THE PRESIDENCY: Ratified & Gratified

The worrywart reporters covering President Eisenhower's holiday at the Augusta National Golf Club last week began to get on Press Secretary James C. Hagerty's nerves. Hagerty finally handed out lapel buttons reading "Relax." That was hard for the reporters to do, and even harder for Dwight Eisenhower. Most of his Georgia vacation was spent working, worrying and waiting.

Ike worked long hours polishing and redrafting his State of the Union Message for delivery this week. He also worked out details of his other messages to the new Congress. The schedule: Jan. 10, a...

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