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While Nixon was out West, Illinois held its primary, gave him a strong vote of confidence in an uncontested G.O.P. primary that, when the slow count is completed, seemed certain to come close to Ike's 781,710-vote endorsement...
...Segregation. There are good and sufficient reasons to make Lyndon Johnson hesitate about running for President, much as he might covet the job. His health is a major consideration: in 1955 Johnson survived a more serious heart attack than the one that felled President Eisenhower two months later. But Ike is the living proof that a man can serve as President for years after a heart attack. In spite of his crushing work load, Johnson is in good health; his heart is completely healed, and he carries a plastic-enclosed cardiogram in his pocket to prove...
...said Ike, has no intention of intervening, and supports sound land reform. The U.S. did, however, express its firm belief that the attainment of land reform "is not furthered by the failure of the government of Cuba to recognize the legal rights of U.S. citizens who have made investments in Cuba." As for the U.S. press, it "is free to voice its opinions on all matters, whether domestic or foreign; this, you will agree, is a freedom basic to the exercise of democracy. Unfortunately, recent incidents in Cuba make it quite clear that it is dangerous for anyone there...
...candor," Ike said, "I must state that many longtime friends of Cuba who were heartened by the ideals expressed by the present leaders of Cuba when they assumed control of the government have been gravely disillusioned by betrayal of the ideals of freedom of expression, equal protection of the laws, and the right freely to choose a representative government...
From Cuba, Castro's newspaper, Revolution, called the letter "an attack on the people of Cuba" and Ike's comments "completely contrary to reality." In Chile, Student Federation President Fernandez called the U.S. statement a "valuable contribution to better understanding between the U.S. and Latin America...