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Republican Papers Edited by Rep. Melvin Laird

Praeger, $7.95 One acquires a vague feeling of conspiracy—call it attention to detail— about Republican Papers, the volume put together by Congressman Melvin Laird and published by Praeger. By the immutable laws of publishing, most of which were written by the printing unions, this collection of essays must have been written and trimmed to size in late 1967. Even with that lead time, however, it manages to anticipate in some detail the platform that passed without a whisper in Miami and the issues now under development by the Nixon-Agnew campaign team.

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Neal B. Freeman, businessman and journalist, was a director of National Review Inc. for 38 years.

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Republican Papers Edited by Rep. Melvin Laird

Praeger, $7.95 One acquires a vague feeling of conspiracy—call it attention to detail— about Republican Papers, the volume put together by Congressman Melvin Laird and published by Praeger. By the immutable laws of publishing, most of which were written by the printing unions, this collection of essays must have been written and trimmed to size in late 1967. Even with that lead time, however, it manages to anticipate in some detail the platform that passed without a whisper in Miami and the issues now under development by the Nixon-Agnew campaign team.