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May 1 Washington. Breakfast meeting with White House staff (off the record). Morning appointments with J. Z. Anderson; General Goodpaster; Secretary Weeks and T. E. Stephens; National Security Council session; Secretaries Dulles and McElroy, D. A. Quarles, J. R. Killian, Admiral Strauss, G. C. Smith, and Generals Loper, Cutler, and Goodpaster (off the record); T. E. Stephens; Mayor and Mrs. Eugene Lambert (Duluth, Minnesota), Senator Thye, and General Persons; General Persons; Richard Flohr (Secret Service). Afternoon appointments with Auguste R. Lindt (High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations) and J. W. Hanes; G. D. Morgan; B. N. Harlow and J. C. Hagerty. Practices golf on south lawn.
2 Washington. Morning appointments with General Persons; Secretary Weeks; Senator Knowland; Cabinet meeting; Secretary Dulles and C. A. Herter; Ambassador Mehta and W. T. Buchanan (off the record); J. C. Hagerty; J. D. Ames and T. E. Stephens; World Amateur Golf Team Championship organizers; General Goodpaster. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with T. E. Stephens; W. J. Hopkins; G. D. Morgan; B. N. Harlow; T. E. Stephens. Practices golf on south lawn.
3 Washington. Appointment with T. E. Stephens. To Burning Tree Country Club.
4 Washington. To Stratford, Virginia, with Mrs. Eisenhower for ceremony honoring Robert E. Lee. Tours grounds of Stratford Hall and addresses guests. Returns to Washington.
5 Washington. Morning appointments with General Goodpaster; General Persons; G. D. Morgan; General Cutler and J. S. Lay (off the record); T. E. Stephens; Secretary Anderson, D. T. Smith, and General Persons (off the record); Secretary Anderson; H. Conwell Snoke (Vice-President, Goodwill Industries). Greets Karl J. Fink, National Goodwill Worker of 1957. Appointments with National Citizens for Eisenhower-Nixon 1958 Committee; B. N. Harlow; Mrs. Frank Hanna and Mrs. George Vaughan (Junior Leagues of America). Greets Junior League conference delegates. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with B. N. Harlow; A. S. Flemming; B. N. Harlow; Milton C. Lightner and S. F. Dunn (National Association for Manufacturers); General Persons; B. N. Harlow.
6 Washington. Morning appointments with T. E. Stephens; B. N. Harlow; General Persons and I. J. Martin; G. M. Hauge; Legislative Leaders. Participates in Operation Alert exercises. Delivers address at Advertising Council conference. Hosts luncheon with Mrs. Eisenhower for Princess Astrid (Norway) and Prince Bertil (Sweden). Afternoon appointment with B. N. Harlow. Attends Republican National Committee dinner. Delivers nationwide television broadcast.
7 Washington. Morning appointments with General Goodpaster; U.S. Ambassador Walter Howe (to Chile); W. S. Robertson; Sarit Thanarat (Supreme Commander, Thailand), Chalermchal Charuvastr (Secretary to Thanarat), Ambassador Khoman, and W. S. Robertson; J. C. Hagerty; General Goodpaster; G. V. Allen and General Goodpaster; R. J. Saulnier; J. Z. Anderson; T. E. Stephens; General Persons. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with S. Adams, Attorney General Rogers, Secretary Brucker, and Colonel Seignious; Attorney General Rogers; W. J. Hopkins. Practices golf on south lawn.
8 Washington. Morning appointments with J. C. Hagerty; Secretary McElroy, C. A. Herter, and Generals Twining and Goodpaster; National Security Council session; Dr. Katz; T. E. Stephens; R. K. Gray. Addresses members of President's Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped. Presents awards to national essay contest winners George Kessler, Wayne S. Garner, and Rosalie D. Carson. Presents President's trophy to Mrs. Louise Lake, Handicapped American of the Year. Appointments with Secretary Weeks and H. Kearns; S. Adams and I. J. Martin; T. E. Stephens and J. C. Hagerty. Lunch. Plants oak tree to celebrate Theodore Roosevelt Centennial, followed by appointments with Dr. M. S. Eisenhower (off the record); L. W. Hall. Practices golf on south lawn. Hosts dinner with Mrs. Eisenhower for Supreme Court Justices, followed by musical entertainment.
9 Washington. Morning appointments with T. E. Stephens; J. Z. Anderson; H. R. McPhee; J. C. Hagerty; G. Gray and General Cutler; J. C. Hagerty; Secretary Anderson; Congressman Corbett and J. Z. Anderson to discuss Postal Pay and Rate bill; S. Adams and T. E. Stephens; T. E. Stephens. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with Congressmen Halleck and Arends and Colonel Belshe. Accompanies Mrs. Eisenhower to Union Station with grandchildren for her trip to Denver, Colorado.
10 Washington. Morning appointments with Generals Goodpaster and Persons and S. Adams; General Goodpaster; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with Colonel Belshe, Major J. S. D. Eisenhower, and J. E. McClure.
11 Washington. Attends services at National Presbyterian Church with grandchildren.
12 Washington. Morning appointments with W. J. Hopkins; J. C. Hagerty; S. Adams; General Persons; Senator Wiley and family (off the record); J. C. Hagerty; General Persons; G. D. Morgan; Generals Twining and Goodpaster; General Goodpaster; S. Adams and T. E. Stephens; S. Adams; Inter-American Board of Defense representatives; Postmaster General Summerfield; Mr. and Mrs. John Hertz, Jr., Frank Odlum, and G. E. Allen (off the record); T. E. Stephens. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with J. C. Hagerty; J. C. Hagerty and E. F. Morrow. Addresses guests at National Newspaper Publishers Association dinner at Presidential Arms Hotel, followed by appointments with General Goodpaster; Secretary Dulles; J. C. Hagerty; Secretary McElroy and B. N. Harlow; General Goodpaster. Practices golf on south lawn.
13 Washington. Morning appointments with M. J. McCaffree; General Persons, G. D. Morgan, and I. J. Martin; General Goodpaster; Legislative Leaders; Senator Knowland; Attorney General Rogers and S. Adams; Edward G. Barry ( President, Lions International), Congressman Martin, and T. E. Stephens; J. C. Hagerty; S. P. Skouras, Edmund Reek (Vice-President, Movietone Newsreels), and T. E. Stephens; G. D. Morgan; Secretary Anderson, S. Adams, and General Persons. Hosts luncheon in honor of Prime Ministers of Denmark, Finland, and Norway. Afternoon appointments with J. C. Hagerty and General Goodpaster; T. E. Stephens; J. C. Hagerty and General Goodpaster; Spencer Olin and T. E. Stephens (off the record); General Goodpaster; J. C. Hagerty; General Persons; Secretary Dulles. Practices golf.
14 Washington. Morning appointments with General Goodpaster; Admiral Strauss and General Goodpaster; W. J. Hopkins; pre-news briefing; news conference; Mrs. Simon B. Buckner (personal friend) and T. E. Stephens; General Goodpaster. Greets joint meeting of English-speaking Orthopaedic Associations. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with Generals Twining and Norstad and Colonel Belshe. Appointments with Secretary McElroy, B. N. Harlow, and S. Adams (off the record); G. D. Morgan.
15 Washington. Breakfast meeting with Senator Knowland. Morning appointments with B. N. Harlow; G. M. Hauge. Receives first volume of Public Papers of the Presidents, followed by appointments with Secretary Anderson, W. M. Martin, R. J. Saulnier, and G. M. Hauge; R. J. Saulnier; W. J. Hopkins; General Goodpaster; J. S. Lay; T. E. Stephens; Congressman Becker and J. Z. Anderson; Secretary Dulles, A. Dean, and L. Becker; Secretary Dulles. To MATS terminal to greet Vice-President Nixon. Lunch with Vice-President Nixon and Secretary Dulles. Afternoon appointments with S. Adams; General Goodpaster. Practices golf on south lawn. Hosts off-the-record stag dinner.
16 Washington. Morning appointments with B. N. Harlow; G. D. Morgan; General Goodpaster; Secretary McElroy and General Goodpaster; Cabinet meeting; Secretary Dulles. Witnesses swearing-in ceremony for R. K. Gray as Secretary to the Cabinet. Appointments with Secretary Weeks; T. E. Stephens; Attorney General Rogers and L. E. Walsh; S. Adams; T. E. Stephens; Catholic War Veterans leaders; F. J. Donohue, John Jackson, Jr., and Colonel Schulz (off the record); S. Adams. Lunch. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with Congressman Westland, Colonel Belshe, and F. Akers. Off-the-record meeting with Secretary Dulles, A. W. Dulles, and Generals Twining and Curtis E. LeMay.
17 Washington. Morning appointments with B. N. Harlow; Del E. Webb; S. Adams; General Persons; General Goodpaster; A. Larson and G. M. Hauge. To Union Station to meet Mrs. Eisenhower.
18 Washington. Attends services at National Presbyterian Church with Mrs. Eisenhower and D. D. Eisenhower II. To Gettysburg farm. Inspects cattle with G. E. Allen. Visits residence of Major J. S. D. Eisenhower. Returns to Washington.
19 Washington. Morning appointments with General Persons, B. N. Harlow, and I. J. Martin; Legislative Leaders; T. E. Stephens; G. D. Morgan; W. J. Hopkins; Mrs. J. S. D. Eisenhower and daughter; J. C. Hagerty; Prince Bernhard. Hosts luncheon in honor of Chancellor Julius Raab (Austria). Afternoon appointments with Chancellor Raab and Secretary Dulles; Chancellor Raab, Secretary Dulles, Ambassador Platzer, Paul Zedtwitz (Austrian Embassy), Frederick W. Jandrey (Acting Assistant, Secretary of State), Dr. Erick Haider (Special Assistant to Raab), and Carl Charlick (interpreter); T. E. Stephens; G. M. Hauge; General Goodpaster. Practices golf on south lawn. Late afternoon appointments with J. C. Hagerty; B. N. Harlow; T. E. Stephens; J. C. Hagerty; General Persons, R. J. Saulnier, and R. E. Merriam.
20 Washington. Morning appointments with S. Adams and T. E. Stephens; S. Adams and General Persons; General Persons; G. D. Morgan; W. J. Hopkins; Congressmen Carnahan and Morrow, and General Persons; Attorney General Rogers and General Persons; General Persons. Airborne for Barlow, Pennsylvania. Votes. Boards Columbine en route to New York City. Lunch with Stephen Kennedy (Police Commissioner, New York City), U. E. Baughman, J. C. Hagerty, R. Montgomery, and General Snyder. Meets with Citizens for Eisenhower-Nixon 1958 Campaign. Afternoon appointments with Finance Group; Helen Weaver; T. E. Stephens and G. M. Hauge; L. Appleby and T. E. Stephens; Field Marshal Montgomery, T. E. Stephens, and David Marx; Kurt Smith and Mrs. Ludwig Furch and daughter. Addresses guests at American Management Association Economic Mobilization Conference dinner. Addresses guests at Newspaper Reporters Association Annual Installation dinner. Returns to Washington.
21 Washington. Breakfast meeting with Field Marshal Montgomery. Morning appointments with General Goodpaster; D. A. Quarles and Generals Twining and Goodpaster; J. C. Hagerty; T. E. Stephens; W. J. Hopkins; G. Gray and Captain Aurand; Secretary Seaton, General Persons, and J. Z. Anderson; American Bar Association officers; Mrs. Oswald B. Lord (Commission on Human Rights, United Nations); Budget Director Stans and R. E. Merriam; General Goodpaster. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with E. B. Dudley and Colonel Belshe.
22 Washington. Morning appointments with General Goodpaster; J. R. Killian; G. D. Morgan; Secretary Dulles (off the record); J. R. Killian (off the record); National Security Council session; Secretary Dulles; S. Adams, General Quesada, J. Z. Anderson, and J. C. Hagerty; General Curtis; Congressman Judd and S. Adams (off the record); Ambassador Ali Gholi Ardalan (from Iran); T. E. Stephens; General Goodpaster; J. C. Hagerty. Dedicates new NBC color television studio. Appointments with J. C. Hagerty; R. Montgomery; J. C. Hagerty, Marvin Arrowsmith (Associated Press), and Francis Stephenson (New York Daily News); Congressmen Preston and Clevenger, General Quesada, J. Z. Anderson, and J. C. Hagerty. Practices golf on south lawn. Hosts dinner with Mrs. Eisenhower in honor of Field Marshal Montgomery.
23 Washington. Morning appointments with T. E. Stephens; S. Adams; General Joyce and Captain Aurand; Cabinet meeting; B. N. Harlow; D. A. Quarles, G. Gray, William H. Francis, and John Clear (off the record); J. C. Hagerty. Greets winner of Moscow International Concert Pianist Competition, Harvey Lavan Cliburn, followed by appointments with Ambassador Mohammed H. Maiwandwal (from Afghanistan) and W. T. Buchanan; J. B. Fisk (Science Advisory Committee) and J. R. Killian (off the record); G. D. Morgan; General Goodpaster; W. J. Hopkins; S. Adams. Airborne for Gettysburg farm with General Snyder. To Gettysburg Country Club for golf with G. E. Allen.
24 Gettysburg. To Gettysburg Country Club for golf with G. E. Allen and General Nevins. Inspects cattle with G. E. Allen, General Nevins, and W. E. Robinson.
25 Gettysburg. Visits with W. E. Robinson, F. Ladd, General and Mrs. Nevins, and Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Allen. Returns to Washington.
26 Washington. Morning appointments with T. E. Stephens; General Twining; S. Adams; Secretary Dulles; Secretary Mitchell and S. Adams. Delivers address at opening ceremony for atomic energy plant in Shippingport, Pennsylvania. Appointments with S. Goldwyn; G. D. Morgan; S. Adams; T. E. Stephens; Secretary McElroy and B. N. Harlow; R. J. Saulnier; W. J. Hopkins; L. A. Minnich; Secretary Anderson, General Persons, and J. C. Hagerty. Practices golf on south lawn. Views film on defense modernization with S. P. Skouras (off the record). Evening appointment with Captain Aurand.
27 Washington. Morning appointments with General Persons, B. N. Harlow, and I. J. Martin; J. Z. Anderson; Legislative Leaders; T. E. Stephens; B. N. Harlow; Congressman Taber and B. N. Harlow; Lester Markel and J. C. Hagerty (off the record); Admiral Strauss; AMVETS Memorial Scholarship winners; Secretary Dulles, C. A. Herter, and J. C. Hagerty. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with A. S. Flemming; G. D. Morgan; Congressman McCormack (off the record); J. C. Hagerty. Signs Postal Pay and Rate bill. Practices golf.
28 Washington. Morning appointments with B. Patterson; G. D. Morgan; West Point cadets, U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen, T. E. Stephens, Colonel Schulz, and Captain Aurand; S. Adams and T. E. Stephens; S. Adams; J. R. Killian and J. C. Hagerty; General Goodpaster; pre-news briefing; news conference; Secretary McElroy; Benjamin H. Chasin (National Commander, Jewish War Veterans), Bernard Weitzer (National Legislative Director), and E. D. Chesney; B. N. Harlow; J. C. Hagerty; T. E. Stephens, J. C. Hagerty, Captains Aurand and Crittenberger, and Colonels Schulz and Draper. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with G. P. Nye, F. Akers, and Colonel Belshe. Evening appointment with Attorney General Rogers.
29 Washington. Morning appointments with General Goodpaster; M. J. McCaffree; J. R. Killian, General Persons, and G. D. Morgan; C. A. Herter and General Goodpaster; National Security Council session; A. W. Dulles, J. R. Killian, Generals Cutler and Goodpaster, R. Amory, J. Beard, and J. S. Lay; Dr. M. S. Eisenhower; General Goodpaster; W. J. Hopkins; G. D. Morgan; B. N. Harlow; T. E. Stephens; General Goodpaster; Francis E. Townsend (Los Angeles, California), R. C. Townsend (son), and T. E. Stephens. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with T. E. Stephens; General Goodpaster; S. Adams; Secretary Weeks, C. D. Dillon, and G. Gray (off the record); G. D. Morgan; D. Anderson; Secretary Anderson, W. M. Martin, and J. B. Baird; G. M. Hauge; S. Adams; General Goodpaster. Practices golf on south lawn.
30 Washington. Receives Congressional Medal of Honor winners. Attends ceremonies for unknown soldiers from World War II and Korean War at Arlington National Cemetery. Presents Medals of Honor to unknown soldiers and places wreath on Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Airborne for Gettysburg. To Gettysburg Country Club for golf with General Nevins.
31 Gettysburg. To Gettysburg Country Club for golf with General Nevins and Major J. S. D. Eisenhower. Inspects cattle. To Little Hunting Creek, Thurmont, Maryland. Fishes with General Snyder. Cook-out with Mrs. Eisenhower, Major and Mrs. J. S. D. Eisenhower and family, and General and Mrs. Snyder.
 

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