No President in U.S. history has had an opposition-party Congress for so much of his tenure (three-fourths), and few have fought so doggedly and effectively against it as Dwight Eisenhower. Last week Ike was fighting making it plain that he would fight until Congress adjourns in July against any overblown welfare-spending plans that would imperil a balanced budget. To the fight he brought an assortment of ploys and thrusts worthy of the tough and formidable politician that he has gradually become.
From the White House came a "warning," as Ike himself called it, that if "domestic requirements" press...
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