The illinois metropolis had given the chief executive one of the most heartwarming receptions of his career upon his arrival to address the gop convention. [applause] thank you, ike day is the theme for the thunderous welcome. The enthusiasm spills over to the convention hall, where ike and maim the old center stage, while Convention Business waits in the wings. [applause] the partisan crowd receives an accounting of the republican administrations twoterms of stewardship. The headline making remarks of the president concerned the issue of whether people everywhere want to live under communism, or free system. He hurls a challenge at soviet premier nikita khrushchev. I challenge him to this. Will he agree to the holding of free elections under the sponsorship of the united nations, to permit people everywhere in every nation on every continent, to vote on one single, simple issue. That issue is do you want to live under a communist regime, or under a free system such as found in the United States . [applause] narrator a long roar of approval follows ikes challenge to khrushchev. [applause] then, the convention gets deaf down to the task of nominating the standardbearer. There is little suspense, save 10 votes cast for arizona senator goldwater. It is all nixon the rollcall. Vote is 1321 for the Vice President. The move to make the nomination of nixon unanimous comes from the arizona delegation, as announced by the permanent chairman, the congressman from indiana. Vice president richard m. Nixon has unanimously been nominated by the Republican Party for the office of president of the United States. [applause] narrator the party spelled out unity for Richard Milhouse nixon, the 47yearold californian, Vice President for the past seven and a half years. [applause] later, Richard Nixon chooses as his Vice President ial running mate, henry cabot lodge, shown with his to accept the party wife chicago bound to accept the party mandate. Ambassador lodge is asked, how do you feel about the sound of the nixonlodge ticket. Im very optimistic. It will be an exciting campaign, i think it will be exciting, interesting campaign, but i am optimistic of the outcome because i think people taking the situation of the United States in the world today very seriously, and they are right. They ought to. I think they are worried about man whod, just like a knows he is maybe going to have an operation, he wants the best doctors. And i think voters will want to have in the white house the man who is the most experienced and most intelligent, the most a real pro, in other words. And i think that is going to convince a great many people to vote for Richard Nixon. Narrator in chicago, opposed nomination appearance is made by the gop president ial candidate. Mr. Nixon speaks of president eisenhower. When i think of the burdens that he has carried, the responsibility that has been his, when i think also of this splendid record he has made in every way, and particularly the dignity and decency, the immense goodwill and feeling of affection for people that he brought to the presidency, i realize that for any man, be it mr. Kennedy or myself, to follow in his footsteps, will be a tremendous responsibility, and a challenge which will be very difficult for us to meet. American history tv is on cspan3 every weekend and all of our programs are archived on our website at cspan. Org history. You can watch lectures and college classrooms, archival films and see our schedule of upcoming programs as he spent. Org history. Each week, American History history tvs ican reel america brings you archival films that provides context for of Public Affairs issues today. This week, three films to mark veterans day. Defense Department Released the 70minute African Americans in world war ii, a legacy of and valor. Uch details r veterans and contributions made. It shows how nurses contributed to the war effort and as seem to be mounting between taiwan, china and the clock states, we turn the back
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