<--PREV Doc #362  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  Second Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #364 Document #363; September 30, 1957 To Charles Phelps Taft Series: EM, WHCF, Official File 101-MM The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XVIII - The Presidency: Keeping the Peace Part II: Civil Rights; June 1957 to September 1957 Chapter 5: Little Rock   Dear Charlie: Thank you for sending me a copy of the talk you made about the "modernism" of your father in public office.1 It told me much of which I was unaware; I was delighted to read it.2 Frankly, the hatred of some people for the word "modern" seems to me to be very much forced--and certainly ridiculous. I am sure those Congressmen who pretend to fear the word do not drive to their offices behind a team of bays, nor refuse to eat any food that is not cooked on the coal stoves of Lincoln’s time. Either we are modern, or we do not belong in the year 1957. Again my gratitude to you for your thoughtfulness in sending me a copy of your most interesting talk. With warm regard, Sincerely 1 Taft, son of William Howard Taft (1857 - 1930; 27">2 Eisenhower had outlined his concept of "modern Republicanism" in a speech following his election victory in November 1956 (see no. 101). See also New York Times, November 19, 1957. Bibliographic reference to this document: Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Charles Phelps Taft, 30 September 1957. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 363. 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/363.cfm <--PREV Doc #362  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  Second Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #364

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