View from the Summit

Regardless of their political preferences, U.S. voters do not blame the Republicans for the summit failure. Not one of the voters he interviewed, reports United Feature's doorbell-ringing Pollster Sam Lubell this week, is shifting his vote to the Democrats. A 5 to i majority of all voters praised Ike's "dignity" in the face of the Khrushchev tirade, and three out of four were in favor of larger defense expenditures. Most people were sticking to their original, presummit choice for the presidency; Vice President Nixon, because of his experience, got a "small boost" out of increased concern about war.

Lubell's findings seemed to dovetail with the responses to a new Gallup poll, which asked the question: If a summit meeting is held next year, whom would you like to represent the U.S. as President? The answers:

Kennedy Nixon Don't Know 37% 49% 14%

Stevenson Nixon Don't Know 35% 51% 14%

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