Record #:

8161

Author(s):

Thompson, Herb

Abstract:

Friday, September 26, 1952, Dwight D. Eisenhower rode a train into North Carolina. He made stops is Salisbury, Charlotte, and Winston-Salem. Eisenhower spoke on growing inflation and used a piece of lumber to demonstrate his point. Whistle stop campaigns, like this one, had been an American political tradition, but Eisenhower was the last presidential candidate to participate in a major one.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 52 Issue 5, Oct 1984, p3, il

Subject(s):

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969