ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
First Term - Volumes XIV - XVII

Dwight David Eisenhower brought to the presidency the collaborative skills he had used so effectively during his long military career. Since he depended throughout his public service upon the cooperation of others, he would clearly have understood the kind of effort that is essential to the compilation, annotation, and publication of his papers. Editing the manuscripts of a twentieth-century figure who headed large, bureaucratic institutions is a task that only a team can perform. Completing such a task requires the dedicated support of a large number of individuals and institutions.

We are indebted to all those who contributed their distinctive talents to the completion of these volumes. Executive Editor Elizabeth S. Hughes researched and drafted many of the notes illuminating Eisenhower's domestic policies; she trained and supervised our research assistants; copyedited the manuscript, and guided it through the publication process. Associate Editors Robin D. Coblentz and Robert J. Brugger conducted research at the Eisenhower Library and drafted most of the foreign-policy annotations. Production Editor Janet L. Seraphine ran the office, managed the computer systems, researched and drafted notes, and assisted in several ways throughout the publication process. Assistant Editor Jill A. Friedman concentrated on the administration's domestic policy and provided valuable word processing expertise. The editors were also ably assisted by several enthusiastic graduate and undergraduate students, including Cynthia L. Clusen, Josh Knights, Aviya R. Kushner, Michael L. Lisak, Kelly R. Schrum, Jayesh Shah, Lynn M. Slosberg, James S. Wiley, and Natalie A. Zacek. Their work at times may have seemed tedious, but we hope they understand that their contributions were crucial to us. We deeply appreciate their efforts. Graduate students Stephen B. Adams, Nancy Kay Berlage, and Margaret C. Rung provided valuable assistance in drafting annotations, as did Jonathan M. Soffer, a National Historical Publications and Records Commission intern.

The Johns Hopkins University, whose board of trustees launched and sustains this enterprise, has provided continuing support, both moral and fiscal. We are grateful to the board and its chairman Morris W. Offit and to former chairman George G. Radcliffe. Interim Johns Hopkins President Daniel Nathans and former presidents William C. Richardson and Steven Muller have taken a lively interest in this undertaking, as have Provost and Vice-President Joseph Cooper, vice-presidents Robert J. Haley and Ross Jones, and deans Lloyd Armstrong, Jr., Matthew A. Crenson, Marcus M. Diamond, and Steven Knapp. In the Office of Homewood Research Administration Cheryl-Lee Howard, Milton T. Cole and Susan S. Doane provided enthusiastic assistance. Others at Hopkins have been similarly helpful. In the History Department, chairs John Russell-Wood, Richard Goldthwaite, and Dorothy Ross, and administrative assistants Betty Whildin and Sharon A. Widomski have aided us in numerous ways. The staff of the Milton S. Eisenhower Library, where we are housed, has provided valuable support; we would like to thank former Sheridan Director Scott Bennett and Interim Sheridan Director Stephen G. Nichols, as well as Charles A. Baughan III, Alan C. Braddock, Daniel A. Buta, Bettie G. Cook, James E. Gillispie, Allan H. Holtzman, Thomas M. Izbicki, Mary Jane Miller, Edith Overstreet, Cynthia H. Requardt, Cynthia L. Simpson, and Ellen K. Stifler.

Extensive assistance from the federal government has made this undertaking possible. A great deal of that help has been financial. The National Endowment for the Humanities, headed by Sheldon Hackney and former Chairman Lynne V. Cheney, has provided significant grants to sustain our work; we are especially indebted to Douglas M. Arnold, Margot Backas, Kathy Fuller, Guinevere L. Griest, Gordon McKenny, and Margaret Scrymser for guidance. At the National Historical Publications and Records Commission--also a granting agency--we have been helped over the years by Roger Bruns, Frank G. Burke, Timothy Connelly, Gerald W. George, Nancy Sahli, and Richard N. Sheldon. Others in the U.S. government helped in different but equally important ways. At the National Archives, an important source of records in our research, we are indebted to Acting Archivist Trudy Huskamp Peterson, as well as Wilbert B. Mahoney, Edward J. Reese, John E. Taylor, and Claudine J. Weiher.

We owe an especially great debt to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, especially to its Director Daniel D. Holt, former Director John E. Wickman, and Assistant Director Martin M. Teasley. We are most appreciative of the efforts on our behalf of Thomas W. Branigar, Barbara J. Constable, James W. Leyerzapf, Linda K. Smith, Dwight Strandberg, Hazel O. Stroda, and Kathleen A. Struss. Special thanks go to Bonita B. Mulanax, Herbert L. Pankratz, and David J. Haight who provided us with invaluable research assistance while we were editing these presidential papers. Ernest A. Morse and Calvin A. Strowig of the Eisenhower Foundation and Dennis H. J. Medina of the Eisenhower Museum also rendered valuable aid.
As we completed our manuscripts and began the process leading to publication, we were fortunate to be working with an experienced, enthusiastic, and skillful staff at the Johns Hopkins University Press. Director Willis G. Regier and Director Emeritus Jack G. Goellner were extremely supportive, as were Joanne S. Allen, Douglas M. Armato, Eric F. Halpern, James S. Johnston, Barbara B. Lamb, Anita Walker Scott, and Henry Y. K. Tom. Acquisitions Editor Robert J. Brugger and Production Editor Carol Zimmerman guided the manuscript through to publication.
Computer assistance in preparing the manuscript was provided by Peter A. Batke, David R. Chesnutt, Vincent LaMonte, Greg S. Little, Benjamin J. Mayock, and Louise Miller-Finn.
This project has been largely funded with matching grants, and thus we turned to the private and nonprofit sectors for significant financial support. The Eisenhower World Affairs Institute assisted in this regard. We are particularly indebted to its President, Paul T. O'Day, to Executive Director and Secretary Jane L. Kratovil, and to Rick LaRue.

Others who deserve our special thanks include: Patricia L. Beirne, Lieutenant General Charles C. Blanton, USAF, Ret., Philip N. Cronenwett of the Dartmouth College Library, Anne B. Evans, Marguerite Ingalls-Jones, Hank Majewski, Beth (Mrs. Virgil B.) Pinkley, W. James Price IV, Louise G. Sleichter, and Celeste Walker and Peter C. Drummey, both of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

We are grateful to the Eisenhower family--John S. D. Eisenhower, Susan E. Eisenhower, and D. David Eisenhower II--for their continuing support and for their earnest efforts to see that our volumes met the standards set by President Eisenhower, who charged us with producing as complete a documentary record as possible. Douglas R. Price, formerly of the Eisenhower White House staff and now a member of our editorial board, has supported the research for these volumes in countless ways. He created opportunities to meet with other former members of the Eisenhower White House staff, including General Andrew J. Goodpaster, James M. Lambie, Jr., Raymond J. Saulnier, Abbott M. Washburn, and Wanda Washburn. The editorial staff was also privileged to meet with H. Roemer McPhee, Jr., L. Arthur Minnich, Bradley H. Patterson, Jr., Margaret W. Sparrow, Wallace C. Strobel, Sinclair Weeks, Jr., and Charles F. Willis, Jr.
We dedicate these volumes to Ellis Dwinnell Slater, Eisenhower's close personal friend, who provided many relaxing moments for the President and invaluable support for the publication of these papers.