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...question in politics is whether such popularity can be transferred, and how to go about it. The President's method was to lure independent and Democratic voters with an above-the-battle appeal that nonetheless made clear what side of the battle Ike was really on. Last week's trip was Ike's idea alone: yet the itinerary and the themes of his major speeches were carefully cleared and approved by Nixon's campaign managers...
...Extremists & Evil Propaganda." In Detroit, his first jet stop, Ike began way above the battle, though after careful briefing by Press Secretary Jim Hagerty on the United Auto Workers' crude antibigotry pamphlet (see Issues), he lashed out at "extremists" and "evil propaganda" that besmirched America's name...
...Ike soon took off his nonpartisan gloves. Arriving in Minneapolis next day, the President had a warm greeting for Republican Mayor P. Kenneth Peterson (running an uphill fight for Senator against Democratic Incumbent Hubert Humphrey). To 2,000 people who braved the gusty morning chill, Ike then launched into a spirited defense of his Administration and U.S. prestige, ended with a barely disguised appeal for Dick Nixon's election: "I hope most of you will come to the inauguration to see the next man inaugurated as President-the man of our choice." Ike then flew off to dedicate...
...Misguided People." After a day of golf and rest at Palm Springs, Calif., the President landed at Treasure Island for his spectacular motorcade through San Francisco. There, before 1,900 dinner guests at the Commonwealth Club, Ike strode wide and deep into the campaign with an all-but-personal telecast attack on Jack Kennedy's charges against the Republican record. "When in the face of a bright record of progress and development, we hear some misguided people wail that the United States is stumbling into the status of a second-class power and that our prestige has slumped...
...help out his ticket, the President announced in Palm Springs later that he was "going into the political field Nov. 2." Ike's entrance: a motorcade into Manhattan with Nixon and Lodge, followed by a party rally at the New York Coliseum, a nationwide TV broadcast...