Word: train
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Peoria, the Eisenhower train was joined by Wisconsin's Senator Joe McCarthy, a man whom Ike does not admire, but whom he recognizes as the symbol of a deep sense of uneasiness among U.S. voters. As the train rolled across Wisconsin, McCarthy was much in evidence. At Green Bay, he bobbed onto the train platform to receive the cheers of the crowd, which here, as at some other Wisconsin stops, gave the Senator more applause than it gave Eisenhower himself. As Ike began to speak, McCarthy, who knew what was coming from a talk with Ike the previous evening...
Contributing mightily to the general excitement and confusion was the erratic behaviour of the Eisenhower train. At Saginaw, Ike had barely opened his mouth to say "Ladies & gentlemen . . ." when the engineer sent the Eisenhower train rolling inexorably away from the assembled crowd. At Lapeer, the next stop, the train again pulled out before Ike could speak, then halted some distance off, where Ike and Mamie began to sign autographs. As the train started up for the second time, Ike caught Mamie in the act of handing a pen down to an autograph-seeker and cried out in anguish...
Forces at Work. But the newspapers were clamoring for facts. Dick Nixon had made a full report; why shouldn't Stevenson? Jubilant Republicans joined in, asked what Stevenson was trying to cover up. Correspondents on the campaign train submitted a petition asking the nominee for a press conference. Stevenson's answer...
Truman praised North Dakota's nominally Republican Senator William ("Wild Bill") Langer, who was traveling on the Truman train. Langer has stood ace high with Truman ever since 1947 when he cast the deciding vote in committee against Senate investigation of the Kansas City vote fraud...
...back of the Eisenhower train, noted Truman, was a sign reading "Look Ahead, Neighbor." Cracked the President: "What it ought to say is this, 'Look Out, Neighbor.' " If the Republicans should win, said Harry, the voters would have to look out for mortgage foreclosures, 1932-style unemployment, wage cuts and World...