Date: October 5, 1972
Time: 4:55 pm – 6:23 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Samuel Lubell and Charles W. Colson; the White House photographer
was present at the beginning of the meeting.
Greetings
-Previous meeting with the President
[Photograph session]
-Previous meetings with the president
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-1956
-Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
The President’s writing
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-Tobacco
-Dictation
The President’s meetings with pollsters
-Louis P. Harris
-Albert E. Sindlinger
-George H. Gallup
-Purpose
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Refreshment
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-Richard M. Scammon
-National trends
National trends
-Lubell’s articles
-Developments since 1968, 1972
-Changes in country’s attitudes
H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 5:00 pm.
Introduction
Welfare
-Family Assistance Plan [FAP]
-1969
-Daniel P. (“Pat”) Moynihan
-Work requirements
-Benefits
-Popular support in 1969
-Harris, Gallup polls
-The president’s August 11, 1969 speech
-Workfare
-Demonstrations in 1969
-Vietnam War issue
-National defense
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-US role in the world
-Pessimism
-Cities
-Blacks
-Moynihan
-Popular support in 1972
-The President’s recent meeting with [Robert J. Dole]
-Dole’s moderate position
-Vietnam War
-Communist government in South Vietnam
-Defense
-Supersonic Transport [SST]
-Environmentalists
Senators and Congressmen reflecting popular mood
Lubell’s surveys
-Changes in the country
-Reasons
-Race, taxes, work ethic, jingoism
-Britain
-Sir Alexander F. (“Alec”) Douglas-Home
-Previous conversation with the President
-Prime Minister’s position
-The President’s view
-Edward R.G. Heath
-Labor force
-Douglas-Home’s observations
-George Meany
-Visit to Britain
-Meany’s relationship with the President
-Miami
-Comparisons to the US
-Labor government
-Inflation
-Wage-cost push
-Inflation
-Wage and price controls
-Adherence
-Labor
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-Eastern Establishment
-Time
-Newsweek
-Networks
-Washington Post
-New York Times
-Lubell’s readership
-World-Telegram
-New York City
-Long Island Press
-Jamaica, New York
-New York Times
-The Washington Star
-World Telegram
-Washington Star
-Elections
-Washington Post series
-Lubell’s analysis
-George S. McGovern
-Democrats
-Personalities of candidates
-Interests and concerns of voters
-Identification with candidates
-Selection
-Psychology
-Listening
-Lack of interest
-Politicians personalities
-Charisma
-Credibility
-Eisenhower as an example
-Effects on people
-War and peace
-Domestic policies
-1958 recession
-Sherman Adams
-Stroke
-Popularity
-Democrats
-Farm prices
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-1956 election
-Adlai E. Stevenson, III
-House of Representatives
-Senate
-1954 election
-Issues and personality
-Washington Post series
-McGovern
-Candidates and voters
-Mutual manipulation
-Process
-Lubell’s article in the Washington Star
-Tone
-Watergate
-Reconciliation
-Nobel Peace Prize
-State Department
-Income distribution of campaign funds
-Charities
-Democrats
-Republicans
-Public concerns
-1968 election
-George C. Wallace
-Voter decisisons
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-North
-The President
-South
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Bombing halt
-Effect on voters
-Wallace
-Humphrey
-Increase of votes in the South
-1972 election
-Two party choice
-Compared to 1968 election
-Welfare plan
-FAP
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-Gallup, Harris
-Lubell
-1968 campaign work for Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Guaranteed annual income
-Social Security
-Jobs
-1968 election
-Envy
-Rockefeller
-Lubell’s position
-Rockefeller
-Guaranteed annual income
-Increase in Social Security
-Competitive aspect
-Private income
-Polls
-Questions
-Wording
-Complexity of issues
-Single questions
-Examples
-Capital punishment, Vietnam
-Lubell’s interviewing techniques
-Psychology
-1960 primaries
-John F. Kennedy
-Humphrey
-Wisconsin
-Voter indecision
-Catholics
-Kennedy
-Protestants
-Humphrey
-Work ethic
-Welfare
-Racial feelings
-Economic feelings
-General frustration
-Opponents
-Blacks
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-Supporters
-Personal family experiences
-Letters to Lubell
-Guaranteed annual income
-McGovern
-Ira Mendells
-Statistical concept
-John Maynard Keynes
-Keynesian approach
-Problems
-Money supply
-Milton Friedman
-Government
-Lubell’s experiences in World War II
-Choices
-Inflation
-Monetary grant
-Welfare rolls
-Defense and foreign policy
-Jobs
-Vietnam War
-Public sentiment and support
-The President’s May 8, 1972 decision
-Mining
-Bombing
-North Vietnamese
-Reactions from experts
-Mistake
-US-Soviet Union summit
-Cabinet
-Hard line compared to soft line
-Vietnam
-Lubell’s articles
-Attitudes
-Summer 1971
-Hawks
-Economy
-Wage-price freeze, [August 1971]
-Eisenhower
-Compared to the President
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-Actions taken
-Lubell’s health
-Bob Fischer
-Previous conversation with Lubell
-Economic improvement
-Effect
-Lubell’s Washington Star article, January-February 1972
-White House staff telephone call to Lubell
-South Vietnamese offensive
-Hawks and doves
-Accuracy of terms
-Eugene J. McCarthy
-New Hampshire
-Korean conflict
-Comparisons
-Eisenhower
-1952 election
-Bird watching analogy
-Cease-fire
-Reactions
-The President’s political fortune
-Lubell’s recent article
-1972 election
-Lubell’s recent series of articles
-Washington Star
-Voters
-1972 election
-Bombing
-Mining of harbors
-Soviet Union reaction
-Summit
-End of war
-Attrition
-Conditions
-Alternatives
-Middle East
-Korea
-Truce
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-South Vietnam
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-Effectiveness
-Maurice Schuman
-Previous meetings with the President
-Lubell’s previous conversation with French agency
representative
-Bombing halt
-1968 election
-Compared to 1972 election
-Mining lifting
-Veterans education bill
-Importance of signature
-Taxes
-Soviet Union
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Violence
-“Syndrome”
-Toleration
-Demonstrations
-1969 – 1970
-Hecklers
-Young people
-Moynihan’s predictions
-Vietnam War
-Draft
-Uncertainty
-McGovern
-Economic concerns
-Availability of jobs
-The “entry generation”
-Acclimation to society
-Vietnam War
-Blacks
-1968
-1972
-Restraint
-Gambling
-Blacks
-Whites
-Balance
-Institutional
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-Church
-School
-Family
-Campaign tactics
-Effect of campaigning on voters
-1968 campaign
-Advertisements
-Campaign spending
-Ability to spend
-Article
-New Deal coalition
-Use of government
-Racial tensions
-Religious prejudice
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
-World War II
-Depression
-Self-interest
-Increase
-Inflation
-Government
-Purpose
-Civil rights
-Integration
-Volunteerism in South
-White and black
-Tolerance
-Social arena
-Interests
-Pace
-Tolerance
-Blacks
-Neighborhoods
-President
-Suburban migration
-Warren, Michigan
-Bel Air
-Interest and concerns of the electorate in 1972
-Busing
-Media view of people
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-Manipulation
-1952 election
-Eisenhower
-Depression
-Korean War
-Economic issues
-Candidates
-Choice
-Reading
-Lives
1972 election
-Lubell’s forthcoming analysis
Presentation of gifts by the President
-Cuff links
-Presidential seal
Lubell’s advice to Presidents
Polling methods and techniques
-Reasons for views
-Series of questions
-Computers
-Colson
Photograph
Lubell and Colson left at 6:04 pm.
Lubell
-Writing style compared to speaking style
-Compared to Patrick J. Buchanan
-Vietnam War
-Economy
-PRC
-Soviet Union
-Article
-Vietnam War
-Public support
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-Bombing
-Draftees
-Casualties
-Cost
-Number of bombs
-John W. Chancellor
-Effectiveness of US military action
-Cease-fire
-John B. Connally
-POWs
-Effectiviness
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The President’s schedule
-Press conferences
-Frequency
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Request for Ronald L. Ziegler to join him
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The President’s schedule
-Press conferences
-One topic
-Announcement
-October 5, 1972
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-Editors
-Possible press coverage
-October 7, 1972, address on taxes
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The President’s schedule
-Voting registration
-Deadline
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Press conferences
-Press relations
-Quality
-Tone
-Vietnam
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Unknown person
Henry A. Kissinger
-Remarks
-Ability
Lubell
-Vietnam
-National mood
-Change
-January-February 1972
Haldeman left at 6:23 pm.