Eisenhower Bids Patterson Farewell - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Army Chief of staff, bids farewell to Robert P. Patterson sat National airport today as Patterson leaves for his Cold Spring, N.Y., home after retiring as secretary of war. Left to right: Kenneth C. Royall, Patterson's successor; Eisenhower; Patterson; Mrs. Patterson, and Bernard Baruch. Baruch Accompanied the Pattersons on their flight to West Point, N.Y., from where they were to motor to Cold Spring. July 25, 1947. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).