34th President. Great typed letter signed (TLS) "D.E." AS PRESIDENT, 7x9, "The White House Washington" stationery, November 19, 1956 written to his brother, Edgar Eisenhower, twice marked "Personal and Confidential", in full:

It frequently occurs to me that the further removed an area is from this city, the more prolific are the rumors as to what is going to happen here. If I were you, I would stop worrying about the subject you mentioned in your note of the fifteenth. While I do not know who could have been considering the employment of Pearl Wanamaker, I assure you that no one could ever do it with my consent. I have known her for many years, and I have neither liked what she had to say in public or her mannerisms. My refusal to approve any appointment for her has nothing whatever to do with politics.

Edgar had heard that the Administration was considering appointing former Washington State legislator and educator Pearl Anderson Wanamaker. Recently, Mrs. Wanamaker had lost her position as superintendent of public instruction in Washington. Such an appointment, Edgar had written, "would be interpreted as a slap in the face" by Eisenhower supporters "who were so anxious to rid her of her authority."  Clearly, Ike was not going to assist Wannamaker!

This letter is contained in The Presidential Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower and more information can be found by clicking here