Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-06-25
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MISTER PRESIDENT

Dwight David Eisenhower
is a smallish, pink-cheeked,
silver haired man with a
pair of eyes as blue as the
June sky. He was the guest
of honor at a reception at
Wa hin gton'S S beautiful
Shoreham hotel on the eve
ming of June % a reception
we were privileged to attend
and an evening which we
shall never forget the
National Editorial Associa-
TONS reception for President
Ike.
Picture if you will a room
full of small town newspaper
people sitting together with
the President of the United
States, Vice-President and
Mrs. Dick Nixon, Chief JUS
tice Earl Warren, the sew
eral cabinet members and
those who comprise the Off
cial family in the government.
Looking around the room
were others of national prom
inence Joe Martin, Sem
ator Saltonstall, Senator Mu-
ndt, and a host of others from
the 48 states.
At our own table was Rep
resentative Clarence Brown,
long time congressman from
this district and a man we'll
known throughout Washing
ton. At a nearby table, the
guest of Orrin Taylor of
Archbold, Ohio, sat Senator
John Bricker, he also a long
time Washington figure.
After the proper prelimin-
ary statements, President Els
enhower rose to speak. Ike"
has become an excellent
speaker and certainly made a
hit with his really human ap-
proach to his subject. Ike's
personality is conservative
and dynamic at the same
time. He is fortnight with
out being pompous. He can
deliver.
He called upon the small
town newspapers of America
to continue their good work
and commended them for
their grass-roots opinions
unbiased and Embossed. No
other group, he said, has the
country at heart more than the
thousands of small town pub
lications. Too, he asked that
the people of this nation be
cognizant of the importance
of the small town newspapers
and to realize what a g1eat
public service such newspap-
ers afford.
Perhaps it would seem that
the President may have comp
limented the snnall-towners
too highly but it is significant
that he complimented them at
all and surely each person
left the room with a fuller
understanding of the respon-
sibility to himself, his COM
munity and his nation.
Our own good luck gave us
a chance to speak with Dick
Nixon and his lovely wife.
She is far prettier than tele-
vision would indicate. New
Jersey friends introduced us
to their senators. A news
paperman from Houlton, Me-,
knew a friend of ours from
war days Secretary Nc
Kay and Secretary Summer
field shook our hand. 1t was a
friendly and American group
of people dedicated to the de-
fense and enlightenment of
the nation. All in all, a de-
lightful experience and, like
the fellow says, one we
wouldn't have missed for the
world.
And so endeth a brief
resume of a small-towners
visit with the high brass of
government. Many other Incl
dents remain to spark our
memory but Ike himself tops
them all.
HuMMN!
1t is a good policy to keep
your words soft = you never
know when you'll have to eat
them!
TRIP
An older couple strayed
from a main highway UP in
Montana and drove about a
hundred miles into Canada
before they came to a town
The old gentleman driving the
car leaned out and asked
what town is this ?"
Native replied, Saskatoon
Saskatchewan"
Little old lady in the back
seat, MY God, Henry Es'
kimosl"
LAST WORD
Nothing, but nothing. i'm
proves q woman's appearance
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