Word: bulganins
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...House seems to have dismissed the Russian offer out of hand, but the world and the American people expect sober consideration from our leaders." So spoke Candidate Adlai Stevenson one day last week after he had learned that the President had rejected a letter from Russia's Premier Bulganin backing Adlai's campaign proposals to stop H-bomb tests...
Next day Stevenson read the text of Bulganin's letter and the President's sizzling reply (TIME, Oct. 29), and he decided that Bulganin was too close to his coattails for comfort. "I share fully President Eisenhower's resentment at the manner and timing of Premier Bulganin's interference in the political affairs of the U.S.," he said, in a second statement. "This is not the first time the Russian leaders have said things related to our presidential election. Mr. Bulganin himself expressed the hope some time ago that Mr. Eisenhower, would run for reelection...
...although the attempt to influence internal politics is transparent, some elements of the press have succeeded in masking the Soviet intent. They conclude that Bulganin was trying to boost Governor Stevenson's candidacy by making it appear that Eisenhower is the only obstacle to ending tests and harmful radiation...
Their method is clear. They have provided President Eisenhower with an opportunity to run not against Governor Stevenson, but against Premier Bulganin, feeling that the average American voter will naturally equate all those who agree about H-bombs and disagree with Eisenhower. The Soviets must realize that it is unlikely that voters will follow the reasoning of Bulganin's note to the conclusion that Eisenhower is a roadblock on the highway to peace...
Unfortunately, the President has been eager to play their game and reply politically to a message at least technically diplomatic. The worst aspect of the entire interchange is that in squabbling with Bulganin to gain a political advantage, President Eisenhower has lost sight of the H-bomb test-radiation issue itself. In order to oppose what he approaches as the combined forces of Bulganin and Stevenson, he has set himself up in an immovable, inflexible position, without bothering to give a reasoned reply to their collective arguments...