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This series consists of three subseries organized by format - cassette tapes (SC), open-reel tapes (SR), and phonograph records (PR). The contents are similar in that they consist of recordings of Muskie's speeches and other public remarks, including question-and-answer sessions, press conferences, radio and television interviews and news broadcasts, campaign spots for broadcast over radio or television, and congressional hearings. Most were made by Muskie's Senate or campaign staff for later reference, although numerous items are recordings of Muskie appearances on various radio and television programs. The recordings also contain a large number of audio press releases, called "beepers", prepared by Muskie's senate staff.

Submissions from 1971 1971

SC0235 - Speech - Muskie speaks on Reagan, Nixon, Vietnam, arms race, peace, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0236 - Speech - Muskie speaks on Vietnam, Nixon, environment, Middle East, draft, voluntary army, inflation, wage and price controls, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0237 - Press conference - Muskie speaks on tasks of next president of U.S., political strategy, Vietnam, People's Republic of China, Taiwan, prisoners of war, John Connally, J. Edgar Hoover, revenue sharing and welfare, U.S economy, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0238 - Speech - Muskie speaks on Spiro Agnew, American Jewish Committee, Israel, national unity, visit to Africa, urban problems, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0239 - Speech - Muskie speaks on standing in polls, 1968 campaign, (Proxmire, Nelson and McGovern present), Spiro Agnew, national climate, urban problems, Indochina war, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0240 - Speech - Muskie speaks about Gaylord Nelson, Supersonic Transport Bill, Wisconsin Democrats, agricultural policy, Obey, Vietnam war, environment, urban problems, Vietnam Veterans against the War, economic problems, farm problems, national goals, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0241 - Speech - Hearing before Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution - Muskie speaks on economic dislocation, plant shut downs, pollution and ecology, worker layoffs, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0242 - Interview with Chuck Herbits for Maine Educational Television - Muskie speaks on 1972 campaign, effects of public life on a Mainer, ecology of Maine, volunteer army, military, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0243 - Press conference - Muskie speaks on economic dislocation, environmental protection, U.S. economy and Nixon policies, economic problems, pollution, automobiles, wage and price restraints, 1972 campaign, Vietnam war, abortion, large unions, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0244 - Speech - Muskie speaks on unemployment, industrial output, Nixon administration policies, economic dislocation, shoe industry, Vietnam war, job retraining, Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970, Gulf of Tonkin resolution, Muskie's stand on Vietnam war, campaign expenditures, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0245 - Statement - Hearing of Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations on revenue sharing - Muskie speaks on financial assistance to local government (Muskie as chair, Senator Howard Baker, George Berman, Doctor Walter Heller and Dewey Bartlett as witnesses). Case of National Citizens Committee for Revenue Sharing, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0246 - Speech - Muskie speaks on Mayor Daley, racial injustice in U.S., Spiro Agnew, civil rights legislation, employment, Vietnam veterans, inflation, urban crisis, health care problems, political coalition of blacks and whites, law and order, crime, white racism, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0247 - Speech - Muskie speaks on Governor Wendell Anderson, Humphrey, Mondale, 1968 election, Harmon Killibrew, racial equality, national crisis, economic problems, Nixon policies, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, trip to Africa. Humphrey speaks on Governor Anderson, Muskie, Senator Mondale. Mondale speaks on Rabbi Raskis, Reverend Hudmutt, Governor Anderson, Humphrey, Muskie, Bob Berglund, state legislatures, fundraising, Vietnam war, current U.S Problems. Rabbi Raskis gives invocation, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0249 - Speech - Muskie speaks on support for Israel, Vietnam war, U.S attitudes and values, arms race in Middle East, peace talks, Soviet Jews, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0250 - Speech - Muskie speaks on arms control effects of proposed and existing weapons, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, nuclear superiority, Soviet responses, and arms race. Admiral Thomas H. Moorer speaks on strategic force posture versus Soviet Union. Senator Clifford P Case speaks on anti-ballistic missiles, Soviet missiles, defense budget. Senator Stuart Symington on Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, Joint Chiefs on Staff position, anti-ballistic missiles, U.S. versus Soviet military strategies, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0251 - Remarks - Muskie speaks on 1972 campaign, Israel, U.S. policy toward Israel, Pentagon papers, Middle East, Rogers mission, trip to Soviet Union, Soviet Jews, John and Martha Mitchell, current mood in U.S., U.S. economy, Vietnam. Introduction: Marvin Davis, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0252 - Press conference - Begins in mid-speech with Muskie speaking on Nixon agricultural policies, aid to Texas and Oklahoma farmers, Vietnam, Pentagon papers, Mansfield amendment, Nixon economic policies, John Connally, 1972 campaign, Middle East, trip to Soviet Union, Mansfield resolution on Vietnam, U.S. troops in Europe, Willy Brandt, anti-ballistic missiles, U.S. relations with Soviet Union, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0253 - Speech - Muskie speaks on Vietnam, U.S. role in world, Nixon policies, Pentagon papers, Stephen Engburg survey with C.O.R.D.S., pacification study groups in Vietnam, East Pakistan, Democratic criticism of Nixon, visit to South Vietnam, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0254 - Remarks - Muskie speaks on his political career, generation gap, Vietnam war, U.S. relations with People's Republic of China, birth control, abortion, 1972 campaign, environmental impact of statements, North Carolina Democratic party, U.S. foreign policy, Middle East, U.S.-Soviet summit, U.S. economy, vice presidential choice, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0255 - Testimony - Hearings before subcommittees on Intergovernmental Relations and Executive Reorganization - Muskie speaks on heroin trade and efforts of U.S government, pending legislation, addiction rates, South East Asia drug trade, Nixon administration response, Vietnam veteran drug abuse screening, screening methods. Testimony by Dr. Jerome Jaffe, special assistant to president for Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention, purpose of bill and office, nature of drug problem, federal responses, mission of Special Action Office, activities. Senator Percy speaks on Nixon's drug abuse control program, alcoholism, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0256 - Press conference - Muskie speaks on campaign schedule, Marvin Kalb, Pentagon Papers, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0257 - Testimony - Meeting of Subcommittees on Intergovernmental Relations and Revenue Sharing - Testimony is given by Senator Mathias on impact of revenue sharing, Charles Mathias

SC0258 - Press conference - Senator Edward M. Kennedy addresses National Press Club and discusses Middle East, Supreme Court ruling on religious schools, South Africa. Cut off mid-speech, Edmund S. Muskie and Edward M. Kennedy

SC0259 - Speech - Muskie speaks on visit to drug center, talk with young people, current unrest in nation, Nixon economic program, Oregon's political climate, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0260 - Remarks - Muskie speaks on 1972 campaign, wage and price control, Nixon's economic policies, Democratic prospects. Cut off in mid-speech, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0261 - Press conference - Muskie on 1972 campaign, support from governors, black vice president, Attica, foreign policy, wage/ price controls, busing, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0262 - Remarks - AFL/CIO Committee On Political Education (COPE) report, George Meany

SC0263 - Speech - Muskie speaks on Congressman Staggers and Senator Randolph, West Virginia politics, 1972 campaign, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0264 - Press conference - Muskie speaks on black vice presidential candidate, Nixon's response, credibility crisis in U.S., 1972 campaign, John Lindsay, Vietnam war, Nixon economic policies, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0265 - Speech - Muskie speaks on Spiro Agnew, attitude of students, environment, 18 year old vote, 1972 campaign, Middle East, Federal Bureau of Investigation and Central Intelligence Agency and Army surveillance on Earth Day, income and welfare policies of Nixon, medical care system, Nixon economic policies, Supreme court candidate, Vietnam veterans, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0266 - Q & A session - Muskie speaks on his black vice presidential candidate statement, Nixon's response, busing, 1972 campaign, national health care, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0267 - Speech - Muskie speaks on his black vice presidential candidate statement, Lawton Chiles, problems of old age, U.S. government and expenditures, inflation, health problems of elderly, national health care, Medicare, busing, cost of drugs, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0268 - Speech - Muskie speaks on his career, current U.S. political mood, 1972 campaign, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0269 - Press conference - Muskie answers questions about Supreme Court appointment, Kennedy leading him in poll, Attica uprising becoming issue in campaign, Senator Jackson running against him as candidate, school busing, black vice president, white southerner on ticket, ecology and Vietnam war, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0270 - Speech - Muskie speaks on Governor West, 1972 campaign, visit to Tampa on previous day, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0271 - Press conference - Muskie speaks on black vice presidential candidate statement, black political party, women in politics, Governor Wallace, busing, school desegregation, Vietnam war, aid to parochial schools, U.S. economy, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0272 - Speech - Muskie speaks on Albert Gore, 1972 election, racial divisions, national mood, U.S. economy, Nixon economic policies, Edmund S. Muskie and Albert Gore

SC0273 - Interview with David Culhane - Muskie speaks on black vice presidential candidate statement, U.S. racial problems, 1972 campaign, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0274 - Press conference - Muskie speaks on 1972 campaign, black vice presidential candidate statement, U.S. racial problems, Vice President Agnew, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0275 - Remarks - Muskie speaks on visit to Iowa, 1972 campaign, Senator Harold Hughes, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0276 - Speech - Muskie speaks on Senator Harold Hughes, Iowa political leaders, John Culver, Nixon economic policies, Vietnam war, social security system, tax reform, revenue sharing, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0277 - Interview - Muskie speaks on his background, 1972 campaign, Nixon domestic policies, Senator Hughes, health care problems, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0278 - Press conference - Muskie speaks on meeting with Mayor Daley, black vice presidential candidate statement, Agnew response, 1972 campaign, Nixon trip to People's Republic of China, Nixon economic policies, Vietnam war, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0279 - Television interview - Muskie speaks on 1972 campaign, Edward M. Kennedy, black vice presidential candidate statement, Andrew Greely article, Nixon economic policies, revenue sharing, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0280 - Speech - Muskie speaks on mood of Democratic party, Nixon economic policies, Spiro T. Agnew, national mood, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0281 - Speech - Muskie speaks on Democratic party, Israel, Middle East, U.S. policy, Unknown speaker presents award to Muskie, U.S. relations with Israel, Spiro Agnew, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0282 - Press conference - Muskie speaks on 1972 campaign, black vice presidential candidate statement, opinion polls, Wisconsin primary, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0283 - Press conference - Muskie speaks on 1972 campaign, Wisconsin primary, major issues, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0284 - Press conference - Muskie speaks on 1972 campaign, Democratic candidates, Nixon economic policies, Nixon meeting with Japanese leaders, U.S. policy on Israel, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0285 - Speech - Muskie speaks on local politics. Mike McCann speaks on 1968 campaign. Polish Krakow dancers. Henry Meyer speaks, Muskie speaks on concern for cities, national mood, trip to West Virginia, Vietnam war, 1972 campaign, U.S. economy, Nixon economic policies, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0286 - Speech - Muskie speaks on 1972 campaign, pollution, 1968 campaign, Nixon economic policies, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0287 - Television interview - Muskie speaks on 1972 campaign, vice presidency, U.S. social problems, Vietnam war, U.S. economy, crime, 1972 primaries. Donald Singleton, feature writer for New York News is introduced and answers questions about his coverage of Attica prison revolt, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0288 - Street interview with Gabe Pressman - Muskie speaks on 1972 campaign, other candidates, John Lindsay, Edmund S. Muskie and Gabe Pressman

SC0289 - Speech - Muskie speaks on poverty, racial problems in U.S. urban population and decline, crime, New Democratic Coalition, housing policies, U.S. Congress, flight to suburbs, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0290 - Press conference - Muskie speaks on Nixon's handling of dock workers' strike, 1972 campaign, Mayor Lindsay, black vice presidential candidate statement, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0291 - Remarks - Muskie speaks on John Lindsay, urban problems, Vietnam war, Liberal party, crime, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0292 - Press conference - Muskie speaks on 1972 campaign, fundraising, Sidney Solomon, Governor Hearnes, Senator Symington, Senator Eagleton, endorsements, 1968 campaign, strategy for 1972, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0293 - Speech - Muskie speaks on 1972 campaign, Nixon economic policies, Vietnam war, Long Island environment, national mood, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0294 - Speech - Muskie speaks on youth votes, Nixon administration record, youth political activity, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0295 - Speech - Muskie speaks on contacts of Rhode Island Democratic party, tribute to Rhode Island Democratic leaders, Nixon's Vietnam policies, economic policies, national goals, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0296 - Speech - Muskie speaks about local economy, 1972 campaign, busing, racial problems, Nixon economic policies, black vice presidential candidate remark, Vietnam, Middle East, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0297 - Speech - Muskie speaks on visits to New Jersey, Senate class of 1958, Nixon economic policies, national mood, national economy, Vietnam war, Nixon's policies, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0298 - Press conference with Mayor Gibson - Tour of Newark to see how federal and local finance programs can work together to help people. Political questions asked were of Hispanic voters, black vice presidential candidate, 1972 campaign, Edmund S. Muskie and Kenneth A. Gibson

SC0299 - Press conference - Kansas City, Missouri - Muskie speaks on trip to Missouri, 1972 campaign, organized labor, vice presidential credentials, black vice presidential candidate remark, presidential program, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0299 - Press conference - Kansas City, Missouri - Muskie speaks on trip to Missouri, 1972 campaign, organized labor, vice presidential credentials, black vice presidential candidate remark, presidential program., Edmund Muskie

SC0300 - Speech - Ramada Inn, Kansas City, Missouri - Muskie speaks on visits to Missouri, 1972 campaign, national mood, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0300 - Speech - Ramada Inn, Kansas City, Missouri - Muskie speaks on visits to Missouri, 1972 campaign, national mood., Edmund Muskie

SC0301b - Speech - Stephenson's Restaurant, Kansas City, Missouri - Muskie speaks on national mood, 1972 campaign issues, candidates, primaries, organized labor, Nixon economic policies, U.S foreign policy, arms race., Edmund Muskie

SC0301 - Speech - Stephenson's Restaurant, Kansas City, Missouri - Muskie speaks on national mood, 1972 campaign issues, candidates, primaries, organized labor, Nixon economic policies, U.S foreign policy, arms race., Edmund S. Muskie

SC0301 - Speech - Stephenson's Restaurant, Kansas City, Missouri - Muskie speaks on national mood, 1972 campaign issues, candidates, primaries, organized labor, Nixon economic policies, U.S foreign policy, arms race., Edmund Muskie

SC0302 - Speech - Dinner for Governor Docking, Topeka, Kansas - Muskie speaks on Nixon's economic policies, impact, U.S agriculture, national mood., Edmund S. Muskie

SC0303 - Press conference - Miami airport, Miami, Florida - Muskie speaks on 1972 campaign, busing, Supreme Court nominees, Cuba., Edmund S. Muskie

SC0304 - Speech - University of Florida, Miami, Florida - Muskie speaks on 1972 campaign, 26th amendment, black vice presidential candidate remark, drug problems, Nixon economic policies, Middle East, Supreme Court nominations, Cuba, prison reform, Vietnam war, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0305 - Speech - Finance Committee Luncheon, Miami, Florida - Muskie speaks on 1972 campaign, national mood, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0306 - Speech - Campaign headquarters, Miami, Florida - Muskie speaks on 1972 campaign, 1968 campaign, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0307 - Interview with Tom Miller - WCKT-TV Florida Forum, Miami, Florida - Muskie speaks on Cuba, 1972 campaign, Edmund S. Muskie and Tom Miller

SC0308 - Speech - Fundraiser, Armory, Tampa, Florida - Muskie speaks on 1972 campaign, Florida primary, Nixon economic policies, Vietnam war, crime, housing, environment, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0309 - Speech - University of Florida, Miami, Florida - Muskie speaks on Lawton Chiles, Governor Reubin Askew, Blue Key organization, women in politics, 1968 election, 1972 campaign, southern strategy, Supreme Court nominations, law and order, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0310 - Speech - Democratic dinner, Utica, New York - Muskie speaks on current national mood, local politics, 1972 campaign, his early life and career, National security, mayoral election, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0311 - Speech - Rally, Saint Florian's School, Buffalo, New York - Muskie speaks on taxes, local politics, Nixon economic policies, revenue sharing, trade problems, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0312 - Press conference/Interview - WBEN-TV studio, East Buffalo, New York - Muskie speaks on trade problems, local elections, 1972 campaign, Nixon's economic policies, Vietnam war, U.S.-Canada relations, welfare reform, prison reform, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0313 - Speech - Plewacke Legion Post, Buffalo, New York - Muskie speaks on local elections, Nixon economic policies, U.S. influence in world, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0314 - Meeting of Legislators - Concord, New Hampshire - Muskie speaks on 1972 Campaign, primaries, New Hampshire primary, local elections, Nixon economic policies, urban blight, aid to nonpublic schools, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0315 - Press conference - Wayfarer Inn, Concord, New Hampshire - Muskie expresses shock and surprise at sentiment against foreign aid bill, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0316 - Speech - Dinner, Camelback Inn, Phoenix, Arizona - Muskie speaks on 1972 Campaign, Nixon economic policies, environment, U.S. role in world, foreign trade, foreign aid, East Pakistan, Vietnam war, Nixon foreign policies, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0317 - Interview - KAB-TV, Denver, Colorado - Muskie speaks on 1972 campaign, Nixon economic policies, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0318 - Speech - Democratic gathering, Regis College, Denver, Colorado - Muskie speaks on national goals, Democratic party, 1972 campaign, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0319 - Speech - Fieldhouse, Regis College, Denver, Colorado - Muskie speaks on Nixon economic policies, environment, Nixon's environmental policies, supersonic transport, Kennedy tax cuts, oil refineries, Vietnam war, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0320 - Speech - Meeting of Robert F. Kennedy Democratic Club, Morris Steak House, Alhambra, California. Date: . Content: Muskie speaks on 1972 campaign, Dick Alatorre, Nixon economic policies, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0321 - Remarks - Champion Room discussion group, Beverly Wilshire Hotel, California - Muskie speaks on foreign aid, busing, education, Nixon economic policies, William Rehnquist nomination, orderly marketing, urban problems, federal budget, environment, arms race, United Nations vote on People's Republic of China, Israel., Edmund S. Muskie

SC0322 - Speech - Arnold Hall, Whittier College, Whittier, California - Muskie speaks on racial problems, Chicano grievances, women and gay rights, abortion, Black vice presidential candidate remark, Nixon economic policies, all-volunteer army, U.S. foreign policy, environment, eighteen year old vote, 1972 Campaign, Vietnam war, tobacco subsidies, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0323 - Speech - The Chapel, Whittier College, Whittier, California - Muskie speaks on dissent in United States, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0324 - Speech - Democratic State Central Committee dinner, San Francisco, California - Muskie speaks on 1972 campaign, Nixon economic policies, Democratic party, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0325 - Speech - Problems with Nixon Administration, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0326 - Statement - Meeting, Oregon State School Boards Association, Oregon - Muskie speaking on problems of education, federal aid and tax structures, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0327 - Q & A session - Oregon Technical Institute, Klamath Falls - Muskie speaks on education, environmental protection, supreme court nominees Powell and Rehnquist, Middle East, Nixon economic policies, United Nations vote on People's Republic of China admission, foreign aid, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0328 - Press conference - Billings, Montana - Muskie speaks on 1972 campaign, Nixon economic policies, education legislation in Senate, Vietnam war, national mood, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0329 - Remarks - Conference on "Making Government Work Better," New York University, New York, New York - Muskie speaks on Vietnam war, North Ireland, war powers of president and congress, foreign policy, Congressional black caucuses, women in politics, higher education funding, Supreme Court, Attica State Prison uprising, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0330 - Press conference - Airport, Boston, Massachusetts - Muskie speaks on Vietnam and 1972 campaign, Edmund S. Muskie

SC0331 - Speech - Reception, Sheraton Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts - Muskie speaks on change in America, America as place of promise, hope in America, Hoover, Rehnquist and Powell on Supreme Court, environment, Nixon on environment, population control., Edmund S. Muskie