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President says that his signature on bill, Mr. Eisenhower clearly intended to cater to the electorate should he decide to run. But every GOP Senate supporter of the bill is now faced with the task of dispelling doubts about his integrity which have received the official sanction of his Party Leader.

Of the 31 Republican Senators who voted for the bill, ten must face their constituents this year; thirteen others will be up for re-election in 1958. Many of them – including those whose accounting must be made two years hence – are saying privately that the Eisenhower-endorsed reflections on their honesty may, at the margin, defeat them.

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President says that his signature on bill, Mr. Eisenhower clearly intended to cater to the electorate should he decide to run. But every GOP Senate supporter of the bill is now faced with the task of dispelling doubts about his integrity which have received the official sanction of his Party Leader.

Of the 31 Republican Senators who voted for the bill, ten must face their constituents this year; thirteen others will be up for re-election in 1958. Many of them – including those whose accounting must be made two years hence – are saying privately that the Eisenhower-endorsed reflections on their honesty may, at the margin, defeat them.