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the possibility of trying to start
a third party.
Mr.. Eisenhower lodged the
point of the question. He Their
mentioned favorably what he
described as one thought in Mr.
Bowles' book, which, he said
contained must that he disagreed
with.
The thought that impressed
him, he added, is that occasion
ally in American history prob
lens evolve until changes in the
great mass of public opinion
such as in the administrations
of Thomas Jefferson and Frank
lin D. Roosevelt.
The political party that sup
ports this concensus and best
upholdS the viewpoint of the
mass of the people is bound to
remain dominant for some years
until there is another bic
change in public thinking. Mr.
Eisenhower went on. Somewhat
parenthetically he observed that
this is not necessarily a third
party.
Implies Significant Trend
The implication was that Mr.
Eisenhower sees himself as try
ing to swing the Republican
Party behind what he considers
a significant trend in American
political thinking toward what
he has described as dynamic
conservatism or progressive mod
Grafton.
A woman reporter brought a
big laugh from the President
when she asked why he chose to
run as Republican in 1852
when, she said, he could have
had the Democratic nomination
if he wanted it. Was it, she
asked. a question of marrying
a man to reform him?"
Mr.. Eisenhower replied that
he very definitely thought that
after one party had been in
power for 20 years there in
evitably grew up some abuses
which that party was incapable
of Strengthening out.
So, he said, he, thought a
change of party administration
was necessary to get the clean
cut cleaning out that was needed
and that was one of his reasons
Stirs Big Laugh
The President stirred another
big laugh when he said he never
had urged anyone to run for
political office, possibly because
he had had enough of that him
self.
This remark came when he
explained that while he had not
urged former Senator and Am
bassador John Sherman Cooper
to run for the Senate in Ken
lucky again this year, he was
happy and highly pleased that
Mr.. Cooper is running.
The President told a queS-
toner that he has no plan for
an extended vacation this sum-
mer, indicating that he intends
to stay close to the White House
as his headquarters in his re-
election campaign
Hopes for Convention Trip
He explained that he hopes to
go out to the Republican Con-
vention on its last day-as sun-
ing, as he put it. that he is going
to be important there-and
hopes to stay in that region for
three or more days. Then. he
said, he has no other vacation
planned.
When a reporter asked if his
statement in signing a water
ways bill recently about need for
modification early in the next
Congress meant he was Conf
dent of being reelected, Mr.
Eisenhower smilingly reminded
his questioner that Congress will
convene January 3 and that his
present term runs until jan
uary 90.
The steel price problem came
up when a reporter asked if the
recent price rises jeopardize the
administrations efforts to sta
bilize the dollar and prevent
imitation.
Mr.. Eisenhower said hi
thought the word jeopardizt
was too strong, although the
increase does raise a danger
sign that he is watching every
day. He remarked that the
steel price raise is bound to have
a certain amount of influence