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DRAMATIC MESSAGE
FROM EISENHOWER
Senator Nixon Asked
For Interview
Australian Associated Press
NEW YORK, September 24.
Mr. Dwight Eisenhower, the Republican presidential candi
date, last night dramatically summoned Senator Richard
Nixon for a personal interview in a message in which he
describes as magnificent the vice-presidential candidate's
presentation of his defence for accepting $18,000 in ex
pense funds from friends.
Mr. Eisenhower delayed speaking at a meeting in Cleveland, -
Ohio, so that he could listen to and see Senator Nixon, who
made a radio-television broadcast from Los Anceles.
Mr. hisenhower s mes
sage reads: —
'Your presentation
was magnificent. While tech
nically lop decision rests with
me. yet you and I know that
the realities of the situation
will require a personal pro
nouncement which so far as
the public is concerned will
be considered decisive.
'In view of your compre
hensive presentation, my!
personal decision is going!
to be based on a personal]
conclusion. I
'To complete the formu
lation of that personal de--
cision, I feel the need of'
talking to you and would be!
most appreciative if you!
could fly to see me at once.!
Tomorrow night I shall be at;
Wheeling, West Virginia.
-I cannot close this tele
gram without saying that
whatever personal admi
ration and affection I have
for you— and they are very
great — are nndiminished.'
When he mounted the
platform at Cleveland, Mr.
Eisenhower said that he bad
prepared a speech on infla
tion, but had thrown it
away.
He then referred to the
Nixon broadcast, and said
that he had seen many
courageous men in his life,
but none who had come
through a test better than
Senator Nixon.
'Courageous'
'I have been a warrior and
I like courage,' Mr. Eisen
hower said. 'Tonight I saw
an example of courage. -
'When a man, in further
answer of what be believes
to be correct and right,
stands up in front of all the
American people and bares
his soul — brings his family
with him and tells the truth,
brings in every bit of evi
dence he can get hold of to
substantiate his story and
bares the secrets of his eco
nomic and financial life — he
is a courageous man.
'It is obvious, however,
that I have to have some
thing more than one single
presentation — necessarily
limited to 30 minutes — the
time allotted to Senator
Nixon.'
He also said it was clear
in his mind what the test
of his own judgment would
be when the chairman of
the Republican National
Committee called on him
to decide whether or not
to keep Senator Nixon as
his running-mate.
First. Mr. Eisenhower said,
it would not be decided by
his idea of what would get
the most votes or what would
serve administrative con
venience.
Secondly, his test would be
whether he believed Senator
Nixon was the kind of man
America would want as vice
president.
James Reston, diplomatic
correspondent of the 'New
York Times.' says that Mr.
Eisenhower left no doubt in
anybody's mind at the meet
ing of what his judgment
would be.
Senator Nixon, after an
emotional recounting of his
Fnancial affairs in his tele
vision broadcast, challenged
the Democratic candidate
Mr. Adlai Stevenson to ex
plain expenditures from a
fund raised in Illinois to in
crease salaries of persons ap
pointed to State office by Mr
Stevenson as Governor, and
challenged the Democratic
vice-presidential nominee
(Senator John Sparkman)
to say if he had any income
outside his Senate salary.
Senator Nixon said that
be would leave to the Repub
lican National Committee
the question of his retention
on the ticket.
He urged American people
to help the committee to
make its decision by tele
phone calls and telegrams.
Republican National Com
mittee headquarters i n
Washington said telephone
calls and telegrams, 'over-
whelmingly in favor of Sena
tor Nixon,' began pouring in
soon after the broadcast.
none Help
Senator Nixon.
Senator Nixon.
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