Eisenhower Presidential Papers

 

August 1 Washington. Morning appointment with H. M. Alcorn and General Persons. Greets administrative assistants to Republican senators, followed by appointments with J. C. Hagerty and General Persons; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; National Security Council session; Secretary Wilson. Receives delegates to Girls Nation in rose garden. Late morning appointments with S. Adams and J. C. Hagerty; Secretary Wilson; S. Adams and J. C. Hagerty. Listens to All-American Male Chorus (Central City, Colorado), followed by appointments with General Persons; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower. Swims. Lunch. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with G. E. Allen. Evening appointments with General Persons; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower. Dinner at home of Major J. S. D. Eisenhower.
2 Washington. Morning appointments with J. C. Hagerty; Budget Director Brundage; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; Secretary Weeks and G. D. Morgan; J. B. L. Lawrence; Senator Potter; Cabinet meeting; Admiral Strauss; J. C. Hagerty; Ambassador Yousef Haikal (from Jordan) and V. Purse; Secretary Wilson and Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; Dr. Frederick Fink (former football player); W. J. Hopkins; S. Adams; G. D. Morgan. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with B. M. Shanley; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; B. M. Shanley; General Persons; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower. Practices golf on south lawn.
3 Washington. Breakfast meeting with Senator Knowland. Morning appointments with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; G. D. Morgan. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with J. E. McClure, Carlson Lyman, and Carlton Smith. Meets Mrs. Eisenhower at MATS terminal. Evening appointment with Secretary Dulles.
4 Washington. Attends services at National Presbyterian Church with Dr. M. S. Eisenhower.
5 Washington. Morning appointments with J. C. Hagerty; G. D. Morgan; General Snyder; General Persons; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; Ambassador Mauricio Luis Yadarola (from Argentina); J. C. Hagerty; G. M. Hauge and R. J. Saulnier; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; Congressman Miller and Sergeant Moaney; S. Adams; B. M. Shanley. Receives visiting British Parliament members. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with W. J. Hopkins; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; General Cutler and Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; B. M. Shanley and Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; J. C. Hagerty; Secretary Dulles and J. C. Hagerty. Practices golf on south lawn.
6 Washington. Morning appointments with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; B. M. Shanley; W. J. Hopkins; General Persons, S. Adams, and I. J. Martin; B. N. Harlow; Legislative Leaders. Late morning appointments with Vice-President Nixon; Malcolm Muir (President and Editor-in-Chief, Newsweek); D. A. Quarles, Admirals Strauss, Radford, and Parker, Generals Loper, Twining, and Starbird, and Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; Generals Taylor and Persons (off the record); W. P. Rogers, M. D. Sprague, S. Adams, and Secretary Wilson; Secretary Wilson. Off-the-record lunch with Ambassador Whitney, followed by afternoon appointments with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; B. M. Shanley; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; S. Adams. Practices golf on south lawn. Visits Mrs. Eisenhower at Walter Reed Hospital.
7 Washington. Morning appointments with W. J. Hopkins; B. M. Shanley; General Persons; General Persons and B. N. Harlow; B. M. Shanley; J. B. Hollister and B. N. Harlow; Senator Morton, Congressman Ayes, and E. A. McCabe (off the record); S. Adams, J. C. Hagerty, General Persons, G. D. Morgan, I. J. Martin, G. M. Hauge, A. Wheaton, and Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; news conference. Late morning appointments with Secretary Dulles and Colonel Lincoln; G. D. Morgan; B. M. Shanley; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with G. M. Humphrey; General Persons; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; M. M. Rabb; B. M. Shanley. Practices golf on south lawn. Visits Mrs. Eisenhower at Walter Reed Hospital.
8 Washington. Morning appointments with General Persons; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; General Persons and G. D. Morgan. Greets secretaries of Republican congressional members and poses for photographs. National Security Council session. Presents Distinguished Service Medal to Admiral Radford (retiring). Late morning appointments with Vice-President Nixon; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower. Lunch. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower. Visits Mrs. Eisenhower at Walter Reed Hospital.
9 Washington. Breakfast meeting with Senator Knowland. Morning appointments with W. J. Hopkins; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; Dr. Elson (off the record); Secretary Anderson, F. C. Scribner, and S. Adams; S. Adams; Secretaries Dulles and Anderson, General Cutler, G. Smith, and Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; Secretary Dulles, General Persons, and B. N. Harlow; G. M. Hauge and national Lutheran church leaders. Presents photographs of Aberdeen Angus cattle to Ambassador Melas (from Greece). Late morning appointments with Ambassador Melas, B. M. Shanley, and V. Purse; G. M. Hauge; B. M. Shanley. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with S. Adams and Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; Secretary Weeks; Admiral Strauss, General Cutler, G. Smith, and Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; General Cutler and Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; W. J. Hopkins; G. D. Morgan; S. Adams. Practices golf on south lawn, followed by evening appointment with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower. Visits Mrs. Eisenhower at Walter Reed Hospital.
10 Washington. Morning appointment with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with Generals Parks and Heaton and G. E. Allen. Dinner with Mrs. Eisenhower at Walter Reed Hospital.
11 Washington. Attends services at National Presbyterian Church. Visits Mrs. Eisenhower at Walter Reed Hospital.
12 Washington. Morning appointments with B. M. Shanley; R. J. Saulnier; General Persons; G. Gray and L. A. Minnich; General Bragdon; Secretaries Wilson and Gates, Admiral Albert G. Mumma (Navy Bureau of Ships), Budget Director Brundage, and Major J. S. D. Eisenhower to discuss shipbuilding program; Secretaries Wilson and Brucker, W. M. Holaday (Special Assistant, Secretary of Defense, Guided Missiles), Admiral Radford, D. A. Quarles, Generals Lemnitzer and Daley, and Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; Admiral Radford; B. M. Shanley; General Persons and B. N. Harlow. Visits Mrs. Eisenhower at Walter Reed Hospital. Afternoon appointments with General Persons; S. Adams; Budget Director Brundage; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; B. M. Shanley; General Persons. Swims. Evening appointments with J. B. Hollister, C. A. Herter, Admiral Radford, and B. N. Harlow (off the record); Senators Johnson, Knowland, Saltonstall, and Hayden, Congressmen Martin, Rayburn, Cannon, Taber, Passman, and Wigglesworth, J. B. Hollister, C. A. Herter, Admiral Radford, and B. N. Harlow to discuss foreign aid bill (off the record).
13 Washington. Morning appointments with General Persons, G. D. Morgan, and I. J. Martin; S. Adams; Legislative Leaders; Senators Knowland and Saltonstall; Senator Saltonstall; General Persons; S. Adams; General Persons; Secretary Mitchell; J. C. Hagerty; B. M. Shanley; G. D. Morgan; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with J. C. Hagerty and Colonel Belshe. To Walter Reed Hospital for x-rays and dinner with Mrs. Eisenhower.
14 Washington. Morning appointments with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; W. J. Hopkins; S. Adams and General Persons; Secretary Weeks; General Persons; Senator Holland (off the record); General Persons; G. D. Morgan; S. Adams; B. M. Shanley; General Persons; Senator Payne. Off-the-record appointments with Congressman Halleck and General Persons (off the record); C. A. Herter (off the record). Lunch with General Gruenther (off the record). Afternoon appointments with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; G. D. Morgan; J. C. Hagerty and B. N. Harlow; J. C. Hagerty. News conference on mutual security legislation, followed by appointments with G. D. Morgan; B. M. Shanley; Postmaster General Summerfield; S. Adams. Practices golf on south lawn. To Walter Reed Hospital to visit Generals Terry and Lang, Mrs. Eisenhower, Mrs. D. A. Quarles, and General and Mrs. Lasher.
15 Washington. Morning appointments with B. M. Shanley; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; S. Adams, General Persons, J. C. Hagerty, and B. N. Harlow; Congressman Scrivner (off the record); S. Adams; N. H. McElroy (designated Secretary of Defense); Dr. William Y. Elliott (Harvard University); J. C. Hagerty; General Henry B. Sayler; G. D. Morgan. Attends swearing-in of General Twining as Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. Late morning appointments with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; S. Adams. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; B. M. Shanley; Captain Aurand; R. W. Woodruff (off the record); General Persons; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; S. Adams; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower. Practices golf on south lawn. To Walter Reed Hospital with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower for dinner with Mrs. Eisenhower.
16 Washington. Morning appointments with General Persons; S. Adams; Congressman Fulton and B. N. Harlow; Secretary Wilson, General Randall, and Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; Mary V. Downey, Senator Bush, and E. A. McCabe regarding Downey's son imprisoned in China (off the record); G. Gray; G. D. Morgan; W. J. Hopkins; General Persons. Lunch. Afternoon appointment with Major J. S. D Eisenhower. Visits Mrs. Eisenhower at Walter Reed Hospital with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower and family. Late afternoon appointment with S. Adams and General Persons. Practices golf on south lawn.
17 Washington. Breakfast meeting with Congressman Martin. Morning appointment with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with Colonel Belshe, Major J. S. D. Eisenhower, and G. E. Allen. To Walter Reed Hospital for dinner with Mrs. Eisenhower.
18 Washington. Visits Mrs. Eisenhower at Walter Reed Hospital with Major and Mrs. J. S. D. Eisenhower and family. Lunch with Mrs. Eisenhower.
19 Washington. Breakfast with Congressman Rayburn. Morning appointments with S. Adams and G. D. Morgan; B. M. Shanley; Dr. Harry J. Reed (Coordinator, Rural Development Program) and T. D. Morse; U.S. Ambassador Matthews (to Austria); D. A. Quarles; General Persons; W. J. Hopkins. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with B. M. Shanley; Carter Burgess; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; General Goodpaster; Postmaster General Summerfield; Postmaster General Summerfield and E. O. Sessions (off the record); General Persons; J. C. Hagerty. Practices golf on south lawn. To Walter Reed Hospital with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower for dinner with Mrs. Eisenhower.
20 Washington. Morning appointments with C. A. Herter, O. Hatfield Chilson, S. Adams, General Persons, G. D. Morgan, and I. J. Martin; Legislative Leaders; S. Adams. Poses for photograph with Congressman Tewes and for Life Magazine, followed by appointments with General Persons; Senator H. A. Smith and General Persons. Lunch. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with Bob Hope, J. Black, Colonel Belshe. Visits Mrs. Eisenhower and Mrs. Wilson at Walter Reed Hospital.
21 Washington. Morning appointments with General Persons and G. D. Morgan; Secretary Benson; General Persons; General Goodpaster and W. J. Hopkins; news briefing; news conference. Late morning appointments with J. C. Hagerty and B. M. Shanley; G. D. Morgan and J. C. Hagerty; Secretary Dulles; J. C. Hagerty; General Goodpaster; S. Adams. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with S. Adams and B. M. Shanley; G. M. Hauge; General Persons; General Goodpaster; Secretary Dulles, Generals Twining and Goodpaster, Major J. S. D. Eisenhower, and W. M. Rountree (off the record); G. D. Morgan. To Walter Reed Hospital for dinner with Mrs. Eisenhower. Visits Mrs. Wilson.
22 Washington. Breakfast with Senator Knowland. Morning appointments with S. Adams; Lewis K. Gough (Co-Chairman, Veterans Committee, People-to-People Program) and E. D. Chesney (off the record). National Security Council session. Late morning appointments with Secretary Dulles, Generals Twining and Goodpaster, Loy W. Henderson, and W. M. Rountree (off the record); Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; S. Adams and G. D. Morgan; G. D. Morgan. Lunch. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with Congressmen Arends, Halleck, and Budge. To Walter Reed Hospital for dinner with Mrs. Eisenhower. Visits Congressmen Cole and Hess.
23 Washington. Morning appointments with S. Adams; B. M. Shanley; R. Bissell and Generals Cabell, Twining, and Goodpaster (off the record). Cabinet meeting. Late morning appointments with Secretary Dulles; Secretary Anderson and General Persons; General Persons; Senator Knowland and General Persons; P. G. Hoffman (off the record); General Goodpaster; General Cutler and J. S. Lay; S. Adams; General Goodpaster. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with S. Adams, G. D. Morgan, and Budget Director Brundage; J. C. Hagerty; Budget Director Brundage, John S. Patterson, S. Adams, and G. D. Morgan; Generals Goodpaster and Persons and B. N. Harlow; General Goodpaster; G. D. Morgan; I. J. Martin. Practices golf on south lawn. Late afternoon appointment with General Goodpaster. To Walter Reed Hospital for dinner with Mrs. Eisenhower.
24 Washington. To MATS terminal en route to Gettysburg. To Gettysburg Country Club for golf with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower, General Nevins, and R. Sleichter. Tours farm with Dr. M. S. Eisenhower, Ruth Eakin Eisenhower, and General Nevins. To skeet range. Walks to duck pond and back with Chief West. To Major J. S. D. Eisenhower's residence with Dr. M. S. Eisenhower and R. E. Eisenhower for dinner.
25 Gettysburg.
26 Washington. Breakfast meeting with Senator Johnson. Morning appointments with General Persons; J. C. Hagerty; General Goodpaster; Admiral Cato Glover (off the record); W. J. Hopkins; Secretary Anderson, Julian B. Baird (President, First National Bank, Minnesota), and General Burgess (off the record); S. Adams; G. D. Morgan; Secretary Dulles; Secretary Dulles, Generals Goodpaster, Persons, Twining, and Cabell, and W. M. Rountree (off the record). Lunch. Afternoon appointments with S. Adams and H. Pyle; Budget Director Brundage; General Persons and B. N. Harlow. Practices golf on south lawn. Off-the-record appointments with Senator Russell; Secretary Dulles, Generals Twining and Cabell, and W. M. Rountree. To Walter Reed Hospital for dinner with Mrs. Eisenhower.
27 Washington. Morning appointments with T. E. Stephens; General Persons and I. J. Martin; Legislative Leaders; Congressman Halleck; G. D. Morgan; T. E. Stephens; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower. Poses for photographs with Little World Series Baseball Championship Team (Monterey, Mexico). Lunch. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with K. C. Royall, Vernon Johnson, Colonel Belshe. Visits Mrs. Eisenhower at Walter Reed Hospital.
28 Washington. Morning appointments with J. C. Hagerty; General Goodpaster; G. D. Morgan; S. Adams; B. N. Harlow and General Goodpaster; S. Adams and General Goodpaster; W. J. Hopkins; Secretary Dulles, Major J. S. D. Eisenhower, G. Smith, W. M. Rountree, and J. C. Hagerty; Postmaster General Summerfield; W. J. Hopkins. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; J. C. Hagerty; G. D. Morgan. Practices golf on south lawn. Appointments with Secretary Wilson, A. Larson, Conger Reynolds (U.S.I.A.), and S. Adams; General Goodpaster. To Walter Reed Hospital with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower for dinner with Mrs. Eisenhower.
29 Washington. Breakfast meeting with Senator Knowland. Morning appointments with W. J. Hopkins; T. E. Stephens; S. Adams; J. C. Hagerty; J. Z. Anderson; G. D. Morgan; G. D. Morgan and B. N. Harlow; T. E. Stephens; General Persons; Governor Quinn; General Goodpaster. Lunch. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with Ambassador Whitney, J. E. McClure, and R. Clark. Visits Mrs. Eisenhower and Colonel George Adamson (former aide to the late General Pershing) at Walter Reed Hospital.
30 Washington. Records off-the-record announcement in broadcast room. Morning appointments with J. C. Hagerty; T. E. Stephens; Attorney General Brownell; S. Adams; J. C. Hagerty. To Post Office Building to address guests at Magsaysay stamp ceremony. Late morning appointments with Secretary Dulles; S. Adams; G. D. Morgan. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with T. E. Stephens; Secretary Dulles, H. E. Stassen, and G. Smith; General Goodpaster; J. C. Hagerty. To Walter Reed Hospital. Departs Walter Reed Hospital with Mrs. Eisenhower. Late afternoon appointments with General Goodpaster; Vice-President Nixon; W. J. Hopkins; G. D. Morgan; Dr. M. S. Eisenhower.
31 Washington. Morning appointments with J. C. Hagerty; T. E. Stephens. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with General Twining, S. Adams, and Colonel Belshe.
 

Eisenhower Presidential Papers

Eisenhower Presidential Papers
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