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2003Q-0743244745Free Press 2003-05-06. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Free Press hardcover
2004Q-074325600XFree Press 2004-06-03. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Free Press paperback
1402561318.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2003276726Norwalk Ct.: Easton Press. 2003. Limited 1st edition #837 of 1320 copies. Full dark green leather raised bands gilt decorations all edges gilt silk endpapers ribbon marker. A fine copy no dust jacket as issued. 8vo. Signed by the author on the limitation page. Easton Press. hardcover
200367925New York: Free Press 2003. Reprint. Third printing sated. Hardcover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Signed on end page. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 304 p. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Atlass of Turning Points in Ike's COmmand. Dwight D. Eisenhower had two careers: before he was one of America's most popular presidents he was its greatest military commander. His military career lasted much longer and according to John it was far more important to him personally. Nobody is in a better position to tell the story of General Ike than John who was by his side for much of it and who rose to the rank of Brigadier General before retiring to write seminal and bestselling works of military history. GENERAL IKE is a definitive revealing and brilliantly crafted study of the right stuff of leadership. Great leaders bring out the best in the people around them and Ike was no exception. Drawing on scenes witnessed by few others and comments given him in private by his father John Eisenhower shows how his father's keen mind great sense of the strengths of others and perseverance in the face of all duties combined to bring America to victory. From Wikipedia: "John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower born August 3 1922 is the son of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife Mamie. He is a retired United States Army Brigadier General and the author of several books of military history. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Belgium from 1969 to 1971. John Eisenhower was born on August 3 1922 in Denver Denver County Colorado to future U.S. President and United States Army General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife Mamie. John Eisenhower was the second child of Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower. Their first son Doud Dwight known affectionately as "Icky" died in 1921 at age 3 after contracting scarlet fever. John Eisenhower like his father attended the United States Military Academy graduating on June 6 1944 the day of the Normandy landings which his father was commanding. John Eisenhower served in the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War remaining on active duty until 1963; then serving in the U.S. Army Reserve until retirement in 1975 attaining the rank of brigadier general. A decorated soldier Eisenhower found his World War II military career thwarted by fears for his safety and concern from the top brass that his death or capture would be a distraction to his father the Supreme Allied Commander. This issue arose again in 1952 when Major Eisenhower was assigned to fight in a combat unit in Korea while his father ran for President. After a short stint in combat with an infantry battalion he was reassigned to the safety of division headquarters. In 2008 he wrote about this experience in an opinion piece in the New York Times entitled "Presidential Children Don t Belong in Battle". During his father's presidency John Eisenhower served as Assistant Staff Secretary in the White House on the Army's General Staff and in the White House as assistant to General Andrew Goodpaster. In the administration of President Richard Nixon who had been his father's Vice President he served as U.S. Ambassador to Belgium. In 1972 President Nixon appointed Eisenhower Chairman of the Interagency Classification Review Committee. In 1975 he served President Gerald Ford as chairman of the President's Advisory Committee on Refugees. As a military historian Eisenhower has written several of his books including The Bitter Woods a study of the Battle of the Bulge. In a New York Times review of So Far from God a history of the U.S. -Mexican War Stephen W. Sears remarked that Eisenhower "writes briskly and authoritatively and his judgments are worth reading." John Eisenhower wrote the foreword to Borrowed Soldiers a book by Mitchell Yockelson of the U.S. National Archives. Eisenhower also wrote the forward to Kenneth W. Rendell's book "Politics War and Personality: 50 Iconic Documents of World War II." The city of Marshfield Missouri chose Eisenhower as a 2008 honoree of the Edwin P. Hubble Medal of Initiative. His grandson Merrill Eisenhower Atwater spoke on his behalf at Marshfield's annual Cherry Blossom Festival. The medal recognizes. Free Press hardcover
2003870Easton Press 2003. Limited Numbered First Edition. Full Leather. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. A handsome Limited Numbered First Edition signed by the author the only son of former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower the subject of this moving portrait in history. Numbered 410 of 1320 Limited Edition copies. Featuring several black and white photographs 221 pp. plus extensive Appendices Notes and Index. The book is in Fine unread condition with gold gilt cover designs and page edges moire silk endpapers and bound-in silk book. Includes the Publisher's Note and Certificate of Authenticity. An interesting book in a quality edition. Easton Press unknown
2003100962New York: Free Press 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Previous owner blindstamp to title page. ; 9.32 X 6.34 X 1.10 inches; 304 pages. Free Press hardcover
2003001933CThe Easton Press 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A very fine copy bound in full leather by The Easton Press. All edges gold gilt with silk moire endpapers. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF 1320 COPIES with Certificate of Authenticity and notes laid in. A very nice copy in like new condition. = We ship all books with Delivery Confirmation. = We have been selling Used Books for over 31 years. The Easton Press hardcover
315686The Easton Press. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Typical Easton binding. Note Authentication Certificate and unused bookplate laid in. Signed by the author on the limitation page. No. 162 of 1320. A Fine copy. The Easton Press hardcover
CA13AA-00167Overlook Press. Collectible - Good. Stamford Connecticut : The Overbrook Press 1945. 1st edition. Sm 4to Paperback. 24pp. Good book. Some foxing to pages. world war 1939-1945 speeches Inquire if you need further information. Overlook Press paperback
19452570830/10/1945. <p>During World War II Ike received requests for him to send one of his sleeve patches as a souvenir. He never seems to have had one on hand but instead sent a printed color facsimile patch with a description of its meaning below the image and which he signed above the description. The description makes clear that the sword on the insignia “represents avenging justice by which the enemy power will be broken in Nazi-dominated Europeâ€. The black background represents Nazi oppression and the rainbow above is emblematic of hope.</p><p>Miss Martha Wiedermann was one of those who wrote asking for a patch. Eisenhower responded by sending her this <strong>printed color facsimile patch</strong> <strong>signed</strong> above the description. The envelope is still present postmarked October 30 1945 just after hostilities ceased. Affixed to a light board.</p><p>This is just the second Eisenhower sleeve patch we have carried in all these years. The other Ike had sent to his brother.</p><p><img class=""alignnone wp-image-24670 size-post-window"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204145810/Folder-site-9-1600x1327.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""1327"" /></p> unknown
1948316170New York: East New York Savings Bank 1948. Pamphlet. 13 1p. wraps. 7 x 5 in. Ink stamp on rear cover of the Chemical Bank and Trust Company. East New York Savings Bank unknown
194507664GENERAL DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER GUILDHALL ADDRESS IN LONDON AND THE ADDRESS BEFORE THE CONGRESS IN WASHINGTON JUNE 1945 Overbrook Press 1945 first edition. some chipping to the paper covers else very good to very good plus in wraps as issued. 1/750 copies. Overbrook Press paperback
1959208191959. <blockquote><p>Perhaps the most historically important gun to reach the market; Gifts of state are themselves rare as since an Act of Congress in 1978 they have belonged to the nation and not the recipient; The magnificent shotgun another one of which was given to President Eisenhower comes with a copy of the thank you letter from McElroy to Khrushchev</p><p> </p><p>Khrushchev’s visit lessened Cold War tensions and was a major reason the Cold War did not turn hot</p><p> </p><p>""This gun is an embodiment of Nikita Khrushchev's policies in more ways than one: the diplomatic effort to make peace with the West and the domestic reforms aimed to turn the military-industrial second into profitable enterprises operating on open civilian market†says author Aleksei Morozov</p></blockquote><p>https://vimeo.com/1068197728</p><p> </p><p><strong>Provenance</strong></p><p>This gift was given by the craftsmen in Izhevsk to Premier Khrushchev who brought it from Moscow and instructed his foreign policy team to present it to Secretary of Defense Neil McElroy a gift of state meant to symbolize a detente between the two nations. It was retained by McElroy and passed to his son whose heirs sold it directly to us. It has never before been offered for sale and was not known to have survived.</p><p><strong>Rarity</strong></p><p>This is perhaps the most historically significant long gun given its symbolism as a symbolic gift of state between the two dominant 20th powers at a crucial moment in the Cold War ever offered for sale. There are no comparables on the public market. Gifts of state are themselves rare as since an Act of Congress in 1978 they have belonged to the nation and not the recipient</p><p><a href=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204175833/rifle2.jpg""><img class=""alignnone size-post-window wp-image-20846"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204175833/rifle2-1600x600.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""600"" /></a></p><p><strong>Historical background</strong></p><p>In September 1959 the Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev visited the United States for about two weeks. This was the first visit by a Soviet head of state to America and was seen as a momentous occasion absolutely dominating the news at the time. Khrushchev's fundamental purpose in making the trip was to gain a better understanding of what America was and to promote mutual understanding between the Soviet Union and the United States on matters of importance to both. Khrushchev hoped that mutual understanding would eventually lead to peaceful coexistence feeling his visit would be the first step on that road. Dr. Sergei Khrushchev - the son of the late Soviet Premier who made the trip with him and became a U.S. citizen in 1999 - considers this visit to be “the beginning of the mutual interaction of the two worlds.""</p><p>On his trip Khrushchev wanted to talk about politics with President Eisenhower and his senior officials such as Secretary of Defense Neil McElroy: the need for a peace treaty between East Germany and the United States the mutual advantages that would result from the establishment of trade relations between the United States and the Soviet Union and most importantly the necessity of complete and universal disarmament. Even though the U-2 spy-plane incident in May 1960 and Berlin Wall and Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 were setbacks the ultimate success of Khrushchev's trip the United States in 1959 was increased interaction a lessening of tensions the 1962 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and a better comprehension of both nations’ core Cold War positions which was a major reason that the Cold War did not turn hot.</p><p>Khrushchev’s hopes to establish a mutual understanding with the United States were embodied not merely by the exchange of views on certain issues so that the two sides understood the position of the other but also understood the reasons each had for their perspectives. In Khrushchev’s mind this mutual understanding also went beyond diplomacy and extended to seeing America's people to letting them see him to becoming familiar with American culture and to experiencing what the United States had to offer. This was the success of the visit which had a significant immediate impact on the Cold War.</p><p><a href=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204175829/rifle3.jpg""><img class=""alignnone size-post-window wp-image-20847"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204175829/rifle3-1600x558.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""558"" /></a></p><p>The backdrop for Khrushchev’s visit is essentially a history of the Cold War which often threatened to get hot and lead to a nuclear holocaust. Following World War II the uneasy wartime alliance between the United States and Great Britain on the one hand and the Soviet Union on the other began to unravel. By 1948 the Soviets installed communist governments in the countries of eastern Europe that had been liberated by the Red Army. The Americans and the British feared the permanent Soviet domination of eastern Europe and the threat of Soviet-influenced communist parties coming to power elsewhere. The Soviets on the other hand were determined to maintain control of eastern Europe and intent on spreading communism worldwide. The Cold War had solidified by 1947–48 when U.S. aid provided under the Marshall Plan to Western Europe had brought those countries under American influence. From 1948–53 the Soviets unsuccessfully blockaded the Western-held sectors of West Berlin; the United States and its European allies formed NATO; the Soviets exploded their first atomic warhead thus ending the American monopoly on the atomic bomb; the Chinese communists came to power in mainland China; and the Soviet-supported communist government of North Korea invaded U.S.-supported South Korea in 1950 setting off an indecisive but bloody Korean War that lasted until 1953. Josef Stalin died in 1953 triggering a power struggle in which Khrushchev emerged victorious and by 1956 he had consolidated his authority as First Secretary of the party's Central Committee. He then famously denounced the “excesses†that occurred under Stalin and declared that he sought “peaceful coexistence†with the United States.</p><p>Regarding his trip Khrushchev said he was “curious to have a look at America†and he visited not only Washington D.C. but New York California Pennsylvania Camp David and even a farm in Iowa. The trip took twelve days running from September 15-27 1959. His arrival on the 15th was followed with a motorcade from the airport to downtown Washington. Spectators and several military bands lined the way as Eisenhower Khrushchev and his wife Nina all seated in a convertible waved to the crowds. At the White House they engaged in the first of several meetings both formal and informal. These ran the gamut from frigid sessions at first to - shortly before Khrushchev’s departure - ones that were infused with a spirit of compromise. At a state dinner that first night Eisenhower said “Because of our importance in the world it is vital that we understand each other better.†Khrushchev responded by observing that friendship was necessary “because our two countries are much too strong and we cannot quarrel with each other.â€</p><p>On the 16th in D.C. for a luncheon at the National Press Club Khrushchev declared his ""sincere desire to achieve better relations between our two countries and promote peace all over the world."" On the 18th in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly Khrushchev discussed the damaging effects of the Cold War and the critical role the United Nations must play to achieve peace among the most powerful nations in the world. ""People still live in constant anxiety about peace about their future"" he said ""And how can they not feel this anxiety when now in one part of the world now in another military conflicts flare up and human blood is shed"" He ended his speech with a plea for universal disarmament: ""Let us compete in who builds more homes schools and hospitals for the people; produces more grain milk meat clothing and other consumer goods; and not in who has more hydrogen bombs and rockets. This will be welcomed by all the peoples of the world.""</p><p>Later in the trip in Pittsburgh he told a crowd “I highly value your confidence expressed in the fact that you presented me with a symbolic key of your city. I thank you and assure you that I want to be your friend and will never abuse your trust and with this key I will only open those doors which you allow me to open…†When he left on the 27th he said he has been ""enriched"" by his visit and that his talks with Eisenhower have helped both men “understand each other better.""</p><p><a href=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204175820/rfile5.jpg""><img class=""alignnone size-post-window wp-image-20849"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204175820/rfile5-1600x537.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""537"" /></a></p><p>During the trip the Russians presented the Americans with a small number of symbolic gifts - tokens of friendship and good will. Novosti the Russian news agency reported on ""the list of gifts taken by the USSR delegation to America.Along with the traditional names - granular caviar a set of wine and vodka products boxes and nesting dolls - it also included carpets guns sets of LPs books by Mikhail Sholokhov in English and much more."" The gems were the magnificent decorative guns shotguns from the foremost manufacturer in the Soviet Union one presented to the President and one to Secretary of Defense McElroy. An American newspaper reported on October 11 1959 under the headline ""Eisenhower and Khrushchev have successfully negotiated†that: “One of the gifts Khrushchev brought to Eisenhower was a Russian-made double-barreled shotgun. The Soviet prime minister argued that it was superior to the best British shotguns that hunters around the world have long appreciated. The President is a good shooter and each year he finds time to hunt in the fields of Georgia with former Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey. Half humorously half solemnly Khrushchev said that this is the only weapon that should be left in the world for the pleasure of hunters…those who witnessed it hope that a small platform for mutual understanding has appeared on which to build future negotiations…â€</p><p>Sergei Khrushchev states of his father and Eisenhower that “these two old men without resolving a single specific question made a lot of progress in the most important area the sphere of human understanding of each other. The first glimmers of trust became visible…We had to move away from the image of an enemy. It seems that this first attempt succeeded. Father produced a rather good impression on Americans. He personally believed in the American president’s desire to achieve peace and a good-neighborly relationship. The image of Eisenhower as an evil instigator of war was finally dissipated and what remained was a clever kind somewhat tired person who had seen a great deal in his life.â€</p><p>The guns were the gems of all the gifts. They were a favorite of Khrushchev and he personally selected them as gifts to the two men. In February he had gone to the Izhevsk region of Russia hundreds of miles East of Moscow where they had presented him with the long arms designed by the finest gun designers. The master engraver Avel Lekomtsev ornately carved representative hunting designs. He is considered to be the finest of the period in Russia.</p><p><strong>The artifact</strong></p><p><a href=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204175815/rifle6.jpg""><img class=""alignnone size-post-window wp-image-20850"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204175815/rifle6-1600x602.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""602"" /></a></p><p>When the Russians came to US for this important visit they brought to the Secretary of Defense one of these long guns made in Izhevsk by Lekomtsev.</p><p>The metal and wood extensively engraved double barrel hammerless shotgun is in pristine condition. It is a IZH 57 for Izhevsk and the year it was designed.</p><p>The Izhevsk Mechanical Plant which a few years later became one of the most prominent civilian arms producers in the USSR exported shotguns air rifles and pistols under the Baikal brand all over the world. And yet although the maker is better known for mass-made weapons it also turned out a number of one-off samples hand-finished to the best standard — like this Izh-57. The gun is signed by the Master Gunmakers who worked on it a sign of best quality. Those include Master Engraver Avel Lekomtsev one of the best representatives of the Izhevsk Engraving School a group of artisans who blended several decorative to create unique ornamental style and techniques. The gun lists in Russian the maker and engraver: Master Assembler - V. Nesmelov; Stocker - A. Brylov; Engraver - A. Lekomtsev.</p><p>The year the gun itself was created 1959 - the year of the visit is carved into the metal. The gun also lists the bore and choke size - 17/16.5 and 17/16 millimeters - and the gauge - 16. Lekomtzev has engraved a five-pointed star in a shield the mark of Izhevsk Mechanical Plant used in the period. He has also decorated the action with images of the hunt including a gold fox with prey in its teeth scaring away in the thickets two ducks made in gold. The bird in its teeth is made in silver or white gold.</p><p>On the left side of the action a gold-colored pointing dog in the thickets makes a stand above the bird and the dawn in the sky is made using a colored gold method showing the sunrise with a transition from a golden hue below to a more contrasting shade above. The different shades of plumage of the ducks and animals create the impression of a three-dimensional image. The details of the landscapes on both sides of the action are made in silver or white gold.</p><p>Author Aleksei Morozov notes: ""The way Lekomtsev plays with differently colored gold alloys to make the duck stand out on the background of the equally golden fox is a forerunner of the way Leonard Vasev would create perhaps the best internationally known sample of Izhevsk gun school - the Lenin gun made for the 1967 World Expo in Montreal.""</p><p><a href=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204175810/Gun8.jpg""><img class=""alignnone size-post-window wp-image-20854"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204175810/Gun8-1600x1067.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""1067"" /></a></p><p>The gun comes with a copy of the letter from McElroy to Khrushchev dated September 18 1959 while Khrushchev was still in America on Secretary of Defense letterhead. It states in part: “I was pleased yesterday to receive two of your representatives who brought with them some attractive gifts as well as a message from you…Of course the shotgun is handsome indeed. It offers evidence of the quality of craftsmanship of which any country could be proud. In thanking you for the shotgun may I fully reciprocate the wish expressed to me by our representatives that the firearms used in the future by our two countries need be no longer than this shotgun for the preservation of world peace and that even the shotgun be used solely for sporting purposes.â€Â McElroy's manuscript papers were donated but the gun was retained.</p><p>The choice of this gun was no triviality. In presenting the gun to McElroy the Soviet emissaries stated it was meant to symbolize Russian hopes that firearms used in the future by our two countries need be no longer than this shotgun for the preservation of world peace and that even the shotgun be used solely for sporting purposes. This token of friendship from the Soviet Union to the United States at a key moment in the Cold War is of enormous historical importance.</p> hardcover
1953ABE-152080649521827 CM X 35,5 CM-EN COUVERTURE IKE EISENHOWER ET SON EPOUSE-LE MINISTERE RENE MAYER-IKE ET MOI, PAR "MAMIE" EISENHOWER, 5P-LE DRAME DE NECKER: LA GREFFE DU REIN ET SON AVENIR-UN CURIEUX HOMME.RAPHAEL LARDEUR, MAITRE VERRIER DU XXe SIECLE, PERPETUE LA TRADITION DES ARTISANS MEDIEVAUX, 4P, 11 PHOTOS-PARTOUT NOUS AVONS RETROUVE LA FRANCE EN AMERIQUE, 2P PAR JEAN-LOUIS BARRAULT, 5 PHOTOS-UNE HEURE AVEC JEAN ROSTAND, 4P, 9 PHOTOS-LE DOCTEUR BOMBARD REVIENT EN VAINQUEUR, 4P-UN GRAND SPORTIF VIENT DE DISPARAITRE: PIERRE GILLOU, PHOTO-(EM0318)
55714N° 374 - 13 décembre 1952 - in-4 broché - revue illusrée - sans le supplément théatrale
1944ABE-111192775162 PAGES FORMAT 44 CM X 60 CM-EISENHOWER ATTAQUE D'ARNHEIM A BELFORT-DANS LE SECTEUR D'AIX-LA-CHAPELLE LA PREMIERE ARMEE AMERICAINE SE RUE L L'ASSAUT DU MUR DE L'OUEST-LA POPULATION LILLOISE LENS ET PUIS ARRAS ONT LONGUEMENT ACCLAME LE GENERAL DE GAULLE,PHOTO,SUITE P2,LE CHALEUREUX ACCUEIL DU NORD AU GENERAL DE GAULLE-VERCORS MAQUIS DE FRANCE III BATAILLE SANS ESPOIR,PAR FRANCOIS-JEAN ARMORIN-LA PREMIERE CLASSE,PHOTO-DANS L'ANTRE DE LA GESTAPO L'HONORABLE PARTIE DE CAMPAGNE.ALGERIENNE,SUITE P2,L'AFFAIRE DE LA RUE LAURISTON,LAFONT-LA PRESSE POURRIE NE REVIENDRA PAS! DU SANG A LA "UNE"? NOUS EN AVONS,PAR G.E.VALLOIS-PAS D'AUGMENTATION DU PRIX DU PAIN EN CE MOMENT-QUAND LE TITRE DES POIDS LEGERS CHANGE DE MAINS.,OMAR LE NOIR,PHOTO,DESSIN-M.PAUL THELLIER ANCIEN MINISTRE DE L'AGRICULTURE A-T-IL ETE VICTIME DE LA GESTAPO.FRANCAISE-VOTRE RAVITAILLEMENT LES COLIS FAMILIAUX RESTENT AUTORISES-JEAN COQUELIN N'EST PLUS-PETAIN OUTRE-RHIN ET SON COMITE "MADE IN GERMANY"-DECHIRURE SANS MANQUE EN PLIURE VERTICALE (15 CM) (PJ15)
(22)p. Illustrated with photograph of General Dwight D. Eisenhower who was given the Gold Medal of Achievement. Entertainment includes Al Capp. 12mo. Original plastic comb binder with stiff wraps. Very nice copy. PA PAMPH 20_22 BX6 x 2c.
19622622630/01/1962. <blockquote><p>Ford had taken that position as a member of the President's Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy</p></blockquote><p> </p><blockquote><p>“I too feel that automation can result in increased productivity if intelligence is applied to the problem and if we encourage the initiative and self-reliance of the American citizen instead as seems to be the case lulling him into letting the central government take over.â€</p></blockquote><p>In the waning days of 1960 President Eisenhower prepared to leave office and hand the presidency to John F. Kennedy. Henry Ford II was a close confidant of Eisenhower’s and during his presidency provided Ike with important assistance. On three occasions Ford lent one of his senior executives Leo Beebe to the U.S. government to supervise the resettlement of refugees and manage similar projects. Beebe became executive vice chairman of Eisenhower’s Committee for Hungarian Refugees in 1956 a need that resulted from the Hungarian Revolution and subsequent flight from the country of many refugees. In addition to his committee work during 1956-1957 while working out of Camp Kilmer in northern New Jersey Beebe oversaw the relocation and resettlement of 35000 Hungarian refugees in the United States eventually finding them permanent residences in this country. In 1959-1960 Beebe organized the U.S. Center for Cuban Refugees in Miami Florida to help with the mass influx of Cuban refugees that fled Castro’s Cuba in 1960 and beyond. Ford backed the refugee aid effort all the way and it was of incalculable importance.</p><p>In 1960 Robert McNamara was President of the Ford Motor Company. Kennedy the President-elect sought to name McNamara Secretary of Defense. Ford agreed to spare McNamara yet another example of his Henry Ford II’s largess.</p><p>The friendship and collaboration of Eisenhower and Ford continued after Ike left office.</p><p>The President's Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy which was established by President Kennedy in February 1961 to promote free and responsible collective bargaining industrial peace sound wage and price policies higher standards of living and increased productivity. The Committee also considered policies designed to ensure that American products were competitive in world markets as well as examine the benefits and problems created by automation and other technological advances. Other topics it took on included pensions railroads taxes collective bargaining and economic recovery.</p><p>Henry Ford II president of Ford Motor Company was a member of the committee. The majority report found that automation causes unemployment. Ford dissented saying “Its major premise is the assumption that automation and technological advance are in and of themselves significant causes of unemployment—an assumption that neither history nor an analysis of current unemployment supports…The factual evidence strongly indicates that while automation displaces some individuals from jobs they have held its overall effect is to increase income and expand job opportunities. History teaches us that by and large workers displaced by technological advance have moved rapidly into other employment ultimately to better paying jobs. If…we would help persons displaced by technological advance we must focus our attention not on relief or even training though these properties properly conceived and administered will help - but on creating new jobs for people who seek them and can perform in them.â€</p><p>Eisenhower wrote Ford expressing his agreement with that dissent.</p><p><strong>Typed letter signed</strong> on his letterhead Palm Desert January 30 1962 to Henry Ford II. <em>“Arthur Burns</em> who would later become Chairman of the Federal Reserve <em>sent me a copy of the report of the President's Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy After reading it I want to congratulate you on your dissent. I too feel that automation can result in increased productivity if intelligence is applied to the problem and if we encourage the initiative and self-reliance of the American citizen instead as seems to be the case lulling him into letting the central government take over.</em></p><p><em>“And on a brand new and far different subject Mrs. Whitman asked me to tell you how much she is enjoying the car that you put at her disposal. She says that the joy of driving it with the sun touching the tops of the mountains is almost compensation for what she claims is the barbaric hour at which I like to do my morning work. She - and I - are most grateful to you. With warm personal regard and again: are you coming out this wayâ€</em></p><p>A very interesting opinion of Eisenhower expressing that automation is a positive good and helps workers rather than harms them.</p><p><img class=""alignnone wp-image-25018 size-post-window"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204144051/Folder-site-11-1600x1327.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""1327"" /></p> unknown
5572Former First Lady Mamie Eisenhower Writes To Ambassador Blairs Wife In Copenhagen unknown
COD-04190Golden Press. hardcover. Good. Good condition. Signed by Dolores Hope. With dust jacket with wear. Golden Press hardcover
1974Q-0307487180Golden Press 1974-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Golden Press hardcover
1974050846New York: Golden Press. Fine. 1974. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Large format padded red leather-like binding all edges gilt ribbon bookmark includes the original slipcase "This edition is limited to one thousand copies of which this is number 226" this copy includes the "Best Wishes" card which is signed by Mamie Doud Eisenhower wife of President Dwight Eisenhower the original envelope for the card is also present the book is in excellent condition with one insignificant flaw: a narrow 2-inch long surface-scrape on the blank front end-paper the original illustrated slipcase is in VG condition it has some edge-rubbing but is clean intact and quite presentable overall many friends contributed to this cookbook which also includes a short biography with photos of Mamie & Ike full-page color plates illustrate some of the recipes; 270 pages; Signed by Author . Golden Press hardcover
DADAX0307487180Golden Books 0000-00-00. First Edition. hardcover. New. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Golden Books hardcover
19672833361967. unbound. fine. Interesting group of three signed items by Presidents wives including: Two United Nations issued Marc Chagall Stained Glass Windows First Day Covers postmarked November 17th 1967. Separately signed by Bess M. Truman and Mamie Doud Eisenhower. Also: an original assemblage by noted autograph dealer Seymour Kessler who has used a heavy stock photograph of Presidents Truman and Eisenhower glaring at each other after a misunderstanding; customizing it into a First Day of Issue cachet for both the Truman and Eisenhower stamps released by the Post Office in 1971 and 1973. Item is boldly signed below her husband's portrait stamp by First Lady Bess M. Truman. Photographic Certificate of Authenticity from R and R Auctions Catalog 406 Item 98. Fine condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
