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Elaborate campaign organizations are developing as the 1968 Presidential election campaigns of major candidates move into high gear. This Fact Sheet describes the organizations an~ committees which have been formed to promote the Presidential aspirations of five avowed candidates for the nation's highest office: Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller (N.Y.) in the Republican party; Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy (Minn.) in the Democratic party;, and former Gov.

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REVIEW OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES' ORGANIZATIONS ,( Elaborate campaign organizations are developing as the 1968 Presidential election campaigns of major candi- dates move into high gear. This Fact Sheet describes the organizations an~ com- mittees which have been formed to promote the Presi- dential aspirations of five avowed candidates for the nation's highest office: Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller (N.Y.) in the Re- publican party; Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy (Minn.) in the Democratic party;, and former Gov. George Wallace (Ala.) in the American Independent party. Appended to this listing is a brief description, for the record, of leading persons involved in the campaign of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (D N.Y., 1965-68). A more detailed description of the major-party candidates" organizations will appear in a subsequent Weekly Report, following the Presidential nominating Conventions in August, Nixon Operating from major headquarters in New York City and Washington, D.C., the Ninon for President or- ganization includes a few veterans" from Nixon's previous 'campaigns, some of Nixon's current law partners and a "brain trusF' of relatively young men recruited from journalism and the academic world. PERSONAL STAFF. The former Vice President's personal advisers are working primarily at his Manhattan law offices, at an unmarked mid.Manhattan suite and at the New York City campaign headquarters- located at 450 Park Avenue. Nixon's personal chief of staff is H.R. Haldeman, a Los Angeles advertising executive and member of the University of California Board of Regents. Haldeman managed Nixon's 1962 California gubernatorial cam~ paign, served as campaign tour manager in 1960 and was an advance man for Nixon in 1956. Miss Rose Mary Woods, Nixon's personal secretary, has worked for the former Vice President since 1951 and plays an important part in day-to-day scheduling and decision making. Communications manager in the 1968 campaign is Herber~ G. Klein, a veteran Nixon aide who worked as press secretary or as assistant press secretary in Nixon's previous campaigns for Vice President, President and Governor of California. Klein joined the campaign in June 1968 after leaving his post as editor of The San Diego Union. Kldn since 1950 has filled several jobs at the San Diego paper when he was not actively employed by the former Vic~ President. Patrick J. Buchanan, another press aide and Nixon confidant, is a former editorial writer for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat who joined Nixon in January 1966 as a personal aide. Described as the most conservative of Nixon's chief advisers, Buchanan keeps up-to-date "brief- ing books" on the campaign issues. Scheduling and other, odd jobs are handled by John C, Whitaker and Dwight Chopin. Both men have worked in previous Nixon ca.mpaigns. Agnes Waldron is Nixon's research assistant• Charles K. McWhorter, a New York attorney with extensive knowledge of grass-roots Republican politics, serves as a political strategist, McWhorter has worked intermittently for Nixon since 1957 and is a former na- tional president of the Young Republicans (1956-57). Raymond K. Price Jr., former chief editorial writer for the New York Herald Tribune, is a major adviser on long-term solutions to domestic and international prob- lems. Price reportedly voted for President Johnson in 1964 and is among the more liberal of Nixon's aides. Martin Anderson, an associate professor at Colum- bia. Business School and author of a provocative book (The Federal Bulldozer) on urban renewal programs, is a major Nixon adviser on domestic issues. Glenn A. Olds, .dean of international studies and world affairs at New York State University and a former .assistant to antipoverty chief 1~ Sargent Shriver, is • Nixon's special assistant for policy and manpower devel- opment. 01ds is credited with formulating the Adminis- tration-backed VISTA program aa part of the war on poverty. On issues'of national security, Nixon is advised by Richard Whalen, a writer-in-residence at the George- town University Center for Strategic Studies. A former editor at Fortune magazine, Whalen also wrote a best- selling biography (The Founding Father) of Joseph P. Kennedy. " Congressional liaison is handled by Donald L. Jack- "son, a former (1947-61) GOP House Member from Call. fornia. Among Nixon's law partners active in the campaign are John Sears, who aids in the delegate search; Len Garment, the chief talent scout for additional aides; and Thomas W. Evans, who serves as national chairman of United Citizens for Nixon. NIXON'FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE. Based in Washington, D.C., and in New York City, the Nixon for President Committee coordinates the preconvent[on campaign effort. The national campaign manager is John N. Mitchell, a Nixon law partner who is a recog- nized expert on problems of municipal finance. National political director for the, Committee is former Rap. Robert F. Ellsworth {R ~an. 1961-65). Ellsworth nor- molly works out of the Washin~on, D.C., office and Mitchell is based in New York City. National field director of the Committee is Richard Kleindienst, who did similar work in 1964 for Barry Goldwater. • ~,,,~,.~-,~..-.......~,.,,..,..~,~.. June 21, 1968--PAGE 1533 TI4596-1435
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P~esident~al Campaign Organizations - 2 Among the field men active in rounding up delegate support are Don Whitehead (Mid-Atlantic states), I2n- wood Holton (border states), Rep. Clark MacGregor (R Minn.} and Wayne Hood (Midwest), Gerhard B]eicken (New England}, Brad Hays (South) and Robert Mardian and Ralph Clark (West}. Holton was the Republican candidate for Governor of Virginia in 1965, while Hood is a former Wisconsin G0P chairman who directed the political organization of the Republi- can National Committee during the Goldwater period in 1964. Mardian in 1964 was a field director in the West- em states under Stephen Shadegg, who managed Gold- water's Senate campaigns in 1952 and 1958. Cochairmen for Nixon's campaign in .the Western states are Govs. Tim M. Babcock (R Mont.) and Wal- ter J. I-Iickel (R Alaska). FUND RAISING. National fund-raising chairman for the ~Nixon campaign is Maurice H. Stans, former (1958-61) Budget Bureau director. Assisting Stans are four former Republican National Committee finance chairmen: Courtney Burton, John Clifford Folger, Dan- iel C. Gainey and Spencer T. Olin. Treasurer of the finance~committee is George C. Textor, board chairman of the Marine Midland Grace Trust Co. in New York City. CAMPAIGN ADVERTISING. National campaign advertising for Nixon is prepared by Fuller & Smith & Ross Inc., a major New York advertising firm. A second firm, Feeley & Wheeler Inc., worked on Nixon adver- tising during the 1968 Presidential primaries and con- tinues to handle special advertising projects. CANDIDATE SuPPORT GROUPS. The principal campaign support groups are organized within the United Citizens For Nixon (UCN) organization, headquartered in Washington, D.C. National chairman of the UCN is Charles S. Rhyne, a Washington attorney and former president of the American Bar Assn. The national director of UCN, as noted above, is Nixon law partner Thomas W. Evans. National director for planning is Lamar Alexander, a legislative aide to Sen. Howard H. Baker Jr. (R Tenn.). Among the divisions of UCN are Law Stddents for Nixon; Cuban-Americans for Nixon, based in Miami; Youth for Nixon, headed by Lyndon (Mort) Allin; Vet- erans for Nixon; Ambassadors for Nixon, l~d by 'former Connecticut Gov. John Davis Lodge (R 1951-55) who served as Ambassador to Spain during the Eisenhower Administration; Doctors for Nixon, led by former Ameri- can Medical Assn. president Edward R. Annis; and- other groups to be announced. Also operating within the UCN is the Nixon Network, headed by Donald S. Whyte, a Washington, D.C., public relations and advertising executive. The stated purpose of the Nixon Network is to enlist "active, articu- late citizens" across the country to work for Nixon's nomination and election. FRIENDS AND ADVISERS. The following persons are among the associates and experts in various fields to. whom Nixon sometimes turns for advice: Patrick J. HilKugs, former GOP Representative from California (1951-59} who currently ~s a regional manager for the Ford Motor Co. PAGE 1534--June 21, 1968 .~.~,~-~,-,~,~.~.~..~.~.~ Bryce N. Harlow, a former White House a~de (1953- 61) who currently is governmental, affairs d/rector for Proctor and Gamble. Pierre Rinfret, economic forecaster who heads a private consulting firm. Arthur F. Burns and Raymond J. SauInler, former chaLrmen of the President's Council of Economic Advisers. Robert C. Hill, Littleton, N.H., corporate execu- tive and former Ambassador to Mexico (1957-61). Frederick A. Seaton, Nebraska newspaper pub- lisher and former Secretary of the Interior (1956-61). Robert H. Finch, Lieutenant Governor of California and a former administrative assistant to Nixon. Rockefeller Despite several false starts caused by Rockefeller's hesitance in becoming an avowed Presidential candi- date, the New York Governor's campaign organization has become an extensive operation in a few weeks' time. ROCKEFELLER FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE. Organized in May 1968, the Rockefeller for President Committee is headed by Indiana industrialist J. Irwin Miller. Board chairman and president of the Cummins Engine Co., Miller also is a past president of the Na- tional Council of Churches, an amateur violinist and a former Rhodes Scholar. As campaign chairman, Miller has responsibility for basic policy decisions. Worldng under Miller as cochairmen are Sen. Thrus- ton B. Morton (R Ky.), a former chairman of the Repub- lican National Committee (RNC); had Miss Bertha Ad-" klns, headmistress of the Foxcroft School and a former Under Secretary of Health, EduCation and Welfare. Miss Adldns also headed the women's division of the RNC. In addition to Morton, the names of four other former RNC chairmen appear on the organizing com- mittee for Rockefeller: Meade Alcorn, Sen. Hugh Scott (R Pa.),. Leonard Hall and former Rep. and 1964 Vice Presidential candidate William E. Miller (R N.Y. 195t- 65). All four have actively promoted Rockefeller's can- ~dacy in 1968. Other prominent supporters on the Rockefeller for President Committee huclude Gov. John H. Chafee (R R.I.), Sen. Edward W. Brooke (R Mass.) and Reps. John R. Dellenback (R Ore.), Paul Findley (R Ill.) and Charles E. Goodell (R N.Y.). CAMPAIGN MANAGERS. Robert R. Douglass, who is designated as campaign manager, handles the day-to-day effort to obtain the GOP nomination for Rockefeller. A graduate of Dartmouth and Cornell Uni- versity law school, Douglass worked for Rockefeller in 1960 and 1964. For the past two years he has served as the Governor's counsel in Albany. In The Making of the Pres- ident, 1964, Theodore H. White described Douglass as "the ablest of the Rockefeller delegate managers" and said he was an "extremely promising" politician. Assisting Douglass are James A. Henderson, who will handle administrative details; and G.L. (Jerry} Olson, specializing in political affairs. Hhnderson is a vice president of the Cummins Engine Co., while Olson is a political profesMonal who managed the successful 1966 campaign of Minnesota Gov. Harold E. LeVander (R). TI4596-1436
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Former GOP national chairman Leonard Hall is the director of political activity for Rockefeller's campaign. Based at the New York headquarters, Hall supervises the entire political operation. The delegate search is a primary responsibility o~ New York GOP National Committeeman George A. l:Iin- man, a longtime political associate of Gee. Rockefeller. "Working under Hinman is a staff of regional specialists directed by John D. Deardourff. Deardourff has work- ed in previous Rockefeller campaigns and currently is associated with the Boston campaign management firm of Campaign Consultants Inc. (CCI}. The other princi. paIs in CCI, Boston attorney David B. Goldberg and Washington political strategist Douglas L. Bailey, also are involved in the delegate hunt. (For CCI, see Weekly Report p. 7t4.) Other political operatives in the i~eld are WiIIi~.m TreadwelI, active in the Western states; and Michael O'Neil and Robert Snodgrass, cochairmen of Rocke- feller's effort in nine Southern states. O'Neil is chairman of the Florida State Road Board, while Snodgrass is .a former Republican National Committeeman from Geor- gia and retired board chairman of the Atlas Corp. in AtIanta. New York Lt. Gee. Malcolm Wilson also has campaigned in the field for Rockefeller. Albert E. Abrahams, a former aide to Sen. Clifford P. Case (R N.J.) and a prominent political supporter of moderate Republican causes, heads the Washington, D.C., office of the Rockefeller organization. PERSONAL STAFF. Following are leading mem- bers of Rockefeller's personal staff: Leslie Slote. Originally a Democrat, Slote in No- vember 1965 resigned as New York Mayor Robert Wag- net's press secretary to become Rockefeller's chief press aide. Alton G. Marshall. Former deputy state budget di- rector for New York, Marshall is Rockefeller's secretary in his Albany office. Robert L. MeManus. A former press secretary, Mc- Manus since 1966 has been Rockefeller's executive assist- ant in Albany. Joseph H. Boyd Jr. Formerly a staff aide to former Sen. Kenneth B. Keating (R N.Y., 1959-65), Boyd is Rockefeller's chief "advance man" and coordinates travel arrangements in the campaign. "Anne Whitman. She is Rock~feller's personal secre- tary. gaelde Robinson. A deputy campaign director in the 1964 Rockefeller campaign, Robinson since 1966 has been a special assistant for community affairs and for minority groups. Robinson is on Rockefeller's personal payroll. RESEARCH AND SPEECHWRITING. Emmet John Hughes, national political strategist, White House aide under President Eisenhower and former Newsweek columnist, is responsible for coordinating the following areas of the campaign effort: (I) Research on issues, headed by Oscar M. Rueb- hausen, a New York attorney and personal financial ad- viser to Rockefeller. The research is divided into a domestic policy study group, headed by economist Richard Nathan of the Brookings Institution in Wash- ington; and a foreign policy group led by Prof. Henry A. ILissinger of Harvard. Kissinger for several years has advised Rockefeller on foreign policy. P~es~dential Campaign Organizations - 3 (2) Speechwr~t~ng, in which Hughes is assisted by Hugh Morrow of Rockefeller's Albany staff; by Joseph Persico, another Albany aide; and by David" Nevin of Life magazine. (3) Advertising campai~ns, coordinated by Thoinas P. Losee, an executive v~ce president (on leave) at Mc- Cann-Erickson Inc. As in Rockefeller's 1966 re-election campaign, the New York firm of Jack Tinker & Partners Inc. will prepare much of the campaign advertising. FUND RAISING, John Hay Whitney, former Am- bassador to Great Britain and former publisher of the New York Herald Tribune, works with Walter N. Thayer, former Herald Tribune president and current head of Whitney Communications Corp., on fund-raising efforts. A chief assistant is Archibald L. Gillies, who did similar work in 1964. FRIENDS AND ADVISERS. In addition to the for- mal campaign staff, Rockefeller is advised by the follow- ing f-Mends:_ David Rockefeller. A brother ~f Nelson Rockefeller, David Rockefeller is president of the Chase Manhattan Bank, second largest in the nation. Winthrop Rockefeller. Another Rockefeller brother, Gee. Winthrop Rockefeller (R Ark.) is expected to advise on political problems in the Southern states. William J. Renan. A close personal friend and former executive secretary to Rockefeller, Renan is chair- man of the New York Metropolitan Commuter Transpor- tation Authority. Humphrey The Humphrey ca~hpaign organization, put together by seasoned political veterans, includes many longtime professional Democratic strategists, former officials of the Democratic National Committee and some Humphrey staff members who have been borrowed from the Vice President's regular offices on Capitol Hill. (For Hum- phrey's of[ic~al staff aides~ see box.) UNITED DEMOCRATS FOR I:ITUMPHREY. Based in Washington, D.C., the United Democrats for Humphrey .(UDH) organization is the major campaign coordinating group. (For members of ~he organfzing committee of UDH, see bo~.) Following are the major officials of the UDH: Honorary chairn~an: Former President Harry S. Tru- man2 National cochairmen and campaign managers: Sons. Fred R. Harris (D Okla.) and Waiter F. Mondale (D Minn.). Vice chairman and treasurer. Richard B. Maguire, former treasurer of the Democratic National Commit- tee. (For background on Maguire, see 1966 Weekly Re- por~ p. 1078.) Executive vice chairn~an: John A. ~ronouski, former Ambassador to Poland (1965-68) and former Postmaster General (1963-65). Vice chairman, women's division: Mrs. Geri Joseph, Democratic National Committeewoman from Minnesota. Mrs. Joseph is aided by Nancy Bush, former head of the Democratic National Committee's Division of Suburban Services. June 21, I968~PAGE lg35 TI4596-14R~
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Presldent~al Campaign OrganYza~ions - 4 Executive director:. Lawrence J. Hayes, a St. Paul, Minn., attorney. Public information director for UDH is Alvin A. Spi- rack, a veteran ~Vaslfington newsman who most recently was information director for President Johnson's National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders. Working with Spivack as a coordinator of campaign communications is Albert Mark, former research director at the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Another former DNC aide, Joseph O'Neill, is responsible for broadcasting activities. D.J. Leafy, a Duluth, Minn., broadcasting executive, has been active in field work as a national media coordinator. Others in the Washington headquarters include George Brooker, a former DNC official who specializes in minority group affairs; Eiler Ravnholt, a research aide on loan from the Vice President's official staff on Capitol Hill; Martin J. McNamara, another Capitol Hill aide who handles out-of-town scheduling and ~dvance work for the Vice President. CITIZENS FOR HUMPHREY. Citizens for Hum- phrey, a Washington-based organization, is the official headquarters for bipartisan volunteer groups, state and local support committees and occupational groups such as Scientists and Engineers for Humphrey. Cochairmen of Citizens for Humphrey are David Ginsburg, a Washington attorney, and Robert E. Short, a Minneapolis trucking executive who was on Humphrey's staff during the 1964 campaign. Executive director of Citizens for Humphrey is Ken- neth M. Birkhead, a former Agriculture Department offi- cial and national director of Rural Americans for Johnson- Humphrey in 1964. Birkhead also organized the United Democrats for Humphrey organization after President Johnson ~)ithdrew from the 1968 election. The organizing committee of Citizens for Humphrey includes former Secretary of State Dean Acheson, violin- ist Isaac Stern, author Ralph Ell/son, philosopher Eric Hoffer and James J. Ling, chairman of Ling-Temco- Vought Co. FUND RAISING. Official campaign fund-raising efforts are directed by Magulre. Sidney J. Weinberg, New York financier, also has started his own fund-raising effort on behalf of" the Vice President. Weinberg played an important role in the National Independent Committee for Johnson-Humphrey in 1964. In 1952 and 1956, however, Weinberg was treasurer of Citizens for Eisenhower. Another fund-raising group is the National Com- mittee for the Nomination of Hubert Humphrey, based in New York City. Headed by investment banker John L. Loeb and former Commerce Secretary John T. Connor (1965-67), who currently is president of Allied Chemical Corp., the bipartisan group has actively sought contribu- tions from corporation executives and industrialists. Vice chairman of the Committee is Edgar F. Kaiser. Serv- ing as counsels to the Committee are Washington attorney James H. Rowe and New York attorney Maxwell M. Rahb. Rabb was secretary to the Cabinet in the Eisen- bower Administration. Important fund-raising duties have been undertaken By Gardner and John Cowles, members of the publish- ing family which own The Minneapolis Tribune and other communications enterprises. Dwayne Andreas, an Humphrey's Ofiicial.Staff Followin~ are brief identifications of the leading staff members in Humphrey's office. Although the persons listed have no official connection with the Humphrey campaign organization, they presumably devote some time to the Vice President's campaign. William Connell. An aide to Humphrey for 13 years, Connell is executive assistant to the Vice Presi- dent. His work includes major responsibilities for political matters. William Welsh. A former administrative assist- ant to Sen. Philip A. Hart (D Mich.), Welsh is an ad-. ministrative assistant responsible for general coordi- nation of government programs. Julius Cahn. An aide to Humphrey since 1958, Cahn deals with public relations and health matters. Norman Sherman. He is press secretary to the Vice President. Ofield Dukes. Dukes is assistant press secretary and also works on civil rights matters. David Gartner. He coordinates the Capitol Hill office and handles agricultural matters. Neal Peterson. Peterson acts as liaison with mayors and local government officials. John Rielly. A former Harvard University fac- ulty member, Rielly. handles foreign affairs. John Stewart. He is a legislative assistant with responsibilities in the fields of civil rights, youth af- fairs, In~lians and spo~ts. Ted VanDyk. A former Washington represen- tative for the European Common Market, VanDyk coordinates public relations and speech writing. He also works on scheduling and general planning. Vi Will/ms. She is the Vice President's pe.r- sonal secretary. Betty South. She is Mrs. Humphrey's assistant. associate of the Vice President since Humphrey's term as Mayor of Minneapolis in the 1940s, also has coordinated fund-raising efforts. LABOR COMMITTEE. Headed by steelworkers president I.W. Abel, the National Labor Committee for Humphrey includes about 150 prominent labor leaders, Secretary-treasurer of the Committee is Joseph D. Keen.-. an of the electrical workers union. Virtually every im- portant labor leader has endorged Humphrey, except for United Auto Workers president Walter Reuther. ADVERTISING. Doyle Dane Bernbach Inc. of New York City, a major advertising agency, handles all of Humphrey's television, radio and publications campaign advertising in 1968. The firm was also employed by the Democrats in President Johnson's 1964 campaign. FRIENDS AND ADVISERS. Following is a list of friends, politibal supporters and other informal'advisers to the Vice President: Eugene Foley. A former director of the Small Busi- ness Administration and Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Foley is a close friend and political adviser to Humphrey. PAGE 1536--June 21, 1968 TI4596-1438
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Frecl Gates. Another personal friend, Gates was comptroller in the 1964 campaign. Max Kampelman. A former staff aide and currently a Washington attorney, Kampelman is a longtime Hum- phrey friend and adviser. Terry Sanford. Former North Chrolina Governor (1961-65} who is actively planning political strategy for the .Southern states. ]H,W. Thatcher. Thatcher is general manager of the National Farmers Union Grain Terminal Assn. and a Iongtime Midwestern backer of Humphrey. Clifton C. Carter. Carter is a veteran associate.'of President Johnson and former executive director of the Democratic National Committee who has helped line up Southern support for Humphrey's candidacy. Paul R. Gibson and Edwin B. Firmage. Political strategists who concentrate on the Western states. Gibson is a Washington businessman who originally came from Arizona; Firmage is a Utah law professor who formerly was a White House Fellow assigned to Humphrey's staff (1965-66). C~orge Meany. President of the AFL-CIO, Meany is a longtime political ally of the Vice President. It.W. Brawley. A Washington executive and former DNC official, Brawley has arranged entertainment in United Democrats for Humphrey Following are listed the members of the organiz- ing committee of the United Democrats for Hum- phrey, as announced April 11, 1968: Former President Haxry S. Truman, honorary chairman Mayor Ivan Allen Jr., Atlanta Former Sen. William Benton (D Conn., 1~49- 53) Rep. Halo Boggs (D La.) Mayor Affonso J. Cervantes, St. Louis Gee. Buford Ellington (D Tenn.) James A. Farley, former chairman, Democratic National Committee Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez (D Texas) Gee. William L. Guy (D N.D.) Sen. Fred R. Harris (D Okla.) Ambassador Patricia Roberts Harris Ben W. Heineman, "chairman, Chicago & North Western Railway Co. Rep. Chet Holifield (D Calif.) Richard Maguire, former treasurer., Demo- cratic National Committee George Meany, president, AFL-CIO Sen. Walter F. Mondale (D Minn.) Robert R. Nathan, vice chairman, Americans for Democratic Action Rep. James G. O'Hara (D Mich.) Robert Partridge, general manager, National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn. James H. Rowe Jr., attorney Former Gee. Terry Sanford (D N.C., 196!-65} George L-P Weaver, Assistant Secretary of Labor Rep. Clement J. Zablecld (D Wis.) Presidential Campalgn Organizations - 5 Washington for visiting delegations from nonpr~mary states. McCarthy McCarthy campaign headquarters are located in Washington, D.C. The formal campaign organization is somewhat less elaborate than that of the other major candidates, however, because McCarthy's style of cam- paigning has relied primarily on local, decentralized activity for its support. HEADQUARTERS STAFF. National campaign manager is Blair Clark, a former executive for CBS News (1957-64) and associate publisher of the New York Post. Clark, who is assisted by Grace Bassett, is a newcomer to national politics. Curtis Gans, a former official of the Americans for Democratic Action in Washington, plays an important role in day-to-day decision making in McCarthy's cam- paign. Gans in 1967 helped found the Conference of Con- cerned Democrats, organized to find an alternative candidate to President Johnson in 1968. The New York Times April 25 described Gans as "a kind of eminence grise" in the McCarthy campaign. Among McCarthy's political aides are Tom Mechling, who is a delegate coordinator for the Democratic tional Convention; Donald Green, who leads the search for delegates from nonprimary states; and Thomas D. Finney Jr., a Washington attorney. Press secretary for McCarthy is Philip J. Murphy, who is on leave of absence from his post as financial editor of the Boston Herald-Traveler. Stephen A. Mitchell, former chairman (1952-54) of the Democratic National Committee, is in charge of physi- cal facilities and strategy for McCarthy at the National Convention. Samuel W. Brown Jr., 'a Harvard Divinity School student, is student coordinator. Brown organized the student effort in New Hampshire which was credited with contributing greatly to McCarthy's showing in that state's March 12 Presidential primary. Other headquarters staff members are Peter Barnes, who supervises campaign publications; Norval Reece, in charge of scheduling;, and Jed Schilling, a Massa~ chusetts Institute of Technology graduate fellow who heads the campaign research operation. Television, films and other media productions are handled by Arthur Michaelson. PERSONAL AIDES. In addition to the official campaign staff, a number of persons serve as personal aides and advisers to McCarthy: Jerry Eller, McCarthy's administrative assistant in ~he Senate, devotes considerable time to the Presidential campaign. Emerson Hynes and Louise FitzSimons, both legis- lative aides, advise McCarthy on domestic and foreign policy issues. Miss FitzSimons is a former foreign affairs officer with the Atomic Energy Commission. Hynes for- merly was a sociology professor at St. John's College, Collegeville, Minn. Robert Lowell, the noted poet, has traveled ~th McCarthy throughout the Presidential primary cam- paigns in several states. June 21, I968--PAGE 1537 T14596-1439
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Presidential Campaign O;ganiza~ions - 6 Among McCarthy's speechwriters are Jonathan ScheI1, Jeremy Lamer and Michael Arlen. Richard N. Goodwin, a former White House aide to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, is expected to return to the Mc- Carthy campaign. Goodwin aided McCarthy early in 1968 but joined the Kennedy camp after the April 2 Wisconsin primary. Charles Callanan, another member of McCarthy's Senate staff, is a personal aide and normally accom- panies McCarthy on his campaign tours. FUND RAISING. Finance director for McCarthy is Arnold Hiatt, president of a Boston shoe company. Howard Stein, president of the Dreyfus Fund, also has been actNe in fund raising. Other membersCof the nance committee include Mrs. l~lartin Luther King, who personally has solicited direct-mail contributions; Alvin E. Friedman, New York City; and Martin Peretz, a Harvard faculty member. CANDIDATE SUPPORT GROUPS. The offices of the Coalition for a Democratic Alternative (CDA) in New York serve as McCarthy headquarters in that city. Executive directors of the CDA are Harold Ickes and Sarah Kovner; cochairmen of the CDA are Eleanor Clark F~ench, Clarence Jones and Richard Lipsitz. Jones formerly was a counsel to Dr. Martin Luther King. Working closely with the CDA in New York is a Citi~.ens for McCarthy Committee headed by Thomas K. Finletter, former Secretary of the Air Force and Ambas- sador to NATO. Among the Committee members is John J.B. Shea, a New York lawyer who headed Adlai E. Stevenson's New York campaign in 1956. Other candidate support groups include Women for McCarthy, coordinated in Washington by Mrs. Arleen Hynes and Barbara Haviland; Scientists and Engineers for McCarthy, headed by Ascher Shapiro of M.I.T. and Aihud Pevsner of Johns Hopkins University; National Faculty Committee for McCarthy; Lawyers for McCar- thy; and Health Professionals for McCarthy. One of the more active groups is Republicans for McCarthy, operating from New York City headquarters. ADVISORY GROUPS..A Science Advisory Board to Senator McCarthy has been created to advise the Senator on the problems of a technological society. Mem- bers include Harvard professor George B. If2stiakowsky, a former White House adviser on scientific affairs; Dr. Paul Dudley White, Boston heart specialist; and five Nobel Prize winners. An economic advisory group also has been formed to advise on international economic problems, poverty and urban affairs. The 12-member committee includes for- mer Ambassador John Kenneth Galbraith, now a Har- vard professor; Robert A. Gordon, University of Cali- fornia economist; and Robert Triffin, Yale University economist. Other supporters and advisers: Among other promi- nent McCarthy supporters are the following. : Joseph L. Rauh Jr., Washington .attorney and offi- cial of Americans for Democratic Action. David Riesman, Harvard sociologist. • ". Henry Steele Commager, historian. Pep. Don Edwards {D Cali£), former ADA national chairman. Paul Newman, actor. Negro state Rep. Julian Bon~ (Ga.). Reinhold Niebuhr, theologian. Wcdlace The Wallace Campaign Headquarters is located in the 10 High Building in Montgomery, Ala. In addition to the Montgomery office, temporary headquarters nor- mally are set up in each state where efforts are made to qualify Wallacds American Independent Party for a November ballot position. After the party obtains a ballot po.sition, a Wallace spokesman told CQ, the state head- quarters usua.lly is closed down in order to minimize cam- paign expenses. Nearly all major figures in Wallace's campaign are residents of Alabama. Many of them are either current or former state officials. Unlike the major-party Presi- dential candidates, the former Alabama Governor has not recruited panels of advisers from the academic and profes- sional communities to suggest ways of dealing with foreign and domestic problems. NATIONAL CAMPAIGN STAFF. Bill Jones, a former press secretary to George C. Wallace during his term as Alabama's Governor (D 1963-67), serves as a na- tional campaign coordinator. Jones normally travels with Wallace, handling press relations, speechw~iting, sched- uling and day-to-day arrangements. A second national campaign coordinator is Ed Ewing, who supervises the effort to qualify the American Inde- pendent Party on as many state ballots as possible, Ewing formerly was press secretary to Gov. Lurleen B. Wallace (D 1967-68). Cecil C. Jackson Jr. and Seymore Trammel[ are designated as national campaign directors. Jackson was executive secretary to Mrs. Wallace and Trammell was state finance director during both Wallace administra- tions 0962-68). (For Trammell, see Weekly Report'p. 486.) Four Wallace aides have specific responsibilities for several states and are called state coordinators: John DeCarlo, an attorney, was assistant state bank- ing director under Mrs. Wallace. Joe Fine, an executive assistant to the state insur. ance commissioner under Mrs. Wallace, resigned as dis- trict attorney for Franklin County to devote full time to the campaign. " Stanley Sikes, who was recording secretary to Mra Wallace. Tom Turnipseed, a former Republican party official in South Carolina who has spent considerable time cam- paigning in Western states for the Wallace effort. The four state coordinators are assisted by Otto Bailey and Thomas Gallion. Gallion is the son of Alabama Attorney General MacDonald Gallion (D). Richard Stone, who was an assistant to state finance director T~ammell, serves as office manager at the Mont- gomery headquarters. ~UND RAISING. Fund-raising~ efforts for Wallace currently are directed by four men: Dick Smith, Earl Goodwln, J.C. Bull and C.W. Russell Former state finance director TrammeH also has been active on the nancial side of the campaign, according to newspaper reports. TI4596-1440
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OTItER AIDES. In addition to the personnel listed above, other aides contribute to the campaign in more limited ways and are called upon "as needed," ac- cording to a headquarters spokesman. The following list indicates the state government positions held by these aides during Mrs. Wallace's tenure as Governor. In some cases, however, officials were obliged to resign their positions after the May 7, 1968, death of Mrs. Wallace: Eli Howell, an attorney with the Alabama State Sovereignty Commission; Robert Cleckler, state banking commissioner; Arlls Fant, director of the state labor department; Alien L. Brislln, assistant docks director; Doug Benton, chief of the healing arts examining board; John Pemberton, clerk of the Alabama House of Representatives; and Earl Mornam, ~striet attorney for Jefferson County. WALLACE SUPPORTERS. Following are listed some prominent supporters of Wallace's Presidential cam- paign: Leander H. Perez St., former chairman of the Pla- quemines Parish (La.) Commission Council and a leading segregationist politician. Former Georgia Gov. S. Marvin Griffin (D "1955- 59), frequently mentioned as a possible Vice Presidential running mate on the Wallace ticket. T. Coleman Andrews, Richmond, Va., former Com- missioner of Internal Revenue Service (1953-55) and a prominent supporter of conservative causes. Kent Courtney, New Orleans, La., conservative publisher and head of the Conservative Society of Amer- ica. Jim Clark, former sheriff of Dallas .County (Selma), Ala. Kennedy. Following are listed the most prominent persons who participated in the Presidential campaign of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy prior to his assassination June 5. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D Mass.). Kennedy's younger brother was a close adviser in the 1968 cam- paign. The Massachusetts Senator loaned several of his key staff aides to the campaign organization and travel-. led extensively on behalf of the Presidential effort. Mrs. John F. Kennedy. The widow of President Kennedy also campai~ned for her brother-in-law. Stephen Smith. Kennedy's brother-in-law, mar- ried to the former Jean Kennedy, was campaign manager. Frank Manldewicz. Formerly a regional director for the Peace Corps, Manldewicz was Kennedy's press secretary in the Senate and in the Presidential campaign. Hugh McDonald, Richard Drayne and Pierre Sallnger. These men assisted Mankiewicz with his press duties. Salinger formerly was a U.S. Senator (D Calif. 1964) and was press secretary to President Kennedy. Drayne is press secretary to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.). .Joseph F. Dolan. In charge of campaign scheduling, Dolan also was Kennedy's administrative assist.ant in the Senate. l~chard N. Good'via. A former speechwriter for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, Goodw~n worked for ~en. Eugene J. McCarthy until after the April 2 Wiscon" Presidential Campaign Or~anlza6ans o 7 sin primary when he joined Kennedy's campaign. Good- win currently is expected to return to the McCarthy staff. Jeff Greenfield and Michael Schwartz. Senate staff aides to Kennedy with major speechwriting responsi- bilities. Peter Edelma~ and Milton Gwirtzman. These men were in charge of campaign research at the Washington headquarters. Edelman was a legislative assistant to Kennedy in the Senate. Gwirtzman is a private attorney who worked in the past for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. (D Mass.). Adam Walinski. Kennedy's legisiative assistant in the Senate, Walinski had major speechwfiting respon- sibilities in the Presidential campaign. Lewis Kaden, K. Dun Giffurd, James Flug and David W. Burke. These men worked on research and speechwriting. Kaden is a former aide to Sen. Robert F. Kennedy who rejoined the staff for the campaign; Gifford, Flug and Burke are staff aides to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. Tom Johiston. Head of Kennedy's New York office," Johnston came to Washington headquarters during the Presidential campaign. Theodore C. Sorensen. A close adviser to President Kennedy, Sorensen joined the 1968 campaign as a speech- writer and political strategist. Lawrence F. O'Brien and Kenneth P. O'Donnell. Political veterans of the 1960 Presidential race, these long- time Kennedy "supporters reappeared in 1968. O'Brlen formerly was Postmaster General in President Johnson's Cabinet (1965-68); O'Donnell was Appointments Secre- tary under President Kennedy. Frederick G. Dutton. Assistant Secretary of State in the Kennedy Administration, Dutton helped make final revisions in Sen. Kennedy's campaign speeches. Arthur Schlesinger Jr. Former aide to President Kennedy, Schleslnger was a personal and political adviser in the 1968 campaign. Burke Marshall and William Vanden Heuvel. New York-based advisers on political strategy. Marshall formerly was an Assistant Attorney General for civil ~ghts; Vanden HeuveI is an attorney in Manhattan. Gerald J. Bruno. He was in charge of advance plan- ning for campaign trips. Louis Oberdorfer and Walter Sohier. These men were responsible for coordinating volunteer citizens' groups for Kennedy. Oberdorfer is a former Assistant Attorney General; Sohier is'a New York attorney. John Siegenthaler. Editor of the Nashville Ten- nesseean and a former Justice Department aide to Ken- nedy, advised on political strategy, especially in the Southern states. Jesse Unruh. Powerful speake~ of the California state Assembly, Unruh was a prominent political sup- porter in the West. Rap. Edith Green (D Ore.). An influential House Member, Mrs. Green helped lead the Kennedy campaign in the May 28 Oregon primary. William F. Haddad. A former aide to Peace Corps director R. Sargent Shriver Jr., Haddad advised on political strategy. Adam Yarmolinsky. A Harvard UniversiW law pro- fessor who was a special Assistant Defense Secretary under President Kennedy, Yarmolinsky was an important contact with the academic community. June 21, 196S--PAGE 1539 TI4596-1441

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