<--PREV Doc #468  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #470 Document #469; October 20, 1953 To Robert Ludwig Schulz Series: EM, AWF, DDE Diaries Series ; Category: Memorandum 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"   Herewith a copy of a note to Jack Solomon.1 The tenor of his letter implies that he is getting ready an entire beef for me; this gets into a very difficult precedent. Can you tactfully get over to him that while I would be delighted to have samples of this kind of beef, it is a little embarrassing if the presents arriving are too large in volume and in value. I think you can do this without hurting his feelings. Incidentally, if he asked you about any particular things that we like, you might tell him that Mrs. Eisenhower is always fond of sweetbreads and liver. As you know, I just like beef! Attached also is a copy of a note to Mr. Frank Woods.2 Could you follow it up with a request that if he does send the chickens and chukars to the White House he address them to you? Also can you--again tactfully--suggest that he send them fresh, not frozen, as they would probably thaw out on the trip and be no good when they arrived. You could say that if he will let you know when they are on the way, you will look out for them, and would be sure to get them quickly into the deep freeze. 1 The note to Solomon, of Gallagher's Farm in Gainesville, Virginia, is not in the files. For developments see no. 970. 2 While the note to Wood, of Wichita Falls, Texas, also is not in the files, in his October 27 letter Eisenhower would tell Wood that he was overwhelmed at the prospect of receiving knives, chukars, pheasants, turkeys, and chickens. "All most delightful," he wrote, "but I feel like Jesse James." He went on to say that Schulz might have to take a "half ton truck to the airport rather than an ordinary passenger car" to meet the plane (AWF/D). Wood would visit with Eisenhower at the White House on November 3. For developments see no. 635. Bibliographic reference to this document: Eisenhower, Dwight D. Memorandum To Robert Ludwig Schulz, 20 October 1953. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 469. 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/469.cfm <--PREV Doc #468  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #470

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