PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 10/16/1956 - HFSID 157423

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
President Eisenhower sends thanks for the birthday cards and having the children and grandchildren over the weekend.
Typed Letter Signed: "D. E." as President, 1p, 6¾x8¾. The White House, Washington, 1956 October 16. To Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Eisenhower, Kansas City, Missouri. In full: "Many thanks for the amusing birthday cards you sent me. Having the children and grandchildren around for the whole week end truly made it a happy celebration for me. With affectionate regard, As ever," WWII hero and former Allied Supreme Commander DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (1890-1969) was as successful in politics as he was in war. Eisenhower, who was elected the nation's 34th President (1953-1961) in 1952, was determined to bring order and efficiency to the Administration in a new era of "dynamic conservatism". His domestic program, termed "Modern Republicanism", called for greater state government power, reduced federal intervention in the economy, revamped tax laws, increased Social Security benefits and improved interstate highways. Fulfilling a campaign pledge, Eisenhower went to South Korea following his election and subsequently oversaw the truce that ended the Korean War (1950-1953). He delivered his "Atoms for Peace" proposal to the United Nations in December 1953 and led the formation of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization the following year. Despite having suffered a serious heart attack in September 1955, Eisenhower won re-election by a landslide in 1956.Fold crease not near signature. Fine condition.