RICHARD M. NIXON
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(1913 - 1994) Thirty-seventh President of the United States who led during the Vietnam War, re-opened diplomatic ties with China and the U.S.S.R., resigned his office due to the Watergate scandal. T.L.S. "Dick Nixon" on his congressional letterhead, 1p. 4to., Washington, Aug. 2, 1950 thanking a man in Los Angeles for his support during the California Republican Senatorial primary. Nixon crows that he had defeated his opponent by over 170,000 votes. He adds: "...we have a hard battle on our hands this fall....the opposition will be extremely well financed...political figures from outside the state will come to California to speak in behalf of Mrs. Douglas...In view of developments in Korea, I am planning to stay in Washington until after Congress adjourns...". Fine. Two weeks before winning the election, Nixon accused the Democratic candidate, Helen Gahagan Douglas, of being the conduit through which the decisions made by Stalin flowed to the United States Congress: "This action by Mrs. Douglas," Nixon explained, "... came just two weeks after [U.S. Communist Party leader] William Z. Foster transmitted his instructions from the Kremlin to the Communist national committee.... [Thus] this [Communist] demand found its way into the Congress". Because Nixon won the 1950 Senate race he went on to become Vice President in 1953, and President in 1969.