Eisenhower’s Proposal for Temporary
Presidency Legislation Gets
Cool Reception by Lawmakers
By EDMOND Le BRETON
WASHINGTON, UP)—Speaker of
the House Sam Rayburn (D-Te>->
reportedly has told President Ei
senhower that if he makes a per
sonal request for “temporary
presidency” legislation, people
will think he plans to give up
active presidential service.
An informed source, who de
clined to be quoted by name, said
Saturday Rayburn told this to
Eisenhower Friday during a con
ference at the White House with
Democratic and Republican con
gressional leaders.
Eisenhower was said to have re
plied that he didn’t see how such
an inference could be drawn.
At this conference, Eisenhower
proposed a constitutional amend
ment to authorize the Cabinet to
decide by majority vote when the
vice president should assume tem
porarily the duties of a disabled
president who was unable or un
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will:ng to make the decision him
self.
Sam Rayburn opposed the idea
strongly. Other congressional lead
ers voiced more guarded reactions,
but none indicated enthusiasm for
the Eisenhower plan.
The Constitution provides that
the vice president shall take over
the duties of the president in the
event of the President’s resigna
tion, ouster, death or disability.
But it does not spell out how a
decision is to be reached on when
a president is disabled, nor who
should make the decision.
After Eisenhower’s proposal
was anounced Friday, Rep. Keat
ing of New York, senior Republi
can on the House Judiciary Com
mittee, introduced a bill to pro
vide for a commission to pass on
whether a president is disabled.
Such a commission would be made
up of members of Congress, the
Cabinet and the Supreme Court.
There is a difference of opinion
over whether the constitutional
| gap should be plugged by a bill
or by a constitutional amend
ment. And there are are those
who, like Rayburn, feel there is
no need for any action.
Surgeon Accused
Of Manslaughter
Found Innocent
JUNEAU, UR — An Idaho sur
geon accused of manslaughter in
the death of a patient was found
innocent of the charge last week.
After four hours of delibera
tions, a U. S. District Court jury
freed Dr. Edward K. Distler, 37,
of Caldwell, Idaho, of charges filed
after the death of Clarence Wea
ver, 49, an employe at the Mt.
Edgecumbe Medical Center near
Sitka.
Weaver died after a cystoscopic
examination at the hospital in
July, 1954.
Defense Attorney William Good
win of Tacoma, Wash., told the
jury in his closing arguments that
Distler was guilty only of “mis
takes.’
Senator Votes on Bill
He Introduced in House
ALBANY, N. Y., UR — You
know the lad who manages to
get into the high-school gradua
tion picture at both ends? Well,
meet John Farrell, who voted in
the State Senate yesterday on a
i bill he had introduced in the As
sembly.
The Manhattan Democrat was
elected to the larger House last
November, introduced the bill
Feb. 5 and was chosen in a spe
cial election Feb. 14 to fill a Sen
ate vacancy.
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First Convoys
Complete Transit
Of Suez Canal
By ANTOINE YARED
PORT SAID, Egypt, MB — The
first two convoys to transit the
Suez Canal since war closed the j
waterway last November settled
into the Port Said harbor Satur
day. This marked a major step
toward resumption of normal op
erations.
The first convoy to enter — a
fiyo-raation, nine-ship party —
was stalled by a severe sandstorm
and had to anchor overnight on
the voyage from Suez, at the 105
mile waterway’s southern end.
This convoy moved in just ahead
of a small one — five ships —
which left Suez later.
They were the first convoys to
pass through the canal since the
debris of war stopped the c;mal
after the British, French, Israeli
attacks on Egypt.
Both convoys entered the canal
on strictly Egyptian terms, pay
ing tolls to the nationalized Suez
Canal Authority.
SEARCH CALLED OFF
FOR MISSING C-97
TOKYO, _U. S. Far. East
air forces suspended tonight the
search for a C-97 Military Air
Transport plane missing with 67
Americans aboard.
Nine days of scouring more
than 128,000 square miles south
and east of Japan failed to turn
up a trace of the missing plane.
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