PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 05/29/1953 - HFSID 84542
Price: $700.00
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
Dwight D. Eisenhower invites his friend Lewis L. Strauss to a stag
dinner.
Typed Letter Signed: "D.E." as President, 1p, 7x10¼.
The White House, 1953 May 29. To Admiral Lewis Strauss, The White
House. In full:"I wonder if it would be convenient for you to come to an
informal stag dinner on the evening of Monday, June eighth. I hope to gather a
small group of about a dozen, and I should like very much for you to attend, if
it is possible for you to do so. Because of the informality of the occasion, I
suggest that we meet at the White House about half past seven, have a reasonably
early dinner, and devote the evening to a general chat. While I am most helpful
that you can attend, I realize that you already may have engagements which would
interfere. If so, I assure you of my complete understanding. I shall probably
wear a black tie, but business suit will be entirely appropriate With personal
regard, Sincerely," On his personal monogrammed presidential
stationery. Admiral Lewis Strauss had served on the Atomic Energy
Commission from 1946-1950. In 1953, President Eisenhower appointed him Chairman
of the Atomic Energy Commission, a post he held until 1958. On November 13,
1958, Strauss was appointed Secretary of Commerce by President Eisenhower. On
June 27, 1959, by a vote of 49-46, the U.S. Senate refused to confirm Strauss as
Secretary of Commerce, the first Cabinet nominee to be rejected by the Senate
since 1925. There was opposition to his appointment because of Strauss' role as
Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. Specifically, in June 1954, J. Robert
Oppenheimer, the head of the Los Alamos laboratory for atomic research during
WWII, was denied security clearance by the Atomic Energy Commission. There were
Senators who voted against Strauss' nomination for that reason alone. File note
(unknown hand) at upper left, staple holes also there. Fine
condition.
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