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Document
#2126; December 3, 1956
To Arthur Ellsworth Summerfield
Series:
EM, AWF, Administration Series
The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume
XVII - The Presidency: The Middle Way
Part
XI: The free world's "sad mess"; October 1956 to January 1957
Chapter
23: What is needed is "a calming influence"
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Dear Arthur: Mamie and I were delighted to hear from you, particularly because your letter gave us definite indication that you are indeed much better.1 I know only too well how slow recovery from an operation can sometimes seem--but I am certain that one of these days you will, overnight, suddenly find that you are again feeling entirely like yourself. Incidentally, Foster has made a remarkable recovery and looks--and says he feels--fine.2
We have had rather erratic weather here, a bit on the cold side.3 My golf, as usual, has displeased me. But the place is entirely restful, with just enough company at all times to ward off boredom.
I cannot tell you how much I appreciate all you say in your final paragraph of your letter.4 There is much to be done in the next four years, and I am eager to see an overall plan formulated and work underway. My mail gives me evidence that there is still a great deal of momentum left from the 1956 election, which I am anxious not be lost.
With affectionate regard to Miriam and all the best to yourself, As ever
Bibliographic reference to this document:
Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Arthur Ellsworth Summerfield,
3 December 1956.
In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 2126.
World Wide Web facsimile by The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Commission of the print edition; Baltimore, MD: The Johns
Hopkins University Press, 1996, http://www.eisenhowermemorial.org/presidential-papers/first-term/documents/2126.cfm
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