Eisenhower Presidential Papers

 

June 1 Washington. Morning appointments with General Goodpaster; G. D. Morgan; S. Adams. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with W. E. Robinson, G. E. Allen, and J. E. McClure.
2 Washington. Attends services at National Presbyterian Church with Mrs. Eisenhower.
3 Washington. Morning appointments with General Persons and J. C. Hagerty; J. C. Hagerty; General Persons; General Persons and Senators Carlson, Dirksen, and O'Mahoney; Ambassador Manuel de Moya Alonza (from Dominican Republic) and W. T. Buchanan; General Persons. Poses with Congressman Dellay for photographs. Late morning appointments with Ambassador Llewellyn E. Thompson (to U.S.S.R.); Budget Director Brundage, General Goodpaster, and M. M. Rabb. Cabinet meeting. To Old House Office Building with General Persons and J. C. Hagerty for box lunch with Republican congressional members. Afternoon appointments with J. C. Hagerty; General Goodpaster; B. M. Shanley; General Cutler; A. Nielsen; B. M. Shanley; Generals Goodpaster and Persons and B. N. Harlow. Off-the-record appointments with Secretary Humphrey, Charles White, Arthur Homer, and Avery Adams; Senators Johnson and Knowland, Congressmen Rayburn and Martin, General Persons, and B. N. Harlow.
4 Washington. Morning appointments with General Goodpaster; W. J. Hopkins; S. Adams and General Goodpaster; S. Adams, Generals Goodpaster and Persons, B. N. Harlow, and I. J. Martin; Legislative Leaders; S. Adams; B. M. Shanley; Ambassador Koichiro Asakai (from Japan) and W. T. Buchanan; H. M. Alcorn, B. S. Adkins, Senator Schoeppel, Congressman Simpson, and H. Pyle reported on regional republican conferences; Secretary Wilson, S. Adams, and General Persons; A. Larson; S. Adams; G. D. Morgan; W. J. Hopkins. To Burning Tree Country Club with General Snyder for golf with J. Black, G. E. Allen, and Monty Moncrief. Appointment with Secretary Dulles.
5 Washington. Off-the-record appointment with D. A. Quarles. Receives Naval Academy yearbook, followed by appointments with Dr. Reginald Smart and General Snyder; Boris Timshenko (landscape artist); B. M. Shanley and General Goodpaster; news briefing; news conference. Greets General Marshall at guest house, followed by appointments with S. Adams; editors from India (off the record); Ambassador Houghton; General Goodpaster. Swims. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with S. Adams; U.S. Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker (to India); Reverend Earbon Anderson; A. Larson and S. Adams; Vice Admiral Edmund T. Wooldridge (Commandant, National War College), General Robert P. Hollis (Commandant, Industrial College of the Armed Forces), and Colonel F. O. Hartel; G. M. Hauge; General Cutler and G. D. Morgan; G. D. Morgan; S. Adams; W. J. Hopkins. Off-the-record evening appointment with Secretary Humphrey and U.S. Steel representatives Roger Blough, Joseph Block, and Clifford Hood.
6 Washington. To MATS terminal en route to U.S. Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Mayport, Florida. Boards U.S.S. Saratoga. Lunch in presidential dining room with Secretaries Humphrey, Gates, Dulles, and Wilson, A. Larson, Budget Director Brundage, M. Kestnbaum, General Snyder, and Captain Aurand. Appointment with General Goodpaster. Meets at Flag Plot with Captain Aurand, Secretaries Dulles, Wilson, and Gates, A. Larson, Budget Director Brundage, G. Gray, General Snyder, J. C. Hagerty, and Admirals Strauss, Burke, Pirie, and Wright. Meets Commander "Duke" Windsor (broke jet speed record, 1956). Observes training exercises. Greets Commander Small (son, West Point classmate). Dinner with Secretaries Dulles, Humphrey, and Wilson, Admiral Burke, G. Gray, General Persons, G. M. Hauge, Major J. S. D. Eisenhower, and Captain Moore. Observes night launchings. To Combat information Center for Aircraft Early Warning briefing. Evening appointments with Secretary Dulles; Generals Goodpaster and Snyder and Captain Sidney Brody; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; General Goodpaster.
7 Aboard U.S.S. Saratoga. Morning appointments with Captain Aurand; J. C. Hagerty, Generals Snyder and Goodpaster, and Captain Aurand. Breakfast with Admiral Wright, Secretaries Dulles, Humphrey, and Wilson, Captains Paul Stahl, Draper Kauffman, and Crittenberger, and Colonel Draper. Meets with Secretaries Wilson, Humphrey, and Gates. Witnesses launchings at Flag Plot. Late morning appointments with A. Larson; Secretary Dulles; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; J. C. Hagerty; Admiral Strauss. Addresses officers and crew members of U.S.S. Saratoga. Meets with Secretary Wilson and J. C. Hagerty. Lunch with Commander Rowney, Secretaries Gates, Wilson, and Humphrey, Admirals Wright and Pirie, Captain Aurand, and Generals Cutler and Goodpaster. Appointment with General Cutler. Disembarks and boards Columbine en route to MATS terminal. To Sheraton Park Hotel with Mrs. Eisenhower for National Committee of the Republican Party Campaign Conference.
8 Washington. Morning appointments with General Persons; General Goodpaster and W. J. Hopkins; General Persons; General Goodpaster and Captain Aurand; General Goodpaster and J. C. Hagerty. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with Dan Kimball, Clyde Lucas, and Colonel Belshe.
9 Washington. Attends services National Presbyterian Church. To American University with J. C. Hagerty for ground-breaking ceremonies at School of International Service. Delivers address and receives honorary degree.
10 Washington. Appointments canceled because of sickness.
11 Washington. Photographs taken in office. Appointments with General Goodpaster; General Persons and I. J. Martin; G. D. Morgan; B. M. Shanley.
12 Washington. Hosts breakfast for Republican congressmen. Morning appointments with B. M. Shanley; J. C. Hagerty, and Ed Morgan and daughter; General Persons; General Goodpaster; U.S. Ambassador Young (to The Netherlands); General Goodpaster; Dr. Aubrey A. Anduze (Legislature President, Virgin Islands), Senator Lugo, and John B. Merwin (Senator at Large); Generals Cutler and Goodpaster; General Persons. Receives various church groups.
13 Washington. Morning appointments with W. J. Hopkins; General Bragdon; J. Z. Anderson; General Goodpaster; H. M. Alcorn, and I. Lee Potter (Special Assistant, Republican Party of the South). National Security Council session. Late morning appointments with Generals Persons and Goodpaster and J. Z. Anderson; U.S. Ambassador Scott McLeod (to Ireland); Daniel C. Gainey (Owatonna, Minnesota) and B. M. Shanley; G. D. Morgan; General Goodpaster; General Persons. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with W. J. Hopkins; General Persons; B. M. Shanley; J. C. Hagerty; General Persons; General Goodpaster. Off-the-record evening appointment with Vice-President Nixon, H. M. Alcorn, General Persons and Republican senators.
14 Washington. Hosts breakfast for Republican congressmen. Poses for photographs with congressmen in north portico. Morning appointments with General Persons and B. N. Harlow; B. M. Shanley; H. Ellsworth; L. A. Minnich; Reverends John L. Sheridan (President, Mount St. Mary's College) and William Culhane (Assistant to Sheridan), Senator Beall, and John C. Ahlers (Executive Secretary, Senator Beall). Late morning appointments with Captain Aurand; B. N. Harlow; Secretary Folsom; C. B. Randall, John H. Stambough, and B. M. Shanley. Receives Committee for National Trade Policy, followed by appointments with B. M. Shanley and J. C. Hagerty; G. M. Hauge; W. J. Hopkins; L. A. Minnich. Lunch. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with Frank L. Pace (General Dynamics) and Douglas R. Christie. Returns to office for appointment with L. A. Minnich.
15 Washington. Morning appointments with B. N. Harlow; General Cutler and J. C. Hagerty; L. A. Minnich; Young Republican National Federation officers, J. C. Hagerty, and L. A. Minnich. To Little Hunting Creek Lodge (Catoctin, Maryland) with General Snyder and G. E. Allen for fishing.
16 Washington. No official appointments.
17 Washington. Morning appointments with W. J. Hopkins; G. D. Morgan; General Persons and J. C. Hagerty; Cabinet meeting; Secretary Dulles; R. B. Anderson (off the record); R. B. Anderson and Robert Craft (off the record); Dominick L. Strada (National Commander, AMVETS), Thomas Burke (President, National Service Foundation), and Earle D. Chesney. Receives AMVETS scholarship winners, followed by appointments with U.S. Ambassador John Morrs Cabot (to Columbia); Judge Phillips. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with W. J. Hopkins; L. A. Minnich; S. Adams; Emma Michie and family (off the record); Ernest R. "Tex" Lee and family, Richard Miller, Thomas Schlass, Robert Schlass, and George Miller; Allan Shivers (off the record); Senator Mundt. Receives winners of Alexander Hamilton Scholarship. Late afternoon appointments with Attorney General Brownell and General Persons; G. D. Morgan; S. Adams, General Persons, and Republican senators.
18 Washington. Morning appointments with B. M. Shanley and H. Pyle; General Persons, B. N. Harlow, and I. J. Martin; Legislative Leaders; Senator Knowland and General Persons; Secretary Benson. Greets delegates to National 4-H Club Conference. Late morning appointments with Hazel H. Abel (former senator, Lincoln, Nebraska); G. D. Morgan; T. E. Stephens; Secretary Benson; S. Adams. Greets National Association of Television and Radio Farm Directors. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with J. C. Hagerty; Secretary Dulles, D. A. Quarles, D. MacArthur, Admiral Radford, W. S. Robertson, M. D. Sprague, J. C. Hagerty, and General Goodpaster; A. S. Flemming, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Budget Director Brundage, Arthur Kimball, Don Price, S. Adams, and General Goodpaster; A. S. Flemming; General Goodpaster; B. M. Shanley; General Persons; B. M. Shanley; General Persons. Hosts stag dinner.
19 Washington. Morning appointments with W. J. Hopkins; General Goodpaster; Senator Humphrey and General Persons; news briefing; news conference. Late morning appointments with S. Adams; B. N. Harlow; Secretary Dulles and G. Smith; Secretary Dulles. Appointment with Prime Minister Kishi (Japan), Japanese officials, Secretary Dulles, D. MacArthur, W. S. Robertson, and J. Owen Zurhellen (interpreter). Hosts stag luncheon in honor of Prime Minister Kishi. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with Prime Minister Kishi, Takizo Matsumoto, and Senator Bush.
20 Washington. Morning appointments with W. J. Hopkins; B. M. Shanley and H. Pyle; G. Gray and S. Adams (off the record); Eugene C. Pulliam (Central Newspapers, Inc.) (off the record); National Security Council session. Late morning appointments with Budget Director Brundage, A. R. Jones, and General Goodpaster; General Goodpaster; Attorney General Brownell, G. D. Morgan, and Lloyd Wright (Chairman, Commission on Government Security). Lunch. Afternoon appointments with S. Adams; G. D. Morgan; Secretary Weeks. To Constitution Hall with Mrs. Eisenhower Young Republican National Federation program, "Young America's Tribute to the President."
21 Washington. Hosts breakfast for Republican congressmen. Morning appointments with General Persons; G. Gray (off the record); S. Adams and J. C. Hagerty; Cabinet meeting; J. C. Hagerty; W. J. Hopkins; B. M. Shanley; G. D. Morgan. Appointments with Prime Minister Kishi, Japanese officials, Secretary Dulles, D. MacArthur, W. S. Robertson, J. O. Zurhellen, A. Berding, and General Goodpaster; Secretary Dulles and G. Smith; General Goodpaster. Lunch. Afternoon appointment with B. N. Harlow and General Goodpaster. To MATS terminal en route to Gettysburg. To Gettysburg Golf Club for golf with G. E. Allen.
22 Gettysburg. To Gettysburg Country Club for golf with G. E. Allen and General Nevins. Inspects farm with General Nevins and G. E. Allen. Shoots skeet with General Nevins and G. E. Allen. Watches movie with Mrs. Eisenhower, General and Mrs. Snyder, and General and Mrs. Nevins.
23 Gettysburg. Takes pictures of farm. Practices golf with G. E. Allen. Returns to Washington.
24 Washington. Morning appointments with W. J. Hopkins; General Goodpaster; Secretary Benson; Ernest O. Lawrence, Mark M. Mills, Dr. Edward Teller (University of California, Berkeley, Radiation Laboratory), Admiral Strauss, and General Goodpaster on atomic test progress; Admiral Strauss; G. M. Hauge; U.S. Ambassador Earl E. T. Smith (to Cuba); B. M. Shanley; General Goodpaster; General Curtis; Major Robert N. Barger (Civil Air Patrol), General Walter R. Ages (Commander, Civil Air Patrol), and General Curtis; General Curtis; General Goodpaster; R. J. Saulnier; J. C. Hagerty; Attorney General Brownell and S. Adams (off the record); General Goodpaster. Lunch. Afternoon appointment with General Persons. To MATS terminal en route to Williamsburg, Virginia for Governor's Conference. Dinner. Delivers address at Governor's Conference. Visits at Williamsburg Inn with S. Adams and J. C. Hagerty; Governor and Mrs. Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Stanley, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. David Stanley, and Mrs. Hugh Chatham.
25 Williamsburg. To Langley Air Force Base en route to MATS terminal. Appointment with Vice-President William R. Tolbert (Liberia) and Ambassador George A. Padmore (Liberia). Witnesses swearing-in of General Quesada as Special Assistant, followed by appointments with S. Adams; J. C. Hagerty; Senator Watkins and General Persons; A. Larson; Senator Saltonstall, D. A. Quarles, General Persons, and B. N. Harlow; K. C. Royall. Lunch. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with K. C. Royall, Budget Director Brundage, and Colonel Belshe. Evening appointment with W. J. Hopkins.
26 Washington. Hosts breakfast for Republican congressmen. Morning appointments with General Persons; U.S. Ambassador Horace A. Hildreth (to Pakistan); R. J. Saulnier and G. M. Hauge; news briefing; news conference. Receives Indonesian Parliamentary Delegation, followed by appointments with S. Adams; Senator Cooper; General Persons; General Goodpaster; G. D. Morgan. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with General Goodpaster; Secretary Dulles; National Security Council session; Admiral Strauss, Secretary Wilson, D. A. Quarles, Budget Director Brundage, General Goodpaster, and B. N. Harlow; Admiral Strauss; General Persons; General Goodpaster. Off-the-record appointment with General Persons and Senators Knowland, Dirksen, Thye, Williams, Purtell, Mundt, Beall, Goldwater, and Barrett.
27 Washington. Makes film for International Geophysical Year. Morning appointments with B. M. Shanley; General Persons, G. D. Morgan, and I. J. Martin; Legislative Leaders; Congressmen Murray and Rees and I. J. Anderson; Dr. Detlev W. Bronk (President, National Academy of Sciences), Dr. Alan T. Waterman (Director, National Science Foundation), and G. M. Hauge; G. M. Hauge and Generals Randall and Goodpaster. Receives Student National Education Association, followed by appointments with Congressman Kearns and photographer; S. Adams and General Persons; S. Adams, General Persons, G. D. Morgan, J. Z. Anderson, and R. E. Merriam; S. Adams. Hosts luncheon for Republican governors and former governors. Visits Captain Edward E. Hazlett at Bethesda Naval Medical Center. Afternoon appointments with G. M. Hauge; W. J. Hopkins; General Goodpaster; General Persons; G. D. Morgan; J. C. Hagerty; General Persons and Republican senators (off the record).
28 Washington. Hosts breakfast for Republican congressmen. Cabinet meeting. Appointments with U.S. Ambassador Lodge; Colonel Draper. Attends Islamic Center dedication ceremonies with Mrs. Eisenhower. Appointments with General Goodpaster; General Persons; G. D. Morgan; J. C. Hagerty and General Goodpaster. To Gettysburg. Plays golf at Gettysburg Country Club. Walks around farm with Mrs. Eisenhower.
29 Gettysburg. To Gettysburg Country Club for golf with Generals Heaton and Nevins. Inspects cattle at Feaster farm with General and Mrs. Heaton. Skeet shooting. Inspects school house and Allen farm. Returns to skeet range with General Heaton. Views movie "The Beau James" with Mrs. Eisenhower, General and Mrs. Heaton and General and Mrs. Nevins.
30 Gettysburg. Practices golf with General Heaton. Inspects school house. Attends 94th anniversary celebration of Battle of Gettysburg at Gettysburg High School Auditorium with Mrs. Eisenhower, General and Mrs. Heaton, and Colonel Tkach. Views "Hell's Crossroads" with Mrs. Eisenhower, General and Mrs. Heaton and General and Mrs. Nevins.
 

Eisenhower Presidential Papers

Eisenhower Presidential Papers
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