<--PREV Doc #270  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  Second Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #272 Document #271; August 5, 1957 To Edward Bishop Dudley, Jr. Series: EM, WHCF, President’s Personal File 339 ; Category: Personal The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XVIII - The Presidency: Keeping the Peace Part II: Civil Rights; June 1957 to September 1957 Chapter 4: "Logic and reason must operate gradually"   Dear Ed: The status of my golf, which is not good, is of no importance whatsoever compared to the news contained in your letter that you are soon to leave the Augusta Club. I cannot tell you how deeply I regret the change, but I most emphatically agree that you must look out for your future financial security.1 Of course there is no risk in the matter as long as you can lift a golf club even from a wheel chair; I am sure that most people who have had the benefit of your instruction agree that you are one of the master teachers. But I repeat that I thoroughly endorse your decision, particularly if the new club has given you a long term guarantee. I believe it is true that Puerto Rico is becoming more and more popular as a resort and this, if accurate, could make a great success out of the new club. Certainly they will not be able to complain for any deficiency in the instruction department. Wherever you go my good wishes--and my gratitude for the great patience you have shown toward my always erratic game--will be yours.2 Please remember me warmly to Ruth and, of course, all the best to yourself.3 In these sentiments Mrs. Eisenhower sincerely joins. As ever P.S. I don't know that I shall ever be able to come to Puerto Rico, but I can assure you that your being there vastly increases my desire to do so. 1 Dudley had been the winter golf professional at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, since 1932 (for background see Eisenhower Papers, vols. X - XVII). On August 1 Dudley had written that he took a "personal interest" in Eisenhower's golf. He went on to say that he had accepted a position as the winter golf pro at the Dorado Club, a new resort, in Dorado, Puerto Rico. He would also continue his summer position at the Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs, Colorado (see also the Denver Post, Sept. 22, 1957). With his letter to the President, Dudley had enclosed a copy of a July 19 letter to Eisenhower's old friend and chairman of the Augusta National's executive committee, Cliff Roberts. In it he explained that the position in Dorado would benefit him and his family financially. 2 On September 12 Dudley would thank the President for his letter. "It will be awfully difficult to have to leave such wonderful friends," he said. He also gave the President advice on his golf swing. For developments see the following document. All correspondence is in the same file as the document. 3 Ruth was Dudley's wife. Bibliographic reference to this document: Eisenhower, Dwight D. Personal To Edward Bishop Dudley, Jr., 5 August 1957. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 271. 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/271.cfm <--PREV Doc #270  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  Second Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #272

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