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...their best to hold the line in the general election against Alabama's George Wallace. In return, Nixon supposedly made certain promises, one of them being a guarantee to Strom Thurmond that he could name a Justice to the Supreme Court when the opportunity arose. If a quid pro quo arrangement was in fact agreed upon, to withdraw Haynsworth's name might lose key Southern support for the 1970 congressional elections, and for the presidential race...
...created 34 years ago. The key element to the reform was a "family-assistance system." Although Nixon pointedly denied it, the notion is very much like a guaranteed income-with one'crucial difference. For the ablebodied, willingness to accept "suitable" employment or vocational training would be the quid for the quo of assistance. In essence, Nixon notified the nation that his Administration is prepared to help those of the nation's 9.7 million relief recipients who try to help themselves...
...Blood Knot in South Africa was daring. In the shanty on stage, two brothers, Zachariah and Morris, are in hiding from the hatred that apartheid demands they show each other. Morris has tried unsuccessfully to pass for a white; he now idles time with a forty-five pound six-quid dream of a farm. Zachariah works as a gate-keeper to chase the black kids away from the public park; he brings home only nostalgia over good times and women...
...Saigon government and the Viet Cong are expected to take part-though Johnson emphasized that the Communists' participation "in no way involves" U.S. recognition of the Viet Cong's political representatives. Johnson gave no hint of what, if any, concessions Hanoi offered. Presumably there was some quid pro quo, but in order to spare Hanoi embarrassment among its allies, most notably Peking, the U.S. may keep the specific terms secret as long as possible. Still, the President made it clear that if North Viet Nam takes advantage of the pause-such as massive violation of the Demilitarized Zone...
Another conglomerate, the P.D.M. is a center party that has tried without notable success to be a tertium quid between Gaullism and Communism. The P.D.M. inherited the mantle of the Fourth Republic's Christian Democratic Mouvement Républicain Populaire. Economically progressive, Europe-minded and pro-U.S., the P.D.M. is still far from the balance-of-power position between left and right that the M.R.P. enjoyed, but may pick up more seats...