<--PREV Doc #365  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  Second Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #367 Document #366; October 2, 1957 To Edwin Palmer Hoyt Series: EM, WHCF, President’s Personal File 415 The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XVIII - The Presidency: Keeping the Peace Part III: The Space Age Begins; October 1957 to January 1958 Chapter 6: Sputnik and "the fears of our own people"   Dear Ep: Thanks very much for sending me the story about Ed Dudley. I agree with you that that Puerto Rico job sounds very attractive, and I only wish I had the slightest possibility of a trip down there. Augusta won’t seem the same without Ed.1 Golf at Newport was enjoyable. I got to the point where I was hitting as long a ball as I ever did, but with that development came a corresponding slump in my putting. I liked the course (with the exception of the wind that often came in from the bay) and the pro there, named Norman Palmer, is a very nice man and an excellent instructor.2 Needless to say, I greatly appreciate your comments about the Little Rock situation.3 At this writing I don’t know what the outcome will be. I am unhappy not only because of the turmoil that has been aroused in our own country, but I confess the reaction in friendly countries has been a source of great distress.4 With warm regard, Sincerely 1 Hoyt had enclosed the article, which appeared in The Denver Post on September 22, with his letter of September 27. He said he planned to visit Puerto Rico (same file as document). Dudley, the former golf professional at the Augusta National Golf Club, had taken a position at the Dorado Golf Club in Puerto Rico (see nos. 271, 272, and 273). 2 The Eisenhowers had vacationed in Newport, Rhode Island, September 4 - 30 (see nos. 243 and 373). 3 Hoyt had commended Eisenhower's "courageous and efficient handling" of the crisis in Little Rock, Arkansas. On Eisenhower's decision to send federal troops into Little Rock, see no. 358. 4 The foreign press had given a great deal of attention to the episode in Little Rock (see no. 360; see also Public Papers of the Presidents: Eisenhower, 1957, p. 709). On this same day Director of Central Intelligence Allen Dulles had described for Eisenhower the impact of Little Rock on world opinion (NSC meeting minutes, Oct. 3, 1957, AWF/NSC). For developments see no. 418. Bibliographic reference to this document: Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Edwin Palmer Hoyt, 2 October 1957. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 366. 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/366.cfm <--PREV Doc #365  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  Second Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #367

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