Word: gettysburg
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...gathered during the week in Chicago to plan for the 1956 national convention, the big question hung over every word and act. The faithful listened politely to speeches by Cabinet members, but they preferred to talk quietly and earnestly about what any of their number had heard from Gettysburg. They were cheered by but not entirely sure how to interpret the message they received from Dwight Eisenhower: "I personally am proud of Republican achievements for the peace and the prosperity and the security of the American people. I shall do everything in my power next year to help you report...
...farm outside Gettysburg, the thermometer stood at 25°, and the President's breath blew white in Pennsylvania's crackling morning air. He was the picture of the gentleman farmer, in crepe-soled shoes, brown slacks, soft blue sweater, suede sport coat, cashmere scarf and broad Stetson. From the house he walked 300 yards (the last 100 uphill) to a spot near the barn, there to receive a gift that any farmer would welcome...
...thought of the Army's helicopter technique, General Nathan Twining, Air Force Chief of Staff, waved a big cigar and cracked:"They'll learn after a few years.") The meeting was on military matters- strength of forces and budget. Next day, in his office at the Gettysburg post office, the President worked over the same subject with Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson and Admiral Arthur Radford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
...week long, important callers moved in and out of the Gettysburg office, where two-inch, bulletproof glass in heavy steel frames had just been placed over the windows. Marion Folsom, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, and Budget Director Rowland Hughes went in to talk about the HEW budget. Massachusetts' wise, cowlicked Representative Joe Martin, 71, Republican leader of the House, and California's pin-neat, trim (down 25 Ibs. to 208) William Knowland, minority leader of the Senate, went in for separate conferences on legislation, with incidental attention to politics. Each talked to the President about what...
Batlle Berres' itinerary calls for a state dinner with Vice President and Mrs. Nixon in Washington, a ticker-tape parade in Manhattan, and a visit with President Eisenhower at Gettysburg. After quick looks at wintry Boston and Chicago, his party will drop in on sunnier Miami. When he returns to Uruguay, Batlle Berres will have less than three months more to serve as President. Then, under the country's Swiss-style, national-council form of government, the No. 2 man in last year's election, Alberto Zubiria, will take over the chairmanship (i.e., the presidency...