 On the morning of September 24 , Summerfield and Humphreys called Nixon at his Missoula hotel . After securing his agreement to fly to Wheeling if Eisenhower agreed to Chotiner 's terms , the two reached Eisenhower and campaign leader New Hampshire Governor Sherman Adams in Portsmouth , Ohio , en route to Wheeling , and briefed them on the conversation with Nixon and on the flood of communications from the public . The general and governor agreed that Nixon could come to Wheeling with the assurance he would remain on the ticket . After making speeches in Missoula and at a stop in Denver , and after Eisenhower made his own speech announcing that his running mate had been the victim of an " attempted smear " , Nixon arrived in Wheeling late in the day on the 24th . Eisenhower came to the airport to meet the plane , and hurried up the steps to greet the Nixons when the door was opened . 
