THE VICE PRESIDENCY: One of the Comers

As it was the week before last, as it will be next week, and for weeks to come, Topic A of U.S. politics was the future of Richard Nixon. "Mr. President," a reporter put the first question at Eisenhower's press conference, "there have been some published reports that some of your advisers are urging you to dump Vice President Nixon from the Republican ticket this year, and that, secondly, you yourself have suggested to Mr. Nixon that he consider standing aside this time and, perhaps, take a Cabinet post. Can you tell us whether there is anything to those...

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