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Statement for Teddy Gleason RE: working
man no tolerating the insults and arrogance
of the McGovern-Shriver ticket. 6 pgs.
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Page 1 of 1
DOCUMENT WITHDRAWAL RECORD [NIXON PROJECT]
DOCUMENT
DOCUMENT
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DATE
RESTRICTION
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memo
Khachigian to stander scott, u:
9/29/72
Charles Even, with attached
(nix)
[Doc 168]
draft copy
N-2
Speech
Statement for Teddy ifleason,
9/25/70
(nix)
[Doc 169]
with attached draft copy
FILE GROUP TITLE
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6
FOLDER TITLE
September 5,972] 1.427
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rights.
enforcement purposes.
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G. Withdrawn and return private and personal material.
or a libel of a living person.
H. Withdrawn and returned non-historical material.
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Collection: Kenneth. L. Khachigian
Box Number:
6
Folder:
September [1972] [1 of 2]
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September 25, 1972
STATEMENT FOR TEDDY GLEASON
I am one working man who is not going to tolerate the insults
and arrogance of the McGovern-Shriver ticket. They have treated
working people like children. They have insulted us with their rhetoric.
They have accused us of being "bosses" and of being dictatorial. Today
let's set the record straight.
First, Mr. McGovern said that "any laboring man or woman
who supports President Nixon ought to have his head examined. 11 Then
he said that any worker who supports President Nixon "is too confused
to know which end is up. 11 Finally, last week in Ohio he said: "Any
labor man or woman who supports Mr. Nixon is going to have a bad
deal and I think they deserve it. 11 (emphasis added)
If heads need examining, it's those of Mr. McGovern and his corps
of high-powered elites who look down their nose at the working man.
And any of you who know Teddy Gleason better believe it when I tell you
I know which end is up and it isn't McGovern's. I might add, if
Mr. McGovern thinks the worker deserves a bad deal, he ought to know;
he's been giving the worker a bad deal ever since he's been running for
office.
I'm just plain sick and tired of George McGovern running around
acting like he's mankind's gift to labor. It's the working man's son
and grandson who answered the call to go to Vietnam and fight with
honor. It is Mr. McGovern who wants to let all the draft evaders
out of jail and let the boys who ran away to Canada come back without
Page 2
any penalty. It's not the working man who's confused about marijuana;
it's Mr. McGovern. First, he said marijuana ought to be legalized
like alcohol, and then he changes his mind. I'm just not sure where
he stands any more, but I know where the worker stands -- we don't
want marijuana legalized, period!
There are literally dozens of issues where Senator McGovern
doesn't know which end is up. We want jobs, and he votes against
SST, Lockheed, and the space effort. He voted each time to put my
brothers out of work.
We believe in a strong defense policy; McGovern wants to cut all
the muscle out of the military and 1. 8 million jobs in the process.
We believe in the honor of America's commitment to the people
of South Vietnam. McGovern wants to beg Hanoi and turn South Vietnam
over to the Communists, and he never criticizes the murderous North
Vietnamese.
We believe the working man has a role in American politics,
but Senator McGovern threw us out of the Miami Convention and treated
us like lepers. He insulted virtually everyone in the labor movement
from George Meany on down.
We believe in working for what we get, McGovern proposes more
and more welfare and more and more taxes for the worker. I don't want
a $1000 handout or McGovern's 1000% support.
Page 3
I'll match my boys' pea jacket coats and calloused hands
any day against McGovern's pucci ties and Sarge Shriver's $400
Pierre Cardin suits, and the bell bottoms and satin hot pants of
their followers.
Let's fact it; there's nothing about the McGovernite movement
which offers any thing to the American working man. He dishonors
our military, runs down the worker and plays up welfare, criticizes
our allies, remains silent about the enemy, votes to put people out of
work, insults us with his rhetoric and treats us like we are supposed
to be in his hip pocket.
That is why I support President Nixon today. There is a lot at
stake in 1972, and frankly I am worried sick about what would happen
to America under George McGovern. I am worried about our foreign
policy, our family life, our commitment to honor, and the future of
my children and grandchildren. When I pull the lever for Richard Nixon,
I know I'll be keeping the ship's captain at the helm instead of replacing
him with the galley cook.
9/25/72 - dfaft
Khachigian
STATEMENT FOR TEDDY GLEASON
to
I am one working man who
is
the
insults and arroganace of the McGovern-Shriver ticket.
They have
treated working people
like children.
They have insulted us with their
rhetoric. They have
accused us of being "bosses" and of being dictatorial.
Today let's set the record straight.
First, Mr. McGovern said that "any laboring man
or
women
who supports President Nixon ought to have his head
examined. " Then he said that
any worker who supports President Nixon "is
too confusde
to know which
end is up. " Finall
last week in Ohio
he said: "Any labor man or woman who supports Mr. Nixon
is going to have a bad deal and I think they deserve it."
(emphasis added)
need
ing,
those of
If
heads examin
it's/Mr. McGovern
his
and
corps of high-powered
elites who look down
their
nose at the working man. And any of you who know
Teddy Gleason better beliefe it when I tell you I know which
end is up -- and it isn't McGovern's.
I might add, if
Mr. McGovern thinks the worker deserves a bad deal, he ought
to know; he's
been giving the worker a bad deal evear
since he's been
office.
I'm
just plain sick and tired of George McGovern
page 2
running around acting like
he's mankind's gift to labor.
It's the
working man's son and grandeon who answered
the call to go to Vietnam and fight with honor. It is Mr.
McGovern who wants to let all the draft evaders
out of
jail and
let the boys who ran away to Candda come back
without any panalty. It's not the working man who's confused
about mariguana; it's Mr. McGovern. First, he sas marijuana
ought to be legalized like alcohol, and then he changes
his mind. I'm just not sure where he stands any more, but
I know where the worker stands -- we don't want marijuna
legalized, period!
There are literally dozens of issues where
Senator
McGovern doesn't know which end is up. We want jobs, and
he votes against SST, Lockheed, and
space effort. He
voted each time to put brothers out of work.
We be lieve in a strong defense policy; McGovern wants
to cut all the muscle out of the military and 1.8 million
jobs in
We believe in the honor of America's commitment to
the people of South Vietnam.
McGovern wants to beg Hanoi
and turn South Vietnam over to the Communists, and he never
critizizes the murderous North Vietnamese.
We believe the working man has a role in
American
politica, but "Senator McGovern threw us out of the Miami
Convnction and
treated us like lepers. He insulted
virtually everyone in the labor movement from George Meany on
page 3
down.
We believe in working for what we get, McGovern proposes
more and more welfare and
more and more taxes for the
worker. I don't want a $1000 handent or mccorven's
1000% support.
I'll match
my boys' pea jacket
coass and calloused
hands any day against McGovern's pucci ties
and Sarge Shriver's $400 Pierre Cardin suits, and
the bell bottoms and satin hot
pants
of
their
followers.
Let's face it; there nothing about the McGovernite
movement which offers any thing to the American working man.
He dishoners our military, runs down the worker and plays
up welfare, criticizes our allies, remains silent about
the enemy, votes to put people out of work,
insults
us with his
rhetoric and treats us like we are supposed
to be in his hip pocket.
That is why I support President
Nixon today. There
is a lot at stake in 1972, and frankly I am
worried sick
about what would happen to America under George Mc overn.
I am worried about our foreign policy, our family life, our
commitment to honor, and the future of my children and
grandchildren. When I pull the lever for Richard Nixon,
I know I'll be keeping the ship's captain at the helm
instead of replacing him with the galley cook.