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nesses. Leading stocks suffered
losses OF 81 to 81 a share. The
reasSuring news Of his rapid re-
covery brought a quick rally.
however.
Despite the tendency in the
White House to depreciate the
serious possibilities of the Presi-
dents illness. 1t was significant
that somebody there at one point
sought legal advice on whether II
would be necessary to formally
delegate presidential powers TO
someone else. The new Attorney
General. William P. Rogers, who
is also Mr.. Nixon's closest friend
in Washington. said that he had
advised the White House, after
talking with the doctors. that
there was no legal need for con-
sideration Of delegating any au-
thority.
This brought to mind the almost
dormant efforts. renewed in Con-
gress after each Eisenhower H.
ness. TO clarity the constitutional
ambiguity over exactly who shall
determine at what point a Presi-
dents disability requires that the
Vice President assume the presi-
Dental powers and duties. Mr..
Eisenhower himself has said that
the need for clarifcation was
urgent.
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Into Production

Good news. was Senator john
sons comment Wednesday when
the hearing was assured by De-
Tense Secretary Neil McElroy that
the Thor and the Jupiter, inter-
mediate range ballistic missiles,
had both been ordered into pro-
duction by the Pentagon.
Mr.. McElroy. who echoed mill
tary assurances that the overall
defense picture was a reaSsuring
one. told the Senators that both
the Air Force Thor and the Army
Jupiter were as vet mot fully
developed" but that he and his
military advisers thought both of
them sufficiently well developed to
justify their manufacture and
operational use.
Some testimony was heard be-
hind closed doors. and was ON
cially secret. However. as is,so
often the case. some tricKe or tne
secret" testimony leaked under
the doorsills. Senators Bridges.
Republican of New Hampshire.
and Symington. Democrat of Mis-
souri,. agreed that much of the
testimony of Allen w. Dulles. head
OF the Central Intelligence Agency.
and DR.. Herbert Scoville. director
OF GAS Office of Scientific IN
telligence. was unpleasant enough
10 shock Americans out of any
complacency and ought to be
told. "A sad and shocking story"
SAID Senator Symington of Mr.,
Dulles testimony.
The Air Force revealed Friday
that its intercontinental and in
ermediate range ballistic missile
programs had been assigned to
the Strategic Air Command.
Transfer of the programs from
the Air Research and Development
Command is designed TO speed
the formation of missile units
trained in the operation of un.
manned nuclear weapons.
In another organizatonal
change, the White House put the
Presidents Science Advisory Com.
mittee directly under the execu-
tive office and enlarged it with
five new appointments tS 10 mem
bers. This switch was described
as one to effect a closer relation
ship between the committee and
the Presidents newly appointed
special assistant for science and
Continued on Page A-2s
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The Illness

Mr.. Eisenhower looked hale
enough. considering his 81 years,
as he waited in a chilly IS de-
grees at National Airport for the
arrival Of q royal guest. King
Mohamed v Of Morocco. The
King arrived almost exactly at
noon. Mr.. Eisenhower welcomed
him, he received the key to the
city and q 2l-gun salute was
fired. Then the two chiefs Of
state inspected the Marine honor
guard.
The drive to Blair House. the
Kings home while he was here,
was made by the President. the
King and his son. Prince Moulay
Abdullah. in the Presidents bub-
ble-tbp sedan--with the bubble
top down.
The President returned to the
White House shortly after pm.
and Immediately complained Of
chill. He went to bed with an
extra blanket and a hot-water
bottle. At 2:40 pm. he returned
TO his ONCE. but within a few
minutes he returned to his bed.
He was examined by six doctors
at 3:45 pm. given mild ISOLATION.
and then went to sleep. The first
word Of the Presidents illness
came at $40 PM. when 1t was
announced that he had gone to
bed with q Chill"
The President slept until 8 pm.
when he awoke and had a light
supper In bed. Already an
impairment In his speech--a diffi-
Guilty in pronunciation-had be-
come noticeable. He awoke again
at 5 am. on Tuesday and was
examined by his doctors at tbs
am.
At 1853 am. Tuesday, White
House reporters. who had become
concerned over the skinny re-
ports from the Presidents bed
side, were told only that Mr..
Eisenhower was progressing very
we'll" Mrs. Anne Wheaton. asso-
ciate White House press secretary.
acting In the absence Of Press
Secretary James Haeerty. refused
to elaborate. Less than two hours
later Mrs. Wheaton met reporters
again, but she would say only that
Mr.. Eisenhower was progressing
satisfactorily.
Az 3:l5 pm. the announcement
that shocked the world was made
The President had suffered IAN
occlusion Of small branch of
the middle cerebral artery on the
left side" This was "a hours after
the doctors had made their FIRST
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GIobol

Since the retirement Of Sir
Winston Churchill. President Eli
senhower has come closest TO FILL
ing that articulate Englishman's
place as. chief spokesman for the
Western world. With the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization pre-
pairing to meet in Paris two
weeks from now. in what is almost
certainly the most important
meeting of the NATO Council
since the alliance was formed. the
news Of the Presidents illness
came as severe shock.
The Importance of the Eisen-
hover prestige to the governments
and populations of Western Eu-
rope was never so plain as in
the taut responses there to the
original bad news from the White
House (see stories by Richard
Fryklund and Fred Theroux on
page A-25). But the news OF the
Presidents rapid recovery. plus
the announcement that the word
he would not go to Paris was
premature. brought new optimism
to the capitals OF the NATO
powers.
There Is yet no certainty that
MI. Eisenhower will go to Paris.
But If his recovery continues
along the lines ii has so far fol-
lowed. II appears likely that he
will make the trip.
In what appeared to be a mat
ter Of too-hasty staff work, the
white House and the State
Department on Tuesday had
announced that ut was to be
assumed" that the Presidents sud-
den illness would prevent his
attendance at the Paris talks. But
on Friday there was some back
tracking. and virtual admission
that the announcement had been
made without the approval OF the
President--not too unusual a pro-
cedure under the circumstance Of
what appeared TO be a serious ILL
neSs--and that the Eisenhower
recovery pace had definitely re-
opened the possibility that he
would 90 to Paris.
NATOs Secretary General Paul
Henri Spaak had been as certain
that the President would be UNI
able to make the journey as were
most Americans. on Thursday Mr.
Spaak declared that the NATO
Council had learned with salts
faction" that the American dele
cation would be headed by Mr..
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examination. Mrs. Wheaton con-
ceded that the physicians knew
then the true nature OF the Pres
ident's ailment.
The White House doctors re-
fused to call the condition
stroke" although doctors not on
the case, including a National
Heart Institute doctor and past
president Of the American Heart
Association, said that the symp-
toms clearly pointed to that. But
for the rest of the week Mr..
Eisenhower doctors held to their
position.
BY Wednesday morning Mr..
Eisenhower had shown a rapid
improvement in his condition. He
bathed and shaved himself with
a safety razor. Mr.. Hagerty. back
from Europe. reported that his
chief had laughed at his slight
speech impairment. which was re-
ported TO be improving rapidly.
In midmorning Mr.. Eisenhower
signed ~ minor documents and
conferred for 30 minutes with
Gen. Andrew J. GoodpaSter. White
House staff secretary.
The Presidents son, John. and
his brother. Milton, came for
lunch. after which Mr.. Eisenhower
worked on an oil painting started
some time ago. While still at his
easel he conferred with Mr.. Nixon
and Mr.. Adams. retiring for nap
at l:l5 pm. He slept until after
pm. and was awakened to meet
Secretary of State Dulles and
King Mohamed. who had come TO
tell the President in general terms
OF some of the decisions that they
had reached in their discussions.
Mr.. Eisenhower had an easy
night Wednesday. and on Thurs
day attended Thanksgiving church
services with Mrs. Eisenhower. On
Friday he and Mrs. Eisenhower
were driven to their farm in Get
tysburg. Pa. where the President
will rest and recuperate. Before
leaving Washington. his personal
physician, Maj. Gen. Howard NJ.
Snyder. said that ne was still
making excellent" progress to-
ward recovery. This evaluation
was repeated yesterday in Gettys-
burg. Mr.. Hagerty said he no
longer could detect any speech
difficulty.
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Domestic

Domestic business will be much
less demanding of Mr.. Essen
hower's time and energy. and
much Of this can. and likely will.
be handled by Mr.. Nixon.
Final decisions on the budget,
now almost ready to 60 TO press,
will be required. but il is said that
the major decisions. such as how
much to spend on the missiles
race. and how to get some of this
money from civilian programs,
have already been reached. with
only minor details outstanding.
Also IN the final stages is the
Presidents economic report, due
out in January. Barring a relapse.
there is no reason to believe that
he cannot give this as much at
tention as. is required. The same
is true Of his state-of-the- Union
message. due to go to Congress
shortly after the New Year.
His aides are hoping that he
will be spared in the next few
weeks any new domestic crises,
such as the Little Rock integra-
ton dispute. which will require
difficult presidential decisions.
The lions share Of the load will
quite obviously be carried by Mr.
Nixon. in whom the President has
repeatedly expressed confidence
and admiration. AS natural re-
suit. the limelight that will be his
for the next three years will more
firmly cinch the Republican presi-
Dental nomination for him in
1860.
1t may also have more immedi-
ate effects. He will be charged
with selling the. Administrators
legislative program to the Repub-
lican Party and to Congress. He
will appear more and more to be
Mr.. Eisenhower alter ego as he
leads cabinet meetings and speaks
out on presidential policy. Re-
porters will consider him a more
important news source than here
tofore.
And as Mr.. Nixon assumes an
expanding role IN the administra-
ton. it can be anticipated that he
will expect-and receive-a voice
in filling top administration posi-
tons as vacancies occur
The preparation that made
possible Mr.. Nixon's aScendancy is
clearly one of the major con-
tributions Of Mr.. Eisenhower to
the institution Of the presidency.
Mr.. Nixon has been, and is. the
first Vice President who is all the
title implies. His predecessors
have seldom been more thar
flgureheads. presiding over the
Senate. taking occasional good
will" tours. and helping out with
party affairs.
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perse its fighting strength more
widely, so as to increase the num-
Der Of necessary targets for So
Wet attack. and that existing
bomber fleets be reinforced as as
surance to the Communists that
any missile attack would bring
quick and deadly retaliation.
DR.. Teller was followed by DR..
Vannevar Bush, former chief Of
the Research and Development
Board and retired head of the Car
negie Institution. DR.. Bush,
whose ceunsels have been Of ma
ior importance to American nu-
clear development since work was
first begun in the Manhattan
Project early in World War II.
called for drastic overhauling Of
the military missiles program. He
urged a modification of the I947
Unification Act to end interserv-
ice rivalries c-damaging and dis
graceful" he characterized the
service quarrels). and the creation
Of a centralized Military Plan
ming Board. to be composed Of
military men and civilians. to
carry out major planning. re-
ieving the, Joint Chiefs of STAFF
Of that function.
Retired 1t. Gen. James II. Doc
little, on the second day of the
Senate hearings, also confirmed
the American lag in the missile
field. but commended as have PEN
tagon officials generally that the
overall military picture still
showed the United States in the
lead in military advantage over
the Soviet Union. But the Rus
SLAMS, he warned. are fast closing
the gap.
Gen. Doolittle offered a military
mans program for greater eff
cheney in the arms race: Re-
organize the Defense Department
to de-emphasize service differ
enceS. and create a single general
staff for the three armed services.
To that. Gen. Doolittle said. must
be added major increase in mill
tary spending plus a greater will
ingneSs Of the American people to
make sacrifices for the common
defense.
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The Reaction

Although this was the least
serious Of the Presidents three
major illnesses in the past 26
months, II caused the same fire.
netic concern that has come to
mark every minor presidential
ache and pain.
A major reason for the tremen-
dous attention given the Presi-
dents health-other than that it's
presidential and that the President
is cardiac case--no doubt de-
rives from a tendency to question
White House reports on the SUBJ
ject. Each of the three serious
Eisenhower illnesses has originally
been represented as minor
ailment.
Mr.. Eisenhowers heart attack
in 1855 was referred to for 10
hours as a digestive upset despite
the fact that DR. Snyder. rs he
has since testified. recognized it
as heart attack minutes after
reaching the Presidents bed
side. When Mr.. Eisenhower SUI
fered an obstruction in the ileum
on June 8. 1856. II was IL hours
after Or, Snyder made his dag
nosis before what had previously
been called stomach upset was
revealed as a condition serious
enough to require immediate
major surgery.
And Mondays Chill" "a hours
later became a cerebral occlusion
serious enough TO cause a speech
impeachment.
White House newsmen felt GER
tain that II Mr.. Hagerty had been
on hand, the truth would have
been made public much sooner
last week. Mrs. Wheaton, inexperi-
enced In the delicate art of ham
ding persistent reporters, had
been given the illusory medical
bulletins and instructed TO say
nothing further. Much Of the
blame for the handing of the
news was laid to the ever cautious
Or. Snyder and politically attuned
Mr. Adams.
AS result, when the facts
finally did come out. a nervous
and uncertain stock market re-
acted more sharply than 1t has
on the occasions OF either Of the
other two major presidential Ill
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The Missiles:
Why the Lag?

While the Presidents illness
worried a free world looking for
new defense against a newly
powerful Communist bloc. the
United States Congress was scru-
tinizing Americas defenses. The
first question of Senate Majority
Leader Lyndon Johnson's Pre-
paredness Subcommittee as its in
vestigation opened was ARE we
tagging behind the Soviet Union
in the development OF rockets and
guided missiles, and II we are.
why?"
The lead-off witness Monday
was DR.. Edward Teller. known as
the father of the H-bomb" and
one Of Americas foremost nu-
clear scientists. DR.. Teller'S
testimony confirmed Oh that the
United States is behind in the mis-
siles race, and 90 that the cur
rent rate of education of scien.
lists and engineers in the United
States is dangerously low. He
urged. as an immediate de-
fensive measure, that the Stra-
tegic Air Command promptly dis
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TheOutIook

Mr.. Eisenhower's physicians re-
ported that the President will re-
quire several weeks of recupera-
ton. although it became plain
during the week that he would
probably be well enough to give
considerably more attention to his
job than had first been thought.
He is. obviously. able to share in
or make the decisions that must
be made What is uncertain. how
ever. is how much of the tiresome
analysis. consultation and hrieflng
that are prerequisites to these de-
cisions he will be able to under
take.
The presidential agenda in
cludes items of both global and
domestic Importance.
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THE WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE
Broader Role for Mr.. Nixon

NO nan IN tine history OF
America" President Eisenhower
said on September 10. 1856. has
had such a careful preparation as
Vice President Nixon for carrying
out the duties of the President"
Mr. Nixon last week began a
brief demonstration Of exactly how
well he has been trained for presi-
dental duties. whether shouldered
In q passing emergency--as at
presenter taken on In actual
succession to the presidency, The
real significance Of Mr.. Eisen-
hower's latest illness could turn
out to be the opportunity 1t has
given Mr.. Nixon to increase his
participation in the highest coun-
ellis of Government.
When the President suffered a
heart attack on September "a,
1855. Mr.. Nixon assumed q much
less significant role than he did
last week when Mr.. Eisenhower
was stricken with a blockage In q
brain artery. In 1855 he particle
pated in some top-level decisions.
but 1t was he who remained. in
Washington while Sherman
Adams. assistant to the President,
stayed In Denver and spoke for
Mr.. Eisenhower on policy matters.
Last week when the President
was out Of action the Vice Presi-
dent seemed to be much more
active in White House operation,
and much less was heard from Mr..
Adams. During the anxious and
confusing hours after the onset
Of the occlusion In one Of the
Presidents small cerebral arteries,
Mr.. Nixon was closer to the helm
than he has ever been before.
He put in an eight-hour day at
the White House on Tuesday. He
took a prominent role in some
high-level decisions. including that
which gave the Ro-ahead for pro-
duction Of both the Thor and
Jupiter missiles. And for the first
time a Vice President held
scheduled press conference in the
residence Of the President-facing
the presidential seal on the wall
Of the Office Of the Presidents
press secretary.
On Friday Mr.. Nixon worked at
the White House with Mr.. Adams,
comforting on policy matters with
Agriculture Secretary Ezra Ben
son and Agriculture Department
aides. He also met briefly with
Marion B. Folsom. Secretary OF
Health. Education and Welfare.
Tomorrow he may preside at a
meeting Of the cabinet. and on
Thursday he probably will present
the agenda Of National Security
Council meeting. Mr.. Eisenhower
has already chosen him to repre-
sent the Nation at the December
is meeting OF the NATO council.
should the President be unable
to attend himself. In this even
tuality, Mr.. Nixon could consider
himself arrived" IN the ranks Of
world political leaders.
These implications were plain:
. Mr.. Nixon, as active "un-
derstudy" to the President, had
suddenly come into a much larger
share Of national policy-makinR
than he, or any other Vice Presi-
dent. has heretofore held.
. His role in the direction Of the
administrators legislative pro-
grams will be greatly enlarged in
the congressional session Begin
ming iive weeks from tomorrow.
. His influence on Republican
Party policy will be strong. perS
haps even stronger than that OF
Mr.. Eisenhower. who has a natural
tendency to shy from the purely
political and who. under the Con-
stitution. cannot be a candidate in
1860.
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Nixon. Newspapers In Paris and
London were deploring the situa-
ton. expressing earnest hopes for
the Presidents recovery. and
openly suggesting that Mr.. Eisen-
hover resign his Office.
Yesterday it seemed a better
than-even bet that Mr.. Eisen-
hover would go to Paris as he
agreed to do after his talks with
British Prime Minister Harold
Macmillan and with Mr.. Spaak
in Washington In October.
, 1957-06-29
"A "a cARTE:

Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail rs
Native Lobster Cocktail .65
Hors d'oeuvre Varies LOO
Smoked Oysters on Toast so
Sardines on Toast so
, 1957-06-29
TENNEssEE's Fl

problems facing the Legisla-
ture and the Governor appears
to have been achieved, and it
also appears that the Legisla-
ture itself satisfactorily dis
posed of q number of challeng-
ing problems.
| would like to observe that
the progress of the Second
Virgin Islands Legislature was
so rapid it nearly achieved a
result. probably unparalleled
in history-that of having two
Presidents of the Legislature
! Continued on page q
, 1957-06-29
N ...
issue Of the Avis.

Among the guests on the
platform, in addition to those j
mentioned were Administra-
tive Assistant and Mrs. Tom
Cunning; Administrative As
sistant Alva McFarlane, Ar ;
thur Richards, principal of !
h e Frederiksted Grammar |
School; Gavistan David, prin-
cipal Of the Insular Training I
School, DR.. D. c. Canegata
and some members of the |
School Board. /,
Mr.. Abbott said in part, "As !
the history Of American flag
offshore area in this century
amply demonstrates, the de-
gree Of self-government dele 5
gated from the Congress to
the local level is directly re-
lated to the willingness, capa- !,
city, and demonstrated ability
Of the people themselves.
"Only q years ago, the SUI
preme Court said of t h e
Philippine Islands, in a unani-
nous decision rendered after
the Philippine Independence :,
Act of 1884, and following the
adoption and approval Of a
constitution for the Common ]
wealth Of t h e Philippine 6
Islands G
Undoubtedly, these acts 9
have brought about a pro- y
found change in the status
of the islands in their rela-
tons to the United States; I
but the sovereignty of the
United States has not been, I
and, for a long time may $
not be, finally withdrawn" I
Today our good friends in +
the Philippines are indepen- {
dent, are outside the orbit of t
United States sovereignty. {
Hawaii and Alaska have for t
many, many years operated (
under Organic Acts giving to 8
them that degree of self-gov- {
eminent which the Congress {
deems most appropriate in
each of those areas. |
Amono nI1r ttunincOrpOrat-
, 1957-06-29

self-government. Why! Will
ingness, capacity, and demon
strated ability Of the Puerto
Rican people themselves.
Guam, since 1850, has oper-
ated under an Organic Act
which gives to the people of
that Pacific island an enlarged
degree of self-government, in
Guiding a return Of certain
Federal tax and revenue re-
turns to the local treasury
which is aimed at making the
island self-supporting.
When Congress in 1886 en-
acted the Virgin Islands Or
ganic Act, the Islands for the
first time were provided with
a complete government" in
GLIDING a Legislative Assem-
bly,. 1t brought a wider
measure of self-government,
a Bill of Rights roughly equi-
valent to that found in the
Federal Constitution, and for
the first time universal suf-
frage with a fully elected
legislature.
The Revised Organic Act, Of
1854, in the view Of the Con-
.gress, was intended to remedy
deficiencies which had become
apparent in the 1886 Act. Pro-
vision was made for estab-
lishment O + a unicameral
legislature, and for a govern
mental reorganization aimed
at reducing substantially the
roughly 80 boards, commits
sions, and agencies. Most inn
portant, perhaps, it provided
for a return of certain rev.
enues to the Virgin Islands
treasury for public works and
emergency purposes during a
two-year period, and laid a
base for local development of
an Island-wide incentive pro-
gram for attraction of new in
dustries and tourists.
believe it is fair to say that
the First Virgin Islands Legis-
lat,ire which sat IS the 1856