[Rarebooks] FS: Eisenhower's first State of the Union Address, SIGNED

[Charles Agvent]

EISENHOWER, Dwight. THE STATE OF THE UNION. ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF 
THE UNITED STATES DELIVERED BEFORE A JOINT SESSION... [Washington, DC], 
[1953]. First Edition. Printed wraps; 15 pages. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by 
the new President on the blank margin at the very end of the speech to 
an Ohio newspaper reporter "with best wishes." Eisenhower's first State 
of the Union Address, delivered two weeks after his Inaugural Address. 
In talking about the Korean War, Eisenhower states: "Our problem is to 
achieve adequate military strength within the limits of endurable strain 
upon our economy. To amass military power without regard to our economic 
capacity would be to defend ourselves against one kind of disaster by 
inviting another." This is a clear foreshadowing of his later landmark 
warning against the military industrial complex just before he left 
office. Ink stamp on title page: "From the Office of Homer Ferguson 
United States Senator." Minor wrinkling and light soiling. Very Good. 	 
$2,000.00

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