Evening star., 1952-12-24
Eisenhower
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Ilege of Missouri in 1924. He had
Ia brief career with the Missouri
State Farm Bureau and is a
former executive secretary of the
Missouri Federation Cooperative
Livestock Shipping Association.
Gen. Eisenhower had five Wis
itors this morning. They were
E. Roland Hartman. presi-
dent of the American Red Cross;
William F. Russell, president of
Teachers College. Columbia Uni
lversity; William S. Vincent and
James Russell, both professors of
education at the college, and
Osvoldo Aranha, first president of
the United Nations General AS
|sembly and former Brazilian AM
bassador to the United States.
Later the general planned
to leave for his home at 60
Morningside drive, where some
thing is brewing in the way of a
Christmas celebration.
The essential ingredients-the
children-drove down yesterday
from Highland Falls. N. Y. with
their mother, Mrs. John Eisen-
hover. the President elects
daughter-in-law. The children
are David, 4; Barbara Anne, 8,
and Susan, II months. Maj. John
Eisenhower is in Korea with the
Sd Infantry Division.
Strictly a Family Party.
It will be strictly family party.
The only others around will be
the generals mother-in-law, Mrs.
Elivera Doud. and the general and
Mrs. Eisenhower. To be sure, the
photographers will be let in for
a shot of the President-elect trim
ming his Christmas tree, and per-
haps another of the children
hanging up their stockings.
Christmas morning will be de-
voted to opening presents and
church. At about 3 o'clock, after
the children's nap, the family will
sit down to a Christmas dinner,
complete with a 20-pound turkey
and plum pudding. The general,
who had packed up his carving
knife on Thanksgiving, is said to
have another one ready this time.
Between now and Monday, the
Commodore Hotel headquarters
will be operating with a skeleton
staff, in the expectation that the
general will take off the rest of
the week end. There is no assur-
ance, however, that he will. Some
feel that the President-elect, like
other family men at Christmas
time, may feel the need to sneak
off to his Office for a bit of relaxa-
ton.
General and Hoover Confer.
Gen. Eisenhower and former
President Herbert Hoover talked
together for an hour and q half
yesterday and discussed many
matters"
The luncheon meeting was held
in Secretary of State-designate
John Foster Dulles town house on
East Ninety-first street.
1T was just a social gathering
lat which we had the opportunity
to talk over a number of affairs
|of Government, past. present and
future" Gen. Eisenhower told
|newsmen afterward.
In response to a query on
whether this included reorganiza-
ton, the President-elect said that
it did.
"And many other matters" he
added. aa -,
Mr.. Hoover was chairman Of a
commission which made q detailed
study of Government organization
under the Truman administration.
DR.. Arthur S. Flemming, man
power director of the Office Of
Defense Mobilization and former
member Of the Civil Service Com
mission, was present at the dis
cussion. DR.. Flemming, who
served on the Hoover Commission,
is a member of special commit
tee which the President-electI
named recently to study stream
lining the Government.
Whether foreign affairs was one
|of the things discussed was not
indicated.