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Independent in Long Beach, California

07 Jul 1969

Page 5

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Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jul 07, 1969

Page

5

Vice Presidency First Offered to Finch

Richard Nixon offered to name Robert Finch as running mate the morning after winning the Republican nomination but Finch declined saying it would seem nepotistic. Spiro Agnew was chosen instead, with Life magazine citing Theodore H. White. Finch feared losing influence as adviser and planned four year tenure as HEW secretary.

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New York Richard Nixon Robert Finch Nixon Finch Spiro T. Agnew Theodore H. White White Life Magazine Department of Heath, Education and Welfare Washington John Knowles Boston HEW Knowles American Medical Association Senate Everett M. Dirksen Illinois Miami Beach Agnew Maryland Gov John Volpe Massachusetts Transportation America Tower H. R. Haldeman John Mitchell Robert Ellsworth Rogers Morton Lindsay House California
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Farmer Opposes Key Provision in Voting Rights Bill

Assistant Secretary James Farmer of HEW criticizes a Mitchell plan to weaken the 1965 Voting Rights Act by revising the preclearance requirement. He calls for extension with strengthened provisions and opposes relaxing desegregation guidelines.

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Washington UPI James Farmer Health, Education and Welfare Nixon Farmer John N. Mitchell The Congress of Racial Equality Mitchell House Judiciary
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