TLS, one page, 7 x 10.25, personal letterhead, July 13, 1967. Letter to his older brother Edgar, in full: “The people that conduct these Oral History Research Programs are, of course, always anxious to get any kind of information that they can. Should their proposal include a suggestion that a man might come to your office I think it might be a very nice thing to cooperate with them on the subject. As a matter of fact only this morning I talked with a man who is doing the same thing concerning President Hoover’s life. It is possible that they want to get your ideas about our boyhood together. Everything no matter how minor seems to be grist for the mills of the interrogator. I would have no objection at all if you tell exactly how you felt about the appointment of Governor Warren. You might point out that this is one of the cases when you were completely correct.” In fine condition, with a pair of punch holes to upper edge. Eisenhower's appointment of Earl Warren to the Supreme Court was one of his biggest regrets from his presidency; hopeful that Warren would represent the Republican party while appealing to a wide segment of the population as a moderate conservative, he instead watched the new justice issue some of the most liberal decisions in the history of the court. An interesting letter to brother Edgar, who seemingly predicted Warren's stance as a judge much more accurately than the president himself. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA.
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