One Man's Opinion
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By CHUCK ZUEGNER
The Nixon fiction has been written and duly registered as the biggest political hoax ever played upon the American people.
The Republican vice president candidate's "down-to-earth" defense of his $18,000 fund over a nation-wide television hook-up must have elicited tears from gentle Americans who trust an honest face and bear ready sympathy for the underdog, even in the area of politics.
For here was an honest young lawyer who went to Washington and became obsessed with government waste and extravagance that he refused to use taxpayer's money for his "personal" expenses (taking to court) for large gratuities from wealthy individuals, with no sirrums attached, of course.
The simple, homey atmosphere of Sen. Nixon's telecast was the plush El Capitan theater, located one appropriate block from Hollywood and Vine. Behind the scenes was a group of well-known radio, television, and movie producers and directors who spent three days planning the senator's every move.
Sitting in his den in front of the TV camera, he bared his financial history, and boomeranged a major political scandal into a Horatio Alger epic which, after the election, may replace "Ma Perkins" as the housewife's delight.
All this was after Sen. Nixon had already used up his expense allotment granted to all senators. In what respect he saved the tax-payers money is not quite clear.
Then came the memorable speech in which Sen. Nixon spoke highly of his mother, his wife, his dog, and Gen. Eisenhower. Not even the Democrats can criticize the first three. The senator was staying on safe ground.
The props for the program were supplied by the National Broadcasting company designed to make the setting look like a typical GI den.
Instead of going to bat with two strikes against him, the senator was hitting a home run. Rooting for him were a lot of people who never considered the possibility of a corrupt Republican. Often enough it was implied that the GOP was composed of priceless little cherubs, and that all Democrats, by party affiliation, went to hell.
After Nov. 4, when the senator will be kept less busy, many entertainment-hungry Americans hope to see a continuation of the sudsy serial, "Nixon Faces Life."
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We're disappointed!
The article on student housing in the Friday, Oct. 17 Daily Kansan announced by Chancellor Murphy has completely neglected upper class women's housing.
The plans, according to the letter, include only a 100-women addition to North College and Corbin halls for freshmen, and a 50-woman scholarship hall.
It seems rather vain on the part of the University to feel that it can keep women students after enticing them with glowing stories of the beautiful new freshman dormitories, and then expect them to live the remaining three-fourths of their school life in a cracker box.
Inside these cracker boxes upperclass women have to contend with inadequate bathroom facilities, inadequate living and closet space, inadequate lighting for study, and inadequate laundry facilities.
We feel that action should be taken immediately on upperclass women's dorms by the board of re-gents when they consider the 10-year building plan on October 30-31.
Don't you agree?
Dorothy Nicklaus
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Kathryn Cook
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Split in Both Parties
Editor's Note: This is the twelfth in a series of articles on key election
experiences, and their impact on the big picture in 1952.
Chavez, Hurley Battle In New Mexico Race
Lack of harmony with both the Democratic and Republican parties is discouraging political observers from trying to make forecasts of the New Mexico senatorial race.
Neither Democratic incumbent Dennis Chavez nor Republican nominee Patrick J. Hurley can boast of any great unity in his ranks. Mr. Hurley's main target throughout his campaign has been State GOP Chairman Harry Robbins, who is sponsored by New Mexico Gov. Ed Mechem. It seems this disunity is the result of an intra-party hassle which occurred right after the May 6 primary.
Chairman Robbins reportedly asked Mr. Hurley for a $100,000 donation to the party's campaign fund after Mr. Hurley attempted to have Mr. Robbins removed from his job.
Nor is all calm among the Democrats. A feud between Sen. Chavez and his running mate, gubernatorial candidate Eyerett Granham, dates back to the '30s at the time of a WPA political influence case in which Mr. Granham—then a U.S. attorney—prosecuted some of Sen. Chavez' relatives.
This friction within the state GOP, according to many observers, tends to hide many of Mr. Hurley's better qualities.
In the spring primary, a Chavez-sponsored man ran against Mr. Grantham without success, with Sen. Chavez winning his own primary over a state senator named "Diamond, Tooth" Miller. Another trouble spot in the Democratic camp has been the lack of harmony between Sen. Chavez and Sen. Clinton Anderson, which has been patched
Sen. Chavez, a New Mexico senator since he was appointed to the job in 1936 to fill a vacancy, is opposing former Secretary of War Hurley for the second time. They met before in 1946, when Sen. Chavez defeated Mr. Hurley by what was considered to be a small margin (4,000 votes) with Mr. Hurley asserting he had been "counted out" in New Mexico's largely Mexican-populated northern counties.
The reason was that northern New Mexico, as well as 40 per cent of the state's voters, is of Sen. Chavez' nationality—a fact which may help explain much of his success in being re-elected repeatedly since 1936. Mr. Hurley remarked after the 1946 defeat that he wouldn't lose in such a manner again, "now that I've learned Spanish."
As qualifications go, the retired major general has a long list of public service. Notable have been
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his term as secretary of war and his wartime ambassadorship to China.
As a China First-policy man, he blames the administration for losing China to the Reds. He was active in the 1943 Tehran conference negotiations and was personal representative to Chief of Staff George Marshall in the Far East during World War II.
In one of the few clashes between the two candidates—at a recent Army flood control hearing—Mr. Hurley accused Sen. Chavez of "spending 20 years in Washington and not doing a damn thing." The Senator retorted that he wouldn't stand for "a foreign millionaire insulting me." "Foreign Millionaire" Hurley is former Oklahomaan.
Sen. Chavez is campaigning mostly on the basis of his seniority and is trying for his fourth term. He ranks seventh in seniority in the Senate and is chairman of the committee on public works. He's an early champion of FEPC.
As a matter of record, Sen. Chavez voted for troops to Europe, for aid to India, against the bill to kill wage and price controls, and is a great pusher of President Truman's Point Four program.
Phil Newman.
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