Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-08

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the old manner" since he came
says.
Max Rabb. secretary Of the c
ever it meets. For nearly three
President in these sessions. To-
day, Mr.. Rabb says:
Hes tackling things in the
old manner. He doesn't spare
himself.
And he doesn't want any
mush. The agenda for the Cabi-
net meetings are just as difficult
as they ever were. but he takes
on the toughest problems. He
has been firm and decisive"
Factor in Problem"
Mr.. Eisenhower recently un-
derlined the importance of physi-
cal energy to a man in his job.
He listed it as one of the factors
in my problem" Of deciding
whether to run for a second
term. He spoke Of the zip and
sest that you can take into con-
ferences." And he added:
Now this morning maybe I
feel very zestful, but I do know
that I have had an attack"
Mr.. Eisenhower is working
shorter hours. too. Before his
heart attack, his appointment
schedule often began at 1880 am.
Nowadays. 8 is the usual hour,
After q light lunch, he rests and
returns to his office in the west
wing of the White House around
2. He stays there another three
hours or so.
To the question of whether he
does any work at night, one Of
his conf1dantes replies, He may
not take a file nome with him
but how can anybody just stop
thinking about this job at $500"
Mr., Eisenhower also said. on
the matter of his physical con-
dition. 1T would be idle to pre-
tend that my health can be re-
stored to the excellent state in
which the doctors believed it to
be in mid-September."
And again, he said he hoped
his forthcoming decision will
not unduly reflect concern for
self"
indispensable Man" Slap
Even before his heart attack
in Q speech to G. o. p. State
chairmen In Denver, September
10-Mr. Eisenhower seemed to be
hitting at the indispensable
man" doctrine with these words:
But we don't believe for a
minute that the Republican Par
ty is so lacking in inspiration
=. that we are dependent on one
man. You can never pin your
nag so tightly to one mast that
II q ship sinks you can not rip
1t OF and nail It to another"
Do all these remarks, taken to-
gether. indicate that Mr.. Eisen-
hover has decided against run
ing for ONCE? And that he may
have been thinking along this
1iMM hnfAym HE ;1lnnse0
For months, people in Wash
ington have been turning his
words over and over, studying
them from all angles-and COM
ing up with totally different in
terpretations. BY a process Of
inverse reasoning, an apparent
mo" has come to look to some
observers like a concealed yes. I"
and vice versa.
Moreover, in the past. Mr..
Einsenhower's on the record
statements have not always ac-
curately foreshadowed his actions
later.
Wanted No Once
In Europe, before he got out
Of uniform. he frequently said
Il want no political Office .
] don't want anything to do with
politics" In 1850, shortly before
his appointment as supreme
commander of NATO. he said.
II have no intention Of doing in
1852 anything different from
what I am doing now"
In 1851. this reporter had an
hours conversation with Mr..
Eisenhower at his NATO head
quarters and found him less
positive about this-but still not
prepared to say what he would
do.
So today. Republican leaders
who hope he will have resolutely
refused to admit that anything
he has said can be taken as
evidence that he has reached a
decision not to run.
This is what some of the top
g. @. P. leaders say about the
situation at this point:
/. They are unanimou In the
belief that Mr.. Eisenhower hasn't
yet made up his mind. Most of
them expect him to wail for the
information from next week S
physical checkup, then go South
for short time, and make his
decision there.
2. They are not in agreement
as to whether his physical condi-
ton is the paramount consider
alton. One said. Hes haunted
by the thought of being incapac-
itated in Office" But another
took the position: Hes a soldier
He'll do what he thinks is his
duty"
Refuse to Guess
3. They are unanimous in say
ing not the slightest indication