In August 1956, Kahn sent a letter to UM President Wilson H. Elkins in which he proposed to have the U.S. presidential candidates from both political parties together on the same platform to answer questions from a panel of college students.
1956年8月，卡恩先生给乌尔姆主席威尔逊•埃尔金斯致信，他建议两个政党的美国总统候选人在同一个平台上一起回答一群大学生的问题。