No candidate has addressed himself more realistically to the plight of the Negro slum dweller thus far in the 1968 campaign than did Richard Nixon last week. In a nationwide CBS broadcast, the former Vice President defined a philosophy that combined pragmatism, compassion and faith in the black American's will to achieve his aims within the framework of society. Highlights:
Today we commonly speak of the urban crisis. And yet the problems wrenching America today are only secondarily problems of the cities. Primarily, they are problems of the human mind and spirit. For years now, the focus of talk, of debate, of...
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