Statement of Information, Book 10, House Jud Cmte Re Nixon (1974) Tax Deduction For Gift of Papers (Tax Fraud)
Statement of Information, Book 10, House Jud Cmte Re Nixon (1974) Tax Deduction For Gift of Papers (Tax Fraud)
HEARINGS
BEFORE THE
H. Res. 803
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE
ON THE JUDICIARY TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER SUFFICIENT
GROUNDS EXIST FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO
EXERCISE ITS CONSTITUTIONAL POWER TO IMPEACH
RICHARD M. NIXON
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Book
TAX DEDUCTION
FOR GIFT OF PAPERS
MAY-JUNE
7^.
T?1/4_;Xn
U.S.
36-603
1974
3 / bk'/o
Office,
of
UW
UBRARY
HAROLD D. DONOHUE,
JB.,
New
Jersey,
Chairman
EDWARD HUTCHINSON,
Massachusetts
Michigan
TOM RAILSBACK,
Illinois
M.
Thomas
Bell, Counsel
W. Pacl Bishop, Counsel
Robert L. Brown, Counsei
Michael M. Conway, Countel
RcFDS COEHiBR, Special Assistant
E. Lee Dale. Counsel
John B. Davidson, Counsel
Evan A. Davis, Counsel
CoNSTANTiNE J. Oekas, Coungel
Richaed H. Gill, Counsel
Dagmae Hamilton, Counsel
John
Ben
a.
Wallis,
Jr.,
Counsel
FOREWORD
By Hon. Peter W. Rodlno, Jr., Chairman,
Committee on the Judiciary
tion,
presentation the same day, in executive session, pursuant to the Committee's impeachment Inquiry Procedures adopted on May 2, 1974.
By June 21, the Inquiry staff had concluded its Initial presen-
tation.
On June 25, the Committee voted to make public the initial pre-
presentation.
In addition to statements of Information and evidentiary material
regarding the Watergate break-In and Its aftermath, ITT, dairy price
supports, domestic surveillance, abuse of the IRS, and the activities of
the Special Prosecutors, the staff also presented to the Committee written
A deliberate
observed.
ficient grounds exist to recommend that the House exercise Its constitutional power of Impeachment.
(IV)
believe that the readers of these volumes will see that the
Conmlttee's primary effort In carrying out Its mandate has been to obtain an objective. Impartial presentation which will enable each Member
of the Coimnlttee to make an Informed judgment In fulfilling his or her
constitutional responsibility.
I also believe that the publication of the record of these hear-
ings will provide readers with a clear Idea of the particulars of the
Investigation and that the proximity of the evidence will assure them
that no statement of information Is offered without supporting eviden-
tiary material.
^6J0^
July 1974
(V)
CONTENTS
Page
Foreword
t . . .
Ill
1
29
Appendix
(VII)
367
435
REPORT RESPECTING DEDUCTION
TAKEN BY THE PRESIDENT FOR YEARS
1969 THROUGH 1972 FOR GIFT OF
PAPERS CLAIMED TO BE MADE
ON MARCH 27, 1969
1.
Presi-
dent Nixon has stated that at that meeting he was advised by President
Johnson to look into contributing some of his personal papers to the National
1/
Archives, and taking a tax deduction for the value of the papers contributed.
On December 19, 1968 Mr. Nixon met at his New York apartment with
Richard Ritzel, one of his partners in the law firm of Nixon Mudge Rose
Guthrie Alexander & Mitchell, and asked Ritzel to look into the possibility
of Mr. Nixon's making a gift of this kind and taking the tax deduction thus
made available.
was of the essence because the end of the year was approaching.
reported this conclusion to Mr. Nixon.
Ritzel
elect told Ritzel to go ahead with the giftr Ritzel asked one of his partners,
Pat Tannian, to draft Mr. Nixon's deed of gift.
one containing restrictions on access to the papers while Mr. Nixon was
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Egil Krogh and Edward L. Morgan, who worked for John Ehrlichman
on the administration transition staff (and who each later became deputy
(1)
counsel when Ehrlichman became Counsel to the President after the inauguration)
papers.
two versions of the deed of gift, and a covering memorandum to Mr. Nixon
from Ritzel.
deeds, noted the target figure of $60,000 for a gift which had been suggested
by Mr. Nixon's accountant, and suggested that Mr. Nixon sign both versions
of the deed so that either could be used, depending on whether or not
papers "which should be restricted from public perusal while you are the
that he was going to execute the restrictive deed, and gave Ritzel authority
to annex to that deed a description of the papers selected for the gift
6/
and Loie Gaunt, a long-time assistant to Rose Mary Woods, selected the
ing those papers was drawn up and attached to the executed deed.
The next
Mr.
Nixon's papers were then transferred from the Nixon Mudge offices to a GSA
(2)
7/
truck, which took them to a federal records center in New York City.
When the President's tax return for 1968 was prepared, the gift
was valued by Newman at $80,000.
year 1968, and $9,447.73 was available as a deduction carryover for future
8/
years.
the gift was free and clear with no rights remaining in the taxpayer.
9/
wrote a memorandum to the President on the subject of "Charitable Contributions and Deductions."
suggested that the President could continue to obtain the maximum charitable
remaining 10 percent," Ehrlichman 's memorandum noted that it would "be made
up of a gift of your papers to the United States.
plate keeping the papers as a continuing reserve which we can use from now
on to supplement other gifts to add up to the 30% maximum."
There is a
."
of papers in the year 1969 which would be sufficient for the President's 30%
(3)
Both Ritzel and Morgan have told the staff that there were
They noted that this question had been discussed in 1968, but that there had
been barely enough time for a one-year gift then, not to mention selecting
papers for a massive gift.
ii/
been our plan to give any of the Presidential papers, within the near future,
to the Government since Newman made it quite clear to us that the volume of
Vice Presidential papers which we had would undoubtedly take care of the
deduction for a number of years, and the thought was that we would use the
oldest first, with the hope that we would be able to get the full deduction
12/
Ritzel'
letter makes
On March 11,
Morgan and Charles Stuart, also of Ehrlichman's staff, met with Walter
Robertson, Executive Director of the National Archives, and Daniel Reed,
libraries, the transfer of the 1968 gift papers from New York to the Archives
(4)
In
this material.
in the EOB was Inadequate for doing archival work on the President's papers,
and suggested that the papers be moved from the EOB to the Archives.
Stuart
wrote Dr. Reed on March 14, confirming that the logistics of the move had
15/
been arranged.
sorted there.
On March 26 and 27, the papers were moved from the Old and
a "limited right to access," allowing Newman to work with the 1968 gift
papers which had been moved from New York to the Archives on March 20.
iZ/
8.
8,
1969,
at the request of Frank DeMarco, who in early 1969 replaced Ritzel as the
President's tax attorney, he had visited the area housing the papers delivered
on March 26 and 27, and verified that there was sufficient volume to cover
the $500,000 requirement for a 1969 gift.
Informed that Sherrod East, an Archives employee, who had escorted Newman at
the Archives, stated that Newman had not seen the 1969 material on April 8.
Newman thereafter stated that he checked his records, and discovered that his
(5)
first contact with DeMarco was in October, 1969 and that before that time
18/
vestigations that his first contact with Newman was in April 1969.
He told
the Impeachment Inquiry Staff that when talking with the Joint Committee
and the IRS he had not remembered a meeting at the White House on October
8,
He told the staff that on that date he met with Morgan and Roger
1969.
Kalmbach and Frank DeMarco at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California.
DeMarco told the staff Morgan had telephoned him early in April
to discuss coming to California, and mentioned that the President had made
21/
a gift of his papers to the Archives;
Morgan does not remember such a telephone
conversation, but thinks that he must have spoken to DeMarco before leaving
22/
Washington.
They both remember, however, that they met for breakfast, drove
to San Clemente to see the property, and then drove to the Kalmbach, DeMarco,
Joint Committee staff that a deed was not executed on this day.
Morgan's
initial recollection was that a deed was executed, and now they both state
that on April 21, 1969 Morgan, as Deputy Counsel to the President, signed
a deed for the 1969 gift of papers, dated March 27, 1969, at the Newport Beach
23/
office.
Morgan does not recall who had given him the authority to sign the
(6)
'
deed on April 21, 1969 and he states that quite possibly he assumed the
He had never
24/
staff that he based the 1969 deed on the 1968 deed, which he received fr om
25/
DeMarco also said that only one copy of the deed was executed
it to DeMarco.
96/
in 1969, and that at all times he kept that copy in his personal custody.
DeMarco told the staff that he had expected Morgan to bring with
him some form of Archives receipt for the papers, or a description of them.
When he discovered that Morgan did not have it, he typed a temporary
"Schedule A" to the deed, "just to have something."
After the meeting in Newport Beach, Morgan was driven to Los Angeles, and
flew out of California.
Kalmbach firm, told the staff of a conversation between them early in May,
1969.
with an income in the $250,000 - $300,000 range, who had given a gift worth
$500,000.
He wanted to know for how many years the carryover would be good.
After doing the calculations, Blech asked who the donor was, and DeMarco
replied that it was the President.
kept his notes of this conversation, but that he could not find them.
(7)
29/'
On May 27,
1969, the Committee on Ways and Means announced in a press release that
it was considering eliminating the charitable deduction for "all gifts of
On July 25, 1969 the Ways and Means Committee announced that
On August
30/'
ordinary income (effective after July 25, 1969), and that the charitable
31/
by the House on August 7, 1969, =
sultant retained to work on the President's papers noted that the papers
....
"...
32/
""^THiere are no National
Archives memoranda which indicate that a gift of papers had been made by the
33/
President in 1969.
In one
of them he asked, "Will you please have someone carefully check his salary
withholding to see if it takes into account the fact that he will be making
(8)
34/
a full 30% charitable deduction."
dated July 16, 1969, from Roger Barth, assistant to Commissioner Thrower,
35/
No mention is made in either the Ehrlichman or the Barth
to Morgan.
memoranda
1969.
Newman sent to the President, with copies to DeMarco and Morgan, a preliminary
appraisal of the President's pre-presidential papers, valuing them at
38/
$2,012,000.
Newman told the staff that on November 16, 1969 he was in Washington
After the service, Newman said that he and his wife stood
The President replied that he did receive the appraisal and stated
(9)
and December
During
for gifts of private papers be eliminated for gifts made after December 31,
41/
This effective date was retained in the bill when it passed the Senate
1968.
42/
on December 11, 1969.
On November 26 and December 8, 1969, Edwin S.
Cohen, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy, wrote memoranda
to Peter Flanigan, Assistant to the President, on the sections of the pro-
posed tax act which would eliminate charitable deductions for gifts of
private papers.
back to that in the House bill (from Dec. 31, 1968 to Dec. 31, 1969),
then a contribution could be made in December, 1969 and deducted this year
up to 30% of income.
..."
Act of 1969 recommended an effective date for the elimination of the chariThis effective
44/
date was adopted by both Houses of Congress on the same day. The President
45/
whether there was anything more to do in light of the deduction for gifts of
(10)
papers being eliminated effective July 25, 1969.
According to Newman,
46/
DeMarco told him that there was nothing more for him to do.
Newman told
the staff that as of the end of 1969 he did not know that a gift of papers
47/
told the staff that he does not recall the December 24 telephone conversa48/
tion with Newman.-
On January
the United States, wrote the Administrator of General Services that the
1969~ On March
3,
..."
in light
material in the Archives which was not affected by the section of the bill
/50/
during this period he repeatedly called Newman, asking him to finish the
appraisal, and that he also called Morgan, requesting his aid in having
^/
Nexraian
52//
"
On March 27, 1970 Newman said he was called by DeMarco, who told
him that the President had made a bulk gift of papers in 1969 and this was
accomplished when the papers were delivered to the Archives on March 27,
1969.
Newman has told the staff he was surprised when DeMarco told
him on
March 27, 1970 that the President had made a gift of papers a year earlier.
(11)
some materials In late 1969, but would have to go back to the Archives for
an additional selection.
employee, and asked her to select additional Items to bring the value up to
about $550,000.
formation to DeMarco and later in the day sent a letter to Mrs. Livingston
enclosing a description of the items.
53/
Newman told the staff that in his March 27, 1970 letter to Mrs.
Livingston he was careful to say that the items were "designated as a gift
by Richard Mllhous Nixon in 1969."
told by DeMarco, and that he wanted the record to reflect what he had been
told.
that day with Mrs. Livingston, or her selection of a portion of the materials
for the gift, because he had already thanked her on the phone for her work.
54/
7.
Included in that
Newman examined the papers constituting the 1969 gift on April 6 through 8,
56/
examined on April
The
first time that he viewed the papers delivered to the Archives on March 26
(12)
On April
Joint Committee staff that Newman said his March 27 letter was the only
deed of gift the Archives would receive, and that he wanted an acknowledg-
said it would be better for everyone, including the White House, "if
all dealings on this point would stay between the two of us."
Newman
denies stating on April 16 that his March 27 letter would be the only deed
of gift the Archives would receive.
said to Mrs. Livingston that "all dealings on this point should stay between
the two of us," but explained that he meant that the Archives should not
On April 9, Newman
DeMarco has stated that after his March 27 telephone call from
Newman, he dictated a "Schedule A" to the deed to replace the temporary
April
He said that on
he noticed that the typestyle, and the color and texture of the paper
of the schedule, were different from the type and paper used for the deed
Kueny, to copy the original document so that the appearance of the deed and
J8/Mrs.
(13)
'
Secretary of State that, after typing an original deed in April 1969, she
retyped the document in late 1969 or early 1970.
On April
8,
59/
According
None.
The gift was free and clear, with no rights remaining in the taxpayer."
9.
61/
the deed which his secretary had retyped, and Morgan did so.
In a written
statement prepared for the White House in August, 1973, Morgan made no
62/
Joint Committee staff, he conceded that the signature on the deed was his,
but said that he did not recall signing any deed a second time, nor signing
63/
now recalls being called out of a meeting by his secretary, going to his
office where at DeMarco 's request he executed copies of a deed previously
64/
It should be noted that the deed dated March 27, 1969 in the GSA
(14)
have been composed until March 27, 1970 because some of the papers reflected
on the schedule were not selected until that date
executed in 1969.
Lybrand, had stated that a deed was executed on April 21, 1969, and did not
mention a re-execution.
personnel examined the "duplicate original" and it became apparent that that
document could not have been executed in April, 1969.
Oval Office, and at 12:20 they were ushered in to see the President.
They
chatted about California politics and the law business for about five minutes.
Then DeMarco explained to the President the double-entry books and the other
aspects of the record-keeping system which he and Blech had set up for the
President.
Turning to the tax return, DeMarco pointed to the line on the first
page of the return showing the refund due the President and said, "That
is the bottom line."
Then
DeMarco explained to the President the major items in the tax return, aside
from his salary:
apartment, the deductions taken for interest, and pointed to the appraisal
DeMarco said that there was no discussion about the deed giving
the papers to the United States.
DeMarco stated
there was no in-depth analysis of the tax return while he was with the
President, but he said there was no question the President knew he was getting
a refund and that a basis for the refund was the deduction taken for the gift
of papers,
67/
Kalmbach and chatted for a few minutes about items other than the tax return.
DeMarco told the President that he needed Mrs. Nixon's signature on the
return.
The President called Mrs. Nixon and told her that DeMarco and Kalmbach
priate space.
She then asked DeMarco and Kalmbach to help pick out one of
two busts of General Eisenhower which had been presented to the White House.
Morgan's office.
Barth and
Walsh looked over the return, checked to see that it was signed, put it back
in its envelope and left
(16)
2.
dent's returns for 1971 and 1972 had been "in depth."
the matter, he told Secretary of the Treasury
After considering
on November 28, 1973, that he was going to reopen the audit of the
President's returns.
(Mr.
of this fact.
Alexander said that he had reached the decision to reopen the audit
on his own.
tax returns because the information which had been reported would have caused
the examination of the returns of any other taxpayer.
Alexander stated
that he had discussed this matter with no one before informing Mr. Shultz
of his decision.
on the spot by asking him to make the decision, but felt obliged to inform
him.
(17)
F.
3.
A.
with an aide and the Baltimore District Director, whose jurisdiction includes
Washington, D.C.
tax returns for the years 1970, 1971 and 1972 would be re-examined.
copies of the President's tax returns; they were sent over that evening.
On December 8 the President wrote to Chairman Wilbur Mills asking the
Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation to examine his tax returns for
the years 1969-1972 in order to answer questions which had been raised in
the press concerning his personal finances as President.
made public.
the Presi-
dent had been officially notified by the Internal Revenue Service that his
tax returns would be audited.
(18)
President's papers and the preparation of his 1969 income tax return could
only be arrived at by a Grand Jury proceeding.
District Office, names DeMarco, Newman and Morgan as the subjects of the
investigation.
his covering letter, Gerald G. Portney, the new Baltimore District Director,
noted that there was no legal obligation to pay the 1969 deficiency.
The
total deficiency for the years 1969 through 1972, including the negligence
House issued a statement that the President has "today instructed payment
of the $432,787.13 set forth by the Internal Revenue Service, plus interest."
On April 17, 1974, the President and Mrs. Nixon paid by check
the amount of deficiency and penalty for 1970, 1971 and 1972, totalling
$284,706.16.
Deputy Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, that the President had
(19)
not yet paid the 1969 deficiency of $148,080.97 and that no date has been
set for such payment.
impression of the IRS that the President is considering the payment of the
1969 deficiency.
*
Inquiry Staff has interviewed Frank DeMarco (May 29 and May 30, 1974); Arthur
7,
1974); Donald C, Alexander (June J3, 1974) and Edward L. Morgan (June 15,
1974).
1.
Donald C. Alexander.
2.
3.
7,
7,
1973.
4.
5.
report.
1974.
(20)
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
through 1972.
11.
negligence penalty.
12.
13.
Attached
dated August 12, 1969; from Roger Barth to Edward L. Morgan, dated July 16,
1969; and from John Ehrlichman to Edward L. Morgan, dated June 16, 1969.
(21)
FOOTNOTES
1.1
1.2
1.3
2.1
2.2
3.1
3.2
4.1
5.1
5.2
5.3
Draft deed not used by the President (received from Joint Committee).
5.4
6.1
7.1
7.2
8.1
9.1
10.1
11.1
11.2
(22)
7,
Presidential
1974, 5.
3.
6,
1969,
12.1
Letter from Richard Ritzel to Egil Krogh, February 28, 1969, Joint
Committee Report, A-157-58.
13.1
13.2
14.1
14.2
Memorandum from National Archives files, March 21, 1969, and letter
from Edward L. Morgan to Daniel Reed, March 13, 1969, Joint Committee
Report, A-188-89.
15.1
15.2
Letter from Charles Stuart to Daniel Reed, March 14, 1969, Joint
Committee Report, A- 190.
16.1
Notes from phone call to Daniel Reed, March 24, 1969, and covering
memorandum, January 11, 1974, Joint Committee Report, A- 192-94.
17.1
Letter from Daniel Reed to Edward L. Morgan, March 27, 1969, Joint
Committee Report, A- 19 5.
17.2
18.1
19.1
20.1
Frank DeMarco interview, HJC, May 29 and May 30, 1974, 9-11.
36 and 37)
21.1
Frank DeMarco interview, HJC, May 29 and May 30, 1974, 2-3.
21.2
22.1
22.2
23.1
23.2
Memorandum from Edward L. Morgan to Douglas Parker, August 14, 1973, Joint
Committee Report, A-159-62.
23.3
(23)
Presidential
(see nn.
23.4
23.5
24.1
24.2
25.1
25.2
25.3
26.1
Frank DeMarco interview, HJC, May 29 and May 30, 1974, 5-6.
27.1
Frank DeMarco interview, HJC, May 29 and May 30, 1974, 5-6.
27.2
27.3
28.1
28.2
Frank DeMarco interview, HJC, May 29 and May 30, 1974, 7-8.
28.3
29.1
House Ways and Means Committee Hearings "Tax Reform, 1969," Part 14,
April 22, 1969, 5047-49.
29.2
30.1
Wilbur Mills news releases. May 27, 1969 and July 25, 1969.
31.1
House Report 91-413, Tax Reform Act of 1969, 1645, 1700-02, 1800-01.
31.2
32.1
Memorandum from Sherrod East to Assistant Archivist, NL, May 27, 1969,
Joint Committee Report, A-220-23.
33.1
34.1
(24)
..
34.2
35.1
36.1
Frank DeMarco Interview, HJC, May 29 and May 30, 1974, 9-11.
37.1
37.2
Letter from Ralph Newman to Frank DeMarco, October 31, 1969, Joint
Committee Report, A-m6.
38.1
38.2
39.1
40.1
41.1
Senate Report 91-552, Tax Reform Act of 1969, 1645, 2027, 2109-12,
2233-34.
42.1
H.R. 13720 as passed by the Senate, December 11, 1969, 201(a), 514.
43.1
43.2
43.3
44.1
45.1
46.1
46.2
47.1
48.1
Frank DeMarco interview, HJC, May 29 and May 30, 1974, 13.
7,
(25)
41-591
74
7,
1969, Joint
8,
1974, 12-13.
1969
/,
49.1
49.2
50.1
51.1
Frank DeMarco interview, HJC, May 29 and May 30, 1974, 13.
52.1
52.2
53.1
53.2
Letter from Ralph Newman to Mary Livingston, March 27, 1970, Joint
Committee Report, A-273-74.
53.3
54.1
55.1
56.1
57.1
57.2
57.3
58.1
58.2
Frank DeMarco interview, HJC, May 29 and May 30, 1974, 16-17.
59.1
60.1
60.2
60.3
7,
(26)
7,
1970, Joint
1974, 15.
61.1
61.2
62.1
63.1
64.1
65.1
66.1
Letter from Frank DeMarco to Coopers & Lybrand, August 22, 1973,
Joint Committee Report, A- 10-12.
66.2
67.1
68.1
Frank DeMarco interview, HJC, May 29 and May 30, 1974, 18-20.
(27)
FOOTNOTES
(29)
2.1
REPORT ^11
JOINT COMMITTEE
11
The Joint (.'oininittee staff diil not examine the tiix leluras of
the Presiflent for the years prior to 1969 except to review the effect
any of the items on the prior years' returns may have on the tux
returns under examination.
The following is a summary of those procedures followe<l by Presifull
dent Nixon's representatives for his gift of papers in 196S.
discussion of the staff view on whether this gift is deductible for tax
pill
purposes
is discussed in Section 5 of this report.
iiiittt^e.
gift
W6S
whom
he had used."
Richard Ritzel, President N'ixon's
People assigned to work on yijt.
former law partner at what is now Mudge, Rcse, Guthrie & Alexander,
told the staff that on December 15 or 16, 1968, he was asked by
President-elect Xi.xon to look into the pos.sibility of making a gift
of papers in 1968. Mr. Ehrlichman told the staff that he was also
asked by Mr. Xixon to look into the desirability of making a gift
of papers, and Mr. Ehrlichman a^^igned Edward L. Morgan and Egil
Krogh
of his staff to
tjiis
task.
Decision to make a gift. 'Sir. Rit/.el told the staff that on December
J22. 1968, he met with President-elect Xixon and reported that it
was feasible to make a gift but that, since it was close to the end of
the year, time would be a problem. Mr. Xixon told him to go ahead.
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do
"h':;\
>'>'i
>:t!I
uA
Tkl
snu'c
i'-\::
[~:'
P-IL
DMT.'
both statements-'
irieii p.;id
O.
Ungaro
Jo'^
ih.it ilu V
are not
and
,yuil[v.-
know
'!
paid
newspaper
whole audience would
that every
On
Federal income
.'5792 in
yi.ir
1970,
ta.x in
and
li'--
vvould you
(jlTicials
you
lh.it
and S07S
tell
in
us
should disclose
T'riE PKEStor.NT.
tion
audit of
bu,-.y
my
that
answer
to the
this
when
second
made
available at
cjues-
1711
end of
the
\\cll, the
have dLsclo^ed
is
come
all
so
maybe
you don't see tliem. I can simply point out that that
I have not gotten the bill yet but I
I paid for
audit
know
and
it is
think that
that audit
to
is
respond to
it
as fully as
can.
y. Mr.
President, this
Ed Heins from
is
.At
the
Des Moines
Krogh
looked at
approval for the Dr. Ellsberg project, was tliere any discussion of surreptitious entry to any premises and was
there
any discussion
legality
of
or
illegality
in
what we
call
Krogh and
papers."'
out of our
thought of that a
moment and
All of
my
cen covered
'.I.
iu'.d--'
't
".vii
pointed
"C'- rrfclinn ot
ttut
that 'he
K.'irliei'
P.-'fsid'^r.t
mi-.-
Statcmcrn:."
Tie
I vvill
>t-.uid
in ih;: ^Cjsi
WL'rkinr'on.
ntlou
this
pay
or,
much
lively staff.
The
V-..
returns,
that
situation?
illegal
my
*?
I^Jumber
(33)
^7
1.2
No-..-,
thc;j-
en
h'j;!], i'.nJ
I'-'o
pipers,
coiist;r\
And
viiit
cii\
Khruihohfiv,
v.itli
nil of
many
nil
of
i;,-o':nd
belie'.c
uho prepared
me
lot
you
tell
>.fy
no question
but
it,
caninaigns.
used to
alwa\^
mine, and I v.a.s
i-un
that.
can only say that we did vvhat we were told \vas the
do and, of course, what President Johnson
had dene before and tliat doesn't prove, certainly, that
it was wrong, because he had done exactly what the law
required.
can't
The
Prssiden't's
Personal Finaxce.s
Oak
we demand
that
many
play so
so
much
roles that
of responsibility without
with
all
Mark
Ridger in
we
ask
make
all
to
it
\vas a year
the
recall, as well as
trusts
first
vear, too,
this
audi-
when we had
limited nuclear
did
is
dtri.sinn I
le.ad
;->
])-:M-f
8,
."'C')\'- 's
ha\-e. I
when we had
made
of the
perhaps
am
i'^ast
ail
the
first
Presi-
owned any
stock
the
one ^vho
first
Truman.
Now that
stocks or
had blind
I felt that in
the Presidency
to
was
raised
\vant to respond to
it
by good
editorial
they
polite to a.sk
said,
And
all
of that
is
the
storv-
v/hich
.Americans home,
in a piece
such an embarrass'ing ques''Now, Mr. President, you earned S800,000 when you were President. Obviously, you paid at least
half that much or could have paid half th.it much in taxes
or a creat deal of it- how could you pcssi'oly have h.-id the
tion
December bombing,
am
hasn't
owned
was important
might be too
the boiribing
the 't)r,"akthrni!gh
V.
is all I
ban on defensive
some
that
Truman who
\vriters and
the visit to
and mining of Haiphong and then the negotiations and then in December,
on ^^ay
a big investment
events.
was a
first,
weapons, you
It
to say
since ever I
Moscow and
cisions
want
that kind
like
NLxon
that President
'72
visit to
it
President.
ence and
"How is
heav-\-
Oak
him
you know,
of property in Florida," in
of a President,
said,
how something
The
They
.Americans.
To what
sibly
the Preshdent
ON'
it
politics.
lose
the
run the
to
ad\ ice to
own
\-/.is
think tliey
right thing to
that
.-^i.-p'. ;,-.:,n.
run your
if
will
I will
more than
this:
Now
ira.iu.y,
Cim.-r.
nm
didn't
prepnrcd the
it,
Revenue about
campaign.
tlie
.i'jC
of our
Vo'um* 9
Nj-r'o^f
(34)
47
ii;^!:.
qtiitc
a.s
much
on
pl.iy as
television.
1.3
1974
The
As a
Simon and
The home
his organization,
fuel
oil,
as far as
we have now
it
is
concerned, as
And
we know,
crisis.
have had the fuel that is required to keep the plants going.
The major problem that remains is one that was brought home to
me when I talked to one of the sound men before coming in. I asked
him if he was having any trouble getting gas. He said, "Yes, when I went
to the service station this morning, they wouldn't give me any because
my gauge was wrong. They thought that I had more than half a tank.
concerned,
Actually,
all
had zero
in the tank."
As
is
concerned,
am
able to report
American people, as a
of our own energy conservation program within the Gov-
ernment, that I now believe confidently that there is much better than
an even chance that there will be no need for gas rationing in the United
States.
As
far as that
is
concerned, however,
still
remains, and
it is
let
me
point
Number
(35)
<?
1.3
his
in
tion,
and the
countr>'?
The
'1'hf.
Presiuent.
It
me
for
I
to
jump
as
is
dedicated
that in his period of scr\ice that he rendered
scr\ice in all of the assignments that I gave to him.
cooperation of others.
get that cooperaI believe now, however, that they will
tion, that the meeting uill be held, and I believe that they
through, along with his family, a terribly diffiand he resigned, as I think he thought he
He went
cult situation,
would
felt
Now
knew
that
also because
and
am
him when he
lift
the embargo.
was charged
at this point
will
he
President.
is
down.
an
significant
That
message
erences
less
The
is
in
which you said, and I quote: Special preflaw permit far too many Americans to pay
in the
than their
fair
share of taxes.
Too many
others bear
share of taxes?
number
of others.
brought to
my
Johnson when
thought that
soldier
is the day that the last American combat
Vietnam, the day, therefore, that marks the final conclusion of America's longest and, without question, its most
it
left
difficult
war.
seems to me appropriate that in signing this proclamation that reference be made to those who fought in
that war, those who served in that war, why they fought
It
and why their service was not only in the interest of the
country, but in the highest tradition of service to the
United States of America as far as the wars in which we
have been engaged throughout our histon-, wars which
we trust we will not have to be engaged in in the future if
next.
is
as successful as
OIL
embarco
that
happened
That
am now
Day.
The
included
Members of the House and the Senate who have sponsored it, are aware of it. The members of the press and
perhaps the Nation are not aware of why we have a
proclamation designating March 29 as Vietnam Veterans
too
instance,
President's
4270 in a Ceremony
February 26, 1974
to that
do not use
because
much
meeting?
when
those
this
I
who
use
it
realize
how
diffi-
cult circumstances.
'.At his news conference
Press Secretary Gerald L.
on Tuesday, February
Warren
This has been described as a war without heroes, without heroes perhaps except for those who occasionally
receive a Medal of Honor that we hand out. but very little
stated:
The
President cer-
attention ai\rn to
Number
(36)
it,
war
in
which
2.1
1974. HJC. 5
7.
-5-
sheet.
any-
some tax law, since laws dealing with gifts of papers affected his
field of interest.
with a copy of a letter from Cohen to Newmsm, dated April 11, 1969,
by Charles A. McNelis
this, Newman at first said that he did not remember receiving such
a letter.
received it, but he did not know how it came to be in DeMarco's hands,
A.
r
I
Nov
November
of
1^468, a
Newman would probably get a call from one of President Nixon's people.
Late in November, 1969, Pat Tannian, a partner in the firm of Mudge
Rose Guthrie Alexander, called him and asked him if he would be
available to do some work for President Nixon.
he would, but heard no more from Tannian.
was in Washington, D.
C,
for a wedding.
Ne^^7man
responded that
the Madison Hotel and asked him if he would go to New York City to
(37)
2. 2
3,
MEMORAJJDUM
TO:
John Doar
Bernard Nussbaum
Robert Sack
FROM:
Smith McKeithen
DATE:
SUBJECT:
On June 10, 1974 from 3:10 until 5:30 p.m.. Bob Owen and I
Mr. Ritzel
Ritzel said that on December 19, 1968 he met with Presidentelect Nixon at Mr. Nixon's apartment.
with Presideht Johnson, and that President Johnson had told them about
taking tax deductions for gifts of papers to the National Archives.
Mr.
Nixon asked Ritzel if he knew anything about this and Ritzel said no
but said that he would look into it.
the question and concluded that a gift could be made and that a tax
2.2
1,
-2-
for 1968
and
Krogh, Morgan, or Loie Gaunt, who had worked with Mr. Nixon for
a number of years.
to him from Krogh dated December 20, 1968, which says that Jim Jones
of President Johnson's staff gave Krogh the names of Newman, Lawson
Knott (the Administrator of the GSA) and Dr. James Rhoads (the Archivist
of the United States)
Ritzel told him that he had to come to New York to pick papers which
he would later appraise for Mr. Nixon.
over all the boxes in the Mudge, Rose offices, which consisted of boxes
which Ritzel had selected from the index of the contents which had
been previously prepared by Gaunt.
's
index as well.
(39)
3.1
mittee. The Joint Committee staff did not examine the tax returns of
the President for the years prior to 1969 except to review the effect
any of the items .on' the prior years' returns may have on the tax
made by
gijt
196S
gift.
According
to public statements
\\'ith
President Johnson
&
Krogh
22,
full (llscu$!)loD
dential papers
Is
(40)
Z.2
MEMORANDUM
June 12, 197A
To:
John Doar
Bernard Nussbaum
Robert Sack
From:
Smith McKeithen
Subject:
On June 10, 1974 from 3:10 until 5:30 p.m.. Bob Owen and
Guthrie
&
Mr.
Ritzel said that in December, 1968 he met with Presidentelect Nixon many times.
President Johnson, and that President Johnson had told them about
taking tax deductions for gifts of papers to the National Archives.
Mr. Nixon asked Ritzel if he knew anything about this, and Ritzel
lat>;
firm's warehouse.
decision was made to take a deduction for the maximum amount allowable
41-591
(41)
-
74
3.2
for 1968,
and
Krogh, Morgan, or Loie Gaunt, who had worked with Mr. Nixon for
a number of years.
I
"
Knott (the Administrator of the GSA) and Dr. James Rhoads (the Archivist
of the United States)
^r^ilege.
Ritzel said that he first talked to Newman by phone in the
Nex^7man
Ritzel told him that he had to come to New York to pick papers which
he would later appraise for Mr. Nixon.
in his office on Sunday, December 29,
He said that
Ne\%'man
Nexvrman
arrived
went
which Ritzel had selected from the index of the contents which had
been previously prepared by Gaunt.
's
index as well.
(42)
4. 1
giving his Checkers speech, the manuscript from the book Six Crises ,
and the President's handwritten notes for a speech given in New
saying that the notes for the speech alone were worth $10,000.
Ritzel said that Newman selected some but not all of the cartons
in the Mudge Rose offices, for giving.
Mudge Rose firm, to draft the President's deed of gift and then
I
Ritzel said
Tannian
Ritzel
National Archives representative, who requested that language be inserted allowing National Archives employees to have access to the
papers for cataloging purposes.
5.1
M E M
R A
II
D U M
TO
PRESIDErr-ELSCT IIIXON
FROM
R, S. RITZEL
fom
of Chattel
1,
2,
(44)
5. 1
tabllohed.
4,
Itema
Ilo.
v;e
By
v;ay
ITe^-riian,
public
If
v;e
(45)
S. 2
v;e
-rfhile
papers v;ith
Ne^Tiian
which I presume
v;e
have
(46)
i';ith
the
a. 1
i*or a
R S* R
(47)
5.2
DEED',
__^
AExhibit
aiATTEL DEED
from
RICHARD M. NIXOM
to
Dated":
December
i^
(48)
19.68
5.2
A-4
CHAITEL DEED
from
RICHARD H. NIXOH
to
(49)
5.2
30,
A-
Tiiadc
"by
no person or persons
shcfll
who
Dsay
(50)
5.2
A-6
The underslEned shall have the rieht and power at any
time during his lifetime to modify or remove this
after
in public service, then,, as soon as practicable
the establishment of such depository, the Materials
(51)
6.2
REPORT, A- 3-
A-
h.
activities.
above
-'
'/^j//--^
Klcharu M. iTixon
''
(52)
5.2
SCHEDULE A
TO THE raiTED
"
DATED
STATES OF A:-EHICA
J^<JL<:x^^ i~L^
i-',
/i'i.^
The column at
Children's Letters
II
9,000 items
III
82nd Congress
2",
Campaign of 1964
3,000 items
VI
3,000 items
vn
13 items
IV
500 items
VIII
3,000 items
IX
i960 Campaign
3,000 items
3,000 items
X
XI
xn
Chronological Order
24 items
10 items
(53)
5.
AXIII
XIV
XV
XVI
XVII
xvTn
XIX
XX
XX2
-1,000 items
Crises Manuscript
2,000 items
1,250 items
2,000 items
3,000 items
3,000 items
Itineraries, Appearances
Forcisn Di.initarics
(met by RJM)
1,250 items
195^*
Campaign Notes
(plus 2 Books ana
Framed Plaque)
196'J
1,250 items
)
)
(54)
3 items
5.3
JJ
^-.J
',':
/^
CHATTEL DEED
from
RICHARD M. NIXON
to
v.'hich
(55)
.''.J-
5. 3
cotrimitrnent irade
Richard M
above.
\)hic'n
Dated:
kichard M,
iviixon
By
__
(56)
^_
5.4
worked oq this included Loie Gaunt, who had been with Mr. NLxon
most of the time since 1951 and was the person most familiar with the
boxes of papers, since she had been involved in organizing his^ files
and had a hst of the contents of the boxes; Messrs. Morgan and Kiogh
of Mr. EhrUchman's staff; and James P. (Pat) Tannian, a merhber of
the Mudge, Rose firm who assisted Mr. Ritzel with the papers. On
December 29 (Sunday), Ralph Newman, an appraiser, arrived and
was told by Mr. Ritzel the amount needed for the gift. Mr. Newman
told the staff that he worked with the group reviewing the material
to remove the more sensitive papers and then proceeded to identify
sufficient material to cover the required amount that was to be
included in the gift. He said he identified the boxes by putting Roman
numerals on them and made an estimate of the value of each box.
1968 deed. Mr. Ritzel told the staff that on or about December 26,
1968, he drafted two deeds of gift, one containing restrictions on access
and the other without restrictions. He said that his associate, Pat
Tannian, came to Washington to meet with Sheldon Cohen, the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, on December 28, and that
Mr. Cohen assured Mr. Tannian that either version of the deed would
be acceptable for a tax-deductible gift. (Mr. Cohen has told the staff
that he met with Mr. Tannian but did not give this opinion, and
Mr. Tannian has told the staff that he does not recall that he, in
Mr. Ritzel said that
fact, showed the deeds to Mr. Cohen.)
Mr. Tannian also went to the General Services Administration to
have them review the deed and that they requested an additional
^nrovision in the deed with restrictions to allow employees of the
^Archives to catalog the papers. Mr. Ritzel said that President-elect
Nixon was unhappy with the language of the unrestricted deed, so
I
he signed the one with the restrictions. Mr. Ritzel said Mr. Krogh,
who had taken the deeds to Key Biscav-ne for signing, came back
Limmediately
Exhibit
1968 deed
is
The
is
3.
(57)
41-591
74
6.
President called Ritzel at his home in New Jersey and they talked
for about twenty minutes.
in the deed
which was eventually executed, and their affect on the value of the
papers.
Ritzel said that the President was more concerned with the
may have discussed the problem of whether or not the deed was a gift of
a "future interest," because of the restrictions.
not sure on that fact because the "future interest" problem was not
execute the more restrictive deed, and gave Ritzel the authority
-fco
annex to tha t deed a description of the papers selected for the gift.
Ritzel said that Krogh was in the Mudge, Rose office the next
morning, Sunday, December 29, with a copy of the deed executed by the
President.
(58)
7.1
12
worked oa this included Loie Gaunt, who had been with Mr. Nbcon
most of the time since 1951 and was the person most familiar with the
boxes of paper*, since she had been involved in organizing his files
and had a hst of the contents of the boxes; Messrs. Morgan and Krogh
of Mr. Ehrlichman's stafT; and James P. (Pat) Tannian, a member of
the Mudge, Rose firm who assisted Mr. Ritzel with the papers. On
December 29 (Sunday), Ralph Newman, an appraiser, arrived and
was told by Mr. Ritzel the amount needed for the gift. Mr. Newman
told the staff that he worked with the group reviewing the material
to remove the more sensitive papers and then proceeded to identify
sufficient material to cover the required amount that was to be
included in the gift. He said he identified the boxes by putting Roman
numerals on them and made an estimate of the value of each box.
1968 deed. Mr. Ritzel told the staff that on or about December 26..
1968, he drafted two deeds of gift, one containing restrictions on access
and the other without restrictions. He said that his associate, Pat
Tannian, came to Washington to meet with Sheldon Cohen, the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, on December 28, and that
Mr. Cohen assured Mr. Tannian that either version of the deed would
be acceptable for a tax-deductible gift. (Mr. Cohen has told the staff
that he met with Mr. Tannian but did not give this opinion, and
Mr. Tannian has told the staff that he does not recall that he, in
fact, showed the deeds to Mr. Cohen.) Mr. Ritzel said that
Mr. Tannian also went to the General Services Administration to
have them review the deed and that they requested an additional
provision in the deed with restrictions to allow employees of the
Archives to catalog the papers. Mr. Ritzel said that President-elect
~lxon was unhappy with the language of the unrestricted deed, so
Ihee signed the one with the restrictions. Mr. Ritzel said Mr. Krogh,
who had taken the deeds to Key Bisca>Tie for signing, came ,back
finalized.'
The
Delivery oj papers.
On December 30, 1968, a representative of the
National Archives, Peter lacullo, who had been authorized by Lawson
Knott, the Administrator of General Services, accepted the gift by
writing "accepted" and countersigning the deed oq the last page
opposite Mr. NLxon's signature. The papers were picked up at this
time by the General Services Administration and were transferred
tu
to the Federal Records Center in New York.
Treatment oj gift on tax returns. Ralph Newman valued President
NLxon's 1968 gift at $80,000. Of this, $70,552.27 was deducted on the
President's 1968 ta.x return sind $9,447.73 was available for carryover
to future years. The treatment of this available carryover to 1969
is
3.
(59)
7.2
President called Ritzel at his home in New Jersey and they talked
for about twenty minutes.
in the deed
which was eventually executed, and their affect on the value of the
papers.
Ritzel said that the President was more concerned with the
may have discussed the problem of whether or not the deed was a gift of
a "future interest," because of the restrictions.
not sure on that fact because the "future interest" problem was not
execute the more restrictive deed, and gave Ritzel the authority to
annex to that deed a description of the papers selected for the gift,
Ritzel said that Krogh was in the Mudge, Rose office the next
morning, Sunday, December 29, with a copy of the deed executed by the
President.
(60)
7.2
on a GSA truck.
He
said that Newman sent him a copy of Sheldon Cohen's April 11, 1969
discussed it with Krogh and Morgan, and possibly with the President.
But he said that in late 1968 they did not have time to assemble and
that by making a bulk gift in 1969, they could get a carry-f onward
Ritzel said that in January and February of 1969, he had discussions V7ith VJhite House personnel on a codicil to President Nixon's
(61)
8. 1
worked on this included Loie Gaunt, who had been with Mr. Nixon
most of the time since 1951 and was the person most familiar with the
boxes of papers, since she had been involved in organizing his files
and had a list of the contents of the boxes; Messrs. Morgan and Krogh
of Mr. Ehrlichman's staff; and James P. (Pat) Tannian, a member of
the Mudge, Rose firm who assisted Mr. Ritzel with the papers. On
December 29 (Sunday), Ralph Newman, an appraiser, arrived and
was told by Mr. Ritzel the amount needed for the gift. Mr. Newman
told the staff that he worked with the group reviewing the material
to remove the more sensitive papers and then proceeded to identify
sufficient material to cover the required amount that was to be
included in the gift. He said he identified the boxes by putting Roman
numerals on them and made an estimate of the value of each box.
1968 deed. Mr. Ritzel told the staff that on or about December 26.
1968, be drafted two deeds of gift, one containing restrictions on access
and the other without restrictions. He said that his associate, Pat
Tannian, came to Washington to meet with Sheldon Cohen, the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, on December 28, and that
Mr. Cohen assured Mr. Tannian that either version of the deed would
be acceptable for a tax-deductible gift. (Mr. Cohen has told the staff
that he met with Mr. Tannian but did not give this opinion, and
Mr. Tannian has told the staff that he does not recall that he, in
fact, showed the deeds to Mr. Cohen.) Mr. Ritzel said that
Mr. Tannian also went to the General Services Administration to
have them review the deed and that they requested an additional
3.
(62)
9. 1
["None.
6.
A.
1969
(63)
10.1
6,
1969,
A- 155
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
VASHIMOTOrt
February
6.
1969
TO:
THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
JOHN EHRLICHMAN
SUBJECT:
for the
maxunum 30%
charitable
Again
this
30%
tion,
20% can be
this
to a
maximtim
must be
to
your papers.
I
tributions
from sales
of
20%
code.
Of
to
United
Umc
States.
In this
add up
to the
of a gift of
of
30% maximum.
(64)
to
supplement other
10. 1
6,
2969,
A-156
Regarding the
to
SIX CRISES by
LADIES'
of
gift of
UVDIES'HOME JOURNAL, we
HOME JOURNAL
to
America,
Inc.
to
Boys Clubs.
the organization
(65)
11.1
-5-
with Jack Nay lor, the Mudge Rose office manager, supervised- the
removal of the papers from the law firm's office and their loading
on a GSA truck.
He
said that Newman sent him a copy of Sheldon Cohen's April 11, 1969
letter to Newman, describing Treasury proposals for changes in the
tajt
discussed it with Krogh and Morgan, and possibly with the President.
But he said that in late 1968 they did not have time to assemble and
(66)
11.2
EDWARD
L.
8.
10.
13-15
- 8 -
to give his papers for historical reasons, but because of the time
or Ritzel.
out.
with Nixon.
matt
matters
pape
papers.
I
family.
4.
Sale of Apartment
Morgan was not actually in the negotiations which were handled by Ritzel.
Morgan remembers Ritzel calling and saying that there were buyers for
the apartment.
(67)
11.2
EDWARD
L.
8,
10,
13-15
- 10 -
6.
nepotism.
the Oval Office, and thus commenced Morgan's first substantive meeting
Okay,
Ed take it," and Morgan's first words were, "Mr. President, it's about
your brother."
Morgan doubts that Nixon knew his name then and now feels that
I
the President never got to know him until some time later.
In early
1969 this was the only substantive meeting with the President and he
Ehrlichman who said he was in Nixon's office and who asked what the
(68)
12.2
EDWARD
L.
1974, HJC, 8,
10,
13-15
- 13 -
Morgan
ill and received a call from Steve Bull that the President
I'Thite
a letter to one of the mothers who had written the White House on school
busing.
one appropriate for the President's response, and draft such a response.
Morgan thought that this was a bad idea and the letter was never written.
personal affairs.
th.e
the fiscal year 1969, and Ehrlichman asked Morgan to research the question
of whether or not money could be received from private sources for this
purpose.
Morgan thought it was a lousy idea and talked with Stuart about it.
Then he told Ehrlichman that he and Stuart talked about it and thought it was
a bad idea.
(69)
11.2
EDWARD
L.
8^
10,
13-15
- 14 -
European trip.
over to Europe and were dropped off at various stops along the Presi-
dent's route.
Nussbaum read the February 25, 1969 letter (and the enclosed
memo) from Krogh to Ritzel.
Krogh showed that letter to Morgan, and Morgan now recalls that the
letter looks familiar.
Morgan recalls that after the European trip in the last week
in March Morgan traveled with Krogh to New York.
he spent a day in New York at the old Nixon firm beginning there at
10 o'clock.
sell Nixon life insurance, and Krogh, Morgan, Ritzel, Tannian met with
this insurance agent at a "stroking" meeting because Nixon didn't want
to buy any more insurance.
lunch.
I
(70)
hours and
However,
11.2
JUNE
16.
1974, HJC. 8,
10,
13-16
- 15 -
Morgan does not recall now whether or not they talked about the gift
nor
LILIL does he recall specific conversations about the apartment sale.
I
He
Morgan now
thinks that the papers could have been discussed at that meeting, and this
comfe up
in this meeting with Haldeman and Ehrlichman but maybe not, he just
doesn't remember
to the coast to meet with Kalmbach or DeMarco, and Haldeman and Ehrlichman
informed Morgan that Kalmbach and DeMarco would be taking over the President's financial affairs.
told Morgan that Kalmbach and DeMarco were "family" with whom anything
could be discussed.
leaving Washington.
(71)
'.2.1
A- 157
Exhibit
1-8
Dear Bud:
X wish to acknowledge receipt of your letters
Of February 13th and 25tli. Replying to your first letter,
Z
<lo
'
Enclooed
Br
12. 1
A- 158
Mr. Egll Krogh, Jr.
-2-
Sincerely,
RSR:BM
EncIoMd Br
Mail^ Bt
D<U.>rcd Bt
(73)
41-591
0-74-6
p.u
EDWARD
13. 1
L.
European trip.
over to Europe and were dropped off at various stops along the President's route.
Nussbaum read the February 25, 1969 letter (and the enclosed
memo) from Krogh to Ritzel.
Krogh showed that letter to Morgan, and Morgan now recalls that the
letter looks familiar.
Morgan recalls that after the European trip in the last week
in March Morgan traveled with Krogh to New York.
he spent a day in New York at the old Nixon firm beginning there at
10 o'clock.
sell Nixon life insurance, and Krogh, Morgan, Ritzel, Tannian met with
this insurance agent at a "stroking" meeting because Nixon didn't want
to buy any more insurance.
lunch.
(74)
hours and
However,
PRESIDENT NIXON REMARKS, FEBRUARY 23, 1969,
5 PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS 309
13.2
MONDAY, MARCH
1969
3,
We
should be solved.
Urns
we
will
it.
be able to accomplish
f\pcct spectacular
resuh in a
..ill
pean friends
confidence
spirit of
first
be
my
,Bavc
probably
in the
United
the
will expect to
States,
an outstanding
crisis
am
really,
want
you
all
tJ
mean
On
when we
"^i-d note.
This
is
a very large
*^^uc half of
*J
you
have been on
trips
with
me
before.
on a
trip to
have some
sort of
^' nibcrs
of the traveling press
*^*' 1
'^
<
know whether
lo this
''I
dtlitjlitcd
-'Jc
uc
\\ ill
that
'''-
I
.
^*'
possible
thought
you can
all
it
now
come.
hope
to
at
all
And
we seek not
we
and
their counsel
on
the prob-
so
it is
who
new
solutions to
all
of our friends
the world to
have
and too
the "show-
call
trying,
Ininial press
Will
on such a
would
And I can
abroad that we look forsvard to
their welcome. We wiU not be deterred by the fact that a
few do not want us to come.
assure
to
that I have
was worth
it is
deter anyone
''nilpoint. I
^^
was
it
position, but I
by what
And
reunion.
'-'dn
and
a get-together with
come.
J^'"!;
is
"^ opening
settled
return, I will
trip
tothat.
'Wll,
on
opponents,
we
era of consultation,
l*-|-.-.ird
be
of the
irrs
that
boat" diplomacy.
between the
European-American community. We need
,t
want it, and I was very happy to find that our colViriirs in Europe also want it and need it. I am looking
*^
am
grateful I
The problems we
difficult to
i-d the
new
know how
of
Europe. It is a trip, I wish to emphasize, which is not intended and will not setde all of the problems we have in
be a
to
distin-
Members
of
Sunday morning
that as a result of
is
the distinguished
the Senate:
this rainy
trp
all of
House and
the world.
What
President,
guished colleagues,
lioncnt of
\Fehru ary23,1969
here
held
and
ourselves.
like
new
and
you
j,\cral objectives. I
if
some time
aftcr\v.irds, I will
again personally.
And now
near Washington,
(T5)
DC.
at
B.i>e
13.2
1969,
2,
March
From Europe.
1969
2,
people,
friends
I
dignitaries, but
you
from people of
all
visited.
Mr.
President,
you
listened
you
all
President,
The Vice
listen
and
peoples.
to
safe return.
We are delighted
Apollo 9
Statement by the President Following the Successful
Launching of the Spacecraft. March 3, 1969
The
Over
the past
that
to
generous.
I
all
this
trip.
is,
I think,
I
will
be
in greater detail.
summed up by
the
1 0-day flight of Apollo 9 will, we hope, do somemore than bring America closer to the moon; it
can ser\e to bring humanity closer by dramatically showing what men can do when they bring to any task the best
of man's mind and heart.
The
thing
devastation of
World War
II.
is
developing a
new
trust in the
By
the
President
acti\ities,
benefits of boating.
(76)
of
the
a Proclamation
March 3, 1969
Proclamation 3896.
The
the
ever-increasing traffic on
14. 1
Hp
also
made
of liis ii<j:lits.
personal riii'lit f>
all
it
title,
and
intfiest
to
tiic
ieficeen W7i>te House Staff and National Archives personnel on AiTangements for Transfer of Papers
On :March 11. 19G9, Edward L. :\rorgan and Charles Stuart, both
from Jolm Ehrlichman's staff, met with "Walter Robertson, Executive
Director of the National Archives, and Daniel Reed, Assistant
Archivist for Presidential Libraries. .-V memorandum summarizing
the meeting (E.\hibit I-lo) indicated that there was a general discussion of'Presidential Libraries. The. memorandum stated that upon
the request of the ^"Miite House stafl' the National Archives had
agreed to furnish a junior arcliivist, Terry Good, to the "White
House staff to complete, index, and provide reference service on a
Di-iC'.(sion
(77)
24. 1
XARS
purposes."
It should be noted that neither of these letters written by the "\\niite
House staff referred to any portion of the undeeded papei-s as a gift to
the I'nited States, nor do they indicate an intent at that time to treat
any portion of those papeis as a gift. There was a distinction made,
moieover. between the 196S papei"s, which were specifically referred
to as deeded papei-s, and the other undeeded j)apei-s. If ifr. Ehrlichmau
had been told by President Nixon in late February of his intention
to make a bulk gift of his papei-s and if Mr. Ehrlicliman had told that
to Mr. Morgan, the staff believes that in all probability they would
have made some reference to this intent to someone at the National
Archives. In staff interviews with Dr. Reed and others at the National
Archives, Archives pei-sonnel have stated that they did not, in ilarch
1969, paiticipate in any discussions or have any knowledge concerning
a gift of any part of the Nixon papers not deeded in 1968, but ratiier
recall that con vei-sat ions about the undeeded papei-s dealt with the use
of the National Archives as a storage jdace for them.
The brief prepared by the President's counsel a.sserts. "Acting on
Mr. Ehrlichman's instructions, Mr. Morgan proceeded to coordinate
On March 2K
the deliverv of the papers to l:he National Archives
and 27. I9r>9, all of the pre-Presidential papers stored in Federal
Office Building :^7 wei-e delivered to the National Archives at
.
March
11. 1969.
meeting with
(78)
14. 2
Exhibit
1-13
March 11.
Hr. Morgan indicated to Mr. Robertson and Dr. Reed that Mr. Stuart
Teny
MRS
Beginning
(79)
14.2
EDWABD
A ^"1 QQ
A-189
L.
13,
A- 189
Exhibit
1-14
13,
1969
Edward L. Morgan
(80)
15.1
XAKS
statt'd "Hejriiinimr
National Aichivcs] pei-soiiiiel who have afjreed upon jeqiiest to oifniiiize and inventory a laijre body of Piesident Xixoirs papei-s located
in P'.O.i;. 7 [Federal OtHie Biiildinf;. nuinher 7, the New Executive
Oflice Huildin;:], and to reconunend appropiiate disposition of this
nr.iteiial." [hiacketed material added]
On March i:'., I".)(i0. Mr. Mor<:an wiore a letter to Dr. Reed (Exhibit
f-l4) conHrniinir his (Mr. ^lorfjan's) oral ie(|uest (made previously at tlie meetinir on Mairh 11) that the National Archives check
to bo certain that all 1988 deeded paj^ers were receivetl in Washington and that the indexing of the papei-s deeded in 106S woidd be completed by April 1. so that ^h: Newman cayld complete his appraisal
for tax purposes.
~()n Mai-cli 14, Mr. Stuait wrote a letter to Dr. Reed (E.xhibit
T-15) indicating that arrangements had been made to move PresidentNixon's records stored in tiie New Executive Office Building to the
National Archives and that the}' were awaiting a call from Dr. Reed's
oflice with directions. The letter also asked Dr. Reed to arrange the
movement of President Nixon's records from New York to the National Archives stating. "These papers have been designated by the
Pre.sident as his lOfiS tax year contribution to the National Archives
and as sucli requiie appraisal by Mr. Ralph Newman for IRS
purposes."
It should be noted that neither of these letters written by the "V\liite
House staff referred to any portion of the undeeded papeis as a gift to
the United States, nor do they indicate an intent at that time to treat
any portion of those papei-s as a gift. Thei-e was a distinction made,
moreover, between the 196S ))ai)ers, wliich were specifically referred
to as deeded papers, and the other undeeded j)apei-s. If Afr. Ehrlichmau
had been told by Pi-esident Nixon in late February of his intention
to make a bulk gift of his pa|>ei-s and if Mr. Ehrlichman had told that
to Mr. Morgan, the staff believes that in all probability they would
have Tnade some inference to this intent to someone at tlie National
Archives. In staff interviews with Dr. Reed and others at the National
Ai-chives, Archives j)ei-sonnel have stated that they did not. in March
lOfiO, participate in any discussions or have any knowledge concerning
a gift of any part of the Nixon papei-s not deeded in 1968, but rather
recall that couvei-satious about the undeeded papere dealt with the use
of the National Archives as a storage place for them.
rt
and
(81)
15.1
57
suggestion to the T\Tiite House. Tims, Dr. Reed indicates that the
papei-s were transferred to the Arcliives at his instigation, not at
^Ir. Morgan's.
Physical tmnafer of the 1968 deeded papers and the vvdeeded pnpen*
On March 20. lOfiO, the President's 1068 deeded papeis were transported from the New York Federal Eecords Center, where thev had
been kept since December :)0, 15)68, to the National Archives Building
and put in area 14W-4.
The staff has been furnislied the notes of Mary Lethbridge, who was
on Dr. Reed's staff (Exliibit I-lfi). These notes indicate that on
21. she called ^Ir. Newman's office and talked to his assistant/
secretaij. Mrs. April. She told Mrs. April fliat the 1968 deetled papeis
were ready for Mr. Newman's examination. The notes further indicated
that Mrs. April stated that she believed Mr. Newman would not need
to examine these papers as he had been working with the President
right along and was infonned of the contents. She stated that all that
was needed was typing up the appraisal. (In fact, however, Mr. Newman did have to examine the 1968 deeded papers again for purposes
of his apprai-snl document, as discussed below.)
On March 24. Mr. Stuart called Dr. Reed in regard to moving the
196!) paper.s from the New Executive Office Building. Apparently,
Dr. Reed was r.ot in his office, and a message was taken for Ivim. The
staff was furnished a copy of this phone message along with a covering
menioiaaduin from Harold S. Trimmer, tlie (leneral Coiuisel of GS.V
(Exhibit I-IT), which indicated that Mr. Stuart wanted the National
Achives to move all of President Nixon's papei-s from
to
the National Archives "at once and to sort them liere [at the
Archives].'' The note further indicated that the move was to be on
^Tarch 26. 196'.). Dr. Reed told the staff' he referred the message to
jNTrs. Lethbridge and asked her to see that someone was there to
receive the papers and to place them in storage.
On ^larch 26. and 27, approximately 1.217 cubic feet of papers were
transferred from the
to the National Archives and put in area
19E. After the shipment v.as received, Dr. Reed wrote to ALr. Morg-an
on March 27 (Exhibit 1-18) tliat the shi))ment to the Natioiuil Archives of both the papers that President Nixon had given in 1S>68 and
the papers in the
had taken place. The letter states, "Our staff,
assisted by Mrs. Anne Higgins [of the "White House staff] when nece.ssary. will now organize them so that they can be made available for
appropriate use." The letter further states, "The papers which the
President gave to the Government on December 30, 1968, were moved
from the Federal Records Center in New York on ]\Iarch 20. They are
now in Stack Area 14W1. TV'e have examined them and they are
ready and available for 'Six. Ralph Newman's examination. AVe so
notified his office on March 21."
March
FOB #7
EOB
EOB
Custodial Storage
Because Presidents generally place their papers in a Presidential
Tjibrary. tlie National Archives performs the service of storing Presidents' papers and preparing them for ultimate deposit in a library
even when the papers are not the property- of the United States. This
service is called "courtesy" or "custodial" storage. The Archives unpacks the papers, sorts them, catalogs them, and reboxes them in num-
(82)
15.2
A -190
A-190
Exhibit
1-15
MAR
1 3 12E9
March
14,
1969
now housed
Your cooperation
is
appreciated.
ss
(83)
Counsel
16.1
Exhibit
1-17
Daniel J. Rced-Nt
Additional document on 1969 gift
Ted Trlnaier-L
Hr. Slierrod East, fozncr consultant to the Office of Presidential
Libraries, brought us on January 11 the original of the enclosed
telephone memoraolua regarding the tranafer of the Nixon pre-Presidentlal
papers.
DANIEX J. REED
Assistant Archivist
for Presidential Libraries
Enclosure:
Official file-NL
Reading f lle-NL
MHL:ach
(84)
A
16.2
A- 193
SIovmpo^d
;^c^
Fowm o9
'1961
OSA
THM
(41
cm) 101-11
^/
wmi
CAixio
BY
O YOU
n
Q
t^nsjKSt CAU.
rt WIU. CALL AGAIN
3-Xf
jiJ^-A^
adZ^.
Syou
Time
D*tc
MEMORANDUM OF CAU
wnu vismo by
WAITING TO MI YOU
WISHES AN APPOINTMENT
Received
63-107
covniM
fllHTIM
^v.t.
U.t. SOVniMUT
(85)
By^
OmCI IMS OP 7-IU lua
I
16.2
A- 194
f //
-^V7 //'
^
/>''i<i
(86)
17.1
DANIEL REED LETTER, MARCH 27. 1969. JOINT COMMITTEE REPORT, A -19
A-195
Exhibit
1-18
Eear
20500
Horcan:
Ilr.
T.tXz is la Fr?l7 to
letter Oi iiirch It.
lir.
Stusrt'c
vill
r.oif orc;a.iiEC
O'.i^.ropriatc use.
tr.12
nr.ilc
available for
i;'.;CC.-.jor
^u
wc have oxiouicJ tiica cna t!icy ci-e rc;rcly cni available for
V.'c go notified his office oa
^al^'a i;e./r':?ji ' a exaainatioa.
}!:.
lliroh 21.
nvrtEi. J. Rin3)
Acsist-.nt Arch.ivist for
PrcciCcatlcl Librcrlcs
Official file-Il
Read ins file-lili
HCL/ji.-a
^t
./'.
r.J
,
fi.
y/^f
.-J ^c-d-c-i-oJ
/^
.-^^.lA-^ ..r'\<-'^\y.
(87)
17.2
A-303
Exhibit
1-45
RICHARD NIXON
to
RALPH NEWMAN
(Pursuant to Chattel Deed from Richard M. Nixon to The
United States of America, dated December 30, 1968)
Dated:
March
27. 1969
(88)
17.2
A- 304
LIMITED RIGHT OF ACCESS
WHEREAS,
The United
States of
NOW, THEREFORE,
in
Paragraph "1
to
RALPH NEWMAN
",
EXHIBIT
30,
Deed
to
1968, a copy
I,
A which
made
EXHIBIT
is
annexed
This
ZX^ day
of
and
I hereof.
DATED:
to
I965.
March, I969.
RICHARD NDCON
President of the United States
of
America
Edward
L,
Morgan
Deputy Counsel
(89)
41-591
0-74-7
to the
President
17.2
IN
DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA
ss:
my hand and
My commission
copy
of
Oeio
expires:
fiTT^c^.tM
70
.,^/OA.H(,
(90)
"/.r./ic-
oc.uM^^r
18.1
to
EOli.
make
(91)
18.1
Apnl
Tn a
Xewman
said that in preparing: documents like his affidavit, he customarily indicates tlie date on which he, or one of liis associates, leaves Cliicajto,
or some other place, to bepin an appraisal. He wrote that this merely
indicates when the "meter starts tickinjr," not when he actually be<ran
work directly on appraising the papei's. He said he left Chicapo on
Sunday. April fi. made some calls and visits on ifondav. and actually
visited aiid worked at the Archives on Tuesday, April 8.
In his letter Newman said he went to the Archives for two purposes
"1 To obtain the nimibers affixed to the containers which by that
time contained the 1968 "rift of the Nixon papers (Part I), so
that I mi^ht add these to the aptiraisal document which was in
process of completion so that the President's attorneys or accountants could complete his 1968 tax return.
"2. I wanted to ascertain how laiae a collection of Nixon papers
had been delivered to the National Archives. This was so that I
could bejfin to make some determination as to future pifts. Since
this was early in the year, it was not necessaiy for me to work on
the papers or to actually examine them. I had been informed that
delivery had been made to the National Archives of a lai<re shipment on ^rarch 26 and 27. This was a very substantial shipment
and included, in addition to papers, artifacts, films, tapes, books,
.
and photographs."
In the letter Mr. Newman said he had been informed that the President would want to make a pi ft of around $.")00.000, the specific papers
to be selected from the materials delivered to the Archives on March 26
and 27. At this point, he wrote, he was only interested in verifyin<r
that there were sufficient papers in the Nixon collection to jiistifj' a
$500,000 gift.
Newman noted that he spent most of the time at the Archives com|)leting his work for the 1968 appraisal document. He wrote that Mr.
East "or some other person from the start' was with me all of the time I
was in the building." He said further. "On April 8. I merely visited
the area where the large collection of unsortcd or imorganized material
had recently been placed. It was obvious from the sheer volume that
there woidd be more than enough to cover the 1969 gift requirement
of $500,000." Newman also wrote, "I did not segregate nor direct the
segregation of the material at this tinie.'*
Neti^mnn's frst meeting ivith the Joint Committee staff. "\Mien
Newman met with the Joint Conunittee staff, which was sub.sequent to
his January 7, 1974, lettoi- to the Internal Revenue Ser\-ice agent examining President Nixon's return, he related essentially the same facts
contained in his letter. He said that he learned of the $.500,000 figure
in a telephone call from either Frank DeMaico or Edward ]\[organ in
early April 1969.
Neivmin?s second meeting vjith the Joint Committee stuff. In a
second meeting with the staff. Mr. Newman said that he had reconstructed the events in his mind and reviewed his files for more
information relating to liis activities on tlie second gift of papers,
particularly his phone conveisation with Mr. Deifarco and his fii-st
examination of the papei-s. He said that in this reexamination of his
activities, he determined that he had not spoken to ]S[r. DeMarco for
(92)
18.1
first
meant
time
tliat
in
tlie
April
i)iit
se(|neiice of
worked one day in April and then continued in November and December of 1909. He stated that this discrepancy was caused by his and his
secretary's misreading of their travel records by simply assuming that
the work on the first gift was done during 1908 travel and that the
work on the second gift was done on the basis of 1909 travel. He indicated that looking at these documents caused him to think in his
initial recollections and his statements to the AVhite House and the
Internal Revenue Service that perhaps he had worked on the second
gift of papers in April 1909 and learned of the $500,000 figure then.
Mr. Newman told the staff that Sherrod East's insistence that he
neither worked on nor saw the luideeded material in April caused him
to doubt his belief befause Mr. East is a man "who has no ax to grind
and who would be truthful." Mr. Newman said that he did see ^fr.
East then but that it would seem that he saw him in connection with
the 1908 material, which agrees with ^Ir. East's account.
.Mr. Newman pointed out, however, that his attorney tells him that
there may be a possibility that some undeeded papers were in
stack area 14W when he was theie working on the 1968 irift of papers.
This is because two of the inventory sheets relating to the 1969 papei's
produced by Mr. Newman indicated that the items on the list were at
that time in HW. Neither he nor his attorney could recall from where
they received these sheets. (The staff has the complete set of worksheets compiled by Mr. East and his trainees and in checking for these
two sheets has determined that the two worksheets are for material
deeded in 1908 which were in 14W; the sheets do not indicate that any
of the undeeded papers weie stored in 14W.)
^^r. Newman said finally that his original belief that he may have
seen the papers in April 1909 stemmed partly from the fact that at the
time when he discussed his work on the second gift in 1973 at the
AAHiite House, he was led to believe that in April 1909 INIr. De^farco
called him to introduce himself as the President's attorney and to tell
him that all of Mi'. Newman's dealings on such matters woidd be with
him. He said that the April date of this first call from !Mr. DeMarco
(93)
18. 1
hiK
tc7fpho)ir foitventation
with
asserts
not in April.
The
foi-
to give
an
(94)
19.1
DcMareo'is huiKJiniffen
nntcH
on
NewmoiK
Frank DeMarco
his
trlcjihonr
cotivemation with
(95)
19.1
of
all
specific
given.
Mrs. Livingston said that she did not accompany ]Mr. Newman to
19E that day and that she checked with each one of the archival
trainees that were there at that time, finding that none of them said
that they took Mr. Newman to 19E. Mr. Newman would have needed
someone to accompany him to 19E since it is a locked room (with
both a key lock and a combination lock) that is quite a distance from
1-lW, the location of the 1968 papei-s. and requires someone with an
Newmunh
In
liis
alleged report to
DeMarco
after his
Apil 8
Committee
visit
staff
of
staff
IVTi-.
to President Nixon's lejial affairs weio charged to a Republican National Conmiittee credit card held by Herbert Kalmbach. The staff
(96)
19.1
Mr. DeMarco did not know the mirnber of the Republican Xational
Committee credit card. However-, tlie start' did locate records of the
card through the Kepulican Xational Committee and Mr. Kahiihach.
In fact, the credit card was not issued to Mr. Kalmbach until ^fay
1900. From that time througli 11)70 only one call to Mr. Newman was
listed and that call was made April 6, 1970. Thus, no records exist to
the staff's knowledge of any calls fiom Mr. DeMarco to Mr. Xewman
in early 1969.
Ipiil 11 1069: .Vc>rinati''x
Upon completing
of papei-s
believes that, nevertheless, IMr. Newman might have sent him a copy
of the a[)praisal document for- his i-ecoids or-, if for no other reason,
to esfablish good will with tlio President's new attorney with whom
he would be dealiirg. The start' has reviewed the coirespondence of
Mr. Newman subsequent to October ;M, 19()9, which Mr-. Newnran now
indicates was his first convcr-sation with Mr-. DclMarco, and with
respect to each de\ elopment Mr. Newman either- sent a letter dii-ectly
to ^Ir\ DeMar-co or- a copy of a letter- that he had sent to others, srrch
as Mr. Mor-garr or- to the President. This then tends to sirpport Mr.
Newri'an that he had not had a conversatiorr with Mr-. DeMarco in
ear-ly
April.
Staff analysis
The
Mr.
Newman
i)apei-s
iir
Archives.
The
i-ecollection
(97)
20.1
had the escrow papers ready to close, but that he had no idea
On July 3, 1969,
Kalmbach heard that Abplanalp would lend the money to the President,
and told DeMarco to prepare the note.
5.
1969.
Meeting of October
8,
1969
meeting in the White House with Morgan and Roger Earth, Assistant
to the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, and arranged
(98)
20.1
-10"
for them to meet with DeMarco on October 8, 1969.
It was at
with the description and appraisal of the papers which had been
delivered to the Archives the previous March.
In addition,
which the tax returns the President, the Vice President, and the
Speaker of the House were handled.
of John Davies, the Tour Director of the ^^ite House), this was
(99)
20.1
He
told us that although the notes taken during his first conver-
Revenue Taxation.
6.
DeMarco said that soon after the meeting with Barth and
Morgan, he contacted Newman.
This
Newman, and the first time that the sensitive material was mentioned.
l-Jhen
from the gift with his feeling that all the papers delivered to the
(100)
21.1
President, who said that the President waived his attorneyclient privilege, only with respect to his conversation with
DeMarco at the time he signed his 1969 tax returns on April 10,
1970, so that DeMarco
if we asked.
1.
In that conversation, or in
one which occurred in the first part of April, DeMarqo was told
The f'irst was the proposed purchase of the San Clemente property;
the second was the organization of a non-profit corporation, which
(101)
21.1
papers; and the third was the gift of papers which had been
was then being finalized, and that the papers had already been
were going to
the Cotton estate which the Cotton family had ordered in antici-
were discussed.
Clemente purchase.
Plaza Hotel, they drove to San Clemente, where they met France
Raine, the real estate broker who had found the property for the
(102)
21.2
Exhibit
M E M O R A
r!
10
D U M
To:
From:
Re:
ray
have so stated.
I.
(103)
21.2
A-164
During the month of March 1969,
L. Morgan,
mar. in
that
was asked by
ray
April 1959 in
(104)
21.2
A- 165
and in which
for appraisal
He
My next recollection is that a few days thereafter, probably the first few days of April 1969,
a
that
in
ray
telephoned
hira
had
do not recall
recall
(105)
11-591
74
- 8
2 2.1
EDWARD
L.
Morgan does not recall now whether or not they talked about the gift
nor does he recall specific conversations about the apartment sale.
does recall, however, talking about the Nixon Foundation.
He
Morgan now
thinks that the papers could have been discussed at that meeting, and this
Morgan now thinks that the gift of papers must have come
iq>
in this meeting with Haldeman and Ehrlichman but maybe not, he just
doesn't remember
to the coast to meet with Kalmbach or DeMarco, and Haldeman and Ehrlichman
informed Morgan that Kalmbach and DeMarco would be taking over the President's financial affairs.
told Morgan that Kalmbach and DeMarco were "family" with whom anything
could be discussed.
California, although he thinks that he must have spoken with DeMarco before
leaving Washington.
(106)
22. 2
Mr. Kalmbach indicated that after April Mr. DeMarco and Mr.
in close contact on tax matters, and that he was not, but
rather that he was specifically involved in the negotiations on the San
Clemente property.
DeMarco version. Frank DeMarco's written statement to the staff
dated February 5, 1974 (Exhibit I-IO) indicates that his law firm's
involvement in the personal business and tax affairs of the President
commenced in early March 1969, when they were advised that the
Mor<;an were
All
Alleged discussion of gift in early April 1969 hy Morgan and
DeMarco
staff. Mr. De^Iarco indicated that to his
"best recollection" his first direct contact with ^Ir. Morgan occurred
during the firet week of .\pril 1969 in a telephone ca'l which he
received from him and in which he was advised that the President had
made a gift of certain of his pre-Presidential papei-s which had been
stored in the Execiitive Office Building. DeMarco stated that he believed that a gift had been made of all papers which had lieen shipped
to the Archives. Mi-. DeMarco indicated that Morgan related to him
the history of the 1968 gift and advised him that for appraisal purposes the President had used Ralph G. Xewnian from Chicaqfo. who
was a recognized appraiser of private papers. Mr. DeMarco said further that Mr. Morgan indicated thev would use Mr. Newman in connection with the valuation of the 1969 srift and that he believes either
Mr. Morgan or Mr. Kalmbach furnished him the information how
to reach Mr. Newman. (Mr. Kalmbach has told the staff that he
did not discuss the papei-s with Mr. DeMarco.)
(107)
22. 2
Leity,
call to
(108)
23. 2
Prior to April 1969, President Nixon's legal work had been handled
firm. Mudge. Rose, Guthrie, and Alexander, and his
tax work had been done by Vincent Andrews, Inc. In his interview
with the staff, Herbert Kalmbach said that in March 1969, H. R.
Haldeman told him that the President wanted to buy a house in Cali-
Knapp, and
r*
We
(109)
23. 1
detailed list of the subject matter of the <rift to attach to the form
of the deed. During the course of the morning, I wrote out in longhand what I suggested we use as a Schedule 'A' to the chattel
deed so as to at least block out the general value and general description of the papers and providing that a more detailed list
would be supplied after the appraisal. In the course of that conversation Morgan indicated to me that the appraiser, as pait of his
duties would prepare a detailed schedule which could be used as
the Schedule describing the subject matter of the gift. It was our
feeling at that time that there woiUd probably not be much delay
in obtaining the detailed description.
"Ed Morgan, Herb Kalmbach and I spent the entire dav toproceeded from the Century Plaza
gether on April 21. 1%9.
Hotel. Los Angeles, by car to San Clemente where we inspected
the property and later we paid a visit to our law firm's Newport
Beach office. It is my recollection that sometime dnring the day
when we were reviewing documentation, Morgan signed the form
of the chattel deed which I had prepared, although we had no
itemized description of the papers. It is my belief that the typewritten description of the materials as set forth in the first Schedule 'A' was prepared by me on a typewriter at the Newport Beach
office. (A copy has been furnished you previously.)
"The escrow instructions, the draft of Articles of Incorporation of The Nixon Foundation and the first form of chattel deed
to which I had referred to above, were typed on the same typewriter in our Los Angeles office. I had intended to make additional xerox copies of that chattel deed prior to execution by
Mr. ]\[organ on April 21, 19fi9 after I had viewed what I had been
referring to as the "receipts" received from the Archives. When I
discovered he did not have such 'receints' and we decided upon
the summary form of Schedule 'A' referred to above, I did not
make additional xerox copies, but instead chose to wait until the
data for the final Schedule "A" was received."'
Thu^ according to Mr. DeMarco, he prepared a deed for a 1969
gift of papers in April 1969, and Edward Morgan signed it for F^resident Nixon on April 21, 1969. In his interview with the staff, Mr.
DeMarco said that he and Mr. Morgan discussed the question of
whether it was apporiate for Mr. Morgan to sign documents for the
President. Mr. DeMarco said that Mr. Morgan told him that Morgan
bad such authority and showed him the rights of access to the 1968
papers that he had signed, as well as papers he had signed relating
to the sale of the President's Fisher's Island stock. Mr. DeMarco said
that he took Morgan's word for this and, in any case, did not think
the deed to be very important since its purpose was only to "memorialize" a gift that had already occurred on March 27, 1969.
Mr. DeMarco's assertion that he prepared both the deed for Mr.
Morgan's signature and the affidavit that Mr. Morgan had the authority to sign the deed seems questionable in the light of his statement
that he did not know that Mr. Morgan had the authority to sign until
their April 21, 1969, meeting. It is also unclear why Mr. DeMarco
wanted receipts from the Archives, since in the case of the 1968 deed,
the schedule was clearly prepared by a privately-hired appraiser, and
Mr. DeMarco had a copy of the 1968 deed when he prepared the 1969
We
(110)
2S. 1
deed. Finally, Mr.DeMarco's belief that the gift occurred on March 27,
1969, seems soniewhnt inconsistent with his own notes of his phone
conversation with Mr. Newman (Exhibit 1-23) in which he refers to
sepresration of the material (presumably to be ^ven) by Mr. Newman.
DeMarco says that he does not now have the deed or an^ drafts
of the deed that, he says, he prepared and Morgan signed in April
he
1969. He has furnished the staff with a copy of the Schedule
says he prepared on April 21. 1969 (Exhibit 1-12).
DeMarco Staff Intewieio. In his interview with the staff, which
occurred before he prepared his written statement, Mr. DeMarco's
account of the events of April 21, 1969, was somewhat different than
in the written statement. In that interview, Mr. DeMarco said that he
had prepared a rough draft of the deed in anticipation of Mr. Morgan's
visit. This draft, he said, included crossed-out words and was clearly
not in shape to be executed. Mr. DeMarco said that his plan was that
when Mr. Morgan brought the receipts for the papers from the Archives, they could prepare a final version of the deed, which Mr.
Morgan could then sign. Mr. DeMareo stated that Mr. Morgan's failure to bring any such receipts caused him to abandon his original plan
of signing the deed that day.
DeMarco Califomia Deposition. In a sworn statement before the
Secretary of State of the State of California on January 30, 1974,
Mr. DeMareo related essentially the same facts contained in his written statement to the Joint Committee staff.
Morgan Statement to 'White House. On August 14, 1973, Mr.
Morgan wrote a memorandum (Exhibit 1-9) to Douglas Parker of the
White House staff setting forth his basic recollection of the facts
pertaining to the President's gifts of papers. The narrative of his
California meeting with Messrs. Kalmbach and DeMarco is as follow^s:
at the
Yorba Linda.
Morgan
made.
Mr. Morgan said that no one at the White House gave him specific
authority to sign the deed but that Mr. DeMarco told him it was
appropriate.
(Ill)
23. 1
Kalmbach
staff that
Deed by DeMarco
Mr. DeMarco told the staff that he prepared the deed for the second
gift of papers witn the aid of the 1968 deed. The two deeds are identical in many respects, the main differences being that the 1969 deed
was prepared for Mr. Morgan's signature, not President Nixon's, and
did not contain a line for signature by the General Services Administration. It is clear, then, that Mr. DeMarco could not have prepared
the 1969 deed until after he received a copy of the 1968 deed.
In his written statement to the staff. Mr. DeMarco said:
eceipt of 1968
Morgan
Staff Analysis
(112)
22. 2
Exhibit
PHE
- 9
D.C.
20223
r^3-Sr--.M 5iC^rTA.^Y
DOUGLAS PARKER
MEMOE^ANDDM FOR:
flR.
FROM:
EDWARD L. MORGAN^^^
SUBJECT
President's Papers
~>
Attachment
(113)
22.2
(114)
23.2
EDWARD
L.
REPORT, A -159-62
A-161
1969
(115)
23.2
EDWARD
L.
REPORT, A- 159-6
A-162
I
I
1970
I have no specific recollection of am inquiry from GSA
about the whereabouts of the deed.
I do think I remember
calling Frank DeMarco about it, but I'm not sure. I assume
that he mailed it to me and I gave it to GSA, or he mailed
Nonetheless, I have no reason to dispute
it to GSA directly.
anyone else's recollection of the matter.
I would add only that I have had, and continue to have,
the highest personal and professional regard for Mr. RitzeX,
Mr. Tannian, Mr. Kalmbach and Mr. DeMarco.
(116)
23.3
5,
A- 163
Exhibit
M E M
R A
V.
10
D U M
To:
From:
Re:
have so stated.
I.
(117)
23. 3
5,
___^
A- 169
that Morgan indicated he would be in Los Angeles from
iji
I of
prepared a draft
Foundation.
On the morning of
It is my recollection
(118)
During
23. 3
5,
A- 170
the course of the morning,
I
suggested we use as
In the course
more detailed
It is my recol-
It is my belief
(A
copy has
(119)
22. S
5,
A-171
When I dis-
referred to above,
to w
wait until
received.
rece
I
I
"A'
t.he
spent May
and
and again discussing with him the gift of papers, the delivery
of the papers to the Archives and the fact that we would
Upon my
return from that trip, and sometime after May 12, 1969
but before May 31, 1969,
telephone conversation
posed
In that
hypothetical question
had a
(120)
23.4
A
Mr.
DaMarco and
And then
believe we met
>fy
And
function
And Mr.
he in Los Angeles
Mr.
Lowenstein.
(121)
41-591
74
- 9
think that
22.5
week executed?
A.
it
|9
0.
ft
Vfhen
A.
ray
th
that
day that we were. going over. We had this form of deed,
10
11
12
13
14
15
other documents.
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
25
have
ft
In cases
A.
ft
tion.
Yes.
ft
23
24
And
26
27
28
(122)
Ifi
23.6
Q.
Although the
ft.
A.
Q.
A.
cind
the President.
Qi
fl.
three places, as
recall, and
don't
know
recall.
0,
ft
SCHWAB
(123)
23.6
Mr. Morgan.
that.
^J-
Cl
ir.ore
than once,
know
signature?
Yes, sir,
QL
A.
Well,
time is that
recall that
I
I
don't feel
my recollection at this
just don't
And it's
10
II
12
of the deed presented on April 21, 1969 was not the final
13
form because, as you can see from the Exhibit 1 you have
...
'5
I
.16
17
18
19
20
21
ft
A.
Yes, sir.
Q.
fl.
Yes.
Cl
Vrtiere
MR. NcNELIS:
Excuse me.
22
that "Yes," but while Mr. Morgan's home base may have been
23
24
2S
MR., LO^-ffiNSTEIN
All
26
MR. McNELIS:
Oh, fine.
27
THE VJITNESS:
28
(124)
24.1
Prior to April 1969, President Nixon's legal work had been handled
by his former law firm, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, and Alexander, and his
tax work had been done by Vincent Andrews, Inc. In his interview
with the staff, Herbert Kalmbach said that in March 1969, H. R.
Haldeman told him that the President wanted to buy a house in California and wanted Mr. Kalmbach's law firm, Kalmbach, DeMarco,
Knapp, and Chillingworth, to do the legal work involved. Mr. Kalmbach said that in April 1969, John Ehrlichman told him that the President wanted the Kalmbach firm to do his tax work and to help set up
the Nixon Foundation. He said that Mr. Ehrlichman told him that
Edward Morgan was the man on his staff handling the President's
personal finances and that Mr. Kalmbach should work through him.
Both Mr. Kalmbach and Mr. DeMarco told the staff that in March and
early April 1969, Mr. Kalmbach related this infonnation to Mr.
DeMarco, which, Mr. DeMai-co says, is the first time he ever heard of
Mr. Morgan. Mr. DeMarco said that since he was more of a "practicing lawyer" than Mr. Kalmbach, they agreed that he should do
most of the legal work.
De.Marco's Stateinent to the Staff. In his written statement to the
staff (Exhibit I-IO), Mr. DeMarco gave the following account of
Mr. Morgan's trip to California in April 1969
"During the week of April 14-18, 1969, 1 believe I had another
phone conversation with Morgan relating to the President's personal affairs, and including primarily the purchase of the San
Clemente property, the formation of The Nixon Foimdation to
construct a Presidential library and the gift of private papers. It
is my recollection that Morgan indicated he would be in Los
Angeles from April 19 through the 22nd, and accordingly it was
arranged for us to meet in person on the morning of April 21, 1969
for the purpose of inspecting the San Clemente property, discussing The Nixon Foimdation and the gift of papers and reviewing
documentation concerning these matters. ...
"Prior to Morgan's arrival, I prepared a draft of proposed Articles of Incorporation for The Nixon Foundation. I had prepared
We
(125)
we had no
24. 1
detailed list of the subject matter of the jrift to attach to the form
of the deed. During the course of the mominof. I wrote out in longhand what I suggested we use as a Schedule 'A' to the chattel
deed so as to at least block out the general value and general description of the papers and providing that a more detailed list
would be supplied after the appraisal. In the course of that conversation Morgan indicated to me that the appraiser, as pait of his
duties would ))repare a detailed schedule which could be used as
the Schedule describing the subject matter of the gift. It was our
feeling at that time that there would probably not be much delay
in obtaining the detailed description.
"Ed Morgan, Herb Kalmbach and I spent the entire dav together on April 21, 1969.
proceeded from the Century Plaza
Hotel, Los Angeles, by car to San Clemente where we inspected
the property and later we paid a visit to our law firm's Newport
Beach office. It is my recollection that sometime during the day
We
(126)
24. 1
deed. Filially, Mr. DoMarco^? belief that the gift occurred on March 27,
1969, seems somewhat inconsi.stcnt with his own notes of his phone
conversation with Mr. Newman (Exhibit 1-23) in which lie refers to
se<rre<ratioii of the material (presumably to be given) bv Mr. Newman.
DeMaico says that he does not now have the deed or any drafts
of the deed that, he says, he prepared and Morgan signed in April
1969. He has furnished the staff with a copy of the Schedule
he
says he prepared on April 21, 1969 (Exhibit 1-12).
DeMarco Staff Intervieio. In his inter\aew with the staff, which
occurred before he prepared his wntten statement, Mr. DeMarco's
account of the events of April 21, 1969, was sometwhat different than
in the written statement. In that interview, Mr. DeMarco said that he
had prepared a rough draft of the deed in anticipation of Mr. Morgan's
visit. This draft, he said, included crossed-out words and was clearly
not in shape to be executed. Mr. DeMarco said that his plan was that
when Mr. Morgan brought the receipts for the papers from the Archives, they could prepare a final version of the deed, which Mr.
Morgan could then sign. Mr. DeMarco stated that Mr. Morgan's failure to bring any such receipts caused him to abandon his original plan
of signing the deed that day.
DeMarco California Deposition. In a sworn statement before the
Secretary of State of the State of California on January 30, 1974,
Mr. DeMarco related essentially the same facts contained in his written statement to the Joint Committee staff.
Morgan Statem-ent to White House. On August 14, 1973, Mr.
Morgan wrote a memorandum (Exhibit 1-9) to Douglas Parker of the
White House staff setting forth his basic recollection of the facts
pertaining to the President's gifts of papers. The narrative of his
California meeting with Messrs. Kalmbach and DeMarco is as follows:
"On Monday, April 21, 1 met Mr. Kalmbach and Mr. DeMarco
at the Century Plaza, where I was staying, and drove to the
Newport Beach area. I recall that we drove to San Clemente and
looked at the property which is now the President's residence
made.
Mr. Morgan said that no one at the White House gave him specific
authority to sign the deed but that Mr. DeMarco told him it was
appropriate.
(127)
24. 1
I
I
I
Morgan
Staff Analysis
(128)
24.2
EDWARD
L.
existed for the 1969 gift, although that would not necessarily mean
that no such deed existed.
14.
Haldeman or Ehrlichman .before he left for California that they or anyone else
at any time ever told him that he could sign a deed for the President.
Nor did anyone say that he could not sign such a ded.
no one told him he could sign a right of access for the President.
Morgan states that Ehrlichman did sign papers like that and perhaps
that is where Morgan learned to do it.
But Morgan
15.
House staff was very closed mouth about their operations and
meeting in New York with Ritzel and Krogh was after the delivery of the
papers to the Archives.
(129)
25.1
on the deed for the 1968 gift which had been drawn up by Richard
Ritzel.
[
When asked why there were certain changes in the deed, he said
that the most important change was not having it countersigned
by a GSA representative.
V'e
"That's a
The deed
(130)
25. 2
DeMarco
staff that
gift of papers witn the aid of the 1968 deed. The two deeds are identical in many respects, the main differences being that the 1969 deed
was prepared for Mr. Morgan's signature, not President Nixon's, and
did not contain a line for signature by the General Services Administration. It is clear, then, that Mr. DeMarco could not have prepai'ed
the 1969 deed until after he received a copy of the 1968 deed.
In his written statement to the staff, Mr. De^Iarco said
Staff Analysis
(131)
25. 2
'
ently, discarded or lost. Furtliennore, Herbert Kalmbach, who participated in most of the meeting with Messi-s. Morgan and Deilarco,
does not recall having heard any discussion of the gift or the deed;
and John Ehrlichman, Mr. Moi-gan's boss, does not recall discussing
the deed with him. Finally, the staff has found no evidence to corroborate Mr. DeMarco's statement that he had a copy of the 1968 deed
in
pril 1969.
C.
The staff has requested that both the White House and the National
Archives furnish it with any letters or memoranda written in 1969
that relate to a deed for the second gift for Nixon papei-s. The staff has
received no letters or memos written in 1969 that contain any reference
to a 1969 deed. As discussed in Section
above, material written by
the White House about the 1968 gift made frequent references to the
1968 deed.
Edward Morgan wrote a memo to Dr. Reed on September 12, 1969
(Exhibit 1-4:8). The memo mentions the papers, but contains no
reference to a 1969 deed or to a deeded portion of the papers.
D.
saw him
in
Washington.
"On
April 8, 1970 I received in the morning mail the final formal written appraisal of Mi'. Newman which was date stamped
April 8, 1970. I caused several xerox copies of the original ap})raisal to be made. I then proceeded to the offices of Arthur Blech,
showed him the original ap|)raisal and the various xerox copies I
had made. We then assembled the final tax return and attached
xerox copies of the final formal Newman appraisal and xerox
copies of the summary sheet setting forth the basic points of the
gift. We then assembled the final tax retuin for execution.
"On April 9, 1970 I traveled to Washington, D.C. On April 10,
1970 I met with Edward L. Morgan at his office at the Executive
(132)
25. S
EDWARD
L.
Ciember.
larco.
On March 27, 1969 Morgan now says he believed that all the
Nixon papers were owned by the U.S. and had been given to the U.S.
He
thought that the President could exercise limited control over them, but that
a complete gift had been made and that the President had relinquished his right to
1-".
(133)
26.
When asked why there were certain changes in the deed, he said
that the most important change was not having it countersigned
by a GSA representative.
"That's a
The deed
(134)
26.1
itself(Qf which there was only one copy) was signed in DeMarco's
the affirmation of
expected Morgan to bring with him some form of receipts for the
papers from the Archives which would more particularly describe
them.
instructions from any one except Morgan he said "I don't think.
did."
DeMarco said that he is not sure that the deed which he had
prepared and which was signed by Morgan on April 21, 1969 was in all
respects the same as the final version which was given to the National
Archives.
did not like in the first deed, but that he regarded it as not final,
and probably would have done it over even if there had been a
(135)
27. 1
Ritzel.
by a GSA representative.
President's business.
"That's a
The deed
(136)
27.
itself Cof which there was only one copy) was signed in DeMarco's
the affirmation of
expected Morgan to bring with him some form of receipts for the
papers from the Archives which woulu more particularly describe
them.
instructions from any one except Morgan he said "I don't think I
did."
DeMarco said that he is not sure that the deed which he had
prepared and which was signed by Morgan on April 21, 1969 was in all
respects the sane as the final version which was given to the National
Archives.
did not like in the first deed, but that he regarded it as not final,
and probably would have done it over even if there had been a
(137)
41-591
74
10
27.2
EDWARD
L.
S.
1974. HJC. 17
-li-
ne,
Morgan knew that DeMarco was the President's tax man and that they were
adding another tax expert.
Certainly, Morgan says, the gift of the balance of the papers
came up.
DeMarco.
On March 27, 1969 Morgan now says he believed that all the
Nixon papers were owned by the U.S. and had been given to the U.S.
He
thought that the President could exercise limited control over them, but that
a complete gift had been made and that the President had relinquished his right to
(138)
27.3
A- 187
Exhibit
1-12
and appraisal.
(139)
28. 1
leads him to believe that he did not talk to Mr. DeMarco in April
but that his first conversation with Mr. DeMarco occurred at the end
of October 1969. The letter to which Mr. Xewnian referred (Exhibit
1-11) reads as follows:
31 October 1969
"Sincerely yours,
"Ralph G. Newman"
Mr. Newman told the staff that this letter is the t3rpe of letter he
would write to someone that he had just met and, therefore, concludes
that he had not talked or met Mr. DeMarco prior to this first conversation. Mr. Newman believes that his sequence of events is correct;
that is, he made a trip to Washington to review the material and then
made a quick analysis of the approximate value of the materials in
the Archives, but that this did not occur in April, but rather subsequent to the October 31 telephone call. As discussed below, an analysis
of the handwritten notes taken by Mr. DeMarco after his phone conversation with Mr. Newman indicates that they are more consistent
with a phone call in October than with a call in April.
May 1969
The staff has been told of only one conversation about a bulk gift
in
early 1969 that both parties now recall, a phone conversation beI
tween Arthur Blech and Frank DeMarco in May 1969. Mr. Blech
was subsequently hired to prepare President Nixon's tax returns, but
at this time he was on retainer by the Kalmbach, DeMarco law firm
as a consultant on tax matters. Mr. Blech has told the staff that he
was called by Mr. DeMarco around the middle of May 1969 and asked
to determine the tax aspects of a gift of $5.50,000 by an individual with
$:i50.000 and also with $300,000 of adjusted gross income. A[r. Blech
said he wrote this down on a piece of paper and returned the call the
next day to Mr. DeMarco with his response. Mr. Bleoh said that when
Mr. DeMarco told him on whose behalf he was raising the question,
Mr. Blech dated his paper witii the notes and kept it. The staff has
asked for a copy of these notes, but Mr. Blech has indicated that he
has been unable to find these notes and indicates that they were lost
during the time Coopei-s & Lybrand went through all his files during
^leh- audit of the President's tax returns. Mr. Blech did show the
s^rf, however, the sheet of paper of his notes of the call by Mr.
DeMarco in August or September 1969 when he was hired to keep
the President's books and to prepare his tax retui-ns. This sheet of
paper lists the items on which he would have to get information but
does not list the gift of papers, which Mr. Blech says he thought had
been the $550,000 figure so that he did not need any further information. The staff also raises questions about the fact that Mr. DeMarco
I
(140)
28. 1
Staff Analysis
In their defense of President Nixon's deduction for his second gift
of papers, the President's counsel ha\e relied heavilj' on the assertion
that early in 1969 the President intended to make a large gift of his
papere. The staff acknowledges that at this time the President intended
to make a gift sometime in 1969. The issue then is whether there was
an intent to make a gift in early 1969 and whether the gift intended
sometime in 1969 was to be a bulk gift, one large enough to use up the
maximum charitable contribution deduction for several years, or like
the gifts of Presi<lent Johnson and like President-elect 'Xixon's 1968
gift, a gift large enough to use up only one year's 4i\'ai1able deduction.s.
The staff has seen no written evidence to indicate that in early 1969
the President intended to make a gift before July 25. 1969, nor has it
seen any written evidence to indicate that the gift the President
planned to make sometime in 1969 was to be a bulk gift. The evidence
for these assertions by President Nixon's counsel consists entirely of
reported conversations about the President's gift. Their memorandum
asserts that in February 1969, President Nixon told John Ehrlichman
to make a bulk gift and that Mr. Ehrlichman told Edward Morgan
to make the gift on behalf of the President. However, in his interview with the staff, Mr. Ehrlichman did not mention this alleged conversation with the President, nor did Mr. Morgan in his staff' interview recall any conversation with Mr. Ehrlichman about executin.'r
President Nixon's intent to make a bulk gift rather than a one-vear
gift-
(141)
28.2
P.9-Z0^
1974,
H.TO,
7-R
- ? -
enough.
the fact that it established and limited access to the papers, and
papers with the boxes which had been numbered by the Archives.
t:
The
latter point, he said, had been made to him by Newman.
3.
1969.
Arthur Blech, who did accounting work for many of his firm's clients,
and posed the following question:
$300,000 a year.
DeMarco
said that he must have received the figure of $500,000 from Morgan,
in the context of Morgan's comparing the size of the 1958 gift to
(142)
28. 2
- 8 -
the
1969 gift.
"^Jho
"The President."
DeMarco answered,
"It's been
and that Blech called back with the answers at the beginning of
the next day, and posed questions as to who the donor was.
We
question to Blech.
Tax-planning
Summer, 1969
"
his time was spent on putting together the San Clemente deal.
release of May 12, 1969, that the President wanted to retain just
the homesite, and that the other land would be acquired by a
"compatible purchaser."
(143)
28.3
He
said that the real work in this record-keeping system did not begin
until January 1970, by which time he and DeMarco had received the
President's old records from the New York accounting firm of Vinceu^
Andrews, Inc.
Blech continues
Blech said that between May 1 and May 15, 1969 he received
a telephone call from DeMarco, in which DeMarco asked him a question
for the following years, and asked Blech to work out a table of how
long it would take to "eat up" the deduction for this contribution.
Blech said that this phone call came towards the end of a working
day and that he told DeMarco that he would call him back in the
28. 3
Blech said
summer of 1973 when Coopers & Lybrand were making their audit of
the President's finances.
^^
He said that he did not mention the gift of papers on that sheet
He told us,
have a copy of that paper and that it had been turned over to the
Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation.
(145)
29.1
Subject.
TAX REFORM,
TUESDAY, APRIL
1969
22, 1969
House of Representatives,
COJIMITTEE ON WaTS A>*r> MeaNS,
Washington, D.C.
The committee met at 10 a.m., pursuant to notice, in the committee room, Lon^worth House Office Building, Hon. Wilbur T>. Mills
(chairman of the committee) presiding.
The Chatrmax. The committee will please be in order.
Today we will receive testimony from the Treasury Department
with respect to the proposals recommended by President Nixon in
his message to Congress yesterday.
Without objection, we will place in the record at this point a copy
of the President's message and other materials submitted by the Treasury Department to the committee with respect to the President's
proposal.
.5047
(146)
29. 1
A number
tion's
screen out the unreasonable and not stop those which help legitimate charities and therefore the nation.
the practice of using multiple subsidiaries and aflBliated corporations to
take undue advantage of the lower tax rate on the first $25,000 of corporate
income would be curbed.
farm losses, to be included in the "limitation on tax preferences," would
be subject to certain other restrictions in order to curb abuses in this area.
/ also recomtnend that the Congress repeal the 7% investment tax credit, effec-
tive today.
This subsidy to business investment no longer has priority over other pressing
national needs.
In the early 60's, America's productive capacity needed prompt modernization
to enable it to compete with industry abroad. Accordingly, Government gave high
priority to providing tax incentives for this modernization.
Since that time, American business has invested close to $400 billion in new
plant and equipment, bringing the American economy to new levels of productivity
and efficiency. While a vigorous pace of capital formation will certainly continue
to be needed, national priorities now require that we give attention to the need
for general tax relief.
Repeal of the investment tax credit will permit relief to every taxpayer through
relaxation of the surcharge earlier than I had contemplated.
The revenue effect of the repeal of the investment tax credit will begin to be
significant during calendar year 1970. Therefore, I recommend that investment
tax credit repeal be accompanied by extension of the fuU surcharge only to Janu-
(147)
29.1
ary
1,
earlier
committed
Revenue sharing with State and local governments.
Tax credits to encourage investment in poverty areas and hiring and
training of the hard-core unemployed.
These propo.sals, now in preparation, will be transmitted to the Congress In
the near future.
The tax reform measures outlined earlier in this message will be recommended
to the House Ways and Means Committee by Treasury officials this week. This is
a broad and necessary program for tax reform. I urge its prompt enactment.
But these measures, sweeping as they are, will not by themselves transform the
U.S. tax system into one adequate to the long-range future. Much of the current
tax system was devised in depression and shaped further in war. Fairness calls
for tax reform now beyond that, the American people need and deserve a simplified Federal tax system, and one that is attuned to the l!)70's.
We nmst reform our tax .>;trueture to make it more equitable and efficient; we
must redirect our tax policy to make it more conducive to stable economic growth
and responsive to urgent social needs.
That Is a large order. Therefore, I am directing the Secretary of the Treasury
to thoroughly review the entire Federal tax system and present to me recommendations for bnsi<r changes, along with a full analysis of the impact of those
changes, no later than November 30, 1969.
Since taxation affects so many wallets and pocketbooks. reform proposals
are bound to be controversial. In the debate to come on reform and in the even
greater debate on redirection, the nation would best be served by an avoidance
of stereotyped reactions. One man's "loophole" is another man's "incentive."
Tax policy should not seek to "soak" any group or grfve a "break" to any otherit should aim to serve the nation as a whole.
Tax dollars the Government deliberately waives should be viewetl as a form
of expenditure, and weighed agaiiust the priority of other expenditures. When
the preference device provides more social benefit than Government collection
and spending, that "incentive" should be exjianded when the preference is in-
should be ended.
Taxes, often bewailed as inevitable as death, actually give life to the people's
purpose in having a Government to provide protection, service and stimulus
:
to progress.
shall never
We
make
we can make
taxation fair.
Richard Nixow.
The
21, 1069.
(148)
29. 2
CongrE{^
of ti}t
^niteii ^tattsJ
B.C.
20515
JtEMORANDUM
To:
From:
Paul Oosterliuis
Subject:
February 18
Ways and Means Committee announces a schedule
of hearings on tax reforu^ and lists in detail various topics
to be, discussed. No mention is made of the present tax treatment
of contributions of papers,
:
April 21 and 22
Administration announces (April 21) and
introduces before the Ways and Means Committee (April 22) its
proposals for tax reform. These proposals include a provision
which would reduce the amovmt of property contributions by the
amount of any appreciation which would be taxed as ordinary income
upon sale of the property. However, the Administration did not
propose to treat the increase in value of collections of papers
as ordinary income.
:
ir,
(149)
29. 2
Joirrr
EaoSfjinstOTi,
B.C.
20515
2 -
(150)
29.2
53.C
20515
- 3 -
December 21
The Conference Report is ordered to be printed,
The bill as reported from Conference establishes a July 25, 1969,
effective date for contributions of papers, although other
contributions of appreciated property would not be affected until
December 31, 1969. The bill as reported by Conference also
changes the definition of capital assets and applies the changes
to sales and dispositions made after July 25, 1969.
:
PO/mw
12/28/73
(151)
so.
E(c)
less than its fair market value (usually its cost to him)
the cost of the property is to be allocated between the
portion of the property "sold" and the portion of the property
"given" to the charity on the basis of the fair market value
of each.
(4) Repeal of Charitable Trust Rule
The Committee
tentatively decided to repeal the two-year charitable trust
rule which allows an individual to exclude from his income
the income of a trust established by him to pay the income
to a charity for a period of at least two years.
.
'
(152)
30.2
F.
G.
(b)
^r.h}e
.^r
'
'ulted in
E
41-591
organ
All
of tangj
(c)
gifts of property vjithont regard to the type of charition, if the property (had it Jieen sold) would have
ther ordinary income or short term capital r:ain.
xfts of v;orks of art, collections of papers, and other
'-
personal property.
(153)
-
74
11
31.1
TAX REFORM ACT OF 1969^ HOUSE REPORT 91-413. 1645^ 1700-02, 1800-01
91-m,
1969
Li
August
2,
91-413,
December
7,
December
22,
1969
HOUSE REPORT
NO. 91-413
The Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 13270), to reform the income tax laws, having considered the
same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend
that the bill do pass.
I.
SUMMARY
From time to time, since the enactment of the present income tax,
over 50 years ago, various tax incentives or preferences have been added
to the internal revenue laws. Increasingly, in recent years taxpayers with
substantial
In
fact, in
many
It
Your committee
ways
to pile
is
one
an
to
payers.
1645
(154)
81.1
TAX REFORM ACT OF 1969, HOUSE REPORT 91-423. 1645. 1700-02, 1800-01
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
transaction and the gift part of the transaction.
taxpayer
wouM
If this
respect to his $100 charitable gift (70 percent of the $100 gain if sold, or
$70, plus 70 percent of the $100 of appreciation taken as a charitable de-
duction, or $70).
to provide greater
if
sold
tax saving
so large,
is
it
is
not clear
how much
in
tually remains.
It
it
amount of
(A) to reduce their charitable contheir cost or other basis in the prop-
market value
of the property but to include in their tax base the untaxed appreciation
with respect to the property involved. The charitable donee's basis for
the property would be the ta.xpayer's adjusted basis (for purposes of determining gain increased by the amount of gain recognized by the taxpayer in the contribution. This treatment, however, is to apply only to the
foundation
Private
recipient.
The
above treatment
is
to
apply
(3) of the
is
an organiza-
to,
and substantially
all
of
conduct of the activities constituting the purpose or function for which it is organized and operated.
Gifts of appreciated property to a private foundation are not to be subject
to the treatment provided by the bill where it, within 1 year after its taxits
income
is
able year in
expended directly
is
received, distributes an
amount equal
foundations.
;)
all gifts
The
treatment
provided
by the
bill
1700
(155)
'31.1
TAX REFORM ACT OF 1969, HOUSE REPORT 91-413, 1645, 1700-02, 1800-01
1969
Report
recipient, if
which
is in
is
it is
sold),
and stock
rights (held for a period of less than that required to qualify for a long-
is
Sold)
where the greatest tax benefit is available from gifts of apwhere the taxpayer actually may be better off by
making the charitable contribution than by retaining the property.
are the cases
Tangible
(iii)
art, collections
is
Works of
is
art,
many
own
large
Works of
cases they
and
it
many
cases).
contribution deduction.
itable
(iv)
also
The
ciation in
The
bill
is
Bargain
(v)
ties
where
than
its
fair
sales.
In
a taxpayer
sells
between the
and the portion of the property "given" to
the charity on the basis of the fair market value of each portion. For example, if a taxpayer sold land with a fair market value of $20,000 to a
charitable organization (which was not a private foundation) at his cost of
SI 2,000, he would be required to allocate 60 percent of the cost ($7,200) to
the portion "sold" to the charity ($12,000) and 40 percent of the cost ($4,vides that the cost or basis of the property
is
to be allocated
SOO)
in his
dates.
The amendments made by this provision relating
of certain appreciated property are to apply with respect to contributions paid (or treated as paid under section irO(a) (2) after Decem-
Effective
to gifts
1701
(156)
21.1
TAX REFORM ACT OF 1969, HOUSE REPORT 91-413, 1645. 1700-02, 1800-01
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
The amendments made by
this
made
eiin
after
26, 1969.
Present law.
to
201(g) of the
(sec.
bill
and
sec.
Under
may
establish a trust
his property,
returned to him.
contributions deduction in such a case, the income from the trust property
is
who
which
will or
may
is
an ex-
taxable to a person
is
The
For
the generally applicable percentage limitations of such deductions.
example, \vith a 30-percent limitation, the maximum deductable contribution that could generally be
$100,000 of dividend
income
who had
individual
However,
trust.
Explanation of provision.
In
year trust provision of section 673(b) of the Code. Accordingly, an individual no longer is to be able to exclude the income from property placed
in a trust (to pay the income to a charity for a period of at least 2 years)
from his income. As a result, a person who establishes a trust will be
taxable on
where
its
which
is
will or
a charity,
may
be ex-
pected to take effect within 10 years from the time the income-producing
property
is
Effective date.
in trust
5.
made
This
provision
is
to
and
sec.
Present law.
allowed a
full
bill
Under
present
law,
nonexempt
1702
(157)
its
trust
(or
estate)
it
is
pays
31.1
TAX REFOmt ACT OF 1969. BOUSE REPORT 91-413. 1645. 1700-Ot. 1800-0l\
LEGISLATIVE HISTtMlY
Effective date.
The Amendments
made by
be ap-
plicable with respect to taxable years beginning after July 25, 1969.
Revenue effect. It is estimated that this provision will result in an annual revenue increase of $50 million in 1970, $60 million in 1974, and $65
million in 1979.
Fetters,
(sec.
513 of the
bill
and
sec.
1221(3)
of the code)
Present law.
Under
artistic
if
created
it).
General reasons for change. ^The rationale underlying^ the treatment provided in present law for copyrights, artistic works, and similar property
in the hands of the person who created them (or in the possession of a
person
is
who
is,
in effect,
work or
engaged
who
created
similar property.
It is
it)
and
therefore considered
appropriate to treat the income arising from the sale of such property as
ordinary income derived in the "ordinary course of his trade or business," rather than as a gain
Your committee
believes
from the
collections
that
of
which is created
by the personal effort of the taxpayer and should be classified for purposes of the tax law in the same mar.ner. In the one case, a person who
writes a book and then sells it is treated as receiving ordinary income
on the sale of the product of his personal efforts (i. e., compensation for
personal services rendered). On the other hand, one who sells a paper or
memorandum written by or for him is treated as receiving capital gain
on the sale, even though the product he is selling is, in effect, the result of
essentially similar to a literary or artistic composition
Explanation of provision.
memorandums, and
Your
committee's
bill
if
memorandums,
1800
(158)
gl/1
TAX REFORM ACT OF 1969^ HOUSE REPORT 91-^13, 1645, 1700-02, 1800-01
1969
House Report
Effective date.
The
amendments made by
Ijc
ap-
i^cable with respect to sales and other dispositions occurring after July
1969.
;.
4.
(sec.
514 of the
bill
and
sec.
1222 of the
code)
Present law.
long-term gains.
-.ulcred
included in income.
is taxed
than at the regular 48 percent corporate
Gains realized on the sale or exchange of capital sissets held for
.ire
.It
r.Ttc.
not
holilmg period
in
and
.iccurate
capital gains,
ordinary income.
is
some
it
A'nich
culties
its
holding period
.V
is
with respect to
is
inappropriately short.
is
capital gains
in
:ri!iiitahle
is
at-
time otherwise
would be
ta.xed in
of an individual.
i.T^c
examining
In
clusion that a
this subject, however, your committee reached the con6-month holding period for a long-term gain is inconsistent
with the concept of special treatment for assets held over a long period of
time.
ni>t
term capital gains are to be eligible for averaging under a generally ap-
plicable
I
sec.
additional ta.x benefits to gains held for less than a full year.
Second, the 6-month holding period does not properly carry out the intent of
liistingnished
son
who
is
is
that a per-
primarily interested
:n
(iistinctively
speculative activity.
U.S.Cong
& Adm.Ntws
'69
19
is
801
(159)
who
is
holds an
interested fundamentally in
the
31.2
H.R.
oistCOXGuess
LsT
.Si:ssioN'
(d)
513
-f n-
:7fi
B^i
Eoad
(uii-f^ Mild
To
1
Be
i!
of
iJir
t'ir<s
SECTION
4
i
(a)
Uiiilcd
1.
icfi-rrcil in {][:
(lie
]'cf(irtu
ciinckd
s. irn;;)
b.'/
("(iiiiiiiit
iiici.'inc
ihc Srii/ilr
Slahs
(cc nii
l-"iii;iiii-o
tnx laAvs.
mid House
of AitKrlcd
ill
of I?cprcsfnt(i-
Congress asseiiihhd.
Ad mav
I'C
cited ns the
f>
(1))
Tai;i,i:of C()^"n:^TS.
'i
rrr.K
i tax
Sif.Ti
Sec
101.
]"'ri\ ;ite
]'21.
T;i \
organizations
riinATK Fin;Mi\rrnxs
fouiKliitioiis.
Si'i\iT'i'i.i;
Sc.
ii.i;
EX^:^fPT
Oriii.i;
ir
(160)
"Tax
31.2
H.R.
20
-^
13720. AUGUST
(e)
7.
1969. 201(c)
Cjiai;ita]?1;E
(d)
513
Coxtltbutioxs or ArPUKciATED
ri;oi']:ETY.
-^
(1)
(relating to
-^
2-^
erty)
is
2^
"(e)
amended
to read as follows:
(161)
31.2
13720, AUGUST
H.R.
1969, 201(a),
7.
(d)
51S
12b
"(I)
Gi;xi',i'AL
l.'T":,;
!n
coiitrihutinn of property io
plies
to
contrihiition)
"7
cccds the
determining gain)
elect
{'))
apjdies,
cliaritaMc
any
of
(2)
taxpayer's adjusted
pro[)er!y di-
use of an organization
(at
if
time of the
tli(-
11
eitlier:
(for
h; ^is
purposes of
in
10
in
such
manner
hy regulations
as the Secre-
prescribes)
to treat
12
"
13
1'*
1^
1^
as the
amount
"
99
23
2-1
of the property, or
under
i-^)
which,
sul)sectlon
Para-
contnbutions of
tlic>
taken
(a).
of
if
value at
91
market value
( 1 )
fair
"(2)
graph
1"^
(A) the
into accoimt
ap-
(at
tlic
<>f
p;irnf;T:ipli
-wliifli
or a charitj^'ile co.ntrilinlion
which paragraph
(Msc
llie
gain on
the
its fair
market
oi
a capital asset
"(C)
(162)
and
32.2
H.H.
13720. AUGUST
1969, S201(a).
7,
(d)
513
124
1
For
is
<i
tlie
shall ho
"(3)
4
5
pui"poses of
(1)
"
in section
(A)
it is
4942
"(B) not
unless
an 02)erating foundation
(j)
(3)
,or
lat(!r
year afler
(as defined
of the organiza-
10
tion's first
12
a qualifying distribution
which
13
(g)
14
4942
15
amount
16
tions.
(h)
is
as
its
treated
a
e(iual to
accordance with
4942
section
thstribution
out of corpus in an
100 percent
17
Subparagraph (B)
18
an organization described
19
the
20
21
nization
22
taxpayer
" (4)
made
ubta!.is
the
in
subparagraph
adequate
distributions
records
as
(B)
or
re(jnired
Allocation of basls. In
unless
sufficient
therein.
the case of
23
24
J,o
(163)
13720. AUGUST
H.R.
31.2
1969, SS
7.
BOKcJ
(d)
513
125
1
ill
tiiry
accordance with
re<^iil;iti(iiis
jircscrihed
hy the Secre-
or his dek'<i,atc.
"(5) Cko.ss
ki:fi:i;kxci:.
(2) GiFTri
ter
ciru-;iilv
at the
"SEC.
Ti.'EATi'.D
chaphT
included
in
of
end
of
AS SALE.
siicli
.i;i*>ss
Code
income)
following
Part II
of
suhchap-
new
amended hy adding
section:
83.
OF PROPERTY.
10
"(a)
1-
Ifat^ixpayer
"
1^}
14
R KCOGNITION
CoMl'UTATIOX AND
( 1 )
lias
made
OF GaIN.
and
15
IG
J"
amount
170
market value
of
(ej
1"^
J'^
as a sale
-'*
to the
-1
--'
of
such
pi-operty,
of the property
to the fair
recoii'ni/ed.
(164)
market value
sale
shall
be
31.2
H.R.
13720. AUGUST
1969. 201(a),
7,
(d)
513
126
"(b) LiMiTATiox. Til
an
tribiitiou
to
"(1)
"(-)
tt
7''
section
170(e)
(1)
170(e)
(2)
only
^^
piin from
"
be treated
tlic
of sec-
do not ap])ly,
months
to \vliicli sii]panigTapl)S
'^
11
in
desci-il)e(l
is
coii-
(A), and
1"
wliuTi section
to
org'aiiizatioii
wliicli
case of a chantablc
tlic
more than
as
12
shall he i-eco,nni/ed.
(()
Al),] USTMi:X'l'.S
r>ASls.
'I'O
The basis
of the i)rop-
1-
!'
I'i
increased
l'-*
^*5
1"^
^8
which
by the amount
(3)
Ci.riacAL
bv adding
<if
the
this section.""
A:\ii:Ni)Mi:N'f.
subchaiiter
Cci'tai,
S;;.
of
V> of
The
chapter
table
is
of
sec-
anieiHled
at the
"Sen.
^ifts
(o
cliai'ity
treated
as
sales
of
property."
1 19
20
21
22
23
(d)
TIONS.
Bakgain
Section
mining gain or
(1)
lOJ
loss)
by
Salics
to
Ciiauitable
Okganiza-
is
amended
striking out
(165)
"The"
at
31.2
H.R.
13720, AUGUST
1969, 201(a),
7,
(d),
513
127
1
Gknkral Rule.
'"(a)
(2)
new
"(1)
hy adding
The", and
at tlic
siihsection:
(relat-
Th')X.
fi
Inj;-
adjusted basis for deterinining the gain from such sale shall
he that portion
I>
ratio
10
II
;i
is
to clinrifjlhie ((intrihiitioiis)
(,.
the
Iy
.uljiislcd
ha-is as the
amount
(166)
31.2
SEC.
]()
r)13.
H.R.
13720. AUGUST
Tjmcatmiint as
(a)
IS
of ca]>it;il as^ct)
"
(.'1)
22
" (A
(?,)
Ts
ii
[whlhig
to
Xot a
(Icdnitinn
copyi-io-lit,
liforary,
nm^ical.
or nvjisfic
taxpayer
\\'liose
personal
efl'orts
ereated
sueli property,
24
2G
25
(d)
is
21
23
Wiiu
ri;f)i-i:r;Ty
2')
17
19
1969, 201(a)
7.
" (B)
erty
(167)
whom
such prop-
513
H.R.
Z1.2
1969, S 201(a),
7.
(d)
513
286
"(C) a taxpayer
1
2
such property
niinino;
pait hy reference to
tlie
G
">
10
hasis of
from a
<.;
(A) or (B);'-.
(h)
8
9
c:-ain
is
in
roxi'c'jMiNG
(1)
A:\ii:xi).Mi:x'is.
nifion of sulisecfion
corporations)
-"^
is
clause
-^*
eoj-.yrigiit,
i>ositiou,
]5
(ii),or
literary,
Icfler
or
(unl<>ss
(iii)
if
^^
the properly
hy
-^
coll.-ip^ihl!'
oi-
iu
(r
oi-
any such
iu
whole or
-^
T)
iu pait
]k\]{
was
foi-.
pc iccnl in
(relating to defini-
-'
-^
hy
similar
similar properlv)
any iudividiud
(2)
eom-
20
of a
]uo])erty.
under
ailistio
memorandum,
was created
nicniorandum.
included
which consists
tlie
letter,
musical,
16
case of
tlic
to read as follow.-:
]iro])er(y
(i),
(rclatln- (.Mlefi-
(iv)
asset iu
amended
"(i^)
^^
(c)
(A)
memorandum"
is
anu'uded
hefore ", or
similar property".
26
(c)
EiTECTivi:
31.2
H.R.
13720, AUGUST
7,
1969, 201(a),
(d),
513
2B7
section
apply
to
fills
sliall
sales
(169)
41-591
74
12
oc-
32. 1
A-220
Exhibit
1-21
Service
Waih,ilu<, D.C.
20W8
J^alional Archives
O.TI.
SIS.
TO,
Assistant Archivist, HL
/I
That same day, however, you and Mr. E. L. Morgan of the Volte Housa
staff arranged to have the stored records moved to the National
Archives Building forthwith. The move was accomplished by GSA on
March 26 and 27- Die records were received in Eoon 19E-3 by me,
Mr. Percy Berry, and two newly recruited archival trainees. Unpacking
and shelving of the papers had to begin immediately in order to make
room for all the crates and storage boxes which, nevei.thele33, had to
be stacked U and 5 high in no discernible order.
It Was apparent that our plan, devised the first day, for identifying
series of records as unpacking, reboxing, and shelviiig proceeded apace
was essential to achieving initial intellectual and physical control
of the papers, some of which had been in storage for nany years- (Sea
t^e inventory worksheet and accon^ianying instructions for its
execution as enclosure 1.) Having been taught to recognize a record
series, the trainees proceeded first to place the papers in NA
contain.'srs and prepare temporary labels for each recognizable series,
with each container within the series being nurobered Id sequence.
Shelving was utilized as fast as it could be erected in' .our crainped
quarters- At this stage it was not possible to predeternine any
logical arrangement of series on the shelves. Our problems were
further complicated by the indiscrindnate mixing of all kinds of
office property, memorabilia, books, mementoes, audiovisual materials,
etc., with the records of a long and varied public and private career.
Kup
Ftttdom
IN
(170)
VS.
Saaingt Bamdt
Z2. 1
A- 221
Work has proceeded rapidly under far from ideal conditions. Injirovlsation has been a frequent necessity if not the rule. I have been
lD5)res3ed with the ability and industry of all the Presidential Library
trainees. A dozen have worked on the project for varying periods,
but no one trainee has been on it throughout. The average number
available at one time was four. Scheduling of assignments for the
trainees is being ably managed by Mrs. Mary Walton Livingston, who
has also informed herself about the project so that she can supenrlsa
future work on the papers including necessary reference service with
possible assistance of trainees or Terry Good from the EOB staff.
'
Since the entire collection has now, after two months, been processed
through the initial stages of bcadng, temporary labeling, and preparation of series inventory worksheets, soma statistical analysis showing
what the problem was and how much we have accomplished is in order.
(171)
32. 1
A 220-23
A-222
..
i
,i
>
..?
^\e.^
.)
' ^''
YfS'
(172)
32. 1
A- 223
Aa herotoforo
clarification
'
careful otudy
who will have
holdings of a
SBESBOO E. EAST
(173)
33. 1
On
Jnly 20. 1960, Dr. Reed, the Assi.stant Archivist for Presidential
Libraries, wrote a nienioiandnni to the Arcliivist (Exhibit 1-27) in
which he expressed his concern over the unsatisfactory condition of tlie
storage areas for tlie pre-Presidential papers and other items of President Nixon. Throughout the memorandum lie refei-s to the papei-s as
being in storage.
These memoranda from Archives personnel referring to the Nixon
l^apers give the staff the impression, confirmed by tliose Archives per.^onnel interviewed by the staff, that the Archives believed that the
l)re-Presidential papers of President Nixon that were delivered to the
Archives on March 26-27, 1969, were being maintained there for storage purposes and that the Archives expected and hoped that they
would be given to the government in the future. During this time, however, no one at the Archives was aware of any specific intention of the
President or any of his personal lepresentatives on the Wliite House
staff' to make any gifts of the papers they had in storage on any particular date. In addition, the staff is not aware that any one at the General Services Administration at that time knew that the Pre.sident
intended a portion of the papers delivered to the National Archives on
Maich 26-27. 19G0. to have been treated as a gift to the I^^nited States.
They may liave understood that the President intended to make future
gifts of his papei-s to be housed in his Presidential Library, but not
that there was an intent for any portion of the papers to be a gift on
JNIar ch 26-27, 1960.
Not only does tlie staff' question whether there was actually an intent
on the part of the President to make a gift of any portion of his
papeis on ^faicli 2(>-27. lOGO. but also the staff has found no evidence
that any one at the National Aichivps or the General Services Administration belie\ed anything othei- than that all of the papei-s were
dcliveied for the purpose of courtesy storage and archival processing.
The staff has conc'uded that the Archives expected and lioped that
these papers would be deeded to the T'nited States in the future but
that neither the National Archives noi- (Jeneral Services Administration personnel believed that the Pivsident intended for any i)ortion
of the papers to be treated as a gift to the Ignited States on March 26I
[27. 1069.
K.
KVKXTS
RKI.ATIXC.
TO TIIK
SK<(1N1) VIVT
TlinOX'OII
OKCKMUKIJ
(174)
ZZ.l
with the availability of tlie deduction under the House version of the
Act. Since Mr. Newman does not remen)ber specifically
receiving any infoiniation on the amount of the gift in that conversation, and since his fii-st estimate of the general correspondence files
was less than the $.")00.()()() amount, it appears to the staff that Mr. DeMarco may not have mentioned to- Mr. Newman any ainuunt to be
designated in anj- conversations he had with Mr. Newman in lOflO.
The start' suggests that if Mr. DeMarco did not mention a figure to
Mr. Newman it was piobably because he was not aware of a figure at
that time. The start' has received no information on who determined the
amount and told Mr. DeMarco, other than Mr. DeMarco's statement
that it was the President's accountant in early 1969, Martin Feinstein
of Vincent Andrews Inc. in New York. Mr. Feinstein told the start',
liowever. that he had liot given Mr. DeMarco a figure. Only Mr. Blech
has a recollection of a convei-sation with Mr. DeMarco in 1969 on the
amount and .so far he has not been able to find his notes which he said
h(f made of that convei-sation (although lie does have other notes from
a conversation in 1909 with Mr. DeMarco relating to Mr. Nixons
Tax Reform
(axes).
In any event, the events that transpired during this period suggest
was an intent on Mr. Newman's part to designate a large
gift coTisisting of the President's general correspondence files but
that the cliange in the law i-elating to the ert'ective date of the elimination of the deduction, whicli was the I'esult of the House-Senate
conference on the Tax Keform Act. caused Mr. Newnum not to make
this designation at the end of the year. Mr. Newman's teIej)hone call
to Mr. DeMarco on December 24:. in which he asked directions as to
what he sliould be doing, seems to indicate that the couise of action
on the Nixon papers had been changed as a result of the final passage
of the 1909 Tux IJeform Act two days earlier.
that there
F.
ST.\TX'S
OK THE
1!M!9 I'APEnS
IX EAIU.y 19T0
After the PresidcMit signed the Tax Reform Act on December SO.
it was clear that a charitable contribution deduction foi- papers
given in 19(;9 was available oidy for gifts made before July 2'). 1969.
The statl' made attenijits to determine what the individunis involved
with President Nixon's papei-s believed was the status of the inideeded
pajxMS. The start' discussed this with the people at the National
Archives who were involved with the President's papers and have
recei\'ed memoranda on the status of the papers. The staff has made
similar in(|uiries to the people representing the President in this
1909.
rega rd.
I fiiipressioii.s of National
in early 1970
(175)
33.1
;,
iii
The niemo-
"Tt now seems apparent that the prospect of clainiinfr tax deductions has enconrajred many persons to donate their papers to a
Presidential Library or other manuscript repository. It is likewise plain that the lack of a tax incentive has slowed up the flow
of gifts to Presidential Libraries. Foremost in importance was
the expected donation by President Xixon of another increment
of his pie-Presidential papers as a .second installment to those
deeded to the Government of the United States in December 19G8.
Xo
donation was made in December 19G9, although we underplans had been made for it."
On February 2, lf>TO. Dr. Rhoads wrote another memorandum to
the GSA Admini.strator titled "Topics for ^Miite House Di.scussion."
The memorandum (Exhibit I-.U) was prepared for use by the
Administrator in a discussion with H. R. Ilaldeman concerning the
development of a Richard Nixon Presidential Library. The memorandum discusses the status of the Nixon papers, the relations with the
Richard Nixon foundation, staffing, and other projects to be undertaken. The following is the part of the memorandum relating to the
status of the Nixon papers
"L Most of the pre-Presidential papers are now in the National
Archives. A portion of these have been deeded to the Government
and that portion has been boxed, labelled and listed. The remainder of the pre-Presidential papers, here on courtesy storage,
have been listed by categories. None of the papers are'available
to anyone except NARS staff without permission from the
sucli
stand
all
President.
We
"2.
had expected a deed of gift from the President covering
a second installment of papers before the end of the calendar year,
but the Tax Reform Act apparently eliminated this.
"3.
now being
House Central
File or in
staff office.
Fliggins
In January 1970 the Arciiives sent eight folders of papei-s from the
1968 campaign to Mrs. Anne Higgins of the \Mute House staff. She
(176)
34.1
II 1 1;
TO
_.
(."
t^
JUNE
TO:
ED MORGAN
FROM:
JOHN EHRjLICHMAN
16,
1969
"%
>~^^
"~^
^'
)<7
)
/..>
^^
...
'
is
'
Another subject:
Presidential activities.
to
him?
you please have someone carefully check his salary withholding to see if it takes into account the fa.ct that he will be
V/ill
making a
full
He would
like
we
don't
have anyone in our office coinpetcnt to make this reviev.', and to
have that person come in and review with him his new tax status,
going over with him his last returns and his current estimate.
if
The President holds the view that a public man docs very little of
a personal nature. Virtually all of his entertainment and activity
is related to his "business". He v/ants to be sure that his business
deductions include all allov/able items. For instance, wedding
gifts to Congressinen's daughters, flowers at funerals, etc.
He
has in mind tiiat there is some kind of a $25 limitation on such
expenses.
(177)
,^
^^
''"^
^.
i^
34.1
-2-
He suggests
of
one or
more
Another subject:
the tax consequences
Florida and California houses?
What are
of
Another subject:
Note that the Smathers house in Florida will be used only for
rneetings and business, not for personal residence. Accordingly,
the accountant should be insJructed to depreciate and write off
its expenses as business expenses.
(178)
34.2
1 1
I ;(
cTo
.!
JUNE
TO:
ED MORGAN
FROM:
JOHN EHRTS^HAIAN
16,
196?
^.^ ya-^
(179)
35. 1
o-
CONFIDENTIAL
'-^..-.-.'y'j'
MEMORANDUM TO:
FROM:
Edward L. Morgan
Deputy Counsel to the President
(for John Ehi-licliman)
The V?hite House
.''
Roger V. Barth
Assistant to the Commissioner
tion.
(180)
35. 1
foi"
business expense;
b.
I would assume that his interest expense v/ould
be the same as the last few years, i.e., about $25,000;
e.
I would need an estimate of the President's
outside income.
a,
b.
Small gifts by the President v/hich are related
to his "busiiiess" v/ould be deductible under the same
conditions as his entertainment expense with the additional limitation that no more than $25 per year- may
be deducted with respect to any one donee.
Once again,
a system of recordkeeping is necessary if it is not
(181)
35.1
already
thought
related
running
established.
Notc.j hov/ever, that v/c must give
to distinguishing bctv/ecn activities and gifts
to "being a President" and those related to
for reelection.
a.
'
S5.1
'
1.
2.
3.
Attachments
(183)
S6. 1
MEMORANDUM
TO:
John Doar
Robert Sack
FROM:
Smith McKeithen
DATE:
June 4, 1974
SUBJECT:
a.m.
the course of these two days and ranged over a number of subjects.
(184)
36.2
property is involved.
had the escrow papers ready to close, but that he had no idea
On July 3, 1969,
Kalmbach heard that Abplanalp would lend the money to the President,
and told DeMarco to prepare the note.
3,
5.
meeting in the White House with Morgan and Roger Barth, Assistant
to the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, and arranged
(185)
41-591
74
13
26.1
It was at
with the description and appraisal of the papers which had been
delivered to the Archives the previous March.
In addition,
had been filed.) Barth explained to DeMarco and Morgan the way in
which the tax returns the President, the Vice President, and the
Speaker of the House were handled.
cf John Davies, the Tour Director of the \Jhite House), this was
(186)
- 11 -
He
told us that although the notes taken during his first conver-
Revenue Taxation.
6.
DeMarco said that soon after the meeting with Barth and
Morgan, he contacted Newman.
he was going to remove "sensitive!' mater-iair f rom the 'papers -ip the
Archives.
This
Newman, and the first time that the sensitive material was mentioned.
VJhen
from the gift with his feeling that all the papers delivered to the
(187)
JOim
27. 1
COMMITTEE REPORT^ 70
70
October conrernations hctmcen DeMnrco and Nexowan
DeMarco'a rcr^ion. Tii his stateiiicnt to tlie staff of Fobruaiy fi,
197-4 (Exhibit I-IO), Frank DeMatco indicated that as of the end
of October 11)00 lie had not received any final itemization or appraisal
of tlie papers from either Messrs. Newman or Moi<ran and tiiafhe
l)e<iaii pressurin^r ^ff- Newman to have tiie job finished. lie said that
>rr. Newiuan told him in late Oetolter that he would be spendinjr considerable time at the Archives goinjr throuorh the material and itemizing it and that he would definitely get the appraisal fini.shed well
in advance of the time to file the tax return.
Neinman^s vejsion. As indicated above, Mr. Newman now believes,
after a careful examination of his correspondence, particularly his
letter of October 31, 1!)()9, and his telephone calls, tliat he actually
talked to Mr. DeMarco for the fir.st time in October 1909, not in April.
Tn fact, his telephone records indicate that, on September 24, 1969,
shortly after he leturned fiom abroad, he called the Mudjre. Rose law
fii-m in New York. He told the staff that he thought that they were
still representing the President and, therefore, called to determine
V
what
he .should do on the papei-s, but was told that they no longer
"vere representing the President. Mr. Newman indicated that he took no
other action until the telephone call from Mr. DeMarco on October Jil,
which fii-st conuuenced any activity on his pait on the second gift of
papei-s. Subsequent to the telephone call, Mr. Newman wrote a letter
tiiat day to ]Mr. DeMarco, which Mr. Newman indicated is the type
of letter he writes when he fiist meets someone. Mr. Newman then
indicated that following the telephone call he worked at the National
.\rchives in early November and subsequently wrote and called Mr.
r
L
DeMarco.
Apparently. Messrs DeMaico and
the
same
.").
Work on
tlie
(188)
A- 186
Exhibit
11
31 October 1939
Dear Mr DoMarco:
It v/ac cood to have oa ooportualty to speak v/lth you this
mo.Tilnc Olid I loo!: fo'.vard to ccclntj you In V/a2hlaoto.-i, If
you cc.n ma!;o it. C:herwlc/I ar> sure v/o will bo having
my Invcctlgatlons
como
Interest.
Sincerely yours,
Ralph G.
Newman
Mr Frank DcMarco
611 V/est 5th Street
Los
Afifjeles
California
90017
(189)
ol
S8. 1
7,
A- 233
Exhibit
1-28
7 November 1969
Door Mr Prosldontt
I havo now had an opportunity to raaUo a preliminary examination of
your Pro-Prc3ldoatlal Papers and Otlicr Colloctod Materials, which
oro presently housed in tlio National Archives Building In V/ashlngton
and to arrive at an estimate of tho valuation. I herewith submit the
results of my tavosUgatlons
As
I had expected,
valuable.
Monday,
>
Ralph G.
(190)
Newman
-^
1969,
38. 1
A- 234
TBurBONi VTHiTBiuii
<-3035
Stxut
Richard Mllhoui
Nixon
1969.
(191)
20500
7*
1969
58. 1
A-235
PB07EXTY o,
20S00
APPRAISAL
THE PAPERS AND OTHER COLLECTED MATERIALS OF
RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON
-PRE-PRESIDENTIAL
On
general examination
was made
Monday
November 1969, a
Dr Daniel
J.
Mr
Terry Good,
Mr Michael
complete cooperation
P.
and made
It
all
gave their
members of the
in a
be needed and
is
for
we
are able to prepare the following summary of the size and approximate
(192)
38.1
A- 236
page
PJchard
PEoyniTT n
MUhouae Nixon
THE
?i\?ZKS
D. C.
20500
PRE-PRESIDENTIAL
NIXO^f,
conUnued
I.
now stored
PAPERS
1.040 linear feet (12,480 inches)
Approximately 1,250,000 items
A.
1,237,500 items
@$1.00
B.
11 ,250 Items
@
C.
$1,237,500.00
$25.00
281,250.00
1,250 items
$250.00
312.500.00
$1,831,230.00
n.
BOOKS
A
25
Books
autographed or inscribed to
M. Nixon
Richard
(193)
A-
235-38
Z8.1
PaoFsxTT n
Richard
MUhous Nixon
Washington, D. C.
20500
n."
conUnaed
BOOKS
continued
C.
Titles In Quantity
1,
Bound volumes
60 boxes (average content SO volumes)
Pamphlets, etc.
Approximately 4,000 volumes
@$1.00
4.000.00
$37,000.00
m.
TAPE RECORDINGS
64 boxes (average content 12 tapes each)
IV,
$93,750.00
FILMS
47 boxes (average content 2 films each)
$25,000.00
(194)
38.1
A-238
page 4
PnopjRiY n?
Washington, D. C.
20500
'
MEMORABaiA
3
VI.
$20.00
PHOTOGRAPHS
$10,000.00.
@$1.00
TOTAL
$15,000.00
$2.012.000.00
The estimate of the appraised valuation of the foregoing Items comprising the
Pre-Presldentlal Papers and other materials of Richard Milhous Nixon,
as of the
is
Two
fifth
C,
(195)
|/
38.2
7,
A 263
A- 263
Exhibit
7
1-31
November 1969
Dear ^^ DoMarco:
Enclosed are two copies of my estimate of the appraised value
of tlic Prc-Prcsldcntlal matcrlol oi .llchard M. Nixon, currently
stored In the National Archives BuUdlncj in Washington. The
total valuo Is $2,012,000.00;
material.
Sincerely yours
Ralph G.
Mr Frank DeMarco
6H
Los Angeles,
Callfo.-nla
90017
(196)
Newman
39.1
7.
-10-
1969
would be mailed out soon, he said after he sent the appraisal, he had
no reply from anybody.
might have been to Morgan because he was concerned about getting the
to Mo
Morgan , however
Hamlin, a personal friend who was a Military aide at the White Hous'e,
I'Jhite
on that morning.
After the prayer breakfast service, Newman said that he and his
wife stood in the receiving line.
39.1
7,
1974, HJC,
10-11
-lithe receiving line and there were other people present, he did not
was clear to him that the President had read Newman's estimate, and
was aware of the estimated value of his papers.
this conversation might have been overheard by his then wife, Mary
he was just a tourist and had a friend on the White House staff.
He
He
s^d
value of $415,400, but did not go further because he had other clients
and had not received any further instructions from the White House
people.
8,
1969.
(198)
40.1
still
was
tiie
i)apers, but
President. Mi'.
Xewman
DeMarco.
Apparently, Messrs DeMarco and
Newman and
first
the same
telephone
The
call was in early April and that Mr. Newman worked on the
undeeded papei-s at the Aichives on Ai)i-il 8 and called ilr. DeMarco
subsequent to that visit giving him a status report on the papers.
Mr. Newman's telephone records and the records of the civdit card
used by Mr. DeMarco do not indicate any telephone calls from
Mr. Newman to Mr. DeMarco in 19(19 imtij November 5. although
Mr. De^^arco believes that Mr. Newman made .several calls between
Api-il and October.
fii-st
Work
;'>.
(199)
40.1
thor that he believes that on November 17, 18, 19, and 20 he continued
his work at the Archives. Ifc also indicated that he returned to
Washington again and worked on tlie papers on December 8 and that
this ended his work at the National Archives for the year.
Mtny Livingstoii's rer.slaii. -Mary Livingston, the assistant to Dr.
Rood, the Assistant Archivist for Presidential Libraries, had been
working on the Nixon [)re-Presid(MitiaI papers since she went to the
'
(200)
40.1
foldei-s
AANDAHL
when Mr. Newman saw it in November and December 1969. She .said
that the material was not withdrawn when he was there and that the
job wasn't finished luitil December 22, 1969, at which time she wrote a
memorandum for the record (E.xhibit 1-30) specifying the foldei-s
that had been withdrawn. She said further
"If you look at the names on the folders, you will see some
listed by coimtry and some by name of the individual, for example, Ben-Gurion. This required a look at the titles of the
folders. This I did. I tried to be very careful about rearranging
this file as I felt the papers would be very important for the
future Richard Nixon library. Mr. Newman designated for retention by the President the very important people files the
eight I mentioned previously and files on a few specific foreign
dignitaries, but left only general instructions that the corre-
(201)
41-591
74
14
40.1
spondence with all other foreign dignitaries should also be withdrawn. That was not done and the boxes were not numbered until
December 22, 1969. I then telephoned him and gave him the box
numbers of the General Correspondence as rearranged. In a memo,
December 22, 1969, for the information of Dr. Reed, I stated:
'Exact information on the number of archives boxes containing
the general correspondence of President Nixon was telephoned
today to the office of Ralph G. Newman, 18 E. Chestnut Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60611 (312-787-1860). Mr. Newman needed the
'information in order to describe the material that is to be deeded
by the President to the United States before December 31. According to Mr. Newman, the President will deed the main bulk of his
general correspondence for the Vice-Presidential years, as contained in archives boxes 18-845, inclusive. Boxes 1-17 will not be
deeded at this time.' "
Mi-s. Livingston was quite certain when she met with the staff that
as of December 8, 1969, Mr. Newman expi-essed the intent of giving
only the General Correspondence file. She said that he also made this
clear to her on December 22 when she telephoned him to indicate the
box numbers of the General Correspondence file.
Mrs. Livingston said that her lust contact with Mr. Newman in 1969
in regard to the pre-Presidential papei-s was on December 22. She said
that she had no further contacts with Mr. Newman after December 22,
1969, on the Nixon papers, until March 27, 1970, which will be discussed below.
(202)
40.1
Afilhoiis
National Archives pei-sonnel who assisted him. The docualso gave a brief siunmary of the preliminary work done by
Shei rod East and indicated that a "more sophisticated arrangement
and description leqiiircd for a collection as important as The Nixon
Papers will be needed and is planned by the National Archives."
Newman stated that from the information and data gathered at the
National Archives he was able to prepare a summary of the size and
approximate appraised value of the collection stored at the National
summai-y of the appraisal is as follows
Archives.
listed the
ment
L Papers
250
37,000
93, 750
25,000
10,000
15,000
|1, 831,
Books
III. Tape recordings
II.
IV. Films
V. Memorabilia
VI. Photographs
2,012,000
Total
Newman's
rial."
These letters give the impression that as of this time Mr. Newman
was not aware of any desienation of the papers as a gift to the
National Archives. Tt gives the imnression. rather that Mr. Newman
prepared a "ballpark" estimate of the value of the material at the
.\rchives so thnt a detei-niinntion of what was to be snven could be
made from his analysis. Further, the letter makes clear that jMr.
DeMarco knew that the value of the papers at the Archives greatly
exceeded any $500,000 amount contemplated for a 1969
gift.
(203)
40.1
JOINT
respondence
period.
(204)
41.2
TAX REFORM ACT OF 1969, SENATE REPORT 91-552, 1645, 2027, 2109-12,
2232-S4
1989
.',0:i
December
7,
December
Senate December
22,
11, 22,
1969
1969
the Conference
HOUSE REPORT
The
NO. 91-413
Coir.mittee
(H.R.
13270),
same,
report
that the
bill
to
do pass.
SUMMARY
From time to time, since the enactmen: of the present income ta.x,
over 50 years ago, various tax incentives or preferences have l)een added
to the internal revenue laws. Increasingly, ir. recent years taxpayers with
substantial incomes have found ways of gi^ining tax advantages from
provisions placed in the code primarily to a.d
the economy.
In fact, in
many
It
some
to
is
sible
segment of
to pile
is
one
an
p.iy
no income tax.
fair.
ways
Ours
limited
taxes are
Moreover, only by sharing the tax burden on a fair basis is it posto keep the tax burden at a level which is toler.ible for all tax-
payers.
1
645
(205)
42.1
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2232-34
1969
REPORT NO.
SENATE
E'
91-552
to
do pass.
I.
SUMMARY
The Tax Reform Act of 1969 (H.R. 13270) represents a substantive and
comprehensive reform of the income tax laws. As the House committee
report suggests, there is no prior tax reform bill of equal substantive
scope.
From time
substantial incomes
provisions that were placed in the code primarily to aid limited ^egments
of the economy.
In fact, in
many
to pile
House
that this
sible for
to pay
is
an intolerable
ways
situation.
It
the
no Federal income
tax.
Ours
is
If
must
den on an
which
mittee
is
equitable basis is
tolerable for
amendments
all
it
taxpayers.
It is
com-
by ordering this
bill
On
September
4,
immediately
in
These hearings cover over 7,000 pages and the committee inserted
into the Congressional Record day by day summaries of the statements of
the witnesses as- they were made to the con.mittee. Following the com-
heard.
all
aspects of the
bill,
During
as
is
in 16
days
bill
committee carefully
made with
respect to specific
the public and the Senate fully informed of the progress of the committee
in
reaching
its
decisions.
2027
(206)
41.1
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2223-34
1969
Senate Report
then to be reduced by 6 percentage points a year for subsequent taxable
i>
tli.it,
uoitld give rise to a long-term capital gain if sold are not to apply in the
c.i>e
Effective date.
This
provision
is
December
31, 1969.
and
sec.
Present law.
Under
who
is
contributes property
allowed a charitable
and no
is
mining property
property (sec. 1245) and certain depreciable real property (sec. 1250), if
the
property
It
.1
its
fair
market value.
its fair market value
is
to be allocated
of the "sale" part of the transaction and the "gift" part of the trans-
The
.iction.
litference
Iiricc
seller is
between the
fair
gifts
cantly
greater than
is
results
is
in the case
which
would be paid if the asset were sold. In the case of gifts of ordinary
income property, however, this tax saving is at the taxpayer's top marginal
income tax rate. In either case, this ta.x saving is combined with the ta.\
saving of the charitable deduction at the taxpayer's top marginal rate.
Thus,
'
''y
in
some cases
it
actually
is
making a
gift
on the gain, and keeping the protrue in the case of gifts of appreciated property which
ordinary income if sold, when the ta.xpayer is at the high
ceeds.
This
is
wuiild result in
marginal tax brackets and the cost basis for the ordinary income property
2109
9o7
(207)
41.1
TAX REFORM ACT OF 1969, SENATE REPORT 91-442, 1645, 2027, 2109-12,
2233-34
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
is
taxpayer
in
make
For example,
a gift of SlOO of
a'
m-
ventory ($50 cost basis) and save $105 in taxes (70 percent of the $50 gain
if sold, or $35, phis 70 percent of the $100 fair market value of the inventory, or $70).
was intended
to provide greater
or
tax
bene-
is
so large,
it
is
not clear
how much
charitable motivation
actually remains.
It
in
erty.
Explanation of provision.
count for
ta.x
purposes
The
in five
House
bill
types of situations.
ciation
is
to
founda-
House
bill
take appreciation in value into account for ta.x purposes in the case of
property (such as inventory or works of art created by the donor) which
would give
rise to
ordinary income
if
the committee
sold.
is
amendments provide
otherwise available
is
to
The House bil! would have given the taxpayer the option '^f
reducing his charitable deduction to the amount of his cost or other basis
for the property, or of including the appreciation in value of the property
in value.
in his
income (as ordinary income or capital gains income as the case may
be) at the time of taking the charitable contribution deduction and deducting the full fair market value of the property as a charitable contribution.
all,
of the appreciation
is
rise to
is
the
amount
2110
/
P^
(208)
41.1
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2233-34
1969
Senate Report
by
appreciation
were to certain
pri-
full
vate foundations).
provision,
it
if
Appreciation
The committee
bill
sale to charity.
In the case of future interests in property, the committee believed that inclusion of such property in the appreciated property rules could
on charitable giving
The committee
may
have a
and
to public charities
remainder interest in
trust).
considers
and
it
real property.
would
Effective dates.
gifts
^The
amendments made by
this provision
relating to
2111
(209)
41.1
TAX REFORM ACT of 1969, SENATE REPORT 91-552, 1645, 2027, 2109-12,
22 S3- 24
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
However,
contribution of a letter,
514 of the
after
bill
applies),
December
(sec.
201(c) of the
bill
and
Present law.
for
of a
31, 1068.
4.
in the case
returned to him.
is
After the
come of
a trust
is
is
taxable to
may
be expected to
The
is
For ex-
bill,
the
maximum
(but
deductible con-
individual
who had
the
House
that ta.xpayers
should not be
by means of
Explanation of provision.
means of avoiding
In
amendments
House
bill
Accordingly,
is
Effective date.
trust
made
This
provision
is
2112
(210)
TAX REFORM ACT OF 1969, SENATE REPORT 91-442, 1645, 2027, 2109-12,
2233-34
41.1
1969
Senate Report
There
is
Effective date.
ta.\able
la;
Collections of Letters,
5.
Memorandums,
etc. (sec.
514 of the
bill
and
sees.
ated the property (or by a person who acquired the property as a gift
from the person who created it). Thus, gain arising from the sale of such
received the property as a gift from the person who created it)
is that the
holder of the property is, in effect, engaged in the business
of creating
and selling the artistic work or similar property (or is selling property
cre-
The committee
memorandums, papers,
etc.
(or col-
composiof
taxpayer (or of the
person who gave the property to the Uxpayer), and should
be classified
m the same manner for purposes of the tax law. In the one case, a person who sells a book written by or for him is treated as receiving
ordinary
income for the product of personal efforts (i. e., compensation for
personal services rendered). In another case, one who
sells a letter or memorandum written by or for him is treated as receiving capital gain on the
sale, even though the product he is selling
is, in effect, the result of personal efforts.
-mce
rt>
JUSCon,.4Adn,N,s'694t,
2233
(211)
41.1
TAX REFORM ACT OF 1969, SENATE REPORT 91-442, 1645, 2027, 2109-12,
2233-24
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
iting the charitable contribution deduction
in this
bill
ters,
memorandums,
etc.,
income
will
let-
have an
memorandums,
etc.,
have no cost
basis,
no charitable contribution
The
cember
31, 1968.
6.
to be ap-
after De-
Present law.
(sec.
In the
ca.5e
of individual taxpayers, 50
percent of the excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term
capital losses is included in income.
is
capital gains,
was concerned
(as also
on
and on revenues.
capital investments
Explanation of provision.
The House
bill
The
Total Distributions
From
the biU and sees. 402(a), 403(a) (2), and 72(n) of the code)
Under present law, an employer who establishes a qualiemployee pension, profit-sharing, stock bonus, or annuity plan is allowed to deduct contributions to the trust, or if annuities are purchased,
may deduct the premiums. The employer contributions generally are not
taxed to the employee until the amounts credited to his account are distributed or "made available" to him.
In addition, income earned by the
trust
or the earnings on reserves set aside by an insurance company for
employee benefits are exempt from tax if the employee trust is exempt
(under sec. 501(a)).
On retirement, in the usual case the employee receives annual benefit
payments which are taxed as ordinary income under the annuity rules
(sec. 72) when the amounts are distributed, to the extent they do not represent a recovery of the amounts contributed by the employee. However,
under an exception to this general rule, if the employee receives his benefits in a lump-sum distribution from the plan.'- the payment is taxed as a
Present law.
fied
Self-employed
persona
receiving
"H.R.
10"
2234
(212)
o
42.1
H.R.
OIstCOXOKKSS
1st Sr.ssuix
1\
Till':
T)i:n;Mr.i:R
helo
Tn
2
',
SECTION
I.
I.
SHORT
Hcj'dnn Acf nf
T.iiiuc
Hnusp pav^od
as inserted
in italics
rctnriii
(a) Sifoirr
(1))
^ O^ji
I
^(iKirc
514
flic
inr,;i
ii-<li'rfil
hill
to
l)c
iniiilcd
laniriiacc
in lieu thereof.)
TITLE. ETC.
Title. This
Ad mm/
1!li:9".
or doxT f:\Ts.
11
(213)
In-
SS 201(a) . 514
H.R.
42.1
IT)!)
hi.rdhlc
lo
licjOrc
4
I
he dniicd for
iihiiiIht.s shall
./
tiiniari/
(A)
II
cs (i)
and
(j).
(e),
14
ing:
''(a)
and
and
170
(relating to chari-
amended
fjifts) is
respcctivehj,
and
and
(j)
(Ji)
and
(i)
redesirjnntiiuj
Gkseual nr i.e.
"(1)
17
deduction
18
subsection
(<))
19
taxable year.
20
as a deduction only
21
scribeil
paj/nient of irhich
16
tJtc
b>/
Ai.i.owASCE OF JJkijuctios.
by
(B) by
13
Section
Tirij-:^.
redesirjnatinf/ subsections
bji
subsection
12
15
GENERAL.
/.v
(1)
10
Contributions
(a)
l)i(/iiiiiiiii/
CHARITABLE CO^iTRIBUTIONS.
SEC. 201.
ijciir
1 !l7 I
1.
A Charitable
Subtitle
(j
(iiii/
is
(as
made
defined
loithiii
in
the
if
verified
22
"(2) Col'I'ohatioxs
23
24
accrual basis,
if
(214)
its
///
the
13720. DECEMBER
H.H.
42.1
U,
1969,
8S 201(a),
514
160
''(A)
///('
hudnl of dtntiorti
hie contribution
duruKj anij
td.nihic year,
'^
th(
^^
^'Jth
*^-.
suc]i ta.rable
day
of the third
may
11
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
before the
the clone of
may
election
"(3)
Future interests
PROPERTY. For
15
ntude after
made
be
such taxable
maimer
as the Sec-
1^
14
tind
such contribution as
elect to treat
and
and on or
month foUon-ing
]iear,
;\s
cliaiitu-
year,
10
aiilliorizcs
purposes of
in tangible personal
this section,
payment
of a
only irhen
all
intervening interests
in,
and
made
rights to the
tence, a fixture
which
is
intended
to be
severed from
the
"(b)
"(1) Individuals. In
(215)
the case of
an individual,
42.1
H.R.
^g 201(a)
514
Kil
1
ilie
n.s
/iniiiiUi]
inhufi'iii
III
limited
Ann
ehnrilnhle
coii-
"(i)
H'I.i:.
fil'S'i:i:M'
be.
snbjiKidijidjihs.
siu-ccii]!/!//
tin
ill
'Y-U
:]
(a) shall
"
clini'cli
or
(t
c<mrcnl>ii of aasocia-
iion of diurcJics,
(!
"(ii)
orfjdiiization
('(hiciilioiKiI
"II
irliicJi
and cnr-
nortnaUij mainlniiis a
10
11
12
bod;/ of
"
jiii
place irJierr
larli/
//(<"
its
carried ai,
"(id)
lo
studcnls in altendance al
iir
jiiJs
rcfjiiliir faciilli/
"II
die
onjaiiizatinii
principal
j>itr-
1-i
pose or
!'
1*>
medical research,
1"
pital,
finii-lii)iis
or
if the
iJic
if
ovf/anization is a Jms-
organization
is
a medical research
18
1!-*
20
irith
liospilal.
during
and.
21-
22
zalion
^'
is
committed
to
is
the calendar
year
January
1 of the
fifth
ILK. 1:527011
Dif(i?
(216)
42.1
6 201(a).
514
102
1
calendar year
contribution
"('''')
ii-hicli
bcf/ins after
date such
(lie
made,
is
""
or{/a)ii:iitioii
t/ornmllij rc-
irhicjt
sive of
t>
formance
'S
501(a) ) from
income received
b'j sucJi
the
in
it>i
(rxclu-
organization of
its
cliaritahlc,
exemption nnder
section
lU
direct contributions
1-
t^upjiort
from
from
direct or in-
32
v'hich
1^
receive,
l-l
and
15
a college or universitg
1^
referred
17
and
IS
1*'
is
to
orf/anized
is
ami
invest,
Jinld,
oiid administer
to
u-Jiich
to
prnpertij
an organization
to in
ivhich is
and
ojwrated. e.rclusirvhi
mal-c expenditures
or
an agencji or instrument(ditg
of a
n-Jiich
20
^^
"'^
-^
^'^
(217)
41-591
74
15
to in sith-
to
in
sub-
42.1
S201(a), 514
163
1
scdion (cjf?)
irliirh
sldiidal pari, of
ils siijijioi't
;}
rcccii'cd
orf/diiizdiioii
i)
()
for
(c)(1) or from
from
llic
under
c.rvinplioii
unit
btisi.s
llic
from
-'lOlfd))
to
in
subsection
founddtion
describid
in
(E), or
13
14
shad be alloiral
15
sucJi contrd)utioiis
l(i
td.rpdi/c)- s
17
to
the e.rtent
tlidt
tJie
the dijfp'et/dle of
taxidile i/ear.
coMiniirrioxs.
"(f') OriiEi;
tdbtr contribution
1!'
tion
20
allowed
21
to
irhicJi
percent of the
')()
15
Ani/
subpardip-npJi
(A)
applies shiiH be
'Y'V
-()
chnri-
of such eoii-
23
24
''(ii)
^'^
or
pi'ivftte
('
sabpdrd;/rd/ili
12
22
siicli
Jii/
(ihicdlioiinl,
srclioii
referred
Income
'Y'."''V
-~
clidnldhlr,
lis
of
(cvchifi'ivc of
or jicrjonudiicc
('.rcrc'ixi'
t/overiniiciildl
10
11
lis
III
thi
td.nihli
i/i
dr, or
(218)
i/eiir
lii.r-
over
42.1
201(a), 314
1969,
H.R.
1G4
amount
the
1111(1(1-
i)
'rcfjanl lo .siilipardi/nijih
(A)
sulij)(ir(i//rii/)li
I'M-iMiTKh
''((')
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l.\l)l\' iDl'Al.s.
Suhjicl
to
>
tiollS
(111(1
llic
fjfdjihs
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not
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case
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(iiiidiiiil
of
nijdiil In clidjilcr
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(/((lis.
till
ill
sinh td.nihJc
in
siihscc-
sill)p(li'(l-
ill
(ijijilt/.
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iiij
(if
the /irocisidiis of
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( d(l( fiiiiiK
nldliiKj Id
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ij
ckhtms
i-oi;
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(A).
(<l(
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jidid
15
diiniii/
16
iiKj la.cdhle
17
pcrcenldip'
(deli riiiiin
18
19
such i/cdr
jiiitid irithduL
in
d under
reijdrd to
21
"(n)
22
f(d'
23
"(ill)
the
->
personal
In hen
td. nihil
dj Ihe
I'jI
((dloicdiK^e of dediiclions
e.reniplidii )
dill/
(f )((>))
20
seel ion
siihseclidn
and
//(iir
ii
amount
(219)
of
income
la.r
42.1
H.R.
201(a),
514
105
siicli
i/(rir,
iJicrc iiki//
he siilislihi/cd far
respect of
included, in
other
iitrliidcd in
i/rai' in
iJic
icns
pai/incjil
irhicJi
(in//
amoinil so
(1111/
i/ciir tJic
llitil
i/e(ir.
"(J>) Sl'lJCIAI.
PROPERTY.
"(i) In the
(join
K)
of
(e) (1 )
12
the
13
lejiich
14
15
30 percent
16
17
18
If)
-()
Jl
e(tiiit<d
( I> )
of c]uirit(d)Je contriliiilions
/n-ojti rlj/
to
snliscdion
icliicli
viirenVized
map
C((se
he
capital f/oin
taken
any taxahJe
under
account
into
propi
such
of
/in
siih-
For
rti/
poses of
tliis
Jiase
.<id).'<cclion,
parai/ra/di
a/i/itii s shall,
into
account
after
of
siidi
<dl
pro/ierti/T he
nthir
charitidile
contrihiitions.
"(ri)
If.
n-ith
irliich
clause (i)
(220)
of ca/iital i/ain
a/i/ilies
exceeds
iin-
/n'o/iertij
:>()
/lercent
42.1
H.R.
S201(a), 514
nj
IK r
(^
in'ojiclii/
()
irliii-Ii
///
order
cniisi.-.h III
"^ "
>'li'iril(i!ili
III
uj
cj inn
fijj
(jiini
riilis
fid/isr
irliicli
llic
of
<if
(i)
siiiisi
njijiJii'S
nn nlr.i d
ii
siicc( (dill//
.'i
lii.r-
lJn
irilli
iniij
Inahd,
IS all rihiilnlilc Id
cncji
/(iijifii/iTs
llii'
(fill
cdjulnl
lii.rnlilc
ninii-
<i
nj
(/iiiii)
i/riirs
in
lime.
"('ii)
1'^or jtiiriinscx
term 'capilal
nf llns sidjparnfjrnph,
10
lite
11
ref^pect
12
13
14
1^")
f/(ii)i.
to
h^or
an;/
17
or business
r*
its
itl
pur posts
jiroperhf
conlrihidion,
ir>
ainj
i/nin
(in
if
meniifi,
with
crtjiitnl
asset
fair luarhel
vtdiic
at
hnvc rcsidtcd
as (hjiiKd in section
2-11 (J)))
triiile
sJmU
"(ir)
1!)
For purposes
of this sulipiiriif/rfiph,
means,
I'f)
///('
-1
--
-'
if <iich
-I
properl;i
f/iiin'
(221)
its
at ils fair
eont rdiiition.
irilh
market
'
42.1
514
201(a),
R.R.
107
Ceutms
"(E)
Tlw prioalc
;!
(A)(cii)
depncd
//i(
tiinilili_
10
11
"
nj
ijiur in
I'-'i
ca-r..!
out
15
4942(]i))
^''
of
^^
'
-"
of
siicli
"^
24
Jill
ml d
i.-.f
in
ili:it
an
4'.'4'^f
(id
(ns
iKjitrd
Inalnl.
: 1
'
en
mils
Juit im/.^
n-illiont
'i'.:i
inria's
roiii I
J:
til
n-illi
difimd
in
jKiruiiniiili
uppti-
a.-
il-:.
!if[-.,>>
"''fli
^ii-'irm
an anioiinl ct/nid
and
rtriivid.
aj'li
inciii'diiiiii
cnntrdiulioiis,
its
In
//,;
Kill lurii nt
risjnct In irhirJi
tliat
the
the
foundation made
foundation sJinwiiuj
hut ions, a in I
-'
""
Ill
.'
iif
14
i:
tlnrtnt). trhiiJi
('))
(as
jdiniilalioii
section 494.2((j),
\-
(as
llii
qiiidi!
/incalc
"//"''
"".'/
joiindallnn
opcfiitiiii/
4!)42 (})(:'>)).
in section
(/'/-(
hi'il'is
pi'iratc
scrlioii
///
'"''"^
()
(c)(1)(B) arc
siiliscclioii
(iinJ
'/r/n/fv/
,')
"(i)
fovspatioss.
I'unwTi-:
'Y"'J "
pi'ii'otc
trdnilioiis to irhich
and
n-hicli
n-ould
foundation
arc pooled
lie
in
(dl of the
a coniuian
ilcscrilied in section
rii/ht
of
am/
con-
fund
')09(a)
suhstanlial con-
(222)
42.1
H.R.
S 201(a)
514
KiS
1
or Ins
iiil!<.
jiiiriii/ni/ili
nllrihiildhic
jiiiid
tj
iiicjil,
jxtrmirii ji'ii
I II
hill
.spniisc
ram
mid
lid
ill
In
( I )
In
dniiar
lIic
fii
dincl
nj
(1).
all riliiilalilc
use
(III
IS
In
nidii
iifijilij
10
nicnnic nj
11
(and
12
lions dcscrihcd in
13
inonllis
icliicli
15
null/
16
dniinr s
17
he
18
19
dealli
20
21
22
llic
dtsi rihiilcil
is)
njler
llic
(and
nr
oj
siirli
"(F)
nj
nm
nj
realised
IS
cni'jins
llic
In
disl rihnlcd In
is)
ajl< r lln
llic
dcalli nj
rii/lil
In
siicli
nj
llic
he
In
inlh'in >
In
iini/
rct/iiircd In
one nr nmrc
niic
in
and
jiind
llic
is
nj
such
i/ear njler
liiA
dcsii/ntilc
llic
rccipiciils
cnr/ins.
(_'<)\Tiii!{CTi().\
ii.\sr:
i)/:i-i.\i:/).
24
in
nrijii iir.n-
(1)
purposes of
lu
juii/-
nil
if
23
gard
I'li
rihnlnhle
fund
llic
llic
larahic jjcar
In/
nil
Id
cniiiinnu
llic
nr iimrc
llic
ni
nirniiic
rci/inrcd
is
parai/riijili
close
cniil rihnlinn
she lias
ij
llic
jiind
In
siicli
incniiic
nil
ij
rnnniinn
dm/nr's
llic
slinll
icdl )
hi/
rnrpiis
llic
llic
tij
di^rrilicil
nrfj/iiiiz'diDJi
(III
scribed
.<
died or
(hi/
rccipi-
llic
di
(ir</iiin:iili<)iis
iiiiKi/ui
In
/in inidlli/
{/csii/ii'ilc
Ihis
scdinn,
llic
(223)
For
llic
lax-
42.1
H.R.
169
1
able
"(')
viifJrr section J
i/('(ir
C()HI>OI!.\'ri()SS.
72).
In
Ihc case of a
corpora-
lion,
'>
"
"((')
t(ix(d)le
10
12
"(c)
net
'^tnji
CuARiTMiLE
purposes of
14
means a
section,
this
contributio}i or
"(i)
'.122 ( speeud
('oyruil'.VTioy
the
f/ifl to
tei'in
any
17
UnUed
18
the contribniion
19
purposes.
20
"(2)
21
or foundation
Dkfiskd.
^chorilfdde
For
cont iihiition'
16
22
to
1''
15
subscclloti
this sectinv,
"(JO
11
iiikJci-
United States, or
or
(/ift
is
made
if
"(A)
United Stales
vnder
23
-4
-5
(224)
e)r
the District of
Cohunbia,
'
42.1
H.R.
1969.
S201(a), 514
170
"(^)
mid
or//(iiiizc(!
(ipcrnlcd
cjcliisircJij
for
cdnca-
or
religions,
-1
children or annuals;
cJiarilabJe,
"(C) no part
7)
to the benefit of
ual;
ivhich
lilo-ari/,
any private
sliareJiolder or individ-
is
on
prnpafjanda,
not participate
12
13
campaign on behcdf
1-i
office.
in,
15
IG
fvnd, or foundation
17
paragraph only
1^
States or
1^
specified, in
"-^
any
"(3)
vliich does
in ( inchidinji the
any
poiitical
of
be dcdudilde
sliai!
it
if
its
to
is
be
puh-
bi/
cJiest,
rcasun of
this
possessions crclusively
foj'
purposes
suJiparagrapli (B).
post or organization of ivar veterans, or an
-^
anj/
of
ollieninse
any such
-'^
or intervene
or
and
10
-^
to
and
"(D)
scioilific,
post or organization
"
its
(A) organized
possessions,
any
of
and
"(B) no part
(225)
which inures
42.1
S i 201(a),
H.R.
524
171
to (he
hcnvfU of
sharchohltv or iiuUrld-
oirij jjr'nuile
ual.
"(4)
III
iJic
case of a coidrlhiil'ioii or
lion, 0[icrati)i{/
under
()
contribution or
(jift is to
charitahh,
for'
11
12
lit(
ehddreu
eiineterij ei>inpan'/
and
am/ business
an in-
a.'^sociu-
if
reJi(jirnis,
in-
aiiinads.
not perniitted
purposes as a
hi/ its
charier
cetneteri/
to eiieja/je in
1.')
and no
i(i
poration inures
IT
or indirnluid.
is
slia n Jiolihr
jirimle
For purposes
19
also ineans
2(1
tJiis
if
18
21
e.r-
its
of
such
or educational purposes, or
rarij,
corporatioji
order, or
I>i/
10
scientific.
socicli/,
(jift
(]i)
as'paid
(.'?),
(3). or (4).
"(1) Is/nviDVAr.s.
24
"(A) Is av.XKUM..
val,
if
the
amount
of
(226)
In
the case of
an indirid-
42.1
%% 201(a), 514
H.R.
172
(h)(1)(A)
sciibcd in siihsctiion
is
'paraf/r/i])h
exceeds
of the
sncli
oj
])ni/ii>eiil
of
//'///V/i
tfic
50
referred
(is
'emdrihulinn
(he
faj-jini/t r
>
fur
/"'h
C''>iifiihuii''ii
jieai')
case of
in the
lln.<
nm-
<i
.-^nch
j/ear,
/.cess
')
to
in
j'/iid in enrfi
order nf time,
10
11
0)di/ to
12
amounts:
tlie
"(i)
13
tJie
amotDit
hi/
14
percent,
in the case of a
15
fjin)rinQ
before Janvari/
16
folloiriiKj
50 percent (SO
vJiich
1070)
of the
sum
ta.r-
succeeding
17
IH
Hi
payment
of vhicfi
is
tJie
made
bi/
of the charitable
-->
-^
tedde
to this
(A)
wilJ'-
(1)(A) paipnent
of which u-as
years before
contrdmtion yceir
tjie
(227)
made
in
(h)
taxable
wliicfi
are
4P..1
S 201(a). 514
1969,
H.R.
173
ircak'J under
paid
in
"(it)
tJiis
in
succeedina taxu/id u;
r/i-.
fifth
suc-
ahli
case </
(i
in
any
fourth, or
tliird.
taxable year.
12
14
Stcond.
t..;oc.->.
10
13
llie
(A) paid
i)
11
^-'.j/\
"(J>) ''Special
CMiRYOVERS.
LOSS
f'-^U>
'^"'
'^''fc-^'s
In
applying
determined
subparagraph
under subparagraph
15
(A) for
16
the extent
17
18
section
ic
20
contribution year.
21
"(2) COL-PORATIONS.
22
"(A) In GENERAL.
23
year
the contribution
tliat
sliall
be reduced to
172(b) (2)
and
Any
contribution
made
24
iJilf;
25
in
paragrapli referred
excess of the
to
as
llie
in
'contrlbulion year )
(228)
S 201(a), 514
1969.
H,R.
42.1
174
(h)(2)
iiiidcr siilj.scclion
"I
hut
'A
>
till'
sac<'(( (Iimi
(iiilij
l<i
l/it'
V.
Id.ialili-
cm
llir
r>
dcfhi'iihlc
for
(>
snhf^vclioii
(h)(2) orcr
made
!)
i/i/tr.s
nj
s.s
.siini
llic
iij
tiro joiloii'-
IIk
ta.vahh-
yc(ir
made
in ta.vahh'
irlncli
gears hefore
tJiis
11
or (ii)
V2
the ainonni of
!']
ca-^e
!"
tfriidile
I'J
16
17
18
'
case of the
c.vress
siirJi
i/(
mid
roni rdnitioii.
filth
iii
the
siiccei ilnig
any
tii.i-
and
sufdi
Special
"(I^)
in-!.}:
20
(A),
the
2^
tion in a taxahle
^^
plies,
-'
year;
LOSS CA^^Yo^'Eh's.
-"^
ta.rahlc
19
"1
first
under
nj the coiitriljiitions
10
in the
(inininit
llie
year nud
ofihf of /imc.
in
siicccciliiu)
siicJt
year plus
in such
ihr /(AM/'
(ij
ill III
(i)
slnill
to
which
this section
ap-
over
"(ii)
under
year
made by a corpora-
the
amount deductible
the iunitation
(229)
in
subsection
in
sue-h
(h)(2),
year
49.. 1
Ih
%% 20 1(a), 514
1969,
175
reduced
shall be
taxable income
:}
a net operating
'J
COME
c.
:r.i:
.:;
Gais
count under
Fiy'PEF.TY.
amount
'^'^
reduced by
of yain whicli
y-''
if
the
ac-
itito
sum
would
of
not Jiave
its
fair inarkct
1''^
and
1"
"(B)
1'^
section
1*"*
509(a) ),
50 percent
(6.2-^/2
of a corporation) of the
amount
-^
percent, in the
"^
of yain
90
if the
u-Iiicli
ca.'^e
2:5
payer
"^'^
^'^
to
1-
14
increases
'Y-U
and
Joss
table contiibiifiun
JO
11
A\r,
For
at
its
fair
marld
(230)
value
.<old
by
the ta r-
(determined
at
the
in
H.R.
42.1
514
170
1
1250(a), or 1251(a)
rrlii
1231(b))
''
sectio/t
applir.s).
is
prop-
in the
asftet.
=J
vml
which
pnraejraph (1).
in
of
KJ
11
1^
1'^
14
15
anp
tions
presrrdud
"(f)
DiSALLowAxcL
C'.l.'.V^.s'
.l.\7>
requla-
/ > i:i>r("no\
/.v
('kutais
be (dlnired
an or(janization or
17
u-ith
Sl'LCfAl. Ilni.jcs.
"(1)
under
b;/
arenrdanee
and
4048(c)(4)
a contributinn
to
508(d)
or
18
section.-<.
19
20
21
22
23
24
TRUST.
/.v
"(A)
n EM A IS DEI!
property transferred
allowed under
in
I\TEL'EST.In
trust,
the case of
no deduction shedl be
value of a contri-
is
(231)
42.1
H.R.
177
1
mairnJer
pooled
(l^)).
incoiin:
"(J^)
(inii interest in
icrcst)
the
7ne7d specifies
under
r(due
in
fi.r<d
po-Ciidoije
mine
of the trust
and
the (jrontor
tluit
i/an-li/
the i)ilerest
is
12
is
13
of appiIII 11(1
14
15
16
to he so treated, the
17
18
19
20
hy
21
carnetl
22
23
24
counted
siicJi
67/. //
sectii))!
iloiior ceases
tlie
tin
to
donor ceases
amount
ftir
the trust
and
of
iini/
tin
tliis
nmoinit
tieduction
lie
re-
ell
amounts of inctnnc
ta.vtihie
to
to he trealid
him
he fore the
as the oirner of
amounts of income.
sJitdl
(232)
he
to
oj
form of n
hi/
or a
deduction
distribnted
(id'i),
fiuid
(dh)ired
slinll Ijc
11
section
in
10
(dcscrihal
iniilriist
he dis-
The Secre-
42.1
S 201(a), 514
178
1
(IS riKii/
subparai/rojili.
"((^J I)KXt.\L
74
piirjioses of
DEnrcTiox
Oh'
u-hich a deduction
(lie
paragraph
allowed under
is
lliis
c.isr:
i.\
of
case in
(B),
in
traiisferreil
under
trust,
no dediic-
grantor
10
ll_
tion
made by
"(^) EXCKPTIOX.
- 16
Tliis
paragraph
shall not
13
(ipp^'J "*
14
15
subsection
Ifi
^^
f^'^'c ill
(a).
17
18
ERTY.
'Y-U
J^' c.F'^FRAi..
///
tJie
Pl.'OP-
case of a contribu-
20
lion (not
21
22
23
allowed under
2-1
2.)
made by a
transfer in trust) of
this section
(233)
-
llie
ref/iildlions
19
siicli
12
41-591
prescribe
only
an
interest
H.R.
42.1
514
171)
For
puragraph, a coiilrihution
hi/
lo
less
crti/.
use projicrly
sJinll
not apply
to
"(ii)
11
Siiliparaf/rnpJt
contrihulion of
an
iindiridcd portion
(A)
shall
of
an entire
13
14
mining
1^
erty,
1^
method,)
1'
into account.
18
23
interest in property.
'
12
^^
(lie ri;/]U
or
10
^1
suh-
^^
(nxpnijer of
"(f^) ExCEl'TIOXS.
iJiis
of
1"
ti,
inirpo.'<e.'i
the value of a
(computed
depreciation
and
on
the
straight
mitJi
any
charitahle conlrihution,
is
assumed hy
if
a cJiaritahle C(inlril)iilion
ject to a
tlie
line
the recipient or
liahilily,
then, lo
is
iJie
diiplicalion of amounts,
//, hi
a liahUdy.
the
necessary
amount talen
lo
is siilj-
avoid
into ac-
24
25
charitahle contrihulion
(234)
42.1
H.R.
514
180
1
"(^)
trliieli
IS atlvd>}il(d)h' to (iiiij
contribution,
is
is
paid)
'^'c
case of a bond,
to
or continued
fii)
11_
making
u^hich
h;/
is
and
(Hi) irhiih
tind^iufj of tin
and
"(J^) "'
10
hij
he paid)
h<i.<
lias
sJifdl
he ftirllur
i<
to
aii'l
llie
of the contribution.
12
13
14
bond
!*
1^
1*^
income of
18
poses of
1-'
20
21
22
-^
subparayraph (B)
ivhich is attributable to
til
the
is
slial! imt
the
lif
mnl-
includible
in
the gross
paragrapJi.
tJie
debtedness.
TION.
23
24
to
"(A) In GEXERAL.Jf
sections
of
the
of
(235)
subsection
(b)(1)(C),
the
42.2
514
181
amount othcnrise
(a)
as a deduction under
alloirahle
shall he
subsection
which
without regard
transitional
subparagraph ((')) of
duction
amount
"
'
11
subparagraph
income percentage
under
this
tliv
than the
is less
(determined under
be
section
reduced below
allou-uble as a deduction
For purposes
A(iE.
13
(C),
14
means
the
under
the
section
tliis
term
of applying subsection
deduction
'transitional
(b)(1)
percentage'
"(i)
15
in
the
17
"(ii)
ning
in
year begin-
J070
]D71
1072
1973
I071f
80
pei-ccnt
7.',
percent
'iS
percevt
C'-i
percent
C)<>
percent.
lU
'JO
compvled
12
18
to this
income
taxable
10
IG
tnj-payci's
the
Tor purpniis
of applying
C'.:-5-.
(236)
subparagraph (A),
the
42.1
514
182
1070
1071
1072
1073
SO
2G
32
38
107/t
1,1,
(A)
amended
end
and
bij
(2).
slrihing
to
is
subparagraph
percent
pcrcentr
to apjilicalion of
percent
percent
COXFORMIXG AME.XDMKXTS.
(2)
percent
it
appears
(d)(iy\
of paragraph
( rvJating to
550 (b)(2)
(B)
hi/ strik-
adjustments
income) and
ta.r(d)le
10
section
11
12
each
15
16
In for-
and (B)"
170(b)'(l)
and
inserting in
(A),(B),aml
r^J";
17
(ii)
18
and (5)
19
lieu
20
-1
adjustments
(i)
'
to
amended
13
14
(relating
thereof "section
(Hi)
come' "
')'>
lieu
in
/"//
and
insertiiiij in
(237)
(2)
".-
in-
insertin<i in
and
H.R.
42.1
514
183
(iv)
hij
section
tence
'6
and
amended
is
first
sentence of" in
10
(ii)
""
h>j
in
12
thereof "section
13
(B)
subparagraph
11
and
inserting
in
lieu
(b)
Trusts.
Subsection
1'^
tion for
table
170(b)(3)"
1"*
18
companies)
(i)
1'^
170
(relating to modifica-
1^
purpose)
"(c)
is
(c) of section
amended
to
642
(relating
set
to
dcdnc-
read as follows:
19
"(1)
General rule. In
the case of
an
estale or
20
trust
21
22
computing
23
relating
2^
charitable,
and
2''
its
taxable income
etc.,
conlrihiitions
deduction for
any amount
of
which pursuant
to
gifts)
(238)
to
42.1
'
H.R.
^ 201(a),
514
oppJy)
1969."
(c)
()
'(dc/iuiiig
//(('
''The'.
capilul gain)
lu'l
case of a corporation,
(d)
31, 1969.
opplg
to
Capital Asset.
^'^
of capilid asset)
is
^^
composition, a
18
erty,heldbg
19
1:221(3)
to
this
December
ETC.
Is
Not
(relating to definition
read as follows:
artistic
memorandum, or
similar prop-
efforts created
letter
or
svch property,
^1
'(J^)
'/"-
(^osc
of a
letter,
2*
^"^
MEMORANDUMS,
amended
''(3)
2^
Section
16
^-^
and
122.?(9)
1-4
20
lite''
December 31,
Section
amended bg
is
Effective Date.
section sJiall
13
Amendment.
CoNFORMiyai
10
\vi
to the extent
H'fl.s'
whom
or
such prop-
prepared, or prf>duced, or
"(C) a taxpayer
sucJi
memorandum,
property
is
in
(239)
H.R.
42.1
%% 201(a), 514
387
1
paii by reference
the
(A) or (B)r.
(b)
hands of a
la.rpai/cr described in
CoKFOUMiyiG Amexdmexts.
(1) Section 341(e)
nition of subsection
corporations)
ng
clause (i).
"
(e)
(.i) (
A)
asset
in
amended
is
"(ii^)
11
to
to
(iv)
(relating
to
defi-
read as follows:
property
(unless
or (Hi))
(ii),
subparagraph
under
included
which consists of a
12
position,
13
14
if
the
letter
or
memorandum, or
15
by
IG
letter,
17
prepared or produced
18
li'
20
21
(2)
tion of
sinnlar
memorandum,
Section
22
by inserting
23
similar property'
24
(c)
",
1231(b)(1)(C)
property used
in the
f)
percent
(relating
trade or business)
to
is
The
(240)
ameridments
i?i
defini-
amended
Effective Date.
was
or similar property)
",
or
made by
42.1
U,
1969, S 201(a),
614
388
//;/.s'
currivfj after
section
and
(241)
43.1
1,
1974
OON
V/.
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jOwm
S-
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VA,-.O^RSTaR
MAi^vORsaM. jc.
M. AO=>L.Ct:AU>4
s.wooNe
I.
5'<'DtH
MAnoio.jn.
WII.I.IAM ^TANLE-. J,
V.
VEAVEW
eowiM
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wiCf-tAii.
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'On s. roi-c
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McCil.CjTl.ir*
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Sr/TEEINTH STREET.
V/ASHINGTON.
E.
SM(tl R.
aiz -oocs
Of
STAiHG9uRr
C"*RL:s A.>-.tLi
CASL. &:
mcMA^o A.o*3*
covLtNO
MiROERT O'M
CVRIC V. SMITH. JR.
MARK A. W^lSS
MARRTS VWf N5TCIM
JOHN B. DSiMN.STOri*
P = TCR
J. NIC-LES
Michael SOu3'N
February 1, 197*^
(Transmitted February 22, 19?^)
Chief of Staff
Joint Committee on Internal
Revenue Taxation
1011 Longv;orth House Office Bldg.
V/ashington, D. C.
Dear Larry:
As you requested, I am enclosing herewi h coDi;
of my memoranda of November 26, 1969 and December 3, 196;
to Peter Flanigan regarding the status at that tim e of p rovisions in the Tax Reform Act of 1969 relating to contri buhese v; ere
tlons of letters, mem.oranda and other property,
taken from my personal chronological file, and I h ave re ceived
e Trea sury
the approval of Ed Schm.ults, General Counsel of
Department, to my sending these to you.
Sincerely yours.
Edviin S.
Ise
Enclosure
Dictated but not read
(242)
Cohen
43. 2
Ee;
Taz-;
&
t:o tliG
tbii dsd^zction is
Tha
Ta:; Rofcrni
law;
!;
Act ciikes
^-
?>"nrrihlr-?
r.ernor.-.l
property .
(243)
43. 2
Tf
Eatji-a
Bill,
las^rcv^r-,
also
ar^stid^
ir-^di2
'lifter
(244)
'
'
^g. 2
^ 3 ^
XC the effective dzt'Zii of too nc^i:;o,3ilI re-^drdlrig
colloctionG o papers should provcil the value cf cubECnaLlal contribtitricns of pcipezc tznds to a colloqe or other
ov!bl-i.clj'sur:zori:'2d inrtitiitixm before Dcccr:I>-r 31, 19S9
uhi.cI-> c:xco3'i the? c'cnvr'a cczizributicn CQilln- for 1959 ceroid
bs carried ever cvxd deducuc^d in ths years 1970-1974. subject
to tho ceiliu,'; is esch yesr. Kcp;ever, this riftbt: iro a carry<>Vt:-r to iS70-IS74 vculd exisv -under proaonc Irv crtly if the
cxjritrib'Jtioa is c^ada to a collcso or ether priblicly-supportad
iris ti t:\ivi ens,
Tac Csr_eco E^il vould p^rcit carry-cvcro la
tbs case o ccnCributiono ti?.do to private '"cpc-mtins fcnindationsj*' such an Colonlai Uillicirisb'jxjjp Brccklngs^ cte, bat;
ctHy -3s' to ccTitribyrioas rn^ide nfter Dsccrhor 31 ^ X965, A
pri^rnta fcundaticn oporatriiig a liircr? ccrjld appareiiilj bs
taride to qiialify ^^ <an ''cp-iriitixs^: foiiadasiou" for cctls pur-'
%}Dzs^
iUrttcfi if carry-cvar frcs IS52 Ci3 1970-1974- Is'dssirsd
for ^i contribiition to a pri%'ace "cp^rctin* foixad^Siioa" cade
In 1969, it vould be r.ecossar^- to o2V2 bach ths efactive
d-it-s of this cbsc^G j'.a X^-.r fran Doceonaer 31, 1S59 tp seres
csrilsr d^ite.
A.r.ldG froc: th? c-^fctc-r cf eniGctivs date on ccntribvitionSj,
Ex-bstar5tivc
proi/ixloni; relatip^ Co contrlbufcioas .cSthe
sales of ccllactic-iS of papr.ra arc ^ubctcritially tbo scc^ txi
:s
-
^- tho
(245)
43. 2
Cutting through the ramifications of all these provisions, the following possibilities exist:
1.
If the provision making sales of collections
of papers ordinary income were stricken on the floor
of the Senate and were not restored in conference,
contributions of papers could continue to be deducted
each year provided (a) the tangible personal property
rule is not restored in conference, and (b) If the
gift Is made to a private foundation it qualifies
as an "operating foundation." The contributions
would be subject to a 202 ceiling in 1969 and a
(Appreciation in property
30% celling thereafter.
cannot be used as a deduction beyond the 30Z celling;
the increased ceiling of 50% cannot be used with
respect to appreclaiton on property.)
r
L
2.
If the effective date of the provisions
relating to contributions of papers is changed
back to that in the House Bill (from Dec. 31, 1966
to Dec. 31, 1969), then a contribution could be
made in December, 1969 and deducted this year up
to 30% of income if made to a publicly-supported
institution and up to 20% if made to a private
foundation.
If the contribution were made to a
publicly-supported institution the amount of the
1969 contribution exceeding the 30% ceiling could
then be carried over and deducted in 1970-1974 up
But if
to a 30% celling in each of those years.
(246)
4S.2
Hhrir^
Xlwd-tn
ILiac-3
f the
s:d.ss::
t? p^jpsra
respect, tc aijpreciction
r
L
on propcrtj^,)
(247)
42. 2
the?
rr^fjg
er
Kc^ia S,
ESCoh'2rL:nnr-/:Xi/26/S9
(248)
Cohort:
43. 3
1969
8,
?v<e:
Frcssat
propertr7 to
tlia
l:;j
ii
psrxnits
a t2:cpayar
viic deniites
epprectatsd
iiijiijuat
Tha pending
Tcl^
Kafom
tc^iSv
(Bill
c^arkst value.
Mo^llii j>e
beJiii
sold
2Gl(a);
that if
tixa
viXl be
pern:if:Ccd.
Ths
ns-=^
hs.va
a copyrigbt-ed
is icing
grc-ra
(249)
41-591
74
17
by a
fare::
^szzs reason.;
to
43.3
1969
8.
- 2
farta ficccuntlr^s Exithcdn tha faznrrar hjxs no
la Sttdicioaj daducticnis
liv^stcck.
vro'ald
bs cliiniuated for
i^:en-ox=r.da,
cr> zaotictj
b-^.-.Sia
bccsn^JS
gi r.acc s
s\iih
capital gala,
-
"----.
.'.
a hi^h-breakst
p^trsoa
holding property"
E^ra
Xxf2
sslXs It-
An
sm. :ta=pi-a5
$705
,G5
for
d^;::^lr3
21
artist
$ljCOi;>
t^^s
each ysarj
p=it:
an
eti^i
ssxd
sf
tiaa
|:4i3XGat
bracV^t
havti
gcn:ticrz
70
izo
si-useya
be would raalizs
glgalf leant
property than if
fbx tha.
dcnated it to a
a ssving is his
ccatrib-aciotis
lia
(250)
43. 3
8,
1969
tentlfTlns before
cliG Firianci;
of them objected
wculd hQVs
iro
lii2i.t:-2d
t.'h2j:bc:r
dcroatsd
b^ the crtist,
that:
arc,
Z-lcac
Sorsj
bya
gs-
works of
of
supposft:
approved
tlic prcr/isicrx
:r2:;
hnt:
nons
inads
Sc^s
by tha bill
^5i Seuato
ejx^xxdx-sxxt.
cr^
inco-^-s
co-zciissioti
to study
iratil'
tsio.
ccotrnission reports.
(251)
43.3
his Cuoch
Iiia
;.'i':hout
1969
4 -
succcaaful by
8,
u-Iiich is
ici'.rJe
bj a person's
c^v*u
by CQ Invontor*
(252)
44.1
1969
50H
December
House August
7,
December
Senate December
same,
report
that the
bill
1969
HOUSE REPORT
(H.R.
22, 1969
11, 22,
NO. 91-413
to
whom was
referred the
bill
do pass.
SUMMARY
I.
From time to time, since the enactment of the present income ta.x,
over SO years ago, various tax incentives or preferences have been added
to the internal revenue laws.
provisions placed in
the economy.
In fact, in
many
It
Your committee
ways
is
to
is
sible
burden
at
a level
payers.
1645
(253)
ta.v.
fair.
an
Ours
one
to pile
which
is
fair basis
tolerable
taxes are
is
it
pos-
44.1
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
I
I
91-782
The managers on the part of the House at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the
bill (H.R. 13270) to reform the income tax laws submit the following in
explanation of the. effect of the action agreed upon by the conferees and
recommended in the accompanying conference report:
The Senate
struck out
all
of the
1.
The conference substitute (sec. 101(b) of the substitute and sec. 4940 of
the code) provides a tax of 4 percent of the net investment income of each
foundation for the taxable year.
2.
Both the House bill and the Senate amendment impose taxes on the
lowing acts of self-dealing:
fol-
persons,
(c)
The
persons,
(d)
qualified person,
(e) The transfer to or use by, or for the benefit of, disqualified
persons of the income or assets of a private foundation, and
2392
(254)
44.1
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
3.
The Plouse
bill
in
in five t>-pct
amount of
rise to ordinary
is
income
if
sold;
(3) Appreciation is taken into account in the case of gifts of tanpble personal property (such as paintings, art objects, and books not
produced by the donor) which would result in capital gain if the property were sold.
(4) Appreciation is taken into account in the case of gifts of futnrr
interests in property (such as a remainder interest in trust) which
would result in capital gain if the property were sold.
(5)
The
bargain sale
which
is
to charity is allocated
is
"given"
to thr
(3), (4),
and
it
not take appreciation into account in the case of category (4) referred
above relating to gifts of future interests in property.
The House
bill
:>
December
31, l***-
cember
amendments
31, 196S.
No
in the llc-i^
bill.
5.
2408
(255)
44.1
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
The conference
and
amount of the
taxpayer's
tax preferences.
(2) In the case of noncorporate taxpayers the rate of tax on capital
is
and then
increased to
to 35 percent
for 1972.
(3)
The
1975.
is
is
for cor-
carryforward pres-
chapter S corporation.
The
in the case
made
is
made
The conference
and
sus-
The House
capital losses
bill
may
Thus $2,000 of
limit.
$500 for each spouse (rather than the $1,000 presently allowed).
The Senate amendment retains the treatment provided by the House bill
except that it is made applicable for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1969 (rather than July 25, 1969, as under the House bill).
The conference
and
sec. 1211(b) of
4.
Letters,
memorandums,
etc.
(sees.
code)
The House
bill
whose personal
2432
(256)
44.1
1969
Conference Report
whom
etc,
House
bill).
(sec.
5.
occurring after December 31, 1968 (rather than July 25, 1969, as pro-
vided by the
Total distribution
House
bill.
etc.,
plans
(sees.
402(a),
The House bill limits the e.xtent to which capital gains treatment is to be
lump-sum distributions from qualified employee trusts (qualiAmounts atfied pension, profit sharing, stock bonus, and annuity plans).
tributable to employer contributions for plan years beginning after 1969
All other amounts received in the lumpare treated as ordinary income.
allowed for
refund.
from the
bill.
The conference substitute (sec. 515 of the substitute and sees. 402(a),
403(a) (2), and 72(n) of the code) follows the House provision whereby
employer contributions to qualified pension, profit sharing, stock bonus,
and annuity plans for plan years beginning after 1969 are to be treated as
ordinary income
to be
when
The amounts
'-year
"forward" averaging.
ployee as compensation
during the
tion or
6-
refund procedure.
The House
bill
come interest
itance, or a
<^f
the
an
in-
such interest was acquired by gift, bequest, inhertrust, is to be taxable, rather than only the excess
in trust, if
transfer in
The
provi-
2433
(257)
TAX
45.2
REFOm ACT OF
1969, 201,
514
83 Stat.
487
30, 1969
'
I.
Procurement
funds, rescission.
shipbuilding
,
funds, rescission.
rescission.
into
combat troops,
prohibition.
Short title.
Public
Law
91-1'
To
AV ^^^
AOT*
^'^
,
reform the income tax laws.
SECTION
(a)
1.
SHORT TITLE,
of 1969"'.
(b)
ETC.
Table of Contents.
cited as the
(258)
45.1
83 Stat.
(g)
(otiier
549
30, 1969
beginning after
December
31, 1969.
subsec-
tion (b) (3) shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31,
1970. The amendments made by subsection (e) shall apply with respect
of property after December 31, 1969. Where an organizamakes a bargain purchase of property before October 9, 1969,
which is subject to a mortgage which was placed on the property more
thnn 5 years before the purchase, and the organization paid the seller
total amoimt no greater than the amount of the seller's cost (includto transfers
tion
ft
p.
545.
Ante,
SEC.
201.
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS.
(259)
68A
26
Stat. 58.
use
170.
45.1
550
**'usc" V'
30, 1969
[83 Stat.
subdivisions,
m
.
graph (E),or
(260)
1/
TAX REFORM ACT OF 1969, 201, 524
PUBLIC LAW 91-172-DEC. SO, 1969
45.1
83 Stat.
"(viii)
551
(2)
Anie,
or (3),
p.
be allowed to tlie extent that the aggregate of such contributions does not exceed 50 percent of the taxpayer's contribution base for the taxable year.
"(B) Other contkiiuitions.- Any charitable contribution
other than a charitable contribution to which subparagraph
(A) applies shall be allowed to the extent that the aggregate
of such contributions does not exceed the lesser of
"(i) 20 percent of the taxpayer's contribution base for
the taxable year, or
"(ii) the excess of 50 percent of the taxpayer's contribution base for the taxable year over the amount of charitable contributions allowable under subpai-agraph (A)
496.
sliall
visions of subsection (e) (1) (B), shall not apply, in the case
of an individual for a taxable year beginning before January 1, 1975, if in such taxable year and in 8 of the 10 preceding
taxable years, the amount of tlie charitable contributions, plus
the amount of income tax (determined without regard to
68A Stat. 353;
chapter 2, relating to tax on self-employment mcx>me) paid
81 Stat. 83.S.
durmg such year
resjject of such year or preceding taxable '26'usc "moi
years, exceeds the transitional deduction percentage (detei"mined under subsection (f)(6)) of the taxpayer's taxable
income for such ye;ir, computed without regard to
"(i)
"(ii)
this section,
section 151 (allowance of deductions for per-
(261)
''"*' pp
676.
Post,
p.
619.
45.1
552
*?'i,?lf'
26
UaC
^,^,*"
1231.
Stat.
asset.
"(E) Certain private foundations. Tlie iJrivate foundations I'eferred to in subparagraph (A) (vii) and subsection
(e)(1)(B) areAnt.p.502.
Anfe, p. 496.
third
tributions,
and
"(iii) a private
foundation
all
of the contributions to
(262)
^^'-^
S3 Stat.
r.AX
REFOm ACT OF
1969, 201,
514
30, 1969
553
all of the corpus attii'^utable to any donors contribution to the fund is I'equiied to be (and is) distributed to
one or more of sucli orfrunizations not later than one year
after his death or after the death of his surviving spouse
if she has the right to designate the recipients of such
corpus.
"(F) CoNnauuTiox base defined. For purposes of this
section, the term 'contribution base' means adjusted gross
income (comijuted without regard to any net operating loss
carryback to the taxable year under section 172).
"(2) CoRPORATioxs. In the c;xse of a corporation, tlie total
deductions under subsection (a) for any taxable year shall not
exceed 5 percent of the taxpayer's taxable income computed without regard to
26
use
esA
241-248.
stat. 291.
Post. p. tis.
"(1)
State, a possession of the United States, or anj' political
subdivision of any of the foregoing, or the United States or the
District of Columbia, but only if the contribution or gift is made
for exclusively public purposes.
" (2)
corporation, trust, or community chest, fund, or foundation
"(A) created or organized in the United States or in any
possession thereof, or under the law of the United States, any
State, the District of Columbia, or any possession of the
United States
"(B) organized and operated exclusively for religious,
charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes or for
the prevention of cruelty to children or animals
"(C) no part of the net earnings of Avhich inures to the
benefit of any private shareholder or individual and
"(D) no substantial part of the activities of which is carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting, to influence
legislation, and which does not participate in, or intervene
in (including the publishing or distributing of statements),
iany political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public
'office.
S'
and
"(B) no part of the net earnings of which inures
benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
sions,
(263)
to the
'
4S,1
'
554
Stat.
individual.
1)
Individuals.
'
26 u'sc ivi'
(264)
'
PUBLIC LAW 91-172-DEC.
45.1
83 Stat.
30, 1969
555
to as the 'contribution year') in excess of the amount deductible for such year under subsection (b) (2) shall be deductible
for each of tlie 5 succeeding taxable years in order of time,
amounts:
'
76 Slat. 889.
26 use 172.
tribution)
Ante, p. 496.
japital asset.
(265)
41-591
74
18
80 Stat. 759.
Post, pp. 571,
652, 566. 572.
68A
Stat. 325.
45.1
556
[83 Stat.
basis ill such pi-opeify shall be allocated between the interest con-i
tributed and any interest not contributed in accordance with regu-l
lations prescribed by the Secretary or his delegate.
''(f) Disallowance of Deduction in Cektain Cases and Special!
Rules.
Post, p. 562.
Post, p. 558.
68A
26
Stat. 226.
use
671.
(266)
45.2
83 Stat.
PUBLIC LAW
9!
-172-DEC.
30. 1969
557
Valuatiox
in-'
For purposes of
so
74
C8
C2
56
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
(267)
percent
percent
percent
percent
percent.
45.1
558
30,
1969
[83 Stat.
use
iii.
''^'"'- '"'
68A
Stat. 197.
Conforming ajikxdmexts.
20
26
32
as
44
percent
percent
percent
percent
percent"
paragraph (2).
(B) Section 545(b)(2) (relating
to adjustments to per-'
sonal holding company taxable income) and section 556
^^^ ^2) (relating to adjustments to foreign personal holding
are each
amended
'
"^"'''^'-
68A
Stat. 216.
follows
"(c) Deduction for Ajiounts Paid or Persian-entlt Set Aside!
FOR A Charitable Pxirpose.
"(1) General rule.^Iu the case of an estate or trust (otliorj
then a trust meeting the specifications of subpart B) there shall be
allowed as a deduction in computing its taxable income (in lieUj
q| ^.j^g deductloii allowcd by section 170(a), relating to deduction'
for charitable, etc., contributions and gifts) any amount of tlio
gross income, without limitation, which pursuant to the terms of
the governing instrunient is, during the taxable year, paid for aj
purpose specified in aaction 170(c) (determined without regard'
to section 170(c) (2) (|A)). If a charitable contribution is paidj
after the close of such taxable year and on or before the last day^
of the year following the close of such taxable year, then thoi
trustee or administrator may elect to treat sucli contribution as
paid during such taxable year. The election shall be made at such;
time and in such manner as the Secretary or his delegate pre-,
Anie. p. 549.
scribes
by regulations.
(268)
83 Stat.
Amounts permanently
559
"(2)
estate,
',
45.1
and
170(C), or
"(ii) the gi-antor is at all times after October 9, 1969,
under a mental disability to change the terms of the
trust; or
"(B) established by a will executed on or before October 9,
1969, if
"(i) the testator dies before October 9, 1972, without
having republished the will after October 9, 1969, by
codicil or otherwise,
"(ii) the testator at no time after October 9, 1969, had
the right to change the portions of the will which pertain
to the trust, or
"(iii) the will is not republished by codicil or otherwise
before October 9, 1972, and the testator is on sucli date
and at all times thereafter under a mental disability to
republish the will by codicil or otherwise,
there shall also be allowed as a deduction in computing its taxable income any amount of the gross income, without Ibnitation,
which pursuant to the terms of the governing instrument is, during the taxable year, permanently set aside for a purpose specified
lU section 170(c), or is to be used exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes, or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals, or for the establishment,
acquisition, maintenance, or operation of a public cemetery not
operated for profit. In the case of a trust, the precedmg sentence
shall apply only to gross income earned with respect to amounts
transferred to the trust before October 9, 1969, or transferred
under a will to which subparagraph (B) applies.
"(3) Pooled income funds. In the case of a pooled income
fund (as defined in paragraph (5) ), there shall also be allowed as
a deduction in computing its taxable income any amount of the
gross income attributable to gain from the sale of a capital asset
held for more than 6 months, without limitation, which pursuant
to the terms of the governing instrument is, during the taxable
year, permanently set aside for a purpose specified in section
170(c).
"(4) iVojusTMENTS. To the extent that the amount othenvise
allowable as a deduction under tliis subsection consists of gain
from t|ie sale or exchange of capital assets held for more than 6
montla, proper adjustment shall oe made for any deduction allowable tdlthe estate or trust under section 1202 (relating to deduction
for exwiss of capital gains over capital losses). In the case of a
trust, the deduction allowed by this subsection shall be subject to
section 681 ( relating to unrelated business income)
"(5) Definition of pooled income fund. ^For purposes of
paragraph (3), a pooled income fund is a trust
"(A) to wnich each donor transfers property, contributing
an irrevocable remainder interest in such property to or for
the use of an organization described in section 170(b) (1) (A)
(other than in clauses (vii)' or (viii) ), and retaining an income interest for the life of one or more beneficiaries (living
at the time of such transfer)
Ante. p. 553.
(269)
le'usc
'1202"'
^^*"
45.1
560
[83 Stat.
30, 1969
Ante, p. 549.
Repeal
eVAStat. 227.
58A
26
Stat. 391
use
2055.
Post, p. 562
Ante, p. 558
(270)
45.1
83 Stat.
TAX
REFOm ACT OF
30, 1969
561
(2)
26 usc'2105!'
Ante, p. S60.
""
''^'''
s,"^"'"'
sections.
charitable,
(i)
in
at
ticipate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or
distributing of statements), any political campaign on
charitable,
is
amended
(271)
Post. p. 562.
Ante, p. 558.
68a
stat. 390.
45.1
562
[83 Stat,
30, 1969
and
by striking out "and" before "no substantial part"
subparagraph (A) (iii), and by inserting before the
semicolon at the end of such subparagraph ", and such
(ii)
in
any
2rusc'25V2'!"
(ii)
26'usc'66"'
(3)
or intervene in
(including the publishing or distributing of statements),
any political cami^aign on behalf of any candidate for
public office".
(e) CHARrrABLE IvEMAIXDER TrUSTS.
^^'> Subpart C of ijart I of subchapter J of chapter 1 (relating
to estates and trusts which may accumulate income or which distribute corpus) is amended by adding at the end thereof the fol",
in,
664.
" ( a)
of thi.s
subchai)ter, the provisions of this section shall, in accordance with
regulations prescribed by the Secretary or his delegate, ajjply in the
case of a charitable remainder annuity trust and a charitable remainder
unitrust.
"(b) Character of Distributions. Amounts distributed by _a
charitable remainder annuity trust or by a charitable remainder unitrust shall be considered as having the following characteristics in
the hands of a beneficiary to whom is paid the annuity described in
subsection (d)(1)(A) or the payment described in subsection (d)
(2)(A):
.
,1
(272)
45. 1
83 Stat.
563
"(d) Definitions.
"(1) Cii.\RiTABi,E nE:M:ATXDEK ANNUITY TuusT. For purposes
of this section, a charitable remainder annuity trust is a trust
"(A) from which a sum certain (which is not less than 5
percent of the initial net fair market value of all property
placed in trust) is to be paid, not less often than annually, to
one or more jDersons (at least one of which is not an oi'ganization described in section 170(c) and, in the case of individuals,
only to an individual who is living at the time of the creation
of the trust) for a term of years (not in excess of 20 years)
or for the life or lives of such individual or individuals,
"(B) from which no amount other than the payments de.scribed in sub])aragraph (A) may be paid to or for the use of
any person other than an organization described in section
170(c), and
"(C) following the termination of the payments described
in subparagraph (A), the remainder interest in the trust, is to
1)6 transferred to, or for the use of, an organization described
in srt'tion 170(c) or is to be retained by the trust for sucli a u^e.
"(2) ("lIAKITAULE REMAIXDER tINlTRUST. For purpOSCS of tllis
section, a ciiaritable
170(c), and
if
such amount
is
less
(273)
^""'' p- ^ss.
45.1
564
30, 1969
[83 Stat.
the
VALUAnON
68Astat. 296.
Anie, p. 549.
thereof:
"(a) General Eui,E.The", and
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:
"(b) Bauoain Sale to a CiiAniTAnEE Organization. If a deduc(relating to charitable contribu|.Jqj-^ jg allowable under section 170
tions) by reason of a sale, then the adjusted basis for determining
the gain from such sale shall be that portion of the adjusted basis!
which bears the same ratio to the adjusted basis as the amount realized
bears to the fair market value of the property."
Post, p. 64 3.
Ante. p. 558.
(g) Effective Dates.(1) (A) Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C),the
amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to taxable yeai-s
beginning after December 31, I960.
(B) Subsections (e) and (f ) (1) of section 170 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1954 (as amended by subsection (a) ) shall apply
to contributions paid after December 31, 19G9, except that, with
respect to a letter or memorandum or similar property described
jj^ section 1221 (3) of such Code (as amended by section 514 of this
Act), such subsection (e) shall apply to contributions paid after
July 25, 1969.
(C) Paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of section 170(f) of such
Code (as amended by subsection (a) ) shall apply to transfers in
trust and contributions made after July 31, 1969.
(D) For purposes of applying section 170(d) of such Code
(as amended by subsection (a) ) with respect to contributions paid
in a taxable year beginning before January 1, 1970, subsection
(b)(1)(D), subsection (e), and paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and
(4) of subsection (f ) of section 170 of such Code shall not apply.
(2) The amendments made by subsection (b) shall apply with
respect to amounts paid, permanently set aside, or to be used for
a charitable purpose in taxable years beginning after December
31, 1969, except that section 642(c) (5) of the Internal Revenue
Coclc of 1954 (as added by subsection (b) ) shall apply to transfers
in trust made after July 31, 1969.
(3) The amendment made by subsection (c) shall apply to
transfers in trust made after April 22, 1969.
(274)
TAX REFOm ACT OF 1969, 201, 514
PUBLIC LAW 91-172-DEC. 30, 1969
45.1
83 Stat.
565
9,
1969
(i) if the decedent dies before October 9, 1972, -without
having republished the will after October 9, 1969, by codicil or
otherwise,
if tlie decedent at no time after October 9, 1969, had
right to change the portions of the will which pertain to
the passing of the property to, or for the use of, an organization described in section 2055 (a) , or
(iii) if the will is not republished by codicil or otherwise
before October 9, 1972, and the decedent is on such date and
at all times thereafter under a mental disabilit}' to republish
the will by codicil or otherwise.
(C) Such amendments shall not apply in the case of property
transferred in trust on or before October 9, 1969
(i) if the decedent dies before October 9, 1972, without
having amended after October 9, 1969, the instrument governing the disposition of the property,
(ii) if the property transferred was an irrevocable interest
to, or for the use of, an organization described in section
(ii)
clie
2055 (a) or
(iii) if the instrument governing the disposition of the
property was not amended by the decedent before October 9,
1972, and the decedent is on such date and at all times thereafter under a mental disability to change the disposition of
the property.
(D) The amendment made by paragraph (3) of subsection (d)
shall apply to gifts made after December 31, 1969, except that the
amendments made to section 2522(c) (2) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 195-1 shall apply to gifts made after July 31, 1909.
(E) The amendments made by paragraph (4) of subsection (d)
bhall apply to gifts and transfers made after December 31, 1969.
Ante, p. 56
Ante, p. 56
I.
transfers in trust
December 31,
(275)
apply to
-^n^e, p. 549.
45.1
Stat.
643
under paiagrapli
1 )
Ante,
p.
642.
(c)
tal
and
^^ ^^^-
'"''
TsEC.
'
514.
(a)
'b)
CoNFORMiNc Amendments.
esAstat. 321.
(1) Section 341(e) (a) (A) (iv) (relating to definition of sub.section (e) asset in the case of collapsible corporations) is amended to
read as follows
72 Stat. 1618.
(c)
515.
ETC.,
PLANS.
(a) Limitation on Capit.m. Gains Treatment.
Section 402(a) (relating to taxability
(1) Employees' trust.
of beneficiary of exempt trust) is amended by adding at the end
thereof the following new paragraph
"(5) Limit.vtion on capital gains tre.\tment. The first
(276)
46. 1
respondence
period.
Newman's impressions of
Mr.
Newman
Staff analysis
(277)
46. 2
7,
-12-
correspondence.
Archives after November 20, unless someone had asked him to, or said
But he does not remember any contact with the President's
not to quit.
8.
Newman said that once he asked DeMarco a question about the status
of the Tax Reform Act of 1969 as it affected gifts of papers.
He said
that DeMarco said he would get back to Newman, but that Newman was never
again contacted.
^Jhite
there about the Tax Reform Act of 1969, and he thinks he may have
talked to Higby.
mation.
o
He said that
He said that he
definitely talked about the change in the tax law to the library staff,
and may have discussed the change with President Johnson.
He said that
(278)
46.2
7,
1974, HJC,
12-13
-13-
Reform Act of 1969 having been passed by both houses of Congress eliminating deductions for gifts of papers made after July 25,. 1969.
Nei>/man
7.
Between December
8,
must have made the estimate of the general correspondence files dated
"April, 1969" (Joint Conmittee Report, p. A-264)
was an estimate done by him for use in his own files, and that he had
never sent this to anyone else.
April, 1969
l)y
he first visited the Archives in 1969, not when he first viewed the
8.
p.
3,
1970 (Joint
He said
that while his reference to a telephone call in that letter may have
(279)
47.1
7,
1974, HJC ^ 13
Reform Act of 1969 having heen passed by both houses of Congress eliminating deductions for gifts of papers made after July
25,..
1969.
Neiraian
7.
Between December
8,
must have made the estimate of the general correspondence files dated
"April, 1969" (Joint Committee Report, p. A-264)
was an estimate done by him for use in his own files, and that he had
never sent this to anyone else.
April, 1969 \y mistake, and probably based the dating on the day when
he first visited the Archives in 1969, not when he first viewed the
8.
p.
3,
1970 (Joint
He said
that while his reference to a telephone call in that letter may have
(280)
48.1
-13
DeMarco
In March, 1970 DeMarco realized that he had not yet received an appraisal from Newman, and he stated that he called
worth $576,000.
gift.
appraisal was finished, had been signed and was in the mail. 'T)eMarco
o
return.
(281)
41-591
74
19
49. 1
9,
A- 265
Exhibit
January
9,
33
1970
(282)
1970,
49.
9,
A-266
Although the old law was nuch abused by donors and manuscript
appraisers, I thin3s wa should support a changa in the law
that will Increasa tha flow of historicaily-valuabla manuscripts to appropriata Institutions without abetting undua
tax advantage3 to public officials. It is likely that
non-Federal libraries and other manuscript repositories
sooner or later will mount a campaign to changa tha law.
JAMES B. RHOADS
Official file-NL^
Day file-N
Reading file-NL
MJLivingston :DJHeed/jwa
(283)
1970,
49.2
Exhibit
February
2,
1970
Toptcs for
1-34
I'fhlte
Stal.f^G
House disciirsion
The Administrator
The follov/ing information io givon for your uso in a
discus sion v/ith Mr. Bob Haldoman on Tuesday, February 3,
concerning the development of a Richard Nixon Presidential
Library
A.
2.
VJo
3.
r
e
4.
B,
VJe
(284)
2,
1970,
49.2
A- 268
3.
4.
V;o
Staffing
1.
2.
V/e
3.
(285)
2,
1970,
49. 2
D,
2,
Projects to bo undertcJiPji
1.
3.
"
4.
FliotograT^hic record .
Oral history . To^vard tho end of the Nixon Administration or soon thereafter, an oral history project
should bo undertalcen lander tho supervision of the
National Archives and Records Service to interview
persons v/ho played significant and notable rolea in
the history of the Nixon years.
(286)
1970^
49.2
2,
Among all of thcco projects, tho ona action that will oerva
as a catalyst Cor the othcro if tho appointmont by tho
Presidont of an historian-archivist to aorva on hla Imrnodiata
Gtaff . A good choica will oixsura the forv/artl motion of tlia
othor projocta.
JAIES B. RIIOADS
Official file-^fL^^
Day file-N
Reading file-NX,
FA Jac ob s/ jrfa
(287)
1970,
so. 1
7,
A- 272
1-36
Exhibit
SHOP, INC
SE^J^Sf<U-il>M
18
EaR QteiUuc
Sires^'*
KAR
Ralph G. Newman
March 1970
Now tliat we are in 1970 and you have had an opporuinlty to study
the Revised Reform Tax BUI of 19S9, I wonder wha^procedure wUl
be with reference tc the Nixon Papers and other material.
I mentioned over the telephone, the President has a considerable amount of material In the National Archives that qualifies as
gift material under this bill. This includes books, trophies, plaques,
artifacts, and other items not covered by section 514, which relates
to personal papers
As
Judging from what I have heard fiom arxxind the country, many learned
Institutions, the Library of Congress, the National Archives, and
many other repositories, are going to present their case to the Congress again, with the hope that the restrictions imposed by section
514 can be adjusted. This version of the bill has had the effect of
bringing to a complete stop gifts of material that would be of tremendous use to the research libraries of the nation . It will probably
result, on the part of some individuals, in sales and dispersal of
some of the material, which would be a great pity. Unfortunately,
It will alsQ result in the destruction of papers by some Individuals.
In
any event,
thought
Ralph G.
Mr
611
Newman
Frank DeMarco
West
6th Street
California
Los Angeles
(288)
5 1970
wK-pn^lS
Dear Mr DeMarco:
r-
51.1
DeMarco
to-
worth $576,000.
gift.
appraisal was finished, had been signed and was in the mail. ''DeMarco
stated that he received the appraisal on April 8, 1970, xeroxed it,
and took it to Blech that afternoon for attaching to the income tax
return.
(289)
52.1
7.
1974, HJC, 14
-14-
not recall having contacted DeMarco, and is sure DeMarco did not call
who told him, "the date of delivery of the President's papers was the
date of the gift.
436,000 in correspondence.
Ne^^man said
1 will have to
his reaction was when DeMarco told him that a gift had been made a year
earlier.
And Newman said he called Mary Walton Livingston and asked her to
select additional items to bring the value up to $550,000 worth.
He
said he later in the day received a call from Mrs. Livingston, who
He believes
Newman said that in his March 27, 1970 letter to Mrs. Livingston
he was careful to say that the items were "designated as a gift by
told by DeMarco, and that he wanted the record to reflect only what he
materials for the gift, because "I had already thanked her on the
phone for her work."
(290)
EDWARD
52.2
L.
'
vault area.
the appraisal although he must have gotten it and felt that a $2 million
the appraisal.
At that time he was "on the road" much of the time with
about the change of the tax law, except talk in the White House mess
that the change in the law would adversely affect the President's
f
interests.
and the Newman and DeMarco telephone call in which DeMarco told Newman
I
does not recall signing a deed at a meeting with DeMarco and Kalmbach
in Washington.
Morgan has
who showed him a deed, saying "we have to have more copies of this."
Morgan said, "Okay," signed the deeds and returned to the meeting.
(291)
He
53. 1
79
responsible for makiug any deteinii nations about material to be given.
said he may make recommendations but that the designation of
the gift must come from his client. Once a designation is made, then
his responsibility is to appraise the gift.
He
In some
cases,
like to give,
amount desired by the client. JNIr. Newman did this in the case of
President Johnson, and he assumed that this was what he was to do
on President Nixon's papers. Nevertheless, Mr. Newman told the staff,
and tlie staff concludes from all tlie information it has, that neither
the National Archives nor Mr. Newman believed a gift had been made
in 1969.
E\'EXTS
G.
SUKKOUNDIXG
TirE PUfUWR-VTIOX
(Ut^'
(292)
S3. 1
Kewman said that he then telenlinned Afarv Livin^rston at tho National Archives tellinp her tliat the President's attoiney had aiithorized him to designate the President's 1969 fjift and that the President
required in addition to tlie fjeneral correspondence "enou<rli additional
material to constitute approximateh- 500 linear feet of paper in al'. or
as T estimated, 300 to 350 additional hexes." Mr-. Newman said further,
"I asked her to select materials or groups which -would be natural
from an archival point of view." Mr. Newman said that within an
hour or so Mrs. Livingston telephoned him and gave him the information and that he then wrote to her confirming the list that they
discussed on the telephone to be certain that the records coincided.
^Ir. Newman said that he also believes that he sent a copy of his letter
and the list to ^fr. DeMarco. Mr. Newman has no record of making
any telephone calls to Mr. Deilarco on that date and said that if he
spoke to him again on March 27 (apart from ]Mr. DeMarco's original
call to him) it must have been a call from Mr. De^Iarco to him or a
return back from Mr. DeMarco's call to him. The staff has verified
that there is no listing in Mr. Newinaii's phone bills of a call to Mr.
DeMarco on March 27, 1970. It is not clear to the staff how these calls
were charged, since they do not appear on any telephone bills examined
by the staff. The staff did note a call on Mr. Newman's bill to the ArIMr.
chives.
Livingstones version. In her statement to the staff, Mary Livingston said as follows
"I had no further contacts witli Mr. Newman after December 22.
1969, on the Nixon papers, until March 27. 1970. On that day I
received a telephone call from Mr. Ne\vman in Chicago. As he
talked to me I made notes of what he said. I still have my notes
of -what he said. He said that lie needed 600,000 items for deeding
by President Nixon. The White House needed more than just the
General Correspondence file. He figured that there would be 100
pages, or items, to the inch and therefore 500 items to the archives
box. To get 600,000 items, he would therefore need 1,200 archives
boxes of papers, amo\intijig to approximately 500 linear feet. He
said he needed a rough identification of the material, and the
numbei-s of the boxes at the begiiming and ending of each file or
series. He mentioned the General Correspondence file, minus the
material we had withdrawn, as the primaiy series to be deeded.
If you will turn to the front page of my handwritten notes, he
mentioned the words 'for deeding, 1969.' He left it to me, he
said, to select the remaining boxes because he was in Chicago and
I was the pei-son who had w^orked on the papere with him. He
said he needed the information for the White House within the
hour. As soon as he fini.shed talking, I used the series descriptions
compiled imder Sherrod East to try to get an idea of what papei"S
I might add. I decided I would have to go to 19E3 to look at the
material. I asked Jan Shelton, an archivist trainee, temporarily
on duty in another
(293)
52. 1
81
My
(294)
53. 1
The staff has interviewed Jan Shelton, wlio assisted ^l-Avy Livin;^ston in desi<;natin^ tlie hoxcs, and slie confiinis this stoiy in all o.-isential respects.
(295)
52. 1
On
April
9,
(296)
53.1
The
staff
Newman was
Staff analysi.i
From the statements of Ralph Newman and Mary Livingston, the
staff believes that, except for the general correspondence files (minus
the 17 boxes of sensitive coiiespondence) . the desi<^natiou of the papeis
to be included in tlie second gift of papei-s was not made until March 27.
1!)7(). Fuithermore, the selection was made by Mrs. I^ivingston, not
Ml'.
Newman.
.VPRIL,
1970
This statement implies that by April 24, 1970, the staff at the
National Archives that had the responsibility for the Nixon papers
believed that the second Ni.xon gift had been made, as e\-idenced by
their marking "U.S." on the boxes believed to have been given. This
action is the first indication by the Archives that they had accepted
the second Nixon gift, so that the staff concludes that this acceptance
occurred sometime between April 0, 1070, the date of the noncommittal
Livingston letter to Newman, and April 24, 1970.
(297)
41-591
74
20
53.2
A-273
Exhibit
ABRAHAM LINCOiN
1>
Eui^toul SuV>r
Rai?h G. Newman
~u.u
1-37
3i)C::C
Chiuca
SHOP,
lUlnois
27 March 1970
INC
tMIl
T.iro-~
WHitciuU 4-3CC5
Sincerely yours
RGN/e
end.
(298)
53. 2
Vtcy=^
RICHARD
The
NlXnH
MIlHniLS
White
House
Washington, D.C.
20500
I.
II.
APPEARANCE
8^15)
828 boxes
FILE
19'I8-1952
III.
1954-1961
(56 Boxes)
IV.
173 boxes
56 boxes
1953-1951
(116 Boxes)
V.
116 BOXES
(299)
3 boxes
1176
52.3
7,
1974. HJC,
14
-14-
not recall having contacted DeMarco, and is sure DeMarco did not call
who told him, "the date of delivery of the President's papers was the
date of the gift.
436,000 in correspondence.
Ne^^ian said
I
will have to
his reaction was when DeMarco told him that a gift had been made a year
I earlier.
And Newman said he called Mary Walton Livingston and asked her to
select additional items to bring the value up to $550,000 worth.
He
said he later in the day received a call from Mrs. Livingston, who
He believes
Newman said that in his March 27, 1970 letter to Mrs. Livingston
he was careful to say that the items were "designated as a gift by
told by DeMarco, and that he wanted the record to reflect only what he
materials for the gift, because "I had already thanked her on the
phone for her work."
(300)
54. 1
7,
1974, HJC, 14
-14-
the letter.
not recall having contacted DeMarco, and is sure DeMarco did not call
who told him, "the date of delivery of the President's papers was the
date of the gift.
Newman said
436,000 in correspondence.
will have to
his reaction was when DeMarco told him that a gift had been made a year
earlier.
And Newman said he called Mary Walton Livingston and asked her to
select additional items to bring the value up to $550,000 worth.
He
said he later in the day received a call from Mrs. Livingston, who
He believes
Newman said that in his March 27, 1970 letter to Mrs. Livingston
told by DeMarco, and that he wanted the record to reflect only what he
materials for the gift, because "I had already thanked her on the
Lma
(301)
55.1
1974, HJC ,
7,
15
-15-
'
On April 3, 1970, he said that he called DeMarco and told him that
On April
6,
He said he did not say in that conversation that his letter to the
He said that he may have
said, "All dealings on this point should stay between the two of us,"
but meant by his comment that the Archives should not make any public
announcement of the President's gift,
l-ftiite
fiii
House.
Livingston would have to report the fact of the appraisal to Drs. Reed
and Rhoads at the Archives.
March 27.
poses but was not even told that a deed of gift existed for 1969 until
9.
Nex\raian
He said
(302)
S6.1
6,
APPRAISAL
STATE OF ILLINOIS
COUNTY OF COOK
Ralph G.
SS
Kewman
states as
followj:
3.
ing, selling
ters,
Among the purposes and businesses of said Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc. is the buyand dealing in and general appraisal of libraries, collections of rare books, autographs, let-
documents, drawings, prints, paintings, etchings, bft)aHsides, historical objecB, mementos am]
and other allied printed, pictorial and manuscript materials.
curiosities
Said
Abraham
its
prede-
cessor companies have been doing business as appraisers of libraries, collections of rare books, autographs, letters, documents, drawings, printing, paintings, etchings, broadsides, historical objects, me-
mentos and curiosities and other allied printed, pictorial and manuscript materials since the year 1933,
in Illinois and in various other states of the Um"ted States of America and have been called upon as
consultants in sudi matters by many of the leading private colleciots, Ubraries, museums and public
and private institutions of this country.
5.
did.
from
The
th e
said
fllxth
etf
Inc, through
nrf
Rlcharti Milh(iu
^19-.3-,
Dx-arnKT
its
April
_19-&3-, examine
ft
tl>e
Uixon
rtV Hundred
(
fair
$576,000.00
aj
in
money was_
---.^,.. -Dollars
made a
part thereof.
This deponent verily believes the said valuatiojue-be-ttwjair and reasonable and true madcet
Ixth
//
_d4yof.
My commission eipires_551
(303)
57.1
JOim
The
stoii in
staff lias
interviewod Jan Shi-lton, who assisted ^fary Livin*?slic confirms this stoiy in all essen-
tial respects.
(304)
S7. 1
On
April
9,
Mr.
Newman
called her,
letter
letter.
(305)
5?. 2
9,
A- 278
Exhibit
1-40
20408
April 9, 1970
Chicago, Illinois
r)c>ar
60611
Mr . ^Newman
2.
3.
Correspondence of the Vice President regarding invitations and turndowns of invitations, circa 1954-61
173 boxes
56 boxes
(306)
57.2
9,
116 boxes
5.
Total
1.176 boxes'
(307)
boxes
i>7.Z
7,
1974, HJC,
15
-15-
On April 3, 1970, he said that he called DeMarco and told him that
shortly.
He said he did not say in that conversation that his letter to the
said, "All dealings on this point should stay between the two of us,"
but meant by his comment that the Archives should not make any public
announcement of the President's gift.
T'/hite
House.
Livingston would have to report the fact of the appraisal to Drs. Reed
and Rhoads at the Archives.
March 27.
poses but was not even told that a deed of gift existed for 1969 until
9.
Ne^vrman
He said
58. 1
ently, discarded or lost. Fuitlieiinore, Herbert Kalmbach, who participated in most of the meeting with Mcssi-s. Moigaii and DeMarco,
does not recall having heard any discussion of the gift or the deed;
and John Ehrlichman, Mr. Morgan's boss, does not recall discussing
the deed with him. Finally, the staff has found no evidence to corroborate ]Mr. DeMarcos statement that he had a copy of the 1968 deed
in April 1969.
C.
The staff has requested that both the White House and the National
Archives furnish it with any letters or memoranda written in 1969
that relate to a deed for the second gift for Nixon papers. The staff has
received no lettei-s or memos written in 1969 that contain any reference
to a 1969 deed. As discussed in Section
above, material written by
the White House about the 1968 gift made frequent references to the
1968 deed.
D.
PREPARATION
P
r.
DeMarcd's
Written Statement. Mr. DeMarco's statement contains
the following description of the preparation and signing of the deed
of gift:
"On April 7, 1970 I dictated to my secretary the summarj'
schedule for attachment to the tax return. It was at this time,
upon examining the summary schedule and examining the Schedule 'A' which I had instructed my secretary to pi-epare on
March 27, 1970, 1 noticed that the tj'pewriting on these documents
and the color and texture of the paper were so substantially different from the type and the paper used on the draft deed prepared in April of 1969, that I instructed her to retype the entire
chattel deed on the new typewriter which we had been using
since mid-1969. (The ribbon copy of the retyped chattel deed and
the draft of The Richard Nixon Foundation Articles of Incorporation, typed in April 1969, are available for comparison as
to type and paper and will be submitted to you for examination.)
After it had been retyped in its entirety, I caused two xerox
copies to be made, and it was my plan to have the new ribbon
copy and two xerox copies re-executed by Mr. Morgan when I
saw him
in
Washington.
"On
April 8, 1970 T received in the morning mail the final formal written appraisal of Mr. Newman which was date stamped
April 8, 1970. I caused several xerox copies of the original appraisal to be made. I then proceeded to the offices of Arthur Blech,
showed him the original ai)praisal and the various xerox copies I
had made. We then assembled the final tax return and attached
xerox copies of tlie final foinial Newman appraisal and xerox
copies of the summary siicet setting forth the basic points of the
gift. We then assembled tiie final tax retuin for execution.
"On April 0, 1970 T traveled to Washington, D.C. On April 10.
1970 I met with Edward L. Moigan at his office at the Executive
(309)
58.1
(310)
58.2
DeMarco to forget it, and said that he would "take care of it."
10.
Nex^/man
and had given him the description of the items given by the
He
(311)
58.2
don't know."
He says,
threw it away."
DeMarco said that the final form of the deed and the
attached documents were signed by Morgan at the White House on
According
copy of the deed with Morgan and brought two copies, including
the original, back to Los Angeles.
DeMarco told us he
found by Barth.
(312)
RONM KUENY
LA
59.1
15
Jl
Yes,
Q.
do.
^is
document?
fl.
Yes;
&
You did?
a.
Uh-huh.
did.
ft.
V7hen
that is,
0.
Did you type one such deed, or did you type more
A.
Q.
don't recall.
0-
&.
Yes,
do.
At least two,
A.
uh-huh.
Q.
more than
A.
tv;o?
Three or four.
Do you know when you typed at least one other
uccid
since you
liave
de.ed?
A.
-'
Uh-huh.
(313)
41-591
74
21
60.1
President's return.
About
t\^?o
phone call from Barth, who said the return had been checked and
approved, and that a refund check was being issued on that day.
12.
DeMarco says that Blech told him it was a required schedule, that
DeMarco wrote it out in longhand and gave it to Blech.
DeMarco
said that he thought that either he or Blech had been given the
DeMarco said
He did
DeMarco
(315)
60. 2
-4-
since he knew how much of a charitable contribution would be deductable based on the President's income for 1969.
I'Oien
then that he first heard of Ralph Newman, and DeMarco said that the
known about the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in February, 1970, when
Ee said he
did not, at the time, know that the appraiser's name was Newman.)
He said that DeMarco called him in late March, and gave him
Newman's appraised value of $576,000.
that IRS regulations required a summary sheet for this type of contri-
filled in the details and gave it back to Blech for inclusion in the
tax return.
and that he redid a clean first page and substituted it for the stamped
(316)
60.2
A-699
Donee
2.
Date of Gift ;
3.
Description
of Gift:
Market Value ;
Restrictions ;
(317)
""
61.1
91
ently, discarded or lost. Furthermore, Herbert Kalmbach, who participated in most of the meeting with Messre. Morgan and DeMarco,
does not recall having heard any discussion of the gift or the deed;
and Jolvn Ehrlichman, ilr. Morgan's boss, does not recall discussing
the deed with him. Finally, the staff has found no evidence to conoborate Mv. DeMarco's statement that he had a copy of the 1968 deed
in April 1969.
C.
1969
The staff has requested that both the "White House and the National
Archives furnish it with any letters or memoranda written in 1969
that relate to a deed for the second gift for Nixon papers. The staff has
received no letters or memos written in 1969 that contain any reference
to a 1969 deed. As discussed in Section A above, material written by
the White House about the 1968 gift made frequent references to the
1968 deed.
Edward Morgan wrote a memo to Dr. Reed on September 12, 1969
(Exhibit 1-48). The memo mentions the papers, but contains no
reference to a 1969 deed or to a deeded portion of the papers.
D.
saw him
"On
in
Washington.
8, 1970 I received in the morning mail the final formal written appraisal of Mr. Newman which was date stamped
April
8, 1970. I caused several xerox copies of the original appraisal to be made. I then proceeded to the offices of Arthur Blech,
showed him the original appraisal and the various xerox copies I
had made.
then assembled the final tax return and attached
xerox copies of the final formal Newman appraisal and xerox
copies of the summary sheet setting forth the basic points of the
gift.
then assembled tlie final tax return for execution.
"On April 9, 1970 I traveled to Washington, D.C. On April 10,
1970 I met with Edward L. Morgan at his office at the Executive
April
We
We
(318)
'
61.1
(319)
62.2
Exhibit
5,
I -
10
MEMORANDUM
To:
From:
Re:
recollection,
have so stated.
I.
(320)
62.2
5,
A- 179
copies of the original appraisal to be made.
then
had made.
On April 9, 1970
Morgan at his
L.
re-execution.
to whether
feel that
ray
person,
by him,
think
Angeles before
left.
I
I
-17-
(321)
expressed my
61.2
5,
A -^62, 179-80
A- 180
concern that the original deed not be used because of the
office.
by My. Newman.
He then executed
It is my recollection that I
The President
second floor of the White House to meet her for the purpose
of having her execute the tax return.
-18-
(322)
62.1
A- 159
Exhibit
- 9
D.C.
20123
TXUr OZCRZTARr
MEMORANDUM FOR:
FROM:
EDWARD L. MORGAN*^^
SUBJECT:
President's Papers
">
ray
Attachment
(323)
62. 1
1970
r
L
(324)
63. 1
Office Biiildinp
deed for his re-e.\ecution. I do not liave any distinct recollection as to whether I liad affixed my signature to the copies and the
notary seal prior to leaving Los Angeles, or whether I affixed
same in Mv. Morgan's office. However, I feel that since my signature appeal's to have been signed with a felt tip pen, and since I
normally do not carry a felt tip pen on my person, I could have
tel
signed the documents in Los Angeles before I left. After completion of the execution by him, I think I left him at least one copy,
and I retained the ribbon copy in my file. I do not recall that
we had any substantial discusswn at the time of the rc-execution,
except that we concurred in the proposition that it was a restatement of that which we had done in California in April of 1969
but with the more itemized and detailed appraisal attached and
that it was a good idea to clean uj) the documentation. I expressed
my concern that the original deed not be used because of the difference in type on the typewriters and different quality and color
of paper."
Thus, Mr. DeMarco acknowledges that the final copies of the deed
for the second gift of papers were signed by Edward Morgan on
April 10, 1970. He gave the same story in his sworn statement in
California.
DeMuico
Staff hitevrieiv.
Jklr.
DeMarco
by Mr. Morgan on Ai^ril 10, 1970, as of the date April 21, 1909. (The
deed itself was dated March 27, 1969.) In his staff interview, Mr.
DeMarco could not recall whether he notarized the deed just before
oi- iust after Mr. Morgan signed it.
DeMarco California Deposition. In his sworn statement in California, Mr. DeMarco told essentially the same story he told in his
written statement to the staff.
Kueny California Deposition. Li a sworn statement before the
California Secretary of State, Mr. DeMarco's secretary. LaRonna
Kueny, stated that she typed at least two copies of the deed to the
second gift, the first one before April 21, 1969, and the second one
either in late 1969 or early 1970. She said that the second deed was
similar to the first, except that the fii-st included no Schedule A and
that they were typed on different typewriters. In both ca.ses. she said
she typed a notary acknowledgement and an affidavit that ^Ir. Morgan
had the authoi'ity to sign. She said she cannot remember whether she
typed the second deed from a draft with strikeovei's or from a clean
manuscript. ^[I's. Kueny also asserted that she typed the oiiginal deed
l)efore ifr. Morgan arrived in Los Angeles on Ai>ril 21. 1909. Exhibit
1-52 is Mrs. Kueny "s swoin statement to the Internal Eeveniie Service,
which was given to the staff' by Mr. DeMarco.
*Morgan Staff Interview. Mv. Morgan acknowledges that the signature on the deed that Mr. DeMarco now says was signed on Apiil 10,
1970. is his handwriting. However, in his interview, he said he did not
lecall signing anv deed a second time, nor did he recall signing anything on April 10. 1970. He said, however, that ho cannot deny having
signed it then a second time. The staff' understands that ^[i-. Morgan
now asserts that he reniembei-s signing the deed a second time. Of
course, if Mr. DeMarco's .story given in his fii"st staff interview is
(325)
63. 1
93
correct. Mi-. Morgan's
[^a re -execution.
I
DELrVERT OF
E.
lOfiD
The staff has not been able to determine the precise date on which
a signed xerox copy of the 1969 deed was delivered to the General
Services Administration, but it has some information that enables it
to narrow down the period during which delivery occurred.
On April 6, 1970, the Archives sent a copy of Ralph Newman's
letter of March 27, 1970, to the Office of the General Coimsel
of the
General Services Administration. This copy has a note attached to
It
the handwriting of Hart ilankin, the General Counsel. It is
dated April 10, 1970, and states, "Ed Morgan says there is a chattel
deed will furnish copy. Now in California."
On April 22, 1970, Mr. Morgan prepared a right of access (Exhibit 1-49) to Mr. Newman "pui-suant to Chattel Deeds from Richard
M. Nixon to the United States of America, dated December 30, 1968,
and ]\rarch 27, 1969, respectively." This was forwarded to Dr. Reed
by Mr. Morgan with a covering memo on April 24, 1970. The memo
is stamped "April 27, 1970," which is the day it was
received by
Dr. Reed.
and April
F.
22, 1970.
(326)
EDWARD
64.1
L.
vault area.
the appraisal although he must have gotten it and felt that a $2 million
At that time he was "on the road" much of the time with
about the change of the tax law, except talk in the White House mess
that the change in the law would adversely affect the President's
interests.
and the Newman and DeMarco telephone call in which DeMarco told Newman
He
does not recall signing a deed at a meeting with DeMarco and Kalmbach
in Washington.
who showed him a deed, saying "we have to have more copies of this."
Mor
Morgan
said, "Okay," signed the deeds and returned to the meeting.
(327)
65. 1
85
7.
March
27,
Tlie President's counsel claimed that the date of the delivery of the
pie-Piesidential papei-s to the National Archives on March 27, 1969,
was the date of the second gift of papers of President Nixon, which
were claimed as a charitable contribution deduction on his 1969 tax
return. Althoufrh a deed exists and is dated March 27, 1969, it was
not sijjned by President Nixon but rather by Edward L. Morgan,
the Deputy Counsel to the President, and was not delivered to the
National Archives until after Apiil 10, 1970. The copy of the deed
that was furnished to the National Archives is a duplicate original
(that is, a photostat of the original deed with an original signature).
Because the deed contains substantial restrictions on access to and
use of the papers, the staff believes that delivery of a signed deed was
necessary to complete the gift.
The documents relating to the deed consist of the deed itself signed
by Edward L. Morgan, including the notarization of the signature,
dated April 21, 1969 (the Notary Public was Frank DeMarco, Jr.
who was the President's attorney at that time) ; an affidavit signed
by Edward L. Morgan that he had the authority to sign the deed
to
(which was also notarized by Frank DeMarco) ; and Schedule
the deed which listed the materials conveyed by the chattel deed.
These are included in the Appendix as E.xhibit 1-44.
Questions have been raised whether this deed was ever signed in
1969. The staff questioned this fact when it first learned certain facts
that was attached to the deed. It is clear
relating to the Schedule
could not have been prepared until after March 27,
that the Schedule
1970, because it was not until then that a list ever existed of exactly
what was to be given. It was brought to the attention of the s^aff that
the duplicate original deed at the National Archives had" similar
photostating marks as the Schedide A, indicating that the deed and
the Schedule
were both prepared at the same time. Thus, it became
clear to the staff at an early date that the signature of Mr. Morgan
could not have been made on this duplicate original prior to March 27,
1970.
Subsequent to this fact being made known to the staff, the State
of California conducted an investigation into the propriety of Mr. DeMarco's actions with lespect to his notarizations. Additional questions
were raised as a result of the depositions which have been made public
that were taken of Mr. DeMarco and his secretary, LaRonna Kueny.
The following is an analysis of the facts, documents, and any other
information fuinished to the staff lelating to the deed for the second
gift of papers dated March 27, 1969. In order to show the contrast in
the manner in which the 1968 chattel deed was used, the staff briefly
sets forth the preparation and use of the 1968 deed.
A.
(328)
66. 1
A -10-12
A-10
Exhibit
1-2
LAW OFFICES
ALriAMCM <nKt
SSVA^K So"^5I
TwaA O "lootMOM
AN0El3.
CMJFORnU
90an'
TB(>M0NUt3>M0-ian
S:S;S:S?.
. c nriA a*
-o* MAC^^CAuro*
:.Z^!T^:^
OBtWT M rO**MHX JA
(329)
41-591
74
22
66. 1
LAW OFFICES
KAtHUCM. OtHJllOX UAT* CUILUNCWOk.M
(330)
66.1
lAw ofdcrs
ltAI.Mi'.CII.
Three
thii
i^
RANK DE
FDM gem
:
(331)
t4;U;CQ,
JR.
CHILLIKffi-.'OKTII
66.2
A- 159
Exhibit
1-9
20220
MsysT^.'.T accsriARr
MEMORANDUM FOR:
I1R.
FROM:
EDWARD L. MORGAN^^?^
SUBJECT
President's Papers
DOUGLAS PARKER
"^
ray-
Attachment
(332)
66. 2
A- 160
1968
In late .Vovembar, aft-r the election, I began
working
for John Ehrlichnan.
Beginning in December, I coordinated
some of the President's personal affairs, among
other things.
(333)
66.2
REPORT,
EDWARD L. MORGAN MEMORANDUM, AUGUST 14, 1973, JOINT COMMITTEE
A -159-62
A-161
- 2 -
1969
(334)
66. 2
J 5 9- 6
A- 162
-
1970
I have no specific recollection of an inquiry from GSA
about the whereabouts of the deed. I do think I remember
calling Frank DeMarco about it, but I'm not sure. I assume
that he mailed it to me and I gave it to GSA, or he mailed
it to GSA directly.
Nonetheless, I have no reason to dispute
anyone else's recollection of the matter..
I would add only that I have had, and continue to have
the highest personal and professional regard for Mr. Ritzel',
Mr. Tannian, Mr. Kalrabach and Mr. DeMarco.
(335)
67.1
Exhibit XI
CERTIFICATION
I
ry
Raymond F. Tiarless
Deputy Conmissioner
of Internal Revenue
(336)
67.1
A-688
11040
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(337)
90017
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INCOME TAX
RICHARD M. AND PATRICIA R, NIXON 1969 FEDERAL
A-687-71
REPORT,
RETURN, JOINT COMMITTEE^
67,1
A-689
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(338)
Ttp*
67,1
A- 690
SCHEDULE A
Itemized Deductions
(Form 1010)
S<? ii>Ur\tvno<T
*-
'I
yqu
rrospital cjre.
.nufdnc pj-wmnjaij
1 On^^lf
cbJ
eve
MJi;(ii
o(
lo f o..-t
it
(but not
n*m
(or
medtcii cara.
thwi $150)
loaa
.Nixon
557
rompM*s^t^~by 'wuTni
med.ctn. and dfURV doctof*. denbiM. nurso.
(or
DDsa^y
*-i
ir>d
(not
W Otherw^*)
R,
on *-J
-including checks,
68:05i5
monay
orders, etc
tc,
1
and dnjgi
diflMv
.
i-4feiii/uk.
11 Total
easft contribution*
12 Otnr
A-1
;_
tft*n
for
total for
required ttalementj.
such
here
itern^
13 CanyoMT from
prior years
Entw
.
(see
in.
strucoons on A-2)
I*
Total
12.
cantrlbutione
and 13
lines
11.
*-2
...... 3lti\f
mortgage
Interest
itvne
Installmem
Other
(add
see mstruclioni on
for litrifation)
purcha
(itemrae)
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tt
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tfiS.'h^Jt-^
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10 Total
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estate
local
'_
[_
IS Tofal
17
)Lceiianeom deducfaons
TOUL
lines
__^f_and on
Sched-.'e T. line 2)
(339)
X
n?nAio
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67.1
'
A-691
SCHEDULE
1040)
(fof.Ti
Sv iiTHruciiot*\ om C^l
p-
yoi
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msd ^9
tni 0-2.
to
tt
Form 1040.
CAPITAL
4 N*t
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.
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lang-lMm lM
Crtar
CapiUI lalA
10 ComNna
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4 and
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10
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IIGAJN FROM DISPOSITION OF DEPRCCWBtE fROPCRTY UNDER SECTIOItS I24S AND 1250
aiMis hdd mor than 6 fnonlh* {st instnKttefts on 0-1 for dafffiirhms)
Willi mtmHlttamm
Pari
(L fr>M
li
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tSM
( I.
Attw DtcaHtM
II.
combinad
wm
off<tr naina
In Part tV.
I.
3na
Hna
-i
5; howa*iar,
nwnt
l(
lida
tha gains
da nat avaad
telai o*
|ha
-X^V:v3
Imms v*an
cofumn
(340)
in
tha Bmaa>t
67.1
A-692
ScAtdvl*
(Fu'-t .CIO)
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Part
l^i>(l*a>
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ot ev jlj(i.n. CTltw in
coli^^
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(341)
held
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pr>pj^r'7b) 'tMn'
Iknln.
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of npitil
If
t (tee iTtiijaitu.
b*jlottrM4
.
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p..>f^ -
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scaai
D-1
Form 1040.
on r-1)
INSTRUCriONS (Rv(rncs
I*.
Rrpon dniilj
on IMS
FRwPtilTT.
tDtil
Una 5
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btar S0%
than c*P>al i
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67.1
A-693
SCHEDULE
1S9
(Form 1040)
^
Sicfiard
PART
fUn-e
of
ana 5
paver
Annutty Incom*.
all
l>nr*
indudmg
if
Reeowcred
%.
pnor yean $
in
0513
[__
Ibis year
4 Arrwunl evcludabt*
PART
68:
recoverable wMhtn 3-)r*r ptnod and you nave not recovered your cost tax-fre*
in prior years,
line
/a
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pcniKin or annurty
l(
If
2 U employee contnbunon
3 Amount received
5S7
il.
Pension and
only lines
My(MiAtMichlul.Mtsch'tnFo*m ItMO.
....
L Hod m4 Iwifc
1.
pmm
ri
T*tt
MWMt
hm
2 Net
PART
and
til-
ralkms,
fmm
rertt
and
royalties
IncfHTi* Of
SmaH
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Business
4-
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...ii'iM.,.uo.L/if^i((i^-^
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TOTAL Of PARTS
I. II
AND
IH (Enter
m total on line
14,
Fonw 1040)
^jk
/^
o3 y\
11
<no1^i*n
1 Total additional
tt
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first
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SUMMARY Of DEPRECjATIQN __
1,0
.ijfell^x;::^*:*^^
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(342)
?/f,/o
67.1
A-694
SCHEDULE a
(Form lOW)
(Fo/m 5401
>-
Ham*
tf
TOW
u <rtm
iil;o9
chMJi m
Grou
fd
567
whf
;68
0515
twount>-
tend. wifa. Of
Nixon
R,
Dividmd Incom*
prn
twW by
1 niinff* from
vniorw
hu-
(list
lawwgi
aitd loaa
bMly)
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s
2
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312
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a TMM o< 1
3. Capital ^ d uu iu
mium
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.
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-FED
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TAPCO FOAM it
7.
CALIF
ConrrtyM
(343)
1M
M'3
Tin AocomWWWMiBMiWmCg,
i 1
-''?
CaW*.
67.1
A-695
Tax Computation
SCHEDU'.E T
<Form 1040)
no enlfy
\(
lm
m*<
i>
l-i,
.hoirtn on form
WO
i?tcnard M. and P.Ttricia
jin* ji
Ito 15, or
',7,
hMp
iS9
>Oor reco/ds
:i'm IG40
^^.s lor
Nixon
Form
lin ISc.
methods;
a
ir
ItiM
17
OH
b
Subtract tha
^<^
ratkamawt incotna
^X>^.f^
.>
10
U
12
U
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Fomi 1116)
Hnatll.lZ and
13)
14 fmn Km 10)
Form 4235)
Total tax (add lin 15. IS. and 17). Enter hera and on line 18, Form 1040 (make no entry on line 16
entry on Ime 14, If.gr l? jtxwa
Of 17, Form t040). Attach Sch. Tto rorm 1040 onty tf you made an
usually be (o
AUrnH*e Tai
II will
advaniagq to use the altematrM lax
rur
your net long term capiLil ^ain exceeds
you^ net Short term eapi'.al loss, or if you
hove a n-st long term capita' gam onfy, and
you are
Tiling
(a) a
(b) a joint fotum, or as a survrving huDar>d or wife, with toxabte income exceeding ^2,000. or (c) as a head of
(344)
To claim
lax-free
covenant oonds
credit,
Line 17
Tax From Recomputing Prior
Year
Investment
Credft
Enter
tha
amount by which the cred't taVen in a
prior year or years exceeds ine credit as
recomputed due to early disposition of
property. Attach Form 425S.
67.1
A-696
I
EMPLOYER SCHEDULE
MAi.i:_Richard M.
567 68 0515
TEAB ENDED.
ADCRSSS
13^^
'
67.2
A-697
fj,^ ^1 l^^,-^
567 68 0515
EihibitB
iTfMizio Deductions
USOICAL EXPEKSIS:
CO;
Drup:
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y~Co
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67,1
SCHEDULE OF
Nnn^
R^cha^*^ M.
a"
EXHIBIT B
CharltatJie Contribution*
67,1
A-699
1.
Donee
2.
Date of Gift:
3.
Description
of Gift:
4.
Market Value
5.
Restrictions ;
taxpayer.
(348)
67.1
M.
AP
-^
AISAL
Abrihira Uncola Book Shop. Inc^ an Illinois corporadoa having hs principsJ place of business
ia Chicago, IlLnois, decs hereby certify that, through its offic^n, agents and employees, it is familiar
with and has carefully cxarri.ied and appraised:
67
COOK
COLTvJTY OF
Newman
Ralph G.
^^^
^^^
j^ij, ^^qj-^^
^^^^
^^^
follows:
^ nH che duly aurhorucd agent in thii bebalf of Abrobaoi
1.
He is the president
lincola Book Shop, loc, and he makes this iffidivit in io behalf aaJ under hs lawhil authority. He
has full pcrsooji knowledge of all of chs manrrs and chings hexeuiai:r set fonh.
2.
Said Abraham Lincoln Book Shop. lac, was duly authorized and creaied aod exists under
and by Tirtue of the laws of che Scats of Ulinois and ir Is duly authoriifd to and does transacc business
in the State of Illicots and dirou^iaux the United States.
Amoa^ the purposes and busine^ies of satd Abraham Liacoln Book Shop. loc, is the buy^
3.
and dealing in and general appraijil of libraxies, cotlecuans of care books, autographs, texdocumeoB, drawings, prints, paindsgs, etchtogs, t>rt)ad3!des, hiscoticd objects, memenros and
curiosjtici and other -lied printed, pictoriil aad manuscript maiecials.
ing, setting
ters,
S^ Abraham
4.
Lincoln
gruphs,
terrers,
its
officers,
its
prede-
aumme-
menttM and curiosities and other allied printed, pictorial aod aanuscrtpc nirrnali since the year 1933,
ia niinoii and ij various other st-^ces of the United Stares of Am^ftica and have twcn cxUed i:pua as
consultana in such matters by many of the leading private coUcccors, libraries, museums and public
and private insrinitioos of this coootty.
The
).
did,
from
rh .-
and on Nov.
said
Abraham
die
19 69
3,
bebg
'
tq 69
examine the
p roperty o_
fair
2O5C0
th^rteof ta
money
.000 .OO
Tliis
TVtilan
from the annexed schedule attached hrreto and made a part thereof.
as appears
deponent verily believes the said valuationtoJsc-th^^Ir and yeasoaabte aod ttue market
value.
sixth
/^
//
^J
f
k)of_
April
,9_70
Jy^^-^^/u^
\i^P ,
Notary Public of Cook CountfTniinois.
.,
was..
My commiisicn expires
Soptember
30
r
^
'
,
;
1971
(350)
67.2
Property of
RICMRD
The
MILHOUS
V/hite
Washington,
D.
NIXON
House
C.
20500
APPRAISAL
PART II
JJ.J..,I.,-
\'f
.
C,
(351)
67,1
rROPERIY OF
RICHARD
The
MILHOUS
'^'
NIXON
House
V/hite
Washington, D.
C.
20S00
PART
I.
II
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
through #845]
414,000 items
828 boxes
II.
APPEARANCE FILE
1948-1962
[National Archives Boxes
#1 through
n73]
87,000 items
173 boxes
III.
CORRESPONDENCE
RE:
1954-1961
[In unnumbered National Archives Boxes]
56 boxes
27,000 items
(352)
67.1
Propphtyof
RICHARD
The
MILHOUS
White
Washington,
IV.
P.
NIXON
'
House
C.
20500
Boxes]
116 boxes
V,
57,000 items
VISIT OF NIKITA
S.
KHRUSCHEV
Boxes]
3 boxes
15,000 items
Part II,
1,176
(353)
-3-
67.1
A- 705
Property of.
RICHARD
The
MILHOUS
Vrhite
'iVashington,
D.
NIXON
House
C.
20500
Milhous Nixon Papers, Part II, as of the twentyseventh day of March, One Thousand Nine Hundred
Sixty Nine, is Five Hundred Seventy Six Thousand
and no/hundredths Dollars ($576,000).
(354)
67.1
?^'l?.'..^1'l''Mr
567 68 0515
TAX.
67,1
5t.j
67.2
ovr
'
367 Sa 0SL3
J3.'i^
.
San
,11fclenente
of
|f
2594
J^(?li^})JC^
Florida
500 Bay
Lane
10C94
'hi'
mUPAN^e.
Ij^'jASMlq
Hup
7<rnH.
t/.
tct
(357)
W-
67
TAX
RICHARD M. AND PATRICIA R. NIXON 1969 FEDERAL INCOME
A-687-714
HUTURN, JOINT COMMITTEE REPORTf
.1
A-709
<
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31
1?-
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o
i
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u
C3
67,1
A-710
R ichard M.
Texpayar
515
f^fpQ
Yaar
OTHER INCOME
PAGE
1.
LINE tU
frota
/\
i i
y
c^yiA//;
>CO
- Sales or Exchangee of
Schedule
Property
,11 r f
'i'hob
L~,
VZ >
Qthsr:
TOTAL
<
(359)
C7 77^.f^7
67,1
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Atl|u<p>dio(spnnof
lit*
ill
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rw i-oi
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F.lad.
-fai-i.
cid
67.1
A-713
^
I
"V"
it
I
^
3- -^
-^
..
3 g
i 2
i I ?
(362)
-^
67,1
o
I-
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u
ui
68.1
at the President's left, and Kalmbach across the desk from the
President.
dent the major items in the tax return, aside from his salary:
the nonrecognition of gain on the sale of his New York apartment,
the deductions taken for interest, and pointed to the appraisal by
(364)
The President's
68.1
DeMarco
replied DeMarco.
of the tax return while he was with the President, but he said
and that the basis for the refund was the deduction taken for the
gift of papers.
Kalmbach chatted for a few minutes about items other than the tax
return.
She said,
Then
she asked DeMarco and Kalmbach to help pick out one of two busts
of General Eisenhower which had been presented to the White House.
(365)
68.1
President's return.
About two weeks later in April, DeMarco received a telephone call from Barth, who said the return had been checked and
approved, and that a refund check was being issued on that day.
^7
DeMarco says that Blech told him it was a required schedule, that
DeMarco
said that he thought that either he or Blech had been given the
-/
President's 1968 return, but DeMarco doesn't think that he (DeMarco)
had the 1968 return before doing the 1969 return.
DeMarco said
He did
DeMarco
subject of the gift of papers or on the way the gift was reflected
in the tax return.
(366)
APPENDIX
OR
JOINT COWITFEE ON INTERNAL REVENUE TAXATION
(367)
2.
WEDNESDAY
NOVEMBER 28 1973
APPOINTMENTS & SCHEDULED EVENTS
[items crossed
[out in original
He would need talking
]
paper for this.
]
]
(369)
1.
28
WEDNESDAY
\'* NOVEMBER
1973
33 Days
Left
^
E^
?}l
TO BE DONE TODAY
(number each
itemj
y^/'-v
6* T.^3
<F-W^
r <-.
i-t J n
t,
^
g:^
V
:t^
VCU^ tU3^
(370)
/(-^<^
'tJk.r
>,
<
2.
REQUEST FOR:
s
D
fSi^e instructions
at bottom)
52
APPROVAL TO
REOPEN A CLOSED
EXAMINED CASE
ISSUANCE OF FORM
L 153. NOTICE OF
REEXAMINATION
if
different j
TO
?,
2.
R.
7,
1973,
Nixon
FACTS:
LAW
Section 170(a)(1) of the IRC (1954) states that "There shall
be allowed as a deduction any charitable contribution (as
defined in subsection (c)
payment of which is made in the
taxable year." Section 170(c) nl.atGs, "For purposes of this
section, the terra 'charitable contribution' means a contribution or gift to or for the use of ... the United States."
;
R.
7,
Nixon
(continued)
(373)
Z.
7,
1973
DeceiTiber 7,
1973
William D. Waters
District Director
(374)
3.
7.
1973
Dscen\loGr 7,
1973
Income
872
VJhilo
Sincoroly yours,
;jillia..i D.
V?atGrs
District Director
Enclosures:
Copies of consent form
Return envelope
(375)
4.
Fraud
During the examination of the gift of the Vice-Presidential Papers,
we became aware that a deed was used to convey the gift to the
Schedule A
attached to the deed could not have been obtained imtil Msirch 20,1970,
as the information contained on Schedule A could not have been avail-
able before March 20, 1970, the date the appraiser, Mr. Ralph Newman,
had completed his work and infonaed Mr. DeMarco of the amount of the
gift and the items which were to comprise the gift,
Kr. Ralph Newman, the appraiser, presented an appraisal document
6-8,
made''
in
It was also
stated that only Part I of Schedule A was selected by him and that
This appraisal was included on the 1969 return and had been
presented to the agents who had previously examined the 1971 and 1972
.returns to verify the propriety of the deduction.
(376)
4.
(377)
41-591
74
25
5,
4,
Closed {Copy
Rejected
//
Mart L
OR
NO.
E.I.
Income
Accepted
Assigned
'-^-
SS
Agent (Name):
to Special
Bro/na
1../REf
OF
n UNDERSTATEMENT
TAXABLE INCOhlE
FORM(S)
FAILURE TO COLLECT
\\ AND PAY OVER TAX
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN
ADEQUATE RECORDS
OTHER
(Specifr)
PERSONAL HISTORY
2.
Head of
APPARENT HEALTH STATUS
EDUCATION (Highesc
College
GOOD
QPOOR
Single
QMarrled
Q)
d} hold
SOURCES OF INCOME OF TAXPAYER AND SPOUSE (List principal occupations)
APPROX.
AGE
48
Uvel)
NO.
OF EXEMPTIONS
& spouse)
(Ineludint
taxpayer
N/A
RECORDS WERE KEPT BY
3.
Qtaxpayer
Q OTHER
f
*-'
BASIS
(Specify)
TAXABLE PERIOD
employee
11 RECORD OF
LJGENERAL JOURNAL ii^y^^jQpy
QgENERAL LEDGER Q] CANCELL ED CH ECKS
(Speci/y;
CD COMPLETE
Q INCOMPLETE
WITH
D AGREE
RETURN
DO NOT AGREE
D WITH
RETURN
DiDEPOSIT TICKETS
LJ
SALES IN VOICES
DcASH BASIS
Oaccrual basis
LJ SALES ORDERS
SINGLE ENTRY
JOURNAL
INADEQUATE RECORDS
NOTICE5ENT
QfoRM
7020
DATE ISSUED
QfORM
7021
^^
5.
\*\l
reasons
lor
understatement or other
None
8.
4,
ii
5.
4.
The taxpayer was notified that his returns were being reexamined
by a letter from the District Director dated December 7, 1973.
This letter was delivered to the White House by the Deputy Commissioner, Mr. Raymond Harless.
The taxpayer is the President of the United States, President
Richard M. Nixon. A joint return was filed with lArs. Patricia
Nixon. The years under examination are 1970, 1971, and 1972.
The 1971 and 1972 returns had been previously examined by
Revenue Agent Raymond Kuschke and Group Manager G. S. Percuoco
of Examination Branch II. A no change report was issued on
May 30, 1973 on this examination.
(380)
5.
4,
1974,
OR
NO.
E.l.
Incoma
This case has been reviewed by the Intelligence [^Closed (Copy of closing rsport
^
Division, and action indicoted token
Rejected (Siaternont of reasons
03
altachod)
atiachad]
Accepted
2n
1.
SS
0'i'32i'L
(Nama):
OTHER
UNDERSTATEMENT OF
[j TAXABLE INCOME
FORM(S)
r~l
FAILURE TO COLLECT
(Sprcify)
Sec.
7207
7 206,
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN
;__
ADEQUATE RECORDS
2.
APPROX.
AGE 35
APPARENT HEALTH
STATUS
^ GOOD
r^lngle
QPOOR
Head
Married
ol
EDUCATION
hold
(Hightst Uvel)
NO.
\^
OF EXEMPTIONS
& spouse)
f/ncliKfmi
taxpayer
College
N/A
3.
JOURNAL
purchases JOURNAL
Q taxpayer Q employee
Q] SAL ES JOU RN AL
D GENERAL JOURNAL
GEN ERAL L EDC ER
[^ SU 8SI DI ARY
[ RECORD OF
]
LEDGERS
INVENTORY
CANC ELL ED CH ECKS
IN
SAL ES
IN VOI
CES
II SI NCL E EN TRY
LJJOU"
JOURNAL
INADEQUATE RECORDS
NOTICE SENT
I
Q SINGLE ENTRY
Q COMPLETE
Q] DOUBLE ENTRY
[T)
lOTHER
BASIS
INCOMPLETE
AGREE WITH
RETURN
DO NOT AGREE
WITH RETURN
QcASH
BASIS
CD ACCRUAL BASIS
QfORM
7020
QfORM
7021
DATE ISSUED
^(Specify)
4.
(If
excise
5.
apparent reasons
8.
or
understatement
car
4,
if
Q no
Dyes
9.
Have
11.
13.
^_____
Attach schedule showing adjustments to prior year returns,
Date, by
12.
income
DnO
Has taxpayer
Dyes
DVES
10.
if
material
,,
D ^^
first notified
^*
Revenue Service
14.
Information indicating intent to defraud on the part of the taxpayer, and any other information not covered above
(Jf
necessary,
15.
D ^O
D NOT KNOWN
7^j> 5C'0
SUPERVISPR
SIGNATURE. GROUP SU
D^^^
(y^^
.^-
J>
SIGNATURE, CHIEFfAUOIT
DIVrSIOVl
y-yy
DIVISION
fX
"
-y--
y^
^,'-4 ^Y
FORM 2797
(382)
(REV. 10-72)
5.
4,
T.V2 tcMcayer v,-qs notified that his returns were being ree:cr.mined
by a latter from the District Director dated December 7, 197 3.
This letter was delivered to the White House by t.;e Deputy Cor.inisoioner, Mr. Raymond Harless.
(38,3)
5.
4,
^'f' 3j^9t
5.
^vcnK reasons
8.
for
4,
If
5.
4,
The taxpayer v.-as notified that his return's v/ere being reexamined
by a letter from the District Director dated December 1, 1973.
This letter was delivered to the White House by the Deputy Corn-niissioner, Mr. Raymond Harless,
The taxpayer is the President of the United States, President
Richard M- Nixon. A joint return v/as filed with Mrs. Patricia
Nixon. The years under examination are 1970, 1971, and 1972.
The 1971 and 1972 returns had been previously examined by
Revenue Agent Raymond Kuschke and GroUp Manager G. S. Percuoco
of Examination Branch II. A no change ^report was issued on
May 30. 1973 on this examination-
(386)
6.
C v"'U3id--ra'-ion Of
B?.3ed on th-j
Edward L. Morgan
Ralph Nev/man
John Erlicbjtian has not been interviewed.
Morgan's testimony.
F - Mr. DeMarco and Mr. Kalmbach testified that his
contact with the White House for financial information was v>;ith either Mr. Erlichman or fir. Morgan.
(387)
-2-
G - Mr. DaMarco has testified that he spent approximately 15 minutes with the taxpayer reviev/ing
the finished return before getting the taxpayer
or his wife to sign.
See attachment
In summary, -it xs our opinion that to sustain the assertion
of the 50% civil fraud penalty on this return it would be
absolutely necessary to have affirmative testimony by somex
or all of., the individuals mentioned above. To date not one^
of the witnesses has testified in this matter.
(388)
6.
Policy Stntenrent P-9-5 (Approved 11-19-65). This policy state"j.T.t is supplamanted- by Manual Supplement 45G-106 which states
i:i assenC3 the follov;ing:
That civil fraud penalties will be recommended for each taxabxe
period where clear and convincing evidencW is available to
prove that some part of the underpayment of taxes is due to
Jraud.
Such evidence must show intent to evade the payment of
ta:c which the taxpayer believes to be owing as distinguished
from a mistake, inadvertance, reliance on incorrect technical
advice, honest difference of opinion, negligence or carelessness.
Ainong the factors to be considered in recommending imposition
TC
R. B. Bates, 15 TCM 47 Dec. 21,525 (M)
Memo. 1956-12.
R- H. Hall, (DC) 57-1 USTC 9329.
Camden Wall Paper Co., 26 TCM 254, Dec. 28,
378 (M)
TC Memo. 1967-52.
J. Kendzie, 27 TCM 845, Dec. 29,086 (M) TC
Memo. 1968-174.
,
v;as
g.
.217
Similarly, even though taxpayer v/as a la\-/yer, his failure
to report the gain from a sale was due to ignorance of the lav/
and not to fraud v/ith intent to evade taxes.
1969-65
(390)
519 TQ Memo
6.
CHAPTSi?.
iU!r\fl-:;rJU5
CODE OF 1954
6a
ADDITIONS TO TIE
Sub-Chapter A
TAJC,
ADDITIONAL -VMOUOTS
ALT)
ASSSSSABIE PEIJAITIES.
Section 6653 (b) Fraud - If any part of any, underpayment (as defined
in sub-section (c)) of tax required to be shovm on a return is due
to -fraud,-others shall be added to the tax an a-nount equal to 50>^
of the underpayment.
The fraud penalty is a remedial civil sanction to safeguard and
protect the Revenue and to reimburse the Government^ for the
heavy expense of investigation and loss involved from the
-^
ta:g)a;y"er's fraud,
6.
(392)
6.
_
C. C. H. EXCSRPTS:
,21 Advice of attorney. The Fraud penalty was not sustained where
taxpayer relied on advice of attorney that liquidation dividend was
not taxable income.
Jurkiewicz, 14
TG'I
1243
TC Memo 1955-318
(393)
41-591
74
26
6.
5A-9
TC Memo
1969-^5
.565 -Lax bookkeeping methods - Negligent penalties are sustained
because of the negligent manner in v;hich the accounts viere kept.
I'Oiere
(394)
FHAiaC D
li^ffiCO
RALPH KSlMA-H
Chicago, Illinois
'02KCQ9TG
EI^AJ KORGAN
Phoenix, Arizona
5274CC?3"
(395)
7.
He and Herbert Kalmbach met with Edward Morgan on April 21, 1969 in
Los Angeles after hearing from Morgan on either April 14 or 15, 1959
that Morgan was coming to California to cover the San Clanente property,
the Foundation of the President, and the gift (of the President's papers),
He stated that at the meeting vdth Morgan on April 21, 1969, that he
(DeMarco) had a draft of the Chattel Deedj that tha draft had strike
overs, and that he did not remember Morgan signing it. DeMarco
further stated that on or about April 4, 1969 he spoke with Ralph
KevvTuan, and that sometime between April 6 and April 15, 1969 Newman
called hira and stated that he had segregated "the sensitive stuff".
He stated that during October and November 1969, he "hasseled"
Nevman for the appraisal and he (Newman) promised to have it, and
that no deadline was set. DeMarco stated that in Noveaber 1969,
Morgan called him and noted a change in the tax law and mentioned
July 25, 1969 as the cutoff date.
Subsequent to the January 18, 1974 interview, DeMarco submitted a
memorandum ( Exhibit 16 ) to Dr. Lawrence Woodworth, Joint Committee
on Internal Revenue Taxation, in which he advised' that J
(396)
7.
(397)
7.
csrtain that he had signed th9 de?d but could not remeraber how many
copies. Ho could not recall why ho was chosen to sign the deed.
Ha stated he assumed that, as Deputy Counsel for the President, he
had the authority to sign the deed. Ke stated that there was some
question in his caind as to v*hether he signed anything in late 1969
or tha spring of 1970. He stated that he did not remember but
could have signed the deed again. Ke again stated that he vvas
sure that he had signed the deed in 1969 but had no recollection
of a later deed being signed.
E^thlbit 19 is a copy of a memorandum from Edward L. Morgan to
(398)
'
7.
tlorgcsn
(399)
'
7.
Dacsabsr 8, 1969 in hi3 mind but he did not notify anybody. When
osksd when h ciada a list, which is the basis for Schedule A which
covara the 1969 giftj Morgan stated again -tlhat he had selected
thsa in 1969, Hs stated that he did not give DeMarco the $576,000
figux3 prior to Harch 27, 1970.
(400)
7.
eppiai.:-?
Cn llcrch 273 1970 r,'e;vnan stated that DeMarco called hin and advised
hlTi that the 1559 papers v.-ere delivered on or about March 27, 1959
to tho National Archives. Ne^aan stated that DeMarco advised him
to prepare the necessary appraisal dccuraents and define the gift.
Novaan further stated that this was the first ticie a definite discussion of a 1969 gift and v.-hat papers ivould encoispass the gift, vos
brought xi-p. Ne?.aan stated that ha advised D^larco at that tioe that
he ivould have to return to the Archives to get more material for the
1969 gift value of SSOOpCOO. Nevtman stated that, per DeMarco* s request, he hurriedly selected additional docuaents, rdth the assistance
of Mary Livingston of the National Archives, and on April 6, 1970
signed an affidavit and an appraisal for the 1969 papers. This
affidavit and appraisal was prepared by his secretary. Since there
was a tline elenent involved, Nefttaan stated that his secretary nistakenly
entered the dates of April 6th to the 8th, 1969 and he, unkno.flngly,
signed the appraisal. Net'.inan stated he knetv he performed work cn
the Nixon papers on that day (April 6th to April Sth, 1969) but foiled
to recognize that the work performed on those dates were on the 196B
papers. NeAinan stated that he submitted the appraisal docu.'nent to
D2.Marco but that he never discussed the July 19&9 cutoff dato concerning
gifts with anyone but DeMarco. Newnan stated that ho could not recall
any discussion with Morgan or anyone else concerning tho value (4:500,000)
of the gift psior to October 31, 1969. Ncv.-man stated that, if asked,
he ivould testify that he never discussed a 5500,000 valuo i-.dth anyone
prior to the fall of 1959 or, more practically, tho spring of 1970.
(401)
7.
A^^^~
William N. Jackson
Group Manager "01"
APPROVED FOR FORWARDING TO
THE OFFICE OF REGIONAL COUNSEL, MAR
(^^X.//A
.M-^M-iA?-./^
Robert L, Browne
Chief, Intelligence Division
Baltimore District Office
(402)
8.
2,
1974
APR
197A
Jaworski
I understand that on April 1, Mr. David D. Gaston of the MidAtlantic Regional Office delivered to you the special agent's report
If on the
and related exhibits compiled during this investigation.
basis of these materials you determine to proceed with a grand jury
investigation, the Internal Revenue Service will provide all possible
cooperation.
Please return the files to this office after they have served
their purpose.
I
in this matter.
Sincerely,
Donald C. Alexander
Indistinct document retyped by
House Judiciary Committee staff
(403)
8.
2,
1974
m^
>irK
hiinis of tligsc
ir.v^suit.-iticr.
cov:-.il.-.:
(..uri!-.-
vcu
t-.:
43
J.;i
-JL-
r. .-i-S-lt
:f
ca
t:..^
cTiivl jury
Intcrr.-il r:ev<;;:uo rurvlcc i-j.ll provif'.c all >cssii;lc
aterials you
tl-.c
."r.
dotcr;vir;v-"
to
:rcc^^-d i.-xL.: a
COO; cration.
ric.-.ric
their
ir.
return
t!:e
;y iiave servci.!
aftii:
y'Ur;-.c::v;.
I v.-ould ar:?rccii-tc:
t;iis ;.cit';cr.
it if ycu
rii\a
.n<
(404)
:.\i
Oil yr.v.r
cvc:/y
conclu^icif.
9.
2,
Telephone:
April
2,
962-3084
1974
9.
2,
District Director
Enclosures:
Examination Report
Agreement or Waiver Form
Instmictions
(406)
9.
2,
Taleohoae: 952-3034
April 2, 1S74
President Richard H. Sisca
uid rbra. Patricia H. Hixoa
"She felaits House
Waehinstoa, D* C 205GO
Kirid of Tax: Iacai
Tact Year Ea^ed: I5eceEbr 31
1969
Dear Prssideat
arid Jirs.
Hisoni
(407)
9.
2.
- 2 -
and
iirsi.
Pacricla a. is:ca
slicsva.
District Director.-
EaclosuTies
Exazrinatioa ^r^rt
A^re^oaixt or Waiver
Ins tructiOiXS
Fom
(408)
9.
DEPARTMEn/
FORM 870
(REV. JUNE 19691
The treasury
DATE RECEIVED BY
INTERNAL REVENUE
SERVICE
Pursuant to si?ction 6213(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, or corresponding provisions of prior intemal revenue laws, the
undersigned waives the restrictions provided in section 6213(a) of the lotemal Revenue Code of 19S4, or corresponding provisions
of prior intemal revenue laws, and consents to the assesstnenl and collection of the following deficiencies with interest as provided
by law. The undcrsigoed also accepts the following overassessmeols as correct:
DEFICIENCIES
Spr.ti nn f>f>^^( ^)
10.
2.
Foavi 4549-A
lose. 1970)
of
10.
2.
FOSM 4519-A
(DEC. 1970)
'
of
11.
ARGUTffiNTS
Notvdthstanding the fact that the taxpayer's 1971 and 1972 returns
were subjected to a prior audit by the Internal Revenue Service vith
for these years (See Estate of Albert D. Phillips TCM 1955-No. 139;
and, L. L. Washburn,
^4.
TC 217 - 1965).
(412)
11.
Analysis of the case law dealing with Section 6653(a), IRC, clearly
indicates that each decision rests on a unique factual circumstance
from vhich no firm rules other than general directives can be drawn.
Presidency.
(2)
(3)
knov;
11.
For example:
(a)
issued.
(b)
The accountant
assxiined
(See William F.
the taxjiayer fails to furnish his agent with all pertinent data.
Even if all data are furnished to the preparer, the taxpayer still
has a duty to read the return and make sure all income items are
included
(414)
ii.
1954. is
We have discussed this issue with the Office of the Assistant Coianissioner
(Technical) and it was jointly concluded that a substantial case exists
(415)
12.
Congre^^
oC tf)e Winitzii
^tate^
B.C.
20515
I.
1963 Deed
(416)
of the deed
12.
-2-
Congre^^
of tf)e
^nitth States
c.
B.C
20515
If so,
b.
If not, how was the amount to be donated
determined and who determined it?
c.
^Then
give in 1969?
6.
Presidential Library
a.
Did you intend to establish a Richard M. Nixon
Presidential Library to be the depository for your papers
and personal effects?
(417)
12.
-3-
CongcEfifS of
tfje
Vdnitzh States
2iaa3bmgtmT,
B.C.
20515
Library?
Did you intend to make a gift of any portion of
c.
your papers in 1969 before the establishment of your
presidential library? If so, yhy?
7.
1969
a.
Did you discuss with any member of your staff
or anyone else the tax consequences of the delivery of
your pre-presidential papers to the National Archives on
March 26-27, 1989? If' so, with whom?
(418)
12.
-4-
Congre^^
of tfjc
Vinitzb B>tatzi
20515
a.
In 1970, did any member of your staff or anyother person ask whether you intended to claim a deduction
for your donation of papers on your 1969 tax return?
10.
1969 Deed
signed?
b.
Did you examine your tax return and have any
discussions about the deduction for the gift of your
papers? If so, what was said?
c.
Did you have any discussions about the deed at
that time with those present? If so, what was said?
(419)
12.
-5-
Ccngc^^
of t\)t '(Bnitzij
^taizi
Kla^binstOT, i3..
20515
II.
V/e
(420)
12.
-6-
Congrs{5
of tfje
Vdnitth ^tatti
S3a5bingtcm,
3..
20515
Tricia and Edward Cox and Julie and David Eisenhower when
they travel in other than an official capacity. Could you
furnish us any information as to the treatment of those trips
prior to your instructions and the method that was to be
used in billing you for the trips subsequent to your instructions?
On what basis is the billing for the subsequent period determined,
and if it is different from the method used to bill the
Press Corps for the use of Government planes, would you explain
the reasons for the difference in the billing methods. How
is it determined, and by whom, that your daughters and their
husbands are traveling in official capacity?
We understand that during the period of April 1, 1972,
2.
through November 16, 1972, there were no reimbursements by you
to the Treasurer of the United States for family travel on
Government aircraft. Could you furnish us with information
as to whether the travel during this period was reimbursed
and, if so, by whom and why? Was any of the travel during
this period for personal purposes and, if so, could you furnish
us a list of such trips?
(421)
12.
Congress
ot
tfjE
'^nitelj States!
i3.C
20515
HAR 2
1974
Dear
lifessrs.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) Laurence
Sf,
Woodvortb
Laurence N. Woodworth
Snclosure
BMSrjsp 3/21/74
(422)
13.
1)563,
examinations
V^e
4.,,
Jxily
K5iT,orandmii
r.enorandujTi
This
(423)
>
IS.
ment to the taxpayer's income for 1972 and subsequent years, since
it is. an installment transaction.
in fact, exist.
inercorandum
of title to the manuscript was ever made, and incrane was assigned
as the result of verbal instructions frcs the taxpayer.
Guest Fund
1970 - 1972
The taxpayer deducted all expenses incurred while away from his tax
home in Washington, D. C.
(424)
13.
This
w^rs
27ij
ment planes.
Re-elect the President for the use of these planes by his children
only.
V.'e
it
The
taxpayer did not reimburse for the use of the plane if he also
1970
1972
but was \mable to show that the use of the residence would qualify
for any deduction.
for the computation of the 2$% business use which was deducted on
the tax return.
(425)
41-591
74
28
13.
VTe
entire 2$%.
t^,e
letter
of.,
(426)
":
23.
SPECIAL NOTE
It was
(427)
23.
j\JliiSiV.'KAlSUUM
THE
WIIITJ^ JIOUSJ.
WAS
II
r.
TON
personal
coVh''idl;ntial
AUGUST
TO:
HERB KALMBACH
FROM:
JOHN EHRLICHMAN
'12,
19G9
Attachment
EXHIBIT
(428)
us
"i^"-
13.
>.
CONFIDF.NTIM.
,^-..., ..,,1
-
.-
.-1.,,.^.,
.'V
-^ -
v'vVi-:
^Sv-'
<^.^
MEMORANDUM TO:
FROM:
Edward L. Morgan
Deputy Counsel to the president
(for John Ehrlicliman)
The VJhite House
.'''
Roger V. Barth
Assistant to the Commissioner
(429)
The President's
$7A,983.26.
only two exemptions and
the v;ithho].ding to reflect
full 30% cliaritable deduc-
IZ.
2 -
b.
I v;ould assume that his interest expense v;ould
be the same as the last few years, i.e., about $25,000;
c.
I V7ould need to have an estimate of his real
pr-Qperty taxes for 1969; /l understand that a conclusion V7as reached in New York _that the President is
.
exempt from
D.
C. income tax_^/
e.
outside income,
a,
(430)
IZ.
already es tab].ishcd
Note, hov;evGr-,
Lhat
v/c
must give
b.
this is always a factual question v;hich could
be raised on audit of v;hether she is necessary to the
taxpayer s "business";
'
d.
the newspapers have made much of the fact that
has been acting as a "volunteer." I think the
risk of exposure of a business deduction attempt is
too great;
she.
e.
Julie cannot be taken as an exemption by the.
President for 1969 vmless three conditions arc met:
(431)
13.
1.
2.
3.
joint return.
Attachments
(432)
13.
WAsiiinoToij'l^
JUNE
TO:
FROM:
ED MORGAN
JOHN EHitL-ICHMAN
16,
1969
13.
Hc suggests
more
Another subject:
What are
Another subject:
Note that the Smathers house in Florida will be used only for
rneetings and business, not for personal residence. Accordingly,
the accountant should be inslructcd to depreciate and write off
its expenses as business expenses.
(434)
JUNE
1974
(435)
JUN 4
4,
1974
1974-
Thank you for your letter of May 10, 1974, on behalf of Mr. Cliarles S.
Williamson requesting Infonuation rc?ardin? President Nixon's gift of
papers to tiie United States, rciceutly the subject of -'review by tho Joint
Cojnsdttce on Internal Revnu Taxation and tho Intei*nal Revenus Service.
Traditionally, froa the adainistration of George Washington to the present,
the papers gensratcd by an elected official within tho Federal Govemc^ent
liav been regarded as tlie personal property of that official.
With regard
to the executive branch, the Con?rrcss recognized tnis tradition by statute
when it passed tho Presidential Libraries Act of 1955, now codified as
sections 2101, 2107 and 2108 of title 44, United States Code.
The Joint
(437)
4,
1974
Sincerely,
Allan
G.
Kauplnen
Asslstaut^^ Adainlatraf
or
Enel05ur
cc:
S/15/74
13-23512
Concvirrences
Date
Date
PENNSYLVANIA
ES
COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA
AFFIDAVIT
1.
acquisitions and the funds used, which report was made public on
income tax returns filed by the President and Mrs. Nixon, with
2.
3,
1973,
(439)
KENNETH GEMMILL
alternatives being
AW
(a)
H.
to av;ait events,
(b)
to request the
tlic
(c)
to submit these
Joint Congressional
Republican leadership
*of
3,
and to
obtain their advice on the foregoing alternatives; that the consensus of this meeting, with which affiants concurred, was to
submit the tax questions to the Joint Congressional Committee
in order to obtain a prompt decision in circumstances which would
briefing sessions on the Coopers and Lybrand audit report and the
tax returns for members of Congress and the press; and that a letter
from the Director of the Baltimore District of the Internal Revenue
7,
1973,
-2-
(440)
KENHETH GEMMILL
aw
H.
program
p. 3
marked
""
^t
final
partial draft,
3,
1974;
(441)
41-591
74
29
H.
the
President's case was not brought before the Staff or the Internal
Revenue Service as strongly or as adequately as would have been
1974)
deductions taken for the fair market value of the 1969 gift under
applicable legal principles; and that there is a substantial likelihood that in litigation conducted in the traditional manner, with
5.
*
A revision of this memorandum dated April 1, 1974, the intended
pre: ntation of which to the Committee never took place by reason
of t;ie publication on April 3, 1974, of the Staff's conclusions,
is lioreto attached as Exhibit B.
.4-
(442)
H.
(a)
the disallowance
and
(b)
That, as to
(a)
That as to
(b)
part
the whole property between wliat is sold and what is retained, based
on the relative fair market values of the properties sold and re-
tained (p.
(p.
101)
99)
viev;s as to
4,
1974,
are the most favorable to the view that no capital gain was realized;
and that affiants remain of the view that there is a substantial
-5-
(443)
KENNETH GEMMILL
AW
H.
Kenneth W. Gemmill
H.
Chapman Rose
'"
"^^^ -^
1974.
-/^
:r<!
^/>>,T<-,
'-"7",
-
/y
/^-^^,
Notary Public
ANTOiNETTE GO.'iOON
Nolacy Pjilic. Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Co.
My Con'mission
(444)
ATTACHMENT A
Decon^)er 3,
D'3ar Mr.
Chairn.-uii
t'J//jOi'/i
^.
Al,
1973
1973
8.
.^
//^
press aboat
riy
tenure
ray
us President.
1S73,'.
'irjy
j.tfc.os-
kricw'ledga,
iiijfi^'
'
(445)
:;
ATTACHMENT A
8,
1973
Fith
i-mrr-est
regards.
Sincerely,
RICHARD NIXON
The
Chaiman
Joint Con^aittee on Intsriial
Rsvanue Taxation
House of Raprossntatives
V72t3hiagton,~ D.C. 2G515
(446)
'v^
ATTACHMENT B
BEFORE THE
INTERNAL REVENUE TAXATION
COMMITTEE
ON
JOINT
Washington, D. C.
Kenneth W. Gemmill
H. Chapman Rose
Dated:
Revised: April
1,
1974
(447)
ATTACHMENT B
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
I.
INTRODUCTION
II.
2.
....
Morgan-DeMarco-Newman Contacts
Concerning The 1969 Gift
11
1.
2.
IV.
3.
5.
III.
........
Undisputed- Facts
1.
B.
11
12
13
DISCUSSION
16
A.
B.
The
Lav7
1.
19
2.
21
(448)
16
....
18
ATTACHMENT B
PAGE
Pre-1949 Legislation
b.
c.
3.
22
a.
Tlie
Current Legislation
The Common
Lav?
Donative Intent
b.
Delivery
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
30
34
.....
37
Gifts Of Undivided
Interests In Chattels
....
40
Retention Of Control
Over Donated Property
....
43
The "Potential"
For Revocation
44
CorrjTiunication V7ith
45
The Donee
c.
V.
46
Acceptance
47
C.
53
CONCLUSION
APPENDIX A.
22
24
.........
Of Gifts
a.
(iv)
APPENDIX
B.
In re Roosevelt's Will
73 N.Y.S.2d 821
1947).
APPENDIX C.
(449)
(Sur.
Ct.
ATTACHMENT B
INTRODUCTION
In early 1969, President Nixon directed his staff and
law on December 30, 1969, and made retroactive to July 25, 1969.
8,
Since December
8,
1973,
personal counsel, have worked with the staff of the Joint Committee
and with representatives of the Internal Revenue Service to ascertain
(450)
ATTACHMENT
tl
-2-
part
(1)
(2)
December
8,
1973.
v?e
principles.
Undisputed Facts
1.
ATTACHMENT B
-3-
to the President.
papers.
&
Alexander.
value slightly
v.'hich
he could
G.
Newman
to
approximate value.
and to effect the gift before the end of the tax year, Messrs.
(452)
ATTACHMENT B
-4-
instrument,
v.'hich
representative of GSA.
Early in 1969, Messrs. Morgan and/or Krogh arranged to
transport all of the pre-Presidential papers from Wew York to
Washington.
2.
responsibilities so that Mr. Morgan had the principal responsibility under his direction for discharging the staff's obligations
l/
(453)
ATTACHMENT B
-5-
Both Messrs,
veyed this intention to Mr. Morgan early in March and gave him
staff responsibility for implementing it immediately.
's
instructions
We are
la/
(454)
ATTACHMENT B
-6-
(1)
(2)
there is
Vincent Andrev/s worksheets for 1969 and Mr. Ehrlichman's memorand'jm to Mr. Morgan of June 16,
1969.
P t"'? t e^^en''' ?
donative intent.
3.
(455)
ATTACHMENT B
-7-
The General
1/
the same conditions which had been specified in the 1968 deed..
lb/
2/
3/
Supra
note 1.
(456)
ATTACHMENT B
-8-
Morgan-DeMarco-Newman Contacts
Concerning The 1969 Gift
&
l-aw
Nev.'
Mr. Kalmbach
DeMarco to
l*Ir.
3a/
(457)
41-591
74
30
ATTACHMENT B
-9-
contemporaneous notes of this initial conversation with Mr. Newman indicate that they understood that Newman
'National Archives "segregate enough [papers]
v.-ould
go to the
to satisfy this
The
under the formula for the 1SG9 gift which President Nixon had
ri
time
'/.'hen
Shortly thereafter,
hov;ave.r,
3a / contd.
the press.
(458)
ATTACHMENT B
-10-
(1)
under
gam
(2)
August
2,
(H.R.
13270)
The
on
(459)
The Senate
A compromise
ATTACHMENT B
-11-
revelations.
These are
(1)
(2)
the
1.
Our pre-December
understanding of Mr.
Newir.an's
activities
with respect to the 1969 gift papers was based upon our
conversation with him on August
2,
President Nixon's 1969 tax return, and reports of his conversations in 1969 with Mr. DeMarco.
(460)
ATTACHMENT B
-12-
actions.
felt
1973.
April
6,
He
spent most of the day completing his appraisal of the 1968 gift,
and whether or not he visited the room containing the 1969 gift
papers, he did not actually segregate them until November 1969.
2.
the purpose of documenting the 1969 gift and imposing the same
3b/
(461)
ATTACHMENT B
-12a-
instrument in that it
v/as
v/hen he
'
Newport Beach
Therefore,
with Mr. DeMarco on April 21, 1969, Mr. Morgan gained the
(462)
ATTACHMENT B
-12b-
3c/
at that time as "Deputy Counsel to the President.
"
Since
Mr. DeMarco did not regard the deed as essential to the completion
with him, and personally witnessed the President's and Mrs. Nixon's
signatures.
Having just
3c/
(463)
ATTACHMENT B
-12c-
prepared on April 21, 1969, and had the original deed of that
date and the new schedule retyped for aesthetic purposes on a
j.n
(464)
ATTACHMENT B
-13-
The re-executed
These facts
reflect that from the donor's standpoint the 1969 gift consisted
of an interest of specified value in a group of delivered papers.
v;as
(465)
ATTACHMENT B
-14-
that this standard is met when there has been a clear expression
of donative intent coupled with corroborative evidence in the
inflexible and that each case turns on its own particular facts
and circumstances.
VJhat
(466)
ATTACHMENT B
-15-
In particular,
ari
and the
wa.s
lav/
Congress
ATTACHMENT B
-16-
phenomenon.
papers.
v;as
In light of the
1969.
DISCUSSION
4/
In re Roosevelt's V7ill
73 N.Y.S.2d 821 (Sur. Ct. 1947).
A copy of the Roosevelt decision, is attached as Appendix
,
(468)
B.
ATTACHMENT B
-17-
requirements of a gift.
the-
V the
Act,
Since 1950,
unbroken
6/
Former
5/
64 Stat.
6^/
44 U.S.C.
7/
583.
2101 et seq.
Hearings on H.J. Res. 330, 331 and 332 Before a SpecialSubcomm. of the Comm. on Government Operati ons, 84th
Cong., 1st Sess. at 58 (1955) (emphasis added)
(469)
ATTACHMENT B
-18-
-of
the
Such an
Three bodies of
PresidenL Nixon
incide
lav/
a valj.u
yift of papers
ys.^.u
Lu
Liie
The first
18/
(470)
ATTACHMENT B
-19-
1.
v/ho-
In practice,
the size of the deduction was the amount which would have been
Section 170(a)
(1)
(c)
9/
(b)
(471)
ATTACHMENT B
-20-
10/
Thus, the
lav/.
coiruiion
the latter
takes precedence.
{'^.)
^pH
iQfi^i
lir-e
12/
as
10/
See e.g.
Henry W. Dodge Jr. 27 T.C. Mem. 1170 (1968);
A.W. Mellon 36 B.T.A. 977 (1938); Nehring v. Commissioner
131 F.2d 790 (7th Cir. 1943); Pauley v. U. S. 459 F.2d
624 (9th Cir. 1972)
,
11^/
12/
347 U.S.
13/
483
(1954)
(emphasis added).
(472)
Coit v.
ATTACHMENT B
v.'liich
coiruiion
v/as
made.
This thesis
14/
15/
44 U.S.C.
2101 et seq.
(473)
41-591
74
31
ATTACHMENT B
-22-
a.
Pre-1949 Legislation
v/as
necessary, as
v.'ith
of 1949.
.records management."
In this
16/
63 Stat. 381.
17/
64 Stat.
583.
(474)
ATTACHMENT B
-23-
18 /
S.
(475)
(1950)
1950:
ATTACHMENT B
-24-
VJith this
background, it seems
c.
19/
69
Stat.
695, as recodified,
(476)
82 Stat.
1288.
ATTACHMENT B
-
-25-
20/
These
20/
(477)
ATTACHMENT B
-26-
Mansure and U.
S.
21/
(478)
ATTACHMENT B
-27-
Grover:
(479)
ATTACHMENT B
-28-
Mansure:
Grover:
22/
(480)
(1955)
ATTACHMENT B
-29-
23/
(481)
ATTACHMENT B
-30-
lav;
The Common
As stated
I'lbove
Lav/
Of Gift s
the common
lav.'
coutjt
iLuLion
A gift is defined
24/
25/
pp. 20-21.
Ch. VII
26/
(1955)
32 T.C. Mem.
782,
783
ATTACHMEtiT B
fuller
Despite the distinctly mechanical ring to these formulations, judicial apolication of common law gift criteria has been
'
2_8/
27/
28/
(483)
ATTACHMENT B
-32-
29/
Smith
A typical articulation of
23/
S.
district court
Ct.
30/
31/
(484)
1972),
ATTACHMENT B
-3332/
in Apt
V.
Birmingh am:
lav/
as a special case.
V7ith this as
31/
(cont'd)
its relation to the total amount of the donor's property,
in order to discover the reasonableness of the claim
that the donor really intended to make the donation
claimed." Brown, The Law of Personal Property 48 at
130 (1955)
,
32/
S,
'
(485)
ATTACHMENT B
a.
Donative Intent
sustained.
circumstances
v;ill
Will,
issue here.
ment, and after money for the library had been collected
33/
In re Wilson's Estate
206 N.Y.S.2d 323 (Sur. Ct. 1960);
Bank of America v. Cottrell 20 Cal. Rptr 126 (Cal.
In re Barley's Will
96 N.Y.S.2d 716 (Sur.
App. 1966).
,
Ct,
34/
1950).
73 N.Y.S.2d 821
(Sur. Ct.
1947)
(486)
See Appendix A.
ATTACHMENT B
-35-
v.'hich
he
heid
v/ritten to his
Kov;ever,
he
Nev7
Although the
Surrogate's opinion intimated that evidence existed of "constructive" delivery and acceptfince, there can be no doubt that
his conclusion rested on the fact that the surrounding circum-
(sucli
Significantly,
gratuitous transfer.
35/
Association v. Nye
35/
223 A. 2d 397
(487)
1966).
'
ATTACHMENT B
Hebrev,'
University and
She
s"he
spent time arranging and cataloging the collection but had not
In re Frothingham'
V7ill
perfect an inter vivos gift despite the absence of deliveryThe donor was a resident of Fraiice v'nose iinanciai affairs were
the law.
The
significant observation:
36/
37/
(1936).
Id. at 660.
(488)
ATTACHMENT B
-37-
VThere the
evidence.
significant,
.re
delivery.
delivered.
v.'as
whatever ani^oiguity
iruiv
b.
De] ivory
(cont'd)
TAX RPTR.
37/
^17917 (1968)
("Particularly in the case of
charitable gifts the requirement of delivery is not
to be applied in a rigid and formalistic v/ay.");
Slusmeyer v. S lusmeyer 99 F.Supp. 484 (VJ.D. Ky 1951),
aff 'd per curiam, 200 F.2d 559 (6th Cir. 1952) ("It
is too v.'ell understood to call for the citation of
authorities that the declarations and conduct of the
grantor in relation to the instrument may be such as to
become equivalent to such actual delivery, and in every
case the crucial test is the intent with which the acts
and declarations are made, and that intent is to be
ascertained from the conduct of the parties, particularly
the grantor, and all the surrounding circumstances
of the transaction."); Campbell v. Prothro, 209 F.2d
331 (5th Cir. 1954); A.V.'. Mellon 36 B.T.A. 977 (1937);
Tucker v. Welch, 36-2 CCK T.Ct. Mem. 1(9431 (1936).
.
(489)
41-591
74
- 32
ATTACHMENT B
-38-
forra of
N.'as
explained in Crilly
39/
V.
Detter
bearer bonds
frora the
decedent's sister.
sii-.ter
There
w^is
testimony
after she had given an amount which seemed fair to his former
wife.
hc-d
directed a nephevj to
obtain the bonds for his sister and that this had been ac-
c^ift,
Llie
Llic
38/
39/
40/
Id.
at 492
(D.Kan.
1956).
(emphasis added)
(490)
n
ATTACHMENT B
-39-
requirement has
VJhere
was
41/
Tliia
Slusmeyer
Ljii-;
Cast;,
V7here the
for example,
in Slusmeyer v.
circumstances.
home.
41/
12/
Accord
(491)
(S.Ct. Ore.
200
1903).
ATTACHMENT B
-40-
the donor
(iv)
(iii)
there
ii
These questions
v.'ill
(i)
Gifts Of Undivided
Interests In Chattels
Hov;ever,
is given,
43/
44/
Professor
Lewis v. Burke 214 N.E.2d 196 (Ind. App. 1966)
Brown confirms that courts have not hesitated to find
adequate delivery where the subject matter of the gift is
already in the possession of the donee: "Vvhere the subject
.
(492)
ATTACHMENT B
-41-
Gifts
iiXQ
A situation
45^/
%vherein a
we're
due on ?1.15,000 in
She claimed
that her husband had given her inter vivo s an undivided one-
^\
44/
(cont'd)
45/.
169 S.W.2d
46/
Id.
(S.Ct. Tenn.
1943).
at 854.
(493)
ATTACHMENT B
situation
v;as
undivided
tool:
Columbia Circuit.
^/
50
(494)
ATTACHMENT B
(a) (2)
Section
permits deductions
cor,
tributions of
(ii)
Retention Of Control
Ove r Donated P r operty
For
exarr,ple,
in the early
49/
a court upheld as valid and
It
48 /
49/
170-1
Section
43 N.V\^
Estate
(d) (2)
(495)
In re Hitchcock's
ATTACHMENT B
-44-
c?.re
coir.T.on
Thus,
there has
The "Potential"
For Revocation
lav;.
This was certainly true in the Roosevelt case v/here the record
50/
51/
See Appendix B.
(496)
pp.
20-21.
ATTACHMENT B
-4 5-
v/i.th
by locking
\.as
tained the gift on the ground that donative intent had been
satisfactorily demonstrated.
Its reersoning is
sijt
forth in
53/
Communicatj.on
52/
53^/
Id.
(Sur. Ct.
1960)
at 327.
(497)
Instead,
ATTACHMENT B
-46-
]cno',vledge,
in him immediately,
54/
that, a
informed.
ar,-\bi.guity
Accepta nce
ip.ost
fle>ii}?le.
In Allender v.
"
Under this
54 /
See e.g.
Streeper v. Myers 7 N.E.2d 554 (S.Ct. Ohio
172 A. 2d 379 (S.Ct. Conn. 1961)
1937); Halisey v. Howard
,
55 /
Cf
56/
87 A. 2d 608,
610
(Hd.
App
1952).
(498)
ATTACHMENT B
-47-
existence
froiri
Gi_ft
tc";ken
)iis
Administration.
_57/
(499)
ATTACHMENT B
Mr.
)^hrlichn'.an,
"
any
papers later.
re;Tic:ining
on to Mr. Morgan
immediately.
.of
M.r.
Ehrlic}ir.:;in
irriraediate
The General
steps to achieve
"intellectual and physical control" over the papers on the understanding that they were delivered for "gift purposes."
also
assuiTied
GSA
v.'hich
They
(500)
ATTACHMENT B
Adndnistration.
As rcrioctecl in the rcj'orted testimony of Mr. EhrlicJiman
expressed intrant
v/as
fuire
to niake
gift in 19 55 of as great
a voluiae
ha'"!,
identified papers.
However, when the 19G9 gift is viewed (as it must be)
characterize it as a gift of
In other
tlie
donee if
the same
(501)
ATTACHMENT B
-50-
gift.
corroborative actions were taken by the President's represenThe legal sufficiency of the delivery clearly was not
tatives.
V7ell
President
(502)
ATTACHMENT B
-51-
common law.
ta)ce
hibited.
principles.
The deed's only stipulation was thiit during the time President
sidered waived.
Thus,
58/
(503)
ATTACHMENT B
the-
Nonetheless, there is
-In
58/
(cont'd)
64 (1373); Folsom v. Marsh Fed. Cas
342 (C.C.
Mass. 1841) (v;herein Justice Story held that the
letters of George Washington were property subjects
of copyright protection)
Congress has specifically
recognized common law copyright interests in private
papers which come into the possession of the United
States Records Act of 1950, and while it has immunized
the Federal Government against damage suits in connection
with these interests, it has not restricted the right
of private parties to enforce their interests by injunctive
action.
See , 44 U.S.C. 2113 and S.Rep. 2140, Slst Cong.
2nd Sess. (1950)
,
(504)
ATTACHMENT B
CON CLUSIO;
<-j.ttorney53
to confiirm
tlie
tii.K.en
Respcclfully
Eu).->Mitted.
Kennellj W. GeKuniill
H. Chapraan Rose
Dated:
(505)
41-591
74
33
for
ATTACHMENT C
BEFORE THE
JOINT COMMITTEE ON INTERNAL REVENUE TAXATION
Washington, D. C.
Kenneth W. Gemmill
H. Chapman Rose
Dated:
(506)
ATTACHMENT C
INTRODUCTION
(507)
ATTACHMENT C
-2-
renovating the new house, they occupied it and ever since have
treated it as their principal residence and home within the
II
STATEMENT OF FACTS
The Nixons
(508)
ATTACHMENT C
mMOMNDm
KENNETH GEMMILL AND H. CHAPMAN WSE
SALE OF
ON
GAIN
OF
NON-RECOGNITION
SUPPORTING
^.^^_
JOINT COMMITTEE
NEW YORK CITY RESIDENCE, FEBRUARY 19. 1974,
-3-
They
resided there for the next five and a half years, paying New
York State income taxes, and voting in that state.
To facilitate
residence.
Considering capital
1/
(509)
ATTACHMENT C
-4-
sale of $142,912.
'
trustees were
Accordingly,
The trustees
vide the Nixons with better access to their home and afford
them more privacy.
They
gave much of the furniture that was not moved to their daughters and purchased additional furniture in California.
Very
(510)
ATTACHMENT C
-5-
New York was moved to the White House, because the custom there
has always been to utilize only early American furniture that
The Nixons' decision to re-establish their home in California reflected their deep roots in that State.
The Presi-
Both he
and the First Lady voted in California for most of their lives
and re-registered there on January
8,
1970.
the California State Society, the Bohemian Club of San Francisco, the Los Angeles Country Club, the Yorba Linda Country
(511)
ATTACHMVNT C
-6-
The President's
Licenses for the family pets and similar permits have been
mente property was purchased and ending one year after the sale
of the New York apartment (July 15, 1969 through May 31, 1970),
the Nixons spent 49 days at their California home.
Except for
(512)
ATTACHMENT C
III
DISCUSSION
Section 1034(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, which
Avenue Corporation;
(2)
(3)
below.
(513)
ATTACHMENT C
-8-
1.
(b)
principal residence the house or apartment which his stockholding entitles him to occupy.
inasmuch as
(a)
(b)
the Nixons'
(c)
(d)
(e)
the purchase price of the Nixons' stock was paid in full to the
corporation.
2.
(514)
-9-
v/as
$309,772.55.
The
total price paid in 1969 for the 26 acre Cotton Estate was
$1,400,100.
Nixons'
Thus, the
residence by $50,250.45.
3.
(515)
ATTACHMENT C
-10-
the gain on his old residence despite the fact that he had con-
contractor delays.
Clemente for
49
was the Nixon's "principal residence" despite the fact that they
this issue turns on all the facts and circumstances of the case,
2/
35 T.C.
288
(1960)
(516)
ATFACBMENT C
-11-
one involving two residences are generally decided by ascertainIn United States v. Sheahan
for
that
the good faith of the taxpayer is
a circumstance to be weighed, and
it may be the decisive factor in
a close case in determining v;hether
one of two houses is the principle
residence, or whether the house is
a residence. ...
5/
How6/
Mr. Stolk was an executive with American Can Co. and for
many years commuted to his office in New York City from the
distant Westchester suburb of Chappaqua.
5/
As he rose to the
6/
per curiam
(517)
ATTACHMENT C
-12-
top of
th'3
Nev/
home and stored his furniture, much of which was very valuable.
In mid-19 55,
He furnished
the farmhouse with his Chappaqua furniture and with his family,
He continued, to
A majority of judges on the Tax Court held that Mr. Stolk 's
Chappaqua residence did not qualify as his old residence under
Section 1034 (because they believed he had "abandoned" it in
1953)
and that the Virginia farm did not become his principal
Four
terra
(518)
"principal residence"
ATTACHMENT C
-13-
Judce Fay, speaking for the minority, concluded that the Virginia
farm was Mr. Stolk's home upon consideration of
the petitioner's reasons for renting
and maintaining the New York apartment,
the nature of the apartment in view
of petitioner's income and position,
the circumstances surrounding the
acquisition of the farm, the reasons
for its acquisition, the furnishing
of it with the Chappaqua furniture and
the fact that petitioner and his wife
traveled to the farm every weekend and
holiday.
.
7/
40 T.C. at 351
8/
Id.
at 356
9/
Id.
at 359.
(emphasis added)
(emphasis added)
(519)
ATTACHMENT C
-14-
As Chief of
Executive Mansion;
ever.
10/
(520)
ATTACHMENT C
-15-
before them, in
v;as
Unlike the
move to the West Coast and gave most of what remained to their
daughters.
Moreover,
not.
41-591
74
34
ATTACHMENT C
-16-
IV
CONCLUSION
For all of the reasons stated, the undersigned attorneys
for President Richard M. Nixon respectfully urge this Committee
to confirm the validity of his and the First Lady's nonrecognition
Respectfully submitted,
Kenneth W. Gemmill
H. Chapman Rose
Dated:
(522)
ATTACHMENT D
<r/\
RALPH
S.
01 cZiiutt, cTrbbuiii^ii
DRUMM
and C^omuLtanii
BOWDLE. MAI
3811
HUGO
C.
DRUMM. MAI
90807
Members
American
Institufe of
dLJi^.ont.i:
ROBERT A. BOWDLE
LONG BEACH
(213)
lOS ANGELES
ORANGE CO.
(7M) 821(.3M
AHAMI
Mr.
Ai-thur Blech
Ai'tliur
Suite 7 50
Los Aiigeles. California
The purpose of
The results
1)
this
of this review
may be summarized
as follows:
and would
not,
in fact,
(523)
ATTACHMENT D
Mr.
Artliui'
Page
Blech
2)
3)
The 42
it.
(524)
ATTACHMENT D
Artiiur Blech
iVir.
Page
6)
The four
lot
My
analysis of tlie Authur C. Shipley, Jr., "Raw Land Estimate" as submitted previously under a 74 lot development potential and as resubmitted
under tiie 62 lot development ix)tential prepared by South Coast Engineering
Services, projects the following comments:
1)
tlie
3)
(525)
ATTACHMENT D
M^ch
4)
22,
1974
development.
Conversely, the unit costs for development of the 49 lot Excess
Land iX)rtion of the "Preliminary Study Plan" would be slightly
higlier than those for development of the entire 62 lots, and
the unit costs for development of the 13 lot Homesite portion
would be considerably higher - by as much as 25% to 20% - than
those for the entire 62 lots.
The only logical and accurate manner of estimating tlie development costs as they apply to the Homesite and Excess Land
portions, is through an engineering analysis, whereby quantities
for each portion are separately calculated and costed.
5)
b)
(526)
ATTACHMENT D
Mr.
Page
Artliur Blcch
5
1974
MaJL'ch 22,
c)
2nd Story View and non--viow per lot Cieveiopmenl cost has
been increased from $4, 31o to $5, IGG, thou!;;h development
requirements as to grading; ajid sXri-.d footage remain
similar.
Any additional
or
clar-ify
these
Very
truly yours,
Kugo^ Lrumm,
HCD.-rtk
Attachment
(527)
M.A.I.
HUGO
:
DRUm
LETTER. MARCH
8.
ana Coniulianta.
RAiPM
S.
DRUMM
80WDLE. MAI
39,]
HUGO
C. ORUMM. MAI
Member
ROBERT
90807
J
'
A BOWOLE
ORANGE CO.
March
8,
(213)
4-<3<9
(213)
U6-6iV4
(7M) 821-6350
1974
My
(528)
8.
March
As a
Mr.
8,
1974
report of
result of these analyses, I have formed the opinion that the
Shipley is unreliable due to:
1)
reliance upon the 1961/62 development experience of the northwesterly adjacent Cypress Shores Tract No. 4202, which is in
adopted
conflict with San Clemente Subdivision Ordinance No. 429,
on April 1, 1964, wherein:
- now 72OO4]
a) 60' X 100' - 6,000Cplots are no longer permitted
are
no
lots
of
tier
single
b) 40' wide streets serving a
43'
width,
minimum
now
longer permitted
with major unadjustable costs to relate to the subject property, such
as variations in earth cut and fill operations, changes in grading
requirements, greater road width requirements, larger lot size
Its
requirements, etc.
2) Its conflict
to:
a)
b)
c)
b)
development
with no
likelihood of extension.
His designation of the 14 second terrace lots as view lots when
his plan has made no allowances for access or slope area. To
provide a view, these lots would have to be elevated some 15i'
above the first tier of lots and would require additional depth
to provide for the land slope as well as a rear street at grade
to provide access.
(529)
HVGO
DRUM
LETTER. MARCH
8.
March
8,
1974
c)
The approach
was to consider the development potential of the homeexcess land as completely independent entities, under two
utilized
separate studies:
1)
The July
2)
The December
15,
assumes that under any mode of development, access to the homesite would
be required at the point where it is presently served by an extension of Calle
It
Isabella.
is based upon maps prepared and acreages calculated by South Coast Engineering Services, located'in San Clemente, California.
Parcel
Parcel
Parcel
Parcel
Parcel
"A"
"B"
"C"
"D"
"E"
Street
- 1.843
Drainage
0.211 acres
(530)
8.
1974.
WITH ATTACHMENTS
March
8,
1974
Enclosures
to this
Exhibit "A"
Exhibit "B"
Exhibit
"C'.' -
4.516 acres
13.406 acres
$148, 121
537,60 1
$685,72"^
of
Homesite Net
to Total
Net
based on Study
(531)
21.6%
$269,472
HUGO
DRUM
LETTER. MARCH
8.
Page
March
8,
1974
Based upon
from Study
the'
2,
of
my
conclusion
is:
HomeSite Net
to Total
Net
based on Study
as of December
15,
4. 516 acres
16.356 acres
$148,121
610,276
^758,397
19.
5%
$256,275
1970
(532)
HUGO
DRUm
LETTER. MARCH
8.
1974.
WITH ATTACHMENTS
March
8,
1974
The opportunity
to
is
appreciated.
Respectfully submitted,
Hu zo0( Dr u mm
HCD:dld
(533)
M.A.I.
property:
Sec. 3.02
Minimum
shall be 70'.
Minimum
Sec. 3.03
Sec. 3.05
Sec. 3.06
15'
Sec. 3. 13
Sec. 3. 15
Sec. 3, 16
Curb radius
Sec. 3.20
Sec. 3.22
Sec. 3.27
Minimum curve
shall be a
secting streets.
minimum
of 25' at inter-
Sec. 3.28
- 7.
5%.
The Robert C. Shipley Jr. report sets forth the following Gross Lot Values
and Development Costs:
Ocean View
2nd Terrace
14
17
$773,500
:i
rf.r, $420,000
$45,500:^
j^
!<;.-
^P^
43
>=
$817,000 _ ei n r^r
^oo r\nr\ i-^^
$30,000
=$19,0C.
$ 92,008
41,087
42,000
63,000
525,000
Non-view
H3M)95^j^,_^,
$185,588
79,924
81,700
122,550
5469^^ ^^^^^.^
STUDY NO.
STUDY NO.
Total Lots
Total Lot Potential, Parcel
Parcel "A"
Parcel "C"
& "C"
STUDY NO.
Total Lots
Total Lot Potential, Parcels "A", "C"
& "E"
Net
to
Raw Land/Lot
& "E"
& "E"
ATTACHMENT E
4.
RALPH
S.
and
Con:,ulianii.
38n
BOWDLE. MAI
Rtlired
LONG
HUGO
C.
DRUMM. WAI
Members
Americon Instltuto of
Real btalc ApprIir
LOS ANGELES
ORANGE CO.
April
4,
(213)
<-<3
(714) E21-6350
1974
Attorney At Law
c/o H. Chapman Rose
1100 Connecticut Avenue
Washington, D.C., 20036
report.
(538)
"
ATTACHMENT E
4,
4,
1974
my
analysis of the
as
follows:
1)
(539)
ATTACHMKNT F
Wim
nmiMM
T.KTTKR.
APJiT L 4.
Page
April
4,
2)
1974
b)
ii)
'
(540)
A-TTACHMENT E
4,
4,
1974
Because
manner
Homesite Parcel B.
a)
b)
(541)
ATTACHMENT E
4.
Page
April 4, 1974
understated.
develop in accord
with Planning Study "B". Denial of any of these variances would tend to
increase development costs and could well create a loss of several lots.
Furthermore, inclusion of a factor for contingencies, and consideration
of development quantities would tend to project a similar or slightly
lower development cost for Excess Parcel A and a relatively higher
development cost for Homesite Parcel B.
In
to
in his report,
based upon:
a)
b)
Mr.
SaJido bases his retail lot values on lot sales within the
adjacent Cypress Shores development (see Tab - C>'press Shores
Lot Sales, 1968-69) which, based upon the 1969 sales, project:
(542)
ATTACHMENT E
4,
April
4,
1974.
a)
prices.
$850/F. F. or $8.93/[p
average on the subject lots with usable pads averaging
This price represents
8, 560 ^, equivalent to $76, 500/lot.
an increase of ll-14'?o above Uie Cj'press Shores front foot
price, or an increase of 15-20^0 over the Cypress Shores
square foot price, with no market support provided. This
further represents a price premium approximating $12.00/14]
for the 2, 560 $ of additional pad area.
b)
retail prices of
on
prices
Non View
lot sale,
$300/F. F. or $3.
00/[|]
based on one
6,
000
on
(543)
'..T.rum.rin' K
nUGO
DRUM
L^.TTKR.
APRIL
4,
tliis
comparison from
lot to lot.
Mr.
4)
(544)
ATTACHMENT E
DRUM
HUGO
LETTER. APRIL
4.
Page
April
4,
1974
In final conclusion,
as follows:
tJie
may be summarized
a)
b)
The lack
d)
e)
to the
utilized.
(545)
ATTACHMENT E
HUGO
DRUM
LETTER. APRIL
4,
Page
April
4,
1974
The
opportunity' to have
served you
is
appreciated.
Respectfully submitted,
.//
Hugo
Ends.
Vy p m nl
Qualifications
HCDrrtk
(546)
>G.
/*}
Drumm, M.A.I.
EX/uMPLE
effect which the use of unacceptable or unrealistic assumptions, or
use of averages rather than detail quantity ajiaiyses, or the use of
erroneous, unrealistic or unsupported opinions, can have on a valuation
study. This example is not -to be construed as a valuation conclusion,
but merely to sliow the necessity of more closely confirming the
acceptability of engineering assumptions with tlic governing agency, of
providing greater detail in development cost analysis and in documenting
market data as it relates to a property under appraisal.
The
tlie
Parcel
$620, 000
122, 430
762. nOQ
47 Ictc
$1, 503,
Development Cost
+ 10% contingency
$282^,953
28, 953
430
311,248
$1,192, 182
to
Raw Land
equivalent
to
150,3-^3
112,757
225,515
$703 567
(547)
$583
$348, 750
$775
43,725
"
$300
154,200
'
$546,675
13 lots
$128, 128
12, 813
$140, 941
14, 94
+ 10% Contingency
6.056 acres
@
@
$155,034
$391,641
54,668
27, 334
82,001
$50.407/Ac.
$37, 589/Ac.
$931,205
a reduction of 37+% from the Sando Planning Study "B" conclusion.
(548)
pmim RESUME
fff/ fy^
DRUMAI
QUALIFICATIONS
HUGO
C.
Education
Have completed a
of
of
Esta,te
Way
Association.
MHita ry Service
in the
Mariana Islands.
Honorably
discharged
Appraisal Experience
Employed
(2
(
Wisconsin.
Wisconsin.
(549)
HUGO
(5
DRUM
RESUME
of
Way Department
(
Agricultural acreage
Residential acreage
Residential lots
Single-family 'residences
Multiple -family residences
,.
Commercial sites
Improved commercial properties
Industrial acreage
Industrial sites
Watercourse lands
for general county acquisition, the Orange County Flood
Control District and the Orange County Road Department, The majority
of these appraisals were for partial takings, and as a result, required
were completed
analysis as to Severance
Damage and
Special Benefits.
Since April 1, 1963, have appraised on an independent fee basis and have
completed appraisal assignments for Die following clients:
Public Agencies
Road Department
Flood Control District
Dept. of Parks & Recreation
County of Orange
City
City
City
City
of
Lakewood
Long Beach
Los Angeles
of
Pico Rivera
of
of
District,
Downey
(550)
Companies
Bowdlc Company
First
First
First
First
Attorneys
.Vleerick,
Benjamin
(551)
Suit)
Individuals
Bates,
Cameron
John
Hernandez, Conrad B.
How, Floyd (Condemnation vs. City of Rolling Hills Estates)
Huscman, Donald J.
Elliott,
Murata, Paul
Ortale, Al
Powell, Clifford
Prescott, John
General
Chairman
Member
Secretai'y
1967
1967/68
1968
Committee
1969
Professional Practice Committee
Professional Practice Committee 1970
1971
Member
Professional Ethics Com.mittee
1972
Chairman
Professional Ethics Committee
1973
Member
National Prof. Ethics Committee
Society' of Real Estate Appraisers
Senior Residential Appraiser (SRA
Designation ~ 1963).
Vice-Chairman
Chairman
Director
Member
Chairman
Chairman
Member
Orange
Countj' Chapter
Education Committee
1965/66
1964/65
1964/65/66/67
Ethics Committee
Legislative Committee
Ethics Committee
Member, Panel
1967
1969
of Arbitrators.
O
GENERAL GOOKBINDING
7c:
CO.
071
^3fl-lY
!3
P
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on
6232
U. S.
(552)
1974 36-503/6044