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...Decisive." Next morning Ike and Adenauer entered into their "formal" talks; actually, they were warmly informal. The U.S. President and the West German Chancellor kept interrupting one another like old friends. Ike was hugely amused when he put on the earphones over which simultaneous translations were to be made, and got only static; West German Ambassador to U.S. Wilhelm Grewe had dripped fruit juice onto the wiring, causing a short circuit. Eisenhower more than satisfied Adenauer that he was not about to bargain away West Germany's rights in his talks with Khrushchev, that he meant rather to convince...
...about a summit conference after Khrushchev's visit to Washington. The President said: "Any summit meeting would be a grave mistake unless there was confidence among all of us that real progress of some kind could be achieved." German reporters, long fed on Washington punditry about the "sick" Ike, were impressed by the President's mastery of his topics. "He's firm," said one. Another reporter said: "He's decisive...
...Anything . . ." Up early next morning, Ike had a leisurely breakfast in his three-room suite on Balmoral's ground floor, met the royal family in a drawing room for a final chat, then with Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Prince Charles and Princess Anne, walked out of the castle onto the closely cropped lawn. As a group of reporters and photographers (admitted to the grounds under a pool arrangement) approached, Ike put his hand on Princess Anne's blonde head. Asked he: "Are you going to learn to cook?" The Queen answered for her daughter: "I'll send...
...taking part in whatever decision making might eventually result. "Harold," said the President, "I want you to know that I mean it when I say I have no intention of 'negotiating' with Khrushchev." Macmillan replied that his government understood this quite well and had perfect confidence in Ike...
...stick: of his first 143 vetoes. Congress failed to override a single one. Last week, just before he took off for Europe, the President jeopardized his perfect record with Veto No. 144. Turned down: the lardy, $1.2 billion public works bill, more popularly called "the pork-barrel bill." Objected Ike in his veto message: the bill included 67 new projects not listed in his budget. These projects would add only $50 million to outlays in the current budget, but "their ultimate cost wall be more than $800 million. This illustrates how easily effective control of federal spending can be lost...