Presidential Papers, Doc#886 To Arthur Frank Burns, 7 October 1958. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower
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Document #886; October 7, 1958
To Arthur Frank Burns
Series: EM, AWF, Administration Series
The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XIX - The Presidency: Keeping the Peace
Part V: Forcing the President's Hand; June 1958 to October 1958
Chapter 13: Quemoy and Matsu

 

Dear Arthur: Many thanks for your paragraphs on the economy and related subjects. All of your ideas I endorse, and I am grateful to you for setting them down for me so succinctly.1

I have only one comment. I am convinced it is the union leaders, rather than the rank and file of union membership, that tend toward non-cooperation with management. Of course we have said this many times.2

Finally, I particularly like items #6 and #7.3

With gratitude and, as always, warm personal regard, As ever

1 Burns had written on October 1 (AWF/A) in response to Eisenhower's September 29 request for suggestions for "three or four" paragraphs he could use in election speeches on the economy (see no. 869).

2 Burns had written: "Private businesses must do everything in their power to increase productivity, eliminate waste, and reduce prices instead of raising them. These efforts, however, will prove of little avail unless trade unions cooperate with management." Eisenhower had handwritten "leaders" after "trade unions" on Burns's letter.

3 In item #6, Burns had suggested that the government could not expect businesses and trade unions to follow "a policy of moderation" unless it set an example itself. The government, he argued, should keep both the money supply and federal expenditures from growing at an excessive rate. Item #7 had attacked Congress for going "far beyond what was essential" in appropriations for expenditures.

Bibliographic reference to this document:
Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Arthur Frank Burns, 7 October 1958. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 886. 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/886.cfm

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