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Eisenhower TLS

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Eisenhower TLS
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Dwight Eisenhower typed letter signed, dated 6 December 1951 on ''Supreme Headquarters / Allied Powers Europe'' stationery. Here, Eisenhower writes to his older brother, Edgar, questioning the motivations of political parties and their leaders -- and their desire for power: ''…the core of a political party is, of course, the skeleton organization that holds it together, and this organization is composed of professionals; men whose party must win if they are to wield any power and influence and who, therefore, become cold-blooded - or, as they would say, extremely practical - in their methods of attaining victory…one of my chief quarrels with the so-called political leader is that he normally makes no attempt to help us understand these things…many are interested merely in obtaining power; like so many other individuals, they are far more interested in immediate gain than in the eventual good of the nation…It is this kind of thing that disturbs me mightily as I survey the national scene…I have frequently expressed to you my feeling concerning any possible political role for myself - I don't think anyone could have a greater personal antipathy than I toward such an eventuality. But what bothers me is that, if I criticize…what is now being done or not being done by our governmental officials, I am forced to ask myself, 'What am I doing about it, or what do I intend doing about it?'…personal ambition has remained unchanged for a number of years. It includes a hope that I may withdraw into a more reasonable tempo of daily duties and pressures than I have been confronting during this entire decade…'' Signed boldly, ''Ike''. Letter on five pages, front sides only, is in near fine condition.