THE PRESIDENCY: Back on the Job

White House Press Secretary James Hagerty was in a first-floor office chatting with Presidential Physician Howard McC. Snyder one morning last week when Dwight Eisenhower entered, dressed in tan slacks, a brown-checkered sports coat and brown loafers. "You going to your office?" asked Hagerty. Replied the President: "Yeah, sure. Let's go."

Seconds later President Eisenhower was back at his desk, starting one of his busier weeks after an upset stomach had laid him low for a day and set statesmen, stock-market investors and plain people around the world to looking anxiously toward...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!