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EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D.

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EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D.
<b>138. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER</b> (1890 - 1969) 34th President of the United States, Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe during World War II and largely responsible for the successful invasion on D-Day. Fine content T.L.S. as President on White House letterhead, 1p. 4to., Washington, Mar. 11, 1953, to Rev. Edgar Schmiedeler, Director of Family Life Bureau of the National Catholic Welfare Conference. In part: "<i>...The twenty-first annual convention of the National Catholic Conference on Family Life...is a notable event...I note with interest that the general theme of your convention is `The Father, The Head of the Home'. It strikes me as a theme representing a cardinal consideration in all efforts to build strong and enduring family life. It is an old but unchanging truth that the father represents authority in the home. Another applicable observation is that if such authority is to be really respected, it must be earned daily. It cannot be effective merely because it is traditional. It is no less true that members of a family who learn and live my wholesome respect and authority in the home qualify as citizens who know genuine respect for public authority...The deliberations of the convention will serve to remind us all of the needful role of the character of the father as head of the home, and of the serious obligations be hears in order to deserve his honored position...</i>". Boldly signed and near fine condition.<b>$600-800</b>