The Cavalier daily Thursday, October 5, 1972 | ||
Election 72
Regeneration
On January 20, 1969,
Richard Nixon became
President at a time when
America was in deep turmoil
and suffering a grave crisis of
confidence. The country
hadn't been as bitterly divided
since the Civil War. There was
inflation in the economy, riots
in the cities, and two hundred
coffins a week coming home
from Vietnam.
It was this bitter legacy of
unparalleled domestic
turbulence and foreign war
that Richard Nixon inherited.
Unloved, uncharismatic, a
"loser," his party without
control of Congress, President
Nixon set out to tackle the
many problems that plagued a
troubled nation.
The President took bold
new initiatives to achieve a
smooth transition from a
wartime to a peacetime
economy. With inflation under
3% and while spending more
on human resources than on
defense for the first time in
twenty years, we are now
approaching full prosperity and
a more competitive position
for America in the
international marketplace.
Also, six times as many
Southern schools have been
desegregated than during the
last two administrations
combined. Far more funds
have been pumped into black
education and black enterprise.
Proposals for revenue
sharing, family assistance, the
first comprehensive
governmental reorganization
since the Hoover Commission,
a 37-point environmental
program, Postal and Selective
Service reforms and a new
health care plan aim towards a
radically reformed America.
President Nixon has
demonstrated the qualities of a
creative and visionary
statesman in designing a new
foreign policy. He sought to
redefine America's role in the
world in light of the new
realities abroad and the new
attitudes at home with the
knowledge that no longer
could we afford to view every
foreign problem as an
American responsibility.
In striving to narrow the
great gap between the ends and
means of past policy,Richard
Nixon has brought us into a
golden age of diplomacy by
extricating troops from
Vietnam, opening the door to
China, signing the SALT
agreement, easing trade
relations with Communist
nations and signing accords to
abolish germ warfare.
Now, in 1972, the prudent
policies of Richard Nixon are
proving their worth. The
significant accomplishments of
the Administration are only a
beginning, but, nevertheless
have been responsible, in part,
for the general easing of
tensions. With great success,
the President has begun to
regenerate and renew a
spiritually bankrupt nation.
The Cavalier daily Thursday, October 5, 1972 | ||