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Show I If 0 8b-1WT- - V ; c! with one of the horses on his Gettysburg farm. lke-"chah- ohfCAiriT LLC o f.-'-:'- . ..... When Ike leaves the White House, this is the home where he and Mamie will spend their retirement years. Vv ill m. m m m by Jerry Klein Whtthtr or not President Eisenhower next year has become will seek the $64 question in American politics. There have been many guesses from many sources sources close to the White House and far from- - it At times, topmost members of the President's own party have contributed to the confusion. Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine, for example, recently stated her "impression that President Eisenhower prefers to retire after' 1956," and urged consideration of other possible Republican candidates. The next day, however, Senator H. Alexander Smith of New Jersey declared that President Eisenhower "will run again and will win." On the theory that a man's neighbors know him best, family weekly sampled public opinion on the subject in Gettysburg, Pa., where the Eisenhowers have a ment farmhouse. Many of Ike's future neighbors can't decide when he's likely to occupy his new home, built just back of the Confederate position at the battle of Gettysburg. But the consensus seems to be that while the President has done a good job, he deserves a rest; that he will find dependable hands in which to 'place the reins of government and will not run again. This, then, is a cross section of what President Eisenhower's future neighbors think the future holds for him. Time alone will bring the final answer to the question. , re-elect- Klocro'c JDdct-D- - Kino CJoHgDuDocDrrc Scnv - ion ";' G. M. SIEBER, Lin. coin Room custodian: "Eisenhower will run again if he gets a free nomination, unanimous and without opposition. If he's opposed, he won't bother to fight for it. But if the party wants him, he'll play ball." CSV MRS. BRUCE WOLFF, ( T. W. HAINES, res- taurant owner: "I don't think the President wilt run again. Now that he owns a place of his own, hell settle down on it and make a good neighbor.' doctor's wife: "Until recently I thought Eisenhower would run again, but lately I've been on the fence. He started a lot of things that he would like to see through. But the Presidency is a job that's physically 5? exhausting." 4 MRS. WILUAM R. SWISHER, teacher: "I have a feeling it's not his desire to seek But I think he'd comply if the party drafted him." re-electi- on. FAMiir wfiriy macazihi juiv ji, l ss |