Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-25
President Picks
Security Aide
Jackson to Succeed
Anderson in Post
Nv ROBERT WALSH
Star Staf Correspondent

PEBBLE BEACH, Calf, Aug
25.-President Eisenhower today
appointed William H. Jackson OF
Princeton, N. j., as his special
assistant for national security
affairs, succeeding Dillon Ander-
son who has resigned.
Another administration ap-
Ipointnent made public from the
Presidents restful residence al
the CypresslP Point Club was that
Iof Albert J. Robertson of Des
Moiries, Iowa. as member and
chairman Of the Federal Home
Loan Bank Board for the term
expiring next June 80. Mr.
Robertson takes the place oi
Walter w. McAlliSter who sub.
mitted his resignation last june
but has stayed on until a sue.
cessor was selected.
The President got off to ar
early morning start of golf. HI
planned to play all 18 hiles al
the Cypress Point course as HI
did yesterday. That complete
round was the most he ha.
played since his abdominal op.
Grafton last June.
His activity today, however
was sort of an open invitation fol
newsmen and photographers tt
see him in action at least on thu
first green.
Photographers pleaded will
Press Secretary James c. Hag'
Ierty to arrange for picture tax
ing on the difficult overtime
ocean 10th hole. Mr.. Hagerty
said the President demurred anC
remarked that IF stayed vi
there three years on the 16tl
hole I couldn't make it."
The President played his full
round a few hours after it wa
announced that his weight nov
lis back where it was before hi
abdominal operation. He tip
the scales at 1881. a gain o
l5l2 pounds since he left the hos
pital June 80. A few days afte
the operation his weight hat
fallen off to around 157.
Arranged by Hagerty
A guided tour of the isolate,
premises was arranged for tn,
reporters by Press Secretar.
James c. Hagerty. Before tn
arrival of Mr.. and Mrs. Eisen
hover from San Francisc,
Thursday night, that privat
club on the tip of the Montere.
peninsula in the 6.000-acre De
Monte Forest never spread on
the welcome mat for every Tom
Dick and Harry or Joe Smith
The visit of the President
despite the remote and well
secured location of his brief resi-
dence. has caused no great sen
sation in the reserved precinct
of Pebble Beach, a couple @
miles away. Outwardly, the at
mosphere is comparatively calr
and secluded, including that {
the palatial Del Monte Lodg
press room. About the onl
sounds except those Of natur
herself are the typewriter tinker
ing and head-scratching Of re
porters in search Of news.
First President in Half : entur
!. This first visit Of a Presider
!, Ito Monterey in a half-century-
!, Theodore Roosevelt was the ma
J on horseback in 1903 in tn
J forest-prompted only one CON
plant heard thus far by tn
: reporter. A guest. noting two {
,lthree correspondents surveyir
! the almost uninhabited fairway
5 remarked: "A million people al
r out here today"
! In any event, gone are II
! national convention crowds ar
I campaign buttons. The only fr,
r souvenirs are pebbles from II
1 beach. The picture-window pre-
2 room. twice as big and muC
2 cooler than the Presidents ON
! news conference room in Wash
: ington. offers service with a smi
! AS well as sunshine, SANDWICHES
and coffee.