Itinerary and Presidential Party List for President Harry S. Truman's Trip to the Mississippi and Missouri River Flood Areas

Trip of the President to The Mississippi and Missouri River Flood Areas Wednesday, April 16, 1952 Lv. Washington, (USAF Independence) 7:00 a.m. est. The Independence will fly direct to Rock Island, Illinois, thence northwestward over the Mississippi River passing over Dubuque, Iowa and La Crosse, Wisconsin; thence west- ward to Sioux City, Iowa, and south over the Missouri River to Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebr. Ar. Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebr $11:45 a.m. cst. Conference with Midwestern governors and luncheon at Offutt Air Force Base. Members of the party The President Senator Thomas Hennings, (Mo.) Senator James E. Murray, (Mont.) Congressman James W. Trimble (Ark.) Raymond Foley, F.H.A. (return trip) James T. Nicholson, American Red Cross (going) Matthew J. Connelly, Secretary to the President Joseph Short, Secretary to the President Major General Harry H. Vaughan, Army Aide to the President Major General Robert B. Landry, Air Force Aide to the President David Bell, Administrative Assistant Irving Perlmeter, Assistant to Joseph Short Jack Romagna, Official reporter Captain Ray L. Miller, Physician Secret Service Agents Frank Cancellare (still picture pool) Deon DeTitta, (Television newsreel pool) John Horton, (newsreel pool)* will fly out on Independence and return on Press plane, PRESS SECTION wednesday, April 16, 1952 Lv. Washington (United Airlines DC-6) 6:30 a.m. Members of the party Mr. Robert G. Nixon, International News Service Mr. Merriman Smith, United Press Association Mr. Ernest B. Vaccaro, The Associated Press Mr. Don Whitehead, The Associated Press (going) Mr. Jack Doherty, The New York Daily News Mr. Laurence H. Burd, The Chicago Tribune Mr. Robert Donovan, The New York Herald Tribune Mr. Edwin Darby, Time Magazine Mr. Clark R. Mollenhoff, Des Moines Register-Tribune and Minneapolis Star-Tribune