THE NATION: Uninvited Visitor

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Questioned Handshake. Even so, Khrushchev's impending visit raised touchy problems. President Eisenhower's tentative plans to make a farewell address to the U.N. General Assembly were now complicated by the question of whether he should proffer even so much as a handshake. If Eisenhower stayed away, would Khrushchev have clear domination of the show? In the end, the Administration announced that Herter, not Ike, would lead the U.S. delegation. That decision came as a relief to France's Charles de Gaulle, who considers the U.N. "emotional and noisy," but knows that if Ike followed Khrushchev, Britain's Prime Minister Harold Macmillan would follow Ike, practically forcing De Gaulle to go to New York, like it or not.

Men assigned to the task would now try to conclude what Khrushchev was up to and recommend courses for counter acting his propaganda ploys (see FOREIGN NEWS). They did so not in alarm but as part of their job. Things would be livelier with Khrushchev in the U.S. Undoubtedly he might try to meddle in the U.S.'s presidential campaign. Democrat Jack Kennedy announced that he would meet with Khrushchev only if Richard Nixon went along. A spokesman for the Vice President doubted very much that Nixon or Kennedy would be invited.