<--PREV Doc #1717  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #1719 Document #1718; January 24, 1956 Diary Series: EM, AWF, DDE Diaries Series ; Category: Secret The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XVI - The Presidency: The Middle Way Part IX: "Concerning my political intentions"; December 1955 to April 1956 Chapter 18: On "an almost normal schedule"   I met the Chairman of the Republican National Committee, Leonard Hall, and with the Chairman of the Finance Committee, Mr. Cliff Folger, who gave me some of the details on the "Salute to Eisenhower" dinners held on the night of January 20th.1 They believe they obtained a remarkable result, not merely in the amount of money collected, but in the generating of enthusiasm and morale.2 Last evening Senator George came to see me. Originally I had asked for the meeting on an "off the record" basis, but through some misunderstanding the matter got into the papers and so I had Secretary Dulles come to my house at the same time Senator George was there. We talked general matters in the foreign field, and Senator George spoke very hopefully of our chances of getting approval, in general, for the program on which we are working.3 1 For background see nos. 1646 and 1712. 2 For further details on the financial outcome see also no. 1713. 3 On the efforts to enlist Democratic Senator Walter F. George's support for a bipartisan foreign policy, see no. 1701. Eisenhower is probably referring to his efforts to secure an effective mutual security program; see no. 1806. Bibliographic reference to this document: Eisenhower, Dwight D. Secret Diary, 24 January 1956. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 1718. 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/1718.cfm <--PREV Doc #1717  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #1719

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