THE CONGRESS: Program: Peace & Balance

Getting nervous because no date had been set, a Capitol Hill Republican last week telephoned a White House aide to find out when the President was planning to hold his meeting with G.O.P. congressional leaders to discuss the Administration's legislative program for the new ses sion of Congress. The answer: "We don't plan to have a meeting, and we don't want one." Dwight Eisenhower saw no need to talk over his program for the congressional session that convenes this week. Reason: he plans no brand-new programs, no departures from the basics he stressed in earlier sessions — balance the...

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