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> Governor Brendan T. Byrne Documents: Election, Transition and Inauguration
Governor Brendan T. Byrne Documents: Election, Transition and Inauguration
Pre-Governorship
Election, Transition and Inauguration
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Election, Transition and Inauguration:
1973
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1974
1973
1973 campaign brochure cover
1973 campaign brochure text
1973 campaign staff
Byrne for Governor County Chairman first meeting agenda
May 1, 1973 cover memo to BTB from James Zazzali summarizing BTB record as Essex County Prosecutor
May 6, 1973 memo from Ira Piller to BTB and Dick Coffee re campaign scheduling strategy
May 14, 1973 memo from Pat Peoples to Ira Piller re campaign literature and distribution
May 23, 1973 memo from Curt Mead to BTB, Richard Leone, Dick Coffee re status of campaign mailings, fundraising, polling etc.
July 9, 1973 campaign press release announcing Martin Greenberg as political director
July 12, 1973 press release from Governor Cahill summarizing meeting held with BTB
July 12, 1973 memo from Jay Biggins to Richard Leone re scheduling difficulties
July 24, 1973 campaign press release reporting total primary campaign expenditures of $372,568.83 and receipts of $378,368.71 (including $251,538.05 in contributions from 1,318 contributors, $105,000 income from loans, $15,860.90 in-kind contributions, and $5,969.76 in refunds)
July 29, 1973 NJ Democratic State Committee press release announcing Congressman Peter Rodino to chair statewide Democratic campaign
July 30, 1973 memo from Lewis Kaden to scheduling staff outlining scheduling procedures
August 6, 1973 campaign press release announcing appointment of Assemblywoman Ann Klein to head social services task force
August 6, 1973 memo from Kevin Sullivan to Richard Leone and Lewis Kaden providing time analysis of BTB schedule for August 6-10
August 21, 1973 cover letter from Robert Wilentz to Lewis Kaden enclosing suggested “…starter for a tax position”
August 23, 1973 memo from Richard Leone to scheduling office urging that efforts be made to schedule fundraising events
September 6, 1973 BTB speech in Sea Girt
(4 page pdf file)
September 8, 1973 memo from Richard Leone to Don Lan requesting that he identify specialty and ethnic newspapers for potential campaign advertising
September 10, 1973 letter from Rutgers University President Edward Bloustein to BTB inviting him and Mrs. Byrne to be guests at Rutgers-Princeton football game on September 29
September 10, 1973 memo from Paul Goldman to Richard Leone analyzing use of BTB time during summer schedule
September 17, 1973 memo from Mary Dykema to Richard Leone summarizing votes of Congressman Sandman while in NJ State Senate on tax bills
September 17, 1973 memo from Pat Peoples to Richard Leone and Ira Pillar reporting on invitations for TV debates
September 23, 1973 memo from Fairborz Fatemi and Ira Pillar to Richard Leone analyzing use of BTB time for two weeks in September
October 5, 1973 letter to BTB from WCRV radio station general manager Nicholas DeRienzo complaining of BTB campaign decision to spend bulk of advertising budget on New York media
October 10, 1973 letter to BTB from Saint Peter’s College President Victor Yanitelli expressing appreciation for recent visit to College but suggesting that BTB remarks on abortion communicated sense of “hedging” on issue
October 12, 1973 letter to BTB from Democratic State Senate candidate John Russo urging that BTB campaign advertise on WOBM radio station in Ocean County
October 22, 1973 draft text for “Catholic Ad #2″
October 23, 1973 draft text for “Closing Ad”
October 23, 1973 BTB schedule
October 1973 Eagleton Institute Poll “Do you think you are leaning more toward Sandman the Republican or Byrne the Democrat?”
(12% for BTB; 12% for Sandman; 76% “Can’t Answer or Don’t Know”)
Undated Garth Associates draft text for TV ad on corruption
Undated Garth Associates draft text for radio ad on Sandman position on taxes
Undated memo to Richard Leone and Lewis Kaden: “Highlights of Congressional Voting Record of Charles Sandman”
November 19, 1973 memo from Richard Leone to BTB summarizing transition issues, e.g. Sports Complex, legislative program, potential Cabinet and staff appointments
November 29, 1973 Trenton Times article re meeting of BTB and Pennsylvania Governor Milton Shapp “Byrne, Shapp Hold Firm on Tax Policy”
December 11, 1973 memo from Eleanor Lewis to staff transmitting BTB campaign positions, etc, for review in developing initial legislative proposals
December 27, 1973 BTB notes re costs, other issues in abandoning proposed Driscoll Expressway extension to NJ Turnpike
December 31, 1973 NY Times article with excerpts from interview with BTB
(2 page pdf file)
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1974
January 3, 1974 letter from Robert Wilentz to Richard Leone attaching December 21, 1973 letter to Wilentz from Lawyers Committee on Civil Rights Under Law offering research assistance in developing new school funding formula to comply with NJ Supreme Court decision in Robinson v. Cahill case
(4-page pdf file)
January 5, 1974 “Brendan T. Byrne Legislative Program” list of potential legislation reviewed by transition team members
(13-page pdf file)
January 8, 1974 BTB schedule
January 10, 1974 BTB schedule
January 10, 1974 memo from Assistant Attorney General Theodore Winard to Cahill Administration Attorney General George Kugler expressing legal opinion that incoming governor cannot appoint person without medical license as physician as Commissioner of Department of Health
(4 page pdf file)
January 14, 1974 NY Daily News photograph of Byrne family in living room of West Orange home
(1 page pdf file)
January 14, 1974 NY Daily News column by John McLaughlin assessing potential BTB policies as governor
(1 page pdf file)
January 14, 1974 NY Daily News article re federal lawsuit to be filed by East Rutherford seeking to block planned bond sale to finance Giants Stadium and quoting BTB as expressing continued support for project and financing plan
(1 page pdf file)
January 14-15, 1974 schedule of Inaugural events for Byrne family
(4 page pdf file)
January 14, 1974 memo from Donald Lan to BTB with agenda, list of staff for first governor’s office staff meeting on January 16
January 15, 1974 Inaugural Program
(44 page pdf file)
January 15, 1974 Inaugural ceremony script
(8 page pdf file)
January 15, 1974 Inaugural Address
(4 page pdf file)
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