From: la095at8@csulb.edu (Michael Ejercito)
Subject: Oval Office-part 2
Date: 8 Dec 1995 21:46:37 GMT
Message-ID: <4aabnt$egu@garuda.csulb.edu>
Summary: Sam leaps into President Dewight David Eisenhower

   In the Project Quantum Leap Waiting Room in Stallion's Gate,New 
Mexico,Dwight David Eisenhower stared at his reflection in a mirror on 
the surface of a bench in the center of the room. He saw a reflection not 
his own,but that of a man in his mid-forties. The man had brown hair and 
brown eyes. The room was bathed in a blue light. A metallic door opened 
and a man dressed in a Navy uniform walked into the room.
   "Who are you?"Eisenhower asked the Navy officer.   
   The man,staring in shock at who he saw in the waiting room,replied to 
the former President,"I am Rear Admiral Albert Calavicci,United States Navy."
   "I am Dwight David Eisenhower,President of the United States of 
America. I demand to know what is going on here."
   "Mister Eisenhower,you have traded places in time with Doctor Samuel 
Beckett. That is called leaping. You are in an underground military 
compound near Stallion's Gate,New Mexico. Today's date is June 13,1999."
   "You mean I am in this Doctor beckett's body forty-four years from my 
own time?"
   "Actually,you are in his aura. The aura creates an illusion so you 
look and sound like him. Underneath,you are still Dwight Eisenhower. I 
can see you,although no one else can."
   "Well,I want to go back."
   "We can not do that. You see,we do not control leaping. We have to 
wait until we can get him out of there."
   "But if I look like him,does that mean he looks like me?"
   "Yes. Surrounded by your aura."
   "So does that means that he is the President?"
   "Temporarily,yes,he is."
   Al started to leave the waiting room. Eisenhower asked him,"Where are 
you going?"
   "I must contact Doctor Beckett. Stay here. We can not expose you to 
any danger. You will be safe here,"Al said as he left the waiting room.
   In the White House in Washington,D.C.,Sam was meeting with the 
Cabinet. Sam heard a door open and Al appeared dressed in a Navy uniform. 
Al looked at his surroundings. He saw a bunch of men,including one man he 
recognized as Vice-President Richard Nixon. The light of the morning sun 
shone through the window. Sam glanced at Al.
   Eisenhower's secretary of defense said to Sam,"Nuclear testing exposes 
people living in the surrounding areas to fallout. It can cause serious 
health problems."
   "The Soviets want a test-ban traty. They realize the hazards of 
fallout and nuclear testing,"the secretary of state said.
   Sam mumbled,"The Lucky Dragon."
   Vice-President Richard Nixon asked Sam,"What did you say,Mister 
President?"
   Sam answered to Nixon,"The hydrogen bomb test exposed hundreds of 
people to fallout. The crew of the Japanese fishing boat The Lucky Dragon 
were among those exposed. They suffered from radiation sickness. One 
crewman died. In 1955,radioactive fallout fell in Chicago. I think we 
need to stop nuclear testing."
   The Cabinet members talked among themselves in whispers. One of them 
asked,"What do we do,Mister President?"
   "We will stop nuclear testing as long as I am in office,"Sam replied. 
"Do you hear that. No more tests. Dismissed."
  As the Cabinet members left,Al said to Sam,"That was good. For your 
first day on the job."
   "Let's go to my office,"Sam said to Al. 
   Sam and Al went to the Oval Office where the President works.Sam sat 
down on the desk."Al,I am the President of the United States,"Sam said.
   Al pulled out his handlink and pressed the buttons. The handlink 
beeped as Al pressed the buttons. Al said,"You are Dwight David 
Eisenhower. You are the President of the United States. You are in the 
White House in Washington,D.C. It is October 9,1955.You,I mean 
Eisenhower,graduated from the United States Military Academy in West 
Point,New York. Served in the First World War. In the Second World War,he 
was the supreme Allied commander who led the Normandy invasion on June 
6,1944. He won the 1952 presidential election with Senator Richard Nixon 
of California as his running mate."
   "I know that,Al. What am I here to do?"
   "All Ziggy has to say is that you are here to change history big time."
   "Big time? Maybe it was the U2 incident,"Sam said,referring to the 
time when he leaped into a New York City detective and Al wanted him to 
stop the U2 incident.
   "That occurs in 1960. Unless you want to stick around for five years."
   "Yeah,I remember.  U2 won a Grammy. I like their song "With or Without 
You". So,Al what is going on with your life."
   "Well,today I celebrate my thirty-ninth wedding anniversary."
   "With whom?"
   "Beth. You probably don't remember."
   Sam was relieved that he succeeded in keeping Al and Beth together.Sam 
queried,"Do you have any children?"
   "Yes,"Al replied. "Four girls. Theresa,Ruthie,Sharon,and Maxine.Ruthie 
is engaged to an Army officer."
   Sam was amused that Al's four daughters were named after his four 
other wives in the original history. God,Fate,or Time always struggled to 
assert certain patterns that were meant to be,he thought. 
   "Well,happy anniversary,Al,"Sam said. 
   "Thank you,"Al said in response."Now I have to go. I am giving 
Eisenhower a tour of the facility."
   "A tour?"Sam asked in surprise. "We never gave the host a tour-just 
some newspapers and magazines so the host does not get bored."
   "We never had the President as a host,"Al responded as he opened the 
imaging chamber door and left the imaging chamber.
   After Sam saw the door close,he sat in his office and went through 
Eisenhower's paperwork. No desktop computer,he thought. It feels like the 
Stone Age.