Evening star., 1953-01-24
Eisenhower Program
To Be Made Known
After Monday ParIey
By Joseph A. Fox

The legislative program of the
Eisenhower administration will
soon be presented to the Nation.
President Eisenhower has ar
ranged conference with Re-
publican congressional leaders
at $50 am. Monday, and a
date will be set then for his
appearance at joint session
of Senate and House to present
his first message.
It will outline. in more detail,
the domestic and foreign aims
Sketched by President EiSen-
hover in his inaugural address.
Announcing the initial confer
ence with Capitol Hill leadership
late yesterday. Press Secretary
James c. Hagerty said those at
tending will include:
Vice President Richard M.
Nixon, Senate Majority Leader
Taft, Senator Bridges, president
pro tenn of the Senate; Chairman
Knowland of the Senate Policy
Committee, House Speaker Mar
tin, House Majority Leader Hal
leck, House Whip Arends, Sher-
man Adams. top assistant to the
President, and Wilton B. Per-
sons, special assistant assigned
to legislative liaiSon duties. E.
Near Completion.
The message is we'll on toward
completion but the legislative
leaders at the conference are ex-
pected to be invited to offer any
suggestions they may have. Ba-
Sically, the administration pro-
gram will be designed to carry
out the Republican platform.
Mr.. Hagerty said some aspects
of the message were discussed by
the President at an afternoon
conference yesterday with
Chairman Smith of the Senate
Labor Committee and Labor
Secretary Durkin.
1t was assumed the labor pro-
visions were taken up. President
Eisenhower is on record in favor
of revising the controversial
Taft-Hartley labor law which
has been consistently opposed by
the unions since it was passed
over former President Truman's
veto.
Meanwhile, it developed also
that the secrecy maintained by
participants after yesterdays
initial cabinet meeting was in
conformity with President Els
enhower's views.
This administration believes
that private meetings with the
President of the United States
should be kept private. Mr..
Hagerty told reporters. who |
questioned him on the reasons
for the silence that greeted re-
porters questions when those |
who had attended the cabinet |
meeting emerged from the Presi- |
dents Office. "a Il
Cautioned Against Leaks"
When the then President-elect
met lis top advisers IN New YoFk
q week ago, he was understood
to have told them he wanted no |
leaks out of the meeting and |
Vice President Nixon told re-
porters yesterday that he as
sumed the same situation pre-
vailed here.
He said no new instructions
were issued yesterday.
When Mr.. Hagerty was asked |
later if the President had in
structed cabinet members not to |
talk, the secretary said he did |
not know. |
"Are cabinet members free to !
discuss anything that goes on?"
he was asked.
mo-" he answered. /
Asked if the rule of silence
would be enforced on all visitors,
Mr.. Hagerty said, "of course
not"
Asked how it would affect
other Government officials called
to the White House, the secre-
tary said it would depend on
what they had talked about.
A member of the former Tru-
man cabinet, commenting on
this development said it was an
innovation as far>as he knew.
Truman cabinet meetings
seldom produced any news for
questioning reporters, but cab
met officers understood they |
were at liberty to use then own
discretion about talking or not |
after the cloSed-door sessions.