Unprofessional Conduct Quotes
The President had told the library director that during his administrations he had received some very mean letters and perhaps one of two of them should be exhibited in the Presidential Library. The library staff looked through the letters and came up with one which Middleton then showed to LBJ.
Fischer was in the midst of a parliamentary debate and the President had ruled against him on a procedural matter.
General Hunter had been assigned as the Commanding General of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas which Hunter thought was a “banishment”. Lincoln, who was generally very gentle and courteous when disciplining subordinates, could be quite firm also, but always reasonably courteous.
Eisenhower was referring to MacArthur’s decision, as Army Chief of Staff, to take personal command of infantry, calvary and battle tanks he had ordered assembled to oust the WWI Veterans and their families from the shantytown they had erected in Washington DC to protest the fact that they had not been paid the bonuses that the law required. The attack on the protesting veterans was one of the great disgraces of American history. Eisenhower, knowing full well MacArthur’s penchant for strong attack, thought a more prudent officer should take charge of the delicate operation, and not the heavy-handed, aggressive General. See Quotation 643961.