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Nixon and Mitchell

When Harold Stassen most recently fell on his face—the attempt, a few weeks back, to read Nixon out of Presidential contention—the political crowd pretty much ignored him. One member of the Republican team, however, thought it the handsome thing to do to come to Nixon’s defense. It is “unthinkable,” Secretary of Labor James Mitchell said, to omit the Vice President’s name from a list of Presidential prospects. As a matter of fact, Mr. Mitchell went on, “Richard M. Nixon ought to be and will be the next President of the United States.”

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Nixon and Mitchell

When Harold Stassen most recently fell on his face—the attempt, a few weeks back, to read Nixon out of Presidential contention—the political crowd pretty much ignored him. One member of the Republican team, however, thought it the handsome thing to do to come to Nixon’s defense. It is “unthinkable,” Secretary of Labor James Mitchell said, to omit the Vice President’s name from a list of Presidential prospects. As a matter of fact, Mr. Mitchell went on, “Richard M. Nixon ought to be and will be the next President of the United States.”