<--PREV Doc #447  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #449 Document #448; October 2, 1953 To Harold Hitz Burton Series: EM, AWF, Administration Series: Supreme Court The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XIV - The Presidency: The Middle Way Part III: The Space Age Begins; October 1957 to January 1958 Chapter 6: Building strength when there is "no perfect answer"   Dear Mr. Justice: I am sincerely grateful for your expression of approval of my selection of Governor Warren to serve as Chief Justice.1 In such an important nomination there is, of course, a great variety of qualifications to be considered, and I attach all the more value to your commendation because of the very high degree in which you personally possess so many of these qualifications.2 With warm personal regard, As ever 1 Burton (LL.B. Harvard 1912), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court since 1945, had written that he felt that Warren would "meet the opportunity admirably" and that he would "consider it a privilege to work with him" (Oct. 1, 1953, AWF/A: Supreme Court). 2 Commenting on this letter, Eisenhower said that he had "considered elevating Justice Burton to the position of Chief Justice, but had discarded [the] idea because he was afraid he was not enough of an administrator" (Ann Whitman memorandum, Oct. 2, 1953, AWF/AWD). For background on Eisenhower's selection of Warren see no. 444. Bibliographic reference to this document: Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Harold Hitz Burton, 2 October 1953. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 448. 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/448.cfm <--PREV Doc #447  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #449

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