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May 1 Washington. Morning appointments with J. C. Hagerty; T. E. Stephens; D. W. Kendall; Maurice Chevalier and Ambassador Alphand (off the record); Postmaster General Summerfield (off the record); Secretary Benson (off the record); Cabinet meeting; General Goodpaster; J. C. Hagerty; U.S. Ambassador Luce and J. C. Hagerty; T. E. Stephens. Receives AMVETS Peace Award. Airborne for Gettysburg farm. To residence of F. Akers in Thurmont, Maryland. Fishes. To Gettysburg farm. Walks with S. Eisenhower.
2 Gettysburg. To Newman farm and residence of Major J. S. D. Eisenhower. Morning appointment with Secretary Herter, J. C. Hagerty, and Major J. S. D. Eisenhower. To Gettysburg Country Club for golf with G. E. Allen and General Nevins. Dinner with General and Mrs. Nevins, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Allen, and General and Mrs. Snyder.
3 Gettysburg. Attends services at Presbyterian Church of Gettysburg with General Nevins. To Bendersville, Pennsylvania, with G. E. Allen. Views apple blossoms. To Gettysburg farm. Inspects cattle with G. E. Allen and General Nevins. Shoots skeet with D. D. Eisenhower II. Returns to Washington.
4 Washington. Morning appointments with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; T. E. Stephens and J. C. Hagerty; D. Paarlberg; D. W. Kendall; M. C. Moos; T. E. Stephens; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; K. G. Harr and General Goodpaster; General Goodpaster; G. Gray; T. E. Stephens; Secretary Herter and General Goodpaster. Lunch. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with Colonel Belshe. Late afternoon appointments with D. W. Kendall and General Goodpaster; D. W. Kendall. Greets Winston S. Churchill.
5 Washington. Morning appointments with General Goodpaster; Secretary Herter, A. W. Dulles, D. A. Quarles, J. A. McCone, G. Gray, J. R. Killian, P. J. Farley, K. G. Harr, and General Goodpaster; Congressman Martin and H. H. Gruenther; Secretary Flemming (off the record); pre-news briefing; news conference; J. C. Hagerty; W. J. Hopkins; B. N. Harlow; T. E. Stephens; J. R. Killian and M. C. Moos (off the record); J. R. Killian (off the record); D. W. Kendall and General Goodpaster; Congressman and Mrs. Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Helmuth Kurth, and B. N. Harlow; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower. Receives William Junker, Goodwill Worker of 1959. Lunch. To Natural Arboretum with W. S. Churchill. To Walter Reed Hospital with W. S. Churchill to visit J. F. Dulles and General Marshall. Afternoon appointments with Colonel Draper; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; T. E. Stephens. Hosts stag dinner in honor of W. S. Churchill.
6 Washington. Morning appointments with T. E. Stephens; J. C. Hagerty; General Persons and B. N. Harlow; Legislative Leaders; General Persons, Senator Dirksen, Congressman Halleck, and B. N. Harlow; D. Paarlberg; Food for Peace Conference participants; J. R. Killian, Dr. Kistiakowsky, and General Persons. Lunch. Airborne for Gettysburg farm with W. S. Churchill. Tours farm and Gettysburg Battlefield. Returns to Washington. Afternoon appointments with T. E. Stephens; General Goodpaster; General Persons; W. J. Hopkins. Practices golf on south lawn. Hosts stag dinner in honor of W. S. Churchill.
7 Washington. Off-the-record breakfast meeting with Congressman Williams. Morning appointments with Budget Director Stans, General Persons, G. D. Morgan, and B. N. Harlow; Attorney General Rogers (off the record); G. Gray; National Security Council session; Marian Huff and Mrs. R. L. Bowman (off the record); G. D. Morgan; Secretary Herter; W. W. Aldrich (off the record); Dr. Elson (off the record); B. M. Baruch; General Persons. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with T. E. Stephens; J. C. Hagerty; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; T. E. Stephens; W. J. Hopkins; R. W. Woodruff. Practices golf on south lawn. To British Embassy with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower for dinner hosted by W. S. Churchill.
8 Washington. Morning appointments with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; H. R. McPhee; General Goodpaster; J. C. Hagerty. Presents Young American Medal for Bravery to William J. Steury. Appointments with General Persons, J. C. Hagerty, and Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; General Persons; Secretary Herter and Generals Goodpaster and Persons; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; R. J. Saulnier (off the record); G. D. Morgan. Lunch. To Walter Reed Hospital for chest x-ray. Visits J. F. Dulles. To Camp David, Maryland. To Gettysburg Country Club for golf with General Snyder and G. E. Allen. To residence of F. C. Akers. Fishes. To Camp David, Maryland.
9 Camp David, Maryland. To Gettysburg with General Snyder and G. E. Allen. To Gettysburg Country Club for golf with G. E. Allen and General Nevins. Tours farm. To Camp David. Inspects Laurel Cottage with Lieutenant Weyrauch. Dinner with General Gruenther and W. E. Robinson.
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11 Washington. Morning appointments with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; M. J. McCaffree; General Persons; T. E. Stephens; General Persons; G. D. Morgan; W. J. Hopkins; Secretary McElroy; G. Gray; John W. Wheeler-Bennett (Garsington Manor, England) (off the record); General Persons and T. E. Stephens. Greets King Baudouin (Belgium). Lunch. Afternoon appointments with T. E. Stephens; F. Gurley (off the record); T. E. Stephens; M. C. Moos; T. E. Stephens; T. E. Stephens and J. C. Hagerty. Practices golf. Hosts dinner with Mrs. Eisenhower in honor of King Baudouin, followed by a piano recital by Leon Fleisher.
12 Washington. Morning appointments with General Persons and B. N. Harlow; Legislative Leaders; Reverend John P. Markoe (personal friend) (off the record); M. C. Moos; J. C. Hagerty; T. E. Stephens and J. C. Hagerty; W. J. Hopkins. Lunch. Attends funeral of D. A. Quarles. Late afternoon appointments with T. E. Stephens; General Goodpaster.
13 Washington. Morning appointments with G. D. Morgan and H. R. McPhee; C. D. Dillon and General Goodpaster; National Security Council session; Secretary McElroy and General Goodpaster; H. R. McPhee; T. E. Stephens; J. C. Hagerty; pre-news briefing; news conference; General Persons; L. A. Hoegh; Civil Defense Directors; Colonel Arthur Sheets (Director, Oregon Civil Defense Agency); J. C. Hagerty; Lindholm family (off the record); General Persons and G. D. Morgan. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; T. E. Stephens; M. C. Moos; W. J. Hopkins. Visits J. F. Dulles at Walter Reed Hospital. Late afternoon appointments with T. E. Stephens; General Persons and H. R. McPhee; Secretary McElroy (off the record); General Persons. Attends dinner in his honor at Belgian Embassy hosted by King Baudouin.
14 Washington. Morning appointments with T. E. Stephens; General Goodpaster; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; General Persons; T. E. Stephens; General Goodpaster. Airborne for Newark, New Jersey. To New York City. Participates in ground breaking ceremonies for Lincoln Center for Performing Arts. Attends U.S. World Trade Fair. Appointments with Herman Tritz and E. Goldman; T. E. Stephens; M. Hahn; David McDonald (President, United Steelworkers of America); J. R. Killian; Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Kalmanson (Johannesburg, Africa); Leslie Nicholls; Leon Michael; Dr. Katz; Dr. Barnaby Keeney (President, Brown University) and W. W. Aldrich; S. Kennedy, W. W. Aldrich, and Walter Arn (Police Commissioner); S. S. Larmon; W. E. Robinson; B. T. Leithead; G. M. Hauge; G. E. Allen; C. Roberts; D. Marx. Addresses guests at Science Symposium dinner. Returns to Washington.
15 Washington. Morning appointments with General Persons; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; H. R. McPhee; General Goodpaster; U.S. Ambassador Lodge and General Goodpaster (off the record); Secretary McElroy and General Goodpaster; W. J. Hopkins; Cabinet meeting; Secretary Benson; Secretary McElroy, C. D. Dillon, R. Murphy, A. W. Dulles, G. Gray, and General Taylor (off the record); R. J. Saulnier; J. Z. Anderson; Ambassador Abba Eban (from Israel) and R. Corrigan; General Goodpaster; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower. Receives petitions from 'Alerted Americans' in support of a balanced budget. Lunch. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with G. E. Allen and Colonel Belshe. Evening appointment with Secretary Mitchell.
16 Washington. Airborne for Colorado Springs, Colorado. Tours Air Force Academy. Receives Academy diploma and addresses cadets. Airborne for Denver, Colorado. Visits home of E. Doud.
17 Denver, Colorado. Tours Broomfield Heights, Columbine Country Club, and Greenwood Lake. Visits home of E. Doud. Returns to Washington.
18 Washington. Morning appointments with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; General Persons; G. Gray; Secretary Flemming; T. E. Stephens; General Goodpaster. Presents International Solomon Guggenheim Award to Joan Miro. Late morning appointments with J. C. Hagerty; D. Paarlberg; Ambassador Flores and R. R. Rubottom; Secretary Strauss (off the record); J. C. Hagerty; American Committee on Italian Migration Symposium delegates; G. D. Morgan; General Goodpaster; J. Z. Anderson and family. Visits Secretary Dulles, Generals Twining and Marshall, and Mrs. Persons at Walter Reed Hospital. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with J. C. Hagerty; W. J. Hopkins. Practices golf on south lawn.
19 Washington. Morning appointments with Generals Persons and Goodpaster and B. N. Harlow; H. R. McPhee; Secretaries McElroy and Gates; Legislative Leaders; General Persons; W. J. Hopkins; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; General Goodpaster; Science Advisory Committee (off the record). Presents scholastic achievement awards to blind students. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with General Persons; Secretary Mitchell, R. J. Saulnier, General Persons, G. D. Morgan, and H. R. McPhee. Dentist appointment. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with Colonel Belshe. Hosts off-the-record stag dinner.
20 Washington. Morning appointments with H. R. McPhee; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; Senator H. A. Smith and Major J. S. D. Eisenhower (off the record); Judge Phillips (off the record); General Persons, J. C. Hagerty, and Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; General Persons; Ambassador Miloslav Rusek (from Czechoslovakia) and R. Corrigan; M. C. Moos; T. E. Stephens; R. J. Saulnier; Attorney General Rogers; General Persons and J. C. Hagerty; Attorney General Rogers; American Bar Association Board of Governors; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with T. E. Stephens; G. D. Morgan; T. E. Stephens and M. C. Moos; General Goodpaster. Practices golf on south lawn.
21 Washington. Off-the-record breakfast meeting with Vice-President Nixon. Appointments with Vice-President Nixon; National Security Council session; C. D. Dillon and General Goodpaster; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; W. J. Hopkins; General Persons; Secretary Anderson, J. B. Baird, R. Mayo, R. J. Saulnier, and General Persons; Secretary Anderson; National League of Insured Savings Associations; H. Brownell; T. E. Stephens and B. N. Harlow; J. C. Hagerty. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; T. E. Stephens. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with G. E. Allen and Major J. S. D. Eisenhower.
22 Washington. Breakfast meeting with Secretary General Hammarskjold, U.S. Ambassador Lodge, and C. D. Dillon. Appointments with Secretary General Hammarskjold and U.S. Ambassador Lodge; General Persons; Cabinet meeting; Antoine Pinay (Foreign Minister of Finance, France), Ambassador Alphand, R. Murphy, and Raymond Arasse (Staff Assistant to Pinay); General Goodpaster, Major J. S. D. Eisenhower, and H. R. McPhee. Airborne for Annapolis, Maryland. To St. John's College. Addresses guests at dedication ceremonies for Francis Scott Key Memorial Hall and Mellon Hall. Airborne for Gettysburg farm. To Gettysburg Country Club for golf with G. E. Allen.
23 Gettysburg. To Gettysburg Country Club for golf with G. E. Allen. Visits cattle barn and Allen farm with G. E. Allen and Major J. S. D. Eisenhower and S. Eisenhower. Tours Newman farm and skeet range with Mr. and Mrs. H. Titus and General Nevins. Visits with General and Mrs. Nevins.
24 Gettysburg. Walks around residence with Chief West. Returns to Washington. To Dulles residence with Mrs. Eisenhower to express condolences to Mrs. Dulles.
25 Washington. Morning appointments with Colonel Schulz; General Persons; J. Z. Anderson; T. E. Stephens; M. C. Moos; J. C. Hagerty; General Persons; General Goodpaster; G. Gray; Senator Morton and D. W. Kendall. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with T. E. Stephens; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; T. E. Stephens. Practices golf on south lawn. Late afternoon appointment with M. C. Moos.
26 Washington. Morning appointments with Colonel Schulz; General Goodpaster; General Persons and B. N. Harlow; J. C. Hagerty; Legislative Leaders; Senator Dirksen and Congressman Halleck; G. D. Morgan; D. W. Kendall; General Persons; T. E. Stephens; J. C. Hagerty; General Goodpaster; Senator Allott and G. D. Morgan; C. D. Dillon and General Goodpaster; J. R. Killian; Sloan Fellows; J. R. Killian; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower. Off-the-record meeting to discuss new Navy Department Building. Records personal message in Broadcast Room. Dentist appointment. Late afternoon appointment with J. C. Hagerty. Practices golf on south lawn.
27 Washington. Morning appointments with Colonel Schulz; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; Generals Persons and Goodpaster; D. Paarlberg and J. Z. Anderson (off the record); M. C. Moos; Prime Minister Robert Menzies (Australia), Ambassador Beale (from Australia), W. S. Robertson, and J. G. Mein; Secretary Herter, C. D. Dillon, and General Goodpaster; U.S. Ambassador Houghton and General Goodpaster; Chancellor Adenauer, Henrich von Brentano (Foreign Minister, Germany), Ambassador Grewe, Secretary Herter, and H. Weber; Secretary Herter. To Washington National Cathedral with Mrs. Eisenhower for funeral of J. F. Dulles. To Arlington National Cemetery for graveside committal services. Dentist appointment.
28 Washington. Morning appointments with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower and J. C. Hagerty; C. D. Dillon, J. A. McCone, Admiral Foster, and General Goodpaster; National Security Council session; Secretary Herter and L. T. Merchant; Secretary Herter, Andrei A. Gromyko (Minister of Foreign Affairs, USSR), S. Lloyd, and M. C. de Murville; J. C. Hagerty; Secretary Herter; General Goodpaster and W. J. Hopkins. Receives Military Academy yearbooks from cadets and midshipmen. Hosts luncheon for Ministers of Foreign Affairs. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower, G. E. Allen, and Colonel Belshe.
29 Washington. Morning appointments with General Persons; General Cress (off the record); G. V. Allen; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; G. D. Morgan, L. A. Hoegh, D. Paarlberg, and P. E. Areeda (off the record); Herschel D. Newsom (Master, National Grange), Joseph Parker (Legislative Counsel, National Grange), J. Z. Anderson, and D. Paarlberg; D. Paarlberg; Dr. Allen (off the record); A. F. Burns, F. L. Pace, R. E. Merriam, and General Persons (off the record); D. W. Kendall and Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; General Goodpaster. Lunch. Attends baseball game at Griffith Stadium. Evening appointment with General Goodpaster and Major J. S. D. Eisenhower.
30 Washington. To Burning Tree Country Club for golf with W. E. Robinson, E. D. Slater, and G. E. Allen.
31 Washington. Attends services at National Presbyterian Church.
 

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