Word: nixon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Turning to 1960 Republican presidential possibilities, Dewey saw Vice President Richard Nixon as a "superb" candidate. He protested that this was no presidential endorsement for Nixon ("they're all good men"), but he gave notably shorter shrift to others. Said he of retired General Alfred Gruenther: "I don't know him well." And of California's Senator William Knowland and Hardy Perennial Harold Stassen: "I haven't seen them campaigning...
...Republican who had nonetheless voted for Franklin Roosevelt in 1936, Rogers went in 1952 to G.O.P. Behind-the-Scenes-Expert Herb Brownell, whom he knew only casually, and volunteered to work for Dwight Eisenhower in the pre-convention campaign. While in Chicago Rogers also caught the eye of Richard Nixon, went along with the vice-presidential candidate on a Western swing, was with him when the news broke that Nixon was the beneficiary of a trust fund put up for him by California admirers. Preparing for his "Checkers" television explanation to the nation, Nixon used Rogers as a sounding board...
...Rogers' rising importance has never impressed his youngest child Doug, 11. One day Nixon called, and the boy answered the phone. In a little while the President himself called, and Doug again answered. Said Rogers later: "I want you to remember this occasion because it will mean a lot to you some day." Asked Doug: "Did you ever meet Mickey Mantle...
Passing the three-quarter pole in his race for governor, New Jersey Republican Malcolm Forbes was joined last week by a seasoned political pacer. "Think of the news it would make," said Vice President Nixon, "if Malcolm Forbes won. We had a little election in Wisconsin-one the Republicans would like to forget.* An upset gave inspiration to the Democratic Party. An upset here would prove to Republicans all over the country that it can be done." On the chance that it could, Nixon toured seven key counties, made eight full-dress speeches, shook as many hands as he could...
...contrast to the thousands tumbling into the Nixon-Forbes rallies last week, Meyner was drawing poor crowds. In Jersey City advance Democratic scouts hastily combined five meetings into one in a hall seating 75, then produced an overflow audience. Nonetheless, the polls were showing Meyner a winner: a Princeton Research Service straw vote gave him 49% of the vote, Forbes 43%, with the remainder undecided. In Newark, bookies changed their odds' on a Meyner victory from...