Presidential Papers, Doc#159 To Milton Stover Eisenhower, 24 April 1953. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower
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Document #159; April 24, 1953
To Milton Stover Eisenhower
Series: EM, AWF, Name Series
The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XIV - The Presidency: The Middle Way
Part I: Charting a New Course; January 1953 to April 1953
Chapter 2: "A number of misunderstandings": Party and International Struggles

 

Dear Milton: I do most sincerely pray that Helen is in the hospital merely for a routine checkup; the news in your letter came as a complete surprise and jarred me profoundly.1 Give her my love.

At this moment I cannot remember exactly the schedule we fixed up for me to follow in coming to your place on the weekend of May ninth.2 I remember that Mamie is to stay over on Monday and I am to come back late Sunday evening. As far as going up is concerned, I have the White House Correspondents' dinner Friday night, but Saturday morning I shall get a bright and early start.3 I think it best that I come to the closest field I can in the big ship. You should not meet me. The security people will have automobile transportation arranged, I am quite sure.

I spoke to Bedell Smith about the assistance that the State Department should provide to you for your South American trip, both now in preparation and later for the trip itself.4 I suppose Mr. Cabot will want to go along, but I think you should have some young State Department chap who can really do a job in preliminary research and fact finding and who will be available for secretarial and recording purposes throughout the trip.5

I think you have only to tell the Secretary of State exactly what you want and it will be arranged.

Again my best wishes to Helen, As ever

1 In an undated note apparently written on Friday, April 17 (AWF/N), Milton had reported that his wife had suffered a recurrence of an illness that had first afflicted her in January 1951 (see Galambos, NATO and the Campaign of 1952, no. 9). Physicians had prescribed "deep x-ray treatments" and offered reassurances. "I honestly believe," Milton wrote his brother, "that things will come out all right."

2 See no. 154.

3 On May 8 the White House Correspondents' Association entertained the President. During the dinner three members put on a skit spoofing Eisenhower's interest in golf (Washington Post, May 9, 1953).

4 Walter Bedell Smith was Under Secretary of State.

5 On Milton's planned trip to Latin America see no. 89. John M. Cabot was Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs.

Bibliographic reference to this document:
Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Milton Stover Eisenhower, 24 April 1953. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 159. 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/159.cfm

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