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3) Legal

(a) Glenn Sedam has updated the analysis of the Presidential ballot in each state. The state by state summary is at Tab D. Schmitz is not on the ballot in D.C., Hawaii, Indiana, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota, and West Virginia. He will probably not be on the ballot in Georgia, Missouri, and New York. Schmitz may take Wallace's place on the New Jersey ballot if Wallace declines by September 28. You may want to have the high level Wallace contact advise Wallace that he must decline ballot position in New Jersey in writing.

(b) Sedam did most of the legal work for Senator Dole's charges of McGovern fundraising violations, CAB controversies, and the Common Cause suit against the Finance Committee for the Re-Election of the President.

(c) Sedam has also done the basic legal work on the filings with GAO by our committees. He has been unfairly criticized for delay by Colson. The sheer volume of materials is enough to inundate anyone. In addition, Sedam has prepared an analysis of the McGovern filing errors which will form the basis of a MacGregor/ Dole attack.

(a)

Colson, through Bill Rhatican, asked Glenn Sedam to form front committees for Veterans and Labor use. Sedam gave MacGregor a legal opinion indicating these would be in violation of the new law if more than $1,000 were expended. MacGregor advised Colson by memorandum.

(e) Sedam has advised MacGregor that the Youth Against McGovern materials and activities must be disowned by 1701 to avoid violating the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. Sedam did this, by letter to Youth Against McGovern and Phillip Hughes of GAO.

(f) Timmons sought a legal opinion on the use by a Senate candidate of a film clip of himself with the President. Sedam advised him of the joint advertising budget and the current practice of relying on the decision of local media owner.

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4) Attack
Ed Failor prepares weekly a series of
press releases for Republican candidates for the House
and Senate. Each of the statements is tailored in three
formats:

(a) The opponent has not taken a stand on whether he supports McGovern;

(b) The opponent has endorsed McGovern; and

(c)

The opponent has announced against McGovern.

The response has been very favorable and Failor will increase
the mailings to two per week. Also, resource/research
information on McGovern statements and positions will be
included.

5) Clark MacGregor has approved Ed Nixon's endorsement of certain State candidates and certain undraising

events.

6) MacGregor forwarded a John Bucci & Associates haper's

survey which shows the President leading McGovern 55-45
in Philadelphia. The survey has been sent to Benham.

7) Bob Teeter prepared an analysis of the Older Voters with suggested Presidential appearances for MacGregor. It is attached at Tab E. A copy has not been sent to Chapin.

Fred Malek's Projects

1) Field Operations

Malek made a field trip last
week into the two biggest problem states New York and
Pennsylvania. He estimates that in New York there will
only be 40% performance and in Pennsylvania only 60% with
Ohio as the 100% performance, example. Al Kaupinen is
Malek's field man in Illinois and Malek is confident he

is performing well. Kaupinen warns against over-confidence
on Illinois though because Mayor Daley must elect Hanrahan
as State Attorney to protect against a thorough investiga-
tion of Chicago. This will force Daley to turn out his
organization which is not sophisticated enough to vote
for Nixon and Hanrahan. He will continue to push the
organizations and will add field people in New York and
Pennsylvania, but the basic split between the Rockefeller

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and Republican organizations in New York will continue
to hamper success. Texas is also a major problem state
and Malek has not succeeded in working out solutions.
California and New Jersey are doing well. Malek will
submit an updated analysis of progress in the field area.

2) The Voter Canvass on Saturday, September 16 was directed by Jerry Jones and Fred Karam. Malek is quite pleased with their performance as well as the field organization in general. A report updating with detailed figures the Saturday, September 16 report will be submitted by Malek.

3) Fred LaRue advises Malek on political matters and occasionally attends meetings with Malek. LaRue is in the role of observer for Mitchell. LaRue reports that Mitchell has no detail or procedural problems at 1701. LaRue also notes that the relations between 1701 and the White House are considerably better though he doubts the effectiveness of the Colson 9:15 meeting. LaRue believes the telephone operation will be the most effective get-out-the-vote method and if budget cuts are made they should not be made in this area. LaRue would not comment on the Blount race in Alabama.

4) The Citizens Groups are not as effective as Malek had hoped. The National Executive Director, Charles Shearer, has submitted a report to MacGregor (attached at Tab F). The structure is organizationally oriented with names and numbers but little actual work, according to Malek.

5) Malek is pleased with the resolution of the Ehrlichman, Morgan, Whitaker, Dent field operation. He is not gloating, but is not as negative about the poor initial handling as he was two weeks ago.

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