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The G.O.P. Victor
"I'm a conservative, like all of us, in the sense that I want to conserve the good things we have; I'm a liberal, like all of us, in the sense that I want to go to even better things."
These were the words of Henry Cabot Lodge, who surprised the nation with his write-in victory in the New Hampshire primary last Tuesday.
The six feet-three inch, handsome, 61 year-old ambassador to South Viet Nam, was born in a town in Massachusetts and was educated at Harvard. He lost his father when he was 7. His grandfather, Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge who kept the United States out of the League of Nations, reared him and taught him politics.
Under the influence of the elder Lodge, the junior came out as an isolationist; but, after the war, he became an ardent internationalist.
The ambassador was a senator from Massachusetts for 13 years and served as the chief delegate to the United Nations for seven years.
But Lodge was not only a statesman, he was also a warrior. His support for the military preparedness was reflected in his book "The Cult of Weakness," published in 1932. His love for the military uniform was proved when he left the Senate to become a major in the armored tank corps. The first senator to go on active duty since the Civil War, he traveled as a staff officer through Italy, Southern France and Germany and emerged with the rank of lieutenant colonel. For his unselfish and brave service during the war, he was awarded many medals, including the Legion of Merit and the Bronze Star for valor.
In the U.S. Senate, he always pursued a bipartisan foreign policy against communism, and supported such issues as the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan and NATO. On domestic issues, he was a backer of Democratic sponsored welfare and labor measures.
After Ambassador Lodge lost his senatorial seat to the late President John F. Kennedy in 1952, he (Lodge) was made a "personal member" of General Eisenhower's cabinet. President Eisenhower put Lodge on an important job of shaping U.S. foreign policy.
Lodge was offered a position of ambassadorship to South Viet Nam by Secretary of State Dean Rusk last year when Frederick E. Nolting Jr., then ambassador to South Viet Nam, asked for transfer due to family reasons. Lodge was selected on the basis of his experience and interest and also, Rusk wanted to appoint a Republican in order to gain GOP support in foreign aid measures.
In his short period of time in South Viet Nam, Lodge was able to represent the United States successfully and helped the Vietnamese in keeping communism out of their nation. At present, during this period of crisis, his tough policies and practices are admired by Americans and Vietnamese.
Describing the character of Lodge, Stanley Karnow wrote in an article in the Saturday Evening Post: "Lodge is not a naturally warm, gregarious individual. He can be curt and haughty with subordinates, and he feels uncomfortable in a crowd. Unlike Johnson, he is a reserved, New England patrician whose ideal is closer to John Adams."
"Nevertheless, Lodge managed to turn his loftiness to advantage in the election by projecting himself as a statesman too concerned with the broader issues to descend into petty political squabbles."
Since Lodge has won the GOP New Hampshire battle with a great margin over declared warriors such as Sen. Barry Goldwater, Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, and Sen. Margaret Chase Smith, the question now remains: "Whether the ambassador would resign from his post to campaign in order to get the GOP presidential nomination?"
If Lodge wants to campaign, he has to give up his job in South Viet Nam, as the Hatch Act forbids officers and employees of the Executive Branch of the Federal Government to take any active part in the political campaigns.
After the ambassador heard the news of his victory, he commented: "It's a great honor and a great compliment. I am happy. I don't plan to go to the United States and do not intend to resign."
Whatever his decision may be, it is certain that his son would carry on the campaign for him and that his supporters would write in his name on the ballot if it is not there.
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In a recent Gallup Poll which asked voters to rate each of the leading GOP contenders against Johnson, Ambassador Lodge held the first position—ahead of both Sen. Goldwater and Gov. Rockefeller. In the poll, Richard Nixon was rated second.
The last Tuesday primary proved the truth of the Gallup Poll.
The election also presented an interesting fact that people want to choose the candidate for the highest executive position who is not only liked by the U.S. citizens, but also liked by the citizens of the world.
The reason for the primary outcome is due to the fact that Goldwater is too much of an extremist, Nixon is a two time loser with the final failure in the California gubernatorial contest, Rockefeller is divorced and has a new marriage life—so, excluding dark horses such as Gov. Scranton and Gov. Romney, the only contender left was Lodge.
The present situation is such that, as Roscoe Drummond, columnist for the New York Herald Tribune wrote, "The unresolved question is not whether Mr. Lodge is going to resign his ambassadorship and become an open, active and campaigning candidate for the nomination—but when."
- Vinay Kothari
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In February 1912, the University Council introduced a new grading system by which all instructors were required to report weekly the attendance and general standing of the students in their class.
The blanks were sent out from the Deans office on Thursday and were filled out and returned Friday. These weekly reports were copied and filed in the Dean office where they were open to inspection by eligibility committees.
"One great advantage of the system," Dean Templin said, "is that the majority of the instructors say that it improves the work noticeably, and that the regularity of attendance has also been increased.
"Another advantage is that it serves as a warning to students who are doing poor work. If, however, they find that their reports have all been good during the semester, and then they fail at the end, they will have good reason for raising an objection."
"So I Said To Those Wise-Guy Kids, 'Do You Know Of Anyone Who Is Living In Abject Poverty . . . ?' "
BOOK REVIEWS
HORIZON, Winter 1964 ($5).
Much more than arty is the new issue of Horizon, and it should have immense popular appeal for that reason. A Princeton sociologist, Morroe Berger, discusses the development and significance of the Black Muslim movement, one of the most controversial subjects of the day.
Berger shows that the Negro established his relation to the religion and culture of Islam through his discovery of African history, a history of which the Negro could be proud. The Black Muslims make their appeal, he says, to descendants of the African slaves who lost their identity centuries ago.
Berger describes the 12-point program of the Muslim movement, and suggests that the movement, small today, has the potential for considerable growth.
Other articles in the new issue: "The Year One," an entertaining discussion of the beginnings of modern history; "The King and Us," about the westernization of Siam; Manet, the reluctant revolutionary in painting (a beautiful color spread is included); the rock monasteries of Cappadocia, in central Turkey; Francis Bacon, the great maker of modern thought; Henry Fielding, the author of some of the first great English novels, notably "Tom Jones," and Adah Isaacs Menken, famed entertainer of a century ago.
Here we have, in inexpensive paperback, the controversial writings of Mark Twain that found themselves on the best-seller list when they appeared about a year ago. These are essays so red hot that Clara Clemens, the author's daughter, long prevented their publication, even after they had been edited by DeVoto. She finally withdrew her objections, and readers gained insights into Mark Twain that had been suggested in "The Mysterious Stranger," and, if one cared to dig deeply enough, in much of what he wrote.
In essence, this is a collection that reveals the pessimism and the sardonic bitterness of Mark Twain. But his views on religion simply could not be permitted in a conventional world, and only today, when discussion of religion presumably is freer than in the past, can we see what our greatest writer had to say.
"Letters from the Earth" are supposedly letters written by Satan to Michael and Gabriel in heaven. So Satan is revealed here giving his fellow archangels his views on mankind and his stupidities and his religion and even his cherished Bible. Another section is called "Papers of the Adam Family," and this includes parts of the diaries of Methuselah and Shem and the autobiography of Eve.
LETTERS FROM THE EARTH, by Mark Twain, edited by Vernard DeVoto (Crest, 60 cents).
There are relatively inoffensive writings here, too, such as a further Clemens attack on poor old James Fenimore Cooper. Actually, even though some parts of the "Letters" are a bit rougher, there is little here that can't be found in "The Mysterious Stranger," or even in some of the more savage sections of "The Innocents Abroad." Yet this is unquestionably one of the important literary revelations of recent years.—CMP