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After reading your July 13 account of the Warren-Mazo explosion and Warren's 1957 petty blackballing of Nixon, I can only say there must be many today whose faith in Chief Justice Warren's considered judgment is now a thing of the past. That such a man is our Chief Justice must make "the lady in the harbor" wince...
...Iron Butt. It was at law school, too, that Nixon earned a fellow student's compliment: "You've got an iron butt, and that's the secret of becoming a lawyer.'' The Mazo biography recalls once again that many who have tried to kick Nixon have only succeeded in stubbing their toes on that iron butt. He has been lucky, but he also managed to escape numerous brushes with political disaster thanks to political skill and courage. Mazo reports, for instance, how in 1956 Eisenhower suggested to Nixon that he might want a Cabinet post...
...drop his running mate and told reporters that anyone on his ticket would have to prove himself "clean as a hound's tooth." Hearing about the remark, Nixon "forced a disbelieving smile and muttered something to himself." Later, Ike seemed to try to postpone a decision; reports Mazo: "Nixon stiffened and said sternly, 'There comes a time in a man's life when he has to fish or cut bait.' (Actually, his words were stronger.)" Even Tom Dewey, a Nixon supporter, urged him to withdraw. Yet Nixon went on to make his now-classic tide-turning...
...Letter. Nixon may well face another conflict when Nelson Rockefeller tries to take the 1960 Republican nomination, and no reporter-not even one as able as Earl Mazo-can say how Nixon really feels about that. The Vice President is saying all the right things ("The times may require and demand a man with different qualifications"). More to the point may be another remark: "I never in my life wanted to be left behind...
...event, Reporter Mazo has already made one surefire contribution to campaign literature. Rocky and Nixon, he recalls, used to attend National Security Council meetings, and after one particularly critical session, Nelson Rockefeller wrote the Vice President: "You were superb. You have no idea of what your understanding, integrity, courage and leadership mean to so many...