<--PREV Doc #96  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  Second Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #98 Document #97; April 1, 1957 To Clifford Roberts Series: EM, AWF, Name Series The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XVIII - The Presidency: Keeping the Peace Part I: A New Beginning, Old Problems; January 1957 to May 1957 Chapter 2: Foreign Aid   Dear Cliff: I'm afraid some of the White House reporters, if ever they hear about the plaque you have sent me, would not quite agree with the designation of "most even tempered golfer of the year."1 But I think Howard Snyder will be proud that I have earned it, at least in your opinion.2 Not that I am ungrateful, but if you were going to stretch the truth at all why could I not be "the most improved golfer of the year" or something like that? I am looking forward--with impatience and yearning--to Augusta on the eighteenth.3 With warm regard, As ever 1 Eisenhower’s long-time friend Roberts had sent the 7 ½ by 10 ½ inch walnut plaque depicting a golfer in bas-relief on tinted bronze metal. The inscription read: "Awarded to Dwight D. Eisenhower For Most Even Tempered Golfer Of The Year" (see gift card, Roberts, Mar. 29, 1957, WHCF/Gift File, and correspondence list, Apr. 1, 1957, AWF/D). For background on Roberts see Galambos and van Ee, The Middle Way, no. 29. In a recent news conference Eisenhower had become angered when questioned about his alleged plan to use helicopters to fly from the White House to the golf course (see no. 104). 2 Following Eisenhower's September 1955 heart attack, his physician had urged him to control his anger by avoiding situations that may cause irritation or frustration (see Galambos and van Ee, The Middle Way, no. 1772, and no. 1 in these volumes). 3 The Eisenhowers would vacation in Augusta, Georgia, from April 18 - 30. For background on their traditional April trip to Augusta see Galambos and van Ee, The Middle Way, no. 680; see also Eisenhower to Roberts, April 5, 1957, AWF/D. Bibliographic reference to this document: Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Clifford Roberts, 1 April 1957. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 97. 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/97.cfm <--PREV Doc #96  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  Second Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #98

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