How Nixon Got Into Power

[Linda Minor]

A fine and important article by the late, great Mae Brussell. The origin of Nixon's rise to power bears careful reading.

In August, 1945, a Committee of One Hundred Men located in California placed an advertisement in 26 newspapers:

WANTED -- Congressman candidate with no previous political experience to defeat a man who has represented the district in the House for ten years. Any young man, resident of district, preferably a veteran, fair education, no political strings or obligations and possessor of a few ideas for betterment of country at large may apply for the job. Applicants will be reviewed by 100 interested citizens who will guarantee support but will not obligate the candidate in any way. (26)

That ad was typical, a covert method of pretending this was an open contest for office. Richard Nixon, located in Maryland, still in the Navy, received a telephone call from Herman Perry. "Are you a republican and are you available?" were the two questions asked of Nixon.(27)

Herman Perry was vice president of Bank of America (28) -- which was soon on its way to becoming the largest private bank in the world. By 1960, one hundred top corporations were spending $21-billion for military goods. In California alone, fully half of all jobs related directly or indirectly on the continuance of the arms race.(29)

Richard Nixon, poor, from an unknown family, absent from the California scene for many formative years during law school and military service, was selected to represent old guard California republicans who picked him to run for Congress.(30) He was called upon to serve the strategists.

26. Advertisement, Congressman
Ibid., Nixon
Pages 39-40

27. Call, "Are you a republican?"
Ibid., Nixon
Page 40

I have read that Prescott Bush was involved in the selection committee that chose Nixon to run for Congress from Whittier, CA, though I have never seen this documented.

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How Prescott Bush Recruited Nixon
By Russell S. Bowen
According to Nixon’s biography, his personal and political ties with the Bush family go back to 1946, when Nixon claims he read an ad placed in an L.A. newspaper by the Orange County Republican Party and a group of wealthy businessmen led by Prescott Bush, the father of George H.W. Bush. They wanted a young candidate to run for Congress. Nixon applied and won the job, becoming a mouthpiece for the Bush group, progressing to the U.S. Senate and, in 1952, the vice presidency.
In 1960, Vice President Nixon was scouring the world seeking the presidency. At his side was Prescott Bush. Congressman Gerald Ford was helping raise funds, as was George H.W. Bush.
It took Nixon eight more years to reach his goal. The canny politician always remembered who helped him to get there. It was payback time for George. Nixon appointed him chairman of the Republican National Committee [1972-1973], and later U.S. ambassador to China [1974-1975].
By 1976, Gerald Ford, who succeeded Nixon after Watergate, paid his
due bill. He picked out a big job for his old crony, Bush: the CIA. But this time
Bush would not be an underling. Now he would be head man.
Source: Excerpt, Immaculate Deception: The Bush Crime Family Exposed. Carson City: America West, 1992. Note: Retired Brigadier General Russell S. Bowen, a WWII fighter pilot, says he was involved in major narcotics trafficking with the CIA and its precursor, the Office of Strategic Services.

I have just ordered the book Nixon, by Ralph de Toledano, which Mae Brussell cited as her source. Bowen (above quote) cited no source for his material, even in his book, Immaculate Deception.