The Presidency: Crowds

From the White House last week, things looked pretty rosy.

There were, of course, serious problems to be thought about or dealt with. Warfare raged in Southeast Asia and the U.S. had a deep commitment there (see cover story}. It appeared that the U.S. Congress, despite lopsided Democratic majorities in both houses, might plow under a lot of the President's legislative programs before it went home. The nation's businessmen were still suspicious of the President as a result of his slashing attack on the steel industry. But despite these concerns, the prevailing...

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