Gauging the accomplishments and desires of President Eisenhower's Cabinet members, Washington soothsayers predicted that two would leave the Cabinet before Ike's second term began. The two rated most likely to secede: Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield, who seven weeks ago underwent surgery on his esophagus; and Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson, who has frequently made plain his hope of retiring as soon as practicable.
Last week the President himself spoke for Summerfield: because of an 1872 act that ends the Postmaster General's appointment after one presidential term and one month more, Ike...
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