<--PREV Doc #62  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #64 Document #63; March 1, 1953 To Donald P. McPherson, Jr. Series: EM, AWF, Gettysburg Series The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XIV - The Presidency: The Middle Way Part I: Charting a New Course; January 1953 to April 1953 Chapter 2: "A number of misunderstandings": Party and International Struggles   Dear Senator McPherson:1 While, of course, I appreciate the suggestion in your letter of February eighteenth, I would not want the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to consider simply on my behalf any improvement to the highway which runs past my farm at Gettysburg.2 In my opinion, the question of any improvement to this particular highway should merit the same attention that is accorded to any highway in Pennsylvania and in the light of what is best for the entire community. It was thoughtful of you to write, nonetheless. Mrs. Eisenhower and I hope we will be able to use the farm at Gettysburg from time to time, but at present we cannot make any definite plans. With best wishes, Sincerely 1 McPherson, a Republican, represented the Gettysburg area in the Pennsylvania state senate. 2 "It has been suggested that I write to you to ask you what, if any, improvement you might like the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to make to the State Highway which begins at the Western side of West Confederate Avenue and runs by the entrance to your farm and on to Pitzer's School House and beyond," McPherson had written (AWF/Gettysburg). "If you will let me know whether I can be of service to you in this or any other matter, I would greatly appreciate it." Bibliographic reference to this document: Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Donald P. McPherson, Jr., 1 March 1953. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 63. 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/63.cfm <--PREV Doc #62  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #64

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