<--PREV Doc #1142  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #1144 Document #1143; November 4, 1954 To Thomas Edmund Dewey Series: EM, AWF, Administration 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 13: "A new phase of political experience"   Dear Tom: I appreciated your note of the first.1 Like the commentators and columnists, I am at the moment unable to make a realistic appraisal of the results of Tuesday's affair.2 Time will give us some sort of perspective that now no one seems to have. Whenever you plan to be in Washington, I should be delighted to see you. I suggest you give Tom Stephen's office as much notice as possible so I can save time for a good talk.3 Jim Hagerty sees some pitfalls in inviting one particular commentator to a stag dinner; however, we will try to work something out a little later.4 Mamie joins me in warm regard to Frances, and, of course, the best to yourself. Sincerely 1 The New York governor had told Eisenhower the day before the elections that regardless of the outcome, the President had "made an historic contribution politically and if the result is adverse it means absolutely nothing with regard to the people's confidence in the Administration" (Nov. 1, 1954, AWF/A). 2 For the election results see nos. 1138 and 1141. 3 "When you want to steal any time to discuss the result of a possible election of a Democratic Congress," Dewey had written, "I should like to visit with you about it." Thomas E. Stephens, the President's appointment secretary, would probably arrange their meeting of March 16, 1955. 4 Dewey had recommended that television commentator Douglas Edwards receive a dinner invitation. He was the only important commentator who had "done a superb and wholly friendly job," Dewey said. Bibliographic reference to this document: Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Thomas Edmund Dewey, 4 November 1954. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 1143. 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/1143.cfm <--PREV Doc #1142  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #1144

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