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the pain. Mr.. Hagerty said. but
did tell his doctors. who had
planned two walks for him yes
terday: "Once is enough"
Walk Today Requested
BY requesting that he be let
out of bed for another walk this
morning. the President indicated
that he is determined to get well
as quickly as possible. His doc
tors have told him that what
they call early ambulation"
hastens convalescence after an
abdominal operation.
DR.. Isador Ravdin. professor
of surgery at the University of
Pennsylvania school of medicine,
who helped operate on the Pres
ident, was at his side during his
walk this morning.
Mr.. Hagerty said DR.. Ravdin
had one hand on one of the
Presidents elbows, giving him
slight support so he would not
lose his Salance or anything like
that"
On his first walk yesterday,
Mr.. Eisenhower was m or e
strongly supported with a med
ical attendant at each elbow.
Mr.. Adams went to Walter
Reed Hospital shortly after 10
am. today, along with Col. An
drew Goodpaster, White House
staff secretary: Murray Snyder
and Mrs. Ann Whitman, the
Presidents personal secretary.
Col. Robert L. Schulz, the Presi-
ference on Fitness Of American
dents military aide, in a tempo
rary White House Office set up
in the lounge of Ward 8, just go
feet down a corridor from the
Presidents aforementioned suite.
Confer With Doctors
Mr.. Hagerty said the White
House staff members talked over
with DR., Ravdin, Maj. Gen. How
ard M. Snyder, the Presidents
personal physician, and Mai.
Gen. Leonard D. Heaton. COM
mander of Walter Reed, who
handled the operating knife on
Mr.. Eisenhower, the program of
activities facing the President.
Then Mr.. Adams went into the
Presidents bedroom and talked
over several of these matters
with him for about 10 minutes,
Mr.. Hagerty said.
In addition to the NSC meet
Ing and the Adenauer luncheon
business, Mr.. Hagerty said it was
decided that the Presidents con-
ferece on Fitness of American
Youth. scheduled to be held at
the Naval Academy in Annapolis
next Monday and Tuesday,
should not be postponed even
though Mr.. Eisenhower will not
be able to speak to the confer
ence Tuesday evening as sched-
uled.
The President, greatly inter-
ested personally in promoting a
program to get more American
youths interested in athletics,
recommended himself that the
conference go on, Mr.. Hagerty
reported. Vice President Nixon
is chairman of the conference.
Other Decisions Pending
Mr.. Hagerty said it has not
yet been determined whether to
ask Chancellor Adenauer to visit
the President at the hospital
Wednesday. He said he assumed
a decision on that could wait for
q day.
Still under study, Mr.. Hagerty
said, is what to do about two
other major appointments the
President had scheduled before
he became lila conference of
presidents of American repub-
lies at Panama, June 1926, and
a meeting here with Indian
Prime Minister Nehru July ITO.
The Press Secretary told news
men none of the business taken
up with Mr.. Eisenhower today
required him to sign any papers.
Text of Bulletin
The text of an 8 am. medical
bulletin today follows:
1.-THE President had a comfort
able night.
1T is contemplated to get him
out of bed and let him walk a
short distance in his room twice
today.
His temperature is 99.2, res
piration 20, pulse SO, blood
pressure 1870 over 30.
His general condition is ex-
cellent."
For Mr.. Eisenhower, Sunday
was only a fairly comfortable"
day. No one expected him to be
really comfortable so soon after
the nearly two-hour operation
early Saturday morning in
which the surgeons relieved"
an obstruction in the lower por-
ton of his small intestine by
making a new connection to his
colon to bypass the area giving
trouble.
Approves Staff Decision
Mr.. Hagerty announced the
President concurred in staff
decision to postpone, until he is
able to participate, a conference
of more than 30 experts in vari-
Gus fields that had been set for
the White House tomorrow to
discuss ways of expanding inter-
national understanding through
better people-to-people contacts
throughout the world.
A staff decision also postponed
a bipartisan conference of Sem
ate leaders that had been called
for the White House at 4:30 pm.
today. Mr.. Hagerty said the
conference would be held after
the House completes action on