I Like IKEThe 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”

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

Eisenhower’s Cabinet

“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.”