Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-10

respondent should give you
Eisenhower and perhaps a WI
book is sympathetic. though 1t
at times and examine the
mans temperamental blind
spots along with his virtues.
Mr.. Smith, who covers the
President for the United Press
and has written two previous
books about the problems Of
Presidents, did not set out to
write a political appraisal. He
has written what newspaper
people call a human-ihterest
story about Mr.. Eisenhower.
He has depicted his hobbies
9here is even something new
to- be said about the golf, his
likes and dislikes. his methods
Of working, his relationship
with those with whom a Presi-
dent must come into personal
contact. The result is a good
black-and-white sketch of the
personality Of the retired gen.
eral who occupies the White
House.
Will He Run?
Regarding the most argued
political point of the moment.
whether Mr.. Eisenhower will
run again next year, Mr.. Smith
is inclined to the negative.
though he comedies the Presi-
dent might be talked into it,
especially If the world situa-
ton is critical, or more criti-
cal, in 1856. The author writes:
IT am morally certain that
he does not want to run again.
I feel it is better than an even
bet that he will retreat to
Gettysburg and make his final
stand on Seminary Ridge
where Robert E. Lees Confed-
crate forces stopped at the end
of the first day of the terrible
Civil War battle.
ST believe that more than
another four years in the
White House, the President
wants Is years at Gettysburg,
where he can paint and putter,
cook and play bridge to his
hearts content without worry
ing about being criticized the
next day by editorial writer's
and commentators for not de-
voting enough time to the
job"
Mr.. Smith does not profess
to have any inside dope on the
Presidents preference; his
'opinion is from the close OBJ
servation of one ION the fringe
of the official family"
'NoturoI Aristoeroey'
MIR. Eisenhower, says Mr..
Smith. "is not the hair-down.
shoes-off buddy type his
predecessor was. not by the
distance from the National
Guard drill grounds at hide
pendence, Mo-, to the brass
buttons and great halls of
West Point. Nor does he have
the easy-to-write-about fam
boyance and dramatic flair of
F. d. r. But he has a pattern
of his own, a distinctive quail
ity that puts him in what Sid
ney Lyman defined in his
The American President as
the natural aristocracy from
which Americans select their
Chief Executives
Some of Mr.. Smiths COL
leagues have complained that
the President is cold toward
many people, particularly re-
porters, and that this attitude
extends through his staff. Mr..
Smith adds: II cannot with
honesty say that I know him
as well as ] knew Mr.. Truman,
but he's not the iceberg he has
caused many people to believe
he is"
Fried Newsmen's Fish
Mr.. Eisenhower has been
suspicious and distrustful of
reporters at times, but. when
he was in Colorado fishing he
could summon several corre-
spondents from the spot where
they were lurking forlornly on
a hill above a stream. And he
could personally fry fish for
them.
Mr.. Smith does not feel that
the President plays golf too
much. to the neglect Of his
duties. Mr.. Eisenhower works
hard, though his methods are
different from bis two pred
cessorS and he is inclined,
Army style. to delegate much
authority to his staff. He also
is inclined to leave foreign.
policy largely to his Secretary
of State-perhaps too largely.
Mr.. Smiths book not only is
an intimate picture Of a Pres
ident, but an entertaining ac-
count Of q newspaperman's
adventures, through. the high
ly' pressurized campaign Of
1852, the trip to Korea on q
top-secret schedule and the
jaunts to Denver and Augusta.
Toward Inner Peace
Bishop Fulton j. Sheen's
remarkable success In bring
ing religion to the secular,
faith to the worldly. may be
attributed In part to the fact
that he understands the prob
lens Of the average person
and can talk about them in a
practical way. He is inspira-
tional without being platitu-
dinous, devout without being
aaiakiSfin In a ,aasr, ro,.ins of