Richard Nixon might have been President today if he had chosen a Jewish running mate, Clare Boothe Luce, former U.S. Ambassador to Italy, asserts in the current issue of McCall’s magazine published today, Mrs. Luce adds that “the day will come” when a person of the Jewish faith will be considered for the Presidency.
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