Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-16
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lean tell until his recovery Is
lmuch further progressed. : he
added Most of Mr.. Eisenhowerss
friends feel sure he wiz retire
lat the end Of his present term
because Of his heart attack.
| Mr.. Humphrey said he was
Isiust delighted ct the way the
president looked and the keen
interest he showed in affairs
lof the day
Daily Checks Dropped
Mr.. Eisenhower's progress wa
Iso encouraging that his doctors
abandoned daily electro-cardio-
graph examinations and released
lCol. Thomas w. Mattingly. one
lof the heart specialists on the
lease, 10 90 back TO his regular
Iduties at Walter Reed Army Hos
lpital in washington.
| The news that Mr.. Eisenhower
Isat up for q short time was con-
,ltained In b late afternoon nnedi-
lcal bulletin. In relaying the re-
lport to reporters, White House
Press Secretary James G. Hagerty
lsaid the Presidents doctors in-
formed him today that the dam
lgers Of complications arising to
lset back the Presidents recovery
laare very unlikely" now.
Mr.. Hagerty said the doctors
ladded. however, that long rest,
lrecuperation and convalescent
periods stu are ahead for the
president. He Is expected to be
lsitting up more and more dur-
ling the coming week. hut not
standing on his feet or taking any
lsteps for 3 week or 50 yet.
The text Of the last scheduled
medical bulletin Of the day, is
Isued ct SIS pm. MIST. follows:
1.-THE Presidents condition
lcontinues TO progress satisfac-
ltortly without complications.
s.I.ate In the morning. the
president was rolled In his bed
Ito the sun deck and remained
Ioutside for As minutes.
He than had q luncheon Of
lhroiled squab. mashed potatoes.
spinach. carrots. D salad Of pear
and cheese. another piece Of
birthday cake Cleft over from
yesterday and . glass Of skim
milk.
after his visit with the Eecre-|
ltary Of the Treasury. he rested
and mapped and spent Q quiet
Afternoon
eat $50 pm, the President
was carefully lifted from his bed
by two corpsmen into an easy
chair. He sat In the chair for
about Is minutes"
The President signed today d
few thank you notes for pres
tents received on his 65th birth
day yesterday. Mr.. Hagerty said.
Mr.. Hagerty reported that.
from the time Mr.. Eisenhower
was stricken III three weeks ago
until 3 pm. today, the Denver
White House Offices had received
l72 900 letters and cards and 5000
kilograms for him. He could
mot tell how many Of these we're
I..get veil messages and how
many were special birthday
|ereetiugs
ThS ennf6fence with eecre-
|tary Humphrey was one Of al
series 81 business talks with high
|Government officials being
|planned for the President during
the next three weeks or more the
doctors plan TO keep him in the
hospital.
Secretary cf Defense wilson
and Admiral Arthur w. Radford,
chairman 81 the Joint Chiefs oil
stan, are due TO fly here Nom
day FOR o discussion OF defense
and national security affairs with
|Mr. eisenhower. Plans for other
conferences next week are ex-I
pected to be announced this
week end.
Mr.. Humphrey emphasized to-
day that there ID mo cOntro-
|yersy or problem" between him
Fin an effort to balance the
budget. He said Mr.. Wilson was
doing everything possible tol
eliminate any unnecessary ex-
Ipenses. But he asserted, y never
thought there should be any
change In the program set for
defense.
In regard 70 Q possible TAX cut.
the Treasury Secretary said Il
think taxes are too high and
We ought to get them down" =
But he SHE'D away from predict-
Ing when that might be possible.
He stressed that he b oppdeedI
TO reducing taxes until We can