ABSTRACT
The politicians, of course, had to satisfy such interests; but since they were impotent without power, the main concern of most Republicans upon their return from the long exile from the White House was patronage. Dealing with the implementation of a revised Civil Service procedure that would make certain policy-making positions vulnerable to administrative appointment, Dwight D. Eisenhower was very much concerned about the political implications that were possible under the plan. President Eisenhower’s overt efforts to avoid partisanship or political controversy shielded the intense efforts to effect an internal revolution of political ideology. Several Korean war-borne taxes were due to expire during Eisenhower’s first year. They ranged from a 20 percent excise tax on movie-theater admissions to, more significantly, the Excess Profits Tax of 1950, which, with its higher rates on corporate earnings. The new Administration’s call to action came quickly, with Attorney General Brownell denying, on February 16, Truman’s designation of the oil as a federal reserve.
