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3 12 5/2/1972 Memo From Colson to Haldeman RE: the use of a prominent national labor figure for the campaign. 2 pgs.

Campaign

3 12 4/3/1972 Memo From Colson to Haldeman RE: an attached memo from Lou Harris on RN's public image during the campaign. 1 pg.

Campaign

3 12 4/3/1972 Memo From Colson for "The File" RE: RN's role in the 1972 campaign. 4 pgs.

Campaign

3 12 2/10/1972 Memo From Colson to Haldeman RE: the role of issue questions in polls. 1 pg.

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3 12 1/11/1972 Memo From Colson to Haldeman RE: public opinion on RN's international relations and his handling of the economy. Trial heat numbers against various Democratic candidates and Wallace are also included. 4 pgs.

Campaign

3 12 9/22/1971 Memo From Colson to Haldeman RE: a meeting with Bob Dole and the White House's relations with the Republican National Committee. 2 pgs.

Domestic Policy

3 12 8/11/1971 Memo From Colson to Haldeman RE: a planned meeting between Meany and Chavez in California on the subject of Fitzsimmons and the Teamsters. 1 pg.

Domestic Policy

3 12 10/12/1971 Memo From Colson to Haldeman RE: a comment supposedly made by RN during the 1968 campaign reported by "Time." Handwritten notes added by Haldeman and some unknown party. 1 pg.

Campaign

3 12 8/5/1971 Memo From Colson to Haldeman RE: Lou Harris's meeting with Larry O'Brien and the latter's thoughts on the potential Democratic candidates in the 1972 election, the economy, and key electoral states. 3 pgs.

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3 12 7/23/1971 Memo From Colson to Haldeman RE: various union developments, particularly within the AFL/CIO. 1 pg.

Domestic Policy

3 12 7/12/1971 Memo From Colson to Haldeman RE: poll figures on Muskie and an analysis of Kennedy's chance for the Democratic nomination in 1972. 2 pgs.

Campaign

3 12 Other Document Notes taken by unknown, possibly Colson, relating to information relayed by Harris. This information included polling figures on specific demographics, the status of various Democratic hopefuls, and issues with the "New York Times." 4 pgs.

Campaign

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Maya, 1971

MFMORANDUM FORa H. R. HALDEMAN

FROM: CHARLES COLSON

SUBJECT: Labor MaD

Wholly apari from Ceol'le ».U'. coadltlOll and avallabUlly, \'IN bave aeeded for .ome &lme a heavy "",Id ID tbe labor fleW. Our e{fol1. ove.. tbtt la. couple JDO'At.b. have bee. to r.cruit a top dl'awe.. labol' 1.....1' for the 1101 opel'dlo.. W. could oa.lly ••t a T.am"r, but lD view of the Hoffa ...lea•• aacI the .Flts.lmmon. arraolellltlat. that wool. be \Sowl... w. o.ed lom.o_ from the ATL-CIO, but in vie... of Meany'l current attitude all w. caD come up with are old, r.Ured backl 01' peopl. who have DO futul'e w1thln the AFL-CIO .. - c.minl, 800a••ufftcl.llt1y weU kDOWD and b.avy to do the job.

In talklq about thi. with Pete Breaaaa'. d.puty, Don RoeI.er. 1&.t ....k. a04••r. u,J;,H that tu job be dODe {&'Om wlthl. the White HOUI. with relatively unkDOW8 or.pl.er. out of 1701: aay heavy wel,hi who would be wUlln, to run the d •• to W. futu..e in a.••ociatlD, wUh the campal,D would la.ilt on dolnl ItO from In.id. for .ev.rll re.IOD.: fir.t. ther. i. me,.. clout: ••coacl, it could be JUftl.fle4 with Meany aad third. he would be bett.r ,.... eelv" withiD the labor movoment a. 'Ol'l'HlODe bom the White Rou•• eveD if he ft. actlDliIl a political capacity. If he were operatll'll out 01 1101. he .1mply wow. DOt be able t. let ill dh the key labor leader.; they Cp ju.tU, dealio. with the White Rou••, they caa't with • RepubUcaa Pre.Wo.'. campal,D .pparatu••

Ia ad4itlol'1 to Ii.cu••lu, lb••eDera! plaa wlth Rod,.r.. Ca.hea aDd lexplorecl hie own pel'8OI'lai IDlere.t. He 1. Br.DD..•• tull ..Ume pa.lcl pro'••a10... ana ave,., .hre_, well QOWD a04 ....pee... bulldtD. trad•• le..or. He uppen. to be .....emely brlaht and.

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cllalhOnd ill ju.t eaoulh r"lh to ,et alol1l very w.ll with &he avera.e labor I........ 1 talked to MUcheU aad Slid., IM>t.b of whom ...... very eGthullanlc, ba••• 011 what tlMy It... of Rocl&arl aad panic.... la1'1y Oil the .trat.IY aDel the ....y 1a wblch I e.al... RoeI,e .. I' propo.al.. We are ,olnl to have tl"ouble I~ Rodse .. e. AmoDI othe.. WDI" then are ••doul fluaDclat complleatioa.. Mitchell 1. waltiDa fo.. the flaal word from Rockefelle.. aDd thea wW meet Rodier. aDd we wW take It from tb.ere if you approve. Skolta 1. boob,. out thiDI' with Hoel,"n, but to my ple••aat .urprl••, SIaultB ...med entlrely ,_ ,uppol" of the cOIle_pt.

Red.e... t be.. contact•• by the way, a .. e with buUdiD" t ..ade. I....... in New Yo,k. Ne" Jerl.y, PeDD.ylvaDla, Ohio aDd minole, tbe very labor con.ltune.... that .e Deed to malut our majo.. affort. with..

U all 01 W. wol'e. out, we wUl, therefo..e, be pl'OPO'iDI the addltloe of Oil_ maD on the ....umptloD that Belll. back with UI a& .ome poblt. Bell CaD a••l., a_'81'1 aad abo haadl_ othel' tid..... here vary ealUy. Obvloully Geor,e ,. Dot eve. In tile .ame l.qua with Rods-..I, elthe.. In term. 01 meatal equipment 01', it ,0., without .ayla,. contact. In the labor movement. Ro4.8... M. aleo had a lot of political ol'lantzlDi expe..ience tn Ne., yo..k.

It may Dec•••lt.e a call from the Prell... to Pete B .. ennan to flu.a11y put the lock GIS thl. but 1 will ,.sl.t that hanl aacl will recommend it oal, if ablol.ely nec.I••I'Y. At the moment, Mitchell Ie t .. yin, to work thl"oulh Roell.f.Ue.. ,

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AprU 3. 197Z

MEMORANDUM FOR: H. R. HALDEMAN

FROM, CHARLES COLSON

SUBJECT, Attached Thouabtl ft'om Lou Harr11

You. milht U.ke to llance throulb the attached. 1 tbink it make. a fab amouut of ••o.e. Harl'l. told me that he had been glvinl thi. a Il'eat deal of thought aDd ba rattled through W. when we bad IUDeb togethel' a few weeb _'0. 1 know there will be a huDClred and one armchair expert. who wW gtve u. advice on the Pr••lde.'••tyle and poelure durine the campal&n. 10 you can throw thi.. away if you think It hal no value. I bave allO not tranelated it .e adiculately .e Hal'rl. aava it to me. but 1 think I bave caulhi tbe ba..le tbrult of hit polnt. By aDd 1al'18 I tend to agree with him..

MEMORANDUM

THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

April 3, 1972

MEMORANDUM FOR THE FILE

SUBJECT: Random Thoughts from Lou Harris

Harris believes that the President needs, between now

and the election, to continually create "straw men ". Meany

affords us the best opportunity, but we've got to work at creating

others - - deliberate enemies. The President is against those who

plunged us into Vietnam but now want to sell out America's honor.

The President is against those retailers who over-charge consumers.

The middle man example in the food price issue is a perfect illustra

tion. If there isn It a natural villain, create one so that the Pre sident

can be the defender of the public interest against natural enemies.

Harris believes that the President should be forceful but not

strident; that whenever he is strident, the President brings out the ,

hostility of a latent anti-Nixon feeling which still exists with a large

body of people, but that when he is deliberate, quiet, rational, forceful,

he does not engender this latent hostility.

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Harris believes that we should downplay the campaign t hrough

out the year, make it as boring as possible. Harris believes that a

bland campaign will help us in that we will benefit greatly from a low

turnout. Also, people react better to the President if he does not

polarize on gut issues. This does not mean that we should not address

the issues; we should defuse as many as possible, but not arouse the

passions of the electorate with a very divisive issue that might bring

out our opponents (as with anti-labor legislation, for example).

Harris believes the key to our success is in avoiding having the

American electorate act emotionally or precipitously with respect to the

President's candidacy. He points out that as his pollsters question people,

they get a better response after the questioning than at the outset. More

people favor the President's re-election after they have been walked

through the issues than when they are first confronted with the question

cold, liDo you favor the President as against Candidate X? II

One of the Pre sident t s strong points is that people think he is

trying hard. He is beginning to develop a characteristic of sincerity,

that he is really working at solving the problems. Harris advises that

we should articulate everything we do rationally, calmly, quietly, and

forcefully. Make people think, make people thoughtful. Do not provoke

instant emotional reactions. The President's style has come through very

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well as being deliberate. We should not let him go swinging or

overreacting. If our opponent becomes strident, we should take it

in stride. The more irresponsible the opposition becomes, the

" more the President is helped in being looked at as a solid, steady,

strong and deliberate state sman. Be the "solid brick in the middle II

Harris suggests. Ask people to think of the issues semusly.

In this same vein, we should turn the lack of so-called charisma

into an asset, arguing that no one has the right to use the office of

Presidency for the development of a personality cult, that personal

promotion is not the measure of one's success as President. One

cannot run the country through charm, rather through ability. Nixon's

style is to be serious and dedicated, that that is more important than

personal image.

Harris believes that Nixon's image is now being sharpened

as a rational, thoughtful, deliberate leader, all of which can be

destroyed if there is a spontaneous l'EBCtion or a sharp galvanizing of

the opposition in the months ahead. Harris believes that if people

are asked calmly and quietly to think through the choice:fbr President,

that the President cannot be beaten by any of the present Democratic

Presidential candidates. If on the other hand, the election turns into

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a heated. highly controversial. emotionally charged campaign.

we will simply bring out enough anti votes to defeat us; there are just

more of them than us and if we galvanize them. we (not the Democratic

candidates) can beat ourselves. The key at the moment is to maintain

the tone that we have presently achieved and to hold it throughout the

election year.

~-Charles W. Colson

r.br_1T 10, 197Z

WEMOa.A.NJ)UM roa I H. ll. HALDEMAN

7a014: CHARLES COLSON

SUBJECT1

Apr.pol 0\11' e_...._ OB poll. t.Iat.. monial, I tblak It m'....... a .el',. 1Dtenatla. eaperiJ:Deat to Jsa.. OU' poll.tel'l ••• at ,be ..... ., the baterri.., .... appNYal ............. the trial heatl. Tile_ I. late tile ••ft1epmeBt of ii'. data ... all tile ...Ill... ahoet tile P....,.... that .... .w " • pan of thtt polL At the ... ., &be ....lon. the ....nie..... mlsh* lay. ''I ja...aDt to check my !lOt•• 01lC1 ..,ata. How did you '.Y you .....w vo.. _tweea Nlaoa ... X 1'1

11 &he... i. aay .1lUt, I.. e. , aay c...... M the ea' of dae latent... f ...m U&e _II_ala., W. c..... ,. ....1'1 ."eUleaat lafol"maUoa.. Mob lmpol'tuUy, tile pJ'Ofl1e., tbe IWMl of people who I,bUt cMlcl .. laval_We. That .... '''1IUfy tbe type of ...... we I'eall,. .... to .et to wWt 1.... material. TW II, the people ..u c.. be ..... U we work .. tlaam. Coacelvably tlaat cowW be the awta.....

Bud..... be wouW do tld. for me. OD the otIae......, 1 ..". lOme .....l'Yat1oa..... bavlaa blm do W.. We aU .... III t. fol' .al. 1UHl, whU. be t. pr....' lD 0 ... haad. (1 tIIlalt), tU..e 1. ao t.Ulnl ....... mlaht Ila.,.. lD the futu.... T.be mon I tblak ._. it the DlOft I wouW be "U-" to ... It Ia *be bud. of ... of ou IUppU.I" .._m we caa co.rot ..ather thaa lJl ........ of Barl'le.

MEMORANDUM FOR: H. R. HALDE.MAN

FROM: CKA..RLES COLSON

SUBJECT: Lat••t Harrla Poll

The 1at••t Hard. Poll was cODducted Decembe.. Z8 lbroulh Ja_&ry 4 (lrold.cally I ......d this date upon HaJ'l'ie. 1 obrioualy dIAl aot kIlow that the bombll1l ..u 10111, to be resumed ctul'lDI the ..eek afte.. Chri.tma.. My prefe..eaee for the we.k was ba.ed \1poD tbe fact that we had a lot of aood year-enel .tuff, IOod TV the week before Chrbtma. acK1 that we had ..eaUy put the Coas..... dOWD -- a point that was coml_. thl'oup ill the media. 1 was al.o luauellced by the Time "Mall of the Yeal'H Award. III aDY eVtmt. it tumed out to be a very had call tlme-wi.e).

au the tdal heat. it 1. NixoD 42, MusJde 4Z, Wallace 11. III a two way raee, it 1. ),fualde .... Nl&oD 45. The Wallace vote, tn other woJ'tls, take. Z away from Mueki. fo.. every ODe be tak•• away bom us. Harris wUl Jlot publiah tal. laformatlof.'J. He ,iv•• It to d tol' our auidaDee but &I....d with me that it would be better not prmted. It .boulcJ be DOted that all year lou, it hae beeD tbe eODclu.sioa from the Ha....t. data tbat Wallace was hurtt.. Mu.skle mo.. e thaa U8.

Harri. "'ill p..lat the ldgek1. trial heat neat week. We had eUeeussed whether it would be better to walt awhUe, but thea we ahoolcl,et it out of the way, hopefully lettla. the Pre.We.t ria....aiD lD the poll. the Iled time al'GQDd. :My thoulht wu that it wou1cl be very h&4 to have tb1s come out 1. "ell..\1&I'y becau•• people look at tbe pnbllealioD elate, they donIt look at the date the poll w... taken.

Against other caac1idat.a. our alandlna ia I'e1aUvely t.lIu:haDled. It i8 Nlsou ". Humphrey 37. Wallace 1Z aDd.. la a two way race, Nixon 51. Humphrey 40. A,m. Keaaedy, it 1e Nlxoa '5. Ke.aeGy 3'. Wallace 10, a.., ill. two way race, Nixon 50~ KeDned,. 41.

Ia lb. ca•• of tile Malkle ,ala. the bla .lUft •• takeD place 1. tH $Ii. 000 aU OYer cat.,ol'J ... t:Iut willte prof•••low upper mldtll. cia•••akn..u... III euly N4W..ber...e weI" 1'·37 ove .. )tuld. with tal. vote. New It ... 45-". W. ealy MV. a .U,... 1••d. ThI. ODe...ala. baa "ell aU par loa, tile moat volUU. ,roap. It awlD,1 hack u. tortla. Mu.ald. Ie the 0&1., Democrat wIao cu make laroad. with tWa ,l'OU,'" wheee.er he elM. he '.1'," ..aclia tile poU.. Neither the KI.e.y-Ht.Udphr.y .r a.ay of tM adutr. '''111 to be aWe to make a.aJ'deot til thi. ,roup whicla ta cl'l*'cal to u.... wl\lcJl 1. Irowil'li by leapa aad DHI1c1a.

The!,1 wa. u.o a.wa wWt" YOUI peopl." 'UndotlbtecU, it wa. attri .. butab1. to tbe bomWD,. W. 10at a Uttl. bit ot ,rouDd 1a rural ar.... which Harri. beU...... could be the bad ata,*o4. amoa, .mall wmerl at the momeat.

Hal'ria altdbula. aU of thl. to tha ledla..Paldltan alPlatloD••a to the __cU.11II 01 wbleh we have • 28 poaitlve aad 41 nelaUvs rutlll. Thla 'I very low, paatiClwlI'ly In a for.l,. polley area wher. ",e bave come out tile .troDI.1t 1. aU of th_ Hun. l'atbl,l. llIaUlea.l,. all of the otber fore laD polley r&tia,. ara dowa ....eU.. Harri.- theory 1. that .........a ...a affeeted 1aacU., la 011' for.llil polley .ra. it. rub. oil 011 aUothe.... OIl haa4l1aa Vl.baam it 1. 40 po.itb'.1f H a_aMi".. WOI'ki.D., for peaca ia th. world t. DOW 51 po.lth'., ... aelatlv.. It wa. 1a September 64 po.itl... 3.... ae,atlve.. Ia the foret,_ polley ratbl,., the....re larl. "DOl .u...."iulcatia, there baa ben a ....1 aUppal_ here.

Hard. do•• Dot lNlleYtt, with the esc_ptt... of the YOUD, voter. tIlat the bomblD,. e_aed tile psooWem; he ...p •• t.bat it ...... IIKlla- PaklataD. Pel'lOaally I dl••I .... wUb tdm althou,ll he .upport. bla c••a by poiat.... out that OD Jlaa4l1a. Vlebam .... clld Dot .ho. die aama 4et.rioratloD •• c1lcl 1Il aU other are.a. Harri. beUave. Uaat peopl. ,ot cODcaraed over IlHlla-Pald.taa. that maybe it woaW. up.et our la"laUve. wlth ChiDa aad Ihl••i. and the lenel'a11dea of acJalevla& peaca 111 tile wol'ld. Thi. 1. whare he f.el. we "'1'. halt. Alao. the coo..e educaWd. Illaher lDcome ,nup' would be much mora .e.8itive to the .oplli.tlcat.d 1••ue. lAvalved 1a the taCIl.-PaJd.tu cOIltJ'over.y.

Jullt tor purpo••• of compan.a, lD the oyer $11. 000 ,roup the Pr••ldeat be-ata K...edy 17..31 ud Humph..., 56 .. 29. It I, lA thl. area that tbe _.lr. cllff.rence with our .tanClll'lI, vi. a vi., Mu.aJd... can be fouDd.

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,. Alao tbi. i•• ,I'OGP wIdch doe. tun MIt to vote aad whlcb., a. 1 pola&etl oat. ia aD lacr•••1111 .ba..e of the .l.dor.... Hnce, it eala be crWcall., lmporiut aad the... t•••oocIle.Malrom all 01 tW•• T., 1., tMt Mu.kie 1. aM .e Democrat who eM a.rioualy pen.tl'ate thl. group.

CD the po.ltlve-ne.atlve ..attal..... bav. dropped fl'om 5)-46 to .'..47. Hard. wU1 Dot feature lhi. 1a a colQJllfl but wW bury U ill .tatilltlc. Ira a c:01u.mn ...1atlaa to .0metlUDa .1.... It .Hulct be aoted tIIal thi. l. Dol really much of .. d.cl..... All of the paW.bed Bar.... poll "ala .1 r.ee. weeU hal ...1ate4 to a combtaaUoa of two poll.. o.e takeD the taat we.k lD Octobe...... oae taken 1a the ..coM .....k 1. Noy.mber. W••gU...... It. ,..eclpltou••"liD' ta bet...... the two poU. aDd I'&th... tha••how 11' up ODe week aJKI cIOW'Il the .... Harl'i•• at my ,.,•••1oa, com""" ibe poll data. HeIlee. tIae 53...7 wa. r.aJly a 10& ....1' tb.aa ...... we actually weI" tD .W...November. Ie 'he NovemMr poU. if that were bJ'okn out .epa...tely, we actually had about ...9-.7 ratiDl 01' j•• wbat we bad ia the lateat poll.

Tile...... lome brl,lIt ..we oa tbe .cODom,. III all cat,,0l'l•• lilt .bo,... .qalftcaat improvement. 'FOI' .xample, 011 the ke, .1I8at1011 "AI" the Nla.os .cooomie poUcl•• keep", the eco.omy healthy".. 1a July we weI" az po.illv., 7' .e,.tlye. lD No.el'l1lNtr, S4 po.w.ve, 60.e,atiye aad lIOW 1. tbe 1•••t J &Duary poll, 38 po.l.tlve aDd 56 ll.,atl... _...w DOt 1004 but the tl'._ 18 comiDa up very wen. Iu 'erma of k..piDl uaemploymttld dowa W. IIOW' ._ • 26 po.itl••, 6' HsaUve (111 July it wu 16 polltlva. 17 _.attve). For tJ:ae fll'.t time ia two yearl, a IIlAJorlty do aot tblak that paolc•• are I'l.lal more "&pWl., tbaa before. I.e n.poe.e to tbe q\l.atloa til. U. couaUy la a reee••I.oD? ", toclay 49 pel'ce.t .ay ,.•• 33 DO. 1a November, It waa 16 y••, 2780. Iu Aqu.t 1t ... a. 62 ye.. 24 .0; 1a w.al'dl Ii ..... 'I ye... 21 DO. Alalll. the Iilue. are." aood, tN., the tre. 1. e.elleat. A maJorUy feel ftoW' that the... wlllaot be a rece••loa "at year by .. 35 ..'1 .oo..e. Thl. I, a complete rweraal of the 1'••,.... received to the .ame que.tloa la.t 'UI'I'lIIler. TM key que.loll polUically OD the economy Ie If». the NUcoa .ceDolDle pollei•• dot.aa lDO..e ,004 thaa barm" U The repl., to that i. DOW ...0 .... IDO... aoocI th.aa haJ'In, 21 ..lna mo...e harm tbaa ,ood. ODe. al.la, a complate l'eY.r.al fntm. the poattloe la.t 8UmJ.n:eI'.

Of pa"Uta late......, people by a '6 to 20 mal',iD favor ••plll, cocUol. 101' another year. Hard. h_.U, "11...... tbat Mua1de', ri•• in the poll.

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•• i. a temporal"y ''bUfu. The fad that be appear. to have a lot of momaDtam (pel l. Harri.· opbtloa ct._ bave a lot of momentum) baa bee ••att1a. a lot of pv.W1clty aM dols, vary weU in term. 01 hi. public t.ma.ge cOlltr"ed wI.tA aD u.eU111ll pe..104 18 101'e',8 affair. 101' u. hal broqbt him eyeD wWl u. apta, but Hu-I'l.... Got feel it wU11a•• beeau.e OD tbe l••ae. aDd on baDdliDl the key 1••tM. we tun out mucb lMlte...

Harl'la belleve. tile loUowtDI to ba mo.t .1,DUlcaott

Wbleb caadl..... do you. belle... caa cIo a bette.. Job wU. re.ped to the toUo'Wllll i••u.?

NlaOD Mu.k1e Wallace NODe Not Sure

Wo.rldlll for peace K.ep!a, tbe ecoaomy healtby Ea4 to Vlet1lam fa.te.t That mo.t perRaaUy .. tU

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NOTE: Tbe foralolA, wa. dictated by)Oo. COlaOIl OV'I' the telephelle. It 1. vary rouali aDd rambliDI but at le••t ,lva. tbe raw data of the w..t Hal'rl••ample.

EYES ONLY

Sept.mber 22. 19n

MEMORANDUW FOR: H. B.. HALDDdAN

FRONt CHAltLES COLSON

SUBJECT: RNC Ihwol' Dol.

1 J.1It had a ODe hour ••••loa with Bob Dol. to try to cJ'&IIk b1m up to do a MtteJ' Job of defeadla, the Pre.Wut aDd hittl"', Hck at the Democrat.. Dol. diGIt 411...... with &II, of my potata but he i. a ...ery 4WeNat maa tbaa he .... f•• DlOatha a,o.

1. He 1. havlDl .ome ••Z'iou iaMJ'Dal proWem. with Tom Evan•• I a••um.e you are aware of till••

2. He fees. the Itaff at the RNC 1. iDeompatent aad Nolatael' I. Dot .0lDl the Job he waDl. doDe but he. Dole. ctoe.n't , ..I he CaD .bake tAlD,' up..

3. Hta mad. the polr1t that .e ar. aot livilll him noulh ••pport, .peeca... material, etc.. a point he .aW be made with the Pr..lde.t. To the u:te. that we have Dot dOH W' t it will be la.tutly remediec1. bat 1 polDtn out to Bob that I'M hal the whole Natloaal Committe. appaJ'atua aDCI tIt.at he .hcMtlcIa't be 1....1. on u. aDd more lmportaatly ahou1...·t be taIda••ach miaoJ' complalDt. to the Pr••Id.ut. I al.o polutecl out that Not-ts.r ha4 'peclficaUy a.keeI u. Dot to ••ad 'p!Nch•• 'or Dole, Nola".r wanteel to wrtte them. Dol.'. &D•••r wa. tbat No'-la.1' ha••'t be•• WritlD, any .....,eech•• lately•

... He 1. oba••••d wUh oW' lack of support lD the farm ar•• aDel r.ally acta , ...rally el.1DOrallae4.

s. H. full, l'.co,a1... that be ba. made virtually ao De.. for the palt two IDODtb.a but I thlak .. boD • .uy doe••tt Imow what to do. 1 'UCI••led a pre.. coafel'.ac. attackiDl tb.e Democratic partl... oHtl'uctloalets for .,..."8. He may do thl. tomorrow, but he a.aiD complalDed that he ha4 DO -talf help to let "eady fo~ • pJ'e •• coef.r ftce. I honeat1y bell••• hi. 0 ....e1l-cODlldeace .... been el'04I.d for .ome ".a.oa.

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Au.u.t U, 1971

MEMORANDUM FOR: H.R. HALDEMAN

FROM: CHARLES COLSON

SUBJECT: Oeor.e Meany

You may have noticed in the article reporting MeaDY'. Chiu bla.t at u. that he plan. to meet with Chaves whUe in California thi. week to try to .et Chavez under control. A. you know, Chavez I. il,btlq the Team.ter. and Flt••lmmoD. would never con.lder reent.dDg the AFL-CI0 a. 10DI' a. Meany wa. 'UpportlD, Chavez and Chavez wa. In turn blocking the Team.ter••

Meany and Flt••lmmoD. have dbcu••ed the Chavez .1tuatlon before and the whole rapre.entation b.ue of the produce grower. in California. Fita.immona hal been trylna to ,et Meany to .tral,hten the problem out, but Meany hal been heretofore reluctant to get Into it.

1 think it i. a rea.onable ,ul'mbe that If Meany i. meetlng with Chaves it i. to plea.e Fltz.lmmon. and thereby pave the way for the Team.ter. to rejoin the AFL-CIO. Thi. 1., a. I bave indicated to you before, very much agaln.t our intere.t. politically and I would hope that you might pa•• alonl to tho.e Involved the .ugge.tion that FltJulmmon. be plnned down at the earlle.t po.lible tlme on lbl. point. We .hould want hlm to remain indep!ndent throuch next year.

THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON HIGH PRIORITY EYES ONLY

EYES ONLY October 12, 1971

MEMORANDUM FOR: H.R. HALDEMAN

FROM: CHARLES COLSON~ SUBJECT: An alleged comment by the President.

Time, this week, has a very sharp dig at the President regarding an alleged comment during the 1968 campaign that the nation isn't ready to elect a Jew to national office.

Obviously this will hurt us with the 2% Jewish vote that we would otherwise get, but more importantly if allowed to build, very effectively offsets the Muskie VP remark.

Do you know if the President made any comment of this nature? If he did not, I think we should demand a retraction by Time. If he did make such a remark, I think we should flatly and quickly

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EY.ES ONLY Aqun I, 1971

MEMORANDUM FOlt.= H. R.. HALDEMAN

FaOM: CHARLES COLSON

8UBJECT; Lou Harri.

Lou Harria ....e dowa.,. tM pi.... from New YOl'k yeaterda, with Lar.., O'Brt... OfBrl.. talked to him 1.... the old cODlldut that he ODC..... AceoNml to Harda,. O'Sri•• mad. the foUowift. poise.:

1. The eal'l,ru".l'e" ).tc(loveR. "P. ete., aM all ctead. Scoop Jack.o. ia plcklal up eo...uppol't 'but Ut JDaktaa. mlHake Dy .-tiaS aU 01 Ida .". I:a ou baabt,: ,1. e. narid&. O'Bl'ieD bellefta that UP tao. Jack••• baa' 'He11u.d aad Sm.there wo018, fol' blat. MaaJde wUl ••t CJdlea ... A...w ...eI Muakle wW wbI the noricla primary.

z. Muald. ba•• lila lei up ... 1a lmp1'OvlDi hi. lot with the , .. 08; be It.a. picked up 80Dle v.ry eftectt.. ".pODal coonblatore.

I. JacHo.' • OM be,. t. that tile clef... l.aue will come 'back bant. O'Brlee bellev.a tllat i. fact it wU1 INt he elm wOIl't be able te mall. a ...OD, raee.

4. Teclcly'. Bot out of it tl})y &II, me...". me ,,,oW.1I1 i. that be wU1 have to make a d..ilioD ..at Jaaua.ryo. the Calltonl. pri mary. He pJ'oballly. aceol'411ll to O·Bl'l••, wU1 Dot ,0 in (Hard.. baa it from StaY. Smll1l that Ke...., pl'Q~bly ~ 10 lato Calltonda,. U M ....a·' 10 til, aceord1aa te O·Brle•• Mulde wU1 win the aomlttatloa uule•• he "commit;... ~errlW. 1001".

I. The 011. c....ldat. OYer whom O'Brlen t..l. hAt ha. fiO coatrol ia Qene McCanlly. 0'Brte. cnalcle... I:alm a ... of a bitch, a .poUeI' and. a lIOn_a. who la .un mad at the pya who elY him III in 1968. """'e.. the caacliclate 1. (with (;:. ..ceptlOD) he wW eta,. iD aad ru on .. fourth party ticket, he-. e.peclally irked at Muakle aad Humphrey aad wotakllove to .&ay lD abe race if eiaber 01 them aft the Doml.e.

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,. The ... ucept10a 1. if T...y ..re DOmlau.cl, fol"ome cu.....

1"....08 he eloe. Dot ... to Wock T.w,. O'Bl'leD .ay. that Tecldy'.

.... 0..,.. Bul'u. flOW work. for RowaN Stela ... till. could be

_hi,", U. 0·81'1.. coB....r •• MeCuthy fouda pany caa4ldac:y

a. the Wn••t .....1" the Democl'.t. face aut .,.al'. He al.o 'a,' tbat UeCutiay t•• ".....,...... who will na if be thlaka he cu make .omeW., out 0Ilt. laut he woa't w ••• be ba. ftDaDCIal ltadd... alld there i ••ome moaey ill it fol' blm e......ur.

7. HumpUe., wUl tl'Y W cut, make (l. He'U ......1' .ult trylll, aDd

wOl,o lato Caltfonta.

8. Liad.ay wUl 'become a Democrat ill mf.d-Aup.t. but wU1 Bot 11m

for tJae Pre.WHey.

9. O'8rlo f.... tbat &he MODODlY 1. the 0Il1y l••u that the Democrat.

have.. He .lm.ply cauaot uacler.taBd why the Pn.ldeat baa not \1...

• elective "*I' u4 pl'iee coatl'Ol.. Thi. would cat th..... out {rem the Democrat..... lake away their oaly i.... He c_,W'I" t.bat aU the ''dOY.'' caadWate. al'..... aad tbat the Pre.ldeat baa completely ta1um over the "....._, 1•••e. No Democrat can profit .-lUcaUy 1. the fonliD aIIall" o..ld, belt the,. Carl wiD 011 the MODomy ale•• the Pr...... pall. the I'U, ov.t au doe•••me .peotacular tblaa., which 0'81'1_ f••l. tile PH.ldat 1••ntirely capellle 01 dola,_ A. be pat. It. nut. all bl tile Pr••W..t'. COllh'Ol. But, I dou't aGerata:Dcl why be ba.att dOH it".

10. O'Bri_ Y DOt cODceraM at all about ....,.. He baa ftO lDtatl_ of paylAJ off the $9 mUllOD de... $800, 000 of whlch i. owed to Dal.y (who 18 vel'y unhappy abov.t it). Tbe CoI'lUl'dU.. coll.cted $1. 7 mWlOI'l OD their .lIuutl', &be., wUl .,end it all thl. yea.. 'but Stl'au.. 1. .okl aD .xc.... job and WDk. tItat he ca. I'al•• tile fuad•••ed.. fol' a Pre.ldeDtlal eampal,B .ut year without &I1y dllftcoliy.

U. O'Brien Mllev•• that T.... WA. a.fluke 1111960 _.1968 ... that the Democrat. .hould clearly Wl"U. it oil 101' 1972. a••••• 80 chuc. 01 wlIm1Dl it 'but be doe. bell..,.. tbat they CD wla Oblo, WiDota &Dd N•• J.I'.',.. He, therefol'•• belle...e. that C.Ufon'" wU1 be the .wiq atu. t'D tbe electlo'D. HI tlalBka that the ''Ntxoll SouthIt la 10M •• lar a. the DeJllOCrat. a .. 8 CODC'I'D", that they !!Ybt plck up OD. 01' two laol'd.1' .tate. ~ t.b.ai'. all &Del they ••d W&llac. in the I'ac. to deny u the clop south. If Wallac. ",.re Dot Ill. they would 10•• the ntin aouth.

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U. O'Brt..D'. att"ud.l. pardedly opllmlaUc. He ••W a. he move. as'olalMl the couh'y be flad. tkat the .eODemy 1. really bltla, people aDd that 11 the Pr••ldeDt .... not do .omeal:a'a. laidy .lplflcaot ... if the DemocZ''' play to tbl. l.... aloDe, they cn wID. He 18 very cautlou. ill h.le oul1ook. bo'INYel", ... 1. e"I'.Ddy worrlecl about the .ldcCU'tIay I.-'lou whlch he kept c.... back to la the COUM of the .1.cu.....

13. 0'Drih dllnk. that aeaau t. DO a••at lD the cow.. e1eetioll. wU1 aot help u. la Califon......c! la tbe moat "',el'OQI , .. oblem the Pl'e.bleDt has wt.Wa the aeplbllcaa ~?

From all of the lo",oq, two Wa•• of ailulAcaoce elbal'le 'a my mJ.Dc1. We .hoald be plum1ua bow to .lleO\1I".... l.4eCal'tlt,·. caadklaey. It lnay all tunl oa OM maD. HowaN Stem. If Stela .,1"" to I. all the ....., aad'*'*1'011 MeCal'thy', caadl4ac.,. WcCanh,. will 1ta,1. the I'ac. all tlw way, ...... a .poller. SHill la Jack Dnyfu.' par&De1' .. you aDOW &ad 1 wouW thlDk tW Uu'oaala Bill ROI.rl .l" othe..I, .... could pel'hapll eDcoul'q. StelD', commltme1lt to McCarihy. Itt would ..,. .. be worth pumplDl .ome mOH., In..

A ••cODd polat ...bleb ..ems to me to be .e"1 lmponaat 18 the Democ..atic cleltt. We ba•• &Il aaal.,.t. of the Democrat'. cr....tol'. aad ..e ahould ltan on the out.lde a pre••ure campa1p to force tIlem to pay their bUl. befo.l the., dart .pemdlDa Dew IDOl'ley. ObYlou.ly we Cdtt ,It bIYolved 10 thi. Ihm Mr8 lK&t aome of our bu.l.... IrieDd. em the out.'d. mlcbt be ....... to ol"lanl•• a eampaian to put the .crew. OD..

You aDd 1 talked about W. many moDlb. a,o. It ..a. my ]ud,ment tbn thal we aboutd aot try to embarra•• the Democrat. oval' tbell' debt or cre.te public .ympatby for the "poortf Democrat., but ratMI' walt uAt11 the campalp ...... aNut to .et uaderway ... thea ... that the creditor. put the beat OD them. If .omeo.. from 1101 were to plck • couple of ,oocI loyaU.t. OD tbe out.i... they could .tan them to ....rk on tbl. cow.

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NEMOBANDUW roa. \~~.W;, ,.ltOM, c~(w. COLSON SUBJECT,

1 bav. to aceo......c. with your la.tnetioD••taye" aut of the Team...r. pell'lc~ actlvtll... 1 caD" belp, however. bat co.tlAue to be 'M ...wa taformatloo. Ceor._ Ben hal to hoW FraU nt••bI:ra:lonl baH at lea.t , time. a .......

00_ polot M. come up wblcb could be t.rribly l'pUl••• politlcaUy. I Wall you lhouW periaapl be.t ral•• it wltb the AO. I am .ur8 you wUll.av. me out of the IIl.eu••loll.

The AJ"L/CIO -.oy wuta the Teamater. to reJoiD aDcI a major eUon wU1 IN .horUy WMtertakell to ))riDI the Team.ter. back lato the AJ"L/CIO. TIM aUla••e fonned betwMIl ta. Teamagra and the UAVI hal DOW 1M_ brokeD completely. Ther. are 1'lO 1\IIl41 u4 both the Team.. ate... and tt.. VAVI ar. ripe for "'Jot.lnl the rank.. It 1. lu the '''..e.t of aU J.

WeaDJ·. oee d••l ... Wo..e h. ate,. dOWfl 01' dlel with W. boot. o. 1. to r.volt. lbe labor mo"ement. My lnformat1n. 1. that be wLU work at thl. latea.t••l, ..,'ltb a via", to elolll,it "£01'. aut year'. eladloD'.

AI fal' a. the VAW 1. cODceneet. .. couldatt care le... 1a fact. from lome .....polDt. It would be bettel' fol' UI politically to bave th.m ill the AFL/CIO fold 'bHau.e they will create polltical divtaloa witIlln the raDka. The Teameter. I. a. you call weU lmalta. qul.e .. cIlffel'.Ilt .tOI'Y. Wy opltdU I. that lbe Team.te... wW ...malD officially .."bat but .,"eUy work very hart! lol" VI. lIltb moaey uti ol'lul.. satlo.al "',port. It tl1ey a ... mer.ed lato the AJ"L/CIO before the•• bowevel', they..,Ul pl"obably 1M unaW. to do W.. Hellce it i. l1l OUI' latera.t to .ee that the mer,e.. dM. Bot talte place. FUa ha. it wttblD bl. capacity to block it pl'ovlde4 it i. made cleal' to him that that .. what w. wald. Thb alr••meat ehould be obtalDed very aOOD.

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MEMORANDUW Foa:

Ju1y1J. 1'71

'ROM: CHARLES COLSON

SUBJECT: Harl'l. Pon.

You bave copte. 01 the &a1' .. 1. polla OR K.oaecly 101' till. w••k.

N•• w.... will be tbe Wa.kie tl'lal heat., baaed 011 the .ame fleW.

aUl'vey 01 Ju•• ' ..IS. Th. fl,I1l'.' are ld.utical to Way. la a ' ..way

I'ace, tile Pr••' ••at traU. Nu.kle, 42·"0. Wallac. I." IS, 5

uDclee'.... Hal'rl.But III a Z-w.,. "aee. Itt••6-46. a UDd.cl.... lateacl. to pla, W ••• ''the PI'••ldeat hal doa.' tile I.P OD M",ki.'a ••dier 1••d" ..·.t 1•••• that'. the wa, he'. cJ••cl'l.'becl it to me. Harri. point. out that th.... la aD .oormo\la COIIt,.... betw••a

M••lll, aDd Keaauy. Tu Pre.ldeat ,ew .oe. well in til. Soatb,

"041t to Wall••e'. 27 to Wuaki.'. 36. But, III the We.t, Muute

'beat. u. 51-43. I. the Nld-W••t 49.... 1 ... 111 .... E••t 48·35.

H.rrl. bell• .,•• that the dllfer••ce tur•• Oil the .,ote , ••ub\arb. ud amOD' , ...pe••••t.. lDte .. e.tl0lly••• do "".1' ...1••• W".ld. aD the ra. data tban wheD the OIlllkely vot.I" ar••11miaat•• (the oppo.lte 1. tne with K•••••y). Till. a.atD W••t .. at•• tbe;t Wu,ki. doe • .,..t with blah taco.., betH.....u......uINr'baalte.. 1. the $15,000 pel' Y'.I" .Dd oval' c.t••er,. the Pr.a"e.t lMate Keaau, 52 ... 36. lNt 10••' to Muekl. 14..41. With tbe '''peaeleat vote. bo••••1"_ tIae P ....lAlnt Hat. M.akle " .... )7 (00 the 1••, pon lD )day, ),tuakl••011 the but.peDd.a' .ote 45 -36 but be haa olla.. W, loa. 'by 'acr•••lftl hie l.ad la the aubu.b••

Ha..d. attdbut•• Wu.kl.·••trMltil to the fact tbaa he ,. 1IlaDAl.

Daa • neutral tma.•• aDd doea not r.ally ceme aCl"o" a•• panl...

Democrat. The lack of conbov_rl,. with re.,.ct to Mulde 1a at

'lat. tllfte hla 11"'" dr.nl•• but wUlla du. eour•• t .... to •••1" tala.

The rlek to hI_ I. that he wW MCO.. lIorlal and maleap,m••

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Lou'. clo.e frle... HowU'd St...., ten. him that there i. at 1... • 50/10 CIaaIlC. tbat ),teearilly wU1 ••ter til. Pre.tcte.tlal race aa • founh party c.a4...... As. result, HaI'I"1. has cine a 4-way poll ....wt.'" .e PreaW.at at '7, );!uslde 31. Wallace 13 ..Dd "C.nby 10.

By ....y of iDCldeata1lDt.Ult_c., Lou a.,a tllat the Ke..edy people bell.y. that H\1I1lp1U'.y ia absolutely cI.....s .. reault of the Kn.e.y I JohaaoD papera, that Muskl. bas been 'bacl1y hun ..t, tbat K...edy has not bee affect". 1 hay. to ..a.ume frem thts tbat they f.el lUl'e is DO rubolf bom JI"K to Teddy.

Oa the aultject of the Ne... YOl'k Time. coatrover.,. Harri. beUe.,•• .... •hoal. layoff the i ••ue a. far •• the pl'es. l ••u. is cOlle.I'D"; a. he puts it we bav. co... out vel'y weU, tIlat th. nal tAru.t has be....alut the Democl'ata au K...eely &ad JoIm••a. He i. t. the aeld rtaht MW d.t.rmhdu.. what the pal1lau laUout bas be.... aa.ect OD wbat he eald I ca. prett, well sUl'ml•• what ... wW come up with.

He adYI.••• that ..e .bould 'be eanM aot to appeal' to 110at over the Democrats- Pl"oblaaut. .speclally LBJ. 0.0.. about••e OIl the otDer haa4 appeal' 0....1, cOlleened alaout til. "ece.t reYelatlona.. We sbo\1ld stay abon the batt1eJ he 'belle..... that the P.ataloa Pape..s coatl'Ov...a, wUl coatiaH -au. the Pl'••• 1••u. fad•• aad that oar job Is to k... the foc.s OD the Democrata. Harris do•• aot 'beU.... that the pre.a i •••e l. a ,ut 1••••• tbat it do•••'t ..eaUy aff.ct people 01" motl"ate "'.1'0. The fe.UD, that tlaey be". ke. dupe4 &DCI d.cet".d, ho........ 1s a .tZ'OB, ellDOtioaal poW that wW e1.'lClul'e..

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