Dwight D. Eisenhower 1961 Typed Letter Signed - To His Brother

34th President.

Typed letter signed “Ike”, May 31, 1961, personal stationery from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, sent to his brother Edgar in Tacoma, Washington, in full:

Attached is a copy of a talk made by Arthur Burns who was, as I am sure you know, during my first Administration the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers.

What he has to say about our need for defending the dollar abroad seems to me to make a great deal of sense. I thought you might like to read this.

Small handling wear, mailing fold, two punch holes at top.

The two brothers (there were five Eisenhower brothers in all) were very different. Edgar, who held very strong politically-conservative views, felt that the federal government was usurping power from the states.  Because of his strong feelings against centralization, Edgar appears to have avoided Washington throughout his brother's administration, even refusing to attend his second inauguration. Yet according to letters between them, the brothers' relationship was usually amicable, often lighthearted.

Part of a small archive of letters from Ike to Edgar that we recently acquired - most fresh to the market.