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Rush & Fuss. The President's shortlived attack came after a hectic four days in which he flew to Florida, spent two days aboard the carrier Saratoga, worked on and delivered a major pep talk to Republican leaders meeting in Washington, and drove to Washington's American University to deliver a speech (in praise of the U.S. Foreign Service) while receiving an honorary doctor of laws degree. Over and above all else, the President was fretting about two items of substance: 1) the future of his legislative program, especially military and foreign-aid appropriations; and 2) the wrangle with...
...Berger offered a diagnosis: many of the nation's athletes, from milers to football pros to schoolboy second basemen, are gobbling "pep pills" containing stimulating, habit-forming drugs like amphetamine, commonly known as "dexies" or "bennies." Prodded by Berger, the A.M.A. voted to investigate the "indiscriminate use of these agents, particularly in relation to athletic programs...
Earlier this month President Eisenhower telephoned a pep talk to regional Republican conferences at Salt Lake City and Los Angeles urging the delegates to meet the challenge of heavy Republican losses in last fall's election. The Republicans lost six House seats in the 11 Western states, more than their losses in the rest of the country combined. The vote for Republican Congressmen slipped from their 55 percent of the total vote in 1952 to 49 percent...
...Administration shows no intention of changing its policy on such vital matters as these; and hence, despite the pep talks of Eisenhower and the predictions of Alcorn, the Democrats will very probably retain and even expand their gains...
Along with horror stories on boondoggle items such as "the $300,000 that the Army spends to finance Sunday morning recreation for civilian members of private rifle clubs," the Knight papers have run two-column pep talks urging readers to protest to their Congressmen, helped them out with maps of congressional districts and names of Representatives...