Bolstered by his hope that Secretary Dulles may recover sufficiently to return to office, President Eisenhower has not given any serious thought to a successor. But those who know the President best—and who also fear that the problem of the successorship might soon become urgent—see these as the top five names:
No. 1: Under Secretary Christian Herter, who is next in the line of State Department succession; anyone other than Herter would have to be named over the Acting Secretary's head. Herter's arthritis had been considered a strong factor against him, but he himself,...
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