<--PREV Doc #1647  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #1649 Document #1648; November 30, 1955 To Kenneth W. Probasco Series: EM, AWF, Gettysburg 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 Mr. Probasco: Again I want to assure you, and through you, the members of the Farm Bureau Cooperative Association, Inc., of Ohio, of my appreciation of your kindness in presenting to me such a fine tractor.1 It will be an invaluable asset in our farming operations, and I am truly grateful. It was a great pleasure to meet you--and, despite the cold, [I] enjoyed our brief talk about some of my farm problems. And, of course, I was delighted to have the opportunity to show off my tiny herd of Angus. With best wishes and renewed thanks, Sincerely 1 Probasco was executive vice-president of the Farm Bureau Cooperative Association, Inc., of Ohio. Earlier this same day, Probasco and representatives of the the Indiana Farm Bureau Cooperative Association, Inc., and the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Cooperative Association had given a Black Hawk tractor to Eisenhower for use on his farm. In October Presidential Secretary Ann Whitman had suggested that, in view of the President's illness, the group might consider presenting the tractor to Eisenhower's farm manager, General Arthur Nevins. They had, however, preferred to wait until Eisenhower was well enough for a personal presentation (see Throckmorton to Whitman, Nov. 23, 1955, AWF/Gettysburg; see also Briggs to Eisenhower, Aug. 5, 1955, Eisenhower to Briggs, Aug. 11, 1955, Whitman to Adams [Oct. 11, 1955], Whitman to Briggs, Oct. 11, 1955, and Briggs to Whitman, Oct. 18, 1955, all in ibid.). Bibliographic reference to this document: Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Kenneth W. Probasco, 30 November 1955. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 1648. 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/1648.cfm <--PREV Doc #1647  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #1649

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