Daily tp Trojan
University of Southern California
Volume LXVII, Number 112
Los Angeles, California
Tuesday, April 22, 1975
University to be site of library for Nixon papers
Copyright 1975 by »he Doily Troion
Former President Richard M. Nixon and the university have announced plans to establish the Richard Nixon Presidential Library on campus.
Included among the library holdings—if legal barriers are cleared—will be the Watergate tapes as well as Nixon’s presidential papers
For the presidential portion ofthe massive donation to be made available, the courts will have to rule that the presidential papers do not have to be kept in the National Archives in Washington. D.C.
In a statement issued through the university. Nixon said that through the arrangement with USC, “it is my intention to donate to the United States the papers and other ma‘erials of my presidency.”
But no matter how the legal complications are settled, the proposed library will house papers, mementos, state gifts and other memorabilia from Nixon’s years as a congressman, senator and vice-president.
The former President announced his selection of USC as the site for the library to members of the Board of Trustees at a small reception Saturday evening at the Palm Springs estate of Walter Annenberg. former ambassador to Great Britain and a close freind of Nixon.
The Daily Trojan was the only representative of the news media invited to the reception, which coincided with the annual conference of the trustees held during the weekend in the desert resort.
In telling the trustees of his decision. Nixon said one ofthe reasons he chose USC was because “the papers are so voluminous that they can only be adequately handled by a major institution.”
Nixon said he did not know exactly how large the collection is because the papers have not been catalogued yet.
Another reason Nixon said he chose the university was because of its metropolitan location.
“I thought there would be greater accessibility to the papers there in the metropolitan heartland.”
Nixon also said that for as long as he can remember. USC has been interested in international relations. Many of the papers to be donated to the university will deal with Nixon's activities in international affairs.
After Nixon made his announcement. President John R. Hubbard thanked Nixon not only for the university but also for the “world community of scholars."
Hubbard, who negotiated with Nixon in recent weeks, called the donation “a tremendous acquisition for USC.”
“There’s just no question as to the historical importance of these turbulent years.” Hubbard said as he announced Nixon’s decision to faculty, staff and administrators who were attending the conference.
Early last week, when the Hubbard-Nixon negotiations were made known, Hubbard stressed that the university w’as seeking the papers only for scholarly reasons.
He reinforced the university’s position last weekend when he said the chief reason the university sought Nixon’s collection w as because of the “potential contribution those papers can make to scholarship.”
One aspect missing in the six existing presidential libraries, said Nixon, is space devoted to the First Lady and the First Family.
Therefore, he said, he favors having a portion of the planned library set aside specifically for memorabilia related to family activities.
Included in the memorablia portion ofthe collection will be Mrs. Nixon s inaugral gowns and dresses worn his daughters. Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Tricia Nixon Cox. on special occasions.
There will also be private film of some of Nixon’s meetings with foreign heads of state and other personal photographs, the former chief executive said.
Nixon’s lawyers are challenging the constitutionality of legislation passed by Congress and signed by President Ford that makes presidential papers the property of the government.
Nixon said his lawyers are confident that he will win the case and he is hopeful that a decision will be reached by the end of this year or early next year.
The legislation that is being questioned by Nixon’s lawyers abrogated an agreement he made with the General Services Administration.
That agreement provided that the GSA would destroy any tapes singled out by Nixon after Sept. 1, 1979. All the tapes would be destroyed upon Nixon’s death or on Sept. 1, 1984. whichever came first.
In a statement released Sunday, Nixon said that ifthe legislation is declared invalid, he will ask the GSA to amend the agreement to make the tapes public.
Nixon said that until a court ruling is reached, “interim plans (for the library) can be made and should be made.”
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USC could lose federal contracts if employment rules are not met
BY TOM ROSA
Staff Writer
The university has been given 30 days to comply with federal guidelines regarding the employment of women and racial minorities or lose all present and future government contracts.
The university receives approximately $30 million in government contracts annually.
A letter sent by the Department of Health. Education and Welfare's regional office in San Francisco to President John R. Hubbard Thursday said the university “fails in several important respects to meet the standards and guidelines” of Executive Order 11246 ofthe Office for Civil Rights.
The Office for Civil Rights, a branch of HEW, is required to make a determination as to whether an institution has an acceptable affirmative action compliance program before it can receive any government contracts exceeding $1 million.
Affirmative action requires institutions receiving more than S50.000 in federal contracts and employing more than 50 people to end discrimination in hiring racial minorities and women.
Affirmative action also states
that once hired, women and minorities must receive the same promotions, salaries and fringe benefits as similarly employed white men.
A review- ofthe university’s affirmative action program was requested by the National Cancer Institute, the HEW letter said.
The institute was considering awarding a $2.65-million contract to the university, effective June 30.
The proposed award is for the continuation of research into children’s cancer by the university under a contract initially awarded to it by the Cancer Institute on Oct. 1, 1974.
The letter to Hubbard said: “The university must either show good cause for its failure to have developed an acceptable affirmative action compliance program during the 30-day show-cause period in order to avoid the issuance by this department ofexisting government contracts and subcontracts.”
The letter listed a number of deficiencies in the university’s affirmative action report prepared by Barbara M. Pearson, director of the university’s Equal Employment Opportunity Office and Affirmative Action
Program.
“A number of the deficiencies in the letter are not true,” Pearson said during an interview Monday.
“I don’t think HEW looked over our report very long because many of the deficiencies noted in the letter are actually fully documented in our report,” she said.
Some ofthe deficiencies noted in the letter include:
•	The university did not provide a thorough analysis of how employees are utilized at the university.
•	The university did not establish goals and timetables for each job group in which underutilization of any racial, ethnic or sex group exists.
•	The university did not analyze its recruitment selection, placement/assignment, promotion, transfer/reassignment. tenure granting, salary and fringe benefit, separation/termination, training processes and programs and determine whether these processes and programs contain problem areas affecting the employment opportunities of minority and female applicants and employees.
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Los Angeles Times photo
Nixon in good spirits as he meets trustees
BY KARI GRANVILLE
Editor
Copyright 1975 by the Daily Trofon
The word Watergate wasn’t spoken. Nor was there any mention of Ehrlichman, Haldeman or Dean. And except for a brief tribute to the courage of the people of Indochina, nothing was said of Vietnam or Cambodia.
It was that kind of an affair: a small, polite 90-minute reception honoring a former President of the United States.
Richard Nixon smiled when he said the collection of presidential papers that will be stored in the proposed Richard Nixon Presidential Library at USC “will include those famous tapes you’ve heard so much about.”
That was Nixon’s way of sayingto the university’s trustees that he no longer wants the tell-tale tapes that caused his downfall destroyed, that they will be made public
On the surface, the cares of Watergate and those tapes appeared to be far from the former President’s mind Saturday evening as he discussed plans for the library.
Smiling frequently and wearing his customary dark suit, black shoes and white shirt, Nixon chatted amiably with about 28 guests at Walter Annenberg’s estate in Palm Springs.
Among those guests were some long-time friends of the former chief executive.
They said Nixon looked to be reasonably healthy and in good spirits. And the former President agreed.
“I’m feeling fine,” Nixon said. “My doctor said I'm about 75% to SO^r recovered (from surgery to remove a blood clot last fall)."
“Luckily this thing doesn't affect the brain. I'm mentally OK.” he added.
It seemed to please the former President that he had played some golf that afternoon. It was only the second time he had been on the fairways since being released from the hospital last November, he said.
At times, Nixon showed signs of nervousness as he mingled with the guests, most of them strangers to him.
But those who have known him said his habit ofdirecting his eyes downward occasionally while speaking was a characteristic Nixon has always carried with him.
Whenever he led the conversation—which was most of the time—Nixon spoke with animation and extravagant hand gestures.
His choice of favorite topics was travel, foreign dignitaries he has known, international affairs and Trojan football.
Nixon obviously doesn’t regard the eight years he was out of public se/vice following his defeat by John F Kennedy in the 1960 presidential election as lost or wasted.
More than once in conversation he emphasized the importance and significance of his global trips during the years between his vice-presidency and presidency.
And he insisted the papers and mementos he collected while on his unofficial travels should be with the material that someday will fill the Richard Nixon Presidential Library.
The former President pounded his fist into an open palm to emphasize a point when he said:
“My advice to young people today is to travel, to see the world. They should borrow travel money if necessary because the world is open today.”
W’hen he talked of the proposed presidential library, Nixon spoke of his personal desire to see “A China wing, a Russia wing” and space set aside for memorabilia commemorating his First Lady and the First Family.
Pat Nixon, the woman he still refers to as “the First Lady,” stood at Nixon’s side as he talked ofthe possibility of including inaugural gowns and wedding dresses in the collection of White House memorabilia.
The former President smiled when he referred to his First Lady as “USC’s most distinguished alumna.”
When it came to Trojan football, Nixon had trouble deciding which of last year's games was more exciting—Notre Dame or Ohio State.	,
After a few moments of deliberation, he raised a forefinger in the air and declared the Notre Dame game was the season’s thriller.
“The second half comeback was really something.” Nixon said.
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