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Since the nine-member commission was formed in the aftermath of the murders at Jackson State and Kent State it has been the center of controversy. In June Vice President Spiro Agnew called for the resignation of Joseph Rhodes Jr., a Junior Fellow at Harvard, from the commission because Rhodes had said he would like to see the commission investigate the effect of Agnew's rhetoric on campus unrest...
Universities today are the focus of national attention. Campus disorders, attacks by Spiro Agnew, the peace movement, and the campaigns of menlike Ronald Reagan are indications of just how much university activity is key to the political drift of America...
...Bryce, see that Spiro takes the candidates to the airport fences. Don't let him waste his own time there, but see that he takes the candidates over. Safire, I know you'll be wanting to come up with new speeches all the time. Forget it. See what goes and then stick with it. Forget the national press...
Excerpts from Spiro Agnew's speeches last week...
...into the active conduct of upholding democracy and honoring commitments." At present, "the business of the Company consists primarily of acquiring and destroying real estate." Richard Nixon has been Chief Executive Officer since Jan. 1, 1969 ("Prior thereto, Mr. Nixon devoted his life to securing his present position"), and Spiro T. Agnew has been Vice President since the same date ("Prior to his joining the Company, Mr. Agnew did not exist"). The Company has organized a "Cambodian Subsidiary," and maintains an office in Paris, France, "but does not consider such facilities or operations to be significant...