Word: discussions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Getting nervous because no date had been set, a Capitol Hill Republican last week telephoned a White House aide to find out when the President was planning to hold his meeting with G.O.P. congressional leaders to discuss the Administration's legislative program for the new ses sion of Congress. The answer: "We don't plan to have a meeting, and we don't want one." Dwight Eisenhower saw no need to talk over his program for the congressional session that convenes this week. Reason: he plans no brand-new programs, no departures from the basics he stressed...
...measure of diminished urgency that the summit meeting to discuss Berlin and other matters had become something to be fitted in with the participants' other engagements. The Western Three had put forward April 27 as a summit date, because President de Gaulle was booked to visit President Eisenhower the week before, and Prime Minister Macmillan had a long-standing date to attend a Commonwealth meeting the week after. After comparing everyone's social calendars, the second week in May looked like the best date. Nobody apparently had anything more pressing to do that week...