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January 1 Gettysburg. Visits with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower and family, Colonel and Mrs. Tkach, and J. Tkach.
2 Gettysburg. Returns to Washington. Appointments with S. Adams; J. C. Hagerty and A. Larson; G. D. Morgan; Secretary McElroy, D. A. Quarles, General Persons, and A. Larson; J. C. Hagerty; Secretary Dulles; Dr. M. S. Eisenhower and J. R. Killian.
3 Washington. Morning appointments with G. D. Morgan; General Goodpaster; Cabinet meeting; Attorney General Rogers, S. Adams, and J. C. Hagerty. Witnesses swearing-in of Civil Rights Commission members, followed by appointments with A. S. Flemming and R. C. Siciliano; A. S. Flemming; S. Adams and T. E. Stephens. To Gettysburg. Inspects farm. Tours Feaster farm with General Gruenther and Colonel Moore.
4 Gettysburg. Visits Major J. S. D. Eisenhower. Visits with B. T. Leithead, C. Roberts, and Ambassador Whitney; H. H. Gruenther; Pearl Mesta; Major and Mrs. J. S. D. Eisenhower and family and Colonel and Mrs. Fletcher.
5 Gettysburg. Visits with General and Mrs. Gruenther, Ambassador Whitney, B. T. Leithead, C. Roberts, and Major and Mrs. J. S. D. Eisenhower.
6 Gettysburg. Returns to Washington. Appointments with Ambassador Lodge; R. K. Gray; National Security Council session; Ambassador Lodge; Mrs. Eisenhower; W. J. Hopkins. Listens to Atlanta Boys Choir. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with S. Adams; Ambassador Lodge, A. Larson, and J. C. Hagerty about State of the Union Address; General Goodpaster.
7 Washington. Attends Service of Intercession and Holy Communion at National Presbyterian Church for opening of Congress. Appointments with General Persons and I. J. Martin; A. Larson; General Persons; Legislative Leaders; General Persons; S. Adams; J. R. Killian, S. Adams, Generals Persons, Cutler, and Goodpaster, and B. N. Harlow; H. Darby and General Persons (off the record). Lunch. Afternoon appointments with A. Larson; C. E. Wilson and S. Adams; General Goodpaster; S. Adams.
8 Washington. Morning appointments with S. Adams; J. C. Hagerty; A. Larson; S. Adams; General Persons; A. Larson; S. Adams. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with A. Larson; General Persons; S. Adams. Practices golf.
9 Washington. Delivers State of the Union Address. Afternoon appointments with General Goodpaster; President's Advisory Committee on Government Organization (off the record); N. A. Rockefeller, A. S. Flemming, S. Adams, and General Persons; S. Adams and General Persons; General Persons; S. Adams; General Goodpaster; T. E. Stephens. Practices golf.
10 Washington. Morning appointments with General Goodpaster; S. Adams and T. E. Stephens; M. J. McCaffree; Vice-President Nixon (off the record); Cabinet meeting; Secretary Anderson, J. B. Baird (Under Secretary, Treasury), and J. C. Hagerty; Reverends Robert R. Brown and William H. Marmion and S. Adams; Colonel Schulz; R. J. Saulnier; U.S. Ambassador Wilson Clark Flake (to Ghana) and R. K. Gray; R. K. Gray; H. M. Alcorn; S. Adams and J. Rowley; J. Rowley. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with W. J. Hopkins; Captain Aurand; J. C. Hagerty; General Goodpaster; S. Adams. Views movie.
11 Washington. Morning appointments with Captain Harry C. Butcher (off the record); General Persons; D. A. Quarles and Generals Twining, Loper, Persons, and Goodpaster (off the record); General Goodpaster; General Goodpaster and W. J. Hopkins; Colonel Schulz and J. Rowley; B. M. Shanley; S. Adams; General Persons. Swims.
12 Washington. Attends services at National Presbyterian Church.
13 Washington. Morning appointments with General Persons; General Goodpaster; J. C. Hagerty; G. D. Morgan and E. A. McCabe; R. K. Gray; Senator Smathers, J. O'Keefe, and E. A. McCabe; Ambassador Houghton; A. Nielsen; S. Adams. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with General Persons; General Quesada, S. Adams, and G. D. Morgan; G. D. Morgan; General Persons; G. D. Morgan; P. D. Reed and S. S. Larmon. Evening appointment with Secretary Anderson, W. M. Martin, R. J. Saulnier, and G. M. Hauge.
14 Washington. Morning appointments with S. Adams and General Goodpaster; General Goodpaster; General Persons and I. J. Martin; Legislative Leaders; Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma (Laos), Laotian officials, W. S. Robertson, W. T. Buchanan, U.S. Ambassador J. Graham Parsons (to Laos), and Charles Sedgwick (interpreter); Secretary Dulles. Off-the-record lunch with R. W. Howard. Afternoon appointments with J. C. Hagerty; General Cutler and A. Larson; A. Larson and J. C. Hagerty; S. Adams; Secretaries Weeks, McElroy, Brucker, and Anderson, D. A. Quarles, Budget Director Brundage, B. N. Harlow, S. Adams, G. D. Morgan, and Generals Persons and Goodpaster; Secretary McElroy; J. C. Hagerty; General Persons; R. K. Gray. Visits General Snyder.
15 Washington. Morning appointments with R. K. Gray; W. J. Hopkins; S. Adams; U.S. Ambassador Walter C. Dowling (to Korea) and R. K. Gray; General Persons; General Goodpaster; J. C. Hagerty; General Goodpaster; pre-news briefing; news conference; J. C. Hagerty and A. Wheaton; J. C. Hagerty; General Persons; G. D. Morgan. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with T. E. Stephens; S. Adams and G. D. Morgan; General Goodpaster; R. K. Gray. Practices golf.
16 Washington. Morning appointments with G. D. Morgan; General Goodpaster and W. J. Hopkins; General Persons; Congressman Rees, General Persons, R. C. Siciliano, and J. Z. Anderson (off the record); National Security Council session; General Cutler, A. W. Dulles, J. R. Killian, and Generals Twining and Goodpaster (off the record); General Twining; N. A. Rockefeller and General Goodpaster; N. A. Rockefeller. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with G. D. Morgan; G. S. Clinton, Congressman Williams, and S. Adams; T. E. Stephens; S. Adams; General Persons; General Goodpaster. Hosts dinner with Mrs. Eisenhower for Vice-President Nixon and Cabinet members.
17 Washington. Morning appointments with R. K. Gray; General Goodpaster. Views movie. Appointments with Secretary Dulles; Cabinet meeting; Secretary McElroy; J. R. Killian. Off-the-record appointments with Vice-President Nixon and E. Johnston; Admiral Radford. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with J. C. Hagerty; A. Larson; S. Adams. Practices golf with G. E. Allen.
18 Washington. Morning appointments with F. C. Akers (off the record); U.S. Ambassador Whitney; Judge John Minor Wisdom (New Orleans, Louisiana); T. E. Stephens; General Goodpaster; J. C. Hagerty. Swims and practices golf with G. E. Allen.
19 Washington. Attends services at National Presbyterian Church with D. D. Eisenhower II. Tours Tidal Basin and Haines Point.
20 Washington. Morning appointments with W. J. Hopkins; J. C. Hagerty and General Goodpaster; General Persons; A. Larson; T. E. Stephens; General Goodpaster; General Bradley (off the record); Generals Persons and Goodpaster. To MATS terminal en route to Chicago. Addresses guests at United Republican Fund of Illinois Presidential Dinner. To Stock Yard Inn.
21 Chicago. Returns to Washington. Afternoon appointments with S. Adams; R. K. Gray; General Goodpaster; General Cutler and J. S. Lay; Secretary McElroy, J. R. Killian, Generals Cutler and Goodpaster, and J. S. Lay; Secretary McElroy; J. R. Killian; General Goodpaster; G. D. Morgan.
22 Washington. Morning appointments with J. C. Hagerty; G. D. Morgan; General Goodpaster; National Security Council session; Secretary Dulles; Admiral Strauss and General Goodpaster. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with W. J. Hopkins; S. Adams and G. D. Morgan; J. C. Hagerty; Secretary Weeks, James R. Durfee (Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board), and G. D. Morgan (off the record); Joseph Fitzgerald (Director, Bureau of Air Operations) (off the record); Secretary Weeks; G. Gray; General Cutler; G. D. Morgan; A. Larson. Practices golf.
23 Washington. Morning appointments with G. D. Morgan; J. C. Hagerty and General Goodpaster; General Goodpaster; Ambassador Percy Spender (from Australia) and W. T. Buchanan; S. Adams; W. E. Robinson; R. K. Gray; General Goodpaster; Senator Knowland (off the record); A. Nielsen. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with G. M. Humphrey; General Goodpaster. Practices golf on south lawn. Appointment with G. E. Allen and J. C. Hagerty. Swims. Hosts dinner and musical entertainment with Mrs. Eisenhower in honor of Congressman Rayburn.
24 Washington. Morning appointments with R. K. Gray and Colonel Schulz; General Goodpaster; General Cutler; Cabinet meeting; G. D. Morgan; General Goodpaster; A. F. Burns (off the record). Off-the-record lunch with Dr. M. S. Eisenhower. Afternoon appointments with J. C. Hagerty; General Goodpaster; Secretary Weeks; G. D. Morgan. Swims.
25 Washington. Morning appointments with J. C. Hagerty; G. D. Morgan; W. J. Hopkins; J. C. Hagerty; B. N. Harlow, General Goodpaster, and R. K. Gray. To Pentagon for meeting with Secretary McElroy and Department of Defense officials. Returns to White House for appointment with General Goodpaster.
26 Washington. No official appointments.
27 Washington. Morning appointments with Colonel Schulz; J. C. Hagerty; Budget Director Brundage and Admiral Strauss; S. Adams; Secretary Anderson, Samuel C. Waugh (President, Export-Import Bank of Washington), Tom B. Coughran (Assistant Secretary, Treasury), and G. M. Hauge; Secretary Anderson. Attends ceremony in honor of Smith-Mundt Act 10th anniversary, followed by appointments with J. C. Hagerty; A. S. Nevins, W. A. Ruschmeyer, F. J. Donohue, and Colonel Schulz (off the record); A. S. Nevins; W. J. Hopkins. Attends luncheon on economic development and security problems. Presents gold medals to first recipients of President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. Afternoon appointments with Secretary Mitchell and J. C. Hagerty; Secretary Mitchell, Attorney General Rogers, and J. C. Hagerty; Budget Director Brundage, R. E. Merriam, and I. J. Martin; J. M. Ashbrook and Michael Gill. Practices golf on south lawn. Appointment with General Goodpaster.
28 Washington. Morning appointments with J. C. Hagerty; W. J. Hopkins; General Goodpaster; General Persons and R. C. Siciliano; Senator Dirksen and General Persons (off the record); Legislative Leaders; Senator Knowland; G. D. Morgan; J. C. Hagerty; R. K. Gray; U.S. Ambassador Krekeler, W. T. Buchanan, and R. K. Gray; C. A. Herter; Secretary Weeks; S. Adams and R. K. Gray. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with S. Adams and General Goodpaster; Secretary McElroy; W. J. Hopkins; S. Adams; J. B. Baird; General Goodpaster. Practices golf. Dentist appointment.
29 Washington. To MATS terminal en route to Kansas City, Kansas. Attends funeral services for Arthur B. Eisenhower. Returns to Washington.
30 Washington. Morning appointments with General Goodpaster; G. D. Morgan; S. Adams; National Security Council session; Secretary McElroy, D. A. Quarles, Generals Persons, Twining, and Goodpaster, and B. N. Harlow (off the record); General Goodpaster; General Persons; R. J. Saulnier; K. B. McCann; S. Adams. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with J. R. Killian, J. C. Hagerty, and General Goodpaster; J. C. Hagerty; General Persons; Captain Aurand; General Snyder; S. Adams, A. Larson, and G. M. Hauge.
31 Washington. Attends Republican National Committee breakfast at Statler Hotel. Morning appointments with General Goodpaster; Secretary Weeks; H. E. Stassen (off the record); W. J. Hopkins; S. Adams and J. Z. Anderson; Senator Thye, S. Adams, and J. Z. Anderson; S. Adams; Jean Monnet (Head, French Financial Mission); General Goodpaster; G. D. Morgan. To MATS terminal en route to Augusta, Georgia. Receives Boy Scout handbook and 1957 Scout Report from Explorer Scout Mac Hanna. To Augusta National Golf Club for golf with C. Roberts and B. T. Leithead.
 

Eisenhower Presidential Papers

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