Presidential Papers, Doc#1143 To Edgar Newton Eisenhower, 27 April 1959. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower
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Document #1143; April 27, 1959
To Edgar Newton Eisenhower
Series: EM, WHCF, Official File 8
The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XX - The Presidency: Keeping the Peace
Part VII: Berlin and the Chance for a Summit; March 1959 to August 1959
Chapter 16: A "staunch bulwark" resigns

 

Dear Ed: Thanks for your note about Foster Dulles. It is more than ironic that it took his grave illness to awaken the American people to a true appreciation of his strength and wisdom, particularly in the struggle against Imperialistic Communism.1

Your friend Mr. Hoy also invited me to stay at his hotel in case I go to Chicago at the time of the Republican National Convention next year.2 I thanked him but said that if I should attend the Convention, I would undoubtedly stay at the Blackstone as in former years.3

Give my love to Lucy and all the best to yourself. As ever

1 Edgar had written on April 23 that Dulles's resignation made him "particularly sorry" for the President and "equally sorry" for Americans (on the Secretary of State's April 15 announcement see no. 1137). Edgar admitted that although "he could never warm up to Mr. Dulles," he admired his "determination and iron will" in "blocking the Russians in every move they have made."

2 Patrick Henry Hoy of Chicago was president of the Hotel Sherman, Inc. Hoy had begun his career as executive assistant to the president of Hotel Sherman in 1946. Edgar had received Hoy's invitation to stay at the hotel in Chicago during the 1960 Republican National Convention.

3 As it turned out the President would stay at the Blackstone Hotel while attending the convention (see no. 1592, and New York Times, July 27, 1960). The Blackstone had been Eisenhower's campaign headquarters during the 1952 Republican National Convention (see no. 942).

Bibliographic reference to this document:
Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Edgar Newton Eisenhower, 27 April 1959. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 1143. 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/1143.cfm

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