Word: nixon
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...importance of the Viet Nam speech, other events converged on the President demanding his attention. His address on Latin America, which proved more pragmatic than inspiring, drew a mixed response south of the border. The General Electric strike posed a threat to the economy (see THE WORLD and BUSINESS). Nixon was stung by the Supreme Court decision insisting on the instant school integration that he had earlier termed "extreme...
...that was rough enough. But, barring a last-minute reversal, the sharpest rebuff to the Administration looms ahead on Nixon's nomination of Judge Clement Haynsworth to the Supreme Court. A hard count of Senate votes taken by the Republican leadership showed at week's end that a minimum of 53 Senators, including 17 of the Senate's 43 Republicans, plan to vote...
...would not act this year on his proposal for a lottery procedure for the draft. The bill passed the House, but Democratic leaders in the Senate want to reform the whole Selective Service Act and contend that this requires more time. The issue apparently will reemerge next year, but Nixon need not wait. He can institute certain reforms, short of a lottery system, by executive decree...
Thus it appeared to be a relief for Nixon to leave Washington and return to an activity that seems to refresh his spirit. He engaged in his first wholly partisan political stumping since he took office. Campaigning for Republican gubernatorial candidates in Virginia and New Jersey. Nixon mentioned the war only once -and that was to tell an airport crowd in Morristown, N.J., to be sure to listen to his speech this week "on that particular matter...
Partisan Outing. In both New Jersey and Virginia, the President's enthusiastic fans far outnumbered the peace demonstrators. In Salem, Va., Nixon jumped onstage to do a jig with G.O.P. Candidate Linwood Holton. Three times Nixon tried to start his speech, only to be halted by sustained ovations. When the crowd finally paused, he devoted almost the entire message to extolling his concept of a New Federalism. "For 50 years," he said, "politicians in both parties have been saying that we had to decentralize government, that power should go back to the states. But for 50 years nobody...