Word: whats
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Sudden Flood. What had brought the tide of praise for President Eisenhower to sudden flood was apparently enthusiasm for his bold effort to sweep aside the cold war's barriers by trading visits with Soviet Premier Khrushchev. The chatter about the New Eisenhower came during an Ike week that...
In the light of such performance, most of it stemming from actions and positions of months ago, the seemingly spontaneous New Eisenhower line, especially in the U.S. press, was a journalistic baffler, though it did make for some bright writing and the appearance of punditic discovery. "One evidence of the...
¶ "I would like him to see Levittown [Pa.], the town surrounding the Fairless plant, and see this town universally and exclusively inhabited by its workmen, and to see what those homes are.
President Eisenhower was asked what he particularly wanted Khrushchev to see in the U.S. The answer gave insight into Ike himself. Items:
¶"I would like to see him go in the little town where I was reared [Abilene, Kans.] and pick up the evidence-and of course there are some still alive [who remember] when I was there, you know-and let them tell him the story of how hard I...