THE PRESIDENCY: 18-Hole Cure

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President Eisenhower opened the American League season last week with an easy, overhand toss (see NEWS IN PICTURES), then grabbed his shoulder with his left hand and made a grimace of pain. His bursitis was acting up. Washington Senators Manager Charley Dressen suggested a vibrator, but Ike had a treatment of his own: eight days of golf in Augusta. Curiously enough, his bursitis seems both to be improved by golf and to improve his game. Golf's controlled, smooth motions help the presidential shoulder, and the controlled, smooth motions made necessary by bursitis subdue Ike's tendency to whale the ball, thus help his score.

At 7:30 the next morning, he left aboard the Columbine for a golfer's vacation. On the way to Augusta the President made one quick stop to receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from his old friend and comrade-in-arms, General Mark Wayne Clark, who is now president of the Citadel, "the Military College of South Carolina."

Along the twelve-mile ride from the Charleston airfield to the campus, the President stood in the back of an open convertible, waving his left, nonpitching arm to the South Carolinians who lined the route. He remarked to General Clark "This looks like campaign time."

A Soldier's First Duty. In a speech to Citadel cadets the President compared the responsibility of a soldier yesterday and today: "Today, a man to do his duty in the military services must study humanity first of all—what makes humans tick . . .

You must be one of the principal apostles of peace . . . You must try to understand the heart of America, and how to translate that heart to other peoples . . . You cannot be leaders unless you understand each other and help nations understand each other. The scope of the understanding you must achieve far transcends what your illustrious commandant and I understood when we were waiting on the plain at West Point 40 or more years ago, receiving our diplomas . . ."

As he turned away from the microphones, the onetime West Point cadet was heard to say, "I hope I didn't talk too long." He flew to Augusta, arriving before 1 in the, afternoon. Minutes after he reached the Augusta National Golf Club, Ike was out on the practice tee. In spite of intermittent rain he got in plenty of golf, including rounds with Ben Hogan and new Masters Champion Dr. Gary Middlecoff. Besides relaxing, the President last week: