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Eisenhower TLS

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Eisenhower TLS
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Dwight Eisenhower typed letter signed as President, dated 2 May 1956 on ''White House / Personal and Confidential'' letterhead. Here, Eisenhower writes to his older brother Edgar and attempts to disabuse him of the notion that ''the Government is rapidly drifting into a socialistic state.'' He then acknowledges the limitations of his power in office: ''…It is silly to believe that any individual in the world--or, indeed, any party--can actually turn a whole population back from a course it has pursued in the belief that that course is assisting the majority of the population. (Naturally, I am now speaking of a self-governing country.) Neither I nor anyone else can bring about the abandonment of projects supported by the government that are generally believed to help the social or economic welfare of vast portions of our population…The most that anyone -- even if he is supported by a good majority in the Congress -- could do would be gradually to stop the trend in this direction, slowly to bend the rising curve toward greater socialism and eventually to flatten it out so that further advance in this dangerous direction would be prevented…To bring about this result would not only take persistence and patience by the government, but it would require a maximum degree of understanding on the part of the so-called 'standpatters.' These people will have to recognize the truth of the statements made…and must devote their efforts to helping stabilize the situation rather than criticizing efforts which recognize that you cannot return to the days of 1860…'' Signed clearly ''D.E.'' Letter is on four sheets, in near fine condition.