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April 1Washington. Attends Easter services at National Presbyterian Church with Mrs. Eisenhower. Photographs taken with R. Rogers and D. Evans. Other photographs taken with Mrs. Eisenhower, Major and Mrs. J. S. D. Eisenhower and family, Colonel and Mrs. G. Moore and family, and Mrs. E. Doud.
2Washington. Appointment with General J. E. Valluy, Admiral A. W. Radford, and Colonel V. Walters. Witnesses swearing-in of P. F. Brundage as Director, Bureau of the Budget. Other appointments with J. C. Hagerty; G. Hauge. Greets guests participating in annual Easter Egg Roll with Mrs. Eisenhower. Goes swimming. To Army-Navy Club with General J. S. Bragdon to attend luncheon with former West Point classmates. Afternoon appointments with General M. D. Taylor and Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; G. D. Morgan; R. Reed; General R. C. Cutler; B. M. Shanley; K. McCann; S. Adams.
3Washington. Appointments with S. Adams; G. Hauge; J. C. Hagerty; General B. F. Caffey and Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; William F. Dickson, General John Whiteley, Admiral A. W. Radford, and Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; General W. B. Persons. Motors with B. M. Shanley and J. C. Hagerty to District Red Cross Building to address 12th Annual Conference of the Advertising Council. Goes swimming. Afternoon appointments with C. Folger, T. McCabe, and B. M. Shanley; L. W. Hall; S. Adams; A. R. Jones, P. F. Brundage, and F. A. Seaton; S. Adams; J. C. Hagerty; G. M. Humphrey, P. F. Brundage, S. Adams, and General W. B. Persons; G. M. Humphrey, H. Brownell, Jr., H. Hoover, Jr., R. B. Anderson, and A. S. Flemming.
4Washington. Appointments with Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; S. Adams and L. Wright (off the record); J. S. Lay, Jr.; General W. B. Persons; S. Adams, J. C. Hagerty, F. A. Seaton, General W. B. Persons, and Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr. Press conference, followed by reception of Sword of Hope from American Cancer Society. Other appointments with Governor W. J. Kohler; General W. B. Persons (joined by S. Adams); Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with J. Black. Evening appointment with Senators L. Saltonstall, J. H. Duff, and General W. B. Persons.
5Washington. Appointments with Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; B. M. Shanley, R. Rizley; G. M. Humphrey and P. F. Brundage; S. Adams; J. C. Hagerty. National Security Council session, followed by appointments with G. M. Humphrey, C. Erwin Wilson, R. Robertson, P. F. Brundage, Admiral A. W. Radford, and Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; C. Erwin Wilson, G. M. Humphrey, D. A. Quarles, C. A. Thomas, C. C. Finucane, R. Robertson, P. F. Brundage, Generals W. B. Persons, R. M. Pate, and N. F. Twining, and Admirals A. W. Radford and A. A. Burke; S. Adams; General W. B. Persons. To swimming pool with Dr. M. S. Eisenhower. Afternoon appointments with Colonels I. Haynes and E. P. Turner; Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; A. F. Burns; H. Brownell, Jr.; S. Adams, G. Hauge, F. A. Seaton, Dr. M. S. Eisenhower, and General W. B. Persons; T. E. Stephens (off the record). Practices golf on White House grounds.
6Washington. Appointments with W. J. Hopkins; Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; J. F. Dulles; Cabinet meeting. Photographs taken with D. McKay. Presents Young American Medal for Bravery to P. A. Strickland. Other appointment with H. C. Hunt, N. McElroy, B. M. Shanley, and J. C. Hagerty. Receives report from Committee for the White House Conference on Education. Other appointments with O. C. Hobby; Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr. To swimming pool. Afternoon appointments with Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; S. Adams; E. T. Benson; Masayuki Tani; D. Anderson; General W. B. Persons (joined by Dr. M. S. Eisenhower); Dr. M. S. Eisenhower (joined by J. C. Hagerty); J. W. Barba; Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; Dr. M. S. Eisenhower and A. Whitman.
7Washington. Appointments with S. Adams and B. M. Shanley; W. J. Hopkins; J. S. Lay, Jr.; Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr. Presented with American League baseball pass by C. Griffith. Other appointments with George Arthur Padmore; S. Adams; E. T. Benson, T. D. Morse, S. Adams, G. Hauge, and General W. B. Persons; R. R. Bowie, K. McCann, and Dr. M. S. Eisenhower; S. Adams, K. McCann, and Governor J. H. Aronson. To swimming pool. Motors with Dr. M. S. Eisenhower to farm of Mrs. G. Moore in Hillsboro, Virginia. Returns to Washington, D. C.
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9Washington. Appointments with Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; A. Whitman; General W. B. Persons; Legislative Leaders; R. M. Nixon; S. Adams; S. Adams; W. J. Barba; L. W. Hall; J. F. Dulles. To MATS Terminal with Mrs. Eisenhower and Mrs. E. Doud en route to Augusta, Georgia. Golf with E. Dudley, L. K. Firestone, and E. D. Slater.
10Augusta, Georgia. To practice tee, then golf with J. H. Whitney, W. Jones, and E. Dudley.
11Augusta, Georgia. Signs S. 500.
12Augusta, Georgia. To practice tee, then walks to pro shop en route to C. Roberts's quarters. Golf with E. Dudley, F. Gosden, and Major J. S. D. Eisenhower. Plays catch with D. D. Eisenhower, II. Watches D. D. Eisenhower, II practice golf.
13Augusta, Georgia. To office, then to pro shop, to practice tee. Golf with S. S. Larmon, E. Dudley, and Major J. S. D. Eisenhower. To practice tee. More golf with E. Dudley, G. Stout, and Major J. S. D. Eisenhower. Fishes at
15th hole.
14Augusta, Georgia. Appointments with J. C. Hagerty and F. A. Seaton; E. T. Benson, T. D. Morse, D. Paarlberg, F. A. Seaton, K. McCann, G. Hauge, and J. C. Hagerty. To practice tee. Golf with F. Willard, E. Dudley, and Major J. S. D. Eisenhower.
15Augusta, Georgia. Attends services at Reid Memorial Church with Mrs. Eisenhower and Major J. S. D. Eisenhower. Golf with G. W. Woodruff, E. Dudley, and Major J. S. D. Eisenhower. To Bush Field en route to Washington, D. C.
16Washington. Appointments with Governors L. A. Hoegh, F. Hall, and J. J. Foss; E. T. Benson; H. D. Newsom and S. Adams. Prepares speech. To Statler Hotel with Dr. M. S. Eisenhower to visit E. N. Eisenhower. Delivers speech to nation.
17Washington. Appointments with J. C. Hagerty; Legislative Leaders; Dr. M. S. Eisenhower; S. Adams. Throws out first ball of season opener at Griffith Stadium. To Sheraton-Park Hotel to address dinner of Republican National Conference.
18Washington. Appointments with Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; S. Adams; J. S. Lay, Jr.; Admiral A. W. Radford and Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; Mr. and Mrs. Alberto Martin Artajo, J. M. and Mrs. de Areilza, J. F. Dulles, L. T. Merchant, J. D. and Mrs. Lodge, and J. F. Simmons; J. A. Wagner, H. Luhrs, W. S. Hauck, E. D. Chesney, and Colonel L. Johnson; W. J. Hopkins; Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; W. J. Hopkins; G. Hauge; G. D. Morgan; A. S. Flemming, F. A. Seaton, General W. Paul, and Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; P. F. Brundage. Practices golf on White House grounds.
19Washington. Appointments with B. M. Shanley; S. Adams; General W. B. Persons; F. A. Seaton; W. H. Jackson; H. E. Capehart, S. Adams, and General W. B. Persons; Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; J. Wadsworth. Receives group from Commission on Veterans's Pensions. Goes swimming. Afternoon appointment with B. M. Shanley. Attends civil defense meeting. Other afternoon appointments with H. Hoover, Jr. and J. F. Dulles; M. A. Hutcheson, M. C. Raddock, and J. P. Mitchell. Practices golf on White House grounds.
20Washington. Appointments with W. J. Hopkins; H. Pyle; Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; C. E. Bohlen; S. Adams; H. C. Lodge, Jr.; Cabinet meeting; J. F. Dulles, R. R. Bowie, and K. McCann. Goes swimming. Afternoon appointments with J. C. Hagerty; A. F. Burns and G. Hauge; F. Donahue, W. Ruschmeyer, and Colonel R. L. Schulz (off the record); P. G. Hoffman (off the record); K. McCann. Practices golf on White House grounds.
21Washington. Appointments with S. Adams and G. D. Morgan; A. Whitman; Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; R. Montgomery, R. R. Bowie, and K. McCann (off the record); E. T. Benson, G. D. Morgan, G. Hauge, and I. J. Martin. Departs for golf at Burning Tree Country Club with General O. N. Bradley, Major J. S. D. Eisenhower, and Colonel P. A. Wyman. To Statler Hotel with Mrs. Eisenhower to make television address at American Society of Newspaper Editors annual banquet. Following television address, makes off-the-record address to banquet.
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23Washington. Appointments with B. M. Shanley; G. D. Morgan; Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; H. W. Dodds, L. Carmichael, P. F. Brundage, S. Adams, and H. Pyle; S. Adams; B. M. Shanley and M. J. McCaffree; R. B. Anderson. Receives group from American Council on NATO. Other appointments with B. M. Shanley and Colonel W. H. Draper; J. W. Barker and W. L. Batt. Receives honorary membership in American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Other appointment with A. Nielsen. To swimming pool. Afternoon appointments with Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; S. Adams; C. Burgess, W. K. Scott, R. D. Francis, S. Adams, General W. B. Persons, and Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; B. M. Shanley, J. C. Hagerty, and Colonel W. H. Draper; A. W. Dulles and Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; J. C. Hagerty. Practices golf on White House grounds. Evening appointment with S. Adams and Colonel W. H. Draper. Motors with J. C. Hagerty and General H. M. Snyder to Eisenhower farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
24Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. To Cumberland Township Election House with General H. M. Snyder to vote. To Harrisburg Airport with General H. M. Snyder and J. C. Hagerty to return to Washington, D. C. Appointments with S. Adams and General W. B. Persons; Legislative Leaders; J. A. Mora and H. F. Holland (joined by H. Mitchell); N. Hill, S. Adams, and Congressman D. W. Nicholson; G. Hauge; W. F. Libby and Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; J. B. Hollister and General W. B. Persons. To swimming pool. Afternoon appointments with R. M. Nixon; R. M. Nixon, J. F. Dulles, J. B. Hollister, H. Hoover, Jr., P. F. Brundage, J. M. Dodge, W. Finan, and General W. B. Persons; A. E. Summerfield, Jr. Evening off-the-record appointment with J. L. Hamon, L. F. McCollum, and R. B. Anderson.
25Washington. Appointments with K. McCann; Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; W. J. Hopkins; J. S. Lay, Jr. and J. M. Dodge; J. S. Lay, Jr.; C. Erwin Wilson and Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; J. C. Hagerty, G. D. Morgan, H. Pyle, I. J. Martin, G. Hauge, Murray Snyder, and General W. B. Persons. Press conference, followed by other appointment with H. Brownell, Jr. To Burning Tree Country Club with Dr. W. R. Tkach for golf with F. Akers, Congressman C. A. Halleck, and Colonel T. M. Belshe.
26Washington. Appointments with Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; General W. B. Persons; F. White. National Security Council session, followed by appointments with Rabbi A. H. Silver and J. F. Dulles; B. N. Harlow and General D. Sarnoff; S. High (off the record); J. M. Dodge and Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; R. M. Nixon (off the record). Practices golf on White House grounds.
27Washington. Makes traffic safety recording. Appointments with B. M. Shanley; General W. B. Persons; H. C. Lodge, Jr.; C. Erwin Wilson. Cabinet meeting, followed by appointments with M. B. Folsom; J. S. Lay, Jr.; G. D. Morgan; Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr.; M. Katz. Receives group from Committee on Education Beyond the High School. Departs with Dr. W. R. Tkach for Eisenhower farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. To F. Akers's estate in Thurmont, Maryland with Dr. W. R. Tkach. Fishing.
28Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Presented with plaque and cherry tree by National Red Cherry Institute. To Gettysburg Country Club for golf with G. E. Allen and General A. S. Nevins. Tours farm with Generals B. F. Caffey, A. S. Nevins, and G. E. Allen.
29Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Attends services at Gettysburg Presbyterian Church with Mrs. Eisenhower.
30Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Returns to Washington, D. C. Appointments with J. C. Hagerty; General W. B. Persons; Colonel A. J. Goodpaster, Jr. L. Scheele, F. B. Berry, Generals H. M. Snyder, O. F. McIlnay, S. B. Hayes, and Admiral B. W. Hogan witness presidential signing of H. R. 9428. Other appointments with G. D. Morgan; B. M. Shanley and K. McCann; G. D. Morgan; J. F. Dulles, H. Brownell, Jr., J. P. Mitchell, H. Phleger, and G. D. Morgan; J. F. Dulles, H. Brownell, Jr., H. Phleger, G. D. Morgan, F. A. Seaton, and General W. B. Persons; H. Brownell, Jr.; Dr. H. L. Krekeler; Silviu Brucan. Practices golf on White House grounds. Evening appointment with J. F. Dulles, Congressmen J. P. Richards and R. B. Chiperfield, Senators W. F. George and H. A. Smith, and General W. B. Persons.
 

Eisenhower Presidential Papers

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