THE VICE PRESIDENCY: High Type v. Tintype

From St. Petersburg, Fla. (where he canceled his booking at the Tides Hotel because it discriminates against Jews) to Philadelphia, Pa. (where he avoided the Warwick Hotel because of a labor dispute), Vice President Nixon moved across the eastern half of the U.S. last week in the home stretch of his 15,000-mile tour. He scolded an ardent Republican lady who asked questions about Adlai Stevenson's divorce ("I think that any personal life of a candidate should not be a proper political issue"). He sidestepped the political credits and debits of the World Series ("I lean to the Dodgers, but...

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