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| Date | January 9, 1958 (1958-01-09) |
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| Time | 12:30 p.m.EST[1] |
| Duration | 44 minutes[2] |
| Venue | House Chamber,United States Capitol |
| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Coordinates | 38°53′23″N77°00′32″W / 38.88972°N 77.00889°W /38.88972; -77.00889 |
| Type | State of the Union Address |
| Participants | Dwight D. Eisenhower Richard Nixon Sam Rayburn |
| Previous | 1957 State of the Union Address |
| Next | 1959 State of the Union Address |
The1958State of the Union Address was given byDwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States, on Thursday, January 9, 1958, to the85th United States Congress in the chamber of theUnited States House of Representatives.[3] It was Eisenhower's sixthState of the Union Address. Presiding over this joint session wasHouse speakerSam Rayburn, accompanied byVice PresidentRichard Nixon, in his capacity as thepresident of the Senate.
Eisenhower's theme for his address was "safety through strength."[4] He argued that the main threat to the safety and security of the United States was "communistimperialism" led by theSoviet Union which was "waging totalcold war."[3] He touted not only support for national defense initiatives but also for givingeconomic aid to allies of the United States to counter the "economic offensive" waged by the Soviet Union.[4] Eisenhower closed his speech as follows:
My friends of the Congress: The world is waiting to see how wisely and decisively a free representative government will now act.... I am fully confident that the response of the Congress and of the American people will make this time of test a time of honor. Mankind then will see more clearly than ever that the future belongs, not to the concept of the regimented atheistic state, but to the people—the God-fearing, peace-loving people of all the world.[3]
12:30... President Eisenhower's State of the Union Address.
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