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Nile Kinnick correspondence, August-December 1940
1940-09-18: Page 01
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Erwin J. Gottsch, M.D. Shenandoah, Iowa September 18, 1940 Mr. Nile Kinneck, Iowa City, Iowa Dear Mr. Kinneck: I notice by the Des Moines Register this morning that you are to appear with Mr. Wilkie at Iowa Falls the 27th. You are now the popular man with l00% of the people in the United States. The day you appear with a presidential candidate, that popularity will drop to 50%. People in the United States take their politics seriously you know. And they are like elephants on forgetting. Neither of the Presidential Canidates can do you any good, but by helping either of them in their campaign, you will do yourself irreparable harm. There is nothing more fatal than for a popular young man, who has gained his popularity by his own efforts and ability, to climb on to a presidential bandwagon. I would be equally disappointed if you appeared with Mr. Roosevelt in the same capacity. You know Nile, its like indorsing a cigarette , or a liver pill. Before doing it , talk with other members of the I club, and Democrats as well as Republicans, regardless of your own personal politics. It's a long time since we have had a man like you at Iowa, and I think all alumni who will lay aside their own partisan feelings, would advise you the same way. Politics are not clean you know and at present it can only hinder you, by closing more agreeable and profitable avenues for you in the future.
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Erwin J. Gottsch, M.D. Shenandoah, Iowa September 18, 1940 Mr. Nile Kinneck, Iowa City, Iowa Dear Mr. Kinneck: I notice by the Des Moines Register this morning that you are to appear with Mr. Wilkie at Iowa Falls the 27th. You are now the popular man with l00% of the people in the United States. The day you appear with a presidential candidate, that popularity will drop to 50%. People in the United States take their politics seriously you know. And they are like elephants on forgetting. Neither of the Presidential Canidates can do you any good, but by helping either of them in their campaign, you will do yourself irreparable harm. There is nothing more fatal than for a popular young man, who has gained his popularity by his own efforts and ability, to climb on to a presidential bandwagon. I would be equally disappointed if you appeared with Mr. Roosevelt in the same capacity. You know Nile, its like indorsing a cigarette , or a liver pill. Before doing it , talk with other members of the I club, and Democrats as well as Republicans, regardless of your own personal politics. It's a long time since we have had a man like you at Iowa, and I think all alumni who will lay aside their own partisan feelings, would advise you the same way. Politics are not clean you know and at present it can only hinder you, by closing more agreeable and profitable avenues for you in the future.
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