Presidential Papers, Doc#1086 To Arthur Ellsworth Summerfield, Sr., 2 March 1959. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower

Document #1086; March 2, 1959
To Arthur Ellsworth Summerfield, Sr.
Series: EM, AWF, Administration Series

The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XX - The Presidency: Keeping the Peace
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Chapter 16: A "staunch bulwark" resigns

 

Dear Arthur: I have no disagreement with the basic objectives of your talk--a thriving, free economy, with its necessary features of a sound dollar and a carefully designed tax structure that will both produce the necessary revenue and strengthen incentive.1

In the margin of the text I see some pencilled notations; I do not know who made them and I do not, of course, have the time to discuss any editorial changes.

With warm regard, As ever

1 A copy of Postmaster General Summerfield's speech, "How Deeply Do You Believe in America?" which would be delivered to the New York Sales Executives Club on March 10, 1959, is in AWF/A. He would urge support for a balanced national budget and a bold anti-inflation program, a fairer tax system and legislation to crush "union monopolists" (New York Times, Mar. 11, 1959). Summerfield would also take note of the economic competition with the Soviet Union and the need in the United States to offer high incentives for outstanding individual performance.

Bibliographic reference to this document:
Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Arthur Ellsworth Summerfield, Sr., 2 March 1959. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 1086. 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/second-term/documents/1086.cfm

 


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