<--PREV Doc #1171  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #1173 Document #1172; November 29, 1954 To John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower Series: EM, AWF, Microfilm Series: Official File 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 John: The enclosed check is just to provide a few extra trinkets for the Christmas shopping list, for Barbie and the kids; it is not hereafter to be mentioned, even to me. Augusta weather has been a little less pleasant than is usual for this time of year, my golf scores have been terrible, my bursitis and creaking muscles plague me, the Republicans in the Senate don't seem to understand the meaning of the words "organization" and "loyalty," the barbarous rulers of Red China pursue their reckless way--sometimes it seems a sorry world.1 But it is our world, we have to live in it, and the job of all of us is to make it a little better. After four days here, I feel somewhat refreshed and a bit readier to tackle the worrisome jobs that come constantly to my desk in Washington. After all, the outlook, both domestically and throughout the world, looks better for the cause of freedom than it did two years ago. We not only have many things for which to be thankful, but I continue to be optimistic on the abilities of the United States to lead the way to a better atmosphere in the world. Give my love to Barbie and the kids. Devotedly 1 The Eisenhowers had traveled to Augusta National Golf Club for the Thanksgiving holiday (see New York Times, Nov. 25-30, 1954). On the weather conditions and the President's disappointment regarding his golf scores see New York Times, Nov. 26, 27, 1954. On his recent attack of bursitis see no. 1145. The issues most pressing to the President at this time were the Democratic majority he would face in the Senate following the midterm elections (see no. 1135); Senate Republican Majority Leader Knowland's recent speech criticizing U.S. foreign policy (see no. 1151); and the controversy in Congress on the impending censure of Republican Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (see no. 1179). On the eleven U.S. airmen convicted of espionage by the Communist Chinese see no. 1200. Bibliographic reference to this document: Eisenhower, Dwight D. To John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower, 29 November 1954. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 1172. 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/1172.cfm <--PREV Doc #1171  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #1173

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