1950 Smathers' Campaign Speech

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Exhibit Name: The Eye of the Storm - Smather's 1950 Campaign Speech

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Description (print)

This exhibit features a speech printed in TIME magazine in 1950 and attributed to the George Smathers campaign. Mr. Smathers now denies that he made the speech.

The text reads:

Are you aware that Claude Pepper is known all over Washington as a shameless EXTROVERT?

Not only that, but this man is reliably reported to practice NEPOTISM with his sister-in-law, and he has a sister who was once a THESPIAN in wicked New York.

Worst of all, it is an established fact that Mr. Pepper, before his marriage, he habitually practiced CELIBACY.

definitions

ex-tro-vert, n., one who is outgoing, active, expressive and gregarious.

nep-o-tism, n., favoritism shown to relatives.

thes-pi-an, n., an actor or actress.

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