The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-03-05
The Detroit Tribune presents
President Displays, New lea"
from the c. s. Monitor.
BY NEAL STlANFoRD
Stan cosrsspondsnt OF
rhs,chrisiisn Science Honiior


It was Dwight D. Eisenhower. the crusader VIII
showed up at ths weeks White House press conference
~ doubt about it, Never before in his two years in ofc
has the Presden spoken ervently subject
at so great length.
Many hardened reporter came out Of the drAmat
half hour Of gveandake between press and President
If he had been put through the wringer.
The President got off OF stirring, forceful
emotion. scked comments and observations . man,
issue. and events He ranged from defense of the Unee
Nations advocacy Of increased trade to plea for Euro
pean unity discussion Of plans to send wheat to the
Soviet Union Disarmament talks in London te
prospects for Fornosan ceAse.hre. And each
concentrated sermon in itself
FORCEFUL FRANkNESS
IN EACH THERE WAS SUCH OBVIOUS FERVENCY,
SUCH HONEST CONCERN, AND SUCH FORCEFUl
FRANKNESS THAT REPORTERS EYES BEGAN TO
POP The Presdent has been like this twice,
maybe during press conference.-the never eonsis-
tently impas.onsd for so long time
The more cynical attributed this revvalmeeting at.
mosphere TO the presence of televson in the
conference room But il the President of those
grinding mechanical eyes he sgn OF IT, Here OBJ
vousy was Presden who felt strongly and deeply and
personally about these current critical subjects.
1t was not ju.t his words, though they were simple.
direct effect 1t was his manner hi. vgor his earnest
ness that give those words life and force
1t doubtful if the administration has ever presented
more able effective defense of the UN than in the Pres
idsnt's simple, sincere words about its usefulness
PLEA FOR UNITY
II is doubtful if the State Department has put
the for European unheAon effectively in all it's
diplomatic talks with European officials did the Pres
ident in pleading for this end.
II is doubtful il any other government spokesman has
been so cooquiay descriptive the President in defining
hs interest real tournaments II there good faith and
If get and OF detection then, he said
the United States will put everything in the pot and
far anybody in disarming.
At one point the President even took issue with his
Secretary Of State the comparative value OF EDO and
Willard got ~ from the press for his honesty and
franknesa
John Foster Dulles. who before EDO was defeated
would not consider alternative insisting there
substitute, later switched supporting WEU, saying
it actually better than Edo
INFERIOR SUBSTITUTE
But the President He had pumped for EDO,
and he would now plump for WEU. But the substitute
not good the original: for EDO would have
forced Europe to ntegrate-whch il what it needs more
than anything else, in the Presidents opinion.
The President get really fervent this subject
of Europe's need for unity. He did Feb %. And il
the White House staf ia half awake it claims be.
it will play this pre conference lecture by the President
Europes need for unity in all the foreign Offices this
aide of the Iron Curtain.
NO REAL SUBSTITUTE
The same can 90 for the Presidents remar on the
UN, too. The President did mention Senator William
knowland R) Of California his violent attacks
the purpose and goals of the UN Hs brief televson
defense Of the UN and its role world aHar however
ia the mos effective reply there ia such Knowand crt
clam Of that international body.
The daily paper and the telev,ion bring to million,
of Americans the Presidens weekly meeting with the
press They read what he said how he said it,
almost before the newimen Themselves react
port the encounter.
But If the meeting proved anything, IT that
neither the printed word the televsed picture i, a
real substitute for actual presence Of these affairs
No account give the full color flavor fervor OF
President Esenhowers pres conference remarks and
.teevson picture reproduce the three ION al
nuances OF his expressive face and figure.
The President's remarkable unrehearsed exhibition
of h personal views many highly controversial sub
jects made clear why the legitimate theaer will never
suceumb to Hollywood TV Yea live-the other
must always be canned.