Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Digital Library Collections This is a PDF of a folder from our textual collections. Collection: Baker, James A.: Files Folder Title: Advance Box: 6 To see more digitized collections visit: https://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digital-library To see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library inventories visit: https://reaganlibrary.gov/document-collection Contact a reference archivist at: [email protected] Citation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/citing National Archives Catalogue: https://catalog.archives.gov/ THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON 10/17 TO: MR. BAKER FROM: WILLIAM HENKEL Deputy Assistant to the President Director of Presidential Advance ~ Information D Action e,c: ~~~ ))... ON THE LATE CHARLES ~. ·-- - SILVER <~ - J I -r::: CHAIRMAN OF THE ALFRED E. SMITH FOUNDATIO~ Charles Silver was. one of the most beloved New Yorkers in the great tradition of Al Smith himself. Charlie Silver was a great leader in commerce, who early in his life turned his refined and generous mind to serv- ing the people of this great city. For many years he ' guided the educational system of the City and then devoted himself to the love of his life, Beth lsi;:ael Hospital{ \ , . .: And the roots of his goodnes_s were deep and spiritual. · ""~: ' . Charles Silver was the longtime president of his synagogue where he worshipped faithfully and he deeply respected the .l perceptive goodness of _' ~~rdinal Spellman and Cardinal Cooke, a respect that found its perfect focus in this great Foundation. .. ....... .,,.:- ........~ ,' l r- r, :;;, ,. tr­ ¢. ... ..·/ · - i~ ' .:.~­ . I --' - :z: 8 tJj .. c ~ tij, Ul . lo( 0 0 ~ ,, i< ~ 0 ....... ~ 0 t-1 _; ;.. .. ~·- ... : ........ t" ./ . ... ....... lo( .... ~:..:;::~~· ( 1 .' "l :r t . .~:" ...· ; ' . .) · ; ~ ~~ ........°' z co tJj .i:. ~ 1-- Ul •. .. .· . - ... -. ; .... ..· · . --~·: ~) }·: ::-:..-. > .. ·. ... .. · - .· ' . .. .. ~ . -. ~ ~ . i· _.;;! : - · . - .. ·- . .- ..· . ~ - -..~ -. .• 'i .: . ~... : . .._ •.·! l. - . - ~ _: .: : -~ - ~~ - ~~~~ . ~~- .-· ·...:" . .,. ··.. - ·~-:;· · .. ... ... .... NEW YORK DAILY NEWS TUESDAY, 10/16/84 ... ::.~ _ . ~~ • ••• - • • • • • • • • • . ; . .... :.. • • • • .. • • • • • • • . • • .. .. • . • . .• • • • • . •. •••• • •--;. • ' .. • • • • • ~ • ':' -,!., .... ;;·· ••••- • ·: · :-: .: • : • • • • • • • • .... .. • • • • • "'.. • • .. • • archdiocese- fete p :~ ··~ki· :;iriti >J~· . aaid. .... , O'~ ~ .. , . _, IJ' out Mon· :-, By TOM POSTER .· .·: ·. · .... ::-· . · . He pointed that 1 ;. •. 08110(. 'U~i,OUS 0.Vef ·· S•U . , . , ~:~ta~::~~~at;>a~::~~ ~4w~:-:.~!eKD~!::a ·. has that be. supports . organization, and it's a snub gioning tomorrow, . to pr. aad 11 ...rtaoD Batnle thumbs down on that ~ea . · · it left to New York," aaid spokes· · pare for the debate. '. t · · · The · flap started .when" President Rea~an; .. Walter . Mondale . has ·Mondale notified ·O'Connor · Another source· .close to · man Jol;lJl Buckley. "It seems ACKNOWLEDGING th• the 6olJfied ·. J\l'Chbisbop:·. by.Jetter that he· had decided .· ' the archbishop said, "This is · . they are tak.lng New .'York for.. ·. political Importance· of It's not ~ften _they .:· dinner, the Mondale .camp lln O'Connor that he is : to skip the ·$300-a·plate .din.•.·' a ~eal s~ub f:O O'Connor, and · eranted. to . hes takmg it t~l way, too. hand something hke tbls .to .. pleaded with the atthdiocese out his liChed· ner at the Waldorf: ~ioria eking ot to accept Ferraro aa a · ls .. you on. ' silver ·Platt.er," he uand·. led .. ith. prepare for Sunday·• d•t.e· .People ar~ fur~ous tbat he t ~ : · · U appearance w with President. ,·Reagan on snubbing the church. It looks . &dded. ·. · . ·. .. .. · .. " ··in. · . · . ln . lik! he i.&~smis~ing ua. Alter . " ·Mondale · . : campaign .·. :But Rev. ~obert Robbinl, President, Reagan ".. at .. foreilJl ~Cail'1 . ~s:isas . Thul'sday s· . Alfred . E. Cjty. .· · . : · . ·• · all, whats. two hours? Mr. spokesman Dayton ·Duncan .. executive vice-president of . 1 . tak~ a .denied that Lhe candidate'1i ·. tht Alfred E. SmJLh Founda- Smith memorial dinne.r.. A SOVRC£ at the archdio- hM~rdale ~ouldd~:'· . illon JO, duck the.:· tion, aald he had PQlle4 tbe •" . ~. ·u The Democratic preal·· cese told the Dally News that." 4:_ copterh is~ · ~ut · rpJP a~dden · political · members of the board .i . · · 1~ · 1 dentlal · nominee offered the archbishop. is "furious" · w•• erever ke · f · . ·dmner · ·· had' . , · · '' directors, and they fiecided to · · · yesterday to send his run- . with Mondale and believes be · A· R · 'P° ehsman .or ~~de .tmpl(catiops Sou j t . nix Ferraro. • eagan· 8 us ~ampaign "W 1 H . N run1 mate, Geraldine Fer· canceled out of the non~a rtJ it was . "clear that rrtoiidale . e ust wan to use th s. ·· Will'" time .to prepare for the de- . y k h~ . ~nn~s~!:. · .... ~~ . • raro, as his stand·in, bl.at the· aan ~vent because of 0 Con· Juit ch~ckeped ·out,.; .. w1e .-· • • .archdioceae-whicb ·bolds nor'a outspoken position on · . · . · . .. · · . .- . · bate; we llave no problems .. • o~ c airman o · · . · · .. S..~PaQe~~~ . · ~pressloo !lt:'S · A , 1~b to t,be ·. wi~ ·the archbilhop,'! ~· · · abortion · tbe . •nn~b ~"med and ;. tll• .. ~ that the church haa had to .Mondale · notified O'Con·· i nor of his decision nol ~ ball· . DINN ER FROM PAGE THREE take over two additional to .. · - · rooms, where patrons will attend in a letter dated Oct. ~ . view the , proceedings on 12. Mondale expressed his o " ··'f' ( dale campaign, said Robbins ' fair"' because their decision huge closed·cil'cuit television gratitude to o·qonnor for Q- . : ~'.,,..,~ l t.old him the board rejected would allow only the Repub- screens. , "your graciousnes& on Col· i " " Ferraro because of the tradi· licans to be heard. According to Robbins, the umbus Day" but said he ~UM there be no substilU" . ..It would have been more practice of h~vlng the presi· could not be present because;. : U..t . Uou · for presidential interesting i! both sides were . dential candidates of both · ot the "immense importance _, .. can<lidates. .heard from," he said. major parties began in 1960 of the upcoming debate." ~ "'1 . told him that wasn't The Alfred E. Smith din· with John F. Kennedy and -, O'Connor responded two. true, · that Vice . President ner ii a political institution RJ,chard Nixon. : · · ,. daya later, saying: "We were . Spiro Ainew substituted for here, and there ls always a WITH THE exception of sincerely looking forward to · President Nixon in 1972, but large turnout of major politi· Agnew, who apparently . your addressing us at the U didn't do any eood,• said cians from both parties. stood in for Nixon by · Alfred E. Smith dinner and that : Jiennessy. ·. · · A record attepdance~ of . prearrangement, that prac· are so very di11appointed · ' HE CHARGED that the 'more than 2,000 11 expected · tice has been followed for · : you are unable to ht! with past 24 years. .: us." . ..,., arc4d10ce11 was J;>eins . "Un··. this year-ao many people. the ,, . ·~ .: . ~ · .. ' o f I• . .. I ' ' ' ~' · .. ~ > .•·· .. ~~.. ~ .... ..•• :. "lfl"t•ae..,. ... .... ~... ··-- ------- --·--· - -- - - ~-·- - .. :. ·- - ------ ! ------ - --~ -- ---;--- - -- -- -- ~-- NEW YORK DAILY NEWS TUESDAY, 10/16/84 ...... N ;1tNALYSIS ~ : .. .., . .. mith.-Woilld smile ill dinner telnpest '~~~Sari . Franclsc0:-Al Smith, the Happy Warrior~ would. h.ave ad .a big chuckle at this one: A supposedly light-hearted , inner in bis honor to help a charity in his · : , . _ ~ · ~ame has become 1 political tempest . · < : !, Why? • · . · 1 . : ; ~ : Two .reasons: Democrat Walter Mon· <f.:\ .. I\{~~ . -~ . ~ale has decided not to attend the dinner IJI{~ .Y• ~ <11 hursday and fllew York Archbishop :>. , I ' - .. ~~thn o · ~n_ rior has s~ppo~y thr~wn a . , _: . lfl over n~ . ; •Smith would not at aU have lilted the amplications ·of this-his church having a ~roblem with the presidential candidate lf t~tp~~ hard_ to ~e~ ":hat ihe ·big. Harrison ...,roblem is.· · · · : ·Mondale· decided ·last ·week -that he · · .. Rainie 1wanted to clear his schedule at the end of iOlis week io prepare for bis foreign- · ' ·"=· ~olicy debate against President Reagan •. -·.•... ---· . ' . ~ - .. : l)unday in Kansas City. He was criticized before their first . 'debate for spending too much time preparing for lt. '' ~ . ' But it's hard to argue with the results-the studying paid . off and he beat Reagan ha_ndiJy. As Mondale and his aides see !·it, no dinner speech-no matter how erand the tradition or ~how important the event-transceqds the ipiportance ·of his .. ·; , ::; . • . · . ·. ~ ANALYSIS Page ~'1 • . ~ ·~.. ... tradition of the affair-by airing.differences·o\ler an issue such ANALYSIS · ... ~ .. -;i.· .. ....• • • as abortion that has.already .generated great passions i~ this .. -FROM PAGE THREE. campaign. ~ . ,. ------------.•-. - .------- ·· ·AND IT CANNOT BE SAID that Mondale is afraid of doing well in the next debate. Mondale turned down .many · ·appearing on ~e .same pl~tfonn as Reagan. They not only invitations for the end of this week. · and all of them were debated, but they also appeared together at '"an _Italian· probably ·seen by their sponsors as absolutely crucial to the . .American dinner in Washington last month. · . campaign. · . ·· ·. ~ · ....- . ·- ·' · · :, · , It is also baffling why .1:_buJ;Ch officials will not accept Why couldn't Mondale take · a few .· hours off · for ·a Mondale's ninning mate, Geraldine Ferraro, as a ·stmd-in­ nonpartlsan -event that draws -a lot of local and national tha"t is. llnless