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Nixon & JFK Arrive in Chicago (CH1 Vol.12 #126)

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I will say this, that at the present time, Senator Kennedy, as I said since San Francisco last week, is the front runner among the Democratic candidates at this time, and is campaigning very effectively.

I'm glad to return that.

Mr.

Vice President, what was your reaction to the Strauss vote in the Senate yesterday? Well this is one of those issues on which Senator Kennedy and I disagree.

I can only say that I feel that Admiral Strauss has rendered very dedicated and courageous service to the country over a great number of years, and I of course felt that the President was entitled to have as a member of the cabinet a man who shared his views.

I think that the action of the Senate denied the country and the President a very capable public servant.

The rejection of Mr.

Strauss as Secretary of Commerce, grew beyond the shadow of a doubt that Senator Johnson can get anything he wants out of this Senate.

When he cracks the whip, Senators jump.

And this is a victory for Senator Johnson above perhaps most anybody else in the Senate, but I in myself think that it's a Pyrrhic victory, a Pyrrhic victory, one in which he may have won a battle, but will contribute to his losing the war.

Well there was strong feeling held by, as it turned out, a majority of the Senate, that the Senate having a constitutional responsibility to advise and consent to nominations, even to the cabinet, that it was in the national interest that the President have another Secretary of Commerce and that Mr.

Strauss should not be chosen.

It's not a happy task to reject a man and reject a President's choice, but the Constitution does give us that responsibility and that was the decision of a majority of the Senate in which I concurred.

Identifier
F.2012-03-0786
Date Of Production
June 19 1959
Abstract
Telenews newsreel about Vice President Richard Nixon and Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy crossing paths on a campaign stop at Chicago Midway Airport on June 19, 1959. At the time, both were vying for their respective parties' nomination for the 1960 presidential race. 
Description
Establishing shot of a sign for Chicago Midway Airport, "World's Busiest Airport." Kennedy and Nixon descend the stairs from their United flight side-by-side, with Jacqueline Kennedy following. Nixon answers a question from a journalist about Kennedy's chances at the Democratic nomination while Kennedy stands beside him, holding a copy of the book Advise and Consent. Nixon is then asked about Eisenhower's choice for Secretary of Commerce, Lewis Strauss, being rejected by the Senate earlier that day. He expresses dissapointment and places blame on partisan politics and Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson. Following several silent shots of reporters and cameramen, Kennedy offers his thoughts on the Senate vote, saying it was in the national interest to reject Strauss for the role.
Run Time
0:02:38
Format
16mm
Extent
150 feet
Color
B&W
Sound
Optical
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Print
Genre
Journalism
Political
Form
Newsreels
Subject
Political campaigns
Political elections
Politics and government
Politicians
Related Collections
SUBSERIES I: Politics & Government

Related Places
North America ➜ United States ➜ Illinois ➜ Chicago

Distributor
Telenews (Firm)

Main Credits
Koza, Frank (is filmmaker)

Participants And Performers
Nixon, Richard (is participant)
Kennedy, John F. (is participant)

 
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