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Whittier College did not have the usual fraternities or sororities, but it did have the Franklins, a snobbish and high brow society, whose members wore black ties and dinner jackets to school functions, and which included the town's richer families. With a group of other students Nixon set out to break the Franklins social monopoly by organizing the Orthogonians, a name from the Greek word meaning "square-shooters-. The Orthogonians wore loose v-neck sweaters, and represented something different than the Franklins, effectively separating Nixon from those who inherited wealth with those who had to work for what they wanted. This separation ignited Nixon's competitiveness and refusal to loose. He would go on to size up many of his competitors as Franklins. .
The Franklin-Orthogonian distinction is constant throughout Nixon's life. Consider his first major political opponent, Jerry Voorhis, a millionaire banker's son, who Nixon may have viewed as a Franklin. In the 1946 election for California's congressman, he aggressively campaigned against Voorhis in which he made vigorous attacks, accusing him of being "soft- on communism. Voorhis denies any ties to communist endorsements, furthermore no evidence has been found to corroborate Nixon's claims. Nixon exploited the fact that the Cold War rivalry between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. was just beginning and that anti-communist sentiment was high. Nixon would phone thousands of voters in the district and say: "This is a friend of yours but I can't tell you my name. I just want to tell you that Jerry Voorhis is a communist."" ( ) .
"By using the "big lie,"" Nixon was able to trick people into believing that Voorhis was a communist sympathizer; with his dirty tactics, he won handsomely by a margin of 15,000 votes- (N v. N p. 150).
Voorhis was politically destroyed and never ran again for public office. Nixon viewed political opponents as adversaries, in his campaign against Voorhis "he was out for the kill, as if destroying the man was his primary mission rather than providing genuine political leadership.
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