ann whitman described november -- thursday november 1st, 1956 as another day of great crises. terman adams called this, quote, the worst week that eisenhower experienced in all the years i worked with him at the white house. the this morning the president was besieged with rumors that the soviets were planning to deploy aircraft on syrian bases. and ike asked the chairman joint chiefs of staffs whether the russians might have flipped some atom bombs to the egyptians. eisenhower cancelled all campaign events except the one scheduled for philadelphia that night, november 1st. ann whitman recalled that the typewriters had to go to the train to complete the speech in time. in philadelphia, in convention hall, ike looked out at 18,000 partisans who came fully expecting arousing campaign speech. instead, he launched to what a columnist called a high level speech by a man who spoke not as a republican partisan but as president of all the country. l. or there will be no peace. the president concluded, we believe that the power of modern weapons makes war not only perilous but preposte