Word: stevensonism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...apparent that the American electorate made a mistake in electing Eisenhower instead of Stevenson in 1956. Stevenson should be elected President in 1960, but to be elected, he must first be nominated. The politicians who nominate often lag behind the people who elect. I hope that the Democratic politicians do not compound the past failure of the electorate by refusing to give the American people the democratic opportunity of correcting an error...
Concerning the letter of John R. Stevenson of Yoder, Wyo.-by all means, no Kennedy for President. He is a Catholic, and all Catholics are bad. His grandfather was a saloonkeeper, and they are all bad. He comes from a town where 99.9999% of the folks have never heard of Yoder, Wyo. Man! That's real...
...original egghead: Adlai Stevenson...
...last summer's talks in London is an odds-on bet not to do it again. Reason: State Department Disarmament Adviser Harold Stassen, who kept the State Department quivering nervously during the 1957 negotiations, continues to disagree on basics with Secretary of State Dulles. Like Adlai Stevenson, Stassen believes the U.S. must make a conference-opening concession, i.e., cessation of nuclear testing for a short period as a demonstration of faith. Dulles is unalterably opposed to that idea and also to Stassen's notion that results can be got if the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. hold private talks...
That problem avoided, Stevenson whipped back to Washington for a few comments about Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin's latest "peace proposals." Stevenson hoped that the President's reply would be "affirmative in spirit." To be sure, said Stevenson, U.S. experience with "fine Soviet promises has been very disillusioning." But even so, the U.S. "must leave no stone unturned...