KLEIN GIVES DODD INSTRUCTIONS

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• Publication Date: February 9, 1966
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WASHINGTON POST
AND 'TIMES HERALD
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1966
The Washington Merry-Go-found
I . Klein Gives Dodd Instruct'ions
By Drew Pearson
and Jack Anderson
Fr om secret letters and
memos that were supposed to
have been destroyed, this,col-
umn has now uncovered the
startling story of how Sen.
Tom Dodd (D-Conn.) flew to
Germany to make a pitch to
West German leaders and in-
dustrialists not to cancel their
$150,000-a-year contracts with
Julius Klein -Public Relations,
:Inc.
This column has also Inter-
viewed more than a dozen
people from Bonn, Germany,
to Chicago, Ill., to nail down
the details of Dodd's amazing
mission to Germany last
April.
Ho tpok with him written in-
structigns from Olen. Julius,
founder of the public relations
firm, 'spelling out exactly
whom ` Dodd should see and
what he should tell them.
A ULS. Senator is one of
100 top legislators in the Na-
tion in fact one of the most
important in the world. He Is
not supposed to run errands
for a ?foreign agent or deliver
speec~es written by such an
agent.
Nevertheless, Sen. 'Dodd
was given an . Individual
"briefing memo" on each per-
son he was supposed to con-
bact on behalf of Gen. Klein.
First on his ilist was Dr. Hans
Globke, the former West Gar=
man secretary of elate.
Klein's memo to Dodd, "see
him first to brief you. Dr.
Globke Is your devoted friend.
He will ever be grateful to
you for the courageous stand
taken in your Senate speech
of 1960 . . To refresh your
memory, attached Is a marked
copy of your speech.
"Globke was the liaison
elan with whom I worked
closely while working with
Chancellor Adenauer and Dr.
Von Brentano (West Ger-
many's late foreign minister).
He kpow the problem from A
to Z. Ile Is already working on
my problem. He will brief you
exactly and give you all the
assistance that you need...
"Dr. Globke will support
and guide you 100 per cent In
my behalf, You can show him
everything and discuss every.
thing with him. He might add
s me points to the prepared
memos for your discussion."
Slim Opposition
Ohio Democrats have been
so hard up for a candidate to
run against Gov. James A.
Rhodes that they have come
up with a charming, rather ob-
scure state legislator, Frazier
Reams Jr., of. Toledo.
Young Reams operates ra-
dio station WTOL and WTOL-
TV. Aside from having a dis-
tinguished father, Reams so
far has played an insigniflegnI
role In Ohio politics.
His gather was the only true
independent member of Can-
"'When In Boner,", directed gress since 1020, having been
elected without the support of
either the Republican or Dem-
ocratic parties. He beat both
the Republican and Demo.
cratic candidates for.Congress
in 1950 in a frank campaign
against "autocratic labor boss,
es" and for a stronger.United
Nations.
Nobody gives his son much
chance to defeat Republican
Gov. Rhodes of Ohio.
Shapp Means Business
Milton Shapp, the Pennsyl.
vania industrialist now run.
ning for governor, held a sig-
n1fieant, private conference
with cx - Governor George
Leader one day before Shapp
announced. The ? conversation
Indicates that he Is in the race
for keeps.
Shapp, long an admirer and
supporter of George Leader,
met with him?in Philadelphia
on Jan. 17 to tell him that if
he, Leader, would be a candi-
date,, Shapp would go to Har-
risburg and withdraw.
"I have my radio tapes pre-
pared, my TV clips and my
press releases all ready an-
nouncing that I am a candi.
date," Shapp told Leader,
"but, even so, if you will tell
me that you are going to be
the Democratic candidate, I'll
go to Harrisburg and- with.
draw."
"The only thing that would
induce me to run,"-Leader re-
plied, "would be a- request
from the President." ? . .
' Shapp ; eadd ho, had ' e `'letter
from the White house signed '
by Lee White, special counsel
to President Johnson, stating
that the President planned to'
keep out of the Pennsylvania
race.
"In that case," said Leader,
"I am not a candidate."
Recently, John Bailey, Dem-
ocratic National Chairman,.
has gone behind LBJ's back
and talked to Leader about
running. Actually, Bailey did
more than talk. He applied a
lot of heat.
However, Leader stuck to
his position that he would not
run unless he got a personal
request from President John-
son.
In addition to persuasion
from Democratic Chairman,
Bailey, there is pressure from
Frank Smith of Philadelphia;
and Iiavid Lawrence of Pitts.
burgh to get Leader to run. If
he does Shapp says it will be
the Democratic battle of the
century, even though he and
Leader are old friends.
"It would be most embar-
rassing for me to withdraw'
twice," Shapp says. He re-
ferred to the fact that at a
Democratic Policy Committee
meeting In 1964 he withdrew
as a candidate for ,the Senate
for the.sake of party harmony.
Shapp expects to introduce
a resolution at the next Dem-
ocratic Policy Committee
meeting calling for an open
primary. He believes prima-
ries are healthy. They educate
the electorate -regarding the
Mattes. ! '
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