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Show I - 1 -r i - .. . k ... i . . . : V - ' k'i v . .-; ' ., i f ' . .-v. Touring the country before the November election, Richard M. Nixon, President-elect, appealed to the I common man, gaining support from the professional and working class instead of minorities and unions. I A phoenix from the ashes , Common Man Elects Nixoti Last summer a man who had arisen from the ashes of the politically dead promised in an acceptance speech before the Republican National Convention to heed "the voice of the great majority of Americans, the forgotten Americans, the non-shouters, the non-demonstrators, that are not racists or sick, that are not guilty of the crime that plagues the land." Richard Milhous Nixon pledged to remember the common American, the white, Anglo-Saxon, Sunday-go-to-meeting type of guy. In return, the common man (or at least somebody remembered Richard Nixon on election day, and Monday this man who bid "farewell to politics" in 1962 after being defeated by Pat Brown for the Governorship of California, will be sworn in as the 37th President of these here United States. Lemon Grove Beginning The house where Richard Nixon was born Jan. 9, 1913, sat in the middle of a lemon grove in Yorba Linda, Cal. His Quaker parents, Frank and Hannah, never lived in poverty, but often flirted with financial distress. Frank Nixon was a man of many jobs and moved around a lot, and that particular lemon grove mentioned abce produced enough oil in later years to have made him a rich man, but he sold it long before its value was realized. Contemporary literature likes to lable Nixon as a grocer's son from Whittier, Calif, indicating that either or both Frank and Hannah were involved in the grocery business. Continuing the all-American story, we find that Nixon was an "enthusiastic end" on the Whittier defeat, he announced, "You won't have Nixon kick around any longer, because, gentlemen, tb ' my last press conference." ' P n Seeks Presidency I' Last press conference or not, Feb. 1, 1968 K; " announced that he was seeking the presidency of United States. Nixon had been dreaming o: ? comeback as early as 1964, however, and wo: hard in 1966 for the election of numerous C str candidates who as a result were indebted to him. m So Nixon picked up the GOP nominate m August in the fairy-land city of Miami, Fla., conf:: 1 that he could beat whatever formidable opt m the Democrats might muster. m Demos Elect Nixon The Democrats gave Nixon the kind ofoppos f' he was looking for: Hubert Humphrey, a movet caused on television to comment, "The Dema mw did something the Republicans could havei J done, elected Richard Nixon." mn National polls showed Nixon to be nearly!!: (1J(.( cent above Humphrey early in the campaign. romf Nixon campaigned leisurely in 1968. As he- ,je in "Six Crises", concerning his campaign t (jM Kennedy, "I spent too much time in the ( campaign on substance and too little tint nrrj appearance. I paid too much attention to what . a going to say, and too little to how I would loot tl)laj c Our Refuses to Debate college iootoall team (second string), also a debator, student body leader and class president. Joined Navy Nixon was a Navy commander in World War II. After the war he returned to Whittier to practice law, and was shortly elected to the House of Representatives from California in 1946. On the House Committee on Un-American Activities he worked to build the case against Alger Hiss, and at the same time built himself a name as an anti-Communist. As a part of his anti-Communist fight, Nixon co-sponsored a bill aimed at curbing communism in the United States. This strong anti-Communist stand is attributed to being a major factor in his election to the Senate (1950) and being picked as vice president on the victorious 1952 Republican ticket. Kennedy-Nixon Things were all roses for the up-and-coming politician, but then came 1960. Everyone remembers the Kennedy-Nixon story: Nixon suffered a narrow defeat to the Massachusetts senator, the loss being attributed by many to Nixon's coming off second best to Kennedy in the television debate Nixon got his second kick-in-the-head when he tried to unseat Pat Brown as governor of California. Mandlng before television cameras following the In 1960, Nixon visited every state, traveling I miles. In 1968, he cut his travel to 44,000 n spoke in only 35 states. Almost paranoica! j refused to debate Vice President Hunipfel television. I Nixon was accused of avoiding the issues J the campaign. He replied to this by claiming t: taken stands on 167 issues. I He promised fresh ideas and new men j leadership in Vietnam to end the war. I q Nixon's Platforms I He advocated black capitalism, private invs I Wa$j tax credits and government loans to r I T e e x ghettos. ,1 "Jemonsi His anti-poverty plank is similar: get I fennsyv: away from the Federal Government. I counter Law and order was Nixon's big P' ; out p0jc, promised money to train and equip P, I 'hem out saying, "if the conviction rate were doubiff I vice presi( country, it would do more to eliminate cr -1 The ma the quadrupling of the funds for any8l '"e Na war on poverty." He promised to appoint"'! "mmitte, general who would be tougher on I etnarn, , criminals. uJTtm-' This appeal brought the unyoung.unW I niotorsco to the polls November 5th. By a voten archers than a half million, Nixon got elected. I 'c. He takes power officially Monday, Pf tar'er i, from the ashes. L "" |