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Gerald R. Ford Library
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Gerald R. Ford Library
1000 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2114www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov |
HOWARD H. "BO" CALLAWAY
Secretary of the Army, 1973-75;
Chairman, President Ford Committee,
1975-76:
Papers, 1972-77 (1979)
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION
The collection consists of small fragmentary series concerning Callaway's work as Secretary of the Army and chairman of the President Ford Committee (PFC), along with a large legal file concerning allegations of misconduct involving Crested Butte Mountain Resort. Much PFC material concerns Callaway's contacts with the Committee after his departure, but some memoranda, schedules, and a campaign plan date from his service as chairman.
QUANTITY
1.9 linear feet (ca.
3,800 pp.)
DONOR
Howard H. Callaway (accession numbers
91-12, 91-26, 91-56, and 92-32)
ACCESS
Open. Some items are temporarily
restricted under terms of Mr. Callaway's deed of gift, a copy of which is
available on request.
COPYRIGHT
Works prepared by U.S. Government
employees as part of their official duties
are in the public domain. In addition, Mr. Callaway has donated to the United States of America his copyright
interest in any other of his writings
that might be included in this collection.
The copyright interest to materials
written by other individuals or organizations is presumed to remain with them.
Prepared by William McNitt, July 1992
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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Howard Hollis "Bo" Callaway
April 2, 1927 Born, LaGrange, GA
1944-45 Student,
Georgia Institute of Technology
1945-49 B.S., United
States Military Academy
1949-52 1st
Lieutenant, United States Army
1953-64 Member,
Board of Regents, University System of Georgia
1953-70 President,
Callaway Gardens
1956-70 President,
Ida Cason Callaway Foundation
1958-64 Director, Trust
Company of Georgia
1960-64 Director,
Georgia Power Company
1965-66 U.S.
Representative from Georgia
1966 Republican
candidate for Governor of Georgia
1966-73 Chairman, Freedom's Foundation at
1968-73 Republican
National Committeeman from
1970-73 President, Interfinancial, Inc.; civilian aide
to Secretary of the Army
1975-76 Chairman, President Ford Committee
1976-Present Chairman of the
Board, Crested Butte Mountain Resort, Crested Butte, CO
1980 Candidate
for the Republican nomination to the U.S. Senate from Colorado
1981-87 Chairman,
Colorado Republican Party
1987-Present Chairman, GOPAC (a
Republican political action committee)
INTRODUCTION
President
Richard Nixon appointed Howard H. "Bo" Callaway as Secretary of the
Army in 1973, Callaway continued in that position into the Ford
administration. Callaway, a Georgia
businessman and Republican politician, had served as a civilian aide to previous
Army Secretaries. During his tenure with
the Army, his major accomplishment was to "sell" the concept of an
all-volunteer army and then preside over its implementation.
Callaway resigned from his post in June
1975 to become chairman of President Ford's newly-formed campaign organization,
the President Ford Committee (PFC).
Callaway headed the PFC for nine months, overseeing the recruitment of
personnel, the development of its organizational structure, and, in conjunction
with the White House, the implementation of political strategies.
In March 1976, Democratic Senator Floyd
Haskell advanced charges that Callaway, while serving as Secretary of the Army,
had furthered his family's interests in a Colorado ski resort by persuading the
Forest Service and the Civil Aeronautics Board to make rulings favorable to the
resort. Callaway asked President Ford to
relieve him of his duties pending the resolution of these charges. With Ford in a tough fight for the Republican
nomination, Callaway soon resigned as PFC chairman. Rogers Morton replaced him.
After leaving the PFC, Callaway devoted
himself to disproving the charges leveled against him. He testified before Haskell's committee
investigating the charges and considered legal action against his accusers. In the end the Senate committee criticized
Callaway only for "poor judgement," while a
Justice Department investigation cleared him of any conflict-of-interest
charges. In July 1977, a Harper's
magazine article reviewed the case at length in terms sympathetic to Callaway
and critical of the roles of Haskell and the media.
The Callaway papers contain only
fragmentary information on his work as Secretary of the Army and PFC
chairman. Callaway reports that he left
behind virtually all his files when he left these two posts.
Although much of Callaway's PFC
material concerns his contacts with the campaign committee after his departure,
it does contain some early notes on the organization of the campaign, an August
1975 campaign plan, and Callaway's schedules.
Of special note is a memo to President Ford dated March 27, 1976,
assessing the personnel, organization, and activities of the PFC.
Much of the Army material concerns
personal or routine matters, but some relates to Army policies or
organization. Of note is material on
Callaway's testimony before a House committee concerning his views that the
military service secretaries were not being kept fully informed on matters of
military strategy by the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The bulk of the collection concerns
Callaway's largely successful struggle to disprove the allegations surrounding
his actions on behalf of his ski resort at Crested Butte, Colorado. Besides Callaway's own small file on this
topic, the collection includes all of the working files of the Washington law
firm which he hired to represent him.
The material relates both to the congressional investigation of the
charges and possible legal action against his accusers.
Related Materials (July 1992):
The records of the President Ford
Committee include much on Callaway's tenure as chairman, especially in the
files of the Chairman's Office.
Additional materials on Callaway's role in the campaign can be found
throughout the campaign-related files in the Library. Please consult the Library's list titled
"The 1976 Presidential Election: A Guide to Manuscript Collections
Available for Research" for further information.
White House Central Files Subject File
category FG 14 and its subdivisions relate to the Department of the Army, as do
scattered folders in other collections.
Series Descriptions
1 President Ford Committee
File, 1975-76. (0.3 linear feet)
Correspondence,
memoranda, notes, schedules, briefing papers, lists, publications, and
clippings. The material concerns both Callaway's work as
chairman of the Committee and his subsequent contacts with the campaign after
he resigned in March 1976. Included are
Callaway's notes on early campaign contacts, July-August 1975, an August 1975
campaign plan, and Callaway's schedules. Much of the file dates from after
Callaway's departure.
Arranged
alphabetically by subject.
2-4 Legal File
on Crested
Memoranda, correspondence,
depositions, legal documents, and clippings.
The material concerns Callaway's response to allegations that he had
used his position as Secretary of the Army to influence decisions by the Forest
Service and the Civil Aeronautics Board affecting his ski resort at Crested
Butte, Colorado. The series contains
both the working files of his attorneys (the folder titles starting with case
numbers) and his own personal file. It concerns both the investigation by
Senator Floyd Haskell's committee (the Environment and Land Resources
Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs) and potential legal
action against Callaway's accusers.
Arranged
alphabetically by title.
5 Department of the Army
File, 1972-1976. (0.4 linear feet)
Correspondence,
lists, testimony, and a report. Some of the correspondence
dates from the period when Callaway was a civilian aide to the Secretary of the
Army, some from his own service as Secretary, and some from the period after he
left the Army. Much of the material is
personal or routine in nature, but some documents reflecting changes in Army
policies or organization are included.
The collection contains no correspondence covering the period August
1973 to November 1975.
Arranged
alphabetically by subject.
5 1994 Accretion,
1975-1976. (0.1 linear feet)
Correspondence and
memoranda. Most of the material concerns his work on the
1976 presidential campaign. Many of the
items contain substantive discussions about campaign strategies, the political
climate in various regions, and other Campaign matters. Much of the material documents Callaway's
concerns about small matters associated with the campaign, especially
presidential appearances and campaign recruitment. There is almost no material reflecting his
work in any capacity other than as a campaign advisor.
Container
List
Callaway Notes on the Campaign, July ‑
August 1975
Callaway Schedules
Campaign Plan, August 29, 1975
Correspondence, March ‑ November
1976
Factbook (1)‑(2)
Lists of Campaign Officials, April ‑
September 1976
Memoranda, January ‑ March 1976
Newsletters, Press Releases, Clippings
and Leaflets
204C‑1 ‑ Legal Memoranda (1)‑(3)
204C‑2 ‑ Statutes and DOD
Regulations
204C‑3 ‑ Miscellaneous
Legal
204C‑4 ‑ Conspiracy Theory
204C‑5 ‑ Pleadings
204C‑6(a)
‑ Civil Aeronautics Board Correspondence (1)‑(4)
204C‑6(b)
‑ Civil Aeronautics Board Depositions and Miscellaneous (1)‑(3)
204C‑7 ‑ Haskell Committee
Report (1)‑(2)
204C‑8 ‑ Haskell Conduct ‑
Senate Rules Violation (1)‑(3)
204D‑1 ‑ General
Correspondence (1)‑(2)
204D‑2 ‑ Chrono Log
204D‑3 ‑ Miscellaneous
Memoranda
204D‑4 ‑ Press and Media
Clips (1)‑(5)
204D‑4 ‑ Press and Media
Clips (6)‑(9)
204D‑5 ‑
Accuracy in Media, Inc.
204D‑7 ‑ Rocky Mountain
Journal ‑ Callaway Travel
204D‑8 ‑ Civil Rights
Statute (1)‑(2)
Callaway's File on the Haskell Committee
Investigation (1)‑(4)
Correspondence, June 1972 ‑ July
1973 (1)‑(4)
Correspondence, November 1975 ‑
November 1976 (1)‑(4)
Lists of Meeting Attendees
Personnel File
Testimony Before the House Committee on
Governmental Operations, 1975 (1)‑(2)
Year‑End Report, 1975
1994 Accretion
Rumsfeld/Cheney
White House
