I Like IKE The Remarkable Life of Dwight D. Eisenhower Week Six – Commander in Chief
“I know that charges of disloyalty have, in the past, been leveled at General George C. Marshall. I have been privileged for thirty-five years to know General Marshall personally. I know him as a man and a soldier, to be dedicated with singular selflessness and the profoundest patriotism to the service of America. And this episode is a sobering lesson in the way freedom must not defend itself.”
“That job requires a personal trip to Korea. I shall make that trip. Only in that way could I learn how best to serve the American people in the cause of peace.”
“I shall go to Korea”
Eisenhower’s Cabinet
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles Corporate Lawyer Attorney General Herbert Brownell Lawyer/RNC Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson CEO – General Motors Secretary of the Treasury George Humphrey Lawyer/CEO Steel Industry Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield Owner – Auto Distributorship Dept. of the Interior Douglas McKay Autos/Governor Oregon Department of Commerce Sinclair Weeks Banker/RNC Dept. of Agriculture Ezra Taft-Benton Farmer/Clergy – Church of LDS Health, Education, and Welfare Oveta Culp Hobby Head of Woman’s Army Corps WWII Department of Labor Martin P. Durkin President – Plumbers Union
Chief of Staff Sherman Adams Governor – New Hampshire Advisor Milton Eisenhower Educator/Brother
“Nine Millionaires and a Plumber”
“I just won’t get into a pissing contest with that skunk” - DDE
“McCarthyism took its toll on many individuals and on the nation. No one was safe from charges recklessly made from inside the walls of congressional immunity… Un-American activity cannot be prevented or routed out by employing un-American methods; to preserve freedom we must use the tools that freedom provides.”