Word: nixon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Democratic Party has two major objections to the Eisenhower ticket: 1) Eisenhower's health, and 2) Richard Nixon. I would strongly suggest that the Democratic Party at their convention nominate Eisenhower by acclamation, and then nominate Stevenson as vice-presidential candidate. This would settle both the problems, since Eisenhower and Stevenson on the Democratic ticket would certainly defeat Eisenhower and Nixon on the Republican ticket...
Thomas E. Dewey, twice Republican nominee for the Presidency, last night called Vice-President Nixon "qualified" to run for reelection because of his "extensive experience in government...
...Nixon's success in carrying out the presidential program as Vice-President is so great," Dewey explained, "that he never gets write-ups in the newspapers." Dewey called this lack of publicity a sign of harmony between Nixon and Eisenhower...
...Vice President Richard Nixon announced the tie, Tennessee's Democratic Senator Albert Gore, a proponent of rigid supports, was on his feet contending that the Vice President could not vote because the motion to reconsider had already been tabled. Said Nixon: "If the Senator will read the Constitution he will find that the Vice President has the right to vote when a tie occurs. The chair votes...
...Drew Pearson "a chronic liar." President Truman called him "an s.o.b." Last week Columnist Pearson got further presidential notice. Pearson had written that, unknown to newsmen cover ing President Eisenhower's recent "golfing-hunting sojourn" with Secretary of the Treasury George Humphrey at Thomasville, Ga.. Vice President Nixon had paid Ike "a secret visit" to talk about his own renomination. Next day at Ike's press conference, a newsman asked: "At any time while you were in Thomasville. did Vice President Nixon meet with you there?" Replied the President emphatically: "No, no, no. He didn...