Perfect CoupleDuring his first term in office, Dwight Eisenhower appointed Arthur Burns to serve as his chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors.
At his first meeting with the new president, Burns suggested sending Ike a memo outlining a plan for the transmission of economic information and advice.
"Keep it short," Ike jokingly remarked. "I can't read." "We'll get along fine," Burns jokingly replied. "I can't write."
[Among Eisenhower's executive orders? That every fifth mile along America's interstate highway system be arrow straight. Why? These sections may be used as airstrips in case of war or other emergency.]
Eisenhower, Dwight David (1890-1969) American general and politian, commander of American troops in Britain and Allied troops in North Africa and Italy (1942-43), supreme Allied commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force (1943-44), supreme NATO commander (1956), 34th president of the United States (1953-62) [noted for his supervision of the Normandy landings (1943-44) and defeat of Germany (1945); for his handling (as president) of the end of the Korean War (1953), domestic racial difficulties, cold war with the Soviet Union, and diplomatic differences with Cuba (1961); and for his 'Eisenhower Doctrine' (the attempt to bolster the Middle East against Communism by offering economic and military aid, 1957)]
[Sources: Paul Boller, Presidential Anecdotes; Karnataka Quiz Association]More Dwight Eisenhower anecdotesRelated Anecdote Keywords:
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