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 Uni
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And november, and the first week of november, the candidates carry their message to the people. [applause] it started in july, when the Democratic Party nominated senator john f. Kennedy for president of the United States. And for Vice President , senator lyndon b. Johnson. The party united behind its candidate. Richard m. Nixon was the choice of the republican party. He had served as Vice President of the United States since 1953. Now, he was a candidate for the presidency. His Vice President ial running mate, ambassador henry cabot lodge. As the campaign gets underway, the president ial candidates meet facetoface in Television Debates seen and heard by millions of people, the same people who will decide which of these two men shall lead the country for the next four years. But personal contact with the people is still an essential feature of an american president ial campaign. Senator kennedy, a tireless campaigner, goes to all sections of the country, spelling out his views on domes