Milford chronicle., 1955-10-28
THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT
TC AN IMPORTANT ONE

not been among President ROOsevelts inner
circle. Mr.. Roosevelt had concentrated pow
er in his own hands, and often had tenoeo
to keen his own council. Vital lnformaJlOnl
.had not been cOnfded to Mr. Truman. he
did not. for example, even know about the
successful effort of the Manhattan PrOJect IN
craatino the atomic bomb. That has Deen
called the best-kept secret of all time-anq
the secrecy extended to the man VINO sUoOu
only one heartbeat from the PfesiuehGy;
Other Vice-Presidents who succeeded 70
the Presidency have been in compOfaDle
position. Their work was cOnfneQ 10 tn9
i relatively trivial single function delegated
4 to them by the Constitution presiding over
the Senate. One Vice President actually re-
signed on the grounds that the poslJlOn was
Too unimpOrtant. Mr.. Truman presents
strong case for giving all future vice Pfesl-
dents duties and responsibilities coinineIisuI-
&c with the title. so that they may be as
fully prepared as possible should destiny call
them fo the biggest and most difficult job IN
the world
II & now clear that President EisenhoW-
er did lust about this, so far as the present
: LEGAL structure Of the government permits
He has always emphasized the Importance OF
fhe team and opposed surrounding any one
man with the aura OF lndlspenslDllty. Inns
NAV well have stemmed from his career as q
sOldier-n the military forces Ille
2 no matter how high his rank or distinguished
I his achievements, has always been secondary
? to the organization. In any event, te IlSeIl,
hover Administration was as well prepared
: as anv Administration could be TO cope Win
z the situation following the President s heeEI
; attack Vice President Nixon was never q
I fio1lrehead He has been very close 20 Iile
7 President from the beginning has sat IN on
7 the Cabinet and Security Council meetings,
e has been kept thoroughly up to date on eV-
e ervthing that has gone on, has been sent on
I extremely delicate and important MISSIONS,
> and has been one of the hardest working
2 mon in the government. Additionally, oLnefs
within the official family-notably Sherman
p Adams-had been grooned to handle certain
r major pOlicv matters if the need arose. AS
p a result the government functloned as uSuai
Is after the President became casualty Inc
y machinery was all ready 49,
Is At the same time, there will be renewed
" effort 10 fin the existing legal vacuum thai
ne surrounds a Presidents disability. Ihere Is
mo precedent for positive action. No one car
III saw exactly what disability means or VINO o.
Us what can declare a President disabled. lhl'
ly has happened befOre-at the END OF -Cne Gar
" field and Wilson Adminlstratlo tlonsLan'
m there were long periods of muddllng along
'Ll In the Eisenhower case, two IorUultous CT
re- cumstances helped vastly. First, the perle
ys of +ha Presidents 8 total imnODility was brle1
an Second. Congress was not In session. n
en- emergency appeared, and nothing occurre
oW which demanded the Presidents person.
on be the case A great many people Ieei ILS
ro- stems must be taken to clarity the legal pl'
Lch fI11e-aven as they feel that steps must
she taken to relieve Presidents OF some OF Cn
es. incredible burden OF work they now carry
CUSTOMERS OF THE FARMER
T- IS q curious fact that some are argulr
Lng that the so-called $3.50 law (Which provld'
- that at least half of gOvernment-hnance
'hs car0os going overseas must move on EAIle
ican flag ships if the ships are aVallaDle al
eI- the rates are reasonably is damaging
" srs American farmers. A far sOunder view
IL - that anv reasonable measure Wnlcn neI
nv maintain a vigorous and progressive u
" -AOo merchant marine is of direct Va!ue 10
American enterprise agriculture lncIuoee
First of all foreign sales OF our Ial
4Illl nroducts run into vast sums OF money d
ae, account for a substantial share OF total ag
: anu NJ cultural income The products must me
y IL! % to the overseas markets in merchant snlps
Il19 @ and It would be the height OF Jolly 20 oepe
:, . entirely on foreign flag fleets IN this unp
ND dic+ahie age Our experience In the last :
slne world wars. when we lost the. services OF I
lups 9i eion fleets almost overnight, proves InaI
tle Secondly, the merchant marine ltsel
~ an important and reliable CUSTOMER VI
80 IL s. farmer. To take but one eXaIhple
lIAeS sinola III s. liner the SIS independence,
peO- fhe course of so transatlantic round trl
snnnt 81 100000 with u. s. food produc
lelos This same ship is kept supplied with M
InaC tban 195. 600 pieces Of linen made from I
eaCeL st erican grown and manufactured cotton, al
ren with n6anv other products of agricult'
. oe- origin And the Independence is but one
'1le1 95 the hundreds Of u. S. ships in service.
land OOi4g DaSA q L0 - ,of slowed or other1
need snow gllss - y .lo,.o ane9 for disposing of
st by hatllleu hait.lll '.ny l,i1sos This law. along
erate " measures affecting
= OuI merchant Marine is strictly IN the inGe
of American enterprise Of every kind
well as in the interest OF the naIional
( that IeElse, MlLi0li = '''0
Sys- hoWduayS' <NGo&@
hum WRONG WAY
hat It IS again being proposed that any any
I, bss tlre federal income tax reductions De
,,ofsI9 con0plished by raising the amount OF tle
49, soncl exemptiOn-by 500 or some such