Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-27
Eisenhower Team Faces
Rough Time WithoutHim

session. The Budget Bureau anc
THE Federal agencies are whip.
ping together their budget es-
Inmates for recommendation tt
the President In Decem b er
Similarly, recommendations will
|pe gathered by December for the
administrators legislative pro-
gram to be submitted to Con-
|gress in the January State Of the
Union Message. The team
machinery would be used fol-
preliminary coordination Of
such things. anyway.
Major foreign policy problem,
also are somewhat in abeyarice
lat the moment. II the Big -Four
Foreign Ministers conference
scheduled for Geneva October
I27, were going on now. Secretary
LOT State Dulles might sorely mis-
q decision from the President or
some unforeseen Soviet proposal
But the hope Ii Mr.. Eisenhower
can act on such matters wher
the time comes.
What the Team Is
Just what is and who COM
prises, the Eisenhower team, SO
much written about but 80 sell
dom defined?
It's a relatively fluid sort Of
thing. interiecking in many as
poets, hard to pin down In easy
| to-understand detail but fairly
obvious In It's broad outlines.
In the foreign policy defense
field, its most important seq
ment Is, Of course. the National
Security Council. on which Sec
Rotary Of State Dulles and Sec
Eretary Of Defense Wilson help
to coordinate policy.
In the field Of domestic pol
icy. the varsity players are those
who attend cabinet meetings.
Interlocking In this relation
ship and helping create team
work all down the line on all
sorts of problems. from world
disarmament to domestic polit-
ical questions. are a number OF
key men on the White House
staff.
Foremost among these is Sher-
man Adams, dour-visaged for
mer Governor Of New Hamp-
shire.
THE Assistant to the Presi-
dent. Mr.. Adams, oversees the
White House STAFF. takes chief
responsibility. subject to the
Presidents okay. Of course, for
important Government Job app
pointments Of all types: and is
the main channel through which
department and agency heads
keep In contact with the Presi-
dent and for seeing to 1t that
their recommendations for pres
idential decisions are properly
co-ofdinated throughout the
Government. before reaching the
President.
Rsastion ANTICIPATED
The nature of his Job require.
Mr.. Adams to make many rec.
concentrations to the President
He anticipates the EisenhoweI
FRACTION so well that most ar,
accepted. But It is not unusua
for Mr.. Adams Recommendation,
to be reversed by tho Rresident
The point nor Is That Mr..
Adams isSan assistant and ad,
wiser TO the President: not !,
substitute insker Of finai deci.
sions.
Similarly the team include,
important advisers in more linn,
| tied fields. such as.
Economic - Secretary of tn,
Treasury Humphrey: Budget Di,
rector Rowland r. Hughes: Ad
Iministrative Assistant Gaorie
Hauge; Arthur F. Furns, chair.
man of the Council of Economi,
Advisers.
Foreign policy - Harold E
Stassen. for disarmament policy.
Nelson A. Rockefeller, for cole
WAR strategy; Ambassador Henri,
Cabot Lodge, jr., for United Ma.
tons affairs; Central Intelli.
lgence Agency Director Allen w
Dulles. in addition TO Secretar,
lof State Dulles and his depart.
ment.
Congressional liaison---Retired
Mai. Gen. Wilton B. Persons
who as deputy to Mr.. Adams alst
helps co-ordinate many intra,
governmental problems, and hi
star.
Defense--Atomic Energy Com.
mission Chairman Lewis L