Show IKE IKE SAYS ANSWER STILL NOl NO NOlON NOON ON PRESIDENTIAL RACE t tI tV I V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON April 10 10 UP lP IP Gen Dwight D D. D EIsenhower EIsen- EIsen hower said Saturday he meant every word in his statement statement state state- ment of Jan 23 taking himself out of the presidential nation nallon picture J The retired army chief of staff talked with reporters reporter as he left a conference on defense with President Truman Asked for a direct statement on the presidency j Ike said he hc did not talk politics p with Mr Truman He added i iI I made up my mind to say say nothing more I wrote letter and meant every word of or ItI it 1 I 11 told my aids they could do the thc talking from no now on Im I'm not talking any more marc I find it doesn't do any good goode Eisenhower in letter to New Hampshire a a published r last Jan 23 said he could not accept a presidential nomina tion He said his decision to completely remove hi himself from the political scene was definite and positive That letter was written at a time Ike was being mentioned mentioned men prominently for the Republican presidential can c. I Since then Eisenhower has been talked of for or the De Demo J era tic nomination 3 1 |