Evening star., 1960-10-24

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Herter Joining President
Secretary of State Herter was
scheduled to join Mr.. Eisen-
hover at Laughlin Air Force
Base and sit in at the Presi-
dents conference with Mr..
Lopez MateoS.
In advance Of the meeting
the White House reiterated
that the session will deal ex-
clusively with matters which
concern only the United States
and Mexico-and not with
broader hemisphere problems
such as the bitter quarrel be-
tween the United States and
Cuba's Fidel Castro regime and
resulting international tension.
James c. Hagerty, Mr.. Eli
senhower'S press secretary,
said fatty there would be no
discussion Of that situation.
After the meeting with Mr..
Lopez MateoS, Mr.. Eisenhower
will fly to Houston, Tex, for
an address this evening at
Rice Institute. That will con-
clude the Presidents round of
speeches on a cross-country
tour he started a week ago
today.
Flies Home Tomorrow
Mr.. Eisenhower will stay
overnight in Houston and fly
back to Washington tomorrow.
This current tour into five
States has been labeled nom
political by the White House.
But Mr.. Eisenhower has been
meeting with Republican poll
ticians all along the way and he
has been accused Of capaigning
under the non-political ban
ner - for Vice President M.
Nixon. the g. o. P. presidential
candidate, and his running
mate, Henry Cabot Lodge.
The President now has an
nounced plans to go, as he put
1t to reporters over the week
end. into the political field
for major speeches In New
York and Pennsylvania, both
crucial areas.
With the contest hot for New
York's bloc Of IS electoral votes
and Pennsylvania's 80. these
plans were disclosed:
!. Next Friday evening the
President will address a Volun-
teers for Nixon-Lodge rally in
Philadelphia. His 30-minute
speech, starting at $3.50 pm,
will be carried Nationwide by
the ABC television network.
2. On November 2, six days
before the election, Mr.. Eisen-
hover. Mr.. Nixon and Mr..
Lodge viii speak from the same
platform at q big rally in New
York City's Coliseum. That
bid for votes will be on coast
to-coast radio as well as tele-
vision.
The President will ride
through the streets of Phila-
delphia and New York in ad-
vance Of the two rallies. In
Manhattan he will be accom-
panied by Mr.. Nixon and Mr..
Lodge.
Worry Denied
Mr.. Hagerty replied mo"
when asked whether Mr.. Ell
senhower's decision to speak in
New York and Philadelphia re-
flected worry by the Republic
cans about the outcome of the
election.
As for how the President feels
about the outcome at this
point, Mr.. Hagerty said:
"He has not changed from
the beginning. He thinks Mr..
Nixon will be the next Presi-
dent"
After attending church serv-
ices yesterday at Palm Desert,
Calf, the President left no
doubt as to how his thoughts
are running.
AS Mr.. Eisenhower got into
his car, a man called out:
God bless you. Ike. Keep
our boy Dick (Nixon) with us.
too."
The President grinned and
replied:
What do you suppose I'm
trying to do? We need him."
Mr.. Eisenhower got in 49,
hole round of golf Friday, Sat-
urday and yesterday at the FL
dorado Country Club. And yes
terday he dedicated a new
course, the La Quinta Country
Clubs near Palm Springs. The
President promised to come
back and play it-and to stay
until kicked out" - after he
leaves office in January.