Nixon Enemies List entry for
Arnold M. Picker:
| List and position: | First/Top 20, #1 with Charles Colson's blue checkmark |
| Name as originally listed: | Arnold M. Picker |
| Vitals: | 9/29/1913 - 10/11/1989 |
| Comment on original list: | United Artists Corporation, 929 Seventh Avenue, New York, N.Y. |
| Lists with duplicates of this person: | 1 |
| Gleanings: | |
- finance chair of Muskie's 1972 presidential campaign. - President Johnson named him to the International Commission on Education and Cultural Affairs. - was head of international distribution at Columbia Pictures, executive V.P. at United Artists, and later helped found the American Film Institute. - listed both in the "Top 20" and under "Business additions". - Washington Post reported that he knew of no audits or other actions against him. The June 28, 1973 article quoted him, "I don't want to make any comments." - His NY Times obituary reported, "his name was No. 1 on an 'enemies list' compiled by White House aides to President Richard M. Nixon." - Worked with fellow Top 20 enemy Sonny Dogole to raise money for dissident Democrats, supporting Muskie in 1972, Henry M. Jackson in 1976, and a dump-Carter group in 1980. | |
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