Presidential Papers, Doc#1089 To Bradford Grethen Chynoweth, 2 October 1954. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower
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Document #1089; October 2, 1954
To Bradford Grethen Chynoweth
Series: EM, AWF, Name Series
The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XV - The Presidency: The Middle Way
Part VI: Crises Abroad, Party Problems at Home; September 1954 to December 1954
Chapter 132: Asia: A "boiling kettle of possible trouble"

 

Dear Chyn: Your letter was encouraging.1

Never by any twisted interpretation could any words of mine have been taken to mean that in the field of moral values there is any middle road. Always when I have talked about the middle of the road being the path of progress, I have excepted the moral.2

With warm regard, Sincerely

1 Chynoweth's letter of September 11 was the fourth in a series concerning their political philosophies (AWF/N). For the earlier letters see nos. 977, 986, 998.

2 Chynoweth had recounted the story of his argument with a "Republican lady" in which, he said, "the lady won, as they always do and must." "She persuaded me," he wrote, "that when going in the right direction, the middle of the road is best; but not the middle between right and wrong."

Regarding the upcoming midterm elections Chynoweth said he felt "more nearly in accord" with Administration policy than at any time since Eisenhower's election. In June, he said, he "almost felt like not voting. Now," he reported, "I am definitely Republican again."

Bibliographic reference to this document:
Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Bradford Grethen Chynoweth, 2 October 1954. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 1089. 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/1089.cfm

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