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April 1 Washington. Appointments with H. Phleger; Lieutenant General Aurand (father, Captain Aurand); W. J. Hopkins; Ambassador Houghton; S. Adams; Secretary Benson and G. D. Morgan; J. S. Lay and General Goodpaster; A. Nielsen. Attends swearing-in of Thomas S. Gates as Secretary of the Navy. Afternoon appointments with A. W. Dulles and General Goodpaster (off the record), followed by appointments with S. Adams; J. C. Hagerty and General Goodpaster; J. C. Hagerty; A. Nielsen; General Persons; S. Adams; C. A. Herter, Budget Director Brundage, S. Adams, Generals Goodpaster and Persons, and B. N. Harlow to discuss mutual aid.
2 Washington. Morning appointments with General Persons and I. J. Martin; G. D. Morgan and General Goodpaster; Budget Director Brundage; Legislative Leaders; H. Pyle; U.S. Ambassador Bruce (to Germany); G. D. Morgan; S. Adams. Addresses guests at 13th Annual Advertising Council Conference. Appointments with Stanley High (off the record); G. D. Morgan; General Goodpaster; S. Adams; Secretary Dulles; Secretary Dulles, R. B. Robertson, Admiral Radford, M. D. Sprague, W. J. McNeil, B. E. L. Timmons, R. Murphy, U.S. Ambassador Bruce, and General Goodpaster; Secretary Dulles; S. Adams and G. M. Hauge. Practices golf.
3 Washington. Morning appointments with General Persons and I. J. Martin; J. C. Hagerty; Secretary Dulles, Reverend Eugene Carson Blake (President, National Council of Churches of Christ), Reverend Roswell P. Barnes (Associate Secretary General), Dr. Kenneth L. Maxwell (Department of International Affairs), and G. M. Hauge; S. Adams, J. C. Hagerty, I. J. Martin, H. Pyle, G. M. Hauge, Generals Persons and Goodpaster, G. D. Morgan, and B. N. Harlow; news briefing; news conference. Attends performance of the Dartmouth Glee Club in conference room. Receives Pan American Society Gold Insigne. To Statler Hotel with Mrs. Eisenhower to deliver address at Fifth Annual Republican Women's National Conference. Golf at Burning Tree Country Club with General Snyder and G. E. Allen.
4 Washington. Morning appointments with Postmaster General Summerfield; S. Adams; General Goodpaster and W. J. Hopkins; National Security Council session; H. Ford; I. J. Martin; H. Ford. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with S. Adams; Secretary Dulles, C. A. Herter, and General Goodpaster about the Middle East situation; Harry D. Anheler (Secret Service, retired), Benjamin Adamowski (State's Attorney, Illinois), J. Rowley; General Goodpaster; B. M. Shanley; S. Adams. Off-the-record appointment with Budget Director Brundage, A. M. Cole, S. Adams regarding urban renewal. Greets National Education Association Centennial Celebration Banquet participants at Sheraton Park Hotel.
5 Washington. Morning appointments with Budget Director Brundage, A. R. Jones, and S. Adams (off the record); S. Adams; Attorney General Brownell; Cabinet meeting; A. Larson and S. Adams; B. M. Shanley; General Cutler. To Gettysburg farm with Mrs. Eisenhower and Colonel Tkach. Tours farm.
6 Gettysburg. To hog farm, Feaster farm, and new house with Chief West. Inspects cattle with G. E. Allen. To Sears Roebuck Farm Products store in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, with E. Doud and G. E. Allen. Dinner with Mrs. Eisenhower, General and Mrs. Gruenther, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Allen, and E. Doud.
7 Gettysburg. Inspects farm with General Nevins. Hunts at Redding farm and duck pond and inspects school house and Feaster farm with General Gruenther and G. E. Allen. Practices golf with G. E. Allen and General Gruenther. Walks with G. E. Allen. Views Masters Golf Match on television. To White House with Mrs. Eisenhower and Colonel Tkach.
8 Washington. Morning appointments with J. W. Barba; General Persons. Appointments with Hawaii Statehood Commission; Council of Mayors; G. Gray and General Goodpaster. Off-the-record appointments with Margaret L. Coit (author, writing about B. M. Baruch); General Cutler; Frederick M. Dearborn and Generals Cutler and Goodpaster. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with W. J. Hopkins; General Goodpaster.
9 Washington. Morning appointments with Secretary Humphrey, General Persons, and I. J. Martin; Legislative Leaders; Senator Knowland and General Persons; General Robert M. Littlejohn (retired); General Curtis; B. M. Shanley; Ambassador Fletcher Warren (to Turkey); H. Pyle; J. C. Hagerty; General Goodpaster. Lunch. To General Snyder's office. Practices golf.
10 Washington. Morning appointments with General Persons; G. D. Morgan; Frank J. Donahue, W. A. Ruschmeyer, and Colonel Schulz (off the record); General Goodpaster; news briefing; news conference. Late morning appointments with Dr. M. S. Eisenhower; Alberto Gainza Paz (Editor and Publisher, La Prensa, Argentina), R. R. Rubottom, and J. C. Hagerty; Senator Blakely; J. C. Hagerty; Mahesh Chandra (Publisher, The Statesman, India) and J. C. Hagerty. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with Congressman Halleck and J. E. McClure. Evening appointments with General Goodpaster; S. Adams.
11 Washington. Morning appointments with H. Hoover, Jr.; W. J. Hopkins; Polish American leaders. National Security Council session. Late morning appointments with Secretary Wilson; L. M. Pexton; General Cutler; U.S. Ambassador Frederick M. Alger (to Belgium, retiring); General Goodpaster; G. M. Hauge; Ambassador Arnold D. P. Heeney (from Canada) and S. Adams (off the record); General Goodpaster; General Persons. Luncheon with Emergency Agency appointees. Afternoon appointments with S. Adams; General Persons; Congressmen Bow and Taber and General Persons (off the record); B. M. Shanley. Receives baseball tickets from Calvin R. Griffith. Practices golf on the south lawn.
12 Washington. Morning appointments with W. J. Hopkins; Postmaster General Summerfield; Secretary Wilson and General Goodpaster; Cabinet meeting; G. D. Morgan; G. M. Hauge; General Goodpaster. Plants black walnut tree from Illinois. Returns to office with Mrs. Eisenhower and Susan E. Eisenhower and visits with Mr. and Mrs. Norman L. McLaren (San Francisco, California). Sends telephone message to Republican Regional Conference, Omaha, Nebraska. Late morning appointments with A. F. Burns; S. Adams. To Gettysburg with Colonel Tkach. To farm. Inspects horse barn.
13 Gettysburg. Inspects trees on front lawn. Feeds horses and visits dollhouse with S. Eisenhower. Visits Brannon farm with G. E. Allen. Tours new school house with Mrs. Eisenhower, E. Doud, and Major and Mrs. J. S. D. Eisenhower and family. Visits Feaster farm.
14 Gettysburg. Attends Presbyterian Church of Gettysburg with Mrs. Eisenhower. Returns to farm. To White House.
15 Washington. Morning appointments with S. Adams; A. Nielsen; General Goodpaster; Senator Malone and General Persons; J. B. Hollister; G. M. Hauge. Lunch. To Griffith Stadium with S. Adams and A. Nielsen for baseball game. Throws out two balls. Off-the-record stag dinner at White House.
16 Washington. Morning appointments with J. C. Hagerty; General Persons, G. M. Hauge, and I. J. Martin; Secretary Humphrey and S. Adams; Legislative Leaders; Secretary Humphrey; S. Adams; Senator Allott and I. J. Martin; W. J. Hopkins. Meeting regarding small business conference on technical and distribution research. Late morning appointments with C. A. Herter, General Goodpaster, and C. D. Dillon; C. A. Herter, S. Adams, and G. M. Hauge; Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Eisenhower. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with Attorney General Brownell; S. Adams; J. C. Hagerty; M. J. McCaffree; B. M. Shanley. Practices golf on south lawn. Returns to office for appointments with General Persons; J. C. Hagerty.
17 Washington. Morning appointments with General Patrick J. Hurley (retired); S. Adams; Lyndon Teachers College baseball team; Ambassador Henry de Torrente (from Switzerland); J. C. Hagerty; S. Adams; news briefing; news conference. Greets New Jersey Girl Scouts and Congresswoman Dwyer. Appointments with Advisory Commission on Presidential Office Space; Secretary Wilson, S. Adams, Budget Director Brundage, and B. N. Harlow; G. D. Morgan and General Goodpaster. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with W. J. Hopkins; R. B. Robertson; National Security Council session; Secretary Humphrey; General Goodpaster. Off-the-record stag dinner.
18 Washington. Morning appointments with S. Adams; General Goodpaster; U. E. Baughman (Chief, Secret Service); Secretary Benson; J. C. Hagerty; General Goodpaster; W. J. Hopkins; B. M. Shanley. Eye doctor. Late morning appointments with M. J. McCaffree; S. Adams. Greets Harris Ellsworth, Christopher Phillips, and Fred Lawton after their swearing-in as Civil Service Commissioners, followed by appointments with B. M. Shanley; General Goodpaster. Sits for sculptor. To MATS terminal en route to Augusta, Georgia. To Augusta National Golf Club for golf with C. Roberts, W. E. Robinson, and R. W. Woodruff. To Club House for tea. Visits with W. E. Robinson, C. Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Woodruff, and General Snyder.
19 Augusta, Georgia. Practices golf. Fishes in lake. Plays golf with C. J. Schoo and E. B. Dudley. Visits with C. W. Jones, W. A. Jones, E. D. Slater, W. E. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Schoo, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Woodruff, and General and Mrs. Snyder. Dinner with W. A. Jones, C. W. Jones, E. D. Slater, W. E. Robinson, and Secretary and Mrs. Humphrey.
20 Augusta, Georgia. Golf with W. A. Jones, C. W. Jones, and E. B. Dudley. Fishes. Dinner with Mrs. Eisenhower, Secretary and Mrs. Humphrey, General and Mrs. Snyder, and Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Woodruff.
21 Augusta, Georgia. Attends Easter services at Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church with Mrs. Eisenhower and Secretary and Mrs. Humphrey. Golf with R. W. Woodruff, W. A. Jones, and C. W. Jones. Visits with Colonels Draper and Thomas, and Major Leland Straugh.
22 Augusta, Georgia. Practices golf. Sits in sun with Secretary Humphrey. Practices driving golf balls with E. B. Dudley. Plays golf with C. Roberts, Albert Bradley (Executive Vice-President, General Motors), and E. B. Dudley.
23 Augusta, Georgia. Appointments with H. E. Stassen and General Goodpaster; General Goodpaster. Practices golf with Secretary Humphrey. Golf with J. Roberts, J. Franklin, and E. B. Dudley.
24 Augusta, Georgia. Sits in sun. Golf with B. T. Leithead, E. B. Dudley, and Elbert Peabody. Fishes.
25 Augusta, Georgia. Appointments with Secretary Mitchell, George C. Lodge (Director of Information, U.S. Department of Labor), J. C. Hagerty; Secretary Mitchell. Practices putting. Golf with R. W. Woodruff, E. B. Dudley, C. J. Schoo. Visits R. W. Jones with C. Roberts and R. W. Woodruff. Bridge with R. W. Woodruff, W. E. Robinson, C. Roberts, and B. T. Leithead.
26 Augusta, Georgia. Golf with C. Roberts, E. B. Dudley, W. E. Robinson, and General Henry B. Saylor. Dinner with C. Roberts, Douglas Casey, and W. A. Jones.
27 Augusta, Georgia. Golf with Doyle Dewitt, John D. Ames (President, United States Golf Association), and E. B. Dudley.
28 Augusta, Georgia. Attends Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church with J. C. Hagerty. Golf with T. R. "Dick" Garlington, C. Roberts, and E. B. Dudley. Fishes.
29 Augusta, Georgia. Golf with C. Roberts, E. B. Dudley, and E. D. Slater. Fishes with J. Roberts.
30 Augusta, Georgia. Golf with E. B. Dudley, Gene Stout, and C. Roberts. Returns to Washington, D.C. Appointment with Secretary Dulles, C. A. Herter, and W. S. Robertson aboard the Columbine. Evening appointments with General Goodpaster; W. J. Hopkins; General Goodpaster; S. Adams; Colonel Schulz; General Goodpaster.
 

Eisenhower Presidential Papers

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