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Dick Nixon Club Newsletter. 4 pages. [Newsletter], 4/1/1960
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Nixon address accepting the Republican National Convention's nomination as candidate for US presidency.19 pages, only cover scanned. [Brochure], n.d.
The meaning of patriotism remarks of Vice President Nixon. 12 pages, only cover scanned. [Brochure], 2/23/1960
The Campaign Ahead: The text of remarks by the Vice President of the US. 6 pages, only cover scanned. [Brochure], 3/28/1960
Nixon to Eugene Pulliam, re: Response to repeal of Connally Amendment. 5 pages. [Letter], 4/4/1960
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The meaning of patriotism remarks of Vice President Nixon. 12 pages, only cover scanned. [Brochure], 2/23/1960
The Campaign Ahead: The text of remarks by the Vice President of the US. 6 pages, only cover scanned. [Brochure], 3/28/1960
Nixon to Eugene Pulliam, re: Response to repeal of Connally Amendment. 5 pages. [Letter], 4/4/1960
The Eisenhower Record and the Future: Address of the Vice President of the US. 11 pages, only cover scanned. [Brochure], 1/27/1960
America needs Nixon-Lodge. 1 page. [Brochure], n.d.
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library
White House Special Files Collection
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Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
46
6
04/1960
Newsletter
Dick Nixon Club Newsletter. 4 pages.
46
6
n.d.
Photograph
Richard Nixon photograph. 1 page.
46
6
n.d.
Form
Order form for Nixon-Lodge cloth banner. 1
page.
46
6
n.d.
Brochure
Nixon address accepting the Republican
National Convention's nomination as
candidate for US presidency. 19 pages, only
cover scanned.
46
6
02/23/1960
Brochure
The meaning of patriotism remarks of Vice
President Nixon. 12 pages, only cover
scanned.
46
6
03/28/1960
Brochure
The Campaign Ahead: The text of remarks
by the Vice President of the US. 6 pages,
only cover scanned.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Page 1 of 2
Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
46
6
04/04/1960
Letter
Nixon to Eugene Pulliam, re: Response to
repeal of Connally Amendment. 5 pages.
46
6
01/27/1960
Brochure
The Eisenhower Record and the Future:
Address of the Vice President of the US. 11
pages, only cover scanned.
46
6
n.d.
Brochure
America needs Nixon-Lodge. 1 page.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Page 2 of 2
NEWSLETTER
Number 2 - April, 1960
PRESIDENT EISENHOWER ENDORSES NIXON
At his press conference on March 16, President Eisenhower said: "If anyone is
wondering whether I have any personal preference, or even bias with respect to the up-
coming presidential race, the answer is yes, very definitely."
Q: Were you speaking of Mr. Nixon?
"Was there any doubt in your mind?" the President replied.
Again on March 30, at his news conference, Mr. Eisenhower passed the political
ball to the Vice President and gave him a clear field to run beyond the administration's
record in the campaign. The President said that Mr. Nixon would be "absolutely stupid" to
confine himself as the 1960 Republican presidential nominee to the accomplishments of the
Eisenhower administration.
Addressing the Republican Women's National Conference in Washington on April 4,
Mr. Eisenhower said: "In 1952 we turned to a highly talented man for the Vice Presiden-
tial nomination. None of us has ever regretted that choice. Dick Nixon has been a credit
to the Administration, to our party and to our country.
"Since 1952 the Vice President has gained nearly eight years of added govern-
mental experience at the highest level--a tour of seasoning unmatched in the Nation's
history. All of us know Dick Nixon as a man of integrity and deep faith--one who is in-
telligent, mature, and uniquely knowledgeable in the problems and personalities in the
world scene. And along with this, he has that priceless gift, a sense of humor-indis-
pensable in politics.
"And finally and most important, he has Pat."
HAGERTY CITES NIXON'S TRAINING
In an address before the Board of Directors of the National Federation of
Republican Women at Washington on April 1, James C. Hagerty, Press Secretary to President
Eisenhower, came out strongly for Vice President Nixon: "Like President Eisenhower, I
have my preference--indeed my bias--when it comes to deciding on the man who should be
the next President of the United States. He is the Vice President, Dick Nixon.
"Personally, I sincerely believe that the Vice President is the only person--in
either party--with the years of training and experience--and the wisdom which comes only
from experience--to qualify him to succeed President Eisenhower in handling of the diffi-
cult and tremendous problems of our times, These problems can ---and will--- be solved
only through that understanding of international affairs that comes with knowledge and
"The Nation Needs Nixon
he gets things done"
experience. And, I repeat, Dick Nixon has
NIXON SAYS:
that knowledge and experience.
If nominated for the presidency
"Have you any doubt that the most
I intend to carry this campaign into
important question in the minds of the Amer-
every state, city and town that limita-
ican people--and indeed in the minds of the
tions of time, space and physical endur-
people of the world--is the question of
ance will permit. With Republican
peace or war? Peace or war overshadows
strength in the Congress at its lowest
everything else in the world today.
level since 1936, any one who does not
recognize that we are in the fight for
"Therefore, isn't it perfectly
our lives must be smoking opium.
reasonable to expect that the next Presi-
dent--like President Eisenhower has done--is
The Democrats have to "fish or
going to have to deal personally with the
cut bait" on President Eisenhower's re-
leaders of other nations of the free, the
quest that Congress come up with a farm
neutral and the Communist worlds? So, to
bill. If they (the Democrats) fail to
serve the United States best, it will be
act or act irresponsibly during this
vital for the next President to have per-
session of Congress they will have made
sonal, first-hand knowledge of the men with
it clear that they prefer a farm issue
whom he will be meeting. The Vice Presi-
to a farm solution.
dent has that knowledge, second only to
President Eisenhower. In the seven years he has been in office, Mr. Nixon has officially
visited some 54 different countries and personally entertained 29 Chiefs or Heads of Gov-
ernment here in Washington.
"During these visits, the Vice President has not only gotten to know the Heads
of Government, but almost as important, he has also gotten to know other high-ranking
Government officers--any number of whom could become in the future the leaders of their
countries
he understands from first-hand experience their problems and their desires--
their hopes and aspirations.
"On each of his trips around the world, representing President Eisenhower, Vice
President Nixon has done a great deal of good for the United States of America.
"Dick Nixon--alone of all the candidates--is the only one who has been trained
for the job, who has the experience to handle well the awesome responsibilities of the
Office of the President of the United States of America. I believe that the American
people--when they make their decision on Election Day--will think so too and will vote
accordingly."
NEWS FROM THE COLLEGES
The University of Wisconsin recently held their mock Republican convention and
Vice President Nixon was nominated on the first ballot. Robert Gray, Secretary to Presi-
dent Eisenhower's Cabinet, was the keynote speaker at the convention
at opposite ends
of the country, Nixon defeated Kennedy in mock elections held at Middlebury College in
Vermont, and at Washington State University.
NORTH DAKOTA REPUBLICANS SUPPORT NIXON
At their state convention recently, North Dakota Republicans reconfirmed the
nation's faith in Dick Nixon by adopting a resolution endorsing him for the nation's
highest office. In a strong showing of grass-roots support, hundreds of delegates gather-
ed in Bismarck to express spontaneous support for the Vice President. This follows similar
action by Oklahoma, North Carolina and the Virgin Islands.
DEMS SPENT LAVISHLY IN WISCONSIN
Although both Democratic candi-
dates spent an enormous amount of money
in the Wisconsin primary, neither won a
clear-cut victory. Some political obser-
vers believe that they over-played their
ML
hand with their record-breaking, bizarre
IKE PUTS
expenditures--that many people got a
FINGER ON
little sick of their side-show efforts.
NIXON AS
KENNEDY
G.O.P.
Doris Fleeson, columnist for the
CANDIDATE
Washington Evening Star, recently wrote
that the Democrats went on a spending jag
in the Wisconsin primary that is unequaled
in our history.
After watching weeks of frantic
spending by the Democrats, one Republican
leader had this comment: "The opposition
candidates' strategy, it seems, is to
spend their way into office with the in-
tention of borrowing all the tired and dis-
GiBROCKETA
credited New and Fair Deal programs. And
WASHINGTON
after they get there it appears they in-
'And He Didn't Do It Anonymously, Either!'
tend to drive the nation deeper into debt
and create ever-increasing inflation.'
Another prominent Wisconsin Republican said that the difference between Vice President
Nixon and the two Democratic candidates "is the difference between Republican philosophy
of free enterprise and the Democratic campaign promises of free beer and lunch."
One newspaperman who covered Kennedy and Humphrey in Wisconsin said they were
spending money like it is going out of style: Another one summed it up this way: "The
Wisconsin primary was a contest between Humphrey and Kennedy to see who will be the last
of the big spenders. We probably won't know the answer until we get the returns from the
Diner's Club!"
MAGAZINE COVER STORY FEATURES THE VICE PRESIDENT
The Great Lakelands Magazine, a Michigan publication independent of partisan
politics, business domination or association ties, recently featured a cover story of Vice
President Nixon titled, "Nixon Speaks With Authority." The article, written by Arthur A.
Hagman, editor and publisher, has this to say of Mr. Nixon: "His courageous statesmanship
in Russia has 'broken the ice' for subsequent visits by President Eisenhower and the inter-
vening exchange visits of Nikita Khrushchev and other world leaders to this and other coun-
tries which have previously been hostile to each other.
"Richard Nixon has earned his top ranking popularity by virtue of a steady climb
from his apprenticeship in the halls of Congress, to his position of influence in the Senate
and ultimately to the Vice Presidency. Nixon is a dedicated leader. a team man who has
merited the confidence of his party and of the American people. During his many public
appearances at metropolitan events and in rural states, Nixon has gained the increasing
respect and confidence of his audiences. People realize that here is a sincere leader who
does not need to trample publicly over any segment of American life to gain his objectives.
"Nixon does not believe in the regimentation of education from Washington, realiz-
ing that local school boards and parents of children attending local school districts know
what is best for them. Nixon knows that Federal encroachment upon the prerogatives of the
states will further drain local sources of revenue,"
Two months ago when the Vice President visited Detroit to address the Economic
Club, Ray Courage of the Detroit Free Press wrote: "Vice President Richard Milhous Nixon
presented himself to Detroit, trim, polished and running at a dignified pace for the Presi-
dency of the United States. The 47-year-old Republican, who, with his wife, Pat, whisked
through a grueling 12-hour schedule with aplomb, delighted the hearts of Republicans.
"He looks like the Presidential candidate that he is; he talks like a candidate
who prefers the high road of campaign technique, and he promised that Michigan would see
much more of him."
LETTER FROM NIXON THRILLS SEVENTH GRADER
Ann Miller, a seventh grade student at Falls Church, Va., became puzzled while
preparing a book report on Earl Mazo's biography of Vice President Nixon. She understood
from her mother that Mazo was a Democrat. She wrote Mazo about this, and back came the re-
ply: "Yes, I am a Democrat but my personal politics has no relationship whatsoever to my
work as a reporter I try to write and report objectively, and have done so for 25 years.
Incidently, on the basis of my very intense research into the man and his background. I
regard Vice President Nixon as potentially one of the greatest leaders our country has pro-
duced."
Mazo turned Ann's letter over to Mr. Nixon and she was soon the proud owner of a
letter from the Vice President, which said in part: "Judging from the way you were doing
the research for your paper I could not have had a better champion at Thomas Jefferson
School!" Then he added a P. S. "I hope you got an 'A.''
NOTE TO CHARTER MEMBERS
Did you receive your membership card in The Dick Nixon Club? Please send us any
names and dollars you have collected. It is important that each of your friends receives
his membership card as soon as possible so that he, also, has the privilege of enlisting
others in Dick's behalf. We would like to have more individuals "back with a buck" the
campaign to elect Dick Nixon than any other candidate in our history. We are growing by
more than 2,000 each week.
Let us hear from you and SUPPORT DICK NIXON FOR PRESIDENT!
Sincerely yours,
J. R. Pat Gorman
Chairman
P. S. If your Achievement Award arrived damaged, please ask us for a replacement.
Support Dick Nixon man of experience"
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"It is time to speak up for America."
THE
MEANING
OF
PATRIOTISM
remarks of
Vice President
RICHARD
NIXON
on receiving the
PATRIOTISM
AWARD
from the senior
cl
University
South Bend,
AHEAD
TEXT OF REMARKS
By the Vice President of the United States
RICHARD
I
AT THE NEBRASKA 1960
REPUBLICAN FOUNDERS'
NIXON
DAY PROGRAM
In Lincoln, Nebraska, March 28, 1960
COPY
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON
April 4, 1960
Mr. Eugene C. Pulliam
Publisher
Phoenix Republic and Gazette
Phoenix, Arizona
Dear Gene:
I want to take the opportunity through this letter to respond in
some detail to your letter of February 11 in which you expressed
opposition to the repeal of the Connally Amendment. Because there
has been some understandable confusion as to the effect of the
Amendment, I believe a somewhat extended discussion of the issues
involved might be constructive.
Those who oppose repeal of the Amendment raise three major
objections: (1) They do not want any action taken which would lead
eventually to some form of world federalism or world government;
(2) They want to guard against the possibility of any international
court exercising jurisdiction over domestic issues like immigration
and tariffs; (3) They believe that the United States should never be
put into a position where they would have to accept the decision of
an international court in a case where that court overstepped its
jurisdiction and interfered in our domestic affairs.
Let me say at the outset that if I thought repeal of the Connally
Amendment would have such an effect I would vigorously oppose its
repeal. Under no circumstances would I support any action which
did not have adequate safeguards against such eventualities.
In order to understand the effect of the Connally Amendment
it is necessary first to go into some of the background which led to
the setting up of the International Court of Justice.
Many well-intentioned people have raised the basic question --
why have an international court in the first place? The answer, putting
it in its simplest and bluntest terms, is that even nations that are
friends are bound to have disputes. If those disputes are not settled
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by negotiation the only alternatives left are to settle them either by
force or by law. At a time when the use of force means unleashing
nuclear weapons which would destroy civilization, all sensible people
agree that we must find some alternative to force for settling inter-
national disputes.
Senator Taft put the case extremely well several years ago
when he said:
"I do not see how we can hope to secure permanent peace
in the world except by establishing law between nations
and equal justice under law. It may be a long hard course
but I believe that the public opinion of the world can be led
along that course, so that the time will come when that
public opinion will support the decision of any reasonable
impartial tribunal based on justice. "
The International Court of Justice, established under the
Charter of the United Nations, was designed as an instrument to
administer law among nations. The Statute of the Court provides
that participating nations can declare that they recognize the Court's
jurisdiction in the following limited types of cases:
"a. the interpretation of a treaty;
b. any question of international law;
C. the existence of any fact which, if established, would
constitute a breach of an international obligation;
d. the nature or extent of the reparation to be made for
the breach of an international obligation."
There are some today who believe that the prospect of the use
of atomic weapons to settle international disputes is so terrible that
we should set up a new, all-powerful world organization which would
have jurisdiction over disputes between nations. I disagree with this
approach. I believe that rather than setting up a new international
institution we have to begin to use the one we already have.
The United States in 1946 declared its acceptance of the Court's
jurisdiction, specifically excepting "disputes with regard to matters
which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of the United
States of America as determined by the United States of America. "
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These final eight words reserving the right to determine uni-
laterally whether a matter lies within the Court's jurisdiction were
added in the Senate by the Connally Amendment. This action may well
have been understandable at the time, in view of the doubts then
prevailing as to what the limits of international law actually were
and the uncertainties as to what an international court might do if
it were established. I believe, however, that the intervening years
have shown that our so-called "self-judging reservation" is no longer
necessary.
The Statute of the International Court permits the Court to take
jurisdiction only in specific clearly international types of cases. In
addition, the United Nations Charter clearly precludes any inter-
national authority over a member's domestic affairs. Furthermore,
our declaration submitting to the Court's jurisdiction would continue
after repeal of the Connally Amendment to specifically exclude
matters which are essentially domestic.
The Court's thirteen years' record indicates that it will not
take jurisdiction over a case which involves a domestic matter.
Tariff and immigration questions, for example, are held unanimously
by all competent legal authorities to be domestic in nature.
Let us suppose, however, that the Court in the future did
arbitrarily exceed its authority and attempt to take jurisdiction over
a domestic issue. We would still have two clear remedies: (1) The
only way a decision of the Court can be enforced is through action by
the Security Council of the United Nations. If a court arbitrarily
exceeded its jurisdiction we could use our veto to stop any Security
Council action to enforce that decision. (2) And if the Court per-
sisted in taking jurisdiction over domestic matters we have the right
to withdraw from the Court on six months' notice.
In summary, I am convinced that repeal of the Connally Amend-
ment would not be a step toward world government, would not result
in giving any international body jurisdiction over our domestic affairs,
and would not put the United States in a position where we had no
recourse in the event the International Court oversteps its jurisdiction.
This, apparently, is also the attitude of the majority of the members
of the American Bar Association which for thirteen years has been on
record as recommending repeal of the Amendment.
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Let us turn now to the other side of the coin. Apart from any
bad effects which it is alleged might result, what good can come from
repeal of the Amendment?
I wish to make clear my conviction that this matter, like any
other matter before our government, must be judged solely by the
question, "Would the proposed action best serve the national in-
terests of the United States?" I believe that repeal of the Amend-
ment would bring two principal benefits which have not received
sufficient attention in most public discussions of the issue.
First, it is to our interest to obtain more widespread use of
the International Court. Because the United States has more citi-
zens and private investments in foreign lands than any other nation
we have an even greater stake than the other countries in promoting
a legal process for resolving international disputes. The idea of
our using force or threats of force to enforce agreements we have
with other nations is completely abhorrent to us. This, however,
might not be the case with some other nations. In other words,
if another country broke its treaty or agreement with us and we
were unable to settle the dispute by negotiation we, in effect,
would be left holding the bag unless we could take the matter to
court.
Under the reciprocity provision in applicable law, when we
reserve our right to determine what cases can be considered by the
Court, any nation we might sue in the Court is entitled to the same
right. Thus, if we brought an action for some international violation
against a nation which had no similar reservation she could never-
theless arbitrarily deny the Court jurisdiction by invoking our
self-judging clause. This may be one of the reasons, incidentally,
that Great Britain and France, neither of whom is prone freely to
surrender her sovereignty, have recently abandoned reservations,
similar to ours, which they adopted at the time they adhered to the
Court.
A second, more far reaching benefit from our repeal of this
reservation is that it would give a tremendous psychological boost
to our efforts to obtain more widespread use of the International
Court. Following our adoption of the Connally Amendment, in 1946,
other nations have copied us in adopting similar reservations. If
we eliminate our self-judging reservation, we will be in a position
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then to urge other nations likewise to place greater reliance on the
Court in deciding legal disputes involving matters of international
law. As a nation which from the time of its foundation has been
deeply dedicated to the principle of the rule of law we thereby
take the lead in demonstrating our sincere desire to work for
peace with justice in a framework wherein the just and legitimate
interests of all nations are respected.
May I say in conclusion that I recognize that there are com-
petent observers who sincerely believe it would be a mistake for
the United States to repeal the Connally Amendment. I respect
their views but I am convinced on the basis of objective analysis
that their fears as to the International Court interfering in our
domestic affairs are not justified and, to paraphrase Senator Taft's
statement, that the United States, as a nation dedicated to peace
with justice, should take the lead in furthering the principle of the
rule of law as an alternative to the rule of force as a means of
settling disputes between nations.
With every good wish,
Sincerely,
(signed)
Richard Nixon
THE
EISENHOWER
RECORD
AND
THE
FUTURE
Address of
THE VICE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES
At The
Chicago, 'Dinner With Ike'
Chicago, Illinois
January 27, 1960
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