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Show dSeltlnd lite Jdeadlined There is more than the usual bewilderment in Washington these days about the issue of high-level, or "summit" meetings. meet-ings. The whole Eisenhower administration admin-istration has suddenly begun to move like fine, precision made clockwork on the issue of holding hold-ing "summit" talks with the Russians. But even the administration's admin-istration's staunchest supporters are more than a little embarrassed embar-rassed by the way the President himself seems to be tripping all over, whenever the question of high-level "summit" talks here at home comes up. As far as the Russians are concerned, con-cerned, Soviet Premier-dictator Khrushchev started it all when, on the eve of the Soviet Communist Com-munist Party Congress, he declared de-clared that the prospects for a thawing-out of the cold war never appeared better. Then he went on to add the hope that there would soon be further high-level, Geneva-style conferences confer-ences between East and West to "compromise" Soviet-American differences. During his spectacular sales visit to the United States, Soviet Deputy Premier Mikoyan also repeated frequently that Khrush- Viot7 ixrac nnvimic tr visit, the mise of agreement first, indicating indicat-ing that foreign ministers talks are already in the works. But the President did not show as much willingness, it seemed to many, to go as far in settling some outstanding differences dif-ferences here at home. He was asked about patching up the obvious rift between himself him-self and his immediate predecessor, prede-cessor, former President Harry S Truman. But the President would only say that he and Truman Tru-man might turn up at a forthcoming forth-coming celebration of Abraham Lincoln's birthday this month since President Eisenhower said, everybody in Washington seems to be going. Truman and Eisen-! Eisen-! hower have not met since President Presi-dent Eisenhower's inauguration in 1953. It's believed that some of Harry Truman's charges made against the President during the 1952 and 1956 political campaigns cam-paigns have ruffled feelings between be-tween them. In any event, every effort by many mutual friends to bring together President Eisenhower and predecessor Truman have failed. Such a "reconciliation" could provide a heartening demonstration dem-onstration of national unity, many believe. But while Harry Truman has said publicly that U.S. and confer with President Eisenhower again. Both Khrushchev and Mikoyan Mikoy-an and, for that matter, many Americans taking up the call for "summit" talks acted as though the past summer never occurred. Has everyone, including Khrushchev, forgotten how his bluff was called during the crisis in Lebanon and Iraq? When President Eisenhower accepted Khrushchev's repeated calls for "summit" talks then provided they were held in the United Nations, Khrushchev began tripping trip-ping all over himself. After first accepting the invitation to come to New York City, he then made a "surprise" visit to Red China's Mao Tse-tung and after returning to Moscow, denounced the whole idea of holding "summit" talks in the U.N. as an "American trick." Nevertheless, that was some seven months ago. Khrushchev has raised the Berlin "crisis" this time to pressure the West into new "summit" talks. And the West, after seeing that it called Khrushchev's bluff before, believes it might do so again by agreeing to high-level talks. This is the reason why Secretary Secre-tary of State Dulles replied to Nikita's newest "summit" call with the statement that "we would always be willing to discuss dis-cuss any genuine Soviet offers to ease world tension, possibly at a meeting of foreign ministers this spring." It is generally agreed that a foreign ministers' meeting would pave the way for actual Eisenhower - Khrushchev "summit" conferences. he s willing, President Eisenhower's Eisen-hower's not anxious to go that far. The President was also asked at the same news conference about a press report that he and Chief Justice Earl Warren, whom the President had named to the Supreme Court, no longer see eye to eye. It has been: open gossip that Chief Justice Warren is dissatisfied with the President's Presi-dent's alleged inaction in implementing imple-menting the Supreme Court's school racial integration decision. On the other side of the ledger, reports have said that the President Presi-dent believes Warren "went too far" in issuing the decision. Both the President and Chief Justice Warren immediately denied de-nied the report. But shrewd Washington observers noted that neither President Eisenhower nor Cnief Justice Warren have met informally since the school integration inte-gration crisis. And since the dual denial, neither has been particular parti-cular anxious to come to the other to discuss the problem, disprove the charges and at the same time, demonstrate some needed unity on the school integration inte-gration front. The President was also asked about reports that he may be planning a national conference of Republican leaders to discuss a statement of party aims. Mr. Eisenhower said he had no such plans, that the party's leaders "could do anything they like," that he had no objection to a meeting but wouldn't set one up. It looks as if Khrushchev could even be first to see Ike again. Vice President Nixon allowed as much the following the day last week while addressing the Fordham University Alumni Association As-sociation in New York. Although Nixon, like Dulles, admitted we are highly suspicious of Soviet sincerity in calling for "an end to the cold war." Then, at his news conference a day later, President Eisenhower Eisen-hower himself indicated that he might even be willing to go to the limit, to another meeting at the "summit," to discuss peace with the leaders of the Soviet Union. However, he said that there would have to be some pro- I |