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VOL LU	«0>7*	LOS	ANGELES,	CALIFORNIA,	FRIDAY,	OCTOBER	14,	1960	No.	20
Vice President Nixon Visits Troy
For First-Time Voter Convocation
Political Talks Here Show Youth s Power
By BARBARA EPSTEIN' I he an eligible voting citizen by siastic support of the student Daily Trojan Feature Editor 1964,” explains Dr. Totton J. voting resource.”
Virp President Richard Nix- Anderson, professor of political! All members of the depart-J. ap^ran« here \o6.y a„d science.	Lem a8ree that ,he two campus
Sen. John Kennedy’s appearance Dr Carl q christol. head of jtalks are of vltal ,mPortance in here Nov. 1 reflect the real and tho political science department thi; oIectlon •vea>' 1960-potential power of the first-time and chairman of the Southern “Exposure to the personalities,
voter, conclude local political California Scholars for Nixon scientists.	j an(j Lodge, sums up the vice
They all unanimously applaud ] president’s campus stopover this the bringing to campus of both way: presidential aspirants.
ideas and political philosophies of the t w o presidential candidates will give the first-time voter an unparalleled opportuni-j ty to clarify his own thinking on He recognizes t h at the new ^asic issues of public policy,” “It is particularly appropriate voter is one of his many sources Dp Anderson notes
for this college campus to host of political strength, and that both Vice President Nixon and since California is about equally
Foreign Affairs
The political scientists agree
Senator Kennedy because every !divided according to the polls, it lhat 1he most passing issue of
rr ?mber of the student body will is necessary to obtain the enthu-
Nixon Visit Tops TYR Rally Plans
Four years of concentrated Republican activity on the Trojan campus will be highlighted by today’s arrival of one of the nation's foremost Republicans — Vice President Richard M. Nixon.
During the past weeks, campaigns activities by two local organizations — the Trojan Young Republicans and Scholars for Nixon — have been moving at a phenomenal pace.
More than 400 USC Republicans, including the Nixonettes, were on hand to greet the vice president when he and his party arrived at Lockheed Air Terminal Tuesday night.
TYR has been joined in its current campaign by Scholars for Nixon — a croup of scholars and professional educators who are supporting the presidential candidate.
Dr. Carl Q. Christol, head of the USC political science department and the Scholars for Nixon organization, is one of the men responsible for TYR’s founding.
In 1952. Dr. Christol organized the first officially recognized Republican croup on campus which was called Students for Eisenhower.
the campaign is that of foreign affairs. On the domestic scene professors feel the “fairly light recession” the country is now going through warrants attention.
“Both Vice President Nixon and Senator Kennedy have intimated through their public utterances both on and off television that in spite of their nat-ural partisanship which we might expect, they are keenly J I aware of the breadth and depth j
Prior to this, Joe Holt, now a U.S. Congressman representing the 22nd district, organized the first unofficial Trojan Young Republican club.
TYR’s most notable effort on j°f these anfl other issues facing! the political scene was in 1936, i1*16 nation,’ Dr. Anderson says. I
POLISH WELCOME-Smiling amid Polish youngsters and flowers brought to greet him, Vice President Richard M. Nixon ad-
dresses a crowd of well-wishers in Poland during the Nixons' South American, European and Soviet Union good-will tour.
when the group headed the Dewey rally in Pasadena and the presentation of President Eisenhower at the Hollywood Bowl.
The first bumper sticker drive in Los Angeles was also initiated in 1956 when TYR sold “Ike and Dick” stickers to raise money for its club activities.
That same year several TYR members traveled to San Francisco to serve as pages at the Republican National Convention.
For its 1956 campaign activities. TYR was lauded by a Life
Dr. Christol believes that Vice President Nixon has drawn to his side a number of young voters as a result of his stand on these issues.
Listen Carefully
Newspaper Advertisement Begins Nixon s Political Life
COP Candidate Speaks Today
By JOE S XLTZM W Daily Trojan Editor
Vice President Richard Nixon will tell students from 15 Southland colleges and universities why he should be the next President of the United States when he speaks on the USC campus today at 10:30 a.m.
The Republican presidential candidate will deliver a “major policy address” in Alumni Memorial Park before three television cameras, more than 100 newspapermen and photographers and an expected 6,000 students who will attend the initial First-Time Voter Convocation.
Democratic presidential nominee. Sen. John F. Kennedy, will speak to the student body on Nov. 1 in the second of two convocations.
All classes have been cancelled from 10 a.m. to 12 noon so that the entire student body and faculty can i attend the event. Doheny Library will also be closed during I the speech.
The official ceremonies will begin at approximately 9:55 a.m. when the Trojan Symphonic Band, under the direction of William Schaefer, presents a concert.
Hugh Helm, president of the ASSC Senate, will deliver a short address and the AFROTC and NROTC units will present the colors.
After the arrival of the official party on the platform the National Anthem will be sung. Dr. John Cantelon, USC chaplain, will deliver the invocation and President Norman Topping will introduce the vice president.
Candidate Nixon will then deliver his address which will be followed by questions asked by Bill SteigerwaU, ASSC president. The questions represent a careful selection j made by the ASSC Executive Cabinet.
Seated on stage with the vice president will be Mrs. Nixon; Dr. and Mrs. Topping; Dr. Tracy Strevey. vice president, academic affairs; Dr. John E. Cantelon, chaplain; Sharon Kelly, ASSC vice president; George Rosenberg, president, Young Republicans; Larry Young, president, Young Democrats; and Steigerwalt.
Three separate television camera teams will be on
An answer to a local newspa-1 He was voted one of the ten I turned his office from a political The political scientists all ad- per advert¡sement 14 years ago outstanding young men in the I graveyard into a training ground hand to broadcast the event, vise students to pay close atten- ]d tQ thig year>s Repub]jcan United States by the Junior I fQr leadership w j t h Ejsenhow. !	KNXT will provide live television coverage of the Vice
tion to the contenders' speeches, presidential nomination for Rich. Chamber of Commerce and was ‘One of the most difficult jarcj ^ NjXon.	reelected to the House in 1948. ei s
problems for the first time voter I	__	,,	,	_T.	_	...	,	.___
,	.	..	..	..	„	.	As	a	33-year-old	lawyer, Nix- In 1950, Nixon waged a vigor-
to solve is the realization that 1
support, h e
became a
“working partner” in the ad-
.	.	.	.	t	¡on	was	only	recently	discharged	ous campaign for the U. S. Sen- ministration and kept himself
j i*! from the Navy when he read ate against Rep. Helen Gahagan fully informed on national af-
Douglas and was elected by a fairs. He was named chairman margin of 700.000 votes, ihe several Presidential oommit-
between the views expressed bv , ,
.. ,	... .	.	,. that	his	party	was seeking	a
a presidential candidate	and	his ;	*	,
,, u	.	.	.	_	.	!	candidate to run for the House
magazine picture story for its I behavior when he becomes Presi-	t	f-
active political	program.	dent of the United States,”	Dr. j
TYR	speakers	have	included Anderson reports.	j	Nixon	offered	his five	years
“What he thinks and talks of experience as a lawyer and
about he usually does,” he adds. ; "ar record in the South Pa-
The maintaining of an “objec- !cif*c ar,d was elected with a 15-
tive attitude” toward the cam- 000-vote majority over his five-
pus presentations of both candi- I term opponent.
dates is urged by the political ' In his freshman term, Repre
Leo Hogue, past governor of Iowa and now head of the nation's civil defense program; Charles McWhorter, secretary to Vice President Nixon; Gordon L. McDonoueh. Congressman for the 15th district; Sen. Roman L. Hruska, Nebraska; and, most recently, Gov. Mark O. Hatfield, Oregon.
largest plurality of any senator running that year.
In his first two years in the Senate, Nixon played a major role in exposing governmental corruption and instituted several legislative programs. At the age of 39, the active young senator
tees and became a member of the Cabinet and National Security Council.
Training Paid Off Nixon’s training paid o f f on occasion of Eisenhower's
president’s address and pre-speech ceremonies from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Channel 2. The CBS television network will also show a 10-minute film of the event on its "Eyewitness to History” program, 10:30 p.m. Friday.
KTLA, Channel 5, is planning a special program on the convocation through the use of video tape. The program will be on television at 1:30 p.m.
KUSC-TV will broadcast the program for the student body in 231 AEF. The telecast will give students who are on campus an opportunity to see the address at close | range.
A special tape of the convocation will be presented by KUSC to the vice president before he leaves.
In .addition to the complete television coverage, ap-
n at the Republican f h r e e illnesses when he came proximately six newsreels will be made Of the event.
scientists so that students mav ! sentative Nixon distinguished ;was chose	,	„	Dr,	•	.	,	.	.	.
r- ..a., •	...	a-	a	aJ	i.- ii !	_____Convention of 1952 to be Dwight close to being ‘acting Presi- The vice president will be accompanied by his wife
find ‘their own solutions to the himself as a leading congresi'on- j vonvermun oi iv.it	r
questions posed by the two ! al investigator in the Hiss- j Eisenhower s running mate.
standardbearers.
I Chambers case.
As vice president, Nixon
Pat Nixon Proves Cinderella Story
d it.”
Nixon once was described by I President Eisenhower as “the most valuable member of my team.”
B\ JUDY FRIEDMAN	While	studying at USC, until
Mrs. Richard M. Nixon re- graduation with honors and a turns to USC today not only as high school teaching credential, an alumna of this university, but Mrs. Nixon spent every out-of-as an example of the modern class moment working both on dav Cinderella.	and off campus to provide a liv-
For unlike the fairy tale Cin- ing for herself.
derella whose Prince Charming carried her off to a life of palatial splendor. Pat Nixon has worked just as energetically as her vice president husband alone the route to their Washington home and his executive offices in the capital.
And Pat Nixon's Cinderella story lacks a few of the elements of the earlier story, too. For instance, there is no fairy
Dr. Frank Baxter, USC English professor, recalls having young Pat Ryan in his classroom:
“She was a quiet girl, and pretty. And it always used to disturb me how tired her face was in repose,” he said. “There seemed to have been plenty of reason for it,” he added.
“As I recall, if you went into
attained is a tribute to his dedication and to his wrisdom.
Careful Preparation
“There is no man in the history of America who has had such a careful preparation as has Vice President Nixon lor
god mother, no pumpkin-there ,hp «^teria. there was Pat Ry-
1« instead only the boundless en erry and enthusiasm of Mrs. Nixon herself.
T..r story begins in Ely. Nev. where Thelma "Pat” Rvan was
an at Ihe serving counter. An hour later, if you went to the library. there was Pat Rvan checking out books, and if you came back to the campus that
born. Her familv later moved to e en'n? there was Pat Ryan Artesia. Calif..' where she and working on some student re-hcr brothers worked alon<* with *caroh P™^™™ with it all, her parents to till a small living shr was a £°od student, alert from their truck farm. Her anr* interested, mother died when Pat was 12, And after college, the work mid all through her life the self- only really began. Pat Ryan reliance and hard work of her worked as a file clerk, secretary, youth have been a constant help bank sweeper and teller, X-ray and strength, as well as an in- technician, department store herpnt pan of her philosophy clerk movie extra, high school
A> a 9u I Mr- Nixon ha»1 two goal» to travel and go to col lece. Throuch nobody's help but her own she has accomplished l>olh these goals.
teacher of shorthand and typing and even a« a chauffeur for a tri,i to the East.
While teaching high school in (Continued on I’age 3)
LADIES' DAY-While in the Soviet Union during the Nixons' European tour in the summer of 1959, Pat Nixon attended and even hosted numerous social Junctions.
Here she is pictured chatting with wives of high ranking Soviet officials, Mrs. Andre Mikoyan, Mrs. Nikita Khrushchev and Mrs. Koslov at a special tea in the Kremlin.
and leading Republican personalities including Congressman Jacob Javitz, R-N.Y., and Secretary of the Interior Fred Seaton.
More than 70 traveling	newspaper reporters and photographers will arrive with	the	vice president's party and
the local press is expected to appear in equally large num-j “There hasn’t been a principal bers.
administrative meeting among	reporter	will be given a kit especially prepared
the heads of government that he by the USC News Bureau. The kit will include facts about I (Nixon) has not attended as an the university, a map of the campus, a copy of the plat-; active participant,”	the	chief ex-	form seating arrangement,	the	program highlights and a
eejtive	has	said.	“I	have	called	copy Of this Daily Trojan.
upon him to serve on numerous While the Republican nominee is on the campus, the committees . . . and the success university Police Department—six men plus Chief Victor
E. Sergeant—will work with Secret Service men and the Los Angeles Police to guard entrances, check identification and passes and to regulate crowds.
The First-Time Voter Convocations are being held especially for all young people who will cast their first ballots
l_ _;*_u	______, , _______ this year, President Topping said.
Student Body President Steigerwalt has extended in-.. f ih„ rt.itmc nf the vitations through student leaders of other Southland cam-Presidency,” Mr. Eisenhower j P^s, and noncollegiate first-time voters have also been said	asked to attend.
Dr. Carl Q. Christol, chairman of the Southern Cali-The Vice president won the fornia scholars for Nixon and Lodge, has called the event Republican nomination this year „an elite forum consisting of alert voters drawn from the without serious opposition, and en^jre academic community.”
“Nixon has been extremely popular with the younger voters throughout the entire United States, and during the course of this campaign he has appeared on numerous college campuses,” Dr. Christol said.
“I think that he will make an excellent impression on undecided voters,” he added.
This first convocation marks the beginning of a lengthy series of USC-sponsored public forums on questions of vital interest to the nation, the state of California and the Southland.
Dr. Topping said that	in a	critical presidential elee-
Duke to establish his law	prac-	tion year such as this one,	USC	is wiilmg and anxious to
tice, Nixor met Patricia Ryan, bring to its campus classroom both oi the candidJ.ies. a Whittier school teacher, and “We want to introduce	these candidates to the thou-
they were married in 1940.	After	sands of young people who	will	be going to the polls for
¡five years of law practice, Nixon the first time this year,” he added.
entered the Navy in 1942.	“Here, and perhaps only here, will such a group of
The vice president now has ' young about-to-be-voters find the final two daughters, Tricia, 1 i, and j question.
is stressing his familiarity with world affairs and leaders in the campaign.
Nixon was born in Yorba Linda. Calif., on Jan. 9, 1913. He graduated second in his class from Whittier College and received his law degree, with honors. from Duke University in 1937.
Returning to Whittier from
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ballot?’
answer to the
For whom shall I ra-st my first presidential the president said.