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January 1Augusta, Georgia. To office, to house, returns to office, and returns to house via C. Roberts's suite.
2Washington. Attends services at Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church with Mrs. Eisenhower. Golf with Z. Larman, F. Willard, and E. Dudley. To Bush Airfield with Mrs. Eisenhower, Mrs. E. Doud, C. Roberts, W. E. Robinson, E. D. Slater, F. Willard, and Mr. and Mrs. F. Gosden. Enplanes COLUMBINE en route to Washington, D. C. Motors to White House with Mrs. Eisenhower and Mrs. E. Doud.
3Washington. Morning appointments with Congressman D. Reed; H. Pyle, W. E. Robinson, and S. Adams (off the record); O. C. Hobby and B. N. Harlow; A. F. Burns and G. Hauge; J. P. Mitchell, B. N. Harlow, and G. D. Morgan; C. Erwin Wilson. Luncheon with Cabinet and others. Cabinet-Congressional leadership meeting.
4Washington. Morning appointments with T. C. Streibert, A. Washburn, and L. S. Briggs; Reverends R. W. Lloyd, W. H. Boggs, G. A. Long, E. C. Blake, W. H. Kepler, and E. L. R. Elson. Receives group from National Cartoonist Society. Appointment with J. F. Barr, B. Weitzer, and E. D. Chesney. Off-the-record appointments with A. S. Flemming; General Humfrey Gale; L. W. Hall; Alberto Tarchiani and J. F. Simmons; General R. C. Cutler, J. C. Hagerty, and Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr. Off-the-record appointments with H. Pyle and S. Adams; General R. C. Cutler. Appointment with S. Weeks and R. Murray.
5Washington. Attends services at National Presbyterian Church. Appointment with Senator W. F. Knowland. National Security Council session, followed by appointments with J. H. Burke, R. Leeds, and Mr. Brockhurst; C. O. Vardaman; B. N. Harlow (joined by S. Adams).
6Washington. Morning appointment with H. E. Stassen (off the record). To Capitol to deliver the State of the Union Message before a Joint Session of Congress. Returns to White House. To Burning Tree Country Club for lunch and golf with Colonel T. M. Belshe. Hosts stag dinner.
7Washington. Morning appointments with C. E. Saltzman; C. B. Luce; Senator W. F. George. Cabinet meeting. Receives Mary Kosloski, 1955 March of Dimes poster girl. Lunch with G. M. Humphrey. To Camp David, Maryland with Mrs. Eisenhower and Mrs. J. S. D. Eisenhower.
8Camp David, Maryland. Morning departure for Eisenhower farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Returns to Camp David.
9Camp David, Maryland. Returns to Washington, D. C. with Mrs. Eisenhower.
10Washington. Breakfast with Dr. M. S. Eisenhower. Appointments with A. F. Burns and G. Hauge; Senator R. E. Flanders; J. F. Dulles; L. Wright and B. M. Shanley. Off-the-record appointment with J. Finnegan and S. Adams. Lunch with Senator J. H. Duff, followed by other appointments with W. Horan and Dr. F. Warren (off the record); A. S. Flemming and S. Benedict; R. B. Anderson and H. E. Talbott. Receives E. T. Benson and representatives of the Citrus Merchandising Committee, who present crystal bowl filled with fruit. Late-afternoon appointment with A. E. Summerfield, Jr. Hosts stag dinner.
11Washington. Appointments with Legislative Leaders; Advisory Committee on a National Highway Program; fellows and trustees of Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, Inc.; Dr. H. W. Dodds and S. Adams. Presented Big Brother of the Year Award to C. S. Mott. Afternoon off-the-record appointment with D. Parker and B. Jeffrin. Lunch with Admiral A. W. Radford, followed by other appointments with Admiral A. W. Radford and General R. C. Cutler (off the record); L. W. Hall.
12Washington. Breakfast with R. M. Nixon. Appointments with D. Bruce; S. Thurmond, Major M. Manchester, and Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; J. C. Hagerty. Press conference, followed appointment with M. Rabb. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with Colonel T. M. Belshe, L. J. Bernard, and H. C. Stuart. Evening off-the-record appointment with General R. C. Cutler and J. S. Lay, Jr.
13Washington. Morning appointments with C. Tompkins (off the record); A. E. Summerfield, Jr.; B. S. Adkins and T. E. Stephens. National Security Council session. To Statler Hotel to greet luncheon of the Association of American Colleges. Afternoon appointments with G. M. Humphrey and B. F. Fairless (off the record); Dr. I. L. Esch.
14Washington. Cabinet meeting, followed by other appointments with A. E. Summerfield, Jr.; G. Cowles; the Duke of Windsor, R. Makins, and J. F. Simmons; Admiral L. L. Strauss; W. H. Brenton; J. M. Dodge; Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Carter (off the record). Hosts reception with Mrs. Eisenhower for congressional members and their spouses.
15Washington. Appointments with H. E. Talbott (off the record); J. C. Hagerty; General R. C. Cutler; S. Adams; B. M. Shanley; W. J. Hopkins; Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; G. Hauge; A. C. Whitman; Mrs. Gerde Kraft and son (off the record); B. M. Shanley.
16Washington. Attends services at National Presbyterian Church with Mrs. Eisenhower.
17Washington. Appointments with H. Brownell, Jr.; A. F. Burns and G. Hauge; E. Johnston; H. Brinkley. Afternoon off-the-record appointments with A. S. Flemming and R. B. Anderson; J. F. Dulles.
18Washington. Appointments with Legislative Leaders; A. L. English, O. W. Clark, and Captain C. F. Hogan. Receives Committee for an Adequate Overseas Information Program. Receives Board of Directors and officers of the American Farm Bureau Federation. Greets the first Sub-Cabinet meeting of 1955. Afternoon appointments with Admiral A. W. Radford (off the record); General R. C. Cutler. Hosts dinner in honor of R. M. and Mrs. Nixon.
19Washington. Breakfast with Senator W. F. Knowland. Appointments with C. D. Dillon; Congresswoman F. P. Bolton; J. C. Hagerty. Press conference. Receives members of the Committee for the Exhibition of
19th Century French Paintings from American Collections. Off-the-record appointment with B. R. Witter. Off-the-record lunch with J. F. Dulles and Admiral A. W. Radford. Hosts dinner with Mrs. Eisenhower in honor of Senator W. F. Knowland.
20Washington. Off-the-record breakfast with S. Adams, L. W. Hall, T. E. Stephens, and General W. B. Persons. National Security Council session, followed by off-the-record appointment with F. Cowles and B. S. Vester. Off-the-record lunch with E. P. Curtis. Afternoon appointment with A. S. Flemming, S. Adams, and M. Rabb.
21Washington. Breakfast with G. N. Craig and T. E. Stephens. National Security Council session, followed by Cabinet meeting. Other appointments with S. Holland, Leslie Knox Monro, L. T. Merchant, and J. F. Simmons; Senator G. Allott; J. F. Dulles, C. Erwin Wilson, R. B. Anderson, R. R. Bowie, Admirals A. W. Radford, R. B. Carney, and Generals N. F. Twining and C. L. Bolte. Hosts reception with Mrs. Eisenhower in honor of members of the diplomatic corps.
22Washington. Breakfast with Congressman J. W. Martin, Jr. Appointments with Congressman R. W. Kean and members of the Committee on Foreign Trade Education; Congressman E. W. Wilson; Mrs. E. Meyer, Senator I. M. Ives, S. Adams, G. D. Morgan, and Congressman C. D. Kearns; L. E. Berkey (off the record); J. F. Dulles, R. R. Bowie, General R. C. Cutler, and J. C. Hagerty (joined by Senator W. F. Knowland); General Lionel J. Cross. To Statler Hotel to attend the Alfalfa Club dinner.
23Washington. Attends services at National Presbyterian Church with Mrs. Eisenhower.
24Washington. Appointments with H. L. Roach, R. Kreger, and T. E. Stephens; members of the Rubber Producing Facilities Disposal Commission; A. F. Burns and G. Hauge; C. Erwin Wilson, R. T. Stevens, and C. C. Finucane; General W. Krueger. Off-the-record lunch with S. Richardson and J. Connally, followed by other appointments with N. Burnham, R. Follis, and J. Follis (off the record); H. Hoover, Jr., W. S. Robertson, and Generals J. L. Collins and R. C. Cutler. Hosts stag dinner.
25Washington. Appointments with Legislative Leaders; G. M. Humphrey; J. Ely and S. Adams; P. Young. To the National History Building of the Smithsonian Institute to be presented with a statue by Dr. H. L. Krekeler. Lunch with A. Shivers, W. A. Blakley, and S. Adams. Afternoon appointments with J. C. Dunn; General R. C. Cutler.
26Washington. To the Sulgrave Club to attend breakfast given by women's division of the Republican National Committee. Receives members of the Executive Committee of the National Association of Postmasters. Appointments with Johan Albert Nykoff; Dr. Don Rafael Heliodoro Valle and V. Purse; C. A. Thomas. Off-the-record appointments with J. M. Dodge; N. A. Rockefeller; W. W. Flenniken and T. E. Stephens. Other appointment with J. F. Dulles and N. A. Rockefeller. Hosts dinner with Mrs. Eisenhower in honor of Paul E. and Mrs. Magloire.
27Washington. Receives group of senators and congressmen. Appointments with Dr. H. A. Rusk; National Security Council session; J. F. Dulles, C. Erwin Wilson, R. T. Stevens, C. S. Thomas, H. E. Talbott, Admirals A. W. Radford and R. B. Carney, Generals M. B. Ridgway, N. F. Twining, L. C. Shepherd and R. C. Cutler, and D. MacArthur, II (off the record); Admiral A. W. Radford; S. Weeks, R. Murray, A. Page, S. Adams, and M. Rabb (off the record); General W. B. Persons; G. Hauge; J. C. Hagerty; General R. C. Cutler and Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; T. E. Stephens.
28Washington. Appointment with J. F. Dulles, followed by Cabinet meeting. Other appointments with F. J. Lausche and J. C. Hagerty; R. B. Anderson and E. J. Noble; J. C. H. Bonbright. Makes tape recording for United Defense Fund dinner. Afternoon appointments with Henry de Torrente and V. Purse; Congressman C. W. Thompson and group of Texas businessmen. Early evening appointment with Admiral A. W. Radford. To Sheraton-Park Hotel with Mrs. Eisenhower for dinner given in their honor by P. E. and Mrs. Magloire.
29Washington. Breakfast with A. B. Langlie, P. Patterson, and S. Adams. Signs H. R. 159. To MATS Terminal en route to Augusta, Georgia with General H. M. Snyder, J. C. Hagerty, and C. Roberts. To Augusta National Golf Club for practice with G. Stout and golf with C. Roberts, D. R. Calhoun, and C. A. Thomas. More practice with G. Stout.
30Augusta, Georgia. To Augusta National Golf Club for practice with G. Stout and golf with W. McAfee, J. Wilson, and W. E. Robinson. To Bush Field, airborne for Washington, D. C. with General H. M. Snyder, C. Roberts, and J. C. Hagerty. Returns to White House for off-the-record appointment with H. Hoover, Jr., L. T. Merchant, W. S. Robertson, H. C. Lodge, Jr., D. MacArthur, II, Admiral A. W. Radford, and Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.
31Washington. Appointments with A. S. Flemming; O. C. Hobby, R. R. Hughes, S. M. Brownell, R. Perkins, and S. Adams; Maurice Couve de Murville and V. Purse; Jos‚ Luis Cruz-Salazar and V. Purse; L. E. Berkey; General R. C. Cutler and G. D. Morgan. Hosts stag dinner.
 

Eisenhower Presidential Papers

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