<--PREV Doc #191  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #193 Document #192; May 14, 1953 To Douglas McKay Series: EM, AWF, Administration 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 Mr. Secretary: Much as I should like to accede to any request from you, I must regretfully say "No" to your suggestion that I lend a painting to be exhibited during the Fourth Annual Art Exhibit of the Interior Department Recreation Association.1 You will understand that I have had to make a firm policy to decline all such requests, and even if this is in the official family I think I should abide by this rule. As a matter of fact, I have given all my paintings away except for the one that hangs in my office!2 Sincerely 1 Secretary of the Interior McKay was honorary president of the department's Recreation Association. His request of May 12 is in AWF/A. 2 For background on Eisenhower's painting see Galambos, Columbia University. Bibliographic reference to this document: Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Douglas McKay, 14 May 1953. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 192. 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/192.cfm <--PREV Doc #191  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #193

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