Milford chronicle., 1953-01-16
WHAT MAY WE EXPECT FROM
EISENHOWER?

ElSENHOWE Ek!
Everybody realizes that important
changes in the conduct of the government
will begin to take place as soon as President
: Eisenhower moves into the White House.
But it's probably true that relatively small
proportion OF the American people realize
just how sweeping those changes are likely
to be. Here, in capsule form is what will
probably happen, based on Eisenhower's APP
p0intments, on statements made by him and
close advisors, and on the opinions Of people
whose business it is to weigh and assess and
forecast the course of events in Washington:
EIecNtiVe O69ce-AS u. S. News and
World Report put it, Eisenhower "will re-
organize the Executive Office of the President
from top TO bottom. This will be one of the
first and most significant acts of his new
regime. When +. d. Roosevelt moved in,
there were just 95 people employed by the
Office, including servants. Now there are
close to 1900. Eisenhower objectives will be
a thorough streamlining job, more efficiency,
less confusion and conflict within his person
al establishment. Governor Adams, whose
role will be that of chief of staff, will be
the coOrdinator and he will have broad au-
thOrlty. In essence, the new set-up will be
on military lines.
Department of Defense-It is a well
known fact that Eisenhower believes there
has been much waste here, that often we
haven't received a dollars worth of result
for each dollar spent. Secretary Wilson, who
left one Of the highest paid positions in in
dustry for his new job will follow firm
line with the military people. Frills will be
cut out, Implications of effort within and
between the services eliminated. Maximum
defense for minimum money will be the goal.
Department of the interior A major
housecleanlng is IN the cards. The theorists
and social planners will no longer be the big
fr4f4r ~,
state and local rights, responsibilities and
ooligatons-he is strongly against the ''big
government" idea that dominated the RoOse-
Velt-Irunaan regimes, and was particularly
marked in Interior. On the policy level, all
the faces. will be new
Department of the TreGSNqg-Here, too,
there will be changes all along the line-con-
servative changes, based largely on the class
ical economic theories. The debt will be re-
duced, the tax system re-examined, paIticu-
larly as it affects the ability of business to
expand, and everything possible done to
light further depreciation of the dollar. And
here too practical, experienced men will make
the policies, and there will be little room for
the theorists.
Department of Agriculture - A Wall
Street Journal feature article, signed by An
gus Deming had this to say: "a coldly criti-
cal scrutiny is In store for the governments s
c1S~SgSSe
tlons. The probable line Of attack At
tempt to improve marketing and distribu-
ton to such an extent that increased con
sumption will take care of most surpluses
thus do away with much of the Agriculture
Departments expensive price-support activ-
tiles" The idea will be to solve agricuIture's
problems through . business-like approach,
with less reliance on government and the
Treasury.
So it will 60, all down the line President
Eisenhower viii nat be able to accomplish
miracles 0vernight--he is, after all, inherit
ing the deficits and the governmental struc-
ture created by y. years of Fair Deal-New
Deal rule But the new brooms will be put
TO work at once with instructions to sweep
hard and thoroughly.
A PROGRAM FOR SURVIVAL
The commentators and cOlumnists have
been speculating on what Mr.. EisenhoWer's
government fiscal policy will be. The con-
census, based on his statements and those of
his close advisors, runs about as follows:
Spending will be cut in every possible di-
rectiOn. Waste and non-essentials will be
curbed. Every effort will be made to balance
tire budget Immediately Once that is done.
taxes will be reduced both for businesses and
individuals. There is a possibility that the
sO-called excess-pr0fits tax will be abandoned
entirely when the current law expires next
June This tax, most economists agree, is
an unfair and dangerous burden on business
and most especially on the small business,
which is deprived of funds needed for growth
purposes
That, so far as one can see now, will be
the Eisenhower program. 1T is the only kind
Of program that can be trusted to save this
country from bankruptcy No nation-nO
matter how wealthy and how well supplied
with resOurces land no system Of govern
ment can f0reyer survive official corruption
and deficits in the national treasury