<--PREV Doc #19  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  Second Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #21 Document #20; February 4, 1957 To Moretta Hinkle Skinner Series: EM, AWF, DDE Diaries Series The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XVIII - The Presidency: Keeping the Peace Part I: A New Beginning, Old Problems; January 1957 to May 1957 Chapter 1: The Mideast and the Eisenhower Doctrine   Dear Mrs. Skinner: This will acknowledge your letter of January twenty-eighth.1 I am told that when you applied for a position at the Republican National Committee some years ago, Mrs. Eisenhower endorsed you on the basis of a long-time acquaintanceship. I am sure that your services have proved satisfactory to the Committee, but I feel that any application for promotion or transfer of duties that you may have should be directed to Mr. Alcorn in person.2 The record of your service and your qualifications is undoubtedly on file, and will be helpful to him in making his decision. I cannot possibly interfere in a matter that is obviously one of office management within the headquarters of the Republican National Committee. I am grateful for your good wishes and trust you will understand why I cannot provide you with a personal endorsement for a specific position within the Committee's office. Sincerely 1 Mrs. Skinner was a receptionist in the Administration Division of the Republican National Committee. She had written to ask the President to endorse her for "one of the many vacancies coming up (as assistant to the chairman) on a local basis" (AWF/D). 2 Hugh Meade Alcorn, Jr., (A.B. Dartmouth College 1930, LL.B. Yale 1933) had been elected chairman of the Republican National Committee on January 22 (New York Times, Jan. 23, 1957). Bibliographic reference to this document: Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Moretta Hinkle Skinner, 4 February 1957. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 20. 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/20.cfm <--PREV Doc #19  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  Second Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #21

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