he had a lot of help from kyle palmer. herb klein, who had a lifelong association with richard nixon, covered that 1946 race. describes kyle palmer's work as a symphony conductor. go back on the record, palmer didn't do a lot of writing on that particular race. but he certainly did a lot of behind the scenes kind of work on nixon's behalf, helped him get elected in 1946. when it came to 1950 when he ran against helen douglas, once again "the l.a. times" was very squarely in richard nixon's corner and worked very hard to get him elected. during the alger hiss case -- by the way, nixon was enjoying some fairly decent press coverage. in fact, as he begins the hiss -- alger hiss investigation, the fellow he chose to work with him on this was a fellow from the press by the name of bert andrews. curious choice. andrews had just won the pulitzer prize for doing a series about how the investigations into communism had ruined the life of ten people in the state department. and nixon chose andrews to work with him on the hiss invest