President Rests Very Comfortably'
'Government to
Go on as Usual'
Cabinet Assures
WASHINGTON (A I’i Vic.
President Nixon iin.l three Chbi
nd members fissured the nation
Sunday that government opera
tions will continue as usual de
spite 1'realdent Eisenhower's ill -
ness. They said the President
haa organized a team that will
carry rtn hw policies and prin
ciples.
Secretary of State Dulles, Sec
retary of the Treasury Humph
rey and Secretary of Agriculture
Henson gave their views fit
Washington National Airport be
fore taking off for Ottawa, Can
ada.
The 42-year-old vice president,
who would succeed Elsenhower
if the President's heart attack
should prove fatal, talked to im
porters at his home.
Neither Nixon nor any of the
Cal met members would discuss
the political implications of Eis
enhower's illness
RllsilUSS < OflllllUI'H
The vice president said "The
business of the government will
go on as usual without any de- i
lily" during Eisenhower's ah
nence.
"Under the president’s admin
istration." he said, “a team ha
been set up in Washington which
will carry out hts well defined
foreign and domestic policies . . .
"I emphasize that both Cabi
net meetings and National Se
curity Council meetings will go
ahead in the same way if the
Pr< indent ha<l not hail his ill
ness.”
Dulles. Humphrey and Benson
talked with reporters before
leaving for economic and trade
talks with Canadian officials in
Ottawa.
Statements Heady
The Cabinet officers obviously
Were p repared for questions
about the effect of the Presi
dent’s illness on the work and
policies of the administration.
Du Ilea had prepared notes.
Here are their respective views
as they gave them:
Dulles “President Eisenhow
er hits forged a team and the
principles and policies under
which that team operates are
well known to all of its members.
"Thus there can bo ample time
for the President to make a full
recovery without any jeopardy
to the welfare of the nation or to
the steady prosecution of our na- ;
tional and international policies1
for peace and human welfare.”
Henson “We’ll move right
ahead, of course, with our agri
cultural programs, without any
change.”
Humphrey "Our policies are
expressed in well defined and
definite programs. We're trained
to operate as a team in the Cabi
net und in the National Security
Council.
"You can count on the func
tions of the government continu
ing in the absence of the Presi
dent. due to illness the same as
they would continue in any other ,
temporary absence . . . The same
policies will be carried out in
the same way.”
Humphrey was asked whether
he thought, there would be politi
cal repercussions within the Re
publican Party from the illness
even if the President fully recov
ered.
"1 don’t know anything about
that.,” he replied.
Humphrey said of the Presi
dent’s condition: “All of the re
ports are encouraging and the
later the reports, the more en
couraging they are.”
Ike Visit Here Remembered
< \MI*M(iV SMII.K IN '~>‘i was gi\en to Kngene residents when Kisenhovver and Mamie appearrd
her* in a «histle-siop appraranrr. Then- were apprudmatplv .>,000 in the train-station audience
iit that time, and one mrmlier of the croup, a 60-vear-old Springfield man, died of a heart attack
during Ike's address.
Nixon Seen as Next Logical Man
WASHINGTON (API Vice
President Nixon appears to com
mand the greatest party organi
zation of any potential [{/‘publi
can president's] candidate if
President Etsenhow< r does not
run again.
Within hours of the news of
the President's heai I attack, Re
publican leaders were beginning
to accept the strong probability
that Kisenhower will not consent
to seek a second term.
They found themselves sud
denly bereft of the only candi
date with whom they felt cer
tain of winning in 1956. They
conceded privately they faced a
tough, uncertain battle next year
with suddenly revived Demo
crats.
Demos Scramble
These same Democrats gave
every sign of a free-for-all
scramble for a nomination most
of them had regarded a few
hours earlier as offering only a
long chance for election.
Some of the ablest Republican
strategists said that, as of today,
Nixon is second only to Kisen
hower in popularity with the
GOP state chairmen, governors
and others who will play a major
role in the selection of delegates
to the San Francisco nominating
convention next year.
Ike Support Needed
However, these same strate
gists do not believe Nixon would
be able to make a major bid for
the nomination without the ac
tive support of Eisenhower him
self.
Neither are they sure that
Nixon could win top place on
the ticket even with Eisenhow
er's help.
While the vice-president would
have strong support within the
party organization, the GOT
strategists recalled that even
greater organization strength
failed to win the nomination for
the late Sen. Robert A. Taft in
1952 when Eisenhower took the
prize.
Logical Choice
At this point, many of the
GOP leaders regard the 42-year
old vice president as the most
logical choice by Eisenhower for
a successor. The President has
repeatedly stressed the Republi
can Party's need to enlist and
appeal to the youth of the coun
try.
Some Republican lieutenants
expect the President will depu
tize Nixon to take over some of
his burdens while he is recuper
ating.
Despite all the political breaks
Eisenhower has tossed to Nixon.
GOP leaders do not rule out the
1 possibility that the President
eventually might choose a more
mature colleague to receive his
support for the nomination.
Chief Justice Kail Warren,
who tried to take himself out of
consideration for the nomination
last April, and Secretary of the
Treasury Humphrey are men
tioned in that connection.
Next GOP Candidate?
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At Ike's Bedside
DENVER l A P i Pi evident
Elsenhower rested "very coni
fortably" Sunday night after a
team of eminent physician?; had
described his heart attack as
'moderate'' neither mild noi
serious.
A bulletin i-Miei. by the chief
executivedoctors a! Fiszsim
rins Army Hospital at 9:10 p.m.
(MST) said:
"The President is resting very
comfortably. There is r.o change
in his condition
The bulletin was signed by
Maj. Gen. Howard M. Snyder,
Eisenhower's personal physician,
and Col. Geoigc M. Powell, chief
of the Fitzsimnns medical de
partment.
An earlier one issued during
the afternoon had characterized
the chief ex? < utive - condition as
"satisfactory." and added that
no complications had developed.
“Moderate'* Attack
The top-flight panel of physi
cians who issued that report al
so characterized th- heart at
tack which Eisenhower suffered
early Saturday as a "moderate ’
one.
James C. Hagertv. White
Hc>u.se press secretary, said in
response to newsmen's questions
that the attack therefore was
somewhere in between the medi
cal yardstick's "mild" and
oils.”
Meanwhile. Hagertv discs sj.j
Sunday night that he has asked
Ju.stice Department officials m
Washington for a legal opinion
an whether presidential author
ity to sign official documents
could be delegated to other fed
eral officials if Eisenhower's
condition should make that ne
cessary.
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