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WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

20' 1980

MR. PRESIDENT:

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Per the attached letter, you

and Rosalynn are being asked to host

a White House reception for Bob Strauss

before the Fundraising Dinner for the

Robert S. Strauss Fellowship Fund at

the University of Texas.

I have checked with Hamilton

who feels you will have to do this

besides attending the dinner.

What's your opinion of this?

PHIL

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October 15, 1980 OCT 2 2 1980

The Honorable and The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Washington, D. C .

Mrs. Jimmy Carter

Avenue 20500

Dear Mr. President and Mrs. Carter:

As you know, on JLecember � 1980 the many friends of Ambassador Robert Strauss will gather in Washington

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to honor him at a dinner endowing The Robert S. Strauss Fellowship Fund at The Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas.

I am happy to report to you that I'm very pleased with results to date. I am positive we will meet, if not surpass, our goal.

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The success of this program will be the result of much hard work by many people. There is no way to adequately thank these chairpersons, patrons and sponsors, however, I feel it important to try.

Would i� be possible for �ou both to host a pre-dinner reception at The White Ho11se for these special friends of Bob's? The hour would be around 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and I would expect· approximately 200 people.

While I �o not know the rules concerning expenses for an event such as this, please know that the LBJ Foun­dation will stand behind any expenses incurred.

In order to facilitate our planning... may I please have your response to this request no later than November 15th? .

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My prayers are with you during the closing weeks of the campaign.

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Reception For Bob Strauss

1. AS YOU MAY KNOW, BOB STRAUSS HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH

THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR -- DESPITE WHAT HE MAY

TELL YOU NOW.

2. ACTUALLY, BOB HAS BEEN A REAL LOYALIST. I NOTICED THAT

HE WAITED A WHOLE WEEK AFTER THE ELECTION BEFORE HAVING DINNER

WITH HIS GOOD FRIEND RON REAGAN.

3. I WILL HAVE A FEW OTHER THINGS TO SAY ABOUT MY FRIEND

BOB STRAUSS AT TONIGHT'S DINNER.

4. HERE AMONG A FEW OF HIS DEAR FRIENDS, I WOULD LIKE TO

MAKE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION TO BOB.

5. SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT BOB ONCE GAVE ME A PICTURE AS

A GIFT. HE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT OF THE ENTIRE

CABINET TO PRESENT ME ''HTH A SPECIAL PORTRAIT OF MYSELF -- A

PHOTOGRAPH OF ME WITH A FLY ON MY NOSE.

6. I AM SURE IF ANYONE EVER ASKS ME WHERE I GOT THAT

PARTICULAR PORTRAIT, I WILL BE QUICK TO SAY. "OH, THAT ONE.

BOB STRAUSS, OF COURSE, GAVE ME THAT. "

7. THIS EVENING I WANT TO RETURN THE FAVOR.

8. LET ME BEGIN BY SAYING THAT SOME OF BOB'S COMMENTS THESE

PAST FEW WEEKS REMIND ME OF SOMETHING PRESIDENT JOHN F.

KENNEDY ONCE SAID -- I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING HE SAID RIGHT

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AFTER TH� BAY OF PIGS --� ALONG THE LINES THAT VICTORY

ALWAYS HAS A. HUNDRED FATHERS.BUT DEFEAT IS ALWAYS AN ORPHAN.

9. I .WAS REMINDED OF THAT RECENTLY WATCHING BOB RESPOND

TO A' QUESTION BY A NETWORK NEWS CORRESPONDENT ABOUT MY

OWN· RO.L� IN- Tim RE-ELECTION: EFF.ORT. * HE SAID ·sqMETHING LIKE,

"WEI,L . . . ACTUALLY • • • I NEVER KNEW THE MAN PERSONALLY •. "

10. TO MAKE SURE THAT BOB NEVER FORGETS THE GREAT AND NOBLE

EFFORT WE SHARED THIS YEAR, I WANT HIM TO HAVE THIS REPLICA

OF NORMAN ROCKWELL'S "THE DEFEATED CANDIDATE."

11. BOB, I THINK THIS WILL MAKE A GREAT CONVERSATION PIECE.

YOUR FRIENDS -- MAYBE EVEN SOME OF YOUR CLIENTS -- WILL

LOOK UP ON YOUR WALL AND SAY, "THAT'S A WONDERFUL PICTURE

BOB. WHERE DID YOU GET IT ANYWAY?" . �·.

BOB WILL THEN SAY -- WITH SOME LITTLE MEASURE OF PRIDE --

"PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER GAVE ME THAT PICTURE."

THEN HIS GUEST WILL SAY� "WHY WOULD HE EVER GIVE YOU A

PRESENT LIKE THAT?" >;';:·. <��·

I WISH I COULD BE THERE EVERY TIME -- JUST TO HEAR WHAT

BOB SAYS NEXT.

12. BOB, IT IS ALL, YOURS. YOU EARNED IT.

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Senator Bentson, Vice President Mondale, Ambassador

Bush, Senator Kennedy, Senator Baker, Lady Bird Johnson,

0� Dean Rostow, George Bristol, andAfriends of Bob Strauss.

During the tough days of the past campaign, Bob Strauss

would say to me.

"Mr. President, your real problem is public relations.

People seem to know very little about your great successes

the past four years. All they ever know about are those

efforts that did not work out so well."

No one ever accused Bob Strauss of having that problem.

When we think of Bob, we think of the great roles he has

played in our country's recent history.

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�-We think of the great man who pulled the Democratic

Party together after '72;

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,I We think of the man· who wo .. rked miracles with the

multilateral trade negotiation�;

,I We think of the man who worked to keep the Camp David

peace process on track.

There was, of course, one other hat that Bob Strauss

wore these past few years that does not get quite so

well-publicized: Special Counselor on Inflation.

Good luck in finding that little item in Bob's current

resume.

You have got to As long as Bob lives,

no one will ever have come up to him and say:

"You know the Bob Strauss� is that

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;r mean that as a compliment. As the great Dizzy Dean

once put it, and as y-ou yourself l.tf\V"e said at one time or

another: "It ain't braggin' if you done it."

When I think of Bob Strauss, hlo words come to mind

right away: one is "Democrat�" the other is "loyalist."

Since I see a few unfamiliar faces here tonight, I skip

right on to the second of these.

Bob Strauss is a loyalist in the deepest, most durable

sense of that word. He is loyal to his beliefs. He is

loyal to his friends. And when you are lucky, as I have

been, to share both his beliefs and his friendship, then you

are a lucky man indeed.

Bob has fought many good fights during his time. He

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stubborn-� bargainers in the world -- Prime Minister Ohira

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of Japan • • • Minister Ushiba • • • President Sadat • • • Prime

Minister Begin • • • the State Department • • • H�len Strauss.

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Bob has shared some great and noble causes over the

years. He has fought for his party. He has fought for his

country.

Through all those fights -- and long after -- he has

been a loyalist -- loyal to his cause, loyal to his friends.

Bob Strauss believed in Lyndon Johnson -- and everybody

knows it. He never lets anyone forget it.

He fought for Hubert Humphrey -- and will not let anyone

forget that either.

or Fritz Mondale -- and Fritz won't let him

forget that.

He fought for Jimmy Carter -- and I, personally, will

never forget it.

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.·Tonight I. join you in returning at least part of the

favor� pad: of the .loyalty Bob has· given me.

When he served as President:, Lynd.on .Johnson used to. say

that all the brains in our country did .not come from a few.

prestigious old schools. A lot of people figured he had one

particular school in mind.

Lyndon Johnson believed that our country was full of

talent. He believed that in every region of our country

there were people with a sense of public duty and a talent

for politics. He wanted to make sure that young people with

a concern for government and public affairs had a chance to

nourish that concern, to fulfill their dreamsJ He waneeet

tae1Tr to understand what our system of government was ·all

about. He wanted them to·know the "how" of democracy ahd

also the "why."

That is the fou·nding principle of the Lyndon Johnson

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School at the University of Texas. I would like to salute

the person who has been the guiding light to the Lyndon

Johnson school and the L-B-J library -- Lady Bird Johnson.

It would be difficult, if not impossible, for the Robert

s. Strauss Fellowship -- or the entire L-B-J school for that

matter -- to produce one Lyndon Baines Johnson or Robert

Strauss. What it can do is give � young man or woman

-- someone with the desire to serve -- the training they

need, the background they need to serve well.

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and perhaps impart

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seminars myself.

I would like to end my remarks tonight with so�ething

that Lyndon Johnson himself might say about the man we honor

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"The American people," he said, "are tired of wrecking

crews. They want builders. They want people who construct."

We are blessed to live in a free country1 We are blessed

to live in a country of free expression and free political

action.

But it takes more than freedom to make democracy work.

It takes commitment. It takes hard work. It takes politics

in the best and noblest sense of that· word.

Our political system has many critics. We have commentators

-- of every ideological stripe -- who cite the inadequacies

fo$ ��� ei#A- .k $� �/ of our two great Parties. But there is � one Bob Strauss. �-

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of single-issue candidaai9s, of single issuta thinking. Al.l .---

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in one particular cause that they have lost sight of how we

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make decisions in our great pluralistic democracy -- through

debate, through bargaining, through tolerance, through politics;

� Tonight we honor a builder, a man who kno,.;rs how to

bring people together, who sees what unites people -- when

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all � can see is what divides them.

A half century ago -- someone who I suspect had a lot

k}e// k;.,��M in common with our honored guest -- left us these�� words:

"I belong to no organized political party.

I 'm a Democrat. "

Tonight we salute a Democrat who has spent a good part

of his life

• knowing in his heart that Will Rogers was right,

,, trying to convince the rest of us that Will Rogers

was wrong,

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DALLAS OFFICE

2800 REPUBLIC NATIONAL BANK BUILDING

DALLAS. TEXAS 7S201

(214) 6SS-2800

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

1333 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVENUE, N. W.

SUITE 400

WASHINGTON. D. C. 20036

(202) 887-4000

TELEX 89-665

WRITER"S DIRECT DIAL NUMBER 887- 41 9 0

December 8, 1980

HEMORANDUfvi TO THE PRESIDENT

FROM: Ambassador Robert S. Strauss

AUSTIN OFFICE

900 AMERICAN BANK TOWER

AUSTIN. TEXAS 78701

(S12) 476-7167

HOUSTON OFFICE

1760 SOUTH TOWER

PENNZOIL PLACE

HOUSTON. TEXAS 77002

(713) 227-03S6

I appreciate the fact that you are attending the dinner tomorrow evening to benefit the LBJ School being given in my honor.

The purpose of this memorandum is to give you a feel of what the audience makeup will be. There will be approximately 1,000 people in attendance, about 650 of them are people who have worked with me in the Democratic party over the years and have supported you and your Adminstration. The remainder will be a mixed bag of more or less political types ranging from academics to businessmen and students. There will also be a substantial number of well-known business figures such as Charles Brown, Chairman of AT&T, Reginald Jones of GE, Tom Murphy of General Motors, Irving Shapiro of duPont, Leonard Goldenson of ABC, and so forth. There will be a mixed bag of Senators and House members ranging from Jack Brooks to Russell Long, Bob Dole and Howard Baker. Lloyd Bentsen will be Master of Ceremonies and Vice-President Mondale, the Vice-President-elect and Howard Baker will each speak for two to three minutes prior to your remarks.

You know, of course, Mrs. Johnson will be present and from your own discussions, you know of her interest and devotion to the LBJ Library and School. The funds from this affair will go to a fellowship at the school.

P.S. Be sure to wash your face and wear a clean shirt -­

there will be a lot of high-class friends of mine and yours there.

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) AS YOU �lAY KNOW, W-4-;s ,,Jv . .. vc.-�> ,..; l BOB STRAUSS IIAD SOM!;TWIN� TQ QO WHII THE PRES. CM1PAIGN THIS YEAR --

DE SPITE WHAT HE f-1AY TELL YOU NOH / �7 �iJ .• h.vb- �

ACTUALLY} BOB HAS BEEN A REAL LOYALIST. //bey �CJ YA-'­

[' �OTICED TI:UIT liE WAITED A WHOLE WEEK AFTER THE ELECTION

_ BEFORE HAVING DINNER WITH HIS GOOD FRIEND Rm� REAGAN / p;ce

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THINGS TO SAY ABOUT rW FRIEND BOB STRAUSS

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HERE Ar·10NG A FEW OF HIS DEAR FRIENDS)

t1 WOULD LIKE TO r1AKE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION TO ..!1Q.B./

SOME OF YOU MAY KNOVJ THAT BOB ONCE GAVE f.1E A PICTURE AS A GIFT, rHE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT OF THE ENTIRE CABINET

TO PRESEi�T r.1E WITH A SPECIAL PORTRAIT OF IWSELF --

A PHOTOGRAPH OF f·1E HITH A FLY ON MY NOSE;/ [I Ml SURE IF ANYONE EVER ASKS f·1E WHERE I � THAT PARTICULAR PORTRAIT J

I HILL BE QUICK TO SAY

"OHJ THAT ONE. lillB_ S!B-AUSSJ OF COURSE) GAVE f.1E �T./ �;JQetwo:a1blltlc C«!��Y Mad�

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LET f".1E BEGifJ BY SAYING THAT Sm1E OF BOB'S CDr�f·1ENTS THESE PAST FEW WEEKS

REMIND ME OF SOMETHING PRES. JOHN F. KENNEDY ONCE SAID --

I THINK IT vJAS SDMEIIIINS HE 3atfl RIGHT AFTER THE BAY OF PIGS - ­

ALONG THE LINES THAT VICTORY ALWAYS HAS A HUNDRED FATHERS

BUT DEFEAT IS ALHAYS AN ORPHAN;/

I HAS REf•1Ii�DED OF THAT RECENTLY /1///6-.-J ftJ,vJcoA/� Tov -+?6- A-.t:)(�r

ATCHING BOB RESPOND TO A QUESTION BY A NETWORK NEWS CORRESPONDENT

BOUT M¥ evm ROLE IN THE RE ELECTION EFFORT. /H�

�E SAID S0�1ETH lNG LI KEJ X. UA/P�j'T4-4..i) #G 2h.LJ A p�/C JbC A-s r-�&/K.A..J/- -..-

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I WANT HH1 TO HAVE THIS fHLICA fiF NORf1AN ROCKHELL'S ""-- ' 1 P1 __.

"THE DEFEATED CANDIDATE"'/

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BOBJ I THINK THIS WILL MAKE A GREAT CONVERSATION PIECE. [YOUR FRIENDS -- MAYBE EVEN Sm1E OF YOUR CLIENTS -­

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"THAT'S A WONDERFUL PICTURE BOB. WHERE DID YOU GET IT ANYVIAY?'� ::l#oP� /

$ BOB WILL THEN SAY --.. \41TII SOr·1E LITTLE �1EASURE OF PRIDE --

l" PRES !DENT J I rlrW CARTER GAVE �IE THAT PICTURE;/ fTHEI� HIS GUEST WILL SAY J

�'WHY \jOULD HE EVER GIVE YOU A PRESENT LIKE THAT?_/ { I WISH I COULD BE THERE EVERY TH1E --

lJUST TO HEAR WHAT BOB S.WS :\EXT;/ BOBJ IT IS ALL YOURS.

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09 dec 80

Fr ank Moore

The attached was returned in the Pr e siden t's outbox today and is forwarded to you for appropriate handling.

Rick Hutcheson

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THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

December 9, 1980

MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT

FROM: Frank Moore ��, SUBJECT: Fair Housing

The Motion for Cloture on the Fair Housing bill was defeated in the Senate today by a vote of 54-43. The Republicans held firm against the motion and we lost the strength we had picked up from the Southern Demo­crats last week.

According to the agreement that was reached last week, the bill was returned to the Senate calendar, which for all intents and purposes means it is dead for this year.

The Republican leaders made statements on the floor which indicated that they wanted to wait until the Republicans had � a majority to consider this bill.

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SEN. BENTSEN� v. P. MONDALE� Ar�B. BUSH. �

SEN. KENNEDY� SEN. B�KER� LADY BIRD JOHNSON� DEAN ROSTOW� GEORGE BRISTOL� & OTHER FRIENDS OF BOB STRAUSS/

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DURING THE TOUGH DAYS OF THE PAST CA�·1PAIG�L BOB STRAUSS l'JOULD SAY TO f·1E: -

"f.1R. PRESIDENT� YOUR REAL PROBLEr·1 IS PUBLIC RELATIONS. PEOPLE SEEM TO KNOH VERY LITTLE ABOUT YOUR GREAT SUCCESSES THE P/\ST 4 YEARS

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ALL THEY EVER KNOH ABOUT ARE THOSE EFFO�TS THAT DID �T HORK �WELL;/ [·�o ONE E�R A�ED BOB STRAUSS OF H!\VING TIIAT PROBLErt/

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HIIEN viE THii�K OF BOB,

WE Tllii'-JK OF THE GREAT ROLES HE HAS PLAYED IN OUR COUNTRY'S RECENT HISTORY:

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twHO WORKED ni RAcLES WITH THE r-1ULTI LATERAL TRADE i·kGOTIATI ONS;

• � WE TH I i! !< OF THE �·1AN

l WHO 110 RKED T 0 KEEP THE CM1P DAY! D PEACE PROCESS ON TRACK '/

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Oi�E OTHER HAT THAT BOB STRAUSS WORE THESE PAST FEW YEARS -.THAT DOES NOT GET QUITE SO HELL-PUBLICIZED:

SPECIAL CO�NS�OR ON INFLATION·/ 4-:r fi-4'" AP��<-Vc?.f yo� �� ,4 � �

GOOD LUCK IN F ir�� G THAT LITTLE ITE�1 IN BOB'S CURRENT RESU�1E/ J'� GL./fj):: ;{} C#/ G V �M 6v TJ /t--Ie{: 6 � �4 r- yc:) (.,..�' A-£ L ,Y A/ d eJ i AS THE GREAT DIZZY DEAN ONCE PUT ITJ �4'r ��A--1 �

& AS BOB HAS SAl D AT ONE TI �1E OR ANOTHER --

'�N' IF YOU DONE IT.'/

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WHE;� I THINK OF BOB STRAUSS) 2 WORDS COr.1E TO f'.1IiJD RIGHT A�JAY: .- -ONE IS "DEMOCRAT" -- THE OTHER IS "LOY/\LIST" � -� ay-4L. ry''

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BOB STRAUSS IS � LOYALW IN THE DEEPEST J MOST DURABLE SENSE OF THAT HORD. HE IS LOYAL TO HIS B ELIEFS. HE IS LOYAL TO HIS FRIENDS . .-- -{AND WHEN YOU ARE LUCKY -- AS I HAVE B EEN --TO SHARE BOTH HIS BEliEFS & HIS FRIENDSHIP) THE I� YOU ARE f1. LUCKY MAN I� ED'/

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BOB HAS FOUGHT f1ANY GOOD FIGHTS DURING IllS Tlf.1E.

HE HAS F� SDr1E OF THE, f·10STr· TOUGH 1

I RON-WILLED� E���cnv�

Sf�RN BARGAINERS IN THE WORLD:

• PRH1E r1INISTER OHI RA OF JAPf,N�

• �1I:HSTER USIIIB-A� M.ul37e./ �'&s

• PRESIDENT SADAT�

• PRH1E r,HNISTER BEGnL

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HE HAS WON SOr-1E & LOST SOME) I � &..¥ /T .4-L� ::::=: - :::::::-- -

.al1rBOB HAS SHARED SQr.1E GREAT & IWBLE CAUSES OVER THE YEARS.

. HE HAS FOUGHT FOR HIs PARTY I

HE HAS �T FOR HIS COUNTRY;/

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THROUGH ALL THOSE FIGHTS-- & LONG AFTER-- HE HAS BEEN A LOYALIST-­LOYAL TO HIs �SE) I I I I I LOYAL TO HIs _E_!ill:N DS :/'

• BOB STRAUSS BELl EVED IN LYNDON JOHNSON -- & EVERYBODY KNOHS IT.

HE NEVER LETS ANYONE FORGET IT y �A2da� � //

• HE FOUGHT FOR HUBERT HUf1PHREY -- & WILL NOT LET ANYONE FORGET THAT EITHER;./ • HEFOUGHT FOR JIMMY CARTER-- �tCJvttiJ;j?/r-

& L PERSONALLY) HILL NEVER FORGET IT./ � /�wd � ,/-

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TONIGHT I JOIN YOU -

Ii� RETURNING AT LEAST PART OF THE FAVOR) -

PART OF THE LOYALTY BOB HAS GIVEN r-1E. �

fHIIEN HE SERVED AS PRES I DENT}

LYNDON JOHNSON USED TO SAY THAT A_!:_L THE BRAINS IN OUR COUNTRY

DID NOT COf·1E FRDr1 A FEW PRESTIGIOUS OLD SCHOOLS. -

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A �T OF PEOPLE FIGURED HE HAD �E PARTICULAR SCHOOL I��D. ;i

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LYNDON JOHNSON BELIEVED THAT OUR COUNTRY WAS FULL OF TALE�H. -

• � HE BELIEVED THAT IN EVERY REGION OF OUR COUNTRY

\THERE WERE PEOPLE w ITifA SENSE OF PUBLIc DUTY & A TALEiH FOR POLITIcs I

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• �HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE l THAT YOUNG PEOPLE WITH A CONCERN FOR GOVT. & PUBLIC AFFAIRS

HAD A CHANCE(�� ��� ����RC��:� : l To UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR SYSTEM OF GOVT. WAS ALL ABOUT.

• HE WANTED THEM TO KNOW THE 'J!QW" OF DEr·10CRACY -- & ALSO THE �Y" '/ ·-( THAT IS THE FOUNDING PRINCIPLE

toF THE LYNDON JOHNSOf� S�OL AT THE UNIV. OF TEXAS./ II;!ectwo�tai:lc CG!lJ:V Milldtit

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I WOULD LIKE TOASALUTB�TIIE PERSON HHO HAS BEEN TilE GUIDING LIGHT

TO THE LYNDON JOHNSON SCHOOL & THE "LBJ" LIBRARY --

. LADY BIRD JOHNSOi� /

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IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT -- IF NOT H1POSS IBLE -- 1i:tllr. Pi'(�'%�flf2:�g011 P��villo�0�

FOR THE ROBERT S. STRAUSS FELLOWSHIP.

OR THE ENTIRE "LBJ" SCHOOL FOR THAT f·1ATTER.

TO PRODUCE ONE LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON OR ROBERT STRAUSS, -=-[.mAT IT � _!20 IS GIVE YOUNG �1ErJ OR WOMEN HITH THE DESIRE TO SERVE

THE TRAINING THEY IJEED. -=-- --

THE BACKGROUND THEY NEED TO S�RVE \t·I�LL/

(=ovER=) CI wouLD LIKE. I I I I )

I WOULD LIKE TO END rW REr1ARKS TON I GHT 5;4-,iJ, � \HTH SOf.1ETHING THAT LYNDON JOHNSON HH1SELF 11IGHT � //#p"6 .1-#-/,#

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ABOUT THE MAN WE HONOR TONIGHT. -

"THE AMERICAN PEOPLE/' HE SAIDJ "ARE TIRED OF HRECKING CREWS.

"THEY WAi�T BUILDERS. THEY t�ANT PEOPLE HHO CONSTRUCT·/ �n�d!!'�$\bnt�c Co�y Mad®

WE ARE BLESSED TO LIVE IN A FREE COUI�TRY --

A COUNTRY OF FREE EXPRESSION & FREE POLITICAL ACTION. ---

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BUT IT T,�KES �10RE THAN FREEDDr·1 To �·1AKE DEr·10CRACY WORK.

o IT TAKES COMMITMENT.

a IT TAKES HARD WORK.

o IT TAKES POLITICS -- IN THE BEST & NOBLEST SENSE OF THAT WORD_v

OUR POLITICAL SYSTEr·1 HAS �·1ANY CRITICS .. -. ( \'IE II AVE COMr·1ENTATORS -- OF EVERY IDEOLOGICAL STRIPE -­\.\'JHO CITE THE INADEQUACIES OF OUR TWO GREAT PARTIES.

BUT B� �TIES CAi� BE TH�NKFUL THAT THERE IS ONE BOB STRAUSS/

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If� A Tir1E WHEN THERE ARE f·1ANY PEOPLE WIIO BELIEVE SO FIRMLY IN ONE PARTICULAR CAUSE THAT THEY HAVE LOST SIGHT

!E.��e�omtSJtic Ccijll}' MC�Jd®

ior Pres�Hve"tthna Pi!irpo33!1

OF HOW WE MAKE DECISIONS IN OUR GREAT PLURALISTIC DEMOCRACY --• THROUGH DEBATEJ

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•THROUGH TOLERANCE)

•THROUGH POLITICSj ........ .

-{ TONIGHT WE HONOR A BUILDERJ

A r1M NHo KNOws How To BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, \'HIO SEES WHAT UNITES PEOPLE --i"/1/Ei� .� S�E CAN SEE I S WHAT DIVIDES THEry

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SDr·1EONE WHO I SUSPECT HAD A LOT IN C0�1r·�ON \�I TH OUR HONORED GUEST -

lEFT US THESE WELL KNOWN WORDS: ·-

"I BELONG TO NO ORGANIZED POLITICAL PARTY.

"I I f1 A DEf·10CRAT '/" !Eiecfa>o�'9:21tlc Co(!)� Mad®

�n� P?���rvsrrtRon Pt.nrpO$®$

TONIGHT HE SALUTE A DEMOCRAT HHO HAS SPENT A GOOD PART OF HIS LIFE

•KNOVJING IN HIS IIEART THAT WILL ROGERS WAS RIGHT; ffv,-___;_-- �-;;::::----

• TRYii�G TO CONVINCE THE REST OF US THAT. WILL ROGERS \�AS HRONG; -

• AND LOVING EVERY �1INUTE OF IT / - --.....

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Phil Wise Jerry Rafshoon

The attached was returned in the President's outbox t oday and is forwarded to you for appro priate handling.

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MR. PRESIDENT:

Yousuf Karsh, the world's leading portrait photographer, would like to do your photographic portrait before you leave office. He has done some of the great portraits of statesmen and others throughout the world (see attached list).

This would be a photograph taken with history in mind and not dictated by the needs of newspapers, magazines, or ads.

From his shooting, which would take one hour and could be partly accomplished during a meeting, you would have from 20 to 40

images to choose from. You would also have unlimited use of the photographs yourself which would be good for book jackets, to send to people who request it, etc.

I recommend that you do this. If you approve, I will set it up with Phil.

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Dear Mr. President:

I am happy to tell you that we will issue a block of four stamps featuring a camellia and three other flowers in April 1981. The stamps will be placed on sale during the week that follows Easter to be available for Mother's Day mailings.

We will consult with the American Camellia Society as we plan the dedication ceremony for these stamps, and are prepared to hold the ceremony at the Society's headquarters at Massee Lane near Marshallville, Georgia, if the organi-zation so desires.

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Original for forwarding to Bolger -- with info attached for your files ....

The President said to send a b6c only to Ann Dodson, which has been done.

Everything else has been �ent to Central Files.

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WESTVIEW PROFESSIONAL ASSN.

P.O. Box�!jo02 117 9 WESTVIEW DOCTORS BUILDING

Fort Valley, Georgia 31030

Telephone: (912) 825-5544

VORIS F. McFALL, M.D .. F.A.C.S.

November 14, 1980

Honorable Jimmy Carter

President of the United States White House Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. President:

Our friend, Mrs. Ann Dodson, of Plains, suggested

that I resubmit this correspondence to you and that you might find time to again urge the issuance of a stamp

honoring the Camellia. All the major countries of the

world have recently issued new stamps and this year we

have imported the yellow Camellia from Mainland China.

There are presently several plants growing at the

National Arboretum in Washington, D. C .. Dr. William

L. Ackerman is over-looking these new imports and is

doing a magnificent job in hybridizing Camellias. With these yellow Camellias there �hould be a color break

thru before too long wh1ch will be wonderful to see.

� n c 1 o s e d is a copy o f my Aug us t 2 , 1 9 7 9 1 e t t e r a·n d reply from the U. S. Postal Service, as well as a recent letter to The Honorable Jack Brinkley for your

information.

With best wishes,

Daniel E. Nathan, M.D. DEN:m

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Telephone: (912) 825-5544

VORIS F. McFALL. M.D • . F.A. C . S. -.

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Honorable Jimmy Carter President of the United States White House Washington, D.C. · .

bear Mi. President:

.In 1976 :I wrote the Postmaster General and the Chair-man of the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee in an attempt to have a Camellia Commemorative Stamp issued in November of 1978-to honor the first,joint meeting of the American Camellia Society and International·· Camellia Society in this Country and.also the first International Camellia Sodiety meeting .in this Couri­try. The International Camellia Society is charted in Glynn Co., Georgia and the American Camellia Society as you well know has it's National Headquar­ters at Massee Lane-Fort Valley, Georgia .. It is_the only National Horticul�ure Society-�ith Headquarteis in Georgia� The entire Gerirgia Delegate� of Senatbrs and Representatives eritered into the attempt to get the Stamp issued in 1.97 7 in time for this .meeting.:·:· Enclosed is . __ .a. copy of some of _the. correspondence. re-: lative to the. issuance of the-Camellia Commemorative Stamp� Needless to say the joint.meeting met in: -·.: Perry; Georgia November 1978 and was a sucess with-·· out the coinmemorative Stamp .. ·· · · ' ..

Th� Anlerican· Camellia Soci�ty Headquarters and Member-. ship in Middle and South Georgia over the�years has provided Camellias_in season for many of the pres-

. tigious affairs at the White House including _your In-.. auguration and . the recent White House Dinn"'er -.for. the Vice Premi�r of the People's Republic of China� · Mr. Roy Stringfellow of Shreveport, La. -the_current Pres­ident of American Camellia Society, supported by the Chairman and-Chairman Emeritus of the American Camellia Society Endowment Fund Mr. G. Stuart Watson and Spencer C. Walton, Jr .. -.- both. of. Albany, Georgia, has designated 1980 as the.year of.the Camellia. We are also starting

.·, a drive to r�i�:\- �500.000.00 for t�··--Endowrnent Fund and ' � 4.'. yol.l,.l;:. _suppar.t · to� ob'"t:a'in the. issuance of q Camellia · 1-: Corrime:morati ve r St�p in 19'80 would .be appreciated.:_ ·En­

closed is a. copy of.the form..- letters we _get.from the Citizens Stamp Advisory -Committee. · The ·last .three

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Telephone: (912) 825-5544

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paragraphs are a1lways the same except- for . . the date.s . •

Thanking you for your s upport in this-.. en deavor�. With best wishes and personel rega�ds •

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Annual mail volume reached the 100 billion mark this fall. With preliminary data for the fis· cal year ending Sept. 30, 1979 in· dicating the Postal Service han· died 99.9 billion p i eces, the c urrent v olu me-on an a n· nualized basis--is easily at this historic benchmark.

In the past 12 months, mail volume has grown by three bil· lion pieces. Ed McCaffrey, As· sistant Postmaster General for Rates and Classification, says that much of the increase in the past year has been in presorted First Class and in the new Carrier Presort for Bulk Third Class.

A de cade ago, annual mail volume was 82 billion pieces. At that time, total Postal Service employment was 739,000. Today, 663,000 work�rs are handling 100 billion pieces per year.

Labels Permitted On Business Reply

Permission to use preprinted adhe· sive address labels on business reply mail will make this service more con· venient for companies wishing to have such mail returned to field offices and salesmen.

Companies wanting business reply mail returned field offices no longer must stock a supply of envelopes and cards for each location.

The Postal Bulletin of Nov. 1 says: Section 917.52a(5) of the DOMESTIC MAIL

MANUAL (OMM) is amended to allow busi· ness reply cards, envelopes, and cartons to be addressed by means of preprinted adhesive ad d re ss labels. This will allow permit holders having business reply mail returned to multiple branch offices to stilndardize the printing and distribution of their BRM pieces.

Amended section 917.52a(5) reads as follows:

The complete address, including ZIP Code, must appear in accordance with 122.1 and 122.2. A margin of at least one inch is required between the left edge and the address. The name of the ad­dressee must always be printed directly on business reply cards, envelopes, and cartons. However, preprinted adhesive address labels may be used for part or all of the remaining items in the address, i.e., attention line, street address, post office box number, city, state, and ZIP Code. A quality adhesive must be used on such address labels to ensure that they will not become detached during postal handling. Permit holders distributing

Memo to Mailers, November 1979

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Special Stamps Often Build Interest In Mailings to Specific_ Audiences

Commemoriitivc postage stamps and postal stationery items call atten­tion to persons, institutions and cul­tural activities important in American life.

The series scheduled for release during 1980 is no exception. Com­memorative stamps will treat 14 sub· jects, while another six will be hon· ored by postal stationery items.

Because these commemoratives are often of interest to organizations and companies which_ can identify with-the subject honored, the 1980 stamps and items are listed.

Where there is a relationship, com· memoratives can frequently increase interest in the mailing piece among recipients.

Commemorative stamps- will be issued on the fallowing subjects:

yw.c. Fields-A single stamp to be is· sued January 29.

Winter Olympics-A p r e v i o u s l y · announced block o f four stamps t o b e issued February 1.

Benj�mln Bo�nneker-A single stamp in the Black Heritage USA Series will honor the noted mathematician and astronomer who assisted Major Andrew Ellicott in sur· veying the site for the nation's capital in 1791. The stamp will be issued on a date in February to be announced.

3.1-CENT COIL STAMP

A 3 .1-cent Americana Series stamp in coil form was authorized for non· profit organizations.

The ne.w issue is the first stamp, as opposed to embossed stamped en· velopes, identified specifically for use by nonprofit organizations, the Postal Service said. The 3.1-cent denomina­tion reflects the rate for authorized nonprofit organizations effective since July 6.

The design features a standard six· string guitar and follows the musical i ns t r um ent t h e m e o f p r evio us­Americana S e r i es b u l k r a t e c o i l stamps. Previous bulk rate stamp de· signs in the series featured a drum, a grouping of saxhorns and a grand piano.

business reply mail pieces with preprinted adhesive address labels assume full liabil­ity for the postage and fees on all such pieces returned to them without a com­plete address.

This amendmen! to the regulations will be incorporated into the next issue of changes to the DMM.

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Geneul Bern.11rdo de G.11lvez-A single stamp to be issued on a date in March to be announct·d. Galvez, the governor of Spanish Louisiana during the American Revolution, waged a successful campaign against the British from 1779 through 1781 and thus contributed significantly to the struggle for American independence.

American Architectu re-A block of four stamps in the American Architecture Ser ies t o t>e iss ued on a date 'to be announced.

Emily Bisseii-A single stamp honoring the woman who introduced Christmas seals into the United States and was a leader in the fight against tuberculosis. The stamp will be issued May 31.

Vetenns Ad m i nis tnti on-A single stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the VA to be issued on a date in june to be announced.

/ Northwest lndio�n Masks-A block of four stamps to be issued on a date to be announced ..

Helen Keller o�nd Anne Sulliv01n-A single stamp honoring Miss Keller and her famed teacher will be issued on a date in june to be announced.

Dolley Mo�dison-A single stamp to be issued on a date to be announced.

Spo� ce Achievement-A set of eight stamps marking U.S. achievements in space will be issued on a date to be an· nounced. The issue may be delayed until 1981 if the Space Shuttle orbital flight does not take place before late 1980. _./

Coro�l Reefs-A block of four stamps to " be issued on a date in August to be an­nounced.

Edith Whuton-A single stamp to be issued on a date in September to be an· nounced.

Chrlstmu-Two single stamps will be issued on a date in October to be an­nounced.

Commemorative postal stationary items will be issued on the following subjects:

Bo�ttle of King's Mountain-A 10-cent postal card to be issued on a date in Oc· tober to be announced.

Lo�nding of Rochambe�u-A 10-cent postal card to be issued on a date in July to be announced.

The Golden Hinde-A 14-cent interna­tional surface rate postal card featuring Sir Francis Drake's ship will be issued on a date in September to be announced.

Historic Preserntion-A 10-cent postal card featuring the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah, will be issued on a date in April to be announced.

Bicycling - A 15-c ent e m b o s s e d / stamped envelope to be issued on a date to be announced.

H o ne y B e e - A 15- c e n t embos s ed 1} stamped envelope to be issu('d on a date y to be announced.

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ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL

Dr. Daniel E. Nathan P.O. Box 1179

Government Relations Department Washington, DC 20260

October 22, 1979

Westview Doctors Building Fort Valley, Georgia 31030

Dear Dr. Nathan:

Your letter of September 26 to the.President, expressing continued interest in having a stamp issued to honor the Camellia, has been referred to this office for response. Although we inadvertently returned your letter of August- 2 to you, a copy was retained and brought to the attention of the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee.

Thousands of requests for·new stamps are received annually. Of course, only a limited number can be issued each year. For this reason, the Committee was established to review all suggestions and to make recommendations for future stamps based on national interest, historical perspective, and other criteria. The Com�ittee has found it necessary to work eighteen months to two years in advance of the stamp issuance date and is presently developing the 1981 sta�p program.

You may be assured that your proposal has been brought to the attention of the Committee for their review as future stamp programs are developed.

Sincerely,

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August 20, 1979

Fort Valley� Georgia 31030

Dear Dr. Nathan:

Your letter of August 2 to the President, expressing interest in having a stamp issued to honor the camel lia� has been re ferred to this of fice for response.

This proposal remains with the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Com mittee but� thus far� has n ot been adopted. As you are aware, the Committee has completed the 1980 program and is now working on the 1981 and later programs.

We appreciate your interest in the Postal Service's stamp program.

Sincerely�

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The Honorable Jack Brinkley 2412 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D. C. 20515

Dear Jack:

January l7, 1980

I realize that the are in full color. of China has done

attached copy of some stamps is not as attractive as they However, I did want you to see what the People 1 s Republic in 1979. They have printed ELEVEN beautiful stamps dis-

playing eleven different varieties of camellias.

We continue to be bugged by the horrible bureaucracy of Bolger and Company. I notice that they are putting out a stamp in 1980 on the honeybee and another one on the almost non-existent in America coral and various others almost as innocuous as these.

I did want to tell you that Dan Nathan and I and all of the members of ACS greatly appreciate what you and all of the other members of the Georgia delegation have done to try to get the camellia stamp printed in this country. We also had support and letters to the Stamp Committee by Senators and Congressmen of several other important states- -I particularly-note those of Louisiana and California among a list of several.

Ann and I send our best wishes to you. We hope that you will continue the long­time excellent voting record that you have established in Congress. We hope that you and your family will have a prosperous and enjoyable 1980 - The Year of The Camellia.

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I have one other thought, Jack, that I would like to mention. Would it be possible or feasible for you to write, with our assistance if you want it, some remarks about 1980 - The Year of The Camellia as extended remarks to be handed over to the Library of. Congress for their printing·in the Congressional Record. Again, this need not be as innocuous as some of the items that I have read in the Congressional Record in the

_past 25 years or so.

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Sincerely yours,

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NAME ELLA T. GRASSO

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Today, Ella will announce her resignation as Governor of Connecticut effective December 31. Her health will simply not permit her to continue performing her responsibilities and duties. She is, as you know, terminally ill.

Since you spoke with her only last week, you realize how much she struggled to make this decision. I think a call to her today would mean a great deal to her.

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Representative Ottinger called you this afternoon to discuss cuts in t he solar and conservation budgets. He feels very strongly th at only your influence at this point could save these areas.

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The Senator's father died this weekend of heart failure. He had a history of heart illness. Tsongas has wanted to feel closer to you and I believe that this call would mean a great deal to him.

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THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

Meeting with Lew Wasserman Tuesday, December 9

The Oval Office

I. PURPOSE:

II. PARTICIPANTS:

III. BACKGROUND:

IV. PRESS:

5 minutes

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Fran

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) courtesy call and photo opportunity

The President Lew Wasserman Edie wasserman, his wife

You recently called Mr. Wasserman to thank him for his support. He mentioned to you at that time that he and his wife would be in New York now and that they would like to come to washington to see you.

White House Photographer

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MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE

!.PURPOSE:

Tuesday, December 9, 1980 Roosevelt Room 11:30 a.m. ( 20 mins)

by : Sarah Weddington

Brief support meeting with the members of the DNC Executive Committee.

!!.BACKGROUND, PARTICIPANTS, PRESS:

A. BACKGROUND:

B. PARTICIPANTS:

C. PRESS:

III. TALKING POINTS:

The members of the Executive Committee are in Washington for a meeting at the DNC (agenda is attached). Despite the fact that some of these people will be present at the reception of the dinner for Strauss' LBJ chair, it was thought important to have a meeting with them as a group to thank them for their partnership over the years.

They will be interested in hearing your informal thoughts about your own future, that of the Democratic Party, and the role you wish to play regarding the Party.

Alphabetical list attached. (32)

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1. Thank them all for coming over while in town for their meeting. (White-Chairman;

Manatt-Finance Chair; Kelly-Treasurer)

2. Thank them as a group for their work with your campaign and others (congressional &

state and local,'78 and'80).

3. Stress to them the need for the Democratic Party to continue its financial recovery and to strengthen its role as the Party of the people in the true sense.

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PARTICIPANTS IN MEETING WITH DNC EXECUTIVE COMr1:rTTEE . . : T2/09/80

May6r Lee Al�ander (Syracuse) Suellen.Albrecht ( Wisconsin) Polly B�ca Barragan (Colorado) Obera: ;Bergdalf (Okl_ahoma) H�nry-(Harik) Braden; IV (Louisiana) Dorothy Bush" '( secretary of the Party)

-senator: ·Robert Byrd (vlest·- Virginia) G'6verndr Bi'll- clintori- --(Ark.ansa.s)

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Pat: cunningham (New York) . Betty.brumheller (·washington State) sandy 'Duckworth ( Virginia) ---- · -

Dale :Erorn�ns· ( :Kentucky - Young Democrats) Jerry English ( New Jersey) .-Hazel Evans (Florida) Kathy Farley (Colorado) Sam Fishman ( Michigan) Don Fowler ( South Carolina) Congressman Tom Foley (Washington) Peter Kelly (Treasuer--Connecticut) Carmela Lacayo (Deputy Chair--California) Bruce Lee ( California) Alice McDonald (Kentucky) Chuck Manatt ( Finance Chair -- California) Don Michael (Indiana) Tip O'Neill - Speaker (Massachusetts) Bob Washington (District of Columbia) Glenn Watts (Wash,D.C.) John C. White (Chairman, DNC) Morley Winograd ( Michigan) Mayor Coleman Young (Deputy Chair, DNC,--Detroit) Dottie Zug ( Pennsylvania)

Sarah Weddington, Assistant to the President

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PROPOSED AGENDA ·

ExecUtive Committee Meeting Decemb�r 9, 1980, Mary- · land Room, Sheraton Washington Hot�l, 2660 Woodley Road, Washington, D. C.

2:00 P.M.

Call to Order.

Call of Roll .

Chairman's Remarks . .

Finance Report . .

Status Reports

l. ERA Advisory Committee

Chai�man John C. White

Secretary Dorothy Bush

. . Chairman·White

Peter G. Kelly, Treasurer

Charles T. Manatt, Finance Council Chairman

2. Commission for Representation of Low and Moderate Income Democrats

3. Commission on Platform Accountability

4. Commission for the Review of the Presidential Nominating Process

1981 Agenda

DNC t.1eeting

Old Business

Report on Democratic Party v. Wisconsin

New Business

Adjournment

Ron East'rnari DNC General Counsel

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