sed the<br >~ber 3，<br >Foreword<br > fter reading the typewritten manuscript of Kenneth S. Davis， A<br > Prophet in His Own Country: The Triumphs and Defeats of<br >Adlai E. Stevenson， Stevenson wrote Davis on March 19， 1957， "While<br >I think the book brings it out， the essence of the campaign of 56 was<br >Truth-as I saw it. We owe the people the truth about their affairs or<br >they can t make intelligent decisions; and the Reps [Republicans] have<br >not told them the truth， the whole truth， rather they have lulled them<br >to sleep etc. etc. 1<br > The central issue of the 1956 campaign， Stevenson explained in a<br >speech at Harrisburg， Pennsylvania， on September 13， 1956， was<br >whether America wants to stay on dead center， mired in com-<br >placency and cynicism; or whether it wants once more now to move<br >forward- to meet our human needs， to make our abundance serve<br >all of us and to make the world safer- in short， to build a New<br >America.<br > The Republicans pose the issues of this campaign in terms of<br >slogans - "peace， prosperity， progress."<br > I pose these issues in terms of facts - the grim facts of America s<br >unmet human heeds， the facts of a revolutionary world in the hydro-<br > gen age.<br > Here are some facts:<br > In four years- four years of wealth and abundance- our gov-<br > ernment has let the shortage of schoolrooms and teachers get worse.<br > 1This handwritten letter is in the possession of Mr. Davis. Stevenson also made<br >many comments in the margins of the manuscript itself， but this has unfortunately<br > ~Q<br >been destroyed.<br >[ vii ]<br >Nid-nudJot<br >LibrtPioe<br ><br >