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June 1Washington. Morning appointments with H. Taylor; H. K. and Mrs. Bagley; Achmed Abboud and Mohamed Kamil Abdul Rahim. J. F. Simmons; A. F. Burns; General J. L. Collins; K. L. Rankin. Receives group of supporters from Florida. National Security Council session. To Projection Room in the White House for showing of an atomic energy movie (off the record).
2Washington. Morning appointments with H. E. Stassen (off the record); T. Pappas; L. W. Douglas; officers of the National Flying Farmers Association; Admiral C. M. Cooke. Rehearsal for television broadcast. Special appointment with Legislative Leaders. Lunch with General R. C. Cutler and J. S. Lay, Jr. Makes film for aid to Korea. Afternoon appointments with Senator F. Carlson and Dr. F. Murphy; E. J. Hughes (off the record); A. B. Duke; R. C. Patterson, Jr.; G. Hauge (off the record); G. Dean (off the record); C. Erwin Wilson; L. Kelly and R. Matthews (off the record). Dinnerwith W. E. Robinson, J. Burke, and Mrs. Eisenhower (off the record).
3Washington. Morning appointments with D. Black; J. Monnet, J. F. Dulles, W. Rand, D. Bruce, F. Etzel, and D. Spierenburg; E. J. Hughes (off the record); H. Brownell, Jr., G. R. Blue, and W. M. Steger (off the record). Television rehearsal. Other appointments with J. F. Dulles and W. B. Smith; Senator P. Daniel; C. Davis, G. M. Humphrey, and S. Adams (off the record). To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with N. Foot, Dr. C. Hall, and J. Black (off the record). In the evening, speaks on all four television networks.
4Washington. Morning appointments with Legislative Leaders; H. Brownell, Jr., G. H. Boldt, J. P. Willson (off the record); National Security Council session; General R. C. Cutler, C. D. Jackson, J. P. Coyne, Colonel P. T. Carroll, J. S. Lay, Jr., S. E. Gleason, and Admiral L. L. Strauss; E. Johnston (off the record); group of Republican women from western Massachusetts. Afternoon appointments with C. D. Jackson (off the record); Mrs. D. Wetzel and Mrs. W. Moyer (off the record); J. Riley; General A. M. Gruenther, F. Vinson, and G. V. Allen (off the record).
5Washington. Morning appointments with O. P. Bolton; A. Rosenberg; Congressman G. H. Bender and S. Adams; A. J. and Mrs. Carey and daughter. Cabinet meeting, followed by appointments with M.J. McDermott; Congressman J. A. Younger and F. Belcher; Congressman A. L. Miller. Hosts luncheon with Mrs. Eisenhower for sports champions invited to attend the Congressional Baseball Game. Afternoon appointments with S. Adams and C. Slusser (off the record); Congressman A. H. Andresen and W. M. Roberts; L. Henderson; T. D. Morse, R. Short, and G. Hauge (off the record). To Griffin Stadium with Mrs. Eisenhower to attend the Congressional Baseball Game and to throw out the first ball.
6Washington. Morning appointments with H. E. Stassen (off the record); J. F. Dulles, F. Nash, General J. L. Collins, W. S. Robertson, and U. A. Johnson. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with T. Braniff, General Frank A. Allen, and G. Sarazen.
7Washington. Attends morning services at National Presbyterian Church. Afternoon off-the-record appointment with Colonel P. T. Carroll.
8Washington. Morning appointments with General R. C. Cutler and S. E. Gleason; A. E. Summerfield, Jr. (off the record); G. Dean (off the record); A. F. Burns and G. Hauge; S. Weeks and L. Rothschild (off the record); J. M. Dodge, P. Young, and B. M. Shanley (off the record); General J. L. Collins; W. Pheiffer. Afternoon appointments with Senators F. Carlson and A. F. Schoeppel, Congressmen E. P. Scrivner and H. S. Miller, and a group of citizens from Kansas; J. F. Dulles (off the record); H. E. Stassen (off the record). Hosts small, off-the-record, stag dinner.
9Washington. Breakfast with J. F. Dulles, H. E. Stassen, General W. B. Persons, Congressmen R. B. Chiperfield, J. P. Richards, and J. M. Vorys; Senator W. F. Knowland; O. Cobb (off the record); T. Koop, F. W. Perkins, and G. Sandefer; J. F. Dulles, C. Erwin Wilson, and A. W. Dulles (off the record); A. M. Cole. National Security Council session. Afternoon appointments with J. B. Conant; Senator R. S. Kerr, Father W. Nerin, L. Beard, T. McNally, B. Hays, and two students from Tulsa, Oklahoma; H. Brownell, Jr., S. A. Delapp, J. F. Raper, Jr., E. L. Scheufler, J. C. Crawford, M. Fitzhugh, and H. K. Martin (off the record); John C. Hughes and L. T. Merchant; S. K. McConnell, S. Adams, and B. M. Shanley; G. M. Humphrey, I. J. Martin, Congressman C. A. Halleck, M. B. Folsom, General W. B. Persons, and S. Adams.
10Washington. Morning off-the-record appointments with J. F. Dulles; General R. C. Cutler. To MATS Terminal with official party for Minneapolis, Minnesota. Arrives at St. Paul-Minneapolis Municipal Airport. After welcome, departs for American Swedish Institute. Proceeds to Minneapolis Auditorium to meet Jaycee members. Speaks via live radio and local television. Departs for airport via the Ebenezer Home for the Aged. Airborne for Minot, North Dakota. After greetings at Minot Municipal Airport, motors with party to Clarence Parker Hotel. Dinner in Penthouse Suite with Governor N. Brunsdale and other Republican party leaders, followed by a short reception in Gold Saddle Room.
11North Dakota. Morning departure for Garrison Dam with Governor Brunsdale for inspection and ceremony. After ceremony, meets with Tribal Council of Indians from Fort Berthold Reservation. Departs Garrison Dam for airport at Bismarck. Proceeds to Rapid City Air Force Base and immediately drives to Mt. Rushmore Memorial. Outdoor speech to National Young Republican Convention. Motors to State Game Lodge, Custer State Park. Dinner with Governor S. Anderson and guests. Proceeds to Coolidge Inn to meet South Dakota Republican county officials.
12Custer State Park, State Game Lodge, South Dakota. Golf at Lead Country Club and fishing at French Creek.
13South Dakota. Motors to Rapid City Air Force Base. Redesignates Rapid City Air Force Base as Ellsworth Air Force Base. Airborne for Lebanon, New Hampshire. Flies over Flint, Michigan to view tornado damage. Upon arrival at Lebanon Airport, motors directly to home of President J. Dickey of Dartmouth College.
14Dartmouth, New Hampshire. Morning reception, followed by commencement exercises. Departs President Dickey's home for Lebanon Airport to Mitchel Air Force Base, Long Island, New York. Upon arrival, proceeds to Sagamore Hill. Delivers speech and receives gifts. Presidential motorcade to Mitchel Air Force Base en route to Washington, D. C. Upon arrival, motors directly to White House.
15Washington. Morning appointments with Legislative Leaders; Admiral W. N. Fechteler and Admiral D. B. Duncan; Admiral W. D. Leahy; W. W. Aldrich; J. M. Dodge and D. R. Belcher; C. R. Gray, Jr. Afternoon appointments with J. F. Dulles; J. F. Dulles and H. Brownell, Jr.; H. Brownell, Jr., B. M. Shanley, S. Adams, and General W. B. Persons; B. M. Shanley, General W. B. Persons, G. D. Morgan (off the record); Admiral L. L. Strauss (off the record); U. E. Baughman (off the record); Douglas MacArthur, II (off the record).
16Washington. Morning presentation of diplomas to the graduates of Capitol Page School. Morning appointments with Mrs. T. H. Powel and Congresswoman F. P. Bolton; H. Anholt and T. E. Stephens (off the record); Senator J. W. Bricker; Dr. M. S. Eisenhower, A. S. Flemming, and N. A. Rockefeller; A. G. Politis; C. Erwin Wilson. Lunch with C. Erwin Wilson and K. T. Keller. Afternoon appointments with J. B. Conant; H. Brownell, Jr., C. W. Atkinson, and H. Richards (off the record); Dr. B. D. Loomer and Dr. C. Stewart, Revs. Dr. D. Rideout and B. Dahlberg and Rabbi A. Cronback.
17Washington. Breakfast with General R. C. Cutler and J. S. Lay, Jr. Morning appointments with Congressman K. Ragan; Congressman C. W. Thompson; Mr. and Mrs. Katz and child; Gene Autry and E. H. Gammons; J. C. Hagerty. Press conference, followed by other appointments with Too Chim Paik, Dr. You Chan Yang and W. S. Robertson; P. Young. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with S. Simpson, H. Anholt, and J. Black (off the record).
18Washington. Breakfast with Senators Everett M. Dirksen, W. G. Magnuson, Senator S. Bridges, J. M. Dodge, and General W. B. Persons; Senator E. M. Dirksen; B. F. Fairless; P. Herring, R. Bunche, and E. H. Litchfield; J. F. Dulles, C. Erwin Wilson, and Admiral W. M. Fechteler (off the record). National Security Council session. Greets group of handicapped and underprivileged school children. Lunch with Congressman Sam Rayburn. Afternoon appointment with General R. C. Cutler and H. J. Tasca. Receives participants in the nation-wide Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention Program. Other appointments with Congressman P. W. Rodino, Jr. and B. M. Shanley; J. S. Armstrong, A. J. Goodwin, and C. F. Willis, Jr. (off the record); General G. A. Horkan and D. G. Volkert. Hosts reception with Mrs. Eisenhower for the members of the
8th Pan American Railway Congress.
19Washington. Morning appointments with Congressman D. L. Jackson, R. H. McClure, and S. McClure; E. D. Nicholson (off the record); H. C. Lodge, Jr. and State Senator S. H. Phillips (off the record). Cabinet meeting, followed by appointments with Senators A. Smith and R. A. Taft, Congressman S.K. McConnell, Jr., L. A. Mashburn, S. A. Dunn, S. Adams, B. M. Shanley, and G. D. Morgan (off the record-in S. Adams's office); General J. O. Adler. Lunch with S. Richardson. Afternoon appointments with A. M. Hill and T. E. Millsop; G. M. Humphrey, General W. B. Persons, and G. D. Morgan (off the record).
20Washington. Morning appointments with H. E. Stassen; Congressman C. R. Hope (and S. Adams-off the record); Congressman J. B. Frazier and L. Williams; Dr. J. Krout; Congressman D. A. Reed. Signs H. R. 3795.
21Washington. Early morning service at Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Church with Colonel R. L. Schulz. Afternoon appointment with Colonel P. T. Carroll (off the record).
22Washington. Breakfast with J. F. Dulles, W. B. Smith, General J. A. Van Fleet, and W. S. Robertson (off the record). Staff meeting in the Cabinet Room (off the record). Morning appointments with Senator F. Carlson (off the record); D. Middleton; General E. P. Curtis; General J. L. Collins. Receives the winner of the Optimist International Oratorical Contest; members of the National 4-H Club Camp. Appointments following with J. F. Dulles, G. M. Humphrey, J. M. Dodge, A. S. Flemming, J. M. Cabot, and Dr. M. S. Eisenhower; J. F. Dulles (off the record); F. M. Alger, Jr. Lunch with D. Wallace (off the record). Afternoon appointments with Mrs. O. B. Lord; A. F. Burns and G. Hauge; Senator W. F. Knowland; General L. H. Watson and Colonel P. T. Carroll (off the record). Hosts off-the-record stag dinner.
23Washington. Departs MATS Terminal after saying goodbye to Dr. M. S. Eisenhower before his South American trip (off the record). Appointment with A. S. Flemming (off the record). Receives delegation from the Pennsylvania Association of First Class Townships. Other appointments with G. M. Humphrey, General W. B. Persons, and G. D. Morgan (off the record); B. A. Javits; General R. C. Cutler and J. S. Lay, Jr.; L. Christie and S. Adams (off the record); Senator J. S. Cooper and Mrs. J. S. Cooper (off the record). Lunch with J. E. McClure, J. Lambert, Senator J. S. Cooper, C. D. Jackson, and A. F. Burns. Off-the-record meeting in the Solarium with J. F. Dulles, W. B. Smith, R. R. Bowie, D. MacArthur, II, F. Nash, C. D. Jackson, J. C. Hagerty, and T. E. Stephens. Tea with General R. M. Littlejohn.
24Washington. Morning meeting with Legislative Leaders; C. Erwin Wilson and S. Adams (off the record); Baron Silvercruys and J. F. Dulles; C. Erwin Wilson; H. Brownell, Jr. and A. W. Dulles; H. Brownell, Jr., C. Palmer, and E. Beard. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with P. G. Hoffman, J. H. Whitney, and B. Carter. Evening departure for Constitution Hall to attend the closing session of the Annual Convention of the American Red Cross.
25Washington. Receives the Committee from the United Church of Women of the National Council of Churches. Appointment with Congressman M. R. Laird. Witnesses the swearing-in of A. S. Flemming as Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization. National Security Council session. To Naval Gun Factory to greet veterans on USS WILLIAMSBURG. Lunch with R. M. Nixon, S. Adams, General W. B. Persons, and various Senators. Afternoon appointment with E. T. Benson. Signing of S. 2112. Other appointments with Senator J. M. Butler, General W. B. Persons, and Maxwell Rabb (off the record); G. M. Humphrey, J. M. Dodge, and General R. C. Cutler; Senator A. H. Smith, L. Titus, and J. J. Masiello; Mrs. W. Walker.
26Washington. Breakfast with Congressmen J. Taber and E. P. Scrivner, J. M. Dodge, and General W. B. Persons. Morning appointments with J. Melton; group of cattlemen; members of the Washington Student Citizenship Seminar. Cabinet meeting, followed by appointments with S. Richardson; F. Furcolo and H. C. Lodge, Jr.; R. D. Stuart. Off-the-record afternoon appointment with J. F. Dulles. To Camp David, Maryland with Mrs. Eisenhower, Mrs. E. Doud, and Commander E. L. Beach.
27Camp David, Maryland.
28Camp David, Maryland. Visits Camp Greentop and the Eisenhower farm near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Returns to White House in early evening.
29Washington. Morning appointments with Legislative Leaders; General O. N. Bradley and Admiral W. M. Fechteler; A. F. Burns and G. Hauge; Bishop Dr. Hans Lilje, Dr. H. L. Krekeler, J. F. Simmons, Rev. R. E. Van Deusen, and G. Hauge; J. M. Wisdom (off the record). Witnesses the swearing-in ceremony of Katherine G. Howard as Deputy Administrator of the Federal Civil Defense Administration. Afternoon appointments with W. B. Smith, R. M. Kyes, R. T. Stevens, Admiral W. M. Fechteler, U. A. Johnson, and C. Sullivan; E. T. Benson, V. E. Peterson, R. Farrington, and S. Adams; W. Schloss and family; A. W. Dulles; C. Burgess (off the record).
30Washington. Breakfast with A. Nielsen, G. M. Humphrey, J. M. Dodge, and S. Adams (off the record). Signing of H. R. 4233. Appointments with H. E. Stassen (off the record); Carlo P. Romulo and T. Wanamaker; B. Richards (off the record); C. D. Jackson, General R. C. Cutler, W. Jackson, and A. Washburn (off the record). Presents Young American Medals for Bravery and Service. Appointments with H. Brownell, Jr., P. F. Lavzavola, C. K. Cyr, J. C. Brown, S. S. Cohen, and T. F. Wilson (off the record); L. E. Thompson; General N. F. Twining; L. W. Douglas. Lunch with General R. C. Cutler and S. E. Gleason. Afternoon appointments with A. E. Summerfield, Jr., Senator E. M. Dirksen, and C. Schroeder; R. McLean; G. Farmer and S. Adams (off the record); Dr. S. High (off the record).
 

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