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THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1954
AT AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
8:00 am
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge
Hon. Arthur Flemming
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Jack Martin
Mr. John Jessup
Hon. Robert Cutler arrived in the evening.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1954
AT AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
8:45 am Hon. Robert Cutler
9:30 am
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge
Hon. Arthur Flemming
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Jack Martin
Mr. John Jessup
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1954
AT AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower attended Services at the St. James
Methodist Church in Augusta, Georgia.
5:15 pm The President and Mrs. Eisenhower departed Augusta, Georgia,
for Washington, D. C.
7:15 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower arrived at MATS Terminal,
Washington National Airport.
7:31 pm Arrived at the White House.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1954
8:30 am
Cabinet Meeting
Hon. Richard M. Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
Hon. George M. Humphrey, The Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Hon. Douglas McKay, The Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, The Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, The Secretary of Commerce
Hon. James P. Mitchell, The Secretary of Labor
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, The Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Administration
Hon. Arthur Flemming, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the United Nations
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Senator William F. Knowland, California
Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Senator Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Congressman Leo E. Allen, Illinois
Congressman Daniel A. Reed, New York
Honorable Sherman Adams
Honorable Wilton B. Persons
Honorable James Hagerty
Honorable Gabriel Hauge
Honorable Bryce Harlow
Honorable Gerald Morgan
Honorable Jack Martin
Mr. Maxwell Rabb
Mr. Arthur Minnich
11:30 am
Honorable William Donovan, American Ambassador to Thailand
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:00 pm
Honorable Ezra Taft Benson, The Secretary of Agriculture
3:00 pm
(Mr. Albert C. Beeson, Candidate for N.L.R.B.)
OFF THE RECORD
(Honorable Sherman Adams)
4:00 pm
(Hon. Julius Ochs Adler)
(General Raymond McClain)
OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Edgar Shelton)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Governor Adams took the above members of the National
Security Training Commission in to meet the President)
MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1954
Page 2
9:30 pm
The President addressed the Nation over Radio and Television
from The White House.
MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1954
Page 2
9:30 pm
The President addressed the Nation over Radio and
Television from The White House.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1954
8:30 am
(Hon, Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General)
OFF THE RECORD
9:00 am
Hon. John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
9:30 am
Hon. John Foster Dulles
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations
Administration
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., American Ambassador to the
United Nations
Hon. Roger M. Kyes, Deputy Secretary of Defense
10:15 am
The President conferred the National Achievement Award
on Senator Margaret Chase Smith, Maine.
(This is the annual award of Chi Omega, National Women's
Sorority. It is awarded for marked achievement in either
Art, Public Service, Letters or Science. Senator Smith
is receiving the award for her long public service as the
only woman Senator.
The following were present:
Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Honorary Chairman
Congressman Frances P. Bolton, Ohio
Mrs. Laura Gardin Fraser
Miss Mary Vail Andress
Miss Elizabeth Dyer
Miss Doris Fleeson
Mrs. Mary Love Collins, Executive Chairman
May Craig
Ernest Warren
Don Larrabee
Buck Griffin
Hon. Richard M. Nixon
Speaker Joseph W. Martin, Jr.
Senator William F. Knowland
Senator Leverett Saltonstall
Senator Styles Bridges
Senator Homer Ferguson
Senator George Aiken
Senator Richard B. Russell
Congressman Carl Vinson
Mrs. Charles P. Howard
Secretary of the Senate Mark Trice
(continued)
TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1954
Page 2
10:15 am
The following were present when Senator Margaret Chase
Smith was presented the National Achievement Award (continued):
Mrs. Harland Fiske Stone
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bernier & son, John
Mr. Richard Chase
Mr. William C. Lewis, Jr.
Mrs. Edward Hudon
Mrs. Jean Williams
10:30 am
LEGISLATIVE LEADERS MEETING - BI-PARTISAN
Hon. Richard M. Nixon
Senator William F. Knowland
Senator Styles Bridges
Senator Eugene Millikin
Senator Leverett Saltonstall
Senator Homer Ferguson
Senator Alexander Wiley
Senator Lyndon B, Johnson
Senator Earle C. Clements
Senator Walter F. George
Senator Richard B. Russell
Hon. Joseph Martin
Congressman Charles A. Halleck
Congressman Leslie Arends
Congressman Leo Allen
Congressman Dewey Short
Congressman Robert B. Chiperfield
Congressman Sam Rayburn
Congressman John W. McCormack
Congressman Carl Vinson
Congressman James P. Richards
Hon. John Foster Dulles
Hon. Charles E. Wilson
Hon. Harold E. Stassen
Hon. Roger M. Kyes
Hon. Joseph Dodge
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
Hon. Walter B. Smith
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1954
Page 3
1:00 pm
The President gave a Legislative Luncheon at the White House.
The following were present:
Hon, Richard M. Nixon
Senator William F. Knowland
Senator Styles Bridges
Senator Eugene D. Millikin
Senator Leverett Saltonstall
Senator Homer Ferguson
Senator Alexander Wiley
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson
Senator Earle C. Clements
Senator Walter F. George
Senator Richard B. Russell
Hon. Joseph W. Martin
Congressman Charles A. Halleck
Congressman Leslie C. Arends
Congressman Leo E. Allen
Congressman Dewey Short
Congressman Robert B. Chiperfield
Congressman Sam Rayburn
Congressman John W. McCormack
Congressman Carl Vinson
Congressman James P. Richards
Hon. John Foster Culles
Hon. Charles E. Wilson
Hon. Harold E. Stassen
Hon. Roger M. Kyes
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
2:30 pm
Hon. Charles E. Wilson
(Usual weekly appointment)
3:30 pm
(Hon. Herbert Brownell)
OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. John Harlan, Candidate for Judgeship)
3:35 pm
(Hon. Bruce Harlow)
OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1954
8:30 am
(Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General) OFF THE RECORD
9:00 am
Hon. John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
9:30 am
Hon. John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Administration
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., American Ambassador to the United Nations
Hon. Roger M. Kyes, Deputy Secretary of Defense
10:15 am
The President conferred the National Achievement Award on Senator
Margaret Chase Smith, Maine.
(This is the annual award of Chi Omega, National Women's Sorority.
It is awarded for marked achievement in either Art, Public
Service, Letters or Science. Senator Smith is receiving the
award for her long public service as the only woman Senator.
This is the twenty-third year of the award.)
The following were present:
Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Honorary Chairman
Congresswoman Frances P. Bolton, Ohio
Mrs. Laura Gardin Fraser
Miss Mary Vail Andress
Miss Elizabeth Dyer
Mrs. Doris Fleeson
Mrs. Mary Love Collins, Executive Chairman
May Craig
Ernest Warren
Don Larrabee
Buck Griffin
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Speaker Joseph W. Martin, Jr.
Senator William F. Knowland, California
Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Senator Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Senator George Aiken, Vermont
Senator Richard B. Russell, Georgia
Congressman Carl Vinson, Georgia
Mrs. Charles P. Howard
Secretary of the Senate Mark Trice
Mrs. Harland Fiske Stone
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bernier & son, John
Mr. Richard Chase
Mr. William C. Lewis, Jr.
Mrs. Edward Hudon
Mrs. Jean Williams
10:30 am
Legislative Meeting
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Senator William F. Knowland, California
TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1954
Page 2
10:30 am
Legislative Meeting (Continued)
Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Senator Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Senator Alexander Wiley, Wisconsin
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, Texas
Senator Earle C. Clements, Kentucky
Senator Walter F. George, Georgia
Senator Richard B. Russell, Georgia
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Congressman Leo E. Allen, Illinois
Congressman Dewey Short, Missouri
Congressman Robert B. Chiperfield, Illinois
Congressman Sam Rayburn, Texas
Congressman John W. McCormack, Massachusetts
Congressman Carl Vinson, Georgia
Congressman James P. Richards, South Carolina
Hon. John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Administration
Hon. Roger M. Kyes, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the United Nations
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Under Secretary of State
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
1:00 pm
The President gave a Legislative Luncheon at the White House. The
following were present:
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Senator William F. Knowland, California
Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Senator Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Senator Alexander Wiley, Wisconsin
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, Texas
Senator Earle C. Clements, Kentucky
Senator Walter F. George, Georgia
Senator Richard B. Russell, Georgia
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Congressman Leo E. Allen, Illinois
Congressman Dewey Short, Missouri
Congressman Robert B. Chiperfield, Illinois
Congressman Sam Rayburn, Texas
TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1954
Page 3
1:00 pm
Legislative Luncheon (Continued)
Congressman John W. McCormack, Massachusetts
Congressman Carl Vinson, Georgia
Congressman James P. Richards, South Carolina
Hon. John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Adm.
Hon. Roger M. Kyes, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the United Nations
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
2:30 pm
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
(This is Secretary Wilson's usual weekly appointment)
3:30 pm
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. John Harlan, Candidate for Judgeship)
3:35 pm
(Hon. Bryce Harlow) OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1954
7:50 am
(The President left the White House for the National Presbyterian
Church)
8:00 am
The President attended a Service of Prayer and Holy Communion at
the National Presbyterian Church.
(This was service on behalf of the Nation and for the leaders
of the National Government)
9:15 am
Honorable Gabriel Hauge
Honorable Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Honorable Neil H. Jacoby, Council of Economic Advisors
Honorable Walter W. Stewart, Council of Economic Advisors
(This was Dr. Burns' and Dr. Hauge's usual weekly appointment)
9:45 am
(Honorable Bryce Harlow) OFF THE RECORD
12:15 pm
The President received the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church,
U.S.A., and other leaders of that Church.
(This was arranged at the request of Dr. Elson) The following
were present:
Dr. John A. Mackay, Moderator, Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.
Dr. Samuel C. weir, Moderator, United Presbyterian Church
of North America
Dr. Frank W. Price, Moderator, Presbyterian Church, U.S.
(Southern)
Dr. Robert L. Jeans, Moderator, Presbytery of Washington City
Dr. Eugene C. Blake, Stated Clerk, Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.
(Highest permanent administrative officer of the Church)
Dr. Edward L. R. Elson, Minister, The National Presbyterian
Church, Washington, D. C.
12:30 pm
Honorable Clare Boothe Luce, American Ambassador to Italy
(Arranged at the suggestion of C. D. Jackson)
1:00 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave a Luncheon at the White House
for the following:
The Secretary of State and Mrs. Dulles
Congresswoman Frances P. Bolton, Ohio
Ambassador and Mrs. Winthrop W. Aldrich
Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce
Hon. C. D. Jackson
Hon. Robert Cutler
2:00 pm
The President joined Mrs. Eisenhower in the East Room and they
received the members of the Virginsville Grange of Berks County,
Pennsylvania. The presentation of a prize-winning quilt was
made at this time. (Winner of thousand dollar quilt contest of
the National Grange)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1954
8:00 am
(Senator Everett M. Dirksen, Illinois, had breakfast with the
President at the White House OFF THE RECORD)
12:05 pm
(The President left the White House for the Capitol)
12:30 pm
The President delivered his State of the Union Message before
a Joint Session of the Congress assembled in the Chamber of
the House of Representatives.
1:30 pm
(The President departed for Burning Tree Golf Club where he
played golf with the following:)
(Mr. Jim Black)
OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. John McClure)
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
4:50 pm
(Hon. Harry Darby, Kansas)
(Mr. Ray Firestone)
OFF THE RECORD
(Sen. Darby and Mr. Firestone stayed until 5:30 pm)
4:55 pm
(Hon. Robert Cutler) OFF THE RECORD
(Gen. Cutler joined Sen. Darby and Mr. Firestone and stayed
until 5:35 pm)
6:00 pm
(Hon. John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State)
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Sen. John W. Bricker, Ohio)
(Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan)
(Sen. Alexander Wiley, Wisconsin)
OFF THE RECORD
(Sen. William F. Knowland, California)
(Hon. Herman Phleger, State Department)
(Hon. Lee Rankin, Assistant Attorney General)
(Mr. Charles Webb, Senator Bricker's Assistant)
(Dr. Francis E. Wilcox, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
(Hon. I. Jack Martin)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1954
8:30 am
National Security Council
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Administration
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. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Hon. Roger M. Kyes, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. Robert T. Stevens, Secretary of the Army
Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Secretary of the Navy
Hon. Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
General Matthew B. Ridgway, Chief of Staff of the Army
Admiral Robert B. Carney, Chief of Naval Operations
General Nathan F. Twining, Chief of Staff of the Air Force
General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., Commandant, United States Marine Corps
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Hon. C. D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President
Hon. Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President
Hon. Wilton B. Persons, Deputy Assistant to the President
Hon. Bryce Harlow, Administrative Assistant to the President
Hon. J. Patrick Coyne, Representative of Internal Security
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, N.S.C.
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, N.S.C.
11:30 am
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Administration
Hon. C. Tyler Wood, Economic Coordinator in Korea, F.O.A.
11:45 am
H.E. Dr. Heinz L. Krekeler, Ambassador of the Republic of Germany
Mr. Jakob Altmeier, Member of the German Bundestag
(Hon. John F. Simmons)
(Arranged at the request of General "Beetle" Smith. Mr.
Altmeier is the first Jewish Member of the German Parliament
since Hitler came to power)
12:30 pm
Senator Edward J. Thye, Minnesota
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
1:00 pm
(Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., American Ambassador to the United
Nations, had Luncheon with the President) OFF THE RECORD
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
5:30 pm
(Mr. William Robinson, New York Herald Tribune)
(Hon. Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee)
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General)
(Hon. Thomas E. Stephens, Secretary to the President)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1954
9:00 am
(Mr. Lester W. Bentley, Artist)
OFF THE RECORD
(One-half hour sitting - at the request of Dr. Grayson Kirk,
of Columbia University)
9:45 am
Hon. Arthur Flemming, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization
Commander Edward L. Beach
General Willard Paul
(One-half hour)
10:45 am
The President received Delbert (Debby) Dains, 1954 MARCH OF DIMES
Poster Boy
(Arranged at the request of National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, to help launch campaign. As part of meeting, the
poster boy showed the President a vial containing the new
polio vaccine and another containing gamma globulin - the two
big hopes that polio can be eliminated)
The following were present:
Delbert (Debby) Dains
Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Dains (parents)
Hon. D. Basil O'Connor, President, the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis
Hon. Samuel Spencer, Chairman of the Board, District
Commissioners and Washington Chairman of the Campaign
Mr. Everett Thoren, of Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Mr. Bryson Rash
11:00 am
(Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget)
(Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. John H. Davis, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture)
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
(Discussed financing of wool program)
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
4:30 pm
(Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury)
(Hon. George Allen)
OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. James Lenmon)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 1954
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
4:15 pm
(Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce)
(Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor)
(Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director of the Budget) OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Jack Martin)
(Hon. Charles Moore)
(Remained until 4:35 pm)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1954
8:30 am
Legislative Leaders
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Sen. Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Hon. Herbert Brownell, Jr., The Attorney General
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Mr. Earl Chesney
Mr. Murray Snyder
10:30 am
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
(Usual Monday appointment - half-hour)
11:00 am
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
(Usual Monday appointment - half-hour)
11:30 am
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
(Usual Monday appointment) (one hour)
12:30 pm
Senator Herbert H. Lehman, New York
Mr. Julius Edelstein, Administrative Assistant to Sen. Lehman
(Hon. Jack Martin)
(The Senator requested this to discuss with the President the
revision of the McCarran-Walter Act - is especially interested
in seeing that question of revision should be approached on
completely non-partisan basis)
1:00 pm
(Hon. Frank J. Sulloway, Republican National Committeeman, Concord,
New Hampshire)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
OFF THE RECORD
1:15 pm
(Hon. Walter B. Smith, Under Secretary of State, had Luncheon
with the President OFF THE RECORD)
2:00 pm
Honorable Harold E. Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Adm.
2:15 pm
Honorable Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1954
Page 2
4:15 pm
(Dentist) OFF THE RECORD AT THE WHITE HOUSE
7:30 pm
(The President gave a Stag Dinner at the White House for the following:)
Mr. Wright Bryan, Editor, Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mr. George V. Cooper, Clothing Manufacturer, New York
Mr. Robert V. Fleming, President & Chairman of the Board,
Riggs National Bank
Brig. General Harris Jones, Dean of Academic Board, U.S.M.A.,
West Point
Mr. Robert J. Kleberg, Jr., President, King Ranch, Texas
Mr. John S. Knight, Editor, The Knight Newspapers
Dr. Charles W. Mayo, Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Mr. Bradshaw Mintener, Vice President & General Counsel,
Pillsbury Mills, Inc.
Mr. Maurice T. Moore, Lawyer - Cravath, Swaine & Moore
Mr. Thomas F. O'Neil, President, Mutual Broadcasting System, Inc.
Mr. Edward V. Rickenbacker, Chairman of the Board, Eastern Air
Lines, Inc.
Mr. Charles H. Tompkins, President, Charles H. Tompkins Company
General Charles E. Saltzman, Henry Sears & Company
Mr. Ernest T. Weir, Chairman of the Board, National Steel Corp.
Mr. Charles M. White, President, Republic Steel Corp.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1954
9:15 am
Congressman Harley O. Staggers, West Virginia
(The Congressman requested this to discuss possible legislation
concerning Communism)
(Hon. Jack Martin)
9:50 am
(The President left the White House for the District Red Cross Bldg.)
10:00 am
The President said a few words of Greeting to the opening session
of the Tenth Annual White House Conference of Business and Industry
Associates of the Advertising Council.
10:45 am
Honorable Paul G. Hoffman, Pasadena, California
11:45 am
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, of General Electric
(Mr. Wilson requested this through Mr. Willis)
12:30 pm
The President presented the Congressional Medal of Honor to:
Private First Class Ernest E. West, USA
First Lieutenant Edward R. Schowalter, Jr., USA
William R. Charette, Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class, USN
(Commander Beach read the citations) The following guests
were present:
Private First Class Ernest E. West, USA
Mr. Edward Albright (uncle)
First Lieutenant George N. Gividen, USA (friend)
First Lieutenant Edward R. Schowalter, Jr., USA
Mrs. Ruth J. Schowalter (mother)
Mr. Preston O. Schowalter (uncle)
Mr. Edward Rightor (uncle)
William R. Charette, Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class, USN
Mr. Albert L. Furlong (uncle and guardian)
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Ezdebski (brother-in-law and sister)
Mrs. Mildred A. Rochon (aunt)
Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Hansen (uncle and aunt)
Escorts
First Lieutenant Freeman V. Horner, USA
First Lieutenant Louis O. Michaels, USA
Lieutenant Commander Emory P. Smith, USN
Other Guests
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Roger M. Kyes, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Senator John Sherman Cooper, Kentucky
Senator Allen J. Ellender, Louisiana
Senator Russell B. Long, Louisiana
Senator Charles E. Potter, Michigan
TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1954
Page 2
12:30 pm
Congressional Medal of Honor (Continued)
Congressman Hale Boggs, Louisiana
Congresswoman Ruth Rhompson, Michigan
Honorable Robert T. Stevens, Secretary of the Army
General Charles L. Bolte, USA
Honorable Robert B. Anderson, Secretary of the Navy
Honorable Thomas S. Gates, Jr., Under Secretary of the Navy
Admiral Robert B. Carney, USN
Admiral D. B. Duncan, USN
Rear Admiral Clarence J. Brown, USN
Honorable Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force
Honorable James H. Douglas, Under Secretary of the Air Force
General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., USMC
Additional Guests of Lt. Schowalter
Mrs. Preston Schowalter (aunt)
Mr. Henry Rightor, Jr. (nephew)
Col. and Mrs. Kaylr (Battalion Commander)
Mr. Cliff Conrad (friend)
Mr. Donald Butler (friend)
Mrs. Sam George (friend)
Mrs. Margaret Ellis (friend)
Mr. John Thornton, Jr. (friend)
Miss Susie Thornton (friend)
Miss Jennie Thornton (friend)
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:30 pm
The President presented the Big Brother of the Year Award to
Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker.
(This award is given annually by the Big Brothers of America, Inc.,
to an outstanding American for his contribution to the welfare of
the youth of America. The Big Brother movement "brings an
intelligent and well-rounded man into personal, individual
relationship with a growing boy who might otherwise lose his
way in life." Captain Rickenbacker, busy as he is, has been
an ardent supporter of the Big Brother Movement, and has found
it possible to act as a Big Brother to a boy who has grown to
officer's status in the United States Air Corps.)
The following were present:
Rickenbacker, Captain E. V., Chairman of the Board, EastemAir
Lines, 10 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York
Berwind, Mr. Charles G., President, Big Brothers of America,
Inc., and Berwind-White Coal Mining Co., Phila., Pa.
Childress, Fielding T., President, Columbia Terminals, 1209
Washington Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri.
Gentile, Felix, Executive Director, Big Brothers of America, Inc.,
1347 Broad St., Station Building, Philadelphia 3, Pa.
GUTHRIE, Henry B., Attorney Sharman and Sterling and wright,
20 Exchange Place, New York, New York.
HENNINGS, Senator Thomas C., Jr., Missouri
TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1954
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2:30 pm
Big Brother of the Year Award (Continued)
HOOVER, Hon. J. Edgar, Director, Federal Pureau of Investigation
JOHNSON, Dr. Kenneth D., New York School of Social Work, N.Y., N.Y.
McSHAIN, John, Builder, 17th and Spring Garden Streets, Phila., Pa.
MANGRUM, John E., Vice President, Southland Life Insurance Co.,
PALMER, James E., Jr., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
REBMANN, G. Ruhland, Jr., Attorney, Edmonds, Obermayer and Rebmann,
Philadelphia, Pa.
SCOTT, Isadore M., President, Winner Manufacturing Co., Trenton, N.J.
THORNBURGH, Donald W., President, WCAU and WCAU TV, Phila., Pa.
VanDUSEN, William, Vice President, Eastern Air Lines, 10 Rockefeller
Plaza, New York, New York
WEBB, Charles W., Armco Drainage and Metal Co., Denver, Colorado
YOUNGDAHL, Honorable Luther W., Judge, U. S. District Court, Wash. D.C.
3:00 pm
Mr. J. V. Moon, of Western Springs, Illinois
(Arranged at the request of Senator Dirksen. Wishes to invite
the President to a meeting of 10,000 Illinois teachers to be
held at Northwestern University October 15, 1954)
3:35 pm
(Mr. Marty Snyder) OFF THE RECORD
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
9:00 pm
The Departmental Reception
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1954
9:00 am
(Honorable Fred A. Seaton, Assistant Secretary of Defense) OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Seaton requested this appointment)
9:30 am
(Honorable Robert T. Stevens, Secretary of the Army) OFF THE RECORD
10:00 am
(Mr. Hagerty) OFF THE RECORD
10:30 am
Press Conference
11:30 am
Lord Wakehurst, Governor General of Northern Ireland
H.E. Sir Roger Makins, the British Ambassador
(Hon. John Simmons)
(The British Ambassador requested this appointment, thru Protocol.
Lord Wakehurst is a former United Kingdom Chairman of the
English Speaking Union.)
11:45 am
Mr. Walter White, Secretary, National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People
Dr. Channing H. Tobias
Mr. Arthur B. Spingarn
Judge Theodore Spaulding
Mr. Clarence Mitchell of Washington Office of NAACP
(The above came in to invite the President to speak at a meeting
in Washington on some date convenient to him, as close to
February 12th as possible. Do not want to interfere in Lincoln
Day Dinners but suggest date as close to February 12th as
possible because it is birthday both of Lincoln and the NAACP)
12:15 pm
Mr. Sid Richardson, Fort Worth, Texas
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:45 pm
(Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1954
8:00 am (The following had Breakfast with the President OFF THE RECORD)
(Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State)
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
9:15 am (Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Hon. James S. Lay, Jr.)
(Briefed the President on N. S. C.)
10:00 am National Security Council
Hon. Richard M. Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Roger M. Kyes, Acting Secretary of Defense
Hon. William N. Rand, Acting Director, F. O. A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
Hon. George N. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Ralph A. Tudor, Acting Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Non. Val Peterson, Federal Civil Defense Administrator
Gen. Charles L. Bolte, for the Secretary of the Army
Hon. Thomas S. Gates, Jr., Acting Secretary of the Navy
Hon. Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force
Gen. Nathan F. Twining, for the Chairman, J.C.S.
Adm. Robert B. Carney, Chief of Naval Operations
Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., Commandant, U. S. M. C.
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence
Hon. Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Hon. C. D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President
Hon. Bryce Harlow, Administrative Assistant to the President
Hon. Arthur Minnich, Assistant White House Staff Secretary
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, N.S.C.
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
12:45 pm Lt. Gen. John W. O'Daniel (Mike), Commanding General, U.S.A., Pacific
(The President told Admiral Radford he would like to see
General 0' O'Daniel while he was in Washington this week)
1:00 pm (LUNCH)
2:00 pm (The President made a five minute radio and TV recording on film
and tape for use in launching the Red Cross Drive on February 28th)
2:30 om Congressman Sam Rayburn, Texas
Mr. Ralph Porter
Mr. E. B. Chapman
Mr. J. "Lip" Newell
Mr. Freeman Carney
THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1954
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2:50 pm
Honorable John Foster Dulles, Secretary of Defense
Vice Admiral Arthur C. Davis, Director of the Office of Foreign
Military Affairs, Department of Defense
Honorable Henry A. Byroade, Assistant Secretary of State
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1954
9:00 am
The President received the Members of the Commission on Judicial
and Congressional Salaries.
(Presented the report of the Commission which law requires
them to present on this date, January 15th.) The following
were present:
Appointed by the President:
Bernard G. Segal, Esquire, Chairman, and Mrs. Segal
Partner: Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis
1719 Packard Building
Philadelphia 2, Pennsylvania
Mr. Edward B. Baskin,
President, Baskin Farm Supply Company
Bishopville, South Carolina
Mr. Edward P. Crumbock
Vice President and Chairman of the Eastern Area Conference,
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Ware-
housemen and Helpers of America, AFL
105 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia 23, Pennsylvania
Mr. Samuel R. Guard
Editor and Publisher, Breeder's Gazette
220 Livestock Exchange
Stock Yards
Louisville 6, Kentucky
Mr. William A. Patterson
President, United Air Lines
5959 South Cicero Avenue
Chicago 38, Illinois
Mr. James P. Walsh
Labor Union Welfare Insurance Consultant; Vice President
and Administrator, Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Health
and Welfare Fund.
Appointed by Chief Justice Warren
Eugene Bennett, Esquire,
Partner: Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro
Standard Oil Building
225 Bush Street
San Francisco 4, California
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1954
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9:00 am Commission on Judicial & Congressional Salaries:
Mr. David J. McDonald
International President, United Steel Workers of America, CIO
Commonwealth Building,
Pittsburgh 22, Pennsylvania
Mr. Alan C. McIntosh
Editor, Rock County Star Herald,
Luverne, Minnesota.
President, National Editorial Association
Mr. David Brown Robertson
President Emeritus, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen
3115 Scarborough Road
Cleveland, Ohio
Mrs. Raymond Sayre
President, Associated Country Women of the World, and Past President,
Associated Women of the Farm Bureau Federation
Ackworth, Iowa
Mr. Frank M. Shay
President, California Prune and Apricot Growers Association
P. O. Box 670
San Jose 5, California
Appointed by The Vice President
Mr. James B. Carey
Secretary-Treasurer, CIO; President, International Union of
Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, CIO.
718 Jackson Place, N. W.
Washington 6, D. C.
Mr. Edward D. Crippa
President, Union Mercantile and Supply Company
702 B Street
Rock Springs, Wyoming
Loyd Wright, Esquire
Suite 1125
111 West Seventh Building
Los Angeles 14, California
Partner: Wright, Wright, Green and Wright.
Appointed by The Speaker
Mr. Walter Cenerazzo
President, American Watchmaker's Union (Independent)
Waltham, Massachusetts
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1954
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9:00 am Commission on Judicial & Congressional Salaries:
Mr. John E. Galvin
P. 0. Box F
Lima, Ohio.
Chairman of the Board, The Ohio Steel Foundry Company
Mr. Herschel D. Newsom
Master of the National Grange
744 Jackson Place, N. W.
Washington 6, D. C.
ADVISORY EMBERS
Appointed by Chief Justice Warren
Honorable John Biggs, Jr.
Chief Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Federal Building
Wilmington, Delaware
Honorable William M. Byrne
Judge, U. S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Los Angeles, California
Honorable Harold M. Stephens
Chief Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Washington, D. C.
Appointed by The Vice President
Honorable Frank Carlson
United States Senate
Washington, D. C.
Honorable James P. Kem
1625 K Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C.
Former United States Senator from Missouri
Honorable Patrick A. McCarran
United States Senate
Washington, D. C.
Appointed by The Speaker
Honorable Hardie Scott
1228 Land Title Building
Philadelphia 10, Pennsylvania
Former Congressman from Pennsylvania
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1954
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9:00 am Commission on Judicial & Congressional Salaries:
Honorable Harry L. Towe
Tenafly, New Jersey
Former Congressman from New Jersey
Honorable Francis E. Walter
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.
Appointed by the Commission
Charles S. Rhyne, Esquire, General Counsel
726 Jackson Place, N. W.
Washington, D. C.
James L. Miller, Esquire, Executive Director
Home Owners Loan Corporation Building
101 Indiana Avenue, N. W.
Washington 25, D. C.
Harlan L. Kays, Jr., Associate Director
Home Owners Loan Corporation Building
101 Indiana Avenue, N. W.
Washington 25, D. C.
Thomas J. Lankford
Chief Clerk (Clerk of the Majority Committee of the House)
House Office Building
Washington 25, D. C.
Joseph J. McLaughlin, Director of Public Information
Edward Snyder, Assistant General Counsel
10:00 am
Cabinet Meeting
Hon. Richard M. Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Hon. George M. Humphrey, The Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. Charles R. Hook, Jr., Deputy Postmaster General
Hon. Ralph A. Tudor, Under Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Ezra Taft Penson, The Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, The Secretary of Commerce
Hon. James P. Mitchell, The Secretary of Labor
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Pureau of the Budget
Hon. William M. Rand, Deputy Director, F. O. A.
Hon. Arthur Flemming, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the United Nations
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1954
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10:00 am
Cabinet Meeting (Continued)
Honorable Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Honorable Neil H. Jacoby, Council of Economic Advisors
Honorable Walter W. Stewart, Council of Economic Advisors
Honorable Sherman Adams
Honorable Wilton B. Persons
Honorable Robert Cutler
Honorable Gabriel Hauge
Honorable C. D. Jackson
Honorable James Hagerty
Mr. Maxwell Rabb
Mr. Arthur Minnich
The following were absent:
The Postmaster General
The Secretary of the Interior
The Director, F. O. A.
12:15 pm
Senator Ralph E. Flanders, Vermont
(The Senator requested this appointment and it was cleared
with Mr. Morgan)
12:50 pm
Senator Francis Case, South Dakota
Mr. Paul Bellamy, of Rapid City, South Dakota
(The Senator Asked if he might bring Mr. Bellamy, a good friend
of his and a hard worker for the Republican Party for many
years. Mr. Bellamy has shaken hands with all Presidents for
past forty years and wanted very much to meet the President.)
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1954
8:55 am
(Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. James Hagerty)
(Discussed possibility of holding Budget Seminar)
9:05 am
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Roger Kyes, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. Lewis Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Under Secretary of State
Vice Admiral Arthur C. Davis, Director of the Office of Foreign
Military Affairs, Department of Defense
Hon. C. D. Jackson
(The President asked Mr. Jackson to arrange this appointment.
Admiral Strauss left the meeting at 9:25 am and the others
departed at 9:55 am)
10:00 am
H.E. Senor Dr. Don Guillermo Toriello, the Ambassador of Guatemala
Hon. John M. Cabot, Assistant Secretary of State
(Arranged at the suggestion of the Under Secretary of State.
The Ambassador is returning to Guatemala to assume post of
Foreign Minister of that country. This was a courtesy call
to say farewell)
10:30 am
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Bryce Harlow)
(Mr. John K. Jessup)
10:50 am
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1954
11:00 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower attended Services at the
National Presbyterian Church.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1954
8:15 am
(Hon. James P. Mitchell, The Secretary of Labor)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Wilton P. Persons)
8:30 am
Legislative Leaders
Hon. Richard M. Nixon, The Vice President
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Sen. Lugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Congressman Leo E. Allen, Illinois
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Hon. Earl Chesney
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Murray Snyder
Hon. Gabriel Hauge (in part)
Hon. Arthur Minnich
10:30 am
Honorable Gabriel Hauge
Honorable Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
(Usual Monday appointment)
11:30 am
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J. C. S.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, 0. D. M.
(Adm. Radford and Mr. Flemming did not stay through all of
this hour allotted to Secretary Wilson, but Mr. Flemming had
suggested that all three of them talk to the President for a
portion of the time)
12:30 pm
Mr. L. M. Pexton, of Denver, Colorado
Mr. Ray Willoughby
(Mr. Pexton called from Denver last week to say he would be
in Washington at this time)
1:00 um
Mr. L. S. McCollum, of Texas, had Luncheon with the President.
2:00 pm
(The President rehearsed, in broadcasting studio, the film to be
made for the Lincoln Day Dinners.)
MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1954
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5:30 pm
The President "dropped in" at a Reception at the Washington Hotel,
to
given by the National Republican Senatorial Committee for the
6:00
members of the Washington Press Corps who cover Press Galleries
at the Capitol.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1954
9:30 am
The President received a group of Art Museum Directors from Europe,
the Near East, the Far East and South and Central America.
(Arranged at the request of David Finley, Director, National
Gallery of Art with approval of State Department. Are in
this country for re-opening of exhibition rooms in Metropoliten
Museum of Art, New York. Group had a private White House tour
at nine o'clock) The following were present:
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART IN NEW YORK
Mr. Roland Redmond, President
Mr. Francis Henry Taylor, Director, and Mrs. Taylor
Mr. Sterling A. Callisen
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Easby
Mr. and Mrs. Hyatt Mayer
Mr. James Rorimer
Mr. Theodore Rousseau
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART IN WASHINGTON
Mr. David E. Finley, Director
Mr. Macgill James, Assistant Director
Mr. John Walker, Chief Curator
Mr. Perry Cott, Assistant Chief Curator
FOREIGN DELEGATES
Rodrigo Mello Franco de Andrade
Director, Patrimonio Artistico e Historico
Nacional, Ministerio de Educacao
Rio de Janeiro
Sir Leigh Ashton
Director
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Germain Bazin
Curator of the Department of Paintings and Drawings
The Louvre, Paris
Cesare Brandi
Director, Istituto Centrale del Restauro
Rome
Ernst Buschbeck
Director
Kunsthistorischesmuseum, Vienna
Mario J. Buschiazzo
Director
Instituto de Arte Americano, Universidad
Nacional de Buernos Aires, Buenos Aires
TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1954
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9:30 am
Foreign Art Museum Directors
D. Redig de Campos
Director of the Vatican Laboratory for the Restoration of
Works of Art, Vatican City
Maria Luisa Caturla
Formerly of Museo del Prado, Madrid
Jean Charbonneaux
Curator of Greek and Roman Antiquities
Musee du Louvre, Paris
Teresa Cuervo Borda
Director
Museo Nacional, Bogota
Marthe Benoist d'Azy
Executive Secretary
International Council of Museums, Paris
J. Ainaud de Lasarte
Director, Ayuntamiento de Barcelona
Museos de Arte, Barcelona
Ahmed Fakhry and Wife
Professor of Ancient History
Cairo University, Cairo
Paul Fierens and Wife
Conservateur en Chef, Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts
de Belgique, Brussels
Frederic J. Gysin
Director, Schweizerisches Landesmuseum
Zurich
Sir Philip Hendy
Director
The National Gallery, London
Andre Malraux and Wife
Member
Conseil des Musees Nationaux, Paris
Thomas McGreevy
Director
National Gallery of Ireland, Lublin
Abel de Noura
Curator, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon
Carl Nordenfalk
Head of Department of Paintings and Sculpture
National Museum, Stockholm
TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1954
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9:30 am
Foreign Art Museum Directors
John Papadimitriu
Ephor of Antiquities of Attica and the Argolid
National Museum, Athens
Harold Plenderleith
Keeper of the Research Laboratory
The British Museum, London
Eugenio Pereira Salas
Professor
Universidad de Chile, Santiago
Georges Henri Riviere
Conservateur
Musee National des Arts et Traditions
Populaires, Paris
David Roell
Director General
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Filippo Rossi
Superintendent of the Galleries of Florence
Arezzo and Pistoia, Florence
Jorn Rubow
Director, The Royal Museum of Fine Arts
Copenhagen
Georges A. Salles
Director of The Louvre and of the National Museums of France
Paris
F. J. Sanchez Canton
Sub Director
Museo del Prado, Madrid
Georg Schmidt
Director
Kunstmuseum, Basel
Bengt Thordeman
Director General, Royal Office and Museum of National Antiquities
Stockholm
Dale Trendall
Professor of Greek and of Archaeology
University of Sydney, Australia
Luis Eduardo Valcarcel
Director
Museo de la Cultura Peruana y del
Museo Nacional de Historia, Lima
TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1954
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9:30 am Foreign Art Museum Directors
Jacques Vandier
Curator of Egyptian Antiquities
The Louvre, Paris
Arthur van Schendel
Director of the Department of Paintings
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Fernanda Wittgens
Director
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Christian Wolters
Konservator
Bayerischen Staatsgemaldesammlungen
Munich
10:00 am Honorable Eudolf E. Schoenfeld, American Ambassador to Colombia
(Newly appointed and requested appointment to pay respects,
thru Protocol, before departing for post)
10:30 am (Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Hon. James S. Lay, Jr.)
OFF THE RECORD
(Briefed the President on NSC)
11:45 am Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Hon. Walter Bedell Smith, Under Secretary of State
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J.C.S.
Hon. Robert Cutler
(Mr. Dulles asked for this appointment to present brief report
on operations over past year, with series of recommendations.)
1:00 pm (LUNCH)
2:00 pm (The President made film for showing at Lincoln Day Dinners on
February 12th)
2:30 pm Honorable George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
3:00 pm (Mr. Shanley)
4:30 pm Honorable Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the United Nations
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
8:00 pm The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave a dinner for the Vice President
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1954
7:45 am
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State, had breakfast with
the President
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. 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. Walter Williams, Under Secretary of Commerce
Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Administration
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the United Nations
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Jack Martin
Mr. Maxwell Rabb
Mr. Arthur Minnich
The following were absent: The Secretary of Commerce
The Director, Bureau of the Budget
10:15 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower received, in the President's
Office, the Members of the Cabinet, The Chairman and Assistant
Chairman of the Republican National Committee, the Chairman and
Co-Chairman of the Citizens for Eisenhower Committee, and Members
of the White House Staff, on the anniversary of the President's
Inauguration.
Hon. Leonard W. Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee
Miss Bertha S. Adkins, Assistant Chairman, Republican National Com.
Hon. James Murphy, Chairman, Citizens for Eisenhower Committee
Mrs. Ellen Harris, Co-Chairman, Citizens for Eisenhower Com.
11:15 am
Senator Villiam F. Knowland, California
Mr. Harry Lundberg, Head of Maritime Unions, West Coast, AF of L.
11:35 am
Hon. Richard M. Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
12:00
Hon. William McC. Martin, Jr., Chairman, Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
(Mr. Martin asked Mr. Stephens to arrange this)
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1954
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12:15 pm
(Mr. Thomas Bolack, Farmington, New Mexico) OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Bolack came in for a hand shake and to pay his respects.
Mr. Thomas Campbell requested the appointment through Mr.
Stephens)
12:45 pm
(The President accompanied by Col. Schulz left the White House
for Fort Leslie J. McNair, Washington, D. C.)
1:00 pm
The President attended a Luncheon meeting of the National War
College Alumni Association at Fort McNair.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1954
8:00 am
The following had breakfast with the President:
(Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.)
(Hon. Leonard Hall)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
8:55 am
(Hon. Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Com.) OFF THE RECORD
9:00 am
National Security Council
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Roger M. Kyes, 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. Herbert Brownell, Jr., The Attorney General
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Jr, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the United Nations
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Under Secretary of State
Hon. John Slezak, Acting Secretary of the Army
Adm. Donald B. Duncan, for the 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
Gen. Nathan F. Twining, Chief of Staff of the Air Force
Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., Commandant, U. S. Marine Corps
Hon. Stanley N. Barnes, Assistant Attorney General
Hon. Herbert Hoover, Jr., Department of State
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
llon. C. D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President
Hon. Bryce Harlow, Administrative Assistant to the President
Hon. Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President
Hon. Wilton B. Persons, Deputy Assistant to the President
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary
11:30 am
(Hon. Clarence Randall, Chairman, Commission on Foreign Economic
Policy)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
(Half-hour, to discuss Randall's report)
12:00
(Hon. True D. Morse, Under Secretary of Agriculture) OFF THE RECORD
(Came in for a few minutes to brief the President before the
Members of the National Grange saw the President)
12:15 pm
The President received the Master of the National Grange, together
with the Members of the Executive Committee and Staff.
(They asked for this so that they might tell the President of
their agreement with major portions of his farm message, and
to tell him of their apprehension concerning surpluses.)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1954
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12:15 pm
National Grange (Continued)
The following were present:
Herschel D. Newsom, Master, washington, D. C.
Harry B. Caldwell, Greensboro, North Carolina; Exec. Com.
Henry P. Carstensen, Seattle, Washington; Exec. Com.
L. Roy hawes, North Sudbury, Massachusetts; Exec. Con.
Ray Teagarden, LaCygne, Kansas, Exec. Com.
Fred Bailey, Consultant; Staff
Roy Battles, Assistant to the National Master; Staff
Lloyd C. Halvorson, Sconomist; Staff
Edward F. Holter; Staff
1:00 pm
(Dr. Milton Eisenhower had Luncheon with the Fresident) OFF THE RECORD
2:00 pm
Dr. Milton Sisenhower
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Under Secretary of State
Hon. John M. Cabot, Assistant Secretary of State
Non. Samuel C. Waugh, Assistant Secretary of State
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Andrew N. Overby, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Samuel W. Anderson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Glen Edgerton, Export-Import Bank of Washington
(Discussed Latin-American affairs)
3:00 pm
Hon. William Rogers, Deputy Attorney General
Senator John M. Butler, Maryland
Senator J. Glenn Beall, Maryland
Judge Simon Sobeloff, candidate for Solicitor Generalship
3:45 pm
Senator William F. Knowland, California
Mrs. Carroll Kearns, National President of National Federation
of Republican Women
Mrs. Jean Fuller, Third Vice President
(Came in at the request of Senator Knowland and invited
the President to attend their Convention next September
in San Francisco.)
4:15 pm
Mrs. Robert Murray, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
National Coordinator for Women for Bricker Amendment, Member
of Executive Committee of Visconsin Republican Party, Vice
Chairman of Sixth District, Member of National Board of
Federation of Republican Women
Mrs. Henry Stewart Jones, Marshfield, Wisconsin
Vice Chairman of Republican Party of Wisconsin, State
Chairman of campaign activities of Wisconsin Federation of
Republican Women, Member of National Board of Federation of
Republican Momen
Mrs. Lewis Borker, Chicago, Illinois
National Coordinator of Women for Bricker Amendment
First Vice President of Federation of Republican Tomen of
Illinois
(Hon. Jack Martin)
(Came in to discuss Bricker Amendment)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1954
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7:30 pm
(The President gave a Stag Dinner at the White House for the following:)
Mr. Dillon Anderson, Lawyer - Houston
Mr. Sullivan Barnes, Chairman, Young Republican National Federation
Mr. Robert L. Biggers, President, Fargo Division, Chrysler
Corporation
Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, President, Pennsylvania State University
Hon. Marion B. Folsom, Under Secretary of the Treasury
Mr. Richard J. Gray, President, Building & Construction Trades
Department, AF of L
Mr. Paul H. Helms, President, Helms Bakeries
Mr. John G. Jackson, Jr., Lawyer, New York
Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, Supt., U. S. Naval Academy
Mr. Roy E. Larsen, President, Time, Inc.
Mr. Robert McLean, Publisher, Philadelphia Bulletin
Hon. Gerald Morgan, Administrative Assistant to the President
Mr. Robert Montgomery, TV Producer
Mr. William W. Prince, President, Union Stockyard & Transit Co.
of Chicago
Hon. Clarence Randall, Chairman, Commission on Foreign Economic
Policy
Mr. Merriman Smith, Correspondent, United Press
Mr. Roger W. Straus, Chairman of the Board, American Smelting
and Refining Company
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1954
9:45 am
Mr. Harry D. Collier, Chairman, Finance Commission of the
Standard Oil Company of California, San Francisco, Calif.
(Personal friend of the President)
10:30 am
Honorable John D. Simmons, Chief, Division of Protocol
11:15 am
Honorable Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1954
7:05 pm
(The President left the White House for the Statler Hotel)
7:15 pm
The President attended the 41st Annual Dinner of The Alfalfa
Club at the Statler Hotel.
11:40 pm
(The President returned to the White House)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 1954
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower attended the 11:00 a.m. Church
Service at the National Presbyterian Church.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1954
8:30 am
The Legislative Leaders
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Sen. Eugene Millikin, Colorado
Hon. Joseph N. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Congressman Leo E. Allen, Illinois
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Hon. Earle Chesney
Hon. Murray Snyder
Hon. Arthur Minnich
Hon. Arthur Burns (first part of meeting only)
Hon. Gabriel Hauge (first part of meeting only)
11:00 am
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Neil H. Jacoby, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Walter W. Stewart, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
(Usual Monday appointment for Messrs. Burns and Hauge)
11:30 am
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization
(This was appointment Dr. Flemming has every three weeks
with the President. one-half hour)
12:00
Hon. Fletcher Warren, American Ambassador to Venezuela
(Ambassador Warren was here for consultation in State Depart-
ment and it was felt it would be helpful if the President
received Mr. Warren's impressions on present political
situation in Venezuela.)
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:00 pm
The President signed annual Armed Forces Day Proclamation
(Arranged at the request of the Department of Defense)
The following were present:
ANDERSON, Hon. Robert B., Secretary of the Navy
CARNEY, Admiral Robert B., Chief of Naval Operations
CRIST, Colonel R. F., Jr., Director of Information, Marine Corps
DUNTON, Major James G., USAR, Armed Forces Day Coordinator,
OPI-OSD
MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1954
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2:00 pm
Armed Forces Day Proclamation (Continued)
HILL, Rear Admiral T. B., Commandant, Potomac River Naval Command
HUMPHREY, Hon. George, Secretary of the Treasury
KING, Major George J., Marine Corps Liaison Officer for Armed
Forces Day
McFARLAND, Major K. D., Air Force Liaison Officer for Armed
Forces Day
MORINE, Captain L. H., Coast Guard Liaison Officer for Armed
Forces Day
MUDGETT, Major General G. C., Chief of Information, USA
O'NEILL, Vice Admiral Merlin, Commandant, Coast Guard
PARISH, Captain E. W., Navy Liaison Officer for Armed Forces Day
PARKS, Rear Admiral Lewis S., Chief of Information, USN
RADFORD, Admiral Arthur W., Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
RIDGWAY, General Matthew B., Chief of Staff, USA
ROSS, Commander Stoyte 0., Headquarters Command, Air Force
SCHOOLEY, C. Herschel, Director of Public Information, Office
of Secretary of Defense
SEATON, Hon. Fred R., Assistant Secretary of Defense
SHEPHERD, General L. C., Jr., Commandant, Marine Corps
SLEZAK, John, Under Secretary of the Army
SMITH, Sory, Major General, Director, Air Force Information
Services
TALBOTT, Hon. Harold F., Secretary of the Air Force
TWINING, General Nathan F., Chief of Staff, Air Force
WILSON, Hon. Charles E., Secretary of Defense
WRIGHT, Major General E. K., USA, Armed Forces Day Area
Commander, Washington, D. C.
2:15 pm
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
(Usual Monday appointment)
3:15 pm
Senator Walter F. George, Georgia
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1954
8:00 am
(The following had breakfast with the President OFF THE RECORD:)
(Senator Villiam F. Knowland, California)
(Senator Henry C. Dworshak, Idaho)
9:00 am
Dr. Oliver C. Carmichael, President, University of Alabama
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
(Dr. Carmichael called Mr. Stephens from Tuscaloosa,
January 11th, and asked if he might call on the President
to discuss certain problems in the southern area of the
country).
9:30 am
Dr. Philip V. Cardon, Director General of the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. John H. Davis, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
(Arranged at the request of the Secretary of Agriculture:
Dr. Cardon is leaving the United States about February
first to take up his new duties)
9:50 am
Honorable Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
10:00 am
Mr. Harold Russell, Vice President, world Veterans Fund, Inc.
Mr. Jeremiah Sundel
(Mr. Russell requested this appointment to discuss recent
Assembly of the World Veterans Federation, and also to
tell the President of impressions gained from recent
visit to East Berlin. Mr. Stephens had Mr. nussell
talk to Beneral "Beetle " Smith and General Smith then
recommended that he call on the President.)
10:30 am
Mr. Chad McClellan, President, National Association of Manufacturers
Mr. Walter Chamblin, Vice President
Mr. Charles R. Hook, Sr.
(This appointment requested by Mr. Hook, so that the President
might meet Mr. McClellan, new President of NAM)
11:00 am
Honorable Robert B. Anderson, The Secretary of the Navy
Admiral Robert B. Carney, Chief of Naval Operations
(Arranged at the request of the Secretary of the Navy)
12:00
H.E. Senor Dr. Don Luis Oscar Boettner, the Ambassador of Paraguay
Senor Dr. Don Luis Maria Ramirez Boettner, Minister
(Hon. Raymond Muir, Acting Chief of Protocol)
(The Ambassador is retiring and asked, thru Protocol, to
pay farewell call on the President before departure from
Washington to assume new duties in Paraguay. The Minister
acted as interpreter)
12:30 pm
(Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Administration)
OFF THE RECORD
TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1954
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1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
3:00 pm
Honorable Walter B. Smith, Under Secretary of State
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1954
9:00 am
The President received the Members of the Board of Directors of
the National Council of Catholic Women.
(Appointment was requested by their President, lrs. William
H. Dalton. They are having three day meeting in Washington
and wished to pay their respects) The following were present:
BRADY, Mrs. Harold
LOGAN, Mrs. P. L.
1412 Pearl
1704 Second Avenue, North
Anderson, Indiana
Great Falls, Montana
COYLE, Mrs. George P.
LYNCH, Mrs. James
1023 Lark Street
139 Townsend Street
Jacksonville, Florida
New Brunswick, New Jersey
DALTON, Mrs. William H.
MAHAN, Mrs. Bruce E.
33 Stone Street
303 Melrose Avenue
Augusta, Maine
Iowa City, Iowa
DESCH, Mrs. August G.
MAHON, Mrs. R. C.
488 Sheridan Road
7 Fourth Avenue
Evanston, Illinois
Iron River, Michigan
Dooner, Irs. A. J.
MEALEY, Miss Margaret
2920 High Street
I Scott Circle
Pueblo, Colorado
Washington, D. C.
GERACI, Mrs. Michael C.
McCALPIN, Mrs. George A.
2536 Miramar Boulevard
4937 Sutherland Avenue
University Heights, Ohio
St. Louis 9, Missouri
greulich, Mrs. Fred G.
McCARTHY, Miss Kathryn H.
1006 Lander Street
20 South Market Street
Reno, Nevada
Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania
HARNAN, Miss Grace
patterson, Mrs. Thomas R.
927 Lake Avenue
702 North 20th Street
Gothenberg, Nebraska
Superior, Wisconsin
HAWS, Mrs. R. Calvert
SPILLMAN, Mrs. Albert R.
1637 North Poinsettia
22 Mead Street
Los Angeles 46, California
Hempstead, New York
HEBERT, Mrs. Aynaud F.
SWANSON, Mrs. H. B.
2013 Napoleon Avenue
East 1419 Park Lane
New Orleans 15, Louisiana
Spokane, ashington
HERZOG, Mrs. E. C.
WALL, Miss Margaret
512 North 7th Street
1421 Clay Street
Brainerd, Minnesota
Topeka, Kansas
LIBERTO, Mrs. Enrico
WARNER, Mrs. R. G., Jr.
105 Beverly Drive
2718 West Linden Avenue
San Antonio, Texas
Nashville, Tennessee
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1954
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9:45 am
(Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury) OFF THE RECORD
10:00 am
(Mr. Hagerty)
10:30 am
Press Conference
11:30 am
(Congressman Charles J. Kersten, Wisconsin) OFF THE RECORD
(The Congressman phoned Mr. Stephens on Monday to ask if he
might come in and talk to the President OFF THE RECORD)
12:30 pm
The President received the Members of the Jewish Advisory Committee
of the Republican National Committee.
(This Committee was meeting in Washington and asked, thru Mr.
Baumhart, at Republican National Committee, if the President
would receive them while here) The following were present:
Hon. Leonard W. Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee
Ark, Jacob, Rochester, New York. Attorney; Past National
Commander, Jewish war Veterans; Director of United
Jewish Welfare Fund.
Abraham, Jacob W., New York County, New York City. Attorney;
Chairman of Association of Chairmen of Manhattan, Local
School Boards; Member of Board of Directors of Community
Synagogue Center.
ALLEN, Joseph, Baltimore, Maryland. Attorney; People's Counsel
for the Public Service Commission; Vice-President Board of
Jewish Education
Amber, Julius, Cleveland, Ohio. Attorney; former secretary to
the late Roy H. Williams of the Ohio Supreme Court
Burdick, Benjamin D., Detroit, Michigan. Attorney; Chief Public
Administrator Wayne County, delegate National Convention,
1948; Chairman of Grievance Committee of Michigan State
Bar Association; prominent Jewish leader
Chesler, Howard I., Cleveland, Ohio. Attorney; member of the
Republican Executive Committee of Cuyahoga; Chairman of
the Jewish Committee for Boy Scouting, Cleveland District,
B'nai B'rith.
Cohen, Mitchell, Camden, New Jersey. Attorney; City Prosecutor
Cohen, Sanford H., New York County, New York City. Attorney;
member Executive Committee of New York County Republican
Finance Committee; Chairman Board of Trustees Park Avenue
Synagogue; Vice-Chairman, Manhattan Division Jewish
Philanthropies
Dreyer, Ben M., Canton, Ohio. Attorney; member of Board of
Trustees of Canton Welfare Federation
Epstein, Beinesh, New York County, New York City, Assistant
Consultant, Republican National Committee
Ehrlich, Harold B., Buffalo, New York. Attorney; former State
Assemblyman; Chairman, B'nai B'rith of Buffalo
Fingold, George, Boston, Mussachusetts. Attorney General of
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1954
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12:30 pm
Jewish Advisory Committee (Continued)
Frankel, Charles, Asbury Park, New Jersey; Attorney; First
Asst. Prosecutor Monmouth County; Chairman United Jewish
Appeal.
Friedman, Maurice, Washington, D. C. Attorney; regional
chairman American Zionist Council
Golan, Samuel L., Chicago, Illinois. Chairman, International
Boundary Commission
GOLDFEIN, Dr. Milton D., Brooklyn, New York
Hein, Sidney, Queens County, New York City. State Committeeman
Queens County, New York; Delegate Republican National
Convention 1948-1952.
Goldman, Harry D., Rochester, New York. Republican Finance
Committee, Monroe County, New York.
Hennick, Rudolph M., Naugatuck, Conn. Publisher, Maugatuck
Daily News; local chairman Jewish Theological Seminary.
Holtzmann, Jacob L., New York County, New York
Regent-at-large of University of State of New York.
Presidential Elector 1948-1952; Director, Brooklyn Jewish
Hebrew Education Society.
Katzen, Bernard, New York County, New York City. Consultant
to Republican National Committee; Past President National
Republican Club
Koblenz, Edmund A., Albany, New York. Attorney; member of the
National Executive, Zionist Organization of America
KOPKIND, Bernard P., New Haven, Connecticut. Attorney; Chairman
of 24th War Republican Committee; vice-president of National
Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds.
Krinn, Samuel J., Bronx County, New York City. Attorney;
member Republican State Committee; member of General Committee
of B'nai B'rith.
Levine, Colonel Benjamin, New Haven, Conn. Chairman of Republican
Campaign Committee for New Haven; Chairman of Palestine
Restoration Fund of New Haven
Levy, Harry G., Toledo, Ohio. Attorney; Clerk of Board of
Elections of Lucas County, Ohio.
Levy, Leonard L., New Haven, Conn. Attorney; State Senator;
Ninth Senatorial District; Senior Vice-Chancellor of
Jewish War Veterans.
Lewis, Oscar, Kings County, New York City. Attorney; Leader
of Brooklyn Jewish Community Council
Lowitz, Leo, Chicago, Illinois. Attorney; President Lincoln-Dembit
Republican League; Past President, American Jewish Congress,
Chicago Division
Meyers, Mitchell G., aterbury, Conn. Judge of Municipal Court
of Waterbury
Mintzner, George J., New York County, New York City. Attorney;
Member of New York State University Commission; Chairman
Executive Committee of Ort Federation.
Richman, Milton H. (Colonel) Hartford, Conn. Attorney; past
National Commander Jewish War Veterans; French Legion of Honor
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1954
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12:30 pm
Jewish Advisory Committee (Continued)
Riegelman, Harold, New York County, New York City. Mayoralty
candidate (Republican) City of New York 1953
Rogin, Edward S., West Hartford, Conn. Regional Director,
Jewish Welfare Board
Ruvelson, Allan, Minneapolis, Minn. Member of Minnesota
Republican State Central Committee
Sacks, Charles, Akron, Ohio. Judge of Municipal Court of
Akron, Ohio.
Savin, Moses D., New London, Conn. State Senator
Schwartz, Benjamin s., Cincinnati, Ohio. Attorney; former
Chairman of 13th Republican Mar, Cincinnati.
Schwartz, Harry, Norwich, Conn. Judge of Norwich City Court;
former chairman of Republican Town Committee
Schwolsky, Colonel Marry, Hartford, Conn. Member of Republican
State Central Committee of Connecticut; Chairman of Board
of Jewish Social Service
Shapiro, Nathan D., Kings County, New York City. Attorney;
Director of American Jewish League against Communism, Inc.
Shulman, Louis T., Dayton, Ohio. Attorney; vice-president
Montgomery County Bar Association
Silver, Benjamin R., Bridgeport, Conn. Attorney; Clerk,
City Court of Bridgeport
Silverstone, Harry, Bridgeport, Conn. Member of Republican
State Central Committee of Connecticut
Spatt, Moses, Kings County, New York City. President Jewish
Brooklyn Center (largest Jewish congregation in the
United States)
Torcyzner, Harry, New York County, New York City. Attorney;
member Executive Committee, American Zionist Council
Waldor, Jack, Newark, New Jersey. Chairman Jewish National
Fund of Essex
Winnet, Nochem S., Philadelphia, Pa., Former Judge of Municipal
Court of Philadelphia; Chairman, Crime Prevention Association
of Philadelphia; Director of Federation of Jewish Charities
of Philadelphia.
Wise, Herbert, Columbus, Ohio. Advertising Executive
Wolff, Jac M., New York County, New York City, Former U. S.
District Attorney
Wool, Louis C., New London, Conn. Presently Judge of the New
London City and Small Claims Court; Member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 18th District.
Yankowitz, Irving
Yudain, Ted, Greenwich, Conn. Editor of the Greenwich Time,
Greenwich, Connecticut
1:00 pm
The following had Luncheon with the President at the White House:
H.E. Sir Roger Makins, The British Ambassador
General Sir John Whiteley
Air Chief Marshal Sir William Elliot
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1954
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2:45 pm
The following group from Pennsylvania called on the President:
(Appointment was arranged through Governor Adams)
Senator James H. Duff, Pennsylvania
Senator Edward Martin, Pennsylvania
Congressman Samuel K. McConnell, Jr.
Mr. Fred Peters
Mr. Lloyd Wood, Republican candidate for Governor, Pa.
Mr. Mason Owlett, Republican National Committeeman
Mr. Robert Duffey
Mr. Harvey Taylor, Republican National Committee
4:00 pm
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
5:00 pm
The President and Mrs. Bisenhower greeted H.E. Celal Bayar, President
of the Republic of Turkey and Madame Bayar, at the North Portico of
The White House.
8:00 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave a Dinner at the white House
for H.E. The President of the Turkish Republic and Madame Bayar.
The following were present:
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower
H.E. The President of the Turkish Republic and Madame Payar
H.E. The Ambassador of the Turkish Republic and Madame Erkin
H.E. Cevat Acikalin - Secy Gen. of Ministry of Foreign Affairs
H.C. Fatin Rustu Zorlu - Permanent Rep. to No. Atlantic Council
Lt. Gen. Mustafa Rustu Erdelhun - Comdr. 18th Army Corps
Mr. Fikret Belbez - Chef de Cabinet
Lt. Col. Nurettin Alpkartal - Aide to the President
The Vice President and Mrs. Nixon
The Chief Justice and Mrs. Warren
The Speaker
Hon. and Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
The Secretary of Defense and Mrs. Wilson
Hon. and Mrs. Harold E. Stassen
Sen. Theodore Francis Green
Sen. and Mrs. H. Alexander Smith
Hon. and Mrs. Walter B. Smith
Rep. and Mrs. John M. Vorys
Rep. and Mrs. Thomas S. Gordon
Hon. and Mrs. Robert B. Anderson (Navy)
Hon. and Mrs. Harold E. Talbott (Air Force)
Hon. and Mrs. Ralph A. Tudor (Interior)
Hon. and Mrs. True D. Morse (Agriculture)
Hon. and Mrs. Walter Williams (Commerce)
Hon. and Mrs. Robert B. Murray, Jr. (Commerce)
Hon. and Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller (HEW)
Adm. and Mrs. Robert B. Carney
Hon. and Mrs. Henry A. Byroade (State)
Hon. and Mrs. John F. Simmons
Adm. and Mrs. Thomas C. Kinkaid (USN-Ret'd)
Gen. and Mrs. Lucius D. Clay (USA-Ret'd)
Hon. and Mrs. illiam D. Pawley
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1954
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8:00 pm
Dinner - President of the Turkish Republic
Mrs. C. C. Benson
Mrs. Fox Conner
Mrs. Wade Hampton Ellis
Hon. and Mrs. John J. McCloy
Mrs. James F. McKinley
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd B. Odlum
Mr. James Quillian
Mrs. Norman Randolph
Mr. and Mrs. Philip D. Reed
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph T. Reed
Miss Eleanor Steber
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Watson
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Whitney
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Norris B. Harbold (USAF) Am. Aide to Pres. of Turkey
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1954
9:15 am
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Sen. Lugene Millikin, Colorado
Hon. William Rogers, Deputy Attorney General
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Jack Martin
10:00 am
National Security Council
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Acting Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Administration
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Rowland Hughes, for the Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Hon. Val Peterson, Federal Civil Defense Administrator
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., U. S. Representative to the U.N.
Admiral Arthur N. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Hon. J. Patrick Coyne, NSC Representative on Internal Security
Hon. Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President
Hon. Wilton B. Persons, Deputy Assistant to the President
Non. Eryce Harlow, Administrative Assistant to the President
Non. James 3. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
12:30 pm
Mr. Thomas Mahaffey, of Indianapolis, Indiana
Mr. Elmer Sherwood, State Administration, Indiana
(Arranged at the request of Governor George Craig, of
Indiana, who was unable to accompany them.)
12:45 pm
Mrs. Douglas Chandor
(Wife of late Douglas Chandor, well known artist. Presented to
the President a large colored engraving of Chandor's portrait
of Queen Elizabeth, signed by the artist, which he had planned
to give to the President before his death, one year ago)
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:15 pm
Mr. Don Forsythe, President, Kiwanis International
Mr. O. E. Peterson, of Chicago, International Secretary
Senator Karl E. Mundt, South Dakota
(Invited the President to the National Convention of Kiwanis
International, in Miami May 9-13th. Arranged at the request
of Senator Mundt)
5:00 pm
AT THE WHITE HOUSE:- (lajor General and Mrs. Kenyon A. Joyce)
OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1954
9:00 am
Dr. Chester I. Barnard, Chairman, National Science Board
Dr. Detlev w. Bronk, Vice Chairman
Dr. Alan T. Waterman, Director, National Science Foundation and
ex officio Member of Board
(Dr. Cabriel Hauge)
(Arranged at the suggestion of Dr. Hauge. This Board is
governing board of National Science Foundation, created
by Congress to establish national policies with respect
to federal government participation in the general field
of basic and applied scientific research and development.)
9:30 am
(Honorable Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior)
(Mr. Petrus Peterson, President, National Reclamation Association)
OFF THE RECORD
9:45 am
(Hon. Walter B. Smith, Under Secretary of State)
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Herman Phleger, Legal Adviser)
9:55 am
(Mr. Robert W. Gunderson)
(Mrs. Robert W. Gunderson, Republican National Committeewoman,
South Dakota)
(Arranged by lrs. Whitman) OFF THE RECORD
10:00 am
Cabinet Meeting
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Acting 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. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Nelson Rockefeller, Under Secretary of Health,
Education and Welfare
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Administration
Hon. Arthur Flemming, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the United Nations
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Marion Folsom, Under Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Charles Hook, Jr., Deputy Postmaster General
Hon. Lugene J. Lyons, Assistant Postmaster General
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. ilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
Hon. Arthur Minnich
FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1954
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10:00 am
Cabinet Meeting (Continued)
The following were absent: The Secretary of State
The Secretary of Labor
(no one represented Labor)
The Secretary of Health, Education
and Welfare
The Director, Bureau of the Budget
12:10 pm
(Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture)
(Hon. I. Jack Martin)
OFF THE RECORD
12:15 pm
Mr. Henry Steeger, Publisher, Popular Publications, Inc.
Mr. Noel B. Gerson
(These gentlemen requested this thru Mr. Hagerty. They
presented to the President, for the American people,
original oil painting by John Clymer of fight between
U.S.S. CONSTELLATION and French Frigate, L'INSURGENTE,
February 9, 1799. This was painted for "Argosy" magazine.)
12:30 pm
Dr. Howard A. Rusk, Member, Advisory Council, American-Korean
Foundation
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Arranged at the request of Governor Adams)
1:00 pm
(Dr. Milton Bisenhower had LUNCHEON with the President) OFF THE RECORD
1:55 pm
(The President left the White House and motored to Walter Reed
Hospital)
2:10 pm
The President arrived at Walter Reed Hospital and was greeted by
Major General Leonard B. Heaton, Commanding Officer.
The President was escorted to the third floor, Ward 8, where he
visited the following:
Major General Howard McC. Snyder
General Hoyt Vandenburg
General Paul T. Carroll
Major General George A. Horkan
Lt. General Reuben Jenkins
3:00 pm
(The President left Walter Reed Hospital and motored direct to the
White House)
3:15 pm
(Arrived at the Executive Office)
3:20 pm
(Mr. Bradshaw Mintener, inneapolis, Minnesota) OFF THE RECORD
8:00 pm
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left the White House for the
Turkish Embassy)
8:00 pm
The President and lrs. Lisenhower attended a dinner at the Turkish
Embassy, given in their honor by H.E. The President of the Turkish
Republic and Madame Celal Bayar.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1954
8:45 am
The President signed H. R. 6665, An Act "To amend certain provisions
of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1948, as amended."
The following were present:
Sen. George D. Aiken, Vermont
Sen. Thomas H. Kuchel, California
Sen. James O. Eastland, Mississippi
Sen. Clinton P. Anderson, New Mexico
Sen. Herman Welker, Idaho
Hon. J. Earl Coke, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Cong. Allan O. Hunter, California
Cong. Jamie L. Whitten, Mississippi
Cong. Page Belcher, Oklahoma
Cong. Paul C. Jones, Missouri
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Mr. Earle Chesney
9:00 am
(Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce)
(Hon. Robert Murray, Assistant Secretary of Commerce)
(Hon. Mel Brenner, Assistant Secretary of Commerce)
(Hon. Val Peterson, Administrator, Federal Civil Defense)
(Hon. Chan Gurney, Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board)
(Hon. Oswald Ryan, Member, CAB)
(Hon. Harmar D. Denny, Member, CAB)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Bernard Shanley)
(OFF THE RECORD: Arranged by Governor Adams to discuss
Air Coordination)
10:10 am
Congressman J. Edgar Chenoweth, Colorado
Mr. Leo R. Gottlieb, Trinidad, Colorado
10:30 am
(The President went over to the White House)
2:30 pm
AT THE WHITE HOUSE: (Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 1954
10:00 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower attended the special Mass
of the Holy Spirit (Red Mass) at Saint Matthew's Cathedral.
The invitation was from The Lawyers Committee of the John
Carroll Society.
5:30 pm
AT THE WHITE HOUSE:
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1954
8:30 am
Legislative Leaders
Honorable Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Senator William F. Knowland, California
Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Senator Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Senator Frank Carlson, Kansas
Honorable Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Congressman Leo E. Allen, Illinois
Congressman Edward H. Rees, Kansas
Honorable George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Honorable Charles R. Hook, Jr., Deputy Postmaster General
Honorable Rowland Hughes, Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget
Honorable Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Honorable William Mitchell, Atomic Energy Commission
Honorable Sherman Adams
Honorable Wilton B. Persons
Honorable Bernard Shanley
Honorable James Hagerty
Honorable Murray Snyder
Honorable Bryce Harlow
Honorable Gerald Morgan
Honorable Jack Martin
Honorable Homer Gruenther
Honorable Earle Chesney
Honorable Maxwell Rabb
Honorable Arthur Minnich
10:30 am
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
(Usual Monday appointment)
11:00 am
Honorable Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Honorable Gabriel Hauge
(Usual Monday appointment)
12:15 pm
Honorable Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
12:45 pm
The President received Mr. Huey Shepherd, Winner of the National
Oratorical Contest sponsored by the National Negro Elks.
(This appointment was requested last October by Lt. George W.
Lee, Grand Commissioner of Education, through Congressman B.
Carroll Reece) The following guests were present:
Mr. Huey Shepherd, Long Beach, Calif., Nat'l. Contest Winner
Mr. Robert H. Johnson, Phila., Pa., Grand Exalted Ruler
Mrs. Nettie Carter Jackson, N.Y.C., Grand Daughter Ruler
Mrs. Buena V. Kelley, Norfolk, Va., Grand Daughter Secretary
Mrs. Pearl Brown, Baltimore, Md., Grand Daughter Treasurer
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1954
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12:45 pm
National Negro Elks (Continued)
Judge Hobson R. Reynolds, Phila., Pa., Grand Director of
Civil Liberties
Judge Perry Jackson, Cleveland, Ohio, Grand Treasurer
Judge W. C. Jueston, Washington, D. C., Grand Secretary
Mr. Perry W. Howard, Washington, D. C., Grand Legal Advisor
Mr. Herbert E. Jones, Grand Organizer
Dr. J. B. Martin, Sanitation Commissioner, Cook County, Illinois,
Grand Commissioner of Athletics
Mr. Charles P. McClane, Grand Commissioner of Public Relations
Mr. Ernest Copeland, Past Grand Exalted Ruler
Miss Gilda Lee, the Graduate of Tomorrow
Lt. George W. Lee, Grand Commissioner of Education
Senator Thomas H. Kuchel, California
Congressman B. Carroll Reece, Tennessee
Congressman Craig Hosmer, California
Mrs. Finley Wilson
Mrs. Annabel Reid
1:00 pm
(Mr. Charles S. Jones, of Los Angeles, California, had LUNCHEON
with the President OFF THE RECORD)
(Mr. Jones is President of Richmond Oil Company and an old
friend of the President)
2:30 pm
(Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Secretary of the Navy)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
OFF THE RECORD
5:00 pm
(Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Senator William F. Knowland, California)
(Senator Homer Ferguson, Michigan)
OFF THE RECORD
(Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1954
8:30 am
(Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General) OFF THE RECORD
9:00 am
(Senator William F. Knowland, California)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
9:10 am
(Congressman Edgar W. Hiestand, California)
(Mr. L. I. McLellan, President, California Real Estate Association)
(Mrs. L. I. McLellan)
(OFF THE RECORD: The Congressman asked if he might bring Mr.
McLellan in to meet the President. Mr. McLellan is in wash-
ington attending National Association of Real Estate Boards,
and as we have turned down similar requests, thought it best
to keep it off the record)
11:00 am
The President received a group of businessmen.
(Arranged by General Persons. This group wished to give the
President their views on some of the recommendations of the
report of the Randall Commission) The following were present:
Mr. Charles R. Hook, Sr., President, Armco Corporation
Mr. Edgar Queeny, Chairman, Monsanto Chemical Company
General Brehon Burke Somervell, President, Koppers Company
Mr. G. A. Price, President, Westinghouse Electric International Corp.
Mr. Frederick V. Geier, President, Cincinnati Milling Machine Co.
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
12:00
Honorable John E. Peurifoy, American Ambassador to Guatemala
(The Ambassador requested this, thru Protocol, to report to
the President on problem of Communism in Guatemala and the
treatment of American commercial interests in that country)
12:55 pm
Senator Harry F. Byrd, Virginia
Admiral Richard Byrd, USN, Retired
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
9:00 pm
The Army and Navy Reception
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1954
8:30 am
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Hon. James S. Lay)
OFF THE RECORD
(Briefed the President on N. S. C.)
10:00 am
(Mr. Hagerty) OFF THE RECORD
10:30 am
Press Conference
11:30 am
Dr. Joaquin Serratosa Cibils, of Uruguay, President of Rotary International
H.E. Senor Dr. Jose A. Mora, the Ambassador of Uruguay
Mr. George R. Means, Chicago, General Secretary of Rotary International
Mr. Halsey B. Knapp, Farmingdale, N.Y., First Vice-President of
Rotary International
Mr. C. Reginald Smith, Albion, Michigan, Chairman of the Golden
Anniversary Convention (1955) Committee of Rotary International
Mr. Spencer Hagen, Public Relations Director, Rotary International
Mr. Granville Gude, Vice President of the Rotary Club of Wash., D. C.
Mr. Hobart McDowell
(The Ambassador of Uruguay requested this, thru Protocol. Dr.
Cibils presented a formal invitation to the President to address
the Golden Anniversary Convention of Rotary International, which
is to be held in Chicago in May 1955. Dr. Cibils also presented
to the President a Uruguayan gaucho knife, decorated in gold and
silver, a gift from Uruguay)
11:45 am
The President received Miss Helena Carter, of Atlanta, Georgia, winner
of Nation-wide Essay Contest conducted by the National Association of
Real Estate Boards.
(Appointment was requested by the Postmaster General and concurred
in by Administrator Cole. Miss Carter's essay was entitled, "My
Responsibility Under the Bill of Rights." The Officers of the
organization who accompanied her assured the President they were
behind him in his housing program, and pledged him the support
of their organization.) The following were present:
Miss Helena Carter, Atlanta, Georgia
Mr. Ron Chinnock, President, National Association of Real
Estate Boards
Mr. Charles Shattuck, Past President
Mr. Herbert Nelson
12:00
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
(This is Mr. Wilson's usual weekly appointment, normally arranged
for Mondays, but changed to suit his convenience)
1:00 pm
Congressman Clifford R. Hope, Kansas, had LUNCHEON with the President.
(Hon. Gerald Morgan was also present but OFF THE RECORD)
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1954
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2:15 pm
The President received the Executive Committee of the National
Milk Producers Federation.
(Arranged at the request of Senator Aiken, Vermont. This
group has been meeting in Washington, D. C., with the Secretary
of Agriculture) The following were present:
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Senator George D. Aiken, Vermont
Senator Edward J. Thye, Minnesota
Congressman H. Carl Andresen, Minnesota
Congressman Clifford R. Hope, Kansas
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Executive Committee:
Russell S. Waltz, Seattle, Washington; President, National Milk
Producers Federation - General Manager, United Dairymen's
Association
W. E. Winn, Chicago, Illinois; Vice President, National Milk
Producers Federation - President, Pure Milk Association
E. M. Norton, Washington, D. C.; Executive Director, National
Milk Producers Federation
Charles W. Holman, Washington, D. C.; Secretary, National
Milk Producers Federation
W. H. Austin, Lake Cormorant, Mississippi; Director, Mid-South
Milk Producers Association
A. Morelle Cheney, New York, New York; Secretary, Dairymen's
League Cooperative Association, Inc.
W. P. Davis, Boston, Massachusetts; General Manager, New
England Milk Producers Association
L. E. Evans, Los Angeles, California; General Manager,
Challenge Cream and Butter Association
B. S. Graham, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Manager, Central
Oklahoma Milk Producers Association
W. F. Groves, Lodi, Wisconsin; President, Pure Milk Products
Cooperative
Robert Schiering, Cincinnati, Ohio; President, Cooperative
Pure Milk Association
Frank D. Stone, Minneapolis, Minnesota; General Manager,
Land O'Lakes Creameries, Inc.
Ernest C. Strobeck, New York, New York; President, Dairymen's
League Cooperative Association, Inc.
F. H. Suhre, Columbus, Indiana; President, Mid-West Producers
Creameries, Inc.
3:00 pm (H.E. Senor Don Rafael de la Colina, The Ambassador of Mexico)
(Hon. John M. Cabot, Assistant Secretary of State) OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. J. Lee Rankin, Assistant Attorney General)
5:30 pm AT THE WHITE HOUSE - OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General)
(Hon. Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee)
(Mr. William Robinson)
(Mr. Ben Duffy)
(Hon. Thomas E. Stephens)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1954
8:20 am
(The President, accompanied by Senator Frank Carlson, Kansas,
left the White House for the Mayflower Hotel)
8:30 am
The President attended a Prayer Breakfast given under the
auspices of the International Council for Christian Leadership
at the Mayflower Hotel.
9:45 am
Mr. Herbert Blunck, Manager, Statler Hotel, Washington, D. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Blouet, Manager, George V Hotel, Paris, France
10:00 am
National Security Council
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Acting Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Administration
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Acting 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
Hon. C. D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President
Hon. Bryce Harlow, Administrative Assistant to the President
Mr. Max Lehrer, Assistant in the Secretary of Defense's office
Hon. Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President
Hon. Wilton B. Persons, Deputy 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
The President presented the Medal of Freedom to General Robert G.
Woodside, former Vice-Chairman of the American Battle Monuments
Commission.
(This was arranged at the request of General George C. Marshall.
General Woodside was appointed to American Battle Monuments
Commission in original Membership, July, 1923; was elected
Vice Chairman at Commission's first meeting and served as such
until his resignation, July 1953) The following were present:
General Robert G. Woodside
Hon. Leslie L. Biffle
General Alexander A. Vandegrift, (USMC, Ret'd)
Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid (USN, Ret'd)
Lt. Colonel Clarence J. George
(Representing General George C. Marshall, Chairman)
Brig. General Thomas North, Secretary, American Battle
Monuments Commission
Lt. Colonel Charles B. Shaw, USA
Mr. Harvey E. Conway
Mrs. Cordelia L. Mikules (Staff of Am. Battle Monuments Comm)
Congressman James E. Van Zandt, Pennsylvania
(Representing Veterans of Foreign Wars)
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1954
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12:50 pm
(Honorable Harold Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Adm.)
OFF THE RECORD
1:00 pm
Mr. Walker Gentry Buckner had LUNCHEON with the President
2:45 pm
(Honorable Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission)
OFF THE RECORD
2:55 pm
(Hon. James Murphy, Chairman, Citizens for Eisenhower)
(Mr. Jaquelin Hume, of San Francisco, California)
OFF THE RECORD
3:00 pm
(Honorable Walter B. Smith, Under Secretary of State) OFF THE RECORD
(General Smith called Mr. Stephens yesterday and requested
this appointment)
5:00 pm
(Mr. Hagerty)
7:30 pm
(The President gave a Stag Dinner at the White House for the following:)
Mr. Walker Gentry Buckner, Investment Banker, Reynolds & Company
Mr. Justin Dart, President, Rexall Drug, Inc.
Mr. Robert J. Donovan, President, White House Correspondents Assn.
Mr. Jerome A. Franklin, Retired Business Executive
Mr. Walter Hoving, Department Store Executive
Hon. Kevin McCann, President, Defiance College
Mr. Elbert P. Peabody, President, First National Bank & Trust
Company of Augusta, Georgia
Mr. Earle Chesney, White House Staff
Mr. George Murphy, Hollywood, California
Mr. Julian H. Roberts, Roberts Motor Co., Augusta, Georgia
Hon. William P. Rogers, Deputy Attorney General
Hon. Kenneth C. Royall, Lawyer, New York
Hon. Murray Snyder, White House Staff
Hon. Theodore C. Streibert, Director, U. S. Information Agency
Mr. Arthur K. Watson, Vice President & General Manager, IBM World
Trade Corporation
Mr. Thomas J. Watson, Chairman of the Board, IBM Corporation and
IBM World Trade Corporation
Mr. Thomas J. Watson, Jr., President, IBM Corporation
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1954
10:00 am
Cabinet Meeting
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Acting 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. 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, Acting Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Robert E. Matteson, Assistant Director, Office of Research,
Statistics and Reports, Foreign Operations Administration
Hon. Victor Colley, Deputy Director, Office of Defense Mobilization
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the United Nations
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Samuel W. Anderson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
Hon. Arthur Minnich
The following were absent: The Secretary of State
The Director, Bureau of the Budget
The Director, Foreign Operations Adm.
The Director, Office of Defense Mobilization
(Following the Cabinet, the President was photographed in his Office
with the Postmaster General. These pictures were for use by the
National Geographic Society.) OFF THE RECORD
12:30 pm
The President received the Members of the Executive Committee of
the Young Republican National Federation.
(This appointment was arranged at the request of the National Com.)
The following were present:
ANDREWS, Mark, Chairman, Farm Council, Mapleton, North Dakota
ARNOLD, J. H., Regional Director, Raleigh, North Carolina
BALLARD, Mildred, National Committee, Roanoke, Virginia
BARTSAS, Mary, Regional Co-Director, Ely, Nevada
BEDROSIAN, Clark, National Committee, Chicago, Illinois
BEGG, John, Chairman, College Service, Palo Alto, California
BEITEL, Herbert, Assistant General Counsel, Chicago, Illinois
BIWER, Roseann, Regional Co-Director, Waukesha, Wisconsin
BOGOSIAN, Edna, National Committee, Watertown, Massachusetts
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1954
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12:30 pm
Young Republican National Federation:
BOWERS, Stanley, National Committee, Hyattsville, Maryland
BROWN, Gene, Vice Chairman, Fort Worth, Texas
CLARKE, Biehl, Executive Secretary, Washington, D. C.
COCHRANE, Robert, Auditor, Brookline, Massachusetts
COONEY, Lloyd, State Chairman, Salt Lake City, Utah
CRANE, James, National Committee, Franklin, New Hampshire
DUNCAN, Harold, National Committee, Harwood, Tennessee
ERWIN, William, State Chairman, Bourbon, Indiana
ETHELL, Marge, National Committee, Silver Spring, Maryland
FIELD, Shirely, Co-Director, Region, Portland, Oregon
FOSAAEN, A. J., Regional Director, Condo, North Dakota
HAYES, Thomas, National Committee, Washington, D. C.
HEUSER, Gordon, Regional Director, Colorado Springs, Colorado
HILDRETH, Grace, National Committee, Baltimore, Maryland
HICKMAN, Marcus, Regional Director, Charlotte, North Carolina
HILLCOAT, Al, Vice Chairman, Detroit, Michigan
INDSETH, Berger, National Committee, Huron, South Dakota
JACKSON, Richard, National Committee, Weirton, West Virginia
JENNINGS, Duane, Treasurer, Pittsburgh, Pa.
JEREMY, J. Jerry, Vice Chairman, Salt Lake City, Utah
KEPPER, Stewart, Regional Director, New Orleans, La.
KERNS, Howard, National Committee, Washington, D. C.
KLYCE, Alice, Regional Co-Director, Stamford, Connecticut
KNOX, Kenneth, College Director, Portland, Oregon
KRENZLER, Alvin, General Counsel, Cleveland, Ohio
LUND, Duane, Mid-West Council, Staples, Minnesota
LUPTON, John Mather, State Chairman, Westport, Connecticut
McWHORTER, Charles, Publicity Chairman, New York, New York
McWILLIAMS, H. C., National Committee, Johnstown, Pa.
MANFUSO, Betty Jo, Regional Co-Director, Chevy Chase, Maryland
MELROSE, Mary Jane, National Committee, Miami, Florida
MOORE, Roger, Vice Chairman, Sherborn, Massachusetts
MORGAN, Roger, Vice Chairman, Clarksburg, West Virginia
MYERS, Gwynne, National Committee, Columbus, Ohio
NADASDY, Leonard, First Voters' Committee, Minneapolis, Minnesota
NICHOLS, David, Regional Director, Lincolnville, Maine
OLSON, James, National Committee, Colorado Springs, Colorado
PATTERSON, Mary, Assistant Secretary, Salt Lake City, Utah
PENDLETON, Edmund, District Chairman, Washington, D. C.
PERK, Ralph, Regional Director, Cleveland, Ohio
PIKE, Emily, Secretary, San Francisco, California
POTTER, Carol, Regional Co-Director, Princeton, Indiana
ROTH, William, Regional Director, Blacksburg, Virginia
RUBE, Ned, New England College Director, Yonkers, New York
SHAFFRAN, Mary, Regional Co-Director, Jersey City, New Jersey
SIVERTSEN, Wilma, Vice Chairman, New York City
SMALL, A. E., Western States Council, Lakewood, Colorado
SMITH, Marian, Co-Chairman, Little Rock, Arkansas
SMITH, Peg, National Committee, Washington, D. C.
SPENCE, O. M., State Chairman, Chattanooga, Tennessee
STABLEY, Jane, National Committee, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1954
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12:30 pm Young Republican National Federation:
STANBERRY, Bernita, College Co-Director, Cleveland, Tennessee
STEELE, McCord, National Committee, Attica, Indiana
STRIEBY, Robert, Regional Director, Kansas City, Missouri
THOMAS, Enoch, Jr., State Chairman, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
WARBURTON, Hon. H. B., Past Chairman, Wilmington, Delaware
Wattenbarger, Elmer, Veterans Co-Director, Sumter, South Carolina
C. A., Vice Chairman, Laverne, Oklahoma
WHITE, F. C., Speaker's Bureau, Albany, New York
WIEDEMANN, Essie, National Committee, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:00 pm
(Hon. Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force)
(Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense)
OFF THE RECORD
(Secretary Talbott called Mr. Stephens yesterday and requested
this appointment)
2:30 pm
(The President, accompanied by Mr. Hagerty, visited the Press Room
in the White House)
4:30 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave a Tea for the members of the
Republican National Committee, Republican National Finance Committee
and Republican State Finance Chairmen, as well as a few members of
the Headquarters' Staff.
9:30 pm
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left the White House for the
Uline Arena)
9:45 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower "dropped in" at the Lincoln Day
Box Supper at the Uline Arena.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1954
8:00 am
(Mr. Cliff Roberts had BREAKFAST with the President) OFF THE RECORD
9:00 am
Mr. Ford C. Frick, Commissioner of Baseball, N.Y.C.
Mr. Horace Stoneman, President of New York Giants
(Presented ancient Japanese armor to the President, on behalf
of baseball fans of Japan. Instigated by Mr. Matusaro Suricki,
father of professional baseball in Japan. This is outcome of
tour of Japan by New York Giants)
9:30 am
Mr. Sylvester Weaver, President, National Broadcasting Company
Mr. David Sarnoff
Mr. Robert Sarnoff (son of David Sarnoff)
Mr. Ray Scherer
(Mr. Scherer requested this, thru Mr. Hagerty, to present
Mr. Weaver, new President of NBC, to the President)
10:00 am
Hon. Donold B. Lourie, Under Secretary of State
(Governor Adams asked that this be set up)
10:15 am
(Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff)
(Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget)
(Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission)
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Arranged by Mr. Cutler - OFF THE RECORD)
11:30 am
Mr. Ben Duffy
12:25 pm
Mr. James Bassett, Los Angeles, California
1:00 pm
(The President, accompanied by Dr. Milton Eisenhower, left the
White House for the Shoreham Hotel)
1:00 pm
The President attended a Luncheon of the All Pennsylvania College
Alumni Association of Washington, D. C., at the Shoreham Hotel.
7:10 pm
(The President left for the Statler Hotel)
7:30 pm
The President attended the Radio Correspondents Dinner at the
Statler Hotel.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1954
10:50 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left the White House for
the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church where they attended
the 11:00 a.m. Service.
Following the Services Mrs. Eisenhower proceeded to the
Lincoln Room of the Church and accepted a gift of the Mary
Todd Lincoln letter addressed to Queen Victoria, written
May 21, 1865, from Mrs. Barney Balaban of Paramount Pictures.
(Photographs were taken)
2:30 pm
The President made a "live" broadcast for the "Back to God"
Program sponsored by the American Legion at the White House.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1954
8:30 am
Legislative Leaders
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., Massachusetts
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Murray Snyder
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Hon. Earle Chesney
Hon. Arthur Minnich
10:15 am
Congressman Homer D. Angell, Oregon
(Asked Mr. Stephens to arrange this so that he might extend
an invitation to 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
(Usual Monday appointment)
12:30 pm
Hon. Paul Cyr, new Republican State Chairman, Indiana
Hon. Ralph F. Gates, National Committeeman, Indiana
Mrs. Martha Whitehead, State Vice Chairman
(Senator Jenner asked Mr. Stephens to arrange for Paul Cyr,
new State Chairman, to meet the President.)
12:45 pm
Sir Alfred Robens, Member of Parliament
Sir Archibald Gordon, Labor Counselor, British Embassy
Hon. Bernard Shanley
1:00 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave a LUNCHEON for the Members
of the Public Advisory Board of the Foreign Operations Administration.
The following were present:
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Adm.
Mrs. Oscar A. Ahlgren, President, General Federation of Women's Clubs
Mrs. Newton P. Leonard, President, National Congress of Parents
and Teachers
Miss Helen G. Irwin, President, National Federation of Business
and Professional Women's Clubs
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1954
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1:00 pm
PUBLIC ADVISORY BOARD, F.O.A. (Continued)
Mr. Richard L. Bowditch, President, Chamber of Commerce of
the United States
Mr. Allan B. Kline, President, American Farm Bureau Federation
Mr. Herschel D. Newsome, Master, The National Grange
Mr. Arthur J. Connell, National Commander, the American Legion
Mr. Floyd Springer, Executive Secretary of the Public Advisory Board
AT THE WHITE HOUSE:
7:30 pm
(The President gave a Stag Dinner at the White House for the following:)
Mr. M. M. Anderson, Vice President, Aluminum Company of America
Mr. Ernest R. Breech, Executive Vice President, Ford Motor Company
Hon. Herbert Brownell, Jr., The Attorney General
Mr. Ellsworth Bunker, President, American National Red Cross
Hon. Lucius D. Clay, Chairman of the Board, Continental Can Company
Mr. Edward S. Corwin, Professor of History, Princeton, New Jersey
Mr. John W. Davis, Lawyer, New York
Mr. Erwin N. Griswold, Dean, Law School of Harvard University
Mr. Ralph C. Hutchison, President, Lafayette College
Mr. W. Alton Jones, Chairman of the Board, Cities Service Co.
Mr. William L. Kleitz, President, Guaranty Trust Co. of New York
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, American Ambassador to the United Nations
Mr. John A. McCone, Lawyer
Mr. Franklin D. Murphy, Chancellor, University of Kansas
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Under Secretary of State
Hon. Earl Warren, The Chief Justice, Supreme Court
11:15 pm
The President threw the switch which opened the Third International
Trade Fair in Seattle, Washington.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1954
8:00 am
The Vice President had breakfast with the President.
9:00 am
Senator Harry F. Byrd, Virginia
Mr. Kenneth Chorley, of Colonial Williamsburg
(Arranged at the request of Senator Byrd in order that Mr.
Chorley could present to the President an album of photo-
graphs taken during the President's visit to Williamsburg
last May)
11:00 am
Admiral H. Kent Hewitt, USN (Retired)
(The Admiral requested this thru Commander Beach, to lay before
the President an invitation to visit Fort Ticonderoga in the
summer of 1955 during the course of its celebration of the
bicentennial of the building of the Fort.)
11:30 am
H.E. Senor Dr. Don Antonio A. Facio, the Ambassador of Costa Rica
(Hon. Raymond Muir, Acting Chief of Protocol)
(New Ambassador and he came in to present his credentials)
12:00
The President was presented with Scouting's "Report to the Nation"
by twelve Eagle Scouts.
(This is an annual presentation in connection with the observance
of Boy Scout Week. This is their 44th Anniversary)
The following were present:
Mr. John M. Schiff, 2 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., President,
Boy Scouts of America
Mr. Daniel W. Bell, American Security & Trust Co., Washington,
D. C., National Executive Board, Boy Scouts of America
Mr. Arthur A. Schuck, 2 Park Ave., New York, N.Y., Chief Scout
Executive, Boy Scouts of America
Mr. Ray Williams, 2 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., National Staff
Mr. Leslie C. Stratton, 2 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., National
Director, Public Relations Service
Explorers, Boy Scouts of America
Edward B. Baker, Jr., 1011 E. Park Drive, Midland, Michigan
Robert J. Baughman, 3703 Nanz Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky
Ronald R. Brown, Long Prairie, Minnesota
Harold Duncan, Grass Valley, Oregon
Jimmie Eidson, Johnston, South Carolina
George F. Ireland, 6 Hockeborn Avenue, Auburn, New York
Robert E. Larson, Smith Street, Dennisport, Massachusetts
Aubrey John McGrede, Jr., 123 South Division St., DeRidder, La.
Frank McLain, 3336 Stanford St., Dallas, Texas
A. Pierre Silldorff, R. F. D. #4, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Shigemi Sugiki, 1523-A Koene Drive, Wailuku, Maui, Territory
of Hawaii
Parker Wayland, 128 South Mine LaMotte, Fredericktown, Missouri
12:30 pm
(Hon. J. Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation)
OFF THE RECORD
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1954
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1:00 pm
(The following had LUNCHEON with the President OFF THE RECORD:)
(Hon. J. Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation)
(Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury)
(Mr. Robert Woodruff, Coca Cola)
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1954
8:30 am
(Honorable Robert Cutler)
(Honorable Everett Gleason)
OFF THE RECORD
(Briefed the President on N. S. C.)
9:30 am
(Mr. Carter Burgess)
(Mr. Donald Russell, President, University of South Carolina)
(OFF THE RECORD)
10:00 am
(Mr. Hagerty)
10:30 am
Press Conference
11:15 am
The President received a group of leaders of the United Defense
Fund Campaign.
(Arranged at the request of General Cutler) The following
were present:
BISSINGER, Mr. Paul A., Bissinger & Company, Davis and
Pacific Avenues, San Francisco, California
BLANCHARD, Mr. Ralph H., Executive Director, Community
Chests & Councils of America, Inc., 345 East 46th
Street, New York 17, New York
BLODGETT, Mr. William W., Jr., Assistant Director, United
Defense Fund, Inc. 345 East 46th St., New York 17, N.Y.
BLUNCK, Mr. Herbert C., General Manager, Hotel Statler,
Washington, D. C.
BUGAS, Mr. John S., Vice President, Ford Motor Company,
3000 Schaefer Road, Dearborn, Michigan
BURMESTER, Mr. Harry, Vice President of Union Bank of
Commerce, Cleveland, Ohio.
CAREY, Mr. Harry M., Executive Director, United Community
Services of Metropolitan Boston, Mason Memorial Building,
14 Somerset Street, Poston, Massachusetts
COBURN, Mr. Robert E., Associate Executive Director, Community
Fund of Chicago, Inc., Joel Hunter Building, 123 West
Madison St., Chicago, Illinois
DODGE, Mr. Cleveland, Vice President, Phelps Dodge Corporation,
40 Wall Street, New York, New York
DOOLITTLE, Lt. Gen. James H., Vice President, Shell Oil Co.,
50 West 50th Street, New York 20, New York
DUMAS, Mr. Hal S., Executive Vice President, American Telephone
and Telegraph Co., 195 Broadway, New York, New York
DUFFIELD, Mr. Hugh K., Sears, Roebuck & Company, 4500 Wisconsin
Avenue, Washington 16, D. C.
FRY, Mrs. Mary Hobbs, Associate Public Relations Director,
United Defense Fund, Inc., 345 East 46th St., N.Y. 17, N.Y.
FURST, Mr. S. Dale, Jr., Vice President, Sprout, Waldron &
Company, Muncy, Pennsylvania
GARVEY, Mr. Robert L., Executive Director, Community Chest of
Allegheny County, 200 Ross Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1954
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11:15 am
United Defense Fund Campaign (Continued)
GATES, Mr. Artemus L., 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York
GIBBON, Mr. Joseph D., Executive Director, Community Chest
of Philadelphia and Vicinity, 1001 Fidelity-Philadelphia
Trust Bldg., 123 S. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
HEINZ, Mr. H. J., II, President, H. J. Heinz Company, Box 57,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
ISACKES, Mr. Charles French, General Manager, San Francisco
Federated Fund, 47 Kearny Street, San Francisco, California
JANSEN, Mr. Carl B., President, Darvo Corporation, Neville
Island, Pittsburgh 25, Pennsylvania
JENSEN, Mr. Elliot, Cleveland Cummunity Fund, 1001 Huron Road,
Cleveland, Ohio
KELLEHER, Mr. Michael T., Vice President, Marsh & McLennan, Inc.,
60 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts
KEYES, Mr. Edward J., Executive Director, Community Chest
Federation-National Capital Area, 1101 M St., N. W. Wash. D.C.
LAIDLAW, Mr. Walter C., Vice President & General Manager, United
Foundation, 607 Shelby Street, at Congress, Detroit, Mich.
MILAR, Mr. Robert, Executive Vice President, USO Defense Fund
of New York, 89 Broad Street, New York, New York
MOWAT, Mr. Lynn D., General Manager, Welfare Federation of Los
Angeles Area, 729 South Figueroa St., Los Angeles, California
NESBITT, Mr. Albert J., President, John J. Nesbitt, Inc., State
Road and Rhawn Street, Holmesburg, Phila. 36, Pennsylvania
PALMER, Mr. H. Bruce, President, The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance
Company, 300 Broadway, Newark 1, New Jersey
TAYLOR, Mr. Bent, Executive Director, United Defense Fund, Inc.,
345 East 46th Street, New York 17, New York
TOLL, Mr. Maynard, O'Melveny and Myers, 433 South Spring St.,
Los Angeles, California
WEBER, Mr. Henry, Public Relations Director, United Defense Fund,
345 East 46th Street, New York 17, New York
WOLF, Mr. Elias, President, National Metal Edge Box Manufacturing
Company, 340 North 12th Street, Philadelphia 23, Pennsylvania
11:45 am
Honorable Robert T. Stevens, Secretary of the Army
(One-half hour. Asked for this to report on trip to Far East)
12:45 pm
Honorable James S. Kemper, American Ambassador to Brazil
(Ambassador Kemper requested this appointment)
1:00 pm
Honorable Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., had LUNCHEON with the President.
7:30 pm
(The President gave a Stag Dinner at the White House for the following:)
ANHOLT, Harry, Manager, Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, Colorado
ARROWSMITH, Marvin L., Reporter, Associated Press
BLUNCK, Herbert C., Manager, Hotel Statler, Washington, D. C.
BRANDON, Jerry D., Retired Business Executive
BUSHBY, Wilkie, Lawyer, New York
CLARK, Edwin N., Public Relations
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1954
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7:30 pm
(STAG DINNER)
GIMBEL, Bernard F., Chairman of the Board, Gimbel Brothers, Inc.
HILL, Arthur M., Greyhound Corporation
KELLER, K. T., Chairman of the Board, Chrysler Corporation
HAGERTY, Hon. James C., Press Secretary to the President
MARTIN, Hon. Jack, Administrative Assistant to the President
McLAREN, Norman Loyall, Partner, Haskins & Sells
MOORE, Charles, Director of Public Relations, Ford Motor Co.
SMITH, Thor M., Director of Publications Service, American Weekly
SPANG, Joseph P., Jr., President, The Gillette Company
TREES, Merle J., Chairman of the Board & Director, Chicago
Bridge & Iron Company
ZELLERBACH, James D., President, Crown Zellerbach Corporation
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1954
8:00 am
The following had BREAKFAST with the President:
Congressman Jesse P. Wolcott, Michigan
Congressman John Phillips, California
Honorable Sherman Adams
Honorable Gerald Morgan
9:00 am
The President received Members of the Board of Trustees of the
Cordell Hull Foundation for International Education.
(There were also a few members of Congress present. Arranged
at the suggestion of Gerald Morgan, who advised it had the
approval of Dr. Milton Eisenhower and Thruston Morton in State
Department. This Foundation was established to further by
educational means the Good Neighbor policy of the United
States toward Latin America, and as may be practicable, other
peoples of the world.) The following were present:
Mr. Rudolph Hecht, Chairman, Mississippi Shipping Co., Inc.,
New Orleans, Louisiana
Colonel T. H. Barton, President, Lion Oil Company, Eldorado, Ark.
Edward Tomlinson, Jessup, Georgia
Mario Bermudez, New Orleans, Louisiana
Dr. Harvie Branscomb, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
Dr. Henry McBride, Administrator of National Gallery of
Art, Washington, D. C.
Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Iowa
Senator Theodore F. Green, Rhode Island
Congressman Karl M. LeCompte, Iowa
Congressman Hale Boggs, Louisiana
9:45 am
(Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General) OFF THE RECORD
10:00 am
National Security Council
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Acting 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. Warren Olney, 3rd, for the Attorney General
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Mrs. Katherine G. Howard, for the Administrator, Federal Civil
Defense Administration
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the United Nations
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Hon. J. Patrick Coyne, NSC Representative on Internal Security
Hon. Bryce Harlow, Administrative Assistant to the President
Hon. Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Acting Executive Secretary, NSC
Hon. F. B. Lee, Deputy Administrator, C. A. A.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1954
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12:00
The President presented the Hubbard Medal of the National
Geographic Society to the Mount Everest Expedition, represented
by Sir Edmund Hillary and Brigadier Sir John Hunt.
The following were present:
H.E. Sir Roger Makins, The British Ambassador
H.E. Leslie K. Munro, The Ambassador of New Zealand
Brigadier Sir John and Lady Hunt
Sir Edmund and Lady Hillary
Hon. Raymond Muir, Acting Chief of Protocol
Members of Mt. Everest Expedition:
Dr. R. C. Evans
Mr. W. G. Lowe
Mr. James Morris & Mrs. Morris
From the National Geographic Society:
Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, President, and Mrs. Grosvenor
Dr. Thomas W. McKnew, Secretary
Dr. Melville Bell Grosvenor, Senior Assistant Editor
Mr. LeRoy Lincoln, Trustee
Mr. Robert V. Fleming, Trustee
Mr. Windsor Booth
Mr. Elliott B. Macrae
12:30 pm
General John E. Hull, USA, Commander-in-Chief, Far East Command
(One-half hour)
1:00 pm
Mr. Sigurd Larmon, President, Young and Rubicam, New York, New York,
had LUNCHEON with the President.
2:00 pm
Honorable Harold Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Administration
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1954
8:00 am
Maj. Gen. Edward Peck (Ted) Curtis (Ret'd.), Vice President,
Eastman Kodak Co., had BREAKFAST with the President.
9:15 am
Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Iowa
(Presented to the President an album of choir music produced
by Male Chanters (Choir) of the Shriners of Cedar Rapids,
Iowa. The Senator said this is a very famour choir)
9:30 am
Congressman Clifton Young, Nevada
(Presented to the President a desk pad lined with sterling
silver, made by one of his constituents; a gift of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce of Las Vegas, Nevada.)
9:50 am
Mr. Allen C. McIntosh, Luverne, Minnesota
Mr. Don Eck, National Editorial Association
9:55 am
(Honorable Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture)
(Mr. Joseph McConnell)
(Mr. Ross Risley)
(Arranged by Governor Adams - OFF THE RECORD)
10:15 am
(Mr. Harry Butcher, Santa Barbara, California) OFF THE RECORD
10:55 am
The President left the White House for the Lincoln Memorial where
he participated in the Wreath Laying Ceremonies.
11:08 am
The President left the Lincoln Memorial for MATS Terminal, Washington
National Airport.
11:25 am
The President, accompanied by Hon. George Humphrey, boarded the
COLUMBINE and departed MATS Terminal for Georgia.
2:15 pm
The President arrived at Spence Air Base, Moultrie, Georgia, and
motored direct to the Plantation of Hon. George Humphrey at
Thomasville, Georgia.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1954
The President went quail hunting with the Secretary of
the Treasury at Thomasville, Georgia.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1954
3:25 pm
The President, accompanied by The Secretary of the Treasury,
boarded the COLUMBINE at Spence Air Base, Moultrie, Georgia,
and departed for Washington, D. C.
5:50 pm
The President arrived at MATS Terminal, Washington, D. C.,
and motored direct to the White House.
6:10 pm
Arrived at the White House.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1954
8:30 am
Legislative Leaders
Senator William F. Knowland, California
Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Senator Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Wilton B. Persons, Deputy Assistant to the President
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Murray Snyder
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Hon. Earle Chesney
Hon. Arthur Minnich
10:30 am
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
(Usual Monday appointment)
11:00 am
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
(Usual Monday appointment)
11:30 am
Hon. Roger M. Kyes, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. William McN. Rand, Deputy Director, F. O. A.
(This is Secretary Wilson's usual Monday appointment which
Mr. Kyes kept for Mr. Wilson)
12:30 pm
Congressman Edgar W. Hiestand, California
Mr. V. John Krehbiel, Chairman, Republican Central Committee of
Los Angeles County
(Mr. Krehbiel invited the President to fund raising dinner
of the United Republican Finance Committee of Los Angeles,
April 22nd.)
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:00 pm
Hon. Whiting Willauer, American Ambassador Designate to Honduras
(Asked, thru Protocol, to pay respects before leaving for new Post)
2:30 pm
Sen. H. Alexander Smith, New Jersey
(Asked for this thru Mr. Shanley)
3:00 pm
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Acting Secretary of State
(Called Mr. Stephens last Friday and asked for this)
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1954
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4:00 pm
The President received the National and Department Officers and
National Committee Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in
the Rose Garden. The following were present:
ARN, Governor Edward F., Topeka, Kansas
ASHWORTH, William J., Portland, Oregon
BAILEY, Ernest A., Dickinson, North Dakota
BARRY, Peter J., Pawtucket, Rhode Island
BEGGS, Lyall T., Madison, Wisconsin
BETZ, Frank E., Eau Claire, Wisconsin
BRANNAMAN, Ray H., Denver, Colorado
BURGER, Jack W., El Reno, Oklahoma
CAMPBELL, Thomas P., Pendleton, Oregon
CARNELLA, Joseph, Edwardsville, Illinois
CHASE, Raymond H., Dover, New Hampshire
CHRISTINE, Elmer D., East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
COLE, J. W., Abilene, Texas
COLLINS, E. K., Laurel, Mississippi
CONDREN, Edward I., Bayside, New York
COTHRAN, James W., Bishopville, South Carolina
DEAL, James E., Huntington, West Virginia
DeLAMARRE, J. D., Biloxi, Mississippi
DeROY, Omer, Somersworth, New Hampshire
DEVINE, Herbert W., Flint, Michigan
DICKENSON, Julian, Kansas City, Missouri
DOTEN, David C., Memphis, Tennessee
DUNSTAN, Forrest V., Elizabeth City, North Carolina
ECKDALL, Frank F., Emporia, Kansas
ENYART, Dr. Hugh, Indianapolis, Indiana
FELDMANN, Louis G., Hazelton, Pennsylvania
FENNEL, Harold, Juneau, Alaska
FERGUSON, Ernest D., Kansas City, Missouri
FONDA, Ira F., South Portland, Maine
FORD, Raymond E., Fort Pierce, Florida
GOFFE, G. H., Salt Lake City, Utah
GOOSEY, Leland D., Des Moines, Iowa
GOW, Alexander J., Paterson, New Jersey
GROBSMITH, Adrian J., Syracuse, New York
HANDY, R. B., Jr., Kansas City, Missouri
HARPT, Henry R., Emmett, Idaho
HELBIG, Dean, Spokane, Washington
HENARD, Branch H., Hopkinsville, Kentucky
HERNANDEZ, F. E., Leesville, Louisiana
HILTON, Frank C., Reading, Pennsylvania
HOLT, Cooper T., Chattanooga, Tennessee
HOUSE, C. Marshall, Louisville, Kentucky
HUGHES, Donald L., Curundu, Canal Zone
INMAN, Edward K., Washington, D. C.
JENKINS, Elmer L., Kansas City, Missouri
JOHNSON, Glem J., Riverton, Utah
JONES, Rolland G., Vermillion, South Dakota
KANE, Matthew J., Washington, D. C.
KEIL, Walter G., Hollywood, California
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1954
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4:00 pm
Veterans of Foreign Wars (Continued)
KELLEHER, Philip M., Manchester Center, Vermont
KELLEY, Asa D., Jr., Albany, Georgia
KESLER, Ray F., Fairmont, Minnesota
KETCHUM, Omar B., Bethesda, Maryland
KOSKI, Michael J., Newcastle, Wyoming
LEITER, Joseph E., Baltimore, Maryland
LETNES, Thomas A., Nielsville, Minnesota
LEWIS, Clyde A., Plattsburg, New York
LITTLE, Theodore H., Clarkston, Washington
LIVINGSTON, Forrest, Arkansas City, Kansas
LOVETTE, Leland P., Alexandria, Virginia
MACHAMER, Waldon K., Holyoke, Colorado
MANCUSO, Fred, Kansas City, Missouri
MARINO, Emilio F., Brighton, Massachusetts
MASHBURN, Telfair J., Jr., Bay Minette, Alabama
McCLAIN, Colbert C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
MILUM, John C., Batesville, Arkansas
MORGAN, William D., Orlando, Florida
MORROW, Juston M., Austin, Texas
MURPHY, Timothy J., Dorchester, Massachusetts
NIELSEN, Lee S., Glendive, Montana
NOVAK, Albert J., Washington, D. C.
OLDFIELD, Charles, Ocean City, New Jersey
OWEN, Leonard, Lincoln, Nebraska
PAPANTONIO, Edward, New York, New York
PATTON, David U., Athens, Alabama
PEARSON, Fred, Los Angeles, California
PORTFORS, Francis A., Orofino, Idaho
POST, Charles J., Norwalk, Connecticut
PURDY, Robert O., Sumter, South Carolina
RALLS, Charles C., Seattle, Washington
REES, John F., Topeka, Kansas
RICARDS, Lloyd W., Wilmington, Delaware
RICE, Joseph H., Crestline, Ohio
RICHARDS, Wayne E., Arkansas City, Kansas
RICHARDSON, Dr. Guy, Bristol, Virginia
RICKARDS, Elwood B., Selbyville, Delaware
RITZENHEIN, Joseph H., Saginaw, Michigan
ROANG, Sverre, Edgerton, Wisconsin
ROUDEBUSH, Richard L., Indianapolis, Indiana
RUTHERFORD, J. T., Odessa, Texas
SHAVER, Howard D., Staunton, Virginia
SKAFF, Francis M., Sioux Falls, South Dakota
SOTELO, Joe F., Miami, Arizona
STACKPOLE, Irving L., Somerville, Massachusetts
STAPLETON, Ben F., Jr., Denver, Colorado
THORNE, J. Glen, Reno, Nevada
TICE, Merton B., Mitchell, South Dakota
TRENFIELD, Charles R., Alva, Oklahoma
TROMBLA, Richard L., El Dorado, Kansas
WALKER, D. Arthur, Arkansas City, Kansas
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1954
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4:00 pm
WALTON, E. Spencer, Mishawaka, Indiana
WHITTET, Father Harold E., St. Paul, Minnesota
WILLIAMS, Parker, Everett, Washington
WINSTON, Edward C., KENNEBUNK, Maine
WINTON, Gordon H., Jr., San Francisco, California
WOLMAN, Paul C., Baltimore, Maryland
WOOD, A. L., Jr., Albuquerque, New Mexico
WOOD, Joe T., Gainesville, Georgia
WRIGHT, Earle, Arkansas City, Kansas
YANOFSKY, Barnie, Kansas City, Missouri
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1954
8:15 am
(Hon. Elmer Staats, Operations Coordinating Board)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
8:30 am
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. James S. Lay, Jr.)
(Briefed the President on NSC)
9:00 am
Cabinet Meeting
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. Donold B. Lourie, Under Secretary of State for Administration
Hon. Marion Folsom, Under Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Roger Kyes, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. Herbert Brownell, 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. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. William McN. Rand, Acting Director, F. O. A.
Hon. Arthur Flemming, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the United Nations
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Nelson Rockefeller, Under Secretary of H. E. W.
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Lothair Teetor, Assistant Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Gabriel Hauge (in part)
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
Hon. Arthur Minnich
The following were absent: The Secretary of State
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Secretary of Defense
The Postmaster General (Post Office Dept.
was not represented)
The Director, F. 0. A.
12:00
Senator Henry C. Dworshak, Idaho
Senator George W. Malone, Nevada
Senator Clinton P. Anderson, New Mexico
Senator Carl Hayden, Arizona
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
(Arranged at the request of Senator Dworshak, to discuss lead
and zinc mining in their respective States.)
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1954
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12:15 pm
(Senator Clinton P. Anderson, New Mexico, stayed on alone for
a few minutes) OFF THE RECORD
12:30 pm
The President received group of Overseas Students sponsored by
tne New York Herald Tribune.
(Appointment arranged at the request of Mrs. Helen Reid -
with the approval of the State Department) The following
were present:
AASLAND, Mr. Gunnar, Norway
ANTILLON, Mr. Johnny, Philippines
AUERBACH, Miss Nurit, Israel
AJLOUNI, Mr. Raja Mafouz, Jordan
BAGHDADI, Mr. Mahdi, Iraq
BAZZANO, Mr. Carlos, Uruguay
BHAGAT, Mr. Dwarika Ram, Nepal
CASPER, Mr. Gerhard, Germany
deVargas, Mr. Philippe, Switzerland
EPCEL, Miss Esin, Turkey
FRIEDMAN, Doris, with the New York Herald Tribune
FUJII, Miss Kimiko, Japan
GODSI, Mr. Bagher, Iran
GUASTI, Miss Maria Pia, Italy
HORMAZABAL, Miss Tila, Chile
HUDSON, Mr. Peter, United Kingdom
JAHN, Mr. Richard Walter, Australia
JEUKENNE, Mr. Jean-Pierre, Belgium
KAWAMITZU, Mr. Satoshi, Ryukyus
KIM, Mr. Chin-tai, Korea
LABABIDY, Miss Thouraya, Lebanon
LAFFONT, Mr. Eric, France
LOUW, Miss Eline, Union of South Africa
MOJDARA, Miss Mattanee, Thailand
NIZAM, Mr. Rasul, Pakistan
OFUATEY-KODJOE, Mr. Wentworth, Gold Coast
PAPAGEORGIS, Mr. Demetrios, Greece
RAM, Mr. Vangala Java, India
SANTIAGO, Mr. Sergio, Spain
TIN, Mr. David, Burma
WOLFSBERG, Miss Inga, Denmark
YOUSRI, Mr. Nabil, Egypt
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:00 pm
Hon. Arthur Flemming, Director, 0. D. M.
(This is the appointment arranged for Dr. Flemming
every three weeks)
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1954
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2:30 pm
Senator Arthur V. Watkins, Utah
Senator Wallace F. Bennett, Utah
Congressman Douglas R. Stringfellow, Utah
Congressman William A. Dawson, Utah
(Arranged at the request of Senator Watkins to discuss
upper Colorado River Reclamation Project)
(Hon. Jack Martin)
3:00 pm
(Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor) OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Ernest J. Wilkins)
3:15 pm
Colonel Lee V. Harris, San Francisco, California
3:25 pm
(Hon. Lewis Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission)
(Hon. Bryce Harlow)
OFF THE RECORD
8:00 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave a dinner for The Speaker
of the House.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1954
8:30 am
National Security Council
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Acting Secretary of State
Hon. Roger M. Kyes, Acting Secretary of Defense
Hon. William McN. Rand, Acting 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. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Hon. John Slezak, 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
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
General Charles L. Bolte, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army
Admiral Robert B. Carney, Chief of Naval Operations
General Nathan F. Twining, Chief of Staff of the Air Force
General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., Commandant, U. S. Marine Corps
Hon. Allen Dulles, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Gen. John E. Hull, Department of Defense
Hon. Donald A. Quarles, Assistant Secretary of Defense
Mr. Charles Sullivan, Department of Defense
Gen. Willard S. Paul, Office of Defense Mobilization
Mr. A. Russell Ash, Office of Defense Mobilization
Mr. Henry F. Hurley, Office of Defense Mobilization
Mr. Willis H. Shapley, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Mr. J. Patrick Coyne, NSC Internal Security Representative
Mr. Richard L. Hall, NSC Special Staff Member
Hon. Bryce Harlow, Administrative Assistant to the President
Hon. Sherman Adams, The Assistant to the President
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, NSC
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, NSC
10:55 am
The President left for the Departmental Auditorium where he said
a few words of greeting to the opening session of the White House
Conference on Traffic Safety.
11:25 am
Timothy J. O'Connor, Police Commissioner of Chicago, and son
Mr. James Rowley
11:30 am
(Hon. Frank J. Lausche, Governor of Ohio)
(Arranged by Mr. Hagerty, OFF THE RECORD)
11:45 am
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Congressman Dewey Short, Missouri
Mr. John Blandford, Special Counsel of House Armed Services Committee
(Talked about legislation affecting new tables of retirement in
Armed Services)
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1954
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12:15 pm
Honorable John M. Allison, American Ambassador to Japan
(Appointment arranged at the request of Hon. Walter B. Smith)
12:30 pm
H.E. Dr. J. H. van Roijen, the Ambassador of the Netherlands
H.E. Cornelis Spaf, the Minister of Defense of the Netherlands
Hon. Roger M. Kyes, Deputy Secretary of Defense
(This was a courtesy call arranged at the request of the
Department of Defense, which Department said they understood
the President met Minister Staf when Supreme Allied Commander
in Europe.)
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
1:30 pm
(Mr. Hagerty)
2:00 pm
Press Conference
2:40 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower and Mrs. Doud departed the
White House for MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport.
3:00 pm
Airborne for California.
PST
9:31 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower and Mrs. Doud arrived at
Palm Springs, California, and motored direct to the Smoke
Tree Ranch of Paul H. Helms, California bakery executive.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1954
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF.
9:30 am
The President played golf at the Tamarisk Country Club with
the following:
Ben Hogan
Paul loffman
Paul Helms
1:00 pm
The President had Luncheon at the Tamarisk Country Club with
the following:
Freeman Gosden
George Allen
Paul Hoffman
Paul Helms
Ben Hogan
Reuben Fleet
Floyd Turner
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1954
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF.
8:40 am
The President was in his office until approximately 8:55 a.m.
The President played golf at the Thunderbolt Club with the
following:
Leonard Firestone
H. T. Dent
Johnny Dawson
1:00 pm
The President had Luncheon at the Thunderbolt Club with the
following:
Leonard Firestone
Johnny Dawson
H. T. Dent
Paul Hoffman
Charles Garfield
George Allen
Darryl Zanuck
Paul Helms
2:45 pm
Luncheon was over. The President departed the Thunderbolt Club
and motored to Jacquelin Cochran's in Indio, California.
3:10 pm
Arrived at Jacquelin Cochran's
3:45 pm
Departed Jacquelin Cochran's and motored to George Allen's
home at La Quinta.
4:00 pm
Arrived at George Allen's
6:15 pm
Departed George Allen's home and motored to Smoke Tree Ranch.
6:45 pm
Arrived at Smoke Tree Ranch
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1954
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF.
7:45 am
The President was in his office.
8:55 am
The President left the office.
9:10 am
The President arrived at the Thunderbolt Golf Course and was
greeted by Johnny Dawson.
9:40 am
The President played golf with the following:
Paul Hoffman
Paul Helms
George Allen
12:50 pm
The President had Luncheon in the private dining room of the
Club House with the following:
Paul Hoffman
Paul Helms
George Allen
Paul Helms, Jr.
Elmo Conley
K. B. Norris
Hoyt M. Leisure
Sam Goldwyn
Johnny Dawson
Herbert Hazelthime
2:45 pm Returned to Smoke Tree Ranch
8:00 pm Sometime between 8:00 and 10:00 p.m., the President broke
cap off of a front tooth and he went to a dentist in Palm
Springs to have it fixed.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1954
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF.
9:30 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower attended Services at the
Palm Springs Community Church. Rev. James H. Blackstone, Jr.
8:30 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower held a Reception at the Ranch
House, Smoke Tree Ranch. The following guests were present:
ACOSTA, Raymond L.
ADAIR, Gerry
ADLOM, Frances C.
ALBERT, Mrs. Florence - Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barry and the
French Consul of Los Angeles - Mr. Bertrand
ALBERT, Miss Irene
ALEXANDER, Ruth C.
AMANN, Hattie M.
ARMSTRONG, Mrs. H. W.
BABIC, Kay
BAILLARD, Miss Jeno
BAILEY, A. E. - Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Bailey, Miss Beatrice
Bailey, Miss Bunny Bailey, W. Boner Bailey, Neva Rogers,
Arthur E. Bailey, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Lyle C. Newcomer,
Miss Tora Newcomer, Miss Elena Bosworth, Mr. Steve Mandal,
Mr. Jack Critchlow, Mr. & Mrs. George Ripley, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Ripley, Jr.
BAILEY, Dr. and Mrs. Wilbur
BALL, Mrs. Innis
BANKS, Mrs. Noble and 2 guests: Mrs. Cairns & Mrs. Agar
BARBARICK, J. M.
BAUDER, Mrs. George
BAUSMAN, Mr. R. F.
BELLINGHAM, Capt. Harold J. and Mrs. (his mother was Aunt Alice)
BELLINGHAM, Mrs. Martha Lucas and husband
BENNETT, Mr. and Mrs. Frank and 3 guests
BESSER, C. R.
BIDDLE, Spencer
BLAZINA, Sgt. and Mrs. Tom
BOYCE, Mrs. Hattie and guest - Mrs. Pinnell
BOYD, Mayor and Mrs. Florian - Mayor of Palm Springs
BURRITT, Bruce - General William & Mrs. White, Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Alabaster
BUTLER, Walter - Mr. and Mrs. Butler, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds
Butler, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Comly, Caren Comley, Jack, Jr. and
Christine Butler, Stephen, Barbara, Michael
BUTTON, Blanche Haldeman and husband (Sam Haldeman's daughter)
BUTTON, Mr. and Mrs. E. Ronald, Republican National Committeeman
CAHILL, E. J.
CASTLE, Mr. and Mrs. Don
CELESTIN, Miss Louise
CERF, Mr. & Mrs. Bennett
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1954
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8:30 pm
Reception - Continued
CHASCIN, Walter J.
CHICKERING, A. L.
COFFMAN, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
COLBY, Mrs. Paul N.
CONGDON, C. C. H.
CORBIN, Atlee P.
CRANDALL, Charles W.
CRANDALL, Juanita L.
CRAVENS, Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm - Thomas Hurley, Mr. Earle, Brenda,
Carol & Joan Cravens (Ada Johnson - servant)
CROMMELIN, J. B. - Fontaine Flournay
DAUBERT, George
DEAN, W. D.
de LAITTRE, K. - Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Brown, Mr. & Mrs. Harold
Ward, Happy and Wardie
DENT, Hawthorne
DE WITT, Allen F.
DI SALVO, Jane M.
DOLLARD, Dr. and Mrs. Henry
DOUGHERTY, Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. and sister, Mrs. Weyland
DOUGHERTY, Mrs. William and mother and sister
DURHAM, Mrs. R. E.
EARLE, Dr. and Mrs. L. M.
EDDY, Mrs. James - Mr. and Mrs. H. Warjone
EISENHOWER, Mr. and Mrs. Lowell (cousins)
EPLER, Mrs. Robert H.
EVANS, Mr. & Mrs. Howell - Mr. & Mrs. Eldon Laird, Mr. Charles O'Neil
EVERSOLE, Dr. and Mrs. H. O.
FANNING, Grete
FARRELL, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
FAUBION, Esther
FIRESTONE, Leonard
FISCHEL, Mr. & Mrs. Victor A., friends of Ellis Slater
FITZGERALD, Roy E.
FLINK, Mrs. (Mrs. Hillson's daughter)
GAMMILL, Roy E.
GARSTIN, D. V., Edith Shankland and Ens. Noble Welch
GATES, Mrs. Della S. - Mr. & Mrs. Rupert Shaw, Mr. & Mrs. Louis
Shaw, Mr. & Mrs. Swanholm
GILL, Catherine F.
GILMORE, Donald S., Dr. & Mrs. - presented the President and
Mrs. Eisenhower and Mrs. Doud with a little token
GILPIN, J. H. - Mr. & Mrs. Richard St. John
GLENDYE, Charlotte C.
GOLDWYN, Samuel
GORDON, Gertrude M.
GOSDEN, Mr. and Mrs. Freeman ("Amos")
GRANT, Frederic - Dr. John 0. Haman, Jane Haman, Mr. & Mrs. J.
Blake Field, Freddy Fayen, Sandy Grant, Mary Grant, Margaret
Radford, Christine Calley, Mrs. Ruth Bibo
GREEN, Frank
HALL, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
SUNDAY, February 21, 1954
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8:30 pm
Reception - Continued
HALDEMAN, Mr. Abner (son of Jesse Haldeman)
HALDEMAN, Mr. Jesse (mother was Katie Eisenhower - sister of
David Eisenhower)
HAMAN, Dr. and Mrs. John
HAMILTON, Mr. and Mrs. Harold - Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Wheeler, Janice
& Robert; Mr. & Mrs. Paul Robinson, Mr. & Mrs. Brook Townsend,
Mr. & Mrs. Reed Funsten, Mr. Paul Terooler, Miss Betsy Dunn
HARRIS, Mr. Albert
HARRIS, Norman
HAWKS, Senator & Mrs. - Mrs. Gretchen Sherman, Mr. & Mrs. Padelford,
Mr. Pockman, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Waters (servants, William Artis &
Minnie Sandin)
HAYWARD, Darlene M.
HAYWARD, Edward N.
HAYWARD, Jerry
HEAD, Mr. Horace and sister, Kathleen
HEIMBERG, Una C.
HELMS, Paul H.
Herbert, Raymond J.
HERZ, Evelyn C.
HILLSON, Mrs. Mildred and Daughter, Mrs. Flink
HOFFMAN, Paul Gray
HOLLEY, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
HOLLANDER, Mr. & Mrs. Al and mother, Mrs. Adele Jacobs
HOLMAN, Howard
HOPE, Mrs. Bob and daughter, Linda
HOUSEHOLDER, Colonel E. R. (instructor when the President was at
West Point)
JACOBS, Lester
JACOBS, Mrs. Adele
JAMISON, Neil C. - Mr. & Mrs. K. C. Bell, Neil and Susan Bell
JANSS, Edwin - Mr. & Mrs. Robert McLain, Dagny, Peter and Larry
Janss, Anne & Bob McLain and nurse Yutta Kann
JAYNES, Allan
JOHANSON, Captain and Mrs. J. G.
JUNGBLUT, Robert C.
KAISER, Mr. and Mrs. (Charlotte) (first cousin once removed)
KALBACH, Raymond B., Jr.
KASCO, Peter S.
KAUFMANN, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
KAYE, Sylvia
KELLY, Edmund J.
KENYSER, Mr. & Mrs. Hathaway
KINNEY, Wendell H. - Sally, Sue Williamson, Ynez Viole, Mary Fitzpatrick
KNIGHT, Commander and Mrs. R. H.
LARAVEA, Dorothy J.
LARSON, Walter V.
LEONARD, Fred N.
LESLIE, John W.
LUCCARENI, J. F. - Mrs. Thomas Dant, Mrs. Isabel Horton, Mr. & Mrs.
Lockwood, Mrs. John S. Lapp, Mrs. Hanabal Gran
LYON, Dr. & Mrs. Richard - Mrs. H. W. Irwin, Mr. & Mrs. Eric
Hoffman, Tillie Young and Miss Cooper
SUNDAY, February 21, 1954
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8:30 pm
Reception - Continued
LYONS, Mrs. James A. - Susan and Stewart Lyons
MacGREGOR, Willabel
MacLEOD, Mrs. Norman L.
McCORMACK, Devaar C.
McCORMACK, Erma B.
McCULLOUGH, Mrs. J. B. - Nancy McCauslen
McFIE, Mr. & Mrs. Milbank - Susan and Joan McFie
McKAY, W. O. - Colonel and Mrs. Stewart S. Miller, Mr. & Mrs.
Clarence Francis and Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Ball
MADISEN, J. E.
MAJOR, Horace T. - Mr. & Mrs. Frank Walsh
MARKHAM, Fred S. - Frank and Gertrude Suter - servants
MARSH, Fletcher
MATTHEWS, Dr. and Mrs. J. C.
MATTINGLY, Barak
MEGRAN, H.
MELGORD, Edna R.
MILLARD, Mrs. Everett L.
MILLER, Mr. & Mrs. George
MILNOR, Mr. and Mrs. Nate
MORNINGSTAR, MOORE, J. A. MOUNT, NUGENT, NEWBEGIN, NORIE, OAKES, Charles Robert Camp James Wade L.
Mr. and Mrs.
L.
OLIVER, Patricia A.
PALLISER, W. B.
PALM, Mae L.
PARKER, Mrs. J. S.
PARSONS, Mrs.
PELTON, George S. - Diane, Betty Cassidy
PEDERSEN, Miss Viola (Paul Hoffman's Secretary)
PFAU, Mr. & Mrs. Louis - Mr. & Mrs. Pfau, Jr.
PLESTCHEEFF, T.
POLIAN, Miss Virginia
POMEROY, Bertha
POMEROY, Thomas
POSEY, J. V. G. - Mr. & Mrs. Frank Belcher, Mr. & Mrs. Gamble
PURCELL, Dr. and Mrs. Frank
REED, Mossie H.
REICHEL, Rowena
REICHEL, William
REID, Dr. and Mrs. Henry S. - Major & Mrs. Reuben Fleet, Mr. & Mrs.
J. E. French
REITMANN, Rosalie
ROBERSON, Mr. & Mrs. George
RODGERS, John B.
ROUNDS, Ralph M.
ROUTT, Orville
SUNDAY, February 21, 1954
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8:30 pm
Reception - Continued
ROYCE, Steve
SANDERS, Leroy - Ruth Hamilton Sanders and Mr. & Mrs. Leroy Sanders, Jr.
SAWYER, Dr. & Mrs. Frank - Mr. Grandin, Lena Oleski
SCHEUFLER, William F.
SCHILLER, Mrs. W. R., Jr.
SCHMIDT, John H.
SCHUCHART, Mr. & Mrs. George - Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Soli
SCHWAB, Max - Mr. & Mrs. Harold Edmunds, Dick & Burt Anderson
SHAFFER, H. A.
SHARPE, Dr. and Mrs. John
SIEMSEN, H. H. P.
SIMPSON, Dr. & Mrs. Claude F.
SIMS, Mrs. Mudd
SLOCAN, Mr. (Gave tie emblems to the President & Mrs. Eisenhower)
SLOCUM, M. S. - Miss Bessie Byrne, Mrs. Slocum Wilson, Carolyn Wilson
SMITH, Mr. & Mrs. Walker - Mr. & Mrs. Harry Wyeth, Priscilla Wyeth
and Mrs. Dorothea Lucas
SNIDER, Beulah F.
SODER, William R.
SODER, Carl S.
SPINKS, Mr. & Mrs. A. M. - Dr. & Mrs. Claude S. Simpson, Nancy,
Norman, Paul, Michael and Melinda
STEELE, Mrs. Harry C. - Mrs. Busby, Susan, Jimmy and Barby & Larry
Satterly
STEWART, W. H.
STIMSON, Mrs. C. W. - Mr. & Mrs. John H. Ballenger, Mrs. Arthur
Bee Miller
STRATTON, Eugene
STRONG, Mrs. Walter A.
STUART, D. D. - Mr. and Mrs. David D. Stuart, Jr., Mr. James D.
Stuart, Miss Joyce Newcomer, Mr. & Mrs. Alfred C. Barstow,
Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. L. Baker, Sr., Mr. & Mrs. Mark Davids,
Mr. Clarence White, Mr. Roy C. Morris, Mrs. Wilbur R. Smith,
Miss Mary Virginia Roach
SWINDEN, Mrs. John Irvin (Irvine) (Owner of Irvine Ranch where
Boy Scout Jamboree last year was held; presented the President
with a gold medal commemorating event)
TETER, Adelaide
TOGNAZZINI, Roland
TROUSDALE, Paul W. - Mr. Frank Miller, Mrs. Jane Cameron, Mr. &
Mrs. D. Watson, Dick Weber, Mary Anne and Marguerite Trousdale,
Leslie and Randy Smith, Mr. & Mrs. Al Hill and Mr. & Mrs. John
Gillen
TURNER, Floyd - Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Royce, Mr. & Mrs. Danny Royce,
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Newton, Clara Reitz, Mrs. Harold Cudney and
Dorothy Cudney and Mrs. Margaret Morris
WALLACE, Robert
WALLACE, William D.
WALSH, Francis
WARREN, Dr. and Mrs. J. W.
SUNDAY, February 21, 1954
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8:30 pm
Reception - Continued
WEINERT, A. H. - Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Weinert, Jr.
WELLS, C. - Mrs. Ball - Hannah Oquist
WHITEMAN, Mrs. D. S.
WIKE, J. R.
WILLIAMSON, W. C.
WISE, Mitchell C.
WRITER, Frederick M.
WYMAN, M. A.
ZANUCK, Mr. and Mrs. Darryl
ZERN, James W.
ZOLL, Mrs.
ZOLD, Mrs. (Mr. Hoffman's Secretary)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1954
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF.
7:50 am
The President was in his office until 8:15 a.m.
8:55 am
The President, accompanied by Mr. Paul Hoffman and Mr. Paul Helms,
departed the House for the Tamarisk Country Club.
9:30 am
The President played golf with the following:
Mr. Paul Hoffman
Mr. Paul Helms
Mr. Ben Hogan
12:40 pm
Golf Game was Over.
1:20 pm The President had Luncheon with the following at the Tamarisk
Country Club:
Mr. Paul Hoffman
Mr. Paul Helms
Mr. Ben Hogan
Mr. Bill Dean
Mr. Ross Cobert
Mr. John Ballinger
Mr. Stanley Whitworth
Mr. Joe Dyer
Mr. Rip Arnold
Mr. Randolf Scott
Mr. Bob Littler
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1954
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF.
8:10 am The President arrived at the Office.
8:30 am
Mr. and Mrs. Latham Castle
(Mr. Castle is the Attorney General of the State of Illinois.
They came in to say "hello" and pay their respects)
8:45 am
The President departed for the Tamarisk Country Club accompanied
by Mr. Paul Helms and Mr. Paul Hoffman.
9:20 am
The President played golf with the following:
Mr. Ben Hogan
Mr. Freeman Gosden
Mr. Paul Hoffman
Mr. Paul Helms, Sr.
Mr. Frank Leahy
Mr. Paul Helms, Jr.
Mr. George Allen
Mr. Joe Dyer
Mr. Randolph Scott
Mr. Rip Arnold
Mr. Bob Littler
12:10 pm
Golf game was over.
1:45 pm
The President returned to the Office and then departed the
Office at 1:50 p.m.
8:05 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower departed Smoke Tree Ranch for
the Airport.
8:23 pm Airborne Palm Springs, California, for Washington, D. C.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1954
7:45 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower and Mrs. Doud arrived at
MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport.
8:00 am
Arrived at the White House
8:30 am
Legislative Leaders
Senator William F. Knowland, California
Senator Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Senator Frank Carlson, Kansas
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Congressman Leo E. Allen, Illinois
Congressman Edward H. Rees, Kansas
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Nelson Rockefeller, Under Secretary, H. E. W.
Hon. Marion Folsom, Under Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Murray Snyder
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Hon. Earle Chesney
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
Hon. Arthur Minnich
11:00 am
Hon. William McN. Rand, Deputy Director, F. 0. A.
(Mr. Rand called Mr. Stephens and asked for this)
11:15 am
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. George Humphrey, Decretary of the Treasury
(This is usual weekly appointment for Messrs. Burns & Hauge)
12:30 pm
The President received the members of the National Conference on
Labor Legislation
(Arranged at the request of the Secretary of Labor, who felt
it was good opportunity for the President to inspire key
labor representatives from the States with his aims and
purposes. Had a tour of the White House prior to seeing the
President.) The following were present:
ADAIR, Dan, Chicago, Illinois
ALBRIGHT, Cecil, Pine Bluff, Ark.
ADAMS, D. L., Baltimore, Md.
ALGER, Milton, Wash., D. C.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1954
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12:30 pm
National Conference on Labor Legislation (Continued)
ALLAN, Finlay C., Detroit, Mich.
ALLEN, M. R., Birmingham, Ala.
ALLGOOD, Carrie L., wash., D.C.
ALWAY, Lazelle D., N.Y., N.Y.
ANDERSON, George C. Anchorage, Alaska
ANDERSON, Mary, Washington, D. C.
ANDRESEN, Fred, Denver, Colorado
ATKINSON, Roy, Seattle, Wash.
AUSTIN, Louis, Terre Haute, Ind.
BAIRD, P. G., Topeka, Kansas
BARBER, Hartman, Washington, D. C.
BARNETT, E. J., Birmingham, Ala.
BARNEY, Irvin, Jr., Wash., D. C.
BARNHART, Frank, Terre Haute, Ind.
BAUGH, Dean, Oklahoma City, Okla.
BELL, Harlan, Oklahoma City, Okla.
BENOIT, Roland, Woonsocket, R. I.
BENSON, Ernest, Washington, D.C.
BENSON, Henry A. Juneau, Alaska
BEYER, Clara M., Washington, D. C.
BIEMILLER, Andrew, Wash., D. C.
BILODEAU, Emile L.R., Honolulu, Hawaii
BLANKENSHIP, Ben, Washington, D. C.
BLIZZARD, William, Charleston, W. Va.
BOGGS, Edmond M., Richmond, Va.
BOLZ, Sanford H., Washington, D. C.
BOURG, Emile J., Baton Rouge, La.
boyer, Harry, Harrisburg, Pa.
BRASHEARS, John P., Jr., Baton Rouge, La.
BREWER, Ted, Little Rock, Arkansas
BRIDES, Henry, Boston, Massachusetts
BRITTAIN, T. W., El Reno, Oklahoma
BROWN, Edwin C., Providence, R. I.
BUCHANAN, Lucille J., Washington, D. C.
BUMCROTS, T. F., Little Rock, Arkansas
BURNS, Arthur F., Washington, D. C.
BURNS, Lawrence, Washington, D. C.
BURNS, Ralph L., Montgomery, Alabama
BUTLER, Francis, St. Albans, Vermont
CAMMOCK, Cledamae, Juneau, Alaska
CAMPOBASSO, Guy, Boston, Massachusetts
CARTER, E. A., Charleston, West Virginia
CARUSO, A. J., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
CASH, Joe R., Little Rock, Arkansas
CHANDLER Henry W., Atlanta, Georgia
CHANEY, George, Warren, Arkansas
CHRISTIE, Andrew D., Wilmington, Delaware
CICHOSKI, A. J., Kodiak, Alaska
CLAGUE, Ewan, Washington, D. C.
COAKLEY, R. C., Huntington, West Virginia
COHEN, Harry, Baltimore, Maryland
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1954
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12:30 pm
National Conference on Labor Legislation (Continued)
COLEBANK, H. B., Dunbar, West Virginia
COLEMAN, Burnis T., Tallahassee, Florida
COMBS, Paul, Frankfort, Kentucky
CONNOLLY, William L., Washington, D. C.
CONROY, Patrick, washington, D. C.
CORSI, Edward, New York, New York
COTE, Adelard, Nashua, New Hampshire
COTTER, Edwin D., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
COYNE, Cyril A., Skagway, Alaska
CRAWFORD, Tom, Birmingham, Alabama
CUMMINS, Roy F., Chicago, Illinois
DANIELS, Raymond V., Montpelier, Vermont
DEAN, George, Lansing, Michigan
DeFRIETAS, Jerry, Birmingham, Alabama
DELLA, Charles, Baltimore, Maryland
DEVINE, Arthur, Providence, Rhode Island
DICKEY, Evelyn H., Wilmington, Delaware
DISTAD, Ralph, St. Paul, Minnesota
DIXON, Robert, Fairbanks, Alaska
DODSON, James E., Washington, D. C.
DORSKY, Benjamin J., Bangor, Maine
DOWNS, Tom, Detroit, Michigan
DUNCAN, L. L., Jefferson City, Missouri
DURKIN, Martin P., Washington, D. C.
EDMISTON, Ann, Little Rock, Arkansas
EDWARDS, Neal, Indianapolis, Indiana
EGAN, John J., Hartford, Connecticut
ELIOT, Dr. Martha, Washington, D. C.
ELLIOTT, Russell, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
EMERY, Margaret, Washington, D. C.
ESPENSHADE, Esther, Chicago, Illinois
EVANS, L. E., Juneau, Alaska
FAHEY, B. Robert, Baltimore, Maryland
FAIR, Clinton, Lansing, Michigan
FARMER, Guy, Washington, D. C.
FECTEAU, George, Manchester, New Hampshire
FIELDS, Frank, Anchorage, Alaska
FINE, Melvin L., Baltimore, Maryland
FINK, C. A., Salisbury, North Carolina
FLANAGAN, Joseph E., Jr., Washington, D. C.
FLEMMING, Hon. Arthur S., Washington, D. C.
FOWLER, David, Muskogee, Oklahoma
FRANLIN, Esther, New York, New York
GARNO, Harold J., New York, New York
GEORGES, John B., Cheyenne, Wyoming
GERSHENSON, M. I., San Francisco, California
GILBERT, Ray C., Indianapolis, Indiana
GORDON, A. McD., Washington, D. C.
GRIFFIN, Earl, El Dorado, Arkansas
HADLEY, Eleanor, Washington, D. C.
HANKS, Frank, Tulsa, Oklahoma
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1954
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12:30 pm National Conference on Labor Legislation (Continued)
HANNA, J. B., Jackson, Mississippi
HANOVER, Harold C., Albany, New York
HARRINGTON, D. Roy, Austin, Texas
HARRIS, William J., Austin, Texas
HASH, Boyd A., Barboursville, West Virginia
HAYES, J. H., Hamlet, North Carolina
HEARD, J. Hadley, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
HEID, John, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
HERRING, Elizabeth, Washington, D. C.
HIGGINS, Msgr. George, Washington, D. C.
HINES, W. L., Hattiesburg, Mississippi
HIRSCH, Aubrey B., Baton Rouge, Louisiana
HOBART, Harrison C., Washington, D. C.
HOBBY, Hon. Oveta Culp, Washington, D. C.
HOUCHINS, J. M., Bluefield, West Virginia
HUGHES, Jim, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
HUIET, Ben T., Atlanta, Georgia
HUNTER, David, Indianapolis, Indiana
JABAR, George, Lewiston, Maine
JERKINS, W. s., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
JOHNS, Edward, Baltimore, Maryland
JOHNSON, A. M., Olympia, ashington
JOHNSON, Ernest A., Boston, Massachusetts
JOHNSON, W. D., Washington, D. C.
JONES, Ebenezer, Santa Fe, New Mexico
KENNEDY, David T., Beckley, West Virginia
KIMBLE, Margaret W., Baltimore, Maryland
KIMSEY, W. E., Salem, Oregon
KLUNDT, F. D., Jamestown, North Dakota
KOLANDA, John, Washington, D. C.
KOLSKI, Edwin T., Chicago, Illinois
LAMPLEY, A. M., Washington, D. C.
LATHAM, Steve, Birmingham, Alabama
LEEBER, James, Jr., E. Rainelle, West Virginia
LEOPOLD, Alice K., Washington, D. C.
LEWIS, John L., Washington, D. C.
LEWIS, R. 0., Charleston, West Virginia
LISK, H. D., Charlotte, North Carolina
LORENZO, Sylver, Raton, New Mexico
LOTT, Lawson C., Baton Rouge, Louisiana
LYNCH, Matthew, Nashville, Tennessee
McCASKILL, Dr. James, Washington, D. C.
McCOMB, William R., Washington, D. C.
McCOY, Archie B., Washington, D. C.
McCOY, Whitley P., Washington, D. C.
McDEVITT, James L., Harrisburg, Virginia
McDONALD, Joseph, Washington, D. C.
McPHERSON, J. D., Pine Bluff, Arkansas
McVEY, Robert W., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
MAHONEY, Margaret A., Columbus, Ohio
MARCONNIER, Emily S., New York City, New York
MARSH, William, Fairmont, West Virginia
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1954
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12:30 pm National Conference on Labor Legislation (Continued)
MARTEL, Frank x., Detroit, Michigan
MARTIN, Marion E., Augusta, Maine
MARTINSON, H. R., Bismarck, North Dakota
MASINI, Joe, Roundup, Montana
MASON, Walter, Washington, D. C.
MATHIASEN, Geneva, New York City, New York
MEANS, Frank, Des Moines, Iowa
MERRIAM, Ida C., Washington, D. C.
MILLER, Spencer, Jr., Washington, D. C.
MILLS, Ray, Des Moines, Iowa
MITCH, William, Birmingham, Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Kenneth, Puerto Rico
MOORE, James M., Atlanta, Georgia
MOORE, L. R., Little Rock, Arkansas
MORGAN, M. B., Austin, Texas
MORRIS, William H., Baltimore, Maryland
MORROW, Mary R., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
MOSELY, James T., Hot Springs, Arkansas
MULLEN, Carl, Indianapolis, Indiana
MURAVCHIK, Emanuel, New York City, New York
MURREY, W. W., Fargo, North Dakota
NIXON, Ray, Charlotte, North Carolina
O'CONNOR, Frank, Washington, D. C.
O'GRADY, Msgr, John, Washington, D. C.
OTTO, F. P., North Little Rock, Arkansas
PAGE, A. L., Little Rock, Arkansas
PARA, Steve, Nashville, Tennessee
PARHAM, W. H., Nashville, Tennessee
PARR, Harry, Manchester, New Hampshire
PAYNE, Charles, Charleston, West Virginia
PEARCE, Charles A., New York City, New York
PEARSON, James H., Washington, D. C.
PETTUS, Freeman C., Charleston, West Virginia
PIERCE, J. L., McComb, Mississippi
PILON, Arthur G., Baltimore, Maryland
PITTS, Thomas L., Los Angeles, California
POLICASTRO, Thomas F., Providence, Rhode Island
PONDER, William Fred, Columbia, South Carolina
POWELL, Radford, Reidsville, North Carolina
PRELLER, C. F., Washington, D. C.
PRICE, James A., Roswell, New Mexico
QUILL, Michael J., New York City, New York
RADUE, Mrs. Richard G., Washington, D. C.
RAIRDON, Horace, Fargo, North Dakota
READ, Harry, Washington, D. C.
REED, W. E., Huntington, West Virginia
REID, John, Lansing, Michigan
RILEY, George, Washington, D. C.
RILEY, William H., Concord, New Hampshire
ROBERTS, W. S., Sante Fe, New Mexico
ROBERTSON, Cecil, Birmingham, Alabama
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1954
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12:30 pm National Conference on Labor Legislation (Continued)
ROBISON, William, Boise, Idaho
rockefeller, Hon. Nelson A., Washington, D. C.
ROSS, Elizabeth H., Washington, D. C.
ROURKE, Joseph M., Bridgeport, Connecticut
RUSEN, Paul, Wheeling, West Virginia
SANDERS, John, Little Rock, Arkansas
SATTLER, Charles, Charleston, West Virginia
SCHARRENBERG, Paul, San Francisco, California
SCHOLLE, August, Detroit, Michigan
SCHWARTZ, Harry, Tulsa, Oklahoma
SEE, Harry, Washington, D. C.
SHANLEY, Hon. Bernard, Washington, D. C.
SHARP, Jessie M., Richmond, Virginia
SHERRILL, Rev. H. K., New York City, New York
SHUFORD, Forrest H., Raleigh, North Carolina
SICILIANO, Rocco, Washington, D. C.
SIERRA, Fernando B., San Juan, Puerto Rico
SIFTON, Paul, Washington, D. C., and Mrs. Sifton
SIMMONS, Luther H., Baton Rouge, Louisiana
SISCO, Dave B., Little Rock, Arkansas
SMITH, Hattie H., Boston, Massachusetts
SMITH, Odell, Little Rock, Arkansas
SMITH, Stanton, Nashville, Tennessee
SPECHT, Gladys, Chicago, Illinois
STARNES, Robert W., New Orleans, Louisiana
STEADHAM, Joe T., Austin, Texas
STEWART, Milton, Washington, D. C.
STITT, Louise, Washington, D. C.
SULLIVAN, Oliver, Helena, Montana
SWETT, Maud, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
TAYLOR, Floyd R., Little Rock, Arkansas
THOMAS, Fred C., Washington, D. C.
THOMAS, Lester, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
THORPE, John H., Lansing, Michigan
TITLER, George J., Beckley, West Virginia
TOWNSEND, Hillis, Charleston, West Virginia
TOWNSEND, Joseph, Ketchikan, Alaska
TRIOLA, Melvin, Logan, West Virginia
TUCKER, Lee, Little Rock, Arkansas
TURNER, J. C., Washington, D. C.
TUTTLE, Mrs. J. Ross, New York City, New York
URBANIAK, Cecil, Fairmont, West Virginia
VEAZEY, Harold, Little Rock, Arkansas
VIA, I. J., Columbia, South Carolina
VILLER, Albert D., Charleston, West Virginia
vocelle, James T., Tallahassee, Florida
WAGNER, Richard H., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
WALKER, David M., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
WATTS, Glenn E., Washington, D. C.
WEASMER, James, Lincoln, Nebraska
WESTON, Mrs. Charles, Washington, D. C.
WESTON, E. M., Seattle, Washington
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1954
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12:30 pm National Conference on Labor Legislation (Continued)
WILKERSON, E. W., Little Rock, Arkansas
WILLIAMS, L. P., Little Rock, Arkansas
WILSON, Bernard, Ottawa, Canada
WILSON, W. Elliott, Quebec, Canada
WILSON, J. R., El Dorado, Arkansas
WINCHESTER, Walter, Austin, Texas
WINSLOW, Thacher, Washington, D. C.
WRIGHT, Ralph, washington, D. C.
YARBOROUGH, Lan, Tulsa, Oklahoma
YOUNG, Hon. Philip, Washington, D. C.
ZIMMERMAN, Morton, Detroit, Michigan
ZWEMER, Mrs. Richard, Westfield, New Jersey
1:00 pm Hon. John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State, had LUNCHEON
with the President
2:00 pm (Hon. James S. Lay) OFF THE RECORD
2:30 pm Hon. George Meany, President, American Federation of Labor
(Mr. Meany requested this thru Mr. Richard Gray of A. F. of L.)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1954
10:00 am
The President received the winners of the Seventh Annual Voice of
Democracy Contest.
(Sponsored by Radio & Television Broadcasters of the U. S.,
Manufacturers of Radio & Television Receivers and the U. S.
Junior Chamber of Commerce for 10th, 11th and 12th grade
students in the U. S. and Territories) The following were present:
CYPRUS, Joel H., National Voice of Democracy Contest Winner,
Wichita Falls, Texas
ELDER, Oscar, Asst. to the Vice President, National Assn. of
Radio and Television Broadcasters
EVANS, Elizabeth, National Voice of Democracy Contest Winner,
Akron, Ohio
GERDES, Joseph, Jr., National Voice of Democracy Contest Winner,
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
McCOY, Philip M., National Voice of Democracy Contest Winner,
Kansas City, Kansas
MULLENDORE, Dr. James M., Chairman, U. S. Jaycees Voice of
Democracy Committee
RICHARDS, Mr. Robert K., Chairman, National Voice of Democracy
Contest Committee
SECREST, Mr. James D., Executive Vice President, Radio-Electronics-
Television Manufacturers Association
12:00
The President witnessed the swearing-in, in his Office, of Honorable
Simon E. Sobeloff, as Solicitor General of the United States.
The following guests were present:
ANDRETTA, Hon. S. A., Administrative Asst. Attorney General
BARNES, Hon. Stanley N., Assistant Attorney General
BEALL, Senator J. Glenn, Maryland
BENNETT, Hon. James V., Director, Bureau of Prisons
BRENNER, Miss Ida
BROWNELL, Hon. Herbert, Jr., The Attorney General
BUTLER, Senator John M., Maryland
GOLDSTROM, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H.
GOLDSTROM, Miss Emily
GOLDSTROM, Miss Susan
HOLLAND, Hon. H. Brian, Assistant Attorney General
HOOVER, Hon. J. Edgar, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
McKeLDIN, Hon. Theodore R., Governor of Maryland
MAYER, Mr. and Mrs. M. Victor
METZNER, Hon. Charles M., Exec. Asst. to the Attorney General
MINOR, Mr. Robert W.
MORTON, Hon. Perry W., Assistant Attorney General
MULLEN, Hon. G. Frederick, Director of Public Relations, Depart-
ment of Justice
OLNEY, Hon. Warren, 3rd, Assistant Attorney General
RANKIN, Hon. J. Lee, Assistant Attorney General
ROGERS, Hon. William P., Deputy Attorney General
SOBELOFF, Mr. and Mrs. Isadore
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1954
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12:00
Swearing-in of Hon. Simon E. Sobeloff (Continued)
SOBELOFF, Mrs. Mary
SOBELOFF, Mrs. Simon
STERN, Mr. Robert L.
TOWNSEND, Hon. Dallas S., Assistant Attorney General
WARREN, Hon. Earl, The Chief Justice
12:30 pm
The President received the winners of the Freedoms Foundation Award
(Dr. Milton Lisenhower presented these awards on February 22nd
at Valley Forge. This award, cash and medal, is offered
servicemen for statements on what this nation's real meaning
is to them. Seven thousand G.I.'s from all services responded.
Forty-one were selected for cash and/or George Washington Medal
Awards. Fifteen award recipients, those from continental U. S.
were brought to Washington by Department of Defense.)
The following were present:
Awardees:
M/Sgt George J. Albert (Army)
Lt. Col. Glenn 0. Balch (Army)
T/Sgt Charles E. Buchanan (Air Force)
Pfc Ernest V. Campeau (Army)
Cpl Bill Conklin (Army)
Sgt Brady H. Drake (Army)
Cpl Carlton M. Hamilton (Army)
PN3 Nicholas Harrington (Navy)
1st Lt. Raymond Hart (Air Force)
Captain William B. Hawley (Army)
Pvt Robert Y. Kimura (Army)
Pfc Maynard L. Larson (Army)
Major Samuel Lee (Army)
Major Robert B. Moore (Marine)
Captain Frederic S. Otis (Army)
Major Thomas A. Palmer (Army)
Major Russell J. Plue (Army)
Sgt Carrington M. Scruggs (Army)
Pfc Hugh W. Staton (Army)
Pvt Lawrence D. Welsh (Army)
Freedoms Foundation Representatives
Dr. Kenneth Wells, President
Mr. Richard Foltz, Vice President
Mr. Richard Funk, Photographer
Escort Officers
Col. John Hinkel, Office of the Chief of Information,
Department of the Army
Major Robert Cook, Office of the Chief of Information
Lt. Col. Claude Lyle, Armed Forces Information & Education
12:35 pm
(Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1954
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1:00 pm The President gave a Stag Luncheon for a few Members of Congress
and some former Members. The following were present:
AUCHINCLOSS, Cong. James C., New Jersey
BAKEWELL, Hon. Claude I., former Congressman from Missouri
CASE, Hon. Clifford, former Congressman from New Jersey
COLE, Hon. Albert M., Housing and Home Finance Administrator,
former Congressman from Kansas
COLE, Congressman W. Sterling, New York
COTTON, Congressman Norris, New Hampshire
DENNY, Hon. Harmar, Member, Civil Aeronautics Administration
former Congressman from Pennsylvania
FORD, Congressman Gerald R., Jr., Michigan
HERTER, Hon. Christian, Governor of Massachusetts, former
Congressman from Massachusetts
HESELTON, Congressman John, Massachusetts
JAVITS, Congressman Jacob, New York
JUDD, Congressman Walter, Minnesota
KEAN, Congressman Robert W., New Jersey
MORTON, Hon. Thruston B., Assistant Secretary of State
former Congressman from Kentucky
PROUTY, Congressman Winston L., Vermont
RIEHLMAN, Congressman R. Walter, New York
SCOTT, Congressman Hugh D., Jr., Pennsylvania
SITTLER, Hon. Edward, former Congressman from Pennsylvania
TOLLEFSON, Congressman Thor G., Washington
ADAMS, Hon. Sherman
PERSONS, Hon. Wilton B.
STEPHENS, Hon. Thomas E.
3:00 pm Honorable George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Marion Folsom, Under Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Honorable Gabriel Hauge
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1954
8:30 am
The National Security Council
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Roger M. Kyes, Acting Secretary of Defense
Hon. William McN. Rand, Acting Director, F. O. A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Deputy Secretary of State
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., U. S. Representative to the U. N.
Hon. James H. Smith, Jr., Asst. Secretary of the Navy for Air
Hon. Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
General Matthew B. Ridgway, Chief of Staff of the Army
Hon. Allen Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Hon. C. D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President
Hon. Bryce Harlow, Administrative Assistant to the President
Hon. Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President
Hon. Wilton B. Persons, Deputy Assistant to the President
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, NSC
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, NSC
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. Roger M. Kyes, Under 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. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. William McN. Rand, Acting Director, F. O. A.
Hon. Arthur Flenming, Director, O. D. M.
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the U. N.
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Under Secretary of State
Hon. Nelson Rockefeller, Under Secretary of H. E. W.
Dr. Chester S. Keefer, Special Asst. for Health & Medical Affairs, HEW
Hon. Samuel M. Brownell, Commissioner of Education, HEW
Mr. C. Manton Eddy, Insurance Executive, Hartford, Connecticut
Hon. Clarence Randall
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1954
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10:00 am
Cabinet Meeting (Continued)
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. C. D. Jackson
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
Hon. Arthur Minnich
12:00
H.E. Dr. Max Loewenthal, Ambassador of Austria
12:15 pm
Congressman William C. Wampler, Virginia
(Asked if he might call and invite the President to attend the
Virginia Highlands Festival, to be held at Abingdon, Virginia,
this August.)
12:30 pm
Honorable C. Douglas Dillon, American Ambassador to France
Honorable John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
(Arranged at the request of Ambassador Dillon, who is returning
to his post after long absence due to illness.)
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:20 pm
(Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
3:00 pm
(Colonel James R. Stack, James Stack Company, Tacoma, Washington)
(Mr. Zimmerman)
OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1954
9:00 am
Honorable Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
Honorable Ralph A. Tudor, Under Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Lawrence Smyth, Public Relations Officer, Dept. of the Interior
(Hon. Thomas E. Stephens)
(Hon. Murray Snyder)
(Presented a relief map showing water resources, prepared in
the Department of the Interior)
9:30 am
Honorable Theodore C. Streibert, Director, U. S. Information Agency
Honorable Abbott washburn, Deputy Director
(Gave the President report on his first six months in Office)
10:00 am
Mr. William T. Faricy, President, Association of American Railroads
Mr. Walter S. Franklin, President, Pennsylvania Railroad
Mr. Fred G. Gurley, President, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Mr. Harry A. DeButts, President, Southern Railway
(Wished to discuss with the President S. 1461, introduced in
this session by Senators Johnson, of Colorado, Bricker and
Capehart.)
10:30 am
Honorable Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Arranged by Governor Adams)
11:15 am
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Roger M. Kyes, Under Secretary of Defense
Vice Admiral Arthur C. Davis, Office of International Security Affairs,
Department of Defense
Hon. Henry J. Holland, Assistant Secretary of State
12:20 pm
(The President left the White House for Burning Tree Golf Club)
The President played golf with the following:
Mr. John McClure
General Nathan F. Twining, Chief of Staff of the U. S. Air Force
Congressman William H. Bates, Massachusetts
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1954
11:00 am The President and Mrs. Eisenhower attended Services at the
National Presbyterian Church.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE:
1:40 pm
(Hon. Robert T. Stevens, Secretary of the Army)
(THIS WAS STRICTLY OFF THE RECORD)
2:45 pm
(Hon. Robert Montgomery) OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1954
8:30 am
The 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
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Congressman Leo E. Allen, Illinois
Honorable George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor (first item only)
Honorable Sherman Adams
Honorable Wilton B. Persons
Honorable Bernard Shanley
Honorable James Hagerty
Honorable Murray Snyder
Honorable Gerald Morgan
Honorable Jack Martin
Honorable Homer Gruenther
Honorable Earle Chesney
Honorable Arthur Minnich
10:30 am
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
(Usual Monday appointment)
11:00 am
Honorable Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Honorable Gabriel Hauge
(Usual Monday appointment)
11:30 am
Honorable Roger M. Kyes, Deputy Secretary of Defense
(This is usual Monday appointment for the Secretary of Defense.
However, Mr. Wilson was out of town and Mr. Kyes kept the appt.)
12:30 pm
Honorable Harold E. Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Adm.
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:00 pm
Honorable Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
3:30 pm
Honorable George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Marion Folsom, Under Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Wilton B. Persons
Honorable Gabriel Hauge
4:20 pm
Mr. Clarence Francis
Honorable Sherman Adams
Honorable Gabriel Hauge
(Mr. Francis is to be appointed Special Consultant to the President.
His duties will be to coordinate study and planning of surplus
agricultural commodity disposal)
MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1954
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7:30 pm
(The President gave a Stag Dinner for the following:)
John C. Cornelius, Executive Vice President, Batten, Barton,
Durstine & Osborn
Gardner Cowles, President, Cowles Magazines, Inc.
William W. Flenniken, President, Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Assn.
Irving Geist, Retired businessman, New York
Ernest Rose Lee, Executive Vice President, Morris Plan, Indianapolis
Raymond S. McLain, President, American First Trust Co., Oklahoma
Robert D. Murphy, Deputy Under Secretary of State
Carl A. Norgren, Manufacturer, Pneumatic Products, Denver
Marshall F. Norling, Manufacturer, Red Comet Bldg., Littleton, Colo.
Kyle Palmer, Los Angeles Times
Arthur E. Pew, Jr., Business Executive, Philadelphia
Whitelaw Reid, President, New York Herald Tribune
Roy A. Roberts, President & General Manager, Kansas City Star
Hon. Bernard M. Shanley, Special Counsel to the President
Gerard C. Smith, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Hon. Ralph A. Tudor, Under Secretary of the Interior
Harold S. Vanderbilt, Corporation Executive
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1954
9:30 am
Mr. Ralph D. Pittman, Washington, D. C.
(Has just returned from visit to Mexico where he was guest
of President Cortines, who asked him to convey his personal
greetings to President Eisenhower. Mr. Pittman is President
of the Metropolitan Police Boys Club, Washington, D. C.
10:00 am
Honorable Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee
(one-half hour)
10:25 am
Mr. Jovino S. Lorenzo, Vice President, Pacific Oxygen & Acetylene
Company, Regina Building, Manila, Philippines
Mr. Aurelio Periquet, President, Pacific Union Insurance Company
Manila, Philippines
10:30 am
Honorable Ralph A. Tudor, Under Secretary of the Interior
Congressman Leroy Johnson, California
(Hon. Homer Gruenther)
(Arranged by Governor Adams)
10:45 am
(Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget)
(Hon. Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior)
(Hon. Orme Lewis, Assistant Secretary of the Interior)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
(Hon. Homer Gruenther)
(OFF THE RECORD - Arranged by Governor Adams)
11:15 am
(Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the United Nations)
OFF THE RECORD
12:00
(Hon. Robert T. Stevens, Secretary of the Army) OFF THE RECORD
12:45 pm
Honorable Samuel Wilder King, Governor of Hawaii
1:00 pm
(The following had LUNCHEON with the President OFF THE RECORD:)
(Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
(Hon. James Hagerty)
2:15 pm
General Oscar Abbott, San Antonio, Texas
Mr. F. G. Lippitt, Jr., Secretary-Treasurer, Centex Construction
Company, Inc., 4606 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, Texas
2:30 pm
Honorable Fred Seaton, Assistant Secretary of Defense
3:00 pm
Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1954
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3:25 pm
Honorable Luis Munoz Marin, Governor of Puerto Rico, San Juan
Honorable Fernos-Isern, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico
4:45 pm
(Honorable William F. Knowland, Senator from California)
OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1954
8:00 am
(The following had BREAKFAST with the President OFF THE RECORD:)
(Senator Alexander Smith, New Jersey)
(Congressman Samuel K. McConnell, Jr., Pennsylvania)
(Honorable Sherman Adams)
(Honorable Bernard Shanley)
(Honorable Gerald Morgan)
10:00 am
(Mr. Hagerty)
10:30 am
Press Conference
11:15 am
Mrs. Harold S. Burdett, National President of the American Legion
Auxiliary
Mrs. Jane Rishworth, National Executive Secretary
Mr. Edward McGinnis, American Legion
(Presented the President with the first Buddy Poppy)
11:30 am
(Honorable Robert Cutler)
(Briefed the President on NSC)
12:05 pm
Mr. W. W. Flenniken
Mr. William Tomberlin
12:30 pm
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1954
8:00 am
Senator Everett M. Dirksen, Illinois, had BREAKFAST with the
President.
9:00 am
Honorable Sinclair Weeks, The Secretary of Commerce
9:30 am
Senator Karl E. Mundt, South Dakota
Dr. Daniel Poling, Editor, Christian Herald
Mr. Joseph Wilson, Freedoms Foundation
10:00 am
National Security Council
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Acting 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. Joseph M. Dodge, 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
Hon. C. D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President
Hon. Bryce Harlow, Administrative Assistant to the President
Hon. Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary
12:45 pm
(General Ed. Clark, of New York) OFF THE RECORD
(Arranged by Colonel Schulz)
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:00 pm
Hon. Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Felix Wormser, Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Hon. William E. Wrather, Director, Geological Survey
(Had picture taken with the President. This is 75th Anniversary
of Geological Survey)
3:30 pm
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Mr. Roy illiams, Head of Associated Industries of Massachusetts
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
7:30 pm
(The President gave a Stag Dinner for the following:)
Kenneth S. Adams, Chairman, Phillips Petroleum Company
Martin Agronsky, Commentator, American Broadcasting Company
Walter H. Annenberg, Publisher, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Homes Bannard, Freight Traffic Manager, Penna. Railroad, Detroit
Perry R. Bass, Geologist, Fort Worth, Texas
Edward J. Bermingham, Retired Executive
THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1954
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7:30 pm
Stag Dinner (Continued)
Colonel Herman Beukema, Dept. of Social Sciences, USMA, West Point
Joseph Campbell, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Amon G. Carter, Jr., President, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Streeter B. Flynn, Lawyer, Rainey, Flynn, Green & Anderson, Oklahoma
Hon. Bryce N. Harlow, Administrative Assistant to the President
Donald S. Kennedy, President, Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company
David H. Marx, Toy Manufacturer
Louis Marx, Toy Manufacturer
Paul M. Mazur, Partner, Lehman Brothers, New York
William I. Myers, Dean, New York State College of Agriculture,
Cornell University
James R. Stack, The James Stack Co. (Marx Toys)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1954
10:00 am
Cabinet Meeting
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. Walter Bedell Smith, Acting 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. 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. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Administration
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization
Hon. Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee
Mr. James Bassett, Republican National Committee
Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower
Senator Everett Dirksen, Illinois
Congressman Richard Simpson, Pennsylvania
Honorable Sherman Adams
Honorable Bernard Shanley
Honorable Thomas E. Stephens
Honorable C. D. Jackson
Honorable Gabriel Hauge
Honorable Robert Cutler
Honorable Bryce Harlow
Honorable Gerald Morgan
Honorable Jack Martin
Honorable Maxwell Rabb
Honorable Arthur Minnich
The following were absent: The Secretary of State
The Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
Hon. Philip Young
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
12:45 pm
The President received representatives of the American Jewish
Tercentenary Committee.
(Invited the President to attend American Jewish Tercentenary
Committee Dinner in New York, September 12, 1954. This
Tercentenary marks 300th anniversary of arrival of first
Jews in the United States) The following were present:
BELKIN, Dr. Samuel, NYC, (President, Yeshiva University, N.Y.)
Associate Chairman, American Jewish Tercentenary
BERNSTEIN, David, NYC. Executive Director, American Jewish
Tercentenary
BLAUSTEIN, Jacob, Baltimore, Md. (Co-founder and former
President, American Oil Co., Former President, American
Jewish Com.) Associate Chairman, American Jewish Tercentenary
FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1954
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12:45 pm
American Jewish Tercentenary Committee:
ENGEL, Mrs. Irving M., NYC. (President, National Council of
Jewish Women) Associate Chairman, American Jewish Tercentenary
GOLDSTEIN, Col. Julius, Washington, D. C. Chairman, Washington,
D. C. Committee for the American Jewish Tercentenary.
GREENFIELD, Albert M., Philadelphia, Pa. (Banker, merchant, real
estate) Chairman, Finance Com., American Jewish Tercentenary
HELD, Adolph, NYC (Chairman, Jewish Labor Com.) Member, National
Tercentenary Committee of 300.
KALLEN, Horace N., NYC (Professor Emeritus, New School of Social
Research) Associate Chairman, American Jewish Tercentenary.
KRAMER, Rabbi Simon G., NYC. (Former president, Synagogue Council
of America) Chairman, Committee on Religious and Educational
Participation, American Jewish Tercentenary.
LEHMAN, Hon. Herbert H., NYC (United States Senator) Associate
Chairman, American Jewish Tercentenary
NATHAN, Edgar J., Jr., NYC. (Justice, New York State Supreme Court)
Associate Chairman, American Jewish Tercentenary
NATHAN, Edgar J., III, NYC. (Attorney) Chairman, Tercentenary
Committee, Congregation Shearith Israel, founded in 1654.
POOL, Rev. Dr. D. de Sola, Rabbi of the Spanish & Portuguese
Synagogue in NYC.
RIEGELMAN, Harold, NYC. (Attorney) member, National Tercentenary
Committee of 300.
SAMUEL, Ralph E., NYC. (Senior partner, Ralph E. Samuel & Co.,
stockbrokers) CHAIRMAN, American Jewish Tercentenary.
SAMUEL, Mrs. Ralph E., NYC.
SOBELOFF, Hon. Simon E., Baltimore, Md. (Solicitor General of the
United States) Associate Chairman, American Jewish Tercentenary.
TRAGER, Bernard H., Bridgeport, Conn. (Chairman, National Community
Relations Advisory Council.) Associate Chairman, American
Jewish Tercentenary.
WILLEN, Joseph, NYC. (Exec. Vice President, Federation of Jewish
Philanthropies of New York) Chairman, Dinner Committee,
American Jewish Tercentenary.
ZIMMERMAN, Charles S., NYC. (Secretary-Manager, Dressmakers Union,
Local 22, ILGWU) Member, National Tercentenary Committee of 300.
1:00 pm
(Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower and Mr. Mac Lowry had LUNCHEON WITH the
President OFF THE RECORD)
2:30 pm
Honorable Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
(Asked Mr. Stephens to arrange this)
3:00 pm
Senator John Sherman Cooper, Kentucky
(Honorable Sherman Adams)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1954
9:00 am
(Mr. Lester W. Bentley, artist) OFF THE RECORD
(This is Mr. Bentley's second sitting, arranged at the
request of Dr. Grayson Kirk)
10:00 am
Lt. General LeRoy Lutes, USA, Retired, Oakland, California.
10:15 am
Sergeant 1/c Ellis Humphrey
Sergeant Earl Davis
(Mess Sergeants who worked in the President's Quarters in Paris)
12:00
General J. Lawton Collins
(Called Mr. Stephens and asked for this)
12:25 pm
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands was photographed with the President.
12:30 pm
The President gave a Stag Luncheon for H.R.H. Prince Bernhard of
the Netherlands. The following were present:
H.R.H., Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands
H.E. Dr. J. H. van Roijen, the Ambassador of the Netherlands
Honorable Walter Bedell Smith, Under Secretary of State
General J. Lawton Collins
Mr. William Robinson
Mr. George Allen
General Alfred Gruenther
Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower
6:50 pm
(The President left for the Statler Hotel where he attended
Dinner of the White House Correspondents' Association.)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 1954
9:00 am
The President, accompanied by Brigadier General Arthur S. Nevins,
USA, Retired, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, attended Services at the
National Presbyterian Church.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1954
8:30 am
Legislative Leaders
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Senator William F. Knowland, California
Senator Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Senator Guy Cordon, Oregon
Senator Hugh Butler, Nebraska
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Congressman Leo E. Allen, Illinois
Congressman Daniel A. Reed, New York
Honorable George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable True D. Morse, Under Secretary of Agriculture
Honorable Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Honorable Sherman Adams
Honorable Bernard Shanley
Honorable James Hagerty
Honorable Bryce Harlow
Honorable Jack Martin
Honorable Homer Gruenther
Honorable Earle Chesney
Honorable Arthur Minnich
10:30 am
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
(This is Admiral Radford's usual Monday appointment)
11:00 am
Honorable Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Honorable Gabriel Hauge
(Usual Monday appointment)
11:30 am
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense)
(Usual Monday appointment)
12:45 pm
Mr. Lester Markel, of New York Times
(Mr. Hagerty)
(Mr. Hagerty arranged this appointment. Wished to see the
President in connection with work he does with International
Press Institute.)
1:00 pm
The following had LUNCHEON with the President at the White House:
Major General Sir Kenneth Strong, Director of Joint Intelligence
Bureau, Ministry of Defense, Great Britain
Hon. Walter Bedell Smith, Under Secretary of State
Hon. Allen Dulles, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
2:00 pm
Honorable Allen Dulles, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Honorable Walter Bedell Smith, Under Secretary of State
(Honorable C. D. Jackson)
MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1954
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3:00 pm (Honorable Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee)
(Mr. James Bassett, Republican National Committee)
OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1954
7:45 am
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Adm., had
BREAKFAST with the President.
8:45 am
(Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce)
(Cong. Charles A. Halleck, Indiana)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
9:00 am
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
(Called Mr. Stephens Monday to ask for this)
9:30 am
Congressman John P. Saylor, Pennsylvania
Congressman Oliver P. Bolton, Ohio
(Hon. Jack Martin)
(Arranged by Gerald Morgan. Wished to discuss tax matters
with the President)
10:00 am
The President received the National 4-H Club Award Winners
(Arranged at the request of Secretary Benson. Six boy and
girl winners of National 4-H Club awards; six National
4-H Club Fellowship Winners. This audience with the
President has become traditional as a part of observance
of National 4-H Club Week, March 6-14, 1954. The Presi-
dent saw the group last year) The following were present:
4-H Club Members
Program
State
Anne Wade
Achievement
Georgia
Kenyon E. Giese
Achievement
Wisconsin
Bobby L. Newton
Citizenship
North Carolina
Nancy E. Mason
Citizenship
North Carolina
John (Jack) Murray, Jr.
Leadership
Colorado
Janet Kuska
Leadership
Nebraska
Harold Allen, National 4-H Fellow, Nebraska
Don Foltz, National 4-H Fellow, Indiana
Miss Eldora Keske, National 4-H Fellow, Wisconsin
Lynn Pesson, National 4-H Fellow, Louisiana
Miss Betty Pingley, National 4-H Fellow, West Virginia
Miss Ruth Ann Seacord, National 4-H Fellow, New York
Russell Smith, National 4-H Fellow, Vermont
National Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work, Chicago
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Quain, Manager, Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago,
Donor of the Awards
Kenneth H. Anderson, Associate Director
Leon McNair, Field Representative
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1954
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10:00 am National 4-H Club Award Winners (Continued)
U. S. Department of Agriculture (Continued)
Hon. C. M. Ferguson, Administrator, Federal Extension Service
E. W. Aiton, Director, 4-H Club and YMW Programs
George Foster, Associate Leader, 4-H Club and YMW Programs
E. C. Hunton, Staff Photographer, Federal Extension Service
Other Representatives
W. S. Brown, Associate Director, State Extension Service, Georgia
W. A. Sutton, State 4-H Club Leader, Georgia
Miss Margaret Clark, Assistant State 4-H Club Leader, N. Carolina
10:30 am Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Congressman Page Belcher, Oklahoma
(Invited the President to the Third Annual National Land
Judging Contest in Oklahoma, in April)
11:10 am (Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General) OFF THE RECORD
11:30 am (Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission) OFF THE RECORD
12:10 pm
(Hon. Thruston B. Morton, Assistant Secretary of State)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Jack Martin)
OFF THE RECORD
12:30 pm
(The President left the White House for the Burning Tree Golf Club
where he played golf with the following:)
(John McClure)
(Senator Dwight Griswold, Nebraska)
(Senator Prescott Bush, Connecticut)
5:20 pm
(The President returned to the White House)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1954
8:00 am
Congressman John Taber, New York, had BREAKFAST with the President.
9:15 am
Senator Robert S. Kerr, Oklahoma
Congressman Tom Steed, Oklahoma
Mr. Earl James, Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks
Mr. Ambrose Durkin, of Elks
(Mr. James, who is from Oklahoma, requested this thru Senator
Kerr. Came in to pay his respects)
9:30 am
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Hon. James Lay)
(Briefed the President on N. S. C.)
10:00 am
(Mr. Hagerty)
10:30 am
Press Conference)
11:15 am
(Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury)
(Hon. Bryce Harlow)
OFF THE RECORD
(Arranged by Governor Adams)
11:45 am
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. James Hagerty)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Bryce Harlow)
12:20 pm
(The President left for the Departmental Auditorium, where he said
a few words of greeting to a Session of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People.)
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:00 pm
H.E. R.S.S. Gunewardene, the Ambassador of Ceylon
(Hon. John F. Simmons, Chief, Division of Protocol)
(Newly appointed and wished to present his credentials)
2:15 pm
H.E. Dr. Karl Gruber, the Ambassador of Austria
(Hon. John F. Simmons, Chief, Division of Protocol)
(Newly appointed and wished to present his credentials)
7:20 pm
(The President left for the Sulgrave Club, where he attended Dinner
given by the Republican Members of the United States Senate in
honor of Majority Floor Leader, Hon. William F. Knowland, California,
and the Chairman of the Policy Committee, Hon. Homer Ferguson, Mich.)
(Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado, and Senator Leverett
Saltonstall, Massachusetts, accompanied the President from
the White House to the Sulgrave Club)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1954
8:00 am
The President gave a BREAKFAST for the following members of the
House of Representatives:
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Congressman Ralph A. Gamble, New York
Congressman J. Harry McGregor, Ohio
Congressman C. W. Bishop, Illinois
Congressman Leon H. Gavin, Pennsylvania
Congressman Charles B. Hoeven, Iowa
Congressman Wesley A. D'Ewart, Montana
Congressman Walter Norblad, Oregon
Congresswoman Katharine St. George, New York
Congressman Ralph Harvey, Indiana
Congressman Harold 0. Lovre, South Dakota
Congressman William H. Bates, Massachusetts
Congressman Horace Seely-Brown, Jr., Connecticut
Congressman William K. Van Pelt, Wisconsin
Congressman Joseph F. Holt, California
Congressman William S. Mailliard, California
Honorable Sherman Adams
Honorable Wilton B. Persons
Honorable Jack Martin
Honorable Homer Gruenther
Honorable Earle Chesney
9:15 am
Colonel James K. Tully
(An old friend of the President - wished to tell him about
a recent trip he took to Europe)
10:00 am
National Security Council
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Acting 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. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Hon. Val Peterson, Federal Civil Defense Administrator
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Hon. C. D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President
Mr. Walter S. DeLany, Foreign Operations Administration
Mr. Kenneth R. Hanson, Foreign Operations Administration
Hon. Bryce Harlow, Administrative Assistant to the President
Hon. Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President
Hon. Wilton B. Persons, Deputy Assistant to the President
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1954
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12:30 pm
Mr. Jay Taylor, of Amarillo, Texas
(Mr. Taylor is a cattleman and a friend of Mr. W. W. Flenniken,
a friend of the President's. Came in to pay his respects)
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:00 pm
H.E. Vladimir Popovic, the Ambassador of the Federal People's
Republic of Yugoslavia
(Requested this thru Protocol: to pay farewell call on the
President before returning to Yugoslavia to assume duties
as Chairman of the important and recently created Committee
for Foreign Affairs of the Yugoslav Parliament. Will present
to the President a statuette similar to the one recently
presented to the UN by Yugoslavia.)
3:00 pm
Mr. Chester Barnard, former President of the Rockefeller Foundation
(Arranged by Governor Adams)
7:30 pm
(The President gave a STAG DINNER for the following:)
Hon. Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President
G. T. Baker, President, National Airlines, Inc., Washington, D. C.
John Cowles, President, Minneapolis Star & Tribune
John A. Culbreath, Manhattan Life Insurance Company, Denver
Joe G. Dyer, Business Executive, Denver
Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, President, Pennsylvania State Univ.,
State College
Hon. Homer H. Gruenther, Assistant to the Deputy Asst. to the Pres.
William E. Knox, President, Westinghouse Electric International
Company, New York
Fred M. Manning, Jr., Business Executive, Denver
Robert L. Manning, Business Executive, Denver
William McChesney Martin, Jr., Chairman, Board of Governors,
Federal Reserve System, Washington, D. C.
Raymond A. McConnell, Jr., Editor, Lincoln Evening Journal &
Nebraska State Journal
James Milholland, Lawyer - Alter, Wright & Barron, Pittsburgh
Hon. Maxwell M. Rabb, Cabinet Operations Officer & Associate
Counsel to the President
Hon. Fred A. Seaton, Assistant Secretary of Defense
Hon. Samuel Spencer, President, Board of Commissioners, D. C.
Robert R. Young, Corporation Executive, New York
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1954
8:00 am
(Mr. Vernon Smith) OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Smith works in the Social Room, in the East Wing, and
wished to give the President some pictures taken by his
grandfather of Abraham Lincoln. Mrs. Eisenhower suggested
this appointment. Mr. Smith was an Usher at the White
House during Administration of President Wilson, and his
grandfather was a personal friend of Lincoln's)
8:30 am
(Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury)
(Hon. Marion Folsom, Under Secretary of the Treasury)
(Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Robert Montgomery)
(Hon. Kevin McCann)
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
(Hon. Bryce Harlow)
(Hon. James Hagerty)
9:55 am
Senator John Sherman Cooper, Kentucky
Hon. Flem D. Sampson, former Governor of Kentucky
10:00 am
Cabinet Meeting
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President (Latter part only)
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Acting Secretary of State
Hon. George M. Humphrey, The Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Roger Kyes, 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. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Adm.
Hon. Arthur Flemming, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Marion Folsom, Under Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Felix E. Wormser, Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
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 State
The Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of Labor - Labor was not repre-
sented
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1954
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12:30 pm (Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President) OFF THE RECORD
1:30 pm (The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left the White House for Camp)
(David, Maryland. They were accompanied by the following:
Mrs. Doud
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Moore
Mr. George Allen
Mr. Charles Tompkins
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1954
AT CAMP DAVID, MARYLAND
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower motored to their home just outside
of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The house is being renovated and they
inspected the work being done.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 1954
AT CAMP DAVID, MARYLAND
6:30 pm The President and Mrs. Eisenhower returned to the White House.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1954
8:30 am
The Legislative Leaders
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Sen. Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Sen. Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Hon. Joseph P. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Congressman Daniel A. Reed, New York
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
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
Mr. Robert Montgomery
12:00
(Dr. Edward L. R. Elson, Minister of the National Presbyterian
Church, Washington, D. C.) OFF THE RECORD
(Called Mr. Stephens last week and asked for this)
12:15 pm
Officials of the Western Union Telegraph Company presented to the
President a telegraph key made specially for him. The following
were present:
Mr. Walter P. Marshall, President
Mr. T. B. Gittings, Vice President
Mr. George P. Oslin, Public Relations
Mr. K. W. Heberton, Assistant Vice President
Mr. George T. Harris, Superintendent
Mr. Carroll Linkins
12:30 pm
The President used the new key presented by the Western Union and
released the first power at Fort Randall Dam in South Dakota. The
following guests were present:
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. William Bulow, former Senator from South Dakota
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Chan Gurney, Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board
Hon. Roger M. Kyes, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
Major General Samuel D. Sturgis, Jr., Chief of Engineers
MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1954
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12:30 pm Fort Randall Dam Ceremony - - Guests (Continued)
CARLSON, Senator Frank, Kansas
CASE, Senator Francis, South Dakota
CORDON, Senator Guy, Oregon
ELLENDER, Senator Allen J., Sr., Louisiana
GILLETTE, Senator Guy M., Iowa
JOHNSON, Senator Edwin C., Colorado
McCLELLAN, Senator John L., Arkansas
MARTIN, Senator Edward, Pennsylvania
MILLIKIN, Senator Eugene D., Colorado
MUNDT, Senator Karl, South Dakota
MURRAY, Senator James E., Montana
ROBERTSON, Senator A. Willis, Virginia
SCHOEPPEL, Senator Andrew F., Kansas
SYMINGTON, Senator Stuart, Missouri
THYE, Senator Edward J., Minnesota
YOUNG, Senator Milton R., North Dakota
ANDERSEN, Congressman H. Carl, Minnesota
ANDRESEN, Congressman August H., Minnesota
ASPINALL, Congressman Wayne N., Colorado
BERRY, Congressman E. Y., South Dakota
BLATNIK, Congressman John A., Minnesota
CANNON, Congressman Clarence, Missouri
CARNAHAN, Congressman A. S. J., Missouri
CEDERBERG, Congressman Elford A., Michigan
CHENOWETH, Congressman J. Edgar, Colorado
COLE, Congressman William C., Missouri
CUNNINGHAM, Congressman Paul, Iowa
CURTIS, Congressman Thomas B., Missouri
DAVIS, Congressman Glenn R., Wisconsin
D'EWART, Congressman Wesley A., Montana
DOLLIVER, Congressman James I., Iowa
GEORGE, Congressman Myron V., Kansas
HAGEN, Congressman Harold c., Minnesota
HAND, Congressman T. Millet, New Jersey
HARRISON, Congressman William H., Wyoming
HILL, Congressman William S., Colorado
HILLELSON, Congressman Jeffrey P., Missouri
HOEVEN, Congressman Charles B., Iowa
HOPE, Congressman Clifford R., Kansas
JONES, Congressman Paul C., Missouri
JUDD, Congressman Walter H., Minnesota
KARSTEN, Congressman Frank M., Missouri
KRUEGER, Congressman Otto, North Dakota
LeCOMPTE, Congressman Karl M., Iowa
LOVRE, Congressman Harold O., South Dakota
MARSHALL, Congressman Fred, Minnesota
MARTIN, Congressman Thomas E.K Iowa
METCALF, Congressman Lee, Montana
MILLER, Congressman Howard S., Kansas
O'HARA, Congressman Joseph P., Minnesota
MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1954
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12:30 pm
Fort Randall Dam Ceremony - Guests
(Continued)
RABAUT, Congressman Louis C., Michigan
RILEY, Congressman John J., South Carolina
ROGERS, Congressman Byron G., Colorado
SCRIVNER, Congressman Errett P., Kansas
SHORT, Congressman Dewey, Missouri
SMITH, Congressman Wint, Kansas
SULLIVAN, Congresswoman John B., Missouri
TALLE, Congressman Henry O., Iowa
DAVENPORT, Mr. Jarvis
GITTINGS, Mr. T. B., Vice President, Western Union
GRAY, Mr. Richard, A. F. of L. - Building Trades
HARRIS, Mr. George T., Superintendent, Western Union, Wash., D.C.
HEBERTON, Mr. K. W., Assistant Vice President, Western Union
LINKINS, Mr. Carroll, Western Union
MARSHALL, Mr. Walter P., President, Western Union
OSLIN, Mr. George P., Public Relations, Western Union
1:00 pm
Hon. John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State, had Luncheon with
the President.
1:55 pm
(Mr. Frank Wood, of Texas)
(Mr. Jack Austin)
OFF THE RECORD
(Son of Mr. Frank Wood)
2:00 pm
Hon. Arthur Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
(This is the appointment Dr. Flemming has every three weeks)
2:30 pm
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
(This is usual Monday appointment: Dr. Hauge was unable to
be present as he attended briefing in Secretary Dulles' Office)
3:15 pm
(Robert Montgomery)
9:00 pm
The President addressed the Nation over Radio and TV re Taxes.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1954
9:00 am Mr. S. R. Finley, Chairman of Committee, Citizens for TVA, Inc.,
c/o Electric Power Board, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Mayor George R. Dempster, President, Citizens for TVA, Inc.,
Knoxville, Tennessee
Mr. Leonard Evans, President, Tennessee State CIO, Maryville, Tennessee
Mayor Paul McGregor, Director, Tennessee Municipal League,
Clarksville, Tennessee
Mr. Floyd S. Nelson, President, Tennessee Rural Electric Coop. Assn.,
c/o Lincoln County EMC, Fayetteville, Tennessee
Mr. S. A. Para, Legislative Representative, Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen, 810 Sudekum Building, Nashville, Tennessee
Mr. Stanton E. Smith, President, Tennessee Federation of Labor,
540 Vine Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Mr. M. C. Stewart, President, Tennessee Valley Public Power Assn.,
c/o Sand Mountain Electric Coop., Fort Payne, Alabama
(Mr. Finley wrote the President in February, requesting an
audience for this Committee to present petitions signed by
thousands of people in the States of Alabama, Mississippi,
Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia, requesting that Gordon R.
Clapp be reappointed as Chairman of TVA Board of Directors)
10:00 am
Senator John M. Butler, Maryland
(Asked if he might see the President to discuss a special
problem he has in connection with his Chairmanship of the
Water Transportation Subcommittee of the Senate)
10:30 am The President received the Members of the Rubber Producing
Facilities Disposal Commission.
(Asked for this thru Governor Adams, to present an interim report)
The following were present:
Hon. Holman D. Pettibone, Chairman
Hon. Leslie R. Rounds, Vice Chairman
Hon. Everett R. Cook, Commissioner
Hon. Eugene Holland, Executive Administrator
Hon. Donald Hogate, Special Assistant
11:00 am Mr. Robert Burroughs, Manchester, New Hampshire
11:45 am
H.E. Sadao Iguchi, the Ambassador of Japan
(Hon. John F. Simmons, Chief, Division of Protocol)
(Newly appointed - presented his credentials)
12:00
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. James Lay)
(Briefed the President on N.S. C.)
12:45 pm
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
OFF THE RECORD
TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1954
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1:00 pm
The President gave a Luncheon for the Joint United States-Canada
Committee on Trade and Economic Affairs.
The following were present:
The Rt. Hon. Clarence Decatur Howe, M.P. - Minister of Trade,
Commerce and Defense Production
The Rt. Hon. James Garfield Gardiner, M.P. - Minister of
Agriculture
The Hon. Douglas Charles Abbot, M.P. - Minister of Finance
The Hon. Lester Bowles Pearson, M.P. - Secretary of State
for External Affairs
Mr. Douglas V. LePan, Minister Counselor of Canadian Embassy
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Under Secretary of State
Hon. Livingston T. Merchant, Assistant Secretary of State
Hon. R. Douglas Stuart, American Ambassador to Canada
Hon. Gabriel Hauge, Administrative Assistant to the President
2:30 pm
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
(This is Mr. Wilson's usual weekly appointment which he was
unable to keep on Monday)
7:30 pm
The President gave a STAG DINNER for the following:
Hon. T. Coleman Andrews, Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
Treasury Department
Mr. Robert P. Burroughs, President & Treasurer, R.P. Burroughs
Co., Inc., Manchester, New Hampshire
Mr. Everett Case, President, Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y.
Mr. Hugh J. Casey, Chairman, New York City Transit Authority
Mr. Robert Clark, Correspondent, International News Service
Mr. Frank J. Donohue, Certified Public Accountant, Haskins &
Sells, New York
General James H. Doolittle, Vice President, Shell Oil Co., New York
Mr. Samuel Goldwyn, Chairman of the Board, Samuel Goldwyn
Production, Inc., Los Angeles
Hon. Edmund F. Mansure, Administrator, General Services Admin.
Hon. Thomas B. McCabe, President, Scott Paper Co., Chester, Pa.
Mr. Donald M. Mumford, General Manager, Hotel Statler, Detroit
Mr. Aksel Nielsen, President, The Title Guaranty Co., Denver
Hon. Val Peterson, Administrator, Federal Civil Defense Adm.
Mr. Matthew Woll, First Vice President, American Federation of
Labor
Mr. Frank Wood, Oil Executive, Wichita Falls, Texas
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1954
8:00 am
(Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce)
(Hon. Clarence Randall)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
9:45 am
(Hon. Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
OFF THE RECORD
10:00 am
(Mr. Hagerty)
10:30 am
Press Conference
11:10 am
Hon. Hugh J. McCann, Counsellor, Irish Embassy
(Presented Shamrocks to the President)
11:15 am
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Harry C. Carbaugh)
(Arranged by Governor Adams)
11:45 am
Congressman Dwight L. Rogers, Florida
Congressman Robert L. F. Sikes, Florida
Mr. Cecil Webb, Florida State Roads Commission, Tallahassee, Florida
Mr. George Tapper, Port St. Joe, Florida
Mr. George Dayton, Tallahassee, Florida
Mr. Sam Turnbull, Monticello, Florida
(Mr. Earle Chesney)
(Both Congressmen requested this, thru General Persons. Mr.
Webb has a plan which he thinks would be of interest to the
President in connection with the President's Conference on
Highway Safety. Congressman Rogers presented to the President
a specially-made Rod and Reel, a gift from The Anglers Club
of Broward County, Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
12:30 pm
(The President left the White House for Burning Tree Club where
he played golf with the following:)
Col. Thomas M. Belshe, Retired
Mr. James Black
Mr. Bill Moschie
5:15 pm
(The President returned to the White House)
6:50 pm
(The President left the White House for the Mayflower Hotel where
he attended the annual dinner of the Society of the Friendly Sons
of St. Patrick of the City of Washington in the Williamsburg Room)
9:50 pm
(The President "dropped in" on a meeting of the Ancient Order of
Hibernians and Ladies Auxiliary in the Main Ballroom of the May-
flower Hotel)
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1954
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10:00 pm
(The President "Dropped In" on a meeting of the Business Advisory
Council in the Chinese Room of the Mayflower Hotel)
(The President returned to the Williamsburg Room - Friendly Sons
of St. Patrick Dinner)
10:22 pm
(The President returned to the White House via the Northwest Gate
on Pennsylvania Avenue)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1954
8:30 am
(Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission)
(Hon. Maxwell Rabb)
OFF THE RECORD
8:45 am
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge) OFF THE RECORD
9:00 am
Congressman August H. Andresen, Minnesota
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
(Arranged by Mr. Morgan)
9:30 am
The National Security Council
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Roger M. Kyes, for the 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. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Rosel H. Hyde, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission
Admiral Robert B. Carney, for the Chairman, J.C.S.
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Hon. C. D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President
Hon. J. Patrick Coyne, Internal Security Representative for NSC
Hon. Bryce Harlow, Administrative Assistant to the President
Hon. Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President
Hon. Wilton B. Persons, Deputy Assistant to the President
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, NSC
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, NSC
12:15 pm
General Douglas MacArthur, New York
1:00 pm
The President gave a Luncheon in honor of General Douglas MacArthur.
The following were present:
General Douglas MacArthur
Admiral Arthur W. Radford
General Matthew B. Ridgway
Admiral Robert B. Carney
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Roger M. Kyes, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Chairman, Armed Services
Committee of the Senate
Congressman Dewey Short, Chairman, Armed Services Committee
of the House of Representatives
Honorable Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker of the House
Senator William F. Knowland, California
General Lucius Clay
THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1954
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2:45 pm
The President received the winners of the White House News
Photographers Association Contest.
(Arranged by Mr. Hagerty) The following were present:
William J. Smith, Associated Press, "personalities"
Milton Freier, United Press Newspictures, "pictorial"
Maurice Johnson, International News Photos, "Presidential"
Mark Kauffman, Life, "spot news class"
Paul Schmick, The Washington Star, "spot news class"
Randolph Routt, The Washington Star, "sports"
Elwood Baker, The Washington Star, "color"
Harry Goodwin, The Washington Post, "feature"
3:00 pm
H.E. Mr. Athanase G. Politis, the Ambassador of Greece
H.E. Panyiotis Kanellopoulos, Minister of Defense of Greece
(Hon. John F. Simmons)
(The Minister of Defense is visiting the United States as a
guest of the Department of Defense, and asked thru Protocol
to pay his respects to the President. He has held number
of cabinet posts since the war and has been very friendly
toward the United States and most cooperative in our
negotiations for the use of military facilities in Greece)
3:15 pm
(Mr. Henry Ringling, Republican National Committeeman, Wisconsin)
(Arranged by General Persons - OFF THE RECORD)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1954
9:45 am
(Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare)
(Hon. Roswell B. Perkins, Assistant Secretary of H.E. W.)
(OFF THE RECORD - Mr. Perkins is Mrs. Hobby's new assistant
and she brought him in to meet the President)
10:00 am
Cabinet Meeting
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
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. 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. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Adm.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., American Ambassador to the U.N.
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Clarence Randall
Hon. Felix E. Wormser, Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
Hon. Arthur Minnich
The following were absent: The Secretary of State
The Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Sherman Adams
12:00
Congressman Clair Engle, California
(Presented to the President gold nuggets which were sent to him
as a present by the Plumas County Chapter of the Western Mining
Council of California. One nugget is for the President and one
for Mrs. Eisenhower and are tokens of esteem)
12:30 pm
Honorable John J. McCloy
(Called Mr. Stephens from New York last week and asked for this)
1:00 pm
The President gave a small Stag Luncheon for the following:
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. Walter B. Smith, The Under Secretary of State
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Administration
Hon. William Bullitt
Hon. John J. McCloy
FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1954
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2:30 pm
(Hon. Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee)
(Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General)
(OFF THE RECORD)
3:00 pm
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General) OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1954
8:45 am
The President received the Officers of the Supreme Lodge, Order
of Ahepa.
(This group is in Washington for their 11th Biennial National
Banquet, to which they invited the President) The following
were present:
Andrew C. Angelson, Supreme Governor, California
Chris A. Athas, Chairman of the Board, Utah
James G. Dikeou, Chairman, National Banquet, Colorado
Miss Adeline J. Geo-Karis, Grand President, Daughters of
Penelope, Illinois
Peter Kourmoules, Supreme Secretary, Ohio
John T. Laskaris, Supreme Counselor, Massachusetts
James Millas, Supreme Governor, New Jersey
V. I. Chebithes, Executive Secretary to the Supreme Lodge,
Washington, D. C.
George N. George, Supreme Secretary, Ohio
John A. Kaimos, Supreme Treasurer, New York
Leo J. Lamberson, Supreme President, Indiana
James Mazarakos, Supreme Governor, Massachusetts
Stephen S. Scopas, Supreme Vice President, New York
John G. Thevos, Past Supreme President, Toastmaster, National
Banquet
C. D. Tsipouras, Supreme Governor, Canada
9:00 am
Dr. Howard Rusk, Member, Advisory Council, American-Korean Foundation
(Dr. Rusk called Mr. Stephens last week and asked for this.)
9:30 am
The President witnessed the swearing in, in his Office, of Honorable
Earle Chesney, as Assistant to the Deputy Assistant to the President.
(Mrs. Chesney and Members of the White House Staff were present)
9:45 am
(Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State)
(Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense)
(Hon. Allen Dulles, Director, Central Intelligence Agency)
(Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J. C. S.)
(Hon. Douglas MacArthur, Counsel, Department of State)
(OFF THE RECORD)
10:30 am
(Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare)
(Dr. Leonard Scheele, Surgeon General, Public Health Service)
(Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget)
(Hon. Roger W. Jones, Bureau of the Budget)
(Hon. Frank B. Berry, Assistant Secretary of Defense)
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
(Hon. Bryce Harlow)
(OFF THE RECORD - Arranged by General Persons)
SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1954
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11:00 am
The President received the Officers of the China-Burma-India
Veterans Association.
(They are in Washington attending a quarterly reunion.
Appointment was arranged at the request of Governor Peterson)
The following were present:
William R. Ziegler, National Commander, Box 229, Houma, La.
Charles A. Mitchell, Sr. Vice Commander, 925 Fellows Ave.,
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Eugene R. Brauer, Adjutant & Finance Officer, P.O.Box 1848,
Milwaukee 1, Wisconsin
James F. Slager, Judge Advocate, 3435 W. Glen Lake, Chicago,
Illinois
James D. Wyber, Public Relations Officer, P.O. Box 856, Wash-
ington 4, D. C.
Lester J. Dencker, Past National Commander, Milwaukee, wisconsin
Lt. General Lewis A. Pick, Retired, Honorary Member, Olympia, Wash.
12:00
(The President left the White House for Burning Tree Golf Club
where he played golf with the following:)
Hon. T. Coleman Andrews
Hon. John Sullivan
Mr. Gene Tunney
4:50 pm
(The President returned to the White House)
6:55 pm
(The President left the White House for the Statler Hotel where
he attended the annual dinner of the White House Photographers
Association)
9:00 pm
The President pressed a switch (in Continental Room of the Statler)
which lit "Freedom's Flame" in Ripon, Wisconsin, in connection with
the Republican Centennial Celebration in the city of Ripon. The
President then returned to the White House Photographers' Dinner.
10:59 pm
(The President returned to the White House)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 1954
11:00 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower attended Services at the
National Presbyterian Church.
12:16 pm
(The following met with the President OFF THE RECORD:)
(Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State)
(Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense)
(Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General)
(Hon. Allen Dulles, Director, Central Intelligence Agency)
(Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff)
(Hon. Douglas MacArthur, Counsel, Department of State)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1954
8:30 am
The 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 (left early)
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Cong. Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Cong. Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Cong. Daniel A. Reed, New York
Hon. Clarence Randall
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Arthur Flemming, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization
Hon. Felix Wormser, Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Earle Chesney
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Arthur Minnich
10:30 am
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
General Paul Ely, Chairman of the French Joint Chiefs of Staff
(Admiral Radford asked if he might bring General Ely in to
meet with 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
(Usual Monday appointment)
12:45 pm
The President received the Japanese Ambassador and Members of
the Asuma Kabuki Troupe of the Japanese Theatre. The following
were present:
H.E. Sadao Iguchi, Ambassador of Japan
Hon. Hidiki Masaki, First Secretary, Japanese Embassy
Miss Tokuho Asuma, Leading Performer
Mr. Masaya Fujima, Star and Choreographer
Mr. Kikunojo Onoe, Guest Artist
Miss Yukiko Azuma, Member of the Troupe
Mr. Katusutoji Kineyea, Principal Musician
Mr. Rosen Tosha, Principal Musician
Mrs. Kikunojo Onoe, Wife of Mr. Onoe, accompanying the Troupe
Mr. H. M. Moss and Mrs. Moss, Conducting Troupe to Washington
Miss Haruyo Azuma
Miss Isami Hamayagi
Mr. Martin Finestein
MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1954
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12:55 pm
(Mr. Harry Precourt, Boston, Massachusetts)
(Hon. C. D. Jackson)
OFF THE RECORD
1:00 pm
The President gave a Luncheon for the Secretary of State's
Public Committee on Personnel. The following were present:
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Henry M. Wriston, Chairman of the Committee
(President of Brown University)
John Hay Whitney, Vice Chairman of the Committee
(Senior Partner, J. H. Whitney & Co., N.Y.C.)
Norman Armour
(Foreign Service Officer, Retired, former Assistant
Secretary of State and former Ambassador)
Carter L. Burgess, Staff Director of the Committee
(Assistant to the President, University of South Carolina)
John A. McCone
(President, The Joshua Hendy Corp., Los Angeles, Calif.)
Robert Murphy, Ex Officio Member of Committee
(Deputy Under Secretary of State)
Morehead Patterson
(Chairman and President, American Machine and Foundry Co.,
New York)
Hon. Clarence Randall
Donald Russell
(President of University of South Carolina and former
Assistant Secretary of State)
Charles E. Saltzman
(General Partner, Henry Sears & Co., New York and
former Assistant Secretary of State)
2:30 pm
Lt. General Willis D. Crittenberger USA (Retired)
(Arranged at the suggestion of C. D. Jackson. Is leaving
shortly for Europe and asked to see the President before
departure)
2:40 pm
(Mr. W. A. Moncrief, Texas)
(Mr. Arch Rowan, friend of Mr. Moncrief) OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. James Hagerty)
(Mr. Moncrief and Mr. Rowan are in Washington to attend the
National Petroleum Institute Meetings)
2:45 pm
(Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors)
3:00 pm
(Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor)
(Mr. Arthur Larson)
OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1954
8:45 am
Mr. Leonard V. Finder, Universal Match Corporation, St. Louis, Mo.
(Wired Mr. Stephens last week to ask for this)
9:00 am
H.E. The Archbishop Michael, of the Greek Orthodox Church in North
and South America
(Presented to the President the historic decoration of the
Grand Order of the Cross of the Holy Sepulchre, which was
awarded the President by His Beatitude, the Greek Orthodox
Patriarch of Jerusalem. This had the approval of the State
Department)
9:30 am
Mr. Erwin D. Canham, Chairman, U. S. Advisory Commission on Information
Mr. William H. Stringer, Head of the Washington Bureau of the Christian
Science Monitor
(Mr. Canham handed the President the recent report of the
Commission; Mr. Canham is Editor of the Christian Science
Monitor) Appointment arranged by Mr. Hagerty.
10:00 am
Senator Thomas H. Kuchel, California
Congressman John E. Moss, Jr., California
(Presented the President with a western-style hat which they
brought back from Carmichael, Sacramento County, California)
10:30 am
(Mr. King Hostick, Chicago, Illinois)
(Mr. Jack W. Laemmar)
OFF THE RECORD
(Presented to the President two photographs of Lincoln taken
in June after Lincoln was nominated by the Republican Party
in May 1860. Mr. Hostick is a collector, and these pictures
are No. 1 of an issue of 1,000 of this rare portrait of
Lincoln.)
11:00 am
The President received the Members of the Board of Governors of
the Capitol Hill Club.
(Presented the Guest Book as result of Anniversary Party last
January 20th; also presented the President a membership card
in Capitol Hill Club) The following were present:
Congressman James C. Auchincloss, New Jersey
Mr. Lewis T. Breuninger
Senator Hugh Butler, Nebraska
Senator Frank Carlson, Kansas
Mrs. Howard A. Coffin
Mrs. William S. Culbertson
Congressman Wesley A. D'Ewart, Montana
Hon. Charles S. Dewey
Senator Everett McKinely Dirksen, Illinois
Mrs. Joseph R. Farrington
Senator Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Congressman Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr., New Jersey
Mr. Clyde D. Garrett
(Continued)
TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1954
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11:00 am
Capitol Hill Club (Continued)
Congressman Ralph W. Gwinn, New York
Mr. George L. Hart, Jr.
Congressman Walter Judd, Minnesota
Mr. Joseph C. McGarraghy
Mr. Henry T. McKnight
Congressman John Phillips, California
Mr. Carl L. Shipley
Mrs. A. Burks Summers
Mrs. Garvin E. Tankersley
Congressman Richard B. Wigglesworth, Mass.
Mr. James C. Wilkes
11:30 am
The President received the Members of the Post Office Department
Advisory Board
(Arranged at the request of the Postmaster General)
The following were present:
Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Hon. Charles R. Hook, Jr., Deputy Postmaster General
Mrs. Consuelo N. Bailey, Attorney, Burlington, Vermont
Mr. Richard E. Berlin, President, Hearst Corp., N.Y. 19, N.Y.
Mr. John S. Coleman, President, Burroughs Corp., Detroit, Mich.
Mr. James H. S. Ellis, President, Kudner Agency, Inc.,
New York, New York
Mr. Richard J. Gray, President, Building & Construction
Dept., A. F. of L., Washington, D. C.
Mr. Rowland Jones, Jr., President, American Retail Federation,
Washington, D. C.
Mr. Charles M. White, President, Republican Steel Corp.,
Cleveland, Ohio
12:45 pm
H.E. Sir Roger Makins, the British Ambassador
Sir Alexander Fleming
(Requested thru Protocol. Sir Alexander is discoverer of
penicillin)
1:00 pm
The President gave an OFF THE RECORD LUNCHEON for the following:
(Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury)
(Hon. Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior)
(Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Secretary of the Navy)
(Hon. Arthur Flemming, Director, O. D. M.)
(Mr. Ernest Thompson)
(Mr. Sid Richardson)
2:55 pm
(Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors)
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
OFF THE RECORD
(Major General John Bragdon)
3:00 pm
(Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture)
(Hon. True D. Morse, Under Secretary of Agriculture)
(Hon. John Davis, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture)
(Continued on next page)
TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1954
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3:00 pm
(Continued)
(Mr. Don Paarlberg, Assistant to Secretary Benson)
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
(Hon. Jack Martin)
(OFF THE RECORD)
4:15 pm
(Mr. Sid Richardson, Texas) OFF THE RECORD
7:30 pm
(The President gave a Stag Dinner for the following:)
Floyd D. Akers, President, Capitol Cadillac-Oldsmobile Co., D. C.
Edward Anthony, Publisher, Collier's, New York
Ralph R. Arnold, Golf Pro., Cherry Hills Country Club, Colo.
Joseph P. Binns, Exec. V. Pres., Hotel Waldorf-Astoria Corp. N.Y.
Clifford P. Case, President, The Fund for the Republic, Inc. ,N.Y.
Ed Dudley, Golf Pro., Augusta National Golf Club
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
William P. Hobby, President, The Houston Post
Louis L. Little, Football Coach, Columbia Univ., New York
Hon. Douglas MacArthur, 2nd, Counsel, State Department
Arthur A. Seeligson, Co-owner, The Seeligsons (oil products), Texas
Eustace Seligman, Law Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York
Hon. Roger Steffan, Special Assistant to the Assistant to
the President
Hon. Thomas E. Stephens, Secretary to the President
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1954
8:30 am
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. James Lay)
(Briefed the President on N.S.C.)
9:30 am
(The Dartmouth College Glee Club) OFF THE RECORD
(Had a tour of the White House at nine and then gathered in
the Rose Garden outside the President's Office. Left by
the East Entrance)
10:00 am
(Mr. Hagerty)
10:30 am
Press Conference
11:00 am
(Captain John Bennett) OFF THE RECORD
(Old friend of the President's)
11:15 am
Honorable Paul G. Hoffman, California
(Requested thru Walter Williams)
11:50 am
(The President left the White House for the Burning Tree Golf Club
where he played golf with the following:)
Mr. Ed Dudley
Mr. Ralph Arnold
Cong. Leslie Arends, Illinois
John McClure
William K. Warren (friend of John McClure & Chairman of Board
of Warren Petroleum Co., Oklahoma City, Okla.)
Mr. James Black
Mr. William Flenniken
4:40 pm
(The President returned to the White House)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1954
8:30 am
Honorable John Coleman, Chairman, Committee for National Trade Policy
Honorable John McCloy
Mr. Harry Bullis
Mr. Everett Cook, Memphis, Tennessee
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
(Arranged at the suggestion of Dr. Hauge)
9:00 am
Senator H. Alexander Smith, New Jersey
Senator Barry Goldwater, Arizona
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Jack Martin
(Requested this to discuss labor matters)
9:30 am
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
(Admiral Radford Asked for this extra appointment this week
as he brought General Ely with him last Monday)
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 Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Adm.
Hon. Victor E. Cooley, Acting Director, O. D. M.
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Joseph Campbell, Acting Chairman, A. E. C.
Hon. John Slezak, for the Secretary of the Army
Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Secretary of the Navy
Hon. James H. Douglas, Acting Secretary of the Air Force
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
General Matthew B. Ridgway, Chief of Staff of the Army
Admiral Robert B. Carney, Chief of Naval Operations
General Nathan F. Twining, Chief of Staff of the Air Force
General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., Commandant, U. S. Marine Corps
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Hon. C. D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President
Hon. Bryce Harlow, Administrative Assistant to the President
Hon. Wilton B. Persons, Deputy Assistant to the President
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, N.S.C.
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, N.S.C.
12:50 pm
The President received the members of the Program Committee of the
Annual Convention of the National Negro Insurance Association.
(Invited the President to address the 34th Annual Convention
of the National Negro Insurance Association, meeting in
Durham, North Carolina, August 31st) The following were present:
Mr. J. G. Ish, Chairman of the Board of Directors
Mr. C. L. Townes, Acting President
Mr. A. P. Bentley, Secretary
THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1954
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12:50 pm
National Negro Insurance Association (Continued)
Senator Clyde R. Hoey, North Carolina
Mr. Murray Marvin, Publicity Director
Mrs. Maria B. Scott
Miss Patricia Ann Spaulding
Mr. A. T. Spaulding, Chairman of the Program Committee
Mr. Val Washington, Republican National Committee
1:00 pm
The following had Luncheon with the President OFF THE RECORD:
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Hon. J. Edgar Hoover, Director, F. B. I.)
2:30 pm
(Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, 0. D. M.)
(Senator Homer E. Capehart, Indiana)
(Hon. Felix Wormser, Ass't. Sec'y. of the Interior)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
(Arranged at the suggestion of General Persons)
3:00 pm
Dr. Frank Stanton, President, Columbia Broadcasting System
(Mr. Stephens invited Dr. Stanton to come in)
3:30 pm
(Mr. Harry Butcher, California) OFF THE RECORD
7:30 pm
(The President gave a Stag Dinner for the following:)
Julius Ochs Adler, General Manager, The New York Times
Earl Henry Blaik, Director of Athletics, USMA, West Point
(Mr. Blaik had an appointment with the President at 7:00 p.m.
just prior to the dinner)
Emanuel Goldman, Vice President, William P. Goldman & Bros, Inc., N.Y.
Chan Gurney, Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board
Edwin K. Hastings, Vice President, The Waldorf-Astoria, New York
Harry B. Higgins, President, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Conrad N. Hilton, President, Hilton Hotels Corporation, N. Y.
Milton Katz, Associate Director, Ford Foundation
William D. Kerr, Partner, Bacon, Whipple & Co., Chicago
H. T. Merrill (Capt.) Sr. Flight Capt., Eastern Air Lines, N.Y.
Charles S. Reed, Lawyer, Omaha, Nebraska
Jack Solomon, Cattle Breeder, Gainesville, Virginia
Arthur J. Weaver, Partner, Weaver-Minier Co., Ltd., Lincoln, Neb.
James B. Webber, Jr., Vice President, J. L. Hudson Co., Detroit
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1954
9:15 am
(Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture) OFF THE RECORD
9:45 am
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Hon. Thomas R. Ethridge, Northern District of Mississippi,
Oxford, Mississippi)
(Hon. Joseph E. Hines, Western District of South Carolina,
Spartansburg, South Carolina)
(Hon. E. M. Stanley, Middle District of North Carolina,
Greensboro, North Carolina)
(OFF THE RECORD - The Attorney General brought in these
three newly appointed U. S. Attorneys to meet the President)
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. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Hon. Fred G. Aandahl, Assistant 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. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F. 0. A.
Hon. Arthur Flemming, Director, 0. D. M.
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the United Nations
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. C. D. Jackson
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
Hon. Arthur Minnich
The following were absent: The Secretary of the Interior
The Secretary of Health, Education &
Welfare (no representative present)
Hon. Sherman Adams
12:00
(Hon. Arthur Flemming, Director, O. D. M.)
(Hon. Felix Wormser, Assistant Secretary of the Interior)
(Hon. James Hagerty)
(Hon. Jack Martin)
(OFF THE RECORD)
FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1954
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12:15 pm
Miss Bertha Adkins, Republican National Committee
Dr. Susan Riley, President, American Association of University Women
Miss Dorothy Leet, President, International Federation of University
Women
(Miss Adkins asked if she might bring these women in to meet
the President, as they represent University women throughout
the world.)
12:30 pm
H.E. Senor Dr. Don Guillermo Encisco Velloso, the Ambassador
of Paraguay
(Hon. John F. Simmons, Chief, Division of Protocol)
(Newly appointed - presented credentials)
1:00 pm
(The following had Luncheon with the President OFF THE RECORD:)
(Mr. Sid Richardson)
(Mr. Amon Carter)
(Mr. Fred Gurley)
2:30 pm
(Hon. Clarence B. Randall)
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
(Re Lead and Zinc matter before the Tariff Commission OFF THE RECORD)
3:00 pm
(Hon. Harold Stassen, Director, F. 0. A.) OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1954
9:00 am
Brigadier General Thomas North, Secretary, American Battle
Monuments Commission
(Arranged by Colonel Schulz)
9:25 am
(Hon. Roger Jones, Bureau of the Budget)
(Hon. Bernard Shanley)
OFF THE RECORD
9:30 am
The President received the Members of the Science Advisory Committee
to the Office of Defense Mobilization.
(Requested by Dr. Flemming.) The following were present:
Hon. Arthur Flemming, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization
Dr. Robert F. Bacher, Professor of Physics, California
Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
Dr. Detlev W. Bronk, President, National Academy of
Sciences, Washington, D. C.
Dr. Oliver E. Buckley, Chairman, Bell Telephone Laboratories,
Maplewood, New Jersey
Mr. David Z. Beckler, Executive Officer, Science Advisory
Committee, Washington, D. C.
Dr. Lee A. DuBridge, President, California Institute of
Technology, Pasadena, California
Dr. James B. Fisk, Vice President, Bell Telephone Laboratories,
Murray Hill, New Jersey
Dr. James R. Killian, Jr., President, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Dr. Charles C. Lauritsen, Professor of Physics, California
Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
Dr. Bruce S. Old, Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, Mass.
Dr. E. R. Piore, Deputy Director, Chief Scientist, Office
of Naval Research, Washington, D. C.
Hon. Donald A. Quarles, Assistant Secretary of Defense,
Washington, D. C.
Dr. Isador I. Rabi, Professor of Physics, Columbia University,
New York City
Dr. Charles A. Thomas, President, Monsanto Chemical Company,
St. Louis, Missouri
Dr. Alan T. Waterman, Director, National Science Foundation,
Washington, D. C.
Dr. Jerrold R. Zacharias, Director, Laboratory for Nuclear
Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
10:10 am
Honorable Eric Johnston
(Called Mr. Stephens Wednesday and asked for this)
10:40 am
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
11:25 am
(Hon. Kevin McCann) OFF THE RECORD
11:50 am
(The President departed the White House for Burning Tree Golf Club
accompanied by Mr. Cliff Roberts and Mr. Freeman F. Gosden)
SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1954
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11:50 am
(Burning Tree Golf Club) Continued
The President played golf with the following:
Mr. Sam Sneed
Col. Thomas Belshe
Mr. John McClure
5:41 pm
(The President returned to the White House)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 1954
11:00 a.m.
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower attended Services at the
National Presbyterian Church.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1954
8:30 am
The Legislative Leaders
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Cong. Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Cong. Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Cong. Daniel A. Reed, New York
Hon. Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee
Hon. James Bassett, Republican National Committee
Hon. Clarence Randall
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Murray Snyder
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Hon. Earle Chesney
Hon. Arthur Minnich
10:15 am
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee
Hon. James Bassett, Republican National Committee
(Presented to the President the Republican Centennial Medals)
10:30 am
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
(Usual Monday appointment)
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
(Usual Monday appointment)
12:30 pm
(Mrs. Irene Stover Gaul and family) OFF THE RECORD
(Mrs. Gaul is 66 years old, from Portland, Oregon, and is a
first cousin of the President's. Mrs. Gaul wrote to Mrs.
Eisenhower the latter part of February and asked if she
might see the President when she visited Washington this
Spring.)
1:00 pm
The President gave an Informal Stag Luncheon.
(Luncheon was suggested by Dr. Milton Eisenhower. It was a
group of men who are deeply interested in American agriculture)
MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1954
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1:00 pm
Informal Stag Luncheon (Continued)
The following were present:
BENSON, Hon. Ezra Taft, Secretary of Agriculture
BERGER, Mr. Walter C., Executive Vice President, Shea
Chemical Corp., Baltimore, Maryland
BRODY, Mr. Clark, Executive Vice President, Michigan Farm
Bureau, 221 N. Cedar St., Lansing, Michigan
BUTLER, Mr. Karl D., 306 E. State St., Ithaca, New York
CARNES, Mr. Norris K., General Manager, Central Live Stock
Association, Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota
DAVIES, Mr. Aled P., Director of Department of Livestock,
American Meat Institute, Chicago, Illinois
DAVISON, Mr. Homer, Vice President, American Meat Institute,
Chicago, Illinois
McCONNELL, Hon. J. A., Administrator, Commodity Stabilization
Service, Department of Agriculture
MITCHELL, Mr. Albert K., Tequesquite Ranch, Albert, New Mexico
WILSON, Mr. P. O., Manager, National Live Stock Producers
Association, Chicago, Illinois
WOOLEY, Hon. Frank K., American Farm Bureau Federation, Wash., D.C.
2:00 pm
(Hon. Kevin McCann) OFF THE RECORD
3:00 pm
(Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General) OFF THE RECORD
3:15 pm
(Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury)
(Hon. Marion Folsom, Under Secretary of the Treasury)
(Hon. William McC. Martin, Chairman, Board of Governors,
Federal Reserve System)
(Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors)
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
(OFF THE RECORD)
3:45 pm
(Hon. Bernard Shanley)
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
5:30 pm
(Hon. and Mrs. Charles Claunch) OFF THE RECORD
6:00 pm
(Mrs. Helen Rogers Reid, New York Herald Tribune) OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1954
9:00 am
Hon. Theodore C. Streibert, Director, United States Information
Agency
Hon. Andrew H. Berding, Assistant Director for Policy and Programs
(Mr. Streibert reports to the President on the last Tuesday
of each month)
9:30 am
Mr. Paul Comly French, Executive Director, CARE
General Paul Carroll
Mr. Steve Benedict
(Mr. French asked for this to discuss the agricultural surplus
problem and some of CARE's ideas for using them effectively
overseas.)
10:00 am
Ruth Ann Madison, aged six
Wayne E. Richards, Commander in Chief, V.F.W.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Henry, Managers of V.F.W. National Home,
Adel, Iowa
Mr. Omar B. Ketchum
Mr. John Smith
(Ruth Madison presented to the President the first Buddy Poppy,
opening the annual campaign of the Veterans of Foreign Wars)
10:15 am
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Mass.) OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Robert C. Sprague)
(Arranged by General Cutler)
11:00 am
Hon. and Mrs. Jouett Shouse
Mr. Hans Ude
(Mr. Shouse asked Mr. Stephens if he might bring in this German
boy who won contest given by German Youth Association started
as private enterprise in 1946, with blessing of Department of
State and Defense. This was backed by General Huber and when
he left General Clay took over)
11:05 am
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
12:05 pm
(Hon. Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(OFF THE RECORD)
12:45 pm
The President received the members of the International Organizations
Employees Loyalty Board
(Arranged at the suggestion of Senator Bush. Governor Adams had
them for Luncheon in the White House Mess) The following were
present:
Mr. Pierce J. Gerety, Chairman
Mr. H. Grady Gore
Mr. Lawrence Gilman
Mr. George J. Kaufmann
Mr. Henry S. Waldman
Dr. Edmund L. Tink
TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1954
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1:00 pm
The President gave a small, stag luncheon in honor of General
John K. Cannon, Commander, Tactical Air Command, USAF.
The following were present:
General John K. Cannon, Commander, Tactical Air Command
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
General Nathan F. Twining, Chief of Staff, USAF
Hon. Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force
Hon. James H. Douglas, Under Secretary of the Air Force
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Chairman, Armed Services
Committee, U. S. Senate
Sen. Richard B. Russell, Armed Services Com., U. S. Senate
Cong. Dewey Short, Chairman, Armed Services Committee,
House of Representatives
Cong. Carl Vinson, Armed Services Committee, House of
Representatives
Lt. Col. Robert L. Schulz, Military Aide to the President
Commander Edward L. Beach, Naval Aide to the President
2:30 pm
(Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State)
(H.E. Sir Roger Makins, Ambassador of Great Britain)
(OFF THE RECORD)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1954
8:00 am
(Hon. C. D. Jackson had Breakfast OFF THE RECORD with the President)
9:00 am
(Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker)
(Cong. Charles A. Halleck, Indiana)
(Cong. John Taber, New York)
(Cong. John Philips, California)
(Cong. Jesse P. Wolcott, Michigan)
(Hon. Albert M. Cole, Housing & Home Finance Administrator)
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
(OFF THE RECORD meeting with the President on Housing.)
(Arranged by General Persons)
9:30 am
Hon. Robert E. Smiley, Attorney General of the State of Idaho
(Telephoned Mr. Stephens from Boise on March 23rd, and said
he planned to be in Washington at this time and would like
to pay his respects to the President.)
10:00 am
(Mr. Hagerty)
10:30 am
Press Conference
11:00 am
(Hon. Lindsay C. Warren, Comptroller General of the United States)
(OFF THE RECORD - Arranged by Governor Adams)
11:10 am
(Mr. Sid Richardson, Texas) OFF THE RECORD
11:15 am
Congressman Thomas A. Jenkins, Ohio
(Asked if he might come in and invite the President to attend
dedication of a frieze in the Capitol, which has just been
completed. This frieze commemorates aviation and uses the
Wright Brothers as background)
11:30 am
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Hon. James Lay)
(Briefed the President on NSC)
11:45 am
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. James Hagerty)
(Hon. C. D. Jackson)
(Mr. Robert Montgomery)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Kevin McCann)
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
(Hon. Bryce Harlow)
(Hon. Jack artin)
1:45 pm
(The President, accompanied by Mr. Hagerty, left the White House
for the Library of Congress where he viewed the exhibit of the
White House Photographers' Association)
2:53 pm
(The President and Mr. Hagerty returned to the Office)
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1954
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3:00 pm
(Mr. Robert Montgomery) OFF THE RECORD
3:15 pm
(Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury) OFF THE RECORD
4:15 pm
(Hon. Kenton R. Cravens, Administrator, R. F. C.) OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
4:45 pm
(Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F.O.A.) OFF THE RECORD
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
6:00 pm
(Mr. Robert Woodruff)
(Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower) OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Willard Cox, St. Louis, Missouri)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1954
7:45 am
(The following had Breakfast OFF THE RECORD with the President:)
(Senator William F. Knowland, California)
(Senator Homer Ferguson, Michigan)
(Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado)
(Honorable Sherman Adams)
(Honorable Wilton B. Persons)
9:00 am
Congressman Overton Brooks, Louisiana, National Vice President of
the National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Senator John L. McClellan, President
Congressman Dewey Short, Missouri, Chairman of the Board
Congressman Sid Simpson, Illinois, Chairman, Projects Committee
(Invited the President to attend annual convention of the
Congress of National Rivers and Harbors, in Washington,
D. C., May 25, 1954)
9:30 am
(Major M. C. Migel, Chairman, Board of Trustees, American Foundation
for the Blind, Inc.)
(Miss Idel)
(OFF THE RECORD - Came in to see Mr. Stephens and saw the President)
10:00 am
National Security Council
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, The 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. True D. Morse, Acting Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Samuel W. Anderson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Howland R. Hughes, Acting Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Arthur F. Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. John H. Davis, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Clarence Francis, Special Consultant to the President
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
General C. P. Cabell, Acting Director of Central Intelligence
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Hon. Bryce Harlow, Administrative Assistant to the President
Hon. Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President
Hon. Wilton B. Persons, Deputy Assistant to the President
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
1:00 pm
(The following had Luncheon OFF THE RECORD with the President:)
(Mr. Roy Howard)
(Mr. Walker Stone)
(Hon. James Hagerty)
THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1954
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2:30 pm
The President signed H. R. 5337, An Act "To provide for the
establishment of a United States Air Force Academy, and for
other purposes." The following also witnessed the ceremony:
Hon. Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force
Hon. James H. Douglas, Under Secretary of the Air Force
General Nathan F. Twining, Chief of Staff, USAF
General Thomas D. White, Vice Chief of Staff, USAF
Lt. Gen. Herbert Harmon, Project Officer for Air Academy
Brig. General Joe W. Kelly, Director of Legislative Liaison, USAF
General Carl Spaatz
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Sen. Homer E. Capehart, Indiana
Congressman Dewey Short, Missouri
Congressman Carl Vinson, Georgia
Mr. Robert Smart, Counsel, House Armed Services Committee
Mr. Γ. Edward Braswell, Assistant Counsel, Senate Armed
Services Committee
2:45 pm
Hon. B. Frank Heintzleman, The Governor of Alaska
Hon. Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
(Arranged at the request of Mr. Orme Lewis, Assistant Secretary
of the Interior. Mr. Heintzleman came in to pay his respects)
3:10 pm
(Mr. Tom Pappas, Boston, Massachusetts) OFF THE RECORD
3:15 pm
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General) OFF THE RECORD
4:00 pm
(Mr. Robert Woodruff, Atlanta, Georgia) OFF THE RECORD
4:30 pm
Mr. James Murphy, President, Citizens for Eisenhower
Mr. Spencer T. Olin
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Mr. Olin is prospective Finance Chairman of Citizens for
Eisenhower)
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
6:00 pm
(Mr. Meyer Kestnbaum) OFF THE RECORD
7:30 pm
The President pressed a lever which lit the SWORD OF HOPE in Times
Square, New York, thus launching the Cancer Crusade of the American
Cancer Society, Inc., in the Broadcasting Room of the White House.
The following guests were present:
Hon. and Mrs. Walter J. Kohler, Governor of Wisconsin, and
Chairman of the Board, American Cancer Society, Inc.
Elmer H. Bobst, Chairman of Cancer Crusade
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Mefford R. Runyon, Executive Vice President, American Cancer Society
Frank Kramer, Director of Field Relations, American Cancer Society
Steve Barrie, Director of Special Events, American Cancer Society
Clayton Sanders, Crusade Chairman, District of Columbia Division
Frederick P. H. Siddons, President, District of Columbia Division
THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1954
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7:30 pm
Cancer Crusade (Continued)
Mrs. Frederick P. H. Siddons
Miss Betty Dodd (travels with Mrs. Zaharias)
Clifton R. Read, Director of Public Relations, American
Cancer Society
Dr. Malcolm Ray, Secretary of the Committee on Growth,
American Cancer Society
Col. Luke C. Quinn, Represents National Society in District
of Columbia
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1954
9:30 am
(Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State)
(Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense)
OFF THE RECORD
(Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J. C. S.)
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
9:45 am
Hon. Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Archie Alexander, Governor of the Virgin Islands
Hon. Val Washington, Republican National Committee
(The Governor wished to pay his respects before leaving for
his new post)
10:00 am
Cabinet Meeting
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Under 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. 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. Rowland R. Hughes, Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Harold E. 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. Felix Wormser, Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
Hon. Arthur Minnich
The following were absent:
The Secretary of State
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Secretary of Agriculture
The Secretary of Health, Education
& Welfare (no one represented HEW)
The Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
11:30 am
(Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, A. E. C.) OFF THE RECORD
12:45 pm
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower, accompanied by Mrs. Doud, Mrs.
Moore and Mrs. Walker, left the White House and motored to Camp
David, Maryland, where they spent the week-end)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1954
AT CAMP DAVID, MARYLAND
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 1954
AT CAMP DAVID, MARYLAND
8:20 pm
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower returned to the White House)
8:20 pm
(The following met with the President at the White House OFF THE RECORD:)
(Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State)
(Hon. Walter B. Smith, Under Secretary of State)
(Hon. Douglas MacArthur 2nd, Counsel, State Dept)
(Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J. C. S.)
(Hon. Roger M. Kyes, Deputy Secretary of Defense)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1954
8:30 am
The Legislative Leaders
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Senator William F. Knowland, California
Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Senator Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Senator H. Alexander Smith, New Jersey
Hon. Joseph w. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Congressman John M. Vorys, Ohio
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Deputy Director, Bureau of the Sudget
Hon. Robert M. Macy, Chief of the International Div., Bur. of the Budget
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F. O. A.
Hon. Morris Wolf, General Counsel, F. O. A.
Hon. Glen Lloyd, Deputy to the Director, 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. Murray Snyder
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Hon. Earle Chesney
Hon. Arthur Minnich
9:45 am
(Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker)
(Cong. Charles A. Halleck, Indiana)
OFF THE RECORD
(Cong. Leslie C. Arends, Illinois)
10:30 am
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, USN, Chairman, J. C. S.
General Nathan F. Twining, USAF
General Matthew B. Ridgway, USA
Admiral Robert B. Carney, USN
(This is Admiral Radford's usual Monday appointment. He asked
if he might bring with him the Joint Chiefs.)
11:00 am
Mr. Clark Griffith, President, Washington Base Ball Club
Mr. Edward B. Eynon, Jr., Secretary & Assistant Treasurer
(Invited the President and Mrs. Eisenhower to attend the
Opening Base Ball Game on April 13th, and presented to
them their annual passes)
MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1954
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11:15 am
Dr. Arthur Flemming, Director, 0. D. M.
(Usual Monday appointment)
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
1:40 pm
(The President left the White House for the Washington National Cathedral)
2:00 pm
The President attended funeral services for the late General Hoyt S.
Vandenberg, USAF, St. Joseph's Chapel, Washington National Cathedral.
2:45 pm
(The President returned to the White House)
5:00 pm
General Lauris Norstad, Air Deputy to the Supreme Allied Commander
Europe.
7:30 pm
(The President gave a STAG DINNER for the following:)
Arthur K. Atkinson, President, Wabash Railroad Co., St. Louis
Irving Berlin, President, Irving Berlin Music Corp., New York
Willard R. Cox, President, Coca Cola Bottling Co., St. Louis
Ralph S. Damon, President, Trans World Airlines, Inc., New York
George H. Deike, Chairman of the Board, Mine Safety Appliances
Company, Pittsburgh
Robert Di Giorgio, Co-owner, DiGiogio Fruit Corp., San Francisco
J. Russell Forgan, Partner, Glore Forgan & Co., New York
Jack Foster, Editor, Rocky Mountain News, Denver
George C. Hannaway, Vice President, T.J. Moss Tie Co., St. Louis
G. Howard Hodge, Owner, G. Howard Hodge, Inc., New York
John N. Irwin II, Partner, Patterson, Belknap & Webb, New York
Roger D. Lapham, Civic Leader, San Francisco
Samuel D. Leidesdorf, Sr. Partner, S. D. Leidesdorf & Co., New York
(Dr. Harold I. Magoun, Denver) OFF THE RECORD
Hon. Richard 1.0 Nixon, The Vice President
Bayard F. Pope, Chairman, Exec. Committee, Marine Midland
Trust Company, New York
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1954
7:45 am
(The following had Breakfast with the President OFF THE RECORD:)
(Senator William F. Knowland, California)
(Senator Hugh Butler, Nebraska)
(Senator Guy Cordon, Oregon)
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
8:45 am
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
(Usual weekly appointment)
9:00 am
(Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense)
(Hon. Roger Kyes, Deputy Secretary of Defense)
(Hon. w. J. McNeill, Assistant Secretary of Defense)
(Hon. Robert T. Stevens, Secretary of the Army)
(Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Secretary of the Navy)
(Hon. Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force)
(Congressman John Taber, New York)
(Congressman Richard B. wigglesworth, Massachusetts)
(Congressman Errett P. Scrivner, Kansas)
(Congressman Gerald R. Ford, Jr., Michigan)
(OFF THE RECORD appointment with the President to discuss
Defense Appropriations)
11:15 am
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Henson
Mr. John Sengstacke
Mr. Dowdal Davis
Mr. C. C. Dejoie, Jr.
Mr. W. O. Walker
Mrs. Nannie M. Turner
Mrs. Robert L. Vann
Mr. Frank L. Stanley
Mr. T. C. Jervay
Mr. Herbert M. Frisby
Mr. James L. Hicks
Mr. Carl Murphy
Mr. Maxwell Rabb
(Mr. Henson is 87 years old and only living American who is
survivor of Admiral Peary's expedition when the North Pole
was Discovered. April 6th is anniversary date. Arranged
by Mr. Hagerty at the request of group from the National
Newspaper Publishers Association.)
11:45 am
The President received the delegates of the National Conference
of Police Associations.
(This was arranged at the request of Inspector Francis, White
House Police.) The following were present:
ALEXANDER, Robert J., Police Department, Syracuse, New York
FINNEY, Bruce, 14311 Westwood, Detroit, Michigan, Detroit
Police Department
BUNITSKY, Peter N., 1515 Grayrock Drive, Dellwood, Wilmington,
Delaware; Wilmington Police Department
TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1954
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11:45 am National Conference of Police Associations (Continued)
BURTON, Richard (retired) Metropolitan Police Department,
Washington, D. C., 504 Domer Avenue, Apt. #102, Takoma 12, Md.
CAPASSO, Al, 7618 - 15th Avenue, Takoma Park, Maryland; U. S.
Park Police, Washington, D. C.
CARTON, John E., 2001 McGraw Avenue, New York 62, New York;
New York City Police Department
CASSESE, John J., 10 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, New York;
New York City Police Department
COBB, W. T. (Bill), Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff,
509 North Main St., Los Angeles 12, California
COLE, Berlyn, 324 Gloria Street, San Diego, California;
San Diego Police Department
connelly, William J., Police Department Elizabeth, New Jersey
DEVANEY, Howard J., Police Department, Glen kidge, New Jersey
DERWART, Andrew M., 2206 Corbin Road, Baltimore 14, Maryland;
Vice President, Baltimore City Retired Police Association
DOLAN, Stephen, Police Department, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
DOLAN, Theodore T., 343 Ralston Street, San Francisco, California;
San Francisco Police Department
DUNN, Francis H., 2827 Brentwood Rd., N.E., Washington, D. C.;
Metropolitan Police Department, Wash., D. C.
DYAS, Robert D., 305 - 37th Street, S. E., Washington, D. C.;
Metropolitan Police Department, wash., D. C.
ELLISOR, H. L., 6314 Stillwell Street, Houston, Texas; Houston
Police Department
ERICKSON, Walter B., 5236 - 46th Avenue, South, Minneapolis,
Minnesota,; Minneapolis Police Department
GEBHART, Edward D., 619 Harrington Street, Wilmington, Delaware;
Retired, Delaware State Police
GIVENS, Royce L., 1228 West Lawn Drive, Falls Church, Virginia;
Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, D. C.
HALSTEAD, Jack L., 1036 - west 103rd St., Los Angeles, California;
Los Angeles Police Department
HARRIS, Charles M., 5311 Wendley Road, Baltimore 29, Maryland;
Past President, Baltimore City Retired Police Association
ISAAC, Albert, 15420 San Juan, Detroit, Michigan; Detroit
Police Department
JOHNSON, Carl G., 4500 - 43rd Avenue, South, Minneapolis,
Minnesota; Minneapolis Police Department
KERESHAN, Peter, 69 Florence Street, Kingston, New York; Retired,
Kingston Police Department
LINEHAN, Kenneth J., 1083 Fulton Avenue, Monterey Park, California;
Los Angeles Police Department
LUND, Lester M., Police Department, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
LUTZ, Clarence H., 5061 First St., N. W., Washington, D. C.;
Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, D. C.
McCORMACK, Karl G., 2601 - 16th Street South, Arlington, Virginia;
Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, D. C.
MERRITT, Thomas, 19165 Appoline, Detroit, Michigan; Detroit
Police Department
MURRAY, Chief Robert V., Metropolitan Police Department, Washington,
D. C., 1325 Tuckerman St., II. W., Washington, D. C.
TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1954
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11:45 am
National Conference of Police Associations (Continued)
NAGLE, George, 3179 Drexel, Detroit, Michigan; Detroit Police
Department
QUIMBY, Lawrence B., White House Policeman
RANKIN, Alvin H., 4720 Constance Street, New Orleans, Louisiana;
New Orleans Police Department
RODMAN, Don. 14912 Wiley, San Lorenzo, California; Oakland
Police Department, California
SIMPSON, Stephen D., 1526 North Mayfield Avenue, Chicago, Illinois;
Chicago Police Department
STEWART, Captain Harold F., Executive Officer and Acting Chief,
U. S. Park Police, ashington, D. C.; 5602 Lincoln Street,
Bethesda, Maryland
SULLIVAN, Fred E., 1611 O'Dell Avenue, Baltimore 6, Maryland,
Trustee, Baltimore City Retired Police Association
WIKE, LeRoy E., Executive Secretary, International Association
of Chiefs of Police, 618 Mills Building, Washington, D. C.
WOLFRUM, Chester E., 4329 Brunswick Avenue, Los Angeles,
California; Los Angeles Police Department
WRIGHT, Charles L., 4510 Rittenhouse Street, Riverdale, Maryland;
Netropolitan Police Department, Washington, D. C.
12:15 pm
Congressman Oliver P. Bolton, Ohio
(Hon. Bryce Harlow)
(Presented to the President specially prepared maple sugar which
the people of Geauga County, Ohio, sent to the President from
their annual Maple Sugar Celebration)
12:30 pm
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Hon. James Lay)
OFF THE RECORD
(Briefed the President on N. S. C.)
1:00 pm
(The following had Luncheon with the President OFF THE RECORD:)
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Mr. Robert U. Brown, President and Editor of EDITOR & PUBLISHER)
2:15 pm
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 Administration
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Under Secretary of State
Hon. Roger M. Kyes, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. Robert T. Stevens, Secretary of the Army
Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Secretary of the Navy
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
General Matthew B. Ridgway, Chief of Staff of the Army
TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1954
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2:15 pm
National Security Council (Continued)
Admiral Robert B. Carney, Chief of Naval Operations
General Nathan F. Twining, Chief of Staff of the Air Force
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Brig. General Paul T. Carroll, White House Staff Secretary
Hon. Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President
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, APRIL 7, 1954
9:00 am
Senator Frank Carlson, Kansas
(The Senator asked Mr. Stephens to arrange this)
9:30 am
Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Iowa
Dr. Leslie Fitzgerald, President, American Dental Association
Dr. Daniel F. Lynch, President Elect
Dr. C. Willard Camalier, Past President
Congressman Henry 0. Talle, Iowa
Congressman Thomas E. Martin, Iowa
(Arranged at the request of Senator Hickenlooper. Wanted to
pay their respects and extended invitation to the President
to Address the Annual Session of the American Dental Asso-
ciation in Miami, Florida, on Tuesday, November 9, 1954)
10:00 am
(Mr. Hagerty)
10:30 am
Press Conference
11:00 am
Senor Don Jose Felix de Lequerica, Ambassador of Spain
Senor Arburua, Spanish Minister of Commerce
Senor Arguelles, Spanish Under Secretary of Commerce
Senor Suarez, Spanish Under Secretary of Industry
Hon. Edward Williams, Chief of the FOA Mission in Madrid
Hon. John F. Simmons, Chief, Division of Protocol
(The Spanish Minister of Commerce paid a courtesy call on
the President. It is the first time that a Spanish cabinet
official has been the official guest of the United States.
Visit was arranged so that problems of mutual interest in
the economic relations of the United States and Spain might
be discussed directly between the Spanish Minister of Commerce
and high officials of the FOA and other interested U. S. agencies.)
11:15 am
Senator George D. Aiken and group of Dairy Farmers from the State
of Vermont
(Appointment was requested by the Senator to present to the
President a gift of Vermont maple syrup) The following were
present:
AYER, Earl
CLARK, Marvin
BERRY, Jack
DANYOU, Paul
BOUTIN, Albert
DERWAY, John
BOUTIN, Philbert
DIKE, Henry
BOYER, Albert
DIKE, Ralph
BURLEIGH, Ray
DIKE, Roderick
CANEDY, Merrill
DUFRESNE, Paul
CARLSON, Robert
FONTAINE, Euclide
CLAFLIN, Nelson
GLEASON, Albert
CLAFLIN, Walter
JACQUES, P. C.
CLARK, John
JOHNSON, Rye
CLARK, John, Jr.
KING, Raymond
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1954
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11:15 am Vermont Dairy Farmers (Continued)
KINGSBURY, J. W.
ROBERTS, Arthur
LANE, Roger
ROSCOE, George
LARSON, Walter
SANDERSON, Ray
LAWRENCE, Ray
STEARNS, Elwin
LYMAN, David
STEARNS, Leonard
McGOVERN, Thomas
STOWELL, David
MEARS, Maurice
TAYLOR, Smith
MUDGETT, E. W.
TRACY, S. E.
PALMER, Avery
TOWNE, Frank
11:35 am
(The President left the White House for Burning Tree Golf Club
where he played golf with the following:)
(Sen. Stuart Symington, Missouri)
(Jock Whitney)
(Ned Burnham)
5:10 pm
(The President returned to the White House)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1954
9:00 am
R. Roy Keaton, Director-General, Lions International
S. A. Dodge, International President
Congressman Frank Small, Jr., Maryland
Michael J. Lane, District Governor, National Capital District,
Lions International
(Appointment arranged at the request of the Speaker and
Congressman Small -- invited the President to address their
Convention July 7th to 10th in New York City)
9:30 am
The Attorney General presented to the President a group of newly
appointed Federal Judges. The following were present:
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Prospective District Judges:
Robert Anderson, District of Connecticut
Eugene Breitenstein, District of Colorado
Edmund Palmieri, Southern District of New York
Archie Dawson, Southern District of New York
Alex Bicks, Southern District of New York
Lawrence E. Walsh, Southern District of New York
Francis Van Dusen, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
John Lord, Bastern District of Pennsylvania
John Miller, Western District, Pennsylvania
Prospective Circuit Judges:
James N. Fee, Ninth Circuit
Richard P. Chambers, Ninth Circuit
Val Lemmon, Ninth Circuit
Potter Stewart, Sixth Circuit
10:00 am
(Mrs. John G. Lee, President, National League of Women Voters)
(Accompanied by Miss Ferris)
(OFF THE RECORD - The President made a tape recording of questions
and answers for use at Biennial Convention of the League of Women
Voters, in Denver, April 26-29. Mrs. Lee wishes to surprise the
Convention with this)
10:30 am
Congressman W. Sterling Cole, New York
(Called Mr. Stephens and asked for this appointment)
11:00 am
H.E. Sir Percy Spender, the Ambassador of Australia
Mr. Laurie Short, National Secretary, the Federated Iron Workers'
Association of Australia
Hon. Russell L. Riley, Director, International Educational Exchange
Service, Department of State
Hon. John F. Simmons, Chief, Division of Protocol
(Arranged thru John Simmons. The Vice President originally asked
that the President see Mr. Short, who the Vice President met in
Australia.)
11:55 am
The President left for the Post Office Department, where he partici-
pated in Introductory Ceremony launching the first regular eight
cent United States stamp, bearing motto "In God We Trust."
THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1954
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12:45 pm
The President said a few words of greeting to Luncheon Meeting of
the National Conference of Republican Women at the Statler Hotel.
1:00 pm
(Mr. L. M. Pexton, Denver, had Luncheon with the President) OFF THE RECORD
2:30 pm
The President received the Members of the Agricultural Trade Missions
(These Missions go abroad for a month or so and then report back
to the Secretary of Agriculture) The following were present:
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. John H. Davis, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Clayton E. Whipple, Acting Administrator, Foreign
Agricultural Service
EUROPE - Northern
Head: F. R. Wilcox, Asst. Gen. Mgr. of Sunkist Growers, Los
Angeles, California
Executive Secretary: Horace Bolster, Member of Foreign
Agricultural Service
Members:
Berry Akers, Editor in Chief, The Farmer, St. Paul, Minn.
J. B. Hutson, President of Tobacco Associates, Wash., D. C.
James Klahre, General Manager of the Apple Growers Asso.,
Hood River, Oregon
Chris Milius, President, Nebraska Farmers Union, Omaha, Mebraska
George M. Strayer, Executive Secretary, American Soybean
Association, Hudson, Iowa.
EUROPE - Southern
Head: N. I. Neilson, Federal-State Statistician for agricultural
estimates with Agricultural Marketing Services, Portland,
Oregon.
Executive Secretary: Janes 0. Howard, Member of the Department's
Foreign Agricultural Service.
Members:
B. F. Beach, Secretary of Michigan Milk Producers Assn.,
John Bird, Associate Editor of Country Gentleman Magazine,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
W. Rhea Blake, Executive Vice President of National Cotton
Council, Memphis, Tennessee
Guy Josserand, Wheat and Livestock Farmer, Dodge City, Kansas
James J. Love, Tobacco and Livestock farmer of Quincy, Fla.
W. R. Ogg, Director of International Affairs for the American
Farm Bureau Federation, Washington, D. C.
Marvin Schaars, Professor of Agricultural Economics, University
of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
P. 0. Wilson, Secretary-Manager of the National Livestock
Producers Association, Chicago, Illinois
ASIA:
Head: Homer L. Brinkley, Executive Vice President of the
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, Washington, D. C.
Executive Secretary: T. 0. Engebretson, member of the Department's
Foreign Agricultural Service
THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1954
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2:30 pm
Agricultural Trade Missions
ASIA
Members:
Gordon Boals, Director of Export Programs for the Millers
National Federation, Washington, D. C.
Earl E. Hanway, Publisher of Casper Tribune Herald, Casper,
Wyoming
Fred A. Hobart, member, Board of Directors, American
National Cattleman's Assn., Pampa, Texas
T. O. Kluge, Manager of the California Prune and Spricot
Growers Assn., San Jose, California
E. M. Norton, Executive Director of the National Milk
Producers Assn., washington, D. C.
J. Stuart Russell, Farm Editor of Des Moines Register
and Tribune, Des Moines, Iowa
R. C. Travis, Manager, Export Division, Burley Tobacco
Growers Coop. Association, Kentucky
George Wilson, President of the California Farm Bureau,
Clarksburg, California
LATIN AMERICA
Head: Dean Harry J. Reed, of Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind.
Executive Secretary: Arthur G. Kevorkian, member of Department's
Foreign Agricultural Service.
Members:
George Blair, Executive Secretary of the American Rice Growers
Cooperative Assn., St. Charles, Louisiana
Robert R. Coker, President of Coker's Pedigreed Seed Co.,
Hartsville, South Carolina
George B. Pfeifer, General Manager, North Star Dairy, St.
Paul, Minnesota
Paul Sanders, Editor of the Southern Planter Magazine,
Richmond, Virginia
Joseph C. Scott, President of the Bankers Security Life
Insurance Co., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
A. B. Sparboe, Chairman of Export Advisory Committee of
Millers National Federation, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Milo K. Swanton, Executive Secretary of Wisconsin Council
of Agricultural Cooperatives, Madison, Wisconsin
Alfred J. Tisch, Partner in the James Mills Orchards Co.,
Hamilton, California
2:45 pm
Mr. Dave McDonald, President, Steel Workers of America
Mr. I. W. Abel, Secretary-Treasurer
Mr. James T. Thimmes, Vice President
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Sherman Adams
(Arranged at the request of Mr. Rabb)
5:00 pm
(Hon. Roger M. Kyes, Deputy Secretary of Defense)
(Senator William F. Knowland, California)
OFF THE RECORD
(Senator Leverett Saltonstall)
THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1954
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7:30 pm
(The President gave a Stag Dinner for the following:)
Henry C. Alexander, President, J. P. Morgan & Company, New York
George E. Allen, Counsel, alvord & Alvord, Washington
James S. Copley, Chairman, Copley Press, Inc., Aurora, Illinois
Publisher & President, Union-Tribune Publishing Co., San Diego
Richard R. Deupree, Chairman of the Board, Procter & Gamble Co.,
Cincinnati
John L. Hennessy, Director of Hotel Operations, Kirkeby Hotels,
New York
Sidney R. Jackson, Partner, Chambers & Jackson, New York
Henry R. Luce, Editor & Publisher, Time-Life, Inc., New York
George A. Poole, Jr., President, Poole Brothers, Inc., Chicago
Walter S. Robertson, Assistant Secretary of State
Stanley M. Rumbough, Jr., Special Assistant to the Secretary
of Commerce
Richard B. Scudder, Publisher, Newark News, New Jersey
Frank Stanton, President, Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., N.Y.
Jack I. Straus, President, R. H. Macy & Company, New York
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1954
8:00 am
The following had Breakfast with the President:
Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
9:45 am
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Henry F. Holland, Assistant Secretary of State
(Arranged at the request of the Secretary of State, who thought
it would be good publicity to have their picture taken with
the President. Holland has just returned from Caracas.)
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. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. Ralph Tudor, Under Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Walter Williams, Under Secretary of Commerce
Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. William McN. Rand, Deputy 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. Marion Folsom, Under Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Arthur Larson, Under Secretary of Labor
Hon. James Murphy, Chairman, Citizens for Eisenhower
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Arthur Minnich
The following were absent:
The Postmaster General - no representation
The Secretary of the Interior
The Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Harold Stassen
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge
12:00
(Honorable Dan Thornton, Governor of Colorado) OFF THE RECORD
12:45 pm
Mr. and Mrs. S. I. Olson, washington
Mr. and Mrs. George B. Jex, ashington
(Mrs. Neal Tourtellotte, National Committeewoman from Washington
wrote and asked if these people might meet the President. Mrs.
Olson is State Vice-Chairman of Republican Women and Mrs. Jex
is State President. They are in ashington for the Republican
Women's Conference)
FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1954
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12:55 pm
Hon. Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor of Maryland
Dr. Richard D. Weigle, President, St. John's College, Annapolis, Md.
Mr. Richard Cleveland, Chairman of the Board of St. John's College
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Murray Snyder)
(Presented to the President, for the White House Library, a set
of the books which are the basis for the St. John's Curriculum.)
1:05 pm
(Miss Pat Loomis, Denver, Colorado) OFF THE RECORD
1:07 pm
(Hon. Dan Thornton, Governor of Colorado, had Luncheon OFF THE RECORD
with the President)
2:30 pm
The President participated in a brief ceremony in the Rose Garden,
launching the project, HELP KOREA TRAINS.
The following guests were present:
Dr. Howard A. Rusk, President, American-Korean Foundation
Mrs. Wendell Wilkie, National Chairman, Women's Division,
American-Korean Foundation
Mr. Henry Clay Alexander, National Campaign, Chairmen,
American-Korean Foundation
Mr. Philip A. Hollar, Vice President, Association of
American Railroads
3:15 pm
Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1954
8:45 am
(Hon. Harold Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Administration)
OFF THE RECORD
9:00 am
(Mr. Harry Butcher, California) OFF THE RECORD
9:30 am
The President received the Executive Advisory Board and the Finance
Committee of the National Citizens for Eisenhower Congressional
Committee.
(The President received the group in his office and then went
to the Rose Garden for a picture. Mr. Snyder sat in on the
appointment) The following were present:
Officers:
Mr. James Murphy, Chairman
Mr. Spencer Olin
Mr. J. H. Hume
Mrs. J. Ramsey Harris
Mrs. H. Chapman Rose
Mr. Robert Fleming
Mrs. Cheever Cowdin
ADAMS, Kenneth S., Chairman, Phillips Petroleum Co.,
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
AURAND, Calvin W., President, Iowa-Des Moines National Bank,
Des Moines, Iowa
BANCROFT, Thomas M., President and Director, Mt. Vernon-
Woodbury Mills, Inc., Baltimore, Md.
BATHRICK, Donald U., Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
BOWEN, Fred, President, Meredith Publishing Co., Des Moines,
Iowa
BURDEN, William A. M., New York City
CAMPBELL, General Tom., Albuquerque, New Mexico
COLE, Albert, Secretary & Director, Readers Digest Association,
Inc., Pleasantville, New York
COOK, Everett R., President, Cook & Company, Memphis, Tenn.
COOPER, George V., White Swan Inc., Yonkers, New York
DAVIS, Lipscomb, W., Davis Cabinet Co., Nashville, Tenn.
GADSBY, George 1., President, Utah Power & Light Co.,
Salt Lake City, Utah
GALE, Ben, Palm Beach, Florida
HILLSON, Mrs. Edwin I., New York City
HOPKINS, D. Luke, Mercantile Safe Deposit & Trust Co.,
Baltimore, Maryland
KLOTZ, Serge, New York City
LAZARUS, Fred Jr., Federated Department Stores, Cincinnati, Ohio
LEAHY, Frank, Long Beach, Indiana
LEITHEAD, Barry T., New York City
McCABE, Thomas, President, Scott Paper Co., Chester, Pa.
NcCRARY, Tex, Manhassett, L.I., New York
MOORMAN, Lewis J., Jr., San Antonio, Texas
ouimet, Francis, Wellesley Hill, Massachusetts
SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1954
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9:30 am
Citizens for Eisenhower Congressional Committee (Continued)
PAUL, Winston, New York City
PETERSON, Howard, President, Philadelphia Fidelity Trust Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
PEXTON, L. M., President, Denver Union Stock Yard Co., Denver, Colo.
POOLE, George Amos, Jr., Chicago, Illinois
RAMSING, Byron L., First National Bank of Palm Beach, Palm Beach,
Florida
REED, Philip D., Chairman of the Board, General Electric Co., NYC
REYNOLDS, Wiley R., First National Bank of Palm Beach, Pal. Beach,
Florida
ROOSEVELT, John A., New York City
SLICK, Earl F., Slick Airways, Inc., Winston-Salem, N. C.
SPENCER, Kenneth, President, Spencer Chemical Co., Kansas City,
Missouri
STEINBACH, Milton, Wertheim & Co., New York City
TAUBMAN, Mrs. George P., Jr., Long Reach, California
WHITE, Ogden, White, Weld & Co., New York City
WILLIAMS, Frank, Hartford, Conn.
WILLIAMS, Howard, Sarasota, Florida
WILLIAMSON, George H., Williamson Candy Co., Chicago, Illinois
THAYER, Walter, General Counsel, Citizens for Eisenhower
WEINBERG, Sidney, Advisor
DOSTER, Alex
BALL, William
HARRIS, Stephen
MOTTAZ, Rolla
SCHEELEY, Arthur
WASHBURN, C. Langhorne
10:00 am
Honorable John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
10:15 am
(Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce)
(Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor)
(Cong. Charles A. Halleck, Indiana)
(Cong. Samuel K. McConnell, Jr., Pennsylvania) OFF THE RECORD
(Cong. Leslie Arends, Illinois)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Bernard Shanley)
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
10:55 am
(Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. James Hagerty)
(Hon. Murray Snyder)
11:12 am
(The President, accompanied by Governor Thornton and Congressman
Halleck, departed for Burning Tree Golf Club)
SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1954
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11:12 am
(Continued)
The President played golf at Burning Tree Club with the following:
Colonel Thomas Belshe
Mr. John S. Brooks, Jr.
Mr. Fred T. Marshall
4:45 pm
(The President returned to the White House accompanied by Governor
Dan Thornton, Colorado)
(Governor Thornton remained at the White House until 8:00 p.m.)
6:10 pm
(Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Eisenhower) OFF THE RECORD
(Remained until 8:00 p.m.)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 1954
11:00 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower attended the 11:00 a.m. Service
at the National Presbyterian Church
2:00 pm
(Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury)
(Mr. J. H. Whitney)
(Mr. George Allen)
(OFF THE RECORD AT THE WHITE HOUSE)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1954
7:50 am
(Hon. Bryce Harlow had Breakfast with the President) OFF THE RECORD
8:30 am
Legislative Leaders
Honorable Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Senator illiam F. Knowland, California
Senator Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Hon. Joseph Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Congressman Charles Halleck, Indiana
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Murray Snyder
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Earle Chesney
Hon. Arthur Minnich
9:45 am
(General John Bragdon) OFF THE RECORD
10:30 am
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
(Usual Monday appointment)
11:00 am
Hon. Arthur Burns
(Usual Monday appointment - Dr. Hauge was not present)
11:15 am
(R. H. Coffee, of Texas)
(Capt. Charles M. Whitley, Office of the Secretary of the Navy)
(OFF THE RECORD - Arranged at the request of Secretary Anderson)
11:30 am
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
(Usual Monday appointment)
12:45 pm
Hon. John M. Cabot, American Ambassador to Sweden
(Newly appointed and asked, thru Protocol, to call on the
President before departing for Stockholm)
12:55 pm
(Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget)
(Hon. Albert Cole, Administrator, Housing & Home Finance Agency)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Bernard Shanley)
1:00 pm
(Honorable John McCone, of Los Angeles, had Luncheon with the President)
(OFF THE RECORD - Arranged by Mr. Stephens)
MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1954
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2:30 pm
Mr. Kenneth L. Wilson, President of the United States Olympic Committee
Mr. J. Lyman Bingham, Executive Director
Mr. Hudson Stoddard, Life Magazine
Mr. Larry Hoover, Life Magazine
Mr. John D. Murphy, Public Relations
(Life Magazine is cooperating with U. S. Olympic Committee to
raise funds to send our Olympic Teams to Australia and Italy
in 1954, and this publicity is to help this fund drive. They
will present to the President a personal copy of the 1952
Olympic Games.)
2:45 pm
Jean Monnet, Head of Coul-Steel Community
Hon. John Simmons, Chief, Division of Protocol
3:15 pm
Admiral Jerrauld Wright, Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic; also
Commander in Chief, U. S. Atlantic Fleet
(Arranged by Commander Beach)
7:30 pm
The President gave a Stag Dinner for the following:
C. R. Black, Jr., Insurance Executive, New York
James C. Black, Manager, Republic Steel Corp., Washington
W. Maxey Jarman, Chairman, General Shoe Corp., Nashville, Tenn.
Hon. Eric A. Johnston, President, Motion Picture Association
of America, Inc., Washington
Edward D. Lane, Vice President, Pond's Extract Co., New York
Justus B. L. Lawrence, The Lawrence Organization (Pub.Rel.) New York
James H. Lemon, Johnston Lenon & Co. (Investments), Washington
W. A. Moncrief, Oil Producer, Fort Worth, Texas
George Meany, President, American Federation of Labor, Washington
G. Gordon Moore (Colonel), President, Air Transit Services, Inc.,
Washington, D. C.
Hon. True D. Morse, Under Secretary of Agriculture
Walter P. Reuther, President, Congress of Industrial Organizations,
Washington, D. C.
George A. Sloan, President, The Nutrition Foundation, Inc., New York
James G. Stahlman, President, Nashville Banner
Gene Tunney, Chairman of the Board, Denman Tire & Rubber Co., New York
President, Stamford Building Co., Inc., Connecticut
Hon. Charles F. Willis, Jr., Assistant to the Assistant to the President
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1954
8:30 am
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Hon. James Lay)
(Briefed the President on N. S. C.)
9:30 am
National Security Council
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Acting Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. William M. Rand, Acting Director, Foreign Operations Adm.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O.D.M.
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Herbert Brownell, Jr., The Attorney General
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, 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. General 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
12:15 pm
Senator Lister Hill, Alabama
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
12:35 pm
General and Mrs. Leonard
12:45 pm
H.E. Leo Mates, Ambassador of the Federal People's Republic
of Yugoslavia
(Hon. John F. Simmons)
(Newly appointed - presented his credentials)
12:50 pm
Congressman Charles S. Gubser, California
Marcia Gubser, daughter of the Congressman
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:35 pm
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left the White House for
Griffith Stadium, where they attended the Opening Baseball Game)
6:00 pm
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left Griffith Stadium and motored
to MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport)
6:25 pm
Airborne for Augusta, Georgia. The following were members of the
Presidential Party:
The President and Mrs. Lisenhower
Mrs. Doud
General and Mrs. Howard Snyder
Hon. Thomas E. Stephens
Hon. James Hagerty
TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1954
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6:25 pm
Members of Presidential Party (Continued)
Mrs. Mary Jane McCaffree
Mrs. Ann Whitman
Miss Mary Caffery
John & Doloris Moaney
Rose Wood
Hon. James J. Rowley
Special Agent Dick Flohr
8:30 pm
Arrived at Augusta, Georgia
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1954
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
2:05 pm The President played golf with the following:
Mr. Frank Willard
Mr. Bill Robinson
Mr. L. F. McCollum
5:10 pm Golf Game was completed.
5:30 pm The President fished.
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6:20 pm
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1954
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
9:00 am
The President went to the Office where he signed a Bill.
Photographers and reporters were present:
10:43 am
The President played golf with the following:
Mr. John Budinger
Mr. Albert Bradley
Mr. Clarence J. Schoo
2:30 pm
Golf Game was completed.
4:30 pm
The President fished.
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7:15 pm
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1954
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
9:30 am
The President played nine holes of golf with Major and Mrs.
John Eisenhower
2:00 pm
The President played golf with the following:
Mr. Ed Dudley
Mr. Cliff Roberts
Mr. Bob Woodruff
Rain cancelled the game at the 14th hole.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1954
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
11:00 am
The President played golf with the following:
Mr. Bill Robinson
Mr. Bob Woodruff
Mr. Albert Bradley
During this game Mr. Bradley had a hole in one at the 12th with
a No. 4 iron.
12:25 pm
Golf Game was completed.
1:45 pm
Picture taking.
2:00 pm
The President played golf with the following:
Major John Eisenhower
Mr. Billy Jo Patton
Mr. William H. Zimmerman
4:55 pm
Golf game was completed.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 1954
EASTER SUNDAY
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
9:00 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower, accompanied by Mrs. John S.
Doud and Major and Mrs. John Eisenhower, attended Services at
the Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church in the Sunday School
Auditorium.
Following the Church Service, the President laid the cornerstone
for the new Church.
11:00 am
The President played golf with the following:
Major John Eisenhower
Mr. Billy Jo Patton
Mr. William Zimmerman
2:00 pm
Golf game was completed.
3:00 pm
The President fished with David Eisenhower.
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5:00 pm
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1954
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
8:45 am
The President went to the Office.
12:35 pm
Hon. John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State, arrived at
Augusta National. Newsreel and still photographs were taken.
Immediately thereafter the President and the Secretary of State
had Luncheon, alone.
2:00 pm
The Secretary of State departed at approximately this time.
2:15 pm
The President played golf with the following:
Mr. Edgar Eisenhower
Mr. Jock Whitney
Mr. Bill Robinson
5:45 pm
Golf game was completed. The President practiced until 6:15 p.m.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1954
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
8:45 am
The President went to the Office.
9:30 am
The President played golf with the following:
Mr. Edgar Eisenhower
Mr. Ed Dudley
They played six holes.
10:45 am
Golf game completed.
1:50 pm
The President played golf with the following:
Mr. Edgar Eisenhower
Mr. Cliff Roberts
Mr. Ed Dudley
4:47 pm
Golf game completed.
5:00 pm
The President fished with David Eisenhower at the Lake at the 16th hole.
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They caught several bass and blue gills.
7:00 pm
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1954
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
9:00 am
The President went to the Office and remained until approximately
9:30 a.m.
10:28 am
The President played golf with the following:
Mr. Ed Dudley
Played two balls - nine holes.
1:50 pm
Golf game completed.
1:57 pm
The President played golf with the following:
Mr. Jerry Franklin
Mr. Julian Roberts
Mr. Cliff Roberts
5:22 pm
Completed golf game.
5:50 pm
The President fished with General Paul T. Carroll at the Big Hole
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and they caught one fish. Later they went to the Lake at the 16th
7:30 pm
hole.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1954
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
7:55 am
The President went to the Office and remained until about 8:10 am.
8:20 am
The President played golf with the following:
Mr. Edgar Eisenhower
Mr. Ed Dudley
Mr. Bob Christy
11:17 am
Completed 18 holes.
12:50 pm
The President arrived at the Augusta Airport and met Mrs. Hanna
Sim Lee and her son, John Sim Lee, adopted Chinese boy.
12:55 pm
Airborne Augusta, Georgia.
2:50 pm
Arrived MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport. The President
motored direct to Constitution Hall where he extended Greetings to
the members attending the annual convention of the Daughters of the
American Revolution.
3:25 pm
The President departed Constitution Hall and motored direct to the
White House arriving at 3:27 p.m.
3:30 pm
The President witnessed the Swearing-in of Honorable Meyer Kestnbaum
as a Member of the Commission on Inter-Governmental Relations. Mrs.
Kestnbaum and members of the White House Staff also witnessed the
ceremony.
3:35 pm
The President departed the White House for MATS, Terminal, Washington
National Airport.
3:55 pm
Airborne Washington, D. C.
4:50 pm
Arrived New York, New York. The President motored direct to the
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
6:00 pm
The President met with the following representatives of the New York
Republican Club and received the Club's War Memorial Award:
Mr. John G. Linsner, President
Mr. Robert A. Hendrickson, Jr., Board of Governors
Mr. John V. Lindsay, Chairman, Board of Advisors
6:30 pm
The President attended the Forty-first Annual Dinner of the American
Newspaper Publishers Association at the Waldorf.
9:00 pm
The President addressed the American Newspaper Publishers Association.
Speech was carried over Radio and TV.
THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1954
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10:10 pm
Airborne New York, New York.
11:15 pm Arrived MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport. The President
motored direct to the White House.
11:30 pm
Arrived at the White House.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1954
8:00 am
In the Office at the White House.
8:40 am
The President departed the White House for MATS Terminal, Washington
National Airport.
EST 9:00 am
Airborne Washington, D. C.
CST 10:10 am
Arrived Godman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. Greetings and Escort
Ceremonies
CST 10:20 am
The President departed Godman Field for Fort Knox.
CST 10:28 am
Arrived at the reviewing stand Rendition of honors
CST 10:35 am
Tank Review commenced.
= 10:50 am
The President departed the reviewing stand and motored to the Abraham
Lincoln National Historical Park, just outside of Hodgenville.
=
11:55 am
Arrived Lincoln Memorial Building - Greetings - Presentation of Boy
Scout Medal - Inspection of Lincoln Cabin - Remarks by the President.
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12:25 pm
Departed Lincoln Memorial Building for Lincoln Monument in Hodgenville.
12:35 pm
Arrived Lincoln Monument and the President laid a wreath.
CST 12:40 pm
The President walked to the Women's Club Building.
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12:45 pm
Luncheon served in the Women's Club Building.
"
1:30 pm
Departed Women's Club and motored to Godman Field.
"
2:10 pm
Arrived Godman Field. Honors were rendered.
Mr. W. T. Owens, Director of the Advertising Club of Louisville,
and Mrs. Dale, a member of the Club, presented a picture, "Normandy
Landing" by James Sessions, to the President.
=
2:15 pm
Airborne Godman Field, Louisville, Kentucky.
If
2:45 pm
Arrived Blue Grass Airport, Lexington, Kentucky. Greetings
"
3:00 pm
Departed Airport for Transylvania College.
It
3:20 pm
Arrived Transylvania College. Presentation of gifts in Dr. Rose's
office. Rest.
"
3:55 pm
Appeared on the Speaker's platform.
4:00 pm
Convocation Program commenced.
FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1954
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CST 4:30 pm
The President delivered Greetings.
If
4:45 pm
Dedication of the Frances Carrick Thomas Library commenced.
"
5:00 pm
The President walked to the Frances Carrick Thomas Library where
he attended a reception.
It
5:35 pm
The President departed Transylvania College for Blue Grass Airport.
"
5:45 pm
Arrived at Blue Grass Airport.
CST
5:50 pm
Airborne Lexington, Kentucky
EST
8:15 pm
Arrived Augusta, Georgia. The President motored direct to the
Augusta National Golf Club.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1954
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
2:40 pm
The President played golf with the following:
Mr. Bill Robinson
Mr. Elbert Peabody, Banker in Augusta
Mr. Cliff Roberts
5:37 pm
Golf game completed.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 1954
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
10:00 am
The President played golf with the following starting at the 10th hole:
Mr. Cliff Roberts
Mr. Bill Robinson
Mr. Richard Taylor
1:00 om
Golf game completed.
4:45 pm
Mr. E. Elkins escorted by Mr. Stephens arrived at the Club and met
the President. After a few words were exchanged Mr. Elkins departed.
EST
5:45 pm
Airborne Augusta, Georgia
EDT
8:45 pm
Arrived MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport. The President
and Mrs. Eisenhower motored direct to the White House.
9:00 pm
Arrived at the White House.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1954
8:30 am
The Legislative Leaders
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Sen. Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Sen. Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Hon. Joseph Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Cong. Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Cong. Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Cong. Leo Allen, Illinois
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Murray Snyder
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Hon. Earle Chesney
Hon. Arthur Minnich
10:00 am
(Senator Everett McK. Dirksen, Illinois)
(Cong. Leslie C. Arends, Illinois)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
10:30 am
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
(Usual Monday appointment)
11:00 am
Hon. William J. Donovan, American Ambassador to Thailand
(Ambassador Donovan requested this through Protocol)
11:25 am
(The President left for Constitution Hall, where he said a few
words of greeting to the Opening Session of the 42nd Annual
Meeting of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce)
11:45 am
(Clarence Francis and granddaughter, Wendy Wright, and Mrs. Wright)
OFF THE RECORD
12:00
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
(Usual Monday appointment)
1:00 pm
The following had Luncheon with the President in the Conference
Room in the West Wing of the Executive Offices:
Hon. Johnston Murray, Governor of Oklahoma
Hon. Dan Thornton, Governor of Colorado
Hon. Edwin L. Mechem, Governor of New Mexico
Hon. Allan Shivers, Governor of Texas
MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1954
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1:00 pm
Luncheon in the Conference Room (Continued)
Hon. Edward F. Arn, Governor of Kansas
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Val Peterson, Administrator, F.C.D.A.
Hon. Homer Gruenther
2:30 pm
The President met with the following in the Cabinet Room to discuss
the drought situation:
Hon. Johnston Murray, Governor of Oklahoma
Hon. Dan Thornton, Governor of Colorado
Hon. Edwin L. Mechem, Governor of New Mexico
Hon. Allan Shivers, Governor of Texas
Hon. Edward F. Arn, Governor of Kansas
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Val Peterson
Hon. Homer Gruenther
3:00 pm
Hon. James B. Conant, U. S. High Commissioner for Germany
(Dr. Conant requested this through Department of State)
3:15 pm
(Mr. Ward Bannister, Denver, Colorado) OFF THE RECORD
3:30 pm
(Hon. Walter B. Smith, Acting Secretary of State) OFF THE RECORD
4:00 pm
Congressman John Taber, New York
Congressman Richard B. Wigglesworth, Massachusetts
8:00 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave a dinner for the Governors
of the States and Territories who are in Washington for the
Governors' Conference.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1954
8:45 am
(Honorable Lewis Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission)
OFF THE RECORD
9:00 am
Senator John J. Williams, Delaware
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
(Hon. Bernard Shanley)
(The Senator requested this appointment)
10:15 am
Hon. Goodwin J. Knight, Governor of California
State Senator Luther E. Gibson, Vallejo, California
Mayor George Demon, of Ballejo, California
(Governor Knight requested this thru the Chief Justice: To
invite the President to attend celebration of 100th anniversary
of founding of Mare Island)
10:30 am
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Samuel M. Brownell, Commissioner of Education
(They asked to see the President before they addressed the
Governors' Conference.)
11:30 am
Dr. C. W. Mayo, Rochester, Minnesota
Mr. Paul Grassle, Sr., President, Rochester Centennial Association
(Discussed possibility of the President taking part in
Rochester Centennial festivities this year)
12:30 pm
The President received a Teen-Age Republican Group from the State
of New Jersey: Appointment requested by Congressman Widnall, N.J.
The following were present:
ACKERMAN, Judith, Hackettstown, New Jersey
ALLEN, George, Hackettstown, New Jersey
AMORE, Kathleen, Philipsburg, New Jersey
APGAR, Janice, Bloomsbury, New Jersey
AULICINO, Albert, Sparta, New Jersey
AYERS, Carol, Blairstown, New Jersey
BEATTY, Douglas, Hackettstown, New Jersey
BELTZ, Kenneth, Stewartsville, New Jersey
BIERS, Mary Jane, Phillipsburg, New Jersey
BOTTORF, Nancy, Delaware, New Jersey
BRAUER, Matilda, Blairstown, New Jersey
BURMAN, Nancy, Washington, New Jersey
COMPTON, Mary, Phillipsburg, New Jersey
COURTRIGHT, Sandra Ann, Columbia, New Jersey
CRAMER, Judith, Long Valley, New Jersey
CROTSLEY, David, Long Valley, New Jersey
CZAJKOWSKI, Patricia, Washington, New Jersey
DARMELIO, Audrey, Washington, New Jersey
DEADY, Dora, Long Valley, New Jersey
DeMERITT, Shirley, Hackettstown, New Jersey
TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1954
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12:30 pm Teen-Age Republican Group (Continued)
DONALDSON, Bruce, Hackettstown, New Jersey
EBERLE, Mary, Blairstown, New Jersey
EMBREY, Caroline
FREY, Charlotte, Stewartsville, New Jersey
GOLDSTEIN, Marcia, Hackettstown, New Jersey
HANLON, Miss Helene, Easton, Pennsylvania
HART, Barbara, Phillipsburg, New Jersey
HARTMAN, Harry, Hackettstown, New Jersey
NEIL, Nancy, Hackettstown, New Jersey
HIBLER, Billy, Hackettstown, New Jersey
HIBLER, Joan, Hackettstown, New Jersey
HOSER, Ethel, Stewartsville, New Jersey
HUTCHINSON, Ruth A., Delaware, New Jersey
JOHNSON, John, Hackettstown, New Jersey
JOHNSON, Karen, Hackettstown, New Jersey
KECKHUT, Eleanore, Washington, New Jersey
KINSEY, Carlyn, Hackettstown, New Jersey
KINSEY, Joan, Hackettstown, New Jersey
KOCH, Paulette, Phillipsburg, New Jersey
KOEHLER, Jacqueline, Blairstown, New Jersey
KREIDER, Diane, Still Valley, New Jersey
LAND, Michael S., Blairstown, New Jersey
LAND, Mrs. Thornton C., Blairstown, New Jersey
LAND, Thornton R., Blairstown, New Jersey
LERCH, Glenn, Stewartsville, New Jersey
LIBBEY, Robert E., Belvidere, New Jersey
LONG, Barbara, Phillipsburg, New Jersey
MACAULY, Walter, Jr., Phillipsburg, New Jersey
MAIER, Joyce, Phillipsburg, New Jersey
MARSHALL, Mrs. George, Belvidere, New Jersey
MARSHALL, George W., Belvidere, New Jersey
MATVIAK, Patsy, Phillipsburg, New Jersey
McGOWAN, Miss Marie, Phillipsburg, New Jersey
MILLER, Russell, Jr., Phillipsburg, New Jersey
MORROW, Arlene, Phillipsburg, New Jersey
MORROW, Donald, Phillipsburg, New Jersey
MOYER, Mr. Banks E., Washington, New Jersey
MYERS, Barbara, Long Valley, New Jersey
NEIDIG, Jeanne, Belvidere, New Jersey
NENOW, Beverly, Phillipsburg, New Jersey
NENOW, Miss Janet, Phillipsburg, New Jersey
NEWALL, Kay Van, Hackettstown, New Jersey
NORMINGTON, Daisy Jean, Belvidere, New Jersey
NORTON, Richard, Phillipsburg, New Jersey
PARR, Ann, Phillipsburg, New Jersey
PETERS, Adriene, Phillipsburg, New Jersey
PIERCE, John C., Belvidere, New Jersey
PURSEL, Janice M., Phillipsburg, New Jersey
PURSEL, Maryon G., Phillipsburg, New Jersey
RAFFERTY, Sally Ann, Phillipsburg, New Jersey
ROBSON, Martha, Allamuchy, New Jersey
TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1954
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12:30 pm
Teen-Age Republican Group (Continued)
ROMANI, Jane Ann, Belvidere, New Jersey
RUBEL, Mrs. Enola J., Washington, New Jersey
SAVACOOL, Ila Jean, Newton, New Jersey
SCHUBMEHL, Miss Martha M., Secretary to Cong. Widnall
SEVERE, Errol Dwight Severe, Blairstown, New Jersey
SIES, John, Jr., Asbury, New Jersey
SNOVER, Layton Howard, Belvidere, New Jersey
SNYDER, Sam, Phillipsburg, New Jersey
TAYLOR, David, Phillipsburg, New Jersey
TERSIGNI, John, Alpha, New Jersey
TICKNER, Beverly, Hackettstown, New Jersey
TOMEO, Antonio, Ellwood City, Pennsylvania
TOMEO, Stefano, Jr., Jackettstown, New Jersey
TOMEO, Stephen, Hackettstown, New Jersey
WADHAMS, Mr. Rodney D., Washington, New Jersey
TOMEO, Thomas, National Chairman of Republican Teen-Agers,
Hackettstown, New Jersey
VINCENT, Mary Lee
WHITMORE, Ann, Belvidere, New Jersey
WIDENOR, William Cramer, Belvidere, New Jersey
WINDALL, William S., Saddle River, New Jersey
WISMER, David, Phillipsburg, New Jersey
YEAGER, Patricia, Hackettstown, New Jersey
ZWALD, Robert, Phillipsburg, New Jersey
12:45 pm
Honorable William B. Umstead, North Carolina, Governor of
Senator Clyde R. Hoey, North Carolina
Congressman Charles Raper Jonas, North Carolina
Hon. J. E. Broyhill, North Carolina Member of the National
Republican Committee
Hon. Phil Van Every, Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina
Mr. A. Grant Whitney, Chairman, Armed Forces Committee
Hon. Victor Shaw, Former Mayor of City of Charlotte, North Carolina
Mr. C. W. Gilchrist, President, Charlotte Chamber of Commerce
Mr. George M. Ivey, Charlotte, North Carolina
Mr. Eli B. Springs, Charlotte, North Carolina
(Invited the President to come to Charlotte May 18th for
celebration of Armed Forces Week and the Mecklenburg Declaration
of Independence)
12:55 pm
(Mr. and Mrs. Ronald William Welch) OFF THE RECORD
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:30 pm
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. True D. Morse, Under Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. John Davis, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Henry F. Holland, Assistant Secretary of State
Hon. Samuel Waugh, Assistant Secretary of State
Mr. Steve Benedict
(Discussed quota on imports of Tung Nuts and Tung Oil)
TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1954
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3:00 pm
General James A. Van Fleet
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. W. J. McNeil, Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Arranged by Secretary Wilson as General Van Fleet and Mr.
McNeil due to leave for Far East)
3:15 pm (General Garrison Davidson) OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
3:30 pm
Hon. William G. Stratton, Governor of Illinois
9:00 pm
The Congressional Reception
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1954
8:30 am
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Hon. James Lay)
(Briefed the President on N. S. C.)
9:00 am
Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Hon. Christian A. Herter, Governor of Massachusetts
(Invited the President to visit a rally in Massachusetts on
November 1st, which will wind up Republican Campaign for
Governor and Senator.)
9:10 am
(Senator Everett McK. Dirksen, Illinois)
(Mr. Joseph T. Meek, Republican Nominee for U. S. Senate, Illinois)
OFF THE RECORD
9:15 am
Congressman Clark W. Thompson, Texas
(Congressman Thompson requested this thru General Persons,
to discuss tin smelter at Texas City and the Texas City
disaster claims)
9:45 am
Congressman Harold C. Ostertag, New York
Miss Constance Powell
Mr. Rodney Moag
(Congressman Ostertag asked if he might bring in these 18 year
old winners of essay contest conducted among high school seniors
of 39th District of New York, on "Should the Vote be Extended
to 18 Year Olds")
10:05 am
Hon. C. Elmer Anderson, Governor of Minnesota
Senator Edward J. Thye, Minnesota
Mr. Valdimar Bjornson, Minneapolis, Minnesota
General Paul T. Carroll
10:10 am
Dr. William Russell, President, Teachers College, New York
10:15 am
The President received the Steering Committee of the National
Committee for Traffic Safety.
(Arranged at the direction of Governor Adams: This Committee
was formed in February during Highway Safety Conference, and
is to act as advisory group to develop program to spur on
committees throughout U. S. for organizing highway safety campaigns)
The following were present:
Steering Committee:
Harlow H. Curtice, President of General Motors Corp., Chairman
of Steering Committee
Hon. Dan Thornton, Governor of Colorado
Robert R. Snodgrass, President, Atlas Auto Finance Co.,
Atlanta, Georgia
Charles B. Shuman, President, Illinois Agricultural Asso., Chicago
Charles F. McCahill, General Manager, Cleveland News
Mrs. Raymond Sayre, Past National President, Associated Country
Women of the World, Ackworth, Iowa
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1954
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10:15 am
Steering Com. of the National Com. for Traffic Safety:
Also present:
Donald L. Oakley, Union Label and Service Trades Dept., AF of L
Rear Admiral H. B. Miller (USN Ret.) Director, White House
Conference on Highway Safety
J. W. Bethea, Deputy Director, White House Conference on Highway
Safety
Paul F. Royster, Assistant to the Under Secretary of Commerce
Light B. Yost, Director of Field Operations, General Motors Corp.
A. G. Delorenzo
10:45 am
Dr. Frederick D. Patterson, Director, Phelps-Stokes Fund, N.Y.C.
(Dr. Patterson wished to discuss his recent trip to Liberia with
the President. This was cleared with the State Department)
11:00 am
Senator Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Mr. Foster Winter, Chairman of St. Lawrence Waterway Committee
Mr. Gerald Warren, Detroit Board of Commerce
Mr. Wilbur Brucker, General Council of Department of Defense
(Presented to the President a specially made fountain pen)
11:15 am
(Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F. O. A.) OFF THE RECORD
11:15 am
(Hon. Walter B. Smith, Acting Secretary of State)
(Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J. C. S.) OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
12:30 pm
(The President departed for Burning Tree Golf Club where he played
golf with the following:
Hon. C. Elmer Anderson, Governor of Minnesota
Senator Edward J. Thye, Minnesota
Mr. Valdimar Bjornson, Minneapolis, Minnesota
5:40 pm
(The President returned to the White House)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1954
8:30 am
(Mr. Hagerty)
9:00 am
Press Conference
9:30 am
The President received the leaders of the United Defense Fund, Inc.
(The President also presented a citation to General Doolittle,
given him by the United Defense Fund for his services on behalf
of this program. Rose Garden reception) The following were
present:
AARON, Charles, 38 S. Dearborn St., Chicago 3, Illinois
AHLGREN, Mrs. Oscar A., 1734 N St., N.W., Washington 6, D. C.
AHRENS, Donald E., 2860 Clark, Detroit 32, Michigan
ALBRECHT, Josephine, 1101 M St., N.W., Wash. 5, D. C.
ALDERMAN, Saul S., 10 W. 2nd St., Fulton, New York
ALEXANDER, Claude L., 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York
ALEXANDER, Frank F., Electric Wheel Co., Quincy, Illinois
ALLEN, George W., 2527 Ross Ave., Dallas, Texas
ANDRUS, Milt, 211 W. 5th St., Pueblo, Colorado
ALLEN, Dr. J. P., First Baptist Church, Charlottesville, Va.
ARIES, Leonard P., 820 Southern Bldg, Washington 5, D. C.
AYERS, James R., Jr., Southern States Bldg., Richmond 13, Va.
AYRES, Lyman S., L. S. Ayres & Co., Indianapolis, Indiana
BAKER, G. Cornelius, First Nat'l Bank Bldg., Attleboro, Mass.
BAKER, Ralph J., 5660 N. River Rd., Marine City, Michigan
BALDWIN, 0. H. P., Farmers Bank, Wilmington, Delaware
BALDWIN, William H., 205 E. 42nd St., N.Y. 17, New York
BANISTER, Margaret, Pentagon - Room 2E773, Washington 25, D. C.
BANNING, Margaret Culkin, 740 E Superior St., Duluth, Minnesota
BARBIERI, R. J., 300 Montgomery St., San Francisco, Calif.
BARTLETT, Herbert, 1101 M St., N. W., Washington 5, D. C.
BARTLETT, William H., 1101 M St., N. W., Washington 5, D. C.
BEATTY, Mrs. Donald S., 1101 M St., N. W., Washington 5, D. C.
BAUE, Arthur C., 620 Jefferson St., St. Charles, Missouri
BAXTER, Mr. & Mrs. Rex B., Amarillo Bldg., Amarillo, Texas
BEADLE, William H., 2316 Wicklyn Rd., Lancaster, Pa.
BECKETT, Timothy F., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York 36, New York
BECKMAN, Arthur L., 138 So. Schuyler Ave., Kankakee, Illinois
BEDWELL, Col. Theodore C., Jr., USAF (MC), Office of the Surgeon
General, Headquarters USAF, Washington 25, D. C.
BEEBE, Russell T., City Hall, East St. Louis, Illinois
BEIRNE, Joseph A., 1808 Adams Mill Rd., N.W., Wash. 9, D. C.
BENGTSON, C. A., 62 Henry St., Binghamton, New York
BERARD, Arthur A., 31 South St., Mt. Vernon, New York
BERRY, Major Gen. Kearie L., Adjutant General's Dept., Austin, Texas
BEUCHERT, Rita, 1101 M St., N. W., Washington 5, D. C.
BIBB, R. E., P. O. Box 760, Eagle Pass, Texas
BIRT, Charles J., 200 Wilder Bldg., St. Paul 2, Minnesota
BLACK, Hulon W., University of Texas, Austin 12, Texas
BLACKBURN, Clark W., 192 Lexington Ave., New York 16, New York
BLANCHARD, Ralph H., 345 E. 46th St., New York 17, New York
BLODGETT, William W., Jr., 345 East 46 St., New York 17, New York
BLOOD, Kenneth, Singer Bldg, Springfield, Illinois
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BLOUT, Harry L., 3120 Oak Park Ave., Berwyn, Illinois
BLUNCK, Herbert C., Hotel Statler, Wash. 13, D. C.
BOETTCHER, Arthur S., 107 So. Washington, Lansing, Michigan
BOLLMAN, William P., III, 45 Broadway, New York 6, New York
BOLTON, Hon. Frances P., House Office Bldg., Wash., D. C.
BOND, Edwin E., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York 36, New York
BONDY, Robert E., 345 East 46 St., New York 17, New York
BOOTH, Richard E., 607 Shelby St., Detroit, Michigan
BOUSTEAD, Charles H., Colorado Fuel & Iron Corp., Pueblo, Colo.
BOWEN, William A., 15 Westminster St., Providence, Rhode Island
CASWELL, H. R., Teachers College, Columbia Univ., New York 27, N.Y.
CHARLTON, Walter J., 138 So. Schuyler Ave., Kankakee, Illinois
CHERNEY, Paul, 1101 M St., N.W., Washington 5, D. C.
CHEWNING, Mr. & Mrs. B. E., Box 600, Roanoke, Va.
CISLER, Walker L., 2000 Second Ave., Detroit 26, Michigan
CLARK, Herbert G., 1 No. 13th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
CLEARWATER, Mr. & Mrs. Winfield, Chamber of Commerce, Allentown, Pa.
COCHRANE, Vice Admiral E. L., USN (Ret.), 2 Larchwood Drive,
Cambridge 38, Massachusetts
COCKLIN, Robert F., 1529 - 18th St., N. W., Washington 6, D. C.
CODDING, Guy R., 345 E. 46 St., New York 17, New York
COHEN, Louis J., 744 Broad St., Newark 2, New Jersey
COLEMAN, David T., 166 Grove St., Charleston, South Carolina
COLLINS, James H., 408 Academy Bldg., Fall River, Mass.
CONRAD, Mrs. Irene Franham, 345 East 46 St., New York 17, New York
COOK, Mabel R., 17th & K Sts., N.W., Washington 6, D. C.
COOLEY, Mr. & Mrs. Joe, Chamber of Commerce, Abilene, Texas
COOPER, Eleanor M., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York 36, New York
COPP, Carl A., 300 Taylor St., Dayton, Ohio
CORRIGAN, Lt. Col. Thomas F., Office of the Secy of Defense, Wash.D.C.
COUVILLON, Bryson S., 1751 N Street, N. W., Washington 6, D. C.
COXHEAD, Stuart B., 720 Frelinghuysen Ave., Newark 5, New Jersey
CRAIGHILL, G. Bowdoin, Jr., McLean, Virginia
CRAIGIE, Walter W., 516 E. Main St., Richmond 15, Virginia
CRAWLEY, S. John, 4936 Montgomery Ave., Beltsville, Maryland
CROCKETT, T. W., Mississippi Valley Gas Co., Jackson, Mississippi
CROUSE, J. L., Ohio Steel Foundry Co., Lima, Ohio
CUTHBERTSON, William H., 345 E. 46 St., New York 17, New York
DABNEY, Mrs. Mary, 345 East 46 St., New York, New York
DAILOR, Frances M., 1820 Harvard St., N.W., Wash. 9, D. C.
DALTON, Mrs. William H., 33 Stone St., Augusta, Maine
DARBY, Golden B., 6156 Cottage Grove, Chicago, Illinois
DAVISON, Harry P., J. P. Morgan & Co., 23 Wall St., New York, N.Y.
DAY, Richard, Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Fulton, New York
DECHERT, Robert, 13th Floor, Packard Bldg., Philadelphia 2, Pa.
DELANO, John S., Washington Bldg., Washington, D. C.
DELSANDRO, Albert P., 327 McKean Ave., Donora, Pa.
DeMARCHE, Dr. David F., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York 36, New York
DiBELIA, Edward, Prince Georges County Community Chest, Mt. Rainier, Md.
DICKIE, George E., Room 2649 - South Interior Bldg., Wash. 25, D. C.
DIXON, Mrs. Amos F., Green Hill Farm, Stillwater, New Jersey
DIXON, Mrs. Marguerite, 345 East 46 St., New York 17, New York
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DOOLITTLE, James H., 50 W. 50th St., New York 20, New York
DREGGE, John W., 901 International Aviation Bldg., Montreal,
Quebec, Canada
DuBOIS, C. Arthur, Scovill Manufacturing Co., Waterbury, Conn.
DUFFIELD, Hugh K., 4500 Wisconsin Ave., N. W., Wash., D. C.
DUFFY, Vincent C., 15 Lee Place, Paterson, New Jersey
DULCAN, Charles B., 1034 Woodward Bldg., Washington, D. C.
DUNCAN, John B., Recorder of Deeds, Washington, D. C.
EDDY, Manton S., Lt. Gen., USA (Ret.), P.O. Box 1039, Columbus, Georgia
EDINGER, Ernest H., 901 E. Broad St., Richmond 19, Virginia
EDWARDS, Nettie, 1 No. 13th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
EDWARDS, Mr. & Mrs. Vivian P., Jr., 234 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton, Pa.
EHRMAN, Mrs. S. Mason, 1 S. W. Arthur Way, Green Hills, Portland, Ore.
EIG, Sam, 400 Eig Bldg., Silver Spring, Maryland
ELLIOTT, Arvle S., First National Bank of Edna, Edna, Texas
ELLYSON, William, Jr., 6th & Broad Sts., Richmond 17, Va.
ENGLAND, Benjamin M., 74 North St., Pittsfield, Mass.
EPPERT, Ray R., 6071 Second Ave., Detroit 32, Michigan
EWALD, E. L., 32 N. Liberty St., Cumberland, Maryland
EWING, Wilson, 14 Haines Ave., Rising Sun, Maryland
FAGAN, Mrs. Kathryn L., 711 So. Fess Ave., Bloomington, Ind.
FALES, Edward C., c/o American Welding & Mfg. Co., Warren, Ohio
FARNSWORTH, Harriet, 988 Market St., San Francisco, California
FARRELL, Mr. & Mrs. Claude H., Box 627, Elkin, North Carolina
FAUBION, Buford P., 291 Broadway, New York 7, New York
FAUBION, Mrs. Sybil, 10 Welwyn Road, Great Neck, New York
FEITELBERG, Abraham, 145 East 32 St., New York 16, New York
FEITELSON, Milton, 516 Commerial Trust Bldg, Philadelphia, 2, Pa.
FENICLE, Mrs. Margaret E., R. D. #2, Shippensburg, Pa.
FERNS, Thomas A., 717 First National Tower, Akron 8, Ohio
FINLEY, Dorothy M., 600 Lexington Ave., New York 22, New York
FIRESTONE, Mr. & Mrs. Harvey S., Jr., 1200 Firestone Parkway,
Akron, 17, Ohio
FISHER, Mrs. Herbert, Sr., 154 No. Beacon St., Hartford 5,, Conn.
FISHER, Ruth, 2 Park Ave., New York, New York
FISHER, Vinicio, 361 High St., Pottstown, Pa.
FLENNIKEN, James M., 3716 Orchard St., Cove Station, Weirton, W. Va.
FOGARTY, James W., 173 Walton St., N. E., Atlanta, Georgia
FOGELSONGER, Richard M., 66 E. King St., Shippensburg, Pa.
FOLSOM, Frank M., 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, New York
FOX, Eli, 345 E. 46th St., New York 17, New York
FRANCK, Isaac, 1420 New York Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C.
FRECH, Frank J., The Weiman Co., Rockford, Illinois
FREELUND, Michael E., 345 E. 46th St., New York 17, New York
FREY, C. J., 913 G. Daniel Baldwin Bldg., Erie, Pa.
FRIEL, Leo F., 1104 Main St., Dallas, Texas
FRY, Mrs. Mary H., 345 E. 46 St., New York 17, N. Y.
FURST, Mr. & Mrs. S. Dale, Jr., 429 Pine St., Williamsport, Pa.
GALLOWAY, Col. Irene 0., The Pentagon, Washington 25, D. C.
GALVIN, Mrs. William, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave., N. W., Wash. D. C.
GAMBLE, M. G., 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, New York
GANE, E. Marguerite, 330 Delaware Ave., Buffalo 2, New York
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GARDNER, Delmar Y., 11 So. LaSalle St., Chicago, Illinois
GARRETT, Walter, 2073 Fairgrounds Rd., Salem, Oregon
GARRITY, Frederick J., 1 North 13th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
GATES, Major General B. E., Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois
GATES, Sherwood, 1727 Massachusetts Ave., N. W., Wash. 6, D. C.
GEISSLER, Edna M., 345 East 46 St., New York 17, New York
GERRINGER, Phil J., 208 W. State St., Huntington, Indiana
GERSHOVITZ, S. D., 145 East 32 St., New York 16, New York
GIBBINS, G. Donald, 1328 S. Kings Highway, St. Louis 10, Mo.
GIBSON, Leon M., Broadway Theater, Fayetteville, North Carolina
GILKS, William, 1101 M St., N. W., Washington 5, D. C.
GILLIAM, Hon. Philip B., City-County Bldg., Denver, Colo.
GILLIS, Richard S., Jr., 901 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va.
GIMRE, Gerald, P. 0. Box 846, Nashville, Tennessee
GLOVER, Rear Adm. Robert O., USN (Ret.) Strawberry Hill, Richmond, Va.
GODSHALK, E. L., 1330 Baltimore Ave., Kansas City, Missouri
GOLDBERG, Captain Joshua L., USN, District Chaplain's Office,
Room 1503, 90 Church St., New York 7, New York
GOODMAN, T. Livingstone, Arlington Community Chest, Arlington, Va.
GORMAN, William B., c/o Gimbel Bros., 32nd St., New York, N.Y.
GORDON, Captain Howard W., Jr., Room 2-E-768, The Pentagon, Wash., D.C.
GRAHAM, Edward F., 173 Walter St., N.E., Atlanta, Georgia
GRAHAM, Mrs. Edward F., 4914 Ferry Rd., N.W., Atlanta, Georgia
GRAHAM, Malcolm, 155 Owings St., Weirton, W. Va.
GRAYSON, F. V., 1101 M St., N. W., Washington 5, D. C.
GREENBLAT, Mr. & Mrs. Jack I., 2911 Allen St., Allentown, Pa.
GREENE, E. Tyree, 500 Fifth Avenue, New York 36, New York
GREGG, Robert, 911 E. Boulevard, Gainesville, Florida
GUGGENHEIMER, Mrs. Randolph, 35 E. 84th St., New York 28, N.Y.
GUISE, J. J., 12092 Capitol Ave., Houston, Texas
GUSTINE, Claude C., 229 S. Main St., Jacksonville, Illinois
GUYLER, Cathryn S., 1 Park Avenue, New York, New York
GUYLER, Paul, 425 Fourth Ave., New York 16, New York
GUINN, Barbara, 1101 M St., N.W., Washington 5, D. C.
HADDOCK, Hoyt S., 132 - 3rd St., S. E., Washington, D. C.
HAGGERTY, William J., 417 Wyatt Bldg., Washington 5, D. C.
HALL, Elton P., 132 Berwick Hts. Rd., East Stroudsburg, Pa.
HALL, Frank A., 1312 Massachusetts Ave., N. W., Wash. 5, D. C.
HAMBLET, Colonel Julia E., USMC, Headquarters, US Marine Corps, Wash.D.C.
HAMLEY, Judge Frederick G., Temple of Justice, Olympia, Wash.
HAMMON, Rev. George A., First Baptist Church, Crystal City, Mo.
HARING, Mrs. Marie J., 697 Ave. C., Bayonne, New Jersey
HART, Evelyn, 345 E. 46th St., New York 17, New York
HARTMANN, Dr. Maurice M., 1312 Massachusetts Ave., N. W., Wash. 5, D.C.
HARVEY, C. Felix, III, 901 Dewey St., Kinston, North Carolina
HARVEY, Mrs. Samuel C., 211 Highland St., New Haven, Conn.
HAYES, John H., 181-40 Kruger Rd., Jamaica 3, New York
HAZARD, Thomas P., Peace Dale, Rhode Island
HEINZ, H. J., II, H. J. Heinz, Co., Pittsburgh 30, Pa.
HELLER, Mrs. Walter E., 1540 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago 10, Illinois
HENRY, Mrs. Muriel C., 2 Park Avenue, New York, New York
HENSHEL, Harry D., 630 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
HERBERT, Major Selma, Army Information-Special Events, 90 Church St.,
New York, New York
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HICKS, Otho J., 39 Broadway, New York 6, New York
HILL, C. Vernon, 10301 Greenacres Dr., Silver Spring, Md.
HINTON, Thomas D., 1312 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Wash., 5, D.C.
HINTON, William M., R. D. 1, Stroudsburg, Pa.,
HIRSHEIMER, H. W., 495 No. Crosstown, Memphis 2, Tenn.
HODGES, Edwin R., 18th & Grand Ave., Des Moines, Iowa
HOFHEIMER, Alan J., 402 National Bank Commerce Bldg, Norfolk, Va.
HOLCOMB, Ben W., 1775 Hayes St., North Bend, Oregon
HOLLOWAY, James, Sr., 611 Robbins Avenue, Niles, Ohio
HOOVER, Donald D., 2 W 45 St., New York 36, New York
HOOVER, Donna, 1101 M St., N. W., Washington 5, D. C.
HORNING, Dale B., 474 Hollister Bldg, Lansing 8, Michigan
HUBBELL, Mrs. Hulda, 1101 M St., N. W., Washington 5, D. C.
HUGHES, Martin J., 1808 Adams Mill Road, Washington, D. C.
HUNT, Mr. & Mrs. Reid L., 419 Cedar St., Tipton, Iowa
HYDE, Laurin E., 425 Fourth Ave., New York 16, New York
IRISH, Henry R. B., Box 149, Elyria, Ohio
ISAAC, Sol Morton, 8 East Broad St., Columbus 15, Ohio
JACKSON, Nelson, National Urban League, 1133 Broadway, N.Y., N.Y.
JANUS, Christopher G., 8 So. Michigan, Chicago, Illinois
JARED, Edmond F., Gainesville Chamber of Commerce, Gainesville, Ga.
JARMAN, Mrs. Maxey, Woodlawn Drive, Nashville, Tennessee
JEFFERS, H. B., 205 W. Main St., Frankfort, Ky.
JOHNSON, Frank E., 2321 Center Ave., Bay City, Michigan
JOHNSON, Holgar J., 488 Madison Avenue, New York 22, New York
JOHNSON, Mrs. J., 2321 Center Ave., Bay City, Michigan
JOHNSON, Thomas C., Stanton Road, Cohasset, Massachusetts
JOHNSTONE, R. T., 1300 National Bank Building, Detroit, Michigan
JONES, Jim, Bank of America Bldg. Stockton, California
KAHN, Sol J., 212 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
KAUFMANN, John, Washington Evening Star, Washington, D. C.
KEIDEL, Albert, Jr., Chattolanee, Owing Mills, Md.
KELLEHER, Michael T., 60 Congress St., Boston, Mass.
KELLEY, N. W., P. O. Box 1004, Roanoke, Virginia
KELLY, Francis P., 1437 Vine, Lansing, Michigan
KENNON, Hon. Robert F., Governor of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, La.
KENT, Claude J., Illinois Soldiers & Sailors Home, Quincy, Illinois
KERSTING, Donald L., 89 Broad St., New York, New York
KEY, James S., Box 686, Odessa, Texas
KEYES, E. J., 1101 M St., N. W., Washington, D. C.
KEYES, Mrs. E. J., 37321 Manor Rd., Chevy Chase 15, Maryland
KING, C. Dayton, 1232 Euclid Avenue, Weirton, W. Virginia
KIRSSIN, Duane F., 207 S. Washington St., Shippensburg, Pa.
KLEIN, Major General John A., Acting Adjutant, General of the
Army, Washington, D. C.
KNASTER, Ira H., 345 E. 46 st., New York 17, New York
KNOWLES, J. C., 409 Center St., Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
KURTZ, Oscar, 719 Madison Place, N.W., Washington 5, D. C.
LACKEY, H. B., 302 Phoenix Building, Birmingham, Alabama
LAIDLAW, Walter C., 607 Shelby St., Detroit, Michigan
LAND, Vice Admiral Emory S., 1001 Conn. Ave., N.W., Wash., D. C.
LANGE, Mr. & Mrs. Fred M., 420 So. Akard St., Dallas, Texas
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LAROCHE, Mrs. Chester J., 170 East 78 St., New York, New York
LAVINE, A. Lincoln, Esq., 521 Fifth Ave., New York 17, New York
LECOQ, Victor, 1044 Chapel St., New Haven, Connecticut
LEE, Mr. & Mrs. Robert E., 14 Wall St., New York 5, New York
LERCH, Edwin B., 720 Mahoning, N.W., Warren, Ohio
LINDLEY, A. E., 909 Franklin St., Wilmington, Delaware
LINEN, James A., 9 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, New York
LINOWES, David F., 710 DuPont Circle Bldg., Washington, D. C.
LIPPINCOTT, Earle, 345 E. 46 St., New York 17, New York
LONG, Donald E., Multnomah County Court House, Portland, Oregon
LORD, Mr. & Mrs. A. Emery, Witt-Brooke, Douglasville, R.D.#1, Pa.
LUCARELI, V. J., 304 Orpheum Bldg., Kenosha, Wisconsin
LUCAS, Mary E., Union Station, Washington, D. C.
LUCAS, Mrs. Maxine, 1101 M St., N. W., Washington 5, D. C.
LUHRS, H. E., P. 0. Box b, Shippensburg, Pa.
LYON, James S., 122 S. Main St., Washington, Pa.
MACALI, Palmer J., 133 Fulton Street, Niles, Ohio
MacDONALD, Herbert S., 205 Church Street, New Haven, Conn.
MacDONALD, Mr. & Mrs. W. H., 1130 S. Monroe Avenue, Green Bay, Wis.
MACY, Mrs. Edward W., 600 Lexington Ave., New York 22, New York
MAIN, Roger L., 1524 Barnett Bldg., Jacksonville 2, Florida
MARGOLIS, Harry, Union Bank Bldg., Bethlehem, Pa.
MARKERT, Leonard P., Will & Baumer Candle Co., Inc., Syracuse 1, N.Y.
MARTON, Mrs. George J., 536 Genesee Ave., N. E., Warren, Ohio
MATHER, Philip R., 16 Arlington St., Boston 16, Massachusetts
MATHESON, Mrs. John F., 832 N. Main St., Mooresville, N. C.
MATTHEWS, Mrs. Thomas Clark, 17th & K St., N.W., Washington, D. C.
MAXWELL, Wilbur F., 345 E. 46 St., New York 17, New York
MAZZA, John, 306 W. Pike Street, Houston, Pennsylvania
McCANE, C. Anthony, 1307 Irving St., N. E., Wash. 17, D. C.
McCASLIN, F. E., 111 S. E. Madison St., Portland, Oregon
McCLINTON, H. L., 247 Park Avenue, New York, New York
McCLOSKEY, Mark A., 39 Broadway, New York 6, New York
McCORMICK, Dr. & Mrs. G. A., 1021 Beech Street, Pottstown, Pa.
McCURDY, R. C., 50 W. 50 Street, New York 20, New York
McDONNELL, John J., 1101 M St., N. W., Washington, D. C.
McDOWELL, H. B., Jr., 226 Euclid Avenue, Sharon, Pa.
McDOWELL, John, 129 E. 52 Street, New York 22, New York
McGRATH, Hugh J., 3153 Key Blvd., Arlington 1, Va.
McINTYRE, W. D., Monroe Auto Equipment Co., Monroe, Michigan
McNEIL, Donald S., 1111 E Street, N. W., Washington 4, D. C.
McPHERSON, Hobart M., 640 Fifth Avenue, New York 19, New York
MEADOR, Mr. & Mrs. M. C., 206 Chatham Bldg., Charlotte, N. C.
MEANY, George, President, American Federation of Labor, AF of L Bldg.,
Washington 1, D. C.
MEILLETTE, Louis J., 291 Broadway, New York, New York
MEREDITH, Mrs. E. T., Jr., Route 2, Box 285, Scottsdale, Arizona
MERRITT, Earl W., 920 W. Main St., Salem, Illinois
MORTZ, Carl, Chamber of Commerce, Lansing, Michigan
MEYER, Frank, 620 Southern Ave., S. E., Washington 20, D. C.
MILAR, Robert F., 89 Broad St., New York 4, New York
MILLS, R. G., 2401 Lipscomb, Amarillo, Texas
MITCHELL, James S., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York 36, New York
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MOORE, Clarence C., 11 So. LaSalle St., Chicago, Illinois
MOORE, John H., 345 E. 46 St., New York 17, New York
MOORHEAD, Dwight E., 2155 South 1st St., San Jose, California
MORRILL, Justin, 500 Fifth Ave., New York 36, New York
MORRIS, Mr. & Mrs. B. W., Jr., Times-World Corp., Roanoke, Va.
MORTIMER, Mr. & Mrs. Edgar H., Chamber of Commerce, Allentown, Pa.
MURDICK, P. H., Jr., 1 Washington St., Grand Haven, Michigan
MURPHY, W. Leo, 2130 South Ave., LaCrosse, Wisconsin
MURPHY, W. Tayloe, Warsaw, Virginia
MURSTEIN, William, Anthony Wayne Hotel, Hamilton, Ohio
MYERS, Paul K., Chamber of Commerce, Waterloo, Iowa
NAGLE, Paul F., 14 Somerset St., Boston 8, Massachusetts
NESBITT, Albert J., Holmesburg, Philadelphia, Pa.
NOAKER, Harold M., 119 Cleveland Ave., S. W., Canton 2, Ohio
NORRIS, Mrs. Waldo Latham, 1853 Edgewood Ave., Jacksonville 5, Fla.
O'BRIEN, Robert Lee, Jr., 1500 H. Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.
O'CONNOR, Rev. John F. X., 1315 - 8th St., N. W., Washington 1, D.C.
O'KEEFE, R. Earl, Box 871, Amarillo, Texas
OLSON, Rear Admiral Louis B., U. S. Coast Guard, 80 Lafayette St.,
New York 13, New York
OWEN, Charlotte E., 20 W. 40 St., New York 18, New York
PAGE, L. E., Box 485, Carthage, Texas
PAISLEY, James R., 1000 Central Union Bldg., Wheeling, W. Va.
PALMATIER, Richard W., Montgomery County, Community Chest,
Silver Spring, Maryland
PALMER, H. Bruce, 300 Broadway, Newark, New Jersey
PARKER, Earl N., 192 Lexington Avenue, New York 16, New York
PARKER, Mr. & Mrs. Newton B., 9 Melvin Ave., Cortland, New York
PARKER, Paul, 500 Flemming Bldg., Des Moines, Iowa
PAUL, Duane M., 927 - 15th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.
PEARSALL, John W., 401 E. Main Street, Richmond 19, Virginia
PEASE, Herbert R., 603 Country Club Drive, Burlington, N. C.
PELLEGRINI, Frank, 132 - 3rd St., S. E., Washington, D. C.
PELTON, Howard A., 1 Mechanic, Yale, Michigan
PHILIPP, G. M., 209 S. LaSalle St., Chicago, Illinois
PHILLIPS, Lawrence, 6E. 45 St., New York 17, New York
PILSBURY, Elmer K., 14 Somerset St., Boston 8, Massachusetts
PLACE, Mrs. Joseph, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D. C.
PLUNKERT, William, 345 E. 46 St., New York 17, New York
POWELL, Isabel W., 719 Madison Place, N.W., Washington, D. C.
PRESS, William H., 1616 K Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.
PRICE, Mr. & Mrs. Richard J., 3608 Lexington, Dallas 5, Texas
PUMPHREY, Ralph E., 42 Merton St., Fairfield, Connecticut
RANGE, Brigadier William, 1763 R St., N.W., Washington 9, D. C.
RAWLS, Rena, 1101 M St., N. W., Washington 5, D. C.
RECTOR, Milton G., 1790 Broadway, New York 19, New York
REESE, Eva M., 2 Park Avenue, New York 16, New York
REIBER, Paul, 1107 - 16th St., N. W., Washington, D. C.
REICH, F. W., Boulder, Colorado
REID, Thomas R., 3000 Schaefer Road, Dearborn, Michigan
REISSIG, Rev. Frederick E., 1751 N St., N. W., Washington, D. C.
REMON, John A., 3104 - 33rd Place, N.W., Washington 8, D. C.
REYNOLDS, Reginald, 328 Washington St., Norwich, Connecticut
RICHMOND, Russell, P. 0. Box 1271, Akron, Ohio
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RIDGE, Chester C., 12092 Capitol Ave., Houston, Texas
RIDINGS, H. E., Jr., 1501 America Ave., Long Beach 13, Calif.
RILEY, Mr. & Mrs. Josiah P., 13 Broad St., Charleston, S. C.
ROBERTS, Eugene B., 7310 Forest Rd., Kent Village, Hyattsville, Md.
ROBERTS, Mr. & Mrs. Frank C., Jr., 15th & Sansom Sts., Phila. 2, Pa.
ROBINSON, Reginald, 208 E. 61 St., New York 21, New York
ROCK, Mrs. George D., 3133 Connecticut Ave., Washington, D. C.
ROEPER, James H., 1350 Allerton Ave., S.E., Grand Rapids, Mich.
ROETTGER, Olinda M., 1620 Fuller St., N. W., Washington 9, D. C.
ROSEKRANS, Robert A., 345 E. 46 St., New York 17, New York
ROSELEIP, Gordon W., 794 N. Jefferson St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
ROSENSTEIN, David, 33 Riverside Drive, New York 23, New York
RUSSELL, Richard C., 417 South Hill St., Los Angeles 13, Calif.
RYERSON, Edward L., 38 So. Dearborn St., Chicago 3, Illinois
SAMPSON, Charles X., 345 E. 46 St., New York 17, New York
SAUTER, James, 6 E. 45 St., New York 17, New York
SCHACHTE, J. Edwin, Jr., Box 445, Charleston, South Carolina
SCHEINKMAN, Adele, 345 E. 46 St., New York 17, New York
SCHIFF, Philip, 1637 Mass. Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C.
SCHIFFMAN, Dr. Ruth Y., P. O. Box 3, Greensboro, North Carolina
SCHMIDT, Arthur P., 2472 N. 64 St., Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
SCHMITT, Carl H., 90 So. Rolling Rd., Springfield, Pa.
SCHNEIDER, George E., 317 Baronne St., New Orleans 9, La.
SCHNITZLER, William F., 901 Massachusetts Ave., N. W., Wash. 1, D. C.
SCHOLLE, August, 716 Lathrop St., Detroit 2, Michigan
SCHRAM, Emil, Peru, Indiana
SCHRAM, Mrs. Emil, Peru, Indiana
SCHUYLER, Peter V. R., Jr., 1004 Broad St., Newark 2, New Jersey
SCHWARZ, Paul J., 1105 - 16th St., N. W., Washington 6, D. C.
SEEMAN, Sam, 1101 M St., N. W., Washington 5, D. C.
SHAW, Mrs. George Hamilin, 435 E 52nd St., New York 22, New York
SHAW, Ralph T., 988 Market St., San Francisco, California
SHELLEY, Kenneth C., 129 E. Orange St., Lancaster, Pa.
SHENEHON, Eleanor, 1790 Broadway, New York 19, New York
SHINKER John J., 1101 M St., N. W., Washington 5, D. C.
SHINKER', Virgil, 1101 M St., N. W., Washington 5, D. C.
SHORE, Harold M., 500 Fifth Ave., New York 36, New York
SHREVE, Earl O., 1200 - 16th St., N. W., Washington, D. C.
SKUTT, V. J., P. O. Box 1298, Omaha, Nebraska
SLAVIK, Mr. & Mrs. Harold J., 2388 University Ave., St. Paul 14, Minn.
SMITH, Baylies U., 3 Church Circle, Annapolis, Maryland
SMITH, DeWitt C., American Red Cross, Washington 13, D. C.
SMITH, Frederic W., 744 Broad St., Newark, New Jersey
SMITH, Robert, Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, Pa.
SNELL, Chester D., 803 E. Main Street, Richmond 19, Va.
SNYDER, C. Abram, 141 E. Orange St., Lancaster, Pa.
SNYDER, Dean, Dept. of Health, Education & Welfare, wash. 25, D. C.
SOLE, Kent B., 3645 Morgan Drive, Weirton, West Virginia
SOTTER, Mr. & Mrs. J. R., Security Trust Bldg., Pottstown, Pa.
SOUTHWORTH, Mrs. A. R., Jr., Nine Hearths Farm, Bridgewater, Conn.
SPEAR, Claude, 2057 Deer Park Blvd., Omaha 9, Nebraska
SPEIDEL, Jess W., II, 345 E. 46th St., New York 17, New York
SPELLMAN, Dr. Elwood M., 225 W. Miner St., West Chester, Pa.
THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1954
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9:30 am
United Defense Fund, Inc. (Continued)
SPELLMAN, Francis Cardinal, New York, New York
STANTON, Frank F., Fairfield Rd., Painesville, Ohio
STANTON, Frank M., 368 Mentor Ave., Painesville, Ohio
STANTON, William L., 1806 Powhatan Avenue, Petersburg, Va.
STARK, Edwin J., Stark Bros. Nursery & Orchards Co., Louisiana, Mo.
STEEL, Rowe S., 345 E. 46 St., New York 17, New York
STEEL, Mrs. Rose S., Bronxville, New York
STEIGELMAN, Mrs. K. T., 826 W. Market St., York, Pa.
STEINLE, J. Vernon, S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc., Racine, Wisconsin
STEPHENSON, Rear Admiral C. S. (Ret.), 4457 Q St., N.W., Wash. 7,D.C.
STORB, Mr. & Mrs. John W., P. 0. Box 397, Pottstown, Pa.
STRALEM, Donald S., 44 Wall St., New York 5, New York
STROME, C. B., 300 Broadway, Newark, New Jersey
SULLIVAN, Paul B., 156 McDaniel Ave., Jamestown, New York
SYCLE, Mrs. Lewis S., 5333 Chevy Chase Parkway, N.W., Wash., D. C.
TAME, A. G., Farmers' National Bank, Salem, Ohio
TANNER, Very Rev. Msgr, Paul, 1312 Mass. Ave., N. W., Wash. 5, D. C.
TAYLOR, Bent, 345 E. 46 St., New York 17, New York
TAYLOR, Robert, 1101 M St., N. W., Washington 5, D. C.
THOMPSON, E. Austin, Alexandria Community Chest, Inc., Alexandria, Va.
THOMPSON, John S., 79 Douglas Road, Glen Ridge, New Jersey
THOMPSON, Comdr, William Dove, USN, 4534 Butterworth P1, N.W.,Wash.16,DC
THORNTON, Hon. Dan, Governor of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
TIFFANY, Kennth G., Burroughs Corporation, Detroit 32, Michigan
TISDALE, R. C., Jackson, South Carolina
TITSWORTH, Grant, 184 Post Road, Oarien, Connecticut
TOAZ, Ralph, Chamber of Commerce, Lansing, Michigan
TOWNE, William S., 353 Sacramento St., San Francisco 11, Calif.
TURNER, George D., 70 E. Broad St., Bethlehem, Pa.
URBANSKE, Leo, Jr., 917 G Place, N.W., Wash. 1, D. C.
UTHMEIER, W. A., Box 48, Marshfield, Wisconsin
VAN CLEEF, Mr. & Mrs. Frank C., 168 Forest St., Oberlin, Ohio
VAN HYNING, Conrad, 1790 Broadway, New York 19, New York
VAN VALEN, Donald, General Delivery, Piketon, Ohio
VOSGANIAN, Harriet Alban, 345 E 46 St., New York 17, New York
WAGLE, Mildred K., 192 Lexington Ave., New York 16, New York
WALSH, William D., 721 Locust St., St. Louis 1, Missouri
WARD, William W., Ward Tower, Altoona, Pa.
WARNER, Edward L., Jr., Oldsmobile Div., General Motors, Lansing 21, Mich.
WATSON, Warren O., 135 St. Ferdinand St., Baton Rouge, La.
WATTERSON, Berkley F., 345 East 46 St., New York 17, New York
WATTS, Charles H., 15 Washington St., Newark, New Jersey
WEBER, A. K., RCA Victor Division, Camden 2, New Jersey
WEBER, Henry, 345 E. 46 St., New York 17, New York
WESTEFELD, Mr. & Mrs. Geroge E., 74 Wheeler Lane, Torrington, Conn.
WHAYNE, Col. Tom F., MC, Room 2525, Main Navy Bldg., Wash. 25, D. C.
WHELAN, Mrs. Gertrude R., P. 0. Box 339, Fairfield, Conn.
WHETZEL, Mrs. Marcella, 1057 W. Broad St., Falls Church, Va.
WHITTEMORE, Mrs. Lucia, 1101 M St., N. W., Washington, D. C.
WILCOX, Mrs. Ivy, 3218 Wisconsin Ave., Washington, D. C.
WILDE, Capt. Louise K., USN, Navy Department, Washington, D. C.
WILLARD, Joan, 345 East 46th St., New York 17, New York
WILLIAMS, Arthur, 315 4th Avenue, New York 10, New York
WILLIAMSON, Arleigh B., 482 Bard Avenue, Staten Island 10, New York
THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1954
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9:30 am United Defense Fund, Inc. (Continued)
WILSON, Donald O., 117 Riverside Drive, Binghamton, New York
WILSON, Mrs. Robert W., 5126 Watson St., N.W., Washington 16,D.C.
WINCHESTER, Carlton, 417 Wellman Bldg, Jamestown, New York
WINEBRENNER, Fred E., 1215 Etna Avenue, Huntington, Indiana
WOODFIELD, William R., Galesville, Maryland
WOODS, W. S., Trust Co. of Georgia Associates, Atlanta, Ga.
WOOTEN, Ben H., First National Bank of Dallas, Dallas, Texas
WORK, Martin H., 1312 Mass. Avenue, N.W., Washington 5, D. C.
WORTH, Douglas H., 119 Cleveland Ave., S. W., Canton 2, Ohio
YATES, Charles R., 313 Trust Co. of Ga. Bldg, Atlanta, Ga.
YOTHERS, Robert A., 304 Spring Street, Seattle, Washington
YOUNG, E. R., 719 Madison Place, N. W., Washington 5, D. C.
YOUNT, Norman F., 720 Mahoning, N. W., Warren, Ohio
YOUNTS, Col. Paul R., 831 E. Morehead, Charlotte, North Carolina
ZUCKERMAN, Louis A., 1313 G Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.
10:00 am
National Security Council
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Acting Secretary of State
Hon. Roger M. Kyes, Acting 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. Stanley N. Barnes, for the Attorney General
Hon. Samuel W. Anderson, for the Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Paul L. Morrison, Acting Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Hon. Laurence B. Robbins, Administrator, R. F. C.
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. General Paul T. Carroll, White House Staff Secretary
Hon. Bryce Harlow, Administrative Assistant to the President
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
12:15 pm (Admiral William D. Leahy) OFF THE RECORD
12:30 pm
The President met with a group of business leaders for a discussion
of his foreign and economic policy proposals.
(This was arranged on the initiative of several of the members
of this group who work as private citizens with Clarence Randall
in helping to push the President's recommendations.) The follow-
ing were present:
BATT, William L., Sr., Philadelphia, Pa.
BELL, Elliot, Editor, Business Week, New York, New York
BOWDITCH, Richard, Chairman, Board of Directors, Chamber of
Commerce of USA, Washington, D. C.
BROERS, Samuel, President, Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio
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12:30 pm Group of Business Leaders (Continued)
BRYCE, Gerald, President, Investment Bankers Assn., New York, N.Y.
CABOT, Thomas, President, Godfrey L. Cabot Co., Boston, Mass.
CAMERON, A. G., Vice President, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.,
Akron, Ohio
CORTNEY, Philip, President, Coty International Corporation, N.Y., N.Y.
COWLES, Gardner, President, Cowles Magazine, Inc., New York, N.Y.
CLAY, General Lucius, Chairman, Continental Can Co., New York, N.Y.
FINNELLY, John, Partner, Glore-Forgan & Company
FLORENCE, Fred F., President, Republic Nat'l. Bank of Dallas, Texas
GILSTRAP, W. J., President, Bankers Assn. for Foreign Trade,
San Francisco, California
GRACE, J. Peter, Jr., President, W. R. Grace & Co., New York, N.Y.
HAUGE, Hon. Gabriel, White House, Washington, D. C.
HURLEY, Roy, Chairman & President, Curtiss Wright Co., N.Y., N.Y.
JOHNSTON, Clement D., President, Chamber of Commerce of USA,
Washington, D. C.
LANE, R. K., President, Public Service Co. of Oklahoma, Tulsa, Okla.
LEACH, J. S., Chairman, The Texas Co., Chrysler Bldg, New York, N.Y.
LOREE, Robert F., Chairman, National Foreign Trade Council, N.Y., N.Y.
MOTLEY, Arthur H., President, Parade Publication, Inc., N.Y., N.Y.
MINTENER, J. Bradshaw, Vice President, Pillsbury Mills, Inc.,
Minneapolis, Minn., and Chairman, Foreign Commerce Com., Chamber
of Commerce of USA
PERCY, Charles H., President, Bell & Howell Co., Chicago, Illinois
PINCKARD, W. H., Chairman of Board, California Texas Co., Ltd,
New York, New York
RANDALL, Hon. Clarence, Chairman, President's Commission on
Foreign Economic Policy
RATHBONE, M. J., President, Standard Oil Co. (N.J.), New York, N.Y.
SCHRAMM, James S., Exec. Vice President, J. S. Schramm & Co.,
Burlington, Iowa
STRAUSS, Ralph I, Director, R. H. Macy & Co., Inc., New York, N.Y.
SHORT, Romeo E., Brinkley, Arkansas
SWENSRUD, Sidney A., President, Gulf Oil Company, Pittsburgh, Pa.
TAYLOR, A. Thomas, Chairman, International Packers, Ltd, Chicago, Ill.
WATSON, Thomas, Jr., President, International Business Machines,
New York, New York
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:15 pm
Senator Arthur V. Watkins, Utah
(Wished to discuss NATO pact and the President's powers under it)
(Hon. Jack Martin)
3:00 pm
Congressman C. W. Bishop, Illinois
Congressman Oren Harris, Arkansas
(Mr. Earle Chesney)
(Invited the President to throw out first ball at Congressional
Baseball Game, Tuesday, June 15, 1954)
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3:15 pm
(Mr. Ralph Reed) OFF THE RECORD
3:30 pm
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. John H. Davis, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Senator George D. Aiken, Vermont
Congressman Clifford R. Hope, Kansas
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
4:15 pm
The President departed for the Departmental Auditorium to view the
Exhibit of the President's Committee on Employment of the Physically
Handicapped. The President presented the awards to the five winners
of the Essay Contest as follows:
Shirley Kreidler
Jane Jerome
Sharon Chapin
Nina Davis
Jimmy Hanchley
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1954
8:00 am
(The following had Breakfast with the President OFF THE RECORD:)
(Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President)
(Mr. Henry Luce)
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
(Hon. Bryce Harlow)
8:45 am
(Major General Joseph W. Beacham (Ret.), football coach to the
President in 1911 at West Point)
(Mr. and Mrs. William Hutchinson)
(Loney Hutchinson)
OFF THE RECORD
(Deedie Hutchinson)
(Robert Hutchinson)
(General Beacham phoned April 23rd and said that on April
30th he had some grand-nieces and nephews coming to town
and would like very much for them to meet the President)
(Following their meeting with the President, they were given
a tour of the White House)
10:00 am
Cabinet Meeting
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. Walter Bedell Smith, Acting Secretary of State
Hon. Robert Murphy, Deputy Under Secretary of State
Hon. Marion Folsom, Under Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. Charles R. Hook, Jr., Deputy 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 E. Stassen, Director, F. 0. A.
Hon. Arthur Flemming, Director, 0. D. M.
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
Hon. Arthur Minnich
The following were absent:
The Secretary of State
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Postmaster General
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
Hon. Sherman Adams
FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1954
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12:00
H.E. Carlos P. Romulo, Personal Representative of the President of
the Philippine Republic
(Hon. John Simmons)
(General Romulo requested this. It was cleared with State Dept)
12:15 pm
Mr. Edward T. Dicker, of Dallas, Texas
12:20 pm
Honorable Kenneth C. Royall
12:30 pm
The President received the members of the National American Korean
Foundation Veterans' Committee.
(Arranged at the request of Dr. Howard Rusk to help launch
Veterans March for Korea, part of National Campaign of the
American-Korean Foundation.) The following were present:
Admiral Leland Lovett, Head, Public Relations
Howard N. Watts, National Commander, Disabled American Veterans
Henry Mahady, National Commander, AMVETS
Harry T. Madison, National Commander, Jewish War Veterans
Thomas J. Cuite, National Commander, National Catholic War Veterans
Lt. Gen. Leon Johnson, National Commander, Congressional Medal
of Honor Society
Mrs. Sara Mulvey, National President, Gold Star Wives of America
Herbert Brickman, Director, New York City Veterans Service
Center, and Chairman, National American Korean Foundation
Veterans Committee
12:50 pm
(The President left for the Pentagon)
1:00 pm The President attended a Luncheon in the Office of the Secretary of
Defense, in honor of Under Secretary of Defense, Hon. Roger M. Kyes.
The following were present:
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Roger M. Kyes, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Acting Secretary of State
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
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. Allen Dulles, Director, Central Intelligence
Hon. Robert Cutler
Brig. General Paul T. Carroll
Hon. James C. Hagerty
Office, Secretary of Defense:
Assistant Secretary J. A. Hannah
Assistant Secretary H. S. Hensel
Assistant Secretary F. G. Floete
Assistant Secretary F. B. Berry
Assistant Secretary C. S. Thomas
Assistant Secretary F. D. Newbury
Assistant Secretary D. A. Quarles
Assistant Secretary F. A. Seaton
FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1954
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1:00 pm Luncheon in honor of Roger Kyes:
Office, Secretary of Defense:
Governor W. M. Brucker (Gen. Counsel)
Asst. to the Secretary R. LeBaron
Mr. T. P. Pike
Major General L. Mathewson
Colonel C. A. Randall
Army:
Under Secretary J. Slezak
Assistant Secretary H. M. Milton
Assistant Secretary G. H. Roderick
Navy:
Secretary R. B. Anderson
Under Secretary T. S. Gates
Assistant Secretary R. Fogler
Assistant Secretary J. H. Smith
Air Force:
Secretary H. E. Talbott
Under Secretary J. H. Douglas
Assistant Secretary H. L. White
Service Personnel:
Lt. Gen. W. L. Weible
Lt. Gen. L. L. Lemnitzer
Adm. D. B. Duncan
Vice Adm. M. B. Gardner
General N. F. Twining
General T. D. White
General G. C. Thomas
Immediately following the Luncheon, the President went to the Conference
Room across the Hall from Secretary Wilson's office and shook hands
with the Members of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the
Services. The following were present:
Mrs. Bradner W. Lee, Jr., Chairman, Los Angeles, California
Miss Myrtle Austin, Salt Lake City, Utah
Miss Mary I. Barber, Battle Creek, Michigan
Miss Sarah G. Blanding, Poughkeepsie, New York
Mrs. R. Max Brooks, Austin, Texas
Mrs. J. L. Blair Buck, Richmond, Virginia
Miss Laurentine B. Collins, Detroit, Michigan
Mrs. Oliver Crowther, Portland, Oregon
Miss Lena E. Ebeling, Cleveland, Ohio
Mrs. India Edwards, Los Angeles, California
Miss Mary Louise Gibbons, Mt. Sinai, L.I., N.Y.
Dr. Lillian M. Gilbreth, Montclair, New Jersey
Mrs. Beatrice B. Gould, Philadelphia, Pa.
Mrs. Leonard Haas, Atlanta, Georgia
Mrs. J. Ramsay Harris, Denver, Colorado
Dr. Marion E. Kenworthy, New York, New York
Dr. Esther Lloyd-Jones, New York, New York
Miss Mildred Lorentz, Chicago, Illinois
Mrs. Alfred S. Lucas, Birmingham, Alabama
FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1954
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Defense Advisory Com. on Women in the Services: (Continued)
Mrs. Florence Mahoney, Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Hazel Markel, Washington, D. C.
Mrs. R. Louise McManus, New York, New York
Mrs. Maurice T. Moore, New York, New York
Mrs. Florence K. Murray, Newport, Rhode Island
Mrs. Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, New York
Mrs. Mary G. Roebling, Trenton, New Jersey
Mrs. Henry Potter Russell, Burlingame, California
Dr. K. Frances Scott, Northampton, Massachusetts
Mrs. Mark G. Troxell, Madison, Wisconsin
Mrs. Pearl A. Wanamaker, Olympia, Washington
Miss Helen C. White, Madison, Wisconsin
Mrs. John Hay Whitney, New York, New York
Mrs. Louise L. Wright, Chicago, Illinois
Mrs. Carma R. Zimmerman, Sacramento, California
Miss Bertha S. Adkins, Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Ambrose N. Diehl, San Francisco, California
Miss Margaret Divver, Boston, Massachusetts
Mrs. John E. Hayes, Twin Falls, Idaho
Dr. Helen Johnston, Des Moines, Iowa
Mrs. Catherine Marshall, Washington, D. C.
Mrs. August N. Satterlee, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dr. Cylvia Sorkin, St. Louis, Missouri
2:25 pm (The President returned to the White House)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1954
8:40 am
(General Edwin Clark, of New York City) OFF THE RECORD
9:00 am
Senator Eve Bowring, Nebraska
(Mrs. Bowring is the new Senator from Nebraska and came in
to meet the President. Picture was taken)
9:30 am
Congresswoman Frances P. Bolton, Ohio
Mr. and Mrs. Waleriu Georgescu, of New York City
Peter Georgescu, aged 15
Constantin Georgescu, aged 19
Mr. Cecil Morgan
Mr. James Crayhon
Miss Marjorie Clough, Assistant to Mrs. Bolton
Mr. Gene Cohen, Assistant to Mrs. Bolton
(This is the Rumanian family whose two sons have been held as
hostages for seven years in Rumania. Arranged at the request
of Mrs. Bolton)
9:50 am
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
OFF THE RECORD
(Gen. Paul T. Carroll)
10:00 am
(Mr. Robert Atwood, Editor & Publisher of the Anchorage Daily, Alaska)
(Hon. James Hagerty)
(OFF THE RECORD - Appointment requested by Delegate Bartlett
of Alaska. Mr. Atwood is one of the leading Republicans in
Alaska and came in to pay his respects and shake hands with
the President)
10:50 am
(The President, accompanied by Governor Dan Thornton, Colorado and
Governor Arthur B. Langlie, Washington, departed for Burning Tree
Golf Club)
The President played golf with the following:
General Omar Bradley
Governor Dan Thornton
Governor Arthur B. Langlie
4:10 pm
(The President returned to the White House, accompanied by the
following:
General Omar Bradley
Governor Dan Thornton
Governor Arthur B. Langlie
Mr. James Black
(The above remained at the White House until 7:50 p.m.)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, MAY 2, 1954
9:00 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower attended the nine o'clock
Service at the National Presbyterian Church.
10:25 am
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower, Mrs. John Doud and Mr. Charles
Tompkins departed the White House and motored to the Eisenhower
Farm near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.)
(They had a picnic lunch)
2:05 pm
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower and members of their party
departed for Camp David, Maryland, and then motored to Washington)
5:40 pm
(Returned to the White House)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, MAY 3, 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
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Cong. Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Cong. Leo Allen, Illinois
Mr. James Bassett, Republican National Committee
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Murray Snyder
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Hon. Earle Chesney
Hon. Arthur Minnich
10:30 am
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
(Usual Monday appointment)
11:00 am
Hon. Arthur F. Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
(Usual Monday appointment)
11:30 am
The President witnessed, in his Office, the Swearing-In Ceremony
of the following:
Hon. Robert B. Anderson as Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. Charles S. Thomas as Secretary of the Navy
Hon. Thomas P. Pike as Assistant Secretary of Defense
The following guests were also present:
The Secretary of Defense and Mrs. Wilson
The Deputy Secretary of Defense and Mrs. Kyes
Mrs. Robert B. Anderson
Richard Anderson
Gerald Anderson
Mrs. Charles S. Thomas
Mrs. Frank B. Alexander
Hayward Thomas
Mrs. Thomas P. Pike
Josephine Pike
Mary Catherine Pike
John K. Pike
Hon. Harold E. Talbott
General Lyman Lemnitzer, USA
General Nathan Twining, USAF
Admiral Robert Carney, USN
Lt. Gen. Gerald Thomas, USMC
MONDAY, MAY 3, 1954
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11:30 am
Swearing-In Ceremony:
(Continued)
Captain R. D. Hogle, USN
Cong. Gordon L. McDonough, California
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senator Homer Ferguson, Michigan
12:00
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
(Usual Monday appointment)
12:45 pm
The President presented the President's Cup to the Winner of the
National Capital Sports Car Race which took place at Andrews Air
Force Base on Sunday, May 2nd.
(This was endorsed by the Air Force as part of the money goes
to the Air Force Aid Society Fund) The following were present:
Mr. Bill Spear (winner)
Mrs. Bill Spear
Mr. Alfred Momo (winner's Chief Mechanic)
Col. M. A. Elkins, Base Commander, Andrews Field
Mr. Charles Moran, President of the Sports Car Club of
America and Mrs. Moran
Col. John G. Fowler, Washington, D. C., Regional Exec., SCCA
Mr. Briggs Cunningham
Master Sergeant 0. L. Freeman, Project NCO (Andrews Field)
1:00 pm
The following had LUNCHEON with the President in the Conference
Room in the West Wing of the White House:
Hon. Nelson A. Rockefeller
Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming
Hon. Rowland R. Hughes
Hon. Sherman Adams
(Arranged by Mr. Rockefeller)
2:30 pm
The Honorable Herbert Hoover
3:00 pm
Mr. Earl Eisenhower
5:00 pm
H.E. The Right Honorable Vincent Massey, Governor General of Canada,
arrived at the White House.
8:00 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave a dinner in honor of H.E.
The Right Honorable Vincent Massey, The Governor General of Canada.
The following were present:
H.E. The Governor General of Canada
H.E. The Ambassador of Canada and Mrs. Heeney
The Hon. The Minister of National Defense and Mrs. Claxton
Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Massey - Son of the Governor General
Captain G. E. Belanger - Aide-de-Camp to the Governor General
The Vice President and Mrs. Nixon
The Chief Justice and Mrs. Warren
MONDAY, MAY 3, 1954
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8:00 pm
Dinner in honor of The Governor General of Canada (Continued)
Hon. and Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
The Secretary of Defense and Mrs. Wilson
The Attorney General and Mrs. Brownell
The Postmaster General and Mrs. Summerfield
The Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. McKay
The Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs. Benson
The Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. Weeks
The Secretary of Labor and Mrs. Mitchell
The Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Hon. William Pettus Hobby
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Senator and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Texas
Hon. and Mrs. Sherman Adams
Hon. and Mrs. Robert D. Murphy, Acting Secretary of State
Congressman Sam Rayburn, Texas
Admiral and Mrs. Arthur W. Radford
Hon. and Mrs. Allen W. Dulles
Hon. and Mrs. John F. Simmons
Hon. and Mrs. R. Douglas Stuart - American Ambassador to Canada
Hon. Norman Armour - Ex-American Ambassador
Mrs. J. Borden Harriman - Ex-American Minister to Norway
Hon. and Mrs. David E. Finley - Director, National Gallery of Art
Mrs. Ogden M. Reid - Friend
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Robinson - Friends
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Schoo - Friends
Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Willard - Friends
Mrs. Harrison Williams - Granddaughter of President Benj. Harrison
Brig. Gen. & Mrs. James C. Jensen - American Aide to the Governor Gen.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1954
9:00 am
(Mr. Jack Porter, of Texas) OFF THE RECORD
9:15 am
Mr. Dain J. Domich, President, United States Junior Chamber of
Commerce
Mr. Gordon T. Hicks, Executive Vice President
(Requested this to discuss briefly activities of their organization
and seek advice as to areas of activity in which U. S. Jaycees can
cooperate more closely with the President)
9:45 am
Mr. Warren C. Giles, President, The National League of Professional
Baseball Clubs, Cincinnati, Ohio
(To present a gold lifetime pass to the President)
10:00 am
Lt. Gen. Willis E. Crittenberger (Ret'd.)
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(General Crittenberger reported on his recent trip abroad -
arranged by General Cutler)
10:30 am
Senator Ralph E. Flanders, Vermont
(The Senator requested this to make some suggestions to the
President on Southeast Asia)
11:55 am
(The President left for Constitution Hall, where he said a few
words of greeting to the Opening Session of the President's
Conference on Occupational Safety.)
12:30 pm
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Clarence Francis, President's Advisor on Surplus Property Disposal
1:00 pm
(The following had Luncheon with the President OFF THE RECORD at
the White House:)
(Hon. Clarence Randall)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
2:00 pm
Hon. Arthur Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
(This is Dr. Flemming's usual appointment set for every three weeks)
2:30 pm
The President received group of Congressmen from the Tennessee
Valley Area.
(This was requested by joint letter from these Congressmen, to
discuss reappointment of Gordon Clapp as Chairman of TVA)
The following were present:
Congressman Tom G. Abernethy, Mississippi
Congressman George Andrews, Alabama
Congressman Jere Cooper, Tennessee
Congressman Clifford Davis, Tennessee
TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1954
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2:30 pm
Congressman from Tennessee Valley Area: (Continued)
Congressman Carl Elliott, Alabama
Congressman Joe L. Evins, Tennessee
Congressman J. B. Frazier, Jr., Tennessee
Congressman Noble J. Gregory, Kentucky
Congressman Robert E. Jones, Jr., Alabama
Congressman Phil M. Landrum, Georgia
Congressman Henderson Lanham, Georgia
Congressman Tom Murray, Tennessee
Congressman William H. Natcher, Kentucky
Congressman J. Percy Priest, Tennessee
Congressman Albert Rains, Alabama
Congressman Frank E. Smith, Mississippi
Congressman Jamie L. Whitten, Mississippi
Congressman Arthur Winstead, Mississippi
Congressman John Bell Williams
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
3:00 pm
Honorable Lewis Douglas
(Arranged as the result of the President's correspondence
with Mr. Douglas)
8:00 pm
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left for the Canadian Embassy,
where they attended a dinner given in their honor by the Governor
General of Canada)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1954
8:00 am
The following had Breakfast with the President:
Hon. John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Hon. Robert Cutler
9:30 am
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General) OFF THE RECORD
10:00 am
(Mr. Murray Snyder)
10:30 am
Press Conference
11:15 am
H.E. Dr. J. H. van Roijen, the Ambassador of the Netherlands
H.E. Dr. L. G. Kortenhorst, Chairman of the States General of
the Netherlands
(Hon. John F. Simmons)
(Dr. Kortenhorst, whose position comparable to that of our
Speaker of the House, is in this country for presentation
of Carillon to people of U. S., which Speaker Martin will
accept. Wished to pay his respects to the President)
11:30 am
Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers, Massachusetts
Congressman Edmund P. Radwan, New York
(Requested by Mrs. Rogers, to discuss legislation affecting G.I.'s.
This was cleared with Jerry Morgan)
12:05 pm
(The President departed for Burning Tree Golf Club, accompanied by
the following:
Congressman Leslie Arends, Illinois
Congressman George H. Mahon, Texas
Congressman Errett P. Scrivner, Kansas
1:10 pm
(The President teed off with Cong. Arends, Cong. Mahon and Cong.
Scrivner)
5:15 pm
(The President returned to the White House)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1954
8:30 am
Mr. Joseph E. Zimet, Hamilton Import Corporation, New York
(Presented to the President on behalf of this Corporation,
the one millionth piece of "FRIAR" brand of stainless
steel cutlery, as symbol of international trade) Imported
from Sheffield, England.
8:45 am
The President signed H. R. 8127, An Act "To amend and supplement
the Federal-Aid Road Act approved July 11, 1916 (39Stat.355), as
amended and supplemented, to authorize appropriations for continu-
ing the construction of highways, and for other purposes"
The following witnessed the signing:
Sen. William Knowland, California
Sen. Eugene Millikin, Colorado
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Sen. Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Sen. Edward Martin, Pennsylvania
Sen. Francis Case, South Dakota
Sen. Prescott Bush, Connecticut
Sen. Spessard Holland, Florida
Sen. John C. Stennis, Mississippi
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr.
Cong. Charles Halleck, Indiana
Cong. Leslie Arends, Illinois
Cong. Leo Allen, Illinois
Cong. George A. Dondero, Michigan
Cong. Homer Angell, Oregon
Cong. Harry McGregor, Ohio
Cong. George H. Fallon, Maryland
Cong. Clifford Davis, Tennessee
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, The Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Robert Murray, Under Secretary for Transportation, Commerce Dept.
Hon. Francis V. duPont, Commissioner, Bureau of Public Roads
9:00 am
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Nelson Rockefeller, Deputy Secretary of H.E.W.
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Sen. William A. Purtell, Connecticut
Sen. Alexander Smith, New Jersey
Mr. Roy E. James, Staff Director of Senate Labor & Public Welfare Com.
(Discussed budget of H.E.W.)
9:30 am
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General) OFF THE RECORD
10:00 am
National Security Council
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. William M. Rand, Acting Director, F. O. A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1954
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10:00 am
National Security Council
(Continued)
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, Administrator, Federal Civil Defense Adm.
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
General Matthew B. Ridgway, Army Chief of Staff
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence
Hon. Thomas S. Gates, Under Secretary of the Navy
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Brig. General Paul T. Carroll, White House Staff Secretary
Mr. J. Patrick Coyne, NSC Internal Security Representative
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
(The President left for the Sheraton Park Hotel, where he extended
brief greetings to Luncheon Meeting of the 22nd Annual Convention
of the Military Chaplains Association)
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:00 pm
(Mr. Shanley) OFF THE RECORD
2:30 pm
Hon. Winthrop W. Aldrich, American Ambassador to Great Britain
(The Ambassador requested this thru Protocol)
3:00 pm
Albert C. Jacobs, President, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut
(Invited the President to come to Trinity College in June)
3:15 pm
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
(Arranged by Governor Adams)
3:50 pm
(Mr. Aksel Nielsen, Denver, Colorado)
(Mr. Kevin McCann)
OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1954
9:00 am
Hon. Theodore C. Streibert, Director, United States Information
Agency
Mr. Harlan Logan, Chief of Press Service, U.S.I.A.
Mr. Andrew Smith, Chief of Motion Picture Service, U.S.I.A.
Dr. Franklin L. Burdette, Chief of Information Center Service, U.S.I.A.
(Mr. Streibert usually reports to the President last Tuesday
in each month, but is travelling a great deal abroad now and
asked while here briefly if might come in today and bring
these Bureau Heads along)
9:30 am
Hon. John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Hon. Robert Cutler
10:43 am
(Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General) OFF THE RECORD
10:47 am
Lt. General Joseph Swing
(Hon. Maxwell Rabb)
(General Swing has been designated as Commissioner of Immigration
and Naturalization Service - not confirmed as yet. The President
told the Attorney General he wanted to see Swing)
11:10 am
H.E. G. P. Jooste, Ambassador of the Union of South Africa
(General Paul T. Carroll)
(Requested thru Protocol to pay farewell call as is returning
to his country to assume new duties as South African High
Commissioner at London)
11:17 am
(Hon. Orme Lewis, Assistant Secretary of the Interior)
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
(OFF THE RECORD - Arranged by Mr. Morgan)
11:30 am
Major General A. C. Smith, Chief of Military History
Dr. Forrest C. Pogue (author)
Dr. Kent Greenfield
(To present first volume of "History of the U. S. Army in World
War II." This volume is "History of the European Theatre of
Operations - Supreme Command." Covers activities of SHAEF.)
12:00
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Percival F. Brundage, Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget
12:15 pm
(Mr. Robert H. Cromwell, Beverly Hills, California) OFF THE RECORD
12:45 pm
(Mr. & Mrs. H. L. Emerson) OFF THE RECORD
12:45 pm
The President presented Gold Lifesaver Medals toSchool Safety Patrol
Boys and Girls
(This is held under auspices of American Automobile Association)
(Continued)
FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1954
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12:45 pm
School Safety Patrol Boys and Girls (Continued)
The following were present:
AAA Gold Lifesaver Medal Winners
Nancy Cissell, 4116 Hewitt Ave., Silver Spring, Maryland
Robert DiCristi, 210 Prospect Place, Brooklyn, New York
William F. Gurney, 622 Thirty-Fourth St., West Palm Beach, Fla.
Richard Herdegen, No. 3 Goldfinch Rd., Audubon Park, New Jersey
Douglas Lepley, 5223 N. 29th Dr., Phoenix, Arizona
James Messenger, 180 Maple Dri., Youngstown, Ohio
Charles Edgar Ward, 1224 Grayton Rd., Grosse Pointe, Michigan
James D. Wisner, 283 Waldon Ave., Buffalo, New York
AAA Citation Certificate Winner
Andrew Caravaggio, 7412 Engleman St., Center Line, Michigan
Parents of Lifesaver Medal Winners
Mr. & Mrs. William L. Cissell, Silver Spring, Maryland
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel DiCristi, Brooklyn, New York
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Herdegen, Audubon Park, New Jersey
Mr. & Mrs. W. R. Messenger, Youngstown, Ohio
Mr. & Mrs. Charles C. Wisner, Buffalo, New York
Escorts for Honor Patrol Members
Mr. Bayard Clark, Assistant Director of Traffic Engineering
and Safety, Automobile Club of Michigan, Detroit, Mich.
Mr. Robert J. Finley, Manager, South Florida Division,
AAA Miami, Florida
Mr. William J. Gottlieb, President, Automobile Club of
New York, New York City
Deputy Sheriff J. E. Watson, Jr., Phoenix, Arizona
AAA Officers and Staff
Andrew J. Sordoni, Senior Vice President, AAA and Secretary
of Commerce of Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
E. Ray Cory, Chairman AAA Traffic and Safety Com., Austin, Minn.
Russell E. Singer, Executive Vice President, AAA, Wash., D. C.
A. J. Montgomery, Director of Public Relations, AAA, Wash., D. C.
Burton W. Marsh, Director of Traffic Engineering and Safety,
AAA, Washington, D. C.
Alex L. Martin, News Editor, Department of Public Relations,
AAA, Washington, D. C.
Walter Morris, Charge of the School Safety Patrols for the
AAA's Traffic Engineering and Safety Dept., Wash., D. C.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1954
8:15 am
Hon. Eugene R. Black, President, International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development
(Mr. Black asked Mr. Stephens to arrange this)
8:30 am
National Security Council
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
Hon. William McN. Rand, Acting Director, F. O. A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, 0. D. M.
Hon. Elbert P. Tuttle, for the Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J. C. S.
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Brig. General 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.
10:00 am
(Dr. John H. Hunt and his students from Nishuane School,
Montclair, New Jersey) OFF THE RECORD
10:05 am
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Leonard Hall)
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
(Hon. Thomas E. Stephens)
(Gen. Paul T. Carroll)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Bernard Shanley)
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
(Hon. Homer Gruenther)
11:30 am
(Hon. Dan Thornton, Governor of Colorado) OFF THE RECORD
11:45 am
(Brigadier General Auby C. Strickland, USAF (Ret) and boys
from Lakemont Academy, Lakemont-on-Seneca, New York)
OFF THE RECORD
11:50 am
(The President left for Burning Tree, accompanied by Governor
Dan Thornton)
12:55 pm
(Teed off - Golf partners were:
Governor Dan Thornton
)
(
Mr. John McClure
)
(
Judge Samuel E. Whitaker)
(Completed 18 holes at 3:52 pm.
)
5:00 pm
(The President returned to the White House accompanied by Governor
Dan Thornton, who remained at the White House until 7:30 pm)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, MAY 9, 1954
EDT
10:25 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left the White House for MATS
Terminal, Washington National Airport.
"
10:45 am
Airborne Washington, D. C.
EST
10:20 am
Arrived Richmond, Virginia. The President and Mrs. Eisenhower
were greeted at Byrd Airfield by General and Mrs. Tompkins,
Governor and Mrs. Stanley, Vice Mayor and Mrs. Bryan.
II
10:25 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower motored to St. Paul's Church
where they attended the 11:00 o'clock Service on the occasion
of the 165th Anniversary of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues.
"
12:05 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left St. Paul's Church and
went to the Virginia House where they attended a Luncheon for
the Vestrymen and their wives.
"
2:00 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower departed the Virginia House
and motored to Fredericksburg, Virginia.
"
3:10 pm
Arrived Fredericksburg, Virginia. The President participated in
a Mother's Day program at the Washington Monument. The President
laid a wreath at the grave of Mrs. Mary Ball Washington.
4:00 pm
Departed Fredericksburg and motored direct to Washington, D. C.
EDT
6:15 pm
Arrived at the White House.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, MAY 10, 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
Sen. H. Alexander Smith, New Jersey
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Cong. Charles Halleck, Indiana
Cong. Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Cong. Leo Allen, Illinois
Cong. Samuel K. McConnell, Jr., Pennsylvania
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Nelson Rockefeller, Deputy Secretary of H. E. W.
Mr. 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
10:10 am
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Mass., presented the one millionth
Exposure Meter produced by Westinghouse to the President.
(Mr. Stephens and Mr. Snyder)
10:20 am
(The President went over to the White House)
10:30 am
(The President returned to the Executive Office)
10:30 am
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
(Usual Monday appointment)
11:00 am
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
(Usual Monday appointment)
11:40 am
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
(Usual Monday appointment)
12:30 pm
Hon. Samuel Wilder King, Governor of the Territory of Hawaii
Hon. Joseph R. Farrington, Delegate from Hawaii
Hon. Wilford C. Tsukiyama, President of Senate, Hawaii
Hon. Herbert K. Lee, Democrat Minority Leader of Senate, Hawaii
Mrs. Mary K. Robinson, Senate, Hawaii
MONDAY, MAY 10, 1954
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12:30 pm
Hawaiian Delegation (Continued)
Senator William Nobriga
Senator Noboru Miyake
Senator Joseph Itagoki
Hon. Hyrum L. Fong, Speaker of the House
Hon. Charles E. Kauhane, Minority Leader of the House
Hon. Richard P. St. Sure, Vice Speaker of the House
Hon. Thomas T. Sakakihara, Finance Committee Chairman
Hon. Walter F. McGuire, Leader in the House
Hon. Toshio Serizawa, Member of the House
Hon. Edward A. Towse, Chief Justice
Mr. Jack H. Mizuaha, Delegate
Mrs. Binaman Mossman, National Committee
Mrs. Dee DuPonte, National Committee
Mr. Harold Hill, American Legion
Mr. Daniel Inouye, DAV
Mr. Ernest B. DeSilva, Hawaii Statehood Commission
(Came in to pay their respects to the President)
1:00 pm
The following had Luncheon with the President:
Senator James H. Duff, Pennsylvania
Senator Guy Cordon, Oregon
2:15 pm
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F. 0. A.
2:30 pm
The President received the Members of the European Travel Commission
(Recommended by State Department with approval of Dept. of Commerce.
The request originated with Organization for European Economic
Cooperation. This group is in Washington for discussions with
Government officials in regard to encouraging United States
travel abroad) The following were present:
Austria - Paul Bernecker, President, Austrial State Tourist Dept.
Belgium - Arthur Haulet, High Commissioner of Tourism (Also
President of the European Travel Commission
Denmark - Mogens Lichtenberg, Director, National Travel Assn.
of Denmark
A. Bossau, Managing Director, Danish National Travel
Office, New York City
France - Jean Boucoiran, Director General of Tourism
Georges Anderla, Asst. Director, French Government
Tourist Office, New York City
Germany - Hans Baumann, Acting Director, German Tourist
Information Office, New York City
Great Britain - James Turbayne, Manager in U. S. A. of
British Travel Association
Italy - Pietro Romani, High Commissioner of Tourism
Dr. R. I. Ricci, Italian State Tourist Office
Mrs. Manuelita Doelger, Director in U.S.A. of
Italian State Tourist Office
Norway - G. B. Lampe, Director General, Norway Travel Assn.
S. W. Simonson, Managing Director, Norwegian National
Travel Office, New York City
MONDAY, MAY 10, 1954
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2:30 pm
European Travel Commission (Continued)
Sweden - Birger Nordholm, Director, Swedish National Travel
Office, New York City
Switzerland - Siegfried Bittel, Managing Director, Swiss National
Tourist Office
Henry Pillichodi, Managing Director, Swiss National
Travel Office, New York City
Turkey - Nuri Eren, Director, Turkish Information Office, N.Y.C.
Americans - Donald Watt, Jr., Administrative Director, European
Travel Commission
Hudson Meyer, Executive Vice President of Caples Co.
2:45 pm
Senator Arthur V. Watkins, Utah
Senator Wallace F. Bennett, Utah
Cong. Douglas R. Stringfellow, Utah
Cong. William A. Dawson, Utah
(Requested by Sen. Watkins - presented to the President on
behalf of the Golden Spike Committee a souvenir spike. There
is ceremony taking place today in Utah at Promontory Station,
Box Elder County, Utah, marking 85th anniversary of the driving
of golden spike uniting first transcontinental railroad. A
Presidential message was sent to this celebration.)
4:30 pm
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hon. Robert Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. Douglas MacArthur, 2nd, Counsel, State Department
Mr. Robert R. Bowie, State Department
7:30 pm
The President gave a Stag Dinner for the following:
Tom Armstrong, King Ranch, Kingsville, Texas
Thomas M. Belshe (Col.), Retired Army Officer, Washington, D. C.
Ralph H. Cake, President, Equitable Savings & Loan Assn, Oregon
General Paul T. Carroll, White House Staff Secretary
A. L. Cole, General Business Manager, Reader's Digest
Nathan Cummings, Chairman of the Board, Consolidated Grocers
Corporation, Chicago
Carl M. Fishel, President, Trifari, Krufsman & Fishel, Inc., New York
Dr. John A. Krout, Provost of Columbia University, New York
John R. McCrary, Jr., Radio Commentator, New York
Rev. Paul A. McNally, Dean of Medical School, Georgetown University
John M. Olin, President, Olin Industries, Inc., E. Alton, Illinois
Spencer T. Olin, Vice President, Olin Industries, Inc., E.Alton, Ill.
John D. Rockefeller, III, Chairman of the Board, Rockefeller
Foundation, New York
Hon. Nelson A. Rockefeller, Under Secretary of H. E. W.
John A. Roosevelt, President, "4711" Limited; & President, Lee Ltd, N.Y.
Albert C. Wedemeyer (Gen.), Vice President & Director, Avco Mfg,
Corporation, New York
Paul S. Willis, President, Grocery Manufacturers of America, Inc., N.Y.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1954
8:45 am
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Robert Cutler
(Arranged by Mr. Cutler - one hour)
10:00 am
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, United States Civil Service Commission
Mr. John Fisher, President of the Civil Service Assembly
Mr. Kenneth Warner, Director of the Civil Service Assembly
(Chairman Young thought it would be helpful if the heads of
this major non-governmental civil service association met
the President)
10:40 am
The President left for the Capitol, where he attended ceremonies
in connection with the completion and restoration of the frieze
in the Rotunda of the Capitol.
12:30 pm
The President received the members of the Advisory Committee of
the Veterans Division of the Republican National Committee.
(Appointment requested by Chairman Hall) The following were
present:
James E. VanZandt, Co-Chairman, Pennsylvania Veterans of
Foreign Wars
Milo Warner, Ohio, American Legion, Co-Chairman
J. R. Pat Gorman, Maryland, AMVETS
Ed Hayes, Illinois, American Legion
Clarence Adamy, Virginia, AMVETS
Edward McGinnis, Illinois, American Legion
Mrs. Lawrence H. Smith, Wash., D. C., American Legion Auxiliary
Frank Hilton, Pennsylvania, Veterans of Foreign Wars
Fred Bramlege, Kansas, American Legion
Harry Colmery, Kansas, American Legion
Clyde Lewis, New York, Veterans of Foreign Wars
Herman F. Luhrs, Michigan, American Legion
Hon. Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee
Mr. A. D. Baumhart, Executive Director, Republican National Com.
Mr. Martin B. Buckner, Director of Veterans Division, Republican
National Committee
1:00 pm
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State, had Luncheon with the
President.
2:15 pm
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Judge Waldo Rogers, New Mexico)
OFF THE RECORD
(Judge John R. Ross, Nevada)
(The Attorney General asked if he might bring these Judges in
to meet the President)
2:20 pm
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1954
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2:30 pm
Mr. Jacob Blaustein, of Baltimore, Maryland
(Hon. Maxwell Rabb)
(Mr. Blaustein requested this appointment)
2:45 pm
The President received members of the Pennsylvania Congressional
Delegation, together with Members of the Northeast Pennsylvania
Industrial Development Commission and others.
(Appointment arranged at the request of Congressman Ivor
Fenton, Pa.) The following were present:
Hon. John S. Fine, Governor of Pennsylvania
Senator Edward Martin
Senator James H. Duff
Cong. Ivor D. Fenton
Cong. Joseph L. Carrigg
Cong. Edward J. Bonin
Cong. Alvin R. Bush
Cong. Walter Mumma
Cong. Francis E. Walter
Charles Weissman, Wilkes Barre, NE Penn. Industrial Development
Commission (Task Force)
Ted V. Rodgers, Sr., Scranton (Task Force)
James Kock, Hazleton (Task Force)
Joseph Maguire, Pottsville, President Development Corp. (Task Force)
Charles Petrie, Shamakin, Coal Township Chamber of Commerce (Task Force.
Victor Diehm, Hazleton (Task Force)
Bernard Blier, Scranton (Task Force)
Edward G. Fox, Operators Negotiating Board
Thomas E. Kennedy, Vice President United Mine Workers of America
James Jennings, Scranton Water Company
Frank Ernest, Anthracite Institute
George P. Walsh, American Legion
Walter Toolan, Scranton Chamber of Commerce
G. Binder, Secretary to Charles Weissman
Willis W. Jones, Scranton Chamber of Commerce Secretary
Edward V. McCullion, Lehigh Coal Company
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O.D.M.
Hon. Felix Wormser, Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Earle Chesney
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1954
8:30 am
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Hon. James Lay)
OFF THE RECORD
(Briefed the President on N. S. C.)
9:00 am
The President received a group of Republican Congressmen from
California.
(Asked if they might come in and pay their respects to the
President and told him that they are going out and get them-
selves reelected on the President's program)
The following were present:
Congressman John J. Allen, Jr., California
Congressman Charles S. Gubser, California
Congressman Edgar w. Hiestand, California
Congressman Patrick J. Hillings, California
Congressman Carl Hinshaw, California
Congressman Joe Holt, California
Congressman Craig Hosmer, California
Congressman Oakley Hunter, California
Congressman Donald L. Jackson, California
Congressman Leroy Johnson, California
Congressman Glenard P. Lipscomb, California
Congressman Gordon L. McDonough, California
Congressman William S. Maillard, California
Congressman John Phillips, California
Congressman Hubert B. Scudder, California
Congressman James B. Utt, California
Congressman Robert Wilson, California
Congressman J. Arthur Younger, California
(Hon. Earle Chesney)
9:30 am
The President received a group from the National Symphony Orchestra
(Presented to the President release of the Orchestra's first
high fidelity recording, the work of an American composer,
Paul Creston. This was originally released on National
Symphony Day, April 23rd, but the President was away on that
date and this was first opportunity to arrange presentation.)
The following were present:
Dr. Howard Mitchell, Conductor
Mr. Hugh K. Duffield, President of National Symphony Association
Dr. Kurt List, Vice President, Westminister Recording Co.
Paul Creston, Tuckahoe, New York (composer)
Dr. Maurice Friedman, President, Washington Recording Society
W. Wolf Reade, Public Relations Director, The National Symphony
Orchestra
(Hon. Thomas E. Stephens)
10:00 am
(Mr. Hagerty)
10:30 am
Press Conference
WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1954
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11:15 am
The President, accompanied by Hon. Philip Young and Mr. Hagerty,
left for the Statler Hotel, where the President extended brief
greetings to the Annual Conference of the Society for Personnel
Administration.
(Requested by Philip Young)
11:40 am
(The President left the Statler Hotel and motored direct to
Burning Tree Club)
12:50 pm
(The President teed off at 12:50 p.m. and completed 18 holes at)
(3:50 p.m. His golf partners were:
)
(Mr. W. W. Flenniken, Englewood, Colorado)
(Mr. Herb Blunck, Manager, Statler Hotel
)
(Cong. Jack Westland, Washington
)
4:45 pm
(The President returned to his Office in the White House)
5:30 pm
(Miss Maude Purcell-Driver, of London, England) OFF THE RECORD
5:45 pm
(Mr. Thomas B. Fegan, Husband of Patricia Eisenhower who is daughter
of Mrs. Roy Eisenhower) OFF THE RECORD
(Came to the office and walked over to the White House with
the President. Mr. Fegan remained until 6:35 pm)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1954
8:00 am
(Hon. Harold Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force, had Breakfast
with the President)
OFF THE RECORD
9:00 am
The President signed S 2150, An Act "Providing for the creation
of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, etc."
The following witnessed the ceremony:
H.E. A. D. P. Heeney, Ambassador of Canada
Sen. George Aiken, Vermont
Sen. Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Sen. Homer Capehart, Indiana
Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Sen. Guy Gillette, Iowa
Sen. Theodore Francis Green, Rhode Island
Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Iowa
Sen. Hubert Humphrey, Minnesota
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. William Langer, North Dakota
Sen. Eugene Millikin, Colorado
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Sen. H. Alexander Smith, New Jersey
Sen. John Sparkman, Alabama
Sen. Edward J. Thye, Minnesota
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker of the House
Cong. Leo Allen, Illinois
Cong. Homer D. Angell, Oregon
Cong. Leslie Arends, Illinois
Cong. Frank J. Becker, New York
Cong. John A. Blatnik, Minnesota
Cong. Vera Buchanan, Pennsylvania
Cong. Charles Buckley, New York
Cong. Clifford Davis, Tennessee
Cong. George A. Dondero, Michigan
Cong. Myron V. George, Kansas
Cong. Robert E. Jones, Jr., Alabama
Cong. Clarence Kilburn, New York
Cong. John C. Kluczynski, Illinois
Cong. J. Harry McGregor, Ohio
Cong. Thaddeus M. Machrowicz, Michigan
Cong. Russell V. Mack, Washington
Cong. Thomas Martin, Iowa
Cong. Charles Oakman, Michigan
Cong. Gordon Scherer, Ohio
Cong. Hubert B. Scudder, California
Cong. Dewey Short, Missouri
Cong. Frank E. Smith, Mississippi
Cong. James W. Trimble, Arkansas
Cong. Herbert Warburton, Delaware
Cong. John C. Watts, Kentucky
THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1954
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9:30 am
Hon. B. Frank Heintzleman, the Governor of the Territory of Alaska
Hon. E. L. Bartlett, Delegate from Alaska, and a Delegation from
Alaska.
(Came in to pay their respects and discussed Statehood Bill)
The following comprised the Delegation:
BRANDON, Miles, Eskimo, of Dillingham, Alaska; President,
Alaska Native Brotherhood; occupation, fisherman.
BROWNE, Ralph, Economic and industrial consultant; 5 yrs with
Alaska Development Board; in Alaska 12 years.
BUTROVICH, John, Senior Republican Territorial Senator, serving
third four-year term, 4th Judicial Div; res. of Fairbanks;
insurance business; native Alaskan.
CHASE, Dr. Will H., A true Alaskan pioneer; 81 yrs. old; 57 yrs
in Alaska; serving 21st term as Mayor of Cordova; past Pres.
Pioneers of Alaska; for 6yrs. Chairman Alaska Game Commission;
author of numerous books on Alaska; authority on Alaska brown
bear, wolverines; during his years as physician has delivered
over 2,000 Alaskans.
EGAN, Bill, Territorial Democratic Senator; 5 times member of
the House; Speaker of House in 1951; former Mayor of Valdez;
Pres. Valdez Chamber of Commerce; member Advisory Committee
of National Rivers and Harbors Association
FISCHER, Helen, Territorial Representative Business & Professional
Women; Vice President Anchorage Democratic Club; 9 yrs in
Alaska; native of Minnesota; Secretary of Operation Statehood
HICKLE, Walter J., Anchorage businessman; Republican National
Committeeman; official representative of Anchorage Chamber
of Commerce.
JOHNSON, Ken. C., Anchorage businessman; in Alaska 20 yrs.;
prospected in Alaska in the Arctic; organizer and first
President of the American Society of Safety Engineers in
Alaska; native of Washington.
MEATH, Larry, Chairman Republican 4th Div. Committee; Fiarbanks
businessman; former Territorial Legislator; in Alaska 18 yrs.
MORRIS, J. C., Anchorage businessman; past Dept. Comdr. Amer.
Leg.; member of Amer. Leg. Natl. Security Training Com.;
res. of Alaska 34 yrs.; born in Minnesota.
PETERSON, Chester, Representative, Republican 3rd Div. Com.;
Anchorage businessman; in Alaska 14 yrs.; spent 11 yrs
in field of education; former resident of Idaho, North
Dakota and Wisconsin
PLUMMER, Ray, Democratic National Committeeman from Alaska;
practicing Anchorage attorney; former U. S. District
Attorney; representing Anchorage Chamber of Commerce;
native of Nebraska.
RIVERS, Ralph, Mayor of City of Fairbanks; engaged in private
law practice; Pres. League of Alaskan Cities; U. S. District
Attorney 4th Division 1933-44; Attorney General of Alaska
1945-49; has spent 47 of his 50 yrs. in Alaska.
RENTSCHLER, Carl, Republican member of Alaska House of Repre-
sentatives; Anchorage realtor; in Alaska 10 years; orig.
from Pennsylvania.
THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1954
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9:30 am
Alaskan Delegation (Continued)
WHITE, Barrie M., Jr., President of Operation Statehood;
Anchorage businessman; orig. from Massachusetts and New
Hampshire
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
10:00 am
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Administration
10:00 am
National Security Council
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Acting Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Adm.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, 0. D. M.
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Herbert Brownell, Jr., The Attorney General
Hon. Arthur E. Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, The Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Hon. Val Peterson, Federal Civil Defense Administrator
Hon. J. Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Adm. 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. General Paul T. Carroll, White House Staff Secretary
Hon. J. Patrick Coyne, NSC Internal Security Representative
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
12:00
Mr. Spyros P. Skouras, New York
12:30 pm
Cong. Norris Cotton, New Hampshire
Miss Sandra Miskelly, of Keene, New Hampshire
(Miss Miskelly was to have come as delegate from her High School,
two years ago, to Washington to participate in so-called Girls'
State, but contracted polio and was uhable to make trip. Now
the Keene, New Hampshire, Lions Club is giving her this trip)
12:45 pm
Cong. Alvin M. Bentley, Michigan
(Asked to come in and thank the President for roses sent him in
hospital)
1:00 pm
(The President had Luncheon in the Navy Mess in the West Wing of
the White House)
2:00 pm
(Hon. Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee) OFF THE RECORD
THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1954
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2:30 pm
Mr. William Wallace Chapin, San Francisco, California
(Wrote Mr. Hagerty he would be in New York this week-end and
would like to come down and pay his respects to the President,
whom he knows)
2:45 pm
Hon. Myron Taylor
(Presented to the President a specially bound book of meetings
Mr. Taylor has had with Church Leaders and also conversations
with Pope Pius XII, on relationship of Church and State.)
3:00 pm
(Mr. Robert Burroughs, Manchester, New Hampshire) OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1954
8:00 am
The following had Breakfast with the President:
Hon. Harry Darby, Kansas City, Missouri
Mr. Joyce Hall, Kansas City, Missouri
Mr. Carl Byoir, New York City
Mr. Horace Loomis, Kansas City, Missouri
Hon. Kevin McCann
Hon. Thomas E. Stephens
9:50 am
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
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. Fred A. Seaton, Assistant 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. Arthur Larson, Under Secretary of Labor
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Foreign Operations Administration
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, 0. D. M.
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the United Nations
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Marion Folsom, Under Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Nelson Rockefeller, Under Secretary of H. E. W.
Hon. Arthur Kimball, Staff Director, President's Advisory Com.
on Government Organization
Dr. Ernest Williams, Consultant on Transportation, O. D. M.
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
Hon. Arthur Minnich
The following were absent: The Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of the Interior
The Secretary of Labor
12:00
(Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General)
(Cong. Charles A. Halleck, Indiana)
(Mr. Robert V. New)
OFF THE RECORD
(Sen. Frank A. Barrett, Wyoming)
(Cong. William H. Harrison, Wyoming)
FRIDAY, May 14, 1954
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12:15 pm
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
OFF THE RECORD
(Cong. Charles A. Halleck, Indiana)
12:45 pm
Senator Edward Martin, Pennsylvania
Dr. Othel J. Gee, National Commander of the Army & Navy Legion of Valor
LCDR John Mihalowski, CMH, Arlington, Virginia
Lt. Colonel Robert M. Gaynor, DSC, Arlington, Virginia
LCDR W. P. MacLean, NC, Washington, D. C.
Capt. R. E. Blumhagen, DSC, Arlington, Virginia
Dr. T. E. Jones DSC, Washington, D. C.
Mr. P. L. de Rosselli, DSC, Cheverly, Maryland
Lt. R. P. Felerski, DSC, Silver Spring, Maryland
(Arranged at the request of Senator Martin. Dr. Gee wished to pay
respects and invited the President to the 64th Reunion Banquet
of the Legion of Valor to be held here in July)
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:00 pm
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
Hon. Victor E. Cooley, Deputy Director, O.D.M.
Hon. Charles H. Kendall, General Counsel, O.D.M.
Dr. William Y. Elliott, National Security Council Staff
Mr. George Landry, Assistant Director for Production Requirements
and Programs, ODM
Mr. Elmer H. Weaver, Assistant Director for Materials, ODM
Mr. Benjamin F. Young, Assistant Director for Financial Policy, ODM
Mr. Glenwood J. Sherrard, Assistant Director for Stabilization, ODM
Lt. General W. S. Paul (Ret), Assistant to the Director for Non-Military
Defense, ODM
Mr. William A. Porter, Assistant Director for Telecommunications, ODM
Mr. John Hilliard, Deputy Assistant Director for Manpower, ODM
Mr. Edwin B. George, Chairman, Program Advisory Committee, ODM
Mr. Vincent P. Rock, Director, Program and Reports Staff, ODM
Mr. John D. Young, Executive Officer, ODM
(Dr. Flemming asked if this might be arranged)
2:50 pm
(The President, accompanied by Mr. Hagerty, departed for Burning
Tree where they played golf with Colonel Belshe)
6:20 pm
(The President returned to the White House)
7:30 pm
The President left for the Statler Hotel where he attended the Fifth
Annual Armed Forces Day Dinner.
10:25 pm
(The President returned to the White House)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1954
7:45 am
(The following had Breakfast OFF THE RECORD with the President:)
(Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State)
(Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J. C. S.)
(Hon. Douglas MacArthur, II, Counsel, State Department)
8:50 am
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left the White House and motored
to Gettysburg to inspect the remodeling of their home. They met
Dr. and Mrs. Milton S. Eisenhower and then departed for Camp David,
Maryland)
(The President and Dr. Eisenhower went fishing at Floyd Akers'
place at Catoctin, Maryland)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, MAY 16, 1954
AT CAMP DAVID, MARYLAND
7:30 pm
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower returned to the White House)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, MAY 17, 1954
7:15 am
(The following had Breakfast OFF THE RECORD with the President:)
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Hon. J. Lee Rankin, Assistant Attorney General)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
(Hon. James Hagerty)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Bernard Shanley)
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
(Hon. Jack Martin)
8:15 am
Hon. George V. Allen, American Ambassador to India
(Ambassador Allen is in Washington testifying at Congressional
Hearings in support of Administration's request for funds for
technical and economic aid to India, and he requested this
appointment thru Protocol)
8:30 am
Legislative Leaders
Senator 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
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Franklin G. Floete, Assistant Secretary of Defense
Hon. Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee
Mr. James Bassett, Republican National Committee
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Hon. Earle Chesney
Hon. Arthur Minnich
The Vice President was absent.
10:30 am
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
(Usual Monday appointment)
11:00 am
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
(Usual Monday appointment)
MONDAY, MAY 17, 1954
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12:30 pm
(General H. J. Kruls) OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Ralph Reed, of American Express, spoke to the President
about seeing General Kruls when he came to the United States)
12:45 pm
(Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare)
(Hon. Nelson Rockefeller, Under Secretary of H. E. W.)
(OFF THE RECORD - Briefed the President on one o'clock Luncheon
with group of Life Insurance Executives)
1:00 pm
The President gave a Luncheon for a group of Life Insurance Executives:
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Nelson Rockefeller, Deputy Secretary of H. E. W.
Hon. Roswell B. Perkins, Assistant Secretary of H. E. W.
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Claris Adams, Executive Vice President, American Life Convention,
Washington, D. C.
H. W. Brower, President, Occidental Life Insurance Co. of California,
Los Angeles, California
Asa V. Call, President, Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co., Los
Angeles, California
Paul F. Clark, President, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.,
Boston, Massachusetts
L. W. Dawson, President, Mutual Life Insurance Co., and President,
Life Assurance Association, New York City
Frederick W. Ecker, President, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.,
New York City
W. T. Grant, Chairman of the Board, Businessmen's Assurance Co.,
Kansas City, Missouri
S. J. Hay, Great National Life Insurance Co., Dallas, Texas
Ralph R. Lounsbury, President, Bankers National Life Insurance
Co., and President, American Life Convention, Montclair, New Jersey
Powell B. McHaney, President, General American Life Insurance Co.,
St. Louis, Missouri
Ray D. Murphy, President, Equitable Life Assurance Society of USA,
New York City
Clarence Myers, New York Life Insurance Co., New York City
Adlai H. Rust, Chairman of the Board and Treasurer, State Farm
Life Insurance Co., Bloomington, Illinois
Carroll H. Shanks, President, Prudential Insurance Co. of America,
Newark, New Jersey
Eldon Stevenson, President, National Life and Accident Insurance Co.,
Nashville, Tennessee
Eugene H. Thore, General Counsel, Life Insurance Association of
America, Washington, D. C.
Frazar B. Wilde, President, Connecticut General Life Insurance Co.,
Hartford, Connecticut
2:30 pm
The President received the Members of the Board of Governors of the
American Bar Association.
(They are meeting in Washington and asked to pay their respects)
MONDAY, MAY 17, 1954
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2:30 pm Board of Governors, American Bar Association (Continued)
The following were present:
William J. Jameson, President, Billings, Montana
David F. Maxwell, Chairman, House of Delegates, Phila, Pa.
Joseph D. Stecher, Secretary, Toledo, Ohio
Harold H. Bredell, Treasurer, Indianapolis, Indiana
Robert G. Storey, last Retiring President, Dallas, Texas
Tappan Gregory, Editor-in-Chief of the American Bar Association
Journal, Chicago, Illinois
Allan H. W. Higgins, Boston, Massachusetts
Cyril Coleman, Hartford, Connecticut
P. Warren Green, Wilmington, Delaware
Robert T. Barton, Jr., Richmond, Virginia
LeDoux R. Provosty, Alexandria, Louisiana
Donald A. Finkbeiner, Toledo, Ohio
Richard P. Tinkham, Hammond, Indiana
Herbert G. Nilles, Fargo, North Dakota
A. L. Merrill, Pocatello, Idaho
Ross L. Malone, Jr., Roswell, New Mexico
Lloyd wright, Nominee for President, Los Angeles, California
John D. Randall, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Elwood H. Hettrick, Boston, Massachusetts
Osmer Fitts, Brattleboro, Vermont
Blakey Helm, Louisville, Kentucky
Thomas M. Burgess, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Joseph D. Calhoun, Media, Pennsylvania, Assistant Secretary
3:00 pm
(Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff)
(General Nathan F. Twining, Chief of Staff, U. S. Air Force)
(General Matthew B. Ridgway, Chief of Staff, U. S. Army)
(Admiral Robert B. Carney, Chief of Naval Operations)
(General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., Commandant, U. S. Marine Corps)
(OFF THE RECORD BRIEFING)
4:00 pm
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Jack Martin)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1954
8:00 am
The following had Breakfast with the President:
Congressman Daniel Reed, New York
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Jack Martin
9:15 am
The President received the two national winners of the Essay Contest
of the National Association of Home Builders.
The following were present:
Miss Anne Kirk - 18-year old school girl of Pueblo, Colorado,
who won NAHB national essay contest on "Why Home Ownership
Builds Good Citizenship".
Miss Hulda Forsman - Teacher of Anne Kirk
Mr. Albert Stoermer - 17-year old school boy of Oakland, Calif.,
who won NAHB Model Home Contest
Mr. H. A. Donlevy - Teacher to Albert Stoermer
Mr. R. G. Hughes, President, National Association of Home Builders
Mr. John Dickerman, Executive Director, National Association of
Home Builders
Mr. Leonard Frank, Chairman, Education Committee, National
Association of Home Builders
9:30 am
The President signed H. R. 8097, An Act "To authorize the financing
of a program of public works construction for the District of
Columbia, and for other purposes."
The following were present:
Senator J. Glenn Beall, Maryland
Senator Francis Case, South Dakota
Senator Albert Gore, Tennessee
Congressman John J. Allen, Jr., California
Congressman Charles S. Gubser, California
Congressman Oren Harris, Arkansas
Congressman Paul C. Jones, Missouri
Congressman Joseph P. O'Hara, Minnesota
Congressman Sid Simpson, Illinois
Congressman Howard W. Smith, Virginia
Congressman Henry O. Talle, Iowa
Hon. Samuel Spencer, D. C. Commissioner
Hon. Renah F. Camalier, D. C. Commissioner
Brig. General Louis W. Prentiss, Engineer Commissioner
Mr. Robert C. Albrook
Mr. William N. McLeod, Jr.
9:45 am
Congressman Gordon L. McDonough, California
Congressman Joe Holt, California
(Mr. Earle Chesney)
(These California Congressmen were unable to come with large
group of California Congressmen who called on the President
ten days ago. They were photographed with the President.)
TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1954
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11:10 am
The President left for the Airport, where he enplaned for Charlotte,
North Carolina.
The following accompanied the President:
Hon. Robert T. Stevens, Secretary of the Army
Congressman Charles R. Jonas, North Carolina
Major General Howard McC. Snyder
Hon. James C. Hagerty
Lt. Colonel Robert L. Schulz
Commander Edward L. Beach
Lt. Colonel William G. Draper
Fred Waring
Secret Service Agents
11:25 am
Airborne for Charlotte, North Carolina.
1:00 pm
Arrived Charlotte, North Carolina. Greetings.
1:10 pm
The President and members of his party departed the Airfield for
Freedom Park where the President participated in ceremonies cele-
brating the 179th anniversary of the signing of the Mecklenburg
Declaration of Independence and the celebration of Armed Forces Week.
3:31 pm
Airborne Charlotte, North Carolina.
4:57 pm
Arrived MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport.
5:15 pm
Arrived at the White House.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1954
7:45 am
The President gave a Breakfast for the Members of the Marching
and Chowder Club. The following were present:
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Sen. Charles E. Potter, Michigan
Mr. Ben H. Guill, Post Office Department
Mr. Thruston B. Morton, State Department
Cong. John J. Allen, Jr., California
Cong. William P. Ayres, Ohio
Cong. John W. Byrnes, Wisconsin
Cong. Norris Cotton, New Hampshire
Cong. Glenn R. Davis, Wisconsin
Cong. Steven B. Derounian, New York
Cong. Gerald R. Ford, Jr., Michigan
Cong. Patrick J. Hillings, California
Cong. Charles R. Jonas, North Carolina
Cong. Kenneth B. Keating, New York
Cong. Melvin R. Laird, Wisconsin
Cong. Harold O. Lovre, South Dakota
Cong. Charles P. Nelson, Maine
Cong. Walter Norblad, Oregon
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Earle Chesney
9:30 am
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
10:00 am
(Mr. Hagerty)
10:30 am
Press Conference
11:15 am
Mr. Robert H. Gros, President, Advertising Association of the
West, San Francisco, California.
(Arranged at the suggestion of Chairman Hall. Mr. Gros originally
wrote to Jack Cornelius, of Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn.
Cornelius said Gros is fine speaker, a protege of Will Rogers
and Herbert Hoover and Public Relations and Advertising Head of
Pacific Gas & Electric. Mr. Gros wished to tell the President
of sentiment he had picked up in travels throughout West, etc.)
12:00
(The President left the White House and motored to Burning Tree)
(where he played golf with the following:
)
(Mr. William Faricy)
(Mr. Robert Fleming)
(Sen. Prescott Bush, Connecticut)
4:59 pm
(The President returned to the Thite House)
7:30 pm
(The President gave a Stag Dinner for the following:)
Robert K. Christenberry, President, Hotel Astor, New York City
John F. Fennelly, Partner, Glore Forgan & Co., Chicago
WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1954
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7:30 pm
(Stag Dinner - Continued)
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Frank W. Leahy, Retired Head Football Coach, University of
Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana
Frank M. Ludwick, Attorney, Washington, D. C.
Jack E. Manning, President, Mountain States Drilling Co., Denver
Raymond Pitcairn, Attorney, Philadelphia, Pa.
David Rockefeller, Senior Vice President, Chase National Bank, NYC
Laurance S. Rockefeller, Chairman of the Board, Rockefeller Center,
Inc., and President, Memorial Hospital, NYC
Winthrop Rockefeller, Chairman of the Board, Colonial Williamsburg,
Inc., Little Rock, Arkansas
Roger W. Rowland, President, New Castle Refractories Co., Pa.
William F. Russell, President Emeritus, Teachers College,
Columbia University, New York City
E. O. Spencer, President & General Manager, The Walthall Hotel,
Jackson, Mississippi
Paul Felix Warburg, New York City
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1954
8:15 am
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. James Lay)
(Briefed the President on N.S.C.)
9:00 am
The Secretary of the Interior and Members of the Texas Congressional
Delegation.
(Invited the President to attend dedication of Big Bend National
Park in Texas) The following were present:
Hon. Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Crme Lewis, Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Conrad L. Wirth, Director, National Park Service
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, Texas
Senator Price Daniel, Texas
Cong. Vingate H. Lucas, Texas
Cong. Omar Eurleson, Texas
Cong. Ken Regan, Texas
9:15 am
Hon. Joseph Simonson, American Ambassador to Ethiopia
(Requested this appt. thru Protocol)
9:30 am
National Security Council
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Acting Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Adm.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O.D.M.
Hon. George M. Humphrey, 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. Val Peterson, Administrator, Federal Civil Defense Adm.
Hon. Arthur F. Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Adm. Walter S. DeLany, Foreign Operations Adm.
Hon. Hugh M. Milton, for the 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, U.S.A.
Adm. Robert B. Carney, Chief of Naval Operations
Gen. Nathan F. Twining, Chief of Staff, U. S. Air Force
Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., Commandant, U.S.M.C.
Robert R. Bowie, State Department
Elbert P. Tuttle, Treasury Department
Brig. Gen. C. H. Bonesteel, III, Defense Department
Barrett W. McDonnell, Justice Department
Brig. Gen. Robert W. Porter, Jr., F. 0. A.
William Y. Elliott, O. D. M.
Ralph W. E. Reid, Bureau of the Budget
Roy B. Snapp, Atomic Energy Commission
Major General John K. Gerhart, Joint Chiefs of Staff
THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1954
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9:30 am
National Security Council (Continued)
Robert Amory, Jr., Central Intelligence Agency
Elmer Staats, Operations Coordinating Board
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.
12:15 pm
The President left for the Shoreham Hotel, where he extended brief
Creetings to the Members of the Committee for Economic Development.
12:55 pm
(The President returned to the White House)
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:15 pm
General Carl Gray, former Head of the Veterans Administration
3:00 pm
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
H.E. Leslie Knox Munro, the Ambassador of New Zealand
The Honorable T. Clifton Webb, the Minister of External Affairs of
New Zealand
(Requested by the Secretary of State)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1954
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. 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. Arthur Larson, Under 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 Commission
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Percival Brundage, Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Roger Jones, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
Hon. Arthur Minnich
The following were absent: The Secretary of Defense
The Attorney General - no one repre-
sented Justice
The Secretary of Labor
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
12:00
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Administration
Mr. Morris Wolf, General Counsel
Mr. Glen Lloyd, Deputy for Congressional presentation
(Discussed legislation affecting FOA)
12:30 pm
The President received THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR.
(Arranged at the request of Mrs. Hobby. Each year McCall's
magazine, with cooperation of Office of Education and the Chief
State School Officers, sponsors project for purpose of selecting
Teacher of the Year.)
The following were present:
Nr. Willard Widerberg, DeKalb, Ill. (Teacher of the Year)
Mrs. Willard Widerberg, wife
Greg Widerberg, son
Will Widerberg, son
Linda Widerberg, daughter
Dawn Widerberg, daughter
FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1954
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12:30 pm
Teacher of the Year (Continued)
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. S. M. Brownell, Commissioner of Education
Miss Christine Sadler, Director, Washington Bureau, McCall's Magazine
Mr. Frank Hogan, New York Office, McCall's, New York City
Mr. Henry Ehrlich, Picture Story Editor, McCall's, New York City
Mr. Robert H. Phillips (Photographer)
Mr. John Lloyd, Acting Chief, Reports & Technical Services Section,
Office of Education, Washington, D. C.
1:00 pm
(The President had Luncheon in the Navy Mess in the West Wing of
the White House)
2:30 pm
Hon. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
(Asked Mr. Stephens to arrange this)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1954
8:30 am
(Hon. Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Wilton E. Persons)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Thomas E. Stephens)
9:30 am
(Mr. Fred Waring)
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Thomas E. Stephens)
9:50 am
(Hon. John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State) OFF THE RECORD
9:55 am
(Hon. John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State)
(Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff)
(Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense)
(Hon. Allen Dulles, Director, Central Intelligence Agency)
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(OFF THE RECORD - Requested by the Secretary of State)
10:45 am
(Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F.O.A.) OFF THE RECORD
11:10 am
(Mr. & lrs. Meredith C. Lentz, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania) OFF THE RECORD
(Second Cousins of the President)
11:20 am
(Hon. Paul G. Hoffman, Pasadena, California) OFF THE RECORD
11:22 am
(The President left the White House and motored to Fort George G.)
(Meade, Maryland, where he lunched and played golf with the
)
(following:
)
(Lt. Gen. Floyd L. Parks, Commanding General, 2nd Army)
(Gen. Hugh Harris, Chief of Staff, 2nd Army)
(Col. Robert Chard, with Adjutant Gen, 2nd Army)
(OFF THE RECORD)
6:40 pm
(The President returned to the White House)
7:40 pm
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left for the Statler Hotel,
where they attended a dinner given in their honor by the Women's
National Press Club)
10:30 pm
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower returned to the White House)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, MAY 23, 1954
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower attended the 11:00 a.m. Service
at the National Presbyterian Church.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
2:30 pm
(Hon. & Mrs. George Humphrey)
(Mr. and Mrs. George Allen)
(Hon. Paul Gray Hoffman)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, MAY 24, 1954
8:30 am
The Legislative Leaders
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Sen. Eugene Millikin, Colorado
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Cong. Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Cong. Leo 8. Allen, Illinois
Mr. James Bassett, Republican National Committee
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Murray Snyder
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Hon. Earle Chesney
Hon. Arthur Minnich
10:30 am
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
(Usual Monday appointment)
11:00 am
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
(Usual Monday appointment)
11:30 am
Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense
(This was usual Monday appointment for the Secretary of Defense)
12:30 pm
(Major Robert L. Williams, USA, Ret'd., Orlando, Florida) OFF THE RECORD
(Member of West Point Class of 1915)
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1954
8:50 am
Dr. Nathan M. Pusey, President of Harvard University
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Arranged at the request of Secretary Weeks & Gen. Cutler)
9:00 am
Dr. Earl F. Adams, Asst. General Secretary, National Council
of Churches
Dr. Truman A. Douglass, Chairman, Program Committee for General
Assembly
Dr. Roy G. Ross, General Secretary of the Council
(To invite the President to speak at next meeting of their
General Assembly in Boston, December 2nd)
9:30 am
The Very Reverend E. J. O'Donnell, S. J.
(Invited the President to Commencement Exercises of Marquette
University, June 8, 1955, the 75th year of founding of the
University)
9:45 am
Hon. Arthur Flemming, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization
(Regular appointment arranged every three weeks for Dr. Flemming)
10:30 am
Hon. Raymond A. Spruance, American Ambassador to the Philippines
(Requested this thru Protocol)
10:45 am
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Hon. A. Sherman Christenson, District of Utah)
(Hon. Ralph M. Freeman, Eastern Michigan)
(Hon. Joe McDonald Ingraham, Southern Texas)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. W. Wallace Kent, Western Michigan)
(Hon. Charles E. Whittaker, Western Missouri)
(Sen. Arthur V. Watkins, Utah)
(The Attorney General brought these new Judges in to meet the
President)
11:15 am
Hon. Edward J. Sparks, American Ambassador to Bolivia
(Requested this thru Protocol, as he had not met the President
and since the President has expressed interest in our emergency
program in Bolivia)
12:00
The President left for the Mayflower Hotel, where he extended
brief greetings to the Convention of the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress.
The President left the Mayflower Hotel and motored direct to
Burning Tree Golf Club, where he had Luncheon and played golf
with the following:
Mr. James Black
Mr. Ed Dudley, golf pro at Augusta National
Mr. Max Elbin, golf pro at Burning Tree
TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1954
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1:35 pm
Teed off.
4:27 pm
Finished 18 holes.
4:45 pm
(Departed Burning Tree)
5:15 pm
(Arrived at the White House)
5:20 pm
AT THE WHITE HOUSE - (Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State)
(Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Deputy Secretary of
Defense)
OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1954
7:45 am
The following had Breakfast with the President:
Hon. Ezra T. Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Ross Rizley, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Cong. Clifford R. Hope, Kansas
Cong. William S. Hill, Colorado
Cong. Charles B. Hoeven, Iowa
Cong. August H. Andresen, Minnesota
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Gerald Morgan
(Arranged by Mr. Morgan)
9:00 am
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Hon. James Lay)
(Briefed the President on N.S.C.)
9:30 am
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
9:45 am
Cong. George H. Bender, Ohio
(Hon. Jack Martin)
(Cong. Bender wrote the President and asked if he might come
in for a talk. He is nominee for U. S. Senate to fill
unexpired term of late Senator Taft.)
10:20 am
(Lou Golan of Tamarisk Club in Palm Springs, California) OFF THE RECORD
10:30 am
Mr. M. Hartley Dodge, of Madison, New Jersey
(A senior trustee of Columbia University. Had a message from
Ambassador Donovan, Thailand, for the President which he
thought was important.)
11:00 am
(Dr. and Mrs. Leslie Hinkle, of Dixon, Illinois) OFF THE RECORD
(Dr. Hinkle knew the Eisenhower family in Abilene, and at
one time worked for Roy Eisenhower - came in to pay
their respects)
11:15 am
(Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce) OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Charles Willis)
12:15 pm
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
12:30 pm
(LUNCH)
5:00 pm
His Majesty Haile Selassie, The Emperor of Ethiopia, arrived at the
White House.
8:00 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave a dinner for H.M. Haile
Selassie, The Emperor of Ethiopia.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1954
9:30 am
H.E. Sir Roger Makins, the British Ambassador
Vice Admiral J. F. Stevens, Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic and West
Indies Station and Deputy Supreme Commander, Atlantic
Vice Admiral Cecil Charles Hughes-Hallet, Admiral, British Joint
Services Mission in Washington.
(Admiral Stevens asked to make courtesy call while visiting
in the United States)
9:45 am
(Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff)
(Hon. Arthur Flemming, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization)
(Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense)
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(OFF THE RECORD APPOINTMENT PRIOR TO N.S.C. MEETING)
10:00 am
National Security Council
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Adm.
Hon. Arthur B. 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. Stanley H. Barnes, Assistant Attorney General
Hon. Herbert Hoover, Jr., Department of State
Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
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, Executive Secretary, N.S.C.
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, N.S.C.
12:05 pm
(Congressman Daniel A. Reed, New York)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
12:40 pm
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Cast, Republican State Chairman of Indiana
Mrs. Bon Snyder, State Vice Chairman of Indiana
Mr. Thomas MaHaffrey, State Treasurer of Indiana
Mr. Russell Robbins, Presidential Elector of Indiana
(Hon. Earle Chesney)
12:45 pm
Mr. Robert Woodruff had Luncheon with the President.
1:50 pm
The President left the White House for Griffith Stadium, where he
attended a special baseball game for "Mickey Vernon-Red Cross Day".
The following accompanied the President:
Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Maj. General Howard Snyder
Hon. Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee
THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1954
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1:50 pm
Griffith Stadium (Continued)
Hon. James Murphy
Congressman Charles Halleck, Indiana
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. James Hagerty
Brig. General Paul T. Carroll
5:35 am
(The President returned to the White House)
5:35 pm
AT THE WHITE HOUSE The following met with the President:
(Senator Eugene Millikin, Colorado)
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Thomas E. Stephens)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1954
8:45 am
(Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Adm) OFF THE RECORD
9:00 am
The President received the Members of the Board of Governors of
the Federation of Lutheran Clubs.
(The Federation of Lutheran Clubs is having Convention in
Washington at this time, and this visit of the Board of
Governors was arranged in lieu of the President addressing
them) The following were present:
BOEHNE, Charles H., Washington, D. C.
BOEHNE, John W., Jr., Chevy Chase, Maryland
BUENTE, Benjamin E., Evansville, Indiana
BURKHARDT, Rev. Albert R., Washington, D. C.
DALLMAN, Ann, Cleveland, Ohio
GAARDEN, Allen, Kensington, Maryland
GRORUD, Albert, Washington, D. C.
HANSEN, Edward W., Cleveland, Ohio
HICKMAN, Thomas P., Washington, D. C.
KEISTER, Ralph H., Bethesda, Maryland
McGRORY, Martin A., Washington, D. C.
MENGES, Dr. Franklin, Arlington, Virginia
MOEHLE, Frederick L. W., Baltimore, Maryland
MOELLMANN, Albert, Detroit, Michigan
NYE, Gerald P., Chevy Chase, Maryland
SANDAHL, Clifford, New York, New York
SCHMIDT, William J., Indianapolis, Indiana
SCOTT, Earnest P., Cleveland, Ohio
SHOUP, Harry E., Washington, D. C.
STROM, A. B., Bethesda, Maryland
THOMAS, John, Cleveland, Ohio
WENCHEL, Adam, Chevy Chase, Maryland
WETZEL, Benno, Indianapolis, Indiana
HAUGE, Hon. Gabriel
9:15 am
(Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State)
(Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense)
(Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J. C. S.)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
7:50 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left for the Ethiopian Embassy,
where they attended a dinner in their honor given by H. M. Haile
Selassie, The Emperor of Ethiopia.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1954
12:27 pm
The President left the White House and motored to the Statler Hotel.
12:30 pm
The President arrived at the Statler, where he attended a Luncheon
Meeting of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
12:48 pm
The President left the Statler and motored to Burning Tree.
1:25 pm
Arrived at Burning Tree and had Luncheon
1:40 pm
The President teed off at the first hole with the following:
Mr. Robert Fleming
Mr. John McClure
Sen. George Smathers, Florida
2:39 pm
Rain interrupted the game at the seventh hole and they waited at
the seventh hole until 3:05 p.m. From 3:05 p.m. until 3:50 they
waited at the Club.
3:50 pm
The rain let up and they teed off at the tenth hole and completed
the second nine holes. They returned to the seventh hole and com-
pleted the first nine.
5:50 pm
Completed 18 holes.
6:50 pm
Arrived at the White House
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, MAY 30, 1954
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower, accompanied by the Secretary
of the Interior and Mrs. McKay, attended the 11:00 a.m. Service
at the National Presbyterian Church.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, MAY 31, 1954
10:40 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left for Arlington National
Cemetery, where the President laid a wreath on the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier and attended the Memorial Day Services in the
Amphitheatre.
11:40 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower returned to the White House.
1:45 pm
The President departed for MATS Terminal, Washington National
Airport.
2:00 pm
Airborne for New York.
3:10 pm
Arrived Marine Terminal, LaGuardia Airfield
3:45 pm
Arrived at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
6:45 pm
The President of Columbia University and Mrs. Grayson Kirk arrived
at the President's Suite.
6:50 pm
The President, accompanied by Dr. and Mrs. Kirk, proceeded to the
Perroquit Suite located on the 4th Floor.
6:55 pm
Arrived at the Perroquit Suite where a group picture of the following
was made:
Dr. Grayson Kirk, President of Columbia University
Nathan M. Pusey, President of Harvard University
W. Whitney Griswold, President of Yale University
Lewis W. Jones, President of Rutgers University
Henry T. Heald, President of New York University
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Admiral Louis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
General James A. Van Fleet
Eugene R. Black, President of International Bank of Reconstruction
and Development, Washington.
7:00 pm
The President attended a Reception.
7:30 pm
The President attend the Pre-Convocation Dinner of the Columbia
University Bicentennial Celebration in the Grand Ballroom.
9:30 pm
Address by the President carried over Radio and TV.
10:10 pm
The President departed the Waldorf-Astoria for LaGuardia Airfield.
10:40 pm
Airborne for Washington, D. C.
11:45 pm
Arrived MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport.
12:00
Arrived at the White House.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1954
9:30 am
Senator Homer Ferguson, Michigan, and a delegation from the State
of Michigan
(Presented to the President resolution passed by the Michigan
State Legislature, urging the President to make the State of
Michigan his 1955 vacation retreat) The following were present:
Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Sen. Charles Potter, Michigan
Cong. Victor Knox, Michigan
Cong. John Bennett, Michigan
Members of Michigan Legislature:
Sen. Harry F. Hittle, Chairman
Sen. William A. Ellsworth
Sen. Don Gilbert
Sen. George Higgins
Sen. Hascall Nichols
Sen. Leo H. Roy
Speaker Wade Van Valkenberg
Representative Harold W. Hungerford
Representative Alvin E. Richards
Representative Clayton T. Morrison
W. F. Doyle, Mackinac Island Resident Commissioner
Russell J. Boyle, Vice Chairman, Soo Locks Centennial Commission
Carl G. Sedan, Secretary, Soo Locks Centennial Commission
Val Louden
Howard W. Sober
Don Gardner
Vince Finnigan, Photographer
Hon. Homer Gruenther
9:45 am
(Hon. Harold Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force) OFF THE RECORD
10:00 am
The President received the winner of the American Trucking Industry's
Driver of the Year Award. The following were present:
Mr. Gemar Bailey, winner of the American Trucking Industry's
Driver of the Year Award
Mrs. Gemar Bailey
Hon. Robert B. Murray, Under Secretary of Commerce for Transportation
Mr. Jack Cole, President, American Trucking Association
Mr. John Lawrence, Managing Director, A. T. A.
Mr. Goley D. Sontheimer, Director of Safety, A. T. A.
Mr. Walter W. Belson, Assistant to the President, A. T. A.
Mr. Glen M. Hearin, Public Relations Dept, A. T. A.
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
10:30 am
The President received the Republican Members of the Connecticut
Delegation in the House of Representatives.
(Invited the President to visit State of Connecticut in late summer
or early Fall) The following were present:
TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1954
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10:30 am
Connecticut Delegation (Continued)
Cong. Albert P. Morano, Connecticut
Cong. Horace Seely-Brown, Jr., Connecticut
Cong. Albert W. Cretella, Connecticut
Cong. Antoni N. Sadlak, Connecticut
Hon. Earle Chesney
11:00 am
Senator George D. Aiken, Vermont
Mr. Nathan S. Ancell, Chairman, Board of Directors, Beecher Falls
Manufacturing Corp.
Mr. Clifton R. Miskelly, Managing Director, Beecher Falls Manufacturing
Corp.
Hon. Sherman Adams
(Presented to the President the millionth piece of Ethan Allen
Colonial Maple Furniture manufactured by the Beecher Falls
Manufacturing Corp.)
11:15 am
Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense
(This is usual weekly appointment for Secretary of Defense)
12:15 pm
(Hon. Allen Dulles, Director, Central Intelligence Agency) OFF THE RECORD
1:00 pm
The President gave a Luncheon for a Veterans' Group. The following
were present:
Arthur J. Connell, National Commander, the American Legion
Seaborn Collins, Chairman, National Security Commission, the
American Legion
Wayne E. Richards, National Commander, Veterans of Foreign Wars
Frank C. Hilton, Past Commander, Veterans of Foreign Wars
Howard W. Watts, National Commander, Disabled American Veterans
Cicero F. Hogen, National Director of Claims, Disabled American
Veterans
Henry J. Mahady, National Commander, AMVETS
David Schlothauer, National Executive Director, AMVETS
Hon. H. V. Higley, Administrator of Veterans Affairs
Hon. Livingston T. Merchant, Assistant Secretary of State
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Earle Chesney
2:30 pm
The President signed H. R. 7786, An Act "To honor Veterans on the 11th
day of November of each year, a day dedicated to world peace." The
following witnessed the ceremony:
Mr. Frederick C. Belen, Chief Counsel, House Post Office and
Civil Service Committee
Mr. Charles Benfer, Commander, Disabled American Veterans, Kansas
Seaborn Collins, Chairman, National Security Commission, American Legion
Arthur J. Connell, National Commander, the American Legion
Adin M. Downer, Assistant Director, National Legislative Service, VFW
Charles E. Foster, Asst. Director, National Legislation, DAV
Hon. H. V. Higley, Administrator of Veterans Affairs
TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1954
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2:30 pm
Signing of H. R. 7786 (Continued)
Frank C. Hilton, Past Commander, Veterans of Foreign Wars
Cicero F. Hogen, National Director of Claims, Disabled American
Veterans
Miles Kennedy, Director, National Legislative Commission, the
American Legion
Alvin J. King, The American War Dads, Emporia, Kansas
Henry J. Mahady, National Commander, AMVETS
Hon. Livingston T. Merchant, Assistant Secretary of State
John T. Nation, Department Commander, American Legion, Chanute, Kansas
J. Pound, The American War Dads
Wayne E. Richards, National Commander, Veterans of Foreign Wars
David Schlothauer, National Executive Director, AMVETS
Richard L. Trombla, Commander, V.F.W., Department of Kansas
Howard W. Watts, National Commander, Disabled American Veterans
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Earle Chesney
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1954
7:45 am
(Sen. William F. Knowland, California, had Breakfast OFF THE RECORD
with the President)
8:30 am
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Hon. James S. Lay, Jr.)
OFF THE RECORD
(Briefed the President on N. S. C.)
9:30 am
His Excellency Adnan Menderes, Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic
His Excellency Feridun C. Erkin, Ambassador of the Turkish Republic
Honorable Avra Warren, American Ambassador to Turkey
(Mr. Byroade phoned Mr. Stephens and asked if the Prime Minister
might come in to see the President)
10:00 am
(Mr. Hagerty)
10:30 am
Press Conference
11:15 am
The President received a group of former war correspondents who
covered the Normandy Invasion ten years ago.
(Appointment requested through Mr. Hagerty. This group will fly
to Normandy to attend the 10th Anniversary celebration of the
invasion on the 5th and 6th of June) The following were present:
AZRAEL, Louis, Columnist, Baltimore News Post, Blatimore, Md.
BERLINER, Milton, Washington Daily News, Washington, D. C.
BOYLE, Hal, Columnist, Associated Press, New York City
BRENNAN, Ray, Chicago Sun-Times
CARROLL, J. Peter, Associated Press News Photos, Boston, Mass.
CHAPLIN, W. W., National Broadcasting Co., New York City
CONNIFF, Columnist, New York Journal American, N.Y.C.
DICKSON, Benjamin A., Bridgeport, Conn., Post and Phoenixville,
Pennsylvania; Daily Republican
GISSEN, Max, Time Magazine, New York City
HAYDEN, Martin, Washington Correspondent, Detroit News, Wash., D.C.
HEARST, William Randolph, New York City
HENRY, Thomas R., Washington Star, Washington, D. C.
HIGGINBOTHAM, W. R., United Press, Washington, D. C.
HOWES, Royce B., Chief Editorial Writer, Detroit Free Press,
Detroit, Michigan
HYMAN, Alvin D., Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco
JAMESON, Henry, Publisher, Abilene Reflector, Abilene, Kansas
JAMIESON, Edward, Bascomb Timmons Snydicate, Washington, D. C.
JARRELL, John W., Washington Correspondent, Omaha World Herald,
Washington, D. C.
JARVIS, Jack, Assistant City Editor, Seattle Post Intelligencer
KENNET, Warren, Military writer, Neward News, Newark, New Jersey
LIEB, John, Producers Film Studios, Chicago, Illinois
LYNCH, Charles, Reuters, New York City
McCARDLE, Lee, City Editor, Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland
McVANE, John, American Broadcasting Co., New York City
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1954
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11:15 am Former war correspondents (Continued)
MAY, Andrew Jackson, Harris & Ewing, Washington, D. C.
MERWIN, Loring C., Publisher, Daily Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.
MILLS, Theodore, National Broadcasting Company-TV, New York City
MOORA, Robert L., New York Herald Tribune, New York City
PASKMAN, Ralph, Assistant Foreign News Manager, Columbia Broad-
casting Co., New York City
PETERMAN, Ivan, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Penn.
PETERS, Walter, American Broadcasting Company-TV, New York City
PRYOR, Samuel F., Vice President and Assistant to the President,
Pan American Airways
PYPER, William F., Washington Correspondent, Booth Newspapers,
Washington, D. C.
ROONEY, Andrew, Arthur Godfrey Show, New York City
RYAN, Cornelius, Collier's, New York City
SHOOP, Duke, Washington Correspondent, Kansas City Star, Wash., D.C.
STROUT, Richard, Washington Correspondent, Christian Science
Monitor, Washington, D. C.
SULLIVAN, Richard P., Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts
THOMPSON, John Hall, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois
TULLY, Andrew, Scripps-Howard, Washington, D. C.
WILLICOMBE, Joseph, Jr., International News Service, New York City
WOLF, Thomas H., Louisville Courier Journal, Louisville, Ky.
HAGERTY, Hon. James C.
11:30 am
(Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State)
(Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense)
(Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J. C. S.)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Douglas MacArthur, Counsel, State Department)
(Appointment requested by the Secretary of State)
12:00
(The following had LUNCHEON OFF THE RECORD with the President:)
(Mr. Robert Fleming)
(Mr. John McClure)
(Sen. George Smathers, Florida)
12:57 pm
(The President, accompanied by his Luncheon guests, departed for
Burning Tree)
1:20 pm
(Arrived Burning Tree)
5:10 pm
(The President departed Burning Tree and drove Mr. Fleming and Mr.
McClure to their residences. Sen. Smathers accompanied the President
to the White House and then departed)
5:50 pm
(Returned to the White House)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1954
8:00 am
(Colonel Draper)
8:30 am
The President received the U. S. participants in the ceremonies
commemorating the Tenth Anniversary of the Allied Landings in
Normandy. The following were present:
Army
Lt. Gen. Manton S. Eddy
Lt. Gen. L. T. Gerow
Maj. Gen. Raymond O. Barton
Maj. Gen. Eugene M. Caffey
Maj. Howard L. McGrath
Maj. Gen. Paul Baade
Navy
Vice Admiral M. L. Deyo
Rear Admiral H. Sanders
Marine Corps
Brig. Gen. Richard H. Jeschke
Col. James E. Kerr
Air Force
Lt. Gen. Leon Johnson
Lt. Gen. C. P. Quesada
Lt. Col. Edward Mikolowski
Civilian
Hon. Charles S. Dewey
(Ambassador Lodge, the President's special representative,
was unable to be present but will go to Normandy for the ceremonies.)
9:00 am
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
(Usual weekly appointment)
9:30 am
Mr. Fortuna Pope, Publisher of Il Progresso
(Arranged by Mr. Hagerty: Pope recently returned from tour of
Italy and had a message for the President from the Italian
Prime Minister)
10:05 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. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Adm. 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. Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President
Hon. Wilton B. Persons, Deputy Assistant to the President
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
Hon. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1954
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12:00
Hon. Phy Srivisan, Member of Privy Council of Thailand
Hon. M. R. Thuaithep Devakul, Charge d'Affaires ad interim,
Embassy of Thailand
Hon. Charles Spruks, Division of Protocol
(Srivisan brought to the President an autographed photograph
of King of Thailand, to whom he is a close advisor. This
gift in return for courtesy shown King by Vice President
Nixon, who while in Bangkok left with him personally auto-
graphed picture of President Eisenhower)
12:30 pm
(Hon. Thomas E. Dewey, Governor of New York, had Luncheon
OFF THE RECORD with the President)
2:45 pm
Rear Admiral Anibal Osvaldo Olivieri, Minister of the Argentine Navy
H.E. Senor Dr. Hipolito J. Paz, the Ambassador of the Argentine
Republic
Hon. Charles S. Thomas, Secretary of the Navy
(Appointment requested by the Navy Department, thru Protocol.
Admiral Olivieri is visiting U. S. as guest of our Navy Dept.)
3:30 pm
General Omar Bradley
(Is in East on Defense Bond Drive and came by for visit with
the President)
5:30 pm
AT THE WHITE HOUSE: (Dr. Stanley High) OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1954
8:45 am
(Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture) OFF THE RECORD
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. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. William P. 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 E. Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Administration
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Robert Murphy, Deputy Secretary of State
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
Hon. Arthur Minnich
The following were absent: The Attorney General
The Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
11:30 am
Hon. Eric Johnston
(Called Mr. Stephens last week and asked for this)
12:00
H.E. Dr. J. H. van Roijen, the Ambassador of the Netherlands
General George C. Marshall
Dr. J. G. deBeus, Minister, Embassy of the Netherlands
Hon. Livingston T. Merchant, Assistant Secretary of State
Dr. D. A. Fitzgerald, Deputy Director for Operations, F.O.A.
(The Netherlands Ambassador presented officially to the President
and to General Marshall, a book, which is in appreciation and
thanks to the United States for our aid to the Netherlands since
the war.)
12:30 pm
The President received Members of the Board and Officers, of the
National Council of Catholic Nurses.
(This was arranged in lieu of the President addressing a session
of their Convention, now meeting in Washington) The following
were present:
His Excellency, The Most Reverend Richard J. Cushing, Boston, Mass.
Right Reverend Monsignor Joseph B. Toomey, Syracuse, New York
Very Reverend Ignatius Smith, Catholic University, Wash., D. C.
Miss Catherine Dempsey, President, Boston, Massachusetts
FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1954
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12:30 pm
National Council of Catholic Nurses (Continued)
Miss Mary Sweeney, First Vice-President, Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Adeline Braun, Second Vice-President, Louisville, Kentucky
Mrs. Helen Donovan, Secretary, Chicago, Illinois
Miss Clare Casey, Treasurer, New York, New York
Miss Anne V. Houck, Executive Director, Washington, D. C.
Sister Henrietta, St. Louis, Missouri
Sister Jerome, Denver, Colorado
Miss Mary Knapp, Akron, Ohio
Miss Helen Carroll, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Miss Helen Coleman, Long Island City, New York
Miss Lillian Jeffers, New Orleans, Louisiana
Monsignor Donald McGowan
12:45 pm
(Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Gish, of Abilene, Kansas)
(Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Herr, of Mt. Joy, Pennsylvania)
OFF THE RECORD
1:00 pm
The President gave a small, stag Luncheon, in honor of His Excellency
Adnan Menderes, the Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic.
The following were present:
H.E. The Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic - Adnan Menderes
H.E. The Ambassador of the Turkish Republic - Feridun Erkin
H.E. The Deputy Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic - Fatin
Rustu Zorlu
H.E. The Minister of Defense of the Turkish Republic - Etem Menderes
General Nureddin Baransel - Commander, Turkish Ground Forces
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker of the House
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F. O. A.
Sen. Walter F. George, Georgia
Sen. Alexander Wiley, Wisconsin
Congressman Robert B. Chiperfield, Illinois
Congressman Thomas S. Gordon, Illinois
Hon. Henry A. Byroade, Assistant Secretary of State
Hon. Avra M. Warren, American Ambassador to Turkey
Hon. Leon Dayton, Director, Foreign Operations Mission in Turkey
Major General Whitfield P. Shepard, Chief of Joint American
Military Mission to Turkey
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
2:15 pm
AT THE WHITE HOUSE - (Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State)
OFF THE RECORD
2:45 pm
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left the White House and motored
to Camp David, Maryland)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1954
AT CAMP DAVID, MARYLAND
The following arrived in the afternoon and remained until
Sunday evening:
Mr. Cliff Roberts
Mr. Phil Reid
Mr. W. Alton Jones
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 1954
AT CAMP DAVID, MARYLAND
5:50 pm
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower departed Camp David, Maryland,
and motored to Washington, D. C.)
8:10 pm
(Arrived at the White House)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1954
8:30 am
The Legislative Leaders
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Sen. Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., The Speaker
Cong. Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Cong. Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Cong. Leo E. Allen, Illinois
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee
Hon. James Bassett, Republican National Committee
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Murray Snyder
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Hon. Earle Chesney
Hon. Arthur Minnich
10:20 am
(Mr. Joe Abbott, a barber) OFF THE RECORD
10:30 am
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
General James A. Van Fleet
(This is Admiral Radford's usual Monday appointment)
11:00 am
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
(Usual Monday appointment - Dr. Hauge was absent)
11:30 am
The President left the White House and motored to MATS Terminal,
Washington National Airport.
11:46 am
Airborne Washington, D. c., for Dover, Delaware. The following
accompanied the President:
Governor Theodore R. McKeldin, Maryland
Sen. John Marshall Butler, Maryland
Sen. James Glenn Beall, Maryland
Sen. John J. Williams, Delaware
Sen. Joseph Allen Frear, Jr., Delaware
Cong. Herbert B. Warburton, Delaware
Cong. Edward T. Miller, Maryland
General Howard Snyder
Hon. Thomas E. Stephens
Hon. Murray Snyder
Hon. U. E. Baughman, Chief, U. S. Secret Service
Mr. James J. Rowley
Mr. Dick Flohr
Mr. Gerald McCann
MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1954
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12:15 pm
Arrived at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. The following met the
President at the Airport:
Governor J. Caleb Boggs, Delaware
Hon. Clair John Killoran, Republican State Chairman, Delaware
Mrs. Gordon Willis, Republican Vice Chairman, Delaware
The Commander of the Air Base
Hon. Robert H. Richards, Jr., Republican National Committeeman, Dela.
Mrs. Edmund N. Carpenter, Republican National Committeewoman, Dela.
Mrs. Lillian Martin, Second Vice Chairman, Republican State Com., Dela.
Hon. John Townsend, former Senator from Delaware
Hon. D. Eldred Rinehart, Republican State Chairman, Maryland
Hon. Stanley Scherr, Republican State Vice Chairman, Maryland
Mrs. Leona M. Rush, Republican State Vice Chairman, Maryland
12:23 pm
The President departed Dover Air Force Base and motored direct to
Chestertown, Maryland.
1:38 pm
Arrived Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland.
2:00 pm
The President attend Commencement Exercises at Washington College
and received an Honorary Degree from the College.
3:32 pm
The President departed Chestertown, Maryland, and motored direct
to Dover Air Force Base.
4:36 pm
Arrived Dover Air Force Base, Delaware.
4:43 pm
Airborne for Washington, D. C.
5:14 pm
Arrived MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport.
5:17 pm
Departed MATS Terminal.
5:27 pm
Arrived at the White House.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1954
8:30 am
(Hon. Allen Dulles, Director, Central Intelligence Agency)
(Sen. William F. Knowland, California)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
9:00 am
Mr. Daniel J. Riesner, President, National Republican Club
Mr. Jock Lawrence
(Presented Life Membership in National Republican Club)
9:30 am
Mr. O. R. Strackbein, Chairman, Nation-wide Committee of Industry,
Agriculture and Labor on Import-Export Policy
Mr. John Auerbach, Executive Secretary, Bicycle Institute of
America, Inc.
Mr. J. M. Jones, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, National Wool
Growers Association
Mr. John T. Jones, Director, Labor's Non-Partisan League, United
Mine Workers of America
(Mr. Steve Benedict)
(Mr. Strackbein requested this appt. to discuss subject of
tariff and trade. Recommended by Dr. Hauge)
10:00 am
Dr. Elton Trueblood, Chief of Religious Information, U. S. Information
Agency
(Discussed possibility of calling a White House Conference on
Religious Values.)
10:15 am
(General Edwin Clark, of New York) OFF THE RECORD
(Arranged by Colonel Schulz)
10:30 am
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
(Usual weekly appointment)
12:00
Hon. John M. Allison, American Ambassador to Japan
(Arranged thru Protocol)
12:30 pm
H.E. Senor Dr. Aurelio F. Concheso, the Ambassador of Cuba
Hon. Henry F. Holland, Assistant Secretary of State
(Arranged at the request of Rod O'Connor - to discuss sugar)
1:00 pm
The following had Luncheon with the President:
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Murray Snyder
Mr. Robert Montgomery
TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1954
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2:45 pm
(Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare)
(Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget)
(Hon. Nelson Rockefeller, Deputy Secretary of H.E.W.)
(Hon. Samuel Brownell, Commissioner, Office of Education, H.E.W.)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
(Hon. Jack Martin)
(OFF THE RECORD meeting arranged by Governor Adams)
3:15 pm
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Hon. James Lay)
OFF THE RECORD
(Briefed the President on N. S. C.)
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
5:15 pm
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
6:50 pm
The President left for the Congressional Hotel, where he attended
Dinner given by Members of the Republican 82nd and 83rd Clubs of
the House of Representatives.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1954
8:30 am
Cong. Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Cong. Fred E. Busbey, Illinois
Cong. John C. Kluczynski, Illinois
Cong. William E. McVey, Illinois
Cong. Barratt O'Hara, Illinois
(Hon. Jack Martin)
(This group of Illinois Congressmen wished to present to the
President a resolution signed by all of the Illinois Delegation
in the Congress, urging the construction of what they call the
Calumet Sag Channel in the Illinois River)
8:45 am
Mr. Hamilton Fish Armstrong, Editor, Foreign Affairs
(Hon. Allen Dulles, Director, C. I. A.)
(Mr. Armstrong wrote the President asking if he might come
in and tell him about his six weeks trip to Middle East.
Mr. Allen Dulles recommended this appointment)
9:00 am
(General Maxwell Taylor) OFF THE RECORD
(Col. Schulz brought him in)
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, Foreign Operations Adm.
Hon. Arthur S. Flenming, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization
Hon. Elbert P. Tuttle, for the Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Herbert Brownell, Jr., The Attorney General
Hon. Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Hon. Katherine G. Howard, Acting Federal Civil Defense Administrator
Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hon. Allen Dulles, Director, 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. Felix Wormser, Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
11:45 am
(Mr. Homes Bannard, Freight Traffic Manager, Pennsylvania Railroad,
Detroit, Michigan)
(OFF THE RECORD - Col. Schulz brought him in. Invited the
President to attend dinner in Philadelphia at the Warrick Hotel
on June 23rd, honoring Walter Franklin, who is retiring as
President of the Pennsylvania Railroad)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1954
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12:29 pm
(The President left the White House and motored to Burning Tree)
(where he played golf with the following:
)
(Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President)
(Sen. John Butler, Maryland)
(Mr. Ralph Reed, American Express Co.)
5:48 pm
(The President returned to the White House)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1954
8:45 am
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
9:00 am
The President received the AMVETS Memorial Scholarship award winners.
(Six annual winners, one from each of the Federal postal districts.
Each, under terms of award, must be child of World War II or
Korean veteran killed in action or who died as result of service.
Each given $2,000 to cover four years of tuition in any college
of his choice.) The following were present:
AMVET Scholarship Winners:
Willard Childres, II, Junction City, Kansas
Hugh K. Berkeley, Portsmouth, Virginia
Judith M. Maxwell, Mansfield, Ohio
Victoria Hayward, Islip, New York
John D. Eberhardt, San Diego, California
Mary Fordyce, Little Rock, Arkansas
Also present:
Edgar C. Corry, Jr., President, AMVETS Service Foundation
Harry J. Mahady, National Commander, AMVETS
Harold A. Keats, Past National Commander, AMVETS
Melvin Ryder, Washington, D. C.
10:00 am
(Mr. Hagerty)
10:30 am
Press Conference
11:15 am
Captain Howard T. Orville, Chairman, Advisory Committee on Weather
Control
Hon. Lewis W. Douglas, Member
Dr. Allan Waterman
Hon. Donald A. Quarles, Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Appointment requested by Lewis Douglas, who telephoned Mr.
Stephens from New York last week)
11:45 am
(Mr. Bob Considine)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. James Hagerty)
12:00
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. W. Randolph Burgess, Deputy to the Secretary of the Treasury
Major General Glen E. Edgerton, Managing Director & President,
Export-Import Bank of Washington
Hon. Robert Murphy, Acting Under Secretary of State
Hon. Thruston B. Morton, Assistant Secretary of State
Sen. Homer E. Capehart, Indiana
Sen. Burnet R. Maybank, South Carolina
Cong. Jesse P. Wolcott, Michigan
Cong. Brent Spence, Kentucky
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
(Hon. Earle Chesney)
(Arranged by Dr. Hauge. Discussed organization of the Export-
Import Bank)
THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1954
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12:30 pm
The President received the Members of the Governing Council of
the World Veterans Federation. They are meeting in Wash. June 10-14.
The following were present:
Executive Board
Albert Morel - France
General Miloje Milojevic - Yugoslavia
Mr. Pietro Ricci - Italy
Mr. Elliott Newcomb - United States
Mr. W. Ch. J. M. van Lanschot - Netherlands
Council
Franz Schulz - Austria
Felix de Loz - Belgium
Tulio Campello de Souza - Brazil
Alfred John Wickens - Canada
Erling Christian Foss - Denmark
Dr. Sesostris Sidarouss - Egypt
Pierret Gerard - France
Frederick W. Weltersbach - Germany
Prince E. Yao Boateng - Gold Coast
Brigadier H. R. Firth - Great Britain
Jean Papaconstantinou - Greece
L. R. Josse - India
Michael Nussbaum - Israel
Ettore Viola - Italy
Rene Bermann - Luxembourg
Dr. William K.J.J. van Ommen Kloeke - Netherlands
Captain Hans Holter - Norway
Major Ghulam Husain - Pakistan
Frisco san Juan - Philippines
General Fahri Belen - Turkey
Richard Golick - United States
Velimir Stojnic - Yugoslavia
Observers
Captain Rex de Costa - Ceylon
General Vaino V. Valve - Finland
J. N. Ajie - Nigeria
Georges Lepeltier - France
Officers of World Veterans Fund
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Harold Russell
Curtis Campaigne, Jr.
Harold Weil
United Nations Representative for World Veterans Federation
Jacques Katel
Press Officer for World Veterans Federation
Stan Allen
Interpreters
Charles Sedgewick - State Department
Felix Bolo - France
Sime Karaman - Yugoslavia
Gerd Brinkmann - Germany
THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1954
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1:00 pm
The President gave a small, stag Luncheon at the White House
for the following:
Representatives of Five Power Military Conference:
Lt. Gen. Sir Sidney F. Rowell, Australia
Lt. Gen. J. E. Valluy, France
Maj. Gen. W. G. Gentry, New Zealand
Field Marshal, Sir John Harding, Great Britain
Admiral Robert B. Carney, USN, United States
Others:
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, USN, Chairman, J. C. S.
General Nathan F. Twining, USAF
General Matthew B. Ridgway, USA
General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., USMC
Lt. Gen. Jesus Vargas, Chief of Staff, Armed Forces
of the Philippines
Brig. Gen. Camron Sudasna, Senior Military Attache,
Embassy of Thailand
Brig. Gen. Paul T. Carroll
Hon. Robert Cutler
4:00 pm
(Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors) OFF RECORD
7:50 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left the White House and motored
direct to the Statler Hotel where they attended a dinner meeting
of the District Chairmen of the National Citizens for Eisenhower
Congressional Committee.
9:00 pm
The President addressed the Meeting and it was carried over Radio
and Television.
9:45 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower returned to the White House.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1954
9:15 am
(Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
9:35 am
(Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture) OFF THE RECORD
9:50 am
(Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F. O. A.)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. William M. Rand, Deputy Director, F. 0. A.)
10:00 am
Cabinet Meeting
Hon. Robert Murphy, Deputy Under Secretary of State
Hon. Marion 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. 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 E. Stassen, Director, F. 0. A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
Hon. Arthur Minnich
The following were absent:
The Vice President
The Secretary of State
The Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
Hon. Philip Young
12:15 pm
Dr. J. Roscoe Miller, President of Northwestern University
Mr. William T. Faricy, Life Trustee of Northwestern
(Invited the President to accept an honorary degree from
Northwestern University when he addresses the World
Council of Churches from that campus on August 19th.
They suggested combining World Council of Churches meeting
with University Convocation to present the degree)
12:30 pm
H.E. Sir Roger Makins, the British Ambassador
Hon. Duncan Sandys, British Minister of Supply
(Sandys, son-in-law of Prime Minister Churchill is in the United
States as guest of the Secretary of Defense and asked, thru
Protocol, tocall on the President)
FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1954
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12:45 pm
(Hon. Robert F. Kennon, Governor of Louisiana)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
OFF THE RECORD
1:30 pm
(LUNCH)
2:05 pm
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left the White House and
)
(motored direct to Camp David, Maryland, to spend the week-end.)
(They were accompanied by the following:)
(Mrs. Alfred M. Gruenther)
(Mrs. Walton Walker
)
(Mr. William Robinson
)
AT CAMP DAVID, MARYLAND
6:00 pm
(General Alfred M. Gruenther arrived at Camp David, Maryland)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1954
AT CAMP DAVID, MARYLAND
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1954
AT CAMP DAVID, MARYLAND
9:15 am
(General and Mrs. Alfred M. Gruenther departed Camp David)
7:30 pm
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower, accompanied by Mrs.
Walton Walker and Mr. William Robinson, returned to
the White House)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1954
7:45 am
(Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., had Breakfast with the President)
(OFF THE RECORD)
8:30 am
The Legislative Leaders
Senator William F. Knowland, California
Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Senator Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Senator Bourke Hickenlooper, Iowa
Congressman Charles Halleck, Indiana
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Congressman Leo E. Allen, Illinois
Congressman John Taber, New York
Congressman John Phillips, California
Congressman Charles R. Jonas, North Carolina
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Hon. James Bassett, Republican National Committee
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
10:01 am
Air Raid Drill
10:15 am
End of Air Raid Drill
10:30 am
(Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State) OFF THE RECORD
11:00 am
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
(Usual Monday appointment)
11:30 am
(Hon. William Rogers, Deputy Attorney General)
(Hon. Joseph M. Swing, Commissioner, Immigration & Naturalization
Service) (OFF THE RECORD)
11:45 am
Mr. Tom McCall, candidate for the House of Representatives, Oregon
Mr. Roland Morsereau, Mr. McCall's campaign manager
Mr. Larry Smith
(Came in to see the President and were photographed with him)
MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1954
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12:00
(The following had Luncheon OFF THE RECORD with the President
at the White House and then they departed for Burning Tree:)
General Hubert R. Harmon
General Floyd Parks
General Frank Allen
General John F. Conklin
Colonel Thomas Belshe
General Lorenzo Gasser
Mr. James Black
Mr. John McClure
Mr. Robert Fleming
Hon. George Allen E.
12:59 pm
(The President and his Luncheon guests departed for Burning Tree)
1:42 pm
(The President teed off with the following:)
General Hubert R. Harmon
General Floyd Parks
General Frank Allen
General John F. Conklin
Colonel Thomas Belshe
Mr. John McClure
Mr. Robert Fleming
4:29 pm
(Completed 18 holes)
5:56 pm
(The President returned to the White House accompanied by
General Conklin and General Harmon)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1954
7:45 am
Hon. James P. Mitchell, The Secretary of Labor, had Breakfast
with the President.
8:30 am
General Nathan F. Twining, Chief of Staff, USAF
(Arranged by General Carroll)
9:00 am
Senator Frank Carlson, Kansas
Dr. Franklin Murphy, Chancellor, Kansas University
Dr. Robert Taft, President, Kansas Centennial Committee
Cong. Edward H. Rees, Kansas
(Hon. Thomas E. Stephens)
(Presented to the President the Kansas Territorial Centennial Stamp)
9:15 am
Senator Frederick G. Payne, Maine
Cong. Robert Hale, Maine
Cong. Charles P. Nelson, Maine
Cong. Clifford Guy McIntire, Maine
(Presented to the President the first salmon of the year taken
from Bangor Salmon Pool)
9:30 am
Dr. Daniel A. Poling
(Dr. Poling requested this thru Sen. Carl Mundt)
10:00 am
The President received delegation from the Alliance of Croatian
Catholic Priests.
(Appointment requested by Cong. Graham of Pennsylvania) The
following were present:
Cong. Louis E. Graham, Pennsylvania
Rt. Rev. Monsignor John S. Juricek, Omaha, Nebraska
Rt. Rev. Monsignor Mijo M. Domladovac, Akron, Ohio
Rt. Rev. Joseph Misic, Cleveland, Ohio
Rev. Stjepan Dr. Lackovic, Lackawanna, New York
Rev. Sebastian Loncar, T.O.R., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Father Silvije Grubisic, Ambridge, Pennsylvania
(Hon. Bernard Shanley)
10:30 am
Hon. Henry F. Holland, Assistant Secretary of State
10:50 am
(Mr. & Mrs. Calvin Verity and two grandchildren, Jonathan G. Verity
and Victoria Woodhull) OFF THE RECORD
11:00 am
Congresswoman Frances P. Bolton, Ohio
11:30 am
(Mr. John H. Winchell, to be appointed to Interstate Commerce Com.)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(OFF THE RECORD)
11:45 am
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General) OFF THE RECORD
TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1954
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12:30 pm
(Mr. Emmett Graham, of Abilene Foundation) OFF THE
RECORD
(Colonel Robert Schulz)
1:00 pm
(Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F.O.A., had Luncheon OFF THE RECORD
with the President)
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
7:00 pm
(The President gave a Stag Dinner for the following:)
Robert R. Barry, New York
Jack B. Beardwood, Welton Becket & Associates, Los Angeles
E. M. Burnham, Vice President, California Commercial Co., Inc., Wash.
Edmund Converse, President, Bonanza Airlines, Las Vegas
John A. Diemand, President, Indemnity Ins. Co. of North America,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Clarence Dillon, Banker, Dillon, Read & Co., New York
F. J. Emmerich, President, Allied Chemical & Dye Corp., New York
H. B. Fuqua, Chairman of the Board, Fort Worth National Bank, Texas
David S. Ingalls, Publisher, Cincinnati Times-Star, Ohio
Albert C. Jacobs, President, Trinity College, Hartford
William D. Pawley, Retired diplomat, Washington, D. C.
Reuben B. Robertson, Jr., President, Champion Paper & Fibre Co.,
Himilton, Ohio
Walter H. Sammis, President, Ohio Edison Co., Akron
Marty Snyder, Owner, Boneless Turkey, Inc., New York
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, New York
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1954
7:45 am
Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel, of Kansas, had Breakfast with the
President
8:30 am
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Hon. James Lay)
(Briefed the President on NSC)
9:00 am
Congressman George Meader, Michigan
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
(Arranged by Mr. Morgan)
9:30 am
(Captain Leo S. Moore)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Thomas E. Stephens)
(Captain Moore was photographer for the President at ETO, and
was in Washington on active reserve duty training at the
Signal Corps Pictorial Division)
10:00 am
(Mr. Hagerty)
10:30 am
Press Conference
11:00 am
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
11:15 am
Hon. George N. Craig, Governor of Indiana
Mr. Elmer W. Sherwood, of Indianapolis, Indiana
Mr. Tom Mahaffey, of Indianapolis, Indiana
(Hon. Thomas E. Stephens)
(Appointment was requested by Governor Craig)
11:45 am
Hon. Meyer Kestnbaum, Chairman, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations
(Hon. Kevin McCann)
(Arranged by Governor Adams)
12:10 pm
The President left for the National Guard Armory, where he extended
Brief Greetings to the Convention of the National Association of
Retail Grocers.
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:00 pm
Hon. William J. Donovan, American Ambassador to Thailand
(The President wrote to the Ambassador, stating he wished to see him)
2:30 pm
(Mr. and Mrs. Charles Correll and daughters, Dorothy & Barbara)
(OFF THE RECORD)
2:35 pm
(Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State) OFF THE RECORD
3:05 pm
(Hon. Bernard Shanley) OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1954
7:45 am
A group of Freshmen Congressmen had Breakfast with the President.
The following were present:
Congressman John Rhodes, Arizona
Congressman Joseph Holt, California
Congressman Craig Hosmer, California
Congressman Robert Wilson, California
Congressman Herbert B. Warburton, Delaware
Congressman D. Bailey Merrill, Indiana
Congressman Elford A. Cederberg, Michigan
Congressman Jeffrey P. Hillelson, Missouri
Congressman Peter Frelinghuysen, New Jersey
Congressman Stuyvesant Wainwright, New York
Congressman Clifton Young, Nevada
Congressman Oliver Bolton, Ohio
Congressman Douglas Stringfellow, Utah
Congressman M. R. Laird, Wisconsin
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Hon. Earle Chesney
9:00 am
Mrs. Fleur Cowles
(Wished to give a message to the President from the Queen of
Greece, and also discuss matter she took up with the Shah of
Iran on her recent trip) (Mr. Stephens sat in on the appt)
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, Foreign Operations Administration
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. Samuel W. Anderson, for the Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Stanley N. Barnes, Assistant Attorney General
Hon. Walter S. DeLany, Foreign Operations Administration
Hon. Marshall M. Smith, Department of Commerce
Hon. Herbert N. Blackman, Department of Commerce
Gen. Nathan F. Twining, for the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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.
THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1954
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12:45 pm
The President received the members of the National 4-H Club Camp
on the South Grounds. The following were present:
ABBOTT, Windsor J., Baldwinsville, New York
ACKERMAN, Clara, Washington, D. C.
ADAMI, Lee, Buffalo, Wyoming
ADAMS, Nancy, Oxford, New York
ADAMS, Winda Jean, Gainesboro, Virginia
AHO, Alvin A., Cook, Minnesota
AITON, E. W., Washington, D. C.
ALDERDICE, Louise, Palmersville, Tennessee
ALLEN, Annette, Lexington, Kentucky
ALLEN, Barbara, Washington, D. C.
ALLEN, Mrs. Frank, Washington, D. C.
ALLEN, Harold, Washington, D. C.
ALLEN, Lois, Sebree, Kentucky
ALLESSIO, Claire C., Pittsfield, Massachusetts
ALTMAN, John L, Freeport, Illinois
ANDERSON, Britta C., Dodge City, Kansas
ANDERSON, Elizabeth, Newark, Delaware
ANDERSON, Kenneth H., Chicago, Illinois
ARMSTRONG, Paul, Los Angeles, California
ARNESON, Beverly, Washington, D. C.
AUSTIN, Howard B., Siloam Springs, Arkansas
AVERY, Billy, O'Brien, Florida
BAILEY, Jeannie A., Bastrop, Texas
BAIRD, Glenn T., Logan, Utah
BAIRD, Mrs. Glenn T., Logan, Utah
BAKER, Allen L., State College, Pennsylvania
BALDWIN, H. T., Washington, D. C.
BALLARD, F. L., Corvallis, Oregon
BAMFORD, Dorothy G., Washington, D. C.
BANDY, Dale, Canton, Kansas
BASS, Judy Anne, McNeil, Arkansas
BEALE, Clyde, Gainesville, Florida
BEATTY, Mary V., Pineville, South Carolina
BENISHEK, Jean - Manitowoc, Wisconsin
BENNETT, Jean M., North Platte, Nebraska
BENOIT, Robert, Enosburg Falls, Vermont
BERRY, Williard M., Harrah, Washington
BERTIN, Martial, Washington, D. C.
BICKHAM, Leslie o, Jr., Star Hill, Louisiana
BIGELOW, Dorothy G., Washington, D. C.
BISHOP, Sanford, Springfield, Vermont
BLACK, Harold, St. Helens, Oregon
BLACK, Mrs. Harold, St. Helens, Oregon
BLANCHARD, Evelyn, Washington, D. C.
BLASER, Dorothy Mae, Columbus, Nebraska
BOARDMAN, Edwin L, Bernardsville, New Jersey
BODILY, Gene, Idaho Falls, Idaho
BOEHNKE, George, Ames, Iowa
BOHRER, Dick, Laramie, Wyoming
BOLAND, Diane E., Pomaria, South Carolina
BORGMANN, Lois H., Longmont, Colorado
BORROR, Merna Jane, Gerber, California
BOS, Ruth L, Moberly, Missouri
THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1954
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12:45 pm
National 4-H Club Camp (Continued)
BOWEN, Betty Lou, Winlock, Washington
BOYER, Junior, Gorin, Missouri
BOYKIN, Elizabeth D., Moncks Corner, South Carolina
BRAMMER, Harlan H., Mountainburg, Arkansas
BROUGHER, Marilyn, Aurora, Missouri
BROWN, Shawnee, Stillwater, Oklahoma
BROWN, W. S., Athens, Georgia
BRUGUERAS, Luz Esther, Gurabo, Puerto Rico
BUNNELL, Mary H., Price, Utah
BURTON, Anna Lee, Booneville, Arkansas
BUSHONG, Faye, Columbia, Pennsylvania
BUTLER, Lowell T., Oroville, California
CAINE, Lawrence P., Oregon, Wisconsin
CALLAHAN, E. P., Washington, D. C.
CAMPBELL, Joe G., Lebanon, Virginia
CAMPBELL, Rex, Bozeman, Montana
CARLSON, Alice, Stillwater, Oklahoma
CARPER, Elsie J., Washington, D. C.
CARSON, Marion, West Point, Georgia
CASE, Julie, Potomac, Montana
CASTER, Robert, Mesquite, Texas
CHAFEE, C. M., State College, Mississippi
CHAPMAN, Constance, Chepachet, Rhode Island
CHASE, Delmar C., Lewisburg, West Virginia
CHILDS, Donna Lee, Waddy, Kentucky
CHRISTMAS, Ellsworth P., Chandler, Indiana
CHRISTOPHERSON, Barbara, Vigorg, South Dakota
CHURCHILL, Noreen, Groton, Vermont
CLARK, Margaret E., Raleigh, North Carolina
CLARK, Robert C., Madison, Wisconsin
CLAYTON, H. G., Gainesville, Florida
CLAYTON, Don, Brookings, South Dakota
CLAYTON, Leon O., Clemson, South Carolina
CLINGERMAN, Frances, Washington, D. C.
CLONTS, Hallie L, Linn, Missouri
COLLINGS, Mary L., Washington, D. C.
COOK, Margaret Ann, Waddy, Kentucky
COPELAND, Patricia, Nara Visa, New Mexico
COWING, Amy G., Washington, D. C.
COX, Luella May, Assaria, Kansas
CRAWFORD, Mildred, Proffit, Virginia
CRISMAN, Ima R., Brookings, South Dakota
CURTIS, Annette, Columbus, Pennsylvania
CZAJKOWSKI, Janine M., Storrs, Connecticut
DAIGLE, James B., Church Point, Louisiana
DAILEY, William C., Blenheim, South Carolina
DAMERON, Diane, Marianna, Arkansas
DAVIS, Barbara, Cornelius, North Carolina
DAVIS, D. Merrill, Jackson, Ohio
DAVIS, Mrs. D. Merrill, Jackson, Ohio
DAVIS, Guy R., Lincoln, Nebraska
DAVIS, Russell Leon, Brownsville, Kentucky
DEMING, Robert, Danbury, Connecticut
DETLOR, Mary Alice, Plainfield, Wisconsin
THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1954
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12:45 pm National 4-H Club Camp (Continued)
DIBBLE, Mary Lou, Tipton, Michigan
DOCKUM, Charlotte, Hamilton, Ohio
DORSEY, C. P., Morgantown, West Virginia
DORSEY, Robert, Boyd, Maryland
DOTY, John T., Tucson, Arizona
DOW, Marland C., Barnesville, Minnesota
DOWNELY, Mylo S., Washington, D. C.
DRAKE, Naomi J., Forreston, Illinois
DUGAN, Michael F., West Redding, Connecticut
DUNN, Curtis M., Greenville, New Hampshire
DYCHES, LeVon, Blackville, South Carolina
ECKBLAD, Inez, Pullman, Washington
ELGRIM, Dennis E., Trenton, New Jersey
ELKINS, Bronna Mae, Tallahassee, Florida
ELKINS, Ronald, Farmington, New Mexico
ELLIOTT, Betty, Washington, D. C.
ELLIS, Yolanda, Plainview, Texas
ENTRIKEN, Nadine, Washington, D. C.
ESSEX, Lloyd M., Warwick, Rhode Island
EURE, W. W., Washington, D. C.
EYESTONE, Merle, Topeka, Kansas
EYESTONE, Mrs. Merle, Topeka, Kansas
EYMAN, Jean, Canby, Oregon
FAZZALARI, Ella, Hyattsville, Maryland
FERGUSON, C. M., Washington, D. C.
FERGUSON, David, Washington, D. C.
FIRST, John K., Ionia, Michigan
FISH, E. E., Lexington, Kentucky
FISHER, Patricia Ann, Orchards, Washington
FIZER, Mildred, Morgantown, West Virginia
FLOM, Kathleen, Washington, D. C.
FOLLIARD, Veronica E. R., Washington, D. C.
FOLTZ, Donald, Washington, D. C.
FOLTZ, Jean, Washington, D. C.
FOSTER, Beverly, Minneapolis, Minnesota
FOSTER, George, Washington, D. C.
FOX, Milmo Ann, Newark, Delaware
FRICKS, Kathryn, Rising Fawn, Georgia
FRUTCHEY, Fred, Washington, D. C.
FRY, Alice, Washington, D. C.
FULGHUM, Ralph, Washington, D. C.
FUNKHOUSER, Barbara, Washington, D. C.
GALLANT, Madeleine, Groveton, New Hampshire
GAMBILL, Madge E., Thelma, Kentucky
GARDNER, John, Canyon City, Oregon
GARNER, Clark E., Leonard, Missouri
GAYLORD, Clinton, Washington, D. C.
GAYLORD, Mrs. Clinton, Washington, D. C.
GEHRES, Albert F., Columbus, Ohio
GENTRY, Dorothy, Lexington, Kentucky
GIBBS, Eugene, Moultrie, Georgia
GILLINGHAM, Mabel, Washington, D. C.
GILRUTH, John S., Knights Landing, California
GLASS, Margaret E., Worland, Wyoming
THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1954
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12:45 pm National 4-H Club Camp (Continued)
GONZALEZ, Moises, Jayuya, Pureto Rico
GOODHUE, Joanne, East Greenwich, Rhode Island
GRAMPP, Charles F., Dover, Delaware
GREENE, Joan, Brookfield, Connecticut
GREENFIELD, Ed, Fort Smith, Arkansas
GRIFFIN, Lyla, Brandon, Vermont
GRIFFITH, Ruth Eleanor, Ephrata, Pennsylvania
GRIMES, Charles W., Decatur, Ohio
GUCKER, Florence, Washington, D. C.
GUSTAFSON, Carl J., Jr., N. Brookfield, Massachusetts
GWINN, Sam, Newark, Delaware
HAACK, Frances, Washington, D. C.
HALES, Lois E., Morristown, Tennessee
HAMIL, Jo Ann, Atwood, Colorado
HANSEN, Norbert F., Bangor, Wisconsin
HARKNESS, Leonard, St. Paul, Minnesota
HARMAN, Sue Grace, Elkins, West Virginia
HARRELL, LaRae, Cushing, Oklahoma
HARRILL, L. R., Raleigh, North Carolina
HARRIS, Ruby, Berkeley, California
HARSHFIELD, H. W., Columbus, Ohio
HART, Francis T., Belmont, Ohio
HARVEY, T. Weed, Washington, D. C.
HASKELL, R. J., Washington, D. C.
HEID, Konrad L., Harrisonville, Missouri
HEINE, Angela, Ellendale, North Dakota
HEINE, Rosita M., Folsom, Louisiana
HEINZELMAN, F. E., Ithaca, New York
HEITZ, Ruth M., Lafayette, Indiana
HENSON, Patricia, Norwich, Connecticut
HEYWOOD, Eunice, Washington, D. C.
HIATT, John A., Arcadia, Indiana
HILDWEIN, H. L., State College, New Mexico
HILL, Maurice L., East Lansing, Michigan
HILL, Russell, East Lansing, Michigan
HINTER, Genevieve A., Leopold, West Virginia
HOEFER, Albert, Ithaca, New York
HOLDRIDGE, Paul, Jr., Norwich, Connecticut
HOLSTEIN, Dorothy, Lincoln, Nebraska
HOLT, Claire, Washington, D. C.
HOOKER, Philip, Washington, D. C.
HORNUNG, T. G., Washington, D. C.
HOWELL, Mildred L., Amherst, Massachusetts
HOWES, Merle L., College Park, Maryland
HOWES, Mrs. Merle L., College Park, Maryland
HUDSON, Charles L., Sumrall, Mississippi
HUDSON, Worth, Virgilina, Virginia
HUGHES, Hallie Ll, Blacksburg, Virginia
HULL, George E., Stillwater, Oklahoma
HULLINGER, Gary L, Pleasanton, Iowa
HUMPHREYS, Gertrude, Morgantown, West Virginia
HUNTON, Ed, Washington, D. C.
HUSSEY, William L., Tupelo, Mississippi
HUTTON, Buryon, Corvallis, Oregon
THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1954
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12:45 pm
National 4-H Club Camp (Continued)
INGLE, Donald, Kendrick, Idaho
JAMES, John T., Elizabeth City, North Carolina
JEFFERSON, Reta, Frances, Intervale, New Hampshire
JOFFRION, Jo Ann, Keithville, Louisiana
JOHNSON, Eula, Washington, D. C.
JOHNSON, Irwin, Chicago, Illinois
JOHNSON, J. Harold, Manhattan, Kansas
JOHNSON, John E., Meridale, New York
JOHNSON, Maurice E., Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
JOHNSON, Norman, Chicago, Illinois
JURGENSON, Joan C., Baptistown, New Jersey
KAMMERER, Edward J., Rapid City, South Dakota
KANESHIRO, Paul T., Waipahu, Hawaii
KARCHER, Alba Jo, College Station, Texas
KARCHER, A. H., Jr., College Station, Texas
KARCHER, A. H., III, College Station, Texas
KARCHER, Barbara Kay, College Station, Texas
KARCHER, Helen, College Station, Texas
KASZNAY, Beatrice E., Torrington, Connecticut
KELLY, Rhoda Jean, Lansing, Michigan
KESKE, Eldora, Washington, D. C.
KESSLER, Helen, Washington, D. C.
KETTUNEN, A. G., East Lansing, Michigan
KIGHTLINGER, Ellen M., Tucson, Arizona
KINNEY, L. F., Jr., Kingston, Rhode Island
KITTELL, Eva O., Phoenix, Arizona
KOHL, Martha E., Corfu, New York
KRAUSE, Kenneth R., Storm Lake, Iowa
KURTZ, L. S., State College, New Mexico
KUSKA, Janet, Omaha, Nebraska
LAAKSO, Norman I., Chatham, Michigan
LaBARR, Shirley, Montrose, Colorado
LAHN, Sally, Washington, D. C.
LANG, C. C., Washington, D. C.
LANTRIP, D. S., Little Rock, Arkansas
LaROCHE, Floria, Keene, New Hampshire
LARSON, Grace, Washington, D. C.
LAWRENCE, W. J., Fargo, North Dakota
LAZAR, James E., Jeannette, Pennsylvania
LAZOTE, Harold, Columbus, Ohio
LEGARD, Ann E., Purcellville, Virginia
LEIGHTON, Martha E., Ithaca, New York
LEKER, E. H., Washington, D. C.
LENZ, Shirley, Nampa, Idaho
LEUTHOLD, David A., Molt, Montana
LEWIS, Harold, Washington, D. C.
LEYDA, Leota, Fremont, Ohio
LIBBEY, Douglas E., Auburn, Maine
LINDEMANN, Dennis E., Enderlin, North Dakota
LINN, Alice C., Washington, D. C.
LLOYD, Dolores, Newark, Delaware
LLOYD, Walter, Washington, D. C.
LOVEJOY, K. C., Orono, Maine
THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1954
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12:45 pm National 4-H Club Camp (Continued)
LOWRY, Rhonwyn, Athens, Georgia
LUCE, William G., Beaver Dam, Kentucky
LYFORD, Sidney, Jr., Exeter, New Hampshire
LYLE, S. P., Washington, D. C.
LYNDE, Mrs. Lydia, Washington, D. C.
MacDONALD, Marion, Dover, Delaware
MacINTOSH, William A., Jr., East Providence, Rhode Island
MacLEAN, Dorothy J., Lexington, Nebraska
MAJOR, Helen, Washington, D. C.
MANN, Jane L., Otterbein, Indiana
MARSTON, Burton W., Laramie, Wyoming
MARTIN, Mrs. E. W., Warrensburg, Missouri
MARTIN, Mildred P., Washington, D. C.
MARTIN, Russell F., Washington, D. C.
MARUYAMA, Charles, Honolulu, Hawaii
MASCHI, Margaret, Washington, D. C.
MATSUMURA, Hugh T., Laupahoehoe, Hawaii
MATTHEWS, Albert, Washington, D. C.
MATTHEWS, Margaret E., Washington, D. C.
MATTHIESEN, Theressa, Filer, Idaho
MAYNARD, Frank, McMinnville, Oregon
MAYNARD, I. Joseph, Washington, D. C.
McGAUGH, Velma, Manhattan, Kansas
McGINTY, Don, Spur, Texas
McHUGH, Helen F., Nevada, Missouri
McINTURFF, Phyliss Jean, Athens, Ohio
McKENZIE, Mary W., Raymond, Mississippi
McMILLEN, Mable F., Silver City, New Mexico
MEENACH, C. T., Pullman, Washington
MEGARD, Roger, Sherman, South Dakota
MEINAN, Stanley, Washington, D. C.
MEINAN, Mrs. Stanley, Washington, D. C.
MERCHANT, John D., Burlington, Vermont
MESSERSCHMITT, Jim, Elizabeth, Colorado
MEYER, Nancy J., Caledonia, Minnesota
MICHAELIS, Louise, Washington, D. C.
MILLER, Paul E., St. Paul, Minnesota
MILLER, Rosalind, Palmer, Alaska
MINDRUM, Norman, Washington, D. C.
MINTMIER, E. H., State College, Pennsylvania
MITCHELL, Marilyn, Poestenkill, New York
MONAHAN, Adelaide, Washington, D. C.
MONOSMITH, R. O., Berkeley, California
MOODY, Lois, Roseville, Ohio
MORNINGSTAR, Ruth, Washington, D. C.
MOSHER, Elizabeth L., Farmington, Maine
MUELLER, Rosalie, Washington, D. C.
MUHS, Claire R., Trenton, New Jersey
MULLENDORE, Harriet Ann, Franklin, Indiana
MYERS, L. Isabel, State College, Pennsylvania
NAKADA, Yoneko, Kamuela, Hawaii
NARRAMORE, Daniel 0., Palo Verde, Arizona
NEELY, Joe B., Franklin, Kentucky
THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1954
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12:45 pm National 4-H Club Camp (Continued)
NEILAN, Gary, St. Francis, Kansas
NEIS, Dorothy Ann, Juneau, Wisconsin
NELSON, Emmie, Chicago, Illinois
NISCARA, Hildred, Washington, D. C.
NOBLE, Guy L, Chicago, Illinois
NOBLE, Jo Ann, Agency, Missouri
OHM, Rodney, Grant Park, Illinois
O'MEARA, Jo Ann, Faulkton, South Dakota
PARAMORE, Lee R., Washington, D. C.
PARRIS, John, Campebello, South Carolina
PATTEN, Vivian W., Keeline, Wyoming
PAYNE, Larry W., Taylorsville, North Carolina
PEARSON, Nevels, East Lansing, Michigan
PENCE, Marilyn, Topeka, Kansas
PEPPLER, Esther G., Washington, D. C.
PESSON, Lynn, Washington, D. C.
PETERSON, Richard, Fedora, South Dakota
PETRINI, Evelyn J., Hamilton, Montana
PFEFFERKORN, Mamie C., West Friendship, Maryland
PHILLIPS, Alan Lee, Manhattan, Kansas
PHILLIPS, LaVeta Ann, Columbia, Missouri
PHILLIPS, O. H., Raleigh, North Carolina
PINGLEY, Betty, Washington, D. C.
PLATT, W. J., Gainesville, Florida
POLOPOLUS, Leonidas, Bloomington, California
PORTEUS, Homer, Washington, D. C.
POWER, Gertrude, Washington, D. C.
POWERS, Patricia, Big Horn, Wyoming
PRICE, Dorothy, Little Rock, Arkansas
PROUT, Helen, Fort Collins, Colorado
PYCKETT, Merle, Washington, D. C.
RALSTON, J. C. Lafayette, Indiana
RAMMELL, Jay, Fort Shaw, Montana
RASMUSSEN, R. H., Madison, Wisconsin
RATERMANN, Dene, Chicago, Illinois
RAYNARD, Bill, Pickford, Michigan
REIL, Wilma K., Oroville, California
REINAT, A. Mayoral, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
RICHARDS, Grace H., Clinton, Maine
RICHARDSON, Everett G., Brookston, Indiana
RICHARDSON, R. J., Athens, Georgia
RICHINS, Rex G., Pleasant Grove, Utah
RIGGS, Joyce L., Gaithersburg, Maryland
ROBINSON, J. L., Washington, D. C.
ROBLES, Rosalie, Yuma, Arizona
RODRIGUEZ, Maria del Carmen, San German-Lajas, Puerto Rico
ROGERS, Mary K., Palmyra, Michigan
ROGERS, Pauline Mae, Arcanum, Ohio
ROMAN, Benito, Moca, Puerto Rico
ROOP, Geryl, Washington, D. C.
ROOP, Robert, Washington, D. C.
ROSS, Alene B., Washington, D. C.
ROSS, Bobby Laverne, Willis, Texas
THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1954
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ROTH, Eddie, Blue Creek, West Virginia
ROWE, M. Pauline, Burlington, Vermont
RUGLAND, Esther, Bozeman, Montana
RUSK, Arleta I., Wellington, Kansas
RUST, William W., Topsfield, Massachusetts
RYKARD, Mary Ann, Madison, Florida
SABROSKY, Laurel, Washington, D. C.
SADOSUK, Jack E., State College, New Mexico
SAFLEY, Lonnie L., Knoxville, Tennessee
ST. MARTIN, Marie L., Putnam, Connecticut
SAMS, R. H., Barnwell, South Carolina
SANDSTEAD, Audrey, Fort Collins, Colorado
SARBAUGH, Larry, Columbus, Ohio
SCHILTZ, Mary C., Ponca City, Oklahoma
SCHLUP, L. A., Washington, D. C.
SCHMIDT, J. P., Columbus, Ohio
SCHMIDT, Mrs. J. P., Columbus, Ohio
SCHMIDT, Joan, West Jordan, Utah
SCHMIDT, Warren, Washington, D. C.
SCHMIDT, Mrs. Warren, Washington, D. C.
SCHROEDER, Frieda, Choteau, Montana
SCHWEITZER, Jeannetta Mae, Ottumwa, Iowa
SCOTT, Norman, Jr., Watauga, Tennessee
SCOTT, Patricia Ann, Burlington, Kentucky
SCOTT, Aubrey, Knoxville, Tennessee
SEACORD, Ruth Ann, Washington, D. C.
SEIDEL, K. Virginia, Urbana, Illinois
SHAFER, June, Yakima, Washington
SHAULL, Grace, Washington, D. C.
SHEFFIELD, Charles A., Washington, D. C.
SHERMAN, Alson E., North Attleboro, Massachusetts
SHIPLEY, Fern, Washington, D. C.
SHIPP, Jesse H., Glendale, Kentucky
SHIRLEY, C. S., Baton Rouge, Louisiana
SHRADER, H. L., Washington, D. C.
SHRUM, Grant A., Columbia, Missouri
SIMMONS, Dorothy, St. Paul, Minnesota
SIMMONS, I. W., Jr., Kentwood, Louisiana
SIMONS, L. R., Ithaca, New York
SIMS, Jean C., Oakley, Kansas
SLINDEN, Bernice, Litchfield, Minnesota
SMITH, Peggy, Washington, D. C.
SMITH, R. E., Athens, Georgia
SMITH, Russell, Washington, D. C.
SMITH, W. M., Jr., State College, Pennsylvania
SOWDER, A. M., Washington, D. C.
SPARKS, Harold, Cassapolis, Michigan
SPEIDEL, Joan, Washington, D. C.
SPELMAN, Mildred, Westfield, Massachusetts
SPONBERG, Harold, Washington, D. C.
STACK, Jane, Pierce, Florida
STAFFORD, C. H., Jr., Monticello, Arkansas
STAUSS, Melvin, Thiensville, Wisconsin
THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1954
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STEINFORD, Shirley, Keystone, Iowa
STELLMACKER, Betty Jean, Albany, Oregon
STEVENS, Margaret F., Orono, Maine
STEVENS, Margaret Lee, Goldsboro, North Carolina
STORMONT, John L., Honolulu, Hawaii
STORMONT, Mrs. John L., Honolulu, Hawaii
SUDERMAN, Shirley Ann, Hillsboro, Kansas
SUDWEEKS, Lewis, Kingston, Utah
SULOUFF, Theodore N., Northumberland, Pennsylvania
SUTTON, W. A., Athens, Georgia
SWANSON, Rodney R., Overton, Nebraska
TAMURA, Florence, Waianae, Hawaii
TAPPAN, Gladys, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
TASKERUD, Esther, Corvallis, Oregon
TATE, Tom, Fairfax, Oklahoma
TAYLOR, Georgia, Rock Hill, South Carolina
TAYLOR, Jerry, Olympia, Washington
TEEL, Dorothy C., Davenport, Washington
TEUTON, Billy, Jackson, Tennessee
THOMAS, Gertrude, Washington, D. C.
THOMAS, John A., Lawrenceville, Virginia
THOMAS, Joseph E., Washington, D. C.
THOMPSON, Paul, Allegan, Michigan
THOMPSON, Ty, Chicago, Illinois
THORNTON, John, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
TIERESE, Ingrid, State College, Mississippi
TODD, Mary Alice, Rexford, Kansas
TOLEMAN, Edith, Washington, D. C;
TONKIN, Joe, Washington, D. C.
TOPP, Ardyce, Grace City, North Dakota
TOWERS, Jack, Washington, D. C.
TOWNLEY, Ada, Washington, D. C.
TRESSLER, Theodore T., Bryan, Ohio
TYLER, Veronica, Washington, D. C.
UPPER, Christen D., Kent, Washington
UPTON, John W., Jr., Norman Park, Georgia
VAN ZOMEREN, Janice Ann, Pella, Iowa
VEGA, Aurora, Barranquitas, Puerto Rico
VENABLE, Joyce, Jefferson, Georgia
WADLEIGH, C. B., Dunham, New Hampshire
WALDO, Arley D., DeWitt, Nebraska
WALKER, Florence S., New Branswick, New Jersey
WALLACE, Maude, Blacksburg, Virginia
WARNER, Mary Ann M., Washington, D. C.
WARREN, D. E., Moscow, Idaho
WARREN, Gertrude L, Washington, D. C.
WAUGH, Shirley Anne, White Plains, North Carolina
WEAGLEY, Julia, Hagerstown, Maryland
WEBSTER, William J., Lewistown, Montana
WELDON, Marinelle, Milner, Georgia
WEST, Patricia, Paton, Iowa
WESTON, Ruth C., Durham, New Hampshire
WETZEL, H. J., Urbana, Illinois
THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1954
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12:45 pm National 4-H Club Camp (Continued)
WHAPLES, R. W., Storrs, Connecticut
WHITE, Fred, Shelby, Ohio
WHITE, Gordon H., Bailey, Mississippi
WIGGINS, Jane L, Rochester, Michigan
WILCOS, M. Wylene, Washington, D. C.
WILDER, J. Eastman, Norridgewock, Maine
WILKINSON, M. June, East Lansing, Michigan
WILKISON, Marjorie Ann, Rushville, Indiana
WILLIAMS, David G., Cleveland, North Dakota
WILLIAMS, L. C., Manhattan, Kansas
WILLIAMS, Leonard, Freehold, New Jersey
WILLIAMS, W. K., Washington, D. C.
WILLS, George S., McDonogh, Maryland
WILSON, Nina L., Robinson, Illinois
WILSON, Roger, Milton, Florida
WILSON, W. S., College Park, Maryland
WILSON, Mrs. W. S., College Park, Maryland
WINES, Erma, College Station, Texas
WINTERBERG, Lois, Chicago, Illinois
WITWER, Stow, Jr., Greeley, Colorado
WOLFE, Lynn R., Winchester, Virginia
WORKMAN, Joseph W., Delmar, Delaware
WORRILOW, G. M., Newark, Delaware
YOUNGER, John F., Brookings, South Dakota
YOUNGSTROM, C. O., Boise, Idaho
International Farm Youth Exchange Delegates
AKHTAR, Humayun - Pakistan
BARTELINK, Johann, Netherlands
BLACK, David - England
BUEHLER, Christian - Germany
CARRUTHERS, William - Scotland
COFFEE, Fadhbh - Ireland
CROMIE, John A. - North Ireland
GADALLA, Mahmoud Jaad - Egypt
GUZMAN, Pedro - Chile
HILD, Juliette Marie - Luxembourg
HO, Genevieve - Formosa
HUGILL, Myra - England
JONES, Buddug - Wales
LABEY, Monica - England
LINDSBERG, Pentti - Finland
LOPEZ, Angel - Chile
MALVESIN, Jean-Claude - Algeria
MARR, Joseph D. - England
MARRIAGE, Anne - England
MARTIN, Calheiros - Portugal
MARTIN, Margaret - North Ireland
MASON, George R. - England
McGIFFERT, John - North Ireland
NAVARETTE, Humberto - Chile
NORRMAN, Eric-Bengt - Sweden
OLSSON, Evald - Sweden
PUST, Klaus-Detlef - Germany
THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1954
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12:45 pm National 4-H Club Camp (Continued)
International Farm Youth Exchange Delegates (Continued)
REID, Thomas C., Scotland
RIVILLO, Julio, Chile
SHARMA, Jaider, India
SMYTH, Doreen, North Ireland
THOMAS, David, England
THOW, Iain David, Scotland
TUCKER, Raymonde Mary, England
VAUX, Nina J., England
WATHALL, Angela H., England
Rural Youth Leaders and Other International Representatives
ADRIANO, Carmen Vernuz - Philippines
ARANDA, Americo - Paraguay
ARANETA, Lucia H. - Philippines
BUTTI, Kamal - Iraq
COLLADO, Pedro de la Cruz - Philippines
de ALMEIDA, Livio Luiz - Brazil
de MEDEIROS, Mauricio Cantalice - Brazil
FLORES, Thomas G. - Philippines
HURCAK, Drago - Yugoslavia
JUNEJA, G. C. - India
LAGOS, Jaziel Sotto Maior - Brazil
LALOVIC, Sima - Yugoslavia
LIU, Cheng - National Government of the Republic of China
LONTOK, Ambrosio Mendoze - Philippines
MAHDI, Abid Ali - Iraq
MANUSHEV, Boris D. - Yugoslavia
MULAHALILOVIC, Zakerijah - Yugoslavia
PACION, Salvador Taguba - Philippines
PENG, Chia-Shui - National Government of the Republic of China
PEREGO, Giovanni - Italy
PEREIRA, Marcos Carvalho - Brazil
PEREIRA, Raul Gomes - Brazil
REYES, Lutgarda Cuaderno Cruz - Philippines
RIBEIRO, Jose Paulo - Brazil
SAMIY, Pariva - Iran
SUVANAKIRI, Terd - Thailand
TUCCI, Guglielmo - Italy
VALERA, Constante Villamor - Philippines
VEGA, Santos - Paraguay
VONGPROMER, Sombat - Thailand
WEKERLIN, Harry Carlos - Brazil
1:00 pm
The following had Luncheon with the President:
Senator Edward J. Thye, Minnesota
(Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture)
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
(The Secretary of Agriculture and Mr. Morgan were OFF THE RECORD)
THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1954
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2:00 pm
The President presented the Father-of-the-Year Medal to Hon. Paul
Gray Hoffman.
(This appointment was requested by the National Father's Day Com.)
The following were present:
Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hon. Paul G. Hoffman
Hon. and Mrs. George Humphrey
Hon. and Mrs. Sherman Adams
Hon. Walter Williams, Washington, D. C.
Hon. and Mrs. William C. Foster, Washington, D. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Pyke Johnson, Washington, D. C.
Hon. John A. Scott, Mayor of South Bend, Indiana
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hoffman, Winnetka, Illinois
(Son and daughter-in-law of Mr. Paul Hoffman)
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Eagle, New York, New York
(Daughter and son-in-law of Mr. Paul Hoffman)
Mr. C. K. Whittaker, Executive Vice President,
Studebaker Corp, South Bend, Indiana
Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Geyer, South Bend, Indiana
Mr. W. R. Walton, Assistant to the Chairman, Studebaker
Corporation
Mr. Paul Boxell, Vice President, Hill & Knowlton Co.,
South Bend, Indiana
Mr. Alvin Austin, Executive Director, National Father's
Day Committee, New York City
Mrs. Alvin Austin
Mrs. Ralph Flanders, wife of the Senator from Vermont
2:30 pm (Hon. Paul Gray Hoffman) OFF THE RECORD
2:35 pm
Admiral Ben Moreell, USN, Ret'd.
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Arranged by Governor Adams. Admiral Moreell is Member of
Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the
Government)
3:00 pm (Hon. Albert M. Cole, Administrator, Housing and Home Finance Agency)
(Mr. William McKenna, Housing and Home Finance Agency)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Bernard Shanley)
(Mr. Barba, Assistant to Mr. Shanley)
(Arranged by Governor Adams - OFF THE RECORD)
3:30 pm The President signed H. R. 2828, An Act "To provide for a per capita
distribution of Menominee tribal funds and authorize the withdrawal
of the Menominee Tribe from Federal jurisdiction." The following
were present:
Hon. Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Orme Lewis, Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Glenn L. Emmons, Commissioner, Bureau of Indian Affairs
Sen. Arthur V. Watkins, Utah
Cong. Melvin R. Laird, Wisconsin
THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1954
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3:30 pm
The President signed H. R. 2828 - (Continued)
Cong. A. L. Miller, Nebraska
Cong. E. Y. Berry, South Dakota
James Frechette
(
Monroe Weso
)
All from Wisconsin and are the Tribal delegates
Antonie Waupchick)
4:00 pm
(Mr. Aksel Neilsen, of Colorado) OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1954
10:00 am
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower departed for Arlington National
Cemetery where they attended the funeral services for Major General
Charles Thompson, who was Commanding General of the Third Division
when the President was Chief of Staff of the Third Division)
11:30 am
(Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State) OFF THE RECORD
12:00
(Dr. Allen B. DuMont, President DuMont Laboratories, Inc.,
Clifton, New Jersey)
(Mr. Keaton Arnet, Assistant to Mr. DuMont) OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Mr. DuMont came in to see Governor Adams regarding the
National TV situation and Governor Adams brought him in
to see the President)
12:25 pm
Mr. Joseph Welch, of Boston, Massachusetts
Mr. James Sinclair
12:45 pm
H.E. Senor Don Fernando Berckmeyer, the Ambassador of Peru
H.E. Dr. Ricardo Rivera Schreiber, the Foreign Minister of Peru
(Hon. John F. Simmons)
(Requested thru Protocol: The Foreign Minister wished to
present a photograph of President Odria of Peru, in return
for the photograph of President Eisenhower which was pre-
sented by Dr. Milton Eisenhower during his visit to Lima
last July)
1:00 pm
Former President Herbert H. Hoover had Luncheon with the President.
2:00 pm
The President received the State Presidents of the Future Teachers
of America
(Appointment requested by Secretary Hobby. This organization
has some 25,000 members, all of whom are college students
who plan to enter the teaching profession) The following
were present:
AGNE, Ruth, Teachers College, Oswego, State University of
New York, State Rep.
BARTLETT, Betty Lou, Arizona State College, Flagstaff, Chapter
President
BRANSFORD, A. Louise, Mercer University, Georgia, State
President
BROWNING, Jo Ann, Henderson State Teachers College,
Arkansas, State President
BUBECK, Kaydonna, Juniata College, Pennsylvania, State
President
BUTLER, Vera, Whitworth College, Washington, State Rep.
CANFIELD, Charles, Friends University, Kansas, State
President
COOPER, Ed, McMurry College, Texas, State President
COPELAND, Robert F., Jr., Arizona State College, Tempe,
State President
FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1954
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2:00 pm
Future Teachers of America (Continued)
DANIELS, Frances, Dillard University, Louisiana, Chapter Pres.
DeBRUHL, Bruce D., Berea College, Kentucky, State President
DENNY, Allene M., Castleton Teachers College, Vermont, State Pres.
DIETZEL, Ruth I., Plymouth Teachers College, New Hampshire,
Chapter President
DOVER, E. Leroy, Rocky Mountain College, Montana, State Pres.
EDGEMON, Albert W., University of Florida, National President
FAUNTROY, Walter Edward, Virginia Union University, State Pres.
FOTOS, Faye, University of Nevada, Chapter Vice-President
GARLETT, Helen, Linfield College, Oregon, State President
GARNETT, Jenny Sue, River Falls State College, Wisconsin,
State President
GOLDWIRE, Elizabeth, Lander College, South Carolina, State Pres.
HASTY, Armeta (Mrs.), Shaw University, North Carolina, Chapter
President
HENDERSON, Betty Jean, Stetson University, Florida, State Pres.
HUNTER, Janet Marie, Winston-Salem Teachers College, North
Carolina, Chapter Secretary
JOHNSON, Lyle Otto, Denver University, Colorado, State President
JOYCE, Robert Lee, Concord College, West Virginia, State President
LEONARD, Delores, Dakota Wesleyan University, South Dakota,
Chapter Program Chairman
LILES, Betsy, Salem College, North Carolina, State President
LUCAS, Carol Lee, East Carolina College, North Carolina, State
Vice President
MACK, Mary, Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, State President
MARTENS, Faye Marie, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Chapter Vice Pres.
McCAULEY, Mary, Rhode Island College of Education, Chapter Pres.
MITCHELL, Iris, University of Wyoming, Chapter President
MORRIS, Janet Louise, University of Delaware, State Rep.
MUNSON, John Herbert, DePauw University, Indiana, Chapter Treasurer
Nabel, Marie C., Willimantic State Teachers College, Connecticut,
Chapter President
NEWCOMB, Patricia Ann, Husson College, Maine, State President
ORTLEB, Edward, Harris Teachers College, Missouri, State President
OVERPECK, Teena, Butler University, Indiana, National Secretary
OWEN, Bonnie Jean, Longwood College, Virginia, Chapter Secretary
PARKER, Verna M., Philander Smith College, Arkansas, State Rep.
PARLANTI, Helen, University of Nevada, State Rep.
PETERS, Ruth V., Olivet Nazarene College, Illinois, State Pres.
PETTICE, Elizabeth, Johnson C. Smith Univ., N. C., State Vice Pres.
POOLE, Eddie King, State A & M College, S. C., State President
PRATT, Robert, Winston-Salem Teachers College, North Carolina,
State Parliamentarian
PRENDERGAST, William E., Jr., Fairfield Univ., Conn., State Rep.
ROSSI, Delores, Glassboro State Teachers College, New Jersey,
State President
ST. CYR, Lona A., Salem State Teachers College, Mass., State Rep.
SANCHEZ, Alex A., New Mexico College of A & M, State President
SCHROEDER, Joann, Bowling Green State Univ., Ohio, State Secretary
SIMON, Barbara, University of Delaware, Chapter Secretary
SOUDER, Salome, Carson-Newman College, Tennessee, Chapter President
STAKEM, Leo B., State Teachers College Frostburg, Md., State Pres.
FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1954
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2:00 pm
Future Teachers of America (Continued)
STEPHENSON, Norma, Central College, Iowa, State President
STEVENSON, Kay, Jacksonville State Teachers College, Alabama,
State President
VAUGHAN, Colleen, Oklahoma A & M, State President
BROWNELL, Hon. S. M., U. S. Commissioner of Education
MORGAN, Joy Elmer, NEA Chairman for FTA
FAUST, Wilda Freebern, National Secretary
PATRICK, Betty-Lo Nease, Assistant Secretary
FARLEY, Belmont, NEA Dir. Press & hadio
LLOYD, John, Acting Director Reports & Tech. Ser., Off. of Ed.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1954
9:30 am
The President received a group of Nassau County Republican Recruits
in the Rose Garden.
(Arranged at the request of Congressman Frank J. Becker)
The following were present:
ARESTO, Josie
LEVISON, Roberta
BALESTIERE, Ann
LEVY, David
BARBATO, Alfred
LEVY, Sallie
BECKER, Robert
LINDBLOOM, Margaret
BISHOFF, Dorothy
LOCKMAN, John
BOSSONE, Bill
MAURO, Anita
BOTWIN, Herbert
MAYO, Florence
BRADY, Frances
McCANNE, Judy
BRUSISKI, Helen
McGARRY, Jean
CALIFANO, Marjorie
McLAUGHLIN, Joan
CARACOST, Mary
McMAHON, Rosanna
CLAMSER, Peg
MOFFETT, Bill
CLAVIN, Don
MONTGOMERY, Mary Lou
COLLINS, Myrtle
MUELLER, Wilbur
COLORULLO, Pat
MULLEN, Charles
CONUEL, Carol
MULLER, Edna
COUNIHAM, Rose
MUNSON, Philip
CUMMINGS, Patricia
MURRAY, William
DAVIS, Joy
O'BRIEN, Arthur
DEFINO, Ginny
OSWORTH, Joan
DETRIO, Camille
oTT, Marjorie
DeVITO, Rose
PICA, Fred
DEVOY, Jeanne
PICKIS, Felicia
DILL, June
REICH, Patrice
DISBROW, Bob
RODGERS, Robert
DUKE, Helen
SCALISE, Rose
FITZGERALD, Patricia
SEYMOUR, Carol
FLYNN, Patricia
SHOELD, Beverly
GAMBINO, Gertrude
SMITH, Doris
GEMMILL, Gloria
SMITH, Marie
GREYUSKI, Laura
STACKPOLE, Rosemarie
HAAB, Al
SZWJKOWSKI, Dolores
HILL, Sunnie
TALEY, Marion
HORGAN, Colette
TAYNAN, Carol
IMBUGIA, Rosemarie
TOYA, Mary
IRISH, Joan
TRAPP, Al
JOYCE, Marilyn
URBANEK, Jean
KELLY, Ellen
USTICA, Gloria
KELLY, Helen
VETTER, Katie
KREUTZER, Fred
WALSH, Virginia
LEBKUECHER, Joan
WALSH, Ann
LEHTONEN, Phyllis
WILLSEY, Ted
LENT, Margo
YANOISIK, Elaine
ZOELLER, Don
SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1954
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10:50 am
The President accompanied by the following left the white House and
motored to Quantico, Virginia:
The Vice President
Brig. General Paul T. Carroll
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. James C. Hagerty
Commander Edward L. Beach
11:40 am
The President arrived at Quantico, motored to parade ground and
received honors. Following the ceremony, the President proceeded
to billet.
12:30 pm
Lunch at Harry Lee Hall. The Secretary of Defense was Host.
2:00 pm
The President played golf with the following:
General Lawton Collins
General Nathan Twining
General Floyd Parks
7:45 pm
Barbecue and local entertainment.
SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 1954
12:05 am
The President returned to the White House.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 1954
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower, accompanied by Mrs. Gordon
Moore, attended the 11:00 o'clock Service at the National
Presbyterian Church.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
1:00 pm
(Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury) OFF THE RECORD
(The Secretary of the Treasury remained until 9:45 pm)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1954
8:30 am
Legislative Leaders
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Sen. Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Sen. Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Cong. Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Cong. Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Cong. Leo E. Allen, Illinois
Cong. Dan Reed, New York
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. Marion Folsom, Under Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Murray Snyder
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Jack Martin
Hon. Homer Gruenther
Hon. Earle Chesney
Hon. Arthur Minnich
10:30 am
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, J. C. S.
(Usual Monday appointment)
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
Major General Herbert B. Loper, USA, Ret'd.
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.)
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(The Secretary of Defense & General Loper saw the President
alone for five minutes and then were joined with the others
OFF THE RECORD)
1:00 pm
Hon. Dan Thornton, Governor of Colorado, had Luncheon with the President.
2:00 pm
(Mr. and Mrs. Truman Johnson and daughter, Greensboro, North Carolina)
OFF THE RECORD
2:25 pm
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
OFF THE RECORD
(Judge George T. Mickelson, South Dakota)
MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1954
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2:30 pm
Hon. Arthur Flemming, Director, 0. D. M.
(Usual Monday appointment)
3:00 pm
Senator Charles E. Potter, Michigan
3:30 pm
Congressman Hugh Scott, Pennsylvania
4:00 pm
(Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1954
7:45 am
(Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, F.O.A., had Breakfast with
the President)
OFF THE RECORD
8:30 am
(Senator William Jenner, Indiana)
(Senator Homer E. Capehart, Indiana)
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Jack Martin)
9:00 am
Congressman Antoni N. Sadlak, Connecticut
George L. Mark, Cleveland, Ohio, National Commander of the
Polish Legion of American Veterans
Joseph Alecks, Dorchester, Mass., Americanization Chairman, PLAV
John Aszkler, Lackawanna, New Yokr, Guest Chairman for the Convention
and former Republican Mayor of Lackawanna
Francis L. Martin, Buffalo, New York, Parade Chief for the Convention
(Cong. Sadlak requested the appointment. Invited the President
to attend their National Convention in Buffalo, New York,
September 3rd to 6th, 1954)
9:30 am
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Danihelka
George Danihelka
Mrs. Eleanor Dulles
(Requested by Mrs. Dulles: This couple, who escaped from
Czechoslovakia, wished to present to the President a doll
in Moravian costume, to repay in some small measure their
debt to the United States and to the President, a token of
gratitude.)
9:45 am
(The President sat for artist, Furman J. Finck) OFF THE RECORD
(Arranged by General Snyder)
10:30 am
(Mr. Charles J. Block & son, Stephen, aged 12) OFF THE RECORD
10:45 am
H.E. Dr. Mansour Fethi El-Kekhia, the Minister of the United
Kingdom of Libya
(Hon. John F. Simmons)
(This is the first Minister from Libya and he came in to
present his credentials)
11:30 am
The President signed an Executive Order, "Establishing a Seal for
the United States Marine Corps." The following were present:
Sen. Francis Case, South Dakota
Cong. Jack B. Brooks, Texas
Cong. James C. Davis, Georgia
Cong. James P. S. Devereux, Maryland
Cong. Joseph F. Holt, California
Cong. Donald L. Jackson, California
Cong. James T. Patterson, Connecticut
Cong. William M. Tuck, Virginia
Hon. Charles S. Thomas, Secretary of the Navy
Hon. Fred A. Seaton, Assistant Secretary of Defense
TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1954
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11:30 am
Marine Corps' Seal
(Continued)
Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., Commandant, U. S. Marine Corps
Lt. Gen. Gerald C. Thomas, USMC
Brig. Gen. Joseph C. Burger, USMC
Col. Raymond F. Crist, Jr., USMC
Lt. Col. Foster C. LaHue, USMC
Captain Harry D. Elms, USMC.
Lt. Col. Kelsey, Aide to the Secretary of the Navy
12:00
Hon. Horace A. Hildreth, American Ambassador to Pakistan
(Requested thru Protocol; to give the President brief account
of developments in our relations with Pakistan)
12:30 pm
Hon. Theodore C. Streibert, Director, U. S. Information Agency
Mr. William L. Clark, Assistant Director for American Republics
Mr. G. Huntington Damon, Assistant Director for Near East & Asia
(Mr. Streibert has set appointment once a month to report)
1:00 pm
The following had Luncheon with the President OFF THE RECORD:
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Hon. James Lay)
(Briefed the President on N. S. C.)
2:00 pm
(Mr. Earl Katz, druggist of Kansas City & two children) OFF THE RECORD
2:15 pm
(Sen. John Sherman Cooper, Kentucky)
(Cong. John M. Robsion, Jr., Kentucky)
(Mr. Graham Brown)
OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Barney Burnett)
(Mr. Loper)
2:30 pm
(Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State)
(Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director, C. I. A.)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Henry F. Holland, Assistant Secretary of State)
7:10 pm
The President left the White House and motored to the Shoreham Hotel,
where he attended dinner of the National Editorial Association and
was presented with a plaque honoring his leadership.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1954
8:00 am
(Hon. Jack Porter, of Texas) OFF THE RECORD
8:30 am
The President met with a bi-partisan group from the Congress. The
following were present:
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Sen. Alexander Wiley, Wisconsin
Sen. H. Alexander Smith, New Jersey
Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson, Texas
Sen. Earle C. Clements, Kentucky
Sen. Walter F. George, Georgia
Sen. Theodore F. Green, Rhode Island
Sen. Richard B. Russell, Georgia
Sen. Harry F. Byrd, Virginia
Sen. Carl Hayden, Arizona
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 M. Vorys, Ohio
Cong. Walter H. Judd, Minnesota
Cong. Dewey Short, Missouri
Cong. John Taber, New York
Cong. Richard B. Wigglesworth, Massachusetts
Cong. Sam Rayburn, Texas
Cong. John W. McCormack, Massachusetts
Cong. James P. Richards, South Carolina
Cong. Carl Vinson, Georgia
Cong. Overton Brooks, Louisiana
Cong. Clarence Cannon, Missouri
Cong. George H. Mahon, Texas
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
9:30 am
Mr. Allan B. Kline, President, American Farm Bureau Federation
(Mr. Kline requested this to discuss international relations
with reference to agriculture, the farm program legislation,
and agricultural and general prosperity throughout country.)
10:00 am
National Security Council (Special Meeting)
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, Office of Defense Mobilization
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
Mrs. Katherine G. Howard, Acting Federal Civil Defense Administrator
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1954
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10:00 am
National Security Council (Continued)
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
11:00 am
(Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense)
(Mr. Lewis Castle)
(OFF THE RECORD:- Mr. Castle is under consideration for Administrator-
ship of St. Lawrence Seaway)
11:15 am
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Under Secretary of State
Hon. Livingston Merchant, Assistant Secretary of State
Hon. Douglas MacArthur, II, Counsel, Department of State
12:45 pm
(The President left the White House and motored to Burning Tree)
(where he had Luncheon and played golf with the following:
)
(Mr. William Flenniken)
(Cong. Sid Simpson, Illinois)
(Cong. B. Carroll Reece, Tennessee)
1:10 pm
Arrived Burning Tree
1:45 pm
Teed off
5:01 pm
Concluded golf game
5:32 pm
Departed Burning Tree
6:00 pm
Arrived at the White House.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1954
8:05 am
The President left the White House for the New Perpetual Building,
where he attended a Breakfast given by the National Cartoonists
Society.
9:25 am
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Gen. Paul T. Carroll)
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. 0. A.
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, O. D. M.
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Com.
Hon. Val Peterson, Federal Civil Defense Administrator
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. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. James S. Lay, Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
10:30 am
(The President stepped out of the N. S. C. meeting and met the)
(following briefly:
)
(Mr. Lucius Talley and daughter and son)
(OFF THE RECORD:* Mr. Talley worked for the Douds in)
(Denver in 1909)
11:15 am
Cabinet Meeting
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Under 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. Russell Larmon, Assistant 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. Sherman Adams
Hon. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Arthur Burns, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1954
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11:15 am
Cabinet Meeting
(Continued)
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Bryce Harlow
Hon. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Maxwell Rabb
Hon. Arthur Minnich
The following were absent:
The Secretary of State
The Secretary of H.E. W.
Hon. Philip Young
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
12:45 pm
The President signed S. 2225, An Act "Relating to the administrative
jurisdiction of certain public lands in the State of Oregon, and for
other purposes." The following were present:
Senator Guy Cordon, Oregon
Cong. Harris Ellsworth, Oregon
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:15 pm
Bill Mauldin, National Chairman, American Veterans Committee
Phineas Indritz, National Counsel, A. V. C.
Lincoln W. Lauterstein, Chairman, Commission on National Affairs, A.V.C.
Andrew E. Rice, National Executive Director, A. V. C.
(Invited the President to their National Convention to be held
in Boston next December)
2:30 pm
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Under Secretary of State
Hon. Walter Robertson, Assistant Secretary of State
Hon. Livingston T. Merchant, Assistant Secretary of State
Hon. Douglas MacArthur, Counsel, Department of State
3:45 pm
(Admiral Wesley M. Hague)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
OFF THE RECORD
4:00 pm
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General) OFF THE RECORD
7:30 pm
(The President gave a Stag Dinner for the following:)
Charles C. Auchincloss, Partner, F. S. Moseley & Co., New York
James B. Black, President, Pacific Gas & Electric Co., San Francisco
T. Jerrold Bryce, Partner, Clark, Dodge & Co., New York
H. E. Chiles, Jr., President, Western Co. (oil), Midland, Texas
Lt. Gen. Willis D. Crittenberger, Exec. Vice President, Greater
New York Fund
Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger, Retired Army Officer, Asheville,
North Carolina
Frank M. Folsom, President, Radio Corporation of America, New York
Lt. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow, Retired Army Officer, Petersburg, Va.
Adm. Alan G. Kirk, Retired Navy Officer, New York
Stanley Marcus, President, Neiman-Marcus, New York
THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1954
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7:30 pm
(Stag Dinner - Continued)
George M. Mardikian, Omar Khayyam Restaurants, San Francisco
Charles H. Percy, President, Bell & Howell, Chicago
Hon. Elbert P. Tuttle, General Counsel of the Treasury
Harold S. Vance, President, Studebaker Corp., South Bend, Ind.
Arthur H. Vandenberg, Dept. of Goft., Univ. of Miami, Florida
Kenneth D. Jells, Freedom's Foundation, Inc., Valley Forge, Pa.
Frederick A. Zaghi, Young & Rubicam, New York
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1954
8:15 am
Congressman John Taber, New York
Congressman Cliff Clevenger, Ohio
8:45 am
The President received the Members of the Board of Directors of the
National Association of Radio & Television Broadcasters.
(They asked if while here in Washington for their Board Session,
they might call briefly on the President to pay their respects.)
The following were present:
H. E. Fellows, President and Chairman of the Board
C. E. Arney, Jr., Secretary-Treasurer of the Board
Campbell Arnoux, WTAR WTAR-TV, Norfolk, Virginia
Ted Bergmann, DuMont Television Network, New York, N. Y.
Hugh K. Boice, Jr., WEMP, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Edward H. Bronson, Director, Television Code Affairs
Kenyon Brown, KWFT KWFT-TV, Wichita Falls, Texas
Richard M. Brown, KPOJ, Portland, Oregon
Thad H. Brown, Jr., Television Vice President, NARTB
Mrs. A. Scott Bullitt, KING KING-T V, Seattle, Washington
Martin B. Campbell, WFAA WFAA-TV, Dallas, Texas
Kenneth Carter, WAAM, Baltimore, Maryland
Cy Casper, WBBZ, Ponca City, Oklahoma
Henry B. Clay, KWKH, Shreveport, Louisiana
George H. Clinton, WPAR, Parkersburg, West Virginia
H. Quenton Cox, KGW, Portland, Oregon
John H. Dewitt, Jr., WSM WSM-TV, Nashville, Tennessee
John Esau, KTVQ, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
William A. Fay, WHAM WHAN-TV, Rochester, New York
John E. Fetzer, WKZO WKZO-TV, Kalamazoo, Michigan
John Fulton, WQXI, Atlanta, Georgia
Lester L. Gould, WJNC, Jacksonville, North Carolina
Ralph W. Hardy, Government Relations Vice President, NARTB
E. K. Hartenbower, KCMO KcMo-Ty, Kansas City, Missouri
Harold Hough, WBAP WBAP-TV, Fort Worth, Texas
J. Frank Jarman, WDNC, Durham, North Carolina
Albert D. Johnson, KOY, Phoenix, Arizona
Earl M. Johnson, Mutual Broadcasting System, New York, N. Y.
Merle S. Jones, Columbia Broadcasting System, New York, N.Y.
Edgar Kobak, WTWA, Thomson, Georgia
Herbert L. Kreuger, WTAG, Worcester, Massachusetts
F. Ernest Lackey, WHOP, Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Clair R. McCollough, WGAL WGAI-TV, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Robert B. McConnel, WISH, Indianapolis, Indiana
John F. Meagher, Radio Vice President, NARTB
James H. Moore, WSLS WSLS-TV, Roanoke, Virginia
Gilmore N. Nunn, WLAP WLAP-TV, Lexington, Kentucky
William D. Pabst, KFRC, San Francisco, California
Ward L. Quaal, WIW WIN-TV, Cincinnati, Ohio
William B. Quarton, WMT WMT-TV, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Paul Raibourn, KTLA, Los Angeles, California
J. Leonard Reinsch, WSB WSB-TV, Atlanta, Georgia
Robert K. Richards, Administrative Vice President, NARTB
FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1954
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8:45 am
National Association of Radio & Television Broadcasters (Con'd)
W. D. "Dub" Rogers, KDUB KDUB-TV, Lubbock, Texas
Frank M. Russell, National Broadcasting Company, Wash., D. C.
G. Richard Shafto, WIS WIS-TV, Columbia, South Carolina
George B. Storer, Storer Broadcasting Co., Miami Beach, Florida
Alexander Stronach, Jr., American Broadcasting Co., New York, N.Y.
Ben Strouse, WWDC, Washington, D. C.
Robert D. Swezey, WDSU WDSU-TV, New Orleans, Louisiana
E. R. Vadeboncoeur, WSYR WSYR-TV, Syracuse, New York
Walter E. Wagstaff, KIDO, Boise, Idaho
9:00 am
(Congressman Walter H. Judd, Minnesota)
(Hon. Gerald Morgan)
OFF THE RECORD
9:30 am
The Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain,
and The Rt. Hon. Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
arrived at the North Portico of the White House.
12:00
The President and the Prime Minister of Great Britain came over to
the President's office, where the President introduced the Prime
Minister to members of the White House Staff.
12:30 pm
The Rt. Hon. Anthony Eden and Hon. John Foster Dulles joined the
President and the Prime Minister.
1:00 pm
The following had LUNCHEON with the President:
The Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain
The Rt. Hon. Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Sir Harold Caccia, Deputy Under Secretary of State
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Livingston T. Merchant, Assistant Secretary of State
8:00 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave a Dinner for the Rt. Hon.
Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain. The
following were present:
The Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain
The Rt. Hon. Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
The Rt. Hon. Lord Cherwell, Adviser to the Prime Minister
Lord Moran, Personal Physician to the Prime Minister
Sir Edwin Plowden, Director of Atomic Energy Board
Sir Harold Caccia, Deputy Under Secretary of State
Gen. Sir John and Lady Whiteley, Chairman of British Joint Services
Mission
Captain Christopher Soames, Aide to the Prime Minister
H.E. The British Ambassador and Lady Makins
The Vice President and Mrs. Nixon
The Secretary of State and Mrs. Dulles
The Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Humphrey
The Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. and Mrs. Harold E. Stassen
General of the Army & Mrs. George C. Marshall
Hon. & Mrs. Lewis L. Strauss
Hon. Winthrop W. Aldrich
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1954
10:00 am
Hon. Winthrop W. Aldrich, American Ambassador to Great Britain
1:00 pm
The following had Luncheon with the President:
The Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain
The Rt. Hon. Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Sir Harold Caccia, Deputy Under Secretary of State
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, The Speaker
Sen. Walter F. George, Georgia
Sen. Carl Hayden, Arizona
Sen. Theodore F. Green, Rhode Island
Sen. Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Sen. H. Alexander Smith, New Jersey
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson, Texas
Sen. Earle C. Clements, Kentucky
Cong. Sam Rayburn, Texas
Cong. Carl Vinson, Georgia
Cong. Clarence Cannon, Missouri
Cong. John Taber, New York
Cong. Leo E. Allen, Illinois
Cong. Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Cong. Dewey Short, Missouri
Cong. Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Cong. Robert B. Chiperfield, Illinois
Cong. John M. Vorys, Ohio
Cong. Thomas S. Gordon, Illinois
Hon. Sherman Adams
8:15 pm
The following had Dinner with the President:
The Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain
The Rt. Hon. Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
The Rt. Hon. Lord Cherwell, Adviser to the Prime Minister
The Rt. Hon. R. G. Casey (Australia)
Sir Zafrulla Khan (Pakistan)
Lord Moran, Personal Physician to the Prime Minister
Capt. Christopher Soames, Aide to the Prime Minister
Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Under Secretary of State
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Hon. Bernard M. Baruch
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 1954
11:00 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower, accompanied by the Secretary
of State and Mrs. John Foster Dulles, attended the 11:00 o'clock
Service at the National Presbyterian Church.
8:15 pm
The President gave a Dinner for the following:
The Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain
The Rt. Hon. Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Captain Christopher Soames, Aide to the Prime Minister
J. R. Colville, Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
H. E. The British Ambassador
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Under Secretary of State
Hon. Livingston T. Merchant, Assistant Secretary of State
Hon. Winthrop W. Aldrich, American Ambassador to Great Britain
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1954
8:15 am
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Thruston Morton, Assistant Secretary of State
8:30 am
Legislative Leaders
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr.
Cong. Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Cong. Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Cong. Leo E. Allen, Illinois
Cong. Daniel A. Reed, New York
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Thruston Morton, Assistant Secretary of State
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
British-American Talks in the President's Office. The following
were present:
The Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain
The Rt. Hon. Anthony Eden, Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs
H.E. Sir Roger Makins, British Ambassador
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Winthrop W. Aldrich, American Ambassador to Great Britain
Hon. Livingston T. Merchant, Assistant Secretary of State
Hon. Douglas MacArthur, II, Counsel, State Department
Hon. Robert R. Bowie, Policy Planning Staff, State Department
Hon. Henry A. Byroade, Assistant Secretary of State
Hon. Walter S. Robertson, Assistant Secretary of State
Other British people.
12:00
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General) OFF THE RECORD
12:30 pm
Mr. Frank Kemp, President, Great Western Sugar Co., Denver, Colorado
Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Sen. Frank A. Barrett, Wyoming
(Arranged at the request of Senator Millikin. Mr. Kemp, repre-
sents the sugar industry and asked to discuss sugar question
with the President)
MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1954
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1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
3:30 pm
(Mr. Frederick Steuck)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1954
8:45 am
(Hon. Harold Stassen, Director, Foreign Operations Adm.) OFF THE RECORD
9:00 am
Hon. Katherine G. Howard, Deputy Administrator, Federal Civil
Defense Administration
(Asked for 15 minute appointment)
9:15 am
(Mr. Roy Roberts, Kansas City Star) OFF THE RECORD
(Came to see Mr. Stephens and saw the President)
10:00 am
Miss Florence B. Kane, of Narragansett, Rhode Island
Mrs. Lillian E. McKay
Mr. J. Harlin O'Connell, of New York
(Miss Kane is a sculptress and wished to present bust of the
President to him. She made the Bust. Requested appointment
through Governor Adams.)
10:30 am
The President met with Members of Soft-Coal Industry Committee, and others
(Arranged at the request of Sen. Sherman Cooper of Kentucky)
The following were present:
CAMPBELL, Rolla D., General Counsel, Island Creek Coal Co.,
Huntington, West Virginia
CARSON, Roy, Consultant on Traffic, Harlan County Coal Operators
Assn., Louisville, Kentucky
COOPER, Roger F., President, Kentucky River Coal Corp.,
Lexington, Kentucky
DANIEL, Dewey, President, Peoples Bank & Trust Co., Hazard, Ky.
HALEY, James W., Vice President, Jewell Ridge Coal Corp., and
Virginia Smokeless Coal Co., Inc., Wash., D. C.
HUTCHINSON, S. P., Executive Vice President, General Coal Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
JAMISON, W. B., Vice President, Jamison Coal & Coke Co.,
Greensburg, Pa.
LaVIERS, Harry, President, South-East Coal Co., Paintsville, Ky.
LOVE, Hooper, President, West Kentucky Coal Co., Madisonville,
Kentucky
MOODY, Joseph E., President, Southern Coal Producers Assn.,
Washington, D. C.
POTTER, C. J., President, Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Co.,
Indiana, Pa.
ROUTH, John S., President, Routh Coal Corp., New York City
SALVATI, Raymond, Island Creek Coal Co., Huntington, W. Va.
STURGILL, William D., Secretary, Hazard Coal Operators Assn.,
Hazard, Kentucky
WARD, George S., Secretary, Harlan County Coal Operators Assn.,
Harlan, Ky.
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hon. Victor E. Cooley, Deputy Director, 0. D. M.
Hon. Felix Wormser, Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Senator John Sherman Cooper, Kentucky
TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1954
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10:30 am
Soft-Coal Industry Committee (Continued)
Cong. Leon H. Gavin, Pennsylvania
Cong. Louis E. Graham, Pennsylvania
Cong. Will E. Neal, West Virginia
Cong. John P. Saylor, Pennsylvania
Cong. Richard M. Simpson, Pennsylvania
Cong. James E. Van Zandt, Pennsylvania
Cong. William C. Wampler, Virginia
Mr. Ralph Homan, Assistant to Sen. Cooper
Mr. Malcolm H. Holliday, Jr., Assistant to Sen. Cooper
11:00 am
Honorable Burton Y. Berry, American Ambassador to Iraq
(The Ambassador is retiring from the Foreign Service and asked
to pay his respects. Presented to the President an album of
photographs which he has taken during his assignment in Iraq.)
11:30 am
The Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of Great Britain
1:00 pm
The President gave a Stag Luncheon for Members of the American Korean
Foundation. The following were present:
Mr. Henry Clay Alexander, J. P. Morgan & Co., New York City
Mr. John Balaban, Balaban & Katz Theatres, Chicago, Illinois
Mr. Benjamin N. Berger, N. Central Allied Independent Theatre
Owners, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mr. Myron N. Blank, Central States Theatres, Des Moines, Iowa
Mr. Harry Brandt, Brandt Theatres, New York City
Mr. Robert W. Coyne, Council of Motion Picture Organizations,
Inc., New York City
Mr. S. H. Fabian, Fabian Theatres, New York City
Mr. Myer Fine, Associated Theatres, Cleveland, Ohio
Mr. Emanuel Frisch, President, Metropolitan Motion Picture
Theatres Assn., Inc., New York City
Mr. Edwin Gage, Walter Reade Theatres, New York City
Mr. Monty F. Gowthorpe, W. S. Butterfield Theatres, Detroit, Mich.
Mr. I. J. Hoffman, Connecticut Theatres Corp., New Haven, Conn.
Mr. Jack Kirsch, Allied Theatres of Illinois, Chicago, Ill.
Mr. Al Lichtman, 20th Century Fox Film Corp., New York City
Mr. Ben D. Marcus, S. and M. Theatres, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mr. E. D. Martin, Martin Theatres of Georgia, Columbus, Georgia
Mr. Nicholas John Matsoukas, American Korean Foundation, N.Y.C.
Mr. Pat McGee, Cooper Foundation, Denver, Colorado
Mr. Abram Myers, Allied States Assn. of Motion Picture Exhibitors,
Washington, D. C.
Mr. Thomas A. Pappas, Boston, Massachusetts
Mr. Samuel Pinanski, American Theatres Corp., Boston, Mass.
Mr. David Rockefeller, Treasurer, American Korean Foundation,
N.Y.C.
Dr. Howard A. Rusk, American Korean Foundation, N.Y.C.
Mr. Louis W. Schine, Schine Circuit Inc., Gloversville, New York
Mr. Theodore Schlanger, Warner Bros. Theatre, Philadelphia, Pa.
Mr. Sol A. Schwartz, RKO Theatres, New York City
Mr. Charles P. Skouras, Fox West Coast Theatres, Los Angeles, Calif.
TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1954
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1:00 pm
Stag Luncheon (Continued)
Mr. George P. Skouras, United Artists Theatres, New York City
Mr. Spyros P. Skouras, 20th Century Fox Film Corp, N.Y.C.
Mr. Wilbur Snaper, Snaper Circuit, New York City
Mr. Ernest Turnbull, with Mr. Spyros P. Skouras
Mr. Joseph R. Vogel, Loew's Inc., N.Y.C.
Mr. R. B. Wilby, Wilby-Kincey Service Corp., Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. Nathan Yamins, New England Theatres Inc., Boston, Mass.
Mr. William Zeckendorf, Webb & Knapp Real Estate Co., N.Y.C.
2:30 pm
Hon. Rowland Hughes, Director, Bureau of the Budget
3:15 pm
Dr. William I. Myers, Member, Advisory Committee on Voluntary
Foreign Aid.
3:30 pm
(Hon. Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Thomas E. Stephens)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Kevin McCann)
(Hon. Bryce Harlow)
4:15 pm
(Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President) OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1954
7:45 am
Hon. C. D. Jackson had Breakfast with the President.
9:00 am
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Hon. James S. Lay)
OFF THE RECORD
(Briefed the President on N. S. C.)
10:00 am
(Mr. Hagerty)
10:30 am
Press Conference
11:15 am
H.E. G. L. Mehta, the Ambassador of India
(Hon. John Simmons)
(The Ambassador requested this thru Protocol. Presented to the
President a set of the recently issued eight volume biography
of Mahatma Gandhi, by a well-known Indian biographer. It is
thought by the State Department that the Government of India
will present a number of these sets to libraries throughout
the United States)
11:30 am
Senator Edward David Crippa, new Senator from Wyoming
Senator Frank A. Barrett, Wyoming
(Hon. Wilton B. Persons)
(Hon. Homer Gruenther)
11:45 am
(Bernice Woodard)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Maxwell Rabb)
12:14 pm
(The President left the White House and motored direct to Burning Tree)
1:12 pm
Teed off at Burning Tree with the following:
Mr. Ned Burnham
Col. Tom Belshe
Mr. W. J. Mougey, Vice President of General Motors (Wash.,D.C.)
5:08 pm
(The President returned to the White House)
7:00 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave a dinner for nearby members
of the Class of 1915 of the Military Academy. The following were
present:
Mrs. Layson E. Atkins
Col. and Mrs. Hugh P. Avent
Mrs. Charles C. Benedict
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Frederic W. Boye - President
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. John S. Bragdon
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. C. M. Busbee
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. John F. Conklin
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. John Fuller Davis
Col. and Mrs. E. DeTreville Ellis
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Vernon Evans
Col. and Mrs. Earl Ewart Gesler
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1954
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7:00 pm
Class of 1915 Dinner (Continued)
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Howard Gilkeson
Col. and Mrs. Douglas H. Gillette
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney C. Graves
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. T. J. Hanley, Jr., Secretary
Lt. Gen. and Mrs. Hubert R. Harmon
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Walter Wood Hess, Jr.
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Leland S. Hobbs
Col. and Mrs. Jesse Beeson Hunt
Major and Mrs. Edward B. Hyde, Jr.
Lt. Gen. and Mrs. Stafford LeRoy Irwin
Lt. Col. and Mrs. Clifford B. King.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Leone
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Edwin Bowman Lyon
Col. and Mrs. Stuart C. MacDonald
Col. and Mrs. Raymond Marsh
Major and Mrs. Philip K. McNair
Lt. Col. and Mrs. John K. Meneely
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Pearson Menoher
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Lehman W. Miller
Mrs. Benjamin W. Mills
Comdr. and Mrs. Edward Semple Moale
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Paul J. Mueller
Mrs. Mary Naiden (Earl L.)
Mrs. Vernon E. Prichard
Mrs. Norman Randolph
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. George J. Richards
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. John N. Robinson
Col. and Mrs. Edward G. Sherburne
Major and Mrs. Frank M. Stanton
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Robert W. Strong
Col. and Mrs. H. Spencer Struble
Lt. Gen. and Mrs. Joseph M. Swing
Col. and Mrs. Clifford H. Tate
Col. and Mrs. Thomas F. Taylor
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. William F. Tompkins
Mrs. John H. Wallace
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Edward C. Wallington, Treasurer
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Edward Wehmann, Jr.
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Arthur A. White