i like ike the remarkable life of dwight d. eisenhower
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“I know that charges of disloyalty have, in the past, been
leveled at General George C. Marshall. I have been privileged
for thirty-five years to know General Marshall personally. I
know him as a man and a soldier, to be dedicated with singular
selflessness and the profoundest patriotism to the service of
America. And this episode is a sobering lesson in the way
freedom must not defend itself.”
“That job requires a personal trip to Korea.
I shall make that trip. Only in that way
could I learn how best to serve the
American people in the cause of peace.”
“I shall go to Korea”
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles Corporate Lawyer
Attorney General Herbert Brownell Lawyer/RNC
Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson CEO – General Motors
Secretary of the Treasury George Humphrey Lawyer/CEO Steel Industry
Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield Owner – Auto Distributorship
Dept. of the Interior Douglas McKay Autos/Governor Oregon
Department of Commerce Sinclair Weeks Banker/RNC
Dept. of Agriculture Ezra Taft-Benton Farmer/Clergy – Church of LDS
Health, Education, and Welfare Oveta Culp Hobby Head of Woman’s Army Corps WWII
Department of Labor Martin P. Durkin President – Plumbers Union
Chief of Staff Sherman Adams Governor – New Hampshire
Advisor Milton Eisenhower Educator/Brother
Eisenhower’s Cabinet
“Nine Millionaires and a Plumber”
“McCarthyism took its toll on many individuals and on the nation. No one was safe from charges recklessly made from inside the walls of congressional immunity… Un-American activity cannot be prevented or routed out by employing un-American methods; to preserve freedom we must use the tools that freedom provides.”