Evening star., 1955-10-29
BY GARNETT d. HORNER
star staff Correspondent

8 :
DENVER. oct. 29President
Eisenhower, reassured that his
damaged heart is healing with
out enlarging. tackles the prob
lem Of falling farm prices today.
Secretary Of Agriculture Ben
son was flying to Denver TO
discuss with the President this
Afternoon some Legislative
recommendations and short
range proposals designed to help
farmers share properly In the
Nations general prosperity.
The visit follows by "A hours
an Agriculture Department an
flouncement that farm prices
dropped another 2 per cent In
the month ending October Is
The department said prices
farmers pay for things they bug
rose one.third of per cent
during the same month.
There was only good news on
the Presidents condition as he
went into the sixth week Of
steady progress toward recovery
from the heart attack he suf-
fered September "a.
The news his doctors con-
|sidered the best of the week
came yesterday when mis- first
regular chest x-ray and fluro-
|scopic examinations showed nc
enlargement of his heart "or any
other complication that could
happen" according to White
House Press Secretary James
g. Hagerty.
In an ofiicial medical bulletin
the doctors reported those ex-
laminations reveal no abnor-
Imalities."
Another piece Of good news
for the President was that he
can eat more now that he /.
increasing his activity to where
he is walking at will' about
his Fitzsimons Army Hospita'
room. as
His doctors reported in theil
I4:45 pm. MIST bulletin yesterda,
that his "caloric intake" Is being
increased from 1000 to l.80t
calories per day. Mr.. Hagerty ex'
planned that this meant he woult
be served larger portions, rathel
than any major change In hi!
diet, which viii remain shy o.
fats and low on sweets
At Z am. MIST 20 am. EST
today the Presidents doctor
lsaId he had a good nights sleel
land he awoke refreshed ant
cheerful. His progress contin'
lues to be satisfactory. they said
Although he took a day on
from official conferences yester
day. the President dictated Il
his personal secretary some re
visions Of q preliminary draft o
his state-of- the Union messag
due to 60 to. Congress in Janu
ary, and sent q letter to Presi
dent Don Adolfo Ruiz Cortine
lof Mexico refusing payment 10
| $500.000 worth OF relief supplies
| To aid victims Of hurricane
land floods In the Tampico are,
last month, the United State
sent Mexico about $3.50. 900 WORT
of rice, beans and corn, and an
other $l50,00 worth Of medica
supplies.
| In a letter to Mexican Presi
dent Ruiz Confines released las
might. Mr.. Eisenhower sal
American Ambassador Franci
1 White "has informed me Of you
governments generous offer t
reimburse the United States 70
Expenses incident to the relic
Operations" and added:
''It was the intention that tlli
should be q contribution from
the Government and the peopi
lof the United States and an in
Idication Of our solidarity ant
desire to alleviate in part tn,
distress Of the Mexican peopll
'Iduring this time Of suffering.
lihope that you will. therefore. bI
able TO accept 1t In that spirit.
Mr.. Benson was due here to
day about 1880 pm. INST t2:3l
'Ip.m. EST aboard the Presi
dents personal plane. Columbin'
IN, after asserting in a speech
lat Moorehead. Mimi. last nigh
THAT he win remain in the cab