balance of power in the middle east eisenhower was out of commission and secretary of state john foster dulles was unable to conform with the president as he normally did. this dispels the myth that john foster dulles rand american force in policy in the eisenhower years. everyone close to both men and i talk to a number of them knew that ike was in charge. dwight eisenhower -- he was out of the white house for three-1/2 months accepting two nights on his way to recuperating gettysburg. number 2 is the one that a heart patients are restricted in his other activities was upset about which is whether he should run for a second term in 1956. i am satisfied that he always intended to run. in the age of roosevelt you had to have a second term to be a great president and he wanted to be a great president but the heart attack raise the enormous question of whether physically he could run. he repeatedly discussed possible successors none of whom have a snowball's chance of a love being nominated love alone elected. the only republican a sufficient stature to run was chief justice earl warren of the su

and he said, did john foster dulles really say, "you can't fool all of the people all tte time but youas well give it your best &-[laughter] i said, victor, at these rates you can't expect real quotes. [laughter] anyway, anyway at some point he said we're going to have a cruise, we're going to have a cruise so would you come on as one of the guest speakers or whatever, panelists they called them because you're on a panel.3 and, and i said what makes you think these old pinkos are going to go on a cruise? and he said, well, from the first mailing, the guy from the national review said that the, that the return was so good. and i said, wait a minute, aren't they the enemy? you guys areecooperrting to get theemoney away from these peeple? i said, cool, it's sort of like milo minder binder in, in catch 22. >> catch 22. >> that's right. ú&esn't make any difference which side you're on, just bring in the money. so i, so i've gone on some. >> and so you and molly would do these... >> yeah, i thinkkmolly, i think we were on a couple of times together. >> and then we used to go, when the, when