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Hagerty has been accused at times of doing his job too well, of creating the image of a President more vigorous than he actually is, and thereby lulling the U.S. into a false and dangerous sense of complacency. But Press Secretary Hagerty cannot by the nature of his job manufacture a presidential record. He can only reflect what President Eisenhower does in its best light. In his ability to do just that, James Campbell Hagerty, first of the professional presidential press secretaries, may never be surpassed.