Word: nixon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...postnomination speech calling for an open race for the vice-presidential nomination. Later, straining to put himself across in person, Adlai threw a wild punch when he declared that "the President is not master in his own house," implied that the country was being run by Richard Nixon and the Eisenhower Cabinet. Only when he strayed onto subjects dealing with his own political idealism did Stevenson sound like himself. "Our plan for 20th century man," he said, "is not just for his survival, but for his triumph . . . Trust the people...
...telephone rang in Vice President Richard Nixon's Washington office. Over the wire came the voice of Dwight Eisenhower, who wanted to talk about the speech Nixon would make that afternoon at Ike's Gettysburg farm. There 650 Republican leaders from every state would gather for the formal launching of the 1956 campaign. "Lay it on the line, Dick," said the President. "Let's get a little tough with those people...
...Nixon promptly threw away his prepared speech notes and set to work anew, aware that the telephone call had signaled a turning point in the campaign: Ike is through turning the Republican other cheek to Democratic attacks. As Nixon knew, the brunt of carrying the counterattack would fall upon him and G.O.P. National Chairman Leonard Hall, for Ike had no intention of lending the presidency to campaign potshotting...
...breast pocket for a look, gasped: "Oh, for goodness' sake." At 4:30 p.m. he took his seat on the platform and the program began. First major speech was a warm-up by Len Hall, then the speech that Ike had been waiting for. Author: Dick Nixon. He did not believe in answering personal attacks on the President, said Nixon, but when the Administration's accomplishments are misrepresented or distorted, "it is our responsibility to set the record straight." Examples...
Republicans cheerfully accepted the challenge to debate the issue of evil in government operation. In cold fury, Dwight Eisenhower replied to Truman and Stevenson at his news conference. "America," he snapped, "believes I am honest, that I am not a rascal, that I am not a racketeer." Added Richard Nixon at Gettysburg: "We'll be glad to compare the moral standards of the Eisenhower Administration to the Truman Administration any time of the day or night...