Word: nixon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...surely done better than they predicted before his election. In fact, his achievement record is mixed. On the plus side are foreign affairs, the direction set on Viet Nam, economic policy and an important psychological factor: the credibility gap that haunted Lyndon Johnson has been closed by Nixon. On the minus side is his lack of real leadership in the deepening social crisis of the blacks and the cities...
...foreign policy, the new regime undoubtedly makes its best marks. Nixon has clearly demonstrated his Administration's interest in world affairs, not merely Southeast Asia's. Despite his past reputation as a hard-line antiCommunist, Europeans generally find the new regime less dogmatic and more open to discussion than its predecessor. The President's liberal critics, moreover, sometimes seem readier to fault him than Moscow; his impending Rumanian trip, for example, was denounced as a mistake by his opponents while apparently not ruffling the Russians at all. The Soviets appear eager for better relations, and the prospects...
...unhappy battlefield of Viet Nam, of course, will prove the chief test of the present Administration. Nixon, the onetime hawk, is determined to disengage. He has begun to lessen the U.S. involvement here and has put pressure on the Saigon government to seek peace. It can be argued that he might have done more-some dramatic move after the inauguration, a cutback in American-initiated ground actions. On balance, however, Nixon has done about as much as could be reasonably expected, considering the political, diplomatic and military perils of the situation. At any rate, he has completely changed the official...
...Nixon's credit, too, is something that can easily go unnoticed: the absence of any major blunders or "over-reactions." Unlike John Kennedy, he has not had a Bay of Pigs in his first six months. Unlike Lyndon Johnson, he has not had a Dominican Republic. While he did nothing at all when the North Koreans shot down a U.S. airplane, killing 31 men, his restraint was well-advised...
Inheriting a dangerously overheated economy, Nixon has moved forcefully to curb inflation. His economists have tightened the fiscal and monetary screws and, unlike Johnson, Nixon appears ready to maintain that firm grip even at the cost of greater unemployment. But some of his subordinates have been painfully inept, notably Treasury Secretary David Kennedy, who last week suggested for the second time since taking office that it might be necessary to impose wage and price controls if the surtax were not extended (see BUSINESS). He did this even though the President is firmly and publicly opposed to such a step. Nixon...