Evening star., 1954-11-03
Eisenhower Sees
No Reputation Of
His Administration
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onism than between him and
men Of the Democratic Party.
While he does not see how
any one can expect people of
different parties to produce the
same degree Of cooperation in
getting Government business
done, he made it clear that he
does not expect chaos in Gov
ernrnent.
While not. attempting to in
terpret election returns, Gen.
Eisenhower asserted that he
could say without any apology
that he still firmly believes the
great mass Of the people believe
IN his moderate philosophy of
government, avoiding extremes.
VIII Push His Program.
He said he was going to con-
tinue to work for his programs
and do his best right down the
line to keep the business of
Government going. And If any
roadblocks are thrown in the
way, he is not going to be re-
sponsible, he added.
The President said of course
he would continue to consult
with legislative leaders of his
own party. He said he was not
sure yet about the mechanics of
consulting Democratic leaders of
the House. When his mind is
made up. he added, he thinks
he will invite the Democratic
House leadership to do certain
things and to meet with him on
.acertain basis. He was not sure
how often such meetings would
come.
He told a questioner that
advance consultation with DEM
ocrats on domestic policies was
dictated by the fact that in the
new House the Democrats would
control the order in which bills
are considered.
It would seem to be the part
Of wisdom, he said, to meet with
the Democratic leaders and see
what he could get done. There
would be no good in just run
ming against a stone wall, he
said. He added he would expect
to ask the Democratic leaders
what they were ready to take up,
or if they would take up some
program he wanted to send to
Congress.
Asked if the election results
affected his own thinking about
1956-whether he would run for
President again-Gen. Eisen-
hover replied with a fiat no. He
said he could not try to predict
what he might do; that he was
trying to do a Job now, and
thinks there is plenty of time to
see what happens before 1856.
y" Hopeful about South.
A reporter mentioned some
Republican victories in the
South yesterday. and asked the
Presidents if he saw those as an
indication Of the two-party sys-
tenn becoming entrenched deeper
in the South.
He said he always was hopeful
OF that because he felt until
there is real two-party system
IN the South the Southern States
are not exercising the influence
In the Nation that they should.
So he hopes these Republican
victories are signs of breaks
in the solid Democratic wall in
the South. he added.
Another reporter wanted to
know if he also would approve
of the reverse-a two-party sys-
tenn in Maine, for example.
With a laugh, Gen. Eisen-
hover said that, strangely
enough, he would. He added
that he believes that in political
life there must be two groups,
one watching the other all the
time. In this connection, he
recalled an old expression-that
which is not inspected deterior-
ates-from his military life.
Retires at 12:45 Am.
Gen. Eisenhower went to bed
about 12:45 am. today after
staying up to get early election
returns which, he told reporters,
indicated that some Republican
candidates were not doing as
well as he had expected while
others were doing better. He in
sisted that a Republican victory
or defeat will have nothing to do
with the value of our cause"
The President spent most of
the evening away from the
White House-saluting campaign
workers and visiting with cab
met members. He kept in
touch with election returns
largely via radio and television.
Early in the evening, Gen.
Eisenhower paid a surprise visit
to G. o. p. National Committee
headquarters Ito thank these
people who have been working
so hard" Then, after return
ing to the White House to pick
up Mrs. Eisenhower. he went to
the home Of Secretary of the
Treasury and Mrs. George Hum
phrey for dinner.
Cross Currents In Races.
In asserting that he can see no
repudiation >of his administra-
tion's program in the election,
the President said all kinds of
cross-currents were working in
most of the contests and that
he believed many of them were
decided on local issues that did
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