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Back Stairs: Ike's Public Relations
By MERRIMAN SMITH
UPI Whil House Reporter
Gettysburg, Pa.- (UPD -Back
stairs at the White House:
President Eisenhower's rela
tions with the press, indeed
his public relations, have
been pictured recently in
print and over the airwaves
by some well-regarded Wash
ington veterans as deteriorat
ing. Recent critical articles and
commentaries have pictured
the President as withdrawing
even more from reporters
since the November elections.
According to some theories
this is because he can't seek
reelection himself and there
fore isn't too interested in
changing his way of life or
making the extra effort to
have closer contacts with the
men and women who chron
icle his activities.
Sees No Need
As pointed out in a previous
"Back Stairs," reporters rep
resent to the President the
business or formal side of
his life. If he has occasional
press conferences and his
Press Secretary, James C.
Hagerty, keeps up a running
flow of official information,
Eisenhower sees no need to
do more.
He just doesn't see the
point in social overtures to
ward men arid women who,
in his opinion, are merely do
ing their jobs. His attitude
is essentially the same ' to
ward people in government.
He sees and talks with them
as business requires, but sel
dom asks them to a steak fry.
In fact, not a single mem
ber of the Administration, ac
cording to those who should
know, has ever been an over
night guest at the Eisenhower
farm here. But there are fre
quent close personal friends
at the farm.
Useful Function
Eisenhower said quite grac
iously earlier this year that
he enjoyed holding news con
ferences, thought they served
a highly useful function and
that he, himself learned from
them.
Down underneath, however,
Ihe President still does not
relish the idea of getting up
before reporters to answer
questions when he really
doesn't have anything to say
or no hard news announce
ment to make.
He made this abundantly
clear to friends at the start
of his administration. He said
he'd go along with the in
stitution of the press confer
ence, but he frankly did not
like the idea of having a press
conference purely to conform
with a schedule.
Furthermore, his press con
ferences are not what could
be classed strictly as regular
ly scheduled. He has had only
two since the Nov. 4 elec
tions. He spends long periods
away from Washington and
never, never holds a press
conference when he is away
for holidays in Georgia,
Rhode Island or up here in
Pennsylvania.
One of his predecessors, the
late President Roosevelt, used
to hold news conferences on
the road. Former President
Truman also held more than
a few out-of-town meetings
with newsmen, particularly
during his long stays at Key
West, Fla.
Miss Chance to Chat
What the reporters miss
most is a chance to chat with
Eisenhower informally, . to
make small talk which can
and usually is much more re
vealing than the carefully
thought pronouncements of a
speech or a television appear
ance. v
Some reporters do have
California Man
Ignites Himself
Redondo Beach, Calif . -(UPD
-Jesse McCray. 54, walked
up to four children he ap
parently never met before
Wednesday, reached into his
pocket, pulled out all the
money he had 42 cents
and handed it to them.
"This money is yours," he
said. "I won't be needing it
anymore."
McCray walked a few feet,
took off his coat and soaked
it with gasoline from a can
he had been carrying. He put
his saturated coat back on,
picked up the can and emp
tied it over the front of his
clothes.
Then he lit a match.
McCray was turned into a
flaming torch and the sear
ing pain of the flames caused
the despondent man to run
shrieking down the street for
about 60 feet before he was
knocked to the ground by two
passers-by. They quickly beat
out the flames and he was
taken to Harbor General hos
pital. Doctors today reported his
condition was critical with
burns over most of his body.
McCray, a laborer, recent
ly was divorced by his. wife,
police said. They had a 12-year-old
daughter who stay
ed with her mother and Mc
Cray was reported to have
been despondent ever since
the divorce. . ..
rare opportunities to "bull"
with Eisenhower, but these
are few and far between.
There was a time when Ei
senhower found it hard to be
lieve that reporters had to
go everywhere he went, in
and out of town. Sometimes
he even expressed dismay
that they were along on pure
ly recreational trips.
But if he continues to har
bor any such ideas, they have
not been evident since his
1955 heart attack in Colorado.
He now says, "I know they
have to be here, but I'm afraid
I won't make much news."
No amount of explanation,
however can salve the disap
pointment, even pique, of
some Washington correspond
ents. As in any segment of
capital life, there is an ele
ment in the news world that
does not like being ignored
completely by the President
of the United States outside
of a nodding acquaintance in
a press conference.
LEggs With President
Some of these people went
for walks with Truman.
Others, a very few, can recall
going to the White House on
some Sunday nights for
scrambled eggs with the
Roosevelt family.
But Eisenhower doesn't
even say hello to the reporters
when he alights from his
plane in Augusta or Thomas
ville or Newport.
Strangely enough, this is
not a matter of his manners.
Nor does it reflect any par
ticular dislike for members
of the Fourth Estate. It means
simply that in his mind, the
reporters are on the scene
just as the air force honor
guard, the secret service
agents, the communications
staff - doing their job. And
he certainly does not say hello
to any of them.
Reporters, just as govern
ment administrators, are busi
ness to President Eisenhower.
And business you take up in
the office, when you have
any.
DOUBLE CAR EXPORTS
London - (UPD - The British
Ford Motor company almost
doubled its exports to the
United States last year, it
was announced today. The
company said 42,000 cars
were shipped to the United
States in 1958.
POPE IMPARTS BLESSING
Vatican City -(UPD Pope
John XXIII imparted his last
mass apostolic blessing of
1958 to- some 4.000 torch-carrying
street car drivers who
gathered in St. Peters square
Wednesday night to bring
their traditional end-of-year
wishes.
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In Annual New Year
London -1TD- Queen Eliza- wood's Oscar in 1958 for his
beth today knighted Britain's
great actor Alec Guinness,
whose stiff-upper-lip portray
al of a British officer won him
the Academy Award for "The
Bridge on the River Kwai."
The 44-year-old Sir Alec as
he will be known from now
on, was the most famous inter
national name singled out by
the queen for her annual New
Year's honors list.
Sir William Edward Rootes,
64, British automobile manu
facturer and chairman of the
Dollar Exports Council, and
Sir James Turner, 50, presi
dent of the National Farmers'
Union of England and Wales
were made barons.
Caccia Honored
portrayal of a British officer
of the stiff-upper-lip type in a
Japanese jungle prison camp.
The role was a reversal of
recent movies the versatile
Guinness has been known for
in which he portrayed a light
er view, such as "Kind Hearts
and Coronets," "The Lavender
Hill Mob" and "The Captain's
Paradise," all of these roles
which made him internation
ally famous.
'Sir Alec' Henceforth
Hereafter Guinness will
carry the title "Sir." The
knighthood in England harks
back to the ages when men
were distinguished by valor or
military service.
Other high honors included
The foreign office honors ! two new Privy Counsellors,
list included the name of Sir
Harold Caccia, 53, British am
bassador to the United States
since 1956, who received the
Grand Cross of St. Michael
and St. George.
Guinness joins such famous
stage and movie actors as Sir
John Gielgud, Sir Douglas
Fairbanks Jr., and. Sir Laur
ence Olivier who have been
knighted by the queen. Fair
banks, as an American citizen,
cannot use the title.
109TH BIRTHDAY
Birmingham, Ala.-flJPD-Josh
McCord celebrates his 109th
birthday today. McCord, who
lives on a pension with his
102-year-old third wife, Mis
sie, was born into slavery
and worked as a "yard boy"
until freed at the end of the
War Between the States.
Four of eight Americans
live under daylight saving
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Guinness received Holly-1 time.
cnor List
Cameron Fromanteel Cob
bold, 54, governor of the Bank
of England and the Hon. Sir
Philip Albert Martin McBride,
66, Minister for Defense of the
Commonwealth of Australia.
Col. Sir Robert Godfrey
Lewellyn, chairman of the or
ganizing committee of the
British Empire and common
wealth games at Cardiff last
summer, was made a baronet.
Miss Rebecca West, 66,
writer, journalist and literary
critic, was made a Dame of
the British Empire, the high
est honor given to a woman in
the awards list. Miss West is
a member of the American
Academy of Arts and Sci
ences, has written frequently
on politics for American news
papers and magazines and is
the author of numerous books
including "The Rake's Prog
ress," "The Meaning of Trea
son," and "The Court and the
Castle."
Well known sports person
alities on the .list were Stir
ling Moss, race car driver,
who received the Order of the
British Empire, and Mrs. Mary
Halford, former leading ten
nis doubles player and non
playing captain of the suc
cessful Wightman Cup team,
also awarded the OBE.
Powder Plant
Blast Kills Two
Indian Head, Md. -(UPD- A
Navy plant that processes
powder for solid rocket fuel
blew up Wednesday night
killing two men and injuring
two others severely.
Only four employees were
in the 30 by 75 feet brick
building at the time of the
searing blast. The Navy said
the process under way at the
time was glazing and screen
ing of a base powder grain
used in solid propellants for
large-type rockets.
One of the dead was iden
tified as Alfred Charles
Clark, 46, of Indian Head,
who is survived by a wife and
three children.
Name of the other -victim
was withheld pending notifi
cation of kin.
Taken to Providence hospit
al in nearby Washington, D.C.
were Robert Bowman, Indian
Head, and Isaac Johnson, La
Plata, Md. Both suffered
third degree burns and Bow
man had a possible leg frac
ture. ' '
POPULATION RECORD
Washingtoh -(UPD The Cen
sus Bureau estimates that the
U. S. population will hit a
record high of 175,600,000 to
day and climb to about 18
million during 1959.
Federal Tax on Tickets Ends
Washington - (UPD -A 10 per
cent federal tax on tickets to
movies, theaters and sports
events ended today but most
patrons will continue to pay
the same admission price.
Spot checks by the United
Press International showed
that management in most
areas planned to pocket the
tax savings rather than to
pass them on to custuomers.
Congress last August re
pealed the 10 per cent tax
on the first SI of an admis
sion charge to all forms of
entertainment, effective Jan.
1. It will cost the government
about 21 million dollars a
year in revenue.
The change does net af
fect any admission charge of
90 cents or less. These tickets
have been exempt from the
federal levy for some years,
A spokesman for the Mo
tion Picture association point
ed out that relatively few
movie goers throughout the
country are likely to benefit
because most tickets are less
than 51.
But he predicted that even
those movies which charge
SI or more won't reduce their
admission price.'" He said:
"Many theaters are hard hit
by TV competition and the
added revenue may make it
possible for - them to stay
open." ,
NO DICE
Minneapolis, Minn. (UPD
Fifteen participants in a float
ing crap game kept right on
floating even after police ar
rested them. When the van.
into which they had been
herded arrived at the police
station, all 15 were gone.
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