Word: nixons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Then & Now. At one point during the week, Richard Nixon stepped from the White House into the crisp night air, paused for a moment to chat about his job. "I have no new duties," said Vice President Nixon, "but because I have been working more in the fields of foreign policy and defense, I am in a better position to help. The job changes. Five years ago the concentration was more on politics; now it's more on the Administration problems. Five years ago I wouldn't have been in such a position...
Five years ago Nixon had some of the world's most articulate enemies. They criticized him for his key role in the congressional investigation of Communist Alger Hiss, for the "Nixon Fund" in California, and for the "Checkers Speech" that he made defending himself. They continued to criticize him for the way he campaigned against Democrats in 1954. But Nixon stuck to his job, began to win respect for his diligence, his conduct during the first two presidential illnesses and on trips abroad as President Eisenhower's representative...
Responsibility & Confidence. From the beginning, Dwight Eisenhower had given Nixon more participation in Government than any other Vice President before him. During the second term, Nixon's responsibilities were notably increased. Example: Ike recently gave him the personal assignment of pushing both the Mutual Security and the Reciprocal Trade programs, both vital to the nation's security. The job amounted to more than mere advocacy: Nixon was told to "develop an approach" to foreign aid and foreign trade. Nixon's self-confidence grew with added responsibilities. He never clears a speech ahead of time with the White...
...Nixon-Adams relationship has become one of considerable discussion-and misinterpretation. Headlined the Toronto Globe and Mail last week: POWER FIGHT WAGED BY NIXON AND ADAMS. The real situation: Nixon and Adams sometimes disagree as to method but rarely as to purpose. Adams thinks of the executive branch as being able to do what it thinks is right without worrying too much about public opinion; Nixon, as an aide explains, knows that "the people run the country, and if you don't know what the people think, you're in trouble." Nonetheless, Dick Nixon and Sherman Adams have...
...During Nixon's years as Vice President, his efforts to serve and to learn have brought him into contact with experts in every field of governmental activity. One recent week, surveying the scope of U.S. missile programs and potentialities. Nixon talked to Air Force Missile Chief Bernard Schriever, Army Rockets Boss John Medaris, Army Scientist Wernher Von Braun, Physicist Edward Teller and Presidential Science Adviser Killian. That same week he surprised Dr. James G. Miller, head of the University of Michigan's Mental Health Research Institute, with his knowledge of behavioral science (Nixon is convinced that...