Critical problems were piling up, urgent questions waited for answers, but Dwight Eisenhower was calmly readjusting himself to life in the White House. At measured pace, he proceeded through a week which ranged from reviewing the nation's defense needs to enjoying his grandchildren.
Back from vacation (and a speechmaking trip in Massachusetts), Ike dropped in on the organizational meeting of his Commission on Foreign Economic Policy. A way must be found, he told the group, to "develop new markets for our great productive power and at the same time assist other nations...
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