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MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY EAST LANSING 48823
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF AMERICAN THOUGHT AND LANGUAGE
June 13, 1967
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Dear Sir:
Fifteen years ago I prepared a doctoral thesis on the foreign policy speeches
of Senator Arthur A. Vandenberg. A recent re-reading of that work prompts
this letter to you.
In 1932 Senator Vandenberg served on the War Policies Commission, and the
Secretary of that Commission was one D. D. Eisenhower (with the rank of major,
I believe). The odds against there having been two D. D. Eisenhowers in
Washington at that time must be staggering.
If, as I surmise, you were indeed the Secretary of the Commission, I should
like to ask you two questions. The first is whether you recall Vandenberg's
role on the Commission as being in any way noteworthy, perhaps intensifying
his isolationist sentiment of the 30's?
The second question may be impertinent, but it is worth asking nevertheless.
I wonder if there was any connection in your mind between your experience
with the Commission's investigation of war profits and the caution you ex-
pressed in your farewell address as President regarding potential military-
industrial relationships inimical to the nation's liberty?
Perhaps I should explain that I ask these questions not for any particular
purpose but merely because of my interest in Senator Vandenberg and your-
self.
Respectfully yours,
Theodore T.R.Kenned R. Kennedy
Professor