Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-12
President Plans
Talk
Here Tuesday
6. O. P. Leaders
To Hear Major
Campaign Speech
BY GARRETT d. HORNER
Star stan Correspondent

Quar- Guam IOETEbpOHueHE
AUGUSTA, Ga, April 12.-
President Eisenhower decided to-
day to make what is expected to
be his first major political speech
of his second-term campaign at
a Republican dinner in Wash
ington next Tuesday night.
White House Press Secretary
James c. Hagerty announced
that the President had accepted
an invitation from Republican
National Chairman Leonard w
Hall to address a dinner meeting
Of about 800 G. o. P. leaders.
The dinner at the Sheraton
Park Hotel will wind up a two
day meeting sponsored by the
National Committee, bringing to-
gether Republican State chair
men and vice chairmen, National
Committee m m bers. State
finance chairmen OF the party
State chairmen of the January
20 Salute-to- Eisenhower dinners
and G. o. P. members of the
House and Senate.
Asked if the Presidents talk
would be a major political
speech. Mr.. Hagerty laughed
and pointed out that he would
be addressing "a political meet
ing"
First Since Decision
Aside from a brief greeting
to a breakfast meeting Of Re-
publican women in Washington
recently. this will be the first
address by Mr.. Eisenhower
billed as a straight political
speech since he announced on
February 20 his willingness tc
run for a second term.
His talk is expected to set the
keynote Of the 1856 Republican
campaign.
Mr.. Hagerty said the President
would speak somewhere around
$3.50 or 10 pm. He told ques-
TONERS he didn't know whether
Mr.. Hall was making any ar
rangements for the speech to be
.televised and broadcast.
Mr.. Eisenhower. who few here
last Monday for a work-and- play
vacation at the Augusta National
Golf Club. is expected to return
to Washington sometime Mon
day or possibly Tuesday morn
Ing. He is due to throw out the
first ball at the season -opening
baseball game between the Wash
ington Senators and the New
York Yankees Tuesday after
noon.
Works on Speech
Mr.. Hacerty said the President
worked some this morning on
the draft OF a major foreign
policy speech he plans to make
before dinner of the Amerl-
can Society OF Newspaper Editors
in Washington week from Sat-
urday night. He had another
telephone consultation with Sec
rotary Of State Dulles about
this address.
Maj. John Eisenhower. the
Presidents son, was due here
early this afternoon from Fort
Belvoir. Va. for the remainder
of the week. The President
looked forward to playing kolf
with his son this afternoon. Mr..
Hagerty said that when the Pres
ldent is ION his game" he usually
can beat John at golf.
The press secretary refused
any comment on a statement
attributed to Mrs. Agnes Meyer,
wife Of the chairman of the
board Of the Washington Post
and Times Herald. that MIR.
Eisenhower seems to take the
Middle East crisis lightly by
leaving Washington to play golf.
Approves SBA Fund
In a work session this morn
ing Mr.. Eisenhower approved a
request to Congress for a supple
mental appropriation raising the
Small Business Administration
revolving fund, principally for
loans TO small business in flood
disaster areas, by $50 million to
$50 million for the 1857 fiscal
year.
An additional $40 million for
the 1856 fiscal year was asked
in separate request sent to
Congress yesterday.
Another supplemental appro-
priation request involved $3.50
million for the Army Engineers
to initiate work in fiscal 1857 on
several rivers and harborS and
flood control projects throughout
the country.
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