Word: eisen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...most unlikely that a man of Eisen-hower's age would offer himself for a second term after such an illness," said Schlesinger. "Stevenson has indicated that he will seek nomination again and he or either of his leading competitors. Kefauver and Harriman, could beat any-one the Republicans have left after Eisen-hower," he added...
...familiar with this fundamental problem. He respects his department heads far more than Franklin Roosevelt respected his, but he stands less in awe of his military and diplomatic chiefs than did Harry Truman. Naturally, this is especially true in Defense Secretary Charles Erwin Wilson's field, where Eisen hower operates with great self-confidence. Unlike President Truman, who preferred to have the National Security Council prepare a recommendation that he could adopt, Eisenhower prefers to have the NSC brief him in full, so that he can make up his own mind...
...domestic economic matters, Eisen hower is much more dependent on his advisers. He has great confidence in Economic Adviser Arthur Burns and Secretary of the Treasury George Humphrey. He gave to Humphrey a general directive to hold down Government expenditures. Obeying it, Humphrey often finds him self in conflict with other department heads; Washington gagsters call Humphrey "Secretary of Everything." But Humphrey's function, long missed in Washington, is the essential one of imposing outside limits on Government activities, limits which force operating depart ments to relearn that economy is the parent of effectiveness. Humphrey and the President have...
...congressional election was a vindication of Eisen hower policies, a rebuke to the G.O.P. Old Guard, and a man date for him to follow his own political instincts...
...pledge of Democratic leaders to cooperate with President Eisenhower in the best interests of the nation has been thrown in the ashcan . . . [They] are determined to undercut President Eisen hower in every possible...