<--PREV Doc #658  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  Second Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #660 Document #659; April 22, 1958 To Clifford Roberts Series: EM, AWF, DDE Diaries Series The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XIX - The Presidency: Keeping the Peace Part IV: Recession and Reform; February 1958 to May 1958 Chapter 9: "The problems inherent in this job"   Dear Cliff: On the plane the other day you showed to me a letter that detailed some of the planned improvements at Augusta.1 You suggested that each member should purchase $500 worth of bonds that could be used, in part for greens fees and rent. You also said that you would be sending out some specific notices about the matter. I have received no communication from you, but I do assure you that I am quite ready to purchase the $500 worth of bonds. You don’t need to bother sending me any official letter because I think it would be easier for Mrs. Whitman to call Mrs. Harris and find out exactly how I write the check out and how the credit is set up at the Club.2 I remember that some years back I put in some money for similar bonds, but I do not think I received a certificate. I believe that Mrs. Harris just keeps a running account for each of us. In any event, I want you to know that I have not forgotten the obligation. Ann tells me that you "recommend" a visit to Augusta for this coming weekend. I may take you up; my schedule these days is far from easy and so I must wait until the last minute to make the decision.3 All the best. As ever 1 The President had played golf at Augusta National Golf Club April 11 - 13. Roberts, chairman of the executive committee at Augusta, had accompanied Eisenhower on the return flight to Washington, D.C. 2 Helen N. Harris was the club's office manager. 3 As it turned out, Eisenhower would travel to Augusta for the weekend (Apr. 25 - 28). There is no further correspondence in AWF on this subject. Eisenhower may have settled the matter of the bonds while he was in Georgia. Bibliographic reference to this document: Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Clifford Roberts, 22 April 1958. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 659. 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/659.cfm <--PREV Doc #658  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  Second Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #660

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