Word: pledgees
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Eisenhower, resting for two days in Denver after his 5,000-mile swing through the West (see above), issued a Pulaski Day statement paying tribute to the great Polish patriot, who fought in the American Revolution. Recalling a pledge in the Republican platform, Eisenhower urged "the repudiation of the Yalta...
¶Georgy Malenkov, Stalin's "No. i%" man, said that the U.S. had assumed Hitler's mantle and was planning world domination by means of a third world war (see INTERNATIONAL). "The leaders of the United States . . . knew from the experience of the Hitlerites . . . that it was impossible...
Indignantly, Stevenson echoed a complaint by Dean Acheson that Ike had unfairly accused the Secretary of State of "writing off" Korea in a 1950 speech. "I am frankly astonished that my opponent stooped ... to the practice of lifting remarks out of context'. . . Why did he skip the Secretary'...
Editor Wallace got them to sign a pledge not to make advertising hay of the Digest's approval, but he let them use his letter to recruit dealers because "we . . . want any recommended product to be available in the stores."
A Compromise. Shivers took the dread word back to Texas and solemnly pronounced Stevenson anathema. A rebel gleam began to shine in the eyes of Texas. But under the loyalty pledge Shivers had accepted, he was committed to do his best to get Stevenson and Sparkman on the Texas ballot...