Letter from Edward Mead Earle to Dean Acheson

THE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY The Santanoni SCHOOL OF HISTORICAL STUDIES Saranac Lake, N. Y. 5th July 1953 My dear Mr. Acheson May I just say how much I enjoyed last Thurs- day's session at the Institute and how much I appreciate being made a member of this group? I would have told you 80 at the end of the session, but I had to leave early to get up to my house and pack my bag before !leaving for the train. I em sorry that I must miss the session of 8th- 9th July. But I have been told emphatically by my physicians that I must get something of a holiday this summer, lest my arthritis get completely out of control. But I shall be present on the 15th- 16th and again on the 29th-30th; and after the August interlude I shall attend regularly. Please accept my apológies, also, for hopping around so much last time. Some of this was essential as part of Institute staff work, which, I fear, fell down rather badly last time. Some was the result of the fact that one, cannot quite "dis- engage" when a conference is held on one's own home grounds. I'11 try to be less peripatétic hereafter. As regards the President's evasion of some of the troublesome issues before him, I am reminded of a letter which Laud wrote Strafford about Charles I: "The King would rather not hear than hear". This single sentence--called to my attention by Miss C. V. Wedgwood--speaks volumes. S. With most cordial greetings = is SERVICE Sincerely yours Nalur Edward Mead Earle Mr. Dean Acheson Washington