THE WEEK

• Protocol, we assume, obliges Mr. Eisenhower to receive a new Soviet Ambassador when he comes to present his credentials. Protocol, we are willing to assume, further obliges him to shake hands, and let the scene be photographed. But nothing obliges him to paint onto his face, as he shakes hands, the same smile with which he presumably welcomes Son John when he comes over for the evening; and we will thank him (in language Cadet Eisenhower once well understood) to wipe it off!

• “From the Office of Senator Prescott Bush: U.S. Senator Prescott Bush said tonight that ‘a Republican victory in November is not only possible, but inevitable, if we close ranks now, reactivate the enthusiastic Republican organization of 1956, take the offensive and carry our case to the people.’ ” From the Office of national review: “Memo to Senator Bush: The enthusiastic Republican organization of 1956 lost the Senate and the House of Representatives. How about an unenthusiastic organization, if necessary, but one which closes ranks around a set of principles rather than an evanescent President?”

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• Protocol, we assume, obliges Mr. Eisenhower to receive a new Soviet Ambassador when he comes to present his credentials. Protocol, we are willing to assume, further obliges him to shake hands, and let the scene be photographed. But nothing obliges him to paint onto his face, as he shakes hands, the same smile with which he presumably welcomes Son John when he comes over for the evening; and we will thank him (in language Cadet Eisenhower once well understood) to wipe it off!

• “From the Office of Senator Prescott Bush: U.S. Senator Prescott Bush said tonight that ‘a Republican victory in November is not only possible, but inevitable, if we close ranks now, reactivate the enthusiastic Republican organization of 1956, take the offensive and carry our case to the people.’ ” From the Office of national review: “Memo to Senator Bush: The enthusiastic Republican organization of 1956 lost the Senate and the House of Representatives. How about an unenthusiastic organization, if necessary, but one which closes ranks around a set of principles rather than an evanescent President?”