153–26

Conversation No. 153-26

Date: November 14, 1972
Time: 7:34 pm -7:42 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 225-4]

Colson's location
-American Enterprise Institute [AEI]
-Study of media
-Daniel P. (“Pat”) Moynihan
-Balance of views

Media
-Biases
-Moynihan
-Colson’s forthcoming effort


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1972 election
-Supporters
-Telephone calls
-James F. Cleary
-Celebration
-Bernard J. Lasker
-Television
-Albert H. Gordon
-Donald T. Regan
-Celebrations
-The President’s victory
-Stock market
-Rise

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Second term reorganization
-James F. Cleary
-Secretary of Commerce
-Request of Colson
-[Eastman-Dillon]
-Catholic businessman
-John Collins
-Former Boston mayor
-Secretary of Commerce
-Abilities
-Experience
-Consultant role
-Business
-Lack of legal training
-Present positions
-Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
-Tenure as mayor of Boston
-View of business community
-Kennedy family
-Compared to Cleary
-Political sense
-Aid to administration
-Kenneth R. Lyons’s recent meeting with Colson
-Collins’s polio
-Fund raising
-Democrats for Nixon
-Organizing abilities
-Background
-Abilities
-Cleary
-Massachusetts
-Middle America
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Labor Department
-George Meany's view
-Opposition to labor leader as secretary
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
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-Meany's choice
-John T. Dunlop
-Problems
-Conflicts between Frank E. Fitzsimmons and Meany
-Administration position
-Meany
-Neutrality in 1972 election
-Importance


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1972 election
-George S. McGovern
-Interview
-Washington Star
-Responses
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Impact on Democratic Party
-Democratic Party
-Conflict
-Frances T. (“Cissy”) Farenthold
-Texas
-Statement on Jean Westwood
-Robert S. Strauss
-John B. Connally
-Republican Party
-Continuation
-McGovern
-Goldwater
-Advantages for Republicans

Second term reorganization
-Appointments
-Collins

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