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The Doubts About Agnew

New York, Oct. 24—Spiro Agnew has become the gravamen of the anti-Nixonites’ case these days, what with the exemplary performance of Mr. Nixon, with which they are finding it difficult to take plausible exception. So that the case against Agnew is being diligently pursued, with heaviest emphasis on his so-called bloopers, which are on the order of calling an old and apparently obese reporter friend of his a “fat Jap,” minutes before—or was it after?—a jovial reference to the “Polack” vote.

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William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. founded National Review magazine in 1955.

The Doubts About Agnew

New York, Oct. 24—Spiro Agnew has become the gravamen of the anti-Nixonites’ case these days, what with the exemplary performance of Mr. Nixon, with which they are finding it difficult to take plausible exception. So that the case against Agnew is being diligently pursued, with heaviest emphasis on his so-called bloopers, which are on the order of calling an old and apparently obese reporter friend of his a “fat Jap,” minutes before—or was it after?—a jovial reference to the “Polack” vote.