preliminary or "scoutinglt visit to the State (which is desirable wherever possible) a file of the State will be prepared including the following: 1. Names of all Party Officers. 2. Names of all Stassen key people in the state. 3. Map of state with congressional districts. 4. Names of GOP Congressmen and Senators with some identification of those who are friendly. 5. Outline of method of operation at Convention. · .

6. Request that long distance telephone report be made from convention to Warren E. Burger ( and Harold E. Stassen promptly, if he can be reached from the Convention.) ., . APRIL CQNVENTIONS DELE;... STATE GATES BlLACE TATIVE AS ~ IGNMENTS

Kentucky 25' Louisville April 20 Fred Hughes Don Dickey Rhode Island a Providence April 26 R. P. Gale Henry McKnight John Guider

Oklahoma 20 Oklahoma City April 26 Don Dickey George Jones Len Dickinson Delaware 9 Dover April 28 Alan Kennedy Dick Gale John Guider Dana Stone Mississippi 8 April 30 Walter Finke Don McNeely Tennessee 22 Nashville April 30 Harold LeVander Henry Bomsen New Mexico 8 Albuquerque .April 28 George Jones Don Dickey Scott Erickson

' ..... • MAY CONVENTIONS (con'd.)

DELE- STATE GAT:H:S PLACE DATE TENTATIVE ASSIGNMENTS

Texas 33 Austin May 25 Dan Gainey Peavy Heffelfinger Don Davis Thos. Coleman Georgia 15

Maryland 16

North Dakota 11 Bismarck May 24 Elmer Anderson Rudolph Pwore R. C. Radabaugh

JUNE CONVENTIONS

DELE­ STATE GATES PLACE DATE

Indiana June 11 - Telephones: MAin 5212 i I NEstor 4631

National Headquarters STASSEN FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE 1000 PILLSBURY BUILDING 2, Office of ALFRED D. LINDLEY Finance Director

April 17, 1948

MEMORANDUM FOR : WEB ?r~ FROM: GCC

Number of Contriblltions from $ 1 . 00 to $ 50.00 .. .. It " " " 50.00 to 100. 00 .... 800 " " " " 100.00 to 500. 00 260 " " " " 5 00.00 t o 1000.00 150

.~ Total Contributors 13,210

A recent tabulation shows that we have . re­ ceived about 12,000 individual contributions rang ing from $1 . 00 to $50.00, approximately 800 contributions from $ 50.00 to $ 100. 00, very nearly 260 contributions between $ 100 . 00 and $ 500. 00, and approximately 150 between $ 500. 00 and ·p l , OOO.OO .

At various times we have borrowed additional amounts to defray necessa ry expense s.

The campaig n would be impossible without the very g ratifying support of the many thousands of moderate contributors.

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