On September 23, 1952, vice-Presidential candidate Senator Richard Nixon was fighting for his political life amid charges of misusing campaign contributions, secret bank accounts and dirty tricks. So much were the allegations that it was advised Eisenhower dump the nefarious running mate and look for someone else. In his defense,
A busy day for President Eisenhower, this September 23, 1954 – The President embarked on an important political swing on through the West in a major effort to revitalize the GOP fight for a Republican controlled Congress. The Chief Executive was advised yesterday by GOP National Chairman Leonard Hall that
– Racism In America – NBC Radio: Image – Minorities – June 2, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Racism in America – for a time you would have thought we rose above it – that we had become imbued with empathy and compassion – that the seemingly endless
– Sherman Adams- resignation address – September 22, 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Scandals at the White House have never been anything new – they happened in just about every administration since Washington. The Eisenhower Administration in the 1950s was no different. White House Chief Assistant Sherman Adams,
With the Middle East in a state of chaos and protests erupting all over the world because of it, the divisions caused by it are deep and perhaps irreparable. But there was a time when things were different – this interview conducted by Mike Wallace with Israel’s Ambassador to the
September 11, 1958 – President Eisenhower – Address to Nation over situation in Formosa – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 11, 1958 – a day of saber-rattling and military overtures. The long-running dispute over The People’s Republic of China (Communist) versus The Republic of China (Nationalist), and claimed territory
– NBC – Listen To Washington – The Subversive Activities Control Board – Sept. 21, 1954 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – At the height of the Red Scare in the 1950s, a little-known/barely publicized organization started up in Washington. The Subversive Activities Control Board was headed up by former
– July 17, 1951 – Edward R. Murrow and the News With Don Hollenbeck – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 17, 1951. The big news concerned the devastating floods sweeping over Kansas City, submerging some 2 million acres and causing an untold amount of damage and
– July 11, 1951 – CBS Radio: Edward R. Murrow News with Don Hollenbeck – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another mixed-signals day, this July 11, 1951. With truce talks going on in Korea, fighting was still going on – with a reported additional 164 American troops killed in action
– American Forum – Happy Pills – July 8, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – You can blame it on the Cold War, you can blame it on the great uncertainty society was facing. You can blame it on the questioning of values and who we had become as
