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OCR Page 1 of 1412/12/53 - Reel 3, Track 1, Page 1
Mr. Burrett:
VOICE:
My own belief is that you have got to find a compromise. Maybe the com-
promise is the written question and the carefully prepared answer. There
is a simpler compromise, I think, where as much more of a disposition on
the part of public officials to say, "I'm not prepared to answer that this
week. Brin it up at a later meeting."
MR. ACHESON:
They have no right to put the Prosident in that kind of a position. You
read these press conferences of Mr. Eisenhower's and they are perfectly
terrible. He shouldn't permit it. Question after question after question
is asked Mr. Eisenhower and he says, "I'm not prepared. I can't answer
that." The impression which is given by that is that he isn't prepared
half the time.
on anything. He doesn't know what the hell he is doing: That is wrong.
You shouldn't give that impression of the President of the United States.
He is the head of State. Who gives this impr ssion? Some of the squirts
who are hired by newspapers to cause some sensation. It shouldn't be
permitted and if you keep the press conference idea restricted in narrow
limits, it is alright because it is important to give the President a
chance to get at things he wants to get at.
-MATIONAL ADNJN'
VOICE:
Would you be of the view that that is the prexs criterion that the
press conference should be to the topic to which the President wishes to
address it and to know about; that he defines what is in order.
MR. ACHESON:
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Yes, absolutely! What I would do is to say that the press may put in questions
to the President. The President will select out of those questions the ones
he wishes to answer and will prepare a considered answer.
VOICE:
And supplementary questions to those answers.
MR. ACHESON:
And I would allow one question to his answer and no more, because otherwise
you get into an argument and you shouldn't be arguing with the Chief of
State. These newspaper men are not on a par with the President of the United
States. And to have them hang over him and say, "But you didn't answer the
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