THE ADMINISTRATION: Sunset Cruise

Sitting at his White House desk. President Eisenhower listened solemnly last week while a worried, deeply tanned Government official told him about a Florida vacation. Explained John Charles Doerfer, 55, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission: he and his wife had taken an innocent little pleasure cruise last February, six days and nights aboard Lazy Girl, sleek yacht of Big Florida Broadcaster (twelve radio and TV stations) George B. Storer. There was also a free round trip from Washington on Storer's private plane. As chairman of the commission which regulates and licenses all U.S. telecommunications, Doerfer saw nothing wrong in...

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