Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-26
Ex-President Hoover
To Join Eisenhower
For Trout Fishing
Two Will Meet Here
After Legion Address,
= Fly Back to Denver
By Gornett D. Homer
By Gornett D. Horne
Star SioYf Correspondent

DENVER, Aug. 26.-President
Eisenhower and former Presi-
dent Herbert Hoover will go
fishing together in Rocky
Mountain trout stream next
week, it was announced at the
summer White House here to-
day.
White House Press Secretary
James c. Hagerty said Mr..
Hoover will join Gen. Eisen-
hover in Washingto next Mon
day after the President ad-
dresses the American Legion
Convention there and fly back
with him to Denver.
Monday night or Tuesday
morning, the President and for
mer President will drive some
10 miles to a secluded ranch
near Fraser, Colo. 5000 feet
up in the Rockies, and spend
several days" fishing, Mr..
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Will Visit State Fair.
Mr.. Hoover also will appear
with Gen. Eisenhower at the
Iowa State Fair at Des Moines
during a brief stopover on the
flight from Washington to
Denver. ~
The President will arrive in
Washington Monday morning
after an overnight flight from
his work and play vacation
headquarters here, and plans to
start the return trip immediate
ly after his Legion address.
The Fraser expedition will
team up with Gen. Eisenhower
the last trout fisherman as we'll
as the last Republican President
to occupy the White House be-
fore him. Neither of the inter-
vening Democratic Presidents
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry
S. Truman-Went in for trout
fishing, although Mr.. Roosevelt
did like deep sea fishing.
To Placate "Old Guard"
If there is any political sig
nificance in the Eisenhower
Hoover fishing trip. it may be
that the President wants to
strengthen Republican unity by
demonstrating to the G. o. P.
"Old Guard" his friendship for
Mr.. Hoover.
In this connection, it was re-
called that he recently named
the Republican elder statesman's
son, Herbert Hoover, jr.. as sue
cessor to Undersecretary of State
Walter Bedell Smith, who will
retire this fall.
Political considerations aside.
Gen. Eisenhower has a genuine
liking and high admiration for
Mr.. Hoover-most recently ex-
pressed publicly on the former
Presidents 80th birthday-and
probably asked him to join him
simply because ne thought Mr..
Hoover would enjoy the trout
seeking expedition.
When he was President in
1928-1932, Mr.. Hoover made lots
of world news at his trout fishing
Camp Rapidan - now Camp
Hoover-on the Rapidan River
in Virginia. near Washington.
Gen. Eisenhower and Mr..
Hoover will be guests next week
at the ranch of Axel Nielsen and
Carl Norgren, friends of the
President. Milton Eisenhower,
brother of the President, may
join the party, too. but Mr.. Hag-
erty was uncertain about that.
During the remainder of this
week. the President hopes to
catch up on a big backlog of
paper-work in the form of sign
ing bills passed in the Con-
gressional adjournment drive
last week. Nearly 800 await his
action. So far his work-and-play
vacation has been heavy on the
work side since he arrived here
last Saturday, although he has
got out Of his Lowry Air Force
Base Office for a round of golf at
Cherry Hills Country Club each
afternoon.