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B MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1963 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON Eisenhower Shies Away From Role as Chief Republican Spokesman Keillor's Note Merriman Smith, who has reported the ac tivities o( four presidents for L'I'I, recently paid an Informal visit to an old friend and news subject, .former .President Dwight D. Eisenhower. They chatted for about two hours in Eisenhower's Gettysburg office. No notes were made, no rec ords kept, but here is Smith's report on Eisenhower's current mood and manner. Bv MERRfMAN SMITH UPt White House Reporter GETTYSBURG, Pa. UPI -It was more of a friendly chat than an interview. We compared notes on children and grand children, on aches and pains, trends in presidential news con ferences, reading tastes and the 1964 political outlook. After about two hours, I asked him how he would describe our con vcrsalion. "Just say you dropped in for a talk with the old farmer," re plied former President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Eisenhower will be 73 years old next Oct. 14. He seems a bit heavier than when he left office in 1961, particularly around the face and middle. This mav be because he has not been getting as much exercise . ue uiu. Works on Review His principal preoccupation these days is completion of the second volume of his massive review of eight years in the White House, plus occasional ar ticles for a national magazine. He keeps in close touch with politics, particualarly those in volving the GOP. But more and more, Eisenhower shies away from the role of chief party spokesman. He is convinced this is a job for promising new Re publican leaders. Sitting in his small, cheerful office on the second floor of a building at the edge of the Gettysburg college campus, Ei senhower seemed quite relaxed. It was 9 a.m. and he had been in his office for nearly an hour A visitor to Eisenhower's of fice punches a doorbell. The dis embodied voice of Brig. Gen. Robert Schulz, military aide to the five-star general, asks the visitor's business throuch a small combination mircrophone speaker embedded in a wall. The locked door was opened by a buzzing contraption and moments later the visitor was STAR GAZER y3 MAR 4- 5-10-24 31-43-74 , TAURUS APR- 21 Ol 3- 6-17-191 522-28-85-87 GEMINI MAV 22 V? JUNE 22 ,4145-5153 'rjl -67-70 CANCfR JUNE 23 JULY 23 tf2-7.16-2d 0 25-63 ito JU1-V2 AUG 23 44-47-53-581 72-7B-83-WI VIRGO AUG. 21 SEPT. 22 Oil2-15-18-M 5y36-38-84 -Bv CLAY R. POLLAN- your Daily Activity Guid According to iht Slart. To develop messoge for Tuesday, read words corresponding to numbers of your Zodioc btrth sign. 1 Ideal 2 Forego 3Cood iThoW 5 In 6 Fortuiii 7 Travel ft Day 9 For tO Authonly 11 Cheerful l?The..',e 13 You 14 News lb I iid ico t ions 16 Today 17 Bring mot 19 The 20 Unleu 21 May 22 Good 23 Scratch 24 Epct 25 Id 76 Your 27 Heart' 28 Thinfli 29 Or 30 Need . 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His first conversation, how ever, was about his grandchil dren. David was enroute to his second year at Exeter, but Ike, as the kids call their grandfa ther, was more talkative about their jobs this past summer. David worked in a college book binding plant; Anne was Moth er Goose in a local amusement park pageant and Susie got a job as a restaurant helper. Hoars With Laughter The general rocked with laugh ter as he described the levels of their wages. David, 15, made 75 cents an hour. Anne, 14, made only 15 cents an hour less. Su san. 11, received 50 cents an hour. The talk of his literary career led to discussion of the presi dential news conferences past and present. Eisenhower feels that television cameras and ra diomicrophone s have a strong and permanent right at such oc casions. Eisenhower shies away from saying anything that could be construed as direct, personal criticism of President Kennedy. But he recently told friends on an eastern newspaper who had inquired that he thought over use of political or administra tion propaganda in a presiden tial news conference tended to tarnish the integrity of the event. To this day, he seldom reads anything written about himself. This is a pattern he began dur ing World War II. He deliber ately restricted his newspaper reading while he was in the White House and for this, he had an interesting explanation. Head Top Secrets As president, Eisenhower read a constant stream of top-secret reports, many of them dealing with paramount news stories of the day and containing a great many classified details which did not appear in public print. He soon found that in discuss ing such subjects later, it was hard to separate between classi fied material and what had been published about a given situa tion. As a result, he confined most of his newspaper reading aside from brief morning and evening rundowns to Sunday after noons when he carefully scruti nized the weekly review sec tions of about a half dozen ma jor newspapers. Gives General Views In other areas D.D.E. reflect ed these general attitudes: Nuclear Test Ban: Like many lop U. S. diplomats, he believes it may be a turning point and should be ratified by the Senate. But he hopes the public does not get the idea that the limited Mobilheat "Oil ro Burn" S&H GREEN STAMPS MEDFORD FUEL CO. Ph. 772-2111 test ban is any guarantee peace. He did not of mean in a recent comment that the Senate should insist on a reservation to the point of amending the treaty. He merely was asking that it be made clear the United States retain freedom at all times to use its nuclear arms should this extreme step be necessary to defend this coun try or her allies. President Kennedy made such an assurance last week. Budget: Eisenhower's feelings weakens the national economy, about federal spending seem to ' Politics: He's not taking pub grow stronger with the passage lie sides between New York of time. He thinks there can be Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller and no greater threat to national Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwatcr security than unwise, unneces- in their quest for the GOP presi sary spending which in turn dential nomination. 0. n it i SI7 A DAY IN THE SUM ALMOST DRIZZLED AWAY. THE BIG DEBATE.1 CO HOME -OR STAY? r "NtHEN GERALP SERVED TEEM, . DECIDEDLY LIGHTEK. EVERYONE'S DISPOSITION GOT BRIGHTER AND BRIGHTER.' THE RAIN DISAPPEARED - OUT CAME THE SUN. ALL DRANK TEEM, THE VACATION WAS FUN.' TAKE. IT FROM 6ERALO- M MAKE IT TEEM EVERY TIME, JJE XJ JUST ON THE. LIGHT SIDE U(l OF LEMON AND LIME .' 'ifC M PEPSI-COLA COMPANY MAKES CIEAN- TASTIN& lEEM-THAT'S WHY IT'S SO GOOD.' i Gerald McBoing-Boing. strange as it may seem, makes sounds, not words, to tell about Teem! BOTTLED BY PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING CO. 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