Conversation No. 756-12

Date: July 28, 1972
Time: 12:29 pm -12:55 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with David J. Mahoney, Jr., Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., and Leonard Garment.

     Bicentennial Commission
          -Meeting agenda
          -History
                -Origin in 1966
                -Necessity
                     -Comparison to moon landing
                          -National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA]
          -Size and composition
                -Representation
                     -Public, Congress, Cabinet
                     -Ethnic groups, youth
                          -Legislation
          -Philadelphia Exposition
                -Frank L. Rizzo
                -Local banker
          -Franklin Mint
                -Compared to US Mint
                     -Congress
                     -Coins and medals
                     -Mary T. Brooks
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             -Costs
                  -The President’s July 4, 1972 message
             -Delay
             -Wright Patman
             -Lawrence G. Williams from Philadelphia
-Parks program
       -Legacy of Parks program
             -States' reaction
       -Feasibility studies
       -The President’s statement about Property Review Board report, July 25, 1972
       -Governors’ agreement
       -New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, Washington Post
             -Support
-Mahoney's conversations
       -Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
       -J. Erik Jonsson
       -Jim Cochran
-Concern
       -“Political football”
             -Compared to revenue sharing
                  -The President’s opponents
-Alternative programs
       -The President’s messages
-Mahoney's conversation with Garment and Cole
-Increasing priority of Bicentennial
-The President's role
-Cabinet members
       -Attendance at meetings
             -Appearance
                  -Press
             -Representatives
                  -Loyalty to administration
             -Forthcoming memorandum from the President
                  -Assistant secretaries
                  -Republican National Convention
-Criticism
       -News summaries
-Philadelphia Exposition
-National Archives program
-Public purchase of medals, coins
-Mahoney’s conversation with John N. Mitchell
-News summary notations
-Cole's role
-Garment's role
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-Park
      -Funds
            -Congress
            -Interior Department
-Time problem
-Congress
      -Mahoney's forthcoming efforts
            -Administrative problem
            -Mahoney’s conversation with Lewis
      -Investigating committee
            -Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.
            -Edward M. Kennedy
                 -Edward W. Brooke
                 -Williams, Fred Schwengel
                 -Goals
                        -Bi-partisan appointments
                 -Meetings with Mahoney and Bradford F. Morse
      -William E. Timmons
      -Gerald R. Ford
      -Julia Butler Hansen
      -Unknown New York congressman
      -Hansen’s views
            -Williams, Schwengel
      -Mahoney’s schedule
            -Hansen
-Schwengel's views
      -Historical interest
            -Civil War centennial
-Alternative views
      -Schwengel
      -Mathias
-Congress
      -Forthcoming hearings
-Staff and director
      -Need for quality
-Duration
-Priority
-1972 election
      -Post-election
            -Reorganization
-Schwengel, Mathias
-Importance of Bicentennial
-Cabinet
      -Attendance at meetings
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                       -Directive
                       -Cooperation
          -Role
                  -Coordination
                      -Possible directive

     Presentation of gifts by the President
          -Cufflinks

     Bohemian Grove
         -The President’s schedule
              -Unknown person
              -Albert L. (“Al”) Cole
         -George Deacon[?]

Mahoney, Cole, and Garment left at 12:55 pm.