Word: nixons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cause of Hagerty's rebuke, carried without comment in the pro-Eisenhower Chronicle (circ. 190,045) last week, was a gobbet of gossip in a syndicated column that appears in the Chronicle each Sunday under the head "Confidential Memo," by John J. Miller. The item: "Vice President Nixon is talking behind President Eisenhower's back and saying things that would be considered in the worst taste if ever printed. Perhaps the mildest statement he made at one gathering recently was, 'Sometimes I think he's just a jerk'-meaning Ike, of course...
...ineffable tastelessness sparked the sharpest rebuke ever dealt a reporter by the Eisenhower Administration. But the slur that caught Hagerty's eye was not inspired by mere partisan malice. In recent months, Miller's column has unstoppered fetid allegations about Adlai Stevenson that make the Nixon item seem fragrant...
...three years since he joined the paper, Miller has sold his Enquirer sweepings to the Chronicle and three other dailies, two of which-the Erie (Pa.) Times and the Cincinnati Times-Star-have dropped him. The third, the New Orleans Item, deleted the Nixon item from Miller's copy. Memo-Merchant Miller uses the same raw material to tape-record 30-second hotspots that are used around the clock by 15 radio stations (top price: $50 weekly). Now Miller has filmed his first TV keyhole show (which he hopes to sell to WXEX in Richmond, Va.), and will sign...
...People of California." The report ranged from a terse analysis of world affairs (Russia, explained Knowland, "attacked Poland from the rear while she had her back against the wall") to a reminder that Senate Minority Leader Knowland had administered the vice-presidential oath to California's own Dick Nixon, and was a confidant of the President's. But Knowland's sharpest comments were saved for local issues on which he ' could bang away at Goodwin Knight, e.g. California's critical water shortage, the high state budget. He did not attack Knight by name...
Afterwards, Vice President Richard Nixon presented the new champs with the big silver mugs (along with a polite reminder to return them in a year) plus silver platters that are theirs for keeps and golden tennis balls. Before he got tired of passing out the hardware, Dick Nixon might just as well have given the Australians next year's Davis...