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...Much Sense. In an afterthought, Ike added that the Bricker amendment need never worry his Administration. It takes a long time to get an amendment passed, and the Bricker amendment, he was quite sure, would not affect the next three years. He was making his fight out of his belief and concern for what is good for the future of the U.S. The three-year reference inspired the United Press' alert political reporter, John Cutter, later in the conference, to ask if that meant that Ike was announcing himself as a one-term President. Ike grinned, flushed and ducked...
Some White House callers have said privately that Ike is determined not to run for a second term. Last week such reports gained momentum when Ike told newsmen that the Bricker amendment would not affect his Administration, since it could not be adopted in the next three years. The statement caused concern among some Republican leaders, who think that the 1956 campaign will be waged on the Eisenhower record, and that the best candidate for that platform will be Dwight Eisenhower...
...McCarran of Nevada, senior Democrat on the spy-hunting Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, said that the President ought to make the penalty retroactive--to make it affect those already convicted of Communist conspiracy...
Best foreign film: Justice is Done, a French picture showing how the lives of seven jurors affect their verdict in a murder case (TIME, March...
...decide trade policies. Among its proposals: give the President the power to negotiate reciprocal trade agreements to run for at least five years, eliminate the "Buy American" Act, simplify customs procedures, gradually reduce tariffs and quotas. Elimination of all tariffs, the committe said (though not advocating it), would affect fewer than 1% (215,000 to 465,000) of all U.S. workers...