THE PRESIDENCY-II

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 2014
• Sequence Number: 54
• Publication Date: December 3, 1957
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A Study of the Council Exercising Some
Eisenhower Powers During Ills Illness
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WAllturiGTON, Doc 11?Dart ? ? ly JsharFestqr
Ing the present nine= of Prat.
dent Eisenhowera-ond for much
of the time' before it?many of
the powein? and duties of the
Presidency have been atomized
by a kind of Presideitliil council..
'Phe membership of this coun-
differo from time?to time in refrain from eliticthing one 1n-
laccordance with the cub other. and -dt:NTHo tong-
undo:. dthencelon, but in general range Ch*elateni'witi?1,12n.
ning.
,it is composted of the President, tut coneciis 4spqnsliatilites
the Vie* President, the Cabinet, for mirlakeo'bf-spreading -ati-
/come heads of the independent thorit ?imong es vast unapt
agencies touch u the - Mho of cThcInIZ in the .0OPertnrents
Of Defense Mobilization wad and the White .1.-/Fe, Wine.
I t..i President
Atomic Energy ? Cornmthoton) from Tinfoinmuon tn
and albino numnbent ofIttai. White the e1yl%sta5.-..0 of as) cristi
Routh ctak notably ? Sherman hen Iticidential action
tho ?Assiztant. ,to the bo -affito,0 defining.
Presideni. ? ? '
t. El:holes cieittio-Kist?IPatit
This system had ecenotadvan:
tam under a president in frau are manifold: In. the 'spring' of
health, It rovides continuity 1056, whew?TeParte we =atria
when t ? Kizeinowor is In front ?all ;over the world ?of
out of Washington, and he has a deelilis-Lti United` States in-
been out ofookington or con- flume. the .Predtkat
_W deserted
Washington Thli of that Proott50 ystiti aver higher.
trlsOldava ho has been Proi- zd-cafo tho fluet..vrar broke
bunt. days._ 2.40 out. the British and Wrench al.
?have heal neat lora on? offl. most broke a)Ediplomatio am-
eba or *meal ant tact with the United States. bt1
a
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overing Denver ire= his three ill. the President did not 'get into
? neethe Una of communication' with
or the White Houx,,,1ttaZtdsna London and Paris until it. was
th ,
mattng vaalgiazdng Aatrcmtis tIntiaTtealreb. 0, 1050, when. 'the
at hie farm. ?
The sI1tinr and strength- Prest(kiitrwas? =kW about ree
that the United Staten
ening of the *inet 'and the
NaUoneltecurity Council have was fagghag behind ftho Soviet
aloe hrotibt to thee). indite-Union in- the'. development . of
tions on order and authority ? ? -? luf replied that
td1:4 r!ol
t3.h=errittProd- 5?41.0b3cf .curhotzttatnietts,avelr4
this -
infUtZt7.410713 of the Pr:* nna.satithd.of anybody elms' .
_department :heads are
dency has also weakened pke ?
Impact of the President not 'holy' conscious but nmtions
rs?011 . and uncovered ? Woad over national and -wwid devel3
wealmeo that now. herr= %tad opn=nto- btit have ho?power to
takureinedial action and do not
teem able to get action on
them. ? over two exempla, .over two yearn
ago, online. 21,' 105.5, Lewis 1.
MMus; the head of ?the Atomic
ittleVotnas Alva Mithn Insti-
,?-mu, went to
no the beat of the
tate and And? what stands
tary or:.13144t,irlan. often de::
fine policy ritore.thireblY, or even
more etinemittly, than the
President.2?,` ?
nit encourages a kind of ."de-
partmental tnentalityli,
Cabinet off 1c who tend
Administration.
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? Weehn=es Analy=d ?
? The weakneests of the eye-
tem, in the obit= of well quail.
fled observers hero. an as PA'
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eIt transfer. some 'of 'tho?vt:
tat powers of the Presidency
from General Www., the
most ledittential official on the
Ankriedia? stub today, to' tenter
off:let* who cannot ? contain:id
anything like the came author-
ity in the executive or ,
live branches of the Gov-
enunent, or in, openkin7 to .tho
nation and the =did. , ? ? '.
cit lonves titer lartica=-?
,United Stain pokey,
Or for ....004.falt?tetil_f#11? - - ?
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dials in-United- 13
half edikaten let
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Ltke factlt,
vp) ?the
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aid in't*otirla:prodse =lien
of,llooPfle p
k, ad ta
num- But s"..,
eptitnIks WPt
said he It* -psurpis.WItati? he
Olt ,ny..a Viiiiri.--IthclielentLits
Wan ' viiitad '?the', Whit*. nous.
Mit the most ? keens 'problem
we` aced In the field ,of
mis-
cUes ould rockery i?
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education .of .Ameriain?Ytiutit.
? .Both the strength and?weak?
nese of the Eit.thhowsir system
havec been 'sliiiinkfartatil In thee
lx:rmsjoy ,Edward 13..Corwin of
Prineetoti'Unirothi . the noted
%etc22.rinoalikeffehniecteti4ngiltiti.
of
'ElbnitureterAdthiniattlition.
he 'wrote la *.c.Ths-ibresidect-7
Office:cid .70,;? i'vlbo(Pria
PresitIpti.
the frequent detachment of the
President from the conduct of
his ubarditiates. On several oc4
miens, neenrearn-Whir9g4
Oompllshed what President ?
non cntd was largo...nib% Vasn-
?.thoF buck' to .the Secretary
?Adricalture. the Secrstary4
Army, the
the ".Secretarri
m, the Attorney
7 ..ratb, of the.ac platten:11;i
necording to the ??rmtdent, Is an
butpendent-o
orn ffice 74111
? te
tido. with which the'
relgnln rather
"Tho--
?interfere. President
.1=3310 attitudesame hichnient. the
than _Wing; when ?cotipled.with
efficient staff work, ihad already
been canied ea fatly the time
Of the Presittzt's crttteal ilinem
tembett' ef'11015)' that the
went on notwitli;
tending .the 01-laste th
rpiwi
tremor.; ,1
?flemo PrOpecalzatedeitiM
there
hire brn. pito A few "treinOral
at-the-worn but tblZecident
4:14191,altrys Odea .0=14
ttat 'ponra or follOwed-tha?rect
timmendatinnt of they departi
meat heads_. ? %t - ? , ? ? ?
Fal-fts.MOWThe con:
fronted with influential 'advice
from both Kr. Mlle: viand Ad.
serial Artimi W. Radford to in-
tervene in theburt ctsfjcobf the
Indochina war. This he
reduced to do and the ti#Inacin
of the best-Informed Officials
hero is that whenever, there is
any question of United States
Involvement in wcr he is Wen-
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dangerous gamble*.
On other questions, however,
tendency is to go along with
the recommendations that come
up to him hunt the depart-
ments. For commple, when he
was asked after the sputniks
wtiether '? he proposed to give
tnstructions to William Af.1
Holaday, the mistake director ati
the Pentagon, he replied:
? 'Well, Mr. Boladay couldn't;
receive new. instructions from;
ma?for the simple lesson that,
If ,11e: doesn't know niore about
It?thnn I do; lam very foolish
to have ? him annind. ? Now, I
have provided to the limit of my
ability the money ?ths,t they
asked metier (to proW?? re mis-
4.?al and that in all I can do."
? gdfersoni One Vote
.'Ilials,.'degree of reliance' on
Cabinet and dal is. not new in
American history, Thomas Jet',
fawn welt MA Anther, de-
.cribing his system as follows:
?mAll matters of importance
or difficulty are submitted to
all Out beads of ? the ? depart
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merits cesnng the Cabinets:'
stenetimeo by ',the President
consulting them separately and
? cCele1110Y14 ihaY hapPrn to
Call on hint 'tut in the gthrestt.
case;t by calling them together
disc ng the Laidgnect 'mature-
awigliauYi vote,
thel!Ten0ent,,cotints
? .VSO'Olittartart. t .the
rExcentiva le,. in fac ,a .direc-
torf the Presi-
dent mirth ? '
abandoned
In the 'Nineteenth Cen-
tirtYchoWerir,' and the 'history
atilt, Pap= is one of un-
even but' generally rising auth-
ority in' e hands of one DIAA:
Prishket 4. Lincoln
called bin, Cabinet together
t the Emancipation Pros-
tion, t said: . I
to
itearawhat I have written dawn.
hero ot you togetherdo hol *la rnuy advice about
tho e;taln ,MALAM. for that I.
havt3determthod. for, inleelf." ,?
..rd(lent ? D.. thbower kas
never gone_ ea tar '.as' to take.
it roto _In Caldnet Cr' .the. Na-,
Ulmer Security Council and*
count himself but one. Re hal
ineisted that an auctions come
to him In the form of "meth-
=adenine," and he alone de-
cides. But the operation of the
Ethenhower system is much
neater to Jefferson's Pre:If:len)
tel directory than to Lincoln's
blunt reminder that the Con-
stitution kw= only one =CCU-
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