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May 1Washington. Morning appointments with General E. Clark (off the record); Senator Eva Bowring; Congresswoman F. P. Bolton, W. and Mrs. Georgescu, P. Georgescu, C. Georgescu, C. Morgan, J. Crayhon, C. Clough, and G. Cohen; Generals R. C. Cutler and P. T. Carroll (off the record); R. Atwood and J. C. Hagerty (off the record). To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with General O. N. Bradley, Governor D. Thornton, and A. B. Langlie. Returns to White House with General O. N. Bradley, Governor D. Thornton, A. B. Langlie, and J. Black.
2Washington. Attends morning services at the National Presbyterian Church with Mrs. Eisenhower. Motors to Eisenhower Farm near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. After lunch, proceeds to Camp David. Late afternoon returns to White House.
3Washington. Morning appointments with Legislative Leaders; Admiral A. W. Radford; A. F. Burns and G. Hauge; C. Erwin Wilson. Witnesses the swearing-in of R. B. Anderson as Deputy Secretary of Defense, Charles S. Thomas as Secretary of the Navy, and Thomas P. Pike as Assistant Secretary of Defense. Presents the President's Cup to winner of the National Capital Sports Car Race. Luncheon with N. A. Rockefeller, Dr. M. S. Eisenhower, A. S. Flemming, R. R. Hughes, and S. Adams. Afternoon appointments with H. Hoover; E. Eisenhower. Receives Vincent Massey and hosts dinner in his honor.
4Washington. Morning appointments with J. Porter (off the record); D. J. Domich and G. T. Hicks; W. C. Giles; General W. D. Crittenberger and General R. C. Cutler; Senator R. E. Flanders; E. T. Benson and C. Francis. To Constitutional Hall to greet Opening Session of the President's Conference on Occupational Safety. Off-the-record luncheon with C. B. Randall, S. Adams, G. Hauge, General W. B. Persons, and G. D. Morgan. Afternoon appointments with A. S. Flemming; L. W. Douglas. Receives a group of Congressmen from Tennessee Valley area. To the Canadian Embassy to attend dinner hosted by the Governor General of Canada.
5Washington. Breakfast with J. F. Dulles and General R. C. Cutler. Morning appointments with H. Brownell, Jr. (off the record); Murray Snyder. Press conference, followed by appointments with Dr. J. H. van Roijen, Dr. L. G. Kortenhorst, and J. F. Simmons; Congresswoman E. N. Rogers and Congressman E. P. Radwan. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with Congressmen L. C. Arends, G. H. Mahon, and E. P. Scrivner.
6Washington. Morning appointments with J. E. Zimet; O. C. Hobby, N. A. Rockefeller, R. R. Hughes, W. A. Purtell, Senator A. Smith, and R. E. James; H. Brownell, Jr. (off the record); National Security Council session. Signs H. R. 8127. To Sheraton-Park Hotel to extend greetings to luncheon meeting of the 22nd Annual Convention of the Military Chaplains Association. Afternoon appointments with B. M. Shanley (off the record); W. W. Aldrich; A. C. Jacobs; S. Weeks; A. Nielsen and K. McCann (off the record).
7Washington. Morning appointments with T. C. Streibert, H. Logan, A. Smith, and Dr. F. L. Burdette; J. F. Dulles and General R. C. Cutler; A. E. Summerfield, Jr. (off the record); General J. M. Swing and M. Rabb; G. P. Jooste and General P. T. Carroll; O. Lewis and G. D. Morgan (off the record); General A. C. Smith, Dr. F. C. Pogue, and Dr. K. Greenfield; R. R. Hughes and P. F. Brundage; R. H. Cromwell (off the record); H. L. and Mrs. Emerson (off the record). Presents the Gold Lifesaver Medal to School Safety Patrol Boys and Girls.
8Washington. Morning appointment with E. R. Black. National Security Council session, followed by appointments with J. H. Hunt (off the record); S. Adams, L. W. Hall, General W. B. Persons, T. E. Stephens, General P. T. Carroll, B. M. Shanley, G. D. Morgan, and H. Gruenther (off the record); Governor D. Thornton (off the record); General A. C. Strickland (off the record). To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with Governor D. Thornton, J. E. McClure, and S. E. Whitaker. Returns to White House with Governor D. Thornton in the late afternoon.
9Washington. To MATS Terminal en route to Richmond, Virginia. Attends services at St. Paul's Church with Mrs. Eisenhower. Attends luncheon for the Vestrymen and their wives at the Virginia House. Motors to Fredericksburg, Virginia to participate in Mother's Day program at the Washington Monument. Returns to Washington, D. C.
10Washington. Morning appointments with Legislative Leaders; Senator L. Saltonstall; Admiral A. W. Radford; A. F. Burns and G. Hauge; C. Erwin Wilson; Hawaiian delegation. Luncheon with Senators J. H. Duff and G. Cordon. Afternoon appointments with H. E. Stassen; Senators A. V. Watkins and W. F. Bennett, and Congressmen D. R. Stringfellow and W. A. Dawson; J. F. Dulles, C. Erwin Wilson, Admiral A. W. Radford, R. B. Anderson, D. MacArthur, II, and R. R. Bowie. Receives members of the European Travel Commission. Hosts stag dinner.
11Washington. Morning appointments with G. M. Humphrey, R. R. Hughes, and General R. C. Cutler; P. Young, J. Fisher, and K. Warner. To the Capitol to attend ceremonies at the Rotunda. Receives the members of the Advisory Committee of the Veterans Division of the Republican National Committee. Lunch with J. F. Dulles. Afternoon appointments with H. Brownell, Jr., W. Rogers, and J. R. Rose (off the record); H. Brownell, Jr., S. Adams, and General W. B. Persons (off the record); J. Blaustein and M. Rabb. Receives members of the Pennsylvania Congressional Delegation and of the Northeast Pennsylvania Industrial Development Commission.
12Washington. Morning appointments with General R. C. Cutler and J. S. Lay, Jr. (off the record); J. C. Hagerty, followed by press conference. Receives a group of Republican Congressmen from California; the National Symphony Orchestra. To Statler Hotel to extend greetings to the Annual Conference of the Society for Personnel Administration. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with W. W. Flenniken, H. Blunck, and Congressman J. Westland. Afternoon off-the-record appointments with M. Purcell-Driver; T. B. Fegan.
13Washington. Breakfast with H. E. Talbott (off the record). Signs S. 2150. Meeting with B. F. Heintzleman, E. L. Bartlett, and Alaskan delegation. Other morning appointments with H. E. Stassen; National Security Council session; S. Skouras; Congressman N. Cotton and S. Miskelly; Congressman A. M. Bentley. Afternoon appointments with L. W. Hall; W. W. Chapin; M. Taylor; R. Burroughs (off the record).
14Washington. Breakfast with H. Darby, J. Hall, C. Byoir, H. Loomis, K. McCann, and T. E. Stephens. Morning appointments with E. T. Benson. Cabinet meeting, followed by other appointments with A. E. Summerfield, Jr., Congressmen C. A. Halleck and W. H. Harrison, R. V. New, and Senator F. A. Barrett (off the record); H. Brownell, Jr. and Congressman C. A. Halleck; Senator E. Martin, Dr. O. J. Gee, and others. Afternoon meeting with members of the Office of Defense Mobilization. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with J. C. Hagerty and Colonel T. M. Belshe. Attends the 5th Annual Armed Forces Day Dinner at the Statler Hotel.
15Washington. Breakfast with J. F. Dulles, Admiral A. W. Radford, and D. MacArthur, II. Motors to Gettysburg to inspect remodeling of home. To Camp David. Fishing with Dr. M. S. Eisenhower at Catoctin, Maryland.
16Camp David, Maryland.
17Washington. Off-the-record breakfast with H. Brownell, Jr., J. L. Rankin, S. Adams, General W. B. Persons, J. C. Hagerty, B. M. Shanley, G. D. Morgan, and I. J. Martin. Morning appointments with G. E. Allen; Legislative Leaders; Admiral A. W. Radford; A. F. Burns and G. Hauge; General H. J. Kruls (off the record); O. C. Hobby and N. A. Rockefeller (off the record). Hosts luncheon for group of life insurance executives. Receives members of the Board of Governors of the American Bar Association. Off-the-record afternoon appointments with Admiral A. W. Radford, General N. F. Twining, General M. B. Ridgway, Admiral R. B. Carney, and General L. C. Shepherd, Jr.; G. Hauge, G. D. Morgan, and I. J. Martin.
18Washington. Breakfast with Congressman D. Reed, G. Hauge, and I. J. Martin. Receives the winners of the Essay Contest of the National Association of Home Builders. Signs H. R. 8097. Morning appointments with Congressmen G. L. McDonough, J. Holt, and E. D. Chesney. Enplanes for Charlotte, North Carolina to participate in ceremonies of the signing of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. Returns to Washington late afternoon.
19Washington. Hosts breakfast for the members of the Marching and Chowder Club. Morning appointments with J. F. Dulles; R. H. Groz; J. C. Hagerty, followed by press conference. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with W. Farley, R. Fleming, and Senator P. Bush. Hosts stag dinner.
20Washington. Morning appointments with General R. C. Cutler and J. S. Lay, Jr. (off the record); D. McKay and members of the Texas Congressional Delegation; J. Simonson; National Security Council session. To Shoreham Hotel to greet members of the Committee for Economic Development. Afternoon appointments with General C. Gray, J. F. Dulles, L. N. Munro, and T. C. Webb.
21Washington. Cabinet meeting, followed by other appointments with H. Stassen, M. Wolf, and G. Lloyd. Receives the Teacher of the Year. Afternoon appointment with R. R. Hughes.
22Washington. Off-the-record morning appointments with L. W. Hall, S. Adams, General W. B. Persons, and T. E. Stephens; F. Waring, General W. B. Persons, and T. E. Stephens; J. F. Dulles; J. F. Dulles, Admiral A. W. Radford, R. B. Anderson, A. W. Dulles, and General R. C. Cutler; H. E. Stassen; M. C. and Mrs. Lents; P. G. Hoffman. To Fort Meade for lunch and golf with General F. L. Parks, General H. Harris, and Colonel R. Chard. Attends dinner hosted by Women's National Press Club at the Statler Hotel with Mrs. Eisenhower.
23Washington. Attends services at the National Presbyterian Church. Afternoon appointment with G. and Mrs. Humphrey, G. E. and Mrs. Allen, and P. G. Hoffman.
24Washington. Morning appointments with the Legislative Leaders; Admiral A. W. Radford; A. F. Burns and G. Hauge; R. B. Anderson; Major R. L. Williams (off the record).
25Washington. Morning appointments with Dr. N. Pusey, S. Weeks, and General R. C. Cutler; Dr. E. F. Adams, Dr. T. A. Douglass, and Dr. R. O. Ross; E. J. O'Donnell; A. S. Flemming and R. A. Spruance; H. Brownell, Jr., A. S. Christenson, R. M. Freeman, J. M. Ingraham, W. W. Kent, C. E. Whittaker, and Senator A. V. Watkins (off the record); E. J. Sparks. To Mayflower Hotel to extend greetings to the Convention of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress. To Burning Tree Country Club for lunch and golf with J. Black, E. Dudley, and M. Elbin. Late afternoon appointment with J. F. Dulles and R. B. Anderson (off the record).
26Washington. Breakfast with E. T. Benson, R. Risley, Congressmen C. R. Hope, W. S. Hill, C. B. Moeven, and A. H. Andresen; G. Hauge and G. D. Morgan; General R. C. Cutler and J. S. Lay, Jr.; E. T. Benson; Congressman G. H. Bender and I. J. Martin; L. Golan (off the record); M. H. Dodge; Dr. and Mrs. L. Hinkle (off the record); S. Weeks and C. F. Willis, Jr. (off the record); R. R. Hughes. Hosts dinner in honor of Haile Selassie.
27Washington. Morning appointments with R. Makins, Admiral J. F. Stevens, and Admiral Cecil Charles Hughes-Hallet; Admiral A. W. Radford, A. S. Flemming, R. B. Anderson, and T. Cutler (off the record); National Security Council session, followed by appointments with Congressman D. A. Reed and G. D. Morgan (off the record); A. and Mrs. Cast, Bon Snyder, T. MaHaffrey, R. Robbins, and E. Cheney. Lunch with R. W. Woodruff. Attends baseball game for Mickey Vernon-Red Cross Day. Afternoon appointment with Senator E. D. Millikin, General W. B. Persons, and T. E. Stephens.
28Washington. Morning appointment with H. E. Stassen. Receives the members of the Board of Governors of the Federation of the Lutheran Church, followed by appointments with J. F. Dulles, R. B. Anderson, Admiral A. W. Radford, and General R. C. Cutler (off the record). To the Ethiopian Embassy with Mrs. Eisenhower for dinner.
29Washington. To Statler Hotel to attend luncheon meeting of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America. To Burning Tree Country Club for lunch and golf with R. Fleming, J. E. McClure, and Senator G. Smathers.
30Washington. Attends services at the National Prebyterian Church with Mrs. Eisenhower and D. and Mrs. McKay.
31Washington. Attends Memorial Day services. To MATS Terminal. Airborne for New York, New York and motors to Waldorf Astoria. Group picture is taken. Attends reception and Pre-Convocation Dinner of the Columbia University Bicentennial. Address on radio and television. Airborne for Washington, D. C.
 

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