Show V- V W i T “ : - i :v- - 1 C“ A How Ricli Is Ike? As Dwight D Eisenhower begins his well-deserv- ed retirement he has no mdney worries here's a look at how much he's worth i By JERRY KLEIN Jeffeuon James Madisog James S Grant— all these PresiUlysses n poverty-strickedents were virtually upon leaving office But Dwight D Eisenhower has left the White -House as not only the oldest President of the United States— but one of the very richest As a young boy he worked at odd jobs to increase his family's inadequate income his father was a railroad worker Even as an adult his Army pay only enabled him and Mamie to “get by” But today there seems small doubt that Eisenhower is a millionhas been described as aire for in money matters the has earned man the money Eisenwho And a “prudent” prudent would hower has in the past dozen years easily be worth a million dollars today i— — True when Dwight and Mamie were married in 1916 they had to make ends meet on his lieutenant’s pay of less than $100 a month It may also be true that when the General resigned as Chief of Staff following World War II he had no more than about $25 000— some of which came to Mamie from her father a successful meat packer war memoir “Crusade in But in 1948 Ike wrote his 200000-wor- d book of the year and nonfiction was which the Europe” reportedly earned him over $635000 After taxes there was still about $475000 in the till When Eisenhower was elected President he didn’t want to be in the position where "his official decisions could knowingly influence his own financial holdings so he is said to have turned over his finances to a New York investment house This firm was instructed to handle his investments without telling him how or where his money was invested According to some observers the considerable fortune Eisenhower started with a decade ago should now be “at least doubled” Besides —and it’s a big “besides”— the General has since earned a TrH0MA8 Monroe ’ best-selli- ng Presidential salary totaling a cool ' $800000 more And in addition he has enjoyed expense accounts amounting per-ip- s to another $6500001 So all in all it ' is not difficult to see where the Eisenhower mark exchequer may be up over the million-dollAnd this doesn’t count the many thousands of dollars worth of machinery livestock trees furniture antiques and other gifts given to the President and his wife for their retirement home in Gettysburg Pa In addition Mrs Eisenhower recently became heir to more thsyi $100000 from the estate of her late mother So much for their capital assets How about their income now that the Eisenhowers are out of public life? Here too they have enough rash coming in to put them in a high tax bracket First of all as an Eisenhower receives a lifetime of widow is entitled to a President’s a $25000 year (A pension $10000 annual pension) In addition the Government allows him up to $50000 a year in salaries for aides free office space and post- age Congress already has set aside $37500 to meet this bill for the first six months of 1961 But that’s not all A move is afoot in Congress to restore ' Eisenhower’s rank as a five-stgeneral which he resigned to run for President If reinstated Eisenhower will be eligible for a $20543 annual pension office space in the Pentagon or elsewhere User of two military aides and free hospital and medical care Summing up with the grand total of probably more than a million dollars in reserve and pension possibilities of some $900 a week Dwight D Eisenhower leaves the White House as one of the wealthiest Chief Executives since George Washington Except for Washington himself few Presidents have come any-where near being as well off as this plain country buy who has lived to find fame and to enjoy fortune ar ent ‘ ar 'i MruaryS COVER: ' If tke array on the daahboard la my indication artiit Homer Hill'i driver plant a long trip For a report on US roadi tee u Are Out Superhighway! Obtolete?" p 6 JMl nt UONMD 1 PAVWOW flwlfal PmUUur WA1TH C Permit Vfcn FmUnt M1MCX L OVOUKI AfortM! P frwtor MORON NUNC IWtwtor H PUMUtor MKm ri— rthhn i—iMUt1nl to tattr WnUr 1 IP IM N MMiIim Am Mir WnhlT mi M LM mmhv Sk ttow Yfc 22 N V MVN Kiifr-U-Ch- ut MM KMTMAM KmrmUrt Mitor MOPHT HTZOMBON Jtoaaffof PMUW prmKA Ari Dinrtmr MIAMI M non Fmi ttitor Y wctav moanm me is n miam in OAm— i hi am Haim |