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POW Treatment: Personal Testimonies and the 1966 Hanoi March
Though North Vietnam continued to claim that American POWs were treated humanely and according to the international standards agreed upon at the Geneva Convention, the testimonies of ex-POWs themselves tell a very different story. Almost all American veterans of the...
The Fight Against Abuse of Tobacco
The driving force behind President Nixon’s push for the signing of the National Cancer Act is the same driving force behind contemporary reports on tobacco use: the peak of tobacco consumption in the 1960s. In a report published by the National Cancer Institute under...
Nixon’s VP Years Up For Reexamination
The Washington Times Book Review: ‘The President and the Apprentice: Eisenhower and Nixon, 1952-1961 By Irwin F. Gellman Reviewed by John R. Coyne Jr. - Monday, September 28, 2015 The liberal-left war on Richard Nixon’s reputation and accomplishments, waged...
Why the Arts and Humanities Mattered to President Nixon
In 2013, Oscar winner and House of Cards superstar Kevin Spacey shared some favorable words for Richard Nixon while shedding some light on the efforts of the President to extend federal support for the National Endowment for the Art and Humanities which celebrates its...
Addressing the Nation’s Cancer Epidemic
In 1972, the American Cancer Society (ACS) released their annual report analyzing medical statistics of the previous year in addition to various achievements in the field of cancer research. This report was published in accordance with President Nixon’s signing of the...
Nixon’s “Report of Study and Surveys of the Hazards to Human Health…”
As a follow-up to the first annual report of the Council on Environmental Quality transmitted in 1970, President Nixon released a report titled, “President’s Report of Study and Surveys of the Hazards to Human Health and Safety from Common Environmental Pollution” in...
King Coal Smashes Atomic Future
A May 6, 1971 memorandum from Domestic council staff member Will Kriegsman to Council of Economic Advisors Chair Paul McCracken, describes a meeting between the coal industry and representatives of President Nixon's administration about the crash program for the...
A Visit From the Emperor of Japan
On September 26, 1971, Hirohito, the emperor of Japan, touched down in Anchorage, Alaska, where President Nixon was waiting to greet him. The meeting was brief, as the emperor was Europe-bound: his plane landed at 10 pm and took off again at 11:40. Nevertheless, it...
1972: A Key Year for Nixon’s Asia Policy
On January 6-7, 1972, President Nixon met with the Prime Minister of Japan, Sato Eisaku, at San Clemente to hammer out the details of the upcoming reversion of Okinawa. It was nearly the end of a difficult and emotional but ultimately successful venture. The US...
The Legislative Push for Equality in the Workplace
President Nixon appointed Barbara Franklin to oversee efforts at appointing more women to high-level positions in government. In the final months leading up to the 1972 election, President Nixon signed into law two pieces of legislation that addressed gender equality...