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Report of a Survey made by the American Jewish Committee. 2 Pages. [Report], 8/1/1960
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Report of a Survey made by the American
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Congressional Quarterly Special Report.
The Public Records of Richard M. Nixon and
Henry Cabot Lodge. Their Lives, Voting
Records, Stands on Issues, and Platform.
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Congressional Quaterly Special Report.
Supplement to March 11, 1960 Weekly
Report. The Public Record of Richard M.
Nixon. Cover Scanned only.
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RICHARD M. NIXON
This handbook has been prepared to help you give your
neighbors reliable and useful information about Vice President
Richard M. Nixon. This is definitely not a text book on the or-
ganization of a speech, or on getting and holding attention.
The fundamental purpose here has been to compile material
about a man who, through an inherent determination, decisiveness,
and a fine instinct for moving quickly to shape events, has already
established himself as the most effectual Vice President in American
history.
Richard M. Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, California, on
January 9, 1913. His father ran a combination grocery store and
gas station. Nixon attended public schools and then received an
A.B. degree from Whittier College in 1934 and an LL.B. from Duke
University Law School, North Carolina, in 1937. He practiced law
in Whittier from 1937 to 1942. From January, 1942, to August, 1942,
he was attorney in the tire rationing section of the Office of
Price Administration in Washington. From August, 1942 to January,
1946, he was on active duty as an aviation ground officer in the
United States Navy, serving mostly in the Pacific.
He was elected to the House of Representatives on November
5, 1946 and reelected in November, 1948. He became a United States
Senator from California on December 4, 1950, serving on appointment
during a special session after having won election to a full term
on November 4, 1952. He was nominated for the Vice Presidency at
the Republican National Convention on July 11, 1952 and elected
November 4, 1952. He was renominated on August 22, 1956 and re-
elected November 6, 1956.
He married Thelma Catherine Patricia Ryan, a high school
commercial subjects teacher, on June 21, 1940. They have two
daughters, Patricia, born February 21, 1946, and Julie, born July 5,
1948. Mrs. Nixon was born March 16, 1912.
Richard M. Nixon is a Quaker. The Nixon family belongs
to the East Whittier Friends Church in California. While in
Washington, they attend primarily the Westmoreland Congregational
Church.
Biographical material
RICHARD M. NIXON
Richard M. Nixon, of Whittier, California, was elected 36th
Vice President of the United States on November 4, 1952, and reelected
November 6, 1956.
He was born in Yorba Linda, California, January 9, 1913, the
second son of Hannah and Frank Nixon's five sons. He learned from his
Quaker parents the principles of hard work and a devout and gentle
faith which have been responsible for his long service to his country.
His mother comes from a long line of Irish Quakers who emigrated to
the Pennsylvania colony from Dublin before the Revolutionary War. His
paternal great-grandfather, an enlisted Ohio volunteer in the Civil
War, is buried at Gettysburg.
Richard grew up in the Quaker community of Whittier, where
his parents operated the kind of modest enterprise which is a landmark
in hundreds of American communities -- a combination of a grocery store,
filling station, with living accommodations in the rear. Life was not
easy for his parents, but by industry and the well-known Quaker thrift
they managed to provide a comfortable though far from lavish home.
Personal tragedy became an early experience when a younger brother
died of meningitis at the age of seven, and his older brother died of
tuberculosis at eighteen after five years of illness.
Richard completed elementary and secondary schools in
Whittier and finished second in his class at Whittier College in 1934.
He was awarded a scholarship to Duke University Law School where he re-
ceived his LLB in 1937 with honors.
After being admitted to the California Bar, Richard joined a
firm in Whittier for the general practice of law. Within a year, the
firm's name became Bewley, Knoop, and Nixon. The same year Richard
met Patricia Ryan, an attractive Whittier school teacher, when they
were both performing in a little theater production. They were married
on June 21, 1940. They have two children, Tricia, born during his
first campaign in 1946, and Julie, born in 1948.
After practicing law in Whittier for five years, during part
of which time he was Deputy City Attorney, Richard joined the legal
staff of the Office of Price Administration in Washington. After five
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NIXON BIOGRAPHY
months with OPA, he was commissioned in the Navy as a Lieutenant (J.G.)
and was assigned to active duty in August of the same year. He served
in the South Pacific with the Combat Air Transportation, where he
earned two South Pacific battle stars and two commendations. He was
later assigned to Stateside duty at Alameda, California, as officer in
charge of transportation, and finally he served with the Contracts
Termination Section of the Bureau of Aeronautics. He was discharged as
a Lieutenant Commander in January, 1946.
Just prior to his discharge from the Navy, he was approached
by a citizens committee to oppose incumbent Congressman Jerry Voorhis,
a five-term Democrat who had been winning elections without opposition.
A series of debates, largely concerned with war-time economic controls,
created wide interest in the District and Nixon defeated Voorhis by
15,592 votes. Mr. Voorhis afterwards wrote, "Mr. Nixon will be a
Republican Congressman. He will, I imagine, be a conservative one, but
I believe he will be a conscientious one. 11
During the first year in Congress, he spent two months in
Europe as a member of the Herter Committee to study the Marshall Plan.
He also participated in the drafting of the Taft-Hartley Labor Rela-
tions Act. By 1948, his popularity and hard work earned him the nom-
ination of both parties for another term in California's cross-filing
system, which was then in vogue.
Nixon attracted national notice for his work on the House
Un-American Activities Committee in exposing Alger Hiss. Not often
mentioned are the reforms in the procedures of that committee which he
introduced to protect the rights of the individual. At that time he
said, "it is essential also to be extremely careful in this field,
where a man's reputation can be destroyed by accusations of Communist
affiliation, to distinguish between an individual who is a voluntary
participant in the Communist conspiracy and one who innocently may have
had contact with it. 11
His record as a Congressman, and his ability to present his
ideas with clarity and directness, enabled him to defeat Congress-
woman Helen Gahagen Douglas, the 1950 Democratic nominee for the Senate,
by 700,000 votes.
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NIXON BIOGRAPHY
Perhaps the greatest testimony to Nixon's character and abil-
ity was Dwight Eisenhower's selection of him as his running mate in
1952 and again in 1956. During his tenure the Vice Presidency has been
transformed from what a former Vice President and President, John Adams,
described as "the most insignificant office that ever the invention of
man contrived or his imagination conceived" to an office of great re-
sponsibility and public significance.
At the request of President Eisenhower, the Vice President
has undertaken precedent-breaking responsibilities.
In addition to his Constitutional duties as President of the
Senate, Nixon is a statutory member of the National Security Council,
actively participates in Cabinet deliberations, and presides over meet-
ings of both in the absence of the President. With a friendly dignity
which has brought credit to his country, he has visited more than fifty
countries throughout the world as the President's personal representa-
tive, and the experience gained from these travels has enabled him to
recommend and help put into effect significant changes in foreign
policies. He is Chairman of the President's Committee on Government
Contracts, which seeks to eliminate racial and religious discrimina-
tion in the employment policies of firms having contracts with the
Federal Government. He is also Chairman of the Cabinet Committee on
Price Stability for Economic Growth.
As a spokesman for the Administration, Vice President Nixon
has few peers. His understanding of Communism, based on experience,
has made his voice among the most effective in stating the alternative
to Communism which America offers the world.
The Vice President of the United States is a man of firm
judgment with a quick and questioning mind, and a warm sense of humor,
whose career has been marked by a tremendous capacity for work, great
personal courage, and devotion to the principles on which this Nation
was founded.
"We must revive to the fullest our pioneer spirit of adven-
ture and growth -- the vision that developed a continent -- we must
make known throughout the world the exciting fact that the American
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Revolution which captured the imagination of the world 180 years ago
did not end at Yorktown but that it is a living, vital idea today; that
it is the idea which we believe can most surely satisfy the aspirations
of people for economic progress, individual freedom and national inde-
pendence. 11
(From an address by the Vice-President
before the 50th Anniversary Conference
of the Harvard Business School Association, September 6, 1958." )
RICHARD NIXON'S PUBLIC RECORD ON
CIVIL RIGHTS MEASURES
House of Representatives
1947 - POLL TAX
Voted FOR a bill to prohibit the payment of a poll tax as a
qualification for voting in Federal elections. Voted AGAINST
a motion to prevent voting on the anti-poll tax bill.
1949 - POLL TAX
Voted FOR a bill to make unlawful the requirements that a poll
tax be paid as a condition for voting in a primary or other
election for national officers.
Voted three times AGAINST Southern Democratic sponsored motions
to adjourn discussion of the anti-poll tax bill -- motions
which, if passed, would have killed the measure.
Voted FOR three motions to close debate on the bill and to
approve it as read into the Journal.
Voted AGAINST a motion to recommit the bill for further study.
SEGREGATION IN THE COAST GUARD
Voted FOR a measure to prohibit segregation or discrimination
because of race, color or creed in the Coast Guard Women's
Reserve.
1950 - FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES ACT
Voted FOR the passage of the bill calling for the establishment
of the Fair Employment Practices Commission to investigate
charges of discrimination in employment situations and then to
make appropriate recommendations.
Votes four times AGAINST Southern Democrats motions to delay
consideration of the bill.
Voted FOR two motions to consider the bill immediately.
SENATE
There were no civil rights measures before the Senate during
Nixon's Term. (1950-1952)
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AS VICE PRESIDENT - PRESIDING OVER THE SENATE
1957 - CIVIL RIGHTS ACT
In order to speed consideration of the Civil Rights Bill after
months of delay by opponents in the House, Senators Knowland
and Douglas devised a plan to by-pass the Senate Judiciary Com-
mittee. Under their plan, the House-passed bill was placed
immediately on the Senate calendar where it could be called up
for Senate consideration at any time on a simple majority vote.
On June 20th, 1957, Knowland objected to referring the Civil
Rights Bill to committee, and Senator Russell (Dem. Georgia)
took issue with this objection. After considerable debate,
Vice President Nixon stated that in his opinion Senator
Russell's point was "not well taken, and that Rule XXV, on
which Russell relied, did "not require mandatory referral of
all bills to committee. "
The Vice President put the question to a vote, and after eight
days of debate the Senate agreed to Knowland's motion that it
begin immediate consideration of the Civil Rights Bill.
As a result of Nixon's action, a further period of obstructive
delays was avoided, and the way was cleared for passage of the
Civil Rights Act of 1957.
JURY-TRIAL AMENDMENT TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957
Nixon publicly opposed this Amendment guaranteeing jury trials
in all cases of criminal contempt, and after its adoption by
the Senate he states:
"This was one of the saddest days in the history of the Senate
because this was a vote against the right to vote. 11
August 2, 1957
Note: Senators Johnson and Kennedy voted for this amendment.
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1960 - CIVIL RIGHTS ACT
Nixon publicly and repeatedly supported the Administration's
proposals most of which were incorporated into the Civil Rights
Act of 1960. Nixon stated on February 15, 1960:
"I believe the recommendations . the President has made in his
civil rights message will provide the kind of stimulus and
leadership that is needed to bring adherence to the (Supreme
Court) decision. "
HENRY CABOT LODGE SPEAKS TO A GROUP OF NATIONAL JEWISH
LEADERS AT A TESTIMONIAL DINNER GIVEN HIM ON LABOR DAY
in New York City
REMARKS ON PALESTINE
by
HENRY CABOT LODGE
It is most gracious and generous of Attorney General Lefko-
witz to give this breakfast for me.
I am particularly happy to be here because it gives me an
opportunity to meet some of the leaders in this great city which has
been my home for the past eight years -- and for two years before that
as a much younger man.
In the years that I have been here in New York at the United
Nations, I have often seen men come together in agreements which ad-
vanced the cause of peace. As a result, the United Nations has grown
in size and influence, and the various national interests and policies
represented in the UN have achieved a higher purpose.
For us in the United States, this example of fruitful coopera-
tion in the United Nations is hardly surprising. Our own national ex-
perience has taught us that the free interplay of interests, talent and
traditions will, with good will and common purposes, yield rich results.
Saul Bellow observed in one of his fine novels that "for
creatures nothing ever runs unmixed.' This, it seems to me, is a good
thing. This country would be the poorer -- and so would the world --
without the mixture of cultures, religions and races which enlarge the
human intellect and enrich the human experience.
Art and science in America would be quite different and in-
ferior things without the contributions of Americans of the Jewish
faith. And the injunctions of that faith -- "to do justly, love mercy
and walk humbly with thy God, and to love thy neighbor as thyself --
are in the mainstream of American political and social thought. They
are mirrored in the basic documents of the Republic; in the Constitu-
tion, which enjoins the people to establish justice, and in the Declara-
tion of Independence, which affirms that all men are created equal and
are entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
In harmony with these values is the interest which we all
share regarding Israel. My own interest goes back to early youth. It
is no last minute conversion on my part. As a very young man indeed, I
remember my grandfather sponsoring in the United States Senate the so-
called Lodge Resolution which put the United States on record as favor-
ing the establishment of a national homeland for the Jewish people in
Palestine. That event is now almost forty years in the past. But it
was an influence throughout my life, and throughout my service as a
Senator. When I became representative of the United States to the
United Nations, I was never forgetful of it. And when I left the United
Nations last week it seemed a very good omen to me that the last United
Nations function which I attended was a luncheon in my honor given by
the distinguished representative of Israel to the UN, Ambassador Comay.
There are so many developments in Israel which must arouse
admiration wherever courage, intelligence and democracy are prized.
For the settlers in Israel in a very short time have built up an under-
developed country by intensive efforts and great sacrifice -- and today
Israel is herself extending help to underdeveloped countries, bringing
these countries some of her own knowledge.
Americans can be proud of the support they have given Israel
since the beginning.
There is no doubt that Israel is here to stay.
I say with emphasis that there should be free navigation of
the Suez Canal.
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For eight years I have been in close touch with the Pales-
tine question. There was a period, indeed, when hardly a month went
by when it did not occur in some form in the United Nations and I
think I have dealt with the representatives of all the governments who
are involved in it. Happily in the last two or three years these OC-
currences have been much more infrequent, though there is still much
that is wrong.
One does not have to be an expert to know how stubborn the
problems are, how great are the difficulties, and how much is at stake.
Anyone who thinks the situation is simple and that it can be dealt with
by slogans and catch-phrases is deluding himself. Clearly a person
wishing to make a pessimistic appraisal of the situation would find it
easy to do SO.
Yet, I think it is possible to find constructive elements and
it may surprise you to hear that I believe that such constructive as-
pects can be found in what happened in the United Nations after the
Suez incident. You may remember that in December, 1956, and January,
1957, the General Assembly was considering the question of the with-
drawal of troops.
The brilliant and gifted Israeli representative, Ambassador
Abba Eban, felt strongly that the Palestine area should not simply re-
vert to the dangerous and inflamed condition which had preceded the
Suez incident. I enthusiastically agreed. President Eisenhower
approved an effort to get at the basic causes of the trouble and not
simply go back to the period of disorder and violence which had ex-
isted before the Suez incident and which had caused such general and
understandable exasperation and despair.
One result of this attempt to get at basic causes was the
creation of the United Nations Emergency Force. But this was not
enough. Having created the force, it then became necessary to author-
ize its being stationed in the Gaza Strip and at the entrance to the
Gulf of Aqaba. This, in turn, could not have been done if objection
had come from the Government of Egypt, since no United Nations Force
can go anywhere against the will of the government of the country con-
cerned.
The stationing of the United Nations Emergency Force in this
key area was accomplished by the United Nations resolution which was
enacted on February 2, 1957. This resolution required a two-thirds
vote. Neither the American Hemisphere countries, nor the NATO coun-
tries, nor the Afro-Asian countries, nor the Soviet countries are
numerous enough by themselves to get a two-thirds vote. If a two-
thirds vote is to be obtained in the General Assembly, it is indis-
pensable to get the support of nations who are not committed to any
regional groupings. It is absolutely vital that there be no objection
from the nation most concerned.
The proposal to authorize the stationing of the United
Nations Emergency Force in the Gaza Strip and at the entrance to the
Gulf of Aqaba was enacted -- and with widespread support.
It would have been much easier in the General Assembly to
have organized what is called "a blocking third" than it was to get a
two-thirds vote. If members had been strongly opposed to this resolu-
tion, it would have been defeated without much difficulty. But a two-
thirds vote was accorded it and the United Nations Emergency Force
entered Gaza and entered the entrance to the Gulf of Aqaba, where it
has been for more than three years -- and where its presence has con-
verted an area which had been violent and dangerous and disorderly
into an area which is peaceful and quiet.
There is no doubt at all that this is to the best interest
of all the people who live in that part of the world and the existence
of this state of affairs reflects credit on all the governments con-
cerned. Incidentally, it reflects discredit on the Soviet Union which
has never been willing to contribute one nickel to the support of the
Force.
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Having this experience in mind, I have come to this personal
conclusion -- a conclusion which I know Vice President Nixon favors:
That the time has come to try to bring about an overall settlement of
the Palestine question in all its aspects. I refer to the status of
the Arab refugees, the development of the waters of the Jordan, and
other relationships between Israel and its neighbors. The effort to
reach such a settlement with justice and fairness to all should be
undertaken at a high level. There will, of course, have to be con-
sideration by each side of the problems of the other side. The United
States should be willing to contribute generously toward bringing such
a settlement about. It will not be easy; and no miracles should be
expected. But a thorough going attempt should be made.
It is a commonplace saying that in the world today there are
three particularly dangerous areas: (1) the Straits of Formosa;
(2) Berlin, which is so constantly threatened by the Soviet Union; and
(3) the Middle Eastern area in which the Palestine question predomin-
ates.
It would certainly be a great step forward for the people who
live in that area if they no longer had the unenviable distinction of
living in one of the world's greatest danger spots. Moreover, the
world is so small today that all of us are involved in what happens
there. The question can truly be called a world question. I believe
that the wisdom and the statesmanship exist in that part of the world
to move ahead. I can imagine nothing more worthy of our best efforts.
In the years that I have worked in the United Nations with
the representatives of Israel -- first with my brilliant friend, Abba
Eban, and more lately with his able successor, Ambassador Comay -- I
have never failed to have the feeling that essentially we were working
together, that we both wanted peace and that we were actually moving
towards the same goals. This is because, essentially, both countries
are animated by humane and generous ideals. Things such as these make
one optimistic about the future.
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The words of John Foster Dulles
express so well my own attitude
The preservation of Israel
is
one of the essential goals of
U.S. foreign policy.
ISRAEL
and the
MIDDLE
EAST
A Message From
Vice President RICHARD NIXON
To The Annual Convention Of The
Zionist Organization of America
August 27, 1960
New York City
I believe it is most fortunate that both candidates for the Presi-
dency agree that the United States is committed to the preservation of the
independence of Israel, the prevention of armed aggression in the Near
East and the use of our best offices to bring about a stable peace between
Israel and the Arab states. Our whole policy has demonstrated this bi-
partisan effort.
It was indeed most eloquently and clearly expressed by President
Eisenhower in April, 1956, when he said:
"The United States, in accordance with its responsi-
bilities under the charter of the United Nations, will
observe its commitments within constitutional means
to oppose any aggression in the area.
"The United States is likewise determined to support
and assist any nation which might be subjected to such
aggression. The United States is confident that other
nations will act similarly in the cause of peace. "
I am confident that no matter who occupies the White House dur-
ing the coming administration this firm national policy will remain
unchanged.
But we must recognize that there are those who hope to profit by
fanning enmities in the Near East. For example, stability in the area
which is a necessary precondition to a just settlement of the tragic Arab-
Israel conflict has been seriously prejudiced by the irresponsibility of
Soviet sales of arms and by the Kremlin's continued meddling in the in-
ternal affairs of Arab countries for its own Communist purposes.
The Soviets have moreover refused to contribute any support what-
ever to the United Nations Emergency Force which has been the major
stabilizing influence in the Middle East.
In addition to our own efforts, the role of the United Nations must
be emphasized. It should continue to receive the greatest support we can
provide. We have had an encouraging demonstration of what it can do in
the way Ambassador Lodge successfully brought about a formula to settle
the sharp difficulties between Israel and the Argentine over the
Adolf Eichmann case.
As long as the Arab boycott and blockade continue notwithstanding
our strong disapproval and repeated protests, as long as Americans are
barred from certain countries because of their religious faith, as long as
Arab refugees are confined to camps and their unhappiness continues--as
long as these conditions exist the Middle East will be a source of world
tension and a continuing threat to international peace.
These are the policies I believe we should follow to meet these
problems:
1.
Strong and unceasing efforts to establish freedom of
passage through the Suez Canal and to put an end to
discriminatory practices through the area.
2. Encouraging and supporting measures making it
possible for the Arab states to develop their ma-
terial resources, raise living standards and
thereby increase opportunities for growth and for
the resettlement of Arab refugees where their
labor and skills can be employed to full advantage.
3. Continued and increased support of the courageous
and successful efforts of the people of Israel to
make the desert bloom and to turn their country
into a new land of promise. Israel has dramatically
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demonstrated to the world the effectiveness of free
institutions and the democratic way by these efforts
and by the technical aid it has extended to the newly
independent and underdeveloped nations in Africa and
Asia.
4. Above all, continued and tireless search for practical
means to achieve a solid and lasting peace in the
Middle East.
This means the avoidance of glib promises, the futility of which
have been proven many times over, and concentration on persistent
negotiations through every diplomatic channel available to us.
The time has come when we should try to bring about an over-all
settlement of the Palestine question in all its aspects. I refer to the status
of the Arab refugees, the development of the waters of the Jordan, and
other relationships between Israel and its neighbors.
Finding a settlement of these problems with justice and fairness
to all is important, not only to Israel and its neighbors, but to the peace
and security of the United States and the world.
For that reason, I intend if elected President to give this problem
the highest priority by assigning primary responsibility for directing
negotiations in this field to a man who has so magnificently demonstrated
at the United Nations that he is one of the most skilled diplomats of our
times--my running mate, Henry Cabot Lodge.
There will, of course, have to be consideration by each side of
the problems of the other side. The United States should be willing to
contribute generously toward bringing about such a settlement. It will not
be easy, and I promise no miracles but it is so imperative to the nation's
interest that a solution be found that we must devote our best efforts to
that end.
As I conclude this message, I am reminded of the words of the
late John Foster Dulles, which express so well my own attitude toward
U.S. -Israel relations. Those words are:
"The preservation of the State of Israel is what I
regard as one of the essential goals of United States
foreign policy. "
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A Letter To
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON
June 7, 1960
Mr. Label A. Katz,
President
Mr. Label A. Katz
President
of B'nai B'rith
B'nai B'rith
1640 Rhode Island Avenue, N.W.
Washington 6, D.C.
Dear Mr. Katz:
1 pleasantly very and <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< the constructively versation. with your candid the
much 1 and had it recently was very to
visit thoughtful letter so setting of you forth to your position in respect to
matters we discussed.
conviction As 1 that indicated any discriminatory in inconsistent our conversation, practices with the 1 share on fundamental the fully grounds your in principles essence of firm race
or upon religion greatness which are our of nation entirely America. was founded, When memorial 1 visited and which marking Poland represent last the remains year, 1 recog- had of
occasion the to lay a wreath More at than the ever, on that ends occasion, in the destruc-
the nized Warsaw that racial Ghetto. or religious which discrimination our civilization must live until if peaceful it is to
tion values by be satisfied
endure. and of workable human For this reason, have 1 shall been never found and citizens, adopted that and to goal. eliminate 1 shall con-
every tinue to trace devote of my toward
will agree with me even that the more problems difficult encountered and com- Our
Mr. Label A. Katz
June 7. 1960
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in plex combatting when I think they Dhahran you discrimination present Airfield themselves is become a good in through case an international in point. an executive Clearly context. agree- the We
use operational ment of are the vital privileges from the we standpoint have there of our national security.
the the United problems States of Government peace, recognized security has
been and that As independence and internit 1 know in the the of Israel, United East. suitable States. and We the have occasion, Arab believe countries toward that both
Mr. Label A. Katz
of our within a mutually the Government the area and outside acceptable must the United solution of each Nations, other's to of use the every welcome on
June 7, 1960
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amity
and recognition want to tell you how much personally enjoyed matters the for the of mutual de-
have to recognize, however, that there is a serious drawback in the
arrangements, arising from the fact that American servicemen
opportunity interest voted making efforts Again to and eliminate I concern, I had which to talk discriminatory and over to the express with members you practices my against any are of
assigned to the base must have valid Saudi Arabian visas. As a
result, while nothing in the agreement excludes American service-
men of Jewish faith, in fact the Saudi Arabian government has done
so indirectly, in exercising its sovereign right to control internal
Americans.
matters, by refusing to issue them visas. This is admittedly an
With kind regards,
unsatisfactory state of affairs -- one which we cannot merely accept
Sincerely,
as unavoidable, and one which we shall continue, with diligence and
patience, to try to correct.
It is the policy of our Government to protest discriminatory
Richard
acts in international trade which militate against American citizens
and American shipping. Our Government's concern and good inten-
tions in this area are demonstrated in the matter of the "Haifa Clause"
which, until recently, the Navy included in its shipping contracts.
The use of this clause, which was designed to assure the efficient
operation of the fleet, was discontinued in February, 1960, lest it be
misconstrued as acquiescence in the Arab boycott.
Similarly, in the matter of transporting PL480 cargoes, we
note with approval that no agency of our Government is a party to
such discriminatory contracts.
Consistent with the policy that the United States Government
neither recognizes nor condones the Arab boycott, we must, by every
available and effective instrument, continue to pursue every means to
restore and protect completely private American interests in inter-
national commerce.
With regard to the matter of the Suez Canal, the United States
Government has unequivocally affirmed its support of the principle
that there should be freedom of transit through the Canal for all nations,
including Israel. This policy has been enunciated publicly and repeatedly.
I believe that we must continue to press for the effective implementation
of the principle of freedom of the seas and free access to international
waterways, and the protection of the interests of American seamen and
shipping now being discriminated against by the Arab boycott and black-
listing policy.
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996ONUIM356
ISSUED BY VOLUNTEERS FOR
NIXON-LODGE
PETER M. FLANIGAN, DIRECTOR
RABBI EUGENE G. GOTTESMAN
P.O. BOX 7398
WASHINGTON 4, D. C.
RA. 3-2089
CENTER
JEWISH EDUCATIONAL CENTER
JACK O. DAVIS
President
MRS. JULES BELLEN
482 NORTH GARFIELD AVENUE
Executive Secretary
MONTEBELLO, CALIF.
SISTERHOOD
PARKVIEW 1-7064
RAYMOND 3-2978
MRS. PAUL MAHLER
President
September 9,1956
MRS. MORRIS KAUFMAN
Corresponding Secretary
MEN'S CLUB
The Hon. Richard M. Nixon
WILLIAM SPITZER
Vice-President U.S.A.
President
Washington, D.C.
JESS BLAKE
Secretary
Dear Mr. Vice-President:
MR. AND MRS. CLUB
SOL RUBENSTEIN
I write this letter to you in the interests of our traditional
President
American fair-play And the contents of this letter may be used
MRS. HAROLD FINKELSTEIN
Corresponding Secretary
by you or your staff in any way you may desire, should you have need
or occasion for it.
I was shocked and appaled to see in a local (L.A.) sheet the words
"NIXON'S ANTI-SEMITIC RECORD" and referring to the Vice-President
of the United States as "Anti-Jewish", no doubt for political
purposes. Well, sir, I believe that I am in the best position of all
to tell the American people the utter and complete UNTRUTH of that
vicious smear upon you and your high office in our beloved land.
I,myself, am of little importance -but, my position is of importance.
You see, I am the Jewish religious leader of your own home community
here in, Montebello, Moterey Park, Whittier, Pico and the surrounding
small communities. Also, of equal importance is the fact that I am
a registered DEMOCRAT, and I shall vote the Democratic ticket in
November. But, Democrat or Republican, I can't just sit by and not
raise my voice in protest against the "smear" of Dick Nixon, in my
opinion a great American regardless of Party or Politics. In other
words, if a citizen wants to vote Democrat he should do so because
of his own convictions NOT because the Vice-Presidential Nominee
is declared an Anti-Semite.
When you campaigned for the House you spoke in our Synagogue; when
you campaigned for the Senate I heard you speak; in 1952 I listened
several times as you campaigned; I know your family, I saw your
brother Don at his new place the night of the unofficial opening,
I have met your lovely wife some years back -- and anyone who has
the affrontery to accuse you or your family in the above mentioned
manner is simply LYING through his teeth, and as the Rabbi of your
own community am here to aquaint my fellow Jews and fellow Americans
of that fact.
Finally, I pray, that come November 1956, may the BETTER team win and
not unfairly "smeared" team lose.
God's blessings be with you and your loved ones, and deepest sympathy
for your great personal loss of your beloved Dad. Sincerely,
Affiliated With
Rabli Engure Sattemay
Jewish Centers Association
Bureau of Jewish Education of the
Extension Program
Los Angeles Jewish Community Council
RABBI EUGENE G. GOTTESMAN
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Report of a Survey made by the American Jewish Committee
August 1960
RICHARD M. NIXON
Rumors are again beginning to circulate about the Republican Presidential
candidate to the effect that:
1. He lived in a house in Spring valley section of Washington, which had
restrictive covenants against its use and occupancy by Negroes and
other racial and ethnic groups.
2. That Nixon is Anti-Semitic.
As to the first charge, it is quite possible that the house was affected by
such restrictive covenants, but the rumors omit the following important factors:
(a) It has neither been proven nor alleged that Nixon laid the restrictive
covenants on the premises himself; other houses have similar restric-
tive covenants, imposed from years back.
(b) Leaders of both parties, of all shades of social and political view-
points, live in houses affected by similar restrictions;
(c) The Warm Springs residence of the Roosevelts was similarly affected;
(d) In any event, these restrictive covenants were declared "unenforceable"
by the United States Supreme Court in 1950.
(e) Since 1953, Mr. Nixon has served as Chairman of the President's
Committee on Government Contracts.
As to the charges of Nixon's anti-Semitism, these are aimed (in the opinion
of the writer) at those who confuse their liberalism with their religious or
ethnic beliefs and concepts. No attempt will here be made to assess Nixon's
attitudes or former campaign tactics on any other basis than whether or not
they indicate anti-Jewish bias.
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(a) In 1947, Nixon was an active member of the House Un-American Activities
Committee, and participated in the investigation of Hollywood for
Communist influences. As part of the proceedings, Adolph Menjou was
among the witnesses invited to express their opinions. The ultra-
conservative Mr. Menjou does not have the reputation of being over-
friendly to Jews. However, it is also true that the opinions of
liberal witnesses were invited.
(b) In 1950 Nixon ran against Helen Gahagan Douglas in the California
Senatorial contest, in the course of which he made an issue of "the
international communist conspiracy", and, among other things, charged
that Mrs. Douglas, his opponent, had "sided with the left-wing clique
in Congress", and that she had voted several hundred times on issues
with Congressman Marcantonio. Other issues litigated were exceedingly
"hot" at the time, most of them revolving around the need for internal
security. Mrs. Douglas' husband, Melvin, is Jewish, which circumstance
appeared to be some silent factor. Having said all of this, there is
no fact (as against rumor) that Nixon himself uttered or did anything
which could be construed as anti-Semitic.
(c) In 1950, notorious hatemonger, Gerald L. K. Smith, gratuitously endorsed
Nixon. Nixon promptly repudiated this, stating, 'I want to make it clear
that I do not want that support and I repudiate it. Any individual or
organization which promotes dissention between racial or religious
elements of our population has my unqualified disapproval."
(d) Shortly prior to his 1950 campaign, Nixon supported Joseph Holt for the
nomination for California's 22nd District Congressional seat against
Jack B. Tenney. Tenney, one-time State Senator, had become openly
associated with Gerald L. K. Smith. It was not necessary for Nixon to
insert himself into this campaign against Tenney, who was defeated.
(e) The Community Relations Committee of the Los Angeles Jewish Communal
Council, under signature of its then Chairman, Judge Isaac Pacht, issued
the following statement on August 12, 1952 which reads, in part,
In the case of Senator Nixon, it is incumbent upon us, as
citizens of California, to speak with candor and frankness.
Against Senator Nixon, the insinuations of anti-Semitism
against him have been particularly vicious
Whatever our
political differences, however, upon this one fact we have no
difference. We resent and deplore this accusation. Democrats
and Republicans alike, we want it placed squarely on public
record that any charges of anti-Semitism against Senator Nixon
are totally and utterly unfounded. We make this statement only
after the most assiduous inquiry
We have thus far found no probative evidence that Nixon is either racist or
anti-Semitic in attitude, while, on the other hand, we find factors militating
against such suppositions.
EISENHOWER-NIXON RECORD
CIVIL RIGHTS
Summary of Administration record in field of civil rights should
be contrasted to sorry performance of Democrats, particularly during
August session when they failed to agree to two admittedly mild
measures sought by President: (1. Granting statutory authority to
Presidential Committee on Government Contracts; 2. Financial tech-
nical aid to school districts which desegregate) which had been de-
leted from 1960 Civil Rights Act. On party line vote, Kennedy voted
with other Democrats to defeat these two proposals.
GOP Summary:
1. First Civil Rights Act in over eighty years enacted in
1957 establishing a Civil Rights Commission, Civil Rights Division in
the Department of Justice, and providing a more effective guarantee
of the right to vote.
2. Civil Rights Act of 1960 passed, reenforcing guarantees
of 1957 Act protecting constitutional rights.
3. Made "hate" bombings and bomb scares a federal crime;
4. Provided free public schooling for armed forces children
when local schools closed due to segregation;
5. Created President's Committee on Government Contracts
headed by Vice President Nixon to obtain compliance of federal con-
tractors to Administration policy of free job opportunity;
6. The last trace of discrimination in the Armed Forces has
been removed.
7. Segregation has been ended in all schools on military
installations in the United States, in ranks of civilian employees
at naval bases.
SPEAKERS KIT
EXCERPTS FROM JOHN P. MILLAN'S ARTICLE
"MASSACHUSETTS, LIBERAL AND CORRUPT"
From the "NEW REPUBLIC" Oct. 13, 1952
On November 10, 1950, a young Massachusetts Congressman told
an informal gathering of Harvard University students and professors --
of which this writer was a member -- that (a) he could see no reason
why we were fighting in Korea; (b) he thought that sooner or later we
would "have to get all these foreigners off our backs" in Europe;
(c) he supported the McCarran Act and felt that not enough had been
done about Communists in government; (d) that he rather respected Joe
McCarthy and thought he "knew Joe pretty well, and he may have some-
thing"; (e) that he had no great regard for Dean Acheson or indeed
almost any member of the Fair Deal Administration; (f) that he personally
was very happy that Helen Gahagan Douglas had been defeated in Calif-
ornia by Richard M. Nixon.
The anguish of the Harvard group may be measured by the fact that prac-
tically all of them classified themselves as "realistic" New Deal
Democrats and that it was apparent even in 1950 that John F. Kennedy
would be a likely candidate for the United States Senate in 1952
His liking for McCarthy seemed to be on a personal basis, as was his
feeling that Mrs. Douglas was "not the sort of person I like working
with on committees."
In the fall of 1951, Mr. Kennedy made another appearance at Harvard,
and the matter of his views was further clarified. He informed a
fairly large group of faculty and graduate students, whom he did not
swear to secrecy, that he planned definitely to be a candidate for the
Senate in 1952. He went on to plot the probable nature of his campaign
against Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., and promulgated what might be
called the theory of "visual contrast".
"Lodge," said Kennedy, "is young, as I am. He is a veteran of World
War II, as I am. (He might have added that both men were decorated
for bravery.) I cannot disagree with him on foreign policy. There
is no way, in short, that I can create a 'visual contrast' between
myself as a young reformer bringing change and Lodge as a crusty rep-
resentative of the Old Guard. One thing remains: I must attack Lodge
on domestic issues. I must attack his record on housing, on price
control, on Labor, on the Saint Lawrence seaway and economic aid for
New England. I must, in brief" --- Kennedy might have added --- "become
a New Dealer. 11
These two episodes illustrate the irony of Massachusetts politics.
Again and again, Democratic leaders whose personal beliefs seem to
indicate a deep-dyed conservatism become "liberals" when forced to
deal with politics on the national scene. The regular Democrats fall
easily into the New Deal position when it is necessary to do so. One
Democratic National Committeeman from New England put it this way,
"I can't stand this New Deal Socialism --- except at election time."
Dear Mr.
:
Thank you for your letter of
#
The interest
which prompted you to write is greatly appreciated, particularly since it
affords an opportunity to set the record straight.
Henry Cabot Lodge is not, and has never been, either anti-Jewish
or anti-Israel. This unequivocal answer is clearly available from public
records which show that he is not and, that he has, in fact, been widely
acclaimed by Zionist leaders in this country.
The incorrect and unfounded charge to which you refer can only be
based on misinterpretation of Mr. Lodge's role in the United Nations. The
position of United States Ambassador to the United Nations gave Mr. Lodge the
continuing responsibility to present the official United States government
position coming before that body, receiving instructions through the State
Department.
The charge was apparently first publicized by Drew Pearson who has
been a strong supporter of the Democratic party in the current electoral
campaign. His "Washington Merry-Go-Round" column of September 1, 1960, said:
"there is nobody in American diplomacy who is considered by Zionists more
anti-Israel than the same Henry Cabot Lodge
.Jewish leaders were indignant
that Nixon should consider them so gullible.
On the very same day that this totally unfounded charge appeared,
Henry Cabot Lodge was feted at a luncheon at the United Nations to honor his
seven and a half years of distinguished service as Chief of the U.S. Mission
to the United Nations. The luncheon was given by Ambassador Comay, the
Permanent Representative of Israel to the U.N.
Mr. Lodge's support of the Jewish people, here and abroad, and of
the concept of Israel itself cannot be questioned.
Support of Israel has long been a Lodge family tradition. Twenty-
seven years ago, it was Henry Cabot Lodge's grandfather and namesake. Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge, who on May 3, 1922, sponsored the Lodge Resolution which
expressed the support of the United States for the setting up of a Jewish
National Homeland, and which became the foundation of that American policy.
When the Zionist Organization of America opened its four-day
national convention on July 1, 1947, in New York, it released statements by
a group of four Senators urging prompt action on the Palestine issue by the
United Nations. One of these Senators was Henry Cabot Lodge, who, in his
statement, expressed sympathy with Zionist objectives of establishing a Jewish
National Home. Parenthetically, you might be pleased to note that three out
of the four Senators were Republicans: Irving M. Ives (New York), Robert A.
Taft (Ohio), and Henry Cabot Lodge (Massachusetts).
On June 8, 1948, Senators Lodge and Saltonstall introduced into
the Congressional Record a petition urging the lifting of the embargo on the
shipments of arms to Palestine.
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You will remember that Senator Lodge was Chairman of the Platform
Committee at the 1948 Republican National Convention. That platform, prepared
under his direct guidance and adopted June 23, 1948, in Philadelphia, Penn-
sylvania, welcomed Israel into the family of nations and stated:
"We welcome Israel into the family of nations and
take pride in the fact that the Republican Party was the
first to call for the establishment of a free and independ-
ent Jewish Commonwealth
Subject to the letter and spirit
of the United Nations Charter, we pledge to Israel full
recognition, with its boundaries as sanctioned by the
United Nations and aid in developing its economy.
Mr. Lodge's demonstrated record in the field of human rights was
early marked by his opposition to Nazi atrocities. On July 24, 1942, Lodge
was a principle speaker at a demonstration against Nazi atrocities held at
Madison Square Garden, New York City, under the sponsorship of the American
Jewish Congress, B'nai B'rith, and the Jewish Labor Committee.
When, in 1948, the life-imprisonment sentence given Ilse Koch, so-
called "Queen of Buchenwald", was reduced to a term of four years, Henry Cabot
Lodge protested, in a letter to Kenneth C. Royall, Secretary of the Army, on
September 22, against the reduction of her sentence "in the light of the
atrocious and revolting crimes for which she was convicted.' Considering
Secretary Royall's reply, in a letter of September 24, 1948, unsatisfactory,
Henry Cabot Lodge again protested in a letter dated September 30, 1948, asking:
"I would very much like to know how you can justify the action of the review-
ing authority in reducing this woman's sentence This is a matter which shocks
and horrifies many people, including myself, and it is utterly indispenable
that justic be done."
(Correspondence was released for morning papers of
Monday, October 4, 1948)
Senator Lodge was one of the platform speakers on the occasion of
the First Anniversary Celebration of the Declaration of the State of Israel,
held in Carnegie Hall, New York City, on May 4, 1949. In introducing the
Senator, Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver stated:
"A generation ago, dear friends, a name was written
large into the annals of the Zionist Movement, that name
was that of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. It was under his
leadership, and by his political guidance and sagacity,
that the first resolution favoring the establishment of the
Jewish National Home in Palestine, was adopted by the
Congress of the United States, in 1922.
"We are privileged tonight to have the grandson of
that Senator here
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., was
a man to whom we turned from time to time when we needed
guidance, political help in Government. His name is now
being written large in the annals of the American Zionist
Movement, along side of his distinguished grandfather.
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In his speech, Henry Cabot Lodge concluded with the following reference:
"What has happened in Israel is not only good for
the Jews and good for the people of the Near East and
good for the United States, it is in all truth good for
the whole human race, because in rising from the depths
of despair and suffering in which they were flung, to
these heights of unbelievable and constructive achieve-
ments, the Jews have demonstrated a degree of tough and un-
beatable courage which is surely one of the traits which
gives man his spirtual dignity and proves the value of
human personality.
"And so I say that all people, wherever they may be
who believe in the exalted nature of the human spirit
will joyously celebrate this first anniversary of the
Republic of Israel, and will hail the Jewish achievement
as an inspiration and as an example to all of faltering
humanity.
Henry Cabot Lodge co-sponsored in 1950, a resolution adopted by the
U.S. Senate sending greetings to the State of Israel on its second anniversary
as an Independent State. The Resolution (s. Res. 266) read:
"Whereas the establishment of Israel as an independ-
ent state on May 14, 1948, represented a triumph not only
for the Jewish world but also for all men who believe in
human freedom, justice and dignity; and
Whereas during the 2 years of its existence as a
sovereign nation, Israel has successfully defended its
independence against invading armies; and
Whereas during such period, Israel has admitted
approximately 400,000 homeless and destitute Jews from dis-
placed-persons camps in Germany, Austria, and Italy, from
countries in North Africa and the Middle East, and from
other countries throughout the world; and
Whereas by its achievements during the period of its
existence as an independent state. Israel has demon-
strated that it possesses all the necessary qualifications
of a successful, useful, and permanent member of the family
of nations; and
Whereas the 23d day of April was the second anniver-
sary, according to the Hebrew calendar, of the establishment
of Israel as an independent state: Therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the greetings of the Senate of the United States
are hereby cordially extended to the State of Israel upon
the occasion of the second anniversary of its establishment
as an independent nation; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Senate is directed to trans-
mit a copy of these resolutions, through the Department of
State, to the President of Israel.'
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Henry Cabot Lodge has been honored on many occasions and been pre-
sented with tokens of esteem by a number of Jewish, Zionist and Israeli
organizations. Thus, there exists in Israel a grove of trees planted on
Jewish National Fund land in honor of Henry Cabot Lodge and his services in
the cause of Israel. In one of the more recent instances, he received a
silver chalice studded with jewels on the occasion of a dinner-concert tender-
ed in his honor by the American Israel Cultural Foundation on January 13,
1958, in New York City.
Starting from his first year as a U.S. Senator in 1937, the record
is replete with continuous efforts on his part to further the cause of a
Jewish National Homeland and to protest religious and racial discrimination.
Among measures introduced into the U.S. Senate by Mr. Lodge were
bills to prohibit discrimination in employment because of race, religion,
color or national origin. It may be noted that he himself put this principle
into practice. Thus, his first Administrative Assistent in the Senate in
1937 was Mr. Maxwell Rabb, who more recently, was Secretary to the Cabinet
of President Eisenhower. Mr. Lodge consistently urged and supported legis-
lation to prevent discrimination in education, in federally-subsidized housing
and hospitals, and in the armed forces.
When Argentina brought the Eichmann case to the Security Council
earlier this year, the matter was at a complete impasse. On the one hand,
Argentina had a strong legal case for its demand that Eichmann be returned by
Israel; while on the other hand, Israel claimed the moral right to try this
war criminal itself. Largely through the efforts of Ambassador Lodge, the
impasse was resolved. As embodied in the Security Council Resolution of June
23, 1960, this formula, by requesting Israel to make "appropriate reparation"
to Argentina, gave satisfaction to the Argentine complaint. In explaining
that U. S. support for this resolution was based upon the interpretation that
the passage of the resolution, and the apologies that had already been made
to the Government of Argentina by the Government of Israel, in fact con-
stituted in themselves "adequate reparation", Ambassador Lodge succeeded in
moderating the Argentine demand to the point where an acceptable solution
was possible to bring him to justice.
Sincerely yours,
(Not printed at Government expense)
Congressional Record
United States
of America
PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE
86th
CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION
The Religious Issue in the Presidential Campaign
SPEECH
regarded by every American as an af-
There being no objection, the editorial
OF
front to his citizenship. It is regrettable
was ordered to be printed in the RECORD,
HON. JACOB K. JAVITS
that there will be such efforts and that
as follows:
bigots of every kind will attempt to
CHARACTER ASSASSINS GETTING EARLY START
OF NEW YORK
spread their poison among the Ameri-
The curtain had no more than run down
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
can people. It should be stated over and
on the Republican National Convention in
Thursday, August 18, 1960
over again, however, that religious
Chicago when there commenced a series of
prejudices must have no place in this
inquiries to this newspaper.
Mr. JAVITS. Mr. President, I wish to
presidential year. Those who through
Example: "Can you tell me." asked the
say a word about the question of religion
ignorance or sheer viciousness repeat
lady's voice, "if it is true that Vice President
in this campaign, which is referred to in
anti-Catholic and anti-Semitic remarks
NIXON stated, in an address, that the Negroes
a very interesting editorial from a news-
ought to be satisfied with their lot in the
and rumors are doing the country a
South; they're treated better in the South
paper in Los Angeles.
great disservice.
than they are in the North?"
The message which must go out to the
The campaign to charge Vice Presi-
Example: "Is it true that RICHARD NIXON
American people very early in this cam-
dent NIXON, which the editorial re-
is an anti-Semite?"
paign is that all four candidates are ab-
flects-if it be a campaign though I
When a Jewish newspaper is flooded with
solutely devoid of any "ism" connected
think it is only a lot of rumors of the
over a hundred such inquiries, it is indica-
with religion and that the people may
most base kind-with anti-Semitism is a
tive that the character assassins are getting
vote their choice with confidence that
an early start.
vicious canard about which there is not
the rights of every American in this con-
About an hour before this piece was writ-
and never has been the slightest shred
ten, a responsible and respected leader in
nection will be respected and guarded by
of truth. It was circulated during the
local Jewish life for about four decades, Mrs.
all four candidates. There is not and
1956 campaign by Communist elements,
Birdie Stodel, telephoned, and stated, in
should not be any religious issue in this
and I regret that this kind of character
substance: "I attended a meeting of women
campaign.
assassination has cropped up again.
last night, at which about 50 women were
present, and one woman stated that she had
The immediate occasion for my speak-
Last year while in Warsaw, the Vice
documented proof that RICHARD NIXON is an
ing is an editorial in the B'nai B'rith
President made a pilgrimage to the me-
anti-Semite. I answered her that 'that is
Messenger of Los Angeles, Calif., a week-
morial set up for the Warsaw Ghetto
ridiculous,' but she was SO persistent that I
ly newspaper serving the Jewish com-
martyrs and there paid tribute to their
thought I'd call you. She made a strong
munity there. The editorial answers
bravery and love of freedom. The Vice
impression on many of the women present.'
We advised Mrs. Stodel that if she wished
scurrilous and vicious rumors about one
President has also long been a friend of
to do her people a service, that she should
of the candidates, the Vice President of
Israel. His most recent statement set-
telephone that lovely lady and tell her that
the United States, while at the same
ting forth his position without equivoca-
she is doing our people a disservice by thus
time taking the occasion to lay at rest
tion is in reply to a letter from Label
slandering Mr. NIXON.
There is no element of anti-Semitism in
any such idea on the subject of religion
Katz, president of B'nai B'rith.
this campaign. Nixon, Kennedy, Lodge, and
generally as it concerns all the candi-
Let it be said finally, very early in the
Johnson are absolutely devoid of that crass
dates.
campaign, before it can become an im-
anti-Jew stuff called anti-Semitism. Vote
This editorial points out that various
portant factor for discussion, that
for your choice with confidence that the
rights of our people will be respected and
people-and it names some of them-
every one of these candidates is an Amer-
guarded.
have questioned whether Vice President
ican of the highest type. I am proud
Yet, with SO much slander against RICHARD
NIXON is anti-Semitic-I have had let-
to be associated with them, whether Re-
NIXON being broadcast, we feel it our solemn
ters to the same effect, Mr. President
publicans or Democrats. I hope we shall
duty to state, unequivocally, that no man in
public life in America is more devoid of anti-
and it is time to lay this whole question
never hear in this country any such base
Semitism than RICHARD NIXON.
at rest, with equal force for every one
or vile assertion as that which is re-
Our advice to you: When you run into
of the candidates, three of whom serve
ported in the editorial.
these character assassins, stop them cold;
in this Chamber.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous con-
tell them that they don't know what they're
talking about; that they are deliberate char-
The effort to inject a religious issue
sent that the editorial be printed in the
acter assassins of a demonstrated friend of
in the presidential campaign should be
RECORD.
our people.
562127-76564
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1960
here's
what
the
democrats
think
about
Kennedy!
Translation of a front page story which appeared on September
27, 1960, in the Day Jewish Journal, New York's Yiddish daily
NIXON SUCCEEDS IN PREVENTING OFFICIAL WASHINGTON RECEPTION FOR
NASSER. Washington, September 26, 1960.
According to reliable governmental sources, it is thanks to the
efforts of Vice President Nixon and of Henry Cabot Lodge that
President Gamal Abdel Nasser of the United Arab Republic will
not be given an official Washington invitation. Mr. Nixon's
efforts have resulted in making this visit a private one rather
than an official one. Nasser will not be received at the White
House nor at the Department of State, despite many weeks of
efforts to the contrary by the Ambassadors from the Arab bloc.
It is understood that during their encounter in New York City
President Eisenhower will attempt to persuade the Egyptian
dictator to cancel the banning of Israeli ships through the Suez
Canal. At the same time President Eisenhower will seek the
opportunity of discussing the settlement of the entire Arab-Israeli
problem.
Last Tuesday, a delegation of the Conference of Leading National
Jewish Organizations, headed by Label Katz, Chairman of the
Conference and president of the B'nai B'rith, spent over thirty
minutes with the President at the White House. When the meeting
was over, Mr Katz declared that the Jewish leaders had requested
President Eisenhower to use his power for the cause of world peace,
and more particularly toward establishing a permanent peace in the
Middle East.
It is further reported that in spite of the efforts of certain
countries to elect Egypt to the Security Council of the United
Nations, the United States is exerting pressure to have Ethiopia
succeed Tunisia in the Security Council. The outcome of these
efforts on the part of the United States depends upon the support
they will receive from Indian Premier Nehru.
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Nixon
The Public Records of
Biography
1394
Nixon
Key Votes
1399
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Stands
1401
and
Nixon Votes As
Vice President
1402
Nixon-Sponsored
Bills
1405
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Biography
1417
Lodge
Stands
1420
Lodge
Their Lives, Voting Records
Key Votes
1422
GOP
Stands on Issues, Platform
Platform
1424
Nixon
Acceptance
Speech
1427
Lodge
Acceptance
Speech
1430
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The
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Richard M. Nixon
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Biography
376
Stands and Votes
383
Politicol Rise
376
Political & Administrative
383
1952 Campaign
377
Foreign Policy
386
"Nixon Fund"
377
Foreign Trade
388
Nixon-Douglas Fight
377
Russia
388
1954, 1956, 1958 Campaigns
378
World Court
390
Murray Chotiner
378
Disarmament
392
Record in Congress
378
Defense
391
The Hiss Case
379
Economic Policy
392
Nixon os Vice President
379
Education
394
Nixon's Trovels
380
Civil Rights
395
Nixon's Other Jobs
380
Labor
396
Nixon Staff
379
Farm Problem
397
Friends and Advisors
378
Key House Votes
381
Nixon's Health
377
Key Senate Votes
382
Nixon-Sponsored Bills
387
Tie-breaking Vice Pres. Votes
384
Voting Scores
392
When He Did Not Vote
384
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