Flushed with the victory that his radio appeal to the American public had brought him , Senator Richard Nixon , who is campaigning for the post of Vice President to Eisenhower's possible Presidency for the Republican party , boarded a plane to fly to Wheeling , West Virginia where Ike was awaiting him to give him a fatherly talk. Photo shows: Senator Nixon being greeted on his arrival at Wheeling by Eisenhower 25 September 1952