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NEWS CONFERENCE E IN GETTYSBURG, PA. WITH JAMES C. HAGERTY JANUARY 3, 1959 P. M. -- 3.50 -- E.S.T. A T U R D A Y MR. HAGERTY: The President expecsx to return to Washington later tomorrow afternoon, by car. On the meeting on Monday, which is at nine o'clock, the fol- lowing will be in attendance. In addition to the President, the Vice President -- on the Senate side, Bridges, Dirksen, Fulbright, Green, Haydn, Hickenlooper, Jennings, Johnson, Mansfield, Russell, Saltonsztall and Wiley. On the House side: Albert, of Oklahoma; Leo Allen, of Illinois; Les Arends, of Illinois; Frances Bolton, of Ohio; Cannon, of Missouri; Carnahan, of Missouri; Chiperfield, of Illinois; Halleck, of Indiana; Martin, of Mass. McCormack, of Mass.; Morgan, of Penna.; Rayburn, of Texas; Taber, of New York; Vinson, Georgia. That's all I have got. Q. Is Bolton, what? Q. ??? MR. HAGERTY:Yes, I know Dulles will be there. I don't know who else. Q. Is Bolton what, foreign? MR. HAGERTY: I don't know. Q. About the flag, --- MR. HAGERTY: I don't expect to see you tomorrow. As a matter of fact, I am going down first thing in the morning. Q. --- was there any last-minute change in the choice of the design for it? MR. HAGERTY: No. Who said there was? Q. I am just asking --- MR. HAGERTY:It was a decision made by the Président. Q. Was there any other design that he would have preferred? MR. HAGERTY: Yes, there was one he liked equally as well, and that was one with the five and six staggered, inn as he said down there today at the ceremony. But there was a flag manufactueer that had been