Presidential Papers, Doc#196 To Herbert Bayard Swope, 18 May 1953. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower
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Document #196; May 18, 1953
To Herbert Bayard Swope
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 Herbert: I shall consult with my staff to see whether it would be preferable for us to take a chartered plane instead of the regular one assigned me, assuming that I am able to make the trip to New York on August nineteenth.1

As for any additional schedule over and above the appearance at the ceremony honoring BMB, I urgently advise against it. To reduce to a minimum the arrangements necessary for the expedition, I would normally plan on coming in sometime during the morning in a plane, going directly to the appointed place, and after the ceremony departing at once by plane.2

Bernie is having lunch with me this coming Friday.3

With warm regard, Sincerely

1 Swope had written on May 13 asking whether his group could have the "privilege" of paying expenses for Eisenhower when he traveled to New York for the ceremonies honoring Bernard M. Baruch (AWF/N). Writing again on the twenty-first, Swope advised Eisenhower to use an official plane so as not to imply that there was anything questionable about the President's paying tribute to a citizen (ibid.). Eisenhower's staff advised him to make the trip in a chartered plane (Eisenhower to Swope, May 22, 1953, ibid.). As it turned out, he would use the presidential plane (see the Chronology).

2 See no. 127. Swope had suggested that Eisenhower also visit Jones Beach for a swim and a light dinner.

3 See New York Times, May 23, 1953; and the Chronology.

Bibliographic reference to this document:
Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Herbert Bayard Swope, 18 May 1953. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 196. 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/196.cfm

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