Presidential Papers, Doc#177 To Edgar Newton Eisenhower, 5 May 1953. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower
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Document #177; May 5, 1953
To Edgar Newton Eisenhower
Series: EM, AWF, Name Series
The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XIV - The Presidency: The Middle Way
Part II: Settling into "the long pull"; May 1953 to August 1953
Chapter 3: "A time for continued vigilance"

 

Dear Ed: For goodness sake, tell your friend, Mr. Irwin, that the last thing I need or could use would be a live elephant.1 I have enough problems without finding food and caretakers for that kind of a pet.

Thank him warmly in my name, but make your negative reply very firm indeed!

As for the way he got his information, I can only say he seems to be another fellow who apparently believes everything he reads. As ever

1 Earl L. Irwin had telephoned the President's brother explaining that he had known the General in London and in Europe, where he had served as a sergeant in the Communications Section. Irwin had read a newspaper article in the Seattle Post Intelligencer stating that someone was trying to deliver an elephant to Eisenhower. As the owner of a two-year-old Indian elephant, Irwin wished to "furnish the White House with the creature" (Edgar N. Eisenhower to Eisenhower, May 5, 1953, AWF/N).

Bibliographic reference to this document:
Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Edgar Newton Eisenhower, 5 May 1953. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 177. 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/177.cfm

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