Word: forbeses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Passing the three-quarter pole in his race for governor, New Jersey Republican Malcolm Forbes was joined last week by a seasoned political pacer. "Think of the news it would make," said Vice President Nixon, "if Malcolm Forbes won. We had a little election in Wisconsin-one the Republicans would...
A second major issue in the campaign has been state expenditure and taxes. Forbes has attacked Meyner as the "spendingest" governor in New Jersey history (his budgets have totalled $292 million more than those of his predecessor, Republican Alfred E. Driscoll). Actually, the issue is not at all clear-cut...
The large budget has led directly to the most made-up issue of the campaign--taxation. Both candidates need money to support their programs, yet apparently neither will tax anybody to get it. Forbes has created the issue by claiming that Meyner, if reelected, will institute a state sales or...
The basic problem in the financial issue is that many needed state services have been provided and expanded over the past four years--services that both candidates agree are desirable--yet both are afraid to tell the people that someone will have to pay for them. Under Meyner's administration...
Meyner has tried to campaign solely on local issues, probably in an effort to avoid bringing the highly-popular President Eisenhower into the state. But Forbes has relied greatly on Ike's popularity in traditionally Republican New Jersey. He has told Negro audiences that a vote for Republican candidates is...