Sept. 13, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon called today for a “three-pronged anti-subversive program that would make California a shining example to the nation.” The Republican Gubernatorial candidate said the program should include state legislative investigations, “loyalty and security programs” for public employees down to the local level, and mandatory high school courses in “Communist tactics and the alternatives to freedom.” On the need for such a campaign, he cited two items — a recent state legislative report that Communist activity in California had “picked up momentum and has steadily been gaining in strength” and a statement by a Democratic legislator that there were 35 Communists in unspecified positions in various Democratic organizations. Mr. Nixon’s proposal was the main subject of a speech today at a meeting in Chico in observance of National Constitution Day. Mr. Nixon said that California was caught up in a national trend toward more and more of the governmental centralization characteristic of Soviet Russia and that, in contrast to his opponent, he stood for a return to “individual responsibility.” His declarations on this theme drew repeated bursts of loud applause.
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