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February 9, 1972

Dear Harry,

Following our conversation Tuesday, what I need is several things:-

- a good staff person, like a Congressman's AA who can put information
on issues together for me, who can direct the answering of some of
my mail, a politically minded person who can help me judge what is
what and where I ought to be going.

- another secretary. My offices simply cannot keep up with
volume of mail I have now. I am this month answering some letters
from November, 1971, simply because the answers required personal
attention from me and I wasn't able to give it until now.

- the kind of group you mentioned, preferably here, to cut down on
the expected expense of trips to Washington.

I could have the third if I had the first two. As I think I've
mentioned earlier, the VEP simply isn't equipped to supply such
needs, and really should not.

Ideally, some rich body would give me a slush fund of around $15,000
a year; $10,000 for the AA and $5000 for the secretary and expenses.

This delegate race, for example, is being put together by me and
my brother with no assistance from anyone else. My secretary-office
manager-bookkeeper (who is typing this letter) cannot add extra duties
to her already crowded portfolio; she is behind in answering simple

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