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...world might have that he was cool toward Herter. He mustered the entire Cabinet for the swearing-in ceremony, said that Dulles and he were one in considering Herter "the man best qualified to take over the office." Said Herter: "I appreciate your confidence in me, Mr. President." Said Ike, gripping him at the elbow: "You certainly have that." And when Herter got back to the State Department, he found waiting to greet him on the steps some 600 State Department staffers. Said he: "All I can say is that this is completely unexpected, and I can't tell...
...last week the President drove to Walter Reed Army Hospital to attend the swearing-in of Foster Dulles as a new $20,000-a-year special consultant to the President with full Cabinet rank. Because Dulles tires easily, the small group at the ceremony-Ike, Dulles, Nixon, Herter, Janet Dulles and a few others-sat down while the President read to Dulles this citation: "Your willingness to continue to contribute your abundant talents and unique experience to the service of the U.S. and the free world is but one more example of your magnificent spirit and devotion to the nation...
Before the N.A.M., Ike exhorted the nation's business leaders to lend their influence to communicating "the matter of fiscal integrity" to others. "The strongest force in a democracy is an informed public opinion ... I can't conceive of a better and finer occupation, really a vocation, rather than an avocation, for anyone who is employing others and dealing with others ... than to use his influence in making certain that [fiscal problems and the principles of frugality] are understood...
...invitation to "see all you can of our country . . . You will not be pleased with everything you see. Neither are we. But you will see us as we are." Repeating his favorite theme that a "free market economy . . . can outproduce any other kind of economy known to man," Ike left the I.C.C. meeting with a succinct reminder: "The old saying was that 'Trade follows the flag.' But the flag of which I speak is an international banner-that of freedom and peace...
...lithe Patterson sparred three rounds, two against Ike Thomas and one against Cuban Julios Mederos...