White House Staff
I WHITE HOUSE Staff Book 1953-61 _ ___________N ~ 16~ __J I 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, WASHJNGTON, D. C. NOT£ 1'0 READER: In the section devoted to bioi;ir aphietJ, you ma.y regret the omi:uion or ccrt:tin awards, cit.itlon&, decorations, honorary dcgrcc11 .tnd ach,icvcmcnts of one. 1;on or another, including dirccton\tcs, writings, speeches, special mluior1.&, confer ences, golf scorcil, £ish c~1,1g ht, an.d other pdde(ul thlngs. The6e are not inadve rLO::nces. The cditou d~cided to keep all 6tafi bio14: raplt1t~8 to a bare m ini..tnum; t r ying 11:iroply to de1;cribe the background and qua.Ji£ic;1Uion3 o f those wbo served the President or the United State& of Arnedca. Moreover, o(fcn$e WM deliberately risked by not usmg glamour-t)'l)C phot.Qgr.;i.ph• supplied in some inatan(:.Cf, favoring itt&tead - - again for the sake ofuniformity- lht- plain passport 11-bou from tbe of.flclal Wb..ite House paases. Dissatisfied !tub- 1J(:.riberi; may appl y for a refund b>• wr-iting The Editor s at the above addrc11-, any time aJter Janua ry 20, 1961. Dwight 0. £benhowcT DUTY • HONOR • COUNTRY ,c,<iW(IO¾. A Staff has no ex.istenct! independent of the person "stilled. " Whatever authority. • <\,,'l, wl:i..itevcr lnfiucnec, whatever eifective,ness, i :I a 51..l-Ci mil)' have ls purel>• derivative, In a<:.knowlcdgiog thls, the Ed.Hora have i n • t i c;.h,1dcd one biography - - ln fronl of the others -- that obvlou,ly do<:s not beloog in ..(ltot,14 a White Hou,c "St.lfl Book" but wilhout whom there would be no bc;,ok jn t b.c Ciut place, I.I t hh were the luo.ct of volu.tne tha t c ould, without presumption.
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