<--PREV Doc #1928  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #1930 Document #1929; July 25, 1956 To Herman R. Purdy Series: EM, AWF, Gettysburg Series The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XVII - The Presidency: The Middle Way Part X: Cracks in the Alliance; May 1956 to September 1956 Chapter 20: Confronting "great risks"   Dear Herman: Thank you very much for your letter and for your good wishes for my improvement in health.1 It would appear that we should forget, for the moment, the possibility of mating any of our animals to O. Bardoliermere 32nd. Since you breed by artificial insemination, we would be unable to do anything about the matter. If however, the time should arrive when he returns to Penn State and we should have a couple of our better heifers ready for breeding, I will get in touch with you.2 As you know, up until this time George Allen is running the Gettysburg farms without my participation. Consequently, he should be the one to interview Mr. Hartley.3 While Mr. Allen is temporarily on the West Coast, he will be back soon, I am sure. I shall see that he gets the information you sent on, and know that he will be anxious to make agreeable arrangements with Mr. Hartley in the event that he should like our setup. I am certain that you will be hearing from Mr. Allen within a very few days. With my grateful thanks for the trouble you have taken in behalf of both of us, Sincerely 1 Beef cattle specialist Purdy had written on July 23 (AWF/Gettysburg). 2 Purdy had offered the bull's services. For background on the bull and Eisenhower's efforts to improve his Black Angus herd see no. 1881. 3 On the Eisenhower-Allen partnership see no. 1661. Eisenhower would write to Allen and send him a copy of Purdy's letter on this same day (AWF/D). Purdy had recommended a former student, Robert S. Hartley, for the job of herdsman on Eisenhower's farm. On November 1 Hartley would begin his duties (see Nevins to Eisenhower, Oct. 15, 1956 and Jan. 11, 1957, both in AWF/Gettysburg; and Nevins, Five-Star Farmer, p. 126). Bibliographic reference to this document: Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Herman R. Purdy, 25 July 1956. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 1929. 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/1929.cfm <--PREV Doc #1928  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #1930

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