THE PRESIDENCY: Answer in View

When and how will the nation get the answer? Last week Dwight Eisenhower set time and place for the news about his second-term decision. Probable time of his announcement: before March 1. Probable place: a White House press conference (supplemented by "a larger explanation"—presumably on TV and radio).

For the rest, the President's news conference continued history's frankest discussion of the thought processes leading up to an important decision of state. Probed a reporter: "I am curious as to whether . . . you have given thought to the possible impact of [your] announcement on the stock market." Said Ike:

"I...

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