Word: nixon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Oregon cleared the way for one of this year's roughest Senate election brawls, gave a significant lift to one Democratic presidential candidate, slammed down hard on another, handed a meaningful vote of confidence to Dwight Eisenhower and-for a surprise in the election-to Vice President Richard Nixon...
...Dick. On the Republican ballot Dwight Eisenhower got a whopping vote of nearly 200,000-far more than Stevenson and Kefauver combined. About 35,000 Republicans also took the trouble to write in Richard Nixon's name for Vice President, although there was no campaign for Nixon. Eisenhower's name was the only one on the presidential ballot for either party. But even with allowances made for that advantage, the primary indicated strong support in Oregon for Ike and Dick...
...California G.O.P. politics for 15 years. In 1942 he was field director in the first campaign for governor waged by Earl Warren, now Chief Justice of the United States. In 1946 and 1952 he was a campaign manager for Bill Knowland, now Senate minority leader. He helped in the Nixon campaigns for Congress in 1946 and 1948, and managed Nixon's campaign for the Senate in 1950. In the vice-presidential campaign of 1952, Chotiner helped guide Nixon through the hectic days of the Nixon fund uproar, and after the election was generally recognized-much to the irritation...
...Calls. Inevitably, the big question came up: had Chotiner ever consulted Vice President Nixon about his cli ents? On this point, Chotiner was clear and firm: "I never discuss the people I represent or my cases with Mr. Nixon. I never discuss my clients' business with him." Asked South Dakota's Karl Mundt...
...Vice President Joao ("Jango") Goulart and his pretty wife arrived in Washington last week for a state visit that turned into an immediate personal hit. Goulart, one of the most colorful and controversial of Brazil's traditionally high-voltage politicians, was welcomed warmly by Vice President Nixon, talked at length with Secretary of State Dulles, dropped in to chat with President Eisenhower, conferred earnestly with A.F.L.-C.I.O. Chief George Meany, and still had time to attend all the formal dinners and receptions that go with a state visit...