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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-19
CIubwoman. Editor
To Address Board

Two speakers are scheduled to
make appearances at the first fall
meeting of the Board of Directors
of the Montgomery County Fed
GRAFTON of Women's Clubs at 10
am, Tuesday, September "a, at
the Rockville Methodist Church.
Mrs. John L. Whitehurst, past
president Of both the Maryland
and General Federation of Won
ems Clubs, will discuss Women
in Today's World" and Rog-
er b. Farquhar, editor of The
Maryland News and Montgomery
County Sentinel, will present
guidelines to better publicity.
The Junior Woman's Club of
Rockville will be host club with
Mrs. James E. McKeever and Mrs.
Leo K. England as luncheon chair
men.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-19

maid who is late in returning is
locked out for the night and must
be reported in the morning. If
this happens too often she is
sent back to her pueblo.
Life in the pueblos is most
primative with open fireplaces,
dirt floors, and contrary to their
hair styles, the animal kingdom
is much in evidence.
Both Mildred and Clyde are
outgoing and adaptable and they
made many friends at each stop
over.
Back in this country, loaded
with souvenirs. including a col
lection Of dolls from each country
visited, the Wilcoxes started their
journey south to Aikens, South
Carolina.
But they never reached there.
The story of how they were side
tracked in Montgomery County
and ended up in Rockville has al
ready been told on a Bethesda
Chamber of Commerce radio pro-
gram by Mildred Wilcox.
Dream House
1t was a combination of cir.
cumstances of finding their dream
house, a modern ranch type at
2100 Stanley Avenue in Rockville
and then the ideal shop location
on Rockville Pike, plus an over.
all impression of a growing and
active community that led to their
abandoning South Carolina in
favor of settlement in Montgom.
cry.
And settled they are. New fur
niture fills their dream house and
their new shop will open on Oc-
tober 1. They have already trans
ferred memberships to many Of
the local organizations and are
now anxious to contact Rebbecca
Lodge in this area.
Aiken's loss is Rockville's gain
to coin a phrase. AS to the reasons
why we can only suggest that it
is the true adventurer's urge to
find new worlds to conquer.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-19
Chi Omega AIumnae
Meet in Kensington

The Northwest Chi Omega
Alumnae of the Washington Area
held the first fall meeting We'd
nesday evening at the home of
their new chairman, Mrs. Jack
M. Bowman, 10415 Drumm Ave
nue., Kensington. Guest speaker
Mrs. Newton Montgomery gave
history of the Chi Omegas.
Other new officers of the group
are Miss Mary Frances Stone and
Miss Louise Robinson, both Of
Washington, d. C., vice chairmen;
Mrs. Edward Eyeritt of Bethesda,
recording secretary; and Mrs.
Henry Munds of Rockville, treas.
urer.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-19
Weddings
Engagements
Club News
Nominating
Unit Selected
Leet-MeEbrOOk Photos

The Executive Board of the
Montgomery County Council OF
Homemakers Clubs recently
elected a nominating committee
to select candidates for 1st vice
president and secretary. Elec.
tons will be held at the Board
annual fall luncheon on Novem.
Der 4.
Named to the nominating com
mittee during the meeting in
Rockville were Mrs. Lawrence
Berry of Kensington. Mrs. Sam.
uel Darr and Mrs. Ernest Bea-
wins of Silver Spring, and Mrs.
R. N. Whip and Mrs. ]. Rex
Pimlott of Rockville.
Mrs. Mollie P. Eaton, new AS
sociate Home :. Demonstration
Agent, announced plans for a
countrywide workshop on Christ
mas Decorations" to take place
at 10 a. m, October "a, at the
Rockville Civic Center.
Another coming event was an
nounced by Mrs. L. E. Masoner
of Bethesda, family life project
chairman. She revealed that Mrs.
Jeanne Moehn, family life spec
ialist from the University of
Maryland, will moderate a discus
sion 'The Age of Turmoil-Teen
Age" at 8:15 p. m, November
Z, in the auditorium of the Coun.
ty Office Building, Rockville.
The Board voted to continue
supplying toys to Children's Hos
pital and cookies. to various Serv-
ice Hospitals as its countrywide
projects.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-19
Juniors Plan
Style Show;
Initiate Z

The busting Junior Woman's
Club of Silver Spring is already
busy with a calendar of fall and
future functions.
Plans are well underway for
the annual welfare fashion show
which benefits various commun-
ity charities. Committee mem
bers met recently at the home
of Mrs. Michael l.. Flaherty,
chairman. Those taking part in
clude Mrs. Gilbert w. Feelemyer,
Mrs. Robert t. Surine, Mrs. JOS
eph M. Gallagher, Mrs. George
w. Bartlett, Mrs. William ID. Mi
zell, Mrs. Robert d. Bellamy, Mrs.
Francis x. Meehan, Mrs. Melvin
E. Miller, Mrs. Walter C. Hugh
es, Jr., Mrs. Harry B. Elkins, Mrs.
James E. Ratliff, Mrs. Morton
r. Shift and Mrs. William H.
Wesp.
More than 100 members of the
club gathered for the annual
membership tea at Parklawn
Mansion arranged by Mrs. James
Colliton, membership chairman;
and Mrs. Arthur J. Williams and
Mrs. John p. William, co-chair-
men.
Honored guests assisting at the
tea table were Mrs. Gordon
Locke, president of the Montgom-
cry County Federation; Mrs.
George Richert, president of the
Silver Spring Woman's Club; and
Mrs. William Mclean, contact to
the Junior Club. Other special
guests were Mrs. Gilbert Feele-
myer, Mrs. Robert Surine, Mrs.
Joseph Gallagher and Mrs.
George Bartlett, all past presi-
dents of the Silver Spring Juniors.
Twelve new members partici-
pated in orientation and initia-
ton ceremonies during the af-
fair, making the Silver Spring
Club the second largest Junior or
garization in Maryland.
Initiates included Mrs. Joseph
f. Ciccone, Mrs. John Sharer,
Mrs. William Payne, Mrs. Will
liam Dieux, Mrs. Joseph Hill,
Mrs. Michael Najarian, Mrs. John
McCarren, Mrs. Richard Rice,
Mrs. Joseph Blouin, Mrs. Robert
Boyce, Mrs. Richard Linkins and
Mrs. Robert Piper.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-19
BY Kathleen Leary
Society Editor

The County's first free Muir
sery Treatment Center for cere-
bral palsy children opened this
fall only because a number of
local women first visioned and
then fought for it.
Members of the Womans Divi-
sion of United Cerebral Palsy
and the Junior Womans Club of
Chevy Chase must have felt
proud, indeed, when they greeted
guests Saturday afternoon at a
3 to 6 o'clock open house cele-
brating the start of classes for
more than 20 handicapped chill
dren ranging in age from 3 to 6
years. The center is located in
a wing of the old Silver Spring
Library in Jesup Blair Park.
Mrs. Robert B. Fulmer of Sill
yer Spring, chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee, was driv-
ing force behind the three year
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-19
Red Cross Tour

Mondays afternoon and eve
ming rainfall didn't dampen the
spirit of volunteers and friends
who attended the Montgomery
County Red Cross "Open House"
at Chapter Headquarters in Sill
yer Spring. During the 2 to 4
and 7:30 to $3.50 p. m. affair,
guests had an opportunity to
watch the Supply Service wrap
Christmas gifts, the Production
Service sew bed jackets, and par
take of cookies and punch served
by the Canteen Service.
Staff Aides volunteered as
guides for other exhibitions in
volving Motor Service, Gray Lad
les, Publicity, Volunteer Nurses
Aides, Blood Program and Junior
Red Cross.
Among those present were rep
resentatives of the d. c. and Ma.
tional Red Cross, and field rep
resentatives from the Naval and
Walter Reed Hospitals, Soldiers
Homes and Boiling Field.
Mrs. George Richert, president
of the Silver Spring Woman's
Club, dropped by, as did Mrs.
Katherine Mizell, president of the
Junior Woman's Club of Silver
Spring, and Mr.. Sam Fig, a mem
Der of the Chapters Board of
Directors.
Everyone was greeted by Mrs.
George B. Hartman, vice-chair-
man of the Chapter, and Mrs.
Frank L. Gunderson, End vice.
chairman in charge of volunteers.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-19
Food and Fashions

A dessert tea on Wednesday
for members and friends of the
Montgomery-West Chapter of
Women's American ORT featur-
ed fashions from Rose Williams
of Bethesda. The affair was ar.
ranged by Mrs. Jack Oppenheim-
er, programming chairman, at the
Montgomery County Jewish Com.
munity Building.
Members serving as models in.
cluded Mrs. Kurt Hauptmann,
Mrs. Morton Hollander, Mrs.
Manuel Polisher, Mrs. Sidney Ra.
WITT, Mrs. Frank Selwyn and
Mrs. Samson B. Stern. Commen-
tary was by Miss Helen Ryan.
Fashions with THE French
Touch" were presented by Frank.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-19
BPW Club Seeks
Most Courteous
Working Woman

Courtesy will pay off for some
business or professional women
in Montgomery County after
September 81, deadline for en-.
tries in a contest sponsored by
the Business and Professional
Women's Club of Silver Spring.
All residents are being urged to
write letters nominating the
county's most courteous working
woman to the club, c/o Box 10
Silver Spring.
Six finalists will be selected
by the judges, the Messrs. Ben
Shaw, David Soul and John Mar
schalk, and personally observed
during National Business Won.
ems Week, September 22-28.
The winner and the writer of
the winning letter will share priz-
es during an Open House celebra-
ton on Sunday, September %, at
Rudix, home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Fleming.
The prize list includes luggage
from Penney's, permanent waves
from Dorcas-Jane Coiffeurs and
Virginia Wallace for Beauty; a
toaster from Sears Roebuck &
Company, a gift from Wright's
Jewelry, an 8 10 portrait from
Winn's Studio, a S. savings ac-
count at Citizens Building &
Loan, a hat from RoMar Millin-
cry, a gift from Mason's Flow
ers and Gifts, and lingerie from
Viggy's.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-19

A honeymoon in Italy followed
the recent wedding of Miss Bette
Barron Smith, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Louis Smith of
Ardnave Farm, Potomac, to Mr..
Peter Owen Stamats, of George
town, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Her
bert Spencer Stamats of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. The 4 pm. cere-
mony was performed by the Rev.
Glloyd Allis, pastor Of the Poto-
mac Church, at the home of the
bride.
The former Miss Smith was
given in marriage by her father.
She wore a ballerina-length gown
of lace, styled with square neck.
line and pulled sleeves. A ban
deau of stephanotis held her veil
Of heirloom lace appliqued on
French illusion, and she carried
an old fashioned bouquet Of
orange blossoms, stephanotis and
lilies of the valley.
Mrs. Homer Ellis Davis Of
Chevy Chase, was matron of hon
or for her sister, and Miss Paula
Steward served as bridesmaid.
Both wore bouffant afternoon
dresses Of pale blue peau de sole
bouquets Of delphinium and chrys-
anthemums.
The bridegrooms father was his
best man.
For her daughters wedding,
Mrs. Smith selected pale olive
green sheath with a corsage of
brown orchids, and the bride
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-19
People lie J~o~
Achieve Palsy Center

campaign for a center, but she
gives much of the credit to the
Chevy Chase Juniors, who staged
variety show last year and
raised $2500 toward the venture.
Other organizations, including
the menfolk, contributed, too.
The list includes the Woman's
Club of Silver Spring, Rotary
Club of Silver Spring, Little Club
of Washington, Rock Creek
Lions, Junior Woman's Club of
Silver Spring, KNIVES of Beth
esda, Woman's Club of Rockville,
CivinetteS of Bethesda and Rot
airy Club of Bethesda Chevy
Chase.
Saturdays open house served
to display where the dollars went.
A specialized staff and equip
ment have been made available
to provide therapy for severely
handicapped children and conven-
tional nursery and kindergarten
activities for those less severely
handicapped.
Honored guests for the occa-
sion were Judge Kathryn j. Law
lor, Delegate Margaret Schwein-
haut, School Superintendent and
Mrs. c. Taylor Whittier, and
School Board Member Mrs. Rose
Kramer.
The new center is being oper-
ated five days a week by United
Cerebral Palsy of Montgomery
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-19
NuptiaI Note

Miss Ruth Carson of Hyatts-
vile was on the receiving end of
a personal bridal shower given
this week by Mrs. James w.
Parker, Jr., in her new home at
113 Lynmoor Drive, Silver Spring.
Invitations are in the mail for
Miss Carson's marriage to Mr..
Frank Baker Proctor, son of Mrs.
Frank B. Proctor and the late
Judge Proctor, of Silver Spring.
The 2 p. m. ceremony is set for
Saturday, October 5, at Woodside
Methodist Church.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-19

lin Simon during a style show
and luncheon on Wednesday in
augurating the fall season of the
Women's Council, Montgomery
County Jewish Community. The
noon event took place at Nor
mandy Farm, Potomac, with Mrs.
Joan Brown serving as common
tator.
Co-chairmen of arrangements
were Mrs. Bernard Goldsmith and
Mrs. Sam Aldock. Mrs. Isadore
Gromfine is president of the
Women's Council.
Proceeds went to the MCJC
building fund.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-19

gan the first lap of their fabulous
four-month trek that took in Lon
don, Paris, Madrid, Valencia, the
French Riviera, Rome, Milan,
Florence, Venice and even a
short stop in Portugal.
They placed themselves in the
hands of a travel agency in Buff
falo which arranged the complete
tour right down to the tips for
taxis and bellhops, interpreters in
each city, visits to night clubs, as
well as beauty salons, a months
stay with their daughter, and
even tickets for a bull fight which
are harder to get evidently than
tickets to my Fair Lady"
Beauty salons and their meth
DDS in London and Paris are not
much different from their Amer.
lean counterparts, the Wilcoxes
observed.
In Paris, they noted the pop.
ularity of the bouffant hair style
which fairs the hair around the
face, and were also intrigued by
the hair colors which range from
blue and pink to purple.
In Spain and Italy, they were
impressed with the beautiful
heads of hair of most of the wom-
en- who show off this Browning
glory with long hair-dos usually.
Italian women went for short
er hairstyles than the Spanish
women but in neither country
were the duck-tails or the So
called italian" hobs found. THE
animal kingdom has disap-
peared," was the explanation
given Mildred and Clyde.
Sanitary Lack
1t was in these two countries
that the Wilcoxes noticed with
shock the lack of sanitation and
inspection and the usual cramped
quarters of the shops.
why" Mrs. Wilcox whispered
to me, I'm one shop in Madrid l
saw them use the same comb on
three different customers"
At this point she digressed to
tell me something of the history
of permanent waving about which
she has made some study.
The first permanent wave, &C.
cording to her, dates back to the
stone ages when women wound
their locks on stick and baked
them in mud in the sun. When the
mud dried, it was knocked off
and, 10 and behald, a curl was
born.
This same principal was APP
piled to the first permanent wave
known as the spiral in which
electricity furnished the heat
instead of the sun. In 1905, a
Frenchman invented the flat curl
known as the crouquinol. PerTna-
nents then progressed through
machineless or cold waves done
with lotions to a combination of
machine and lotion and finally to
the spiral-jet which is the mod
ernized version of the spiral and
combines the best of all methods.
Life In Pueblo
Next to their impressions of
Europe's beauty culture, the most
vivid impression the Wilcoxes
brought back was the life Of the
Spanish people who live in pueb-
los.
Through their daughters young
maid servant, they learned Of the
strict restrictions imposed on
many of the young girls by
Frances regime.
Working "a hours a day, they
are allowed two afternoons a
week when they are free from
4:30 to 1890 p. m. At 1920 all
houses are locked and any young
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-19
COP Study Club

The County Council will be the
subject Of discussion when the
first fall session of the Rock
Creek Republican Women's Study
Club takes place at 1920 am,
Thursday, September 26, at the
home of Mrs. Gilbert Guide, 5411
Duval Drive, Westmoreland Hills.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-19
Ham Dinner

A ham dinner will be served
by the st. Camillus Women's Club
from 4 to 8 p. m. on Sunday, Sep
TENDER %, at the school auditor
ium, 1400 st. Camillus Drive, Sill
yer Spring,
Tickets are $1.50 for adults
and Is cents for children under
10. Proceeds will benefit the
church building fund.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-19


The New Look in pioneering is
usually middle-aged couple, in
their late forties or fifties, who
have lived most of their life in
one community, with a home,
business, family and friends, who
suddenly sell out and pick up and
move - sometimes clear across
the continent to California or
Oregon, sometimes to Florida or
as in the case of the Wilcoxes,
from Buffalo to Rockville to
start life anew.
We have known a number of
examples of the new pioneer,
such as our past publisher, Mr..
Louis Leimbach and his wife, and
in fact we are even related to
some of them in the persons of
migrating aunts and uncles.
Search For Answer
But we have never been able
to get satisfactory answer from
any of them as to what makes
them want to drop an established
existence to start all over again.
The closest to an asWer we have
received is the WilcoX's state
ment: IF we didn't do it now
and waited another ten years we
felt that he wouldn't ever do it."
This obviously doesn't answer
the big question of why do it at
all. AS to that we have only
vague answers on health, cold
winters, looking forward to re-
tirement, etc, but nothing that
really satisfies our curiousity.
However in the adventures of
Mildred and Clyde Wilcox we find
a clue.
For % years, the Wilcoxes OPP
Grated their own beauty salon in
their home in Kenmore on the
outskirts of Buffalo, Mrs. Viii
cox's home town.
Mildred specializes in hair styl-
ing and cutting and Clyde who
studied at the Doyle School in
Buffalo in hair dyes and coloring.
Both Were Active
Both were very active in COM
munity and professional organi-
cations including the Chamber of
Commerce, the Buffalo chapter
of the National Hairdressers and
Cosmology Association of which
Mrs. Wilcox is past president, and
Rebecca Lodge.
In addition Mrs. Wilcox was on
the state board of examiners for
hairdressers and chairman of the
educational program of the Bust.
ness and Professional Women's
Club.
Last year, with their three
daughters married and gone,
their five bedroom house began
to seem too large. Selling it, of
course, meant selling the bust
ness, too, and the WilcoXes began
to think of moving south.
Aiken, South Carolina had been
a dream for many years. A close
friend Of Mildred's lived there and
had urged them to move down.
Although she was no longer liv-
ing, the Wilcoxes felt drawn to
the community which they had
visited and admired.
But before starting a new life,
Mildred and Clyde decided to
satisfy a lifetime urge to visit
Europe and compare notes on
hometown beauty culture with
methods used at the source Of
styles, Paris, and other European
cities.
Another Motive
A second motive was to see
their year-old grandson and Tech
meal Sergeant and Mrs. George
II. Jennings, their youngest
daughter who were living in
Madrid.
On March 5th, the Wilcoxes be-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-19
Newcomers Tea

The Bethesda.C Chevy Chase Wei.
come Wagon Newcomers Club
will gather today for a 3 to 5
o'clock tea at 7709 Rocton Ave
nue., Chevy Chase.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-19

County, operating largely through
the support of the United Givers
Fund.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-19
Hits for Mrs.
Hits for Mrs.
Stone Age Beauties
Found Mud Big Help
By Dorothy Waleski
staff Reporter

This the story of the WcoXes who represent inter
estng phenomenon in American life the modernday pioneer
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-19
This and That

A Grand Promenade at 7:30
p. m. will lead off the Silver
Spring Board of Trades 1857 Gin
derella Ball on Wednesday, Octo-
Der 8, at Manor Country Club.
The annual wives night affair
will include a banquet followed
by dancing til / a. m. Grand
door prize for the evening is
weekend for two in New York
City.
Mrs. Richard r. White of Lay
louisville, was hostess at bridge
luncheon at Olney Inn last week
in honor of Mrs. Arthur Miller,
visiting here from New York.
Other guests were Mrs. Edwin
c. Fry and Miss Mary White of
Laytonsville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-13
HofCargoPacts
With Carriers
Held Invalid

A split decision of the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board
has rendered invalid the long
standing "hot cargo" contracts
between common carriers and
unions.
Three of the five board mem
bers yesterday agreed that these
contracts violate the secondary
boycott ban of the Taft-Hartley
Act. The act provides that
unions may not encourage or
induce their members to take
part in secondary boycott ac-
tivities.
A "hot cargo" contract, the
board explained, is one which
provides that workers may re-
fuse to handle goods If their
union says such handling is un-
fair to labor.
The goods involved in such
cases become "hot cargo"
Cited in Specific Case
The boards decision in re-
gard to "hot cargo" in general
came in a specific case involv-
ing Local 1913 of the Transfers
Union and the Genuine Parts
Co. of Atlanta, Ga.
Local 728 called a strike
against the company in March,
1856, over contract terms.
Afterwards, other unions re-
fused to handle goods of the
plant because they we're desig-
mated hot cargo"
The company protested. and
the board finally announced to-
day its ruling. 1t said Local
728 violated the Taft-Hartley
Acts secondary boycott ban by
advising" its members that
they could refuse to handle
company freight. thereby en-
couraging boycott activities.
Violation on Surface
Chairman Boyd Leedom and
Member Joseph A. jenkins said
the fact that a union makes
a hot cargo contract constitutes
surface evidence of encouraging
secondary boycott activities.
Member Philip r. Rodgers con-
CURED in finding a violation
in the specific case, and said
further that hot cargo con-
tracts are against public policy
and hence invalid in all indus
tries. Member Stephen S. Bean
concurred in finding a viola
ton also, but said hot cargo
contracts can be valid as long
as they are not enforced by
union appeals to employees.
Member Abe Murdoch dis
sented, declaring that never
before has any member of this
board or of any court adopted
so extreme a view"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-13
Harvard Alumni
Dinner Kicks Off
Local Fund Drive

More than 600 Harvard al
umni and their wives attended
the kickoff dinner in fund
raising campaign for the COL
lege in the Sheraton-Park last
night.
They were told not only why
they should support Harvard,
but also by how much. AS
McGeorge Bundy, dean Of the
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
land a Yale mani said:
How much should you give?
Think about it. take some
time out, double it and
both you and the college will
feel right about it,"
The local campaign, headed
by Undersecretary of State C.
Douglas Dillon, is part of the
Nationwide drive, which hopes
to raise S82.5 million within the
next two years.
The goal for the District is
$2.985, 400.
Another speaker at the din
ner was David Rockefeller, vice
chairman of the program and
a member of Harvard's Board
of OverSeers. He called Har-
ward a "pacesetter" and said it
needs ''large-scale financial
help to do its job successfully
in the furture.
ToaStmaster for the occasion
was Brig. Gen. Robert Cutler,
special assistant to President
Eisenhower.