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...made until June of 1971. The paper confirmed that Nixon had called Richard Kleindienst, then Deputy Attorney General, and ordered him to forgo an appeal on one of the suits against ITT. Such a move was sought by the corporation. The paper did not, however, note Nixon's blunt language in directing Kleindienst. "You son of a bitch, can't you understand the English language?" That was Nixon's comment when Kleindienst had refused to comply with a telephoned demand by Ehrlichman that he drop the appeal...
DETROIT. Coleman Alexander Young's first speech as mayor was blunt and to the point. Squinting into the bright glare of TV lights in the Henry and Edsel Ford Auditorium, he declared: "I issue an open warning right now to all dope pushers, to all rip-off artists, to all muggers: It's time to leave Detroit. I don't give a damn if they are black or white, or if they wear Super Fly suits or blue uniforms with silver badges: Hit the road...
They carried sardonic, sometimes blunt placards that demanded the impeachment of Richard Nixon but also cried confidently that THE SPIRIT OF '76 LIVES...
H.S.T.'s Blunt Speech...
...wonder if it isn't better to speak as Chief Executive with a plain tongue rather than a forked one. Truman evaluated things as he saw them and verbally put his cards on the table in a truthful, if sometimes blunt fashion...