Evening star., 1952-11-19
Gen. Eisenhower
|Confers With
Taft and Martin
Receives List of
Congress Topics
From 6. o. P. Leaders
By Robert K. Walsh
Stor Stoff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Nov. Ex-senator
Taft of Ohio and Representative
Martin of Massachusetts laid be-
fore President-elect Eisenhower
here today a "list of subjects
bound to come up at the next ses-
sion of Congress"
Senator Taft told reporters be-
fore the meeting at Eisenhower
Headquarters in the Commodore
Hotel that the conference also
would discuss the floor leadership
of the new Senate. He declared
the question is entirely open"
Anything that will achieve the
most harmonious settlement is
open." he said. II am, OF course.
available, but l am not running
for it. The selection will be a
matter of the consensus of all the
Republican Senator'S"
Plans for Inauguration.
Mr.. Martin, slated to be Speak
er of the House in the Congress
convening January 8. said the
meeting with Gen. Eisenhower to-
day would deal with Inauguration
plans for January 20 as we'll as
legislative subjects that would
normally come up early in the
congressional session.
He and the Ohio Senator, who
were the first scheduled visitors AZ
an all-day series of conferences
with the President-elect, disclosed
that they talked over prospective
list of legislation yesterday in
Washington. They submitted the
list in advance to Gen. Eisen-
hover.
Both Republican lawmakers ex-
jplained, before going into Gen.
Eisenhower's Office suite. that they
did not expect to settle anything
definitely" on the legislative pro-
gram for the coming session.
'We expect to get the generals
IDEAS" they said. HE may want
to add to the subjects we listed"
Nothing Sensational.
Mr.. Martin remarked that the
list OF subjects contained nothing
sensational, although it would not
be disclosed at this time. He said
fiscal and budget legislation was
high on the list, but that such
subjects would normally come up
in any discussion of this kind.
Senator Taft elaborated on this
by saying that the conference
may determine also whether some
subjects will require further
study, possibly by commissions,
while others might be deemed in
shape for early consideration by
the new Congress.
Another matter which Senator
Taft said would be brought up
at the conference concerns sew
eral laws due to expire next year.
In addition to the earlier an
Inounced appointment list. the
headquarters announced that Mrs.
Katherine Howard, Mrs. Ivy Priest
and Mrs. Bertha Adkins will see
Gen. Eisenhower late this after
noon. Mrs. Howard is Republican
national committeewoman from
Massachusetts,, Mrs. Priest is a
vice chairman of the Republican
National Committee in charge of
the women's division, and Mrs.
Adkins is Republican national
committeewoman from Maryland.
Dulles Visits Headquarters.
John Foster Dulles. Republican
foreign policy adviser, was at the
Eisenhower headquarters for al
most two hours this morning. He
told reporters he did not meet
Gen. Eisenhower, but came in
merely to clean up some work."
He refused to say anything about
Korea or Gen. EiSenhower's forth
coming visit to Korea.
Senator Bridges of New Hamp-
shire. who is likely to be chairman
of the Senate Appropriations
Committee, was scheduled to con-
| fer with Gen. Eisenhower soon
after the Taft-Martin conference.
The principal purpose Of Sem
ator Bridges visit will be to dis
cuss methods of reducing Federal
expenditures. But the question Of
the Senate floor leadership also
was expected to come UP. Sen
ator Bridges has indicated he does
not want to be majority leader.
Wiley to See General.
! Later today, Senator Wiley Of
Wisconsin, probable chairman Of
the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee and now delegate to the
United Nations General Assembly.
! (See EISENHOWER. Page A-10)