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THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON DROP-BY AT SENATE LADIES LUNCHEON Friday, May 22, 1970 1:45 P.M. State Dining Room THE PRESIDENT: BACKGROUND The First Lady is hosting a luncheon for the "Senate ladies Red Cross group". The criterion for membership in this group is to be a wife, former wife, or widow of a member of the Senate. Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower and a number of Cabinet wives will also be in attendance. The approximately 110 ladies will arrive at the White House at 1:00 p.m. and be received formally by the First Lady in the Blue Room. At 1:30 they will be served luncheon in the State Dining Room. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS 1:45 p.m. You proceed to State Dining Room where ladies will be finishing the first course. 1:47 p.m. You enter State Dining Room and proceed directly to position in front of the fireplace and deliver brief greetings to the assembled guests (suggested greetings attached). A single stand-up microphone will be brought out from the side to record and amplify your remarks. However, there will be no Press coverage. 1:50 p.m. Greetings conclude. Depart State Dining Room and return to Oval Office. StephenDowell