Evening star., 1955-11-20

burg on Monday. He was welcomed
by about everyone In town plus dis
tinguished visitors and o hoard Of
newsmen. Bands played. They all
sang Happy Birthday. Dear
Mamie" cher 59th). and the Pres
ident made q little speech.
He was glad to be there. he said.
In his future home--among '.the
people who are going to be our
neighbors. God willing"
The "God willing" set political
dopesters to specuIating. Did it
mean he was deeply concerned
about his chances OF surviving?
That would mean he almost surely
would not try . second term. Or
did 1t mean he was planning to
seek O second term and that flye
years II D long time. 30 let's not
count any chickens2
II anyone knew what was In the
Presidents mind. he wasn't telling:
for none Of MIR. Eisenhower's vis-
it0rs last week admitted talking
any politics with him.
Among the visitors were his
budget director, his Secretary OF
Commerce and his Secretary OF
state.
Budget Director Rowland r.
Hughes discussed with the Pres
ident the budget for the fiscal year
beginning next July |. Administra-
ton recommendations have been in
the preparatory stage for q year
already and must be solidified with
In the next six weeks.
$50 Billion Year
Mr.. Hughes told newsmen the
outlook was for a total spending
figure during the present year OF
about $50 billion, and he estimated
the coming fiscal year would be
roughly the same. The outlook
for q balanced budget in the cur
rent fiscal year Is good. he said.
He declined to comment on the
chances for a tax cut. which many
administration leaders want.
The budget will not be balanced
at the expense of military strength,
he said, indicating DefenEe Eecfe-
tary Charles e. wilson md Won
his Akht to keep military 6p6n dlng
about where it IL today.
Secretary Of Commerce Sinclair
Weeks dropped out to s0esty6hnrg
to inforn1 the President on the
state Of the business world. His re-
port paralleled the new q. o. r.
slogan: EverythinR's booming but
the guns.
And Secretary Of state John Fos-
ter Dulles told the President about
the state OF foreign affairs. He
brought along copy Of the radio
Tv speech he planned TO make
about the Geneva conference. Mr..
Dulles and the President went over
the speech, and then Mr.. Eisen-
hover commented. according to Mr..
Dulles:
II know that no setback. no
obstacle to progress will ever deter
this Government and our people
from the great effort to establish
q just and durable peace. Success
may be long In coming, but there
Is no temporal force 50 capable Of
helping achieve 1t as the strength.
the might. the spirit of I65 million
free Americans. In striving toward
this shining goal. this country win
never admit defeat"
Personnel Actions
The President wound up his work
week with a little attention to
governmental regulatory agencies.
He appointed d new chairman to
the National Labor Relations Board.
Boyd Leedom. b member of the
board. was elevated to the chair
n1ansEip. And stephen Silbey
Bean, an NLRB trfai examiner, was
appointed to fill the vacancy left
by Mr.. Leedom.
Mr.. Eisenhower also began
study Of the record of Hugh w.
Gross. chairman Of the interstate
Commerce Commission. The Sen
ate investigations Subcommittee
turned up testimony that Mr.. Cross
may have failed to avoid ali con-
nections with private business in
terests which could be affected by
his ofIicial decisions. whether or
not there had been any improper
conflict Of interests apparently was
up to the President to decide.