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Bitter Moment Ere State Run Ike Faces Duty Decision
Washington AP report recalls Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower calling his presidential bid his bitterest moment yet agreeing to run after being convinced it was his duty. Lodge, a former Massachusetts senator who managed the 1942 campaign, recounts Ike’s walk and repeat assertion that he would run if it proved his duty, despite earlier refusals and Democratic efforts to recruit him.
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