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When Truman gave up the haunted house he never really liked and retired to private life, he had a chilly meeting with his successor, Dwight Eisenhower. Margaret describes their drive together to Ike's inauguration...
...want to thank you for your article "That T-Bone Religion" [Dec. 11]. I only wish there were more men like Reverend Ike. We might then get away from an altruistic morality that keeps the world in despair and poverty...
...massive bombing of North Viet Nam of the whole long war. One top Administration official said last week that Nixon's behavior was influenced by the way in which Dwight Eisenhower ended the Korean War. "You remember," the official said, "that the talks with North Korea were bogged down. Ike took over and immediately ordered massive bombing of North Korea, including the dikes. Nixon was Vice President then, and he says that, however much of a peaceful image Ike struck, his show of strength worked...
...course Ike would not get away with any of this if he did not have his own immense style. He stands there glowing in his tan jumpsuit and ocher-print blazer and patent leather boots and says, "I want you to be proud of the way I look, because you spend $1,000 a week* to buy my clothes. I go down to Tiffany's, and these rings and things [he is wearing two big gold rings plastered with diamonds, a watch to match and an oversized topaz] just crawl up on my hands." Then it's donation...
...Much of which apparently comes under the heading of expenses. Ike's salary is $40,000 a year, but the church pays for his traveling expenses, owns his Hollywood and New York residences, two Rolls-Royces, two Mercedes and a Bentley...