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THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

January 14, 1975

MEMORANDUM FOR JERRY JONES

FROM: DICK CHENEY~

Jerry, attached is your memo of January 14th listing the telegram and telephone count.

We'd like to get up some samples of both pro and con statements. Look through them and get us a balanced sampling of both kinds, as well as some kind of reading on the telephone comments, if that's possible.

I need this by this evening.

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WASHINGTON

January 14, 1975

DONALD R UMSFELD

JERRYH.~ Telegram & Telephone Count

For your information, the telegram count as of 9:00 a.m. this morning was as follows:

109 pro 46 con 52 comments

The telephone count as of 11:00 p.m. last night was as follows:

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13 TO ALL RESPONSIBLE WORKit-C AND CARING At.£RICANS • IF THE DUTY 14 AND EXCISE TAXES ARE ENACTED ON FOREIGN OILS BOTH BULK AND PROCESS IS

16 IT WILL ENABLE OUR GOVERNMENT TO REGAIN SELF RESPECT AS MYSELF

11 I AM A SMALL SERVICE STATION OWNER AND YET WE ARE WILLING TO II ,, SACRIFICE SOME OF OUR TE.,ORARY LOSSES TO SEE A GAIN IN AhERICAN

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22 I AM TRYING TO SAY IS THAT FOR ONCE WE HAVE A PRESIDENT AND 23 A LEADER WHO IS WILLING TO SPEAK WITH HONESTY AND INTEGRITY

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12 THE MESSAGE AND THE DELIVERY WERE OUTSTANDING. GLORIA WATCHED 13 YOUR MESSAGE IN CALIFORNIA WHERE SHE IS RECEIVING FURTHER MEDICAL 14

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16 OF THE YEAR • I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN FEBRUARY AND IF 17

18 GOD WILLS GLORIA WILL BE THERE TOO. SHE'S ANXIOUS TO SEE BETTY

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14 ON BEHALF OF THE CONNECTICUT BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY 15 ASSOCIATION, WE SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS TO GIVE OUR NATION'S 16

17 ECONOMY A QUOTE SHOT IN THE. ARM UNQUOTE TO END OUR CURRENT

tt RECESSION. IN CONNECTICUT, VfE HOPE THE COMBINATION Of PERSONAL 19

20 INCOME TAX CUTS AND INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT INCREASES WILL SPUR

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1a THIS REGION IS MORE DEPENDENT ON OIL- -ESPECIALLY IMPORTED OIL " -- THAN ANY OTHER REGION OF THE UNITED STATES. THIS IS BY ~

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11 OIL WOULD ADD TO THE HARDSHIP OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS REGION IN

12 ADDITION TO THIS THE PEOPLE OF THE NORTHEAST AND NEW ENGLAND WOULD 13 PAY A GREATER AMOUNT IN OIL TAXES THAN THEY WOULD RECEIVE IN 14

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21 THE PRESIDENT TO IMPOSE TARIFFS ON IMPORTED ENERGY IMMEDIATELY 22 WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL. IN THE MEANTIME, AN ADDITIONAL 23

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I LISTENED wiTH DILIGENCE AND UNDERSTANOING TO YOU TELEVISION TALK TO OUR NATION TONIGHT. I AM !N SYMPATHY WITH THE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF OUR COUNTRY AND THE GqEAT BU~DEN OF YOUR OFFieE, BUT T~e PROPOSAL OF A 20 CENT tAX INCREASE PER GALLON OF GASOLINE WILL IN NO WAY ~ELP OUR PUBLIC NOR THE ENERGY SITUATION IT WILL ONLY DESTROY SMA~L BUSINESS AND BE A GREAT BURDEN ON THE MIDDLE INCOME AND LOW INCOME PEOPLE OF OUR COUNTRY WHO ARE OUR MAJORITY

OUR REAL ESTATE COtiPANY I~ SMALL HAVING ONLY 60 EMPLOYEES AND SALES~EN WITH AVERAGE EARNINGS OF JUST OVER $8,500 PER YEAR ~~R !MPLOV£E IF THF TAX RECOMMENDATION GOES TH~OUGH WE AR~ OUT OF BUSINESS WITHDRAW YOUR PROPOSAL RESPECTFULLY

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14 YOUR OWN SALARY 18 PERCENT AND CHALLENGE ALL CONGRESSMEN AND 1" BUREAUCRATS EARNING MORE THAN 24,sae TO FOLLOW SUIT ALSO EXTEND

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17 CHALLENGE TO STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS INCLUDING DISTRICT PUBLIC " SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS LABOR UNION OFFICIALS AND BUSINESS EXECUTIVES 19

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I FEEL THAT MY.FAMILV IS A TYPICAL MIDDLE CLASS AMERICAN

FAMI~Y. LA6T YEAR MY ~USBAND AND I HAD A GROSS INCOME OF $15,000,

THIS YEAR IT ~~L~ BE JUST ABOUT THE SAME, ACCORDING TO YOUR

PROPOSAL TOI~lGHT WE wOULD RECEIVE ABOUT $140,00 IN AN INCOME TAX

RE~ATE, 6UT THE INFLATIONARY PRESSURES THAT WOULD RESULT

FROM YOUR PROPOSED ENERGY IMPORT TAX WOULD COST ~, AT A CONSERVATIVE

ESTiMATE APPROXIMATELY TEN TIMES THIS AMOUNT, THERE WOULD BE AN

INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING THAT WE PURCHASE, UTILITIES,

GASOLINE, FUEL OIL AND ALL PETROLEUM PRODUCTS WOULD GO UP, ALL

OTHER ITEMS THAT WE BUY ~OULO INCREASE IN PRICE DUE TO INCREASED

TRANSPORTAION COSTS AND INCREASED PROCESSING EXPENSES,

· I WOuLD APPRECIATE IT IF VOU WOU~D LET ME KNOW JUST HOW YOUR

PROPOSALS ~ILL BENEFIT MY FAMILY IN~THE-CURRENT ENERGY

AND ECONOMIC CRISES,

MRS. ~ILLl~M H, KLINE bOQ t-'At\Of< DRIVf. SALISBURY, r.~RY~ANO 21801

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ITS LATE ~~y ~a~L~ YOU L~~~IDE~ A 20 PtRCENT REDUCTION IN INCOME TAXES DUE WIT~·A MAXIMUM OF !400 MORE TO LDWER INCOMES AND A REOUCT!ON IN 197LI TA't'F:S REr:'JUCI"-~G BY THCUSANDS !M SURE THE COS'i OF MAILING J TWO ADDITIONAL REFUND CHECKS, OR A 10 PERCENT REDUCTION OF TAXES AND A 10 PERCENT REBATE IN SEPTEMBER

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WE CAN ONLY TURN OUR THERMOSTATE OOWN TO 55 DEGREES WHAT 00 WE t DO WHEN THE BILL IS SO HIGH WE CANT PAY? HARNESS T~f HOT AIR ON CAPITOL HILC AND PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE

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HAD NOR HAVE WE EXPECTED A RAISE SINCE AP·RIL Of' tqT! BECAUSE. OF LUMBER.AND THE CONSTRUCTJO~ FIELDS ARE IN DEEP TROUBLE WE ARE NOT UNION ORIENTATED I KNOW IT IS NOT POL!TICAL~V EXPEDIENT TO QUESTION· THE UNION INTEGRITY BUT WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO T~!.MILLIONS !N THEIR WELFARE ACCOUNTS WHICH THEY PAID FOR? 4PPEA~ TO T~E PEOPLE WE ARE NnT ALL SHEEP

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MISC. COI·L:-lENTS 1/13/7.5 Econ speech:

GF has lost· his perso.nal appeal. It's terrible, he's losing contact with the people. Loves GF.

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Disapprove of speech. It's a political move. He's trying to beat the Democrats.

12% rebate isn't enough. Cut out foreign aid. There's too much corruption in foreign aid.

Support. GF spoke to the average American. Cut Congressional spending.

Good speech and delivery. Raise .food pr~ces to OPEC countries. Mo~atoriu~ on increases in federal spending is the key. Allo­cation didn't run well before. There was a bias for the Northern coast. Look at oil usage on a regional basis.

Liked the format; thinks GF .is great.

100% behind GF.

Compliments to GF.

~'i'onderful.

Displeasure with the program. It's causing a deliberate oil shortage.

God be with you, Mr. Pres.

Very good speech.

Appreciate what the Pres. is doing and it will undoubtedly help.

In favor of GF. Disgusted with the 3 networks negative analysis.· They plant more fear and doubt in peoples' minds than do · supermarket prices.

Support wholeheartedly. Refreshing to hear GF come out with a positive and firm approach. Tremendous. GF's got his fingers on the problem. Hang in there!

The PR men overworked GF. He had too many hand movements and was programmed. ~ike GF personally.

Get GF off the air.

Not completely happy with what GF said. Desertion on his part on inflation battle. \·Ie must have price controls for a temporu.ry p•;r iod .·

Th!.." illed ~:i th the> speech. ~·:e a 11 nt~cd it. 1\bsolutely happy to hear the words GF mentioned .

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