Word: nixon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Jack Kennedy is the answer to slick Dick Nixon, who will almost certainly be the Republican candidate. It's only a matter of time now until Kennedy's enemies begin circulating the stories about building a tunnel to the Vatican or bringing the Pope to Washington, but Jack's religion makes no difference to me-he gets my vote...
...black leather Cabinet chair, he explained that he felt well, but was conscious of speaking more slowly after his stroke (no one in the room could detect it) and would therefore talk less than usual. During the rest of the sessions he frequently came and went, leaving Vice President Nixon to preside while he went back to the business at his own desk or took time off for resting...
Said Vice President Richard Nixon to the budget-centered National Association of Manufacturers in Manhattan: "The lowest taxes, the highest profits, the best wages in history won't make any difference if we're not around to enjoy them. This means that substantial amounts will have to be added to our defense budget. We must spend whatever is necessary. And the strongest military establishment in the world will not save America's freedom if we fail to meet the threat which the Communists present in nonmilitary areas...
When it came to taxation, Vice President Nixon had some realistic forecasting for the N.A.M. members. Speaking at their annual dinner, he told them that "there will obviously not be a tax cut" in 1958, though neither "do we anticipate a tax increase" (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS). Nixon also hinted at the possibility of an unbalanced budget, made a strong plea for foreign aid, plugged for the extension of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements...
...Nixon's dose of realism was hard for the N.A.M. to take. Although a panel of four Congressmen had earlier warned that a tax cut was unlikely, most of the preceding speeches had been full of the sort of wishful thinking that the N.A.M.'s members apparently never tire of. Speakers argued for tax reductions and less Government spending, against interstate commerce regulations and the Tennessee Valley Authority...