THE CONGRESS: Clouds on the Hill

The big Democratic victories last November, said the President at his press conference last week, had sadly led him to believe that the people were not "too much concerned about inflation. But I think they have changed their minds." Ike's sidelong glance at one of the darkest moments of his Administration betrayed not at all the fact that White House staffers are wearing earsplitting grins behind closed doors, marveling at the too-good-to-last Administration success with the Democratic 86th Congress. Not only had the balanced budget carried the day, but in the...

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