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THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1954
7:45 am
(The following had Breakfast OFF THE RECORD with the President:)
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, the Attorney General)
(Hon. Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Com.)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
8:15 am
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
(Secretary Wilson missed out on Monday's appointment and
asked for this brief appointment)
8:30 am
National Security Council
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Adm.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Herbert Brownell, Jr., the Attorney General
Hon. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Val Peterson, Federal Civil Defense Administrator
Hon. Arthur F. Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. John Slezak, Acting Secretary of the Army
Hon. Charles S. Thomas, Secretary of the Navy
Hon. James H. Douglas, Acting Secretary of the Air Force
Hon. Donald A. Quarles, Assistant Secretary of Defense
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
General Matthew B. Ridgway, Chief of Staff, U. S. Army
Admiral Robert B. Carney, Chief of Naval Operations
Admiral Nathan H. Twining, Chief of Staff, U. S. Air Force
General L. H. Shepherd, Jr., Commandant, U. S. Marine Corps
Robert C. Sprague, NSC Consultant
J. Patrick Coyne, NSC Representative on Internal Security
Ralph T. Walters, NSC Special Staff
Richard L. Hall, NSC Special Staff
Lt. Col. George P. Curtin, USA
Lt. Col. William S. Fultz, USA
Lt. Col. James Bothwell, USAF
Lt. Col. George R. Doerr, USAF
Capt. Thomas P. Wilson, USN
Capt. Edward E. Grimm, USN
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Brig. Gen. Paul T. Carroll, White House Staff Secretary
Hon. Bryce Harlow, Administrative Assistant to the President
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, N.S.C.
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy, Executive Secretary, N.S.C.
12:30 pm
Senator Eva Bowring, Nebraska
(Presented to the President on behalf of the ranch people of her
State, a specially made western hat called a "Sand Hillers" hat,
made by Stetson)
THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1954
Page 2
12:45 pm
Congressman Dewey Short, Missouri
Mr. Robert Smart, Clerk of Armed Services Committee of House of
Representatives
(Discussed family housing for military personnel and the Twenty
Tankers Bill: Also wished picture taken with the President
as Cong. Short faces difficult campaign this fall.)
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:00 pm
The President signed S. 2802, An Act "To further encourage the
distribution of fishery products, and for other purposes." The
following were present:
Sen. James H. Duff, Pennsylvania
Sen. John F. Kennedy, Massachusetts
Sen. Frederick G. Payne, Maine
Sen. Margaret Chase Smith, Maine
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Cong. William H. Bates, Massachusetts
Cong. John W. McCormack, Massachusetts
Cong. Thomas P. O'Neill, Massachusetts
Cong. Thor C. Tollefson, Washington
2:15 pm
(The following met with the President OFF THE RECORD to discuss)
(Lead and zinc:)
(Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, 0. D. M.)
(Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury)
(Hon. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget)
(Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors)
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
(Hon. Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior)
(Hon. Felix Wormser, Assistant Secretary of the Interior)
3:00 pm
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
(Missed out on their Monday appointment and asked for this time)
3:30 pm
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
3:45 pm
Hon. Kevin McCann
4:45 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower had their pictures taken in the
Garden as it is their Wedding Anniversary.
5:00 pm
AT THE WHITE HOUSE: Hon. and Mrs. William Pawley
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1954
8:45 am
(Hon. Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior) OFF THE RECORD
9:00 am
Cabinet Meeting
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. Charles E. Saltzman, Under Secretary of State for Adm.
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Charles S. Thomas, The Secretary of the Navy (for Secy of Defense)
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Hon. Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
Hon. J. Earl Coke, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Administration
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Administration
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
Hon. Arthur Minnich
The following were absent: The Secretary of State
The Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
11:00 am
Hon. Donald R. Heath, American Ambassador to Cambodia and Viet-Nam
and Minister to Laos
(Requested thru Protocol; has just returned from Geneva.)
11:15 am
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Gen. Paul T. Carroll)
11:30 am
Senator John M. Butler, Maryland
(Delivered a letter to the President from John W. Davis)
11:45 am
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
12:00
Mr. Harold C. McClellan, President, National Association of Manufacturers
(Mr. McClellan is new President of N.A.M. Called Mr. Stephens
last week stating he has just returned from Europe and has some
information he feels important, to give to the President.)
FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1954
Page 2
12:30 pm (LUNCH)
1:10 pm
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
George Allen, left the White House and motored direct to Camp
David, Maryland, where they spent the week-end.)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1954
AT CAMP DAVID, MARYLAND
SUNDAY, JULY 4, 1954
AT CAMP DAVID, MARYLAND
MONDAY, JULY 5, 1954
AT CAMP DAVID, MARYLAND
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1954
8:45 am
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left Camp David, Maryland,
and motored direct to Washington, D. C.)
10:35 am
(Arrived at the White House)
11:00 am
The President received members of the Committee of the Association
of American Colleges.
(Invited the President to speak at annual dinner of this
Association, Hotel Statler, January 12, 1955. Requested
by Sen. Martin of Pennsylvania) The following were present:
Chancellor R. H. Fitzgerald, University of Pittsburgh
Very Reverend Joseph R. N. Maxwell, President, Boston College
President Mordecai W. Johnson, Howard University, Wash., D. C.
Theodore A. Distler, Executive Director, Association of
American Colleges
Senator Edward Martin, Pennsylvania
11:30 am
Senator Karl E. Mundt, South Dakota
Dr. and Mrs. D. K. Baillie, of North State Teachers College
Mr. Vern Jennings, Member of State Legislature of South Dakota
(Presented painting to the President of Mt. Rushmore, painted
by Dr. Baillie.) (Mr. Chesney sat in on the appointment)
12:00
Gen. Srisdi Dhanarajata, Deputy Minister of Defense of Thailand
Lt. Gen. Jira Vichitsonggram, Chief of Defense General Staff
H. E. Mr. Pote Sarasin, the Ambassador of Thailand
(Hon. John F. Simmons)
(Were here as guests of State and Defense Departments to
discuss military assistance program - Requested thru Protocol)
12:30 pm
The President received a group of young people from Sterling, Colorado.
(Senator Millikin asked that the President greet this group
briefly. They were received in the Rose Garden) The following
were present:
ACRE, Mrs. Emma, 231 N. 8th Avenue
ACRE, Floyd E., 231 N. 8th Avenue
ACRE, Ronald W., 231 N. 8th Avenue
AMEN, Norma J., Box 561
ASHBY, Janice A., Rt. 3
BALLARD, Gerald D., 419 Taylor
BARNTS, Robert L., Rt. 3
BARTON, Marilyn J., Rt. 1
BEAIRD, Jack W., 430 N. 4th Street
BEAIRD, Jeanne A., 430 N. 4th Street
BENSON, Lanny W., 332 Cleveland
BIGG, James E., 610 N. 2nd Avenue
BOMBERG, Robert Bryan, 410 McKinley
BROOKS, Jack M., 405 N. 6th
BURKHARD, Mr. Elmer L., 119 Magnolia
BURKHARD, Marilyn J., 119 Magnolia
CAMBLIN, Mrs. Hattie E., 201 Taylor
TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1954
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12:30 pm Sterling, Colorado, group (Continued)
CAMBLIN, Mary C., 201 Taylor
CAMPBELL, Stephen L., 314 Delmar
CANNON, Charles J., 320 S. 2nd
CANNON, Mrs. Edith C., 320 S. 2nd
CANNON, James M., 320 S. 2nd
CARROLL, Merrie M., 416 N. 4th Street
CATO, Helen P., 239 Charmony
COUNTRYMAN, Philip M., 616 N. 2nd Avenue
DANIELS, Gerald C., 612 Oak
DAVIS, Janice D., 509 N. 5th
DICKINSON, Charles Gordon, Box 1147
DINGMAN, Carole J., 363 Plainview Avenue
DOWIS, Roger T., 801 N. 6th
EASTMAN, Harry 0., 704 N. 4th
EAVES, Mr. Bill B., 153 Jones Ine
EAVES, Mrs. Hazel - 153 Jones Ine
EDWARDS, Donna M., Rt. 3
EGBERT, Joan E., 218 N. 2nd Street
EISENACH, Clifford W., Box 1495
EISENACH, Gerald D., Box 1495
EISENACH, Jacob, Box 1495
EISENACH, Mrs. Katherine, Box 1495
FLEMING, Robert W., 317 Jackson
FORTNER, Donald C., 122 Denver
FORTNER, Mrs. Laura A., 122 Denver
FORTNER, Miss Laurae A., 122 Denver
FORTNER, Margaret, 122 Denver
FORTNER, Mr. Raymond T., 122 Denver
FRANK, Mr. August, Ohio House
GIACOMINI, Jane E., 208 Delmar
GREEN, Margaret P., 423 W. Main
HICKENBOTTOM, Alan O., 330 Taylor
HOFFMAN, Marilyn R., 304 Broadway
HOFFMAN, Mrs. Rutheda C., 304 Broadway
HOLDEN, George Fredrick, 118 N. 3rd
HOLLOWAY, Mary Frances, 324 Elwood
HUMMEL, Gordon D., 325 Phelps
HUMMEL, Imogene M., 325 Phelps
JARRETT, Rev. T. H., 205 Phelps
JENSEN, Mrs. Gwendolyn A., Box 429
JENSEN, Mr. Lloyd S., Box 429
KAISER, Paul C., S. Front & Factory Street
KELLOGG, Mr. Downing E., 810 S. Division
KELLOGG, Mrs. Ella L., 810 S. Division
KELLOGG, Willis S., 810 S. Division
KENT, Ronald J., 926 S. 8th
KONKEL, Mrs. Edith L., 126 Taylor
KONKEL, Mr. Maurice W., 126 Taylor
KONKEL, Thornton E., 126 Taylor
LEBSACK, Lyle D., Box 832
LINDSTROM, Neil M., 429 N. 5th Street
LOVATO, Anitta Louise, 315 W. Broadway
TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1954
Page 3
12:30 pm Sterling, Colorado group (Continued)
LUNDBERG, Carol A., 326 Delmar
LUTIN, Mrs. Lula K., 205 Columbine
LUTIN, Sallie C., 205 Columbine
MAHAFFEY, Judith A., 521 Lincoln
MAHAFFEY, Mrs. Ruby B., 521 Lincoln
MATHIS, Jo Ann, 630 Elm
MARKS, Donald W., Rt. 1
MILES, LaDonna M., 715 Jackson
MILLER, Larry W., 204 Denver
MILTON, Carolyn J., 625 N. 6th Street
MILTON, Mr. Roy O., 625 N. 6th Street
MORRIS, Faith W., 614 Columbine
MUNROE, Judith A., 118 Platte
NAUGLE, Dr. J. E., Sr.
NEIGHBERGER, Roylan K., 231 N. 5th Avenue
O'NEAL, Joyce M., 820 Delmar
POLLAND, Stephen M., 301 Tylor
PASS, Lynda L., 409 N. Division
PASS, Robert E., 409 N. Division
POLVADO, Colman M., 302 Clark
POOLE, Mr. Charlie F., 522 Delmar
POOLE, Eugenia R., 522 Delmar
RAMEY, Ronald L., 920 Beattie
RING, Robert L., Box 1087
RING, Sherroll J., Box 1087
ROBIRDS, Claude R., 2282 W. Main
ROBIRDS, Richard H., 2282 W. Main
SANKEY, Dana R., 215 Phelps
SHOTWELL, Robert E., 426 Lincoln
SKOV, Clare B., 325 N. 5th Street
SONNENBERG, Gordon L., Rt. 1
STRUNK, Mrs. Ila F., 518 Elm
STRUNK, Midge Marlene, 518 Elm
THOMPSON, Sandra S., Box 961
UNFUG, Mr. Charles Otto, 401 Delmar
UNFUG, Mrs. Edwina V., 401 Delmar
WALKER, Margaret M., 516 Denver
WALKER, Mrs. Marie P., 516 Denver
WALKER, Richard O., 516 Denver
WHITCOMB, James H., Box 545
WHITCOMB, William C., Box 545
WHITE, Kenneth A., 408 Ash
WHITE, Robert F., 408 Ash
WHITTENBAUGH, Lila L., Rt. 3
WHYMAN, Mr. Harold R., 710 S. 5th Avenue
WHYMAN, Larry L, 710 S. 5th Avenue
Hon. Gerald Morgan
1:00 pm
(The following had Luncheon OFF THE RECORD with the President:)
(Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury)
(Mr. George Whitney, of New York)
TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1954
Page 4
2:30 pm
Hon. Eric Johnston, President, Motion Picture Association
(Just returned from Near East Mission and asked to report
to the President)
3:00 pm
Hon. Kenneth Royall
3:30 pm
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
(Gen. Paul T. Carroll)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
(Hon. Jack Martin)
(Hon. Murray Snyder)
4:30 pm
Senator William F. Knowland, California
4:45 pm
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1954
8:15 am
Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Senator Edwin C. Johnson, Colorado
(Senator Millikin has received from Governor of Colorado an
engraved invitation to the President and Mrs. Eisenhower to
attend the Central City Festival in Colorado, in July. The
Senators presented the invitation to the President)
8:30 am
Legislative Leaders
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Sen. Eugene Millikin, Colorado
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Sen. Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Cong. Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Cong. Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Cong. Leo E. Allen, Illinois
Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Roswell Perkins, Assistant Secretary of H. E. W.
Hon. Harvey V. Higley, Administrator of Veterans' Affairs
Hon. Percival Brundage, Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee
Hon. James Bassett, Republican National Committee
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Hon. Earle Chesney
Hon. Arthur Minnich
10:00 am
(Mr. Hagerty)
10:30 am
Press Conference
11:15 am
Senator H. Alexander Smith, New Jersey
Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
(Sen. Smith requested this appointment to discuss whether
Congress should do anything to help the construction
industry at this time.)
11:45 am
(Mr. Edward Birmingham) OFF THE RECORD
(Arranged by Colonel Schulz)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1954
Page 2
12:10 pm
(General James Doolittle) OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
12:30 pm H.E. Sir Roger Makins, The British Ambassador
Mr. Peter Thorneycroft, President, Board of Trade of Great Britain
Admiral Walter S. Delaney, Deputy in Charge of East-West Trade, FOA
(Mr. Thorneycroft has completed his purchases in this country,
through F.O.A. and is returning to Great Britain. He knows
the President and asked if he might call and say "goodbye.")
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
4:00 pm
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
7:30 pm
(The President gave a Stag Dinner for the following:)
Winton M. Blount, President, Blount Bros. Construction Co., Inc.,
Montgomery, Alabama
H. Lutcher Brown, Business Executive, San Antonio, Texas
Harry C. Butcher, President & Gen. Mgr., Radio Kist, Inc.,
Santa Barbara, California
Erwin D. Canham, Editor, The Christian Science Monitor, Boston
Frederick M. Gillies, President, Acme Steel Co., Riverdale, Ill.
Henry F. Holland, Assistant Secretary of State
J. Sayles Leach, Chairman of the Board, The Texas Co., NYC
John C. H. Lee (Lt. Gen.), Retired Army Officer, York, Pa.
Robert R. Mathews, Vice President, American Express Co., NYC
Robert R. Mullen, National Citizens Committee for Educational
Television, Washington, D. C.
Nathan M. Pusey, President, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Mass.
Ralph T. Reed, President, American Express Co., NYC
Walter N. Thayer, Attorney, Thayer & Gilbert, NYC.
Hon. Charles S. Thomas, Secretary of the Navy
George E. Warren, Banker, NYC
Dr. Alan T. Waterman, Director, National Science Foundation, Wash., D.C.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1954
8:45 am
(Hon. Maxwell Rabb) OFF THE RECORD
9:15 am
Hon. John A. Hannah, Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Reported, at the President's request, as Chairman of U. S.
Section, Permanent Joint Board on Defense, Canada - U.S.
The President suggested he might report every three months)
9:45 am
Hon. Arthur B. Langlie, the Governor of Washington
Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
Hon. J. Ernest Wilkins, Assistant Secretary of Labor
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Arranged at the suggestion of Governor Adams. Governor
Langlie is enroute to Governor's Conference)
10:15 am
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Dr. Neil H. Jacoby, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
(Usual weekly appointment - missed out this week as Monday
was a holiday)
11:00 am
The Hon. Minna Una Tedder
(Miss Tedder is the daughter of Lord Tedder and has been working
for past year in Library at the British Embassy; Is now going
home to England and came in to say "Goodbye" and pay her respects)
11:30 am
Mr. William Zeckendorf, New York City
Mr. Ieoh M. Pei, Architect
Mr. John R. McCrary, Jr. (Tex) New York City
(Mr. McCrary requested this - to discuss slum clearance)
12:15 pm
(Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, A. E. C.) OFF THE RECORD
12:45 pm
The Reverend Billy Graham
(Hon. Thomas E. Stephens)
(Mr. Graham wrote the President in May, asking if he might
on his return to this country come by and give the President
a five-minute report on his evangelistic campaign abroad.)
1:00 pm
(Sen. William F. Knowland, California, had Luncheon OFF THE RECORD
with the President)
2:20 pm
(Mr. Robert Taft, Jr.)
(Hon. Sherman Adams) OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Jack Martin)
2:30 pm
Cong. Clarence J. Brown, Ohio
Mr. Donald Deer
Mr. William Acton
Mr. John Goodrich
(Cong. Brown requested this appointment stating that these men
were business leaders from Springfield, Ohio, and vicinity, who,
through the purchase of Hospitality Bonds, were making possible
the financing of a Tennis Tournament.)
THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1954
Page 2
3:00 pm
The President received in the Rose Garden some Foreign Members
who attended the International Conference of Social Work at
Toronto.
(Appointment requested by Mrs. Hobby) The following were
present:
Indian Nationals
Mrs. R. B. Advani
Mrs. J. Raiji
Mrs. C. Dayaram
Mr. Banaji
Mr. S. G. Annagiri
Mrs. Banaji
Mr. B. Chatterjee
Mr. A. E. Currimbhoy
Mrs. Gulab Dalal
Mrs. D. K. Ellis
French Nationals
Mr. Dindayal Gupta
Miss Dophin
Mr. Shanker Deo
Miss Fontes
Mrs. B. V. Desai
Miss Crapuchet
Mrs. M. Gobhai
Mrs. d'Autheville
Mrs. K. T. Desai
Mr. Ellisen
Mrs. A. C. Saraiya
Miss Morin
Mrs. V. P. Deshmukh
Miss Pederson
Mrs. S. Pandit
Mr. LeClercq
Mr. A. V. George
Mrs. Colas-Derrey
Mr. Uttam Singh
Miss Siradoh
Mr. T. Harekrishna
Miss Bilhieres
Mr. T. Siddalingaiya
Pakistan Nationals
Mr. K. M. Hinmatsingka
Lady Noon
Mrs. K. M. Himmatsingka
Mrs. Minwalla
Mrs. D. C. Karuven
Mr. Akhtar
Mrs. P. Soonawalla
Mr. Mehkri
Mrs. A. A. Talati
Miss Mowia
Mrs. D. M. Katrak
Iran
Mr. Golati
Mrs. M. Rais
Mr. D. C. Kukreti
Mr. Hadavand
Dr. Issac Santra
Lebanon
Mr. T. S. Mahajan
Miss W. Abinader
Mr. K. T. Desai
Miss M. Jabre
Miss V. Manecklal
Korea
Miss Z. Maskati
Mr. Whang
Miss S. M. D. Morarji
Mrs. Whang
Miss D. M. Morarji
Japan
Miss M. B. Palkiwala
Mr. Niwa
Miss K. P. Photographer
United Kingdom
Mrs. B. Ratanlal
Mr. P. Bolt
Mrs. L. R. Kilachand
Syria
Mrs. G. P. Sidhwa
Miss H. Malki
Mrs. H. M. Sidhwa
Sweden
Raja B. Singh
Miss Wolmer
Mr. G. L. Shukla
Holland
Mrs. P. Wallace
Mr. Van Dangen
Mrs. J. Wadia
Thailand
Mrs. I. Marfatia
Miss Amatayakul
Mrs. C. Nair
Brazil
Mrs. G. R. B. Billimoria
Miss Tinoio
THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1954
Page 3
3:00 pm
International Conference of Social work (Continued)
From H.E.W.
Dorothy Lalley
Cecile Whalen
Elma Ashton
Mildred Frank
4:30 pm
AT THE WHITE HOUSE: The President had Mrs. Eisenhower gave a Tea
in honor of the daughter and scn-in-law of Franco. The following
were present:
Carmen Franco, Marquesa de Villaverde (daughter of Franco)
Dr. Cristobal Partinez Lordiu (son-in-law)
Senor Don Jose Felix de Lequerica, Ambassador of Spain
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1954
8:00 am
Mr. Palmer Hoyt, of Denver, Colorado, had Breakfast with the
President.
9:00 am
(Hon. John McCloy, of New York) OFF THE RECORD
(Came in to see Mr. Stephens and saw the President)
9:50 am
(The Attorney General brought in some new District Judges to meet
the President OFF THE RECORD.) The following were present:
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Emett C. Choate, U. S. Dist. Judge, Southern District, Florida)
(Herbert S. Boreman, U. S. Dist. Judge, Northern District, W. Va.)
(Walter E. Hoffman, U. S. Dist., Judge, Eastern District, Virginia)
(Robert Minor, Justice Department)
10:00 am
Cabinet Meeting
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Robert Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Hon. Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Nelson Rockefeller, Deputy Secretary of H. E. W.
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F. O. A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the U. N.
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Scott McLeod, State Department
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
Hon. Arthur Minnich
The following were absent:
The Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of Labor (no one repre-
sented Labor Dept.)
The Secretary of H. E. W.
11:30 am
Hon. Clare Boothe Luce, American Ambassador to Italy
12:00
Hon. Dan Thornton, Governor of Colorado
Hon. John S. Fine, Governor of Pennsylvania
(Reported on Korea: Governor Shivers, other Member of the
Commission, was unable to be present)
FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1954
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12:55 pm
(The President left the White House and motored to Burning Tree)
1:18 pm
(Arrived at Burning Tree and had Luncheon with the following:)
(Congressman Leslie Arends, Illinois)
(General Floyd Parks)
(Billy Jo Patton)
(John McClure)
1:50 pm
(Teed off with the following:)
(General Floyd Parks)
(Billy Jo Patton)
(John McClure)
4:34 pm
(Completed 18 holes)
5:20 pm
(Departed Burning Tree and motored to the White House)
5:45 pm
(Arrived at the White House)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1954
8:40 am
(Hon. Harold Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Adm.) OFF THE RECORD
8:45 am
Senator Eva Bowring, Nebraska
Senator Sam Reynolds, Nebraska
(Senator Bowring asked if she might bring in the new Nebraska
Senator, Sam Reynolds, and introduce him to the President)
9:00 am
(The President greeted the members of two High School Bands, one
from Ottawa, Kansas, and the other from Gladewater, Texas, in the
Rose Garden OFF THE RECORD.) The following made the necessary
identification as we were unable to obtain list of the names of
those present:
(Mr. Russell L. Crites, District Governor, Lions International,
State of Kansas)
(Mr. and Mrs. Dana Williams, Texas)
(Congressman Brady Gentry, Texas)
9:15 am
Lt. Gen. Cortlandt Van Rensselaer Schuyler, Chief of Staff,
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
(Arranged by General Carroll)
9:45 am
H.E. Carlos Garcia, the Vice President of the Philippines
H.E. Carlos P. Romulo
H.E. Raul Leuterio, Minister of the Philippines
(Hon. John F. Simmons)
(Vice President Garcia was in Washington briefly on an unofficial
visit, and asked, thru Protocol, to pay respects)
10:00 am
Mr. Herschel D. Newsom, Master, the National Grange
Mr. Joseph Parker, Counsel for National Grange
(Arranged at the direction of Governor Adams)
10:30 am
Hon. William Pawley
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Arranged by General Carroll)
10:45 am
(Mr. Arde Bulova, Bulova Watch Company, New York)
(Mr. Simon, Bulova Watch Company)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Thomas E. Stephens)
(Mr. Bulova was in to see Dr. Hauge and asked if he might
pay his respects to the President)
11:00 am
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
11:30 am
(Speech Conference: Hon. Sherman Adams)
^^
Gen. Paul T. Carroll) OFF THE RECORD
Hon. Kevin McCann)
SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1954
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12:00
The following Members of the Board of Inquiry on Atomic Energy
Facilities met with the President:
Thomas Keith Glennan, President, Case Institute of Technology,
Cleveland, Ohio
John Floberg, Former Assistant Secretary of Navy for Air
Paul Sanders, Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, Tennessee
Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. James Hagerty
12:25 pm
Honorable Charles H. Russell, Governor of Nevada
(Hon. Maxwell Rabb)
12:30 pm
(The President left the White House and motored to Burning Tree)
12:55 pm
(Arrived Burning Tree and had Luncheon with the following:)
(Mr. Sam Snead)
(Mr. John McClure)
(Mr. John McClure, Jr.)
(Mr. Billy Jo Patton)
(Cong. Charles Halleck, Indiana)
1:40 pm
(Teed off with the following:)
(Mr. Sam Snead)
(Mr. Billy Jo Patton)
(Cong. Charles Halleck, Indiana)
4:50 pm
(Completed 18 holes)
5:50 pm
(Arrived back at the White House. On the way back from Burning
Tree the President drove Mr. Sam Snead to 4545 Connecticut Ave.)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, JULY 11, 1954
9:00 am
The President and Ers. Eisenhower attended the nine o'clock
Service at the National Presbyterian Church.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, JULY 12, 1954
9:40 am
(Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State) OFF THE RECORD
10:15 am
(Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors)
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
(Usual Monday appointment) OFF THE RECORD
11:00 am
(Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff)
(Usual Monday appointment) OFF THE RECORD
11:30 am
(Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense)
(Usual Monday appointment) OFF THE RECORD
12:30 pm
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget) OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
(Arranged by Governor Adams - discussed TVA)
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
1:55 pm
(Major General C. T. Lanham, U. S. Army)
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
OFF THE RECORD
(General "Buck" Lanham served as Chief of Public Information
when the President was at SHAPE. Has just returned to this
country after tour of duty as Commanding General, Infantry
Division, Germany)
2:00 pm
(Hon. Bernard Shanley)
2:30 pm
(Hon. Nelson Rockefeller, Deputy Secretary of H.E.W.)
(Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget) OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
3:30 pm
(General Willard Paul, Office of Defense Mobilization) OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1954
8:55 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left the White House and motored
to MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport.
9:15 am
Airborne for Blair County Airport.
9:50 am
Arrived Blair County Airport.
11:10 am
Arrived Dr. Eisenhower's Residence, State College, Pennsylvania.
11:45 am
Departed Dr. Eisenhower's Residence.
11:55 am
Arrived St. Andrews Episcopalian Church.
12:00
Church Services Began.
12:20 pm
End of Services.
12:30 pm
Departed Church and motored to Cemetery.
12:40 pm
Arrived Centre County Memorial Park.
12:50 pm
Burial Services started.
1:00 pm
Service Ended.
1:05 pm
Left Centre County Memorial Park.
1:15 pm
Arrived Dr. Eisenhower's Residence.
1:50 pm
Departed Dr. Eisenhower's Residence.
3:05 pm
Arrived Blair County Airport.
3:10 pm
Airborne for Washington, D. C.
3:40 pm
Arrived MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport.
3:52 pm
Arrived White House.
4:00 pm
(Hon. Fred Seaton, Assistant Secretary of Defense)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Robert B. Crosby, Governor of Nebraska)
4:15 pm
(Brig. Gen. Herbert Davis Vogel)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
4:45 pm
(General James Doolittle)
(Hon. William Pawley)
(Mr. Bruce Brownley)
OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Franke)
(Mr. Pat Coyne)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Gen. Paul T. Carroll)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1954
7:45 am
(Mr. Roy Howard had Breakfast with the President OFF THE RECORD)
8:30 am
Legislative Leaders
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Sen. Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Sen. Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Sen. Frank Carlson, Kansas
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Cong. Charles Halleck, Indiana
Cong. Leslie Arends, Illinois
Cong. Leo E. Allen, Illinois
Cong. Edward Rees, Kansas
Cong. Daniel A. Reed, New York
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Harvey Higley, Administrator of Veterans' Affairs
Hon. Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee
Hon. James Bassett, Republican National Committee
Mr. Ben Guill, Assistant to the Postmaster General
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Murray Snyder
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Hon. Earle Chesney
Hon. Arthur Minnich
10:30 am
(Mr. Hagerty)
11:00 am
Press Conference
11:40 am
(Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, 0. D. M) OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
11:45 am
(Admiral William D. Leahy) OFF THE RECORD
11:50 am
(Mr. Andrew Holmstoon, of Worcester, Massachusetts)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
12:15 pm
The President met with bi-partisan group from the Senate regarding
the Lead and Zinc issue. Arranged by Gerald Morgan. The
following were present:
WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1954
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12:15 pm
Senate Bi-partisan group (Continued)
Hon. Felix E. Wormser, Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Sen. Henry C. Dworshak, Idaho
Sen. Clinton P. Anderson, New Mexico
Sen. Carl Hayden, Arizona
Hon. Gerald Morgan
12:45 pm
Hon. William G. Stratton, Governor of Illinois
(Arranged by Mr. Stephens)
1:00 pm
The Honorable Paul Hoffman had Luncheon with the President
2:30 pm
(Hon. James S. Lay, Executive Director, N.S.C.)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Everett Gleason, Deputy Exec. Director, N.S.C.)
(Briefed the President on N. S. C.)
3:00 pm
Mr. George A. Sloan, President, American Society of the
French Legion of Honor, Inc.
(Discussed plans for a proposed dinner to be given in autumn,
in New York, under auspices of this organization)
3:30 pm
(Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General) OFF THE RECORD
3:35 pm
(Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.)
(Hon. Steve Benedict)
OFF THE RECORD
(Five-minute meeting on watches)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1954
8:10 am
(General Snyder's office in the White House)
9:50 am
Senator Price Daniel, Texas
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
(Presented to the President certificate of honorary membership
in The Sons of the Republic of Texas)
9:55 am
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Under Secretary of State
10:15 am
The National Security Council
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Under Secretary of State
Hon. Robert B. Anderson, for the Secretary of Defense
Hon. Glen Lloyd, Acting Director, F. O. A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. Ralph Tudor, Acting Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. J. Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hon. Laurence Robbins, Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence
Brig. Gen. Paul T. Carroll, White House Staff Secretary
Hon. J. Patrick Coyne, NSC Internal Security Representative
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
12:30 pm
H.E. Ben Halim, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Libya
The Hon. Fethi El-Kekhia, the Minister of Libya
H.E. Ali Aneizi, Minister of Finance of Libya
Hon. Henry A. Byroade, Assistant Secretary of State
1:00 pm
The President gave a small, Stag Luncheon, in honor of H.E. Ben
Halim, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Libya. The
following were present:
H.E. Mustafa Ben Halim, Prime Minister of Libya
The Hon. Fethi El-Kekhia, Minister of Libya
H.E. Ali Aneizi, the Minister of Finance
The Hon. Suleiman Jerbi, Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs
The Hon. Muhie Ad-Din Fikeni, Minister of Justice of Tripolitania
Mr. Charles Pitt-Hardacre, Economic Adv. to the Libyan Government
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Sen. J. W. Fulbright, Arkansas
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Cong. Frances P. Bolton, Ohio
Cong. Thomas E. Morgan, Pennsylvania
THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1954
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1:00 pm LUNCHEON - Libya (Continued)
General Nathan F. Twining, Chief of Staff, U. S. Air Force
Hon. Henry A. Byroade, Assistant Secretary of State
Hon. Henry S. Villard, U. S. Minister to Libya, State Department
Hon. John A. Johnson, General Counsel, Air Force
Hon. John E. Utter, Director, Office of African Affairs, State Dept.
Mr. Leo G. Cyr, Deputy Director, Office of African Affairs, State Dept.
2:20 pm (Mr. Ralph Reed, American Express) OFF THE RECORD
2:30 pm H.E. Dr. Fadhil Jamali, the Foreign Minister of Iraq
H.E. Dr. Moussa Al-Shabandar, the Ambassador of Iraq
Hon. Henry A. Byroade, Assistant Secretary of State
(Dr. Jamali was former Prime Minister of Iraq and as such signed
military assistance agreement with U. S.)
2:45 pm
Cong. Charles Halleck, Indiana
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
3:15 pm Mr. Strom Thurmond, National President, Reserve Officers Association
Rear Admiral Charles LaBarge, Webster Groves, Mo., Vice President of
Naval Affairs
Col. John W. Richardson, Detroit, Michigan, Vice President of Air
Force Affairs
Col. Charles M. Boyer, Executive Director, Reserve Officers Association
(Mr. Thurmond requested this to pay respects)
3:30 pm
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense) OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
5:05 pm (Mr. Charles Moore) OFF THE RECORD
5:30 pm
Senator Charles E. Potter, Michigan
(Arranged by General Persons)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1954
7:45 am
(Senator William F. Knowland, California, had Breakfast with the
President) OFF THE RECORD
8:50 am
The President received the Governor of the Farm Credit Administration
and the Members of the Federal Farm Credit Board.
(Secretary Benson asked if the President would shake hands
with Board Members during their meeting in Washington) The
following were present:
Hon. True D. Morse, Under Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Robert B. Tootell, Governor, Farm Credit Administration
Hon. H. B. Munger, Bergen, New York
Hon. Clark L. Brody, Lansing, Michigan
Hon. J. D. Anderson, Morgantown, West Virginia
Hon. M. H. Edwards, Bartow, Florida
Hon. H. W. Clutter, Holcomb, Kansas
Hon. Marvin J. Briggs, Indianapolis, Indiana
Hon. C. H. Matthews, Eagle Lake, Texas
Hon. E. J. Hodge, Andalusia, Alabama
Hon. Golden F. Fine, Yuba City, California
Hon. L. V. Ritter, Marked Tree, Arkansas
Hon. Earl H. Brockman, Caldwell, Idaho
Hon. F. W. Peck, St. Paul, Minnesota
Hon. Bernard Shanley
9:00 am
Cabinet Meeting
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Robert Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Hon. Ralph Tudor, Under Secretary of the Interior
Hon. True D. Morse, Under Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Glen L. Lloyd, Acting Deputy Director, F. O. A.
Hon. Arthur Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the U.N.
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. William P. Rogers, Deputy Attorney General
Hon. Nelson Rockefeller, Under Secretary of H. E. W.
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Gerald Morgan
FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1954
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9:00 am
Cabinet Meeting (Continued)
Hon. Murray Snyder
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
Hon. Arthur Minnich
The following were absent: The Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of the Interior
The Secretary of Agriculture
The Director, F. 0. A.
AFTER CABINET THE PRESIDENT MET WITH THE FOLLOWING OFF THE RECORD
TO DISCUSS 1956 BUDGET:
(Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget)
(Hon. Percival Brundage, Deputy Director)
11:00 am
The President signed S. 3291, An Act "Authorizing the President
to present a gold medal to Irving Berlin." The following were
present:
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Berlin
Sen. Irving M. Ives, New York
Cong. Francis E. Dorn, New York
12:10 pm
(Hon. Charles S. Thomas, Secretary of the Navy)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
12:15 pm
The President received a group of Congressmen, who wished to pay
their respects and pledge their continuing support of the
President's program. (Individual pictures were made) The follow-
ing were present:
Cong. John V. Beamer, Indiana
Cong. Thomas M. Pelly, Washington
Cong. Richard H. Poff, Virginia
Cong. Frank Small, Jr., Maryland
Cong. Charles W. Vursell, Illinois
Cong. William C. Wampler, Virginia
Cong. Elford A. Cederberg, Michigan
Cong. Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr., New Jersey
Cong. D. Bailey Merrill, Indiana
Cong. Stuyvesant Wainwright, II, New York
Cong. Clifton Young, Nevada
Cong. William G. Bray, Indiana
Cong. Frank T. Bow, Ohio
Cong. Shepard J. Crumpacker, Indiana
(Hon. Earle Chesney)
12:38 pm
(The President left the White House and motored direct to Congressional
Country Club)
1:02 pm
(The President arrived at Congressional Country Club where he had)
(Lunch and played golf with the following:
)
FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1954
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1:02 pm
(Congressional Country Club - Continued)
Loy Anderson, President, Congressional Country Club
George Cornell, Club Champion at present
M. Parker Nolan, Past Club Champion five times
Mark Trice, Secretary of the Senate
William L. Shea, lawyer and former Club Champion
Hon. James C. Hagerty
John E. McClure
2:00 pm
(Teed off with the following:)
Loy Anderson
George Cornell
M. Parker Nolan
(At the end of the first nine, the President and Mr. McClure)
(exchanged places and the President played the second nine
)
(with the following:
)
Mark Trice
William L. Shea
Hon. James C. Hagerty
5:30 pm
(The President left Congressional Country Club and motored to
the White House)
6:00 pm
(Arrived at the White House)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1954
8:15 am
(Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of H. E. W.)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Nelson Rockefeller, Deputy Secretary of H. E. W.)
8:30 am
(Mr. Bradshaw Mintener) OFF THE RECORD
(Minneapolis, Minnesota)
9:00 am
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Thomas E. Stephens)
10:15 am
(Mr. Sid Richardson, of Texas) OFF THE RECORD
12:30 pm
(Hon. George Allen had LUNCHEON WITH THE PRESIDENT) OFF THE RECORD
1:10 pm
(The President, accompanied by Hon. George Allen, left the White
House and motored to Burning Tree, where they played golf together)
5:30 pm
(The President returned to the White House)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1954
AT THE WHITE HOUSE OFF THE RECORD
4:00 pm
(Mr. Sid Richardson, Texas)
(Remained until 5:48 pm)
5:10 pm
(Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State)
(Remained until 5:48 pm)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, JULY 19, 1954
8:15 am
(Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State)
(Hon. Harold Stassen, Director, F. O. A.)
OFF THE RECORD
(Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J. C. S.)
(Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget)
8:30 am
Legislative Leaders
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Sen. Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Sen. Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Cong. Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Cong. Leo E. Allen, Illinois
Cong. John Taber, New York
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of H. E. W.
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director, F. O. A.
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Louis Rothschild, Maritime Administrator
Hon. James C. Worthy, Assistant Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee
Hon. James Bassett, Republican National Committee
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Murray Snyder
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Hon. Earle Chesney
Hon. Arthur Minnich
10:00 am
Congressman John Taber, New York
Congressman Richard B. Wigglesworth, Massachusetts
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J. C. S.
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director, F. O. A.
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Gerald Morgan
(Arranged by General Persons)
10:30 am
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
General Nathan F. Twining, Chief of Staff, U. S. Air Force
(Adm. Radford's usual Monday appointment)
MONDAY, JULY 19, 1954
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11:00 am
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
(Usual Monday appointment)
11:30 am
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
(Usual Monday appointment)
12:00
(Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense)
(Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury) OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Arranged at the request of the Attorney General)
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:15 pm
(Hon. Eric Johnston) OFF THE RECORD
2:30 pm
Hon. Arthur Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
(This was Dr. Flenming's appointment arranged every three weeks)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1954
9:00 am
The President received a Congressional Delegation from the
States of Washington and Oregon.
(Invited the President to dedicate McNary Dam. Individual
pictures were made with the President) The following
were present:
Hon. Felix Wormser, Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Senator Guy Cordon, Oregon
Cong. Harris Ellsworth, Oregon
Cong. Walter Norblad, Oregon
Cong. Sam Coon, Oregon
Cong. Homer D. Angell, Oregon
Cong. Walt Horan, Washington
Cong. Hal Holmes, Washington
Cong. Russell V. Mack, Washington
Cong. Thor C. Tollefson, Washington
Cong. Thomas M. Pelly, Washington
Cong. Jack Westland, Washington
Hon. Earle Chesney
9:30 am
Miss Bertha S. Adkins, Assistant to the Chairman, Republican
National Committee
(Asked to come in and report to the President on her recent
trip, all one-night-stands, thru States of Wyoming, Montana,
Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Nevada and Utah.)
10:00 am
Sen. George W. Malone, Nevada
Hon. Felix E. Wormser, Assistant Secretary of the Interior
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
(Sen. Malone asked to come in and present report of Minerals,
Materials and Fuels Economic Subcommittee of Interior and
Insular Affairs Committee, representing ten months intensive
investigation on accessibility of critical materials to this
Nation in time of war and for our expanding economy)
10:30 am
Mr. Vernon Bradley, Springfield, Massachusetts
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Mr. Bradley is Chairman of the Board of Assessors in Springfield.
Had picture taken with the President - may run for Congress)
11:45 am
Hon. Shelton T. Mills, American Ambassador to Ecuador
(Asked to pay respects before departure for Post)
12:00
Hon. Karl L. Rankin, American Ambassador to China
(Was in Washington for consultation, and asked, thru Protocol,
to discuss recent developments pertaining to Communist China,
and also to report on recent developments on Formosa.)
12:30 pm
Field Marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis
H.E. Sir Roger Makins, the British Ambassador
Gen. J. Lawton Collins (represented Dept. of Defense)
TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1954
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12:30 pm
Field Marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis (Continued)
Hon. John E. Graf, Acting Secretary, Smithsonian Institution
Hon. John Simmons (represented State Department)
(Lord Alexander presented to the President replica of
original portrait of the President by late Sir Oswald
Birley. This was a personal gift. Original is to be
given to museum, probably the Smithsonian)
1:00 pm
Field Marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis had Luncheon with the
President.
2:45 pm
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
3:30 pm
Major General Blackshear M. Bryant, Jr., to be Superintendent
of West Point
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1954
8:30 am
(Hon. James S. Lay)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Everett Gleason)
(Briefed the President on N. S. C.)
9:00 am
Mr. Guy L. Brown, Grand Chief Engineer, Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, Cleveland, Ohio
(Hon. Bernard Shanley)
(Visited the President six or eight months ago and asked for
another appointment to discuss transportation problems and
general economic situation. Arranged by Mr. Shanley)
9:30 am
(Cong. Sid Simpson, Illinois)
(Janet Simpson, daughter of Cong. Simpson) OFF THE
RECORD
(State Senator Lillian Schlagenhauf, Ill.)
10:00 am
Sen. John Marshall Butler, Maryland
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Cong. Thor C. Tollefson, Washington
Mr. L. R. Sanford, President, Shipbuilders Council of America,
New York, New York
Mr. Andrew A. Pettis, Vice President, CIO, Industrial Union of
Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Mr. James A. Brownlow, President, Metal Trades Department, A. F. of L.
(Sen. Butler requested this meeting to discuss with the President,
situation in shipbuilding and ship repair industries, with labor
and management represented at meeting. Arranged by Gerald Morgan)
11:00 am
(Mr. Hagerty)
11:30 am
Press Conference
12:00
Dr. Lawrence A. Kimpton, Chancellor, University of Chicago
Mr. Edward Ryerson, Chairman, Executive Committee of Inland Steel
Co., Chicago
Mr. James Downs, Represents Mayor of Chicago on Housing
Hon. Clarence Randall
(Hon. Steve Benedict)
(Mr. Ryerson requested this so that they might tell the President
of land clearance project in University of Chicago area; to give
him brief picture of their contemplated urban renewal program
and the possibilities of working it out with various agencies
involved.)
12:29 pm
(The President left the White House and motored to Burning Tree where
he played golf with the following:
(Col. Thomas Belshe)
(Mr. Ed. Wheeler)
(Mr. Robert Trent Jones)
6:00 pm
(Returned to the White House)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1954
9:15 am
General Julius Ochs Adler, of New York Times
General Raymond McLain, Oklahoma City
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Bryce Harlow)
(Arranged by Governor Adams)
9:45 am
(Mrs. John H. Wallace)
(Mr. and Mrs. John Ashton) OFF THE RECORD
(John Ashton, Jr. & Helen Ashton)
10:00 am
National Security Council
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F. O. A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, 0. D. M.
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Brig. Gen. Paul T. Carroll, White House Staff Secretary
Hon. Bryce Harlow, Administrative Assistant to the President
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary
12:30 pm
Presentation of drum to Dwight David Eisenhower, II
(Custom-made by Noble & Cooley Co., Granville, Mass., on
celebration of their 100th anniversary. This drum similar
to one made by this firm in 1860 from oak rails split by
Abraham Lincoln, and presented to young Robert Lincoln)
The following were present:
Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight David Eisenhower, II
Richard Preston, Commissioner, Department of Commerce, Massachusetts
Mr. Herbert Hiers, General Manager, Noble & Cooley, Drum
Manufacturers, Granville, Mass.
Mrs. Herbert Hiers and Herbert Hiers, Jr.
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Sen. John F. Kennedy, Massachusetts
Cong. John W. Heselton, Massachusetts
Mr. Fred Knight, with firm of Noble & Cooley
12:45 pm
Dr. Alberto Lleras, former Secretary General, Organization of
American States
Hon. Henry F. Holland, Assistant Secretary of State
(Hon. John F. Simmons)
(Dr. Lleras has just resigned from OAS and asked, thru Protocol,
to pay respects to the President before departing for his home
in Colombia. State Department says Lleras exercises strong
influence in Latin American Countries on policies and public opinion.)
THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1954
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1:00 pm
Hon. Bernard Baruch had Luncheon with the President.
2:30 pm
Mr. Malcolm Muir, Publisher of NEWSWEEK
(Has just returned from European trip and is anxious to discuss
it with the President. Arranged by Mr. Hagerty.)
3:00 pm
Major and Mrs. William D. Shearer and three children.
3:00 pm
Lt. Gen. John E. Hull, Commander-in-Chief, Far East Forces
4:30 pm
(Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President)
(Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General)
(Hon. Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Com.)
(Mr. James Bassett)
(Mr. Ben Duffy)
OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Ted Rogers)
(Mr. Carroll Newton)
(Hon. Thomas E. Stephens)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1954
7:45 am
(Senator Everett McK. Dirksen, Illinois, had Breakfast
OFF THE RECORD with the President)
8:30 am
Cabinet Meeting
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. William Rogers, Deputy Attorney General
Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Hon. Ralph Tudor, Under Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Adm.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the UN
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Percival Brundage, Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Hon. Earle Chesney
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
Hon. Arthur Minnich
The following were absent: The Attorney General
The Secretary of the Interior
10:15 am
(General James A. Van Fleet)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
10:45 am
(Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the UN) OFF THE RECORD
11:00 am
The President signed H. R. 8247, An Act "To provide for the
restoration and maintenance of the United States Ship Constitution
and to authorize the disposition of the United States Ship Con-
stellation, United States Ship Hartford, United States Ship Olympia,
and United States Ship Oregon, and for other purposes."
Congressman James P. S. Devereux, Maryland, was present.
FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1954
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11:15 am
Mr. H. J. Heinz, Jr.
Mr. Norman Paul, Regional Director, F.O.A. Near East and South Asia
(Arranged at the suggestion of Governor Stassen: Mr. Heinz is
going to Pakistan to make investigation for F.O.A.)
11:30 am
(Major General Leonard Heaton)
OFF THE RECORD
(Major General Howard McC. Snyder)
11:45 am
(Mr. Ted Curtis) OFF THE RECORD
(Arranged by Col. Schulz)
12:00
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. William A. Purtell, Connecticut
Sen. H. Alexander Smith, New Jersey
(Discussed re-insurance legislation - arranged by Gerald Morgan)
12:55 pm
His Eminence, Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Gen. Paul T. Carroll
1:10 pm
(LUNCH)
2:00 pm
(Mr. Glen Sutton)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
2:25 pm
(Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General) OFF THE RECORD
2:30 pm
Hon. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. Ralph A. Tudor, Under Secretary of the Interior
Hon. J. Earl Coke, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Maj. Gen. B. L. Robinson, Deputy Chief of Engineers
(Discussed acquisition of land for flood control and other
purposes.)
3:00 pm
(Mr. James Howard)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
(Coffee report)
4:45 pm
(Mr. Bud Sprague) OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1954
9:17 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower, Major and Mrs. John Eisenhower
and the children, left the White House and motored to Camp David
where they spent the week-end.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, JULY 25, 1954
3:17 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower, Major and Mrs. John Eisenhower
and the children returned to the White House.
3:48 pm
The President left the White House and motored to the Mayflower
Hotel, where he extended Brief Greetings to the Twelfth World's
Christian Endeavor Convention in the Main Ballroom.
4:18 pm
The President returned to the White House.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, JULY 26, 1954
8:20 am
(Hon. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget) OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
8:30 am
Legislative Leaders
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Sen. Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Cong. Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Cong. Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Cong. Leo E. Allen, Illinois
Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. Franklin G. Floete, Assistant Secretary of Defense
Hon. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee
Hon. James Bassett, Republican National Committee
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Murray Snyder
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Hon. Earle Chesney
Hon. Arthur Minnich
10:50 am
(Mr. Morris Hadley)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
11:00 am
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
(Usual Monday appointment)
12:00
Mr. John Henderson
Mr. Ray Bliss
(Hon. Jack Martin)
(Henderson is Congressional Candidate in Ohio, for seat of
former Congressman Secrest, appointed to Federal Trade Com.)
12:15 pm
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J. C. S.)
(Usual Monday appointment)
MONDAY, JULY 26, 1954
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12:30 pm
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Arthur Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J. C. S.
Hon. John A. Hannah, Assistant Secretary of Defense
Col. Carey A. Randall, USMC, Military Assistant to Secretary of Defense
Hon. Robert Cutler
(Arranged by Secretary Wilson - discussed U.M.T.)
1:00 pm
The following had Luncheon with the President:
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
General James A. Van Fleet
Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J. C. S.
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
2:15 pm
(Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State) OFF THE RECORD
3:15 pm
(Hon. William McC. Martin, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal)
( Reserve System
)
(Mr. Paul E. Miller, Minneapolis, Minnesota
)
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge
)
(Dr. Hauge brought Mr. Miller in. He is prospective
nominee for Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System)
4:30 pm
H.E. The President of the Republic of Korea and Mrs. Syngman Rhee
arrived at the White House.
8:30 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave a dinner in honor of H.E.
The President of the Republic of Korea and Mrs. Syngman Rhee.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1954
9:00 am
(Hon. Robert F. Kennon, Governor of Louisiana)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
OFF THE RECORD
9:30 am
The President received the Members of the Joint Mexican-United
States Defense Commission
(Arranged by General Carroll at suggestion of State Dept.)
The following were present:
American Members:
Major General Robert M. Webster, USAF, Chairman (U.S.)
Major General P. D. Adams, USA
Rear Admiral Charles W. Wilkins, USN
Mexican Members:
Lt. Gen. Cristobal Guzman Cardenas, Chairman (Mexico)
Vice Admiral Antonio Vazquez del Mercado
Mr. Antonio Gomez Robledo (Mex. Foreign Office Rep.)
Col. Gabriel de La Colina Riquelme
Col. Enrique Zarate Munoz
Lt. Col. Mario Ballesteros Prieto
Major Alonso Aquiere Ramos
Major Manuel Diaz Escobar
Captain Angel Rodriquez Garcia
Captain Arturo Garcia Zamora
10:00 am
Korean-American Talks - The following were present:
H.E. Syngman Rhee, President of the Republic of Korea
Admiral Sohn Won II, Defense Minister
H.E. Dr. You Chan Yang, the Ambassador of the Republic of
Korea to the United States
H.E. Paik Tu-Chin, Economic Coordinator
(Miss Crystal Crone, Secretary to Ambassador Yang)
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Ellis O. Briggs, American Ambassador to Korea
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J. C. S.
Hon. Everett F. Drumright, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director, F. O. A.
Hon. C. Tyler Wood, Economic Coordinator of Korea, FOA
Mr. Robert J. G. McClerkin, Deputy Director, Office of
Northeast Asian Affairs
11:15 am
Mr. Whitelaw Reid, of Herald Tribune
(Called Mr. Stephens last week to ask for this)
12:00
The President received group of Republican Congressmen
(Called to pay their respects and renew their support of the
President's program - had pictures made with the President)
The following were present:
Cong. Charles B. Brownson, Indiana
Cong. Laurence Curtis, Massachusetts
Cong. Louis E. Graham, Pennsylvania
Cong. Roman Hruska, Nebraska
TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1954
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12:00
Republican Congressmen (Continued)
Cong. Edgar A. Jonas, Illinois
Cong. Robert Kean, New Jersey
Cong. Walter Norblad, Oregon
Cong. John M. Robsion, Kentucky
Cong. Paul F. Schenck, Ohio
Cong. Timothy P. Sheehan, Illinois
Cong. Frank Small, Jr., Maryland
Cong. Stuyvesant Wainwright, New York
12:15 pm
The President signed H. R. 4854, An Act "To authorize the
Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain
the irrigation works comprising the Foster Creek Division of
the Chief Joseph Dam Project, Washington." The following
were present:
Cong. Walt Horan, Washington
Cong. A. L. Miller, Nebraska
Cong. Wesley A. D'Ewart, Montana
Cong. Jack Westland, Washington
12:30 pm
The President received the Members of Boys Nation.
(Arranged at request of the American Legion which sponsors
the group) The following were present:
ARMER, John "Mike", Phoenix, Arizona
ABBOTT, Frederick C., Laurel, Delaware
BEARDSLEY, James E., Los Angeles, California
BAUSERMAN, Steven C., Iowa City, Iowa
BEL, Ernest F., Lake Charles, Louisiana
BAKER, Edward B., Jr., Midland, Michigan
BAKER, Dean F., Fargo, North Dakota
BOURG, Edward F., Bellaire, Texas
BOHAN, Thomas, (Counselor), Kingston, New Jersey
CARLSON, Bruce D., Carneys Point, New Jersey
CRAMER, Ray E., Albuquerque, New Mexico
CHILGREN, Richard A., Eau Claire, Wisconsin
CLARK, Wilbur W., Powell, Wyoming
CONDON, James J., (Counselor), Washington, D. C.
DESHLER, Dana A., Jr., Columbus, Ohio
DE vos, Fred, Jacksonville, Oregon
DRIGGERS, William B., Hartsville, South Carolina
DUNLAP, Benjamin B., Columbia, South Carolina
DURFEE, Michael F., Arlington, Virginia
DARR, Donald (Counselor, Brunswick, Maryland
ELLIS, Harry A., Jr., Rome, Georgia
EDMONDSON, Stephen W., Barney, Georgia
EPSTEIN, Leonard H., Swampscott, Massachusetts
EYTEL, Charles S., East Orange, New Jersey
EARLE, Melvin M., Jr., Portland, Oregon
EHRENSPERGER, Charles D., Vermillion, South Dakota
ELLMANN, William J., Waupun, Wisconsin
EATON, Harold, (Counselor), Riverton, New Jersey
TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1954
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12:30 pm
Boys Nation (Continued)
FOGG, Reed E., Idaho Falls, Idaho
FAHEY, James, Wolf Point, Montana
FLEMING, Bruce J., Omaha, Nebraska
FARNHAM, Joe R., Brookings, South Dakota
FITCH, Frederick A., III, Huntington, West Virginia
FREY, Arthur J., South Sterling, Pennsylvania
FISHER, Franklin (Counselor), Indianapolis, Indiana
GOLDMAN, Ralph, Little Rock, Arkansas
GARDNER, James E., Robinson, Illinois
GREEN, Arthur, Lake Charles, Louisiana
GILLILAND, Thomas M., Sidney, Nebraska
GOODWIN, Herman A., Jr., Dunn, North Carolina
GALLOWAY, Samuel D., Memphis, Tennessee
GARNETT, James A., Fredericksburg, Virginia
GAMBREL, Harry M., (Counselor), Kansas City, Missouri
GLANCY, Thomas X., (Counselor), Indianapolis, Indiana
HORNSBY, Earnest C., East Tallassee, Alabama
HOUGLAND, Hubbard M., Scottsburg, Indiana
HUTCHINSON, Thomas E., Swampscott, Massachusetts
HUGHES, Barry T., Laconia, New Hampshire
HUBBARD, John W., Gowanda, New York
HUNT, James B., Jr., Lucana, North Carolina
HENSLEY, Wayne E., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
HATHAWAY, Ronald F., Casper, Wyoming
HOPKINS, Claire R., Jr., Vernal, Utah
HAUCK, William F., (Counselor), Washington, D. C.
HAMILTON, Charles F., (Counselor), St. Louis, Missouri
HELLER, George E., (Counselor), Bedford, Virginia
HUMBERT, Homer, (Counselor), Washington, D. C.
INMAN, Thomas, Denver, Colorado
JOHNS, Richard E., St. Augustine, Florida
JOHNSON, Primus, East Chicago, Indiana
KELLY, Edward P., Sandpoint, Idaho
KNIGHT, David L., Garden City, Missouri
KEITH, J. Royal, Yakima, Washington
LANGFORD, John A., Jr., East Hartford, Connecticut
LOVELL, Ned B., Ocala, Florida
LITTLE, Patric D., Wichita, Kansas
LAMBIRD, Perry A., Sparks, Nevada
LUCAS, Charles F., Beckley, West Virginia
LISTON, Paul F., Kaysville, Utah
MARTIN, Warham L., Tempe, Arizona
MOREHOUSE, Thomas A., Minneapolis, Minnesota
MORBY, Jeffrey L., Reno, Nevada
MYERS, Dan Allen, Waco, Texas
MOSCATELLO, James J., Rutland, Vermont
MARR, Robert, (Counselor), Albuquerque, New Mexico
McGINNIS, Edward F., (Counselor), Washington, D. C.
NEUBAUER, John W., (Counselor), Washington, D. C.
PYLYPCZUK, Michael, Berlin, Maryland
PERRY, Edward S., Bay St., Louis, Mississippi
PETTIT, Larry K., Lewistown, Montana
TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1954
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12:30 pm
Boys Nation (Continued)
POLZELLO, Richard C., Rutland, Vermont
PENNINGTON, Lee R., (Director of Boys Nation), Washington, D. C.
RISLER, Eugene S., III, Milford, Delaware
RIDER, Gerald E., Lansing, Michigan
RICCIO, David C., Manchester, New Hampshire
RAPPORT, Jonathan, White Plains, New York
RAICHLE, Marcus E., Aberdeen, Washington
SMITH, Rudolph L., Los Angeles, California
SHORE, Richard, Denver, Colorado
SHAFER, Jonathan S., Lake Forest, Illinois
SWIERZYNSKI, John, South Portland, Maine
SPENCER, Malcolm, Easton, Maine
SHIPP, Jim C., Artesia, New Mexico
SCHLOSSER, James D., Jamestown, North Dakota
SEXTON, Bobby G., Knoxville, Tennessee
SHALL, Paul J., Meadville, Pennsylvania
TAMMARU, Mati, Baltimore, Maryland
TRIPLETT, Thamas T., Sandusky, Ohio
TIFFANY, Bill T., Shawnee, Oklahoma
TESCH, C. A., (Counselor), Indianapolis, Indiana
VERMILYA, Clifford R., Stratford, Connecticut
VOELZ, Stephen J., Dubuque, Iowa
WOOD, Bobby Charles, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
WOODMAN, Lloyd, Mewport, Arkansas
WALTERS, Ronald W., Wichita, Kansas
WILSON, Robert G., Paducah, Kentucky
WESTGARD, Paul R., Willmar, Minnesota
WALKER, Bright K., Clinton, Mississippi
WHITT, Darnell M., II, Columbia, Missouri
WEYER, A. B., (Counselor), Kansas City, Missouri
YATES, Daniel T., Lexington, Kentucky
12:55 pm
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
(Gov. Gordon Persons, Montgomery, Alabama)
(Rev. Frank Persons, Opelika, Alabama)
(Brig. Gen. John W. Persons, USAF, Randolph Field, Texas)
(Gen. Persons brought in his three brothers to meet the
President)
1:00 pm
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State, had Luncheon with
the President.
2:15 pm
(Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, AEC) OFF THE RECORD
2:30 pm
(Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury)
(Hon. Thomas E. Stephens)
OFF THE RECORD
(Discussed invitations to the President to visit Ohio)
3:15 pm
(Herbert Hoover, Jr.) OFF THE RECORD
TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1954
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4:00 pm
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General) OFF THE RECORD
4:30 pm
(Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury)
(Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Robert Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1954
8:30 am
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. James Lay)
(Briefed the President on N. S. C.)
8:55 am
(Dr. Edgar B. Brossard, Chairman, Tariff Commission)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
9:00 am
The President signed H. R. 5731, An Act "To authorize the Secretary
of the Interior to construct, facilities to provide water for
irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and other uses from
the Santa Margarita River, California, and for other purposes."
The following were present:
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Sen. William Knowland, California
Sen. Thomas H. Kuchel, California
Cong. James B. Utt, California
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
9:45 am
(Mr. Hagerty)
10:30 am
Press Conference
11:15 am
Brig. Gen. John H. Michaelis, USA
(Was the President's Aide in Chief of Staff days and also
at SHAEF; Now Commandant of Cadets, U. S. Military Academy.)
12:00
(Mr. Aksel Neilsen, Denver, Colorado) OFF THE RECORD
12:29 pm
(The President left the White House and motored to Burning Tree)
(where he had Lunch and played golf with the following:
)
(Major John Eisenhower)
(Sen. Sam Reynolds, Nebraska)
(Mr. Barry T. Leithead, New York)
5:50 pm
(The President returned to the White House)
8:00 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left for the Mayflower Hotel,
where they attended dinner in their honor tendered by H.E. The
President of the Republic of Korea and Madame Syngman Rhee.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1954
8:30 am
National Security Council
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F. 0. A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Herbert Brownell, Jr., the Attorney General
Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
Hon. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Val Peterson, Federal Civil Defense Administrator
Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. Hugh Milton, for the Secretary of the Army
Hon. Thomas S. Gates, Acting Secretary of the Navy
Hon. James H. Douglas, Acting Secretary of the Air Force
Hon. Donald A. Quarles, Assistant Secretary of Defense
Hon. John A. Hannah, Assistant Secretary of Defense
Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, Chief of Staff, U. S. Army
Adm. Robert B. Carney, Chief of Naval Operations
Gen. Nathan H. Twining, Chief of Staff, U. S. Air Force
Lt. Gen. Randolph McC. Pate, Acting Commandant, U. S. Marine Corps
Robert C. Sprague, NSC Consultant
J. Patrick Coyne, NSC Representative on Internal Security
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Brig. Gen. Paul T. Carroll, White House Staff Secretary
Hon. Bryce Harlow, Administrative Assistant to the President
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary
10:55 am
(Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Stephen Dunn, General Counsel, Dept. of Commerce)
11:00 am
Cabinet
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Hon. Ralph Tudor, Under Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F. O. A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, 0. D. M.
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1954
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11:00 am
Cabinet (Continued)
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
Hon. Arthur Minnich
The following were absent: The Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
12:45 pm
The President awarded the Medal of Freedom to Mademoiselle de
Galard-Terraube. The following were present:
Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mlle. Genevieve de Galard-Terraube
H.E. the French Ambassador and Madame Bonnet
Hon. Frances P. Bolton, Congresswoman from Ohio
Mr. Gene Cohen (Member of Mrs. Bolton's staff)
Miss Dorothy Sutherland, U. S. Public Health Service
Hon. John F. Simmons, Chief of Protocol
Mr. Jamieson Parker
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:00 pm
(Congressman Thomas E. Martin, Iowa) OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Earle Chesney)
2:30 pm
Korean-American talks.
The following were present:
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Ellis O. Briggs, American Ambassador to Korea
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J. C. S.
General John E. Hull, USA, Commander in Chief, Far East Command
Hon. Everett F. Drumright, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
Vice Admiral Arthur C. Davis, USN, Director, Office of
Foreign Military Affairs, Office of International
Security Affairs, Dept. of State
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F. O. A.
Hon. C. Tyler Wood, Economic Coordinator of Korea, FOA
Hon. Kenneth T. Young, Director, Office of Northeast Asian Affairs
Mr. Robert J. G. McClerkin, Deputy Director, Office of
Northeast Asian Affairs
H.E. Syngman Rhee, President of the Republic of Korea
Admiral Sohn Won II, Defense Minister
H.E. Dr. You Chan Yang, the Ambassador of the Korean Republic
to the United States
H.E. Paik Tu-Chin, Economic Coordinator
Dr. Chey Soon Choo, Vice Chairman, National Assembly
THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1954
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2:30 pm
Korean-American talks (Continued)
Gen. Chung LL Kwon, Chief of Army Staff
(Miss Crystal Crone, Secretary to Ambassador Yang)
H. E. Ben Limb, Observer to UN
4:00 pm
(OFF THE RECORD Meeting in Motion Picture Theatre, White House)
The following were present:
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Under Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, Chief of Staff, U. S. Army
Gen. Nathan F. Twining, Chief of Staff, U. S. Air Force
Adm. Robert B. Carney, Chief of Naval Operations
Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, 0. D. M.
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F. 0. A.
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. James Lay
Hon. Allen Dulles, Director, CIA
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Gen. Paul T. Carroll
Major John Eisenhower
5:30 pm
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower received Mr. Robert Biggers
at the White House OFF THE RECORD)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1954
9:05 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower and the grandchildren
departed for Camp David, where they spent the week-end.
Major and Mrs. John Eisenhower joined the President and
Mrs. Eisenhower at Camp David in the afternoon.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1954
AT CAMP DAVID, MARYLAND
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 1954
AT CAMP DAVID, MARYLAND
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 1954
10:30 am
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower returned to the White House)
10:50 am
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
(Hon. Jack Martin)
12:00
The President signed H.R. 7839, "Housing Act of 1954". The following
witnessed the ceremony:
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. Albert M. Cole, Administrator, Housing & Home Finance Agency
Hon. Charles E. Slusser, Commissioner of Public Housing
Hon. Walter W. McAllister, Chairman, Home Loan Bank Board
Hon. Norman P. Mason, to be sworn in as Commissioner of
Federal Housing Administration
Hon. James W. Follin, Director, Division of Slum Clearance
and Urban Redevelopment
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Homer E. Capehart, Indiana
Sen. John Bricker, Ohio
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Cong. Leo Allen, Illinois
Cong. Jesse P. Wolcott, Michigan
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. Jack Martin
(Arranged by Mr. Cole)
Following the signing of H. R. 7839, the President witnessed the
swearing-in ceremony of Hon. Norman P. Mason as Commissioner of
Federal Housing Administration. The above also witnessed this
ceremony.
The President met with the following for a few minutes:
Hon. Albert M. Cole, Administrator, Housing and Home Finance
Agency
Hon. Charles E. Slusser, Commissioner of Public Housing
Hon. Walter W. McAllister, Chairman, Home Loan Bank Board
Hon. Norman P. Mason, to be sworn in as Commissioner of
Federal Housing Administration
Hon. James W. Follin, Director, Division of Slum Clearance
and Urban Redevelopment
(Arranged by Mr. Cole)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
12:25 pm
(Senator James H. Duff, Pennsylvania) OFF THE RECORD
(Senator Duff requested this appointment last Friday)
1:00 pm
(The President had Luncheon downstairs in the West Wing OFF THE RECORD)
(Barbecue)
MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 1954
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2:30 pm
Brig. Gen. W. H. Wilbur, U. S. Army Retired
(General Wilbur requested this appointment through Senator
Dirksen and is coming in to pay his respects)
3:00 pm
(Mr. C. Canby Balderston, of Pennsylvania)
(Hon. William McC. Martin, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal
Reserve System)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
(OFF THE RECORD - Mr. Balderston is a nominee for the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Appt. arranged at
the request of Dr. Hauge)
3:15 pm
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
(Usual Monday appointment)
3:30 pm
(Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State) OFF THE RECORD
4:30 pm
(Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General) OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1954
8:30 am
Legislative Leaders
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Sen. Eugene Millikin, Colorado
Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Sen. Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr.
Cong. Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Cong. Leslie Arends, Illinois
Cong. Leo Allen, Illinois
Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Mr. Ben H. Guill, Exec. Assistant to the Postmaster General
Hon. Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee
Hon. James Bassett, Republican National Committee
Hon. Phil Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Hon. Earle Chesney
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Murray Snyder
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Arthur Minnich
10:00 am
(Mr. Carter Burgess)
(Mr. Bradley Patterson)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Gen. Paul T. Carroll)
(Hon. Maxwell Rabb)
(Hon. Bryce Harlow)
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
(OFF THE RECORD - Arranged by Governor Adams - to present
Government Administrative Procedures)
11:15 am
The President signed S. 2759, An Act "To amend the Vocational
Rehabilitation Act so as to promote and assist in the extension
and improvement of the vocational rehabilitation Service, provide
for a more effective use of available Federal funds, and other-
wise improve the provisions of the Act, and for other purposes."
The following were present:
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Sen. H. Alexander Smith, New Jersey
Sen. William A. Purtell, Connecticut
Sen. Charles E. Potter, Michigan
Cong. Samuel K. McConnell, Pennsylvania
TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1954
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11:15 am
Signing of S. 2759 (Continued)
Hon. Arthur Larson, Under Secretary of Labor
Hon. Nelson A. Rickefeller, Under Secretary of H.E.W.
Gen. Mel Maas, USMC, Ret'd.
11:30 am
Hon. C. Tyler Wood, Economic Coordinator in Korea, F.O.A.
(Mr. Wood requested this time with the President)
12:00
Dr. & Mrs. Geza Kapus and daughter, Eva
(Escapees from Hungary. Were assisted by U. S. Escapee Program in
Vienna and have been granted admission to the U. S. under Refuges
Relations Act. Mrs. Kapus lost her foot when she stepped on land
mine on way across border. Requested by F.O.A.) The following
were also present:
Mrs. William S. Key, Jr., Midland, Texas (Sister of Mrs. Kapus)
Archbishop O'Boyle, Washington Archdiocese
Mrs. Margaret Littke, National Catholic Welfare Conference
Hon. R. Scott McLeod, Department of State
Mrs. Dorothy C. Houghton, Assistant Director, F. O. A.
Mr. Roger Williams, F. O. A.
12:30 pm
The President received the Members of GIRLS NATION
(This is their eighth session in Washington, comprised of 98 girls,
representing every State and Canal Zone. Are being instructed in
processes of Federal Government and see it operate. Held under
auspices of American Legion Auxiliary) The following were present:
Beth Bodiford, 408 Columbia Rd., Abbeville, Alabama
Barbara Warren, Sanford Road, Andalusia, Alabama
Wendelin Ann Davis, 537 N. Washington St., Chandler, Arizona
Raquel Loudermilk, Buckeye, Arizona
Jayce Ann Emory, 400 Cedar St., Crossett, Arkansas
Martha Lee Smith, 1310 Park Ave., Hot Springs, Arkansas
Judith Ann Ludecker, 665 Heil, El Centro, California
Barbara Ann Herrmann, 39 Anson Way, Berkeley 7, California
Marilyn Van Derbur, 2100 E. 8th Ave., Denver, Colorado
Judy Strong, 1455 College Place, Grand Junction, Colorado
Maureen H. Bowe, 1404 Main St., Glastonbury, Connecticut
Theodora L. Foster, Rings End Road, Noroton, Connecticut
Helen Marie Briggs, R. #1, Newark, Delaware
Janet Lee Keller, 212 W. 6th St., Laurel, Delaware
Janet Lenora King, 408 W. Mahoney St., Plant City, Florida
Nejhie Bosque, 106 Zamora Ave., Coral Gables, Florida
Sara Cordell, 1615 Third Ave., Albany, Georgia
Barbara P. Varner, Oglethorpe Way, Thomaston, Georgia
Carolyn Edwards, 1619 North 30th St., Boise, Idaho
Dorothy Dene Bauer, 714 B, Moscow, Idaho
Dona Kay Cunningham, 3417 Ann St., Lansing, Illinois
Kay Halstead, 125 E. Oak St., Wheaton, Illinois
Jan Trittschuh, 1102 S. 18, New Castle, Indiana
Jane Sermersheim, 1407 Main St., Jasper, Indiana
TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1954
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12:30 pm
Girls Nation (Continued)
Jeanlee Mathey, Earlville, Iowa
Joyce Tromblee, 3809 - 13th, Des Moines, Iowa
Harriet Adamson, 1187 Woodward, Topeka, Kansas
Cynthia Hunter, 2010 N. Jefferson, Hutchinson, Kansas
Amy Caudill, Morehead, Kentucky
Bonnie Handmaker, 542 Garden Drive, Louisville, Kentucky
Ruth Knighton, 632 Longlieaf Drive, Shreveport, Louisiana
Sally Reeder, 128 Leo, Shreveport, Louisiana
Donna Lee Hill, 65 Roebuck Ave., Saco, Maine
Ava L. Merrill, Harrison, Maine
Jeannette Holzapfel, 7619 Liberty Road, Baltimore, Maryland
Janet Klingensmith, 4136 Branch Ave., S. E., Washington 22, D. C.
Patricia Campbell, 160 Town St., So. Braintree, Massachusetts
Sally Meiklejohn, 126 Brook St., Wellesley, Massachusetts
Jeanine Mae Bentley, 1109 E. Cass, Albion, Michigan
Mary Tower, 333 Touraine Road, Grosse Point 36, Michigan
Sheila Smith, 805 Harriet Ave., Owatonna, Minnesota
Judith Beach, 3108 Holmes Ave, Minneapolis 8, Minnesota
Betty Jane Cleveland, 3221 Downing St., Jackson, Mississippi
Jerolyn Everette Ross, 3330 Red Oak Drive, Meridian, Mississippi
Edna Auth MacDonald, 1810 So. 20th St., Jefferson City, Missouri
Joyce Elaine Pennington, 1308 W. Scott Place, Independence, Missouri
Jone Camden Kirk, 1250 W. Steel, Butte, Montana
Gail Joanne Olson, 925 Montana Ave., Havre, Montana
Patricia Ann Kasper, 6554 Parker St., Lincoln, Nebraska
Nancy Lee Copeland, 1527 West 2nd St., North Platte, Nebraska
Judy Dukes, 1526 Westfield Ave., Reno, Nevada
Carol Gardenswartz, 906 E St., Sparks, Nevada
Martha Jane Zimmerman, 15 Richardson Court, Keene, New Hampshire
Carole Elizabeth McCormack, 63 Jones Ave., Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Lee Ruth Hillenbach, 167 Rhode Island Ave., East Orange, New Jersey
Mary Kay Jackson, 2409 Bryant Ave., Westfield, New Jersey
Spunky Holt, 1406 So. Lea, Roswell, New Mexico
Linnette Williams, 2919 Arno St., N.E., Albuquerque, New Mexico
Rita Raitt, 6 Kattelville Rd., Chenango Bridge, New York
Claudia Leibrecht, 23 Longridge Rd., Manhasset, New York
Millie Ann Pitts, 614 North Maine Ave., Newton, North Carolina
Mary Louise Troehe, 1130 E. 4th St., Charlotte, North Carolina
Sandra Elizabeth Rodgers, 146 W. 6th St., Dickinson, North Dakota
Carol Ann Carlson, Lakota, North Dakota
Elizabeth Ada Dawson, 815 East Summit St., Zanesville, Ohio
Barbara Ann Reid, 246 Baxter, Cinn., Ohio
Barbara Jo Marcum 412 West Clayton Ave., Hugo, Oklahoma
Patricia Gail Phillips, 1010 Cheyenne, Enid, Oklahoma
Donna McCoy, 552 Harrison, Corvallis, Oregon
Norma Grace McPeak, 2700 Hiway 99 South, Grant's Pass, Oregon
Georgia Anne McGinn, Quarters #18-B, Fort Amador, Panama Canal Zone
Jane Elinor Jennison, 793-B Tavernilla St., Balboa, Panama Canal Zone
Martha Ann Lally, 1233 Ridge Ave., Sharpsville, Pennsylvania
Jeanette K. Brown, 1813 Holly St., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1954
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12:30 pm
Girls Nation
(Continued)
Anne Bauer Martin, 100 Main St., Hope, Rhode Island
Jean Ann Sheridan, 223 Doyle Ave, Providence, Rhode Island
Sally Crayton Wells, Wells Drive, Orangeburg, South Carolina
Ruth Ann Bennett, Woodland Drive, Hartsville, South Carolina
Jane Hickson Dahl, 106 East Main, Vermillion, South Dakota
Krastie Lee, 506 S. Kline St., Aberdeen, South Dakota
Ann Carolyn Terry, 2015 Harbert, Memphis, Tennessee
Sara Traughber, Rt. #2, Springfield, Tennessee
Coralie Joan Marcus, 4610 Kingsbury, Houston, Texas
Mary Mead, 1523 Marshall, Houston, Texas
Janet Brimhall, 720 N. 1050 East, Provo, Utah
Ann Davis, 127 East 5, South, Bountiful, Utah
Lorraine Anita Gagne, 29 Pearl St., Johnsbury, Vermont
Averill Moore, 27 Berkeley Terrace, St. Albans
Bettie Sue Siler, #6 Radford Village, Radford, Virginia
Bonnie Ann Walker R #1, Radford, Virginia
Joan Parker, 1007 Alden Rd., Aberdeen, Washington
Beth Louise Olson, Box 95, Woodland, Washington
Ruth Ann Booth, 1600 16th St., Parkersburg, West Virginia
Carolyn Morrison, Box 1307, Beckley, West Virginia
Maureen Drummy, R#2, Waupun, Wisconsin
Judith Ann Walsh, 161 W. Tripoli Ave., Milwaukee 7, Wisconsin
Elizabeth Beatrice Beaton, 46 North Linden, Sheridan, Wyoming
Bonnie Florer, 1225 Center St., Cheyenne, Wyoming
Mrs. J. Pat Kelly, Chairman, Girls Nation, R#2 Box 18, Birmingham 9, Ala.
Mrs. H. C. MdShane, Counselor, 168 "I" St., Salt Lake City, Utah
Mrs. Walter Wild Andrews, Counselor, 203 Forest Ave, Jackson, Ala.
Mrs. George W. Carlson, Counselor, 148 33 88th Ave., Jamaica, New York
Mrs. Robert L. Lambright, 426 High St., Jack, Mississippi, Counselor
Mrs. John P. Collins, 1404 North Janison, Lansing, Michigan, Counselor
Mrs. D. E. Chalk, 407 East Hill Ave., Gallup, New Mexico, Counselor
Miss Anna Manyon, 60 Cabot St., Waltham 54, Mass., Counselor
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:00 pm
(Mr. Bryce Harlow) OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1954
8:15 am
(Hon. Robert Cutler) OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. James Lay)
(Briefed the President on N. S. C.)
9:00 am
The Rt. Rev. J. Waskom Pickett, Senior Bishop of the Methodist
Church in Southern Asia
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
(Has just returned from India, and asked if might call. Other
officials of Methodist Church urged this appointment be made.)
9:30 am
The President received the National Officers of the New Farmers of
America
(These officers represent 36,000 active members of this organization
which had its beginning in 1927 and National Organization formed at
Tuskegee in 1935; consists of high school farm boys who are enrolled
in program of Vocational Agriculture: Is under direction of Dept.
of Health, Education & Welfare. Parallels Future Farmers of America
and because of some State restrictions FFA does not include Negro
students) The following were present:
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of HEW
Dr. William T. Spanton, Head of Agriculture Education Branch, H.E.W.
Francis N. Thompson, National President
Gaston Gagne, National First Vice President
Victor Dunbar, National Second Vice President
Robert Simmons, National Third Vice President
Bobby Crain, National Secretary
Robert Rice, National Treasurer
Richard Hatchell, National Reporter
S. B. Simmons, National Executive Treasurer
J. R. Thomas, National Executive Secretary
9:45 am
(Hon. Harold Stassen, Director of F. O. A.) OFF THE RECORD
10:00 am
(Mr. Hagerty)
10:30 am
Press Conference
11:15 am
The Honorable Arthur A. Ageton, American Ambassador to Paraguay
(New appointed and asked, thru Protocol, to pay respects to the
President before departing for his post.)
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
7:30 pm
(The President gave a STAG DINNER for the following:)
Gen. Milton G. Baker, Supt., Valley Forge Military Academy, Wayne, Pa.
Dr. Lee Alvin Du Bridge, President, California Institute of
Technology, Pasadena, California
Melvin Carr Eaton, President, The Norwich Pharmacal Co., New York
Major John S. D. Eisenhower, Army Officer
Victor Emanuel, Corporation Executive, New York, New York
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1954
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7:30 pm
Stag Dinner (Continued)
Isaac Grainger, Exec. Vice President, Chemical Bank & Trust Co.,
New York City
George A. Horkan, Jr., Attorney, Washington, D. C.
Dr. Neil H. Jacoby, Member, Council of Economic Advisors
Mr. Roger W. Jones, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. L. Arthur Larson, Under Secretary of Labor
Rev. Laurence J. McGinley, President, Fordham Univ., New York City
Hon. Livingston T. Merchant, Assistant Secretary of State
Malcolm Muir, President, Newsweek, New York City
Gen. Arthur S. Nevins, Retired Army Officer
William I. Nichols, Editor, This Week Magazine, N.Y.C.
Gen. Howard McC. Snyder, Physician to the President
Dr. Walter W. Stewart, Member, Council of Economic Advisors
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1954
8:30 am
National Security Council
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director, F. 0. A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, 0. D. M.
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Hon. Val Peterson, Federal Civil Defense Adm.
Hon. Abbott Washburn, Acting Director, U.S.I.A.
Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. John Slezak, Acting Secretary of the Army
Hon. Thomas S. Gates, Acting Secretary of the Navy
Hon. Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force
Gen. Nathan F. Twining, for the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, Chief of Staff of the Army
Adm. Robert Carney, Chief of Naval Operations
Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., Commandant, U. S. Marine Corps
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Brig. Gen. Paul T. Carroll, Acting White House Staff Secretary
Hon. Bryce Harlow, Administrative Assistant to the President
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
Marion W. Boggs, Coordinator, Board Assistants
11:30 am
(Senator Arthur V. watkins, Utah)
OFF THE RECORD
(Robert Stillmore)
12:00
Sen. Allen J. Ellender, Sr., Louisiana
12:15 pm
(Hon. Harold Stassen, Director, F. 0. A.)
(Dr. William F. Russell, Deputy in Charge of Technical Services,
F. O. A., formerly with Columbia University)
OFF THE RECORD
12:30 pm
Cong. Richard M. Simpson, Pa.
Cong. Jeffrey P. Hillelson, Missouri
Cong. William C. Cole, Missouri
Cong. Dewey Short, Missouri
(Discussed drought situation)
12:45 pm
Cong. Wingate Lucas, Texas
1:05 pm
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense)
1:15 pm
(LUNCH)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1954
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Immediately following Lunch, the President met with the following:
(Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget)
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
OFF THE RECORD
2:00 pm
(Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, Chief of Staff, USA)
(Maj. Gen. L. E. Simon)
OFF THE RECORD
(Arranged by General Carroll)
2:45 pm
(Hon. Allen Dulles, Director, Central Intelligence Agency) OFF THE RECORD
5:10 pm
(Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury)
(Hon. Joseph M. Dodge)
(Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors)
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1954
8:30 am
(Hon. Lewis Strauss, Chairman, A. E. C.)
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
OFF THE RECORD
9:00 am
The President received the Members of the Health Resources Advisory
Committee. (Requested by Dr. Flemming) The following were present:
Dr. Howard A. Rusk, Chairman, New York Times, N.Y.C.
Dr. Francis J. Braceland, Institute of Living, Hartford, Conn.
Dr. Edwin L. Crosby, American Hospital Association, Chicago, Ill.
Dr. Harold S. Diehl, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
Dr. Allan Gregg, Rockefeller Foundation, Big Sur, California
Dr. Leo J. Schoeny, 729 Maison Blanche Building, New Orleans, La.
Dr. William P. Shepard, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., N.Y., N.Y.
Miss Ruth Sleeper, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass
Mr. Joseph E. Brown, Jr., Staff Director, Washington, D. C.
Dr. Paul C. Barton, Executive Secretary, Washington, D. C.
Mr. Eugene J. Taylor, Special Consultant, New York Times, N.Y., N.Y.
10:00 am
Cabinet Meeting
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Robert Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Hon. Ralph Tudor, Under Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director, F. O. A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the United Nations
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Samuel Anderson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
International Affairs
Hon. Neil Jacoby, Member, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. Murray Snyder
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
Hon. Arthur Minnich
The following were absent: The Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Philip Young
Hon. Sherman Adams
FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1954
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(The President met with Dr. Milton Eisenhower immediately following
Cabinet Meeting. OFF THE RECORD)
12:45
(The following had Luncheon with the President OFF THE RECORD:)
(Dr. Milton Eisenhower)
(Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget)
(Hon. Nelson Rockefeller, Deputy Secretary of H. E. W.)
(Hon. Arthur Flemming, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization)
(Hon. Joseph M. Dodge)
2:35 pm
(The President, accompanied by Major John Eisenhower, left the White
House and motored to Burning Tree Golf Club)
2:55 pm
(Arrived Burning Tree)
3:10 pm
(The President teed off with the following:)
(Cong. C. W. Bishop, Illinois)
(Colonel Thomas Belshe)
(Major John Eisenhower)
6:10 pm
(Completed 18 holes)
6:25 pm
(The President departed Burning Tree accompanied by Major Eisenhower)
6:50 pm
(Arrived at the White House)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1954
8:30 am
Senator Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Senator Charles E. Potter, Michigan
Hon. David Kendall, Republican National Committeeman, Michigan
Hon. John Feikens, Chairman, Republican State Central Com., Mich.
Berry N. Beaman, Republican State Finance Chairman, Mich.
Donald S. Leonard, Republican Candidate for Governor, Mich.
Gregory Pillon, Republican candidate, House of Representatives,
15th Dist. Michigan
Landon Knight, Republican candidate, House of Representatives,
13th Dist. Michigan
Joseph Moynihan, Republican candidate, House of Representatives,
14th Dist. Michigan
Stanley Grendel, Republican candidate for House of Representatives,
16th Dist. Michigan
Mr. James Murphy, Chairman, Citizens for Eisenhower Congressional Com.
9:00 am
Hon. Elizabeth Pruett Farrington, Delegate from Hawaii
(Asked to pay respects to the President upon assuming new post)
9:30 am
The President received group of foreign students visiting the United
States under the auspices of the American Field Service.
(Arranged at the request of Mr. Ellis D. Slater of New York.
No list was available. Mrs. Benjamin Cain of Washington, D. C.,
identified for the Secret Service)
10:00 am
Mr. Rene Dijoud, Prefect of Cherbourg, France
Mr. Gontran de Juniac, Charge d'affaires, French Embassy
(Mr. Victor Purse, Acting Chief of Protocol)
Capt. John W. McElroy, USNR, Asst. Curator of the Navy Department
Professor Robert M. Langdon, Civilian Faculty, U. S. Naval Academy
(Appointment requested by French Embassy: Dijoud wished to present
to the President a message from the town of St. Mere Eglise, of
which the President was made an honorary citizen some time ago.
It is understood by State Department that Mr. Dijoud met the
President on a number of occasions in Europe, and the French
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs asked the Embassy to
make every effort to arrange this appointment)
10:30 am
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
11:35 am
(The President left the White House, accompanied by Major John
Eisenhower, and motored to Burning Tree)
12:00
(Arrived Burning Tree and had Luncheon)
12:55 pm
(The President teed off with the following:)
(Cong. Les Arends, Illinois)
(Col. Thomas Belshe)
(Major John Eisenhower)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1954
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12:55 pm
Just prior to beginning of golf game, the President was approached
by Cong. Leroy Johnson, California, and they spoke briefly.
4:15 pm
Completed 18 holes.
4:48 pm
Departed Burning Tree.
5:10 pm
Arrived at the White House.
THE PRESIDENT'S appointments
SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 1954
9:00 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower attended Services at the
National Presbyterian Church.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1954
8:30 am
(Cong. Edward H. Rees, Kansas)
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
OFF THE RECORD
9:00 am
(Mr. William V. Moscatelli) OFF THE RECORD
10:00 am
(Mr. Joe Morris, Saturday Evening Post)
(Mr. Hagerty)
OFF THE RECORD
10:30 am
(Hon. Nelson A. Rockefeller, Deputy Secretary of H. E. W.)
(Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget)
(Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.) OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Bernard Shanley)
(Discussed subject of Telecommunications Policy & Organization)
11:00 am
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Major Gen. John Bragdon, Council of Economic Advisors
(Usual Monday appointment)
11:30 am
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
(Usual Monday appointment)
1:00 pm
The following had Luncheon with the President:
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Sen. H. Alexander Smith, New Jersey
Sen. Robert C. Hendrickson, New Jersey
Sen. Everett Dirksen, Illinois
Hon. Clifford Case, former Congressman from New Jersey
Hon. Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee
Hon. James Murphy, Chairman, Citizens for Eisenhower Congressional Com.
Hon. Bernard Shanley
2:30 pm
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
(This is appointment which Dr. Flemming has with the President at
three week intervals, to make report)
3:00 pm
(Barber)
5:08 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower, Major & Mrs. John Eisenhower and
three children and Colonel & Mrs. Gordon Moore, left the White House
and motored to the Naval Gun Factory.
5:25 pm
Arrived Naval Gun Factory and departed for cruise on the Potomac.
10:05 pm
Returned to the Naval Gun Factory.
10:17 pm
Returned to the White House.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1954
8:30 am
Legislative Leaders
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Sen. Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Sen. Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Cong. Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Cong. Leo Allen, Illinois
Hon. Phil Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director, F. 0. A.
Hon. Glen Lloyd, F. O. A.
Hon. Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee
Hon. James Bassett, Republican National Committee
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Murray Snyder
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Hon. Earle Chesney
Hon. Arthur Minnich
10:30 am
Hon. Theodore C. Streibert, Director, United States Information Agency
Mr. Abbott Washburn, U.S.I.A.
Gen. Paul T. Carroll
(This was Mr. Streibert's regular monthly call on the President
to report.)
11:00 am
Hon. John E. Peurifoy, American Ambassador to Guatemala
(Gen. Paul T. Carroll)
(In Washington on consultation and expressed desire to call on
the President in regard to the recent events in Guatemala.)
11:30 am
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
11:45 am
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Thomas E. Stephens)
12:00
The President received group of Republican Congressmen
(To pay respects and pledge continued support of Administration's
program. Had pictures made with the President) Following were
present:
BOSCH, Cong. Albert, New York
BOW, Cong. Frank T., Ohio
TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1954
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12:00
Republican Congressmen (Continued)
CURTIS, Cong. Laurence, Massachusetts
DAWSON, Cong. William A., Utah
DONDERO, Cong. George A., Michigan
DORN, Cong. Francis E., New York
GAMBLE, Cong. Ralph A., New York
GOODWIN, Cong. Angier, Massachusetts
HARDEN, Congresswoman Cecil M., Indiana
HARRISON, Cong. R. D., Nebraska
HESELTON, Cong. John W., Massachusetts
HYDE, Cong. DeWitt S., Maryland
JONAS, Cong. Charles Raper, North Carolina
KEARNEY, Cong. Bernard W. (Pat), New York
LATHAM, Cong. Henry J., New York
LOVRE, Cong. Harold O., South Dakota
MEADER, Cong. George, Michigan
NEAL, Cong. Will E., West Virginia
OAKMAN, Cong. Charles G., Michigan
RAY, Cong. John H., New York
RHODES, Cong. John, Arizona
RIEHLMAN, Cong. R. Walter, New York
SPRINGER, Cong. William L., Illinois
STAUFFER, Cong. S. Walter, Pennsylvania
WIDNALL, Cong. William B., New Jersey
WILSON, Cong. Earl, Indiana
WILSON, Cong. Robert C. (Bob), California
12:15 pm
The President received a Committee from the American Museum of
Immigration
(This is museum to be erected at foot of Statue of Liberty, to
strengthen national unity by telling story of making of America
by people of all countries, etc. John A. Krout of Columbia
University wrote, asking that the President see this group)
The following were present:
Pierre S. duPont 3rd, Chairman, Executive Committee
Charles Engelhard, Vice Chairman
Anna Lord Strauss
Hon. Orme Lewis, Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Ronald F. Lee
William H. Baldwin
Ten Eyck Lansing
Henry Lanier
Messmore Kendall
Spyros Skouras
12:30 pm
(Mr. Spyros Skouras)
(Hon. James Murphy, Citizens for Eisenhower Congressional Com.)
(Mr. Langhorne Washburn, Citizens for Eisenhower Congressional Com.)
OFF THE RECORD
TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1954
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1:00 pm
The following members of the Special Committee on Highway Problems,
the Governors' Conference, and others, had Luncheon with the
President:
Governor Walter J. Kohler, Wisconsin
Governor Lawrence W. Wetherby, Kentucky
Governor Frank J. Lausche, Ohio
Governor Paul Patterson, Oregon
Governor Howard Pyle, Arizona
Governor Robert F. Kennon, Louisiana
Mr. Frank Bane, Secretary, the Governors' Conference
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Robert B. Murray, Jr., Under Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Francis V. DuPont, Commissioner, Bureau of Public Roads
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Meyer Kestnbaum, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. James Hagerty
2:30 pm
Hon. Paul Hoffman, South Bend, Indiana
(Called Mr. Stephens last week and asked for this)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1954
8:15 am
(Senator Wallace F. Bennett, Utah) OFF THE RECORD
(Asked to come in and give the President a box of fishing flies)
8:30 am
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. James Lay)
(Briefed the President on NSC)
9:00 am
Mr. James Rhodes, Auditor of the State of Ohio, & family
Mr. Ray Bliss, Chairman, Republican State Central & Exec. Com.,
Columbus, Ohio
(Hon. Jack Martin)
(To pay respects - arranged by Jack Martin - Rhodes is a
candidate for Governor of Ohio)
9:15 am
Mr. David Beck, President of Teamsters Union
(Has just returned from Europe, and asked if might see the President)
10:00 am
(Mr. Hagerty)
10:30 am
Press Conference
11:00 am
(Hon. C. D. Jackson)
(Hon. Sherman Adams) OFF THE RECORD
(Gen. Paul T. Carroll)
11:45 am
(The President, accompanied by Major John Eisenhower, Colonel Howard
Snyder and Mr. George A. Horkan, left the White House and motored
to Burning Tree)
12:15 pm
(Arrived Burning Tree and had Luncheon at the Club House)
1:00 pm
(Mr. Walter Berger of Justice Department brought some papers out for
the President to sign, which the President did and returned to Mr.
Berger)
1:07 pm
(The President teed off with the following:)
(Mr. George A. Horkan)
(Col. Howard Snyder)
(Major John Eisenhower)
4:25 pm
(Completed golf game - Had some refreshments and John McClure joined
the group)
5:05 pm
(Departed Burning Tree accompanied by Mr. Horkan, Col. Snyder & Major
Eisenhower)
5:30 pm
(Arrived at the White House)
6:00 pm
(Hon. Clair Booth Luce had Tea with the President and Mrs. Eisenhower
at the White House - OFF THE RECORD)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1954
8:15 am
(Senator H. Alexander Smith, New Jersey) OFF THE RECORD
8:30 am
National Security Council
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F. O. A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, 0. D. M.
Hon. Elbert P. Tuttle, Acting Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Hon. Charles S. Thomas, Secretary of the Navy
Hon. Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force
Gen. Nathan F. Twining, for the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, Chief of Staff of the Army
Vice Adm. M. B. Gardner, for the Chief of Naval Operations
Gen. Randolph McC. Pate, for the Commandant, U. S. Marine Corps
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Brig. Gen. Paul T. Carroll, White House Staff Secretary
Hon. Bryce Harlow, Administrative Assistant to the President
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
Marion W. Boggs, Coordinator, NSC Board Assistants
(Immediately following the NSC Meeting, Hon. John Foster Dulles,
The Secretary of State, met with the President - OFF THE RECORD)
12:45 pm
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Mr. Irving Reynolds, Consultant to the Secretary
(Hon. Kevin McCann)
(Reynolds just returned from three month world tour - Kevin McCann
requested they be photographed with the President)
12:55 pm
(Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General) OFF THE RECORD
1:10 pm
(LUNCH)
2:00 pm
Merton B. Tice, National Commander, Veterans of Foreign Wars
Mr. Omar Ketchem, National Legislative Representative, VFW
(Commander Tice is newly elected - to pay respects)
2:15 pm
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Gen. Willard Paul
Mr. Henry Hurley
Mr. Merrill Collett
THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1954
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3:00 pm The President received the following Republican candidates for
Congress in the Rose Garden and was photographed with them:
(Arranged by Jim Murphy)
John F. Baldwin, 6th Dist. California
W. Beverly Carter, Jr., 4th Dist. Pennsylvania
Albert Ciardi, 2nd Dist. Pennsylvania
Orvin Fjare, Montana
William A. Freeman, 4th Dist. New Jersey
Ralph Lee Goodman, 9th Dist. Illinois
Philip Insobella, 11th Dist. New Jersey
E. H. Jenison, 21st Dist. Illinois
Francis McCusker, 8th Dist. Pennsylvania
William McGlynn, 10th Dist. New Jersey
Arch Moore, 1st Dist. West Virginia
Al Morgan, 2nd Dist. West Virginia
Joseph Moynihan, 14th Dist. Michigan
Arthur C. Sherwood, 4th Dist. Maryland
O. M. Spence, Tennessee
Ernest B. Sutton, 7th Dist. Florida
Charles M. Teague, 13th Dist. California
3:58 pm (The President and Mrs. Eisenhower, Major and Mrs. John Eisenhower
and family, left the White House and motored to Camp David, Maryland,
to spend the week-end)
AT CAMP DAVID, MARYLAND
9:30 pm (Hon. Gerald Morgan arrived at Camp David with papers for the
President to sign. Mr. Morgan departed at 10:00 p.m.)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1954
AT CAMP DAVID, MARYLAND
11:00 am
Cabinet Meeting
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Under Secretary of State
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Herbert Brownell, the Attorney General
Hon. Arthur Summerfield, the Postmaster General
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director, F. O. A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., American Ambassador to the U. N.
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Max Rabb
Mr. Carter Burgess
Mr. Bradley Patterson
(Hon. Thomas E. Stephens)
The following were absent:
The Vice President
The Secretary of State
The Secretary of the Interior
The Secretary of Agriculture
The following accompanied their husbands to Camp David and spent
the day as the guests of the President and Mrs. Eisenhower:
Mrs. Walter B. Smith
Mrs. George M. Humphrey
Mrs. Charles E. Wilson
Mrs. Herbert Brownell
Mrs. Arthur Summerfield
Mrs. Sinclair Weeks
Mrs. James P. Mitchell
Mrs. Rowland Hughes
Mrs. Harold Stassen
Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
Mrs. Philip Young
Mrs. Sherman Adams
Mrs. Wilton B. Persons
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, ALGUST 14, 1954
AT CAMP DAVID, MARYLAND
Major John Eisenhower went down to the town of Thurmont, Maryland,
where he met Mr. & Mrs. George Horkan and escorted them to Camp
David as the guests of the President and Mrs. Eisenhower for the
day. Mr. and Mrs. Horkan departed at 10:55 p.m.
12:40 pm
Mr. George Allen, accompanied by Mr. Burkey and Mr. Peavey, landscape
architects, arrived at Camp David. Messrs. Burkey and Peavey con-
ferred with the First Lady and the President and departed at 3:00 p.m.
Mr. Allen departed at 9:15 p.m.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 15, 1954
1:55 pm
Departed Camo David and motored to the White House.
3:55 pm
Arrived at the White House.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1954
8:30 am
Legislative Leaders
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Sen. Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Sen. Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Cong. Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Cong. Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Cong. Leo E. Allen, Illinois
Cong. Daniel A. Reed, New York
Mr. Colin F. Stam, Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on
Internal Revenue Taxation
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. William Rogers, Deputy Attorney General
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Mr. Ben Guill, Exec. Assistant to the Postmaster General
Mr. James Bassett, Republican National Committee
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Murray Snyder
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Hon. Earle Chesney
Hon. Arthur Minnich
9:30 am
The President signed H. R. 8300, An act "To revise the Internal
Revenue Laws of the United States" The following were present:
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. Marion Folsom, Under Secretary of the Treasury
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Sen. Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Sen. Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Cong. Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Cong. Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Cong. Leo E. Allen, Illinois
Cong. Daniel A. Reed, New York
Mr. Colin R. Stam, Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on
Internal Revenue Taxation
MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1954
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10:00 am The President received group of Republican Candidates for the Congress
(Arranged at request of Jim Murphy - photographs taken in Garden)
The following were present:
William Cramer, 1st Dist. Florida
Edward Dukehart, 7th Dist. Maryland
Seymour Halpern, 6th Dist. New York
Winfield Page, 1st Dist. Montana
Donald Spang, 14th Dist. Pennsylvania
William Stevens, Jr., 9th Dist. North Carolina
Charles Wilson, 4th Dist. Colorado
11:00 am Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
(Usual Monday appointment)
11:20 am
(Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors)
(Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense)
(Hon. Robert Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense) OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Fred Seaton, Assistant Secretary of Defense)
(Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget)
11:30 am Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
(Usual Monday appointment)
12:45 pm
H.E. Tran Van Chuong, the Ambassador of Viet-Nam
(Mr. Robert McClinnick - interpreter)
(Hon. Vic Purse, Protocol)
(Newly appointed - presented his credentials)
12:50 pm H.E. Jose Luis Cruz Salazar, the Ambassador of Guatemala
(Hon. Vic Purse, Protocol)
(Newly appointed - presented his credentials)
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:00 pm (Sen. James H. Duff, Pennsylvania) OFF THE RECORD
2:15 pm
Cong. Walter H. Judd, Minnesota
(Arranged by Mr. Stephens)
2:30 pm (The following briefed the President OFF THE RECORD:)
(Hon. Robert Stevens, Secretary of the Army)
(Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer, USA)
(Gen. Gavin)
(Col. Kapp)
(Gen. Paul T. Carroll)
3:40 pm
(Cong. Walter H. Judd, Minnesota)
OFF THE RECORD
(Gen. Paul T. Carroll)
(Gen. Carroll asked that he return to the White House to see
the President again)
MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1954
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4:30 pm
(Senator Frank Carlson, Kansas)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
8:25 pm The President departed the White House and motored to the Statler Hotel
where he attended premier of moving picture, "The Year of Big Decision,"
held under the auspices of The Citizens for Eisenhower Congressional
Committee.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1954
8:05 am
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left the White House and motored
to MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport)
8:20 am
(Airborne for New York City. The President and Mrs. Eisenhower
registered in New York City for the fall voting)
11:40 am
(Arrived MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport)
11:55 am
(Arrived at the White House)
12:00
The Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs. Benson and the following
members of their family:
Reed Benson
Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Benson and infant son, Stephen Reed Benson
Barbara Benson
Beverly Benson
Bonnie Benson
Beth Benson
(The Secretary of Agriculture asked if he might bring his
family in to meet the President and be photographed with him)
(Secretary Benson remained in the President's office for a few
minutes alone)
12:45 pm
(Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F. O. A.) OFF THE RECORD
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:00 pm
(The President made a short film in the Studio in the White House,
for use as trailer for American-Korean Foundation)
2:30 pm
(Mr. Hagerty)
3:00 pm
Press Conference
3:30 pm
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Hon. James S. Lay)
OFF THE RECORD
(Briefed the President on N. S. C.)
4:00 pm Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
5:15 pm (Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.)
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
5:30 pm AT THE WHITE HOUSE - (Mr. & Mrs. L. F. McCollum, Houston, Texas)
OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1954
8:15 am (Cong. Glenn Davis, Wisconsin) OFF THE RECORD
(Photograph taken - photographer from National Committee - of
the President handing two pens to the Congressman, used in
signing H.R. 7494 & H.R. 7145; Immigration Bills which permit
entry into U.S. of wives of two of Congressman's constituents)
9:00 am Cabinet Meeting
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Marion B. Folsom, Under Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Hon. Ralph A. Tudor, Under Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. J. Ernest Wilkins, Assistant Secretary of Labor
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director, F. O. A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Clarence Randall
Mr. David W. MacEachron, Assistant to Mr. Randall
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Murray Snyder
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
Hon. Arthur Minnich
The following were absent: The Secretary of the Treasury
The Secretary of the Interior
The Secretary of Labor
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
11:00 am National Security Council
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F. O. A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, 0. D. M.
Hon. Elbert P. Tuttle, for the Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Percival F. Brundage, for the Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. Robert T. Stevens, Secretary of the Army
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1954
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11:00 am National Security Council (Continued)
Hon. Charles S. Thomas, Secretary of the Navy
Hon. James H. Douglas, Acting Secretary of the Air Force
Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gen. Charles L. Bolte, for the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army
Adm. Donald B. Duncan, for the Chief of Naval Operations
Gen. Nathan H. Twining, Chief of Staff, U. S. Air Force
Lt. Gen. Randolph McC. Pate, for the Commandant, U. S. Marine Corps
Lt. Gen. C. P. Cabell, Acting Director of Central Intelligence
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Brig. Gen. Paul T. Carroll, White House Staff Secretary
Hon. Bryce Harlow, Administrative Assistant to the President
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary
12:30 pm Senator Eva Bowring, Nebraska
(Sen. Bowring asked if she might come in & present a Western Hat
to the President)
12:45 pm Mr. John McClure
Mr. Bus Ham, Sports writer, Washington Post, Times-Herald, also
Director, National Celebrities Tournament.
(The National Celebrities Tournament takes place at Congressional
Country Club September 23-24-25-26, and winners will be awarded
the President Eisenhower Trophy: proceeds go to charity. Mr.
McClure and Mr. Ham were photographed with the President)
1:03 pm (The President, accompanied by Mr. John McClure, left the White House
and motored to Burning Tree)
1:28 pm (Arrived at Burning Tree - Luncheon with the following:)
(Mr. John McClure)
(Col. Thomas Belshe)
(Mr. Russell Brown)
2:00 pm (The President teed off with his Luncheon guests)
4:50 pm
(Completed 18 holes)
5:20 pm
(Departed Burning Tree)
5:45 pm (Arrived at the White House)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1954
7:55 am
The President left the White House for MATS Terminal.
8:10 am
Arrived MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport.
EDT
8:15 am
Airborne Washington, D. C.
CDT
10:30 am
The President disembarked plane at Capital Airport, Springfield, Ill.,
and was greeted by the following:
Hon. William G. Stratton, Governor of Illinois
Sen. Everett Dirksen, Illinois
Hon. C. Wayland Brooks, National Committeeman
Mrs. Wesley Dixon, National Committeewoman
Hon. Morton H. Hollingsworth, Chairman, Republican State
Central Committee
Hon. John MacWherter, Mayor of Springfield
Hon. George Craig, Governor of Indiana
Hon. John Chapman, Lt. Governor of Illinois
Hon. Latham Castle, Attorney General of Illinois
Hon. Charles Carpentier, Secretary of State of Illinois
Hon. Elmer Hoffman, State Treasurer
Hon. Orville Hodge, Auditor of Public Accounts
Hon. Vernon L. Nickell, Superintendent of Public Instruction
Hon. Earl Searcy, Clerk, Supreme Court
10:35 am
Departed Capital Airport for Lincoln Tomb.
CDT
10:46 am
Arrived Lincoln Tomb - President laid wreath at Tomb. Wreath was
carried by U. S. Marine Corps' Officer.
CDT
11:00 am
Departed Lincoln Tomb for Governor's Mansion.
11
11:15 am
Arrived Governor's Mansion - Greeted by Mrs. William G. Stratton
Luncheon at the Governor's Mansion. (People at the Luncheon were
those who greeted the President at the Airport and a few other
distinguished guests.)
If
12:45 pm
Departed Governor's Mansion for Fairgrounds.
11
1:00 pm
Arrived North Paddock at Fairgrounds. Pictures were taken of President
with 4-H winners.
11
1:10 pm
Left North Paddock for Grand Stand.
"
1:14 pm
Arrived Grand Stand.
11
1:30 pm
Senator Dirksen introduced the Governor of Illinois.
The Governor of Illinois introduced the President.
1:30 pm
Address by the President.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1954
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CDT
1:452 pm
President concluded his Address.
11
1:47 pm
Departed Fairgrounds for Airport.
"
2:00 pm
Arrived Capital Airport.
17
2:05 pm
Airborne Capital Airport, Springfield, Illinois.
11
3:00 pm
Arrived Glenview Naval Air Station, Evanston, Illinois.
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3:10 pm
Departed Glenview Naval Air Station.
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3:35 pm
Arrived Residence of Dr. J. Roscoe Miller, President of Northwestern
University.
"
3:45 pm
Departed Dr. Miller's Residence.
II
3:55 pm
Arrived Deering Library.
n
4:05 pm
Procession started.
"
4:15 pm
Program started on Deering Meadows. (This was the Second Assembly of the
National Anthem.
World Council of Churches)
Invocation by Bishop Garfield Bromley Oxnam.
Welcome to the President by Archbishop Geoffrey Francis Fisher.
Address by the President
Conferring of an Honorary Degree by Dr. J. Roscoe Miller.
Hymn.
Benediction by Bishop Livind Josef Berggrav.
CDT
4:45 pm
Program Ended.
11
4:50 pm
Departed Deering Library for Airport.
"
5:10 pm
Arrived Glenview Naval Air Station.
"
5:20 pm
Airborne for Washington, D. C.
EDT
8:45 pm
Arrived MATS Terminal, ashington, D. C.
EDT
9:05 pm
Arrived at the White House.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1954
7:45 am Senator William F. Knowland, California, had Breakfast with
the President
9:00 am (Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General) OFF THE RECORD
9:10 am Congressman Charles J. Kersten, Wisconsin
Mr. Arthur Minnich
(Asked if he might come in and discuss Communist Aggression
with the President)
9:40 am
(Air Policy Meeting) OFF THE RECORD
(Arranged by Governor Adams) The following were present:
(Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce)
(Hon. Chan Gurney, Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board)
(Hon. Robert B. Murray, Under Secretary of Commerce for
Transportation)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Bernard Shanley)
10:20 am Mr. Ernest T. Weir, Chairman of Board, National Steel Corporation,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
(Mr. Weir's Washington representative called Mr. Stephens
last Monday and requested this)
11:00 am
Mrs. Fleur Cowles
(Called Mr. Stephens and asked for this)
11:30 am H.E. Dr. Carlos Davila, Secretary General of the Organization
of American States
Hon. Henry F. Holland, Assistant Secretary of State
(Has just assumed this office and asked, thru Protocol, if might
pay respects to the President. Has in past been the Chilean
Ambassador to U. S.)
11:45 am
Cong. Thomas Martin, Iowa
Mr. George Forstner, Amana, Iowa
Mr. Howard Hall, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
Sen. Karl E. Mundt, South Dakota
(Cong. Martin asked if he might in these two constituents who
he says are influential industrialists. They will ask the
President to come to Iowa and speak on Congressman Martin's
behalf)
11:50 am
(The President signed S. J. Res. 140, "To establish a commission
for the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth
of Alexander Hamilton" OFF THE RECORD) The following were present:
(Sen. Karl E. Mundt, South Dakota)
(Cong. Thomas Martin, Iowa)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1954
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12:00
Hon. Jerome C. Hunsaker, Chairman, National Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics
Dr. H. L. Dryden, Director
(Chairman Hunsaker asked for this to discuss important policy
questions affecting the Committee)
12:30 pm (Congressman Kenneth B. Keating, New York) OFF THE RECORD
12:45 pm (Major Anthony Mrous, of Takoma, Washington) OFF THE RECORD
(Has known the President over 35 years)
1:00 pm Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., Speaker of the House, had Luncheon
with the President.
2:00 pm (Hon. Bernard Shanley) OFF THE RECORD
2:15 pm (General Thomas D. White, Deputy Chief of Staff, USAF) OFF THE RECORD
3:15 pm (Hon. James S. Lay) OFF THE RECORD
3:30 pm Congressman George H. Bender, Ohio
(Say goodbye and pledge support to the President's program)
3:30 pm The President read a sequence for cameras in the Rose Garden to
be used in Congressional Film and film, "Year of Big Decision."
4:00 pm Lead and Zinc Talks - The following were present:
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Sen. Henry C. Dworshak, Idaho
Sen. Carl Hayden, Arizona
Sen. Clinton P. Anderson, New Mexico
Sen. Arthur V. Watkins, Utah
Sen. Wallace F. Bennett, Utah
Cong. William A. Dawson, Utah
Cong. J. Edgar Chenoweth, Colorado
Cong. Gardner R. Withrow, Wisconsin
Cong. Hamer Budge, Idaho
Cong. Clifton Young, Nevada
4:30 pm Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
5:00 pm Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
5:20 pm (The President left the White House, accompanied by Mr. Stephens,
for unknown destination - THIS WAS STRICTLY OFF THE RECORD)
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
6:30 pm (Congressman Charles Halleck, Indiana) OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1954
7:00 am (Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President, had Breakfast with
the President OFF THE RECORD)
7:45 am The President received a group of Republican Candidates for the
House of Representatives and a photograph was taken of each.
The following were present:
Bill Bangert, 1st Dist. Missouri
Wallace Barnes, 1st Dist. Connecticut
A. D. Baumhart, Jr., 13th Dist. Ohio
J. Calvitt Clarke, Jr., 3rd Dist. Virginia
David S. Edwards, 19th Dist. Ohio
John H. Ferguson, 20th Dist. Ohio
Robert H. Finch, 17th Dist. of California
Andrew B. Holmstrong, 4th Dist. Mass.
Walter J. Hunston, 18th Dist. Ohio
Mrs. Lillian Martin, At-Large Delaware
Leroy Mickels, 15th Dist. Pennsylvania
William E. Minshall, Jr., 23rd Dist. Ohio
Herbert Morrison, 21st Dist. Pennsylvania
John P. Ruddick, 7th Dist. Virginia
Branko Stupar, 26th Dist. Pennsylvania
Ed Willow, 3rd Dist. Minnesota
8:00 am
The President received a group of Republican Congressmen.
(To say "goodbye" and pledge support to the President's program
Photographs were taken) The following were present:
Cong. William H. Ayres, Ohio
Cong. Frank J. Becker, New York
Cong. Page Belcher, Oklahoma
Cong. E. Y. Berry, South Dakota
Cong. Edward J. Bonin, Pennsylvania
Cong. Joel T. Broyhill, Virginia
Cong. Joseph L. Carrigg, Pennsylvania
Cong. Steven B. Derounian, New York
Cong. Francis E. Dorn, New York
Cong. Ralph W. Gwinn, New York
Cong. Harold C. Hagen, Minnesota
Cong. Charles Raper Jonas, North Carolina
Cong. Carroll D. Kearns, Pennsylvania
Cong. Clifford G. McIntire, Maine
Cong. Walter M. Mumma, Pennsylvania
Cong. Harold C. Ostertag, New York
Cong. Edmund Radwan, New York
Cong. John H. Ray, New York
Cong. B. Carroll Reece, Tennessee
Cong. Henry O. Talle, Iowa
Cong. Earl Wilson, Indiana
8:15 am Congressman Leon H. Gavin, Pennsylvania
(Requested this appointment to discuss overall situation in
oil industry)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1954
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8:45 am H.E. Senor Don Jose Felix de Lequerica, the Ambassador of Spain
(Hon. Victor Purse, Acting Chief of Protocol
(The Spanish Ambassador is retiring and asked thru Protocol
to say "farewell" to the President)
8:50 am
Mr. Julian Lyles, Texas
Mr. David Lyles, Texas
(Mr. Julian Lyles works for Governor Shivers)
9:00 am
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left the White House and motored
to MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport)
EDT
9:23 am
(Airborne Washington, D. C., for Denver, Colorado)
MST
12:32 pm
The President arrived at Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, Colorado,
where he was greeted by the following:
Brigadier General and Mrs. John T. Sprague
Governor and Mrs. Dan Thornton
Mayor and Mrs. Quigg Newton
Mr. and Mrs. Aksel Nielsen
Mrs. J. Ramsey Harris
Colonel H. F. Muenter
Mr. Don Brotzman
Colonel M. A. Glazebrook
Lt. Governor Gordon Allott
12:45 pm
The President left Lowry Air Force Base and motored to the Doud
Residence.
1:00 pm
Arrived at the Doud Residence.
1:30 pm
The President left the Doud Residence for Cherry Hills Country
Club where he played golf with the following:
Governor Dan Thornton, Denver
Mr. Rip Arnold, Denver
Mr. Maurice Luxford, Denver
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
10:30 am The President left the Doud Residence for Lowry Field
10:45 am The President arrived at Lowry Field
12:15 am The President left Lowry Field and returned to the
Doud Residence
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:30 am
The President left the Doud Residence
7:45 am
The President arrived at Lowry Field
8:45 am
Senator H. Alexander Smith
Mrs. H. Alexander Smith
Mrs. Shoemaker, their daughter
11:50 am
The President left Lowry Field for Cherry Hills Country
Club where he played golf with Mr. Rip Arnold
3:00 pm
The President returned to the Doud Residence
4:50 pm
The President left for KLZ, radio and television station
6:00 pm
The President delivered a nation-wide speech on radio
and television
6:30 pm
The President returned to the Doud Residence
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:30 am
The President left the Doud Residence
7:40 am
The President arrived at Lowry Field
8:30 am
(Charles H. Corlett, Maj. Gen., USA Ret.) OFF THE
(West Point Classmate of the President
RECORD
coming to pay his respects.)
9:10 am
Fred Hall, Lt. Governor of Kansas
Mrs. Fred Hall
Fred Hall, III, their son
Mrs. Frank Harwi
Barbara Harwi, her daughter
Frank Harwi, her son
10:00 am
Governor Thornton
10:25 am
The President left Lowry Field for Cherry Hills
Country Club where he played golf with the following:
Governor Thornton
Frank Leahy
Robert Goldwater
Elmo Conley
1:00 pm
The President interrupted his golf game to have
lunch with the following:
D. G. Gordon
Mark Kramer
L. M. Pexton
Ed Nichols
Ralph Arnold
Jay L. Beecroft
Governor Thornton
Frank Leahy
Robert Goldwater
Elmo Conley
5:25 pm
The President left Cherry Hills Country Club
5:40 pm
The President arrived at the Doud Residence
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:15 am
The President left the Doud Residence
7:25 am
The President arrived at Lowry Field
8:00 am
(Mr. Leslie McClellan)
(Mr. Don Martin)
(Mr. R. J. Steinbruner)
(Major Vincent Puglisi)
(Major Puglisi brought in the above men from the
Bureau of Reclamation to discuss reclamation
projects.)
OFF THE RECORD
8:30 am
Mrs. T. A. Stockton, Jr.
Alexe Stockton, her daughter
(Mrs. Stockton, Republican National Committeewoman,
came in to pay her respects.)
9:00 am
Mrs. Betty Farrington
(Mrs. Farrington, Delegate from Hawaii, came in
to discuss Hawaiian Statehood legislation for next
year and to invite the President to Hawaii if it
becomes a State.)
9:45 am
Mr. Frank Leahy
10:00 am
General John Sprague
Maj. General Eugene L. Eubanks, Commander,
Technical Training Air Force, Gulfport, Mississippi.
11:00 am
Mr. Aksel Nielsen
11:05 am
The President left Lowry Field with Aksel Nielsen
for Cherry Hills Country Club. Drove via
University Heights.
12:30 pm
The President had lunch with the following:
Harry Anholt
Rip Arnold
Richard W. Braun
D.G. Gordon
John Gordon, his son
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1954
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1:15 pm
The President played golf with the following:
Harry Anholt
Rip Arnold
Richard W. Braun
4:30 pm
The President left Cherry Hills Country Club
4:45 pm
The President arrived at the Doud Residence
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:05 am
The President left the Doud Residence
7:15 am
The President arrived at Lowry Field
7:45 am
Honorable Bernard Shanley
9:15 am
Honorable Errett P. Scrivner, Congressman from Kansas
10:05 am
The President left Lowry Field for Cherry Hills Country
Club. where he played golf with the following:
L. C. Fulenwider
Henry C. Van Schaack, Jr.
W. K. Koch
1:45 pm
The President had lunch with the following:
L. C. Fulenwider
Henry C. Van Schaack, Jr.
W. K. Koch
Rip Arnold
Thomas E. Stephens
3:00 pm
The President left Cherry Hills Country Club
3:18 pm
The President arrived at the Doud Residence
5:00 pm
The President left the Doud Residence for the Gordon private
lake on the 6500 block on Pecos Street where he had dinner
with the following:
Mrs. Eisenhower
Mrs. Doud
Governor and Mrs. Thornton
Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Gordon
9:20 pm
The President left the Gordon lake
9:40 pm
The President arrived at the Doud Residence
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:50 am
The President left the Doud Residence with the following
persons and motored to Bal Swan's Hereford Ranch on
Buffalo Creek where he spent the day fishing:
Aksel Nielsen
James C. Hagerty
Chief U. E. Baughman
5:35 pm
The President left Bal Swan's Ranch
6:50 pm
The President arrived at the Doud Residence
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:30 am
The President left the Doud Residence
7:40 am
The President arrived at Lowry Field
Before entering the building, the President reviewed the
Civil Air Patrol Cadets who were assembled in front of
the Administration building.
8:00 am
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Callbeck
Mrs. Sadie Callbeck
Bruce and Norma Callbeck
(Mr. Callbeck, owner of the Third Avenue Flower Shop,
supplies the Doud Residence with flowers. He brought
his wife, mother and children in to pay their respects.)
8:30 am
E. Roland Harriman, Chairman of the American National
Red Cross.
10:45 am
The President left Lowry Field with Secretary of the Air
Force, Harold Talbot, and motored to Cherry Hills
Country Club where he played golf with the following:
Jim Black
Art Adkinson, (President, Wabash Railroad)
George Hannaway, (President, Railroad Tie & Timber Co.)
1:00 pm
The President had lunch with the following:
Rip Arnold
Jim Black
Art Adkinson
George Hannaway
Harry Anholt
Secretary Talbot
Fred Waring
William Flenniken
2:05 pm
The President resumed his golf game with the following:
Secretary Talbot
William Flenniken
Fred Waring
5:00 pm
The President left Cherry Hills Country Club with Jim Black
5:15 pm
The President arrived at the Doud Residence
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 1954
Lowry Air Force Base
8:25 am
The President left the Doud Residence with Mrs. Eisenhower
for Corona Presbyterian Church where he attended the 8:30
Service.
9:40 am
The President returned to the Doud Residence accompanied by
Mrs. Eisenhower, Mrs. George Moore and her daughter.
9:10 pm
The President left the Doud Residence
9:25 pm
The President arrived at Lowry Field where he boarded the
"Columbine" for a trip to Washington, D. C. stopping on the
way to pick up Senator Frank Carlson at Smoky Hill Air
Force Base, Salina, Kansas.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1954
6:45 am Arrived MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport.
6:51 am
Departed MATS Terminal and motored to the White House.
6:59 am
Arrived at the White House.
8:00 am
(The following had Breakfast with the President OFF THE RECORD)
(Hon. Walter J. Kohler, Governor of Wisconsin)
(General Lucius Clay)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
(Discussed the President's Highway Program)
8:45 am Hon. John Lodge, Governor of Connecticut.
9:30 am
The President signed H. R. 9757, An Act "To amend the Atomic
Energy Act of 1946, as amended, and for other purposes."
The following were present:
Cong. W. Sterling Cole, Chairman, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Edwin C. Johnson, Colorado
Sen. Clinton P. Anderson, New Mexico
Cong. Carl Hinshaw, California
Cong. James E. Van Zandt, Pa.
Cong. Carl T. Durham, North Carolina
Cong. Melvin Price, Illinois
Cong. Paul J. Kilday, Texas
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, A. E. C.
Hon. Henry Smyth, Member, A. E. C.
Hon. Joseph Campbell, Member, A. E. C.
Hon. Thomas E. Murray, Member, A. E. C.
Hon. Donald A. Quarles, Assistant Secretary of Defense
Gen. Kenneth D. Nichols, General Manager, A. E. C.
General Loper, Chairman, Military Liaison on Atomic Energy
9:45 am
The President signed H. R. 1980, An Act "To authorize and direct
the construction of bridges over the Potomac River, and for
other purposes."
Cong. Joel T. Broyhill, Virginia, was present.
10:00 am
(Hon. Robert Cutler) OFF THE RECORD
11:40 am
The President left for the National Guard Armory, accompanied by
Hon. Douglas McKay and Governor Adams, where he address the Annual
Convention of the American Legion at 12:00 noon.
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:00 pm
(Hon. Henry D. Smyth, Member, A. E. C.) OFF THE RECORD
MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1954
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2:15 pm
(Barber) OFF THE RECORD
2:30 pm
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
2:45 pm
The following came to the White House at this time to accompany
the President on his flight West:
Honorable Herbert Hoover
Honorable Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Cong. Thomas E. Martin, Iowa
Dr. Milton Eisenhower and daughter, Ruth
Major Tkach and family
3:10 pm
The President, and members of his party, left the White House and
motored to MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport.
EDT
3:30 pm
Airborne Washington, D. C., for Des Moines, Iowa.
CST
5:20 pm
Arrived Des Moines Municipal Airport, Iowa.
CST
5:30 pm
Departed Airport and motored to Fairgrounds.
CST 6:05 pm
Arrived at the Fairgrounds. Pictures were taken.
6:20 pm
Arrived at the Grand Stand at the Fairgrounds.
6:30 pm
Greetings by the President.
CST 6:45 pm
Departed Fairgrounds for Des Moines Municipal Airport.
CST
7:10 pm
Arrived Des Moines Municipal Airport.
CST
7:15 pm
Airborne Des Moines for Denver, Colorado.
MST
8:52 pm
Arrived Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, Colorado.
MST
9:15 pm
Arrived at the Doud Residence, Denver, Colorado.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:30 am
The President left the Doud Residence
7:40 am
The President arrived at Lowry Field
9:38 am
The President left from the Brown Palace Hotel for the
Aksel Nielsen Ranch near Fraser, Colorado accompanied
by the following:
Honorable Herbert Hoover
Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower
Honorable James C. Hagerty
Mr. Aksel Nielsen
11:35 am
The President arrived at the Aksel Nielsen Ranch near
Fraser, Colorado.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1954
FRASER, COLORADO
The President remained at the Aksel Nielsen Ranch near Fraser,
Colorado
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1954
FRASER AND DENVER
2:05 pm
The President left Fraser, Colorado, and motored to
Denver.
4:05 pm
The President arrived at the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver,
Colorado, where he left former President Herbert Hoover,
and proceeded to the Doud Residence.
6:55 pm
The President departed from the Doud Residence with Mrs.
Eisenhower and Mrs. Doud for the Brown Palace Hotel.
7:30 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave a dinner at the
Brown Palace Hotel in honor of Honorable Herbert Hoover.
The guests were as follows:
Mrs. Doud
Governor and Mrs. Dan Thornton
Mr. and Mrs. Aksel Nielsen
Mr. and Mrs. Ward Bannister
Honorable Robert Cutler
Dr. Milton Eisenhower
Miss Ruth Eisenhower
Brig, Gen. and Mrs. John Sprague
9:05 pm
The President accompanied Honorable Herbert Hoover to
Lowry Field where Mr. Hoover boarded the "Columbine".
10:00 pm
The President arrived at the Doud Residence.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:30 am
The President left the Doud Residence
7:40 am
The President arrived at Lowry Field
11:05 am
The President left Lowry Field for the Doud Residence
where he spent the rest of the day.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1954
6:25 am
The President departed from Lowry Field aboard the
"Columbine" for an air survey of reclamation projects.
Passengers on the Presidential Plane included:
Governor Dan Thornton (Denver to Grand Junction)
Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
W. A. Dexheimer, Commissioner of Reclamation
R. J. Walter, Jr., Director, Region 7, Bureau of
Reclamation, Denver
T. E. Stephens, Secretary to the President
James C. Hagerty, Press Secretary to the President
Dr. Ivan D. Wood, Extension Agricultural Engineer --
Irrigation, Department of Agriculture, Denver.
Donald E. Clark, Regional Forester, U.S. Forest Service,
Region II, Denver,
Don F. Martin, Field Liaison Office, Region 7, Bureau
of Reclamation, Denver.
Harold Christy, Superintendent of Water and Power
Departments, Colorado Fuel and Iron Corp.,
Pueblo, Colorado, Director of Water Development
Association of Southeastern Colorado, (Denver to
Grand Junction)
John R. Riter, Chief Development Engineer, Bureau of
Reclamation, Denver, (Denver to Casper)
E. O. Larson, Director, Region 4, Bureau of Reclamation,
Salt Lake City, Utah (Grand Junction to Casper)
Harry W. Bashore, Mitchell, Nebraska, former Commis-
sioner of Reclamation (Casper to McCook)
John N. Spencer, Regional Irrigation Supervisor, Region 7,
Bureau of Reclamation, Denver (Casper to McCook)
C. Petrus Peterson, President, National Reclamation
Association, Lincoln, Nebraska (McCook to Denver)
Dr. J. Porter Ahrens, President, Kansas Reclamation
Association, Scandia, Kansas (McCook to Denver)
8:15 am
Land at Grand Junction, Colorado
8:45 am
Airborne from Grand Junction
12:44 pm
Land at McCook, Nebraska (1:44 CST)
1:15 pm
Airborne from McCook (2:15 CST)
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1954
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4:30 pm
The President landed at Lowry Field, Denver.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1954
DENVER
8:25 am
The President departed from the Doud Residence with
Mrs. Eisenhower for Corona Presbyterian Church
where he attended the 8:30 service.
9:40 am
The President returned to the Doud Residence where
he remained for the rest of the day.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:50 am
The President left the Doud Residence
8:00 am
The President arrived at KOA-TV where he delivered
a nation-wide telecast and radio program and pushed a
button which opened the first Atomic Plant (for peace-
time purposes) at Shipping Port, Pennsylvania.
9:30 am
The President left the television studio.
9:45 am
The President arrived at Lowry Field
9:50 am
Honorable Page Belcher, Congressman from the First
District of Oklahoma,
10:00 am
General Hubert Harmon
10:15 am
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mock. (Mr. Mock is a candidate
for United States Senator in Oklahoma. He had his
picture taken with the President. )
10:35 am
The President left Lowry Field
10:45 am
The President arrived at Fitzsimons Army Hospital
for his annual check-up. The President remained at
the hospital over night.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
10:00 am
The President left Fitzsimons Hospital.
10:10 am
The President arrived at Lowry Field.
11:30 am
The President awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor to:
1st Lt. Benjamin F. Wilson
M/Sgt. Ola L. Mize
The guests present at the ceremony were:
Mrs. Mary D. Wilson (Wife)
Master David Wilson (Son)
Mrs. Melbourne James (Mother)
Mrs. Richard Harmeling (Sister)
SFC Melbourne James (Stepfather)
Mrs. Lulu Belle Mize (Mother)
Mr. K. A. Mize (Grandfather)
Mrs. K. A. Mize (Grandmother)
Miss Betty Ruth Jackson (Fiancee)
Mrs. Nadine Mize (Aunt)
11:45 am
(Mr. Leon H. Snyder, Republican National Committeeman
from Colorado) OFF THE RECORD
12:45 pm
The President left Lowry Field
12:55 pm
The President arrived at the Doud Residence
1:20 pm
The President left the Doud Residence with Cliff Roberts
for Cherry Hills Country Club, where he played golf
with the following:
Cliff Roberts
General Hubert Harmon
L.M. Pexton
5:35 pm
The President left Cherry Hills Country Club
5:50 pm
The President arrived at the Doud Residence
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:25 am
The President left the Doud Residence.
7:35 am
The President arrived at Lowry Field.
8:00 am
(Mr. Jack Foster, Editor of the Rocky Mountain News)
OFF THE RECORD
8:30 am
Mr. Jock Lawrence, New York City.
Mr. Lawrence came in to pay his respects.
10:20 am
The President left Lowry Field
10:35 am
The President arrived at Cherry Hills Country Club.
12:00 noon
The President had luncheon with the following:
Freeman Gosden
Dick Garlington
E. D. Slater
Dick Braun
C.J.Schoo
Barry Leithead
W. A. Jones
E. J. Campbell
C.S. Jones
Phil Reed
Cliff Roberts
William Robinson
Governor Thornton
William Flenniken
Ed Dudley
12:30 pm
The President played golf with the following:
Freeman Gosden
Dick Garlington
E. D. Slater
5:00 pm
The President left Cherry Hills Country Club with Freeman
Gosden and E. D. Slater, Phil Reed and General Howard Snyder.
5:25 pm
The President arrived at the Brown Palace Hotel.
8:15 pm
The President gave a buffet dinner for the following:
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Redd
Mr. and Mrs. Barry Leithead
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1954
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8:15 pm
Buffet dinner (continued)
E. D. Slater
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Jones
Mr. William Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Schoo
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jones
Mr. Freeman Gosden
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woodruff
Mr. Dick Garlington
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Anholt
11:05 pm
The President left the Brown Palace Hotel with Mrs.
Eisenhower
11:20 pm
The President arrived at the Doud Residence.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:50 am
The President left the Doud Residence.
8:00 am
The President arrived at Lowry Field.
8:05 am
Mr James Murphy, Chairman, Citizens for Eisenhower
Congressional Committee.
Mrs. Barbara Gunderson, newly appointed Co-Chairman of
Citizens for Eisenhower Congressional Committee.
8:45 am
Mr. Donald Brotzman, Republican candidate for Governor in
Colorado
Honorable Gordon Allott, Republican candidate for United
States Senator in Colorado
Mr. Charles A. Haskell, Chairman, Republican State
Central Committee in Colorado.
10:45 am
The President left Lowry Field with Mr. Robert Woodruff and
Mr. William Robinson.
11:05 am
The President arrived at Cherry Hills Country Club.
12:05 pm
The President had luncheon with the following:
L. M. Pexton
William Robinson
Phil Reed
Dick Garlington
Robert Woodruff
Pete Jones
Cliff Roberts
Slats Slater
Dr. Howard Snyder
C. J. Schoo
Freeman Gosden
Rip Arnold
William Flenniken
Harry Anholt
Charles Jones
Dick Braun
Ed Dudley
Barry Leithead
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1954
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12:45 pm
The President played golf with the following:
W. A. Jones
William Robinson
Barry Leithead
4:15 pm
The President left Cherry Hills Country Club.
4:35 pm
The President arrived at the Doud Residence.
6:15 pm
The President left the Doud Residence with Mrs. Eisenhower,
Mrs. Doud and Mrs. George Moore.
6:25 pm
The President arrived at the Brown Palace Hotel for a 9:00 pm
dinner with his friends from the August National Golf Club.
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower remained over-night at
the Brown Palace Hotel.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:30 am
The President had breakfast at the Brown Palace Hotel
with the following Midwestern Republican leaders:
Lloyd H. Ruppenthal, Kansas, State Chairman
William W. Spear, Nebraska, State Chairman
Dave Martin, Nebraska, out-going Secretary-Treasurer
Perry Compton, Missouri, State Chairman
Nels Kunkel, North Dakota, Campaign Chairman
Donald C. Pierson, Iowa, State Chairman
Don Houck, South Dakota, Campaign Manager
Thomas A. Smith, Nevada, State Chairman
Ralph Linn, Wyoming, State Chairman
Wallace C. Burns, Idaho, State Chairman
Charles A. Haskell, Colorado, State Chairman
Merrill Johns, Jr., New Mexico, State Chairman
James C. Wood, Arizona, State Chairman
William R. MacKay, Montana, State Chairman
Gordon Yock, Minnesota, State Chairman
John Feikens, Michigan, State Chairman
Alvin C. Case, Indiana, State Chairman
Ray C. Bliss, Ohio, State Chairman
Martin Hollingsworth, Illinois, State Chairman
Robert L. Pierce, Wisconsin, State Chairman
8:55 am
The President left the Brown Palace Hotel
9:15 am
The President arrived at Lowry Field
9:20 am
Honorable Robert Cutler
9:50 am
( Honorable Robert Cutler)
( Mr. Dillon Anderson) OFF THE RECORD
10:15 am
( Honorable Robert Cutler)
( Mr. William Francis)
( Mr. Karl Bendetson)
( Mr. John Blaffer) OFF THE RECORD
10:30 am
( Honorable John Feikens, Republican State Chairman,
Michigan) OFF THE RECORD
11:45 am
The President left Lowry Field
12:00 noon
The President arrived at Cherry Hills Country Club
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1954
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12:15 pm
The President had luncheon with the following:
Laurence Skutt
C. S. Jones
Clifford Roberts
John Hay Whitney
William Robinson
Robert Woodruff
Philip Reed
W. A. Jones
C. J. Schoo
E. D. Slater
Dr. Howard Snyder
Rip Arnold
Freeman Gosden
Ed Dudley
Dick Garlington
William Flenniken
Barry Leithead
1:05 pm
The President played golf with the following:
C. S. Jones
Robert Woodruff
Ed Dudley
5:30 pm
The President left Cherry Hills Country Club
5:45 pm
The President arrived at the Doud Residence
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:25 am
The President left the Doud Residence
7:35 am
The President arrived at Lowry Field
8:00 am
(Mr. John Hay Whitney)
(Mr. Whitney came in to discuss William Jackson's work)
OFF THE RECORD
9:35 am
The President left Lowry Field with Phil Reed and John
Hay Whitney.
9:40 am
The President arrived at Cherry Hills Country Club
10:00 am
The President played golf with the following:
Phil Reed
Cliff Roberts
John Hay Whitney
1:45 pm
The President had luncheon with the following:
Phil Reed
Cliff Roberts
John Hay Whitney
Aksel Nielsen
2:30 pm
The President played bridge with the following:
Phil Reed
Cliff Roberts
John Hay Whitney
6:00 pm
The President was joined by the First Lady, Mrs. Doud
and Mrs. Moore.
7:00 pm
The President had dinner with Governor and Mrs. Thornton
and his guests from the Augusta National Golf Club.
8:45 pm
The President left Cherry Hills Country Club
9:10 pm
The President arrived at the Doud Residence
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
12:58 pm
The President left the Doud Residence
1:08 pm
The President arrived at Lowry Field
1:45 pm
The Attorney General
The Secretary of Defense
The Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Secretary of the Treasury
Mr. J. Edgar Hoover
2:20 pm
The President went out of his office to see the following:
Mrs. Eisenhower
Mrs. John Foster Dulles
Mrs. H. Alexander Smith
Mrs. Mike Mansfield
2:30 pm
The Attorney General
Mr. Aksel Nielsen
Hon. Stanley N. Barnes
Assistant Attorney General
2:45 pm
The Secretary of State
4:40 pm
The National Security Council
(The meeting was held in the Williamsburg Room of
the Officers' Club)
8:00 pm
The President had dinner at the Officers' Club with the
members of the National Security Council
8:55 pm
The President left Lowry Field
9:05 pm
The President arrived at the Doud Residence
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:25 am
The President left the Doud Residence
7:35 am
The President arrived at Lowry Field
8:00 am
The President had individual photographs taken with the
following Republican candidates:
Mr. Milward Simpson, candidate for Governor of
Wyoming
Mr. William Henry Harrison, candidate for the
United States Senate from Wyoming
Mr. E. Keith Thompson, candidate for Congress
from Wyoming
Mr. Sam Chaney, candidate for Congress from
Missouri
Mr. Genoa Washington, candidate for Congress
from Illinois
Mr. LeRoy LaMaster, candidate for Congress
from Texas
Mr. William H. Avery, candidate for Congress
from Kansas, and his son
Hon. Edwin L. Mechem, candidate for the United
States Senate from New Mexico
Mr. Thomas H. Childers, candidate for Congress
from New Mexico
Mr. Alvin Stockton, candidate for Governor from
New Mexico
Mr. Warren Cobean, candidate for Congress from
New Mexico
8:30 am
The President left his office and went to the apron, where
he and Mrs. Eisenhower inspected the new "Columbine"
and said goodbye to Mrs. Moore and her daughter.
8:45 am
The President returned to the office.
9:05 am
The President addressed the press in the conference room.
9:10 am
The President left Lowry Field
9:30 am
The President arrived at Cherry Hills Country Club, where
he played golf with the following:
Governor Thornton
Allan R. Phipps
John Culbreath
Rip Arnold
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1954
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1:50 pm
The President had luncheon with the following:
Governor Thornton
John Culbreath
Allan Phipps
Rip Arnold
"Duke" Dunbar, the Attorney General of Colorado
Charles Shumate, Colorado State Highway Engineer
2:35 pm
The President left Cherry Hills Country Club
2:55 pm
The President arrived at the Doud Residence
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:25 am
The President left the Doud Residence
7:35 am
The President arrived at Lowry Field
8:00 am
The President met the following members of the Executive
Committee of the American Retail Federation
Mr. Rowland Jones, Jr., President
Mr. Q. M. Ward, Assistant to the President
Mr. James C. Lucas, Labor Relations Director
Mr. Paul Hawkins, General Counsel
E. N. Allen, Hartford, Connecticut
Harold Brightman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
C. B. Caldwell, Chicago, Illinois
Edward W. Carter, Los Angeles, California
William J. Cheyney, Washington, D. C.
Simon Edison, St. Louis, Missouri
Bruce A. Gimbel, New York, N. Y.
Julius Goodman, Troy, New York
Vincent D. Kennedy, San Francisco, California
Earl Kribben, Chicago, Illinois
Ralph Lazarus, III,1 Cincinnati, Ohio
E. C. Lipman, San Francisco, California
Stanley Marcus, Dallas, Texas
Thomas J. Mullen, New York, N. Y.
Myron D. Neusteter, Denver, Colorado
Jerome M. Ney, Fort Smith, Arkansas
C. C. Peck, New York, N. Y.
Isadore Pizitz, Birmingham, Alabama
Roscoe R. Rau, Chicago, Illinois.
Weston E. Hameilton, Salt Lake City, Utah
Louis Rothschild, Washington, D. C.
George V. Sheridan, Columbus, Ohio
John T. Skolfield, Gardiner, Maine
Morey Sostrin, Des Moines, Iowa
James B. Webber, Jr., Detroit, Michigan
David Touff
S. Morgan Sorensen
9:10 am
The President left Lowry Field and motored to Boulder,
Colorado, where he attended the dedication of the
National Bureau of Standards Laboratory, arriving
at 10:00 am.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1954
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10:00 am
The President was greeted at the National Bureau of
Standards Laboratory by the following:
Hon. Sinclair Weeks
Hon. James C. Worthy, Assistant Secretary of Commerce
Dr. Allen V. Astin
Dr. Frederick Brown
10:10 am
The President proceeded to the Radio Building, where he
was greeted by the following:
Governor Thornton
Quigg Newton, Mayor of Denver
Senator Eugene Millikin
Congressman Byron Rogers
Congressman William S. Hill
Congressman J. Edgar Chenoweth
Congressman Wayne N. Aspinall
After making a few remarks, the President pressed a button,
activating a mechanism which unveiled a plaque which is the
cornerstone of the Radio Building.
11:00 am
The President left Boulder, Colorado
11:30 am
The President arrived at Brighton, Colorado. He was greeted
by Frank A. Kemp who took him on a brief tour of the factory
of the Great Western Sugar Company.
Following the tour, a brief meeting was held in the Office
Building with 15 persons connected with the sugar beet
industry.
12:30 pm
The President motored to the farm of Louie J. Ehlen, accom-
panied by Mr. Kemp and Mr. L. M. Pexton, where he made
a brief inspection and tour.
12:45 pm
The President left the Louie J. Ehlen Farm.
1:05 pm
The President arrived at the Doud Residence
1:10 pm
The President left the Doud Residence
1:30 pm
The President arrived at Cherry Hills Country Club where he
played golf with the following:
Governor Thornton
Mr. Moncrief
L. M. Pexton
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1954
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5:50 pm
The President left Cherry Hills Country Club
6:10 pm
The President arrived at the Doud Residence
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
and
FRASER, COLORADO
7:20 am
The President left the Doud Residence
7:30 am
The President arrived at Lowry Field
8:00 am
Brig. Gen Woodbury M. Burgess, Ent Air Force Base,
Colorado Springs, Colorado
8:30 am
The President left Lowry Field
8:40 am
The President arrived at the Doud Residence
8:55 am
The President left the Doud Residence accompanied by Mr.
Aksel Nielsen and Mr. James C. Hagerty.
10:40 am
The President arrived at the Byers Peak Ranch in Fraser,
Colorado
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1954
FRASER, COLORADO
The President remained at the Aksel Nielsen Ranch near
Fraser, Colorado.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1954
The President remained at the Aksel Nielsen Ranch near
Fraser, Colorado
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1954
FRASER, COLORADO
The President remained at the Aksel Nielsen Ranch near
Fraser, Colorado.
Mr. Bryce N. Harlow went to the Ranch to go over some
speeches with the President.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1954
The President remained at the Aksel Nielsen Ranch near
Fraser, Colorado.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
8:10 am
The President departed the Byers Peake Ranch
9:50 am
The President arrived at the Doud residence
10:20 am
The President departed the Doud residence for his office
at Lowry Air Force Base
10:30 am
The President arrived at his office at Lowry Air Force
Base
12:25 pm
The President departed his office at Lowry Air Force
Ease for Cherry Hills Country Club
12:40 pm
The President arrived at Cherry Hills Country Club,
where he played golf with Rip Arnold
4:30 pm
The President departed Cherry Hills Country Club
4:45 pm
The President arrived at the Doud residence
7:45 pm
The President departed the Doud residence, accompanied
by General Francis de Guingand
7:55 pm
The President arrived at the Brown Palace Hotel, and
dinner was served in the Presidential suite
10:50 pm
The President departed the Brown Palace Hotel
11:00 pm
The President arrived at the Doud residence
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:15 am
The President left the Doud Residence
7:25 am
The President arrived at Lowry Field
8:15 am
Honorable Leonard Hall
Mr. James Bassett
Mr. Val Washington
Mr. Robert Humphrey
Governor Adams
General Persons
Mr. Martin
Mr. Morgan
Mr. Hagerty
Mr. Snyder
10:00 am
Honorable Harold Stassen
10:25 am
Major General Francis de Guingand
(General de Guingand, a personal friend of the President,
came in to pay his respects.)
10:45 am
General Raymond McLain
11:15 am
The President left Lowry Field with General McLain
11:30 am
The President arrived at Cherry Hills Country Club
12:15 pm
The President had luncheon with the following:
William F. Nicholson
Mark Kramer
Rip Arnold
J. G. Dyer
Laurence Skutt
Governor Thornton
Harry Anholt
Harold D. Writer
(The above group presented the President with a five-
piece furniture set)
General Raymond McLain
Carl Anderson
Don Kennedy
Roland V. Rodman
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1954
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12:50 pm
The President played golf with the following:
General Raymond McLain
Mr. Donald S. Kennedy
Mr. Roland V. Rodman
Mr. Carl Anderson
5:10 pm
The President left Cherry Hills Country Club
5:20 pm
The President arrived at the Doud Residence
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:45 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left the Summer White
House offices for Chapel No. 1, Lowry Air Force Base, to
attend services for National Day of Prayer.
8:25 am
The President returned to his office.
8:30 am
Mr. W. N. Flenniken of Denver
Mr. Elmer Brock of Cheyenne, Wyoming
Mr. Lee Keith of Kaycee, Wyoming
Mr. Fred Woodring of Casper, Wyoming
9:15 am
(Mr. Aksel Nielsen)
(Mr. W. E. McCauley)
(Mr. W. A. Alexander)
(Mr. J. G. Bejarano)
(Mr. Nielsen requested that the President see these men
of the Shell Oil Company from Denver.)
OFF THE RECORD
9:55 am
(Mr. Irving Geist)
(Mr.. Arthur Rydstrom of New York City)
(These men, friends of the President, came from New York
City to pay their respects.)
OFF THE RECORD
11:56 am
The President departed from the office and motored to the
Doud residence.
12:10 pm
The President arrived at the Doud residence.
1:15 pm
The President departed the Doud residence and motored to
his office at Lowry Air Force Base.
1:47 pm
The President departed Lowry Air Force Base in the
Columbine for Missoula, Montana.
5:31 pm
The President arrived at Missoula County Airport, where
he participated in a program dedicating the new Forest
Service Smokejumpers Center.
6:26 pm
The President departed from Missoula County Airport and
flew to Walla Walla, Washington.
6:45 pm PST
The President arrived at Walla Walla, Washington, and
was greeted by the following:
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1954
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The Secretary of the Interior
Senator Guy Cordon
Congressman Sam Coon
Governor Patterson
Mr. Jess Gard
Mrs. Cornett
Mr. Ed C. Boenke
Miss Margaret VanLubkin
Governor Arthur B. Langlie
Congressman Hal Holmes
Mayor Buerstatte
Mr. Harlan I. Peyton
Mr. George Kinnear
Mrs. 3. I. Olson
Mrs. Tourtellotte
Mr. James Kuhns
Mr. Arthur Cox
7:10 pm
The President arrived at the Marcus Whitman Hotel in
Calla Walla, Washington, where he remained overnight.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:50 am PST
The President had breakfast with approximately fifty
guests at the Marcus Whitman Hotel, Walla Walla, Washington.
8:34 am
The President left the Marcus hitmen Hotel and drove to
McNary Dam.
9:50 am
The President arrived at McNary Dam, and was greeted by
General Samuel D. Sturgis, U.S. Army Chief of Engineers.
9:52 am
The President entered the Administration Building of
McNary Dam, where he was briefed on the technical aspects
of the Dam by:
General Samuel D. Sturgis
General E. C. Itschner
Governor Len B. Jordan of Idaho
10:02 am
The President left the Administration Building and
inspected the Dam.
10:28 am
The President appeared on the speakers platform for the
dedication of McNary Dam.
10:40 am
The President gave a five minute talk dedicating McNary
Dam.
11:03 am
The President departed McNary Dam and drove to
Pendleton Airport, Pendleton, Oregon.
12:20 am
The President was airborne for Los Angeles, California.
3:00 pm PDT
The President arrived International Airport, Los Angeles,
California, where he was met by the following:
Senator William F. Knowland
Senator Thomas H. Kuchal
Congressman Gordon L. McDonough
Congressman Donald L. Jackson
Congressman Craig Hosmer
Congressman Carl Henshaw
Congressman Edgar W. Hiestand
Congressman Joseph F. Holt
Congressman Glenard P. Lipscomb
Congressman Patrick J Hillings
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1954
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Honorable Goodwin J. Knight, Governor of California
Mr. Harold J. Powers
Mr. Morris Poulson
Mr. A. Ronald Button
Mrs. Marjorie N. E. Benedict
Mr. Thomas W. Caldecott
Mr. Howard Abmonson
Mr. George Murphy
Mr. David G. Saunders
Mrs. Valley Knudsen
Mr. Oscar Trippett
Mrs. Carol Kearns
Mr. John Krehbill
5:10 pm PDT
The President departed International Airport for the
Statler Hotel.
6:00 pm
The President arrived at the Statler Hotel.
8:25 pm
The President departed Statler Hotel for the Hollywood
Bowl.
8:45 pm
The President arrived at the Hollywood Bowl, where he
addressed a public rally sponsored by the National
Federation of Republican Women and Citizens for
Eisenhower of Southern California.
9:30 pm
The President departed the Hollywood Bowl for the
Statler Hotel.
9:45 pm
The President arrived at the Statler Hotel, where he
remained overnight.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:30 am PDT
The President had breakfast in the Pacific Room of the
Statler Hotel with a small group.
9:20 am
The President left the Statler Hotel for the Ambassador
Hotel, where he addressed the 73rd Convention of the
American Federation of Labor.
10:10 am
The President departed the Ambassador Hotel for
International Airport.
10:33 am
The President was airborne from Los Angeles for Denver,
Colorado.
2:00 pm MST
The President arrived at Lowry Air Force Base, Denver,
Colorado.
2:05 pm
The President arrived at his office, Lowry Air Force
Base.
2:20 pm
The President departed his office enroute to Cherry
Hills Country Club, where he played golf with the
following:
Mr. Joe Dier
Mr. Rip Arnold
5:45 pm
The President departed Cherry Hills Country Club and
returned to the Doud residence.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
6:45 am
(General Woodbury Burgess called on the President
at the Doud Residence)
(OFF THE RECORD)
7:15 am
The President departed the Doud Residence
7:25 am
The President arrived at his office Lowry Air Force Base
7:50 am
Honorable Robert Cutler
(General Cutler came to brief the President on
National Security Council Meeting)
9:15 am
Honorable Harry Darby
Mr. Emmett Graham
Mr. Joyce Hall
Mr. Sam Heller
Governor Ed Arn
(These men from Kansas came to discuss the possibility
of the President visiting Abilene in October)
10:30 am
The President left his office and drove to Cherry Hills
Country Club where he was interviewed by Charles Lucey
and then played golf with the following:
Rip Arnold
Fred Manning, Jr.
James Hagerty
5:15 pm
The President departed Cherry Hills Country Club for
the Doud Residence.
THE PRESIDENT's APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
10:50 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower attended church
services at the Corona Presbyterian Church
12:03 am
The President returned to the Doud Residence
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:30 am
The President departed the Doud Residence for Lowry Air
Force Base
7:40 am
The President arrived in his office Lowry Air Force Base
8:00 am
Congressman J. Edward Chenoweth of Colorado
(Congressman Chenoweth requested this appointment
to tell the President of the general political situation
in Colorado and to have a picture of himself taken
with the President)
8:30 am
Mr. H. Lutcher Brown
(Mr. Brown is a personal friend of the President and
came to pay his respects)
9:00 am
(Mr. E. R. Dunning, New York City)
(Mr. David O. Selznick, California)
(Dwight Van Meter of New York City)
(These men came to discuss the possibility of the President
making a film for a television show commemorating
the Edison anniversary)
(OFF THE RECORD)
9:30 am
Mrs. Ellen Harris, Denver, Colorado
(Mrs. Harris, candidate for Congress came to pay respects)
11:15 am
The President departed Lowry AFB and drove to Cherry
Hills Country Club accompanied by Honorable Ezra T.
Benson, Secretary of Agriculture.
12:30 am
The President gave the Beef Stew Luncheon at Cherry Hills
Country Club honoring Secretary Benson, attended by the
following:
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson
C. Walter Allen
Harry M. Anholt
Robert F. Archibold, Jr.
Ralph R. Arnold
Harry Bashore
John A. Culbreath
Ed Dudley
Joe G. Dyer
William W. Flenniken
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1954
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David G. Gordon
Col. Edwin M. Goyette
Eugene F. Gregory
Gen. Martin Griffin
Palmer Hoyt
Claude Maer
Lewis B. Maytag
Charles Newton
Will F. Nicholson
Carl A. Norgren
Marshall F. Norling
L. M. Pexton
Alvin Schrepferman
Howard Shadford
Brig. Gen. John T. Sprague
Harry D. Strunk
Harold D. Writer
W. R. McIlvaine
E. J. Campbell
Richard W. Braun
R. L. Manning
Fred Manning, Jr.
Edward D. Nfcholson
Alan Phipps
Robert Six
Jack Smith
Bal Swan
Merriman Smith
Marvin Arrowsmith
Robert Clark
Garnett D. Horner
Mrs. Garnett D. Horner
Edward T. Folliard
Jerry Greene
Robert Donovan
William Blair
Laurence H. Burd
Ed Darby
Russell W. Baker
John Sutherland
George Garrott
George Herman
Ray Scherer
Charles von Fremd
Thomas Craven
Arthur Lodovichetti
Robert Hess
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1954
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William Macy
Mrs. William Macy
Jean DuBois
Harry Mack
Glen Nock
Thoreau Willat
Herbert Lovisone
Frank Cancellare
Maurice Johnson
Ed Laker
John Rous
Ronald Weston
Carroll S. Linkins
Robert Hansen
Gwen Gibson
Dolores Plested
Major Jack Laurie
James Leisy
2:00 pm.
The President played golf with the following:
Ed Dudley, Colorado Springs
Rip Arnold, Denver
Bud Maytag, Colorado Springs
6:35 pm
President left Cherry Hills Country Club and motored
to the Doud Residence
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:35 am
The President departed from the Doud Residence for
Lowry Air Force Base
8:00 am
Honorable Robert Stevens, Secretary of Army
General Matthew B. Ridgeway, Chief of Staff, United States Army
9:00 am
Honorable Arthur Burns
10:00 am
Mr. Howard T. Shadford of Denver
(Mr. Shadford came to fit a pair of glasses for the President)
10:30 am
The President departed Lowry Air Force Base for
Cherry Hills Country Club
11:50 am
The President had lunch at Cherry Hills with the following:
Del E. Webb
A. C. Rubel
H. R. Berglund
Joe Cohen
Louis Wertz
Bill Morgan
Lewis Hayden
Bill Tomberlin
Mark Kramer
Rip Arnold
Governor Dan Thornton
12:35 pm
The President played golf with the following:
Honorable Dan Thornton, Governor of Colorado
Mr. H. R. Berglund
Mr. Del Webb, Phoenix, Arizona
3:35 pm
The President presented his autograph to Miss Ann Mack
and Miss Susan Mack, Denver, Colorado
4:25 pm
The President left Cherry Hills Country Club for the
Doud Residence
6:45 pm
The President left the Doud Residence with Mrs. Eisenhower
and Mrs. Doud and attended dinner at the quarters of General
John T. Sprague, Commander Lowry Air Force Base
9:55 pm
The President departed General Sprague's quarters for the
Doud Residence
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:45 am
The President departed the Doud Residence for Lowry
Air Force Base
7:55 am
The President arrived at his office, Lowry Air Force Base
10:20 am
The President left Lowry Air Force Base for Cherry Hills
Country Club
10:35 am
The President arrived at Cherry Hills Country Club
10:55 am
The President played golf with the following:
Governor Dan Thornton of Colorado
Rip Arnold
Palmer Hoyt
12:25 pm
The President attended a luncheon with the following:
Governor Dan Thornton
Mr. George W. Strake
Mr. D. G. Gordon
Mr. Ralph R. Arnold
Mr. James B. Black, Jr.
Mr. Richard W. Braun
Dr. T. Dan Cunningham
Mr. Leonard DeLue
Mr. William J. Geddes
Mr. John R. Gordon
Mr. Paul Grafe
Mr. Edward H. Honnen
Mr. Palmer Hoyt
Mr. Arthur E. Johnson
Mr. James D. Maitland
Mr. Robert P. Martin
Mr. Myer Neusteter
Mr. Myron D. Neusteter
Mr. Everiet Seabury
4:16 pm
The President departed Cherry Hills Country Club
4:31 pm
The President arrived at the Doud Residence
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:30 am
The President departed the Doud Residence for Lowry Field
7:40 am
The President arrived at his office Lowry Air Force Base
8:15 am
(O. A. Lamoreux)
OFF THE RECORD
8:30 am
(Mr. John Jackson, Sr.)
(Mr. John Jackson, Jr.)
(Col Schulz requested to bring these two men in to see the
President)
OFF THE RECORD
10:00 am
The Secretary of Agriculture
11:05 am
The President departed his office for Cherry Hills Country
Club via Pine Arches Sub Division
11:25 am
The President arrived at Cherry Hills Country Club
11:45 am
The President practiced golf
12:25 pm
The President had lunch at Cherry Hills with the following:
Mr. John Jackson
Mr. John Jackson, Jr.
Mr. D. G. Gordon
Mr. Fred Goodstein
Mr. Harry Anholt
Mr. John Culbreath
Mr. Marshall F. Norling
Mr. William G. Griffith
Mr. Van Holt Garrett
Mr. Donald F. Bromfield
Mr. Alvin F. Franz
Mr. Earl Page
Mr. John McAllister
Mr. F. S. Jones
Mr. Henry Van Schaack, Sr.
Mr. Ralph R. Arnold
Mr. Clarence Daly
Mr. Jack Lueders
Mr. Clarence Sherwood
Mr. Matt J. Skorey
Mr. Joe Dyer
Gov. Thornton
Mr. Lloyd Mangrum
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1954
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1:10 pm
The President played golf with the following:
Rip Arnold
John Jackson, Sr.
John Jackson, Jr.
4:40 pm
The President departed Cherry Hills for the Doud Residence
4:55 pm
The President arrived at the Doud Residence
5:05 pm
The President was made an honorary member of
Brownie Troop 643, whose leader is Mrs. Claude Mair.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:20 am MST
The President departed the Doud residence.
7:30 am
Arrived at his office at Lowry Field.
9:00 am
Mr. Charles White, President of Republic Steel Company
(Mr. White came to pay his respects)
10:00 am
The President departed his office, accompanied by
Mr. Charles White and motored to the Brown Palace Hotel.
10:15 am
Arrived at the Brown Palace where he picked up
Mr. George Allen, proceeded to 1711 California Street
and picked up Mr. Aksel Nielsen, then drove on for
a sightseeing tour and inspection of Mr. Nielsen's
tarm, surrounding area, etc.
11:45 am
Arrived at Cherry Hills Country Club.
12:00 noon
The President practiced golf for fifteen minutes.
12:15 pm
The President had lunch with the following:
Mr. Bill Flenniken (who gave the luncheon)
Mr. George Allen
Mr. Mark Kramer
Mr. Aksel Nielsen
Mr. Charles White
Mr. Rip Arnold
Mr. Lloyd Mangrum
Mr. Don Kelly
Mr. A. M. Bell
Colonel Robert L. Schulz
Major A. D. Hardey
Mr. Warwick M. Downing
Mr. Maury Gooden
Mr. L. M. Pexton
Mr. John Louisio
Mr. Jack Beardwood
1:00 pm
The President played golf with the following:
Mr. Charles White
Mr. Don Kelly
Mr. Jack Beardwood
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1954
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4:10 pm
The President completed 18 holes of golf.
4:55 pm
The President, accompanied by Mr. Charles White and
Mr. George Allen, departed Cherry Hills and
motored to the Summer White House.
5:15 pm
Arrived at the Summer White House
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:25 am The President departed the Doud Residence
7:35 am The President arrived at Lowry Field
8:00 am (Colonel John H. McCann) (Came to deliver message to the
President from Brigadier General Woodbury Burgess,
Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Air Defense Command,
Colorado Springs, Colorado)
OFF THE RECORD
8:45 am General Alfred M. Gruenther
9:35 am The President departed office accompanied by General Gruenther
9:50 am The President arrived at Cherry Hills Country Club
10:05 am The President practiced golf
10:22 am The President played golf with the following:
Lloyd Mangrum
Rip Arnold
Bill Robinson
1:11 pm The President completed playing 18 holes of golf
1:45 pm The President had lunch with the following:
Lloyd Mangrum
Bill Robinson
Aksel Nielsen
Rip Arnold
Doctor Snyder
General Gruenther
George Allen
2:40 pm The President departed Cherry Hills Country Club
2:55 pm The President arrived at the Doud Residence
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
10:50 am
The President left the Doud Residence with Mrs. Eisenhower
for Corona Presbyterian Church where he attended the
10:55 am Service
12:07 pm
The President departed the church and returned to the
Doud Residence, arriving at 12:10 pm
12:20 pm
The President departed Doud Residence for Brown Palace
Hotel
12:30 pm
The President arrived at the Brown Palace Hotel and
was escorted to the Presidential Suite 825 by Harry Anholt
1:05 pm
The President had lunch with the following in Suite 825:
Mr. Charles Halleck, Congressman from Indiana
Mr. John Colbourne, businessman and companion
of Mr. Halleck, from Morocco, Indiana
2:00 pm
Luncheon concluded
2:30 pm
The President left Suite 825 and proceeded to Suite 840
where he joined General Alfred Gruenther, Mr. George
Allen and Mr. William Robinson
3:30 pm
Mrs. Eisenhower, accompanied by Mrs. Elvira Doud,
arrived at the Brown Palace Hotel and spent the afternoon
in the Presidential Suite.
6:45 pm
The President, accompanied by General Gruenther, Mr. Allen
and Mr. Robinson returned to the Presidential Suite and
joined Mrs. Eisenhower and Mrs. Doud and were then joined
by the following: Mrs. George Allen; Governor and Mrs. Dan
Thornton; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Anholt, and Doctor and Mrs.
Howard McC Snyder.
7:00 pm
Entire group proceeded to Room 831 where a buffet supper
was served
8:45 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower departed Brown Palace
and returned to the Doud Residence.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:20 am
The President left the Doud Residence.
7:30 am
The President arrived at Lowry Air Force Base.
7:30 am
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
9:30 am
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. I. Jack Martin
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
11:05 am
The President departed the office and went to the Cherry Hills Club.
11:20 am
Arrived at the Cherry Hills Country Club.
12:00 Noon
Luncheon given by the Cherry Hills Country Club members,
attended by approximately 140 persons.
1:00 pm
Luncheon concluded.
1:27 pm
The President played golf with the following:
Mr. Marshall Norling
Mr. Jerry Campbell
Mr. Bob McIlvaine
4:15 pm
The President completed playing 18 holes of golf.
4:37 pm
The President departed Cherry Hills enroute to Doud Resident.
4:53 pm
The President arrived at the Doud Residence, accompanied
by Mr. George Allen.
5:00 pm
The President departed the Doud residence for Hughes Sound Film
Studios.
5:20 pm
Arrived at the Hughes Sound Film Studios where two minute film
was made of the President, which will be shown during a two-hour
television show on Sunday, October 24, 1954, commemorating the
anniversary of the invention of the incandescent light bulb by
Thomas Edison. OFF THE RECORD.
6:30 pm
The President departed Hughes Film Studios, arriving at the
Doud Residence at 6:50 pm/
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:21 am
The President departed the Doud Residence
7:33 am
The President arrived at Lowry Field
8:00 am
Mr. William H. Jackson of New York
(Mr. Jackson came to report to the President on matters
related to the informational activities of the government)
9:30 am
Captain Mario Lopez of Guatamala
(Captain Lopez came to present silver tray as a personal
gift from President Castillo Armas. This arranged at
the request of Congressman Pat Hillings and the State
Department)
10:00 am
Congressman Richard Simpson of Pennsylvania
11:25 am
President departed office for Cherry Hills
11:40 am
President arrived at Cherry Hills Country Club and was
greeted by Rip Arnold, Mr. Rankin and Buster Core.
11:50 am
The President practiced golf
12:20 pm
The President had lunch with the following:
Mr. George Allen
Mr. D. G. Gordon
Mr. C. L. Hubner
Mr. Ralph R. Arnold
Mr. Charles Boettcher
Mr. Donald F. Brown
Mr. Erle O. Kistler
Mr. David R. Murphy
Mr. Chris Dobbins
Mr. Harry Sullivan
Mr. Arthur Sheeley
Mr. Leo Levington
Governor Dan Thornton
Mr. Mark Kramer
Mr. F. E. Hanka
Mr. William H. Brereton
Mr. Phil Alexander
Mr. Hi Tatarski
Mr. Robert L. Manning
Mr. Aksel Nielsen
Mr. John A. Carbone
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1954
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1:00 pm
Luncheon concluded
1:10 pm
The President played golf with the following:
Governor Dan Thornton
Rip Arnold
Robert Manning
4:15 pm
The President completed playing 18 holes of golf
4:33 pm
President departed the Club enroute to the Brown Palace
Hotel, via the Doud Residence
4:55 pm
President arrived at the Brown Palace Hotel
8:10 pm
President had dinner in Room 827 with the following:
Mrs. Eisenhower
Mrs. Elvira Doud
Governor and Mrs. Thornton
Doctor and Mrs. Snyder
Mr. & Mrs. John Culbreath
Mr. and Mrs. George Allen
Mr. & Mrs. Harry Anholt
9:00 pm
President returned to the Presidential Suite, where
he remained until 11:27 pm
11:27 pm
The President departed Brown Palace Hotel
11:35 pm
The President arrived at the Doud Residence
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:14 am
The President departed the Doud residence for his office
at Lowry Air Force Base
7:24 am
The President arrived at his office, Lowry Air Force Base
7:30 am
Mr. Henry Lipf, Candidate for Congress from Arizona
Mr. William B. Butler, Candidate for Congress from Texas
Mr. Bruce Alger, Candidate for Congress from Texas
Mr. Erwin H. Schwiebert, Candidate for Congress from
Idaho
(These candidates came TO pay their respects to the
President, and to have their picture taken with him)
7:38 am
The President left Lowry Air Force Base
8:00 am
The President departed the Doud residence for Bal Swans
Hertford Farm Ranch, Pine, Colorado, accompanied by
Mr. George Allen
Mr. Aksel Nielsen
9:14 am
The President arrived at Fal Swans Hertford Farm Ranch
4:55 pm
The President departed the Bal Swans Hertford Farm Ranch
6:12 pm
The President arrived at. the Doud residence
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:33 am
The President departed the Doud residence
7:42 am
The President arrived at his office, Lowry Air Force
Base
8:00 am
Honorable Robert Cutler
(General Cutler is coming to brief the President on
National Security Council meeting)
9:00 am
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Major Gen. John K. Gerhart)
(Mr. Jim Lay
)
(Mr. S. E. Gleason
)
(Mr. J. Patrick Coyne
)
(General Cutler brought these members of
the National Security Council in to see the
President briefly) OFF THE RECORD
9:45 am
the Vice President
10:48 am
The President departed Lowry Air Force Base for
Cherry Hills Country Club
11:13 am
The President arrived at Cherry Hills Country Club
12:00 pm
The President had luncheon with the following:
The Vice President
Mr. Rip Arnold
Mr. Leonard Hall
Mr. Donald Nixon
Mr. Ray Aberthnot
Mr. Arthur Rydstrom
Mr. George Allen
Mr. David G. Gorden
4:43 pm
The President departed Cherry Hills Country Club
4:53 pm
The President arrived at the Doud residence
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
8:38 am The President departed the Doud residence for his office at
Lowry Air Force Base
8:49 am The President arrived at his office, Lowry Air Force Base
10:00 am The following witnessed the President signing a proclamation
proclaiming the period October 11th thru October 16, 1954, as
National Nurse Week:
Admiral Lucile Petry Leone, Assistant
Surgeon General of the United States
Miss Ruth Sleeper, President of National
League for Nurses
Miss Agnes Ohlson, President of American
Nurses Association
Mrs. Stuart Alexander, Consultant to the
Surgeon General
10:15 am Bishop Ralph A. Ward
(Bishop Ward, who served the Methodist Church in China
for many years and is now resident bishop for Formosa
and Hong Kong, came to tell the President his views
on the general picture in Asia)
10:30 am Mr. Shadford
10:45 am The Vice President
11:57 am The President departed his office for the Doud residence
12:05 pm The President arrived at the Doud residence
5:04 pm The President departed the Doud residence for the Brown
Palace Hotel
5:10 pm The President arrived at the Brown Palace Hotel
5:30 pm Legislative Leaders meeting in the Presidential Suite at
the Brown Palace Hotel with the following:
Vice President Nixon
Senator William Knowland
Senator Eugene Millikin
Senator Homer Ferguson
Congressman Joseph Martin
Congressman Leslie Arends
Congressman Charles Halleck
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1954
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Congressman Leo Allen
Chairman Leonard Hall
Mr. James Bassett
Mr. Vic Johnson
Secretary Thomas Stephens
Mr. Bryce Harlow
Mr. Gerald Morgan
Mr. Jack Martin
Mr. Murray Snyder
7:14 pm The President departed the Brown Palace Hotel and motored
directly to the Denver City Auditorium
7:21 pm The President arrived at the Denver City Auditorium to
speak at the Republican Rally. The Vice President went
on the air at 7:30 pm, spoke for about eight minutes, and
then introduced the President, who spoke until 8:00 pm.
8:03 pm The President departed from the Auditorium for the Brown
Palace Hotel
8:08 pm The President arrived at the Brown Palace Hotel
8:15 pm The President received the Legislative Leaders in his Suite
at the Brown Palace Hotel
8:45 pm The President gave a dinner honoring the Legislative Leaders
in Room 827 at the Brown Palace Hotel
10:21 pm The President departed the Brown Palace Hotel
10:27 pm The President arrived at the Doud residence
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:43 am
The President departed the Doud residence
7:51 am
The President arrived at his office, Lowry Air Force
Base
8:45 am
Lt. Gen. Floyd L. Parks
Commanding General
2nd Army
Fort Mead
9:10 am
The President departed the office and motored to Cherry
Hills Country Club, accompanied by the following:
General Floyd Parks
General Hubert Harmon
9:26 am
The President arrived at Cherry Hills Country Club
1:05 pm
The President had luncheon in private dining room with
the following:
General Parks
General Harmon
Mr. Flemming
At the request of Mr. Fred Newton, the President walked
on the terrace of the Club where he met 12 employees of
the Illinois-California Express Company
5:15 pm
The President departed Cherry Hills Country Club
5:30 pm
The President arrived at the Doud residence
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
10:51 am
The President and the First Lady departed the Doud
residence and motored directly to Corona Presbyterian
Church
10:53 am
The President and the First Lady arrived at the Church
12:06 pm
The President and the First Lady departed the Church
12:08 pm
The President and the First Lady arrived at the Doud
residence
12:55 pm
The President and the First Lady, accompanied by
Mrs. Elvira Doud, departed the Doud residence
1:16 pm
The President and the First Lady, accompanied by
Mrs. Doud, arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
P. H. Dominick, 5050 E. Quincy Avenue, Denver, Colorado
2:21 pm
The President, the First Lady and Mrs. Doud departed
the Dominick residence
2:39 pm
The President, the First Lady and Mrs. Doud arrived
at the Doud residence
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:44 am
The President departed the Doud residence
7:53 am
The President arrived at his office at Lowry Air Force Base
9:15 am
Mr. W. P. Wells of Denver, Colorado
(Mrs. Eisenhower suggested that Mr. Wells be
invited to call on the President)
9:20 am
Honorable Frank A. Barrett of Wyoming
(Senator Barrett came to pay his respects)
9:35 am
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Six of Denver, Colorado
(Mr. and Mrs. Six came to pay their respects)
10:00 am
(Frank Wood of Wichita Falls, Texas) OFF THE RECORD
(
10:43 am
The President departed Lowry Air Force Base for Cherry
Hills Country Club
11:40 am
The President had luncheon at Cherry Hills Country Club with
the following:
Mr. Ed Dudley
Mr. Al Schrepferman
Mr. Golding Fairchild
4:38 pm
The President departed Cherry Hills Country Club
4:54 pm
The President arrived at the Doud residence
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:44 am
The President departed the Doud residence
7:55 am
The President arrived at his office, Lowry Air Force Base
8:00 am
(Mr. C. Walter Allen of Denver)
(Mr. Tomoshige Arashi)
(A/2C Hirotoshi Tagashira)
(Mr. Arashi painted a portrait of the President
which the Rockefeller Center Foundation presented
to Columbia University. He came to pay his respects.
Airman Tagashira was the interpreter.) OFF THE RECORD
9:00 am
Mr. Charles Lucey, Scripps-Howard
Mr. Edward T. Folliard, The Washington Post
Mr. Martin Hayden, The Detroit News
Mr. Dick Wilson, Cowles Publications
(This delegation from the Gridiron Club came to invite
the President to the Gridiron Dinner on December 11th)
9:45 am
The President made a short film to promote national
support for American participation in the 1954-55
Olympics
10:25 am
The President his office at Lowry Air Force Base
10:42 am
The President arrived at Cherry Hills Country Club and
played golf with the following:
Mr. Bill Flenniken
Mr. Bob Warren
Mr. Rip Arnold
12:25 pm
The President had luncheon at the Cherry Hills Country
Club with the following:
Mr. R. B. Griffith, Investments, Las Vegas, Nevada
Mr. D. G. Gordon, Contractor, Denver, Colorado
Mr. Thomas P. Campbell, Manager of Parks &
Improvements, Denver, Colorado
Mr. Sam Gregory, Real Estate, Van Schaack & Co.,
Denver, Colorado
Mr. John T. McDonough, Manager, Albany Hotel,
Denver, Colorado
Mr. Frank H. Ricketson, President, Fox West Coast
Theatre, Denver, Colorado
Mr. Ralph L. Rickenbaugh, Cadillac Dealer,
Denver, Colorado
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1954
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Dr. John T. Jacobs, Physician, Denver, Colorado
Dr. Earl G. Miller, Physician, Denver, Colorado
Mr. Jerry Baake, Beacon Supper Club, Denver, Colorado
Mr. Willie Hartzell, Beacon Supper Club, Denver, Colorado
Mr. Nicholas R. Petry, Contractor, Denver, Colorado
Mr. Ralph R. Arnold, Pro, Cherry Hills Country Club,
Denver, Colorado
Mr. W. W. Flenniken, Oil Producer, Denver, Colorado
Mr. Robert E. Warren, Insurance, Denver, Colorado
Mr. John A. Culbreath, Insurance, Denver, Colorado
Mr. J. Hal Myers, Investment Broker, Denver, Colorado
Mr. O. G. Martin, Handicap Committee, Denver, Celorado
Mr. Chester M. Schrepferman, Contractor, Denver,
Colorado
5:43 pm
The President departed Cherry Hills Country Club
5:55 pm
The President arrived at the Doud residence
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
8:00 am
The President departed the Doud residence
8:10 am
The President arrived at his office at Lowry Air Force Base
8:30 am
Mr. William Tomberlin of Denver
(Mr. Tomberlin came to pay his respects)
8:45 am
Mr. H. W. Scatterday, Sr., of Denver, Colorado
Mr. LeRoy Powelka of Lakewood, Colorado
Mr. Robert S. Lawrence of Lakewood, Colorado
(These gentlemen came to pay their respects)
10:00 am
Senator Arthur Watkins of Utah
10:35 am
(Aksel Nielsen) OFF THE RECORD
10:39 am
The President departed his office at Lowry Air Force Base
10:55 am
The President arrived at the Red Comet Manufacturing
Company, 138 East Main Street, Littleton, Colorado
11:32 am
The President departed the plant for Cherry Hills Country
Club
11:44 am
The President arrived at Cherry Hilb Country Club
12:15 pm
The President had luncheon in the main dining room with
a group of 75 Republican workers from Colorado who have
been active in the United Republican Financial Campaign
5:10 pm
The President departed the Cherry Hills Country Club
5:25 pm
The President arrived at the Doud residence
5:46 pm
The President departed the Doud residence, accompanied
by Acting Press Secretary Murray Snyder
6:01 pm
The President arrived at the Brown Palace Hotel
7:22 pm
The President departed the Brown Palace Hotel
7:29 pm
The President arrived at the Doud residence
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
7:54 am The President departed the Doud residence for Lowry Air Force Base.
8:05 am The President arrived at his office, Lowry Air Force Base.
8:30 am Major and Mrs. Charles J. Pinto
9:10 am Mr. Sam Telep of Greeley, Colorado, Colorado State Chairman of the
Young Republicans
Miss Joyce Bovik of Denver, Colorado, Young Republican National
Committeewoman from Colorado
Mr. A. E. Small, Jr., of Edgewater, Colorado, Chairman of the Eleven
Western States Council of Young Republicans
(These Young Republicans came in to present to the President
a resolution commending him for his encouragement to young
people to exercise their rights as voters and assume their
responsibilities as citizens.)
10:15 am
The President left Lowry Air Force Base and motored to the Windsor
Hotel, picking up Mr. Aksel Nielsen at his office on the way.
10:40 am
The President arrived at the Windsor Hotel, where he was shown
through the Hotel by Mrs. Mary Hohnbaum.
11:02 am The President departed the Windsor Hotel and motored to the U. S. Mint.
11:07 am Arrived at the U. S. Mint. The President and Mr. Nielsen were taken on
a tour and inspection of the Mint by Mrs. Alma K. Schneider.
11:50 am
The President and Mr. Nielsen departed the U. S. Mint and motored
to Cherry Hills Country Club.
12:07 pm Arrived at Cherry Hills Country Club.
12:20 pm
The President attended a Luncheon at the Club given in his honor in
the Empire Room. The following guests were present:
Governor Dan Thornton
Mr. Al Peake, Standard Oil of Indiana, Chicago, Illinois
Mr. Dan Gainey, Live Stock, Owatonna, Minn.
Mr. D. G. Gordon, Contractor, Denver
Mr. Marshall F. Norling, Manufacturer Fire Extinguishers, Denver
Mr. Robert P. Martin, Contractor, Denver
Mr. Richard W. Braun, President, Wholesale Florists, Denver
Mr. W. W. Flenniken, Oil Producer, Denver
Mr. Robert E. Warren, Insurance, Denver
Mr. J. Hal Myers, Investment Broker, Denver
Mr. John R. Moran, Attorney, Denver
Mr. E. J. Campbell, Liquor Distributor, Denver
Mr. William E. Morgan, Manager, Union Oil Co. of California, Denver, Colo.
Mr. Chester Schrepferman, Contractor, Denver
Mr. Arthur E. Johnson, President, Argo Oil Corp., Denver
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1954
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12:20 pm Luncheon - Cherry Hills (Continued)
Mr. L. M. Pexton, President, Denver Union Stockyards, Denver
Mr. Harry Anholt, Manager, Brown Palace llotel, Denver
Mr. Mark Kramer, Secretary to the Governor, Denver
Mr. John A. Culbreath, Insurance, Denver
Mr. Leslie B. Arnold, Mortgage Banker, Denver
Mr. Charles A. Haskell, Attorney, Denver
Mr. Bal Swan, President, Savings & Loan, Denver
Mr. Aksel Nielsen, President, Title Guaranty Co., Denver
Mr. D. E. Buchanan, President, Heckethorn Manufacturing Co., Denver
Mr. Arthur Rydstrom, Senior Vice President, Webb & Knapp, Inc., Denver
Mr. Ralph R. Arnold, Golf Pro, Cherry Hills Country Club
Mr. Lugene F. Gregory, Insurance, Denver
Mr. C. Neil Norgren, Vice President, C. A. Norgren Co., Denver
Mr. J. L. McIlvaine, Contractor, Wash., D. C.
Mr. Edward Carr, Real Estate, Wash., D. C.
Mr. Morton R. Fleming, Investments, Denver
Mr. Norman Smith, Livestock, Larkspur, Colorado
Mr. Roland V. Rodman, President, Anderson Pritchard Oil Corp.,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1:50 pm The President teed off with the following:
Gov. Dan Thornton
Mr. Rip Arnold
5:08 pm The President departed Cherry Hills Country Club and motored to the
Doud Residence.
5:23 pm The President arrived at the Doud Residence.
6:08 pm The President and Mrs. Eisenhower and Mrs. Elvira Doud departed the
Doud Residence and motored to the Brown Palace Hotel.
6:15 pm Arrived at the Brown Palace Hotel. The following attended a Birthday
Dinner for the President in the Presidential Suite:
Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mrs. Elvira Doud
Gov. and Mrs. Dan Thornton
Mr. and Mrs. David Gordon
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Pexton
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Anholt
Mr. and Mrs. Aksel Nielsen
Gen. and Mrs. Howard McC. Snyder
Col. Robert Schulz
Col. William Draper
Mr. George Allen
10:59 pm The President and Mrs. Eisenhower and Mrs. Elvira Doud departed the
Brown Palace Hotel and motored to the Doud Residence.
11:06 pm Arrived at the Doud Residence.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1954
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
8:22 am The President departed the Doud Residence.
8:33 am The President arrived at his office at Lowry Air Force Base.
9:11 am The President departed Lowry Air Force Base.
9:20 am The President arrived at the Doud Residence.
MST
12:15 pm The President departed the Doud Residence.
MST
12:25 pm
Arrived Lowry Air Force Base.
MST
12:34 pm Airborne Denver, Colorado, for Indianapolis, Indiana.
CST
5:34 pm Arrived Indianapolis, Indiana. (See below)
CST
9:10 pm Airborne Indianapolis, Indiana, for Washington, D. C.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1954
EST
12:10 am Arrived MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport.
12:16 am
Departed MATS Terminal.
12:25 am Arrived at the White House.
On October 15th, the President went to Butler University, Indianapolis, Ind.
and delivered a speech before the National Institute of Animal Agriculture at
Butler University Field House.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1954
8:45 am (Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General) OFF THE RECORD
9:00 am (Hon. Robert Cutler)
9:45 am (Mr. Bill Bangert) OFF the RECORD
(Mr. Bangert is the Republican Candidate for House of Representatives
from St. Louis, Missouri)
10:00 am Mr. Spyros Skouras
Dr. and Mrs. Milko Skofic, of Italy
Mr. E. R. Zorgniotti, U. S. Representative of Italian Films
(Mrs. Skofic is Gina Lollobrigida, leading motion picture star
of Italy)
11:00 am (Barber)
11:15 am General Omar Bradley
11:30 am H.E. Sir Roger Makins, The British Ambassador
Lord Baillieu, United Kingdom Chairman of the English Speaking Union
12:30 pm H.E. Mohammed Ali, the Prime Minister of Pakistan
H.E. Syed Amjad Ali, the Ambassador of Pakistan
Hon. Henry A. Byroade, Assistant Secretary of State
Hon. Horace Hildreth, American Ambassador to Pakistan
1:00 pm
The President gave a Stag Luncheon for H. E. Mohammed Ali, the Prime
Minister of Pakistan. The following were present:
H.E. The Prime Minister of Pakistan (Mohammed Ali)
Sir Mohammed Zafrullah Khan - Minister of Foreign Affairs
and Commonwealth Relations
H.E. The Finance Minister of Pakistan (Mohammed Ali)
H.E. The Ambassador of Pakistan (Syed Amjad Ali)
General Mohammed Ayub Khan - Commander-in-Chief, Pakistan Army
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Sen. H. Alexander Smith, New Jersey
Cong. John J. Rooney, New York
Hon. Herbert Hoover, Jr., Under Secretary of State
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, Chief of Staff, U. S. Army
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director, C. I. A.
Hon. Henry A. Byroade, Assistant Secretary of State
Ambassador Horace A. Hildreth
Hon. Theodore C. Streibert, Director, U.S.I.A.
Dr. Dennis A. Fitzgerald, F. O. A.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1954
9:00 am The President and Mrs. Eisenhower attended the nine o'clock
Service at the National Presbyterian Church.
10:10 am
The President met with the following in the Red Room:
Hon. Val Peterson, F. C. D. A.
Hon. Carter Burgess, Assistant Secretary of Defense
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. James Hagerty
Mr. William Hopkins
(The President authorized relief for the hurricane
stricken areas)
10:20 am The President went over to the Executive Office.
12:40 pm The President returned to the White House accompanied by Mr.
William Robinson.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1954
8:00 am Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State, had Breakfast with
the President.
9:45 am Hon. John E. Peurifoy, American Ambassador to Thailand
(Mr. Puerifoy requested this, thru Protocol, prior to
departure for his new post)
10:00 am H.E. Dr. John Edward Holloway, the Ambassador of the Union of
South Africa
(Newly appointed - presented his credentials)
10:30 am Hon. Gabriel Hauge
(This is usual Monday appointment: Dr. Burns was out of town)
11:00 am Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J. C. S.
(Usual Monday appointment)
11:30 am Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J. C. S.
Gen. Nathan F. Twining, Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, Chief of Staff, U. S. Army
Adm. Robert B. Carney, Chief of Naval Operations
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Arranged by Mr. Cutler)
12:30 pm Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
(Usual Monday appointment)
12:45 pm The President received the first "Forget-Me-Not" from representatives
of the Disabled American Veterans, opening their annual drive. The
following were present:
Colonel W. E. Leonard
Mrs. Virginia Turner
Abraham E. Neiden, Department Commander, DAV
1:00 pm (Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General, had Luncheon with
the President - OFF THE RECORD)
2:30 pm Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
5:00 pm H.E. William V. S. Tubman, the President of Liberia, arrived at the
White House.
8:30 pm The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave a dinner for H. E. William
V. S. Tubman, the President of Liberia.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1954
8:30 am
Cabinet Meeting
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Herbert Hoover, Jr., Under Secretary of State
Hon. Marion Folsom, Under Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Robert Stevens, Secretary of the Army
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Hon. Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
Hon. True D. Morse, Under Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Percival F. Brundage, Deputy Director, Bur. of the Budget
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director, F. O. A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Preston Hotchkiss, of the Economic and Security Council of UN
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Col. Goodpaster
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Murray Snyder
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
Hon. Arthur Minnich
Mr. Patterson
The following were absent:
The Vice President
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of Agriculture
The Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
10:00 am
The President opened the "New Product, New Methods and Patent Exhibit"
at Veterans Memorial Building, Detroit, Michigan, by a telephone
message of greeting. (The President left the Cabinet Meeting and
went into the Conference Room for this.)
11:30 am
(General James Doolittle)
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Mr. J. Patrick Coyne)
(Mr. S. Paul Johnston)
OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. William D. Pawley)
(Mr. William D. Franke)
(Mr. Morris Hadley)
(Forty-five minute OFF THE RECORD meeting arranged by Gen. Cutler)
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1954
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12:30 pm H.E. Sir Roger Makins, the British Ambassador
Hon. Herbert Morrison
Hon. C. Burke Elbrick, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
European Affairs
(Arranged at the request of Under Secretary of State Hoover)
1:00 pm (LUNCH)
2:00 pm Hon. James Scott Kemper, American Ambassador to Brazil
(Ambassador Kemper wrote Mr. Stephens and requested this)
2:25 pm The President left for Constitution Hall, where he participated in
the 1954 Honor Award Ceremony for the Department of State.
(The President said a few words of greeting, after which he
presented the awards to the recipients, who are employees
of the Department of State.)
3:15 pm (Mr. Cy. Sulzberger) OFF THE RECORD
(Col. Schulz brought Mr. Sulzberger in from his office.)
7:50 pm The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left for the Liberian Embassy,
where they attended a dinner in their honor given by H. E. William
V. S. Tubman, the President of Liberia.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1954
7:35 am The President departed the White House for MATS Terminal.
7:47 am Arrive MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport.
7:55 am Airborne for Hartford, Connecticut.
9:15 am Arrive Bradley Airport, Hartford, Connecticut.
9:30 am Departure of Presidential motorcade for Trinity College.
10:15 am Arrival of Presidential motorcade at Residence of Dr. Jacobs.
10:15 am The President meets Board of Trustees, members of the Faculty and
dons cap and gown.
10:50 am
President joins academic procession.
10:59 am
President arrives at platform.
11:00 am
Invocation.
National Anthem.
Brief Address by Dr. Jacobs.
Hymn.
Citation.
Conferring of honorary degree on President.
11:20 am
Address by the President.
11:30 am
Alma Mater.
11:33 am Benediction.
11:35 am Recessional.
11:45 am At Residence of Dr. Jacobs.
12:20 pm Departed Residence of Dr. Jacobs enroute to Bushnell Park.
12:27 pm Arrived Bushnell Park.
12:30 pm Background talk by Mr. R. Tyrol.
12:32 pm National Anthem by Mr. Phim Hall.
12:35 pm Invocation by Bishop O'Brien.
12:38 pm Lt. Gov. Allen introduced Senator Prescott Bush.
12:40 pm Lt. Gov. Allen introduced Senator William A. Purtell.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1954
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12:42 pm Lt. Gov. Allen presented a birthday cake to Gov. Lodge.
12:45 pm
The President spoke briefly.
12:48 pm
Prayer for Peace by Bishop Gray, Episcopal Church.
12:50 pm Lt. Gov. Allen requested the President to cut birthday cake.
12:52 pm
Benediction by nabbi Feldman.
12:55 pm
Conclusion.
1:00 pm
Presidential motorcade departed Bushnell Park.
1:45 pm
Arrived at Bradley Airport.
1:50 pm
Airborne Hartford, Conn., for LaGuardia Field.
2:30 pm
Arrived Marine Terminal, LaGuardia Field, New York.
2:40 pm Motorcade departed LaGuardia Field.
3:05 pm
Motorcade arrived Hotel Astor.
3:15 pm
The President dropped in on Luncheon Meeting of the West Point
Society of New York and spoke a few words of greeting.
3:30 pm
(Mr. Goldman - The President's tailor came in with the President's
new dress suit. Col. Schulz arranged appt. OFF THE RECORD)
7:10 pm
Following persons arrived in Suite 700 and escorted President to
Columbia Room:
Mr. Ralph E. Samual
Mr. Joseph Willen
Mr. Albert Greenfield
Mr. Henry L. Moses
Mr. Joseph Blaustein
7:15 pm
President departed Suite for Room "A" and group picture.
7:18 pm
Left Room "A" for Columbia Room.
7:19 pm
Arrived Columbia Room.
7:37 pm
The President escorted by Mr. Ralph Samual, National Chairman, American
Jewish Tercentenary Committee, left for Grand Ballroom.
7:39 pm
President arrived in Grand Ballroom.
7:40 pm Mr. Joseph Willen introduced Rev. David De Solo Pool, who delivered
the Invocation.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1954
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7:42 pm National Anthem by West Point Jewish Chapel Choir, under the
direction of First Class Cadet Jack Goldstein.
7:45 pm
Dinner Service started.
9:10 pm
Dinner Service completed.
9:10 pm
Prayer by Dr. Israel Goldstein.
9:12 pm
Introductory remarks by Mr. Willen.
9:14 pm
Mr. David Bernstein read messages from Prime Ministers of England,
Holland and Israel.
9:17 pm
Address by Mayor Robert F. Wagner.
9:22 pm
Address by Governor Thomas E. Dewey.
9:32 pm
Songs by West Point Jewish Chapel Choir.
9:35 pm
Address by Mr. Ralph E. Samual.
9:52 pm
Songs by Irving Berlin.
10:00 pm
Mr. Willen introduced Judge Edgar J. Nathan, Jr., who introduced
the President.
10:30 pm
President concluded his Address.
10:33 pm
Rev. Barrett R. Brisinen delivered the Benediction.
10:35 pm
President departed for his Suite on 7th Floor.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1954
8:55 am
The President left the Astor hotel and motored to the Roosevelt Hotel.
9:00 am
The President arrived at the Roosevelt Hotel and was greeted by
Governor Dewey and Senator Ives. They then proceeded to Room 1229.
9:13 am
The President left Room 1229 enroute to the Palm Room.
9:15 am
Arrived at the Palm Room. The President received Finance Group
headed by Jock Whitney and also workers at Senator Ives' Headquarters.
9:35 am
The President, accompanied by Governor Dewey and Senator Ives, departed
the Roosevelt Hotel and motored through New York City visiting the
following:
The George Washington Carver Houses
New Major Feegan Expressway in the Bronx
Medical and Surgical Building of the Manhattan State Hospital
on Wards Island
Farragut Houses in Brooklyn
Basic Sciences Building for the State University's College
of Medicine in Brooklyn
1:05 pm
The President arrived at the Valdorf-Astoria Hotel, where he
established headquarters.
2:00 pm
General Augustin Munoz-Grandes, Spanish Minister of the Army
Col. Lyman D. Bothwell, U. S. Army
(This appointment was arranged at the request of the Department
of Defense and the State Department)
2:30 pm
Mr. Charles E. Wilson, W. R. Grace & Company
Mr. D. C. Luce, Exec. Chairman, Light's Diamond Jubilee Committee
(Mr. Wilson and Mr. Luce presented the Light's Diamond Jubilee
Desk Plaque to the President)
3:00 pm
Mr. Marty Snyder, Boneless Turkey Company
3:30 pm
Hon. Clifford Case, Candidate for Senator from New Jersey
Mr. Fred E. Shepard, Congressional Candidate from New Jersey
7:10 pm
His Eminence Cardinal Spellman arrived at the Presidential Suite.
7:20 pm
The President and Cardinal Spellman left the Suite and went to the
Jade Room on the 3rd Floor.
7:23 pm
Arrived at the Jade Room and group picture was taken with the President,
Cardinal Spellman, Governor Dewey, Mayor Wagner and Charles Silver.
7:30 pm
Left the Jade Room.
7:30 pm
Arrived Basildon Room.
to
8:05 pm
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8:05 pm The President, excorted by Cardinal Spellman, departed the Basildon
Room for the Grand Ballroom.
8:07 pm Arrived Grand Ballroom.
8:10 pm Invocation by Cardinal Spellman.
8:12 pm
National Anthem.
8:15 pm
Dinner Service started.
9:30 pm
Dinner Service completed.
9:30 pm Address by Charles Silver.
9:40 pm Address by Mayor Robert F. Wagner.
9:48 pm
Mimi Benzell, Concert Star.
9:59 pm Address by Governor Thomas E. Dewey.
10:12 pm Address by His Eminence Cardinal Spellman, who introduced the President.
to
10:30 pm
10:30 pm
Address by the President.
11:00 pm President concluded his Address.
11:05 pm The President left the Grand Ballroom and went to the Presidential
Suite, where he remained overnight.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1954
6:30 am
The President departed the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and motored to
LaGuardia Field.
6:55 am
The President arrived at Marine Terminal, LaGuardia Field.
7:00 am
Airborne for Washington, D. C.
8:05 am
Arrived MATS Terminal, Washington, D. C.
8:10 am
Departed MATS Terminal and motored to the White House.
8:25 am
Arrived at the White House.
9:00 am
National Security Council
Hon. Herbert Hoover, Jr., Acting Secretary of State
Hon. Robert T. Stevens, Acting Secretary of Defense
Hon. Glen Lloyd, Acting Director, Foreign Operations Adm.
Hon. Arthur 3. Flenming, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. William P. Rogers, for the Attorney General
Hon. Howland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Hon. Arthur F. Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Charles S. Thomas, Secretary of the Navy
Hon. Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force
Hon. Donald A. Guarles, Assistant Secretary of Defense
Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, Chief of Staff, U. S. Army
Adm. Robert B. Carney, Chief of Naval Operations
Gen. Nathan II. Twining, Chief of Staff, U. S. Air Force
Gen. L. H. Shepherd, Jr., Commandant, U. S. Marine Corps
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence
.
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Col. Andrew J. Goodpaster, White House Staff Secretary
Hon. Walter S. Robertson, Assistant Secretary of State
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
11:45 am
(Hon. Allen Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence) OFF THE RECORD
12:00
Hon. Arthur 3. Flemming, Director, 0. D. M.
(The President wrote Dr. Flemming he wanted to see him soon
after his return to Washington)
12:20 pm
(Hon. Arthur S. Summerfield, The Postmaster General)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Charles R. Hook, Jr., Deputy Postmaster General)
1:00 pm
(Hon. Paul Hoffman had Luncheon OFF THE RECORD with the President)
4:20 pm
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, former Director, Bureau of the Budget
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1954
8:45 am (Hon. Herbert Hoover, Jr., Acting Secretary of State)
(Mr. James R. Gardner, Intelligence, State Department) OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. T. Achilles Polyzoides, Intelligence, State Dept.)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
9:00 am Mr. Walter Sundlun, Republican Nominee for the Senate from Rhode Island
(Hon. Jack Martin)
(Came in to pay his respects - photograph was taken)
9:30 am The President received the members of the United States Committee for
the United Nations.
(The President was asked to see this group in order to keynote
observance Sunday, October 24th, as United Nations Day)
The following were present:
BAILEY, Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd, U.S. Committee for the UN, Wash., D.C.
BALBACH, Mr. Louis, U.S. Committee for the UN, wash., D. C.
BLAUSTEIN, Mr. Jacob, American Production & Trading, Baltimore
BROWN, Mr. Thad, V.P., National Association of Radio and
Television Broadcasters, 1771 N St., N. W., Washington, D. C.
COOK, Mr. Howard, Division of Public Services, Dept. of State
CURTIS, Mr. Harold L., Shell Oil Company, 50 West 50th St.,
New York City
EVANS, Mrs. Austin, American Association of University Women,
445 Riverside Drive, New York City
FIELD, Mr. Marshall, Jr., 211 Wacker Drive, Chicago 6, Illinois
FINLETTER, Mr. Thomas K., 488 Madison Ave., New York City
FLINN, Mr. W. G., American Association of Machinists, 9th
and Mt. Vernon Place, Washington, D. C.
FREDERICK, Mr. Frank, 50 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts
GECHAS, Miss Olga B., U. S. Committee for the UN, Wash., D.C.
GOLDBERG, Dr. Maurice
HEINZ, Mr. Henry II, H. J. Heinz Co., 1062 Progress St.,
Pittsburgh 30, Pennsylvania
HICKOK, Mr. Ray T., Hickok Manufacturing Co., Inc., 850 St.
Paul St., Rochester 1, New York
HILTON, Mr. Conrad, 9970 Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills, Calif.
HOFFMAN, Mr. Paul, The Studebaker Corp, 4530 Loma Vista Ave.,
Los Angeles, California
Hoxter, Mr. Curtis, American Machine & Foundry Co., 261 Madison
Ave., New York City
JANSSON, Mrs. Kathryn, American Association for the United
Nations, 1420 New York Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C.
JOHANSEN, Mr. Paul, Director, UN Information Office, 2000
Massachusetts Ave., N. W., washington, D. C.
KATZ, Mr. Milton, 914 E. Green St., Pasadena, California
KEY, Mr. David McK., Assistant Secretary of State, Wash., D. C.
LARMON, Mr. Sigurd S., 285 Madison Ave., New York City
LOCKWOOD, Mrs. Warren
LEONARD, Mrs. Robert F., League of Women Voters, 1026 - 17th
Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1954
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9:30 am United States Committee for the United Nations (Continued)
MALLON, Mr. H. Neil, President, Dresser Industries, Dallas, Texas
McDONNELL, Mr. J. S., President, McDonnell Aircraft Corp, St.
Louis, Missouri
MASON, Mrs. William T., President, National Council of Negro Women,
1318 Vermont Ave., N. V., Washington, D. C.
McILVAINE, Mr. Robinson, Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of
State for Public Affairs, Wash., D. C.
McLAUGHLIN, Mr. Robert, Public Utilities Commission, District
Building, Washington, D. C.
MINTENER, Hon. Bradshaw, Department of Health, Education & Welfare,
4515 Dexter St., N. W., Washington, D. C.
MOORE, Mr. Hugh, Chmn of the Board, Dixie Cup Co., Laston, Pa.
MORRIS, Mr. Edgar, Chairman, Washington UN Day Committee, 4001
Linnean Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C.
PARKER, Mr. Joseph, National Grange, 744 Jackson Place, Wash., D. C.
PATTERSON, Mr. Morehead, Chairman, U. S. Committee for the UN,
American Machine & Foundry Co., 261 Madison Ave., N.Y.C.
PRENTIS, Mr. H. W., Jr., Chairman, Armstrong Cork Co., Lancaster, Pa.
REID, Dr. Robert H., National Education Association, 1201 - 16th St.,
Washington, D. C.
ROCKEFELLER, Mr. John D., III, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City
SAYMON, Miss Eleanor, Division of Public Services, Dept of State
SCHIFF, Mr. Philip, National Jewish Welfare Board, 1637 Mass. Ave.,
Washington, D. C.
SCHMIDT, Mr. Adolph N., V.P., T. Mellon & Sons, 525 William Penn
Place, Pittsburgh 30, Pennsylvania
SCOTT, Mr. Edgar, Montgomery & Scott, Fidelity, Philadelphia Trust
Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
SIBLEY, Mr. Harper, Hiram Sibley Bldg., Rochester, New York
STEINKRAUS, Mr. Herman, 30 Grand St., Bridgeport 2, Connecticut
STOREY, Mr. R. G., President, Southwestern Legal Foundation,
Dallas, Texas
SWEETSER, Mr. Arthur, 3060 Garrison Place, N. W., Washington, D. C.
TALTON, Mrs. Roland, U. S. Committee for the UN, Wash., D. C.
TURCK, Mr. Fenton B., President, F. B. Turck & Co., 10 Rockefeller
Plaza, New York City
WHEELOCK, Mr. Ward, Chairman of the Board, Ward Wheelock Co., Lincoln-
Liberty Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa.
WHITE, Mr. Frank X., American Machine & Foundry, 261 Madison Ave.,
New York, New York
WHITNEY, Mr. George, 23 Wall Street, New York 8, New York
WOODS, Mrs. Helen, 1248 - 30th St., N. W., Washington, D. C.
YOUNG, Mrs. William Harvey, Camp Fire Girls, 2817 - 31st St., N.W.,
Washington, D. C.
ZECKENDORF, Mr. William, 383 Madison Ave., New York City
10:20 am The President departed the White House and motored to his farm at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Enroute he stopped at the Pennsylvania
Monument on Gettysburg Battlefield and said a few words of greeting
to the people assembled there.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1954
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1:00 pm The President was host at an outdoor luncheon at his farm at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, for Lt. Governor Lloyd H. Wood,
Republican Candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania and other
Republican candidates in the State.
Following the Luncheon, the President departed for Camp David,
Maryland, where he spent the week-end.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1954
AT CAMP DAVID, MARYLAND
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1954
9:25 am
(The President arrived at the White House, after spending the
week-end at Camp David, Maryland)
9:30 am
(Mr. Aksel Nielsen, Denver, Colorado) OFF THE RECORD
10:15 am
Hon. John L. Tappin, American Ambassador to Libya
(Newly appointed and asked, thru Protocol, to pay respects before
departing for new post.)
10:30 am
The Earl of Wemyss and March, Chairman of the Council, National
Trust for Scotland
H.E. Sir Roger Makins, the British Ambassador
Appointment arranged at the request of Sir Alan Lascelles. Lord
Wemyss and Lady Wemyss are the guest of Mr. David Finley while
visiting in Washington)
11:00 am
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
(Usual Monday appointment)
11:40 am
The President left for the Airport to meet the Secretary of State.
12:30 pm
The President returned to the White House.
12:45 pm
Mr. John Thomas, Republican Candidate for the House of Representatives,
from State of Illinois
Dr. Charmentz Lenhart, Republican Candidate for the House of
Representatives from Fredericksburg, Virginia
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:00 pm
Mr. John Pillsbury, of Minneapolis, Minn.
2:14 pm
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
(Usual Monday appointment)
6:30 pm
The Members of the Cabinet arrived at the White House and gathered in
the Conference Room.
7:00 pm
Cabinet Meeting
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Hon. Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
MONDAY, october 25, 1954
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7:00 p.m.
Cabinet Meeting (Continued)
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., The Ambassador to the UN
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Herbert Hoover, Jr., Under Secretary of State
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
The following were absent: The Vice President
The Director of F. O. A.
10:10 p.m.
The President departed for the Mayflower Hotel where he attended
the Eleventh Annual Dinner of the National Security Industrial
Association. The President received the James Forrestal Memorial
Award.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1954
9:00 am Hon. Theodore C. Streibert, Director, U. S. Information Agency
Hon. Abbott Washburn, Assistant Director
(This is Mr. Streibert's regular time to report to the President
last Tuesday of each month)
9:30 am Dr. Elmer Hess, President-Elect, American Medical Association
(Dr. Hess asked for this appointment at the suggested of the Surgeon
General of the Army and Governor Craig of Indiana, to present his
ideas on medical care of lower income group)
10:00 am General Stanislaw Maczek, former Commander of First Polish Armoured
Division
Biddle, Brig. Gen. Drexel, former Ambassador to Poland
Gierat, Major Stanislaw, National Commander, 2nd World War Veterans
of the Polish Armed Forces in Exile
ILINSKI, Colonel Janusz
Krzynowski, Mr. Jan, General Secretary, 2nd World War Veterans of
the Polish Armed Forces in Exile
Mark, Mr. George, Past Commander of the Polish Legion of American
Veterans
Michalowski, Attorney Leo
Pomierski, K. Stefan, President Emeritus, American Order of General
Pulaski
Spychalski, Mr. Louis, Present National Commander, Polish Legion of
American Veterans
(Appointment arranged at the suggestion of Cong. Antoni Sadlak, Conn.)
10:30 am Senator Charles E. Potter, Michigan
10:55 am The President left for the Executive Office Building, where he said
a few words of greeting to the Conference of National Women's Advisory
Committee, meeting in the Treaty Room.
11:45 am Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Clarence Francis
Hon. James M. Lambie
(Arranged by Dr. Hauge)
12:45 pm (Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Briefed the President on N. S. C.)
1:00 pm (LUNCH)
2:15 pm (Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Frieder) OFF THE RECORD
2:30 pm (Hon. Allen Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence) OFF THE RECORD
2:45 pm National Security Council
(Special one hour meeting)
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1954
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2:45 pm National Security Council
Hon. Herbert Hoover, Jr., Under Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Glen Lloyd, Acting Director, Foreign Operations Adm.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. William F. Tompkins, for the Attorney General
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Hon. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Arthur F. Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
Hon. Robert T. Stevens, Secretary of the Army
Hon. Albert Pratt, Acting Secretary of the Navy
Hon. Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force
Adm. Arthur W: Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, Chief of Staff, U. S. Army
Adm. Robert B. Carney, Chief of Naval Operations
Gen. Nathan H. Twining, Chief of Staff, U. S. Air Force
Gen. R. McC. Pate, for the Commandant, U. S. Marine Corps
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Col. Andrew J. Goodpaster, White House Staff Secretary
Hon. Bryce Harlow, Administrative Assistant to the President
Hon. Theodore C. Streibert, Director, U. S. I. A.
Hon James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
Hon S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1954
9:00 am Mr. Nathan Cummings, Chairman of the Board, Consolidated Grocers
Corporation, Chicago, Illinois.
(Spent three months recently in Europe, and wrote and asked if
he might come in and tell the President about his trip)
(Dr. Hauge sat in on the appointment)
10:00 am (Mr. Hagerty)
10:30 am Press Conference
11:15 am
(Mr. Fred G. Gurley, President, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe)
(Mr. William T. Faricy, President, American Ass'n. of Railroads)
OFF THE RECORD
11:45 am (Hon. Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee) OFF RECORD
12:00
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Herbert Hoover, Jr., Under Secretary of State
(Arranged at the request of Secretary Dulles)
12:45 pm Hon. Edward T. Wailes, American Ambassador to the Union of South Africa
(Newly appointed and wishes to call on the President before
departure for post.)
1:00 pm (Mr. William Paley had Luncheon with the President) OFF THE RECORD
2:30 pm (Admiral Lewis Strauss, Chairman, A. E. C.) OFF THE RECORD
3:00 pm (Mr. Harlow Herbert Curtice, President, General Motors)
OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Harlow)
7:30 pm The President gave a Stag Dinner for a group of business men and
government officials in order to discuss the Heritage Foundation's
campaign for a Crusade for Freedom. The following were present:
ABRAMS, Frank W., Former Chairman of the Board, Standard Oil
Co. of New Jersey
BALABAN, Barney, President, Paramount Pictures Corp, New York
BLACK, James B., President, Pacific Gas & Electric Co., San Fran.
BROPHY, Thomas D'Arcy, President, American Heritage Foundation, N.Y.
CLARK, Paul F., President, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
Co., Boston
COOK, Everett R. (Brig. Gen.) President, Cook & Co., Inc. (Cotton)
Memphis, Tennessee
CORDINER, Ralph J., President, General Electric Co., New York
COX, Charles R., President, Kennecott Copper Corp, New York
CRAIG, Cleo F., President, American Telephone & Telegraph Co, NY
CRAWFORD, Frederick C., Chmn.Bd., Thompson Products, Inc., Cleveland
CURTICE, Harlow H., President, General Motors Corp., Detroit
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1954
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7:30 pm American Heritage Foundation Dinner (Continued)
CUTLER, Robert, Special Assistant to the President
DIAL, Morse G., President, Union Carbide & Carbon Corp., NY
DULLES, Allen V., Director of Central Intelligence
FAIRLESS, Benjamin F., Chmn.Bd. of Dirs., U. S. Steel Corp.,
Pittsburgh
FORD, Henry, II, President, Ford Motor Co., Dearborn
GREENE, William H., National Chan., Crusade for Freedom, NY
GOODPASTER, Andrew J. (Col.), Staff Secretary to the President
GREENEWALT, Crawford H., President, E. I. duPont dellemours & Co.,
Wilmington
GREW, Joseph C. (Amb), Retired
gurley, Fred G,, President, The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railway System, Chicago
HOLMAN, Eugene, Chan, Bd., Standard Oil Co. of N.J., NY
JACKSON, C. D., V.Pres., Time, Inc., New York
JACKSON, William H., Partner, J.H. Whitney & Co., New York
LANG, Robert A., Dir., Radio Free Europe, New York
LINCOLN, Leroy A., Chmn, 3d., Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., NY
McBEAN, Atholl, Chmn.Bd., Gladding, McBean & Co., San Francisco
McCLOY, John J., Chmn., Bd. of Dirs., The Chase National Bank, NY
MEANY, George, President, American Federation of Labor, Wash., D. C.
MELLON, Richard K., President, T. Mellon & Sons, Pittsburgh
NEWSOM, E. Earl, Member of Bd., American Heritage Foundation, NY
NOVINS, Louis A., Exec. V.Pres., American Meritage Foundation, NY
CLDS, Irving S., Partner, White & Case, New York
PAGE, Arthur W., Member of Bd., Free Europe Committee, Inc., and
American Heritage Foundation, New York
PALEY, William S., Chairman of the Board, Columbia Broadcasting
System, New York
PETERSEN, T. S., President, Standard Oil Co. of Calif., San Francisco
PRICE, Gwilym A., President, Westinghouse Electric Corp, Pittsburgh
SHEPARDSON, whitney H., President, Free Europe Com., Inc., New York
SHEPERD, Howard, Chmn,Bd., The National City Bank of New York
SMITH, W. Bedell, V. Chmn, of Bd. of Dirs., American Machine &
Foundry Co., Wash.
THOMAS, Edwin J., President, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron
WEINBERG, Sidney J., Partner, Goldman, Sachs & Co., New York
WHITNEY, John Hay, Sr. Partner, J. H. Whitney & Co., New York
WILSON, Charles E., Chmn. of Exec. Com., W. R. Grace & Co., New York
WILSON, Robert E., Chmn.Bd., Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, Chicago
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, october 28, 1954
8:30 am
National Security Council
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Glen Lloyd, Acting Director, F. 0. A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Rowland R. Hughes, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. Robert T. Stevens, Secretary of the Army
Hon. Thomas S. Gates, Acting Secretary of the Navy
Hon. James H. Douglas, Acting Secretary of the Air Force
Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, Chief of Staff of the Army
Adm. Robert Carney, Chief of Naval Operations
Gen. Thomas D. White, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Force
Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., Commandant, U. S. Marine Corps
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Col. Andrew J. Goodpaster, White House Staff Secretary
Hon. Bryce Harlow, Administrative Assistant to the President
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
11:15 am
The President's Advisory Committee on a National Highway Program
General Lucius Clay, Chairman
Mr. Stephen D. Bechtel
Mr. David Beck
Mr. S. Sloan Colt
Mr. William A. Roberts
11:45 am Admiral William M. Fechteler, Commander in Chief, Allied Forces,
Southern Europe
(Arranged by General Cutler)
12:00
Hon. William Aiken, M.P.
(Hon. John F. Simmons)
(Mr. Aiken is also General Manager of the Daily Express, and
a nephew of Lord Beaverbrook)
12:30 pm H.E. The Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr.
Konrad Adenauer
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Heinz L. Krekeler, The Charge d'Affaires of the Federal Republic
of Germany
Hon. Hans von Herwarth, Chief of Protocol of the Federal Republic of
Germany
Hon. Valter Hallstein, the State Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the
Federal Republic of Germany
Hon. James B. Conant, American Ambassador to the Federal Republic of
Germany
(Regular half-hour official appointment before Luncheon)
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1954
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1:00 pm The President gave a Stag Luncheon for H. E. The Chancellor of the
Federal Republic of Germany. The following were present:
H.E. The Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr.
Konrad Adenauer
The Honorable The State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the
Federal Republic of Germany, Walter Hallstein
H.E. The Charge d'Affaires of the Federal Republic of Germany,
Dr. Heinz L. Krekeler
The Honorable Hans von Herwarth, Chief of Protocol of the
Federal Republic of Germany
The Honorable Albrecht von Kessel, Counselor of Diplomatic
Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Sen. Theodore Francis Green, Rhode Island
Sen. H. Alexander Smith, New Jersey
Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J. C. S.
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, A. E. C.
Hon. Robert D. Murphy, Deputy Under Secretary of State
Hon. Douglas MacArthur, 2nd, Counsel, Dept. of State
Hon. James B. Conant, American Ambassador to the Federal
Republic of Germany
Hon. Robert Cutler
Mr. C. Burke Elbrick, Dept. of State
Mr. Cecil B. Lyon, Dept. of State
7:55
pm The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left for the Statler Hotel, where
they attended the Eisenhower Day Dinner given under the auspices of
the Citizens for Eisenhower Congressional Committee for the District
of Columbia. The President spoke at 9:30 p.m. over a nation-wide
Radio and TV hook-up.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1954
7:05 am
The President departed the White House and motored to Washington
National Airport.
7:25 am Airborne for Cleveland, Ohio; The following were members of the
Presidential Party:
Gen. Howard McC. Snyder
Hon. Thomas E. Stephens
Hon. James C. Hagerty
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Gerald D. Morgan
Col. William G. Draper
Secret Service Agents
9:00 am Arrived Cleveland, Ohio.
10:00 am Airborne for Detroit, Michigan.
10:55 am
Arrived Detroit, Michigan.
EST
1:00 pm
Airborne for Louisville, Kentucky.
CST
1:45 pm
Arrived Louisville, Kentucky.
The President met the following members of the Class of 1915 at
West Point:
R. B. Lorch
C. S. Ritchell
J. M. Hayse
CST
2:45 pm
Airborne for Wilmington, Delaware.
EST
6:00 pm
Arrived Wilmington, Delaware.
7:00 pm
Airborne for Washington, D. C.
7:40 pm
Arrived MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport.
8:00 pm
Arrived at the White House.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1954
9:00 am Hon. Loy W. Henderson, American Ambassador to Iran
(Requested this, thru Protocol, before returning to his post.)
9:45 am (Mr. James Black) OFF THE RECORD
10:00 am The President received the Members of the Eclat Club.
(This is informal organization of surgical and medical officer
veterans of World War I, organized shortly after 1918 Armistice,
at Neufchateau, France. Original membership numbered 45 - no
additional members have been elected. All served in France.
Arranged at suggestion of General Snyder & Jack Martin)
The following were present:
Dr. Fordyce B. St. John, 180 Fort Washington, Ave., NY 32, N.Y. (Pres.)
Dr. De Forrest P. Willard, Sea Island, Georgia (Secretary)
Dr. Fred W. Bailey, 1147 - 16th Ave., N., St. Petersburg, Florida
Dr. Stanhope Bayne-Jones, 3227 Reservoir Rd., N.W., Wash. 7, D. C.
Dr. Richard Derby, 209 South St., Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York
Dr. Frank D. Dickson, 4312 Mill Creek Parkway, Kansas City, Missouri
Dr. William A. Fisher, 20 Blythewood Rd., Baltimore 10, Maryland
Dr. Harry H. Kerr, 1302 - 18th St., N.W., Wash. 6, D. C.
Dr. Edward J. McCague, Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh 19, Pa.
Dr. Robert T. Miller, Lake Wale, Florida
Dr. Charles C. Mixter, 120 Codman Road, Brookline, Massachusetts
Dr. Maurice C. Pincoffs, University Hospital, Baltimore 1, Md.
Dr. Arthur M. Shipley, 507 Edgevale Rd., Baltimore 10, Maryland
Dr. Harvey B. Stone, 18 W. Franklin St., Baltimore 1, Maryland
Dr. Russell M. Wilder, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
10:30 am Hon. Arthur Flemming, Director, O.D.M.
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
(This is regular appointment for Dr. Flemming, usually held on
Monday. For a while he will report to the President at two
week intervals instead of three.)
11:00 - Hon. Walter M. Bastian, Circuit Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals of
the District of Columbia Circuit
(Asked if he might call and thank the President for his appointment
to this Court.)
11:30 - The President will receive a group of young farmers from India and Pakistan
(They have been in this country sharing farm life in rural America
under International Farm Youth program. In exchange several U. S.
farm boys have gone to India and Pakistan. This appointment
requested by Department of Agriculture with approval of the State
Department) The following were present:
Hon. George Allen, American Ambassador to India
H.E. Mr. G. L. Mehta, Ambassador of India
Mr. Muni Lal, Director of Information Services, Embassy of India
Mr. R. K. Kapur, Educational Attache, Embassy of India
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1954
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11:30 am Young Farmers from India and Pakistan (Continued)
H.E. Syed Amjad Ali, Ambassador of Pakistan
Mr. S. G. Khaliq, Cultural and Educational Attache, Embassy of Pakistan
Mr. Norman C. Mindrum, Executive Director, National 4-H Club
Foundation
Mr. C. G. Gaylord, Regional Leader, International Farm Youth Exchange,
National 4-H Club Foundation
Mr. Everett E. Bierman, Information Officer, National 4-H Club
Foundation
Hon. C. M. Ferguson, Administrator, Federal Extension Service,
U. S. Department of Agriculture
FROM INDIA:
T. J. ABRAHAM, Travencore-Cochin
Tirath Ram ARORA, Delhi
Satyendra Nath BHARGAVA, Uttar Pradesh
Baldev Raj CHAWLA, Delhi and Madhya Bharat
Gyandendra Singh DEV, Vindhya Pradesh
Krishan DOGRA, Bhopal
Udaysing GAIKWAD, Bombay
Kumud Ranjan CHOSH, West Bengal
Shive GOWDA, Mysore
Krishhaji HINDALGEKAR, Bombay
Anil JHAVERI, Bombay
Prem KAPOOR, East Punjab
Tapeshwar Singh KASHYAP, Pepsu
Shiv Narain MATHUR, Ajmer
Padmaker MOHARIKER, Madhya Pradesh
Jitendra Nath Singh PARMAR, Uttar Pradesh
Venkateswara RAO, Andhra
Surendar REDDY, Hyderabad
Sudhakar REDDY, Hyderabad
Inder Nath REKHI, East Punjab
Gokulananda SATAPATHY, Orissa
Jai DEV SHARMA, Rajasthan
K. Rana Bahadur SINGH, Vindhya Pradesh
Virenda SINGH, Rajasthan
S. K. SWAMI, Madras
FROM PAKISTAN:
Kazi Romanuddin AHAMED, East Bengal
Ahsan Uddin AHMED, East Bengal
Humayun AKHTAR, West Punjab
K. Asif ALI, West Punjab
A.F.M. Abdur Rahman CHOWDHURY, East Bengal
Mir Khair Mohd Khan JAMALI, Baluchistan
Saifuddin JATOI, Sind
Sardar Khalid OMAR, West Punjab
Habib Ur RAHMAN, Northwest Frontier
11:40 am The President spoke long distance to the following and asked them to
in turn call ten more people:
Mrs. Frederick Saye, cook for Pi Beta Phi sorority at Bradley
University, Peoria, Illinois
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1954
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11:40 am Long Distance Phone Calls (Continued)
Miss Betty Miller, 526 Forty-first St., Oakland, California,
Secretary, presently unemployed
Miss Elaine Anderson, 317 Nevada St., El Monte, California,
retired school teacher
G. W. Honeycutt, Route 1, Clemmons, North Carolina, farmer
Miss Georgia H. Burton, 1111 Burlingame Ave., Detroit, Michigan
secretary
Mrs. Kenneth Dyson, 2205 North Hancock St., Odessa, Texas, Sunday
School teacher and housewife
Mrs. T. Rosser Roemer, 2503 Forest Park Blvd, St. Louis, Missouri
widow
Grover S. Slayter, 1187 Chambers St., Eugene, Oregon, clothing
store manager
Charles C. Chopp, 1098 Forest Cliff Drive, Cleveland, Ohio, retired
Mrs. Frances Tyahla, 116 East Amidon St., Summit Hill, Pa., nurse
(The above phone calls were arranged at the request of
Gov. Adams and Mr. Bob Humphreys)
12:00
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Herbert Hoover, Jr., Under Secretary of State
Hon. Livingston T. Merchant, Assistant Secretary of State
(45 minute appointment: arranged by Mr. Hagerty)
1:00 pm (LUNCH)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1954
11:00 am The President and Mrs. Eisenhower attended the eleven o'clock
Service at St. John's Episcopal Church on Lafayette Square.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1954
9:05 am (Hon. Harold Stassen, Director, F. O. A.) OFF THE RECORD
10:00 am (Mr. Alex Makinsky) OFF THE RECORD
(Col. Schulz brought Mr. Makinsky in to meet the President)
11:00 am Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
(Usual Monday appointment)
11:30 am Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Under Secretary of Defense
Hon. Carter Burgess, Assistant Secretary of Defense
(This is usual Monday appointment for the Secretary of Defense)
12:15 pm The following joined the 11:30 group in the President's office:
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Adm. Robert B. Carney, Chief of Naval Operations
Hon. Robert Cutler
1:00 pm (LUNCH)
2:00 pm Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Nelson Rockefeller, Under Secretary of H. E. W.
Hon. Sherman Adams
8:35 pm The President and Mrs. Eisenhower departed the White House and
motored to Station WTOP, CBS.
9:00 pm The President participated in an Election Eve Radio and TV program.
to
9:30 pm
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1954
8:30 am (Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Hon. James Lay)
(Briefed the President on N. S. C.)
9:00 am Mr. Ward M. Canaday, President, the Overland Corporation, Toledo, Ohio
(Mr. Canaday asked if he might come in and tell the President
about his recent trip to Europe, especially, Turkey, Greece
and Italy.)
9:30 am (Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce) OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Arranged by Governor Adams)
10:30 am National Security Council
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F.O.A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O.D.M.
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Hugh M. Hilton, II, for the Secretary of the Army
Hon. Thomas S. Gates, Acting Secretary of the Navy
Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, Chief of Staff of the Army
Adm. Robert B. Carney, Chief of Naval Operations
Gen. Thomas D. White, for the Chief of Staff of the Air Force
Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., Commandant, U. S. Marine Corps
Gen. C. P. Cabell, Acting Director of Central Intelligence
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Col. Andrew J. Goodpaster, White House Staff Secretary
Hon. Bryce Harlow, Administrative Assistant to the President
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, N.S.C.
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, N.S.C.
12:30 pm
(LUNCH)
4:00 pm Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J. C. S.
Admiral Robert B. Carney, Chief of Naval Operations
6:30 pm The President departed the White House and motored to the Cafritz
Building where he visited the Republican National Committee's
headquarters.
The President left the Cafritz and returned to the White House to
pick up Mrs. Eisenhower. The President and Mrs. Eisenhower then
motored to the home of The Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs.
Humphrey, where they remained for dinner.
NOVEMBER 2, 1954
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The President and Mrs. Eisenhower departed the Humphreys' Residence
and motored to the Mayflower Hotel, where they visited the
Citizens for Eisenhower Congressional Committee meeting in the
Williamsburg Room.
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower then left the Mayflower and motored
to the Sheraton-Park Hotel, where they visited the Secretary of
Defense and Mrs. Wilson.
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower returned to the White House.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1954
9:00 am
H.E. Jacques Leger, the Ambassador of Haiti
(Hon. John Simmons)
(The Ambassador asked, thru State Department, if he might
call on the President and thank him personally for the
help sent to Haiti by United States during Hurricane Hazel)
9:30 am
Hon. Gerald A. Drew, American Ambassador to Bolivia
(Newly appointed and asked, thru Protocol, to pay respects
to the President before departure for post)
10:00 am
(Mr. Hagerty)
10:30 am
Press Conference
11:15 am
Senator Jose P. Laurel, of the Philippines
The Charge d'Affaires ad interim of the Philippine Embassy
(Hon. John Simmons)
(Senator Laurel is now in United States as head of Philippine
Mission to negotiate revision of 1946 U.S.-Philippine Agree-
ment on Trade and Related Matters. Appointed by President
Magsaysay as Chief Negotiator on Trade and has a letter from
his President to deliver to President Eisenhower)
11:30 am
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Herbert Hoover, Jr., the Under Secretary of State
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Arranged by Gen. Cutler - one-half hour appointment)
12:00
General J. Lawton Collins, USA, United States Representative,
Military Committee and Standing Group, NATO
(Gen. Collins called yesterday to ask if he might see the
President before leaving on a trip)
12:30 pm
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J.C.S.
Gen. J. Lawton Collins, USA, U. S. Representative
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
3:45 pm
(Hon. Allen Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence)
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Col. Andrew Goodpaster)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1954
8:30 am Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
9:00 am H.E. Pote Sarasin, the Ambassador of Thailand
General Phao Siyanon, Director General of Police of Thailand
Wing Commander Siddi Sawet Sila, Aide to General Phao
(Mr. Charles Spruks, of Division of Protocol)
(Under Secretary of State Hoover requested that the President
see General Phao, stating the General is most important in
the political stability of Thailand and that many feel he is
the future cornerstone of Thailand's security.)
9:30 am National Security Council
(Meeting held in TV room of the White House)
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F. O. A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Percival Brundage, Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Val Peterson, Administrator, F. C. D. A.
Hon. Theodore Streibert, Director, U. S. I. A.
Hon. Herbert Hoover, Jr., Under Secretary of State
Hon. Robert Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. Robert T. Stevens, Secretary of the Army
Hon. Thomas S. Gates, Acting Secretary of the Navy
Hon. Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force
Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gen. C. L. Bolte, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army
Adm. Robert B. Carney, Chief of Naval Operations
Gen. Nathan F. Twining, Chief of Staff of the Air Force
Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., Commandant, U. S. Marine Corps
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence
Hon. Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Hon. Wilton B. Persons, Deputy Assistant to the President
Col. Andrew J. Goodpaster, White House Staff Secretary
Hon. Bryce Harlow, Administrative Assistant to the President
Commander Edward L. Beach, Naval Aide to the President
Hon. J. Patrick Coyne, NSC Internal Security Representative
Robert R. Bowie, State Department Member
Brig. Gen. C. H. Bonesteel, III, USA, Defense Member
H. Chapman Rose, Treasury Department Member
William Y. Elliott, ODM Member
Maj. Gen. John K. Gerhart, USAF, JCS Adviser
Robert Amory, Jr., CIA Adviser
Ralph W. E. Reid, Bureau of the Budget Member
William F. Tompkins, Justice Department Observer
Roy B. Snapp, AEC Observer
Ralph E. Spear, FCDA Observer
Elmer Staats, OCB
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1954
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9:30 am National Security Council (Continued)
Hon. J. Edgar Hoover, Chairman, IIC
Hon. J. Walter Yeagley, Chairman, ICIS
Rear Adm. Thomas H. Robbins, Jr., Director of the Staff
Lt. Gen. Harold Bull, Alternate, CIA
Dr. Ray S. Cline, Alternate Member, CIA
George Weber, Executive Secretary for Subcommittee
Commander Cooper B. Bright, USN
Col. Stuart M. Alley, USA
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary
1:00 pm (LUNCH)
2:00 pm Mr. Morehead Patterson
Mr. Gerard Smith, Consultant to the Secretary of State
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Arranged by Governor Adams)
2:30 pm Hon. James Murphy, Citizens for Eisenhower Congressional Committee
Mrs. Barbara Gunderson, Citizens for Eisenhower Congressional Committee
2:45 pm Mr. Robert Guggenheim
4:30 pm H.M. The Queen Mother arrived at the White House
8:00 pm The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave a dinner at the White House
for H.M. The Queen Mother.
A musicale was given in the East Room following the dinner.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1954
8:00 am The following had Breakfast with the President:
Senator William F. Knowland, California
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
9:35 am (Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury) OFF THE RECORD
10:00 am Cabinet Meeting
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Hon. Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director, F. 0. A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, 0. D. M.
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
Hon. Arthur Minnich
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. was absent.
12:45 pm The President signed the Instrument of Ratification of the Universal
Copyright Convention.
(Ceremony requested by the Department of State) The following
were present:
Cong. Kenneth B. Keating, New York
Mr. Alwyn V. Freeman, Consultant, Foreign Relations Com., U. S. Senate
Mrs. Joseph Bryson, c/o Cong. John L. McMillan
Miss Judy Bryson
ACHESON, Mr. Barclay, Readers Digest, Pleasantville, New York
ADAMS, Mr. Stanley, President, American Society of Composers,
Authors and Publishers, New York, New York
BAKER, Major Gen. Milton G., Superintendent, Valley Forge
Military Academy, Wayne, Pennsylvania
BLACK, Mr. Douglas M., Co-Chairman, National Committee for the
Universal Copyright Convention, New York, New York
BROWN, Mr. Ben H., Jr., Acting Assistant Secretary of State
CLAPP, Mr. Verner W., Chief Assistant, Library of Congress
DIXON, Mr. Roger C., Chief, Off. of Econ. Defense & Trade Policy,
State Department
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1954
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12:45 pm Ratification of the Universal Copyright Convention (Continued)
FINKELSTEIN, Herman, Am. Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers
FISHER, Arthur, Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress
FRASE, Robert W., Economic Consultant, Am. Book Publishers Council, Inc.
HANSON, Howard, President, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, N.Y.
HAVERLIN, Mr. Carl, President, Broadcast Music, Inc., New York, N.Y.
HERSEY, Mr. John, Southport, Connecticut
KALIJARVI, Thorsten, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
KAYE, Mr. Sydney M., New York, New York
KEOUGH, Mr. Austin C., Vice Pres., Paramount Pictures, New York, N.Y.
LACY, Mr. Dan, Managing Director, Am. Book Publishers Council, Inc.
LELAND, Waldo, Director, Emeritus, Am. Council of Learned Societies
McCULLOUGH, Max, UNESCO Relations Staff, Department of State
MARQUAND, John P., Cambridge, Massachusetts
MELCHAR, Frederic G., The R. R. Bowker Co., New York, New York
OESCHLE, Carl F., Deputy Asst. Secy for Domestic Affairs, Commerce Dept.
SARGOY, Edward A., New York, New York
SATENSTEIN, Sidney, President, Book Manufacturers Institute, N.Y., N.Y.
SCHULMAN, Mr. John, New York, New York
SMITH, Mr. Marshall M., Deputy Assistant Secretary for International
Affairs, Commerce Department
STOUT, Mr. Rex, President of Authors League, New York, N. Y.
TANNENBAUM, Mr. Samuel W., President, Copyright Society of the U. S.
TAYLOR, Mr. Deems, New York, New York
TEMPLE, Mr. Phillips, American Library Association, Georgetown
University Institute of Languages and Linguistics, Wash., D. C.
TOBIAS, Mr. Charles, President, Songwriters Protective Asso, N.Y., N.Y.
WASILEWSKI, Mr. Vincent, Chief Attorney for National Association of
Radio and Television Broadcasters, Washington, D. C.
WATT, Mr. James, Christian Science Committee on Publications, Wash., D.C.
WOUK, Mr. Herman, New York, New York
1:00 pm (LUNCH)
1:50 pm Senator Homer Ferguson, Michigan
2:00 pm Hon. Eric Johnston
Hon. C. D. Jackson
Col. Andrew J. Goodpaster
(Requested by Mr. Johnston, who is leaving shortly for Australia)
2:15 pm Senator John W. Bricker, Ohio
(Hon. Jack Martin)
(Arranged by Mr. Martin)
2:45 pm Hon. Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee
Hon. Bob Humphreys
Hon. James Bassett
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
H.M. The Queen Mother dined informally with the First Family.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1954
8:00 am The following had Breakfast with the President:
Senator Frederick Payne, Maine
Hon. Sherman Adams
9:00 am Hon. Robert F. Woodward, American Ambassador to Costa Rica
(Newly appointed and asked, thru Protocol, if he might call
on the President before departure for new post)
9:30 am Hon. Herbert Hoover, Jr., the Under Secretary of State
Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. Allen Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Robert Cutler
Col. Andrew J. Goodpaster
(Arranged by General Cutler)
10:15 am H.E. Senor Don Jose Maria Areilza, Count of Motrico, the Ambassador
of Spain
(Newly appointed - presented credentials)
12:15 pm (The President went over to the White House)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1954
11:00 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower attended the eleven o'clock
Service at the National Presbyterian Church
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1954
8:10 am The President departed the White House for MATS Terminal.
8:20 am Arrived MATS Terminal.
8:30 am Airborne Washington for Boston, Massachusetts. The following were
members of the Presidential Party:
The President
Maj. Gen. Howard McC. Snyder
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Murray Snyder
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
Chief U. E. Baughman
Mr. James Rowley
Mr. Dick Flohr
10:10 am Arrived Logan Airport, Boston, Massachusetts. The President was
greeted by the following:
Governor Christian A. Herter
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall
Mayor John B. Hynes of Boston
Rev. Joseph Donlan, Diocese Moderator
Mr. Patrick McDonald, President, Arch-Diocese, Council of Catholic Men
Dr. Cecilia McGovern, President, Arch-Diocese, Council of Catholic Women
The following had their picture taken with the President for the Greater
Boston Community Fund:
Senator Leverett Saltonstall
Hon. Robert Cutler
Mr. Theodore Chase, Current Chairman, United Community Services
Mr. A. H. Parker, Jr., Past Chairman, UCS
Mr. Philip Theopold, President, UCS
(Mr. Bob Keller, UCS Photographer)
(Mrs. Philip Theopold was also present but did not meet the President)
10:15 am Presidential Party departed Logan Airport enroute to the Boston
Symphony Hall.
10:45 am Arrived Boston Symphony Hall. The President was greeted by the following:
Archbishop Richard J. Cushing
Mrs. Kathleen L. Dalton, President, National Council of Catholic Women
Archbishop Cushing and Mrs. Dalton escorted the President to a Reception
Room, where he met ten Catholic Bishops and twenty-five officers of the
National Council of Catholic Women.
The President was then escorted to the Stage by Archbishop Cushing and
Mrs. Dalton.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1954
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10:58 am
Arrived on Stage.
Invocation by Archbishop Cushing.
Archbishop Cushing introduced Mrs. Dalton.
11:01 am
Mrs. Dalton introduced the President.
11:01
Address by the President.
11:25 am
President concluded his Address.
11:30 am
Presidential Party departed Boston Symphony Hall enroute to Gen.
George Patton's Statue and Logan Airport.
11:40 am
Arrived Statue of General George Patton.
12:05 pm
Arrived Logan Airport, Boston, Massachusetts
12:15 pm
Airborne Boston for Washington, D. C. Senator Leverett Saltonstall
accompanied the President and members of his Party on return flight
to Washington.
2:15 pm
Arrived MATS Terminal.
2:20 pm
Departed MATS Terminal enroute to Fort McNair.
2:40 pm
Arrived Fort McNair.
The President witnessed the unveiling of a portrait of Theodore
Roosevelt by Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, Mr. Roosevelt's daughter.
The portrait - a copy of the painting by de Laszlo - is a gift
to the Army War College from the Theodore Roosevelt Association.
November 8, 1954 was the fiftieth anniversary of Mr. Roosevelt's
election to the Presidency.
2:55 pm
Departed Fort McNair enroute to the White House.
3:05 pm
Arrived at the White House.
3:05 pm
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F. 0. A.
Hon. Eric Johnston
Mr. Peter Grace
8:05 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left the White House for the
British Embassy, where they attended a dinner in their honor,
given by H.M. The Queen Mother.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1954
9:00 am National Security Council
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. Herbert Hoover, Jr., for the Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F. 0. A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Herbert Brownell, Jr., The Attorney General
Hon. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Theodore C. Streibert, Director, U. S. I. A.
Hon. Stanley N. Barnes, Assistant Attorney General
Hon. Wilbur M. Brucker, Department of Defense
Hon. Thomas J. Donegan, Department of Justice
Gen. Nathan F. Twining, Acting Chairman, J. C. S.
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Col. Andrew J. Goodpaster, White House Staff Secretary
Hon. Bryce Harlow, Administrative Assistant to the President
Hon. J. Patrick Coyne, NSC Internal Security Representative
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, N.S.C.
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, N.S.C.
11:15 am The President received a representative group of persons who are to
receive their citizenship papers in the special, nation-wide
Naturalization Ceremonies to be held November 11th, Veterans' Day.
The following were present:
The Chief Justice
The Secretary of State
The Attorney General
Hon. Joseph M. Swing, Commissioner of Immigration & Naturalization
Applicants for Citizenship:
Stasys Baccaitis
Rufugio Garcia Burciaga
Ilene DeMartino
Gertrude Ernst
Jakub Fruchtengarten
Szyja Grodzicki
Trygve Hoel
Robert Innes
Dr. Hugo Maria Kellner (and wife)
Czeslaw Kozal
Ivan Mestrovic (and wife)
George Elias Papayannacos
Rudolf Petrak
Johannes Michael Schapper (and wife)
Paul Shirochensky (and wife)
Maimai Sze
Kenjiro Tanaka
Constantin Ivan Tanasescu
Paul Vermel
Jack Louis Walper
Robert Zemmers
William Frederik Zurdeeg
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1954
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11:15 am
(Continued)
From the Immigration and Naturalization Service:
Irving Appleman
Jack Keefe
Connie Castillo
Edward Morgan
Peter Ebert
Sidney Rawitz
James Freeman
Edward Rudnick
Abraham Gold
Louis Smith
Clifford Hobbins
Joe Staley
Edward A. Junghans
Luke White
11:55 am The President left for the Sheraton-Carlton Hotel, where he said a
few words of greeting to the members of the National Conference on
"The Spiritual Foundations of American Democracy."
(Requested by Dr. Elson and Dr. Lowry)
12:25 pm (Hon. John M. Allison, American Ambassador to Japan)
(Hon. Walter S. Robertson, Assistant Secretary of State)
OFF THE RECORD
12:30 pm
H.E. Shigeru Yoshida, the Prime Minister of Japan
H.E. Sadao Iguchi, the Ambassador of Japan
Hon. John M. Allison, American Ambassador to Japan
Hon. Walter S. Robertson, Assistant Secretary of State
(Usual official meeting before Luncheon)
1:00 pm The President gave a Stag Luncheon in honor of H. E. Shigeru Yoshida,
the Prime Minister of Japan. The following were present:
H.E. Shigeru Yoshida, Prime Minister of Japan
H.E. Sadao Iguchi, Ambassador of Japan
H.E. Kiichi Aichi, Minister of International Trade & Industry of Japan
The Hon. Eisaku Sato, Member of the House of Representatives of Japan
The Hon. Kiichi Miyazawa, Member of the House of Councillors of Japan
The Hon. Akira Matsui, Deputy Vice Min. of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F. 0. A.
Sen. H. Alexander Smith, New Jersey
Sen. John J. Sparkman, Alabama
Cong. Walter H. Judd, Minnesota
Cong. Henderson Lanham, Georgia
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director, C.I.A.
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Walter S. Robertson, Assistant Secretary of State
Hon. John M. Allison, American Ambassador to Japan
Mr. Robert V. Fleming
2:00 pm
The President received group of Officers of the National Milk
Producers Federation
(Arranged at request of Clarence Francis, in lieu of the President
attending their National Convention now meeting here in Washington)
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1954
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2:00 pm National Milk Producers Federation (Continued)
Mr. Russell S. Waltz, President, National Milk Producers
Federation and General Manager, United Dairymen's Association,
Seattle, Washington
Mr. W. E. Winn, First Vice President, National Milk Producers
Federation and President, Pure Milk Association, Chicago, Ill.
Mr. A. R. Marvel, Second Vice President, National Milk Producers
Federation and President, Inter-State Milk Producers Cooperative,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Mr. E. M. Norton, Secretary, National Milk Producers Federation,
Washington, D. C.
Mr. Bruce Derrick, Manager of Virginia and Maryland Milk Producers
Association
Mr. Charles Shaw, Inter-State Milk Producers Cooperative, Phila., Pa.
2:30 pm (Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense)
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury)
(Hon. Stanley N. Barnes, Assistant Attorney General)
(OFF THE RECORD)
4:00 pm (The President made a brief film for "Safe Driving Day")
6:00 pm (At the White House) (H.E. Paul Henri Spaak, The Foreign Minister
of Belgium, and Mrs. Spaak) OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1954
7:45 am (The following had Breakfast OFF THE RECORD with the President to
discuss the Dixon-Yates Contract:)
(Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Iowa)
(Cong. W. Sterling Cole, New York)
(Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget)
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
8:45 am H.E. Senor Dr. Don Hector David Castro, the Ambassador of El Salvador
(Hon. John Simmons)
(The Ambassador requested this, upon instructions from his
government, to present a letter from the President of El
Salvador, acknowledging the President's letter of July 21
regarding termination of hostilities in Guatemala. This
appointment was originally made latter part of August on
eve of President's departure for Denver)
9:00 am
Mr. B. M. Birla, of India
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
(Arranged at suggestion of Mr. Paul Hoffman. Mr. Birla is an
Indian industrialist)
9:30 am Dr. Harmodio Arias, former President of Panama
(Hon. Henry Holland, Assistant Secretary of State)
(Dr. Arias came in as personal emissary of the President of
Panama with reply to President Eisenhower's letter dated
August 23, 1954, summarizing United States' offers and
requests at conclusion of conversations with Panama arising
from construction and operations of Canal.)
10:00 am
(Mr. Hagerty)
10:30 am Press Conference
11:05 am
The President left the White House for the site of the Marine Corps
War Memorial Foundation, where he attended the dedication ceremonies
of the Iwo Jima Statue.
12:00
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Herbert Hoover, Jr., Under Secretary of State
Hon. W. Randolph Burgess, Deputy to the Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Clarence Randall, Commission on Foreign Economic Policy
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
(Requested by the Secretary of the Treasury, to discuss new
loaning fund in connection with the International Bank.)
12:30 pm
The President received the members of the National Conference of
Christians and Jews, in the East Room, at which time he was pre-
sented with an interim report on the "Moral and Spiritual Resources"
campaign of this organization. The following were present:
ALTER, Mrs. David, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
ANATHAN, Mrs. S. J., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
ARIES, Mrs. Leonard, Falls Church, Virginia
ASQUITH, Mr. E. M., Cleveland, Ohio
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1954
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ASTLEY, Mr. Ronald, Holyoke, Massachusetts
BAKER, Mr. G. T., Miami, Florida
BARRY, Mr. Edward F., Memphis, Tennessee
BARTH, Father Autor A., Wichita, Kansas
BARTON, The Rev. Thomas A., Grand Island, Nebraska
BEARD, Mr. Charles E., Dallas, Texas
BELFOUR, Mr. C. Stanton, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
BELL, Mr. Daniel W., Washington, D. C.
BINNS, Mr. Joseph P., New York, New York
BISHOP, Mr. L. K., Chicago, Illinois
BLAIR, Mr. Livingston, Washington, D. C.
BLAUSTEIN, Mrs. Jacob, Pikesville, Maryland
BORTMAN, Mr. Mark, Boston, Massachusetts
BRENNAN, Mr. Richard, Brooklyn, New York
BRONSTON, Mr. Benjamin E., Miami Beach, Florida
BROWN, Dr. Francis J., Washington, D. C.
BROWN, Dr. Sterling W., New York, New York
BUCHANAN, Mrs. Florence, Brantford, Ontario
BUCK, Dr. J. L. Blair, Richmond, Virginia
BUTTENWIESER, Mr. Benjamin J., New York, New York
CARR, Mr. William G., Washington, D. C.
CARTWRIGHT, Right Rev. John K., Washington, D. C.
CHAPMAN, Mr. Oscar L., Washington, D. C.
CLARK, Mr. M. C., Cleveland, Ohio
CLAYTON, Mr. C. Comstock, Boston, Massachusetts
CLINCHY, Dr. Everett R., New York, New York
COMPTON, Dr. and Mrs. Arthur H., St. Louis, Missouri
CONNELL, Dr. George B., Macon, Georgia
COOMBS, Mr. Eugene G., Wichita, Kansas
COUCOUZES, Rev. James A., Boston, Massachusetts
CRAIGIE, Mr. Walter W., Richmond, Virginia
CROSSMAN, Mr. and Mrs. Jerome K., Dallas, Texas
DAVENPORT, Mr. Claude R., Richmond, Virginia
DAVIES, Mr. Richard L., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DAVIS, Mr. Thomas H., Winston-Salem, North Carolina
DOLBEY, Mr. James M., Cincinnati 25, Ohio
DONNELLY, Mr. Edward C., Jr., Boston, Massachusetts
DOUGLAS, Hon. and Mrs. Lewis W., New York, New York
DOWLING, Mr. Robert W., New York, New York
DOYLE, Mrs. Henry Grattan, Washington, D. C.
DUFFY, Mr. Ben., New York, New York
DUFFY, Mr. William, Jr., Wilmington, Delaware
DWYER, Mr. John E., Erie, Pennsylvania
EAGAN, Mr. James E., New York, New York
EARLEY, Mr. Charles M., Norfolk, Virginia
ECK, Mr. John, Gastonia, North Carolina
EDDIE, Mr. B. D., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
EELLS, Dr. Walter Crosby, Washington, D. C.
EGAN, Thomas C., Esq., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
EGAN, Mr. William J., Newark, New Jersey
EIKENBERG, Mr. John H., Rome, New York
EISENDRATH, Rabbi Maurice N., New York, New York
ELIAS, Mrs. Miguel, New York, New York
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1954
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ELLIS, Dr. George R., Washington, D. C.
EMROCH, Mr. Emanuel, Richmond, Virginia
EPSTINE, Mr. Harry M., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
ETTENHEIM, Mrs. George, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
ETTLINGER, Dr. H. J., Austin, Texas
EVEREST, Mr. Harvey P., Tulsa, Oklahoma
FALK, Mr. Herbert S., Greensboro, North Carolina
FARHA, Mr. William F., Wichita, Kansas
FAZZANO, Mr. Joseph R., Providence, Rhode Island
FEINBERG, Mr. William, Wilmington, Delaware
FEIST, Mr. Irving, Newark, New Jersey
FERRIS, Mrs. Joseph W., Brooklyn 1, New York
FIELDS, Mr. Norman, Chicago, Illinois
FINK, Mr. Nathan, Roanoke, Virginia
FINKELSTEIN, Rabbi Louis, New York, New York
FISHER, Mr. John, Toronto, Canada
FISHER, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph N., Dallas, Texas
FRANK, Hon. Martin M., New York, New York
FREEMAN, Miss Grace M., East Orange, New Jersey
GAVIN, Mr. T. Austin, Tulsa, Oklahoma
GAYLORD, Miss Edith, Washington, D. C.
GERSEN, Mr. Beorge, Bronx, New York
GILBERT, Mrs. Lester A., Buffalo, New York
GOLDBERG, Chaplain, Joshua, New York, New York
GOLDBERG, Dr. Maurice, Washington, D. C.
GOLDMAN, Mr. Aaron, Washington, D. C.
GRANT, Mr. Max L., Providence, Rhode Island
GREENFIELD, Mr. Albert M., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
HAGEN, Col. J. Addison, Norfolk, Virginia
HALLE, Mr. Milton L., Baltimore, Maryland
HANSEN, Dr. Carl F., Washington, D. C.
HARRIS, Mr. John H., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
HARRISON, Mr. Hastings, Dallas, Texas
HARSHBARGER, Mrs. E. D., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
HAUCK, Mr. William F., Washington 6, D. C.
HEINZ, Mrs. Clifford S., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
HENDERSON, Mr. Algo D., Ann Arbor, Michigan
HENDRY, Dr. Charles E., Toronto, Canada
HILGENBERG, Mr. William F., Baltimore, Maryland
HILLYER, Mr. Hansell, Savannah, Georgia
HOLCOMB, Rev. Luther, Dallas, Texas
HOOPER, Mr. Henry V., Newport News, Virginia
HOROWITZ, Mr. Leon, Falls Church, Virginia
HUGHES, Mr. Arthur c., Dallas, Texas
HUNDLEY, Miss Pela P., Newport News, Virginia
HUNTER, Mrs. Alice C., Washington, D. C.
ISRAEL, Mr. Sam. Sheffield, Alabama
JACOBS, Mr. Sinclair, Atlanta, Georgia
JAFFEE, Mr. Henry, Suffolk, Virginia
JANSEN, Dr. William, Brooklyn, New York
JELLEFF, Mr. Frank R., Washington, D. C.
JENKINS, Mrs. Clifford N., Roslyn Heights, Long Island, New York
JOHNSON, Miss Edith, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1954
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JOHNSON, Dr. Mordecai W., Washington, D. C.
JOHNSTON, Dr. F. Ernest, New York, New York
JONES, Mr. Richard, Toronto, Canada
JOSEPH, Mrs. H. Y., Duluth, Minnesota
JUSTUS, Mr. Karl B., San Francisco, California
KATZ, Mr. Benjamin S., Cincinnati 27, Ohio
KAUFMAN, Mr. Joseph D., Washington, D. C.
KAUFMAN, Mr. Sam, Minneapolis, Minnesota
KENNY, Mr. Delbert J., West Bend, Wisconsin
KENNY, Dr. Dumont F., New York, New York
KERTZER, Rabbi Morris, New York, New York
KERWIN, Dr. Jerome C., Chicago, Illinois
KILEY, Hon. Roger J., Chicago 1, Illinois
KIMBALL, Miss Yeffe, New York, New York
KING, Mr. Milton W., Washington, D. C.
KLOTSCHE, Dr. J. Martin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
KULAKOFSKY, Mr. Leonard G., Omaha, Nebraska
LAMB, Miss Marjorie, Toronto, Canada
LAMY, Mrs. C. Oscar, St. Louis, Missouri
LANSBRUGH, Mr. Robert I., Dallas, Texas
LARSON, Dr. Jordan L., Mount Vernon, New York
LAUB, Mr. Sidney, Wilmington, Delaware
LAUGHLIN, Mr. John E., Jr., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
LAZRUS, Mr. Oscar M., New York, New York
LEAHY, Mr. William E., Washington, D. C.
LEARSON, Miss Katharine G., Boston, Massachusetts
LEE, Mr. Frank H., Ridgefield, Connecticut
LeGATE, Mr. James, Miami, Florida
LeGOST, Mr. Urbain C., Bronx, New York
LEIDESDORF, Mr. Samuel D., New York, New York
LESLIE, Mr. Frank, New York, New York
LETCHWORTH, Mr. Edward H., Buffalo, New York
LEVINSON, Rabbi Burton E., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
LIEBSCHUTZ, Mr. Harry D., Cincinnati, Ohio
LYONS, Mr. Roger, West Englewood, New Jersey
LUNTZ, Mr. A. M., Cleveland, Ohio
MAGNIN, Mr. Cyril, San Francisco, California
MALLOY, Mr. E. T., Orange, Texas
MARSTON, Mr. Frederick, Wilmington, Delaware
MAY, Mr. Alfred, Detroit, Michigan
MAY, Mr. Irving, Richmond, Virginia
MAYS, Mr. Benjamin, Atlanta, Georgia
MAYER, Mr. Frank D., Chicago, Illinois
McBRIDE, Mr. Robert J., Jr., Norfolk, Virginia
McCLELLAND, The Rev. John F., Silver Springs, Maryland
McCOY, Dr. Raymond, Cincinnati, Ohio
McGHEE, The Hon. George C., Washington, D. C.
McKIBBIN, Mr. George B., Chicago, Illinois
McKITTRICK, Mr. Thomas H., Blairstown, New Jersey
McLEAN, Mr. Lauchlin H., Cleveland, Ohio
MESSICK, Mr. Neil R., Sr., Minneapolis, Minnesota
MILLIGAN, Dr. John P., Newark, New Jersey
MINOFF, Mrs. Max, Bronx, New York
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1954
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MOORE, Mrs. Walter J., Arlington, Virginia
MURPHY, Hon. Charles F., Elmhurst, New York
MURRAY, Rev. John Courtney, S. J., Woodstock, Maryland
NASH, Mr. James P., New York, New York
O'BRIEN, Mr. John J., Detroit, Michigan
O'LEARY, Msgr. Timothy F., Boston, Massachusetts
OLSEN, Dr. C. Arild, New York, New York
OSNOS, Mr. Max, Detroit, Michigan
PAIGE, Hon. Myles A., Brooklyn, New York
PATTERSON, Mrs. Robert P., New York, New York
PEARLMAN, Rabbi David W., Stamford, Connecticut
PELGRIFT, Mr. DeLancey S., Hartford, Connecticut
PORTER, Mrs. Paul A., Washington, D. C.
POWER, Mr. Leonard, White Plains, New York
PURCELL, Mrs. James E., Alexandria, Virginia
RADCLIFFE, Hon. George L., Baltimore, Maryland
RAQUE, Mr. Emil J., Louisville, Kentucky
RICE, Mrs. Charles, St. Louis, Missouri
RIEGELMAN, Col. Harold, New York, New York
RITTENBERG, Mrs. Leon H., New Orleans, Louisiana
ROBERTSON, Mr. Harrison M., Louisville, Kentucky
ROBINSON, Mr. Jackie, St. Albans, Long Island, New York
ROCHE, Mr. Patrick J., Baltimore, Maryland
ROGERS, Mr. O. B., Toronto, Canada
ROGERS, Mr. William C., Baltimore, Maryland
ROOT, Mr. Oren, New York, New York
ROSENBAUM, Mr. Louis, Florence, Alabama
ROSNER, Mr. Lawrence M., Queens Village, New York
RUBIN, Mr. J. Robert, New York, New York
RUNDBAKEN, Judge Frederick J., Hartford, Connecticut
RUSH, Mr. H. L., New Brunswick, New Jersey
RUSSELL, Mr. Elwood P., Belleville, New Jersey
RYAN, Hon. Andrew J., Jr., Savannah, Georgia
SADLER, Dr. M. E., Fort Worth, Texas
SALISBURY, Mr. Harrison, New York, New York
SANDITEN, Mr. Maurice, Tulsa, Oklahoma
SAPINSLEY, Mr. Milton C., Providence, Rhode Island
SARGENT, Mr. Noel, New York, New York
SCHIMMEL, Mr. A. Q., Lincoln, Nebraska
SCHOLL, Mr. David H., Cleveland 14, Ohio
SCHROEDER, Mr. Werner W., Chicago, Illinois
SCHWAB, Mr. and Mrs. William Waters, New York, New York
SCHWARZSCHILD, Mr. Harry, Jr., Richmond, Virginia
SCRUGGS, Mr. Philip L., Lynchburg, Virginia
SEITZ, Mr. Joseph, East Point, Georgia
SHAPIRO, Mr. Lewis H., Washington, D. C.
SHLENKER, Mr. Simon, Jr., New Orleans, Louisiana
SHOENBERG, Mr. John, St. Louis, Missouri
SIEGBERT, Mr. Henry, White Plains, New York
SILVERMAN, Rabbi Albert G., Hollis, New York
SISKIND, Mr. Isaac, London, Ontario
SLOSS, Richard L., San Francisco, California
STACY, Mr. Robert P., Hartford, Connecticut
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1954
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STEINER, Mr. Edward F., Chattanooga, Tennessee
STRAUS, Mr. Roger W., New York, New York
SULLIVAN, Mr. John B., New York, New York
SUSMAN, Mr. Milton K., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
SWANSON, Mr. W. O., Omaha, Nebraska
TEICH, Mr. Julius R., Newton, Massachusetts
THEOBALD, Dr. John J., Flushing, New York
TIPTON, Mr. W. H., Jr., Washington, D. C.
TROTT, Mr. Raymond H., Providence, Rhode Island
TWOHY, Mr. James F., Santa Monica, California
VISSEUR, Mr. Pierre, New York, New York
WARD, Dr. William R., Newark, New Jersey
WEINBERG, Mr. A. J., Atlanta, Georgia
WEINKLE, Mr. Carl, Miami, Florida
WEISSBUCH, Mr. S. D., Miami, Florida
WELLS, Dr. Kenneth D., Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
WHITESIDE, Mr. Alexander, Boston, Massachusetts
WILSON, Dr. F. E., Washington, D. C.
YOUNG, Dr. William Lindsay, Los Angeles, California
1:10 pm The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left the White House and motored
to MATS Terminal.
1:25 pm Arrived MATS Terminal.
1:30 pm Airborne Washington, D. C., for Kansas City, Kansas. The following
were members of the Presidential Party:
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower
Dr. Milton Eisenhower
Dr. Franklin Murphy
Maj. Gen. Howard McC. Snyder
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Murray Snyder
Col. Robert B. Schulz
Chief U. E. Baughman
Mr. James Rowley
Mr. Dick Flohr
Sgt. and Mrs. John Moaney
Rose Woods
CST 5:00 pm Arrived Fairfax Airport, Kansas City, Kansas. The following boarded
the COLUMBINE:
Major and Mrs. John Eisenhower and three children
One Secret Service Agent
5:20 pm Airborne Kansas City for Salina, Kansas.
6:15 pm Arrived Smoky Hill Air Force Base, Salina, Kansas. Presidential
Party departed Air Force Base and motored through Salina enroute
to Abilene, Kansas.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1954
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7:00 pm Arrived Sunflower Hotel, Abilene, Kansas.
9:30 pm The following departed the Sunflower Hotel enroute to the Eisenhower
Home and Museum:
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower
Major and Mrs. John Eisenhower
Dr. Milton Eisenhower
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Eisenhower
11:10 pm Returned to the Sunflower Hotel and remained overnight.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1954
8:50 am The President, accompanied by Major John Eisenhower and David
Eisenhower, departed the Sunflower Hotel enroute to the family
plot at the Abilene Cemetery.
9:20 am Returned to the Sunflower Hotel.
9:45 am The President and Mrs. Eisenhower and family witnessed the parade
from the Marquee of the Sunflower Hotel until 10:05 am.
10:45 am The President and Mrs. Eisenhower and members of the family departed
the Sunflower Hotel enroute to the Eisenhower home.
10:55 am Arrived at the Eisenhower Home. Walked to the Museum.
11:00 am Arrived at the Museum. Ceremonies began on Platform in front of
Museum.
National Anthem
Invocation
Introductions
Greetings from the President
Conclusion
11:30 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower and members of the Presidential
Party inspected the Museum. Both wings were toured as the West
Wing was incomplete on the first visit in 1953. They also viewed
skelton exhibit set up in the East Wing.
12:00
Inspection of Museum was completed.
12:05 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower and members of the Presidential
Party departed the Museum enroute to Smoky Hill Air Force Base.
12:53
pm Arrived Smoky Hill Air Force Base.
CST
1:00 pm Airborne for Kansas City, Kansas, Fairfax Airport. The following
were members of the Presidential Party:
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower
Major and Mrs. John Eisenhower and three children
Dr. Milton Eisenhower
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Eisenhower
Maj. Gen. Howard McC. Snyder
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Murray Snyder
Col. Robert B. Schulz
Chief U. E. Baughman
Mr. James Rowley
Mr. Dick Flohr
One Secret Service Agent (accompanied Grandchildren)
Sgt. & Mrs. Moaney
Rose Woods
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1954
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1:42 pm Arrived Fairfax Airport, Kansas City, Kansas.
Major and Mrs. John Eisenhower and three children and one
Secret Service Agent disembarked COLUMBINE.
CST
1:57 pm
Airborne Kansas City for Chicago.
CST
3:30 pm
Arrived Midway Airport, Chicago, Illinois
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Eisenhower disembarked COLUMBINE.
CST
3:44 pm
Airborne Chicago for Toledo, Ohio.
EST
5:38 pm
Arrived Toledo, Ohio; the following disembarked COLUMBINE:
The President
Dr. Milton Eisenhower
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Murray Snyder
Mr. James Rowley
Mr. Dick Flohr
Sgt. Moaney
5:50 pm The President and members of his Party departed the Airport
enroute to the Cedar Point Club.
6:10 pm Arrived at the Cedar Point Club and remained overnight.
EST
5:50 pm Airborne Toledo for Washington, D. C. The following remained on
COLUMBINE and returned to Washington, D. C.:
The First Lady
Maj. Gen. Howard McC. Snyder
Col. Robert B. Schulz
Chief U. E. Baughman
Mr. Stewart Stout (transferred from Press plane to COLUMBINE)
Mrs. Moaney
Rose Woods
7:25 pm Arrived MATS Terminal, Washington, D. C.
7:40 pm Arrived at the White House.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1954
AT THE CEDAR POINT CLUB, TOLEDO, OHIO.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1954
1:10 pm The President and members of his Party departed the Cedar Point
Club enroute to the Airport.
1:35 pm Arrived Toledo Airport.
1:45 pm Airborne Toledo for Washington, D. C.
Members of Presidential Party on COLUMBINE:
The President
Dr. Milton Eisenhower
Hon. George Humphrey
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Murray Snyder
Mr. James Rowley
Mr. Dick Flohr
Sgt. Moaney
3:30 pm Arrived MATS Terminal, Washington, D. C.
3:45 pm Arrived at the White House.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1954
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower attended the eleven o'clock
Service at the National Presbyterian Church.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1954
8:00 am (Hon. Robert Cutler) OFF THE RECORD
(Briefed the President on N. S. C.)
8:30 am
National Security Council
Hon. Herbert Hoover, Jr., for the Secretary of State
Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Acting Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Adm.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
General Lewis B. Hershey, Director, Selective Service System
Lt. Gen. Raymond S. McLain, for the Chairman, N.S.T.C.
Hon. Arthur S. Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
Hon. Theodore C. Streibert, Director, U. S. Information Agency
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, Acting Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Adm. Donald B. Duncan, for the Chief of Naval Operations
Gen. Thomas D. White, for the Chief of Staff, U. S. Air Force
Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., Commandant, U. S. Marine Corps
Hon. Robert T. Stevens, Secretary of the Army
Hon. Albert Pratt, for the Secretary of the Navy
Hon. Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Colonel Andrew J. Goodpaster, White House Staff Secretary
Hon. Bryce Harlow, Administrative Assistant to the President
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
10:30 am Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
(Usual Monday appointment)
10:59 am (Hon. Lewis Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission) OFF THE RECORD
(one minute)
11:00 am Hon. Hugh S. Cumming, Jr., American Ambassador to Indonesia
(The Ambassador requested this thru Protocol, to give the
President brief oral account of developments in United States-
Indonesian relations.)
12:20 pm The President left for the Mayflower Hotel where he said a few words
of Greetings to Luncheon of the American Council to Improve Our
Neighborhoods (A.C.T.I.O.N.). Dr. Hauge rode over with the President.
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:00 pm
Sen. James H. Duff, Pennsylvania
(Senator Duff called Mr. Snyder last week and asked for this
appointment)
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1954
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2:15
pm The President met with bi-partisan group from the Senate and House
of Representatives.
(Arranged by Governor Adams at request of Senator Milton R.
Young, N. Dakota. Discussed civil functions and appropriations)
The following were present:
Senator Frank A. Barrett, Wyoming
Senator Dennis Chavez, New Mexico
Senator Earle C. Clements, Kentucky
Senator Price Daniel, Texas
Senator Everett McK. Dirksen, Illinois
Senator Allen J. Ellender, Sr., Louisiana
Senator J. W. Fulbright, Arkansas
Senator Spessard L. Holland, Florida
Senator Roman L. Hruska, Nebraska
Senator Russell B. Long, Louisiana
Senator John L. McClellan, Arkansas
Senator A. S. Mike Monroney, Oklahoma
Senator Karl E. Mundt, South Dakota
Senator James E. Murray, Montana
Senator John C. Stennis, Mississippi
Senator Milton R. Young, North Dakota
Cong. Clifford Davis, Tennessee
Cong. William A. Dawson, Utah
Cong. Clair Engle, California
Cong. Thomas A. Jenkins, Ohio
Cong. Ben F. Jensen, Iowa
Cong. Otto E. Passman, Louisiana
Cong. A. L. Miller, Nebraska
Cong. Dewey Short, Missouri
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
2:45 pm Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
(Col. Andrew J. Goodpaster)
3:15 pm (The following friends of Governor Stassen came in to pay their) )
(respects:
Dr. and Mrs. H. R. Tregilgas (Surgeon)
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gerber (Home Building Contractor)
Mr. and Mrs. H. Y. Krinsky (Furniture Store)
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Erickson (Accountant - Auditor)
Mr. and Mrs. Harold LeVander (Lawyer)
(Arranged at the request of Gov. Stassen. These people are
life-long friends of Gov. and Mrs. Stassen's and came to
Washington from South St. Paul, Minnesota, for the Stassen's
twenty-fifth wedding anniversary)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1954
8:00 am The following had Breakfast with the President:
Hon. Joseph Martin, Speaker of the House
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
9:00 am The President received a delegation from the National Fund for
Medical Education, who presented him with the Frank H. Lahey
Memorial Award "for outstanding leadership in Medical Education".
(This award was established in 1954 under joint sponsorship
of National Fund for Medical Education, American Medical
Association and Association of American Medical Colleges.
The President is the first recipient.) The following were present:
Mr. S. Sloan Colt, President of the National Fund for
Medical Education
Mr. E. J. Ade, National Fund for Medical Education
Mr. Howard Cushman, National Fund for Medical Education
Mrs. Frank H. Lahey
Dr. Vernon W. Lippard, President of the Association of
American Medical Colleges
Dr. Walter B. Martin, President of the American Medical
Association
Hon. Nelson Rockefeller, Under Secretary of H. E. W.
Hon. Sherman Adams
Major General Howard McC. Snyder
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Major Walter Tkach
10:05 am The President left for the Statler Hotel, where he said a few
words of greeting to the annual meeting of the Association of
Land-Grant Colleges and Universities. Dr. Milton Eisenhower
rode over with the President.
10:45 am
Hon. Kenneth Royall
(Called Mr. Snyder last week and asked for this.)
11:30 am (Mr. David Calhoun, St. Louis, Missouri)
(Mr. James W. McAfee, St. Louis, Missouri)
(Colonel Schulz brought in OFF THE RECORD)
11:45 am Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
(one-half hour)
12:15 pm The President received the members of the National Historical
Publications Commission.
(They presented to the President a copy of their report entitled,
"A National Program for the Publication of Historical Documents.")
The following were present:
Hon. Wayne C. Grover, Archivist of the United States and
Chairman of the National Historical Publications Commission
Wilfred E. Binkley, Professor of History and Political Science,
Ohio Northern University, and member of the Commission
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1954
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12:15 pm National Historical Publications Commission (Continued)
Julian P. Boyd, Professor of History, Princeton University, and
member of the Commission
Guy Stanton Ford, President Emeritus of the University of Minnesota,
and member of the Commission
Hon. Edmund F. Mansure, Administrator, General Services Administration
David C. Mearns, Chief of the Manuscripts Division, Library of
Congress, and member of the Commission
G. Bernard Noble, Chief of the Division of Historical Policy Research,
Department of State, and member of the Commission
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr., Professor of History Emeritus, Harvard
University, and member of the Commission
Rudolph A. Winnacker, Historian for the Office of the Secretary of
Defense, and member of the Commission
Philip M. Hamer, Executive Director for the Commission
12:45 pm The President received a turkey from the Members of the Poultry and
Egg National Board and the National Turkey Federation.
(For past eight years this group has presented the Thanksgiving
turkey to the White House - is non-profit organization for con-
sumer information.) The following were present:
Mr. Perry Browning, President, National Turkey Federation,
Winchester, Ky.
Mrs. Perry Browning, Winchester, Kentucky
Miss Dixie Lee Browning, Winchester, Kentucky
Dr. J. Holmes Martin, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana
Mr. J. S. Edmunds, Turkey Grower, Clover, South Carolina
Mr. C. Fred Smith, Poultry and Egg National Board, New York, N.Y.
Mr. M. C. Small, National Turkey Federation, Mt. Morris, Illinois
Mr. J. C. Taylor, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Mr. John Enders, New Jersey Turkey Association, Cranberry, N.J.
Mr. Leslie S. Hubbard, Hubbard Farms, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Mr. J. Frank Gordy, Extension poultryman, Georgetown, Delaware
Mr. Alex Tisdale, National Pretzel Institute, Pottstown, Pa.
Mrs. Alex Tisdale, Pottstown, Pa.
Mr. Thomas W. Heitz, Rockingham Poultry Cooperative, Broadway, Va.
Miss Ellen Stillman, National Cranberry Association, Hanson, Mass.
Miss Ednah Ash, Poultry and Egg National Board, New York, N.Y.
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
1:00 pm The following had Luncheon with the President:
H.E. A. D. P. Heeney, Ambassador of Canada
Hon. C. D. Howe, Minister of Trade & Commerce, Canada
Hon. R. O. Campney, Defense Minister, Canada
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Sherman Adams
2:00 pm (Colonel Goodpaster arranged for the President to see a motion
picture at this time)
3:15 pm His Eminence, Francis Cardinal Spellman.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1954
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8:00 pm The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave a dinner for one-half of
the Chiefs of Mission of the Diplomatic Corps.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1954
8:30 am (Hon. Robert Cutler) OFF THE RECORD
(ten minutes)
9:00 am The President presented the Gold President's Cup to the winner of
the 1954 President's Cup Regatta, Mr. Joseph Schoenith, of Detroit,
Michigan.
(The Regatta took place here while the President was in Denver,
and this presentation was postponed until the President's return.)
The following were present:
Mr. Bill Cantrell (driver of GALE IV)
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Schoenith of Detroit (owners of GALE IV)
Mr. Lee Schoenith
Mr. John A. Remon, President of the President's Cup Regatta Ass'n.
Mr. Edward C. Baltz, Chairman of the Board of the President's
Cup Regatta Association
Mr. Horace G. Walker, Chairman of the 1954 Regatta Committee
9:15 am
H.E. Leo Mates, the Ambassador of Yugoslavia
General Svetozar Vukmanovic, Vice President of the Federal Executive
Council of Yugoslavia
(Hon. Victor Purse)
(Arranged at the suggestion of the Secretary of State. Gen.
Vukmanovic is in this country for talks on economic relations
between his country and U. S.)
9:30 am
The President met with the Bi-Partisan Leaders of the Congress:
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Senator William F. Knowland, California
Senator Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Senator Alexander Wiley, Wisconsin
not Security
Senator Carl Hayden, Arizona
Senator Lyndon Johnson, Texas
Senator Earle C. Clements, Kentucky
Senator Richard B. Russell, Georgia
Senator Walter F. George, Georgia
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Cong. Charles Halleck, Indiana
Cong. Leslie Arends, Illinois
Cong. Leo Allen, Illinois
Cong. Sam Rayburn, Texas
Cong. John W. McCormack, Massachusetts
Cong. John Taber, New York
Cong. Clarence Cannon, Missouri
Cong. Carl Vinson, Georgia
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Admiral Arthur C. Davis, Office of International Security Affairs
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1954
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9:30 am Bi-Partisan Meeting (Continued)
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Col. Andrew J. Goodpaster
Hon. Arthur Minnich
12:00
The President presented the Harmon International Trophies to
Major Charles E. Yeager, USAF, and to Miss Jacqueline Cochran.
(Major Yeager first to fly faster than speed of sound and
Miss Cochran first woman flyer to break thru sound barrier.)
The following were present:
JOHNSON, Senator Lyndon B., Texas
REED, Justice Stanley
STEVENS, Hon. Robert T., Secretary of the Army
SYMINGTON, Senator Stuart, Missouri
TALBOTT, Hon. Harold E., Secretary of the Air Force
WHITE, Gen. Thomas D., Vice Chief of Staff, U. S. A. F.
ALLEN, Brig. Gen. Brook
ARLEN, Margaret
ALDRIN, Colonel Edwin E.
BROSNAHAN, Mary V.
BODE, Frederick W.
BLAIR, Capt. and Mrs. Charles F.
BRUNO, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
BELL, Mr. Lawrence D.
BOYD, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Albert
BALCHAN, Col. and Mrs. Bernt
BRENTNALL, Maj. Gen. Samuel R.
COMBIER, P. Hodges
CRAWFORD, Mrs. William A.
DOOLITTLE, Lt. Gen. and Mrs. James H.
de SEVERSKY, Major and Mrs. Alexander P.
DOERN, Mr. and Mrs. Peter C.
DUNN, Francis W.
ELLIOTT, R. Sherrard, Jr.
ENYART, Mr. and Mrs. William
FANEUF, Leston P.
GRIFFITHS, Judge Charles H.
GARDNER, Lester D.
HOPKINS, Mr. and Mrs. John J.
HAMILTON, Col. and Mrs. George B.
HOLMES, William
KEPNER, Lt. Gen. William E.
LAND, Adm. and Mrs. E. S.
LOCKE, Capt. Edward W.
McCRARY, Tex
NOTMAN, Mr. and Mrs. J. Geoffrey
ODLUM, Floyd B.
POLSTER, Mr. and Mrs. William J.
PUTT, Lt. Gen. Donald L.
ROSENDAHL, Adm. Charles E.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1954
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12:00
Harmon International Trophies (Continued)
REED, Mrs. Stanley
SANDSTROM, Roy J.
SCHRAMEK, Mr. and Mrs. William E.
SCHILLING, Col. David C.
SHANE, William H.
TALBERT, Mrs. Ansel E.
YEAGER, Mr. and Mrs. Albert H.
YEAGER, Albert H., Jr.
YEAGER, Mrs. Charles E.
12:30 pm The following had Luncheon with the President:
Dr. Milton Eisenhower
Hon. Nelson Rockefeller, Under Secretary of H. E. W.
Hon. Arthur A. Kimball, Staff Director, President's Advisory
Committee on Government Organization
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
2:15 pm General Omar Bradley
(five minutes)
3:00 pm (Mr. John Jackson - President's Lawyer) OFF THE RECORD
(Arranged by Colonel Schulz who brought him over)
8:00 pm The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave a dinner for one-half
the Chiefs of Mission of the Diplomatic Corps.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1954
8:40 am
H.E. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the Vice President of India
H.E. Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta, the Ambassador of India
Hon. Henry A. Byroade, Assistant Secretary of State
(Arranged at the suggestion of the Secretary of State, who
said that while Dr. Radhakrishnan had no specific subject
to raise with the President, he would like to discuss U. S.
Indian relations generally.)
9:00 am
Cong. Edward J. Bonin, Pa.
(The Congressman requested this to discuss a personal matter -
Mr. Jerry Morgan recommended he be given an appointment)
9:30 am
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Nelson Rockefeller, Under Secretary of H. E. W.
Maj. Gen. Howard McC. Snyder
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. Gerald Morgan
(Discussed legislative program)
10:00 am
Hon. Joseph Campbell, Nominee for Comptroller General of the U. S.
10:30 am
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Percival Brundage, Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget
(Re 1956 Budget - one hour)
11:30 am
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
(Asked to have half-hour with the President before French-
American talks)
12:00
H.E. Pierre Mendes-France, Premier of France
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
(15 minutes)
12:15 pm
French-American talks
H.E. Pierre Mendes-France, Premier of France
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
H.E. Henri Bonnet, the Ambassador of France
Hon. C. Douglas Dillon, American Ambassador to France
Hon. Livingston Merchant, Assistant Secretary of State
Mr. Jean Marie Soutou, Acting Director of the Cabinet of
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr. M. Francois Seydoux, Director of European Affairs of the
Foreign Office
1:00 pm
The President gave a Stag Luncheon in honor of H. E. Pierre Mendes-France,
The Premier of France. The following were present:
H.E. Pierre Mendes-France, President of the Council of Ministers
of the French Republic
H.E. The Ambassador of the French Republic (Henri Bonnet)
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1954
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1:00 pm Luncheon in honor of The Premier of France (Continued)
The Honorable Gontran de Juniac, Minister, Embassy of the
French Republic
The Honorable Georges Boris, Charge de Mission to the President
of the Council of Ministers
Mr. Jean Marie Soutou, Acting Director of the Cabinet of Ministry
of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Philippe de Seynes, Charge de Mission for Foreign Affairs
Mr. M. Francois Seydoux, Director of European Affairs of the
Foreign Office
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F. O. A.
Sen. Walter F. George, Georgia
Sen. Alexander Wiley, Wisconsin
Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, A. E. C.
Hon. Robert D. Murphy, Department of State
Hon. Livingston T. Merchant, Department of State
Hon. Douglas Mac Arthur II, Department of State
Hon. C. Douglas Dillon, American Ambassador to France
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. Samuel Spencer
Hon. David E. Finley
Mr. John W. Jones
2:30 pm Gen. Julius Ochs Adler, Vice President, General Manager of the
New York Times
Hon. Bryce Harlow
(Requested this to discuss military manpower problems)
2:55 pm (Mr. John Jackson, President's Lawyer) OFF THE RECORD
(Col. Robert Schulz)
3:00 pm (General Lucius Clay) OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1954
8:00 am
The Following had Breakfast with the President:
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
9:00 am
The President received the Executive Committee of the United
States Junior Chamber of Commerce, Forty Directors of the
Canadian Chamber of Commerce and two from the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States.
(The heads of these organizations are meeting now in Washington
and asked if they might take this opportunity to pay their
annual call on the President.) The following were present:
Mr. Clement D. Johnston, President, U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Mr. R. L. Bowditch, Chairman of Board, U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Mr. E. LaMar Buckner, Ogden, Utah, President
Mr. Arthur W. Campbell, Honolulu, Hawaii, Vice President
Mr. Ira D. Kaye, San Pedro, California, Vice President
Mr. Hugh McKenna, Omaha, Nebraska, Vice President
Mr. Van Richardson, Greenwood, Mississippi, Vice President
Mr. Duke A. Garrison, Cleveland, Ohio, Vice President
Mr. John M. King, Wheaton, Illinois, Vice President
Mr. Howard E. Norris, Madison, Wisconsin, Vice President
Mr. John Hendrickson, Casper, Wyoming, Vice President
Mr. Edwin H. May, Jr., Hartford, Conn., Vice President
Mr. Frank J. Pasquerilla, Johnstown, Pa., Vice President
Mr. Dain J. Domich, Sacramento, California, Immediate Past President
Mr. John C. Mitchell, Kearney, Nebraska, General Legal Counsel
Mr. Douglas L. Hoge, Cincinnati, Ohio, Jr., Chamber International
President
Mr. Tommy E. Cook, Baytown, Texas, Treasurer
Mr. Gordon T. Hicks, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Exec. Vice President
Mr. Fred Dixon, Washington, D. C., National Director
Mr. Richard Matheson, International Vice President, Renton,
Washington
Mr. H. L. Jagoe, President, District of Columbia Local
Mr. Montague F. Aldous, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Canadian
Jaycee President
Mr. Lewis M. Ayre, St. John's Newfoundland
Mr. L. L. Ball, Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Mr. R.H.G. Bonnycastle, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Mr. Frank Boston, Montreal, Quebec
Mr. Perry S. Bower, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Mr. R. C. Brown, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Mr. John T. Bryden, Toronto, Ontario
Mr. J. G. Crean, Toronto, Ontario
Mr. M. M. Cunningham, Red Derr, Alberta
Col. U. G. Dawson, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Mr. Paul DesRochers, Quebec, Province of Quebec
Mr. Raymond Dupuis, Montreal, Quebec
Mr. M. Alban Farmer, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1954
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9:00 am
U.S. and Canadian Chamber of Commerces (Continued)
Mr. H. J. Fosbrooke, Vernon, British Columbia
Mr. G. A. Freeman, Belleville, Ontario
Mr. J. Douglas Gibson, Toronto, Ontario
Mr. William Hayward, Summerside, Prince Edward Island
Mr. C. Bruce Hill, St. Catharines, Ontario
Major General Gordon Howard, Montreal, Quebec
Mr. H. W. Jamer, Saint John, New Brunswick
Mr. J. Howard Kelly, Calgary, Alberta
Mr. W. S. Kirkpatrick, Montreal, Quebec
Mr. C. R. MacLaggan, Campbellton, New Brunswick
Mr. J. Gordon MacDonald, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Mr. A. E. McGilvray, Oshawa, Ontario
Mr. A. D. McTavish, Edmonton, Alberta
Mr. Howard T. Mitchell, Vancouver, British Columbia
Mr. D. L. Morrell, Montreal, Quebec
Mr. Martin P. Murphy, Montreal, Quebec
Mr. Earl Murray, Neepawa, Manitoba
Mr. Thomas Oakley, Toronto, Ontario
Mr. J. Racine, Montmorency, Quebec
Mr. W. H. Raikes, Vancouver, British Columbia
Mr. W. J. Sheridan, Montreal, Quebec
Mr. Lewis W. Simms, Saint John, New Brunswick
Mr. J. J. Stuart, Windsor, Ontario
Mr. James C. Thompson, Montreal, Quebec
Mr. 0. B. Thornton, Montreal, Quebec
Mr. G. S. Thorvaldson, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Mr. C. D. Trusler, Montreal, Quebec
Mr. C. L. Walker, Montreal, Quebec
Mr. Howard Walters, Vancouver, British Columbia
Mr. B. R. Wolfe, Transcona, Manitoba
Mr. Edward C. Wood, Montreal, Quebec
Mr. G. M. Young, Sherbrooke, Quebec
9:15 am
Mr. Charles Gombault, 100 Rue Reaumur, Paris
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(member of the French Press)
9:30 am
Hon. Arthur Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
(Mr. Steve Benedict)
(Asked if he might see the President briefly before Cabinet)
10:00 am
Cabinet Meeting
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Herman Phleger, State Department
Hon. Marion Folsom, Under Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Robert Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. William P. Rogers, Deputy Attorney General
Hon. Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Earl Butz, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1954
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10:00 am Cabinet Meeting (Continued)
Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F. O. A.
Dr. William S. Russell, Deputy Director of Technical Services, F.O.A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, 0. D. M.
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Theodore Streibert, Director, U.S.I.A.
Hon. Abbott Washburn, U.S.I.A.
Adm. Lewis G. Castle, St. Lawrence Seaway
Hon. Samuel Anderson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce
Mr. Hal Miller, Commerce Department
Mr. Preston Forbes, Commerce Department
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Arthur Burns
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Col. Andrew J. Goodpaster
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
Hon. Arthur Minnich
The following were absent: The
Vice
President
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Secretary of Defense
The Attorney General
The Postmaster General - no representative
The Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
11:45 am (Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of H. E. W.) OFF THE RECORD
12:00
Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
(Asked if might have twenty minute appointment at conclusion
of Cabinet Meeting)
12:50 pm (The President left the White House and motored to Burning Tree.)
1:43 pm (Teed off with the following:)
(Col. Thomas Belshe)
(Mr. John Brooks) Brookes
(Mr. J. W. Harron)
4:42 pm (Completed 18 holes)
5:18 pm (Departed Burning Tree and motored to the White House)
5:48 pm (Arrived at the White House)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1954
8:15 am (General Ed. Clarke, of New York) OFF THE RECORD
(Arranged at the request of Col. Schulz)
8:30 am Hon. William Rogers, Deputy Attorney General
Hon. Simon E. Sobeloff, Solicitor General of the U. S.
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
(re segregation)
9:00 am The President bought the first sheet of Christmas Seals from
Dr. Esmond R. Long, Director of Medical Research, National
Tuberculosis Association, opening the annual Christmas Seal
Sale of the Association.
(Mr. Snyder sat in on the appointment. Dr. Long had T.B.
at one time which caused him to join in fight against it.
During World War II he was consultant to the Army on T.B.
and was a Colonel in the European Theatre assigned to
office of General Hawley)
9:10 am Hon. Theodore Streibert, Director, U. S. I. A.
Hon. Sherman Adams
(Arranged at the request of Governor Adams)
9:20 am Dr. Edward L. R. Elson, Minister, the National Presbyterian Church
(Asked if might come in for a personal visit and to bring the
President copy of his book "America's Spiritual Recovery.")
9:38 am Sen. H. Alexander Smith, New Jersey
(Hon. Bernard Shanley)
(Arranged at the suggestion of Mr. Shanley, through whom Sen.
Smith requested the appointment)
10:00 am Hon. Gordon Allott, Senator-elect, Colorado
(Asked for a five-minute appointment to pay his respects while
in Washington)
10:15 am Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Mr. Pierce J. Gerety, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. James Hagerty
10:30 am
(Relocation Test)
10:45 am (President returned to the Executive Office)
11:10 am (Hon. Simon E. Sobeloff, Solicitor General of the U. S.)
(Hon. Maxwell Rabb)
(OFF THE RECORD - Remained until 11:50 a.m.)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1954
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower attended the eleven o'clock
Service at the National Presbyterian Church.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1954
10:50 am Hon. Harold Stassen, Director, F. O. A.
Hon. Morris Wolf, F. O. A.
Hon. Christian Herter, Jr., F.O. A.
(Arranged at the request of Gov. Stassen to discuss Yugoslav
negotiations)
11:00 am Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
(This is usual Monday appointment with Dr. Hauge - Dr. Hauge
was out of the City)
11:30 am Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Fred Seaton, Assistant Secretary of Defense
(This is usual Monday appointment)
12:20 pm Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Fred Seaton, Assistant Secretary of Defense
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, 0. D. M.
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. Bryce Harlow
12:30 pm H.E. Julius Raab, the Chancellor of Austria
H.E. Dr. Karl Gruber, the Ambassador of Austria
The Hon. Dr. Josef Schoener, Director Political Dept., Austrian
Foreign Office
Hon. Llewellyn E. Thompson, Jr., American Ambassador to Austria
Hon. Livingston Merchant, Assistant Secretary of State
(Mr. Hans Imhof - interpreter from State Department
1:00 pm The President gave a Stag Luncheon for H.E. Julius Raab, the
Chancellor of Austria. The following were present:
H.E. The Chancellor of Austria - Julius Raab
H.E. The Ambassador of Austria - Dr. Karl Gruber
The Honorable Dr. Josef Schoener - Austrian Foreign Office
Mr. Hans Imhof - Interpreter
Hon. Earl Warren, The Chief Justice
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F. O. A.
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson, Texas
Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J. C. S.
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director, C. I. A.
Hon. Robert D. Murphy, Department of State
Hon. Livingston T. Merchant, Assistant Secretary of State
Hon. Douglas MacArthur, II, Department of State
Hon. John F. Simmons, Department of State
Hon. Llewellyn E. Thompson, Jr., American Ambassador to Austria
Hon. Daniel W. Bell, President, American Security & Trust Co.
Mr. John C. Folger, Investment banker
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1954
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2:30 pm
Hon. Allen Dulles, Director, C. I. A.
(Mr. Snyder arranged at the request of Director Dulles)
3:00 pm
Gen. Georges Catroux of the French Army
(Hon. John F. Simmons)
3:45 pm
(Hon. U. E. Baughman, U. S. Secret Service)
(Mr. James Rowley)
(Mr. Murray Snyder)
(OFF THE RECORD appointment arranged by Mr. Snyder)
7:30 pm
The President gave a Stag Dinner for the following:
George E. Allen, Counsel, Alvord & Alvord, Washington, D. C.
Robert B. Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
B. G. Byars, Owner, Byars Royal Oaks Farm, Tyler, Texas
Gen. Thomas D. Campbell, Wheat-Cattleman, Mont. & New Mexico
Gen. Arthur S. Nevins, Retired Army Officer, Gettysburg, Pa.
Aksel Nielsen, President, The Title Guaranty Co., Denver
Allan R. Phipps, Attorney, Denver
Sid W. Richardson, Oil-Cattleman, Fort Worth, Texas
Ellis D. Slater, Pres. & Dir., Frankfort Distillers Corp., NYC
Norman H. Smith, Cattle Breeder, Larkspur, Colorado
Bal F. Swan, Rancher, Denver
Dan Thornton, Governor of Colorado, Denver
Felix E. Wormser, Asst. Secy. of the Interior
Stanley M. Wright, Wright & McGill Co., Denver
Toddie Lee Wynne, Oil-Cattleman, Dallas, Texas
Arthur Minnich, White House
Stephen Benedict, White House
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1954
7:30 am
The following had Breakfast with the President:
Hon. Leonard Hall
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
8:30 am
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Briefed the President on N. S. C.)
9:15 am
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J. C. S.
(This is Admiral Radford's usual weekly appointment)
10:00 am
(Mr. Hagerty)
10:30 am
Press Conference
11:15 am
Mr. James Linen, Publisher of Time Magazine
(Arranged through Mr. Ellis D. Slater. Presented to the
President framed enlargement of pictures used in TIME
for a picture story of the Battle of Gettysburg.)
11:30 am
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Percival Brundage, Deputy Director
(Re 1956 Budget)
1:24 pm
The President went over to the White House, where he remained
for the rest of the day.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1954
7:45 am
The Honorable Joseph Dodge had Breakfast with the President.
8:15 am
(Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State)
(Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense)
(Hon. Harold Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force)
(Hon. Allen Dulles, Director, C. I. A.)
OFF THE RECORD
(Gen. Nathan Twining, Chief of Staff, U.S.A.F.)
(Lt. Gen. C. P. Cabell, Deputy Director, C. I. A.)
(Lt. Gen. Donald L. Putt, Air Reserve and Development Command)
(Col. Andrew J. Goodpaster)
8:30 am
National Security Council
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F. O. A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
Hon. H. Chapman Rose, for the Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. William P. Rogers, Acting Attorney General
Hon. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Hon. Ralph E. Spear, for the Federal Civil Defense Administrator
Hon. Arthur F. Bruns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
Hon. Theodore C. Streibert, Director, U. S. I. A.
Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. Robert T. Stevens, Secretary of the Army
Hon. Charles S. Thomas, Secretary of the Navy
Hon. Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force
Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, Chief of Staff of the Army
Adm. Robert B. Carney, Chief of Naval Operations
Gen. Nathan F. Twining, Chief of Staff of the Air Force
Lt. Gen. R. McC. Pate, for the Commandant, U. S. Marine Corps
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director of C. I. A.
Hon. Robert Cutler
Col. Andrew J. Goodpaster
Hon. Robert Sprague, Consultant to the N. S. C.
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. J. Patrick Coyne, NSC Internal Security Representative
Hon. John Slezak, Under Secretary of the Army
Hon. Thomas Gates, Under Secretary of the Navy
Hon. James H. Douglas, Under Secretary of the Air Force
Mr. Bromley Smith
Robert R. Bowie, Department of State
Brig. Gen. C. H. Bonesteel, III, Department of Defense
William Y. Elliott, Office of Defense Mobilization
Maj. Gen. John K. Gerhart, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Robert Amory, Jr., Central Intelligence Agency
Ralph W. E. Reid, Bureau of the Budget
William F. Tompkins, Justice Department
Roy Snapp, Atomic Energy Commission
Elmer Staats, Operations Coordinating Board
James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1954
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10:20 am
Senator William F. Knowland, California
11:20 am
(Field Marshal Montgomery arrived at the White House)
12:45 pm
Hon. Whitley P. McCoy, Director, Federal Mediation and Conciliation
Service
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Five minute appointment arranged at the request of Governor
Adams)
1:00 pm
The President gave a Stag Luncheon in honor of the three Scandinavian
Prime Ministers; H.E. Hans Hedtoft, of Denmark, H. E. Oscar Torp, of
Norway, and H.E. Tage Fritiof Erlander of Sweden. The following were
present:
H.E. The Prime Minister of Norway - Oscar Torp
H.E. The Prime Minister of Denmark - Hans Hedtoft
H.E. The Prime Minister of Sweden - Tage Fritiof Erlander
H.E. The Ambassador of Norway - Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne
H.E. The Ambassador of Denmark - Henrik de Kauffmann
H.E. The Ambassador of Sweden - Erik Boheman
Hon. Charles E. Saltzman
Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
Sen. Walter F. George, Georgia
Hon. Livingston T. Merchant, Assistant Secretary of State
Hon. John F. Simmons
Hon. L. Corrin Strong, Ambassador of Norway (American)
Mr. Lithgow Osborne - American-Scandinavian Foundation
Dr. Robert E. van Deusen - National Lutheran Council
2:35 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower departed for MATS Terminal,
where Mrs. Eisenhower christened the COLUMBINE III.
3:00 pm
Airborne for Augusta, Georgia. The following were members of the
Presidential Party:
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower
Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery
Major General Howard McC. Snyder
Colonel and Mrs. Thomas Belshe
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Allen
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Slater
Hon. James C. Hagerty
Col. Leo F. Paul
Col. William C. Draper
Miss Helen Weaver
Miss Ann Parsons
Miss Betty Allen
Sgt. and Mrs. John Moaney
Miss Rose Woods
Secret Service Agents
5:03 pm
Arrived Bush Field, Augusta, Georgia.
5:12 pm
Departed Bush Field and motored to the Augusta National Golf Club.
5:40 pm
Arrived at Augusta National Golf Club.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, november 25, 1954
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
8:40 am
The President departed the Cottage and walked to the Office.
9:25 am
Departed the Office and went to the Practice Tee.
9:40 am
Arrived at the Practice Tee.
11:15 am
The President left the Practice Tee and returned to the Cottage.
1:05 pm
The President teed off with the following:
Mr. Clifford Roberts
Mr. Ellis Slater
Mr. Ed Dudley
3:52 pm
Completed 18 holes.
8:20 pm
Still photographs and newsreels were taken of the President and
to
First Lady in the Trophy Room of the Club.
8:40 pm
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1954
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
8:20 am
The President bid goodbye to Field Marshall Montgomery.
8:45 am
The President departed the Cottage and walked to the Office.
9:25 am
The President left the Office for the Practice Tee.
9:40 am
Arrived at the Practice Tee.
10:30 am
The President left the Practice Tee and walked over to the #1 Tee
where he watched the members of the press tee off.
10:50 am
The President returned to his Office.
11:55 am
Departed the Office and returned to the Cottage.
1:15 pm
The President teed off with the following:
Mr. Ralph Reed
Mr. Douglas Casey
Mr. Carl Wood
4:15 pm
Completed 18 holes.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1954
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
8:35 am
The President walked to the Office.
9:10 am
Departed the Office.
9:25 am
Arrived at the Practice Tee.
10:00 am
The President teed off with the following:
Mr. Ed Dudley
Mr. William Robinson
Mr. Robert Woodruff
1:15 pm
Completed 18 holes.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1954
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
11:00 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower departed the Augusta National
Golf Club and motored to the Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church.
11:10 am Arrived at the Church and attended regular Sunday Service.
12:10 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower departed the Reid Memorial
Presbyterian Church and motored to the Cottage at the Augusta
National Golf Club.
12:15 pm
Arrived at the Cottage.
1:18 pm
The President teed off with the following:
Hon. James Hagerty
Mr. William Robinson
Mr. Ed Dudley
4:26 pm
Completed 18 holes.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1954
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
8:15 am
The President walked to his Office.
9:55 am
Departed the Office.
10:00 am
Arrived at the Practice Tee.
10:25 am
The President teed off with the following:
Mr. William Robinson
Mr. Ed Dudley
1:25 pm
Completed 18 holes.
4:15 pm
The President and First Lady, accompanied by their guests, departed
the Augusta National Golf Club and motored to Bush Field.
4:45 pm
Arrived at Bush Field, Augusta, Georgia.
4:52 pm
Airborne Augusta, Georgia, for Washington, D. C.
6:35 pm
Arrived MATS Terminal, Washington, D. C.
6:50 pm
Arrived at the White House.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1954
8:30 am
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Briefed the President on N. S. C.)
9:15 am
Hon. Theodore C. Streibert, Director, United States Information Agency
Mr. Andrew Berding
(Mr. Streibert sees the President last Tuesday of each month)
10:00 am
Hon. James B. Conant, United States High Commissioner for Germany
(Col. Andrew J. Goodpaster)
(The Secretary of State recommended that the President see Dr.
Conant because of the importance of his position in current
German situation re ratification of treaties, etc.)
10:30 am
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
(Reported to the President on Rio Conference)
11:15 am
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Percival Brundage, Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Sherman Adams
(45 minute appointment - re 1956 Budget)
12:15 pm
Mrs. Oswald Lord, Representative of the United States on Human
Rights Commission of United Nations
(Arranged by Governor Adams. Mrs. Lord is leaving shortly for
the Middle East.)
12:30 pm
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
(This is Dr. Flemmings's regular appointment, arranged at two
week intervals.)
1:00 pm
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State, had Luncheon with the
President.
3:15 pm
Hon. William W. Spear, Chairman, llebraska Republican State Central Com.
3:40 pm
(Hon. Fred Seaton, Assistant Secretary of Defense)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
(Col. Andrew J. Goodpaster)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1954
8:00 am
The following had Breakfast with the President:
Congressman Daniel A. Reed, New York
Hon. Gerald Morgan
9:00 am
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J. C. S.
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, A. E. C.
(Half-hour appointment arranged by Admiral Radford)
9:30 am
National Security Council
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F. O. A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
Hon. E. Chapman Rose, for the Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J. C. S.
Hon. Allen Dulles, Director of C. I. A.
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Col. Andrew J. Goodpaster, White House Staff Secretary
Robert C. Lanphier, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
Lt. Col. William J. Parsons, Department of Defense
Hon. Thomas P. Pike, Assistant Secretary of Defense
Brig. Gen. G. O. N. Loden, USA
Wells H. Thomsen, Department of the Navy
Brig. Gen. Thomas P. Garrity, USAF
George Goodin, Defense Department
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, N.S.C.
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:30 pm
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Paul Hoffman, of California
8:00 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave the Cabinet Dinner.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1954
8:30 am
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, Jr., The Attorney General) OFF THE RECORD
9:45 am
The President left for the State Department Auditorium, where he
said a few words of greeting to the opening session of the
washington Conference of Mayors.
10:15 am
(Hon. Robert Cutler) OFF THE RECORD
10:45 am
The President met with the Defense Mobilization Board in the Cabinet
Room. (Arranged at the request of Dr. Flemming) The following
were present:
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Herbert Brownell, Jr., The Attorney General
Hon. Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
Hon. Robert Murphy, Deputy Under Secretary of State
Hon. Earl Butz, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. William McC. Martin, Jr., Chairman, Board of Governors,
Federal Reserve System
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Adm.
Hon. Marion Folsom, Under Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Thomas P. Pike, Assistant Secretary of Defense
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
Hon. Gabriel Hauge, The White House
Mr. Maxwell Elliott, General Counsel, General Services Adm.
Hon. Victor E. Cooley, Deputy Director, O. D. M.
Mr. Charles E. Kendall, General Counsel, C. D. M.
Mr. William S. Floyd, Assistant Director for Materials, O.D.M.
Mr. George A. Landry, Assistant Director for Production, O. D. M.
Mr. Joseph F. Vaughan, Staff Secretary, O. D. M.
Mr. John Dennis, Transportation Coordinator, O. D. M.
Mr. Harold Botkin, Assistant Director for Telecommunications, O.D.M.
Mr. H. B. McCoy, Assistant to the Secretary of Commerce
Mr. Winifield Riefler, Assistant to Hon. William McC. Martin
Mr. Elmer Bennett, Assistant to the Secretary of the Interior
Mr. John Liebert, Assistant to the Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Stanley N. Barnes, Assistant Attorney General
11:30 am
Hon. Charles E. Bohlen, American Ambassador to the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics
(Ambassador Bohlen requested this thru Protocol)
12:15 pm
Hon. Webster Todd, former head of Office of Economic Affairs, F.O.A., Paris
(Hon. Bernard Shanley)
(Arranged by Mr. Shanley. Mr. Todd wishes to talk about matters
connected with his resignation, and perhaps make some suggestions
on operation his former office.)
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1954
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12:30 pm The President received the Members of the White House Conference
on Education. (Arranged at the request of Mrs. Hobby)
The following were present:
Mr. Neil H. McElroy, Chairman - President, Procter & Gamble Co.
Mr. Finis E. Engleman, Vice Chairman - Commissioner of Education,
State of Connecticut
AHLGREN, Mildred Carlson (Mrs. Oscar A.) Past President, General
Federation of Womens Clubs
BROWN, Ethel G. (Mrs. Rollin) Chairman, California Recreation Com.
BUNCHE, Ralph J., Trustee, United Nations
BURKE, John s., President, B. Altman & Company, New York
COWLES, John, President, The Minneapolis Star and Tribune
GALE, O. M., Director, Public Relations Division, Procter & Gamble Co.
GOSS, Bert C., Vice President, Hill and Knowlton, Inc., New York
HICKEY, Margaret (Miss) Editor, Public Affairs Department, Ladies
Home Journal
HILL, Henry H., President, George Peabody College for Teachers
HOBBY, Hon. Oveta Culp, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
KILLIAN, James R., Jr., President, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
LANE, Hon. William Preston, Jr., Ex-Governor, State of Maryland
LAZZIO, Thomas, President, Local 300, United Auto Workers
LITTLE, Kenneth J., Deputy Commissioner of Education, Department
of Health, Education & Welfare
LARSEN, Roy E., President and Director, Time, Inc.
McLAIN, Joseph C., Principal, Mamaroneck, New York, High School
McMANUS, Msgr. William E., Assistant Director, National Catholic
Welfare Conference
MILTON, Lorimer D., President, Citizens Trust Co., Atlanta, Ga.
MITCHELL, Don G., Chairman of the Board, Sylvania Electric
Products, Inc.
MOORE, Frank C., President, Government Affairs Foundation, Inc.
NEWSOM, Herschel D., Master, National Grange
PACE, Clint, White House Conference Committee Staff Director
PALEY, William S., Chairman of the Board, Columbia Broadcasting
System, Inc.
REDMOND, James F. Superintendent of Schools, New Orleans, La.
SHULL, Martha (Miss) High School Teacher, Portland, Oregon
SPARKS, Frank H., President, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana
STEWART, Potter, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the
Sixth Circuit
STRATTON, Jesse G., President, National School Boards Association, Inc.
TOY, Henry, Jr., Executive Director, National Citizens Commission
for the Public Schools
VEST, H. Grant, Commissioner of Education, State of Colorado
WILLIAMS, Mayme E. (Mrs. Charles L.) Elementary Teacher, Miami, Florida
12:45 pm (General George Kenny) OFF THE RECORD
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:00 pm
(Mr. Hagerty)
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1954
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2:30 pm
Press Conference
3:00 pm
The President received the group representing Columbia University
Alumni Association of District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia,
and the Columbia University Bicentennial Commission.
(Presented scroll to the President, honoring him for work
in starting the Columbia Bicentennial Celebration) The
following were present:
Dr. Grayson Kirk, President of Columbia
Mr. Arthur Hayes Sulzberger, Chairman, Bicentennial Committee
Professor Richard R. Powell, Director of Bicentennial
Mr. Douglas Black, President of Doubleday & Co. and member
of Bicentennial Committee
H.E. Amjad Ali, Pakistan Ambassador
Mr. Howard C. Westwood, Washington Chairman of Dinner Committee
Mr. Ellsworth C. Alvord, Regional Chairman of Bicentennial
Miss Mary F. Jessup, Regional Vice Chairman
Mr. Hugo E. Weisberger, President, Columbia University Club
Mr. Leo N. Plein, President, Columbia College Club
Mrs. James J. Mooney
Mr. Paul C. Warnke
Mr. James Q. Riordan
Mrs. Virginia G. watkin
Mr. George Bund
Mr. William Roy Vallance
Mr. Lawrence E. Blanchard, Jr., Richmond, Virginia
Mrs. John Adams, Alexandria, Virginia
Mr. Pat Munro
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Dallas Townsend, Assistant Attorney General
3:15 pm
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, former Director, Bureau of the Budget
(Arranged by Governor Adams)
9:00 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave the Military and Departmental
Reception at the White House.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1954
8:30 am
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Briefed the President on N. S. c.)
9:00 am
National Security Council
*Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
*Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
*Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
*Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F. 0. A.
*Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
*Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
*Hon. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Arthur F. Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
Hon. Robert T. Stevens, Secretary of the Army
Hon. Charles S. Thomas, Secretary of the Navy
Hon. James H. Douglas, Acting Secretary of the Air Force
Hon. Percival F. Brundage, Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Glen Lloyd, Deputy Director, F. 0. A.
Hon. John H. Ohly, F. O. A.
*Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J. C. S.
*Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, Chief of Staff of the Army
Adm. Donald B. Duncan, Acting Chief of Naval Operations
Gen. Nathan B. Twining, Chief of Staff of the Air Force
Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., Commandant, U. S. M. C.
*Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director of C. I. A.
*Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Col. Andrew J. Goodpaster, White House Staff Secretary
Hon. W. J. McNeil, Assistant Secretary of Defense
Hon. Struve Hensel, Assistant Secretary of Defense
Mr. Ellis Veach, Department of Defense
*Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
*Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
(* Attended special briefing with President at 8:30 a.m.)
10:30 am
Cabinet Meeting
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Hon. Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of H. E. W.
Hon. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director, F. O. A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, C. D. M.
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1954
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10:30 am
Cabinet Meeting (Continued)
Mr. Eugene J. Lyons, Assistant Postmaster General (in part)
Mr. William F. Sorensen, Special Assistant, CSC (in part)
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley (in part)
Hon. Robert Cutler (in part)
Hon. Gabriel Hauge (in part)
Hon. Cerald Morgan (in part)
Hon. Jack Martin (in part)
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
Hon. Arthur Minnich
(Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., was absent)
1:00 pm
The President gave a Stag Luncheon at which he and The Secretary of
Agriculture stressed the need for greater milk consumption.
The following were present:
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. James A. McConnell, Administrator, Commodity Stabilization
Mr. Lorenzo N. Hoopes, Executive Assistant to the Secy of Agriculture
Hon. Gabriel Hauge, White House
Mr. Roy M. Abagnale, President, The Civitan Club, Massachusetts
Mr. Charles D. Bennett, Special Consultant, Foundation for
American Agriculture and Farm-City Conference
Mr. William Brake, President, Ruritan National, North Carolina
Mr. J. Benjamin Brick, President, National Exchange Club, Toledo, Ohio
Mr. E. LeMar Buckner, President, U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Claude B. Hellman, Past President, The Kiwanis International,
Baltimore
Mr. Milton Hult, President, National Dairy Council, Chicago, Illinois
Mr. F. Roy Keaton, Director General, International Association of
Lions Clubs, Chicago
Mr. John L. McCaffrey, Chairman of Board, Foundation for American
Agriculture and President, International Harvester Co., Chicago
Mr. George R. Means, Secretary General, The Rotary International,
Illinois
Mr. E. M. Norton, Secretary, National Milk Producers Federation, D.C.
Mr. Maurice Perkins, President, Optimist International St. Louis, Mo.
Mr. John Stuart, Honorary Chairman, Farm-City Conference and
Chairman of the Board, Quaker Oats Co, Chicago, Illinois
Mr. Russell S. Waltz, President, National Milk Producers Federation
and General Manager, United Dairymen's Asso., Seattle, wash.
Mr. Merrill N. Warnick, President, American Dairy Asso., Utah.
2:40 pm
(Mr. Stanley Rumbough) OFF THE RECORD
2:45 pm
(Hon. Thomas Murray, A. E. C.) OFF THE RECORD
3:00 pm
Hon. Robert F. Kennon, Governor of Louisiana
Gen. Lucius Clay
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Jack Martin)
(Highway Conference arranged by Governor Adams)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1954
9:00 am
Mrs. George Abel, Senator from Nebraska
(Mr. Earle Chesney)
(Mrs. Abel came in to pay her respects and say goodhye)
9:15 am
Mr. L. E. Berkey, with Charles Tompkins Construction Company
(Mr. Berkey is doing work on the Gettysburg Farm. Appointment
arranged by Colonel Schulz)
10:00 am
Senator Arthur V. Watkins, Utah
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
10:40 am
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
OFF THE RECORD
10:50 am
(Hon. Robert Cutler) OFF THE RECORD
11:30 am
(Mr. Samuel Lubell, New York)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Gov. Adams brought Mr. Lubell in to see the President)
11:40 am
(Fon. Bernard Shanley) OFF THE RECORD
11:45 am
(Major General Howard McC. Snyder) OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1954
(The President remained in the White House all day)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1954
7:45 am
(The following had Breakfast OFF THE RECORD with the President:)
(Senator William F. Knowland, California)
(Hon. Joseph W. Martin, The Speaker)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
(Hon. Jack Martin)
9:30 am
Mr. J. Peter Grace, Jr., President, W. R. Grace and Company, N.Y.C.
(Mr. Grace requested this thru his Washington Office.)
10:00 am
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
(This is their usual Monday appointment)
11:00 am
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J. C. S.
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. Carter Burgess, Assistant Secretary of Defense
Lt. Col. Allen Stevens, U. S. A. F.
Col. Carey A. Randall, Office of Secretary of Defense
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Col. Andrew J. Goodpaster
Commander Edward L. Beach
(This is Adm. Radford's usual Monday appointment)
11:30 am
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
(Usual Monday appointment)
12:30 pm
H.E. Sir John Kotelawala, Prime Minister of Ceylon
H.E. R. S. S. Gunewardene, Ambassador of Ceylon
Hon. Gunasena de Soyza, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of External
Affairs of Ceylon
Hon. Philip Crowe, American Ambassador to Ceylon
Hon. John D. Jernegan, Acting Assistant Sec'y. of State
1:00 pm
The President gave a Stag Luncheon in honor of H.E. Sir John
Kotelawala, The Prime Minister of Ceylon. The following were
present:
H.E. The Prime Minister of Ceylon - Sir John Kotelawala
H.E. The Ambassador of Ceylon - R.S.S. Gunewardene
The Hon. Gunasena de Soyza - Permanent Secy, Ministry of External
Affairs
Hon. Earl Warren, The Chief Justice
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F. 0. A.
Sen. Theodore Francis Green, Rhode Island
MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1954
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1:00 pm Luncheon - Ceylon (Continued)
Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J. C. S.
Hon. Eugene R. Black, International Bank for Reconstruction &
Development
Amb. Philip K. Crowe, U. S. Ambassador to Ceylon
Hon. Theodore C. Streibert, U. S. Information Agency
Hon. John D. Jernegan, Department of State
Mr. Charles Kendrick, Far East America Council of Commerce & Industry
Mr. Harry W. Morrison, President, Morrison-Knudsen, Boise, Idaho
Mr. Robert Smallwood, Chairman, Tea Council of U.S.A., NYC
2:30 pm (Mr. Arthur Vandenberg, Jr.) OFF THE RECORD
7:30 pm
(The President gave a Stag Dinner for the following:)
Welton Becket, Welton Becket & Associates, Los Angeles, Calif.
LeRoy Eakin, Retired Real Estate Executive, Washington, D. C.
LeRoy Eakin, Jr., Real Estate, Eakin Properties, Inc., Wash., D. C.
Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, President, Pennsylvania State College
J. Earl Endacott, Exec. Dir., The Eisenhower Foundation, Abilene
Emmett S. Graham, Secretary, The Eisenhower Foundation, Abilene
Hon. Gabriel Hauge, Administrative Assistant to the President
Sam R. Heller, President, The Eisenhower Foundation, Abilene
Charles M. Hines, President, Edward Hines Lumber Co., Chicago
Marion L. J. Lambert, St. Louis A. & P. Corp.
William E. Levis, Chairman of Executive Committee, Owens Illinois
Glass Company, Toledo, Ohio
Msgr. George G. Murdock, Sacred Heart Church, Mt. Vernon, New York
Stanley Resor, President, J. Walter Thompson Co., New York
Francois L. Schwarz, Food export-import, F. L. Schwarz, Inc., NY
Thomas E. Stephens, Artist, New York
Charles Arthur Tilt, President, Diamond T Motor Car Co., Chicago
Robert A. Weaver, President, Ferro Co., Cleveland, Ohio
Roy Wilkinson, Jr., Lawyer, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1954
9:00 am Mr. Glen W. Wagner, Foreign Secretary, The Pocket Testament League
Mr. Alfred A. Kunz, Executive Director
(To present to the President a copy of the New Testament, to
help launch a five million distribution of free scriptures
in Africa this January. In 1953 the President sent them
message to help in their campaign of free distribution.)
9:30 am Rev. Paul C. Reinert, S.J., President, St. Louis University
Mr. James Black
Mr. George W. Strake, Houston, Texas
(To discuss the Pius XII Memorial Library to be built on Campus
St. Louis University, to house micro films, primarily of
600,000 original manuscripts of the Vatican Library, and to
secure the President's endorsement. Gov. Adams checked with
both State and HEW, and they approve this endorsement on basis
library will be great boon to medieval scholars.)
10:30 am The Honorable Anton Moisescu, the Minister of the Rumanian People's
Republic
(Hon. John Simmons)
(Mr. Dumitrachescu - interpreter)
(Newly appointed - presented credentials)
11:20 am (Mr. Marty Snyder, of New York) OFF THE RECORD
11:25 am
Senator Guy Cordon, Oregon
(Sen. Cordon came in to pay his respects and say goodbye)
1:00 pm (LUNCH)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1954
9:00 am
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Briefed the President on N. S. C.)
9:30 am
The President received the officers of the National Automobile
Dealers Association
(Invited the President to address their 39th Annual Convention,
Chicago, January 31st. Requested by the Postmaster General)
The following were present:
Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Mr. Charles C. Freed, Salt Lake City, Utah, President,
National Automobile Dealers Association
Mr. Frank H. Yarnall, Chicago, Illinois, First Vice President
Mr. Edward A. Sahli, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, Treasurer
Rear Admiral Frederick J. Bell, USN (Ret), Executive Vice President
10:00 am
(Mr. Hagerty)
10:30 am
Press Conference
11:15 am
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Percival Brundage, Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
(Re 1956 Budget - one hour and 15 minutes)
12:30 pm
(Mr. Leonard V. Finder, Universal Match Co., St. Louis) OFF THE RECORD
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:00 pm
(Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State)
(Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense)
(Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J. C. S.) OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense)
(Hon. Livingston Merchant, Assistant Secretary of State)
2:30 pm
(Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State)
(Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense)
(Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury)
(Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget)
(Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers)
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(OFF THE RECORD Budget Meeting arranged at the request of the
Secretary of the Treasury)
8:00 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave the Supreme Court Dinner
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1954
7:45 am (The following had Breakfast OFF THE RECORD with the President:)
(Hon. Clarence Randall)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
8:45 am Brig. Gen. Louis W. Prentiss, retiring Engineer Commissioner, District
of Columbia
Colonel Thomas A. Lane, will succeed Prentiss
(General Prentiss asked if he might say goodbye to the President
and present to him his successor.)
9:00 am Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Nelson Rockefeller, Under Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Roswell Perkins, Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Charles I. Schottland, U. S. Commissioner of Social Security
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
(45 minute appointment - discussed new Budget)
9:45 am Seaborn Collins, National Commander, American Legion
Mr. William Hauck, of American Legion
(Newly elected Commander to pay respects)
10:00 am
National Security Council
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F. 0. A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, 0. D. M.
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, U. S. Civil Service Commission
Hon. Theodore C. Streibert, Chairman, U. S. I. A.
Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director, C. I. A.
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Hon. J. Patrick Coyne, NSC Representative on Internal Security
Col. Andrew J. Goodpaster, White House Staff Secretary
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary
12:45 pm (The President made The Safe Driving Recording in the Conference Room)
12:55 pm Hon. Leo Hoegh, new Governor of Iowa
(Hon. Bernard Shanley)
1:00 pm Mr. Aksel Nielsen had Luncheon with the President.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1954
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2:30 pm Hon. Frances E. Willis, American Ambassador to Switzerland
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
(The Ambassador requested this thru Protocol, to discuss serious
difficulties which have arisen between U. S. and Switzerland
with respect to watches, during last six months)
2:45 pm
H.E. George V. Melas, the Ambassador of Greece
(Hon. John Simmons)
(Newly appointed - presented credentials)
3:00 pm (Mr. Roy Roberts, St. Louis Post Dispatch) OFF THE RECORD
4:05 pm
(Mr. Irving Geist) OFF THE RECORD
9:00 pm The President and Mrs. Eisenhower held the Judicial Reception.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1954
8:00 am (Hon. C. D. Jackson had Breakfast with the President OFF THE RECORD)
9:00 am
Cabinet Meeting
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Robert Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. J. Lee Rankin, Assistant Attorney General
Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Hon. Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
Hon. True D. Morse, Under Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Robert Murray, Under Secretary of Commerce
Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director, F. 0. A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
Hon. Nelson Rockefeller, Under Secretary of H. E. W.
Hon. Clarence Randall
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
Hon. Arthur Minnich
The following were absent:
The Secretary of Defense
The Attorney General
The Secretary of Agriculture
The Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
(Following the Cabinet Meeting, the President made a recording in
the Broadcast Room to be used for the dedication of the Overseas
Press Club Memorial, New York City.)
Due
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
1:32 pm
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left the White House and motored
to Camp David, Maryland)
2:05 pm
(At the corner of Grafton and Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, the Presidential
motorcade stopped and picked up two servicemen, who were hitchhiking a
ride home.)
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1954
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2:05 pm (Continued)
(The Servicemen were: PFC Harold D. Payne
MCAF-1, Camp Lejuene, North Carolina
Age - 20
Home - 241 North Hawkins Street, Akron, Ohio
PFC William L. Weaver
G-3-2 2nd Division
Camp Lejuene, North Carolina
Age - 19
Home - Route 2, DeWitt, Michigan
3:22 pm (The President and Mrs. Eisenhower arrived at Camp David, Maryland)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1954
12:37 pm (The President and Mrs. Eisenhower, accompanied by Mr. Allen, Mr.
Jones and Mr. Robinson, departed Camp David and motored to
Gettysburg)
1:01 pm (Arrived at the farm in Gettysburg - Inspected the Farm)
2:40 pm (Departed Gettysburg and motored to Washington, D. C.)
4:55 pm (Arrived at the White House)
6:25 pm (The President departed the White House for the Statler Hotel,
where he attended the Gridiron Dinner)
11:35 pm (The President returned to the White House)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUMDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1954
11:00 am The President and Mrs. Bisenhower attended the eleven o'clock
Service at the - ational 1 resbyterian Church.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1954
7:45 am
(Hon. Herbert Hoover, Jr., Under Secretary of State)
(Mr. Kermit Roosevelt, CIA)
OFF THE RECORD
(Breakfast with the President)
8:30 am
Leadership Meeting
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Sen. Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Cong. Charles Halleck, Indiana
Cong. Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Cong. Leo E. Allen, Illinois
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Percival Brundage, Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Thruston B. Morton, Assistant Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Fred A. Seaton, Assistant Secretary of Defense
Hon. W. J. McNeil, Assistant Secretary of Defense
Mr. Glen Gibson, Defense Department
Hon. Carter Burgess, Assistant Secretary of Defense
Mr. J. R. Leads, Navy
Commander Daniel Carrison
Lt. Col. A. W. Stephens, Air Force
Col. J. Albert Norell
George A. Spater
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F. 0. A.
Mr. Frank Charrett, F. O. A.
Mr. Lyles G. McNairy, F. O. A.
Hon. Clarence Randall
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard M. Shanley
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Murray Snyder
Hon. Arthur Minnich
12:15 pm
Their Imperial Majesties, the Shahinshah and Empress Soraya of Iran
arrived at the White House.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1954
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12:30 pm
Iranian-American Talks (Held in the President's Study)
The Shahinshah
H.E. Nasrollah Entezam, The Ambassador of Iran
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Herbert Hoover, Jr., Under Secretary of State
Hon. John D. Jernegan, Acting Assistant Secretary of State
1:00 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave a Luncheon for Their Imperial
Majesties, the Shahinshah and Empress Soraya of Iran. The following
were present:
TIM The Shahinshah and Empress of Iran
H.E. The Ambassador of Iran (Nasrollah Entezam)
The Hon. Abbas Aram - Minister Counselor, Embassy of Iran
The Vice President and Mrs. Nixon
The Secretary of State and Mrs. Dulles
The Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Humphrey
Hon. and Mrs. Harold E. Stassen
Hon. and Mrs. Herbert Hoover, Jr.
Hon. and Mrs. Carl W. McCardle
Hon. and Mrs. Thruston B. Morton
Hon. and Mrs. Herman Phleger
Hon. and Mrs. Walter S. Robertson
Hon. and Mrs. Wiley T. Buchanan, Jr.
Hon. and Mrs. Julius C. Holmes
Hon. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Anthony J. D. Biddle
Hon. and Mrs. Charles U. Bay
Hon. George C. McGhee
Hon. John D. Jernegan
Hon. and Mrs. William A. M. Burden
Mr. and Mrs. W. Alton Jones
2:30 pm
Leadership Meeting
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Sen. Bugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Cong. Charles Halleck, Indiana
Cong. Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Cong. Leo E. Allen, Illinois
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Roswell B. Perkins, Assistant Secretary of H. E. W.
Hon. Nelson Rockefeller, Under Secretary of H. E. W.
Hon. Bradshaw Mintener, Assistant Secretary of H. E. W.
Hon. Charles w. Schottland, Commissioner of Social Security
Mrs. Nida Williams, H. E. W.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1954
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2:30 pm
Leadership Meeting (Continued)
Dr. Palmer Dearing, Surgeon Generals Office
Mr. Alan Pond, H. E. W.
Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
Non. Philip Young, Civil Service Commission
Mr. Pierce Gerety, Civil Service Commission
Mr. William Sorensen, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Arthur E. Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Mr. Ben H. Guill, Post Office Department
Mr. Eugene J. Lyons, Post Office Department
Mr. Albert Robertson, Post Office Department
Hon. Albert M. Cole, Housing and Home Finance Agency
Mr. William A. Ulman, Housing and Home Finance Agency
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Murray Snyder
Hon. Arthur Minnich
7:30 pm
The President gave a Stag Dinner for the following:
Warren Bicknell, Jr., President, The Cleveland Construction Co.
Albert Bradley, Exec. Vice President, General Motors, New York
Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, President, Pennsylvania State College
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Gilbert W. Humphrey, Vice President, M. A. Hanna Co., Cleveland
Mr. R. Livingston Ireland, Director, M. A. Hanna Co., Cleveland
W. Alton Jones, Chairman of the Board, Cities Service Co., New York
Barry T. Leithead, Pres. & Dir., Cluett, Peabody & Co., Inc., New York
George H. Love, Pres. & Dir., Pittsburgh-Consolidation Coal Co., and
Chairman, Board of Directors, M. A. Hanna Co.
Howard H. McClintic, Jr., President, Ferguson Edmondson Co., Pittsburgh
Philip D. Reed, Chairman of the Board, General Electric Co., New York
Clifford Roberts, Investment Banker, Reynolds & Co., New York
William E. Robinson, Chairman of the Board, Robinson-Hannagan Associates,
Inc.
Clarence J. Schoo, President, General Fibre Box Co., Springfield, Mass
John Sherwin, Partner, Pickands, Mather & Co., Cleveland
Joseph H. Thompson, President, M. A. Hanna Co., Cleveland
John C. Virden, Chairman of the Board, Federal Reserve Bank, Cleveland
John Hay Whitney, Sr. Partner, J. H. Whitney & Co., New York
Robert W. Woodruff, Chairman, Exec. Com. & Dir., Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1954
8:30 am Bi-Partisan Leadership Meeting
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Sen. Lugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Sen. Alexander Wiley, Wisconsin
Sen. Lyndon Johnson, Texas
Sen. Larle C. Clements, Kentucky
Sen. Carl Hayden, Arizona
Sen. Richard B. Russell, Georgia
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Cong. Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Cong. Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Cong. Leo E. Allen, Illinois
Cong. Robert B. Chiperfield, Illinois
Cong. John Taber, New York
Cong. Dewey Short, Missouri
Cong. Sam Rayburn, Texas
Cong. Clarence Cannon, Missouri
Cong. James P. Richards, South Carolina
Cong. Carl Vinson, Georgia
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Thruston B. Morton, Assistant Secretary of State
Hon. H. Struve Hensel, General Counsel, Dept. of Defense
Hon. Carter Burgess, Assistant Secretary of Defense
Hon. Fred A. Seaton, Assistant Secretary of Defense
Hon. W. J. McNeil, Assistant Secretary of Defense
Commander Daniel Carrison
Lt. Col. A. W. Stephens, Air Force
Col. J. Albert Norell
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director, F. O. A.
Hon. Clarence Randall, Commission on Foreign Economic Policy
Dr. Milton Eisenhower, President, Pennsylvania State College
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Hon. Arthur Minnich
12:40 pm Sen. Charles E. Daniel, South Carolina
Hon. Homer Gruenther
(To pay respects)
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1954
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1:00 pm
The Secretary of State had Luncheon with the President.
2:30 pm
The President presented the Young American Medals for Bravery and Service.
(These are third annual awards under Act passed by Congress in 1950:
under law they are presented personally by the President upon recom-
mendation by Young American Medals Committee and approved by Attorney
General - limited to two for bravery and two for service each year.)
The following were present:
Medal Winners
Marilyn Baker Haar, Savannah, Georgia
Gerald Ray Bergeman, Lorenzo, Idaho
James T. Welch, Jr., Rochester, New York
Accompanied the Winners
Mrs. Ernest J. Haar, Mother of Marilyn B. Haar
Mr. and Mrs. Sylner Bergeman, parents of Gerald R. Bergeman
Richard Bergeman, brother of Gerald
Mr. and Mrs. James Welch, parents of James Welch, Jr.
Timothy Welch, brother of James
Miss Mary Welch
Miss Dorothy Trippe, fiancee of James Welch, Jr.
Departmental
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. J. Edgar Hoover, Director, F. B. I., and Chairman of
Young American Medals Committee
Hon. J. Lee Rankin, Member of Committee
Mr. G. Frederick Mullen, Member of Committee
Mr. Ethell, Department of Justice
3:00 pm
The President witnessed the swearing-in, in his Office, of the following:
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, as Special Assistant to the President
Hon. Joseph Campbell, as Comptroller General of the United States
The following were guests:
Hon. Earl Warren, The Chief Justice - Administered the oaths
Guests of Mr. Dodge
Hon. Rowland Hughes
Hon. Ralph W. E. Reid
Dr. Milton Eisenhower
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming
Hon. Nelson Rockefeller
Hon. Arthur Kimball
Hon. Robert Cutler
Guests of Mr. Campbell:
Mrs. Campbell
Mr. Frederick Campbell
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Sampson Smith, Jr.
Mr. Alan Campbell
Mr. Colin Campbell
Mrs. John Dean and Randall Dean
Miss Maude LaMonte
Mr. and Mrs. David S. Teeple
Mr. James T. Lee
Mr. Robert M. Underhill
Sen. and Mrs. Styles Bridges
4:15 pm
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1954
7:45 am (The following had Breakfast with the President OFF THE RECORD:)
(Hon. Leonard Hall)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Thomas E. Stephens)
8:30 am Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
(This is Dr. Flemming's regular bi-monthly appointment)
9:00 am Mrs. Raymond Clapper, Director, Washington Office, CARE
(Mrs. Clapper requested this some weeks ago, stating she
had returned from Far East and had a request from Prime
Minister of Viet Nam which she wished to discuss)
9:30 am Mr. Guy L. Brown, Grand Chief Engineer, Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, Cleveland, Ohio
Mr. Donald Hornbeck, Counsel
(Mr. Brown wished to talk to the President on prospects of
Railroad Brotherhoods, particularly the prospective opening
of the wage case which was arbitrated last August. Mr.
Shanley sat in on the appointment)
10:00 am
(Mr. Hagerty)
10:30 am
Press Conference
11:15 am
The President was presented with a sheet of AMVET seals by Pamela
Brown, aged 32 years.
(Pamela is the twenty thousandth orphan to receive gift from
AMVET Christmas Orphanage Program. These seals are sold
each year to provide funds for all philanthropic program of
AMVETS.) The following were present:
Mrs. Rufus Wilson, wife of National Commander of AMVETS
Mr. Harold Keats, past National Commander
Mrs. Harold Keats
Miss Marjorie Kidd
Pamela Brown, aged 32 yrs (Little Miss AMVET)
Jimmy Allen, Jr., aged 8 yrs - escort of Pamela Brown
Terry Thompson, aged 5 yrs - escort of Pamela Brown
11:30 am
Senator-elect George H. Bender, Ohio
(Cong. Bender requested this appointment)
11:45 am (Hon. Lewis Strauss, Chairman, A. E. C.) OFF THE RECORD
12:00
(Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of H. E. W.) OFF THE RECORD
12:35 pm
Cong. Louis E. Graham, Pennsylvania
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
(Came in to pay his respects and say goodbye)
1:00 pm (LUNCH)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1954
9:00 am
Hon. Clarence Davis, the Under Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Harland Bartholomew, Chairman, National Capital Planning
Commission
(Arranged at request of Orme Lewis: to give the President
some background on the Commission's problems and his own
service on it since days of Coolidge.)
9:30 am
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Percival Brundage, Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget
(One hour - 1956 Budget)
(Hon. Lewis Strauss, Chairman, A.E.C., Sat in on appointment
for 15 minutes)
10:30 am
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Counsel of Economic Advisers
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
(This is usual Monday appointment postponed to this date)
11:00 am
The President received the officers of The Alfalfa Club, Washington, D. C.
(Invited the President to their 42nd Annual Dinner, January 22, 1955,
at the Statler Hotel)
The following were present:
Mr. Robert Fleming
Mr. Thomas W. Brahany, President, Alfalfa Club
Dr. Thomas W. McKnew, Treasurer
Admiral William Brent Young USN (Ret), Secretary
Mr. Carroll Morgan, Chairman, Dinner Committee
11:30 am
Hon. Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force
(Secretary Talbott requested this)
12:00
Hon. Paul Gray Hoffman
12:30 pm
The President received the members of the Executive Committee of
the Columbia Interstate Compact Commission
(Acquainted the President with the terms and underlying philosophy
of the proposed Columbia Interstate Compact before it starts to
move through legislative channels. It has been agreed upon by
the seven States in Columbia River Basin and if ratified by
respective State Legislatures in 1955, will be sent to Congress
for approval.) The following were present:
Hon. Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
Dr. H. Calvert Anderson, Executive Secretary, The Columbia
Interstate Compact Commission
Commissioners from Idaho:
R. P. Parry, Twin Falls
George L. Crookham, Jr., Caldwell
Commissioners from Montana:
Lloyd I. Wallace, Polson
Fred E. Buck, Helena
James Murphy, Kalispell
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1954
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12:30 pm
Columbia Interstate Compact Commission (Continued)
Commissioners from Nevada:
Hugh A. Shamberger, Carson City
Commissioner from Oregon:
Paul E. Geddes, Roseberg
Commissioners from Washington:
Jack V. Rogers, Wenatchee
W. Kenneth Jones, Spokane
Charles R. Savage, Shelton
Commissioner of the United States:
Frank A. Banks, Coulee Dam, Washington
Howard R. Stinson, Idaho Falls, Idaho, Advisor to U. S. Commissioner
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:00 pm
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General) OFF THE RECORD
2:45 pm
Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
(Re minimum Wage)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1954
9:00 am
Cabinet Meeting
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. Herbert Hoover, Jr., Under Secretary of State
Hon. Marion B. Folsom, the Under Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Charles E. wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Hon. Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of H. E. W.
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. D. A. Fitzgerald, F. 0. A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
Hon. Robert Murray, Under Secretary of Commerce
Mr. Richard Hall, Special Assistant to the Sec'y. of Commerce
Mr. Arthur Page, Staff Director, Cabinet Committee on Transport Policy
Mr. Arthur Schier, Member Cabinet Committee on Transport Policy
Professor Ernest Williams of Columbia University
Hon. Allen Dulles, Director, C. I. A.
Hon. Percival Brundage, Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Nelson Rockefeller, Under Secretary of H. E. W.
Hon. Earl L. Butz, Special Assistant to the Sec'y. of Agriculture
Hon. Clarence Davis, Under Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Charles Saltzman, Under Secretary of State for Administration
Mr. John W. Macy, Jr., Civil Service Commission
Mr. Henry Duflon, Assistant to Chairman of C. S. C.
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Col. Andrew J. Goodpaster
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
Hon. Arthur Minnich
The following were absent: The Secretary of State
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Director, F. 0. A.
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
11:00 am
Senator Barry Goldwater, Arizona
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
(Arranged by Mr. Morgan)
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1954
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11:30 am
The Reverend Canon John Malinowski and Polish American Group
(Arranged at request of Secretary of State. Fr. Malinowski is
conducting crusade for freedom of Poland and other captive
countries in Eastern Europe and has obtained support of Polish
American Organizations, high dignitaries of Catholic Church and
some members of the Congress.) The following were present:
Rev. Canon John Malinowski, former Chaplain in Polish Army
Rt. Rev. Monsignor F. F. Burant, President and Director,
Polish Immigration Committee
Mr. Charles Hozmarek, President, Polish National Alliance
and the Polish American Congress
Hon. John Simmons, Chief of Protocol
Mr. George T. Lister, State Department
12:30 pm
The President presented the Collier Trophy to:
Mr. James H. Kindelberger (for the North American Land-Based F-100)
Mr. Edward H. Heinemann (for the Douglas Carrier-Based F4D)
The following guests were present:
Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc.
Mr. Edward H. Heinemann (Recipient)
Mrs. Allan Lamonte
Miss Susanne Shaw
Mr. Donald W. Douglas, Sr.
Mr. Donald N. Douglas, Jr.
North American Aviation, Inc.
Mr. J. H. Kindelberger (recipient)
Mrs. J. H. Kindelberger
Mr. Lee Atwood
Mr. Gerald B. Brophy
Mr. E. W. Virgin (Wash. representative)
Mr. Floyd Odlum
Mr. Jay Hopkins
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Pick
U.S. Government Representatives
Hon. James H. Smith, Jr., Under Secretary of the Navy
Hon. Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force
Brig. Gen. Brooke E. Allen, USAF
1954 Collier Trophy Committee
Mr. John R. Alison, Hawthorne, California
Mr. C. R. Smith, New York, New York
Hon. Robert Ramspeck, Washington, D. C.
Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Boston, Mass.
Miss Jacqueline Cochran, New York, New York
Mr. Frederick C. Crawford, Cleveland, Ohio
Mr. William R. Enyart, Tarrytown, New York
Mr. Charles H. Gartrell, Frankfort, Kentucky
Dr. Jerome Hunsaker, Cambridge, Mass.
Mr. Earl D. Johnson, ashington, D. C.
Mr. S. Paul Johnston, New York, New York
Mr. Fred B. Lee, Washington, D. C.
Brig. Gen. Charles A. Lindbergh, Darien, Conn.
Vice Admiral Ralph A. Ofstie, USN, washington, D. C.
Admiral DeWitt C. Ramsey, Washington, D. C.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1954
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12:30 pm Collier Trophy Presentation (Continued)
1954 Collier Trophy Committee (Continued)
Gen. Carl A. Spaatz, USAF (Ret.), ashington, D. C.
Gen. Nathan F. Twining, USAF, Washington, D. C.
Dr. John F. Victory, Washington, D. C.
Mr. LeRoy Whitman, Washington, D. C.
Mr. C. S. Logsdon, Washington, D. C.
Representatives from the Crowell Collier Publishing Co.
Mr. Shepard Spink, Vice President, New York, New York
Mr. T. L. Brantly, Vice President, New York, New York
Mr. John R. Reiss, Vice President & Sales Manager, N.Y.C.
Representatives of Federation Aeronautique Internationale-
National Aeronautic Association.
Captain K. J. C. Bartlett, President, London, England
Mr. T. G. Lanphier, Jr., Washington, D. C.
Cong. Carl Hinshaw, California Member
1:00 pm (LUNCH)
2:15 pm
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Hon. James Lay)
(Brief the President on N. S. C.)
4:30 pm The President and Mrs. Eisenhower signed the World Good Will Book
(Requested by the American Bible Society. Book contains signatures
of people all over world who love the Bible, etc. and is out-
growth of Good Will Book of Japan which President Truman signed
in 1950) The following were present:
Dr. Robert T. Taylor, Secretary, American Bible Society
Chaplain (Maj. Gen. USA Ret.) Ivan L. Bennett, former
Chief of Chaplains of the Army, now Secretary of the
American Bible Society, National City area (wash., D. C.)
Mr. Paul Wright, Staff Member, American Bible Society
Mr. Jack Banner, New York, New York
5:00 pm The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left the White House for the
Ellipse, where the President opened the "Christmas Pageant of
Peace," by lighting the National Community Christmas Tree and
broadcasting his Christmas Message.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1954
9:00 am (Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor) OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
10:00 am Cong. Edith Nourse Rogers, Massachusetts
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
(Re textile industry)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1954
11:00 am The President and Mrs. Eisenhower attended the eleven o'clock
Service at the National Presbyterian Church.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1954
9:00 am Hon. Winthrop W. Aldrich, American Ambassador to Great Britain
(Amb. Aldrich phoned Mr. Stephens and requested appointment)
10:00 am Mr. William J. Jernick, Grand Exalted Ruler, Order of Elks
Mr. James Micholson, Managing Editor, Elks Magazine
(Hon. Murray Snyder)
(Mr. Jernick asked if he might call and pay his respects)
10:30 am H.E. Dr. George K. C. Yeh, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of
the Republic of China
H.E. Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo, the Ambassador of China
Hon. Walter S. hobertson, Assistant Secretary of State
(Col. Andrew J. Goodpaster)
(Requested by Chinese Embassy thru Protocol. State Department
recommended that the President see the Foreign Minister as it
was felt it would contribute to prestige of Republic of China
and be particularly timely.)
11:00 am Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
(Usual Monday appointment)
11:30 am Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
(Usual Monday appointment)
12:45 pm Mr. Robert McLean, President, Associated Press
(Discussed annual Luncheon meeting of the members of the Associated
Press, New York City, April 25th, which the President has agreed
to address.)
1:00 pm (Hon. Jacob K. Javits, Attorney-General Elect of New York, had
Luncheon with the President, OFF THE RECORD)
2:30 pm (Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission)
(Hon. Warren B. Irons, Director, Bureau of Departmental Operations, CSC)
OFF THE RECORD
2:40 pm Mr. Milton Katz, Cambridge, Massachusetts
(Telephoned last month that he would be in City today and would
like to drop by for a visit with the President - personal friend)
3:00 pm Dr. William F. Russell, Foreign Operations Administration
4:30 pm (Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., American Ambassador to the U. N.)
(Mr. Jeremiah Wadsworth)
(OFF THE RECORD)
7:30 pm
The President gave a Stag Dinner for the following:
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Herbert Brownell
MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1954
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7:30 pm Stag Dinner (Continued)
Gen. Lucius D. Clay, Chairman of the Board, Continental Can Co., N.Y.
Hon. James C. Hagerty, Press Secretary to the President
Hon. Leonard W. Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee
Hon. Herbert Hoover, Jr., Under Secretary of State
Hon. C. D. Jackson, Vice President, Time, Inc., New York
Mr. Charles S. Jones, President, Richfield Oil Corp., Los Angeles
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., U.S. Representative to the U.N., New York
Mr. John R. McCrary, Jr., madio Commentator, New York
Hon. James L. Murphy, Chairman, Citizens for Eisenhower Congressional
Committee
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Mr. William E. Robinson, Chairman of the Board, Robinson-Hannagan
Associates, Inc., New York
Mr. Edward L. Ryerson, Chairman, Exec. Committee, Inland Steel
Co., Chicago
Hon. Thomas E. Stephens, Secretary to the President
Hon. Arthur E. Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Hon. Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1954
8:00 am (Hon. Bryce Harlow)
8:15 am The President signed letter to Heads of Executive Departments,
Commissions, or Agencies, Supporting the 1955 Red Cross Drive,
and naming the Secretary of Commerce to act as the Chairman
of the Government Unit. The following were present:
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Mr. Randolph G. Bishop, Director, Red Cross Fund
Mr. Martin T. wiegand, General Campaign Chairman for 1955
8:30 am National Security Council
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F. 0. A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Herbert Brownell, Jr., the Attorney General
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Mr. Ralph E. Spear, for the Federal Civil Defense Administrator
Hon. Arthur F. Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
Hon. Theodore C. Streibert, Director, U. S. Information Agency
General Nathan F. Twining, for the Chairman, J.C.S.
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Special Assistant to the President
Hon. Nelson Rockefeller, Special Assistant to the President
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Col. Andrew J. Goodpaster, White House Staff Secretary
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
11:55 am (Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F. 0. A.) OFF THE RECORD
12:00
(Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Special Assistant to the President) OFF THE RECORD
12:23 pm (The President left the White House and motored to Fiery Run Ranch,
near Marshall, Virginia.)
1:47 pm (Arrived at Fiery Run Ranch)
2:30 pm (The President departed Fiery Run Ranch and motored to the Front
Royal Beef-Cattle Research Station)
2:45 pm
(Arrived at the Research Station)
3:32 pm (Departed the Front Royal Beef-Cattle Research Station and motored
to the Fiery Run Ranch)
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1954
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3:45 pm Arrived at Fiery Run Ranch.
9:10 pm The President departed the Fiery Run Ranch and motored to Washington, D.C.
10:40 pm Arrived at the White House.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1954
8:15 am (General Ed. Clark) OFF THE RECORD
(Arranged by Col. Schulz)
9:00 am The President received group from the National Manpower Council
(Presented the President with copy of a new book, current in
series resulting from Zellerbach-Ginzberg Manpower Study.
Arranged at the request of Dr. Snyder) The following were present:
Mr. James D. Zellerbach, Chairman; President, Crown Zellerbach
Corp., San Francisco, California
Hon. Philip Young, Deputy Chairman; Chairman, Civil Service
Commission, ashington, D. C.
Dr. Henry David, Executive Secretary; Professor, Graduate
School of Business, Columbia University, New York, New York
Dr. Eli Ginzberg, Director of Research; Professor, Graduate
School of Business, Columbia University, New York, New York
Hon. James P. Mitchell, Member of the Council; Secretary of
Labor, Washington, D. C.
Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Member of the Council; Deputy
Secretary of Defense, Washington, D. C.
Mr. A. J. Hayes, Member of the Council; President, International
Association of Machinists, Washington, D. C.
9:30 am (The following attended an OFF THE RECORD MEETING with the President:)
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Hon. Lewis Strauss, Chairman, A. E. C.)
(Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.)
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Dr. James R. Killian, Jr., M.I.T., Cambridge, Mass.)
(Mr. Robert Sprague)
(Gen. Herbert B. Loper)
(Arranged by Gen. Cutler)
10:30 am H.E. Henri Bonnet, Ambassador of France
(Hon. John Simmons, Chief of Protocol)
(Ambassador Bonnet came in to pay his respects and say goodbye)
10:45 am (Mr. Harry Butcher, Santa Barbara, California) OFF THE RECORD
11:30 am The President witnessed the swearing-in of Hon. Nelson Rockefeller,
as Special Assistant to the President. The following guests
were present:
Hon. Herbert Hoover, Jr., Under Secretary of State
Hon. Robert Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director, F. O. A.
Hon. Allen Dulles, Director, C. I. A.
Hon. Theodore Streibert, Director, U. S. I. A.
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Special Assistant to the President
Mr. Elmer Staats
Maj. Gen. George L. Eberle
Hon. Abbott Washburn
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1954
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11:30 am Swearing-in of Hon. Nelson Rockefeller (Continued)
Hon. Lewis Strauss, Chairman, A. E. C.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, 0. D. M.
Hon. Roswell Perkins, H. E. W.
Hon. Bradshaw Mintener, H. E. W.
Miss Nancy Hanks, H. E. W.
Miss Donna Mitchell, H. E. W.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Hanks
Mr. Walter Gordon
Mr. John Kennedy
12:00
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J. C. S.
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, U. S. A.
Adm. Robert B. Carney, U. S. N.
Gen. Nathan F. Twining, U. S. A. F.
Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., U. S. M. C.
12:45 pm (Sen. John Sherman Cooper, Kentucky) OFF THE RECORD
1:00 pm (LUNCH)
2:00 pm (Hon. Gabriel Hauge) OFF THE RECORD
2:30 pm Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
4:40 pm (Mr. Harry Machette, retiring Clerk from East Wing of the White House)
(Mr. Andrew Tolley)
(Mr. Tolley introduced Mr. Machette to the President)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1954
9:30 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower greeted the Members of the
White House Staff at the Annual Christmas Reception, in the
East Room of the White House.
10:45 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower and Mrs. Doud departed the
White House and motored to MATS Terminal, Washington National
Airport.
11:05 am Airborne Washington for Augusta, Georgia.
1:10 pm Arrived Bush Field, Augusta, Georgia. Deplaned and motored to
Augusta National Golf Club.
2:02 pm The President teed off with the following:
Mr. Ed Dudley
Mr. William Robinson
4:33 pm
Completed 18 holes.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1954
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
12:32 pm The President teed off with the following:
Mr. Ed Dudley
Mr. William Zimmerman
Mr. Elbert P. Peabody
3:40 pm Completed 18 holes
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1954
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
12:50 pm
The President teed off with the following:
Mr. Fred Waring
Mr. William Robinson
Mr. Cliff Roberts
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1954
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
11:04 am The President and Mrs. Eisenhower departed the Club House enroute
to the Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church in Augusta, where they
attended the 11:15 Service.
12:24 pm The President and Mrs. Eisenhower returned to the Club.
1:30 pm The President teed off with the following:
Mr. Ed Dudley
Mr. Jerry Franklin
Mr. Cliff Roberts
4:24 pm Completed 18 holes.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1954
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
8:00 am Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
(one hour)
9:54 am The President went quail shooting with the following:
Mr. Cliff Roberts
Mr. Jerry Franklin
Mr. Julian Roberts
Mr. Jack Bailey (handled the dogs)
(Began on 10th fairway, 12th, 5th and second. No quail.)
11:20 am Finished quail shooting.
11:30 am Returned to the House.
12:15 pm The President practiced while Ed Dudley watched.
1:00 pm The President teed off with the following:
John O. Childs
Robert Quinn
Ed Dudley
(George Allen accompanied the foursome)
4:00 pm Completed 18 holes.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1954
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
8:00 am The President left the House and spent 15 minutes with Cliff Roberts.
8:15 am Arrived at the Office.
9:20 am Departed the Office.
9:32 am At practice tee.
10:00 am The President teed off with the following:
Mr. Julian Roberts
Mr. Charlie Yates
Mr. Ed Dudley
(George Allen joined foursome at 9th hole)
12:50 pm Completed golf.
1:00 pm Luncheon
2:50 pm The President went quail shooting with the following:
Mr. Julian Roberts
Mr. George Allen
Mr. Jerry Franklin
Mr. Jack Bailey (handled dogs)
(Got 17 quail)
4:40 pm Completed quail shooting.
5:00 pm Returned to the House.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1954
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
8:15 am At the office.
to
11:45 am
12:15 pm At the practice tee, with Ed Dudley
12:55 pm The President teed off with the following:
Mr. Henry Hurst
Mr. Charles Chisholm
Mr. Ed Dudley
(George Allen accompanied the foursome)
3:45 pm Completed 18 holes.
3:50 pm Returned to the Office. Met Mr. Ellis Slater
4:10 pm Returned to the House.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1954
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
8:55 am At the Office.
11:00 am Returned to the House.
12:43 pm At the practice tee with Ed Dudley
1:15 pm At the Office.
1:25 pm The President teed off with the following:
Mr. Cliff Roberts
Mr. Dick Garlington
Mr. Gene Stout (assistant pro)
4:15 pm
Completed 18 holes.
4:20 pm At the practice tee with Ed Dudley.
to
5:25 pm
5:30 pm
Returned to the House.
NOTE:
Mr. George Allen, who had been house guest, departed at 8:30 a.m.
for Fort Worth, Texas.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1954
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
8:25 am The President departed the House for the Office.
11:00 am Departed the Office.
11:15 am Practiced golf with Ed Dudley.
12:25 pm Returned to the House.
1:15 pm The President teed off with the following:
Mr. Freeman Gosden
Mr. Cliff Roberts
Mr. Ed Dudley
(Mr. Jock Whitney accompanied the foursome from the first
to the fifteenth fairway, at which time he departed)
4:10 pm Completed 18 holes.
4:20 pm Returned to the House.