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...Generally speaking, a President begins his stay in the White House with 'a good press.' Everybody likes to slap the winner on the back ... At this point, the President and his family will be so happy about being elected that they will have few objections to close coverage. This happy state of affairs will be subject to change about the time the inauguration bunting comes down . . . Most Presidents, if they stay in the White House long enough, become convinced that they are being persecuted by the press...
That the way to get at Commies is to slap...
Jenner took every opportunity to stand at Eisenhower's elbow, slap his shoulders, get photographed with him. At a roast-beef luncheon, Jenner closed a roaring speech by telling how he had visited a hospital nursery where the newborn squalled noisily. Cried Jenner: "If you came into the world and you had nothing but a diaper on, and you owed the Government $2,000 as your part of the national debt, and your diaper was wet, by God, you'd be crying too!" Ike colored, ducked his head, put both hands over his ears-then laughed gustily...
Then, out of the elevator into the crowded ninth-floor lobby stepped Ike Eisenhower. He was greeted by cheers and boos. A chant of "We want Taft!" went up. The incident acted on Ike like a slap; he brooded about it hours later. Eisenhower and Taft were alone for five minutes in Taft's suite, came out together to face the TV cameras. Said Taft with a forced smile: "I want to congratulate General Eisenhower on his nomination and say I will do everything possible to assist him in his campaign and in his administration when he is elected...
...HAVEN, June 16--While 8.000 Old Blues roared beery approval, Yale's staggering baseball team utilized breaks and the superb relief pitching of Christy Emerson to slap a 4 to 2 defeat on the Crimson at Yale Field today...