<--PREV Doc #1451  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  Second Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #1453 Document #1452; March 10, 1960 To David Sarnoff Series: EM, WHCF, Official File 101-2 The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XX - The Presidency: Keeping the Peace Part IX: Shattered Dreams; March 1960 to July 1960 Chapter 21: "Progress in a knotty problem"   Dear Dave:1 At the conclusion of my broadcast the other evening, I found that I had allowed myself to run one minute over the time allotted to me. Although I usually keep a watch at hand to pace myself, I had neglected to do so and had no idea that I was exceeding the fifteen minutes you had so kindly given me.2 The offense will not be repeated!3 With warm regard, As ever 1 Sarnoff, chairman of the board of the Radio Corporation of America since 1947, had served as Eisenhower’s communications consultant during the Normandy invasion in 1944 (for background see Eisenhower Papers, vols. X - XVII). 2 On March 8, in a radio and television broadcast, the President had summarized his impressions gathered during a ten-day tour of Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay (for background see no. 1403). In his address Eisenhower had declared that U.S.-Latin American relations had "reached an all time high." He urged his fellow citizens to become better informed regarding Latin Americans, their institutions and traditions, and he advocated closer ties between North and South Americans (see Public Papers of the Presidents: Eisenhower, 1960 - 61, pp. 282 - 87, and New York Times, Mar. 9, 1960). 3 Sarnoff would reply (Mar. 17, same file as document) that the additional time had caused no difficulty in the network operations. The National Broadcasting Company had scheduled fifteen minutes of news comment directly following Eisenhower’s address so the extra minute "was not even noticeable." On this same day the President would send similar letters to the chairmen of the boards of the Columbia Broadcasting System, Mutual Broadcasting System and the American Broadcasting System (see Eisenhower to Stanton; Eisenhower to Hurleigh; Eisenhower to Goldenson, and Goldenson to Eisenhower, both Mar. 18, and Hurleigh to Eisenhower, Mar. 24, all in same file as document). Bibliographic reference to this document: Eisenhower, Dwight D. To David Sarnoff, 10 March 1960. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 1452. 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/1452.cfm <--PREV Doc #1451  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  Second Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #1453

Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission 1629 K Street, NW Suite 801 Washington DC 20006 Phone: 202.296.0004    Fax: 202.296.6464