Presidential Papers, Doc#369 To William Douglas Pawley, 3 August 1953. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower
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Document #369; August 3, 1953
To William Douglas Pawley
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 5: "So much to do in the world"

 

Dear Bill:1 I am just rushing off to Seattle, and so this note will have to be very brief.2 However, I did want to say, first, that Mamie and I thoroughly enjoyed our visit with you and Edna yesterday.3 Needless to say, we are profoundly appreciative of the trouble you took to look up the place for us to examine as a possible residence.

In talking to Mamie, I have come to the conclusion that her heart is really set on the Pennsylvania farm.4 When I talked about getting rid of it, she looked as if she were about to lose her last friend. So I have decided to go ahead and rebuild that house completely as the one thing I can do really to satisfy her.

Both of us, of course, have the regret that, by going up there, we cannot look forward to having you and Edna as neighbors--but, after all, we won't be too far away for frequent visits.

With love to Edna,5 and warm regard to yourself, Sincerely

1 Eisenhower had known Pawley, former ambassador to Peru and Brazil, since 1947. For background see Galambos, NATO and the Campaign of 1952, no. 41.

2 The President would attend the Governors' Conference on August 4 (see no. 288).

3 The President's appointment calendar does not include this visit. On July 24 Pawley had written Eisenhower concerning the purchase of a five-hundred acre farm in Virginia. The property, which was not for sale publicly, was "considered," he said, "one of the outstanding farms in this general area." Pawley proposed that he purchase the farm for the Eisenhowers and hold it until they wished to take possession. On July 31 Eisenhower replied that he would discuss the matter with Mamie and contact Pawley soon (both letters in AWF/N).

4 For background on the Eisenhowers' Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, farm see Galambos, NATO and the Campaign of 1952, no. 3, and Eisenhower, At Ease, pp. 358-61.

5 Pawley's wife, the former Edna Earle Cadenhead.

Bibliographic reference to this document:
Eisenhower, Dwight D. To William Douglas Pawley, 3 August 1953. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 369. 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/369.cfm

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