Eisenhower Presidential Papers

 

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2Washington. Appointments with G. Hauge and R. J. Saulnier; H. E. Stassen, F. A. Seaton, and General R. W. Porter; L. V. Fugal, Mrs. D. A. Poling, M. Wilson, Senator and Mrs. A. Watkins, B. Bradley, Dr. and Mrs. G. R. Fugal, and B. M. Shanley; T. F. Aston and H. S. Angleo. Greets governors attending Governors's Conference. To Constitution Hall to greet Chamber of Commerce meeting. Afternoon appointments with R. M. Nixon, Field Marshal P. Pibulsonggram, P. Sarasin, Dr. Rak Panyarachum, Lieutenant General Mom Luang Kharb Kunjara, General Prapass Charusathira, Mom Lung Peekdhip Malakul, J. F. Dulles, W. S. Robertson, and J. E. Peurifoy. To Burning Tree Country Club with Field Marshal P. Pibulsonggram for golf with R. M. Nixon and Colonel T. M. Belshe. Attends Governors's Conference dinner at Mayflower Hotel.
3Washington. Bi-partisan meeting. Receives group from American Agricultural Association. Receives group from Clarke School for the Deaf. Afternoon appointments with S. Skouras and B. M. Shanley (off the record); W. S. Robinson, D. Anderson, and Admiral A. W. Radford; Governor G. J. Knight (off the record). Initiates first international agreement on peaceful use of atomic energy. Late-afternoon appointment with M. C. de Murville, Abbe Henri Groues, and B. M. Shanley.
4Washington. Appointments with L. W. Bannister (off the record); Legislative Leaders. Press conference, followed by other appointments with E. T. Weir (off the record); N. A. Rockefeller, C. G. Morse, Admiral P. F. Foster, K. E. Fields, Dr. W. Libby, R. R. Hughes, General W. B. Persons, and Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; J. S. Lay, Jr. and D. Anderson. To Burning Tree Country Club for lunch and golf with J. E. McClure, W. W. Flenniken, and R. Hatcher.
5Washington. Off-the-record breakfast with L. W. Hall, P. Heffelfinger, C. Folger, R. Humphreys, L. R. Guylay, and S. Adams. Presented with Robert S. Abbott Memorial Award. Appointments with Senator B. Goldwater and I. J. Martin (off the record); Romuald Spasowski and J. F. Simmons; N. A. Rockefeller. National Security Council session, followed by appointments with Admiral A. W. Radford and C. Erwin Wilson; H. Hoover, Jr. and D. Anderson; General Archibald Nye, R. Makins, and Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; General Carlos Izaguirre and J. F. Simmons. To Statler Hotel with B. M. Shanley to attend annual Congressional Club breakfast. Afternoon appointments with S. Adams, F. A. Seaton, and Governors V. E. Anderson, J. J. Foss, and F. Hall; R. R. Hughes, P. F. Brundage, and S. Adams; G. Hauge. To Walter Reed Hospital with General H. M. Snyder.
6Washington. Appointment with C. P. Peterson and F. A. Seaton. Receives Truck Driver of the Year, F. J. Pemberton. Other appointments with D. McKay, F. A. Seaton, and Governor F. Elvidge; C. Erwin Wilson and C. S. Thomas; J. F. Dulles, C. Erwin Wilson, H. Hoover, Jr., R. B. Anderson, W. S. Robertson, D. Anderson, Colonel C. A. Randall, and Admiral A. W. Radford. Receives group from Operation Brotherhood. Afternoon appointments with Sayyid Saddiq Muntasser and J. F. Dulles; Dr. H. L. Krekeler and J. F. Simmons; J. B. Hollister. Lunch with J. F. Dulles. To Washington Hebrew Congregation Temple with I. J. Martin and Murray Snyder to attend dedication.
7Washington. Appointments with N. A. Rockefeller and B. N. Harlow; D. Anderson; A. W. Dulles and Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr. (off the record); L. B. Taft and I. J. Martin. To Congressional Country Club for lunch and golf with General F. Parks, Colonel B. N. Moore, and W. Cox. To Statler Hotel to attend the annual Gridiron Club dinner.
8Washington. Attends services at National Presbyterian Church with W. E. Robinson and C. J. Schoo.
9Washington. Off-the-record breakfast with N. A. Rockefeller, B. N. Harlow, and Congressman S. Cole. Appointments with E. T. Benson; S. Adams, R. R. Hughes, P. F. Brundage, and General H. D. Vogel. Receives group from United Cerebral Palsy Organization. Other appointments with A. F. Burns and G. Hauge; H. Hoover, Jr. and C. Erwin Wilson. Receives group from Sault Locks Centennial Commission. Off-the-record lunch with S. Richardson. Off-the-record appointment with H. Hoover, Jr. Hosts off-the-record stag dinner.
10Washington. Appointment with Legislative Leaders. Receives delegates from Organization of World Touring and Automobile Clubs. To Mayflower Hotel with S. Adams to greet Republican Women's National Conference. Off-the-record lunch with H. Brownell, Jr. Afternoon appointments with N. A. Rockefeller (off the record); C. S. Thomas.
11Washington. J. S. Lay, Jr. and D. Anderson. Receives year's first American Legion Poppy. Appointments with H. Hoover, Jr., R. B. Anderson, D. Anderson, Admiral A. W. Radford, General C. H. Bonesteel III, C. I. Tod, H. Schwartz, H. Phleger, and Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr. (off the record); N. A. Rockefeller, H. Hoover, Jr., D. Anderson, O. C. Hobby, General W. B. Persons, D. Adams, B. M. Shanley, R. B. Anderson, I. J. Martin, Murray Snyder, and Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr. Press conference, followed by other appointments with Congressman A. C. Powell and M. Rabb; F. White; R. B. Anderson (off the record); O. C. Hobby, S. M. Brownell, N. H. McElroy, R. Larson, and General W. B. Persons. To Burning Tree Country Club for lunch and golf with J. Black, W. W. Flenniken, and W. Mangly. Evening appointment with General H. Smith.
12Washington. Off-the-record breakfast with H. C. Lodge, Jr. Appointments with J. C. Hughes; R. T. Stevens and Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; E. O. Briggs. National Security Council session. Receives youth group from Congressional Club Cotillion. Afternoon appointments with Senator K. E. Mundt and I. J. Martin; R. R. Hughes, P. F. Brundage, and S. Adams; A. S. Flemming, J. Bromley, S. Adams, General W. S. Paul, and Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; N. A. Rockefeller and J. C. Hagerty.
13Washington. Appointments with Colonel F. Ellis (off the record); G. F. Reinhardt; Cabinet meeting. Departs for Eisenhower farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
14Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. To F. Akers's farm in Thurmont, Maryland with G. E. Allen. Returns to Gettysburg.
15Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Attends services at Presbyterian Church of Gettysburg with Mrs. Eisenhower. Tours Gettysburg Battlefield with G. E. Allen and General H. Smith. Returns to Washington, D. C. with Mrs. Eisenhower.
16Washington. Appointments with D. Anderson and Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; S. Collins, E. D. Chesney, and B. M. Shanley; O. C. Hobby, Dr. L. A. Scheele, R. B. Perkins, J. B. Mintener, Dr. C. S. Keefer, P. M. Banta, C. I. Schottland, S. Adams, and J. C. Hagerty; Admiral A. W. Radford; G. Hauge and A. F. Burns; J. K. Javits and S. Adams. Receives group from Virginia. Afternoon appointment with H. Hoover, Jr. and J. F. Dulles. Hosts off-the-record stag dinner.
17Washington. Appointments with E. T. Benson, S. Adams, B. M. Shanley, G. D. Morgan, and I. J. Martin (off the record); Legislative Leaders. Receives group from Young Republican National Federation. Off-the-record appointment with H. Reid. Receives officers and Board of Governors of American Bar Association. Other appointments with C. Erwin Wilson, C. S. Thomas, and Admiral A. Burke; C. Erwin Wilson and F. A. Seaton; Mayor Otto Sukr and Dr. H. L. Krekeler; W. C. Doherty and G. D. Morgan; J. F. Dulles (off the record); C. R. Hook, Jr., E. Lyons, and G. D. Morgan. Makes television broadcast.
18Washington. To Sulgrave Club with B. M. Shanley and H. Pyle to attend breakfast given by the Women's Division of Republican National Committee. Appointments with J. S. Lay, Jr, D. Anderson, and R. R. Hughes; J. C. Hagerty, General W. B. Persons, F. A. Seaton, S. Adams, G. D. Morgan, N. A. Rockefeller, and B. M. Shanley. Press conference, followed by appointment with M. Muir. To Burning Tree Country Club with B. Hogan and G. Sarazen for lunch with B. Hogan, G. Sarazen, G. K. Nye, J. Ryerson, and Colonel T. M. Belshe. "Locker room" appointment with J. Black and R. Pittman.
19Washington. Off-the-record breakfast with General L. D. Clay. Off-the-record appointment with S. Adams and Senator L. Saltonstall. Receives Teacher of the Year, Miss Margaret Perry. Other appointments with R. R. Hughes, S. Adams, and G. D. Morgan; R. R. Hughes and S. Adams; General J. A. Klein; Dr. H. A. Rusk (off the record). National Security Council session. Hosts luncheon for NATO representatives. Afternoon appointments with N. A. Rockefeller; S. Adams and G. Hauge (off the record); General A. Denniston, Colonels H. H. Hammond and R. L. Schulz, Captain L. H. Sylvester, and Sergeant W. W. Magnum; J. F. Dulles and Senator W. F. George (off the record). To Statler Hotel with Mrs. Eisenhower to attend Women's National Press Club dinner.
20Washington. Breakfast with General R. C. Cutler. Appointments with T. E. Stephens; W. T. Longstreth, Congressman H. Scott, J. M. Pomeroy, Jr., W. P. Miller, Jr., S. E. McLaughlin, R. C. Duffy, H. A. Fogel, S. Adams, B. M. Shanley, J. C. Hagerty, Senators J. H. Duff and E. Martin, and Colonel J. Cooke; J. C. Hawkins, E. W. Parsons, Drs. R. G. Ross and E. F. Adams, and G. Hauge; R. M. Nixon, J. F. Dulles, and C. Erwin Wilson. Cabinet meeting. Photographs with national spelling bee champion. Other appointments with W. J. Hopkins; Dr. R. O. Blood and S. Adams. Departs with G. E. Allen for Eisenhower farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
21Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
22Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Returns to Washington, D. C.
23Washington. Appointments with D. Anderson, J. C. Hagerty, and Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; H. E. Stassen. Attends annual meeting of Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped at Departmental Auditorium. Other appointments with D. MacArthur, II and Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; A. F. Burns and G. Hauge; C. Erwin Wilson, F. A. Seaton, C. Burgess; A. C. Cast, S. Adams, and Governor G. N. Craig. Hosts luncheon with Mrs. Eisenhower in honor of Vincent and Mrs. Auriol. Afternoon appointments with L. E. Berkey (off the record); Don Jos‚ Maria Arielza, Rafael Cavestany, Admiral Salvador Moreno, and J. F. Simmons; N. A. Rockefeller. Hosts off-the-record stag dinner.
24Washington. Appointments with S. Adams, General W. B. Persons, G. D. Morgan, I. J. Martin, F. A. Seaton; Legislative Leaders; N. A. Rockefeller. To Sheraton-Park Hotel to address convention of National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters. To Burning Tree Country Club with B. Nelson and C. Middlecoff for lunch with B. Nelson, C. Middlecoff, J. Black, and Colonel T. M. Belshe and golf with B. Nelson, J. Black, and Colonel T. M. Belshe (joined by J. E. McClure and F. Akers). Evening appointments with A. E. Summerfield, Jr.; A. Nielsen (off the record). Departs with Mrs. Eisenhower to attend opening ceremonies of First Ladies Hall of Smithsonian Institution.
25Washington. To Sulgrave Club to attend breakfast given by the Women's Division of the Republican National Committee. Appointments with J. S. Lay, Jr. and D. Anderson; N. A. Rockefeller; Admiral L. L. Strauss and Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; J. P. Mitchell; W. L. Beaulac and Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr. (off the record); S. Weeks; F. C. Erkin; S. Adams and G. D. Morgan. Lunch with J. F. Dulles. Afternoon appointments with A. S. Flemming, R. M. Nixon, B. M. Shanley, J. C. Hagerty, General W. S. Paul, and Commander E. L. Beach; N. A. Rockefeller and Admiral A. W. Radford; Judges J. K. Brown, W. G. East, and H. Brownell, Jr.; G. Hauge. Entertains group of veterans with Mrs. Eisenhower.
26Washington. Off-the-record breakfast with R. M. Nixon. National Security Council session, followed by special National Security Council session (off the record), and appointments with H. C. Lodge, Jr. and N. A. Rockefeller. To Walter Reed Hospital to participate in dedication of Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with R. Learned, Congressman C. A. Halleck, and Colonel T. M. Belshe.
27Washington. Off-the-record breakfast with H. E. Stassen. Appointments with M. Rabb; G. Hauge; N. A. Rockefeller; L. W. Douglas; J. G. Hurley, Sisters M. Henrietta and M. Victorine, and Congressman F. T. Bow. Cabinet meeting. To Library of Congress with Admiral L. L. Strauss and N. A. Rockefeller to view atomic energy exhibit. Afternoon appointments with J. S. Lay, Jr.; Colonel G. Warden (off the record). Departs with G. E. Allen for Eisenhower farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Visits with Mr. and Mrs. S. Spiegel.
28Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. To Gettysburg Country Club for golf with General A. S. Nevins and G. E. Allen. To G. E. Allen's home with Generals A. S. Nevins and H. M. Snyder to inpect well-drilling equipment. To B. Redding's farm to inspect pigs.
29Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Attends services at Gettysburg Presbyterian Church with General A. S. Nevins. To General A. S. Nevins's home.
30Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. To Gettysburg Country Club for golf with G. E. Allen, R. Sleichter, and General A. S. Nevins. To Gettysburg National Cemetery with Mrs. Eisenhower and Mrs. E. Doud. Participates in Memorial Day ceremonies. Returns to Eisenhower farm with H. E. Stassen. Tours farm with H. E. Stassen. To B. Redding's farm with G. E. Allen, G. M. Humphrey, and General A. S. Nevins.
31Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Returns to Washington, D. C. Appointments with G. M. Humphrey, S. Weeks, A. E. Summerfield, Jr., S. Adams, and A. F. Burns; J. C. Hagerty, S. Adams, General W. B. Persons, B. M. Shanley, G. D. Morgan, and B. N. Harlow; O. C. Hobby, I. J. Martin, R. Perkins, and Dr. L. Scheele. Press conference, followed by reception for foreign representatives of Eighth World Health Assembly. Other appointments with R. H. Demmler, J. S. Armstrong, A. D. Orrick, H. C. Patterson, E. T. Tait, and S. Adams. Presented with cheese by dairy group. Afternoon appointments with C. Erwin Wilson and Admiral A. W. Radford. Off-the-record lunch with S. Richardson. Afternoon appointment with D. Anderson. Receives and photographs with J. C. Muniz on occasion of installing Brazilian Reactor Agreement. Receives and photographs with D. E. Zuleta-Angel on occasion of installing Colombian Reactor Agreement. Appointment with H. Hoover, Jr. and D. MacArthur, II. Hosts off-the-record stag dinner.
 

Eisenhower Presidential Papers

Eisenhower Presidential Papers
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