 | LAFAYETTE COLLEGE EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA January 6, 1953 PRESIDENT'S OFFICE Dear Phil, I am delighted to have the message from General Batiste. As you have so delicately intimated in your communication, there is a common ground and a deep understanding between the dictator of Cuba and the dictator of any college. I am, therefore, very happy to smoke one of his own cigars which I have done solemnly, sedately and with a full consciousness of the heavy powers which descend upon me as I smoke this magnificent cigar. The cigar is even more solemn in its overtones when I realize that it was conveyed by my friend and companion, the Reverend Philip Hench. It is indeed a solemn moment! Very sincerely yours, Hutch Doctor Philip Hench Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota RCH:ekl |