○  richard m. nixon: checkers  ○

i say that a man who, like mr. stevenson, has pooh-poohed and ridiculed the communist threat in the united states -- he said that they are phantoms among ourselves. he has accused us that have attempted to expose the communists, of looking for communists in the bureau of fisheries and wildlife. i say that a man who says that isn't qualified to be president of the united states. and i say that the only man who can lead us in this fight to rid the government of both those who are communists and those who have corrupted this government is eisenhower, because eisenhower, you can be sure, recognizes the problem, and he knows how to deal with it.

now let me that finally, this evening, i want to read to you just briefly excerpts from a letter which i received, a letter which after all this is over no one can take away from us. it reads as follows:

          dear senator nixon,

"since i am only 19 years of age, i can't vote in this presidential election, but believe me if i could you and general eisenhower would certainly get my vote. my husband is in the fleet marines in korea. he' a corpsman on the front lines and we have a two month old son he's never seen. and i feel confident that with great americans like you and general eisenhower in the white house, lonely americans like myself will be united with their loved ones now in korea. i only pray to god that you won't be too late. enclosed is a small check to help you in your campaign. living on $85 a month it is all i can afford at present, but let me know what else i can do."

folks, it's a check for $10, and it's one that i will never cash. and just let me say this: we hear a lot about prosperity these days, but i say why can't we hav

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