Evening star., 1960-01-03
Eisenhower Skips Golf, Spends Day
On Budget, State of Union Message


There was no golf today for
President Eisenhower as he
bore down on his budget, state
of-the- Union message and q
projected civil defense con-
ference on fallout.
The conference In January
IS with q committee Of gov
ernors headed by Nelson A.
, Rockefeller Of New York.
Mr.. Eisenhower, Budget d.
rector Maurice H. STAINS and
three other advisers spent 2h
hours on budget matters this
morning. mostly on language
Of the message which viii blue
print an $61 billion balanced
budget for Congress on Janu-
ary 18.
The President set aside the
afternoon and most Of tomor-
row for similar chores on the
state-o the Union message
the one which sketches the ad-
ministration's program for the
coming year. Mr.. Eisenhower
delivers it to Congress in per-
son next Thursday.
Mr.. Eisenhower decided to
skip golf today-anyway, 1t
was cold and rain threatened
and church tomorrow in or
der to give the key messages q
careful grooming.
Apparently he also will by
pass the customary conference
with congressional leaders Of
both parties in advance Of q
new session.
Congress reasse EN- bieS
Wednesday. And Mr.. Eisen-
hover probably won't be back
In Washington until late
Tuesday.
The civil defense meeting
January Is was arranged at re-
quest of the annual Conference
Of Governors held last August
at San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Protection From FaIlout
"It will consider" in the
words Of White House Press
Secretary James c. Hagerty.
cooperative steps which are
available to governments Fed
eral, State and local-for the
protection of the American peo-
pie from fallout and other as
poets of nuclear attack" l.
1t also will be the first time
Gov. Rockefeller and Mr.. Eisen-
hover have met Since the Gov
ernor pulled out of the 1860
presidential race.
The announcement that Sem
ator Kennedy of Massachusetts
will seek the Democratic presi-
dental nomination created no
stir around the temporary White
House. Mr.. Hagerty said he did
not wish to comment. i
This was the Presidents first
working day of 1860. He had
kept his schedule free over the
New Year holiday.
In order to dispose of routine
that had piled up, Mr.. Eisen-
hover appeared at 1880 am. at
his Office over the pro shop at
Augusta National Golf Club.
The club has been the vacation
White House for the past week.
Mr.. Stans few back to Wash
ington after telling reporters
that the rules forbade his dis
cussing his session with Mr..
Eisenhower on the budget.
Three others who sat in on the
conference few back with him:
Deputy Budget Director
Elmer Stats, the deputy as
sistant to the President, Gerald
P. Morgan. and Mr.. Eisenhow-
er's assistant on interdepart-
mental affairs, Robert Mer-
riam.
Mr.. Hagerty also declined to
talk about budget and state
Of the Union details. He
wouldn't say. for example,
whether the state-of-the-U Union
message will touch on the steel
strike situation and possible
legislation for coping with pro-
longed strikes.
Sets May l as Law Day"
Mr.. Eisenhower asked one
of his official family from
Maine, Undersecretary of the
Treasury Fred C. Scribner, jr..
to represent him at funeral
services today for the late Gov.
Clinton A. Clauson Of Maine.
Among the business he dis
posed of was the signing Of a
proclamation setting May l as
Law Day and urging the people
to celebrate it in "demonstra-
ton of the devotion to the rule
of law as the keystone of peace
and order in our national and
international life"
To Eleanor L. Dulles, State
Department research specialist
and sister of the late Secre-
tary of State, Mr.. Eisenhower
gave the rank of personal pres
idential minister.