<--PREV Doc #474  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  Second Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #476 Document #475; November 23, 1957 To Billy G. Byars Series: EM, AWF, Gettysburg Series 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 Billy: I, too, enjoyed our all too brief visit in the office a week or so ago.1 I tried to follow your instructions on my so-called Augusta "vacation," but I found that crises, large and small, and speech drafts managed to get in my way, as usual.2 Thanks for the tips on how to hang and cure steers, and for the procedure you follow in the preparation of hamburger meat.3 I shall see that your instructions are sent to the various people who handle this business for me.4 With warm regard, As ever 1 Byars had visited the White House the morning of November 12. His letter of November 19 is in AWF/Gettysburg. 2 Byars had commented on Eisenhower's healthy appearance and "good constitution," and he had urged the President to "get in plenty of golf and rest" during the vacation (Nov. 16 - 21). Among the crises Eisenhower encountered were those involving Sputnik, Little Rock, and Syria (see nos. 401, 394, 447, 330, and 332, respectively). On the speech drafts see nos. 434, 457, and 470. 3 Byars had followed up their November 12 discussion about steer meat with written instructions. First, he said, "a good fat steer two years old, or older, should be hung from two to three weeks at a temperature of 38 degrees." After two weeks, he advised, the steer should be checked daily. When it was completely molded over, curing was complete. "You know of course," he had added, "about wiping the mold off with a cheesecloth dipped in vinegar before cutting up and freezing." In order to avoid a rancid taste in the hamburger, Byars had suggested having the meat frozen as large cuts and then ground in the amounts needed. 4 For developments see no. 486. Bibliographic reference to this document: Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Billy G. Byars, 23 November 1957. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 475. 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/475.cfm <--PREV Doc #474  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  Second Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #476

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