THE CONGRESS: Bipartisanship

With smiles, brisk handshakes and polite apologies for calling them from their homes and their hunting, Dwight Eisenhower received congressional leaders of both parties at the White House last week. His purpose was to answer yes to the question: Can the U.S. Government work constructively when one party controls the Congress and the other party has the executive?

The start of the meeting was slightly jarred by the eager-beavering of FOAdministrator Harold Stassen, who bounced around calling Democratic elders "Mr. Chairman" to the annoyance of their Republican opposite numbers, who technically still...

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