Thursday, April 9. rm SCARLET AND BLACK Page Seven Experience Qualifies Richard Nixon For Top National Leadership in '64 By John Tepasko Richard Milhous Nixon was born January 9, 1913 and grew up in the community of Whit- tier, California, Where his par- ents ran a combination filling station-grocery store, A ft e r graduating from high school, he went on to work his way through Whittier College. He graduated second in his class in 1934. He was awarded a scholarship to Duke University NIXON Law School, and in 1937 re- ceived his L. Li D. degree. He returned to California to gactice law with a firm in hittier for five years During this period he married Patricia Ryan, an attractive Whittier school teacher. Nixon left the Whittier law firm to become a member of the legal staff of the office of Price Administra- lion in Washington. After five months Wiflh O. P. A, he was commissioned in the Navy as a lieutenant, serving in the South Pacific for 13 months with the Combat Air Transportation He earned two battle stars and two commen- dations. In 1946 Nixon was elected congressman from his district in California. During his first year in Congress he spent two months in Europe as a mem- ber of the Herter Committee to study the Marshall plan He also participated in the draft- ing of the Taft-Hartley Labor- relations act. By 1948 his pop- ularity and hard work had earned him the nomination of both parties ‘for another term under California’s cross filing system. Nixon attracted national no— tice for his work on the House Un-American Activities committee in exposing Alger Hiss. Not often mentioned are the reforms of that committee which he introduced to protect the right of the individual. At the time he said, ”It is essential also to be extremely careful in this field, where a man’s reputation can be de- stroyed by accusations of Com- munist affiliation, to distinguish between an individual who is a voluntary participant in the Communist conspiracy and one who innocently may have had contact with it." In 1950 Nixon won the sad ate election by a wide margin and in both 1952 and 1956 was selected as Dwight Eisenhow- er’s running mate. During his tenure of the vice-presidency, it was transformed from a rela- tively insignificant office to an office of great responsibility and public significance. In addition to his constitution- al duties as president of the Senate, Nixon was a statutory member of the National Se— curity Council, actively partici- pated in cabinet deliberations and presided over meetings of both in the absence of the President. With a friendly dignity which has brought credit to his coun- try, he has visited over 50 countries throughout the world as the President’s personal representative and brought hon- or 'to his country. He was chairman of the President’s committee on GovA ernment Contracts, which seeks to eliminate racial and religi- ous discrimination in the em» ployment policies of firms hav- ing contracts with the federal government He was also the chairman of the Cabinet Com» mittee on Price Stability for Economic Growth. GOP Senator Margaret Chase Smilh Seeks Presidency, Predicts ‘An Inescapable Future in Politics for Women’ By Larry Hultgren Mrs. Margaret Chase Smith resides in Skowhegan, Maine. She has served the Republican Party as a key member of the House of Representatives from 1940-1949. in 1948 she was elected to the Senate by the highest percentage majority and the greatest total vote ma- jority in the history of Maine. She has served in the U. S, Senate from 1948 to date. Again in 1960, when she was re-elected to a third term in the Senate, she was the top vote getter of all candidates for all offices—setting a new all time record for Maine in the number of Votes. She is the only woman ever to have been elected to three full terms in the United States Senate. She is the only woman to serve in both houses of Congress. Mrs, Smith’s coms mittee service in the House has d r a w in special Presidential commendation. In the Senate she has served as a member of all the major committees and has presided as chairman for many nationally important committees, having been cited for her service by many organ- } Humphrey Continued from Page 4 tors, and served as a. signal to Washington and Moscow that the Senate might ratify a test ban treaty. The Test Ban Treaty was not the only accomplishment of the Kennedy Administration which owed its existence to Senator Humphrey, On June 15, 1960, Humphrey introduced a bill to establish the Peace Corps— several months before Presi- dent Kennedy voiced the idea in the closing days of his cam- paign. Respect for Hubert Hum- phrey is nowhere higher than in academic circlesr He is himself a graduate (Phi Beta Kappa) from the University of Minne- sota and former Professor of Political Science at Macalester College. Humphrey has contin- uaily stressed the vital role of higher education in modern industrial society. principles of the Republican party In a recent speech Mrs. Smith said: “Today we have a Democratic Administration that has developed a mania for loose spending and loose pro- grams. History is repeating it- self— and the Republican Par- ty again has the opportunity to emerge as 'the champion of unity and prudence.” Ambitious candidates have continually q u i z z e d Mrs. Smith as to the proper place ‘ of a woman in our society. Her answer is short and simple. "Women’s proper place is ev— erywhere.” There is a definite and inescapable future in poli- , tics for women. It is only a MRS. SMITH izations and associations Mrs Smith holds the all-time consecutive roll-call voting rec- ord in the entire history of the United States Senate. She holds honorary degrees from 36 uni» versities and colleges. Mrs Smith has been accorded in- numerable national honors. Re- cent recognition includes her being rated as one of the most able Senators by Newsweek Press Gallery Poll, and again being rated by the Gallery Poll as one of the Ten Most Admired Women in the World. While Mrs. Smith is noted for her independent voting rec- ord she firmly believes in the \\ ’4 \. i I “Your Health, ’ Is Our Business” Take adding.) of in. friendly service at THARP PHARMAGY 4th Avenue question of time—only a mat- ter of how long me men oppose women holding pubiic office, and, more important, how long the women themselves are guilty of such political inertia as not to overcome the opposi- tion of the men.” 5 T E ‘V E N . S 4th Ave.