The Nixon excitement almost drowned out Eisenhower's best speech to date on the paramount issue: the Democratic handling of the world crisis with Communism, the crisis on which hang war and peace. As if to answer critics (including Stevenson) who say that Senator Taf t is now in charge of the Republican campaign, Ike picked Taft's home town, Cincinnati, for a speech that Taft could not make.
"We declare," said Ike, "that we, the free of the Western world, can never find our salvation in any attempt to stand apart and live completely alone in this world." But at the same time...
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