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Handwritten notes by President Richard Nixon. Notes are from a collection of handwritten Nixon documents collected by Nixon's biographer and New York Herald Tribune political journalist Earl Mazo, who wrote, ''Richard Nixon: A Political and Personal Portrait''. Published in 1959, the book's source material was written near or before 1958. Nixon was Vice President at the time. This sheet reads in pencil, ''Need for progress - / Education / Health } [illegible] / What about modern v Old Guard / 1) I'm a Rep Period. / 2) In more respects - Intn'l I'm a / Liberal - others a conservative / (communism, Economics) / 3) Room for both - need both - / 4) Need for leadership - along lines / country require at the time - / Good Dems? / yes / praised Truman - / Roosevelt as War Leader / Wilson - most anti [illegible] Pres - / But as instant - on civil rights, / + economics not what country needs + what I believe / Are your [illegible] popular - / 1) Civil Rights - / 2) Frign [Foreign] aid - 3) Conservative on Employment - to / The wave of future - but fight / must be made''. Runs 1pp. Ruled legal sheet measures 8'' x 12.5''. Near fine overall.
Richard Nixon Handwritten Notes -- ''...modern v Old Guard / 1) I'm a Rep Period. / 2) In more respects - Intn'l I'm a / Liberal - others a conservative / (communism, Economics)...''
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