1956 Eisenhowers Campaigning, Iowa State Fair; Eisenhower Speech re continued H-Bomb Testing
Eisenhowers campaigning, arrive at Iowa fairgrounds & shaking hands w/ crowd. LS crowd behind fence watching. Ike & Mamie walking thru crowd.
16:42:52 Massive crowd from above front. Circus tents behind people w/ placards.
16:43:14 Large scoreboard w/ Welcome to Iowa, flags on top.
16:43:23 Black
16:43:29 Ike in suit at desk posing for cameras. Speaks (SOF), reading: We cannot prove wise & strong by any such simple device as suspending unilaterally our H-Bomb tests. Our atomic knowledge & power have forged the saving shield of freedom; and the future use & control of atomic power can be assured, not by any theatrical national gesture, but only by explicit & supervised international agreements. We cannot prove wise & strong by hinting that our military draft might soon be suspended; even though every family naturally hopes for the day when it might be possible. This I state categorically cannot be done under world conditions of today. It might...(ends)
Atomic Energy; Re-Election; Cold War; Military Strength;
NOTE: First speech of new Presidential campaign given 19Aug56 from CBS television studio in Washington, DC per Time Magazine.
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1956 Eisenhowers Campaigning, Iowa State Fair; Eisenhower Speech re continued H-Bomb Testing Eisenhowers campaigning, arrive at Iowa fairgrounds & shaking hands w/ crowd. LS crowd behind fence watching. Ike & Mamie walking thru crowd. 16:42:52 Massive crowd from above front. Circus tents behind people w/ placards. 16:43:14 Large scoreboard w/ Welcome to Iowa, flags on top. 16:43:23 Black 16:43:29 Ike in suit at desk posing for cameras. Speaks (SOF), reading: We cannot prove wise & strong by any such simple device as suspending unilaterally our H-Bomb tests. Our atomic knowledge & power have forged the saving shield of freedom; and the future use & control of atomic power can be assured, not by any theatrical national gesture, but only by explicit & supervised international agreements. We cannot prove wise & strong by hinting that our military draft might soon be suspended; even though every family naturally hopes for the day when it might be possible. This I state categorically cannot be done under world conditions of today. It might...(ends) Atomic Energy; Re-Election; Cold War; Military Strength; NOTE: First speech of new Presidential campaign given 19Aug56 from CBS television studio in Washington, DC per Time Magazine.