Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-09

'tpL OF PreSt0enL EfSennOtDeT
! yesterday in Key West;
course that would have some
/ thing to do with it.
/ But I really believe that there
/ are factors which I would be
!, ready to talk about publicly at
!, a particular time. And I have
. them all marshaled In the proper
!, order in my mind. And one Of
them is a sense Of duty. But
wAere does the sense Of duty
point, and who determines what
the duty is? That is a very tricky
question when you go into the
problem.
@. Mr.. President, Ray Scherer.
lNBC. Can you suggest when it
would be propitious for us to
raise these factors and probe for
this answer?
The President: Well. I would
say this: You really don't need
Ito. AS quickly as my own mind
is made up, either as to making
a statement or as to the proper
. moment to make a statement,
III will tell you people very
frankly. I have nothing to hide
. here. I am certainly not trying
. to be coy. ! just think that it
is something that is not settled
, just in a brief off-hand CONVEX
, Isation.
i @. Mr.. President, Stephenson,
New York Daily News. wonder
could we expect any statement
from you before the middle of
February. when the doctors say
they will give you the final
word?
/ Can't Set Date
j The President: Well, wouldn't
want to pin myself down to a
yes or no there. ! will do it as
soon as I feel that the whole
thing is completely clarified ale
that I can say where the path
of duty is. and as some one
pointed out. as always. all other
factors should indicate the an
swer to be.
i @. Mr.. President, up in Gettys-
burg, DR.. White said that he
wanted you to have this holiday
here in the sun without assum-
ing
i The President: Yes.
@. before you resumed the
full burden Of the presidency.
u The President: Yes.
! @. Now, what is your immedi-
ate schedule
/ The President: Well, -
! Q. When you go back, will you
want a full schedule, or is it
something that you work into
gradually?
The President: That is a very
fair question. I am going back
into the full duties of the presi-
Idency tomorrow morning. but
think that 1t is only fair to make
this one statement, that I have
done many things in the past be-
cause didn't have that sense of
Ifatigue-and I have to be careful
lof myself. I lived that way. as
most OF US do. through my life,
and consequently I have done
many things that were proba bly
Unnecessary. I would say that
both my staff and will scrutinize
the problems. but as far as the
duties Of the presidency are con-
tcerned. l will be in full swing.
AS a matter of fact, / have been
IN 1airly close touch with them
Tor good many weeks now. and
been handling them. But now l
VIII be back in the office as per
usual.
Q. Mr.. President. Marvin Ar
Erowsmith Of the AP. At-the
last time you met with us. I
think on August 4th, you said
that the state of your health
would be an important factor in
making up your mind. In view
OF what you know from your ex-
perlence. we can assume that
that Will take on an even more
important-be an ever more i'm
portant factor now. I suppose?
| Quick Change Critical
THE PRESIDENT: That is
correct. Because after all there
are the-remember this: Now it
is not merely what the doctors
say to someone else. what the
doctors say to me. it is a very
critical thing to change govern
ments in this country at a time
that 1t is unexpected-we &C.
custom ourselves and so do
foreign governments, changing
our government every four years,
but always something happens
that is untoward when a govern
ment is changed at other times.
1t is a rather startling thinr,
They tell me that even some dis
lturbance in the stock market at
the time l got sick-I didn't
know it till six weeks later
they told me there was.
! @. Earl Mazo, New York
Herald Tribune. Sir, during your
stay here, did you and DR.. Essen
hover ever permit your CONVEX
sation to stray into the region
Iof your political future?
? THE PRESIDENT: OF course.
/ @. Deakin, st. Louis Post
Dispatch. You spoke of confer
ring with your trusted advisers,
in the plural. I wonder if you
could tell us who some of those
trusted advisers are, and If you
have talked with them
THE PRESIDENT: OF course
there have been a few Of them.
One OF them is sitting here, Mr..
Hagerty. And another one is my
brother. There have been others
down here. But I was talking
about it effectively and inten-
sively. We haven't done that.
Apparently they haven't wanted