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Document
#1719; January 25, 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"
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The Supreme Court has said that segregation in the public schools is prohibited by the Constitution.1 Of course I favor the elimination of segregation, because I believe that equality of opportunity for every individual in America is one of the foundation stones of our system of Government.2 We have made great strides in this field, and will continue that progress. We must also make progress in reducing the critical classroom shortage, and I would be disappointed if any amendment dealing with segregation should produce a stalemate that would prevent any progress being made in school legislation.3
Bibliographic reference to this document:
Eisenhower, Dwight D. Secret Diary,
25 January 1956.
In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 1719.
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/1719.cfm
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