<--PREV Doc #2028  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #2030 Document #2029; October 12, 1956 To Dan Hendrickson Series: EM, AWF, Name Series ; Category: Personal The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XVII - The Presidency: The Middle Way Part XI: The free world's "sad mess"; October 1956 to January 1957 Chapter 22: On Suez "we do not see eye to eye"   Dear Mr. Hendrickson: I have read with interest your long letter of October second.1 I read with special attention your comments on the political situation both in Ohio and New Jersey.2 As you say, the "political bug" seems to be an indestructible thing once it really gets into a man's blood. While I feel certain that I have never fallen a victim to this particular germ, I do realize that it is very prevalent among most people who started their political careers younger than I did. However, you yourself pointed out how satisfied Tom Dewey seems to be in his present work in civil life.3 Beyond this, he is still doing very valuable and interesting work in the political field. I am quite sure we have no more effective political speaker in the Republican stable than he is. In addition, he retains a very great influence in the state and national circles of the Party. I merely point this out so that no matter what your brother finally decides to do, he does not need to desert completely political activities. With warm regard, Sincerely 1 Dan Hendrickson was the brother of Robert Hendrickson, who had served as U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand since 1955. A financial scandal had destroyed Robert Hendrickson's chances of reelection to the Senate from New Jersey. 2 Dan Hendrickson had written of his brother's continuing ambition to run for governor or senator from New Jersey and of the apparent success of the Republican gubernatorial campaign on themes calculated to appeal to independent voters and Democrats (Oct. 2, 1956, AWF/N). 3 Hendrickson had also suggested that Eisenhower might want to appoint his brother to some other diplomatic or judicial post; if he did not get an appointment, he would return to private law practice, as did former New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey. Eisenhower had already decided not to appoint Hendrickson (see no. 1242). Bibliographic reference to this document: Eisenhower, Dwight D. Personal To Dan Hendrickson, 12 October 1956. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 2029. 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/2029.cfm <--PREV Doc #2028  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #2030

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