Milford chronicle., 1952-09-26
HE SOLD HIMSELF 10 us

On Tuesday evening we witnessed some
thing new in ieievision. AS we sat i'll our
living room at home and waited for Senator
Richard Nixon, Republican Vice Presidential
candidate, to explain the charges of illegal
campaign funds which had been leVeled at
him, our thought was that for the good of
the Nation and the Republican Party he
should resign and withdraw from the race.
Then he made his explanation. We listened
intently. We followed closely every word he
uttered. We watched him for any sign of
Showmanship or anything that might indi-
cate evasion on his part We saw only a SER
iOuS, sadly injured and honest young man
tearing his heart out as he unfOlded his per-
SOnal life to the American people.
Never in our lifetime have we before seen
a man publicly unfold his personal affairs to
the scrutiny of millions as did Senator Nixon
last Tuesday night. His explanation of his
financial affairs from early childhood until
the present time was convincing. If his story
is true (and no man of any intelligence
would make such statement without it be-
ing absolutely true) he has been terribly
misrepresented by those with ulteriOr mo-
tiVes. Documented evidence from reputable
accounting and legal firms which he present
ed during the course of his discourse was
such that no fair-minded man or woman
would fail to be convinced.
Senator Nixon was not our choice for
the Vice Presidential nomination at the Chi
cagO convention. We believed then that an
older, more experienced man should have
BEEN named. Following his nomination we
have been half-hearted in his support. But
after his explanation on Tuesday evening
our views on the man have changed. His
unprecedented method of taking the Ameri-
can people into his confidence and unveiling
his record in public and private life such
as no man in public life has ever done to our
knowledge, has converted us. If any man or
woman, regardless of political affiliatiOn,
cannot easily support Senator Nixon after
Tuesday nights presentation of the facts,
then that man is so politically blind that he
is hopeless. We shall Wholeheartedly support
Richard Nixon in his drive for the Vice
Presidency. We shall present his views with
enthusiasm from now until the end of the
campaign.
HEALTHY CHANGE
Two or three years ago. it will be recall
ed, Federal compulsory health insurance was
a red hot issue. The whole weight of Admin
istration pressure was thrown behind it,
regiments of propagandists in interested
government bureaus were grinding out reamS
of encOmiums in its behalf, and there seemed
to be a fair chance that Congress would pass
the proposed bill or some modified version
thereof
Today this, cure-aI scheme isn't exactly
dead but it is certainly mOribund. Admins
tration spOkesmen have pretty well run out
Of wind so far as it is concerned. The Repub-
hcan Party has adopted campaign plank
strongly cOndemning it and the Democratic
PaTty's plank ignores it. Neither Of the two
Presidential candidates has shown any taste
for it at all. And Congress has given it the
complete deep-freeze treatment.
What is the cause of so drastic change
in a relatively short time? The answer is
that the American people are showing a
hearty distaste for socialism in any and all
forms, and the OficehOlders, whose ears are
always glued to the ground, know it. The
American people want better medical serv-
ice-but they are convinced that the way to
get it is through steady, orderly progress
under free medicine and the voluntary insur-
ance plans, not through turning the problem
over to pOwer-hungry bureaucrats, along
with more billions of our tax money to pay
the bill. They have seen the acid fruits SO
cialized medicine has produced in Europe
and they want no part of them here.
That's one Of the healthiest developments
we've seen in a very long time.
TOO MANY ZEROS
Dollar signs accompanied by three sets
Of zeros are familiar to every American tax
y H. A.c