Word: nixons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Smith in 1928 (to prove himself a winner outside heavily Catholic Massachusetts, Kennedy has little choice but to enter perilous presidential primaries in 1960). His youth, now so appealing, may be turned against him when the Democrats start seeking "mature" leadership (Kennedy figures it would help if Dick Nixon, just four years older, were the Republican candidate). He is, in many aspects, a conservative, and 1960 could conceivably bring the rejuvenation of the liberals ("In a militantly liberal convention I wouldn't have a ghost of a chance...
...White House, however, said Eisenhower's recovery from a slight stroke had been so rapid that he may yet go to Paris. The NATO Council seemed to take it for granted that vice-President Nixon will sit in for Eisenhower, saying, "We learned with satisfaction that vice-President Nixon will lead the American delegation...
...Washington, Nixon said only that he would be ready to substitute for Eisenhower, and that Eisenhower would decide who makes up the U.S. delegation. Members of the Council did not mask their concern that Eisenhower, one of the principal builders of NATO's military strength, might not be present. But they were determined to go ahead with the plans for the greatest show of western solidarity since NATO was born...
From whom the necessary leadership is to come, if it is to come at all, is a difficult and critical question. The President may decide that he cannot fulfill the demands of the Presidency, and then resign in favor of Vice President Nixon. Even if Mr. Eisenhower remains in office, the Vice President will have to assume a more active role if the executive branch of the government is to provide the necessary leadership. In either case, the need for a stronger and more positive program by the Democratic majority in Congress would seem apparent...
Unfortunately, neither Mr. Eisenhower, Mr. Nixon, nor the Democratic Congress seems likely to emerge as the answer to the present crisis...