Word: nixon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this political level, Vice President Richard Nixon last week replied to the Democrats, posing the alternatives to city voters as well as to the farmers: "We do not believe that American farmers are getting their fair share of America's unprecedented prosperity. We shall continue to explore every possible program which will remedy the inequity . . ." Later he added: "The showdown battle in 1956 will be between those who want to nationalize and socialize basic American institutions and those who prefer the Eisenhower Republican program...
...workers raffled off a mink coat, while in the Fairmont's Cirque Room, Democrats clustered admiringly around James Heavey, a 30-year-old draftsman who won a place in the Democratic hagiology when he had a brush with Secret Service men last year after heckling Vice President Richard Nixon at a San Mateo rally...
Before they left Washington, the state chairmen all signed a telegram aimed at persuading Eisenhower to run again. Its concluding sentence: "We like Ike better than ever." They also unanimously adopted a resolution commending Dick Nixon for his work as Vice President. Then, one and all, they emplaned for Denver to see the President...
Observers at French Lick noted that the Democratic word-fire was concentrated against four special Republican targets: 1) Eisenhower is a puppet of Big Business; 2) Eisenhower has no feeling for human needs; 3) Eisenhower plays too much golf; 4) Eisenhower likes Nixon...
Yearning for Nixon. Chairman Butler said that . . . the Democrats were yearning for Vice President Nixon to run in 1956 because he is "the worst Vice President in 35 years." Butler bore down: "He has trampled on the best traditions of American politics . . ." Nixon's coming good-will visit to the Middle East was "a good way to see the world at public expense ... I think the people are becoming aware of the fact that Nixon is not sincere...