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...evidence whatsoever of extension of this lesion to any other organ." At the White House the President issued a statement praising the work of his "invaluable associate." Until Dulles could resume his full duties, said Ike (hopeful estimate: six weeks), the "splendid State Department staff headed by Herbert Hoover Jr. will operate in his stead." Later Sunday morning Ike dropped in on Dulles to talk foreign policy for 15 minutes. As he left, the President turned and said quietly to the senior surgeon: "Take good care of my boy. I need...
...Acting Secretary, Herbert Hoover, Jr., is not the man for the job either. A professional engineer, Hoover has a spotty record on his stints as Acting Secretary. Notwithstanding his earlier achievement on Iranian oil, he blundered in April 1955 when he refused to negotiate with the Chinese Communists on Formosa unless Chiang was there as an "equal." When Dulles returned to the job, this decision was reversed. His handling of the Saudi Arabian tank deal was also far from adequate, and finally led to a reversal by Mr. Eisenhower...
Because it is Hoover who acts in Dulles' stead under the present arrangement, it is clear that Dulles should now resign on the basis of ill health...
Commander Hoover believes that the best solution of this problem will be to make the instruments' reports as visual as possible. A simple example is to make the altimeter display a line that rises with increasing altitude, instead of the present clocklike dial, which demands interpretation by the pilot...
...ultimate instrument system, says Commander Hoover, should be completely visual. When the pilot runs into thick weather and loses sight of the ground, a screen before him will light up, showing him a map of the ground below. The moving silhouette of a small airplane will tell him his position, and a luminous curve on the map will tell him how far he can fly without running out of fuel. Another luminous screen will show him a radar view of the terrain ahead, with mountains or other obstacles. These meaning-packed pictures will be the output of a lightweight computer...