Ike "Special"

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I was a mere lad of nine in 1952 but I do remember part of  the campaign talk 
Ike gave from the rear of the train when he stopped at  Union Station in 
Lynchburg. To underscore his point on inflation, he used  a precut 2 by 4 and it 
was a certain length. He said that the entire board  could be bought for so 
much money in  a certain previous year. But he  said in that year, 1952, the same 
amount of money would only buy a shorter board  and he broke it broke it to 
illustrate his point. I was amazed at how strong he  was until my Dad explained 
that the 2 by 4 must have been already cut partly  though!
 
Twelve years later in May 1964 when Ike was at VMI for the dedication of  the 
Marshall Research Library and I was a new journalist, I was able to speak  
with him about the 2 by 4 thing. It happened that President Johnson  was late 
arriving and while everyone was waiting, Ike strolled over to the media  and 
came directly to me.  I didn't wash my right hand for several days  because I had 
actually gotten to shake his hand. Later that day, I got a pretty  good 
picture of Ike which was used widely in newspapers across the country, by  way of 
the Associated Press.  If anyone wants to see it, contact me off  list at 
_VgnRy43 at aol.com_ (mailto:VgnRy43 at aol.com) 
 
Aubrey Wiley




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