Description
Four early supporters of Richard Nixon discuss their role in launching Nixon's political career in 1946, when a citizen's committee sought a Republican candidate to run for Congress against Jerry Voorhis; Nixon's 1946 campaign, 1948 reelection, 1950 Senate race against Helen Gahagan Douglas; the train trip to the Republican national convention in 1952; the controversy over the Nixon fund in 1952; the presidential elections of 1960, 1968; Nixon's California gubernatorial campaign and his law practice during the 1960s.