1946 California's 12th congressional district special election event
also: the congressional race, the Nixon-Vores contest, the campaign against Forrest, the campaign against Jerry Boris
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who cites confidential intelligence sources, which means there's no verification of it, alleged that Dulles and Nixon proceeded to cut a deal. John Loftus said, Allen Dulles told him to keep quiet about what he had seen, and in return, Dull…
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He wanted to create a national credit union to compete with private banks and to expand the social security system as a way to establish a nationwide minimum income. In other words, universal income. Voris' business opponents began searchin…
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who saw him as one of the most dangerous men in Washington. In the fall of 1945, according to Voris, one major New York banker flew to Southern California where he sat down and met local bankers. Nixon knew that it would take a large campai…
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circles in New York and Los Angeles quickly rallied to make the campaign against Forrest worth the effort. An executive for Gladding McBean, a major ceramics manufacturer whose chairman sat on the Standard Oil board, later recalled how the …
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California resort. The president of Gladding, McBean, touted the young man's fresh out of the Navy who had been lined up for the congressional race. Smart as all get out, he said. Just what we need to get rid of Jerry Boris. He says he can'…
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in the political and financial world. One director, Los Angeles corporate attorney Herman Flagler, had worked with Alan Dulles in post-war Germany and would later serve on his brother's State Department legal advisor team. The Nixon-Vores c…
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where Orange Grove still dominated the landscape. As the congressional race heated up, it became clear to Nixon's wealthy supporters that they had backed the right man to unseat Boris. The Republican challenger ran a ruthless campaign, cutt…
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Boris' support for the New Deal programs like school lunches became evidence of his obedience to the Communist Party. Now imagine today where basically school lunches are free. Back then, it was a sign of being a communist country. Shows yo…
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which turned out to emanate from Nixon's campaign. This is a friend of yours. This is what the phone call said. This is a friend of yours, but I can't tell you who I am. Did you know that Jerry Boris is a communist? The uniform conservative…
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On election day, Nixon rolled to an impressive victory with a 56% of the vote. Boris was so dismayed by the experience that he abandoned political life for the rest of his life. An outraged Boris aide later confronted Nixon. Quote, of cours…