<--PREV Doc #995  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  Second Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #997 Document #996; January 6, 1959 To James Frederick Gault Series: EM, WHCF, President’s Personal File 71 The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XIX - The Presidency: Keeping the Peace Part VI: Setbacks; November 1958 to February 1959 Chapter 15: "Debate is the breath of life"   Dear Jimmy: Many thanks for the information on the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders insignia. The friend who inquired about it says you have more than answered all of her curiosity about it, and she doesn’t want to bother you further. She sends along her "sincere appreciation of your effort" to which I add my own.1 From the reports we received here, the ceremonies at St. Paul’s went off beautifully.2 I am, of course, delighted that the Vice President and Mrs. Nixon made such a good impression on people of your country.3 I have just returned from ten days (half work, half relaxation) in Gettysburg; now we settle down to a tough period during which the majority of my messages to the Congress go up to the Hill. There is, of course, endless work in the preparation of any such message, since inevitably the Administration’s position represents a compromise between the views held by members of the Cabinet and, of course, by me.4 With best wishes for the finest of New Years, and warm personal regard, As ever 1 For background on the insignia see no. 949. See also Eisenhower to Mrs. Grace Harwood Schoo, Dec. 27, 1958, and Schoo to Eisenhower, n.d., both in same file as document. 2 For background on the dedication of the American Memorial Chapel in St. Paul's Cathedral in London see no. 949. 3 On the Nixons' trip to the United Kingdom see no. 966. 4 In addition to the annual message to the Congress on the State of the Union (Jan. 9), the annual budget message to the Congress for Fiscal Year 1960 (Jan. 19), and the annual message presenting the economic report to the Congress (Jan. 20), Eisenhower would transmit the first Annual Report Under the National Aeronautics and Space Act on February 2. He would send special messages to the Congress on the subjects of labor-management relations (Jan. 28); agriculture (Jan. 29); civil rights (Feb. 5); and an increase in the resources of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) and the International Monetary Fund (Feb. 12). For the text of the messages see Public Papers of the Presidents: Eisenhower, 1959; on the State of the Union Address see no. 1003. Bibliographic reference to this document: Eisenhower, Dwight D. To James Frederick Gault, 6 January 1959. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 996. 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/996.cfm <--PREV Doc #995  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  Second Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #997

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