Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-23


he unquestionably is the savior
However historic his accep
finale tonight, it can hardly hope
of his sudden appearance before
"a news conference to wrap up
the StasSen saga.
The President is obviously
relishing his stay in San Fran
cisco that he may be a bit reluc-
tant to leave Immediately after
t he convention adjournment.
But stretched out before him for
the next few days are the lure
and luxury of relaxing at Cy-
press Point and its famed-and
tough-golf course on the lush
Monterey peninsula.
At the San Francisco White
House in the st. Francis Hotel
the President planned to talk
politics with additional visitors
today and attend to any press
ing Government matters relayed
from Washington. Until he goes
to the Cow Palace to accept the
nomination for another term, he
is unlikely to be nearly as active
and news-productive as during
yesterdays spectacular doings.
To See Many Candidates
He nevertheless scheduled
meetings this morning, one at
a time, with Is candidates for
the Senate and 81 for the House
Jas well as Republican candidates
for governor of Ohio and
Kansas.
Press Secretary James C.
|Hagerty's announcement of that
schedule prompted reporters to
inquire if they could appro-
Ipriately call it Operation
Coattail." Mr.. Hagerty was not
amused. He said he thought
such a designation would be un-
fair and inaccurate.
Offsetting to some extent, the
happiness of the day for Pres.
ident Eisenhower were two un.
fortunate events brought to hi:
attention. He expressed deer
sympathy for the Nixon family
because of the dangerous Hines:
of the Vice Presidents father
Mr.. Hagerty said also that the
President was "of course con.
cerned and is keeping in close
touch with" reports of the los.
lof an American military plane
in international waters neal
Formosa.
But for the timely arrival O.
Mr.. Eisenhower, the Republican
convention would have been il
dire straits from the standpoint
of political interest or the ele'
ment of surprise. From tn,
moment he set foot on Cali
fornia soil Tuesday. He started
salvaging the convention from
sinking into political annals a,
probably the dullest of the cen
fury.
Presidents Suite Busy
This was not necessarily or en-
tirely a course previously char
tered. His very presence in tn,
convention city was bound to d.
something for the convention. /
surely did.
| The presidential suite on tn
sixth floor of the hotel was bust
ling even before breakfast yes
terday. The Presidential break
fast included what Mr.. Hagert,
described as wonderful bacon
and eggs" and the first grain
cereal Mr.. Eisenhower has had il
some time. The breakfast, politi
cally, was a chance for the Presi
dent and National Chairman
Leonard w. Hall to spread GU
many convention ingredients.
At the other end of the red
carpeted corridor some reporter
had found their way up from tn,
mezzanine's ornate Italian Room
Ipressroom which, for clamo
and clatter, would have don,
credit to a Dante creation.
The wonderings or imagining
of the reporters conferred main
ly on the presence of Harold E
Stassen sitting for more thai
an hour in a presidential aide
Office before being ushered int,
the presidential presence.
First OF Its Kind
Then things started popping
and they were not all f1ashligh
bulbs. The Presidents news con
ference that followed on the heel
Iof Mr.. Stassen's return to hi
ninth floor rooms was surely tn
first of its kind in political con
vention as well as presidential
history.
Whatever is being said abou
the freedom and openness of tn
current convention. uuestioner
and listeners agreed that the 18
minute news session fully me
that test. The White House J,
Washington. at least during tn
Eisenhower administration, ha
never had a bigger and more in
tent audience. The Presiden
himself seldom appeared more a
ease. cheerful and hardy.
The occasion and the oppor