TLS as president signed “D.E.,” one page, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, March 12, 1953. Letter to his brother, Edgar Eisenhower, in part: “I have been somewhat troubled myself by the practice of selecting federal appointees from among selected officials in states. I quite understand your bewilderment and resentment…This morning there was a young man in my office from the State of Washington named Owen Clarke. He will probably be appointed to a post for which we think his experience fits him. He said that once or twice he had been on the opposite side of the fence from you in some particular legal contest in Tacoma. He…has been turned up because of my insistence upon looking for some young men to get into some of these appointive positions. In one commission that we have here—an important one—I am quite certain that the average age is no less than seventy-two. In fact we have one man who, I believe, they told me was eighty-one. You can see the need for a little bit of young blood.” In fine condition, with rusty paperclip impressions to upper edge. Clark was appointed chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission later this year, despite his admitted prior legal battles with the president’s brother. An excellent letter touching on the daunting task of selecting federal officials—made even more troublesome by the personal disagreements between Eisenhower and his politically opinionated big brother. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA.
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