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More animals appeared in the commericals Pierce analyzed than blacks. No blacks were shown in a position of command and only once did a black speak in a commercial and "his line did not even consist of a complete sentence...
...devotion to Nixon that has created the nomination controversy and has thrust the President and the Senate toward another classic collision over their respective powers. Nixon may well be forced to abandon the nomination, or he may persuade Gray to withdraw?something that anyone who respects the chain of command as Gray does would obligingly...
...graduated 172nd in his 456-man class. In the Navy he was an early riser and a man who devoted himself intensely to any task. Volunteering for submarine duty, Gray took part in five combat patrols against the Japanese in the Pacific. After the war, he was given command of a sub, the Tiru, then promoted to head a division with six advanced submarines...
Except for those two command posts, Gray spent most of his 20-year naval career in highly responsible positions as an aide to a higher officer. While an adviser on tactics and training for the Atlantic submarine fleet, he wrote speeches for the admiral of the fleet. At his retirement in 1960 he was assistant to Air Force General Nathan Twining, then Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Admiral Arleigh Burke, then Chief of Naval Operations, tried to talk Gray into remaining in the Navy, but, Burke recalls, "he was all steamed up about helping Nixon...
...growers said nothing about a representation election. Last December, the California Supreme Court upheld the farm union's charge that the Teamsters and the growers had conspired to sabotage the U.F.W., opening the way for Chavez to resume his organizing program. But the Teamsters still claim command of 30,000 farm workers, and forcing them out will be tough...