Presidential Papers, Doc#1839 To Ellis Dwinnell Slater, 16 April 1956. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower

Document #1839; April 16, 1956
To Ellis Dwinnell Slater
Series: EM, AWF, Name Series

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 19: The goal: A "durable peace"

 

Dear Slats: Come next winter, when my new vicuna sports coat is made up, I shall dazzle my friends--and feel pampered myself. Thanks so much for bringing me that wonderful material.

Short as it was, our Augusta "vacation" was made the more pleasant by the presence of you and Priscilla. I find it hard, at this early morning hour, to settle back to the farm bill--and Republican "principles"--and the foreign situation, even though they were never out of my mind the last week.1 But somehow or other it's easier to take them when there's the prospect of eighteen holes in front of you.

With warm regard, and my deep appreciation of your kindness, As ever

P.S. Mrs. Whitman is to call you today re: more semen.2

1 The Eisenhowers had returned to Washington, D.C., on April 15. On the farm bill see no. 1841, on Republican "principles" no. 1802, and no. 1811 on the foreign situation. Slater discusses the vacation and Eisenhower's concern with these issues in his memoir, The Ike I Knew, pp. 125-27.

2 See no. 1714.

Bibliographic reference to this document:
Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Ellis Dwinnell Slater, 16 April 1956. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 1839. 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/1839.cfm

 


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