<--PREV Doc #1645  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #1647 Document #1646; November 30, 1955 To John Reagan McCrary, Jr. Series: EM, AWF, Name Series The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XVI - The Presidency: The Middle Way Part VIII: Toward "statesmanship of a high order"; June 1955 to November 1955 Chapter 17: "Stern edicts" from the Doctors   Dear Tex: Your letter of the twenty-first brings back many memories--and as usual amazes me with your enthusiasm and your selflessness. You can be sure that barring some overwhelming obstacle, Mamie and I will be listening on January twentieth.1 I can well realize that there is ahead of you and Jinx, and Barry Leithead and Doug Black, some tough and demanding work. Just to absorb the realization that such wonderful people as compose your group should undertake to organize and stage a demonstration of this kind is an overwhelming experience for me.2 Incidentally, don't you have a new letterhead? I wish someone would explain to me exactly what are "national community relations."3 With warm regard, Sincerely 1 Writing on November 21 (AWF/N) McCrary had outlined plans for the upcoming nationwide "Salute to Eisenhower" dinners, scheduled for January 20. The memories recalled by Eisenhower were those of February 1952, when McCrary had served as master of ceremonies at the highly successful "Serenade to Ike" rally in Madison Square Garden; for background see Galambos, NATO and the Campaign of 1952, nos. 624 and 667. 2 McCrary had written that his wife, Jinx Falkenburg, and longtime Eisenhower friends and supporters Barry T. Leithead and Douglas M. Black were assisting with plans for New York's Salute to Eisenhower at Madison Square Garden. For developments see no. 1712. 3 In his reply of January 11 (AWF/N) McCrary noted that Eisenhower's "quick and kindly eye" had spotted the new letterhead. He said that he had set up a public relations business which he called "community relations," explaining that he thought the "best way to reach America is by one community at a time." He believed, he said, that "the best speeches are those made to one man at a time. The right man at the right time." Bibliographic reference to this document: Eisenhower, Dwight D. To John Reagan McCrary, Jr., 30 November 1955. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 1646. 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/1646.cfm <--PREV Doc #1645  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #1647

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