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THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1953
INA UGURATION DAY
11:20 am
The President-elect and Mrs. Dwight David Eisenhower
departed the Statler Hotel and motored to the White
House.
11:24 am
Arrived at the White House,
11:30 am
President-elect Eisenhower and President Truman,
Senator Styles Bridges, and Honorable Joseph Martin
departed the White House and motored to the Capitol.
12:40 pm
President Eisenhower took the oath of office.
1:00 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower had luncheon at
the Capitol.
1:50 pm
Departed the Capitol and motored to the White House.
2:35 pm
Arrived at the White House and went to the reviewing
Stand. From here the President viewed the Inaugural
Parade.
6:55 pm
Conclusion of the Inaugural Parade.
7:00 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower entered the
White House.
7:00 - 7:35 pm
Fifty-seven guests joined the President and Mrs.
Eisenhower for tea at the White House.
8:15 pm
Dinner. (No guests).
10:07 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower departed the
White House and motored to the Armory for the
Inaugural Ball, and ther to Georgetown University.
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THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1953
8:00 am Honorable Herbert Brownell, Jr., The Attorney General
10:30 am (Honorable U. E. Baughman, Chief, United States Secret Service)
OFF THE RECORD
10:45 am Junior Police Boys Club of Denver, Colorado
(This group was to have been seen by Mrs. Eisenhower; but, as
she was unable to accommodate them, she asked that the Presi-
dent receive them. The entire group numbered about 200 people,
only a small portion of them being band members. The others
were citizens of Denver and environs.)
11:30 am Mr. and Mrs. Bradshaw Mintener, of Minneapolis, Minnesota
(Old personal friends)
12:30
pm The following had lunch with the President at the White House:
Honorable Dan Thornton, Governor of Colorado
Honorable Walter J. Kohler, Jr., Governor of Wisconsin
Honorable Sherman Adams, The Assistant to the President
3:30 pm The following Presidential Appointees to the White House Staff
were sworn in in the President's Executive Office. Mr. Frank
K. Sanderson of the White House Office administered the Oaths
of office.
Honorable Sherman Adams, The Assistant to the President
Honorable Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant to the
President
Honorable James C. Hagerty, Secretary to the President
Honorable Gabriel Hauge, Administrative Assistant to the
President
Honorable Enmet J. Hughes, Administrative Assistant to the
President
Major General Wilton B. Persons, USA (Ret'd), Special Assistant
to the President
Honorable Maxwell M. Rabb, Assistant to the Assistant to the
President
Honorable Roger Steffan, Special Assistant to the Assistant to
the President
Honorable Thomas E. Stephens, Special Counsel to the President
5:30 pm
The following Cabinet Officers were sworn in in the East Room of
the White House, the Oaths of Office being administered by the
Honorable Fred Vinson, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States. The President and various relatives and friends
of the Cabinet Officers witnessed the ceremony:
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Honorable George M. Humphrey, The Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Herbert Brownell, Jr., The Attorney General
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Cabinet Oaths of Office (Continued)
Honorable Arthur E. Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Honorable Douglas McKay, The Secretary of the Interior
Honorable Ezra Taft Benson, The Secretary of Agriculture
Honorable Sinclair Weeks, The Secretary of Commerce
Honorable Martin P. Durkin, The Secretary of Labor
Honorable Oveta Culp Hobby, Administrator of the Federal
Security Agency
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THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1953
8:45 am
(Staff Meeting)
(The President met with his Staff, after they had conferred
for one-half hour in Governor Adams' office.)
10:00 am
Colonel Paul T. Carroll, USA
(The President asked Mr. Stephens to tell him to come over and
see him. Colonel Carroll is at present assigned to General
Persons' office.)
10:10 am (Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense-designate)
OFF THE RECORD
(Came in through East Entrance and was not seen by the Press.
Early in the morning the President had talked on the telephone
to Mr. Wilson and this may have been the result of that call)
10:15 am Mr. Sam Stern, of Fargo, North Dakota, Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks
Honorable Sherman Adams, The Assistant to the President
(Mr. Stern asked if he might come in and pay his respects to
the President while in the city.)
10:30 am Major and Mrs. John S. Eisenhower
(The President's son and daughter-in-law)
11:00 am
Honorable Joseph F. Donohue, Commissioner, District of Columbia
(Called Mr. Stephens and asked if he might come in and briefly
call on the President. Offered the President his resignation)
11:15 am Honorable Joseph Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
(Mr. Dodge was sworn in by Mr. Frank K. Sanderson of the White
House Office. There were no guests present)
11:30 am (Honorable Emmet J. Hughes, Administrative Assistant to the President)
OFF THE RECORD (Went over the State of the Union Message)
12:15 pm Mr. Earl Eisenhower, brother of the President
Mr. Edgar Eisenhower, brother of the President
(Came to the President's office, and after a brief talk walked
over to the Mansion with the President and had lunch with him
in the small Family Dining Room)
12:30 pm (LUNCH)
2:00 pm Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Honorable George Humphrey, The Secretary of the Treasury
2:45 pm
Colonel Craig Cannon
(Once served on the President's Staff in Europe. Came in to
say "goodbye" before leaving country)
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3:00 pm
General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff, U. S. Army
Honorable Earl D. Johnson, Acting Secretary of Defense
(General Collins asked if he might come in with Mr. Johnson
and talk to the President prior to leaving for Korea, within
next three or four days. Wished to discuss senior command
matters.)
3:45 pm
Colonel and Mrs. James Stack, of Tacoma, Washirgton
(Colonel Stack was Senior Military Aide to the President in
Africa, Europe and during the Occupation. He was also his
Senior Military Aide when the President was Chief of Staff
of the Army. They were in town for the Inauguration and
asked if they might come in and say "goodbye" to the Presi-
dent before leaving for home.)
4:00 pm
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
(To discuss Ambassadorships with the President)
4:10 pm
Senator H. Alexander Smith, New Jersey
Honorable Alfred E. Driscoll, Governor of New Jersey
Governor Sherman Adams, The Assistant to the President
(Governor Adams brought the Senator and Governor in to see the
President by way of his office.)
4:20 pm
Honorable Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant to the President
5:30 pm
(Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense-designate)
(Honorable George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury)
OFF THE RECORD
6:00 pm
Honorable Gabriel Hauge, Administrative Assistant to the President
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1953
8:30 am Honorable Gabriel Hauge, Administrative Assistant to the President
10:00 am CABINET
Honorable Richard M. Nixon, The Vice President
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Honorable George M. Humphrey, The Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Herbert Brownell, Jr., The Attorney General
Honorable Arthur E. Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Honorable Ezra Taft Benson, The Secretary of Agriculture
Honorable Sinclair Weeks, The Secretary of Commerce
Honorable Martin P. Durkin, The Secretary of Labor
Honorable Oveta Culp Hobby, Administrator, Federal Security Agency
Honorable Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the United Nations
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Honorable Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Honorable Sherman Adams, The Assistant to the President
Honorable W. J. McNeil, Acting Secretary of Defense
Honorable Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant to the
President (not at table)
Mr. L. Arthur Minnich, Jr. (Took notes)
(The Cabinet Meeting ended at 12:25 p.m. approximately; and the
President's luncheon guests: Honorable John Foster Dulles;
Honorable Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security; Hon.
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the United Nations; and
Honorable Robert Cutler, Adm. Ass't. to the President; waited
in Secretary Stephens' office for the President to settle a
few matters at his desk. Then they walked with the President
over to the White House, where they had lunch in the Family
Dining Room.)
1:40 pm
(The President returned to his desk in the Executive Office)
2:30 pm
The President witnessed the swearing-in of Honorable Henry Cabot
Lodge, Jr., as Ambassador to the United Nations. This ceremony
was also witnessed by Mrs. Lodge and the Senator's son, as well
as Senator H. Alexander Smith of New Jersey, who had come to the
White House for an appointment with the President at 2:45 p.m.
Photographs were made of this ceremony.
2:45 pm
Senator H. Alexander Smith, of New Jersey
Honorable Martin P. Durkin, The Secretary of Labor
Honorable Enmet J. Hughes, Administrative Assistant to the President
(Came to discuss labor matters as affect State of the Union
Message)
3:00 pm
Mr. Harold S. Vance, of South Bend, Indiana, President of
Studebaker Corporation
(This was arranged by Governor Adams before Inauguration)
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3:15 pm
General Walter Bedell Smith, Under Secretary designate of State
(Mr. Cutler called General Smith and told him the President
wished to see him.)
4:00 pm
Honorable Arthur E. Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Mr. John C. Allen of Chicago, Illinois, Traffic Manager for
Sears Roebuck
5:15 pm
Mr. Jack Porter, Republican National Committeeman from Texas
(Governor Adams brought Mr. Porter into Mr. Stephens' office
and asked that he be allowed to pay his respects to the
President.)
5:50 pm
Colonel Robert L. Schulz, Military Aide to the President
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1953
9:35 am
The President went to the Lower Floor of the Executive Office to
inspect the MESS. (This is the dining room where the President's
Staff lunches.)
10:10 am
(Mr. Hagerty saw the President)
10:45 am
Honorable Allan Dulles
10:50 am
(Mrs. John Sheldon Doud, Mother of Mrs. Eisenhower, with friends)
OFF THE RECORD (Saw the President for a few minutes)
11:10 am
Lt. General Maxwell D. Taylor, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations
and Administration, Office of Chief of Staff, United States Army
(Leaving for Korea Monday and wanted to see the President before
departure)
11:15 am
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense Designate, saw
the President.
11:30 am
Commander Edward L. Beach, USN, Naval Aide to the President
(Commander Beach had not met the President and asked if he
might do so today, if convenient.)
11:45 am
Dr. Edward L. R. Elson, Pastor, National Presbyterian Church,
talked to the President about attending services at his
Church on Sunday. (This appointment took the place of the
one originally arranged for the Adjutant General of Texas,
K. L. Berry, who was unable to call on the President because
of illness)
12:00
Mr. C. D. Jackson, of New York City, Publisher of Fortune Magazine
Mr. William Jackson, of New York City, with J. H. Whitney Company
Honorable Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant to the President
(This appointment was arranged at the suggestion of Mr. Cutler)
12:15 pm
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
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1:00 pm
(The President left the Executive Office for the White House)
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 1953
8:47 am
(The President left the White House alone for the National
Presbyterian Church, where he attended 9:00 am services.
He returned to the White House at 10:00 am.)
(The President spent Sunday in his private apartments at
the White House resting. There were no appointments)
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THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1953
8:30 am
Meeting with Legislative Leaders, as follows:
The Vice President
Senator Robert A. Taft, Ohio
Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Senator William F. Knowland, California
The Speaker
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Major General Wilton B. Persons
Governor Sherman Adams
Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
10:30 am
Honorable Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Major General Wilton B. Persons
The President had slight symptoms of a cold and his
physician, General Howard Snyder, suggested that he
cancel the remainder of the day's appointments.
The President, therefore, retired to his private
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quarters in the White House and worked in his study
on his State of the Union Message.
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THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1953
The President was confined to his living quarters in the
White House and did not come to his office in the West
Wing at any time during the day.
11:15 am
Honorable Harold E. Stassen, Director of Mutual Security
(The President had Mr. Stephens send for Mr. Stassen
who was located at the Statler Hotel and he came to
the White House immediately)
4:00 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower received the Chiefs of
Diplomatic Missions at the White House
(The Vice President and Mrs. Nixon, and the Secretary
of State and Mrs. Dulles, were also in the Receiving
Line)
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1953
at FOUR O'CLOCK
(Chiefs of Diplomatic Missions)
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower
The Vice President and Mrs. Nixon
The Secretary of State and Mrs. Dulles
HRH The Ambassador of Afghanistan & Princess Zohra Naim
H.E. The Ambassador of the Argentine Republic & Senora de Paz
H.E. The Ambassador of Australia & Lady Spender
H.E. The Ambassador of Austria & Mrs. Loewenthal
H.E. The Ambassador of Belgium (Baron Silvercruys)
H.E. The Ambassador of Bolivia & Senora de Andrade
H.E. The Ambassador of Brazil (Walther Moreira Salles)
H.E. The Ambassador of Burma & Mrs. Barrington
H.E. The Ambassador of Cambodia & Madame Nong Kimny
H.E. The Ambassador of Canada & Mrs. Wrong
H.E. The Ambassador of Ceylon & Lady Corea
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The Hon. The Charge d'Affaires a.i. of CHILE &
Senora de Rodriguez
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H.E. The Chinese Ambassador & Madame Koo
H.E. The Ambassador of Columbia & Senora de Restrepo
H.E. The Ambassador of Costa Rice & Senora de Oreamuno
H.E. The Ambassador of Cuba & Senora de Concheso
H.E. The Ambassador of Czechoslovakia & Madame Petrzelka
H.E. The Ambassador of Denmark & Madame de Kauffmann
H.E. The Ambassador of the Dominican Republic and Senora de Thomen
H.E. The Ambassador of Ecuador & Senora de Chiriboga
H.E. The Ambassador of Egypt & Madame Abdul Rahim
H.E. The Ambassador of El Salvador & Senora de Castro
H.E. The Ambassador of Ethiopia & Madame Imru
The Hon, The Minister of Finland & Madame Nykopp
H.E. The Ambassador of the French Republic & Madame Bonnet
The Charge d'Affaires of the Federal Republic of Germany & Mrs. Krekeler
H.E. The British Ambassador & Lady Makins
H.E. The Ambassador of Greece (Athanase G. Politis)
H.E. The Ambassador of Guatemala & Senora de Toriello
H.E. The Ambassador of Haiti (Jacques Leger)
H.E. The Ambassador of Honduras & Senora de Valle
The Hon. The Minister of the Hungarian People's Republic & Madame Weil
The Hon. The Minister of Iceland & Mrs. Thors
H.E. The Ambassador of India & Mrs. Mehta
H.E. The Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia & Madame Sastroamidjojo
H.E. The Ambassador of Iran & Madame Saleh
The Hon. The Charge d'Affaires a.i. of Ira q & Madame Bakr
H.E. Teh Ambassador of Ireland & Mrs. Hearne
H.E. The Ambassador of Israel & Mrs. Eban
H.E. The Ambassador of Italy & Signora Tarchiani
H.E. The Ambassador of Japan (Eikichi Araki)
The Hon. The Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan & Madame Haikal
H.E. The Ambassador of Korea & Madame Yang
(Chiefs of Diplomatic Missions)
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The Hon. The Charge D'Affaires of Latvia & Madame Feldmans
The Hon. The Minister of Lebanon & Mrs. Malik
H.E. The Ambassador of Liberia & Mrs. Simpson
The Hon. The Minister of Lithuania & Mrs. Zadeikis
The Hon. The Minister of Luxembourg & Madame Le Gallais
H.E. The Ambassador of Mexico & Senora de la Colina
The Hon. The Minister of Nepal & Rani Shanker
H.E. The Ambassador of the Netherlands & Madame van Roijen
H.E. The Ambassador of New Zealand & Mrs. Munro
H.E. The Ambassador of Nicaragua & Senora de Sevilla-Sacasa
H.E. The Ambassador of Norway & Mrs. Munthe de Morgenstierne
H.E. The Ambassador of Pakistan & Begum Mohammed Ali
H.E. The Ambassador of Panama & Senora de Heurtematte
H.E. The Ambassador of Paraguay & Senora de Boettner
H.E. The Ambassador of Peru & Senora de Berckemeyer
H.E. The Ambassador of the Philippines & Mrs. Romulo
H.E. The Ambassador of the Polish People's Republic &
Mrs. Winiewicz
H.E. The Ambassador of Portugal & Senhora de Esteves Fernandes
The Charge d'Affaires a.i. of the Rumanian People's Republic & Madame Bogdan
H.E. The Ambassador of Saudi Arabia & Madame Al-Faqih
H.E. The Ambassador of Spain & Senora de Lequerica
H.E. The Ambassador of Sweden & Madame Boheman
The Hon. The Minister of Switzerland & Madame Bruggmann
H.E. The Ambassador of Syria & Madame Zeineddine
H.E. The Ambassador of Thailand & Madame Sarasin
H.E. The Ambassador of the Turkish Republic & Madame Erkin
H.E. The Ambassador of the Union of South Africa & Mrs. Jooste
H.E. The Ambassador of the Union of Soveet Socialist Republics & Madanje Zaroubin
H.E. The Ambassador of Uruguay & Senora de Mora
H.E. The Ambassador of Venezuela & Senora de Gonzalez
H.E. The Ambassador of Viet-Nam & Madame Tran Van Kha
The Charge d'Affaires of Yemen (Sayed Abdurrahman Ibn Abdussamed Abu-Taleb)
H.E. The Ambassador of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia & Madame
Popovie
Hon. John F. Simmons - Chief of Protocol
Mr. Raymond D. Muir Deputy Chief of Protocol
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THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1953
10:00 am
The President witnessed the swearing in of the following:
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, as Secretary of Defense
Honorable Harold E. Stassen, as Director for Mutual Security
Honorable Val Peterson, as Administrative Assistant to the
President
The following were also present to witness the
ceremony:
Mrs. Charles E. Wilson
Mrs. Harold E. Stassen
Kathleen Stassen
Senator and Mrs. Edward Thye
Senator and Mrs. Edward Martin
Mrs. Walter Judd
Mr. Ty Wood (MSA)
Mr. FitzGerald (MSA)
Mr. John Ohly (DMS)
Mr. William Sheppard (DMS)
Mr. Ed Larson (Mr. Stassen's staff)
Mrs. Mildred Coleman (Mr. Stassen's staff)
Mr. Robert Mattison Stassen's staff)
Mrs. Mattison
Mr. Lee Ramkin, Assistant Attorney General
Designate
The Only other appointment set up for this date was the
National Security Council for 3:30 p.m. which was put
over until the following day. The President left his
office in the West Wing about 11:30 a.m. and retired
to his private quarters in the White House for the
remainder of the day.
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THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1953
9:00 am
Colonel Paul T. Carroll, Military Liaison Office
(Talked to the President about some nominations)
9:15 am
Commander William Rigdon, Naval Aide's Office
(Talked to the President about some nominations)
10:00 am
Congressman James E. Van Zandt, Pennsylvania
Congressman Bernard W. Kearney, New York
Frank Hilton, Past National Commander, Veterans of Foreign Wars
Mr. Omar Ketchum, Legislative Representative, Veterans of Foreign
Wars
(This group invited the President to attend the Annual
Veterans of Foreign Wars Dinner honoring Members of
Congress who have served in the Armed Forces, to be
held here in Washington on February 17, 1953. The
Commander in Chief of the VFW wrote the President
before Inauguration, January 5th expressing the hope
he might attend, and again wrote the President on
January 22nd. The Commander in Chief, James Cothran,
of Kansas City, could not be present)
10:30 am
Senator Spessard Holland, Florida
Senator George A. Smathers, Florida
Congressman D. R. Matthews, Florida
Congressman James A. Haley, Florida
Congressman Dwight L. Rogers, Florida
Congressman A. B. Herlong, Florida
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Congressman Bob Sikes, Florida
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Congressman Charles E. Bennett, Florida
Congressman Courtney W. Campbell, Florida
Congressman William C. Lantaff, Florida
Dr. J. Hillis Miller, President of the University of Florida
(Senator Holland asked if he might call on the President,
together with Dr. Miller and the members of the Florida
Delegation, to invite the President to attend the
Centennial Celebration of the University, sometime this
spring. He stated that the University of Florida is the
second largest University in the South, the University
of Texas being the largest. The President told this
group that there was little possibility of his being
able to accept their invitation to go to Florida for
the Centennial Celebration at the State University.)
10:50 am
Honorable Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant to the President
Honorable James Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, National Security
Council
(Talked to the President 10 minutes before the National
Security Council meeting in the Cabinet Room.
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11:00 am The National Security Council
Honorable Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
Honorable Harold E. Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
General Omar Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
General W. B. Smith, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Honorable Allen Dulles, Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Honorable James S. Lay, Executive Secretary, NSC
Honorable J. Everett Gleason, Executive Secretary, NSC
Honorable Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant to the President
1:15 pm Honorable Douglas McKay, the Secretary of the Interior
Mr. Randolph Crossley
(Mr. Crossley is the candidate for the Governorship of Hawaii
and had been asking to see the President for several days.
Mr. Stephens arranged for him to see the President together
with the Secretary of the Interior. This was a half-hour
appointment)
1:45 pm The President left his office in the West Wing and retired to
his private quarters in the White House. He did not return
to his office for the remainder of the day and worked on the
State of the Union Message in his Study in the White House.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1953
8:00 am
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Honorable John Foster Dulles, the Secretary of State
Honorable Harold E. Stassen, Director of Mutual Security
(Had breakfast with the President before taking plane
for Europe at 9:30 a.m. today)
8:35 am
THE PRESIDENT ARRIVED AT THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE
8:40 am
Judge Webster J. Oliver, Chief Judge, U. S. Customs Court
(Judge Oliver brought to the President the resignation
of Judge Genevieve R. Cline of the U. S. Customs Court)
8:45 am
General K. L. Berry, Adjutant General of the State of Texas
(He is from Austin, Texas; he asked last week if he might
call on the President before going back to Texas, and
present to the President some cowbells, a gift of Governor
Shivers. General Berry was Governor Shivers' representa-
tive at Inaugural. He had an appointment to make this
presentation to the President last Saturday, but had to
postpone it as he became ill.)
9:00 am
Honorable Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Ambassador to the United Nations
Honorable John McCone, former Assistant Secretary for Air
9:45 am
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Dr. Gabriel Hauge, Administrative Assistant to the Presi dent
(To discuss Consumer Price Index)
10:00 am
CABINET
The Vice President
Honorable H. Freeman Matthews, Acting Secretary of State
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Secretary of Defense
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The Secretary of Agriculture
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The Secretary of Labor
Honorable Oveta Culp Hobby, Administrator, Federal Security Agency
Honorable Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the UN
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Honorable John Ohly, representing Governor Stassen
Honorable Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President
Honorable Robert Cutler, Administrative Asst. to the President
(not at table)
Mr. L. Arthur Minnich, Jr. (to take notes)
General Wilton Persons, Special Asst. to President (not at table)
The appointment scheduled for Major General George A. Horkan, Quarter-
master General of the Army, at 12:15 p.m. was postponed until next
week. General Horkan arrived in time for his appointment but CABINET
did not adjourn until 12:48 p.m. It was thought best for General
Horkan to come back next week.
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12:45 pm
Senator James H. Duff, Pennsylvania
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Senator Frank Carlson, Kansas
Congressman Walter H. Judd, Minnesota
(Came to the Executive Office and walked over to the White
House with the President for Lunch)
2:00 pm
Mr. Robert McLean, President, Associated Press and Publisher of
Philadelphia Bulletin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(Mr. McLean requested this thru Mr. Hagerty; wished to invite
the President to attend Annual Meeting of the Associated
Press Editors)
2:30 pm
Mr. Dave Beck, President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters,
A.F.of L. and also Chairman of National Trucking Industry,
Defense Committee
Mr. Roy Fruehauf, President, Fruehauf Trailer Co., Detroit
Mr. B. M. Seymour, President, Associated Transport Company, New York
Mr. Arthur D. Condon, General Counsel of Trucking Industry
Defense Committee, Washington, D. C.
(Mr. Beck called Monday to ask if this group might see the
President and discuss "pressing problems of the trucking industry)
3:00 pm
Mrs. Emma Michie, Manager of the Majestic Hotel, Lake Charles, La.
Mrs. Clara Gebsen, a friend of Mrs. Michie
Congressman Overton Brooks, Louisiana
(The President spent some time at the Majestic Hotel during
Maneuvers)
3:15 pm
Honorable E. C. Fleeman, Member of State Legislature of Arkansas
Mr. R. W. Ratton
(Senator McClellan called Mr. Stephens and asked if Mr.
Fleeman might call on the President. The Arkansas Legislature
is now in session and has sent Mr. Fleeman to present a resolu-
tion pledging support and good-will toward the President, which
the Legislature passed)
3:20 pm
Honorable Bernard M. Shanley
(Mr. Shanley was sworn in as Acting Special Counsel to the
President in the President's office)
3:30 pm
Reverend Reuben K. Youngdahl, of Minneapolis, Minn.
(Pastor of largest Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. Is brother
of Judge Luther Youngdahl, U. S. District Court, D.C. Request
for appointment came from Congressman Walter Judd. Reverend
Youngdahl is just back from Western Europe, Northern Africa
and India, and wishes to talk to the President about his trip.
Is a friend of the President's)
3:40 pm
Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower
(Brother of the President)
3:55 pm
Colonel Paul T. Carroll, Military Liaison Officer
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4:15 pm
The Secretary of Labor
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Dr. Gabriel Hauge, Administrative Assistant to the President
Hon. Sherman Adams, The Assistant to the President
5:30 pm
The President left the Executive Office for the Broadcasting
Room in the White House where he made a kinescope to be used
in the "Program of Service, 'Back to God'", a Nationwide
Spiritual Reawakening Program of the American Legion, Center
Theatre, New York City, Sunday, February 1, 1953.
6:00 pm
Honorable George V. Allen, American Ambassador to Yugoslavia
(Mr. Allen is in this country and asked to come in to pay
his respects to the President prior to his departure for
Yugoslavia. The President received Mr. Allen in his Study
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8:30 am
Dr. Gabriel Hauge, Administrative Assistant to the President
8:40 am
General Wilton Persons, Special Assistant to the President
9:00 am
Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers, Massachusetts
(Mrs. Rogers called Mr. Stephens earlier in the week and
asked if she might come in and talk to the President
about Defense problems)
9:30 am
Senator Homer E. Capehart, Indiana
Congressman Jesse P. Wolcott, Michigan
Honorable Sherman Adams, The Assistant to the President
Dr. Gabriel Hauge, Administrative Assistant to the President
General Wilton Persons, Special Assistant to the President
(This appointment was arranged at the auggestion of
Governor Adams. They wish to discuss controls with
the President)
10:00 am
Mr. Don Mahon, Executive Secretary, National Independent Unions
Council
Mr. Roger Rettig, National Vice President
Mr. Sam Powers, Chairman
Mr. Paul Frangen, Assistant to Mr. Mahon
(This request came originally from Senator Taft's office;
Mr. Mahon then personally called Mr. Stephens and requested
the appointment. They wish to discuss labor problems with
the President)
10:30 am
Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy
(The President directed Mr. Stephens to call the Admiral
and ask him to drop by)
11:00 am
Honorable John S. Fine, Governor of Pennsylvania
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(Honorable Wesley Roberts, Chairman, Republican Nat'l. Com.)
OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Roberts talked to Mr. Stephens and then came down to
see the President off the record)
11:45 am
Colonel Robert L. Schulz, Military Aide to the President
12:00
(Senator Robert A. Taft, Ohio) OFF THE RECORD
(Senator Taft came in through the East Entrance and saw the
President off the record)
12:30 pm
William E. Robinson
(Mr. Robinson is an old friend of the President's and came to
the Executive Office and walked over with the President for
Lunch in the White House)
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1953
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left the South Portico
of the White House at 8:50 a.m. for the National Presbyterian
Church for the Nine o'clock service.
At the conclusion of the Church Service the President and
Mrs. Eisenhower motored to the National Gallery of Art,
where they viewed the Japanese Exhibition.
They arrived at the main entrance of the National Gallery
of Art on Constitution Avenue between 10:00 and 10:15 am.
The Japanese Ambassador, Mr. Araki and Mr. David E. Finley,
Director of the National Gallery, met the President and
Mrs. Eisenhower at the Gallery.
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9:15 am
(General Wilton Persons) OFF THE RECORD
11:00 am
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Area
(This includes the Army, Navy and Air Force in the Area)
(Mr. Stephens phoned Admiral Radford and arranged the
appointment at the President's direction)
12:05 pm
The President, Mrs. Eisenhower and Mrs. Doud left the South
Portico of the White House for the Capitol.
12:30 pm
The President delivered the State of the Union Message before
a Joint Session of the Congress assembled in the House of
Representatives.
3:00 pm
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Senator Guy Cordon, Oregon
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Senator Hugh Butler, Nebraska
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(Senator Arthur V. Watkins, Utah
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(Senator William F. Knowland, California)
(These gentlemen entered by Lower West Door - The
Secretary of Interior arranged this appointment
at the President's direction, to discuss the
Hawaiian situation)
3:50 pm
Honorable Roger M. Kyes
(The President witnessed the swearing in of Mr. Kyes as
Deputy Secretary of Defense. The ceremony was held in
the President's office and several members of Mr. Kyes'
family attended. Mr. Frank Sanderson administered the
oath.)
4:00 pm
Mr. Arthur S. Flemming, Office of Defense Mobilization
Mr. Harold S. Vance, Office of Defense Mobilization
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Honorable Gabriel Hauge, Administrative Assistant to the President
(They discussed the scheduling of action on Wage Price
Decontrols)
5:00 pm
General Omar Bradley
(General Bradley phoned Mr. Stephens about 4:10 pm. stating
that he had a message which needed clearance with the
President. Mr. Stephens told him to come over at once.)
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9:30 am
Senator Price Daniel, Texas
Mr. Robert Storey, of Dallas, Texas, President of American
Bar Association
(The Senator asked if he might bring Mr. Storey in to
see the President and discuss with him means by which
the American Bar Association might be of assistance
to the Administration)
10:00 am
Major General George A. Horkan, Quartermaster General of the
Army
(General Horkan was originally scheduled to see the
President last Friday, but as Cabinet stayed in session
until so late, it was decided that he should return
today when there would be an opportunity for him to
have a more satisfactory appointment. General Horkan
is ar. old friend of the President's)
10:30 am
Honorable Martin P. Durkin, the Secretary of Labor
(This appointment was arranged by Governor Adams)
11:30 am
(Mr. Ellis D. Slater) OFF THE RECORD
(An old friend of the President's)
12:00
(Mr. John Jackson, the Prosident's lawyer)
(Colonel Robert L. Schulz)
OFF THE RECORD
(This was originally set for 3:30 in the afternoon but
Colonel Schulz asked if we could set it up earlier to
accommodate Mr. Jackson)
12:30 pm
(Honorable U. E. Baughman, Chief, U. S. Secret Service) OFF THE RECORD
12:40 pm
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
1:00 pm
The President gave a stag luncheon at the White House for Senate
Leaders. This was arranged by General Persons and the
following were present:
The Vice President
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy
Senator Robert A. Taft
Senator Hugh Butler
Senator William A. Knowland
Senator Charles W. Tobey
Senator George D. Aiken
Senator William Langer
Senator Styles Bridges
Senator H. Alexander Smith
Senator Leverett Saltonstall
Senator Frank Carlson
Senator Homer E. Capehart
Senator Edward Martin
Senator Francis Case
Senator William E. Jenner
Senator Eugene D. Millikin
Honorable Sherman Adams
Senator Alexander Wiley
General Wilton B. Persons
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2:30 pm
Mr. Jimmy Dillon, of Jones, La., President, Future Farmers of
America
Mr. Malcolm Ellis, of Mapleton, Me., North Atlantic Vice President
Mr. Fred Reed, Jr., Southern Vice President, Hindsville, Ark.
Mr. Bill Sorem, Central Vice President, Dundas, Minn.
Mr. Donald R. Travis, Fallon, Nev., Pacific Vice President
Mr. Jinmy Willis, Student Secretary, Clio, S. C.
Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, Federal Security Administrator
Senator Frank Carlson, Kansas
Mr. Roger M. Kyes, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Mr. A. W. Tenney, Executive Secretary, Future Farmers
Dr. W. T. Spanton, Chief Agricultural Education Branch,
U. S. Office of Education - National Advisor
Mr. Archie Hardy, Official Photographer, F. S. A.
(Senator Carlson requested that the President receive
these officers of Future Farmers of America, which
is a national organization of farm boys who are study-
ing vocational agriculture in rural public secondary
schools. The organization has 352,000 active members
in approximately 8,300 local high school chapters.
It is incorporated by Act of Congress, Public Law 740)
3:00 pm
General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff, U. S. A.
(Has just returned from Korea and wishes to report
to the President on his trip)
3:30 pm
Honorable Paul G. Hoffman
(Mr. Hoffman called Mr. Stephens yesterday, from Pasadena,
California, and asked if he might see the President today)
(The President suggested that perhaps we had better move
up Mr. Hoffman's appointment from 2:00 p.m. as he doubted
if he would be able to get back from the Senate Leaders
luncheon in the White House in time)
4:15 pm
Honorable Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant to the President
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1953
9:00 am
Mr. Leonard V. Finder, Vice President, Universal Match
Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri
(Mr. Finder wrote the President January 27th, stating
that while he had intended to "retreat from active
public interest" after working for the President's
election, instead he finds he wants to be helpful
where he can, and feeling he has an important contri-
bution to make which will ease the President's path
in field of minority problems in this country, he
requested an appointment).
9:15 am
Mr. L. M. Pexton, of Denver, Colorado
(Mr. Pexton is an old friend of the President's)
10:00 am
Mr. Walker Buckner, of Reynolds & Co., New York City
(Mr. Buckner, 'phoned Mr. Stephens from New York
last week and stated he had finished a report
which he had been preparing at the President's
request on self-liquidating projects, and would
like to come down and present it to the President).
10:30 am
The National Security Council
The President
The Vice President
The Acting Secretary of State, Hon. H. Freeman Matthews
The Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable John Ohly, representing Mutual Security
General Omar Bradley
General W. B. Smith
Honorable Allen W. Dulles, CIA
Honorable James S. Lay, Executive Secretary, NSC
Honorable J. Everett Gleeson, Deputy Executive Secretary, NSC
Honorable Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant to the
President
Colonel Paul T. Carroll, USA, Military Liaison Officer
12:15 pm
General Wilton B. Persons
Governor Gordon Persons and Mrs. Persons
(General Persons' brother) (General Persons brought Governor
and Mrs. Persons in to meet the President and pay their
respects)
12:35 pm
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
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Honorable Chan Gurney, Member Civil Aeronautics Board
(Mr. Gurney asked Mr. Stephens to arrange this appointment,
as he wished to discuss matter pertaining to Civil Aero-
nautics Board with the President.)
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Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
(One hour: Mr. Wilson asked if he might have one hour
today, and in future a regular one hour appointment
each Tuesday at noon.)
4:30 pm
The President witnessed the swearing-in ceremony of the
Secretaries of the Army, Navy and Air Force. The following
were present:
Honorable Robert T. B. Stevens, Secretary of the Army
Honorable Robert B. Anderson, Secretary of the Navy
Honorable Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force
The Members of the families of the three Secretaries
Honorable & Mrs. Charles E. Wilson
Honorable & Mrs. Roger Kyes
General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff, U. S. Army
Admiral Wm. M. Fechteler, Chief of Naval Operations
General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Chief of Staff, U. S. Air Force
General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs
5:05 pm
Honorable Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant to the President
Mr. Meridith Davidson, CIA
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8:20 am
(The President accompanied by Senator Frank Carlson left
the White House for the Mayflower Hotel)
8:30 am
The President attended the Prayer Breakfast, given by the
International Council for Christian Leadership.
9:45 am
(The President returned to the White House)
10:00 am
Senator William F. Knowland, California
Senator Thomas H. Kuchel, California (Pronounced Keekel)
(Senator Knowland asked Mr. Stephens if he might bring
Senator Kuchel in to pay his respects. Kuchel is new
Senator from California appointed by the Governor to
fill vacancy left by the election of Nixon to the
Vice Presidency. He will, however, have to run this
autumn).
10:30 am
Dr. Louis H. Bauer, of Hempstead, N. Y., President, American
Medical Association
Dr. Edward McCormick, of Toledo, Ohio, President-Elect
Dr. Dwight Murray, of Napa, California, Chairman, Board of
Trustees
Dr. Frank Wilson, Director, Washington Office, A.M.A.
Honorable Oveta Culp Hobby, Administrator, Federal Security Agency
Major General Wilton Persons, Special Assistant to the President
(Dr. Wilson called Mr. Stephens last week to ask if
this group from A. M. A. might call on the President,
stating they felt it important to have a top level
cooperative meeting to promote understanding and to
present a few minor points to the President)
11:00 am
Honorable Winthrop W. Aldrich, American Ambassador designate
to Great Britain
(Ambassador Aldrich requested this thru the State Department,
stating he wished to call on the President before departing
for his Post.)
11:30 am
Admiral Henry Kent Hewitt, U. S. N., Retired
(Admiral Hewitt is at Annapolis, Maryland until April 1st;
He wrote to Commander Beach, Naval Aide to the President,
stating he would like to pay his respects to the President,
under whom he served in 1943 as Commander, U. S. Naval
Forces in Northwest African Waters (U. S. Eighth Fleet)
12:00
Honorable John C. Wiley, American Ambassador to Panama
(Ambassador Wiley requested this appointment thru State
Department, stating he wished to pay respects to the
President while in this country)
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Mr. Harry Lundeberg, Union Leader
(Senator Taft requested the appointment through General
Persons who recommended the appointment be made. Sena-
tor Taft stated that Lundeberg was one of two nationally
known labor leaders who came out for, and worked for the
election of the President. Lundeberg for many years has
been fighting Harry Bridges on the Pacific Coast, as well
as the leadership of the Communist dominated Marine Cooks
and Stewards Union (CIO). Lundeberg has been a very
violent critic of Communist infiltration into the trade
union movement, and particularly such infiltration into
the maritime unions.
1:00 pm
The President gave a luncheon at the White House for House Leaders.
The following were present:
The Vice President
Cong. Robert B. Chiperfield, Ill.
Governor Sherman Adams
Cong. Clare E. Hoffman, Mich.
General Wilton B. Persons
Cong. Karl M. LeCompte, Iowa
Cong. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., Speaker
Cong. A. L. Miller, Nebraska
Cong. Leslie C. Arends, Maj.Whip
Cong. Charles A. Wolverton, N. J.
Cong. Clifford R. Hope, Kansas
Cong. Chauncey W. Reed, Ill.
Cong. John Taber, N. Y.
Cong. Alvin F. Weichel, Ohio
Cong. Dewey Short, Missouri
Cong. Edward H. Rees, Kansas
Cong. Jesse P. Wolcott, Michigan
Cong. Leo E. Allen, Illinois
Cong. Sid Simpson, Illinois
Cong. Edith Nourse Rogers, Mass.
Cong. Samuel K. McConnell, Jr. Pa.
Congr Daniel A. Reed, N. Y.
2:30 pm
Mr. Merlyn S. Pitzele, Chairman, New York State Board of Mediation
(Mr. Pitzele wrote the President January 27th, stating he
had now worked out a set of simple proposals, as result of
study, discussion and considerable thought, which he would
like to lay before the President as aids in abating racial
discrimination in District of Columbia.)
3:00 pm
Senator Karl E. Mundt, South Dakota
Dr. Daniel Poling, Pastor of Baptist Temple, Phila., Pa., and
Editor of Christian Herald
Mr. Paul Walmsley, of Buffalo, N.Y., Secretary of School Bd. of Buffalo
(Sen. Mundt asked for this appointment in connection with the
Convention of All American Conference to Combat Communism, to
be held next June, when they will inaugurate a "Know your
America Week", calling upon all citizens to review factors
which have kept America strong, etc. They are going to ask
the President for statement endorsing this "Know America Week".
The All American Conference to Combat Communism was organized
about three or four years ago under direction of George Craig,
then head of American Legion, now Governor of Indiana. Is
composed of 31 organizations, such as Lions, Eagles, American
Legion, etc.)
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Congressman Hubert Scudder, California
(Congressman Scudder requested this thru General Persons,
stating he had in his possession a gavel made out of
redwood from a tree supposed to be 2500 years old, and
affixed to gavel was plaque containing inscription to
the President from the people of Humboldt, County,
California, whose gift this is. He asked if the Mayor
and other functionaries of Eureka, California might come
here and present this personally, but it was finally
arranged for the Congressman to deliver it personally
to the President on behalf of the people of Humboldt County.)
3:45 pm
Honorable Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
(The Postmaster General called Mr. Stephens before
luncheon to ask for this appointment.)
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9:00 am
Honorable Sherman Adams, The Assistant to the President
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Honorable Arthur S. Flemming, Acting Director, Office of
Defense Mobilization
Major General Wilton B. Persons, Special Assistant to the
President
Dr. Gabriel Hauge, Administrative Assistant to the President
Honorable Val Peterson, Administrative Assistant to the President
(This meeting arranged by Governor Adams)
9:45 am
Honorable Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the UN
(Ambassador Lodge asked Mr. Stephens if he might see the
President for fifteen minutes before Cabinet)
10:00 am
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The Vice President
The Acting Secretary of State, Hon. H. Freeman Matthews
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Secretary of Defense
The Attorney General
The Postmaster General
The Secretary of Agriculture
The Secretary of Commerce
The Secretary of Labor
Honorable Oveta Culp Hobby, Administrator, F. S. A.
Honorable Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the UN
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Honorable John Ohly, representing Governor Stassen
Honorable Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President
Honorable Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant to the
President (Not at table)
General Wilton Persons, Special Ass't. to the President (not at table)
Mr. L. Arthur Minnich, Jr. (to take notes)
12:30 am
Honorable Patrick J. Hurley
(Formerly Secretary of War; General Hurley asked Mr. Stephens
to arrange for him to make call on the President to pay his
respects.)
1:30 pm
The President gave a stag luncheon at the White House for members
of the Supreme Court of the United States:
The Chief Justice
Mr. Justice Black
The Attorney General
Mr. Justice Reed
Hon. Sherman Adams
Mr. Justice Frankfurter
Mr. Justice Douglas
Mr. Justice Jackson
Mr. Justice Burton
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Dr. James B. Conant, High Commissioner to Germany, designate
(Dr. Conant requested this appointment thru the State
Department, stating he would be in Washington testifying
at the Capitol, and hoped while in the city, he might
have opportunity of talking to the President.)
3:45 pm
Honorable Walter Reuther, President of CIO
Mr. David J. McDonald, Acting President, and Secretary-
TReasurer of the United Steel Workers; also Member of
Executive Board of CIO
(Mr. Reuther asked for this appointment, stating they
would like to have talk with the President)
4:30 pm
Honorable Harold E. Talbott, The Secretary of the Air Force
Mr. Robert Sprague, North Adams, Massachusetts
(Mr. Sprague was formerly under consideration for the
position of Secretary of the Air Force)
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9:00 am -
The President received a group from the American Society of
Newspaper Editors:
Mr. Wright Bryan, Editor, The Atlanta Journal, President
Mr. Walker Stone, Editor in Chief, Scripps-Howard
Mr. Ben McKelway, Editor, Washington Star
Mr. Russell Wiggins, Managing Editor, Washington Post
Mr. David Lawrence, Editor, U.S.News & World Report
Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, active Member of ASNE
(Mr. Walker Stone asked for this appointment through
Mr. Hagerty, stating this delegation wished to in-
vite the President to attend and speak at meeting of
the American Society of Newspaper Editors to be held
in Washington at the Hotel Statler, April 16, 17, and
18. They would like to have the President address
them at their Annual Banquet, Saturday evening,
April 18. Mr. Hagerty has informed them that the
President would probably rather accept Luncheon en-
gagement, so they came prepared to offer luncheon
meeting on the same day.)
9:30 am -
Mr. Tex McCrary and Mrs. McCrary (Jinx Falkenberg) of New York City
(Mr. McCrary phoned Mr. Stephens from New York City last
week, and asked if he might come down and pay his respects
to the President.)
10:00 am -
(The President will pose for photographers from the
Signal Corps of the Army, in the Fish Room. This
was arranged by Mr. Hagerty's office.)
10:45 am -
Mr. Jack Benny
Mr. Earl H. Gammons, Vice President, Columbia Broadcasting
System, Inc.
(Mr. Gammons wrote Mr. Hagerty, stating that Mr. Benny
would be in Washington at this time to take part in
entertainment at Radio Correspondents' Dinner, and hoped
that while in the city he might pay his respects to the
President.)
11:30 am -
James Csatari - artist
(Brought in picture he had painted of the President
from photographs)
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The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left the South Portico of the
White House at 9:20 am, accompanied by Colonel Schulz, for the
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church to attend the 9:30 service.
Following the church service, the President and Mrs. Eisenhower
went into the Lincoln Parlor of the Church for the unveiling of
the original first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation. The
ceremony in the Lincoln Parlor took place at 10:25 am.
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8:30 am -
Meeting with Legislative Leaders, as follows:
The Vice President
Senator Robert A. Taft, Ohio
Senator William F. Knowland, California
Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
The Speaker
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Major General Wilton B. Persons
Governor Sherman Adams
(Senator Bridges absent because out of city)
10:30 am -
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Honorable Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
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of the Boy Scouts of America -
Honorable Ezra Taft Benson, The Secretary of Agriculture
Mr. John M. Schiff, President, Boy Scouts of America
Mr. Leslie C. Stratton, National Director of
Public Relations
Mr. Daniel W. Bell, National Executive Board
Mr. Wheeler McMillen, National Executive Board
Dr. Arthur A. Schuck, Chief Scout Executive
Mr. John L. Smith, National Staff
Mr. Frank W. Wozencraft, National Executive Board
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Sammy J. Tyler
Thomas B. Carmany
Robert Rucker
Newt Parks Harrison
Raymond William Waddelow
Henry Minton
Maurice William Wippel, Jr.
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12:30 pm -
Honorable William B. Hartsfield, Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
President, American Municipal Association
Honorable A. E. Cobo, Mayor of Detroit, Michigan, past President
Honorable John B. Hynes, Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, Vice President
Mr. Carl H. Chatters, Executive Director
Mr. Randy H. Hamilton, Director, Washington Office.
(The Executive Director of the American Municipal
Association wrote the President on January 26, requesting
that he meet briefly with these representatives to discuss
municipal problems as they are affected by the Federal
Government. This is a nonpartisan association, 30 years
old, representing 12,000 municipalities through
federation of 42 state associations of municipalities;
no commercial interests.)
1:00 pm -
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3:00 pm -
Honorable deLesseps S. Morrison, Mayor of New Orleans, La.
(The President pinned eagles on him in Europe)
Mr. Ray Hufft, Director, Louisiana Purchase Sesqui-
centennial Commission (former combat General)
Mr. Charles Nutter, General Manager, International House,
New Orleans, La.
Mr. John Minor Wisdom - an attorney in New Orleans
(Mr. Hufft and Mr. Nutter called on the President in Denver,
August 19, 1952, and at that time the President indicated
that he would go to the Celebration of the 150th Anniversary
of the Louisiana Purchase. Mr. Wisdom phoned Mr. Stephens
from New Orleans last week, to ask if the above group
might call on the President to formally invite him to
attend. If he does go to the celebration, they wish to
invite the President of France and have the two Presidents
reenact the details of the signing of the Purchase papers.)
3:15 pm -
Honorable Sinclair Weeks, The Secretary of Commerce
3:30 pm -
The President received the Mutual Security Evaluation
Project Group
(The Team Leaders gave the President a short briefing
in his office; then the President went into the Fish Room
where others of the group were waiting, and saw them
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EVALUATION TASK COORDINATOR: Mr. Clarence Francis, Chairman of the Board
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Indo-China -
Mr. Joseph Peter Spang, Jr.
Mr. Brayton Wilbur
President, The Gillette Company
President, Wilbur Ellis Company
San Francisco
Germany -
Philippines -
Mr. Reuben Buck Robertson, Jr.
Mr. F. N. Belgrano, Jr.
President, The Champion Paper and Fibre
President, First National Bank
of Portland
Italy -
Formosa -
Mr. Frederick C. Crawford
Mr. Harry Amos Bullis
President, Thompson Products, Inc.
Chairman of the Board
General Mills, Inc.
Turkey -
Holland and Belgium -
Mr. Frederick Morris Sayre
Mr. Paul Boole McKee
Honorary Chairman of the Board
President, Pacific Power & Light Co.
Corn Products Refining
Portland
(Former President of N.A.M.)
United Kingdom
Denmark -
Mr. Henning Webb Prentis, Jr.
Mr. Walter Marden Ringer
Chairman of the Board
Chairman of Board and Director
Armstrong Cork Company
Foley Manufacturing Company
(Former President of N.A.M.)
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France -
Mr. Orson Adams, Jr., Vice President
First National Bank of Boston
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New York
Mr. Robert March Gaylord, President
Ingersoll Milling Machine Company
Rockford, Illinois
Mr. Malcolm Chilson Stewart, General Counsel
The Gillette Company
Boston
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Mr. Matthew L. Devine
Mr. Charles Emerson Marshall
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Chicago
Texas Industries, Inc.
Dallas
Mr. Bruce D. Henderson
General Manager, Purchases and Traffic
Mr. Walter W. Tangeman
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Executive Vice President
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati Milling Machine Company
Cincinnati
Mr. Jefferson Ward Keener, Vice President
B. F. Goodrich Company
Akron
Italy -
Mr. Ernest Carhartt Brelsford
Mr. Carter Coslet Kissell, Partner
Assistant Treasurer
Jones, Day, Cockley & Reavis
Thompson Products, Inc.
Cleveland
Cleveland
Colonel Whitmell T. Rison
Arlington, Virginia
Turkey -
Mr. Robert Elattner
Mr. John William Scott, Jr.
Corn Products Refining Company
Comptroller
New York
Corn Products Refining Company
New York
Mr. Amos Herbert Flint, Chief Engineer
Corn Products Refining Company
Chicago
United Kingdom -
Mr. Arthur Bevins Foye,
Mr. James Henry McGraw, Jr.
Senior Partner
New York
Haskins and Sells
New York
Mr. Hans Adolf Karl Widenmann, Partner
Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades & Company
New York
Indo China -
Mr. Gordon W. Aitken
Mr. Arthur I. Bloomfield,
Glenrock, New Jersey
Senior Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Mr. Robert Anderson Magowan, Partner
New York
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Mr. Stephen F. Chadwick, Attorney
Mr. David L. Grove
Seattle
Bank of America, N.T. & S.A.
San Francisco
Mr. William Howarth Dennick,
Consultant
Mr. Richard Walberg, General Partner
McKinsey & Company
Swinerton & Walberg Company
San Francisco
San Francisco
Formose -
Mr. Norwood Francis Allman, Senior
Mr. Clinton Morrison
Partner (Allman, Kops & Lee, American
Vice President, Manager and Director
Law Firm of Shanghai, China)
The Holding Company
New York
Minneapolis
Mr. Raymond Tyson Moyer
Mr. William Arthur Worton
Deputy Director, Division of
Los Angeles
Overseas Activities
The Ford Foundation
Pasadena
Holland and Belgium -
Mr. Willaim T. Hamilton,
Mr. Hubert J. Soher, General Partner
Purchasing Agent,
Hubert J. Soher - Economic Consultants
Ebasco Services, Inc.
San Francisco
New York.
Mr. Edgar Smith, Partner
Vice Admiral Monroe Kelly, USN Ret.)
Edgar W. Smith & Sons
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Portland, Oregon
Mr. Russell L. Wardburgh, Vice President
Guaranty Trust Company
New York
Denmark -
Mr. Paul E. Miller
Director, Agricultural Extension Service
University of Minnesota
St. Paul
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Mr. Newton Franklin Korhumel, President
Korhumel Steel and Aluminum Company
Evanston, Illinois
Mr. Henry Brandford Arthur, Economist
Swift and Company
Chicago
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1953
9:00 am
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Mr. John Hay Whitney, of New York
(Mr. Whitney phoned Mr. Stephens yesterday from
New York City, to ask if he might see the President today.)
9:15 am -
Congressman William H. Ayres, Ohio
Congressman Oliver P. Bolton, Ohio
Honorable Lyle O. Snader, Clerk of the House of Representatives
(The Congressmen wish to present to the President an
elaborate model sailing boat made of horns by an outstanding
Italian doctor in Congressman Ayres' district. This request
came to Mr. Stephens from General Persons, who recommended
that the appointment be made and mentioned that there was a
large Italian vote in Congressman Ayres' district.)
9:30 am -
Senator Margaret Chase Smith, Maine
Senator Frederick G. Payne, Maine
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Congressman Charles P. Nelson, Maine
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Major General Wilton B. Persons, Special Assistant to the President
(Senator Smith asked Mr. Stephens to arrange this appoint-
ment, stating they wished to briefly mention these matters:
Passamaquoddy Project; Development of Maine Manganese
Deposits; Shipments for the Port of Portland; Federal Aid
for Defense Impacted Areas, Rivers and Harbors.)
10:00 am -
The President received the Members of the Board of Directors
of the American Farm Bureau Federation, as follows:
Allan B. Kline, President
Ralph T. Gillespie, Washington
Roger Fleming, Secretary-Treasurer
Delmar Roberts, New Mexico
Warren W. Hawley, New York
John H. Schenk, Utah
Walter Randolph, Alabama
Ray V. Swanson, Idaho
Hassil E. Schenck, Indiana
Alfred L. French, New Hampshire
George H. Wilson, California
Wilson A. Heaps, Maryland
Mrs. Charles DeShazo, Associated
Lorenzo Lambson, Massachusetts
Women of A.F.B.F.
Herbert W. Voorhees, New Jersey
Curtis Hatch, Wisconsin
John C. Lynn, Legislative
Charles B. Shuman, Illinois
Director
H. E. Slusher, Missouri
Allen Lauterbach, Assistant
J. Walter Hammond, Texas
Secretary-Treasurer
R. Flake Shaw, North Carolina
Creston J. Foster, Director of
Mr. H. L. Wingate, Georgia
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Mr. Zeiger
(Mr. Kline called Mr. Stephens on February 3, saying that
the Board of Directors were meeting in Washington and asked
if they could pay a 15-minute call on the President to discuss
briefly the policy of the American Farm Bureau Federation,
as well as three or four other items of importance.)
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10:10 am -
(Governor Adams, Mr. Hagerty, and General Persons
saw the President.)
10:30 am -
Honorable William McC. Martin, Jr., Chairman,
Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System
(Governor Martin called Dr. Hauge and requested
this appointment.)
11:30 am -
The President received the Members of the Methodist Committee
for Overseas Relief -
Bishop Frederick B. Newell, Chairman, and Mrs. Newell
Harry N. Holmes, Vice Chairman
Frank T. Cartwright, Secretary
Gaither P. Warfield, Director, and Mrs. Warfield
George F. Sutherland, Treasurer
Mrs. Robert C.Armstrong
Bernall L. Schubel
Eugene E. Barnett
Louis Spilman
Harold R. Brennan
Eugene L. Smith
Henrietta Gibson
Lee F. Tuttle and Mrs. Tuttle
James L. Lyons
Irene Long
Sallie Lou MacKinnon
Bishop F. Gerald Ensley
James K. Mathews
Congressman Charles Jonas, N.C.
Noah W. Moore
(This Committee is composed of 19 members representing every
section of the United States. It has been in existence
twelve years and spends an average of a million dollars a
year for emergency relief in almost every part of the world.
It functions in similar fashion to the American Friends
Service Committee. Congressman Jonas asked if they could
pay respects to the President, and General Persons recommended
that the appointment be made.)
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Honorable Charles E. Wilson, the Secretary of Defense
(The Secretary arranged with Mr. Stephens to see the
President each Tuesday for one hour.)
1:00 pm -
(LUNCH) Honorable Eugene Black, President of the International Bank
(Mr. Black was originally scheduled to see the
President at 3:00 pm, before leaving Feb. 12 for a
trip to the Far East, but instead was asked to
luncheon.)
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2.00 pm -
Mr. Robert Burrows, Finance Chairman of Republican State
Committee, New Hampshire
(Requested by Governor Adams)
3.45 pm -
Dr. Robert F. Chandler, Jr., President, University of New Hampshire
Mr. John Elliott
Governor Sherman Adams
9.00 pm -
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left the White House,
accompanied by Commander Beach, Naval Aide to the President,
for the Dupont Theatre, where they attended a special advance
showing of the motion picture film on the life of Mahatma
Gandhi.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1953
9:00 am -
Mr. Henry Riter, President, Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Mr. Martin, of the Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
(Today is the birthday of Thomas A. Edison, and in
commemoration of that anniversary, Honorable Charles
Edison, son of the inventor and former Covernor of
New Jersey, asked if Mr. Riter might call on the
President and present him with a ministure dictating
machine, so small it can be carried in a brief case.
Governor Edison would have come himself but had to
address & meeting in honor of his father being held
in Florida. They expect no publicity whatsoever on
this; in fact prefer none.)
9:25 am -
(General Persons)
9:30 am -
The President received Members of the Lincoln Day Committee
of the Republicans of the House of Representatives and of
the League of Republican Women of the District of Columbia:
Congressman Ceorge A. Dondero, Michigan, Chairman
Congressman Sid Simpson, Illinois
Congressman Ralph A. Gamble, New York
Congressman John M. Robsion, Jr., Kentucky
Congressman Carroll D. Kearns, Pennsylvania
Mrs. William S. Culbertson
Mrs. Joseph R. Farrington
Mrs. John Morrison Kerr
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Mrs. Carroll D. Kearns, President of League of
Republican Women of District of Columbia
Mr. Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, great grandson of
Abraham Lincoln
(Mrs. Kearns asked if this group might call on the
President and, in keeping with traditional observance
of Lincoln's Birthday, present to him a token memorial
in form of a scroll, a piece of Strathmore paper
inserted in leather portfolio, inscribed to the
President, and containing two medallions, on a pen
likeness of President Lincoln, and a pen likeness of
President Eisenhower, with quotation from Lincoln.)
9:45 am -
Honorable Leo A. Rover, former U.S.Attorney for D. C.
Mr. Alfred A. McCarraghy, brother of Joseph McGerreghy
Mr. William B. Jones, lawyer in Washington, D. C.
Mr. John A. Reilly, President, Second National Bank, D. C.
Honorable Bernard Shanley, Acting Special Counsel to the President
(Mr. Reilly wrote Mr. Stephene asking if this Committee
from the John Carroll Society might call on the President
and invite him to attend The Red Mass at St. Matthews Cathedral
of this City, Sunday, February 15. This Mass is celebrated
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generally near the beginning of the judicial year and
attended by judges, lawyers and officials of all faiths,
invoking Cod's guidance in administration of justice.)
10:00 am - Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy
(Admiral Leahy telephoned Mr. Stephens late yenterday
afternoon and asked for this)
10:30 am - The National Security Council
The President
General W. P. Smith
The Vice President
Hon. Allen W. Dulles
The Secretary of State
Hon. James Lay
The Secretary of Defense
Hon. J. Everett Gleason
The Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Robert Cutler
Director of Mutual Security
Col. P. T. Carroll
General Omar Bradley
1:00 pm -
The President gave a luncheon at the White House for members
of the Senate, as follows:
Senator Guy Cordon
Senator John Marshall Butler
Senator John We Pricker
Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen
Senator George W. Malone
Senator James H. Duff
Senator Arthur V. Watkins
Senator Frank A. Barrett
Senator John J. Williams
Senator Barry Goldwater
Senator Karl E. Mundt
Senator Frederick G. Payne
Senator Robert C. Hendrickson
Hon. Sherman Adams
Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel
Maj. Gen. Wilton B. Persons
Senator Margaret Chase Smith
Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower
(General Persons arranged this luncheon)
3:00 pm - Honorable Walter B. Smith, the Under Secretary of State
Honorable Harold Linder, Assistant Secretary of State
Honorable Martin P. Durkin, Secretary of Labor
Mr. Philip Arnov, Associate Director,
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Honorable Harold Stassen, Director of Mutual Security
Honorable True D. Morse, the Under Secretary of Agriculture
Honorable Sinclair Weeks, the Secretary of Commerce
Honorable Samuel W. Anderson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce
Honorable George H. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Senator Robert A. Taft, Ohio
Senator Fugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Congressman Daniel A. Reed, New York
(The Secretary of Commerce, when he saw the President on
Monday, arranged this Conference to discuss Reciprocal Trade
Treaty, and invited the above people to attend.)
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4:20 pm -
Governor Allen Shivers, of Texas
Mr. Weldon Hart, secretary to Governor Shivers
Governor Sherman Adams
4:30 pm
Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
(The Attorney General telephoned Mr. Stephens yesterday
and ssked for this appointment)
5:00 pm
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director of the Bureau of the Budget
Mr. Arthur Flemming, Office of Defense Mobilization
Mr. Harold S. Vance, Office of Defense Mobilization
Mr. James Brownley, Office of Defense Mobilization
Dr. Cabriel Hauge
Governor Sherman Adams
(To discuss further de-controls to be taken up at
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8:45 am -
Dr. Lewis W. Jones, President of Rutgers University
Mr. George W. Bunn, President of the Abraham Lincoln Association
Dr. Mason Gross, Provost of Rutgers
Mr. Harold Munger, Editor, Rutgers University Press
Mr. Roy Dasler, Executive Secretary, Abraham Lincoln Association
(Lest January 3, Tracy Voorhees, a Trustee of Rutgers,
wrote Mr. Arthur Vandenberg asking if this group might
present to the President "The Collected Works of Abraham
Lincoln", published by Rutgers University Press in con-
junction with the Abreham Lincoln Association. These nine
volumes, result of twenty-five years study by the Association,
financed by Rockefeller Foundation and many individuals.
Believed to contain 99% of all Lincoln material, and it is
unlikely that more than 8 handful of items not included in
this work will ever be discovered. There volumes are being
presented to the President for the Congressional Library,
and if he wishes he may have set for his own Library.)
9:00 am - Mr. Fred G. Gurley, of Chicogo, President, Atchison, Topeka &
Sants Fe Railway System
Mr. Walter S. Franklin of Philadelphia, President, the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company
Mr. A. L. M. Wiggins, Hartsville, S.C., Chairman of Board,
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company and Louisville and
Nashville Railroad Company
Mr. William T. Faricy, Washington, D. C., President, Association
of American Railroads
(Mr. William Faricy wrote Mr. Stephene Jan. 30, asking
if a small group of railroad executives might call on
the President for a discussion of the railroad industry's
situation in our national economy. The Board of Directors
of the Association of American Railroads appointed this
committee to call on the President.)
9:15 am - Bishop Decatur Ward Nichols, African Methodist Epiecopal Church,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(Bishop Nichols wrote Governor Adams asking if he would
arrange for him to call on the President. He was
especially anxious to do so prior to the meeting of his
Bishop's Council in New Orleans the week of February 22.)
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The Secretary of Defense
The Attorney General
The Postmaster General
General Omar Bradley
(Saw the President a short time before Cabinet)
10:00 am
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The Vice President
The Secretary of State
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Secretary of Defense
The Attorney General
The Secretary of the Interior
Hon. True D. Morse, Under Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Walter Williams, Under Secretary of Commerce
The Secretary of Labor
The Postmaster General
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Federal Security Administrator
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the UN
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Honorable Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President
Honorable Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant
to the President (not at table)
Major General Wilton B. Persons, Special Assistant
to the President (not st table)
Mr. L. Arthur Minnich, Jr. (to take notes)
(The Cabinet meeting ended at approximately 12:05 pm)
11:35 am
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Mr. Alfred Strelsin, Reliance Advertising Company, 595 Madison
Avenue, New York City
General Persons
(Mr. Strelsin had known General Eisenhower at SHAPE in
1952 and later was active in the campaign. General
Persons brought him in to see the President for a moment.)
11:40 am
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(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left from the South
Portico of the White House, for the Lincoln Memorial)
11:45 am
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The President and Mrs. Eisenhower participated in the Annual
Wreath Laying Coremonies at the Lincoln Memorial
(As the band played appropriate march, Colonel Schulz
and Commander Beach carried the wreath and accompanied
the President up the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
Major Draper remained with Mrs. Eisenhower. After the
President laid the wreath, he stepped forward and stood
at attention while the Band played the National Anthem.
Following the playing of the Anthem, the President
joined Mrs. Eisenhower at the base of the Memorial,
entered the car and returned to the White House.)
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12.30 pm
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Honorable Ceorge M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
1.00 pm
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(LUNCH) Honorable Walter Gifford, former American
Ambassador to Great Britain
(The President wrote Mr. Gifford on February 4,
thanking him for his fine service, and suggesting
that he call on him the next time he was in Washington.
Hr. Gifford came to the Executive Office and then
walked over to the White House with the President
for lunch.)
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1953
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
11:45 am
Honorable John Foster Dulles, the Secretary of State
1:00 pm
The President gave a luncheon at the White House for some
Members of the House of Representatives, as follows:
Representative Carl Vinson, of Georgia (D)
Representative Clarence Cannon, of Missouri (D)
Representative Robert Crosser, of Ohio (D)
Representative Thomas A. Jenkins, of Ohio (R)
Representative John W. McCormack, of Massachusetts (D)
Representative Richard B. Wigglesworth, of Massachusetts (R)
Representative Jere Cooper, of Tennessee (D)
Representative Brent Spence, of Kentucky (D)
and Representative Paul Brown, of Georgia (D)
Representative William M. Colmer, of Mississippi (D)
Representative John W. Dingell, of Michigan (D)
Representative George A. Dondero, of Michigan (R)
Representative James P. Richards, of South Carolina (D)
Representative August H. Andresen, of Minnesota (R)
Representative W. Sterling Cole, of New York (R)
Representative H. Carl Andersen, of Minnesota (R)
Representative Homer D. Angell, of Oregon (R)
Representative Clarence J. Brown, of Ohio (R)
Representative Cliff Clevenger, of Ohio (R)
Representative William E. Hess, of Ohio (R)
Honorable Sherman Adams
Maj. Gen. Wilton B. Persons
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8: 45 am -
Honorable Ezra Taft Benson, The Secretary of Agriculture
9: 00 am -
Meeting with The President's Advisory Committee
on Government Organization:
Honorable Nelson A. Rockefeller, Chairman
Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower
Honorable Arthur S. Flemming
Honorable Fordyce W. Luikart
Honorable George A. Lattimore
Honorable John French
and the following members of the Cabinet:
The Vice President
The Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of Agriculture
The Secretary of Commerce
The Secretary of Labor
Honorable Harold Stassen, Director, Mutual Security
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the
Budget
Honorable Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant
to the President
Honorable Oveta Culp Hobby, Administrator, F. S. A.
(The President, at Cabinet Meeting Thursday, February
12th, mentioned that this meeting of the Committee on
Government Organization would be held today, and invited
any of the Cabinet Members who wished to attend, to do so.)
10:30 am -
Mr. Edgar Bergen
(This appointment was arranged by General Persons;
Mr. Bergen came in just to pay his respects)
11:45 am -
The President left for Burning Tree Golf Club where he
played golf with Colonel Thomas Belshe, General Omar
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The President and Dr. Milton Eisenhower attended the
11:00 a. m. Service at the National Presbyterian
Church. Mrs. Eisenhower did not attend.
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1953
8:30 am -
Meeting with Legislative Leaders, as follows:
The Vice President
Senator Robert A. Taft, Ohio
Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Senator William F. Knowland, California
Senator H. Alexander Smith, New Jersey
Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
The Speaker, Honorable Joseph W. Martin, Jr.,
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Congressman Leslic C. Arends, Illinois
Congressman Robert B. Chiperfield, Illinois
Major General Wilton B. Persons
Honorable Sherman Adams
(Senator Smith and Congressman Chiperfield were
added to this meeting by General Persons, at the
direction of the President)
10:00 am -
Honorable Sinclair Weeks, the Secretary of Commerce
(At the conclusion of the meeting on February 14th, with
the President, of the Advisory Committee on Govern-
ment Organization, Secretary Weeks had advised Mr.
Stephens that the President wished him to come in
today following meeting with Legislative Leaders)
10:45 am -
The President witnessed the swearing-in ceremony of
Honorable C. D. Jackson as Administrative Assistant
to the President.
(Mrs. Jackson was present and Mr. Frank Sanderson,
of the White House Staff, administered the oath of office)
11:30 am -
(Honorable Robert Cutler, )
( Administrative Assistant to the President)
(Honorable James Lay, Jr.,)
OFF THE RECORD
( Executive Secretary, N. S. C.)
(This will be a regular Monday morning briefing of
the President before Security Council Meetings on Wednesdays)
11:50 am -
(The President talked on the telephone to Dr. Louis Bauer
of AMA, at Hempstead, New York)
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(Honorable Ezra Taft Benson, the Secretary of Agriculture)
(Senator Frank Carlson)
OFF THE RECORD
(General Persons arranged this appointment)
1:00 pm -
The President gave a luncheon at the White House for a
group of Congressional Members, as follows:
Representative Sam Rayburn, Texas (D)
Representative Wright Patman, Texas (D)
Representative Francis E. Walter, Pa. (D)
Representative Charles A. Halleck, Indiana (R)
Representative Graham A. Barden, N. C. (D)
Representative Richard M. Simpson, Pa. (R)
Representative Carl Hinshaw, California (R)
Representative Ivor D. Fenton, Pa. (R)
Representative Frances P. Bolton, Ohio (R)
Representative Harold H. Velde, Illinois (R)
Representative Ben F. Jensen, Iowa (R)
Representative Robert W. Kean, New Jersey (R)
Representative Henry O. Talle, Iowa (R)
Representative Frank W. Boykin, Alabama (D)
Representative George H. Mahon, Texas (D)
Representative Overton Brooks, Louisiana (D)
Representative Herman P. Eberharter, Pa. (D)
Honorable Sherman Adams
Major General Wilton B. Persons
(General Persons arranged this luncheon)
2:57 pm -
Honorable Gordon Dean, Chairman, Atomic
Energy Commission
Honorable Thomas E. Murray
Honorable Eugene M. Zuckert
Honorable Henry deWolf Smyth
(Mr. Cutler brought in these four members of the
Atomic Energy Commission to meet the President
prior to the meeting of the Special Committee of
National Security Council on Atomic Energy)
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3:00 pm -
Meeting with the Special Committee of National
Security Council on Atomic Energy:
The Vice President
Honorable Charles E. Wilson,
The Secretary of Defense
Honorable George M. Humphrey,
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Atomic Energy Commission
Honorable Gordon Dean, Chairman
Honorable Thomas E. Murray
Honorable Eugene M. Zuckert
Honorable Henry deWolf Smyth
Honorable W. B. Smith,
The Under Secretary of State
Honorable Roger M. Kyes,
The Deputy Secretary of Defense
Honorable Robert T. B. Stevens
The Secretary of the Army
Honorable Robert B. Anderson
The Secretary of the Navy
Honorable Harold E. Talbott,
The Secretary of the Air Force
General Omar N. Bradley
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Honorable Allen W. Dulles,
Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Honorable C. D. Jackson,
Administrative Assistant to the President
Honorable Robert Cutler,
Administrative Assistant to the President
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge,
The Director, Bureau of the Budget
Honorable James S. Lay, Jr.,
Executive Secretary, National Security Council
Mr. Marion W. Boyer, General Manager, AEC
Brigadier General Kenneth E. Fields,
Director, Military Application
Mr. Edward R. Trapnell
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5:20 pm -
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower, accompanied by
Colonel Robert L. Schulz, Military Aide to the President,
left by the South Portico for the Congressional Club,
2001 New Hampshire Avenue, N. W.
5:30 pm -
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower were the guests
of honor at a reception given by the Congressional
Club. There were 725 people at the reception.
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8:45 am -
(Honorable Bourke B. Hickenlooper,
Senator from Iowa)
(Honorable W. Sterling Cole,
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Congressman from New York)
(This appointment was arranged at the request
of the President - OFF THE RECORD)
9:30 am -
Honorable Ezra Taft Benson,
The Secretary of Agriculture
Senator George D. Aiken, Vermont
Senator Frank Carlson, Kansas
General Wilton B. Persons
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11:00 am -
A gold Commemorative Inaugural Medal was presented to
the President by the Chairman and Officers of the
Inaugural Committee, 1953, as follows:
Honorable Joseph C. McGarraghy, Chairman
Mr. George L. Hart, Jr., Assistant to the Chairman
Mr. Clyde D. Garrett, Vice Chairman
Mrs. Howard A. Coffin, Vice Chairman
Mr. L. Corrin Strong, Vice Chairman
Mrs. Montgomery Blair, Vice Chairman
Warren L. Stephenson, Executive Secretary
Mrs. Janet W. Barnes, Secretary
Mr. Robert v. Fleming, Treasurer
Mrs. L. Corrin Strong, Chairman, Medal Committee
Mr. Gilbert Hahn, Jr., Chairman, Medal
Distribution Committee
Mr. Walker Hancock, Sculptor
Mr. Clyde C. Trees, President, Medallic Arts
Company of Manhattan
(Mr. McGarraghy requested the appointment)
11:30 am -
Dr. Caradine R. Hooton, Executive Secretary,
Board of Temperance, The Methodist Church
(This appointment was requested by letter through
Senator Harry F. Byrd, Virginia, to Governor Sherman
Adams)
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Honorable Charles E. Wilson,
The Secretary of Defense
(The regular Tuesday appointment for Secretary Wilson)
12:30 pm -
Honorable Adlai Stevenson
Governor Sherman Adams
(This appointment was arranged through Governor
Adams)
1:00 pm -
The President gave a luncheon at the White House for
a group of Congressional Members, as follows:
Representative Emanuel Celler, New York (D)
Representative Edward J. Hart, N. J. (D)
Representative Albert Thomas, Texas (D)
Representative George M. Grant, Alabama (D)
Representative Joseph R. Bryson, South Carolina (D)
Representative E. C. Gathings, Arkansas (D)
Representative Paul J. Kilday, Texas (D)
Representative John M. Vorys, Ohio (R)
Representative Sydney A. Camp, Georgia (D)
Representative Clarence E. Kilburn, New York (R)
Representative Clifford Davis, Tennessee (D)
Representative J. Harry McGregor, Ohio (R)
Representative C. W. Bishop, Illinois (R)
Representative Gordon Canfield, New Jersey (R)
Representative Paul Cunningham, Iowa (R)
Representative William S. Hill, Colorado (R)
Representative Joseph P. O'Hara, Minnesota (R)
Representative Lawrence H. Smith, Wisconsin (R)
Representative Thomas J. O'Brien, Illinois (D)
Representative Usher L. Burdick, North Dakota (R)
Representative Ralph A. Gamble, New York (R)
General Wilton B. Persons
Honorable Adlai E. Stevenson
(General Persons arranged this luncheon)
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3:00 pm -
The President received a delegation representing the
National Council of Chief State School Officers, as
follows:
Commissioner Finis E. Engleman, Conn., Chairman
Commissioner Lewis A. Wilson, N. Y.
Superintendent Lee M. Thurston, Michigan
Superintendent Pearl A. Wanamaker, Washington
Mr. Roy E. Simpson, Superintendent of Public
Instruction from California
Commissioner J. W. Edgar, Texas
Commissioner Dean M. Schweickhard, Minnesota
Doctor Edgar Fuller, Executive Secretary
Mr. Arthur Adams
Dr. William Carr, National Education Association
Honorable Oveta Culp Hobby, Administrator
Federal Security Agency
Senator Lester C. Hunt, Wyoming
Senator Charles E. Potter, Michigan
Dr. Arthur Flemming, Acting Director, Office of
Defense Mobilization
(Mr. Engleman requested the appointment early in
January for the purpose of discussing relationships
between the State school systems and the U. S. Office
of Education. Senator Potter also urged that the
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Brigadier General Louis W. Prentiss, Engineer Com-
missioner for District of Columbia
(General Prentiss requested the appointment to pay his
respects)
4:00 pm -
(Dr. Arthur Flemming)
OFF THE RECORD
(Honorable Oveta Culp Hobby)
4:05 pm -
(General Lucian King Truscott, Jr.) OFF THE RECORD
(General Truscott is a personal friend of the President's)
4:20 pm -
(Honorable Sinclair Weeks, the Secretary of Commerce)
(Mr. Bernard Shanley)
OFF THE RECORD
Tuesday, February 17, 1953 (continued)
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4:30 pm -
(Dr. Gabriel Hauge)
OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Aksel Nielsen, from Denver, personal friend)
5:05 pm -
(General Wilton B. Persons)
OFF THE RECORD
5:10 pm -
(Honorable Arthur E. Summerfield, The Postmaster
General)
OFF THE RECORD
5:30 pm -
(Mr. Aksel Nielsen, who had waited since his appoint-
ment in the outer office, walked over to the
White House with the President)
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8:45 am -
(Honorable John Foster Dulles, the Secretary)
(of State)
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9:00 am -
Honorable David Bruce
(This appointment was arranged at the request of
the President)
9:30 am -
Honorable Carl R. Gray, Jr., Administrator
Veterans Administration
(General Gray requested the appointment to discuss
Veterans' problems)
10:00 am -
Honorable Oswald Ryan, Chairman, Civil Aeronautics
Board
(This appointment was arranged through the Secretary
of Commerce)
10:30 am -
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The Vice President
Honorable John Foster Dulles,
The Secretary of State
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Honorable George M. Humphrey,
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Honorable Harold E. Stassen,
The Director for Mutual Security
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge,
The Director, Bureau of the Budget
General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Honorable Allen W. Dulles,
Acting Director of Central Intelligence
Honorable James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, NSC
Honorable S. Everett Gleason,
Deputy Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
Honorable Robert Cutler, Administrative
Assistant to the President
Colonel Paul T. Carroll,
Military Liaison Officer
Wednesday, February 18, 1953 (continued)
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1:00 pm -
The President gave a luncheon at the White House
for a group of Senators, as follows:
Senator Homer Ferguson, Michigan (R)
Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Iowa (R)
Senator Ralph E. Flanders, Vermont (R)
Senator Irving M. Ives, New York (R)
Senator Edward J. Thye, Minnesota (R)
Senator Henry C. Dworshak, Idaho (R)
Senator Wallace F. Bennett, Utah (R)
Senator Prescott Bush, Connecticut (R)
Senator John Sherman Cooper, Kentucky (R)
Senator Dwight Griswold, Nebraska (R)
Senator Charles E. Potter, Michigan (R)
Senator Thomas H. Kuchel, California (R)
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Senator William A. Purtell, Connecticut (R)
Honorable Sherman Adams
Major General Wilton B. Persons
(This luncheon was arranged by General Persons)
3:00 pm -
Honorable Walter F. George, Senator from Georgia
(The Senator requested this appointment to pay his
respects)
3:30 pm -
Senator Clyde R. Hoey, North Carolina
Senator Willis Smith, North Carolina
Congressman Hugh Q. Alexander, North Carolina
(Senator Hoey requested this appointment to invite
the President to attend the 200th Anniversary
Celebration of Rowan County, North Carolina)
4:15 pm -
(General Omar N. Bradley) OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1953
8:30 am -
The President attended a briefing in the Cabinet
Room on the foreign situation for Legislative Leaders,
as follows:
Honorable Allen Dulles, Acting Director, CIA
Honorable Joseph Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Honorable Robert Cutler,
Administrative Assistant to the President
General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senator Robert A. Taft, Majority Floor Leader
Senator Styles Bridges, President Pro Tempore
Senator William F. Knowland,
Chairman, Republican Policy Committee
Senator Leverett Saltonstall,
Republican Whip of the Senate
Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Chairman,
Republican Conference Committee
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, Minority Leader of the Senate
Senator Earle C. Clements, Minority Whip of the Senate
Senator Alexander Wiley,
Chairman, Foreign Relations Committee
Senator Walter F. George, Foreign Relations Committee
Senator Richard B. Russell, Armed Services Committee
Senator Carl Hayden, Appropriations Committee
Senator Homer Ferguson, Appropriations Committee
Honorable Joseph W. Martin, Speaker of the House
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Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Majority Whip
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Congressman John W. McCormack, Minority Whip
Congressman Dewey Short, Chairman, House
Armed Services Committee
Congressman Carl Vinson, Armed Services Committee
Congressman Robert B. Chiperfield,
Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee
Congressman James P. Richards, Foreign Affairs Committee
Congressman John Taber, Chairman,
Appropriations Committee
Congressman Clarence Cannon, Appropriations Committee
Congressman Richard B. Wigglesworth, Appropriations Com.
Congressman George H. Mahon, Appropriations Committee
Major General Wilton B. Persons
(This briefing was arranged by General Cutler and General
Persons)
Thursday, February 19, 1953 (continued)
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10:25 am -
(Mr. John McCone)
OFF THE RECORD
(Governor Sherman Adams)
10:30 am -
Honorable Thomas E. Whelan, American Ambassador
to Nicaragua
(The Ambassador requested the appointment through
the State Department)
11:00 am -
Mr. H. Wendell Endicott, Boston, Massachusetts
(Mr. Endicott is a personal friend of the President's)
11:30 am -
Mr. Melvin C. Lockard, Cobden, Illinois
President, Illinois Bankers Association
Mr. Horace S. French, Wayne, Illinois
Vice President, Illinois Bankers Association
Mr. Arthur R. French, Jacksonville, Illinois
Treasurer, Illinois Bankers Association
Mr. Kirk E. Sutherland, Chicago, Illinois
former President of the Illinois Bankers Association
Mr. Robert C. Barker, Chicago, Illinois
General Counsel of the Northern Trust Company
Dr. Gabriel Hauge, Administrative Assistant
to the President
(Senator Everett Dirkse n of Illinois had requested the
appointment and had planned to attend, but was unable
to do so because the time conflicted with two meetings
he had to attend on the Hill)
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Honorable Harold E. Stassen, Director, Mutual
Security Agency
Mr. William McNear Rand, St. Louis, Missouri
(Mr. Rand recently retired as President of the Monsanto
Chemical Company and Mr. Stassen wanted him to meet
the President, as he will be appointed as Deputy
Director for Mutual Security)
12:15 pm -
(Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget)
OFF THE RECORD
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1:00 pm -
The President gave a luncheon at the White House
for a group of Senators, as follows:
Senator Walter F. George, Georgia
Senator Carl Hayden, Arizona
Senator Richard B. Russell, Georgia
Senator Harry Flood Byrd, Virginia
Senator Pat McCarran, Nevada
Senator James E. Murray, Montana
Senator Dennis Chavez, New Mexico
Senator Allen J. Ellender, Louisiana
Senator Theodore Francis Green, Rhode Island
Senator Lister Hill, Alabama
Senator Burnet R. Maybank, South Carolina
Senator John L. McClellan, Arkansas
Senator Warren G. Magnuson, Washington
Senator Clyde R. Hoey, North Carolina
Senator J. W. Fulbright, Arkansas
Honorable Sherman Adams
Major General Wilton B. Persons
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THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1953
8:15 am -
Senator George W. Malone, Nevada
(Senator Malone requested this appointment)
8:45 am -
Honorable Harmar D. Denny, Jr.
Governor Sherman Adams
(This appointment was arranged at the request of
Governor Adams. Mr. Denny, an ex-Congressman
from Pennsylvania, is being considered as a member
of the Civil Aeronautics Board)
9:15 am -
Honorable Nelson Rockefeller
Governor Sherman Adams
Dr. Milton Eisenhower
9:50 am -
Honorable Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Major General Wilton B. Persons
Dr. Milton Eisenhower
10:00 am -
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Honorable John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Honorable George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Honorable Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
Honorable Ezra T. Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Honorable Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Honorable Martin P. Durkin, Secretary of Labor
Honorable Charles R. Hook, Deputy Postmaster General
Honorable Oveta Culp Hobby, Administrator, FSA
Honorable Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the UN
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Honorable Harold E. Stassen, Director, Mutual Security
Agency
Honorable Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President
Honorable Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant
to the President (not at table)
Major General Wilton B. Persons (not at table)
Mr. Arthur Minnich (to take notes)
(The Postmaster General was out of town, so the Deputy
Postmaster General represented the Post Office Department)
Friday, February 20, 1953 (continued)
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12:30 pm - The Ambassador of New Zealand,
His Excellency, Leslie Knox Munro
Honorable Raymond Muir, Acting Chief of Protocol
(The Ambassador was out of town when the President
received the Chiefs of Mission, and he requested this
appointment to pay his respects)
1:00 pm - (LUNCH) Nelson Rockefeller
Dr. Milton Eisenhower
3:00 pm - Senator Thomas C. Hennings, Jr., Missouri
Senator James E. Murray, Montana
Congressman Clifford R. Hope, Kansas
Congressman Wayne N. Aspinall, Colorado
Congressman James W. Trimble, Arkansas
(Congressman Hope requested the appointment for the
members of the Missouri Basin Commission to come
in and report to the President. Senator Milton R. Young,
North Dakota, was also invited to be present, but was in
North Dakota today)
3:25 pm - Mr. James Hagerty, Press Secretary to the President
Colonel Robert L. Schulz, Military Aide to the President
3:30 pm -
The President received the winners of the Sixth Annual
Voice of Democracy Contest, as follows:
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Oscar Elder, Manager of Publicity, National
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Broadcasters (co-sponsor)
Harold E. Fellows, President, National Association
of Radio and Television Broadcasters (co-sponsor)
Frank Lammedee, Voice Winner, San Marino, California
Honorable Earl J. McGrath, Commissioner, U. S. Office
of Education, Federal Security Agency
Adelaide Nacamu, Voice Winner, Peekskill, New York
Mrs. Guido Nacamu, Mother of Winner
Robert K. Richards, Chairman, National Voice of
Democracy Contest Committee
James D. Secrest, Exec. Vice President, Radio-
Television Manufacturers Association
Dr. G. Kerry Smith, US Office of Education, FSA
Mr. & Mrs. J. Herbert Walsh, Parents of Winner
Thomas J. Walsh, Voice Winner, Washington, D. C.
Gene Trumble, Program Director, US Junior Chamber of
Commerce, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Chalmer Denny, Vice President, US Junior Chamber of
Commerce, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Friday, February 20, 1953 (continued)
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4:00 pm -
Honorable Theodore McKeldin, Governor of Maryland
Honorable Simon E. Sobeloff, Judge,
Court of Appeals of the State of Maryland
(This appointment was arranged through Governor Adams)
4:30 pm -
(Mr. Lewis Straus)
OFF THE RECORD
(Governor Adams)
4:45 pm -
(Honorable Robert Cutler, Administrative
Assistant to the President)
OFF THE RECORD
5:30 pm -
(Mr. Bernard Shanley, Acting Special Counsel to
( the President)
(Major General Wilton B. Persons, Administrative
( Assistant to the President)
OFF THE RECORD
5:40 pm -
(Colonel Paul T. Carroll)
OFF THE RECORD
5:50 pm -
(Governor Adams)
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1953
8:45 am -
Congressman Clarence J. Brown, Ohio
(Congressman Brown phoned Mr. Stephens to request
an appointment with the President to personally pre-
sent some tape recordings that were on Station WIZE,
Springfield, Ohio. These recordings were made the
week prior to the Inauguration expressing the community-
wide backing of the President and their confidence in
his leadership. They received national attention over
the ABC network)
9:15 am -
(Governor Adams) OFF THE RECORD
9:30 am -
(Honorable John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State)
(Honorable Sherman Adams)
(Mr. Charles F. Willis, Jr., Special Assistant in the
( White House Office)
(Mr. Donald Lourie, Assistant Secretary of State for
( Administration)
(Mr. Emmet Hughes, Administrative Assistant to the
( President)
OFF THE RECORD
(This appointment was made for the purpose of discuss-
ing Ambassadorial appointments)
10:40 am -
(Mr. Roger Steffan, Consultant on the White House Staff)
(Mr. Howell G. Crim, The Chief Usher) OFF THE RECORD
10:45 am -
(Major General Samuel D. Sturgis, Jr.) OFF THE RECORD
(Major Sturgis is to be appointed Chief of Engineers, and
come in the Lower West Executive Avenue Entrance)
11:05 am -
(Honorable John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State)
(Honorable George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury)
(Honorable William McChesney Martin, Chairman, Board
( of Governors, Federal Reserve System)
(Honorable Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant to the
( President)
(Honorable C. D. Jackson, Administrative Assistant to the
( President)
OFF THE RECORD
11:50 am -
The President departed to play golf at Burning Tree Country
Club.
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1953
10:30 am -
Senator Harry F. Byrd arrived at the White House
to accompany the President and Mrs. Eisenhower
to Christ Church in Alexandria, Virginia, where
they attended 11:00 am services.
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at 5:30 pm and stayed to dinner.
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1953
11:00 am -
The President left for the Burning Tree Golf Club
for a round of golf.
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Dr. Robert L. Johnson, President of Temple University,
called on the President at the White House.
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1953
9:00 am -
Dr. Howard Mitchell, Conductor,
National Symphony Orchestra
Mr. Carson Gray Frailey, representing
National Symphony Orchestra Association
Mr. Gregory Carmichael
(Dr. Mitchell presented to the President
bos seats in Constitution Hall)
9:30 am -
Honorable Ward M. Canaday, U. S. Co-Chairman
on the Caribbean Commission
(Mr. Canaday requested the appointment through
Mr. Stephens on February 6th)
10:00 am -
Mrs. Helen Waller, Director,
New York Herald Tribune Forum
Miss Doris Friedman,
Assistant to Mrs. Waller
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High School Forum, as follows:
Miss Josephine Glen Doepel, Australia
Mr. Bernard Mamet, Belgium
Mr. Sergio de Queiroz Duarte, Brazil
Miss Ma Khin Ohn Thant, Burma
Miss Cecilia Medina, Chile
Mr. Neils Thygesen, Denmark
Mr. Mohamed Khattab Rushdy, Egypt
Mr. Jean-Pierre Lugan, France
Miss Marion Wasielewski, Germany
Mr. Rainer Dietrich, Germany
Miss Christine Sifneo, Greece
Mr. Probal Kumar Dutt, India
Miss Inajat Hanum, Indonesia
Miss Zoreh Sarmad, Iran
Miss Thelma Hirshson, Israel
Miss Kikuko Iwasaki, Japan
Mr. Chung-Hyun Kim, Korea
Miss Joumana Beydoun, Lebanon
Mr. Hakeem van Lohuizen, Netherlands
Mr. Tor Svendsen, Norway
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Mr. Abdul Aziz Khan, Pakistan
Miss Araceli Salazar, Philippines
Mr. Tan Joon Kheng, Singapore-Malaya
Mr. Uno Hagelberg, Sweden
Mr. Direk Charoenphol, Thailand
Miss Gulsen Cimilli, Turkey
Miss Maureen Cleave, United Kingdom
Mr. Keith Hopkins, United Kingdom
Miss Aldisa Freeman, United States
Mr. Jorge Bargman, Uruguay
(These are foreign students attending the Seventh
Annual New York Herald Tribune Forum)
10:30 am - Honorable Donald C. Cook, Chairman,
Securities and Exchange Commission
(Mr. Cook requested this appointment through
Mr. Stephens on February 9th)
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Honorable John Simmons, Division of Protocol
(The Ambassador of Chile was newly appointed and
wanted to present his credentials)
11:30 am - Honorable Claude L. Draper, Commissioner
Federal Power Commission
(This appointment was arranged through Mr. Stephens)
12:45 pm - Honorable John W. Snyder
Former Secretary of the Treasury
Tuesday, February 24, 1953 (continued)
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1:00 pm -
The President gave a luncheon for a group of
Congressional Members, as follows:
Congressman Howard W. Smith, Virginia (D)
Congressman Charles A. Buckley, New York (D)
Congressman Noble J. Gregory, Kentucky (D)
Congressman Eugene J. Keogh, New York (D)
Congressman Paul W. Shafer, Michigan (R)
Congressman Carl T. Curtis, Nebraska (R)
Congressman John L. McMillan, South Carolina (D)
Congressman Wilbur D. Mills, Arkansas (D)
Congressman W. F. Norrell, Arkansas (D)
Congressman Aime J. Forand, Rhode Island (D)
Congressman Earl Wilson, Indiana (R)
Congressman James C. Auchincloss, New Jersey (R)
Congressman Harris Ellsworth, Oregon, (R)
Congressman Leon H. Gavin, Pennsylvania (R)
Congressman Angier L. Goodwin, Massachusetts (R)
Congressman James G. Polk, Ohio (D)
Congressman Robert T. Secrest, Ohio (D)
Congressman Gardner R. Withrow, Wisconsin (R)
Congressman George H. Bender, Ohio (R)
Congressman B. Carroll Reece, Tennessee, (R)
Congressman Robert Hale, Maine, (R)
Honorable Sherman Adams
Major General Wilton B. Persons
(This luncheon was arranged by General Persons)
2:45 pm - Dr. Gabriel Hauge, Administrative Assistant to the President
Dr. Arthur Flemming
3:15 pm - His Excellency General Shanker Shum Shere Jung
Bahadur Rana, Ambassador of Nepal
Honorable John F. Simmons, Division of Protocol
(The Ambassador of Nepal was newly appointed and
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wanted to present his credentials)
3:30 pm -
Mr. Duke Shoop, President, The Gridiron Club
Mr. Marshall McNeil, Scripps Howard
Mr. Lyle C. Wilson, United Press Association
(This Committee from the Gridiron Club wished to
personally extend an invitation to the President to
attend the Gridiron Club Dinner on April 11th)
3:45 pm - (Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Mr. Ed. Lombard)
OFF THE RECORD
(The Attorney General brought Mr. Lombard in to meet the
President. He is to be appointed U. S. Attorney)
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1953
8:30 am -
Honorable Nelson Rockefeller, Chairman, the President's
Advisory Committee on Government Organization
Dr. Milton Eisenhower
Dr. Arthur Flemming, Acting Director, Office of Defense
Mobilization
(Mr. Rockefeller asked if he and Dr. Eisenhower might
see the President)
8:45 am -
Congressman Kenneth B. Keating, New York
Honorable Marion B. Folsom, Under Secretary of the Treasury
(Congressman Keating asked Mr. Stephens to arrange for
him and Mr. Folsom to have their picture taken with the
President, the picture to be used in connection with an
article being run in the Gannett Papers on the Congressman.
Both gentlemen are from Rochester, New York)
9:00 am -
The President met with a group to discuss Soil Conserva-
tion and Flood Control, as follows:
Honorable Ezra T. Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Honorable Earl Coke, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Honorable Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Major General Samuel Sturgis, Corps of Engineers
Congressman Carl T. Curtis, Nebraska
Congressman Clifford R. Hope, Kansas
Congressman W. R. Poage, Texas
Congressman Ben F. Jensen, Iowa
Congressman August H. Andresen, Minnesota
Congressman H. Carl Andersen, Minnesota
Congressman Walt Horan, Washington
Major General Wilton B. Persons
Mr. Raymond A. McConnell, Jr., Lincoln, Nebraska
Co-Chairman, Salt Wahoo Watershed Association,
Director, Kansas-Nebraska Watershed Council
Mr. Don Anderson, Honey Creek, Iowa
Mr. John Bird, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Mr. Bryce Browning, New Philadelphia, Ohio
Mr. Waters Davis, League City, Texas
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Mr. Clare P. Guess, Jr., Denmark, South Carolina
Mr. Paul Hardin, McKinney, Texas
Mr. George R. Heidrich, Charlestown, West Virginia
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9:00 am - (continued)
Mr. Irving Hill, Lawrence, Kansas
Mr. Clayton Hoff, Wilmington, Deleware
Mrs. William K. Jackson, Dublin, New Hampshire
Mr. Otto Liebers, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Mr. Francis Lindsay, Loomis, California
Mr. R. C. Longmire, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma
Mr. L. L. Males, Cheyenne, Oklahoma
Mr. Bright McConnell, Augusta, Oklahoma
Mr. Richard Searles, Phoenix, Arizona
Mr. Truett Smith, Wylie, Texas
Mr. Hugh Tuttle, Dover, New Hampshire
Colonel W. B. Tuttle, San Antonio, Texas
Mr. Allen Clem, Congressman Curtis' office
(The request for this appointment originated in a letter
addressed to the President by Congressman Curtis of
Nebraska, in which he stated this was a request from
a group of citizens headed by Mr. Raymond A. McConnell,
Jr., Editor of Lincoln Evening Journal; that this group
was interested in presenting some thoughts in reference
to conservation, particularly the inter-relationship
between soil conservation and flood control; that their
purpose is not an increase in the budget. Governor
Peterson who arranged this meeting, advised that Mr.
McConnell would be the spokesman, would not introduce
the members to the President, but would just make seven
or eight minute presentation of their interest in "Upper
watershed treatment of soil conservation, which is the
retardation of water". Governor Peterson suggested that
the President reply with a general statement of his interest
in the problem. Following their meeting with the President
they went to the office of the Secretary of Agriculture and
met with working members of the Cabinet Staff.)
9:30 am -
Honorable Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant
to the President
Honorable James S. Lay, Jr., Executive
Secretary, National Security Council
(They briefed the President before the meeting of the
Council later in the afternoon.)
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10:00 am - The President received the Members of the New Jersey
Congressi onal Delegation, as follows:
Senator H. Alexander Smith (R)
Senator Robert C. Hendrickson (R)
Congressman Charles A. Wolverton (R)
Congressman T. Millet Hand (R)
Congressman James C. Auchincloss, (R)
Congressman Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr., (R)
Congressman Clifford P. Case (R)
Congressman William B. Widnall (R)
Congressman Gordon Canfield (R)
Congressman Frank C. Osmers, Jr., (R)
Congressman Charles R. Howell (D)
Congressman Robert W. Kean (R)
Congressman Peter W. Rodino, Jr. (D)
Congressman Hugh J. Addonizio (D)
Congressman Alfred D. Sieminski (D)
Congressman Edward J. Hart (D)
Major General Wilton B. Persons
(This appointment was arranged by Governor Adams)
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Honorable John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Honorable George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Honorable Herbert Brownell, Jr., The Attorney General
Honorable Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Honorable Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
Honorable Ezra T. Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Honorable Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Honorable Martin Durkin, Secretary of Labor
Honorable Oveta Culp Hobby, Administrator, F. S. A.
Honorable Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to UN
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Honorable Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Honorable Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President
Honorable Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant
to the President
Major General Wilton B. Persons, Administrative Assistant
to the President
Mr. Arthur Minnich (To take notes)
12:15 pm - Press Conference
Wednesday, February 25, 1953 (continued)
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1:00 pm - The President gave a luncheon at the White House for a
group of Congressional Members, as follows:
Senator Edwin C. Johnson, Colorado (D)
Senator James O. Eastland, Mississippi (D)
Senator Olin D. Johnston, South Carolina (D)
Senator Spessard L. Holland, Florida (D)
Senator A. Willis Robertson, Virginia (D)
Senator John J. Sparkman, Alabama (D)
Senator John C. Stennis, Mississippi (D)
Senator Russell B. Long, Louisiana (D)
Senator Clinton P. Anderson, New Mexico (D)
Senator Guy M. Gillette, Iowa (D)
Senator Lester C. Hunt, Wyoming (D)
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, Texas (D)
Senator Estes Kefauver, Tennessee (D)
Senator Robert S. Kerr, Oklahoma (D)
Senator Matthew M. Neely, West Virginia (D)
Honorable Sherman Adams
Major General Wilton B. Persons
(This luncheon was arranged by General Persons)
2:30 pm - (General William Covell, Ret'd)
(Mr. Bernard McKenna)
OFF THE RECORD
3:00 pm - National Security Council Meeting
The Vice President
Honorable John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Honorable George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Harold E. Stassen, Director of Mutual Security
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Honorable Gordon Dean, Chairman, Atomic Energy Com.
General J. Lawton Collins (representing General Bradley)
Honorable Allen W. Dulles, Acting Chairman, CIA
Honorable James S. Lay, Executive Secretary, NSC
Honorable J. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, NSC
Honorable C. D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President
Honorable Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President
Honorable Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant to the President
Colonel P. T. Carroll
5:00 pm - Mr. Frank Holman, Seattle, Washington
Mr. Alfred Schweppe
(Mr. Holman is a former President, American Bar Association,
and an old friend of the President. He called Mr. Stephens from
Chicago on February 24th to ask for this appointment)
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5:30 pm -
(Mr. Roger Lewis, in charge of materiel for Air
Force) OFF THE RECORD
(Came in to see Mr. Stephens and the President.
Secretary Talbott telephoned Mr. Stephens
February 24th and asked if this could be arranged)
5:45 pm -
(The Attorney General,
( Honorable Herbert Brownell, Jr., brought in two
( candidates for District Attorneys to meet the
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8:45 am -
Honorable Harold E. Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
9:00 am -
Dr. Ralph Cooper Hutchison
(Dr. Hutchison is President of Lafayette College, Easton,
Pennsylvania, and is an old friend of the President. He
telegraphed that he would be in Washington today, and
hoped to have an opportunity to pay his respects)
9:30 am -
Honorable C. Douglas Dillon, American Ambassador-
designate to France
Mrs. Dillon
(Ambassador Dillon asked if he might call on the President
and pay his respects before leaving for his new Post)
9:45 am -
Congressman J. Harry McGregor, Ohio
(Mr. Stephens arranged this appointment at urgent request
of General Persons, as Congressman McGregor will be
presiding at hearings in reference to the gasoline tax on
Friday)
10:00 am -
The President held Conference to discuss problems dealing
with Federal-State relations, as follows:
Honorable Oveta Culp Hobby, Administrator, FSA
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Honorable Alfred E. Driscoll, Governor of New Jersey
Honorable James F. Byrnes, Governor of South Carolina
Honorable Allan Shivers, Governor of Texas
Honorable Walter J. Kohler, Governor of Wisconsin
Senator Robert A. Taft, Ohio
Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Senator H. Alexander Smith, N. J.
Honorable Sherman Adams
Congressman Daniel A. Reed, New York
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Congressman Samuel K. McConnell, Jr., Pennsylvania
Honorable Marion B. Folsom, Under Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Bernard M. Shanley
Honorable Val Peterson
Honorable Gabriel Hauge
Mr. Frank Bane, Secretary, Governors' Conference
Major General Wilton B. Persons
(This meeting was arranged by Governor Adams)
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12:30 pm -
The President gave a luncheon at the White House for
all those attending the Conference on Federal-State
relations.
(General Persons was present at the meeting, but not
at the luncheon)
2:00 pm -
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower departed from the
White House for National Airport where they and the
members of their party enplaned for Augusta, Georgia.
4:45 pm -
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower and their party
arrived in Augusta and motored directly to the
Augusta National Golf Club.
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1953
AT THE AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF COURSE, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
The following were the President's golfing partners today:
Mr. Ed Dudley, the club pro
Mr. E. D. (Slats) Slater, President of the Schenley
Distilling Company
Mr. John Budinger, New York Banker
The President presented to Robert Tyre (Bobby) Jones an oil painting
of Mr. Jones which the President had been working on for the past
few months.
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AT THE AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF COURSE, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower attend the Reid Memorial Presby-
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The President, Mrs. Eisenhower and members of the President's party
arrived at the Washington National Airport at 6:55 p.m. and motored
directly to the White House.
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MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1953
8:30 am
The President met with the Legislative Leaders:
The Vice President
Senator Robert A. Taft, Ohio
Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Senator William F. Knowland, California
Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Senator Hugh Butler, Nebraska
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, The Speaker
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Congressman Chauncey W. Reed, Illinois
Honorable Sherman Adams
Maj. Gen. Wilton B. Persons
(This is the usual group, plus Senator Butler of
Nebraska, and Congressman Reed, of Illinois, whose
names were added by General Persons)
11:00 am
(Staff Meeting)
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Honorable Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant
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Honorable James S. Lay, Executive Secretary, National Security
Council
(They will brief the President on the National Security
Council meeting set for Wednesday - half hour)
12:00
Honorable Lewis L. Strauss
(Former Member of Atomic Energy Commission: Mr. Cutler
arranged this appointment.)
12:30 pm
H.R.H. Prince Faisal, of Saudi Arabia
H.E. Sheikh Asad Al-Faqih, The Ambassador of Saudi Arabia
Sheikh Ibrahim Suleiman, Principal Assistant to the Prince;
also a Member of the UN Delegation
Sheikh Ali Ali Resa, Interpreter; also Member of the UN Delegation
Honorable John F. Simmons, Chief, Division of Protocol, Department
of State
A. David Fritzlan, Foreign Service Officer in Charge of Saudi
Arabian Desk in the State Department (came in as an interpreter)
(The Secretary of State advised the President by memorandum
dated January 29th, that he had received a formal request
from the Saudi Arabian Embassy that Prince Faisal be given
an opportunity to pay his respects to the President while
in this country. Secretary Dulles recommended that the
President see Prince Faisal.)
MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1953
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The President gave a luncheon at the White House for a group
of Congressional Members. The following were present:
Cong. Harold D. Cooley, North Carolina
Cong. Michael J. Kirwan, Ohio
Cong. W. R. Poage, Texas
Cong. Harry R. Sheppard, California
Cong. Oren Harris, Arkansas
Cong. F. Edward Hebert, Louisiana
Cong. J. Percy Priest, Tennessee
Cong. Jamie L. Whitten, Mississippi
Cong. Thomas J. Lane, Massachusetts
Cong. Cecil R. King, California
Cong. Charles B. Hoeven, Iowa
Cong. Hal Holmes, Washington
Cong. Walt Horan, Washington
Cong. Leroy Johnson, California
Cong. Walter H. Judd, Minnesota
Cong. Bernard W. Kearney, New York
Cong. Chester E. Merrow, New Hampshire
Cong. Alvin E. O'Konski, Wisconsin
Cong. Dean P. Taylor, New York
Cong. Errett P. Scrivner, Kansas
Cong. Edgar J. Chenoweth, Colorado
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Major General Wilton B. Persons
(This Luncheon was arranged by General Persons)
3:00 pm
The President received the Supreme Lodge Officers of the Order of
Ahepa
Peter L. Bell, Supreme President, Worcester, Massachusetts
Stephen S. Scopas, Supreme Vice President, New York, New York
Constantine P. Verinis, Supreme Secretary, New Haven, Conn.
Stephen L. Berdalis, Supreme Treasurer, San Francisco, Calif.
Louis J. Dukas, Supreme Counsellor, New York, New York
Speros A. Versis, Supreme Governor, Washington, D. C.
Peter Kourmoules, Supreme Governor, Canton, Ohio
Speros J. Zepatos, Supreme Governor, Memphis, Tennessee
Chris D. Tsipuras, Supreme Governor of Canada, Montreal,
Quebec, Canada
(Mr. Arthur Lalos, Executive Secretary of the Order of Ahepa -
American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association - wrote
to Mr. Stephens, February 6th, stating that it was an estab-
lished tradition for many years for the Supreme Lodge Officers
of the Order of Ahepa, to pay their respects to the President
during the time of their meeting in Washington, D. C., in the
month of March. They also wish to be photographed with the
President.)
3:15 pm
(Honorable George M. Humphrey, The Secretary of the Treasury)
(Honorable Sinclair Weeks, The Secretary of Commerce)
(OFF THE RECORD)
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4:20 pm
(Honorable John F. Simmons, Chief, Division of Protocol,
Department of State) OFF THE RECORD
4:30 pm Honorable Harry Darby, Republican National Committeeman from
Kansas.
4:40 pm (Dr. Gabriel Hauge) OFF THE RECORD
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9:00 am
Admiral Lynde D. McCormick, Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic
(Commander Beach, Naval Aide to the President, advised
Mr. Stephens that Admiral McCormick had asked if he
might call on the President to pay his respects)
9:30 am
The President received the Advisory Commission on Independence
Historical Park, and others. The following were present:
Judge Edwin O. Lewis, Chairman, Advisory Commission
on Independence Historical Park
Mrs. Edwin 0. Lewis
Hon. Michael J. Bradley, Member of the Commission
Hon. Thomas Buckley, Member of the Commission
Mr. Albert M. Greenfield, Member of the Commission
Mr. John P. Hallahan, Member of the Commission
Mr. Arthur C. Kaufmann, Member of the Commission
Hon. Fredric R. Mann, Member of the Commission
Mr. Sydney E. Martin, Member of the Commission
Mr. Isaac W. Roberts, Member of the Commission
Senator James H. Duff, Pennsylvania
Cong. Ivor D. Fenton, Pennsylvania
Cong. John P. Saylor, Pennsylvania
Cong. Hugh D. Scott, Pennsylvania, and Mrs. Scott
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Cong. Francis E. Walter, Pennsylvania
Hon. Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Conrad L. Wirth, Director of National Park Service
Hon. Ronald F. Lee, Associate Director, National Park Service
Hon. Thomas C. Vint, Chief of Division of Design & Con-
struction, National Park Service
Mr. Medford 0. Anderson, Superintendent of the Independence
National Historical Park Project
Mr. Joseph M. O'Brien, Manager of the Project
Mr. Grand M. Simon, Architect for Independence Park
Mr. J. M. Urgahart, Secretary of the Project
Hon. John S. Fire, Governor of Pennsylvania
(Congressman Hugh Scott, of Pennsylvania, asked Mr.
Stephene to arrange for this group to call on the
President, to invite him to make an address at
Independence Hall, Philadelphia, on July 4th, next.)
9:45 am
Honorable Daniel Bell, Acting Chairman of the Public Advisory Board
(Honorable Harold E. Stassen)
(Honorable Gabriel Hauge)
OFF THE RECORD
(Governor Stassen asked Mr. Stephens to arrange for Mr. Bell
to present the report on Trade Study made by this Public
Advisory Board set up by President Truman)
10:00 am
Honorable Joseph S. Clark, Jr., Mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
(Mayor Clark was supposed to be present at the 9:30 am
meeting but his plane was late and he did not arrive at the
White House until 10:00 am. Governor Stassen took Mayor
Clark in to meet the President)
TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1953
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Major William G. Draper, USAF, Air Aide to the President
12:05 pm
Mr. William Archer of Houston, Texas
(Mr. Archer came in at the request of Hon. Sinclair Weeks)
12:15 pm
General James A. Van Fleet
12:45 pm
The President awarded General James A. Van Flest his third Oak
Leaf Cluster. The ceremony was witnessed by the following
people and these people also went over to the White House for
Luncheon with the President and General Van Fleet:
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Sen. Richard B. Russell, Georgia
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Sen. Spessard L. Holland, Florida
Sen. George A. Smathers, Florida
Hon. Sherman Adams
Cong. Carl Vinson, Georgia
Cong. Dewey Short, Missouri
Cong. Robert L. F. Sikes, Florida
Hon. Roger M. Kyes, Deputy Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of the Army (Stevens)
The Secretary of the Navy (Anderson)
General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
General Hoyt S. Vandenberg
General J. Lawton Collins
Admiral William M. Fechteler
General of the Army George C. Marshall
General John E. Hull
Lt. General Manton S. Eddy
Lt. General Gerald C. Thomas, USMC
1:00 pm
The President gave a luncheon at the White House in honor of
General James A. Van Fleet. The people that witnessed the
12:45 pm ceremony were present at this luncheon.
2:50 pm
The President received the Officers of the National Association
of State Directors of Veterans Affairs. The following were
present:
Melvin Dixon, Florida, President of the Association
Clarence Horton, Past President, Alabama
Patrick McGovern, Past President, West Virginia
Alexander Smith, Vermont, President Judge Advocate
Colonel W. E. Leonard, Director of Veterans Affairs for
District of Columbia.
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H. E. Halvard Lange, the Foreign Minister of Norway
H. E. Wilhelm de Morgenstierne, the Ambassador of Norway
Honorable John Foster Dulles, the Secretary of State
(This 45 minute appointment was arranged by the
Secretary of State)
3:45 pm
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
(This is Mr. Wilson's usual Tuesday appointment with
the President - one hour)
7:50 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left for the home of
General and Mrs. J. Lawton Collins, where they attended
a dinner in honor of General and Mrs. James A. Van Fleet.
The following other guests were present:
Secretary of the Army and Mrs. Robert T. Stevens
Senator and Mrs. Spessard L. Holland, Florida
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General and Mrs. Leruel C. Shepherd (USMC)
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9:00 am
Senator Barry Goldwater, Arizona
(The Senator telephoned Mr. Stephens about two weeks ago
and asked if he might have an appointment with the President)
9:30 am
Honorable Robert F. Kennon, Governor of Louisiana
(Governor Kennon telephoned Mr. Stephens from Chicago,
March 2, stating he planned to be in Washington today,
and hoped he might have the opportunity to pay his
respects to the President)
9:45 am
(Mr. Edward F. Howrey, Virginia)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Bernard Shanley)
(This appointment was arranged through Governor Adams and
Mr. Howrey is to be appointed a Federal Trade Commissioner)
10:00 am
Honorable Edgar B. Brossard, Member, U. S. Tariff Commission
(Mr. Brossard, Republican Member of Tariff Commission,
wrote to the President January 28th, asking if he might
call and pay his respects, and also talk over with the
President some urgent matters pertaining to the U. S.
Tariff Commission, its personnel, work, etc. Governor
Adams was also present)
10:30 am
The National Security Council
The Vice President
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Honorable George M. Humphrey, The Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
Honorable Harold E. Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director, Central Intelligence
Hon. Sherman Adams, The Assistant to the President
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Hon. C. D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President
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Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, NSC
12:00
The President witnessed the swearing-in ceremonies of Honorable
Val Peterson as Federal Civil Defense Administrator in his office.
(Judge Youngdahl administered the oath) The Following were present:
Hon. John Foster Dulles
Hon. & Mrs. Val Peterson
Hon. Allen Dulles
Judge Luther Youngdahl
Hon. Arthur Flemming
Hon. C. D. Jackson
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. Charles E. Wilson
Hon. Nelson Rockefeller
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Mass.
Sen. Richard Russell, Ga.
Sen. Dwight Griswold, Nebraska
Sen. Hugh Butler, Nebr.
Cong. Roman L. Hruska, Nebraska
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Miss Lorne Kennedy
Malcolm Baldridge
Col. Barney Beers
Colonel McCrory
Lee Rankin
Colonel Hines
Ben Stickney
Miss Lorraine Davis
Col. Justice Chambers
John A. DeChant
Paul Wagner
George Richardson
Dr. Margaret J. Butcher
Lt. Gen. Henry Larson
Ralph Hammond
Fred Cretors
Col. Preston Lee
Col. E. B. Miller
Col. Stanley Edwards
Standish Hall
Gen. W. N. Robertson
Norman Volland
James McDonald
Elmer Ryan
Don Gainey
Warren Wood
John Miller, Com. of Labor,
State of Nebraska
12:30 pm
Mr. E. Lansing Ray, Publisher of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat,
St. Louis, Missouri
(Congressman Thomas B. Curtis, of Missouri, telephoned
Governor Adams February 24th, and asked if the President
would see Mr. Ray. The President on January 23rd, sent
a telegram to Mr. Ray, congratulating him on his 50 years
service with the St. Louis Globe-Democrat)
1:00 pm
The President gave a luncheon at the White House for 8. group
of Congressional Members. (Arranged by General Persons)
The following were present:
Senator Harley M. Kilgore, West Virginia
Senator Paul H. Douglas, Illinois
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, Minnesota
Senator Herbert H. Lehman, New York
Senator Earle C. Clements, Kentucky
Senator Thomas C. Hennings, Missouri
Senator Mike Mansfield, Montana
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Senator Price Daniel, Texas
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Senator Henry M. Jackson, Washington
Senator John M. Kennedy, Massachusetts
Senator Stuart Symington, Missouri
Hon. Sherman Adams
General Wilton B. Persons
2:45 pm
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
3:30 pm
General Cyro Espirto Santo Cardozo, the Minister of War of Brazil
H.E. Walther Moreira Salles, the Ambassador of Brazil
Hon. John H. Cabot, Assistant Secretary of State
(The Secretary of State's Office telephoned Mr. Stephens' Office
yesterday to ask if the President could receive General Cardozo,
while he was in Washington for a two day visit.)
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Senator Matthew M. Neely, West Virginia
Congressman Robert H. Mollohan, West Virginia
(Senator Neely requested the appointment through Mr.
Stephens and they came in to discuss the flood wall
at Wheeling, West Virginia. There is a possibility
it may be left out of the Budget, and they were
anxious to talk to the President about this.)
4:00 pm
Honorable Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Mr. Albert J. Robertson, Iowa
Mr. Ormonde A. Kieb, New Jersey
(The Postmaster General asked if he might bring these
men in to meet the President. They are to be appointed
Assistant Postmaster Generals)
6:00 pm
The Rt. Hon. Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
The Rt. Hon. Richard A. Butler, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
(The Secretary of State brought the Foreign Secretary and
Mr. Butler to the White House and they met with the
President in his study. They left the White House at
7:25 pm)
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9:00 am
Honorable Norris E. Dodd, Director General, Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (Headquarters, Rome, Italy)
(Congressman Clifford Hope, Kansas, telephoned Mr. Stephens
in February and asked if Mr. Dodd might call on the President)
9:15 am
Mr. Fred Lazarus, Jr., President, Federated Department Stores,
Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio.
(Mr. Lazarus wrote the President on February 25th, stating
he planned to be in Washington today to attend the American
Retail Federation Luncheon, and hoped that before the
Luncheon he might call on the President)
9:30 am
Jess Moss, National Commander, Jewish War Veterans of the United
States
Mr. Bernard Weitzer, National Legislative Director
(Mr. Weitzer telephoned Mr. Stephens last month and asked
if Commander Moss might pay his respects to the President)
10:00 am
(Mr. Hagerty)
10:30 am
Press Conference
11:15 am
(Honorable Robert L. Garner, Vice President, International Bank
for Reconstruction and Development) OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Garner came to the East Entrance and was escorted over
to the President's office.)
11:30 am
Lt. General Willis D. Crittenberger, formerly Senior Army
representative at UN
(General Cutler arranged this appointment)
12:15 pm
(Honorable Bernard Shanley walked over to the White House with
the President and remained for Lunch.)
12:55 pm
(The President left for the Statler Hotel, where he "dropped in"
at the luncheon of the American Retail Federation. Major
Draper and Mr. Bernard Shanley accompanied the President.
They left from behind the Executive Office)
1:00 pm
The President made a brief address before the American Retail
Federation Luncheon at the Statler Hotel.
1:10 pm
The President returned to the White House and did not come
to the Executive Office for the remainder of the day.
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8:00 am
(Hon. C. D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President)
(Hon. Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant to the President)
(OFF THE RECORD)
8:15 am
(Mr. Adrian C. Tolley) OFF THE RECORD
(To discuss the seating arrangement for the luncheon
in honor of Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden)
8:30 am
(Dr. Gabriel Hauge) OFF THE RECORD
8:45 am
Senator William F. Knowland, California
Mr. E. D. Coblendz, Publisher of the San Francisco Call-Bulletin
(Senator Knowland telephoned Mr. Stephens and asked if he
might bring Mr. Coblendz in to see the President)
9:00 am
Senator Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Senator Charles E. Potter, Michigan
Mr. Frank Lemke, Detroit, Michigan, National Chairman, National
Republican Committee of Americans of Polish Descent
Mr. Frank Padjeski, Detroit, Mich., State Chairman, National
Republican Committee of Americans of Polish Descent
Mr. Joseph Skutecki, Detroit, Mich., Chairman, American Council
of Nationality Groups; also Chairman of Polish Congress for
Michigan
(Senator Ferguson asked Mr. Stephens if he might bring the
Polish American Leaders from Michigan in to see the President.
They presented to the President an illuminated scroll signed
by the Americans of Polish descent of the State of Michigan.
The scroll expressed their appreciation of the President's
State of the Union Message, and ended with the following
paragraph, "We Americans of Polish descent of Michigan, join
you, in prayer and in your struggle against communism and
tyranny, because their destruction is the only road to world
peace under God, whose blessing upon you, Mr. President, we
humbly invoke.")
9:25 am
(Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget)
(OFF THE RECORD)
9:30 am
Honorable Rosel H. Hyde, Member, Federal Communications Commission
Honorable Sherman Adams, The Assistant to the President
(Mr. Stephens arranged the appointment at the direction
of Governor Adams)
9:35 am
(General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Chief of Staff, U. S. Air Force)
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9:45 am
(Hon. Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense) OFF THE RECORD
9:50 am
(Hon. Oveta Culp Hohby, Administrator, Federal Security Agency)
(OFF THE RECORD)
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Cabinet
Honorable Richard M. Nixon, The Vice President
Honorable Herman Phleger, Legal Adviser, Dept. of State
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Honorable George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. Douglas McKay, The Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Ezra T. Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Lloyd A. Mashburn, Under Secretary of Labor
Hon. Arthur E. Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Administrator, F. S. A.
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the UN
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Hon. Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President
Hon. Robert Cutler, Administrative Ass't. to the President
Mr. Arthur Minnich, (not at table)
General Wilton B. Persons (not at table)
(The Legal Adviser in Department of State represented
State and the Under Secretary of Labor represented
Labor)
12:00
The Rt. Hon. Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
of Great Britain
H. E. Sir Roger Makins, the British Ambassador
Hon. Winthrop W. Aldrich, the American Ambassador to Great Britain
Hon. John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
1:00 pm
The President gave a stag luncheon at the White House in honor
of the Rt. Hon. Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs of Great Britain. The following were present:
The Rt. Hon. Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, Great Britain
H.E. Sir Roger Makins, The British Ambassador
The Rt. Hon. Richard A. Butler, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Sen. Walter F. George, Georgia
Sen. Theodore Francis Green, Rhode Island
Sen. Robert A. Taft, Ohio
Sen. Alexander Wiley, Wisconsin
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Sen. Lyndon Johnson, Texas
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Cong. Sam Rayburn, Texas
Cong. James P. Richards, South Carolina
Cong. Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Cong. Robert B. Chiperfield, Illinois
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Luncheon - (Continued)
Hon. Walter Bedell Smith, Under Secretary of State
Hon. John F. Simmons, Chief, Division of Protocol
Hon. Winthrop W. Aldrich, American Ambassador to Great Britain
Hon. Randolph Burgess, Special Deputy to the Secretary of the
Treasury
Hon. Lewis Douglas, former Ambassador to Great Britain
Hon. Gabriel Hauge, Administrative Assistant to the President
(The Speaker of the House, Hon. Joseph Martin, was invited
to attend but was unable to be present)
2:35 pm
The following walked over to the Executive Offices with the
President and remained in his office for a conference:
Hon. John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Hon. George M. Humphrey, The Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Hon. Winthrop W. Aldrich, American Ambassador to Great Britain
Hon. Lewis Douglas, former Ambassador to Great Britain
Hon. Gabriel Hauge, Administrative Assistant to the President
3:15 pm
H. E. General Rafael L. Trujillo
H. E. Dr. Luis Francisco Thomen, The Ambassador of the Dominican
Republic
Hon. John F. Simmons, Chief, Division of Protocol
(The Secretary of State approved this request of General
Trujillo to see the President, and the Division of Protocol
said that while General Trujillo is not here at our invitation,
he, General Trujillo, still regards his visit to this country
as semi-official, because of his status as Ambassador at
Large, and Chief Dominican Delegate to the UN. He is also
the Foreign Minister of his country, and Commander in Chief
of the Armed Forces, and of course, a former President)
3:45 pm
Dr. Roy A. Burkhart, President and Chief Executive Officer, World
Neighbors, Inc., Columbus, Ohio
Senator John W. Bricker, Ohio
(Dr. Burkhart wrote Mr. Stephens February 16th, stating he
would like opportunity to come in and tell the President
about "World Neighbors, Inc." of which he is President -
"It is a dynamic effort to mobilize the resources, leader-
ship and financial, of people in America and link them
with people in the underdeveloped areas of the world in
a program where they can help themselves." As Senator
Bricker was interested and wished to come, General Persons
recommended this appointment be arranged.)
3:55 pm
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
(Just dropped in)
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SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1953
8:15 am
Congressman Walter H. Judd, Minnesota
(This was arranged at the urgent request of Governor Adams)
8:30 am
(Mr. William A. Heilprin, Proprietor, Franklin & Co, Opticians,
Washington, D. C.)
(Mr. James A. Carr, of the same firm) OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Heilprin wrote the President January 22nd, stating his
firm made a pair of glasses for President Lincoln, and
hoped they might make a pair for the President. They came
in to take measurements for a pair of golf glasses for the
President. They came in to see Mr. Stephens and saw the
President OFF THE RECORD)
8:45 am
(Honorable Sherman Adams)
(Honorable John Steelman)
OFF THE RECORD
9:00 am
General James A. Van Fleet
(one hour)
10:00 am
Honorable C. D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President
Mr. Elliott Newcomb, Secretary-General, the World Veterans
Federation
(Mr. Stephens arranged this at suggestion of Mr. Jackson.
Mr. Stephens handed the President confidential background
material on this appointment. Mr. Newcomb is the only
full-time paid, elected officer of this organization.
A photograph was taken)
10:15 am
Dr. Edward L. R. Elson, Pastor, National Presbyterian Church,
Washington, D. C.
(Dr. Elson telephoned Mr. Stephens and asked if he might
see the President on a number of personal matters; also
wanted to talk to the President about possibility of the
President addressing the General Assembly of the Pres-
byterian Church in May, and whether or not the Moderators
of the Church might call and extend a formal invitation
to the President to make this address.)
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The President met with the Legislative Leaders:
Honorable Richard M. Nixon, The Vice President
Sen. Robert A. Taft, Ohio
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Mass.
Sen. H. Alexander Smith, New Jersey
Hon. Joseph Martin, The Speaker
Cong. Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Cong. Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Cong. Samuel K. McConnell, Pennsylvania
Major General Wilton B. Persons
Honorable Sherman Adams
(Senator Styles Bridges was out of town and unable to
attend the meeting)
10:00 am
The Rt. Hon. Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, Great Britain
H.E. Sir Roger Makins, The British Ambassador
Hon. Walter Bedell Smith, Under Secretary of State
(The President asked that Rt. Hon. Anthony Eden come in
for a special meeting prior to his departure from Washington)
11:30 am
Hon. Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant to the President
Hon. James S. Lay, Executive Secretary, National Security Council
(They will brief the President on National Security Council
meeting, set for Wednesday)
12:15 pm
Honorable James Clement Dunn, American Ambassador to Spain
(Ambassador Dunn requested this thru Protocol, stating he
was in Washington on consultation and would like to call
on the President prior to his departure for his new post)
12:30 pm
Honorable John L. Sullivan, formerly Secretary of the Navy
(Mr. Sullivan, who is from New Hampshire, telephoned Mr.
Stephens last week and asked if he might call on the
President to pay his respects)
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Congressman James W. Trimble, Arkansas
Mr. F. A. (Pat) Teague, Berryville, Arkansas
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Honorable Sherman Adams
(Congressman Trimble brought these people in to see Governor
Adams and Governor Adams took them in to see the President)
1:00 pm
The President gave a luncheon at the White House for a group of
Congressional Members:
Congressman Noah M. Mason, Illinois
Congressman Augustine B. Kelley, Pennsylvania
Congressman William L. Dawson, Illinois
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Congressman Michael A. Feighan, Ohio
Congressman Antonio M. Fernandez, New Mexico
Congressman O. C. Fisher, Texas
Congressman John W. Byrnes, Wisconsin
Congressman Robert J. Corbett, Pennsylvania
Congressman James I. Dolliver, Iowa
Congressman John E. Fogarty, Rhode Island
Congressman John W. Heselton, Massachusetts
Congressman Henry J. Latham, New York
Congressman Gordon L. McDonough, California
Congressman Wesley A. D'Ewart, Montana
Congressman Walter Norblad, Oregon
Congressman Arthur G. Klein, New York
Congressman John J. Allen, Jr., California
Congressman John B. Bennett, Michigan
Congressman Hugh D. Scott, Jr., Pennsylvania
Congressman George D. O'Brien, Michigan
Honorable Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President
Major General Wilton B. Persons
2:30 pm
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
3:15 pm
Mr. Harold Brenton, President, American Bankers Association
Mr. Robert V. Fleming, President, Riggs National Bank, Wash., D. C.
Dr. Harold Stonier, Executive Vice President, American Bankers
Association
(The Postmaster General requested this appointment last week
through Mr. Stephens and arranged for these gentlemen to
come in to extend the invitation to the President to speak
at the Annual Convention of the American Bankers Association
to be held in September)
3:30 pm
(Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Mr. John B. Stoddart, Jr., Springfield, Illinois) OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Edward W. Scruggs, Tucson, Arizona)
(The Attorney General brought these gentlemen in to meet the
President. They are to be appointed District Attorneys)
3:45 pm
Honorable Lewis Douglas, former American Ambassador to Great Britain
(Mr. Douglas gave the President a final report on the British
talks)
5:00 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave an informal tea at the
White House for Madam Chaing Kai-shek. The following were present:
Madam Chaing Kai-shek
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Under Secretary of State, and Mrs. Smith
H.E. Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo, the Ambassador of China, and
Mrs. Koo
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8:30 am
(Mr. William A. Heilprin, Proprietor, Franklin & Co.,)
Opticians)
OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. James A. Carr, Assistant to Mr. Heilprin
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(These gentlemen brought in the President's golf glasses,
for which they measured him last week. They came in to
see Mr. Stephens and saw the President OFF THE RECORD)
9:30 am
Congressman Charles E. Bennett, Florida
(The Congressman called Mr. Stephens last week and asked
if he might see the President and discuss a defense matter
with him.)
10:00 am
Dr. Wendell Phillips, President of the American Foundation for
the Study of Man
Hon. John F. Simmons, Chief, Division of Protocol
(Lowell Thomas wired Mr. Hagerty in February, asking if
Dr. Phillips might call on the President, and stating
that Dr. Phillips had seen General Bedell Smith, who
suggested he see the President. Dr. Phillips then
telephoned Mr. Stephens, said that he had just returned
from visiting Naguib of Egypt and His Highness Sultan
Said Bin Taimur, of Muscat and Oman, and that these
rulers had given him pictures of themselves with the
request that he deliver them to the President. He also
will bring along pictures showing work being done by
his archeological expedition.)
10:30 am
The President received the six national winners of 4-H Club awards
in achievement, citizenship, and leadership.
(The Secretary of Agriculture wrote the President, asking him
to receive this group, stating purpose of the visit was to
present to the President, as President of the United States
and also as Honorary Chairman of the National Committee on
Boys and Girls Club Work, a "Report to the Nation" of 4-H
Club accomplishments in 1952. These six young people are
top representatives among the 48 States, Alaska, Hawaii and
Puerto Rico. They are in Washington as part of annual
observance of National 4-H Club Week, March 7-15.)
The following were present:
4-H Club Members & Winners
Carolyn S. Crumm, Oklahoma
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Edna Adrian Short, Georgia
William Francis Pressly, North Carolina
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William A. Davis, Jr., Georgia
Marlene C. Hutchinson, Nebraska
Thonwyn Lowry, National 4-H Fellow, Georgia
William Kimball, National 4-H Fellow, Wisconsin
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National Committee on Boys & Girls Club Work, Chicago
Mr. Thomas E. Wilson, Chairman, and Mrs. Wilson
Mr. Edward Foss Wilson, Wilson & Company, Chicago
Mr. Guy L. Noble, Director
Mr. Kenneth H. Anderson, Associate Director
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. J. Earl Coke, Assistant Secretary
Mr. C. M. Ferguson, Director of Extension Work
Mr. E. W. Aiton, Leader of 4-H Club Programs
Arthur Heiberg
Lester Schlup
Edward Hunton
Everett Bierman
Other representatives
Mr. G. A. Lineweaver, Iowa, Chairman, National 4-H Club
Subcommittee, Association of Land-Grant Colleges &
Universities
Mr. Porter Paris, Hilton Hotel Representative
11:00 am
Mr. Henry Ford II
(Mr. Jerry Lynch of Ford Motor Co., Washington, D. C.,
telephoned Mr. Stephens in February, stating that Mr.
Ford, who is grandson of Henry Ford, wished to call on
the President at a convenient time to pay his respects)
11:30 am
H.E. J. M. A. H. Luns, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the
Netherlands
H.E. Dr. J. H. van Roijen, the Ambassador of the Netherlands
Hon. Walter Bedell Smith, Under Secretary of State
(The Minister for Foreign Affairs is in this country
attending the United Nations General Assembly, and
was invited by the Secretary of State to visit Washington.
The Ambassador of the Netherlands requested the appointment
thru Protocol.)
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Senator Homer E. Capehart, Indiana
Dr. Gabriel Hauge
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(The Senator sent word to Mr. Stephens that he wanted to
see the President and discuss controls with him)
12:30 pm
Mr. Ted Eckles, of Monte Vista, Colorado, Chairman, Game and Fish
Commission, Colorado
Mr. T. L. Kimball, of Denver, Colorado
Hon. Sherman Adams
(Governor Adams arranged the appointment and took these gentle-
men in to see the President. Mr. Eckles is an old friend of
the President's, having fished with him in the past.)
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(Honorable Winthrop Aldrich, American Ambassador to Great
Britain) OFF THE RECORD
1:00 pm
The President gave a luncheon at the White House for a group
of Congressional Members: The following were present:
Congressman Thomas S. Gordon, Illinois
Congressman Chet Holifield, California
Congressman Ray J. Madden, Indiana
Congressman James H. Morrison, Louisiana
Congressman Philip J. Philbin, Massachusetts
Congressman John J. Rooney, New York
Congressman George H. Fallon, Maryland
Congressman George P. Miller, California
Congressman Thomas E. Morgan, Pennsylvania
Congressman Adam C. Powell, Jr., New York
Congressman Norris Cotton, New Hampshire
Congressman Frederic R. Coudert, Jr., New York
Congressman Paul B. Dague, Pennsylvania
Congressman Donald L. Jackson, California
Congressman Jacob K. Javits, New York
Congressman Edward T. Miller, Maryland
Congressman James T. Patterson, Connecticut
Congressman Glenn R. Davis, Wisconsin
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Congressman Ralph Harvey, Indiana
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Congressman Victor Wickersham, Oklahoma
Honorable Sherman Adams
Major General Wilton B. Persons
The President did not return to the Executive Offices.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1953
9:00 am
The President witnessed the swearing-in ceremony, in his
office, of Honorable Albert M. Cole, as Administrator of
the Housing and Home Finance Agency. The following were
present:
Honorable Albert M. Cole and Mrs. Cole
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kaul
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Corbin
Miss Annabelle Heath
Honorable Raymond Foley
Senator Frank Carlson, Kansas
Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel, Kansas
Congressman Howard S. Miller, Kansas
Congressman Erret P. Scrivner, Kansas
Congressman Myron V. George, Kansas
Congressman Edward H. Rees, Kansas
Congressman Clifford R. Hope, Kansas
Congressman Wint Smith, Kansas
Congressman Jesse P. Wolcott, Michigan
9:15 am
H.E. Dr. Yong Tae Pyun, the Foreign Minister of Korea
H.E. Dr. You Chan Yang, the Ambassador of Korea
Honorable John F. Simmons, Chief, Division of Protocol
(The Korean Ambassador requested this thru Protocol, stating
that the Foreign Minister wished to pay his respects to the
President before leaving for Korea, tomorrow morning)
9:30 am
Captain Robert G. Burke, USNR, National President of Reserve
Officers Association
Colonel Charles Boyer, Executive Secretary, Reserve Officers Asso.
(Colonel Carroll arranged this, stating Captain Burke wished
to invite the President to the Reserve Officers Association
Convention to be held in June. This organization includes
all three branches of the Service and currently claims mem-
bership of 100,000)
9:45 am
General John E. Hull, Vice Chief of Staff, U. S. Army
(General Hull was leaving on a mission to Egypt, and the
Department of State suggested that he see the President
before leaving)
Hon. Henry A. Byroade, Assistant Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs
10:30 am
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Hon. Richard M. Nixon, The Vice President
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Hon. Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
Hon. George M. Humphrey, The Secretary of the Treasury
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Hon. Harold E. Stassen, The Director for Mutual Security
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Gordon Dean, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
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General J. Lawton Collins, USA, for the Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence
Hon. Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant to the President
Hon. C. D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President
Colonel Paul T. Carroll, Military Liaison Officer
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, NSC
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, NSC
(Governor Adams did not attend the meeting)
12:15 pm
The President received the Civilian Consultants to the National
Security Council. The following were present:
Mr. Dillon Anderson, Houston, Texas
Mr. James B. Black, San Francisco, California
Mr. John Cowles, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mr. Eugene Holman, New York City
Mr. Deane W. Mallott, Ithaca, New York
Mr. David Robertson, Cleveland, Ohio
Mr. Charles A. Thomas, St. Louis, Missouri
Hon. Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant to the President
(Mr. Cutler arranged this meeting and brought the group
to the President's office.)
1:00 pm
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8:40 am (Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget)
(Honorable Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President) OFF THE RECORD
(General Wilton Persons)
9:30 am Mr. Ralph Rose, Head of the American Friends' Service Committee
(When Mr. Paul Hoffman saw the President he suggested that
the President see Mr. Rose, whose Committee is partly
financed through the Ford Foundation. The purpose of the
meeting was for Mr. Rose to get personal encouragement in
his project to end segregation in Washington, D. C. The
plan is to get businessmen, such as hotel owners and
restaurant owners, to realize that it would be to their
advantage to end segregation, etc.)
10:00 am Honorable Harry McDonald, Chairman, Reconstruction Finance Corporation
(Mr. McDonald telephoned Mr. Stephens and asked if he might
see the President)
10:15 am Congressman August H. Andresen, Minnesota
Mr. Alfred Larson, Hayfield, Minnesota
(Congressman Andresen telephoned Mr. Stephens and asked if
he might bring Mr. Larson in to pay his respects to the
President. Mr. Larson was Chairman of the Plowing Contest
held in Kasson, Minnesota, last September, and which the
President attended.)
10:45 am Mr. L. M. Pexton, Denver, Colorado
(Mr. Pexton is an old friend of the President's; he telephoned
Mr. Stephens and asked if he might pay his respects while in
the city.)
11:30 am Mr. Owen Clarke, Spokane, Washington
(Mr. Stephens arranged this appointment at suggestion of
Governor Adams; Mr. Clarke is under consideration for
appointment as Chairman of Interstate Commerce Commission)
Hon. Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President
12:00
Mr. Felix Wormser, Vice President, St. Joseph Lead Company,
New York, New York. (Personal friend of the President's)
12:30 pm The President presented the Congressional Medal of Honor to
Corporal Duane E. Dewey, United States Marine Corps Reserve.
The following were present:
Senator Homer Ferguson, Michigan
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Congressman Clare E. Hoffman, Michigan
Hon. Roger M. Kyes, Deputy Secretary of Defense
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Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Secretary of the Navy
Admiral William M. Fechteler, Chief of Naval Operations
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Lt. General G. C. Thomas, USMC (Assistant Commandant of
the Marine Corps)
Lt. Colonel F. C. La Hue, USMC (Aide to Commandant of
the Marine Corps)
Mrs. Duane E. Dewey (wife of Corporal Dewey)
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Dewey (parents)
Miss Jean Dewey (sister)
Mr. & Mrs. George Bartholomew (cousins)
Mrs. Gladys Bartholomew (aunt)
Mr. Gene Wynn (friend)
Mr. Karl Kelly (friend)
Mr. Robert Oxley (friend)
Capt. Chas. C. Matthews, USMC (former Commanding Officer)
Capt. Lawrence J. Bradley, USMC (former Executive Officer)
1:00 pm
The President gave a luncheon for a group of Congressional Members.
The following were present:
Congressman Thomas E. Martin, Iowa
Congressman Herbert C. Bonner, North Carolina
Congressman Thomas G. Abernethy, Mississippi
Congressman Brooks Hays, Arkansas
Congressman Tom Murray, Tennessee
Congressman Arthur Winstead, Mississippi
Congressman Clair Engle, California
Congressman George Andrews, Alabama
Congressman Frank L. Chelf, Kentucky
Congressman James G. Fulton, Pennsylvania
Congressman Ralph W. Gwinn, New York
Congressman Melvin Price, Illinois
Congressman Albert Rains, Alabama
Congressman J. Vaughan Gary, Virginia
Congressman Burr P. Harrison, Virginia
Congressman Carroll D. Kearns, Pennsylvania
Congressman Kenneth B. Keating, New York
Congressman Antoni Sadlak, Connecticut
Congresswoman Katherine St. George, New York
Congressman Wint Smith, Kansas
Congressman James E. Van Zandt, Pennsylvania
Congressman Donald W. Nicholson, Massachusetts
Honorable Sherman Adams
General Wilton B. Persons
2:50 pm Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Mr. Vernon Thompson, Attorney General for Wisconsin
(The Attorney General asked Mr. Stephens if he might bring
Mr. Thompson in to meet the President)
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The Rt. Hon. the Lord Ismay, Secretary General, North Atlantic
Treaty Organization
Honorable John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
(Lord Ismay came in at the request of the President. The
primary purpose of his trip to this country is to increase
interest in the United States in NATO and its program. He
will be in the United States for fifteen or twenty days
and will make speeches about objectives of NATO, etc.)
3:45 pm
Honorable Arthur S. Flemming, Acting Director, O. D. M.
Honorable Gabriel Hauge, Administrative Assistant to the President
Mr. James Brownlee, 0. D. M.
Mr. Harold S. Vance, Consultant to 0. D. M.
Mr. Charles Kendall, General Counsel, O. D. M.
(This appointment was arranged at the suggestion of Dr.
Hauge to discuss reorganization of government)
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8:20 am
(Honorable Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security)
OFF THE RECORD
8:45 am
Mr. James Kemper, Chicago, President, Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Co.
(Was former Treasurer of National Republican Committee.
Mr. Stephens arranged this at the specific request of
the Attorney General. Mr. Kemper just paid his respects.)
9:00 am
The President witnessed the swearing-in ceremony in his office
of Mrs. Katharine Howard, as Assistant Federal Civil Defense
Administrator. Mrs. Howard will be in charge of Plans and
Policy Office. The following were present:
Mr. & Mrs. Dayton Ball, Daughter and son-in-law
The Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. Weeks
Mrs. Leverett Saltonstall
Mr. & Mrs. Leverett Saltonstall, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Minot, Adm. Asst. to Senator Saltonstall
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Allen, Clerk to Senate Armed Services Com.
Mrs. Anne Wheaton, Republican National Committee
Cong. & Mrs. Richard B. Wigglesworth, Massachusetts
Cong. & Mrs. Laurence Curtis, Massachusetts
Mrs. Val Peterson
Cong. & Mrs. John W. Heselton, Massachusetts
Cong. and Mrs. Donald W. Nicholson, Massachusetts
Cong. & Mrs. Angier L. Goodwin, Massachusetts
Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers, Massachusetts
Honorable Joseph Martin, Speaker of the House
Dr. Winifred Helmes, Chairman, American Association of
University Women
Members of the White House Staff
9:30 am
Mr. H. J. Porter, Republican National Committeeman from Texas
(Mr. Porter telephoned Mr. Stephens from Houston, earlier
in the week, and asked if he might drop by and pay his
respects to the President while in Washington.)
9:45 am
Mrs. Max Freedman, Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania
Mr. & Mrs. Seymour Freedman
(Mrs. Freedman is mother of Jerome Freedman, who was the
President's personal pilot on a Mediterranean tour sometime
ago, and also claims to have taught the President to fly.
Congressman Bonim asked if Mrs. Freedman with her other son
and wife might shake hands with the President. The President
shook hands with Mrs. Freedman while going from his office
to the Cabinet meeting. No conference was involved)
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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. Douglas McKay, The Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, The Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, The Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Martin P. Durkin, The Secretary of Labor
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Administrator, Federal Security Agency
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Hon. Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President
Hon. Robert Cutler, Administrative Asst. to the President
General Wilton B. Persons
Mr. Arthur Minnich
Hon. C. D. Jackson
Hon. Ammet Hughes
(Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge was absent)
12:00
Honorable Eric Johnston, President, Motion Picture Association
of America, Inc.
(Mr. Johnston called Mr. Stephens and asked if he might see
the President to discuss Point Four Program, with special
reference to Ethiopia and Jordan. Mr. Johnston is Chairman
of the International Development Advisory Board, Point Four
Program.)
12:30 pm
Mr. Charles R. Sligh, Jr., President, National Association of
Manufacturers
(Mr. Sligh telephoned Mr. Stephens on March 5th, and asked
if he might pay his respects to the President at this time)
12:55 pm
(Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
)Honorable Leo A. Rover, Special Assistant to the Attorney General)
(The Attorney General brought Mr. Rover in to meet the President.
Mr. Rover was former U. S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
1928 to 1934, and is now under consideration for this same
appointment (U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia). Mr.
Rover is at present with the Attorney General) OFF THE RECORD
1:00 pm
The President gave a luncheon at the White House for a group of
Congressional Members. The following were present:
Congressman John Phillips, California
Congressman Charles W. Vursell, Illinois
Congressman John E. Lyle, Jr., Texas
Congressman Dwight L. Rogers, Florida
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Congressman James W. Trimble, Arkansas
Congressman Carl Albert, Oklahoma
Congressman Laurie C. Battle, Alabama
Congressman John A. Blatnik, Minnesota
Congressman Hale Boggs, Louisiana
Congressman Omar Burleson, Texas
Congressman Joseph L. Evins, Tennessee
Congressman Thor C. Tollefson, Washington
Congressman Clark W. Thompson, Texas
Congressman Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr., Texas
Congressman Gerald R. Ford, Jr., Michigan
Cong. James S. Golden, Kentucky
Congressman H. R. Gross, Iowa
Congresswoman Cecil M. Harden, Indiana
Congressman Myron V. George, Kansas
Congressman Fred E. Busbey, Illinois
Congressman John J. Dempsey, New Mexico
Congressman Frank C. Osmers, Jr., New Jersey
Honorable Sherman Adams
Major General Wilton B. Persons
8:00 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave a dinner in honor of The
Rt. Hon. The Lord and Lady Ismay. The following were present:
H.E. The Ambassador of the French Republic and Madame Bonnet
H.E. The British Ambassador and Lady Makins
The Secretary of Defense and Mrs. Wilson
Honorable and Mrs. Walter Bedell Smith
Honorable and Mrs. Douglas MacArthur, II
Honorable Robert Cutler
Dr. and Mrs. Milton Eisenhower
Mrs. John Eisenhower
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Lt. Colonel Warren P. Baker
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Lieut. William LeGrande Jacobs
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8:30 am
Honorable Sinclair Weeks, The Secretary of Commerce
8:45 am
The President's Advisory Committee on Government Organization
Honorable Nelson A. Rockefeller, Chairman
Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming
Hon. Fordyce W. Luikhart
Hon. John French
Hon. John Young
Hon. Bradley Nash
The following heads of Departments and Agencies joined this
meeting in the Cabinet Room:
8:45 am Honorable Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
9:00 am Honorable Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Honorable Yngvar Brynildssen, Acting Administrator
Small Defense Plants Administration
9:30 am Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
9:45 am Hon. Edward T. Dickinson, Vice Chairman, N. S. R. B.
10:00 am Hon. William P. Rogers, Deputy Attorney General
(Representing the Attorney General)
10:25 am
The President, accompanied by Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, left the
Executive Office for the Statler Hotel.
10:30 am
The President spoke briefly before the Members of the House of
Delegates of the American Medical Association in the Congressional
Room at the Statler Hotel.
11:55 am
Colonel Paul Carroll, Military Liaison Officer
12:00
The President left the White House for the Burning Tree Club.
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Senator Robert A. Taft, Ohio
Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Senator William F. Knowland, California
Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
The Speaker
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Honorable Sherman Adams
General Wilton B. Persons
Congressman Jesse Wolcott, Michigan
(Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Mass., was absent)
10:30 am
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
11:00 am
General Alfred M. Gruenther, Allied Chief of Staff in Europe
11:30 am
General Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant to the President
Honorable James S. Lay, Executive Secretary, National Security Council
(They briefed the President on Security Council Meeting set
1:00 pm
The President gave a luncheon in the White House for a group
I for Wednesday.)
of Congressional Members. The following were present:
Congressman Henderson Lanham, Georgia
Congressman Wingate H. Lucas, Texas
Congressman Otto E. Passman, Louisiana
Congressman W. M. Wheeler, Georgia
Congressman John Bell Williams, Mississippi
Congressman J. Frank Wilson, Texas
Congressman Robert E. Jones, Jr., Alabama
Congressman Ken Regan, Texas
Congressman Paul C. Jones, Missouri
Congressman A. S. J. Carnahan, Missouri
Congressman Clyde Doyle, California
Congressman Harold O. Lovre, South Dakota
Congressman Charles P. Nelson, Maine
Congressman Hubert B. Scudder. California
Congressman John P. Saylor, Pennsylvania
Congressman William B. Widnall, New Jersey
Congressman William H. Ayres, Ohio
Congressman John V. Beamer, Indiana
Congressman E. Y. Berry, South Dakota
Congressman Jackson E. Betts, Ohio
Congressman Charles J. Kersten, Wisconsin
Congressman Horace Seely-Brown, Jr., Connecticut
General Alfred M. Gruenther
Honorable Sherman Adams
Major General Wilton B. Persons
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Major General Pierre Louis Bodet, French Air Force, Assistant
Chief of Staff, Plans and Operations, Supreme Headquarters
Allied Powers Europe.
3:00 pm
H.E. Paul Van Zeeland, the Foreign Minister of Belgium
H.E. Baron Silvercruys, the Ambassador of Belgium
Honorable John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Honorable Livingston Merchant, Assistant Secretary of State
in charge of European Affairs
(Mr. Stephens arranged this appointment at the request of
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TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1953
9:00 am
Honorable Harold E. Stassen, Director of Mutual Security
Reverend C. Oscar Johnson, Chairman, Executive Committee,
World Baptist Alliance
(Governor Stassen telephoned Mr. Stephens to ask if he
might bring in the Reverend Johnson to meet the Presi-
dent. Johnson is going to a meeting in Europe which
will be attended by Baptists from all over the world)
9:15 am
H.E. John Joseph Hearne, the Ambassador of Ireland
(The Ambassador requested, thru Protocol, an appointment
with the President in order to make presentation of
shamrock to the President for St. Patrick's Day. In
forwarding the request of the Ambassador John Simmons
stated that similar presentations have been made in
the past, and recommended that the President receive him.)
9:30 am
Senator Karl E. Mundt, South Dakota
Senator Francis Case, Custer, South Dakota
Congressman Harold 0. Lovre, South Dakota
Congressman E. Y. Berry, South Dakota
Congressman Herbert B. Warburton, Delaware, Chairman, National
Federation of Young Republican Clubs
Mrs. Carol Arth, Vice President
Mr. Phil Saunders, State Chairman, South Dakota Young
Republicans
Mr. Duane McDowell, Administrative Assistant to Senator Mundt
(Mr. Wilkinson, photographer)
(Senator Mundt asked Mr. Stephens early in March, if this
group might call on the President in order to invite him
to attend the Young Republican National Convention in
Rapid City, South Dakota, June next. Yesterday Senator
Mundt advised that they were bringing the following gifts
to the President: A framed photograph of Mt. Rushmore,
S.D.; An enlarged, framed duplicate of South Dakota Fishing
License No. 1; Hand engrossed invitation to the President
and Mrs. Eisenhower to attend Young Republican National
Convention in June at Rapid City; Small solid gold panel
engraved invitation to the President to fish in Black
Hills of South Dakota.)
10:00 am
The President received the Members of Players, Inc., of the
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(Father Hartke, head of Speech and Drama Department, Catholic
University, wrote to Mr. Stephens, asking if this might be
arranged, as the Players are leaving for Korea on March 23rd,
to present Shakespeare's LOVE'S LABOUR LOST, for the troops.)
The following were present:
Richard Armstrong
Hugh Fitzgerald
Patricia Barnett
Edward Garzero
John Donohue
Thomas Hitchell
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Caroline Jones
Adah May Brady
Robert Kirby
Josephine Callan
Diane Mannarino
Col. Joseph F. Goetz, USAF, Chief,
Eugene Picciano
Armed Forces Professional Entertainment
Gilbert Rathbun
Branch
Henry Sutton
Rev. G. V. Hartke, O. P.
William Switkes
Joseph Lewis
Naomi Vincent
Arthur Lustberg
Terence Spencer
James Waring
10:15 am
Honorable John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Honorable Allen Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence Agency
Honorable Enmet Hughes
Honorable C. D. Jackson
(Arranged by Mr. Hughes at direction of the President)
11:15 am
Mr. William Randolph Hearst, Jr.
Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, Sr.
(Mr. Hearst asked if he might bring his mother in to just
pay her respects to the President while she is in Washington)
11:30 am
Senator John M. Butler, Maryland
Senator J. Glenn Beall, Maryland
(Senator Butler and Senator Beall asked if they might see the
President. They asked that he speak at a fund raising dinner in May
given by the Republican State Central Committee of Maryland)
12:00
The President signed the Armed Forces Day Proclamation
The following were present for this ceremony:
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
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Hon. Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force
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General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff
General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff of Army
Admiral W. M. Fechteler, Chief of Naval Operations
General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Chief of Staff of Air Force
Vice Admiral Merlin O'Neill, Commandant of Coast Guard
Rear Admiral George H. Fort, Commandant, Potomac River Naval
Command
Major General E. K. Wright, Commanding General, Military
District of Washington
Brig. Gen. Stoyte 0. Ross, Communding General, Air Force
Headquarters Command
Lt. Colonel John J. Christy, Army Liaison Officer
Captain Louis J. Kirn, Navy Liaison Officer
Colonel Charles A. Brown, Air Force Liaison Officer
Colonel Raymond F. Crist, Marine Corps Liaison Officer
Captain L. H. Morine, Coast Guard Liaison Officer
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Armed Forces Day Proclamation (Continued)
Major James G. Dunton, Chief, Special Events Branch, Depart-
ment of Defense
Andrew H. Berding, Director, Office Public Information,
Department of Defense
(The Secretary of the Army and the Commandant of the
Marine Corps were out of town)
12:15 pm
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
(This is Mr. Wilson's usual weekly appointment with the
President)
12:50 pm
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
1:00 pm
The President gave a luncheon for a group of Congressional Members.
The following were present:
Congressman Porter Hardy, Jr., Virginia
Congressman Prince H. Preston, Jr., Georgia
Congressman Abraham J. Multer, New York
Congressman Hugh J. Addonizio, New Jersey
Congressman Wayne N. Aspinall, Colorado
Congressman Cleveland M. Bailey, West Virginia
Congressman William A. Barrett, Pennsylvania
Congressman Charles E. Bennett, Florida
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Congressman Carl Elliott, Alabama
Congressman Benjamin F. James, Pennsylvania
Congressman Morgan M. Moulder, Missouri
Congressman Howard H. Baker, Tennessee
Congressman Page Belcher, Oklahoma
Congressman Frank T. Bow, Ohio
Congressman Charles B. Brownson, Indiana
Congressman Hamer H. Budge, Idaho
Congressman Alvin R. Bush, Pennsylvania
Congresswoman Marguerite Stitt Church, Illinois
Congressman Shepard J. Crumpacker, Jr., Indiana
Congressman Thomas D. Curtis, Missouri
Congressman James P. S. Devereux, Maryland
Honorable Sherman Adams
Major General Wilton B. Persons
2:30 pm
Honorable Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant to the President
3:45 pm
(Honorable Thomas E. Stephens)
(Honorable James Rowley)
OFF THE RECORD
(Major William G. Draper)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1953
8:30 am Mr. Robert P. Burroughs, 1015 Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire
8:45 am Senator Irving M. Ives, New York
Judge Juvenal Marchisio
Mr. Joseph Jordan
Mr. Ross DiLorenzo
(Senator Ives telephoned Mr. Stephens on March 6th, and asked
if he might bring in this group of Italian Americans to talk
to the President about the Italian Elections and Italian
Immigration Quotas.)
9:15 am Senator John W. Bricker, Ohio
(This was arranged by General Persons)
9:45 am Reverend Dr. Charles W. Lowry, Rector, All Saints Episcopal Church,
Chevy Chase, Md., and Chairman, Three Hours Observance of Good
Friday
Father Joseph E. Gedra, Church of the Immaculate Conception, Wash.,
D.C., and Executive Secretary, Three Hours Observance of Good
Friday
(Dr. Lowry wrote the President in February, asking if he and
Father Gedra might call on the President, to help in drawing
attention to this informal voluntary Association, Three Hours
Observance of Good Friday, whose purpose is to secure coopera-
tion of Government and Business in making it possible for as
many as desire to do so to attend Church Services from noon
to three P.M. on Good Friday. Dr. Lowry added that this
Association is one example of cooperation on highest plane
between Catholics and Protestants.)
10:00 am H.E. Dr. Manuel Tello, the Ambassador of Mexico
Hon. John F. Simmons, Chief, Division of Protocol, State Department
(The Ambassador was newly appointed and presented his
credentials.)
10:15 am The Reverend P. B. Clayton, Vicar of All Hallows Church, London,
England, and Founder of the John Winant Volunteers
Mr. Boulton Smith, Washington, D. C.
Hon. John F. Simmons, Chief, Division of Protocol, State Dec. tment
(Dr. Leslie Glenn, Rector of St. John's Church, Wash., D. C.,
wrote the President March 9th, stating Rev. P. B. (Tubby)
Clayton would be in town at this time, and as was friend of
the President's, hoped he might have opportunity to call on
him. The President was Honorary Chairman of Sponsoring Com.
of the John Winant Volunteers when a General. They are a
group of college students who go to London each year to per-
form social work.)
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The National Security Council
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. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Hon. Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant to the President
Hon. C. D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President
Colonel Paul T. Carroll, Military Liaison Officer
Honorable James S. Lay, Jr., Exec. Secy., NSC
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, NSC
12:30 pm
(The President accompanied by Secretary Weeks departed from the
White House for the Mayflower Hotel)
12:40 pm
The President spoke briefly to the Members of the Business
Advisory Council of the Department of Commerce, at their
Luncheon in the Ball Room of the Mayflower Hotel.
1:15 pm
The President gave a luncheon at the White House for a group of
Congressional Members. The following were present:
Congressman Watkins M. Abbitt, Virginia
Congressman Isidore Dollinger, New York
Congressman James B. Frazier, Jr., Tennessee
Congressman Wayne L. Hays, Ohio
Congressman A. S. Herlong, Jr., Florida
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Congressman Eugene J. McCarthy, Minnesota
Congressman Harold A. Patten, Arizona
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Congressman Carl D. Perkins, Kentucky
Congressman Harley O. Staggers, West Virginia
Congressman Tom Steed, Oklahoma
Congressman Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., New York
Congressman Edward J. Robeson, Jr., Virginia
Congressman William H. Harrison, Wyoming
Congressman John Lesinski, Jr., Michigan
Congressman William E. McVey, Illinois
Congressman Walter H. Mumma, Pennsylvania
Congressman Harold C. Ostertag, New York
Congressman Winston L. Prouty, Vermont
Congressman John J. Riley, South Carolina
Congreseman Karl C. King, Pennsylvania
Congressman Paul F. Schenck, Ohio
Congressman Robert D. Harrison, Nebraska
Honorable Sherman Adams
Major General Wilton B. Persons
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(Honorable Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President)
(Mr. John Doerfer, Madison, Wisconsin)
OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Doerfer is being considered for appointment to the
Federal Communications Commission)
3:45 pm
Mr. Allan S. Kline, President, American Farm Bureau
(Mr. Kline telephoned Mr. Stephens, March 5th, and asked if
he might call on the President and discuss foreign aspect
of present farm situation. Mr. Stephens cleared this with
the Secretary of Agriculture.)
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8:30 am
Mr. Preston Hotchkis, of Los Angeles, California
(President, Founders Insurance Company. This appointment
was postponed from yesterday and Mr. Hotchkis discussed
the problems of small businessmen in the West)
9:00 am
Honorable William Paley, Chairman of the Board, Columbia
Broadcasting System
(Mr. Paley telephoned Mr. Stephens from New York City,
March 16th, and asked if he might call on the President
while in the city today.)
9:30 am
Senator Frank Carlson, Kansas
Congressman Clifford R. Hope, Kansas
(Senator Carlson telephoned Mr. Stephens March 11th, and
asked if he and Congressman Hope might see the President
to discuss soil conservation and flood control.)
10:00 am
(Mr. Hagerty)
10:30 am
Press Conference
11:30 am
Mrs. Oswald B. Lord, New York City, Representative of the United
States on the Human Rights Commission of the Economic and
Social Council of the United Nations
Honorable Herman Phleger, Legal Adviser, Department of State
(Mr. Stephens arranged this at the request of Secretary Dulles)
12:00
Lord James Milner
H.E. Sir Roger Makins, The British Ambassador
(Mr. Bradshaw Mintener, a friend of the President's, wrote
Mr. Stephens, March 11th, stating that Lord Milner had
expressed a wish to pay his respects to the President
while in Washington. Mr. Stephens cleared this with the
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12:15 pm
Honorable Harold S. Vance, Office of Defense Mobilization
12:30 pm
Honorable Francis White, American Ambassador-designate to Mexico
(Ambassador White is newly appointed, and asked to pay his
respects to the President before departing for his post)
12:35 pm
General Lucius D. Clay, Chairman of the Board, Continental Can Co.
1:00 pm
The President gave a luncheon in the White House for a group of
Congressional Members. The following were present:
Congressman Walt Horan, Washington
Congressman James C. Davis, Georgia
Congressman R. Walter Riehlman, New York
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Congressman Edward A. Garmatz, Maryland
Congressman F. Ertel Carlyle, North Carolina
Congressman James J. Delaney, New York
Congressman William T. Granahan, Pennsylvania
Congressman William J. Green, Jr., Pennsylvania
Congressman Charles R. Howell, New Jersey
Congressman Peter F. Mack, Jr., Illinois
Congressman Peter W. Rodino, Jr., New Jersey
Congressman Roy W. Wier, Minnesota
Congressman Sidney R. Yates, Illinois
Congresswoman Edna F. Kelly, New York
Congressman E. Ross Adair, Indiana
Congressman William G. Bray, Indiana
Congressman Sidney A. Fine, New York
Congressman Patrick J. Hillings, California
Congressman John Jarman, Oklahoma
Congressman George Meader, Michigan
Hon. Joseph R. Farrington, Hawaii
Hon. E. L. Bartlett, Alaska
Hon. A. Fernos-Isern, Puerto Rico
Hon. Sherman Adams
Major General Wilton B. Persons
2:45 pm
The President witnessed the swearing-in ceremony in his office
of Honorable Arthur F. Burns, to be a Member of the Council
of Economic Advisors. The following guests were present:
Mrs. Arthur F. Burns
David Burns
Joseph Burns
Mrs. Celia Wagner
Mr. & Mrs. William Rubin
Mrs. Pearl Schwartz
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Mr. Stephen Benedict
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Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Senator Guy Cordon, Oregon
Mr. John F. Raper, Jr., Sheridan, Wyoming
Mr. Lloyd H. Burke, 3001 Millsbrae, Oakland, California
(Came in to see the President to discuss Tidelands)
4:10 pm
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FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1953
8:00 am
The Consultants to the National Security Council had breakfast
with the President at the White House.
Honorable Robert Cutler, Adm. Ass't. to the President
Mr. Dillon Anderson, Houston, Texas
Mr. James B. Black, San Francisco, California
Mr. John Cowles, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mr. Eugene Holman, New York, New York
Mr. Deane W. Mallott, Ithaca, New York
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Mr. Charles A. Thomas, St. Louis, Missouri
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Congressman L. Mendel Rivers, South Carolina
Major General Wilton B. Persons
(Congressman Rivers asked General Persons to arrange a ten
or fifteen minute appointment with the President for him
to discuss the political situation in South Carolina)
9:45 am
Honorable Milton Rue, Bismarck, North Dakota
Republican National Committeeman and State Senator
Mr. George Longmire, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Republican State Chairman
Honorable J. B. Bridston, Grand Forks, State Senator
(Senator Milton Young asked Mr. Stephens to arrange for
this group to come by today and pay their respects to
the President)
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, Jr., The Attorney General
Hon. Arthur E. Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, The Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, The Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Martin P. Durkin, The Secretary of Labor
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Administrator, Federal Security Agency
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the United Nations
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Hon. Sherman Adams, The Assistant to the President
Hon. Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant to the President
General Wilton B. Persons, Special Assistant to the President
Hon. C. D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President
Hon. Emmet Hughes, Administrative Assistant to the President
Mr. Arthur Minnich, Special Assistant
(The Interior Department was not represented as both the
Secretary and the Under Secretary were out of town)
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Dr. Ernst Reuter, The Mayor of Berlin, Germany
Hon. H. Freeman Matthews, Deputy Under Secretary of State
Dr. Heinz L. Krekeler, Charge d'Affaires, Diplomatic Mission of
the Federal Republic of Germany
Mr. Leo M. Cherne, International Rescue Committee, Inc.
(This appointment was arranged at the request of the Secre-
tary of State. Mayor Reuter's visit to this country is
sponsored by the International Rescue Committee, headed
by Reinhold Niebuhr, Leo Cherne, Henry Canby, General
Spaatz, Telford Taylor, Admiral Zacharias, and others who
are endeavoring to be of assistance in connection with the
Berlin refugee problem.)
12:40 pm
Honorable Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the United Nations
1:00 pm
The President gave a stag luncheon at the White House for the
Members of the Special Committee to the Secretary of Defense,
on Organization. The following were present:
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
Hon. Roger M. Kyes, Deputy Secretary of Defense
General of the Army, Omar N. Bradley
Dr. Vannevar Bush
Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming
Hon. Robert A. Lovett
Hon. Nelson A. Rockefeller
Hon. David Sarnoff
Hon. Sherman Adams
2:45 pm
Honorable Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
3:00 pm
General Cristobel Juzman Cardenas, Military Attache, Maxican
Embassy
(General Cardenas requested this appointment thru Protocol.
He knows the President, having acted as his Aide when the
President visited Mexico. Moreover, General Cardenas is
bringing a letter to the President from the President of
Mexico.)
3:30 pm
Congresswoman Frances P. Bolton, Ohio
(Mrs. Bolton telephoned Mr. Stephens and asked if she might
see the President as soon as convenient, to discuss woman-
power and the Information Service.)
3:45 pm
(Honorable Arthur S. Flemming, Administrator, Economic Stabilisa-
tion Agency)
OFF THE RECORD
4:30 pm
(Dr. Milton Eisenhower) OFF THE RECORD
5:30 pm
AT THE WHITE HOUSE - (Dr. Stanley High, Writer from Noroton, Conn.)
(Dr. High met the President in his study at the White House)
OFF THE RECORD
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SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1953
8:00 am
(Hon. C. D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President)
OFF THE RECORD
8:30 am
The President received the Secretary of Commerce and Members
of his Staff. This appointment was arranged at the request
of Secretary Weeks and the following were present:
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, The Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Walter Williams, Under Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Robert B. Murray, Jr., Under Secretary of Commerce
for Transportation
Hon. Samuel W. Anderson, Assistant Secretary for International
Affairs
Hon. Craig R. Sheaffer, Assistant Secretary for Domestic Affairs
Hon. Stephen F. Dunn, General Counsel
Hon. Robert C. Watson, Commissioner of Patents
Hon. Fred Lee, Administrator, Civil Aeronautics Administration
Hon. Robert W. Burgess, Director, Bureau of the Census
Hon. L. S. Rothschild, Chairman, Advisory Board, Inland
Water-ways Corporation
Hon. F. V. DuPont, Commissioner, Bureau of Public Roads
Admiral R. F. A. Studds, Director, Coast & Geodetic Survey
Hon. F. W. Reichelderfer, Chief of the Weather Bureau
Mr. James C. Worthy, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Mr. Charles F. Honeywell, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Mr. Stanley M. Rumbough, Jr., Special Assistant to the Secretary
Mr. B. Allen Rowland, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Mr. William S. Kilborne, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Hon. Raymond B. Kirsner, Deputy Under Secretary for Transportation
Mr. Albert Leman, Director, Office of Public Information
Mr. Harold B. Corwin, Deputy General Counsel
Mr. Grant F. Olson, Special Assistant to the Assistant
Secretary for Domestic Affairs
8:45 am
Honorable Frank E. Midkiff, High Commissioner of the Trust
Territory of the Pacific Islands
(Mr. Midkiff asked through the Secretary of the Interior if
he might pay his respects to the President before leaving
for his new post, March 23rd)
9:00 am
Mr. William Sherwood, Research Institute of America, Inc., and
Chairman of Bible Committee, St. John's Lodge #1, A.Y.M., N.Y.C.
Mr. Edward C. R. Bailey, Master, St. John's Lodge
Mr. A. William Beecher
Mr. William E. Clark
Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Grant
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Mr. W. Homer Frank
Mr. Werner Hartmann and Mrs. Hartmann
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Mrs. William Sherwood
Mr. & Mrs. Lewis R. Peet
(This Committee presented to the President a personal size
replica of the George Washington Inaugural Bible, on which
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Bible Presentation Ceremony (Continued)
(the President took his oath of office January 20th.
They also asked the President to autograph a duplicate
of the Bible replica, for deposit in the archives of
the St. John's Lodge.)
9:45 am
The President departed from the White House for the Burning
Tree Golf Club.
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Bible Presentation Ceremony (Continued)
(the President took his oath of office January 20th.
They also asked the President to autograph a duplicate
of the Bible replica, for deposit in the archives of
the St. John's Lodge.)
9:45 am
The President departed from the White House for the Burning
Tree Golf Club.
5:00 pm
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower received the Belgium
Ambassador, H.E. Baron Silvercruys, Mrs. Brian McMahon
and Mrs. Georgette Pisart.)
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SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 1953
10:00 am
(Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State)
(Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
OFF THE RECORD
11:00 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower attended the 11:00 am Services
at the National Presbyterian Church, Washington, D. C.
1:45 pm
(Mr. William Robinson)
(Hon. Paul Hoffman)
OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Robinson was a house guest and the President invited
Mr. Hoffman to come over and have lunch with them)
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MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1953
8:10 am
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General) OFF THE RECORD
8:30 am
The President met with the Legislative Leaders:
Hon. Richard M. Nixon, The Vice President
Senator Robert A. Taft, Ohio
Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Senator William F. Knowland, California
Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusett
Senator Guy Cordon, Oregon
Senator Hugh Butler, Nebraska
Senator Homer E. Capehart, Indiana
Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Honorable Joseph Martin, The Speaker
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Congressman Jesse P. Wolcott, Michigan
Congressman Chauncey W. Reed, Illinois
Congressman Louis E. Graham, Pennsylvania
Honorable Arthur Flemming, Administrator, Economic Stabilization
Agency
Honorable Philip Young
General Wilton B. Persons, Special Assistant to the President
Honorable Sherman Adams, The Assistant to the President
11:00 am
H.R.H. Prince Faisal, of Saudi Arabia
H.E. Sheikh asad Al-Faqih, the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia
Sheikh Ibrahim Suleiman, Principal Assistant to the Prince, also
member of UN Delegation
Sheikh Ali Ali Reza, Interpreter; Also Member UN Delegation
Hon. John F. Simmons, Chief, Division of Protocol
(Prince Faisal requested this appointment thru Protocol,
stating he wished to present to the President a gift from
his father, IBn Saud, King of Saudi Arabia. Prince Faisal
is the second son and is also Foreign Minister.)
11:15 am
Dr. Philip Young was sworn in as Chairman of the Civil Service
Commission. Dr. Young automatically became Chairman of the
Commission as soon as he was sworn in as the President had
already signed designation naming him Chairman. The follow-
ing witnessed the ceremony in the President's office:
Mrs. Philip Young (wife)
Misses Faith and Shirley Young (daughters)
Dr. & Mrs. Roy D. Adams
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Mrs. Frances Jenks
Mrs. E. N. Case
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Mr. & Mrs. Edmund du Pont
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Honorable Philip Young (Continued)
Senator Frank Carlson, Kansas
Congressman Edward H. Rees, Kansas
Mr. Richard Young
Miss Gertrude Chandler
Mr. & Mrs. William B. Griffin
Mrs. T. D. Carr
Mr. John W. Hanes
Mr. & Mrs. William B. Willard
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon P. Williams
Honorable Sherman Adams
Honorable Bernard Shanley
General Wilton B. Persons
11:30 am
Honorable Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant to the President
Honorable James S. Lay, Executive Secretary, National Security Council
(Usual Monday briefing of the President for NSC Meeting on
Wednesday)
12:15 pm
Mr. Louis Lipsky, Chairman, American Zionist Council
Mrs. Samuel Halprin, Vice Chairman
Rabbi Irving Miller, President, Zionist Organization of America
Rabbi James G. Heller, President, Labor Zionist Organization of
America
Rabbi Mordechai Kirshblum, President, Mizrachi Organization of
America
Mr. I. L. Kenen, Washington Representative, American Zionist Council
Rabbi Jerome Unger, Executive Director, American Zionist Council
(Mr. Kenen wrote to Mr. Stephens on March 5th, stating that
as there have been wide spread reports that the Administration
contemplates new policy in Middle East affecting relations
between U. S. and Israel, they felt it would be salutary step
to have frank exchange of views between the President and
officially constituted Zionist leadership of the United States)
12:45 pm
Honorable Rudolf E. Schoenfeld, American Ambassador to Guatemala
(Ambassador Schoenfeld asked for this thru Protocol, stating
he was in Washington on consultation and would like to call
on the President before returning to his post)
1:00 pm
The President gave a Luncheon at the White House for a group of
Congressional Members. The following were present:
Congressman Robert L. F. Sikes, Florida
Congressman Olin E. Teague, Texas
Congressman Charles B. Deane, North Carolina
Congressman Richard W. Hoffman, Illinois
Congressman Edgar A. Jonas, Illinois
Congressman George M. Rhodes, Pennsylvania
Congressman Pat Sutton, Tennessee
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Congressman Clement J. Zablocki, Wisconsin
Congressman E. L. Forrester, Georgia
Congressman Allan Oakley Hunter, California
Congressman John C. Kluczynski, Illinois
Congressman William C. Lantaff, Florida
Congressman Thaddeus M. Machrowicz, Michigan
Congressman William E. Miller, New York
Congressman Kenneth A. Roberts, Alabama
Congressman Walter Rogers, Texas
Congressman John C. Watts, Kentucky
Congresswoman Elizabeth Kee, West Virginia
Congresswoman Vera Buchanan, Pennsylvania
Congressman Clifford G. McIntire, Maine
Congressman Joseph L. Carrigg, Pennsylvania
Congressman Leo W. O'Brien, New York
Honorable Sherman Adams
Major General Wilton B. Persons
3:00 pm
General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Chief of Staff, U. S. Air Force
(General Bradley asked Mr. Stephens to arrange this appoint-
ment when he was in last week.)
3:30 pm
Madame Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Representative of India to the United
Nations
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
3:45 pm
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
7:00 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave a small informal dinner
for General and Mrs. James A. Van Fleet.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1953
8:00 am
The following had breakfast with the President at the White
House:
Honorable John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Honorable George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
9:00 am
Mr. Frank White, President, National Broadcasting Company
(Mr. White asked for this thru Mr. Hagerty, stating he
would be in city at this time attending the Advertising
Council Meeting, and would like to drop by and present
to the President a film of the Inauguration, and also
the microphones the President used during the campaign.)
9:15 am
The President received the Members of the United States National
Commission for UNESCO:
Walter H. C. Laves, Chicago, Illinois, Chairman
Homer S. Brown, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Luther Evans, Sayersville, Texas
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Rt. Rev. Monsignor Hochwalt, Washington, D. C.
Max McCullough, Dallas, Texas
Stanley H. Ruttenberg, Washington, D. C.
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Mrs. Raymond F. Sayre, Ackworth, Iowa
Elvin C. Stakman, St. Paul, Minnesota
Senator Charles W. Tobey, New Hampshire -- Was Congressional
Adviser to U.S. Delegation at 7th General Conference of
UNESCO in Paris last fall
(State Department recommended that the President say a
few non-committal words of greeting; that he is extremely
interested, intends to study it and will be grateful to
receive any assistance they might give him in this study, etc.)
9:55 am
(The President left the Executive Office for the Old State Depart-
ment Building)
10:00 am
The President opened The Advertising Council's White House Con-
ference, in the Treaty Room of the Old State Department Building.
11:00 am
Honorable Christian M. Ravndal, American Minister to Hungary
(Mr. Ravndal is in this country for consultation, and asked,
thru Protocol, to call on the President before returning to
his Post at Budapest.)
11:15 am
H.E. Ras H. S. Imru, Ambassador of Ethiopia
Hon. Raymond D. Muir, Assistant Chief, Division of Protocol
Mr. Addimau Tesenma, First Secretary, Embassy of Ethiopia
(John Simmons advised Mr. Stephens that the Ambassador will
shortly relinquish his duties and return to Ethiopia, and
has expressed a desire to pay a courtesy call on the Presi-
dent prior to his departure.)
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Congressman Emanuel Celler, New York
(The Congressman telephoned Mr. Stephens March 17th, to
say that as ranking Minority Member of the House Judiciary
Committee, he would like very much to see the President
on the subject of Immigration.)
12:00
Mr. and Mrs. Reno Odlin, of Tacoma, Washington
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gonyea, of Tacoma, Washington
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Inglis, of Tacoma, Washington
(These are friends of Mr. Edgar Eisenhower. Mrs. Eisenhower
joined the President in his Office to receive this group)
12:15 pm
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron W. Berg, of New York
(Mrs. Eisenhower joined the President in his Office for this
appointment)
12:25 pm
Honorable Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Mr. Walter M. Ringer, Evaluation Team Leader for Denmark
(Mr. Ringer presented to the President a small porcelain
elephant given him for the President by the Prince Axel
of Denmark. The President, Lord Montgomery and Winston
Churchill are the only ones, besides Danes, ever given
the Order of the Elephant, and the small procelain ele-
phant is the symbol. Mr. Ringer also had a letter from
Prince Axel to the President which he presented)
12:30 pm
The President received the Members of the Mutual Security
Evaluation Teams. (This group saw the President February 9th
before they went abroad. They reported briefly on their
trip and were photographed with the President) The follow-
ing were present:
Honorable Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Mr. Clarence Francis, Chairman of the Board, General Foods Corp.
Task Force Coordinator
Mr. Edwin T. Gibson, Associate Executive Director, American
Assembly, Columbia University - Asst. to Coordinator
Mr. F. Aley Allan, S. R. E., Paris France - Asst. to Coordinator
TEAM LEADERS
Denmark
France
Mr. Walter Marden Ringer
Mr. Joseph Peter Spang, Jr.
Chairman of Board & Director
President, The Gillette Company
Foley Manufacturing Company
Formosa
Germany
Mr. Harry Amos Bullis
Mr. Reuben Buck Robertson, Jr.
Chairman of the Board
President
General Mills, Inc.
Champion Paper & Fibre Company
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MSP Evaluation Teams (Continued)
TEAM LEADERS
Greece
Philippines
Mr. Thomas A. Morgan
Mr. F. N. Belgrano, Jr.
217 E. 62nd Street
President
New York, New York
First National Bank of Portland, Oregon
Holland & Belgium
Turkey
Mr. Paul Boole McKee
Mr. John William Scott, Jr.
President
Comptroller
Pacific Power & Light Co.
Corn Products Refining Company
Portland 4, Oregon
New York 4, New York
Indo-China
United Kingdom
Mr. Brayton Wilbur
Mr. Henning W. Prentis, Jr.
President
Chairman of the Board
Wilbur Ellis Company
Armstrong Cork Company
San Francisco, California
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Italy
Mr. Frederick C. Crawford
President, Thompson Products, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
TEAM MEMBERS
Denmark
Mr. Paul E. Miller
Mr. Newton Franklin Korhumel
Director, Agricultural
President, Korhumel Steel & Aluminum Co.
Extension Service
Evanston, Illinois
University of Minnesota
Mr. Henry Bradford Arthur
Economist, Swift & Company
Formosa
Mr. Norwood Francis Allman
Mr. Clinton Morrison
Senior Partner, Allman, Kops
Vice President, Manager & Director
& Lee, American Law Firm
The Holding Company
of Shanghai, China; N.Y.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mr. Raymond Tyson Moyer
Maj. Gen. William Arthur Worton USMC (Ret.)
Deputy Dir, Div. of Overseas
c/o Jonathan Club
Activities
Los Angeles, California
The Ford Foundation
Pasadena, California
Mr. John A. Capece, Secretary
Mutual Security Agency
Washington, D. C.
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MSP Evaluation Teams (Continued)
France
Mr. Orson Adams, Jr.
Mr. Norbert A. Bogdan
Vice President
Director of Finance
First National Bank of
Ford International
Boston, Mass.
New York, New York
Mr. Robert March Gaylord
Mr. Malcolm Chilson Stewart
President
General Counsel
Ingorsoll Milling Machine Co.
The Gillette Company
Rockford, Illinois
Boston, Massachusetts
Germany
Mr. Matthew L. Devine
Mr. Bruce D. Henderson
c/o Cresap, McCormick & Paget
Gen. Mgr., Purchases & Traffic
Chicago, Illinois
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
Mr. Jefferson Ward Keener
Mr. Charles Emerson Marshall
Vice President
Vice President
B. F. Goodrich Company
Texas Industries, Inc.
Mr. Walter W. Tangeman
Executive Vice President
Cincinnati Milling Machine Company
Greece
Mr. Reginald E. Gillmor
Mr. James C. Olson
2801 Quebec St., N. W.
Partner
Washington 8, D. C.
Booz, Allen and Hamilton
New York, New York
Mr. James L. Palmer
President, Marshall Field &Co.
Dr. R. L. Sexton
Chicago, Illinois
Medical Bldg, Wash., D. C.
Holland & Belgium
Mr. Hubert J. Soher
Mr. Russell L. Wardburgh
General Partner
Vice President
Hubert J. Soher - Econ. Con.
Guaranty Trust Company
San Francisco, Calif.
New York, New York
Italy
Mr. Ernest Carhartt Brelsford
Mr. Carter Coslet Kissell
Assistant Treasurer
Jones, Day, Cockley & Reavis
Thompson Products, Inc.
Cleveland 14, Ohio
Cleveland 17, Ohio
Colonel Whitmell T. Rison
Mr. Lawrence E. J. Jamison
2826 South Buchanan St.
Financial Vice President
Arlington, Virginia
Remington Rand, Inc.
Stamford, Connecticut
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Consultant - Governor Stassen
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Philippines
Mr. Stephen F. Chadwick
Mr. William Howarth Dennick
Attorney
Consultant
656 Central Building
McKinsey & Company
Seattle, Washington
San Francisco, California
Mr. David L. Grove
Mr. Richard Walberg
Bank of America, N.T.&S.A.
General Partner
300 Montgomery Street
Swinerton & Walberg Company
San Francisco 20, Calif.
San Francisco, Calif.
Turkey
Mr. Robert Blattner
Corn Products Refining Company
New York, New York
United Kingdom
Mr. Arthur B. Foye
Mr. James H. McGraw, Jr.
Haskins and Sells
79 East 79th Street
New York, New York
New York, New York
Mr. Hans A. Widenmann
Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades & Co.
New York, New York
1:00 pm
The President gave a luncheon for a group of Congressional Members
in the White House. The following were present:
Congressman Mendel Rivers, South Carolina
Congressman Harold C. Hagen, Minnesota
Congressman T. Millet Hand, New Jersey
Congressman Thurmond Chatham, North Carolina
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Congressman Edwin E. Willis, Louisiana
Congressman William H. Bates, Massachusetts
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Congressman Woodrow W. Jones, North Carolina
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Congressman James G. Donovan, New York
Congressman W. J. Bryan Dorn, South Carolina
Congressman Albert P. Morano, Connecticut
Congressman Edmund P. Radwan, New York
Congressman Byron G. Rogers, Colorado
Congressman Timothy P. Sheehan, Illinois
Congressman Alfred D. Sieminski, New Jersey
Congressman Frank E. Smith, Mississippi
Congressman William L. Springer, Illinois
Congressman William K. Van Pelt, Wisconsin
Congressman William R. Williams, New York
Congressman Samuel W. Yorty, California
Congressman Frank Ikward, Texas
Congressman Martin Dies, Texas
Congressman Barratt O'Hara, Illinois
Honorable Sherman Adams
Major General Wilton B. Persons
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Vegetable Growers Association of America
(This appointment was arranged at the request of Senator
Taft who stated that today was the last day they would
be in the City.) The following officials of the Association
were present:
Mr. E. Lee Towson, Jr., Bridgeton, N.J., President,
Vegetable Growers Asso. of America
Mr. Walter Pretzer, Cleveland, Ohio, Past President
Mr. James Swan, Delavan, Wisconsin, First Vice President
Mr. Keith Owen, Terre Haute, Ind., Vice President
Mr. Walter Sass, Chicago, Illinois, Director
Mr. Paul Petran, Albertlee, Minn., Vice President
Mr. Paul Dickman, Ruskin, Fla., Vice President
Dr. Frank App, Bridgeton, New Jersey, Regional Leader
Mr. John Trask, Beaufort, S. C., Regional President
Mr. Austin Enson, Harlinten, Texas, President, Texas
Vegetable Growers Assn.
Mr. Orville Thorensen, Swea, Iowa, President, Iowa
Vegetable Growers Assn.
Mr. Milton Mueller, Chesterfield, Mo., President,
Missouri Vegetable Growers Assn.
Mr. Lee Rand, Wilson, Conn., Director, Vegetable Growers
Assn. of America
Mr. Max Chambers, Preston, Md., Assistant to the President
Mr. Richard Sams, Clarkston, Ga., past President, Vegetable
Growers Assn. of America
Mr. John C. Davis, Department of Agriculture
3:15 pm
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
(This is the usual Tuesday appointment of the Secretary
of Defense)
4:00 pm
(Honorable James Rowley, Secret Service)
(Honorable Thomas E. Stephens)
(Commander Edward L. Beach)
OFF THE RECORD
(Major William G. Draper)
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1953
8:00 am
The President gave a breakfast at the White House for a group
of all Republican, freshmen Congressmen. The following were
present:
Congressman Alvin M. Bentley, Michigan
Congressman Elford A. Cederberg, Michigan
Congressman Sam Coon, Oregon
Congressman Steven B. Derounian, New York
Congressman Charles S. Gubser, California
Congressman Edgar W. Hiestand, California
Congressman Jeffrey P. Hillelson, Missouri
Congressman Joseph F. Holt, California
Congressman Craig Hosmer, California
Congressman Victor A. Knox, Michigan
Congressman Otto Krueger, North Dakota
Congressman Melvin R. Laird, Wisconsin
Congressman William S. Mailliard, California
Congressman D. Bailey Merrill, Indiana
Congressman Charles G. Oakman, Michigan
Congressman Thomas M. Pelly, Washington
Congressman John J. Rhodes, Arizona
Congressman Douglas R. Stringfellow, Utah
Congressman James B. Utt, California
Congressman Jack Westland, Washington
Congressman Robert C. Wilson, California
Congressman Clifton Young, Nevada
Congressman J. Arthur Younger, California
Honorable Sherman Adams
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Marshall E. Miller, National Commander, AMVETS
Rufus H. Wilson, National Service Director
Alvin M. Keller, National Program Director
David F. Schlothauer, National Executive Director
(They asked for this conference to discuss with the President
the current problems of the veterans field, and in order to
make known to the President their views relative to these matters)
10:00 am
The 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. George Humphrey, The Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Harold Stassen, The Director for Mutual Security
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Gen. Omar N. Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hon. Frank G. Wismer, Acting Director of Central Intelligence
Hon. Robert Cutler, Admin. Ass't. to the President
Hon. C. D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President
Colonel Paul T. Carroll, Military Liaison Officer
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, NSC
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, NSC
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11:25 am
(Mr. & Mrs. William Groat) OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. & Mrs. Groat are friends of Mr. Stephens' from New York)
12:45 pm
Mr. Robert McLean, President, the Associated Press
(Mr. McLean wishes to talk to the President about the
possibility of his speaking at the lunchecn of the
members of the Associated Press (radio and newspapers)
Monday, April 20th, the Waldorf, New York)
1:00 pm (LUNCH)
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OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Spencer is being considered for appointment as D. C.
Commissioner)
6:30 pm
The President departed from the White House for the Georgetown
Home of Senator and Mrs. Robert A. Taft. He "dropped" in on
a reception in honor of Mrs. Eisenhower. The President remained
for approximately an hour and then accompanied Mrs. Eisenhower
back to the White House.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1953
8:00 am
The President gave a breakfast in the White House for a group of
Congressional Members. The following are all Republican, freshmen
Congressmen:
Congressman Frank J. Becker, New York
Congressman Oliver P. Bolton, Ohio
Congressman Edward J. Bonin, Pennsylvania
Congressman Albert H. Bosch, New York
Congressman Joel T. Broyhill, Virginia
Congressman Albert W. Cretella, Connecticut
Congressman Laurence Curtis, Massachusetts
Congressman Francis E. Dorn, New York
Congressman Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr., New Jersey
Congressman DeWitt S. Hyde, Maryland
Congressman Charles Raper Jonas, North Carolina
Congressman Will E. Neal, West Virginia
Congressman John R. Pillion, New York
Congressman Richard H. Poff, Virginia
Congressman John H. Ray, New York
Congressman John M. Robsion, Jr., Kentucky
Congressman Frank Small, Jr., Maryland
Congressman S. Walter Stauffer, Pennsylvania
Congressman Stuyvesant Wainwright, New York
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Congressman William C. Wampler, Virginia
Congressman Herbert B. Warburton, Delaware
Honorable Sherman Adams
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9:45 am
Major General Melvin J. Maas, USMCR (Ret'd.), Commander in Chief,
Military Order of the World Wars
Colonel Edwin S. Bettelheim, Jr., Adjutant General and Treasurer
General, Military Order of the World Wars
(General Maas asked if he might call on the President and
extend formal invitation to him to be guest of honor at
Armed Forces Day Dinner, Hotel Statler, Friday, May 15th;
he also wished to speak to the President about his election
as Honorary Past Commander in Chief of Military Order of
World Wars, of which he is already a life member of the
Kansas City Chapter.)
10:00 am
The President received a group from the Lithuanian American Council:
Mr. Leonard Simutis
Mr. Stanley Pieza
Dr. Pius Grigaitis
S. Geguzis
Anthony Olis
Stephen Bredes
Michael Vaidyla
Joseph Ginkus
Mary M. Kizis
Cong. Charles J. Kersten, Wisconsin
Mr. Kalinauskas
(This group asked originally to come on their Independence
Day, February 16th, and as this was not possible, Congressman
Kersten wrote and asked if they might come this month and
present to the President a memorandum pertaining to the pre-
sent plight of their Nation, Lithuania. They hope that a
reply from the President will hearten and unite the Lithuanian
people in their struggle for freedom. This group has already
been received on at least two occasions by the former President)
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(Mr. Hagerty)
10:30 am
Press Conference
11:05 am
(The President left the Executive Office for the Naval Gun Factory,
to go aboard the USS WILLIAMSBURG for the French-American talks)
11:30 am
The President presided at conversations between representatives
of the French Republic and the President's Advisors, aboard the
USS WILLIAMSBURG. The following were present:
Hon. John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Hon. H. Freeman Matthews, Deputy Under Secretary of State
Hon. Livingston T. Merchant, Assistant Secretary of State
Hon. John M. Allison, Assistant Secretary of State
Hon. Douglas MacArthur II, Counselor-designate, Dept of State
Hon. Clarence Douglas Dillon, American Ambassador to France
Hon. Donald R. Heath, American Ambassador to Indo-China
Hon. Carl W. McCardle, Assistant Secretary of State
Mr. Ridgway B. Knight, Deputy Director, Office of Western
European Affairs, Department of State
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. W. Randolf Burgess, Deputy to Secretary of Treasury
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Frank Nash, Assistant Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director of Mutual Security
General Frank N. Roberts
H.E. Rene Mayer, Prime Minister of France
H.E. Etienne Burin des Roziers, Technical Adviser to the Office
of the Prine Minister
H.E. Georges Bidault, Minister of Foreign Affairs
H.E. Herve Alphand, Representative of French Republic on Interim
Committee for the European Defense Community
H.E. Guy de la Tournelle, Director of Political Affairs
H.E. Jean Letourneau, Minister to Associated States
H.E. Tezenas du Montcel, Director General of the Ministry of
Associated States
H.E. Maurice Bourges-Maunoury, Minister of Finance
H.E. Thierry de Clermont-Tonnerre, Director of Office of the
Minister
H.E. Henri Bonnet, Ambassador of France
H.E. Jean Daridan, Minister-Counselor
H.E. Roger Seydoux, Minister-Counselor (Press Relations)
1:00 pm
The President gave a luncheon aboard the USS WILIAMSBURG, in honor
of H.E. Rene Mayer, President of the Council of Ministers of the
French Republic. The following were present:
H.E. Rene Mayer, The Prime Minister
H.E. Georges Bidault, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the French
Republic
H.E. Jean Letourneau, Minister for Associated States of the
French Republic
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Luncheon aboard USS WILLIAMSBURG (Continued)
H.E. Maurice Bourges-Maunory, Minister of Finance of the
French Republic
H.E. Henri Bonnet, The French Ambassador
H.E. Herve Alphand, Representative of the French Republic on
the Interim Committee for the European Defense Community
Honorable Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the United Nations
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Senator Robert A. Taft, Ohio
Senator Alexander Wiley, Wisconsin
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, Texas
Congressman Sam Rayburn, Texas
Congressman James P. Richards, South Carolina
Congressman Robert B. Chiperfield, Illinois
Honorable Livingston T. Merchant, Assistant Secretary of State
Honorable C. Douglas Dillon, American Ambassador to the Republic
of France
Honorable Douglas MacArthur II, Counselor-designate, Dept. of State
3:00 pm
(Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Hon. Clifford Raemer, Illinois)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Ed Scheuffler, Missouri)
(Mr. Brownell called Mr. Stephens yesterday and asked if he
might have this appointment)
4:00 pm
Honorable Hugh Gibson, Director, Inter-Governmental Committee for
European Migration
Mr. Abba Schwartz, Lawyer, Washington, D. C.
(Mr. Gibson asked if he might pay his respects to the President
while he is in Washington; he has been ill for several weeks
and is now on his way back to Europe. From here he goes on to
New York to stay with President Hoover until he leaves for
Europe Wednesday next.)
4:20 pm
Senator Homer Ferguson, Michigan
4:30 pm
Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Sir Arthur T. Harris, Bt., Mrs.
Harris and small daughter
(He wrote the President from New York, March 18th, stating he
expected to be in Washington at this time, and hoped he might
call with his family for a few minutes' visit.)
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FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1953
9:00 am Honorable Paul M. Herzog, Chairman, National Labor Relations Board
Honorable Sherman Adams
(This was arranged at the suggestion of Governor Adams)
9:20 am
(Mr. Raymond Blattenberger, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
(Honorable Sherman Adams)
OFF THE RECORD
9:30 am Senator Robert S. Kerr, Oklahoma
Congressman Victor Wickersham, Oklahoma, and group of Oklahomans
representing sixteen towns in the Washita River Valley.
(This appointment was requested by Congressman Wickersham, who
said that they wished to discuss the Foss Dam and the Cobb
Creek Dam. General Persons recommended that the President
receive them.) The following were present:
Mark Barclay, Oklahoma City, U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
L. G. Cary, Chickasha Cotton Oil Company
Albert Connell, Anadarko, Oklahoma, Chairman of Group
B. E. Crane, Bessie, Oklahoma, Member of Town Council
Odie Ditmore, Anadarko, Chamber of Commerce
Percy Hughes, Hobart, Oklahoma, City Attorney
Victor E. Hulett, Chickasha, Oklahoma, Manager, Southwest Public
Service Company
Houston Hulin, Cordell, Oklahoma, Chamber of Commerce
Ira Huskey, Oklahoma City, Governor Murray's representative from
Resources Board
Wallace Kidd, City Editor, Anadarko Oklahoma Daily News
Eugene Mann, Hobart, Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce
Don McBride, Secretary to Senator Kerr
Ted Savage, Secretary, Chamber of Commerce, Clinton, Oklahoma
Mrs. Pearl Sayre, National Republican Committeewoman from Okla.
Parker Woodall, Verden, Oklahoma Town Council
Jack Yokum, Secretary to Senator Monroney of Oklahoma
9:50 am (Honorable George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury) OFF THE RECORD
10:00 am Cabinet Meeting
Honorable Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Honorable George M. Humphrey, The Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
Honorable Herbert Brownell, Jr., The Attorney General
Honorable Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Honorable Douglas McKay, The Secretary of the Interior
Honorable Ezra Taft Benson, The Secretary of Agriculture
Honorable Sinclair Weeks, The Secretary of Commerce
Honorable Martin P. Durkin, The Secretary of Labor
Honorable Oveta Culp Hobby, Administrator, Federal Security Agency
Honorable Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to United Nations
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Honorable Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
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10:00 am
Cabinet Meeting (Continued)
Honorable Sherman Adams, The Assistant to the President
Honorable Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Honorable Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant to the President
General Wilton B. Persons, Special Assistant to the President
Honorable C. D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President
Honorable Emmet Hughes, Administrative Assistant to the President
Mr. Arthur L. Minnich, Special Assistant
12:00
Mr. Raymond Loewy
(This appointment was arranged at the request of Mr. Paul
Hoffman, who advised that Mr. Loewy wishes to bring to the
President a message of affection and good wishes from the
citizens of Marnes-La-Coquette, France, the village in which
the President resided in France. The letter is from the Mayor.)
12:15 pm
Mr. David M. Proctor, President, National Institute of Municipal
Law Officers, also City Councillor, Kansas City, Missouri
Mr. Charles S. Rhyne, General Counsel of Institute
(This was arranged at request of Congressman Dewey Short, Missouri,
who stated that these gentlemen wished to call and invite the
President to address the National Institute of Municipal Law
Officers, when they meet in Washington September 14th)
12:25 pm
Honorable Herschel V. Johnson, American Ambassador to Brazil
12:30 pm
H.R.H. Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands
Dr. J. H. van Roijen, Ambassador of the Netherlands
Honorable Walter Bedell Smith, Under Secretary of State
(This appointment was arranged at the suggestion of the Secretary
of State)
1:00 pm
The President gave a luncheon in the White House for a group of
Congressional Members. The following were present:
Congressman Carl T. Durham, North Carolina
Congressman Louis E. Graham, Pennsylvania
Congressman Frazier Reams, Ohio
Congresswoman Ruth Thompson, Michigan
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Congressman Robert L. Condon, California
Congressman William A. Dawson, Utah
Congressman Harlan Hagen, California
Congressman Phil M. Landrum, Georgia
Congressman George S. Long, Louisiana
Congressman D. R. Matthews, Florida
Congressman John E. Moss, Jr., California
Congresswoman Gracie Pfost, Idaho
Congressman T. A. Thompson, Louisiana
Honorable Sherman Adams
General Wilton B. Persons
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Mr. Conrad N. Hilton, President Hilton Hotels
(Mr. Hilton wrote to the President March 11th, stating he
planned to be in Washington at this time and hoped he
might have a brief visit with the President.)
3:15 pm
Admiral Ross T. McIntire, Chairman, the President's Committee
on Employment of the Physically Handicapped
(Admiral McIntire sent word to Mr. Stephens that he would be
in Washington at this time and hoped he might call on the
President. He was personal physician to President Roosevelt.
This Committee was set up in Labor Department to enlist public
support of the program for aiding the physically handicapped.
Each year on basis of Congressional authorization the Presi-
dent designates the first week in October as National Employ
the Physically Handicapped Week. The Chairman serves without
salary)
3:30 pm
Senator Frank Carlson, Kansas
Mr. William Thatcher, of St. Paul, Minn., President of the Farmers'
Grain Terminal Cooperatives
(Mr. Stephens arranged this at request of Senator Carlson)
4:00 pm
Mr. Joseph Campbell, Treasurer of Columbia University
(Colonel Schulz asked Mr. Stephens to arrange this appointment;
Colonel Schulz brought Mr. Campbell in to the President's office.)
4:45 pm
Major General Howard McC. Snyder, Physician to the President
Dr. Howard Rusk, Bellevue Hospital, New York
5:10 pm
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8:00 am Lt. General Willard Paul
(General Paul is an old friend of the President's: He was
his G-I when the President was Chief of Staff of the Army.
Arranged by General Persons)
8:15 am Major General Edwin N. Clark, U.S.A. (Ret'd.)
(Colonel Schulz arranged this appointment at the President's
direction. General Clark is an old friend of the President's,
having served with him in Africa.)
8:45 am The President received members of the Frontiers of America.
(This is a National Negro Service Club, founded in Columbus,
Ohio in 1936. They requested this appointment through
Congressman Vorys, of Ohio, who forwarded it to Mr. Stephens,
expressing hope that the President might receive them. This
group is similar to Kiwanis and Rotary; they have never met
the President and hope they may pay respects and be photographed
with him.) The following were present:
Dr. Nimrod B. Allen, Executive Secretary, Columbus Ohio
Mr. Carroll H. Sawyer, Treasurer, Columbus, Ohio
Mr. Richard B. Lynch, Editor, The Frontiersman, Columbus, Ohio
Mr. Raymond R. Davis, Columbus, Midwestern Organizer
Mr. J. Arnett Mitchell, Principal, Champion Ave. Junior High
School, Columbus, Ohio
Mrs. Mary L. Saunders, Columbus, Ohio
Dr. Bernard Harris, Sr., President, Frontiers Club, Balt., Md.
Mr. P. L. Prattis, First Vice President, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mr. Andrew G. Freeman, Secretary Dayton, Ohio
Mr. Thomas H. Reid, Portsmouth Va.
Mr. Henry C. Sparks, Eastern Organizer, Phila., Pa.
Mr. P. J. Chesson, Southern Organizer, Norfolk, Va.
Mr. J. A. McDaniel, Organizer & Member of Board, Memphis, Tenn.
Mr. C. M. Cain, Chairman of Board, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Mr. E. Deedom Alston, Minister, Louisville, Ky.
Mr. Jerry O. Gilliam, Norfolk, Va.
Colonel West A. Hamilton, Wash., D. C.
Mr. William R. Hammond, Chicago, Ill.
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Mr. Wayne L. Hopkins, Philadelphia Pa.
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Congressman John M. Vorys, Ohio
9:00 am The President presided at conversations between representatives of
the French Republic and the President's Advisors. The following
were present:
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Honorable H. Freeman Matthews, Deputy Under Secretary of State
Honorable Livingston T. Merchant, Assistant Secretary of State
Honorable John M. Allison, Assistant Secretary of State
Hon. Douglas MacArthur II, Counselor-designate, Department of State
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Hon. Clarence Douglas Dillon, American Ambassador to France
Hon. Donald R. Heath, American Ambassador to Indo-China
Hon. Carl W. McCardle, Assistant Secretary of State
Mr. Ridgway B. Knight, Deputy Director, Office of Western
European Affairs, Department of State
Hon. W. Randolf Burgess, Deputy to Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Andrew Overby, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
Hon. Frank Nash, Assistant Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director of Mutual Security
General Frank N. Roberts, Assistant to Governor Stassen
Hon. Harry Labouisse, Director, Mutual Security Administration-France
Hon. Walter Robertson, Assistant Secretary of State of Far Eastern
Affairs-Designate
H.E. Rene Mayer, Prime Minister of France
H.E. Etienne Burin des Roziers, Technical Advisor to the Office
of the Prime Minister
H.E. Georges Bidault, Minister of Foreign Affairs
H.E. Herve Alphand, Representative of French Republic on Interim
Committee for the European Defense Community
H.E. Guy de la Tournelle, Director of Political Affairs
H.E. Jean Letourneau, Minister to Associated States
H.E. Tezenas du Montcal, Director General of the Ministry of
Associated States
H.E. Maurice Bourges-Maunoury, Minister of Finance
H.E. Thierry de Clermont-Tonnerre, Director of Office of the
Minister
H.E. Henri Bonnet, Ambassador of France
H.E. Jean Daridan, Minister Counselor
H.E. Roger Seydoux, Minister-Counselor (Press Relations)
11:00 am The President departed for the Burning Tree Golf Club to play golf
with the following:
Senator Stuart Symington, Missouri
Senator J. W. Fulbright, Arkansas
Congressman Jack Westland, Washington
5:00 pm The President and Mrs. Eisenhower received the Members of the
Columbia University Club of Washington, D. C., and the Columbia
College Glee Club
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10:45 am The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left the White House for the
Georgetown Presbyterian Church, where they attended Palm Sunday
Services at 11:00 am.
2:45 pm (Honorable John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State) OFF THE RECORD
4:40 pm (Mr. William T. Faricy, President, Association of American
Railroads, Washington 6, D. C.)
(Mr. Walter S. Franklin, President, Pennsylvania Railroad Co.,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
(Mr. F. E. Gurley, President, Santa Fe Railway Company)
OFF THE RECORD
5:00 pm (Honorable Herbert Brownell, Jr., The Attorney General) OFF THE RECORD
7:30 pm The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave a dinner for Field Marshal
Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.
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8:30 am
The President met with the following Legislative Leaders:
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Senator Robert A. Taft, Ohio
Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Senator William F. Knowland, California
Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Honorable Joseph Martin, The Speaker
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Honorable Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Honorable Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Honorable Sherman Adams, The Assistant to the President
Major General Wilton B. Persons
11:00 am
General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
(General Bradley is to have an appointment at this hour,
eleven A. M., each Monday)
11:30 am
Honorable Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant to the
President
Honorable James S. Lay, Executive Secretary, N. S. C.
(Briefed the President for NSC Meeting)
12:00
Senator Lyndon Johnson, Texas
Colonel Royal N. Baker, USAF, and Mrs. Baker, of McKinney, Texas
(Senator Johnson asked if he might bring Colonel Baker in to
meet the President. Colonel Baker has flown 128 missions in
Korea and has brought down 12 Russian MIGS, more than any
other man. Colonel Baker has been in Air Force since 1941,
and has 300 combat missions to his credit: Is married and
has four children.)
12:15 pm
Mr. Clark M. Eichelberger, Executive Director, American Association
for the United Nations, Inc.
(Mr. Eichelberger asked if he might call on the President and
discuss a few points relative to work of this organization.
The President sent a message to the Conference of this
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Mr. Jacob Blaustein, of Baltimore, Maryland
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(Mr. Blaustein wrote the President March 7th, recalling their
conference in New York January 9th, which was arranged by
John McCloy. Mr. Blaustein says he can now give more defini-
tive answers to the questions which the President put to him
on January 9th.)
12:50 pm
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cromwell
(Mr. Cromwell telephoned Mr. Stephens March 27th, stating that
he and Mrs. Cromwell had just arrived in Washington from Manila,
that they were old friends of the President and hoped they might
drop by for a few minutes and see him while they were in Wash-
ington.)
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The President gave a luncheon for a group of Congressional
Members in the White House:
Congressman Jack B. Brooks, Texas
Congressman Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia
Congressman James A. Byrne, Pennsylvania
Congressman Thomas J. Dodd, Connecticut
Congressman John Dowdy, Texas
Congressman Ed Edmondson, Oklahoma
Congressman Paul A. Fino, New York
Congressman L. H. Fountain, North Carolina
Congressman Samuel N. Friedel, Maryland
Congressman
Brady Gentry, Texas
Congressman Lester Holtzman, New York
Congressman
Roman L. Hruska, Nebraska
Congressman Lee Metcalf, Montana
Congressman Howard S. Miller, Kansas
Congressman Robert H. Mollohan, West Virginia
Congressman George A. Shuford, North Carolina
Congresswoman Leonor Sullivan, Missouri
Congressman J. L. Pilcher, Georgia
Honorable Sherman Adams
Major General Wilton B. Persons
2:45 pm
(Honorable Herbert Brownell, Jr., The Attorney General)
(Judge Lester L. Cecil)
OFF THE RECORD
3:00 pm
Honorable David Morse, Director General, International Labor
Organization
Honorable Martin P. Durkin, The Secretary of Labor
(The Secretary of Labor wrote Mr. Stephens, stating Mr. Morse
was returning from Europe at this time, and asked if he might
see the President.)
3:30 pm
Senator Edward J. Thye, Minnesota
Lieutenant Governor Ancher Nelsen, of Minnesota
Honorable Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Honorable Sherman Adams
(Governor Adams arranged this appointment)
3:45 pm
Governor John S. Seybold (Brig. Gen.), Panama Canal Zone
(Governor Seybold phoned Mr. Stephens to request this appointment
and paid his respects to the President)
4:00 pm
(Honorable Sherman Adams)
(Dr. Gabriel Hauge)
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Honorable Paul Hoffman
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8:00 am
(Honorable C. D. Jackson) OFF THE RECORD
8:15 am
Honorable Arthur F. Burns, Council of Economic Advisors
Honorable Sherman Adams
Honorable Gabriel Hauge
(This was arranged at the request of Governor Adams)
9:30 am
The President met with the Members of the National Security
Council and the Civilian Consultants to the Council. The
following were present:
Honorable Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Honorable George M. Humphrey, The Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
Honorable Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Honorable Joseph Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
General Omar Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Honorable Allen W. Dulles, Central Intelligence Agency
Honorable Robert Cutler, Adm. Asst. to the President
Honorable James S. Lay, Jr.
Honorable S. Everett Gleason
Honorable C. D. Jackson
Mr. Dillon Anderson, Houston, Texas
Mr. James B. Black, San Francisco, California
Mr. John Cowles, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mr. Eugene Holman, New York, New York
Mr. Deane W. Mallott, Ithaca, New York
Mr. David B. Robertson, Cleveland, Ohio
Mr. Charles A. Thomas, St. Louis, Missouri
12:45 pm
The President spoke briefly to the White House Conference of
Local Officials on Preliminary Planning for President's Proposed
Conference on Governmental Functions and Fiscal Resources. The
following were present:
Met in the Rose Garden
Federal Participants:
Honorable Sherman Adams, The Assistant to the President
Honorable Oveta Culp Hobby, The Administrator of Federal
Security
Honorable Marion Folsom, The Under Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Bernard Shanley, Acting Special Counsel to the
President
Honorable Gabriel Hauge, Administrative Assistant to the
President
Honorable Elmer B. Staats, Assistant Director of the Budget
American Municipal Association:
William B. Hartsfield, President; Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
William V. Bailey, Mayor of Battle Creek, Michigan
Carl H. Chatters, Executive Director of A. M. A,, Chicago, Ill.
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Rose Garden Meeting:
International City Managers' Association:
Clarence H. Elliot, President; City Manager of Kalamazoo, Mich.
Sherwood Reeder, City Manager of Richmond, Virginia
Orin F. Molting, Assistant Director of I. C. M. A., Chicago, Ill.
Municipal Finance Officers Association:
E. Lynn Crossley, President; City Auditor, Dallas, Texas
Lewis F. Lang, First Deputy City Comptroller, New York, N. Y.
Joseph F. Clark, Executive Director of M. F. O. A., Chicago, Ill.
National Association of County Officials:
Donald C. Scribner, Vice President; Fulton County, Johnstown, N.Y.
Norman A. Peil, County Court House, Easton, Pennsylvania
Keith Seegmiller, Executive Director of N. A. C. O., Wash., D.C.
National Institute of Municipal Law Officers:
David M. Proctor, President; City Counselor, Kansas City, Mo.
Denis M. Hurley, Corporation Counsel, New York, New York
Charles S. Rhyne, General Counsel of N. I. M. L. O., Wash., D.C.
United States Conference of Mayors:
Martin H. Kennelly, President; Mayor of Chicago, Illinois
Thomas Burke, Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio
Paul V. Betters, Executive Director of U. S. C. of M., Wash. D.C.
12:50 pm
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
(The President heard Admiral Nimitz was in town and asked that
he come over. Admiral Nimitz met with the President and then
walked over to the White House with the President for lunch)
1:00 pm
The President gave a luncheon for the Members and Consultants of
the National Security Council. The following were present:
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
Honorable Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Honorable George M. Humphrey, The Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
Honorable Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Honorable Joseph Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
General Omar Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Honorable Allen W. Dulles, Central Intelligence Agency
Honorable Robert Cutler, Adm. Asst. to the President
Honorable James S. Lay, Jr.
Honorable S. Everett Gleason
Honorable C. D. Jackson
Mr. Dillon Anderson, Houston, Texas
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Mr. John Cowles, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Mr. Deane W. Mallott, Ithaca, New York
Mr. David B. Robertson, Cleveland, Ohio
Mr. Charles A. Thomas, St. Louis, Missouri
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The President again met with the Members of the National Security
Council and the Civilian Consultants to the Council. The follow-
ing spoke before the meeting:
Honorable Gordon Dean, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Honorable Lewis Strauss
Honorable Val Peterson, Administrator, Federal Civil Defense
Administration
The following members were present:
Honorable Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Honorable George M. Humphrey, The Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
Honorable Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Honorable Joseph Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
General Omar Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Honorable Allen W. Dulles, Central Intelligence Agency
Honorable Robert Cutler, Adm. Asst. to the President
Honorable James S. Lay, Jr.
Honorable S. Everett Gleason
Honorable C. D. Jackson
Mr. Dillon Anderson, Houston, Texas
Mr. James B. Black, San Francisco, California
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Mr. Eugene Holman, New York, New York
Mr. Deane W. Mallott, Ithaca, New York
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1953
8:00 am
The following had breakfast with the President at the White House:
Congressman John Taber, New York
Congressman Richard B. Wigglesworth, Massachusetts
9:00 am
The President met with the Mayor and representatives of the
Industrial Development Committee of Lawrence, Massachusetts.
(This request originated with Senator Saltonstall, and
the meeting was called to discuss with the President
the situation at Lawrence, Massachusetts, which city
remains as an extreme labor surplus area due to recession
in woolen-worsted industry.) The following were present:
Honorable Christian A. Herter, Governor of Massachusetts
Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Senator John F. Kennedy, Massachusetts
Congressman Thomas J. Lane, Massachusetts
Congressman William H. Bates, Massachusetts
Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers, Massachusetts
Honorable John J. Buckley, Mayor of Lawrence, Mass.
Mr. Robert L. Morgan, Chairman, Industrial Development
Committee
Mr. Robert H. Ryan, Executive Director, Industrial
Development Committee
Mr. Adolph T. Schmidt, Executive Manager, Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Frederick M. Dearborn, Jr.
Mr. Edmund V. Keville, Chief Secretary to Governor Herter
Mr. Francis Tully, Press Secretary to Governor Herter
Dr. Gabriel Hauge
9:45 am Honorable Christian A. Herter, Governor of Massachusetts
Mr. Edmund V. Keville, Chief Secretary to Governor Herter
Mr. Frederick M. Dearborn, Jr.
(The Governor asked if he might stay on after above meeting
and discuss civil defense matters with the President)
10:00 am (Honorable Herbert Brownell, Jr., The Attorney General)
(Judge Stanley Barnes, Los Angeles, California)
OFF THE RECORD
10:15 am
Miss Mary Pickford
(Miss Pickford was photographed as she signed the President up
for a Bond a Month purchase. Mrs. Eisenhower was present for
this ceremony.)
10:45 am James W. Cothran, Bishopville, S.C., Commander-in-Chief, Veterans
of Foreign Wars
Judith Gertrude Rasheta, aged four years, from the National Home
of Veterans of Foreign Wars, Eaton Rapids, Michigan
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Omar B. Ketchum, Legislative Director, V.F.W.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Henry, Managers of V.F.W. Home
(It has been customary for all Presidents to receive
each year, an orphan child from the V.F. W. Home, and
accept from her the first Buddy Poppy, opening the
Annual Drive of the V.F.W. Proceeds go toward upkeep
of National Home for widows and orphans of veterans.
Commander Cothran asked if he might take this
opportunity to pay his respects)
11:10 am
(Mr. Malcolm Muir, Publisher of Newsweek)
(Honorable Sherman Adams)
OFF THE RECORD
11:15 am
(The President departed from the White House for the Burning Tree
Golf Club. He played golf with John McClure, General Floyd Parks
and Senator Prescott Bush, of Connecticut.)
3:50 pm (Honorable Herbert Brownell, Jr.) OFF THE RECORD
(The Attorney General)
4:15 pm (Honorable Arthur S. Flemming, Acting Director, ODM) OFF THE RECORD
7:30 pm
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave a Dinner at the White House
for Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Goldwyn)
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The President received the following members of the German
Bundestag:
Dr. Franz Josef Strauss
Dr. Gerhard Schroeder
Dr. Hans Joachim von Merkatz
Dr. Georg Pfleiderer
Dr. Eutene Gerstenmaier
Honorable Raymond Muir, Assistant Chief of Protocol
Dr. Heinz L. Krekeler, Charge d'Affaires of the Federal
Republic of Germany
(Senator Wiley, of Wisconsin, requested, thru Division
of Protocol, that the President receive this group,
which was cleared by the Department of State with the
German Diplomatic Mission)
9:00 am
Senator Robert A. Taft, Ohio
(Arranged at the request of Governor Adams)
10:05 am
Mr. Irving Brown, European Representative of the American
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(Honorable Ralph Cake, former Republican National Committeeman
from Oregon) OFF THE RECORD
11:15 am
Congressman Patrick J. Hillings, California
Mr. Frank Jorgenson, Republican Committee Chairman, Los Angeles,
California
(Congressman Hillings requested this through General Persons,
stating Mr. Jorgenson would like to call on the President
and advise him of the support of the people from his County)
11:30 am
Mr. Edward J. Bermingham, of Wyoming
(Mr. Bermingham is an old friend of the President's and
asked if he might stop by and see him while in the City)
12:00
Mr. Clark Griffith, President, fashington American League Baseball Club
(Mr. Griffith asked to call on the President and present him
with his and Mrs. Eisenhower's gold passes to Griffith Stadium
for the 1953 Baseball Season. They will also ask the President
to throw out the opening ball at opening Baseball Game, April 13th)
12:30 pm
Mr. Duke Shoop, of Kansas City Star
(Mr. Shoop wished to discuss forthcoming Gridiron Dinner with
the President)
1:00 pm
The following had lunch with the President at the White House:
Congressman Richard M. Simpson, Pennsylvania
Congressman Daniel A. Reed, New York
Mr. Gerald Morgan, Special Assistant in the White House Office
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(Honorable Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security)
OFF THE RECORD
2:45 pm
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam
Dr. O. Frederick Nolde
Dr. Franklin Fry
The Rev. Dr. Bilheimer
(The Secretary of State brought these gentlemen in to
meet the President, unannounced)
2:50 pm
Honorable Charles Bohlen, American Ambassador-designate to the
U.S. S. R.
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
(This appointment was arranged at the request of the
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3:30 pm
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8:30 am
(Honorable C. D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President)
9:00 am
Honorable David L. Cole, Director, Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service
(Arranged at the suggestion of Governor Adams)
9:30 am
Honorable Clare Boothe Luce, American Ambassador-designate
to Italy
(Mrs. Luce requested this thru the Division of Protocol,
stating she wished to make a call on the President before
departing for her post.)
10:00 am
Cabinet Meeting
Honorable Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Fonorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Honorable Marion B. Folsom, Under Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Honorable Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Honorable Douglas McKay, The Secretary of the Interior
Honorable True D. Morse, Under Secretary of Agriculture
Honorable Lloyd A. Mashburn, Under Secretary of Labor
Honorable Oveta Culp Hobby, Administrator, F. S. A.
Honorable Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to UN
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Honorable Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Honorable Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Honorable Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant to the President
Honorable C. D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President
Honorable Ermet Hughes, Administrative Assistant to the President
Mr. Arthur Minnich, Special Assistant
Honorable Bernard Shanley, Acting Special Counsel to the President
(Mr. Shanley represented Governor Adams as he was out of
town. General Persons was also absent.)
11:50 am
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left from the South Portico
of the White House for the National Presbyterian Church, where
they attended Good Friday Services.)
12:00
Good Friday Services at National Presbyterian Church
12:45 pm
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower returned to the White House
and the President did not have any appointments for the remainder
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8:45 am
Vice Admiral Jerauld Wright, Commander-in-Chief, U. S. Naval
Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.
(This appointment was arranged by Commander Beach)
9:00 am
Mr. Irving Geist, of New York City
(Colonel Schulz arranged this appointment. Mr. Geist wishes
to talk to the President about a narcotics matter)
9:30 am
Judge Leonard W. Hall, of Mineola, New York
Mrs. Richard Derby (Daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt)
(They invited the President to be the principal speaker at
dedication of Sagamore Hill, home of former President
Theodore Roosevelt, soon to become a national shrine.
The day of the dedication is to be fixed somewhere between
May 30 and July 5, next.)
9:45 am
Honorable Arthur B. Langlie, Governor of Washington
(Governor Langlie telephoned Mr. Stephens April 2nd and
asked if he might call on the President while in Washington)
10:00 am
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
11:10 am
(The President departed for the Burning Tree Golf Club, where his
partners were Stanley Rowe, of Cincinnati, Ohio, a friend of
Senator Taft; Senator Taft, and John McClure.)
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The President and Mrs. Eisenhower, Mrs. Elivera Dowd and Mrs.
John Eisenhower attended the 11:00 am Service at the National
Presbyterian Church.
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9:30 am
General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
(This is General Bradley's usual Monday appointment)
9:45 am
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
(Talked to the President about the forthcoming German-
American conversations, which commence tomorrow at
noon when the President receives Adenauer)
10:30 am
Honorable Nelson Rockefeller
Honorable Arthur Flemming
11:00 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower, Mrs. John Eisenhower, Barbara
and David (grandchildren) greeted the children from the South
Portico of the White House in connection with the Easter Egg
Rolling on the South Lawn. The President, Mrs. John Eisenhower,
Barbara and David left the South Portico and then mingled with
the crowd.
12:00
(Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Mr. Dallas S. Townsend - To be appointed Alien Property Custodian)
OFF THE RECORD
1:00 pm
(The President departed for the Army-Navy Club for Luncheon with
the 1915 Class of West Point - Banquet Room, 6th Floor) OFF THE RECORD
4:45 pm
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower departed for the home of General
Omar Bradley, Quarters One, Fort Myer, Virginia, where they were
photographed with Mr. Louis Marx, his wife and three children,
as well as General Walter Bedell Smith, General Omar Bradley and
General George Marshall. The President and the Generals are joint
Godfathers of these children)
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TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1953
8:00 am
Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire, had breakfast with the
President at the White House
9:20 am
The President received the President, and other key members of
the United Defense Fund. The following were present:
Edward L. Ryerson, Chicago
Chrm of Bd., Inland Steel Co.
Michael T. Kelleher, Boston
Chrm of Bd., United Defense Fund
Vice Pres., Marsh & McLennan
Chrm of Exec. Com., United
E. A. Roberts, Philadelphia
Defense Fund
Pres., Fidelity Mutual Life Ins. Co.
Chrm of Exec. Com., National
Pres., United Defense Fund
Catholic Community Services
Vice President, USO
Louis B. Seltzer, Cleveland
Editor, Cleveland Press
Philip R. Mather, Boston Indus-
Member Exec. Com., United
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Defense Fund
Member, Exec. Com., United
Pres., United Community Defense
Defense Fund
Services
President, American Social
Hygiene Asso.
H. J. Heinz II, Pittsburgh
President, H. J. Heinz Co.
Emil Schram, retired
Member, Exec. Com., United Defense
President, USO
Fund
President, Community Chests and
Bent Taylor, New York
Councils of America
Exec. Dir., United Defense Fund
Asso. Exec. Dir., Community
Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., Akron
Chests and Councils of America
Chrm of Bd, Firestone Tire &
Rubber Company
Ben Wooten
Chrm of Board, U.S.O.
9:30 am
Mr. Keith Funston, President, New York Stock Exchange
Mr. Richard M. Crooks, Chairman of the Board
(Mr. Funston wrote to Mr. Stephens in March, asking for this
appointment, and stating they wished to express to the President
their intention of managing the Exchange in a manner which will
be consistent with the President's fine objectives.)
10:00 am
Senator J. W. Fulbright, Arkansas
(The Senator wrote to the President March 23rd, re the Rabaut
Amendment, which he feels will result in severe limitation, if
not destriction, of the exchange of persons program with some
25 nations - - Fulbright Scholarships i The State Department
recommended to Director of Budget that this exchange program be
exempt from provisions of Amendment, and that the Budget so
recommend to the Congress. Director Dodge has declined to make
such a recommendation. Dodge will furnish brief background
memorandum for the President to have before this appointment
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10:40 am
(The President left for the Statler Hotel)
10:45 am
The President addressed the Meeting of the United Defense Fund
at the Statler Hotel.
12:00
The President presided at conversations between representatives
of the West German Federal Republic and the President's
Advisors. The following were present:
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Honorable George M. Humphrey, The Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
Honorable W. Randolf Burgess, Deputy to the Secretary of the
Treasury
Honorable Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Brigadier General Frank N. Roberts, Assistant to Mr. Stassen
Honorable H. Freeman Matthews, Deputy Under Secretary of State
Hon. Douglas MacArthur II, Counselor-designate, Dept of State
Hon. Carl W. McCardle, Asst Secy of State for Public Affairs
Hon. James Riddleburger, Director, Office of German Affairs
Hon. Brewster Morris, Director, Office of Political Affairs
Dr. James B. Conant, High Commissioner for Germany
H.E. Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of the West German Federal
Republic
Professor Doctor Walter Hallstein
Doctor Vollrath Freiheirr Von Maltzen
Hans Von Berwarth
Felix Von Eckardt
Alexander Boker
Doctor Hans Krakeler, German Charge in Washington
German interpreter
American interpreter
1:00 pm
The President had the following luncheon guests:
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Honorable Robert Cutler
Honorable James Lay
(These gentlemen will lunch with the President on Tuesdays
and brief him on the N. S. C. meetings held on Wednesdays.
This takes the place of their usual Monday briefing of the
President)
2:45 pm
(Honorable Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security) OFF THE RECORD
2:55 pm
(Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General) OFF THE RECORD
3:00 pm
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
Honorable Nelson A. Rockefeller, Chairman, the President's
Advisory Committee on Government Organization
(This is Secretary Wilson's usual Tuesday appointment; he
asked if he might invite Mr. Rockefeller to accompany him.)
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4:00 pm
Senator Alexander Wiley, Wisconsin
Dr. N. R. Danielien, Executive Director of Great Lakes St.
Lawrence Association
(Senator Wiley called Mr. Stephens in March, asking that
this conference be arranged)
4:50 pm
Honorable George M. Humphrey, The Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable W. Randolf Burgess, Deputy to the Secretary of the
Treasury
5:10 pm
AT THE WHITE HOUSE - Mr. Louis Marx
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6:00 pm
AT THE WHITE HOUSE - Mr. Aksel Nielsen
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8:30 am
Honorable William Jackson, Chairman, The President's Committee
on International Information Activities
(This was arranged by Mr. C. D. Jackson)
9:00 am
Honorable William H. Draper, U. S. Special Representative in
Europe for Mutual Security; also U. S. Permanent Repre-
sentative to NATO
(Ambassador Draper telephoned Mr. Stephens yesterday and
asked for this appointment)
9:30 am
Mr. Warren C. Giles, of Cincinnati, Ohio, President of National
Baseball League
(General Persons arranged this at request of Senator Bricker
of Ohio. He wished to present to the President, Pass No. 1,
to the National League Baseball Clubs)
10:00 am
Mr. Lessing J. Rosenwald, of Jenkintown, Pa., President, American
Council for Judaism
(Mr. Rosenwald wrote to the President March 19th, stating
there were certain matters concerning present difficulties
in the Near East, and in particular those pertaining to
State of Israel which he would like to discuss with the
President.)
10:30 am
The National Security Council
Honorable Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
Honorable Harold Stassen, The Director for Mutual Security
Honorable George Humphrey, The Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Honorable Douglas McKay, The Secretary of the Interior
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Honorable Allen W. Dulles, Central Intelligence Agency
Honorable Robert Cutler, Adm. Asst. to the President
Honorable C. D. Jackson
Colonel Paul T. Carroll
Honorable James S. Lay, Executive Secretary, NSC
Honorable J. Everett J. Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, NSC
1:20 pm
The President departed for the Burning Tree Golf Club. He played
golf with the following:
Mr. Jim Black
Mr. Ned Burnham
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8:30 am
(Hon. Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security) OFF THE RECORD
8:45 am
Honorable Robert T. Stevens, Secretary of the Army
(Mr. Stevens has just returned from Korea and would like to talk
to the President about a few matters pertaining to his trip)
9:00 am
The President received the Editors of the Associated Church Press.
(This group made their original request last autumn after election,
stating they would be holding their annual meeting in Washington
at this time, and hoped they might pay a courtesy call on the
President, as they had done in previous administrations. This
organization includes in its membership more than 100 Protestant
church papers, representing all leading Protestant denominations
in United States, as well as many smaller religious groups. They
feel these men and women constitute powerful factor in morally
influencing public opinion.) The following were present:
Allbritten, Arline M.
Finney, Mr. & Mrs. Rodney E.
Ansley, Elmer F.
Foster, Clyde J.
Arnold Melvin
Foster, Virgil E.
Barry, David W.
Frakes, Margaret
Baker, Mrs. David D.
Gold, Howard R. & Mrs.
Barrett, S. Ruth
Goodrich, A. L.
Benes, Louis H.
Gray, Ione
Bishop, J. L.
Gribble, Evylin R.
Blankenbuehler, L. F.
Gunst, J. C.
Block, Lillian R.
Hall, Clarence W.
Bolles, Donald C.
Henson, Lillian
Brown, Aubrey N.
Hamilton, Constance
Brown, James S.
Hartshorn, Chris B.
Browne, Benjamin P.
Hassler, Alfred
Bryan, Ernest R.
Heinze, Robert H.
Bradbury, John W.
Hensley, Chester P.
Buckner, George W.
Holland, Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J.
Buckner, Mrs. George W.
House, Mrs. Robert L.
Burgess, Roger
Howland, Carl L.
Cadigan, Robert J.
Hughes, R. D.
Carpenter, L. L.
Hunt, Horace H.
Cartwright, Lin D.
Hunt, R. L.
Caylor, Mr. & Mrs. John
Husted, Margaret J.
Colvin, Rachel
Jensen, John M.
Conrad, F. Leslie
Johnson, Edna R.
Cook, David C. III
Keasling, Mr. & Mrs. Ernest
Culver, Elsie Thomas
Kernodle, John T.
Day, Peter
Kernodle, John T.
Dobbins, C. Ray
Klausler, Alfred
Edie, Mr. & Mrs. Raymond L.
Krecker, Joe W.
Elfers, Robert S.
Lewis, Alice H.
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Lipphard, William B.
Evans, J. Claude
Lacy, Julia A.
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9:00 am Associated Church Press (Continued)
Leuschner, Martin L.
Sasseman, Ira C.
Looney, Floyd
Schramm, Edward W.
Mangum, John M
Schreiner, Roy
Marvin, John E.
Shannon, Olive
McCorkle, Henry L.
Simons, Norman G.
McKune, Mr. & Mrs. E. D.
Shipler, G. Emery
McNab, Mr. & Mrs. John
Smith, Israel A.
Miller, Ralph
Smith, Myra A.
Modean, Erik W.
Southard, Shelby E.
Millhouse, Paul W.
Sprinkle, Henry C.
Moll, George
Stauderman, Albert P.
Morse, Kenneth I.
Stifler, Francis J.
Moseley, Calvin E.
Stone, Gene
Moseley, Mrs. J. Edward
Sutcliffe, Richard T.
Mulder, Dr. & Mrs. Bernard J.
Toth, Alexander
Murchison, Mr. & Mrs. E. P.
Trinier, Harold U.
Murray, Roy H.
Ujlaki, Francis
Murrie, Mr. & Mrs. B. J.
VanDeusen, Robert C.
Mather, Juliette
Verhulst, Grant J.
McCracken, Mr. & Mrs. Andrew V.
Walsh, H. H.
Reamey, George S.
Whale, Mary C.
Reamey, George S.
White, Stephen S.
Reynolds, Louis B.
Wittrock, Mr. & Mrs. Theodore
Ruff, G. Elson
Wilson, A. J.
Ryberg, James. A.
Wood, A.
11:00 am
(Honorable Robert Cutler)
(Honorable Sherman Adams)
OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Gerald Morgan)
11:15 am Honorable Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant to the President
Honorable Henry J. Ta3ca, Special Representative for Korean Economic
Affairs
11:30 am
Mr. James Schramm, Iowa
Mr. McIntyre Faries, California
Mr. Ray Bliss, Ohio
Mrs. William Preston Few, North Carolina
Mrs. Wesley Dixon, Illinois
Mr. Wayne Hood, Wisconsin
(This was a committee named by retiring Chairman of Republican
National Committee; they obtained views of the President, the
Republican officers and leaders of Congress and the membership
of the Republican National Committee concerning the successor
to the retiring Chairman. They will also report to the full
when it convenes. Arranged at request of Hon. Arthur Summerfield)
11:45 am Mr. Del E. Webb, of Phoenix, Arizona
(Mr. Webb is owner of the New York Yankees, and asked if he might
to Yankee Stadium in New York.)
call on the President and present him with a gold lifetime LIDERTY pass
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12:00
H.E. Moshe Sharret, the Foreign Minister of Israel
H.E. Abba Eban, the Ambassador of Israel
Honorable Raymond Muir, Acting Chief, Division of Protocol
(The Ambassador of Israel requested this appointment thru
Protocol, stating that the call would be purely a courtesy
call; that the Foreign Minister wished to pay his respects
while in Washington.)
12:15 pm Dr. James B. Conant, High Commissioner for Germany
(Dr. Conant asked if he might see the President a few minutes
alone before the German-American Conversations)
12:20 pm
(Honorable John Foster Dulles, Secy of State)
(H.E. Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of the West German Federal Republic)
(Professor Doctor Walter Hallstein)
(Dr. James B. Conant)
(The above met with the President for a brief talk before the
conversations began in Cabinet Room. This was arranged at
request of Secretary Dulles' office, who advised that Chancellor
Adenauer had expressed a wish to do this.)
12:30 pm
The President presided at conversations between representatives of
the Federal Republic of Germany and the President's advisors. The
following were present:
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Andrew N. Overby, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in
charge of International Finance
Hon. Frank Nash, Asst. to Secretary of Defense
.Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Brig. Gen. Frank N. Roberts, Asst. to Mr. Stassen
Hon. H. Freeman Matthews, Deputy Under Secretary of State
Hon. Douglas MacArthur II, Counselor of the Department of State
Hon. Carl W. McCardle, Assistant Secretary of State for Public
Affairs
Hon. James Riddleburger, Director, Office of German Affairs
Hon. Brewster Morris, Director, Office of Political Affairs
Dr. James B. Conant, High Commissioner for Germany
H.E. Kenrad Adenauer, Chancellor of the West German Federal Republic
Professor Doctor Walter Hallstein
Dr. Vollrath Freiheirr Von Haltzen
Hans Von Berwarth
Felix Von Eckardt
Alexander Boker
Dr. Hans Krakeler, German Charge d'Affaires, Washington, D. C.
One German interpreter
One American interpreter
1:00 pm
The President gave a luncheon for H. E. Dr. Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor
of the Federal Republic of Germany. The following were present:
H.E. Dr. Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor
H.E. Professor Dr. Walter Hallstein
The Honorable Dr. Heinz L. Krakeler
The Honorable Dr. Vollrath Freiherr von Maltzan
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Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Senator Walter F. George, Georgia
Senator Alexander Wiley, Wisconsin
Senator William Langer, North Dakota
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, Texas
Congressman Richard B. Wigglesworth, Massachusetts
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Congressman Brooks Hays, Arkansas
Congressman Laurie C. Battle, Alabama
Congressman Norris Cotton, New Hampshire
Honorable Douglas MacArthur II
General Lucius D. Clay
Honorable James B. Conant
Honorable James W. Riddleberger
Honorable John J. McCloy
2:55 pm
Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Congressman J. Edgar Chenoweth, Colorado
Honorable Leon Snyder, Republican National Committeeman for Colorado
(This appointment arranged at the suggestion of Governor Adams)
3:00 pm
The President's Advisory Committee on Government Organization
(Arranged at the request of Mr. Rockefeller) The following were
present:
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Donald Lourie, Under Secretary of State
Hon. Howland Sargent, State Department
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Andrew N. Overby, Asst. Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Dr. Robert L. Johnson
Mr. William Clark
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Hon. Samuel W. Anderson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Lloyd A. Mashburn, Under Secretary of Labor
Mr. Arnold Zemple, Labor Department
Hon. Allen Dulles, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Administrator, Federal Security Agency
Hon. Robert Cutler, Adm. Asst. to the President
Hon. C. D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Mr. William Finan, Budget Bureau
Honorable Sherman Adams, The Assistant to the President
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3:00 pm
President's Advisory Committee (Continued)
Mr. Gerald Morgan, Special Assistant in the White House Office
Hon. Gabriel Hauge, Adm. Asst. to the President
Hon. Nelson A. Rockefeller
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming
Mr. Stacy May
Mr. John French
Mr. Fordyce W. Luikart
4:00 pm
Mr. Spyros P. Skouras, President, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
(Mr. Skouras asked for this appointment thru Colonel Schulz;
wished to discuss his forthcoming trip to London)
4:30 pm
Senator William Knowland, California
4:35 pm
Mr. Bradshaw Mintener, Minneapolis, Minnesota
5:00 pm
Honorable John J. McCloy
General Lucius Clay
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9:00 am Mr. Eugene C. Pulliam, Publisher, The Indianapolis Star & News
(Mr. Pulliam wrote Mr. Stephens that he expected to be in
the city today and hoped that while here he might pay his
respects to the President.)
9:30 am (Honorable John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State)
(Honorable Sherman Adams)
OFF THE RECORD
10:00 am Cabinet Meeting
Hon. Richard M. Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Herman Phleger, Legal Adviser, State Department
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. Martin P. Durkin, Secretary of Labor
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Administrator, Federal Security Agency
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
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Hon. C. D. Jackson
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. Emmet Hughes
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Hon. Robert Cutler
Mr. Gerald Morgan (for General Persons)
Mr. Arthur Minnich
(Hon. Joseph M. Dodge and Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge were absent)
12:00
Honorable Warren Lee Pierson, U. S. Representative on Tripartite
Commission on German Debts (rank of Ambassador)
Honorable Bernard Shanley
(Mr. Pierson signed series of intergovernmental agreements at
London, February 27th, on behalf of U.S., dealing with settle-
ment of German pre-war and postwar external debts. These agree-
ments involve payments to U.S. and its nationals of approximately
$1,75 billion over period of years. State Department is preparing
these agreements for early submission to the President for trans-
mission by him to Senate, and therefore, recommended that Mr.
Pierson and Mr. Gunter (Gunter was unable to be present) report
to the President on outcome of negotiations and related agreements
before they are transmitted to the Senate.)
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12:30 pm
Dr. Fahrettin Kerim Gokay, Governor of Istanbul Province and Mayor
of City of Istanbul, Turkey
H.E. Feridun C. Erkin, Ambassador of the Turkish Republic
Hon. Raymond Muir, Assistant Chief of Protocol
(This was requested thru Protocol and the State Department
recommended that the President receive Dr. Gokay, a national
figure in Turkey since 1949; an eminent psychiatrist and nerve
specialist and active in both national and international
medical associations and conventions. He wished to present a
gift to the President and express his country's appreciation
of American Red Cross assistance.)
1:25 pm
Former Governor Thomas Herbert, Ohio
Former Senator Harry Cain, Washington
Honorable Sherman Adams
1:30 pm
The President gave a Luncheon at the White House in honor of
Honorable Thomas E. Dewey, Governor of New York. The following
were present:
Honorable Thomas E. Dewey, Governor of New York
Honorable Richard M. Nixon, The Vice President
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Honorable Robert T. Stevens, The Secretary of the Army
Honorable Robert B. Anderson, The Secretary of the Navy
Honorable Sherman Adams
Senator Irving M. Ives, New York
Congressman John Taber, New York
2:30 pm
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Walter Bruckhausen, for District Judge, Eastern New York)
(John O. Henderson, for U.S. Attorney Western District N.Y.)
(James W. Dorsey, U.S. Attorney, Northern District, Ga.)
(Hartwell Davis, for U.S. Attorney Hiddle District, Ala.)
(Sherman F. Furey, Jr., for U.S. Attorney, District of Idaho)
(A. Pratt Kessler, for U. S. Attorney, District of Utah)
(Charles Rugg, of Boston, for Solicitor General)
(OFF THE RECORD. Mr. William Rogers of Attorney General's office
brought them thru Lower West Door. All of above except Rugg have
indicated they will accept post offered them)
3:00 pm
Miss Michiko Murayama
Miss Tomiko Murayama
H.E. Shinichi Kamimura, Minister of Japanese Embassy, and Mrs. Kamimura
Mr. Isami Suzukawa, Chief of North American Bureau of the Japanese
newspaper, Asahi Shimbun
Hon. Raymond Muir, Division of Protocol, State Department
(Mrs. Eisenhower joined the President in his office and received
this group. The Misses Murayama are daughters of owner of
Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, which newspaper wishes to
present to the President a gift of screens, and to Mrs. Eisen-
hower, a silver jewelry box. This was requested by the
Japanese Ambassador, thru Protocol)
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3:15 pm
H.E. Ato Aklilou, the Foreign Minister of Ethiopia
H.E. Addimau Tesemma, Charge d'Affaires ad interim of Ethiopia
Mr. Raymond Muir, Asst. Chief of Protocol
(This was requested thru Protocol and is a courtesy call to
pay respects)
3:30 pm
Mrs. Helen Reid, of New York City
(Owner of N. Y. Herald Tribune. She telephoned Mr. Stephens
last Tuesday, stating she had a matter she should take up
with the President before he left for Augusta)
3:45 pm
Lt. General Sir George Erskine, Commander in Chief, Eastern
Command, U. K.
(Arranged by Colonel Carroll, He is old friend of the President's
and is in America as Kermit Roosevelt Lecturer.)
4:00 pm
The President received the Members of the Republican National Committee
(They arrived in busses at the Northwest Gate, were identified by
a member of the National Committee and the President received
them in the Rose Garden)
4:45 pm
Jacques Rueff, French Judge
(Judge Rueff is a member of the Academy of the Institute of France
and is now a French Judge assigned to Luxembourg. The French
Ambassador called Protocol to request the appointment. Judge
Rueff is a friend of the President's.)
5:00 pm
General Lauris Norstad, U. S. Air Forces in Europe
(Personal friend of the President's)
5:30 pm
Mr. Roy Roberts, of Kansas City Star
(Mr. Roberts is in town for Gridiron Dinner, and asked if he
might pay his respects. Will come to the Office and walk
over with the President to the White House)
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
6:30 pm
(Mr. Sid W. Richardson, Fort Worth National Bank, Fort Worth, Texas)
(Personal friend of the President's. Was a dinner guest at the
White House) OFF THE RECORD
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8:30 am Senator Spessard L. Holland, Florida
Senator George A. Smathers, Florida
(The Florida Senators asked if they might call on the President
for the purpose of having the President present to them, and
be photographed doing so, the trophy which the Inaugural Com-
mittee awarded to the State of Florida for its float in the
Inaugural Parade. They brought the trophy with them.)
8:45 am (The President's Advisory Committee on Government Organization
(Arranged at the request of Mr. Nelson Rockefeller) The following
were present:
Hon. Nelson Rockefeller, Chairman
Hon. Lewis Strauss, Special Assistant to the President
Mr. Paul Wagner, Federal Civil Defense
Hon. Albert Cole, Housing & Home Finance Administrator
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Joseph Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Mr. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming
Mr. Ford Luikart
Mr. Jack Young
Mr. Bradley Nash
Mr. William Finan, Bureau of the Budget
Mr. Arnold Miles, Bureau of the Budget
Mr. John French
10:00 am The President witnessed the swearing in, in his Office, of
Honorable Oveta Culp Hobby, to be Secretary of Health, Education
and Welfare.
(Mr. Sanderson administered the oath) The following were present:
Hon. William D. Hobby, former Governor of Texas
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Beardwood
Sen. Robert A. Taft, Ohio
Hon. Nelson Rockefeller
Hon. Robert B. Anderson and Mrs.
Dr. Milton Eisenhower
Hon. & Mrs. Herbert Brownell
Mr. Gerald Morgan
Congressman Charles Wolverton, N.J.
Senator Price Daniel, Texas
Hon. Arthur Flemming
Senator Lyndon Johnson, Texas
Hon. Robert Cutler
Congressman Albert Thomas, Texas
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge
Congressman Brady Gentry, Texas
Miss Bertha Atkins
Congressman Carl Curtis
Mrs. Helen Woods
Congressman Clare Hoffman
Mr. Frank Oltorf
Hon. Philip Young
Mr. Cecil McBride
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Mr. Rufus E. Miles
10:05 am
Honorable Francis White, American Ambassador to Mexico
(The Secretary of State suggested that the President see Ambassador
White once more before he leaves for his post this week-end. He
saw the President on March 19th.)
10:15 am
Honorable James A. Farley, New York
(Former Postmaster General. He wrote Mr. Stephens that he would
be in Washington on this date and hoped he might drop by and
pay his respects to the President.)
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10:30 am Mr. Darryl Zanuck, Vice President, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
(Mr. Zanuck asked for this thru Douglas MacArthur of State
Department, and wished to discuss with the President the
prospect of making a movie on the Foreign Service.)
10:50 am
(Mr. Ralph Demmler, Pennsylvania)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Demmler is to be appointed to the Securities and Exchange
Commission)
11:00 am Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
(one-half hour)
11:20 am Honorable W. B. Smith, Under Secretary of State
Dr. Milton Eisenhower
Honorable Enmet Hughes
12:10 pm Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Honorable Sherman Adams
12:30 pm The President departed for the Burning Tree Golf Club. His golf
partners were:
Roger Whiteford
William T. Faricy
General Nathan Twining
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he attended the Gridiron Dinner.
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8:45 am (Honorable Emmet Hughes) OFF THE RECORD AT THE WHITE HOUSE
9:00 am
The President's Advisory Committee on Government Organization
Honorable Nelson Rockefeller
Dr. Milton Eisenhower
Honorable Arthur Flemming
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge
Honorable Sherman Adams
(The above met with the President in the Red Room of the
White House and continued their discussion of yesterday
morning.)
10:50 am The President, Mrs. Eisenhower and Mrs. John Eisenhower left
the White House for the National Presbyterian Church, where
they attended the eleven o'clock Service.
12:30 pm
The President addressed the Council of the Organization of
American States, in session at the Pan American Union.
12:50 pm
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
OFF THE RECORD
(Honorable Walter B. Smith, Under Secretary of State)
(Honorable Paul Nitze, State Department)
(Honorable Emmet Hughes)
5:50 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left for the Statler Hotel,
where they attended a Reception in honor of the President of
the Gridiron Club and Mrs. Duke Shoop.
Dwight of
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MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1953
8:30 am H.E. Rene Pleven, the Minister of National Defense of the
French Republic
H.E. Henri Bonnet, the Ambassador of the French Republic
(Rene Pleven is in this country and asked to pay an
unofficial visit on the President - just a courtesy
call)
10:30 am The President, Mrs. Eisenhower and members of their party departed
from the White House for MATS Terminal to enplane and fly to
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THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1953
11:00 am The President arrived at the White House from his plane trip
to Washington, D. C., from Augusta, Georgia.
11:40 am (Honorable Oveta Culp Hobby) OFF THE RECORD
12:35 pm (The President left the Executive Office for the Statler Hotel)
12:40 pm Luncheon - American Society of Newspaper Editors
1:00 pm SPEECH - Nationwide radio and TV Broadcast
(Before the American Society of Newspaper Editors)
1:30 pm The President left the Statler Hotel and motored to Griffith Stadium.
1:55 pm The President officially opened the Baseball Season at Griffith Stadium.
2:30 pm The President left Griffith Stadium and motored direct to MATS
TERMINAL where he enplaned for Salisbury, North Carolina.
The President spoke at the Rowan County Bi-Centennial Celebration
at Salisbury, North Carolina.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1953
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The President departed from Augusta, Georgia, at approximately
3:30 p.m. and flew to Washington, arriving at MATS TERMINAL at
approximately 5:30 p.m. The President then motored direct to
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8:00 am
Honorable Robert Cutler
Honorable James Lay
(They briefed the President before National Security Council
Meeting)
9:00 am
Honorable Eugene R. Black, President, International Bank for
Reconstruction & Development
(Mr. Black lunched with the President on February 10th,
just before leaving for the Far East; at that time the
President asked him to come in and see him when he
returned to this country)
9:30 am
Mr. Charles A. Case, of Abilene, Kansas
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Smith, of Abilene, Kansas
(Mr. Case wrote to the President March 9th, stating that he,
together with Mr. and Mrs. Smith, would be in Washington at
this time, and hoped they might call on the President for a
few minutes)
9:45 am
Honorable Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Colonel Harold Riegelman
(The Postmaster General asked Mr. Stephens to arrange for him
to bring Colonel Riegelman in to meet the President. Colonel
Riegelman is soon to be named Acting Postmaster for New York
City)
10:00 am
Honorable Nelson Rockefeller, Chairman, the President's Advisory
Committee on Government Organization
(Half-hour appointment requested by Mr. Rockefeller)
10:30 am
The 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 M. Rand, Acting Director for Mutual Security
Hon. W. Randolph Burgess, Deputy to the Secy of the Treasury
Hon. Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Gordon Dean, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, Defense Mobilization
Hon. Val Peterson, Administrator, Federal Civil Defense
Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, for the Chairman, J.C.S.
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director, Central Intelligence
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Hon. C. D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss, Special Assistant to the President
Colonel Paul T. Carroll
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr.
Hon. S. Everett Gleason
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12:30 pm (Senator Arthur V. Watkins, Utah)
(General Wilton Persons)
OFF THE RECORD
1:05 pm (Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President)
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
OFF THE RECORD
2:30 pm
Honorable Gabriel Hauge
3:00 pm
Congressman Ralph Harvey, Indiana
3:15 pm Senator Frank Carlson, Kansas
Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel, Kansas
Honorable Harry Darby, former Senator
3:45 pm Hon. Walter B. Smith, Under Secretary of State
5:15 pm (Professor and Mrs. Milton S. Osborne arrived at the White House at
this time and remained for Dinner)
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THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1953
7:45 am The following had breakfast with the President at the White House:
Hon. Joseph Martin, The Speaker
Sen. Robert A. Taft, Ohio
Hon. Nelson Rockefeller
Hon. Roger Kyes, Acting Secretary of Defense
General Wilton B. Persons
8:30 am The President met with the Legislative Leaders:
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Sen. Robert A. Taft, Ohio
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Sen. Eugene Millikin, Colorado
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Sen. Alexander Wiley, Wisconsin
Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Iowa
Hon. Joseph Martin, The Speaker
Cong. Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Cong. Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Cong. Dewey Short, Missouri
Cong. Robert B. Chiperfield, Illinois
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Hon. Roger Kyes
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Hon. Sherman Adams
(They continued subject discussed at breakfast, government
organization)
10:30 am (Mr. Hagerty)
11:00 am
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11:30 am Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
(The President wrote Chairman Young on April 13th, stating he
hoped the Chairman could drop in and see him when he returned
from Georgia, re recommendations regarding personnel adminis-
tration made by Committee on Government Organization)
12:00
H.E. Senor Don Fernando Berckemeyer, the Ambassador of Peru
Rear Admiral Roque A. Saldias, Minister of Marine for Peru, and
special envoy of President Manuel A. Odria of Peru
Hon. John Simmons, Chief, Division of Protocol
(The Peruvian Ambassador requested this thru Protocol, stating
Admiral Saldias is bearer of confidential letter to the President
from President of Peru, expressing gratitude for being awarded
Legion of Merit, Order of Chief Commander; letter also describes
Peru's viewpoint in its boundary dispute with Ecuador. Admiral
Saldias intends to outline orally Peru's views on general political
situations in Bolivia and Argentina. State Department says no
special action is expected of the President, and that a brief
interview will satisfy the Peruvians)
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12:15 pm The President presented to the Secretary of the Interior, the
Citation for Outstanding Service of the President's Committee
on Employment of the Physically Handicapped
(This award was given to Secretary McKay upon the recommendation
of the Governor of the State of Oregon and his Committee, in
recognition of Secretary McKay's work in the field of employ-
ment of the handicapped.) The following were present:
Mr. K. V. Banta
Captain Cicero Hogan
Mr. A. Julian Brylawski
Maj. Gen. Melvin J. Maas
Mr. Earl Bunting
Mr. Walter Mason
Mrs. Brice Clagett
Mr. W. P. McCahill
Mr. John Convery
Vice Adm. Ross T. McIntire
Mr. Edward Cushman
Hon. Douglas McKay
Hon. Martin P. Durkin
Col. E. W. Palmer
Mr. Frank Fernbach
Mr. R. D. Siverson
Mr. E. H. Gammons
Col. John N. Smith
Mr. Stanwood L. Hanson
Mrs. Esther Van Wagoner Tufty
Mr. Randall J. Hicks
12:30 pm
Honorable Lewis O. Douglas
(This appointment was arranged by Dr. Hauge)
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:30 pm
Mr. Dave Beck, General President, Teamsters Union
Mr. Roy Fruehauf, President, Fruehauf Trailer Co., Detroit
Mr. B. M. Seymour, President, Associated Transport, New York
Mr. Arthur Condon, General Counsel, Trucking Industry Defense
Committee, Washington
3:00 pm
Cong. Ben Jensen, Iowa
Mr. A. M. Piper
(Mr. Piper is Editor of NONPAREIL, a daily paper with circulation
of about 19,355, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The Congressman asked
if he might bring Mr. Piper in for just a handshake, and has been
told that is all, that there is to be no interview)
3:15 pm Cong. Harold C. Hagen, Minnesota
Mr. Alfred V. Hagen, Palmer, Alaska
Mr. George H. Hagen, Washington, D. C.
Mr. Adolph H. Hagen, Washington, D. C.
Mr. Norman H. Hagen, Washington, D. C.
Mr. Bruce Kendall, of Cordova, Alaska
(Congressman Hagen asked if he and his four brothers might come
in for a five minute greeting with the President this week. It
is first time they have all been together in 32 years. Bruce
Kendall is leading Republican from Alaska and owns several
hotels there)
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8:30 am Honorable Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force
(Secretary Talbott phoned Mr. Stephens on Wednesday to ask
that this appointment be arranged.)
9:00 am Congressman Charles R. Howell, New Jersey
Miss Beverly L. Carson, of Trenton, N. J.
Miss Joyce Carson, of Trenton, N. J.
(Miss Beverly Carson wrote the President, February 6th, and
Congressman Howell wrote to him on February 11th, asking if
Miss Beverly Carson might bring her sister Joyce (blind since
babyhood) in to shake hands with the President, when the
sisters visited Washington with their High School Class.
General Persons recommended that we do this but that it not
be publicized.)
9:15 am The President witnessed, in his office, the swearing-in of Honorable
Felix Wormser as Assistant Secretary of the Interior. The following
were present:
Honorable Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
Mr. Ralph Tudor
Mr. Fred G. Aandahl
Mr. Clarence Davis
Mr. Raymond Davis
Mrs. Felix E. Wormser
Mr. & Mrs. Rene A. Wormser
Mr. & Mrs. Franklin Schaffer
9:30 am Under Secretary of the Navy, Honorable Charles S. Thomas
(This was arranged by Governor Adams at the President's request)
10:00 am
Cabinet Meeting
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. W. Bedell Smith, Acting Secretary of State
Hon. Marion B. Folsom, Under Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Roger M. Kyes, Acting 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. Ralph A. Tudor, Under Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Martin P. Durkin, Secretary of Labor
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. William M. Rand, Deputy Director for Mutual Security
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director of Defense Mobilization
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Ambassador to the United Nations
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Hon. C. D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President
Hon. Bernard Shanley, Acting Special Counsel to the President
Hon. Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant to the President
General Wilton D. Persons, Special Assistant to the President
Mr. Gerald Morgan, Special Assistant
Mr. Arthur Minnich, Special Assistant
11:45 am (Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Ambassador to the United Nations) OFF THE RECORD
12:00
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
12:05 pm Honorable Allen Dulles, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
12:30 pm (LUNCH)
1:25 pm (The President left for the Statler Hotel)
1:30 pm
The President spoke briefly at the Luncheon of the Republican Women's
Spring Conference, Presidential Room, Statler Hotel
2:30 pm Senator Frank Carlson, Kansas
2:45 pm (Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Judge Julius J. Hoffman)
OFF THE RECORD
(Judge Win G. Knoch)
3:00 pm Senator Ralph E. Flanders, Vermont
(This was arranged at the suggestion of Mr. C. D. Jackson.
Senator Flanders wishes to discuss his remarks published in
Congressional Record of April 22nd - namely, question of
Korean Truce.)
3:30 pm Honorable Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
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8:30 am (Hon. Robert Cutler) OFF THE RECORD
9:00 am Mr. James S. Copley, Board Chairman, The Copley Press
Mr. William Shea, Vice President, Copley Press
(Mr. Stephens arranged this at request of Robert W. Richards,
Chief of Washington Bureau of Copley Press, with approval of
Mr. Hagerty)
9:30 am Honorable William Howard Taft III, American Ambassador designate
to Ireland
(The Ambassador requested this thru Protocol, in order to pay
his respects to the President before departing for his Post)
9:45 am Honorable Ralph Bard
(Former Under Secretary of the Navy. The President wrote Mr.
Bard, January 30th, in answer to a letter from Mr. Bard, and
suggested that the next time he was in Washington, he call.)
10:25
am (The President left for the Burning Tree Golf Club. His golf)
(partners were:
(Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire)
(Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois)
(Congressman Sid Simpson, Illinois)
8:00 pm (The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave a dinner for Rear Admiral
Ernani do Amaral Peixoto and Senhora do Amaral Peixoto, Governor
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10:50 am The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left the White House for the
National Presbyterian Church, where they attended the eleven
o'clock Service.
12:20 pm Immediately following Church Service, the President and Mrs.
Eisenhower dropped by a Brunch at the Mayflower Hotel given
by the Texas Society in honor of San Jacinto.
2:35 pm (Honorable Paul G. Hoffman) OFF THE RECORD
(The following had dinner with the President last evening:)
(Honorable Paul G. Hoffman)
(Mr. and Mrs. George Allen)
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8:30 am The President met with the Legislative Leaders
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Sen. Robert A. Taft, Ohio
Sen. Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Sen. Frank Carlson, Kansas
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, Wisconsin
Sen. William E. Jenner, Indiana
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Joseph M. Martin, The Speaker
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Congressman B. Carroll Reece, Tennessee
Congressman Harold H. Velde, Illinois
Honorable Bernard M. Shanley
Honorable Sherman Adams
Major General Wilton B. Persons
10:00 am
Honorable Eric Johnston
(Mr. Johnston telephoned Mr. Stephens to ask if he might come
in soon and talk to the President on Point IV Program)
11:00 am Honorable Myron C. Taylor, of New York
(The President wrote Mr. Taylor April 6th, and ended his letter
with statement that he would have his appointment secretary
contact Mr. Taylor after April 20th, with view to arranging
mutually convenient appointment)
12:00
Mr. Frank Hecht, President of the Navy League
(Commander Beach arranged this appointment for Mr. Hecht to pay
his respects to the President.)
12:30 pm Mr. Nathan Cummings, of Chicago, Illinois
Mr. Roland Tognazzini
(Mr. Cummings is Chairman of Board, Consolidated Grocers Corp.
and Mr. Tognazzini is his West Coast associate and co-director.
In February General Clay forwarded to Mr. Stephens a letter he
had received from Cummings, in which Cummings suggested that he
and Tognazzini, as couple of business men, might be able to
leave some ideas with the President as they are in rather a
broad operation of agricultural activities; mentioned in later
letter that the particular matter he wanted to report on to the
President was further development of international commerce and
distribution of foodstuffs.)
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(LUNCH) Honorable Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National
Committee.
(Judge Hall came to the office and walked over with
the President)
2:00 pm
(Honorable Leonard Hall)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Gen. Wilton Persons)
OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Charles Willis)
3:00 pm
Senator Frank Carlson, Kansas
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Blake, of Topeka, Kansas
3:15 pm
Honorable John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Honorable George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Harold Stassen, Director of Mutual Security
(They had just returned to Washington this morning from Europe
and wished to come in and report on their trip)
4:00 pm
Mr. Albert C. Jacobs, Denver, Colorado
(Personal friend of the President's)
8:05 pm
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left the White House for the
Capitol Theatre, where they attended performance of Metropolitan
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9:00 am
The President received the following group from the Washington
Ministerial Union of Washington, D. C.:
Dr. Albert P. Shirkey, President
The Reverend F. Nelsen Schlegel
The Reverend Marion Brinson
The Reverend Everett A. Hewlett
The Reverend C. H. Pearson
Dr. Frederick E. Reissig, Executive Secretary
(The original request for the President to receive entire
membership of this organization, was received prior to
Inauguration. There has been a great deal of correspondence
and they finally agreed with Mr. Stephens' suggestion that
only the Officers of the Union call on the President, to
express goodwill and interest of the Clergy of Washington
(Protestant)
9:30 am
(Mr. Walter Schreiber)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
OFF THE RECORD
(This was arranged at suggestion of Charles Willis, who
advises that Schreiber is under consideration for appoint-
ment as Member of Tariff Commission; now in Foreign
Agricultural Relations Bureau of Department of Agriculture)
10:00 am
The President received a group representing national organizations
interested in the conservation and management of natural resources
(This request came to the President in January, and was
signed by organizations which "have been working continuously
in the interest of better management of our renewable natural
resources for the continuing and increased strength if our way
of life, etc., etc.," They are in favor of all Government
conservation agencies being administered by trained individuals
selected by Civil Service System, and ownership by Government
of forest lands and grazing lands.) The following were present:
Hugh H. Bennett, President, Soil Conservation Society of
America
Charles H. Callison, Conservation Director, National Wildlife
Federation
Murray Lincoln, President, Cooperative League of U.S.A.
Henry Clepper, Exec. Secy, Society of American Foresters
Ollie E. Fink, Secy, Friends of the Land
Ira N. Gabrielson, President, Wildlife Management Institute
C. R. Gutermuth, Secretary, North American Wildlife Foundation
Michael Hudoba, Secy, Outdoor Writers Association of America
Harlean James, Exec. Secy, American Planning and Civic Asso.
Robert G. Lewis, Editor, National Farmers Union
Fred M. Packard, Exec. Secy., National Parks Association
Bestor Robinson, Director, Sierra Club
Carl D. Shoemaker, Editor, Natural Resources Council of America
Anthony W. Smith, Ass't. General Counsel, C. I. O.
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Benton J. Strong, Delegate, Public Affairs Institute
William Voight, Jr., Executive Director, Izaak Walton League
of America
Richard W. Westwood, President, American Nature Association
Chester S. Wilson, President, International Association of
Game, Fish & Conservation Commissioners
Howard Zahniser, Executive Secretary, Wilderness Society
10:30 am
Dr. Israel Goldstein, President, American Jewish Congress, N.Y.
(This appointment was arranged at the request of Governor
McKeldin, of Maryland, who telephoned Governor Adams and
made the request)
10:50 am
(Honorable John Foster Dulles)
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11:00 am
The National Security Council
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Hon. Roger M. Kyes, Acting Secretary of Defense
Hon. George Humphrey, The Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, 0. D. M.
Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, for the Chairman, J.C.S.
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director, Central Intelligence
Hon. Robert Cutler, Adm. Assistant to the President
Hon. C. D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President
Colonel Paul T. Carroll
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr.
Hon. S. Everett Gleason
12:50 pm
Senator James H. Duff, Pennsylvania
Hon. Phil Sharples, Republican Finance Chairman, Pa.
Hon. M. Harvey Taylor, Republican State Chairman, Pa.
(This was arranged by Mr. Stephens at the request of Senator
Duff. They came to the office and then walked over to the
White House with the President and remained for lunch.)
2:30 pm
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
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(Mr. Francis Van Alstine)
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2:45 pm
Mrs. Walter F. Dillingham, of Honolulu, Hawaii
(Mrs. Dillingham is in Washington staying with former Ambassador
Grew, and asked Mr. C. D. Jackson to arrange for her to call on
the President. When in Honolulu, the President had some dis-
cussion with her about the Military Cemetery)
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Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Mr. Dave Merwin, of Bloomington, Illinois
(The Congressman called Mr. Stephens to ask for this
appointment. Mr. Merwin is first cousin of Adlai
Stevenson, and part owner with Stevenson of the
DAILY PANTAGRAPH, which supported the President in
the Campaign, due to efforts of Mr. Merwin, who was
vigorous supporter of the President, and who had
great deal of family difficulty with the family and
with Adlai Stevenson about the paper's endorsement
of Eisenhower, but who won out.)
3:30 pm
(Hon. Bernard Shanley)
OFF THE RECORD
3:45 pm
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Gen. Wilton Persons)
(Hon. C. D. Jackson)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. James Hagerty)
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8:15 am Senator Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Mr. Harvey Campbell, Detroit, Michigan
Mr. Harry Scherer, Detroit, Michigan
(Senator Ferguson requested this appointment, stating they
wished to invite the President to attend Fiftieth Anniversary
of the Board of Commerce of the City of Detroit)
8:30 am Congressman James G. Fulton, Pennsylvania
Congressman Robert J. Corbett, Pennsylvania
(The Congressmen requested this appointment, stating they had
just returned from trip to Europe and wished to discuss their
trip with the President.)
9:00 am The President received a group from the National Academy of Sciences
(President Bronk of the Academy wrote to the President March 19th,
stating the National Academy of Sciences was created by President
Lincoln to advise the Government on scientific matters, to further
science, and to promote application of science to advancement of
human welfare; that it has been traditional privilege of Academy
to have the President of U. S. as its guest or for its members to
be received by the President early in his administration. They
invited the President and Mrs. Eisenhower to be their guests at
dinner on evening of April 28th, and were told they could not
accept, but that the President would be glad to receive representa-
tive group) The following were present:
Dr. Detlev W. Bronk, President, National Academy of Sciences,
President, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Dr. Edwin B. Wilson, Vice President of N.A.S., Professor of
Vital Statistics, Emeritus, Harvard School of Public
Health, Boston, Mass.
Dr. Alexander Wetmore, Home Secretary of N.A.S., Secretary,
Emeritus, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.
Dr. Roger Adams, Foreign Secretary of N.A.S., Professor of
Organic Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill.
Dr. William J. Robbins, Treasurer of N.A.S., Director, New
York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, New York, New York
Dr. Jesse W. Beams, Member of Council, N.A.S., Professor of
Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
Dr. Oliver E. Buckley, Member of Council, N.A.S., Chairman
of Board, Bell Telephone Laboratories, New York, N. Y.
Dr. Arthur F. Buddington, Chairman, Section of Geology, N.A.S.,
Professor of Geology, Princeton University
Dr. Leonard Carmichael, Chairman, Section of Psychology, N.A.S.,
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.
Dr. John A. Fleming, Chairman, Section of Geophysics, N.A.S.,
Adviser in International Scientific Relations, Carnegie
Institution of Washington, Wash., D. C.
Dr. Reynold C. Fuson, Chairman, Section of Chemistry, N.A.S.,
Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Illinois,
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Dr. A. Baird Hastings, Chairman, Section of Physiology and Bio-
chemistry, N.A.S., Professor of Biological Chemistry, Harvard
Medical School, Boston, Mass.
Dr. Jerome C. Hunsaker, Chairman, Section of Engineering, N.A.S.,
Head of Dept. of Aeronautical Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
Dr. Walter S. Hunter, Member of Council, N.A.S., Professor of Psy-
chology and Director of the Psychological Laboratory, Brown
University, Providence, Rhode Island
Dr. Robert F. Loeb, Member of Council, N.A.S., Professor of
Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University,
New York, New York
Dr. Edmond R. Long, Chairman, Section of Pathology and Bacteriology,
N.A.S., Professor of Pathology and Director of the Henry Phipps
Institute for Study, Treatment and Prevention of Tuberculosis,
University of Pa., Phila., Pa.
Dr. E. J. McSHANE, Chairman, Section of Mathematics, N.A.S.,
Professor of Mathematics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
Dr. Paul W. Merrill, Chairman, Section of Astronomy, N.A.S.,
Astronomer, Mount Wilson Observatory, Carnegie Institution of
Washington, Pasadena, California
Dr. Kenneth B. Raper, Chairman-elect (and Acting) Section of Botany,
N.A.S., Senior and Principal Microbiologist, Northern Regional
Research Laboratory, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Peoria, Ill.
Dr. William W. Rubey, Member of Council, N.A.S., Research Geologist,
U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C.
Dr. Harry L. Shapiro, Chairman, Section of Anthropology, N.A.S.,
Chairman of the Dept of Anthropology and Curator, American
Museum of Natural History, New York, New York
Dr. John C. Slater, Chairman, Section of Physics, N.A.S., Professor
of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
Dr. Elvin C. Stakman, Member of Council, N.A.S., Professor and Chief
of the Division of Plant Pathology and Botany, University of
Minnesota, St. Paul, Minn.
Dr. Wendell M. Stanley, Member of Council, N.A.S., Professor of Bio-
chemistry and Director of the Virus Laboratory, University of
California, Berkeley, California
Dr. Benjamin H. Willier, Chairman, Section of Zoology and Anatomy,
N.A.S., Professor of Zoology, Johns Hopkins University, Balt., Md.
Dr. Alfred Newton Richards, Past President of National Academy of
Sciences, Professor Emeritus, of Pharmacology, University of
Pennsylvania
9:30 am Mr. Ralph D. Pittman, President, Boys' Club, Metropolitan Police, D. C.
Major Robert V. Murray, Chief of Police, Washington, D. C.
Mr. Robert V. Fleming, Treasurer, Boys' Club, Metropolitan Police, D. C.
(Mr. Robert Fleming requested this appointment, in order that they
might present to the President, an honorary life Membership in the
Boys' Club of Metropolitan Police, D. C.)
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10:00 am
Dr. Arthur F. Burns, Economic Advisor
Honorable Gabriel Hauge
(Briefed the President on the economic situation.)
10:45 am
Senator Homer E. Capehart, Indiana
Honorable Maple T. Harl, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
(Senator Capehart requested the appointment)
11:15 am
Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, President, National Geographic Society
Dr. John Oliver LaGorce, Vice President and Associate Editor
Mr. Melville Bell Grosvenor, Senior Assistant Editor
Dr. Thomas W. McKnew, Secretary
Mr. Leroy Lincoln, Chairman of the Board, Metropolitan Life
Mr. Franklin Fisher, Chief of Illustration and Member of Board
(This group presented the President with map cases they made
for him.)
11:30 am
The President received group of Latin American women who had been
Studying Home Economics Extension Under Point Iv.
(Congressman Teague of Texas and also C. C. Hearne of Foreign
Agricultural Service Division of Department of Agriculture,
requested this appointment thru General Persons. They feel
it important for these goodwill ambassadors to have chance to
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The following were present:
Bolivia
de Andia, Edith Camacho
Brazil
Canfora, Elza
Brazil
Tavares, Nilza Dias
Brazil
O'Farrell, Lydia
Brazil
Resende, Diva
Brazil
Tomaz, Esmeralda Alfonso
Chile
Grossi, Norelia
Chile
Trujillo, Fresia
Columbia
Riano, Ines R.
Columbia
Conzalez, Lucy
Costa Rica
Ocampo, Olga
Cuba
Monzon, Fausta
Cuba
Rodriguez, Lydia
Ecuador
Davila, Maria Cecilia
El Salvador
Rodriguez, Rafaela
Mexico
de Esparza, Sara Alicia - & Senor
Nicaragua
Arostegui, Luisa Emilia
Paraguay
Troche, Arora
Peru
Sarmiento, Alicia
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Zubiate, Felicita
Uruguay
de Boccardi, Mrs. Nelly
Venezuela
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Arteaga, Maria
Venezuela
Dommar, Nico
11:45 am
(The President departed from the White House for the Burning Tree
Golf Club. His partners were: Robert Fleming, Jim Black and
Arthur Stoddard)
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5:00 pm
(The President returned to his office in the White House)
5:05 pm
(Honorable George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury)
(Honorable Robert Cutler, Adm. Ass't. to the President)
(Honorable C. D. Jackson, Special Ass't. to the President)
OFF THE RECORD
(Major General Wilton D. Persons)
(They remained with the President until 6:25 p.m. when the
President went over to the Executive Mansion)
7:15 pm
(The President left for Georgetown University Auditorium, where he
addressed the Annual Banquet of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce)
9:15 pm
(The President spoke at approximately this time)
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7:45 am
The following had breakfast with the President at the White House:
Honorable George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Congressman John Taber, New York
Congressman Richard B. Wigglesworth, Mass.
8:30 am
The President met with the following Legislative Leaders:
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Sen. Robert A. Taft, Ohio
Sen. Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Sen. William F. Knowland, California
Sen. Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Iowa
Sen. Alexander Wiley, Wisconsin
Sen. Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Hon. Joseph Martin, The Speaker
Cong. Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Cong. Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Cong. John Taber, New York
Cong. Dewey Short, Missouri
Cong. Daniel A. Reed, New York
Cong. Robert B. Chiperfield, Illinois
Cong. W. Sterling Cole, New York
Cong. Richard B. Wigglesworth, Massachusetts
(This meeting was called to discuss N. S. C. Meeting)
10:30 am
The National Security Council:
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Roger M. Kyes, Acting Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, for J. C. S.
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director, Central Intelligence
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Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. C. D. Jackson
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Col. Paul T. Carroll
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Hon. James S. Lay, Jr.
Hon. S. Everett Gleason
11:15 am
Dr. Kenneth Wells, President, Freedom Foundation, Valley Forge, Pa.
(Dr. Wells telephoned Mr. Stephens early in April, and asked
if he might see the President to discuss the Freedom Shrine
to be built in Washington)
12:00
Hon. Trygve Lie, former Secretary-General of UN
Hon. John Simmons, Chief, Division of Protocol
(The Office of the Secretary of State requested that this be
arranged, as Mr. Lie wished to call on the President to say
goodbye before leaving for his home.)
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12:30 pm
The President was presented with the First American Legion Poppy
Mrs. Ray Ashton, National President, The American Legion
Auxiliary
Mrs. Grace Baker
Mr. Arthur Scott (Reni Photographer)
(They were photographed with the President for benefit
of Annual American Legion Poppy Drive)
12:45 pm
(Hon. Robert Saunders, former Mayor Toronto, now Chairman Ontario
Provincial Hydro Electric Power Commission)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(OFF THE RECORD - Mr. Saunders was in Washington to make an
address at meeting of the St. Lawrence Seaway Association
and wished to make a short courtesy call on the President
while here. Appointment arranged by Charles H. Sage of
Toronto through Governor Adams)
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:00 pm
(Honorable C. D. Jackson)
(Honorable Robert Cutler)
OFF THE RECORD
(Honorable James Hagerty)
2:30 pm
(Honorable James Hagerty) OFF THE RECORD
3:00 pm
Press Conference
3:45 pm
(Colonel Robert Schulz) OFF THE RECORD
4:00 pm
Dr. Otto W. Brandhorst, St. Louis, Mo., President, American Dental
Association
Dr. Harold Hillenbrand, General Secretary, Chicago, Illinois
Dr. C. Willard Camalier, former President, Washington, D. C.
Dr. Daniel F. Lynch, Trustee, 4th District, Washington, D. C.
Mr. John J. Hollister, Business Manager, Chicago, Illinois
(Dr. Camalier called Mr. Stephens and requested this,
stating they wished to discuss Mrs. Hobby's Department)
4:30 pm
Brig. General Thomas North, U.S.A., Secretary, American Battle
Monuments Commission
(Reported to the President on cemeteries in Hawaii, concerning
which the President telephoned him)
7:30 pm
(The President left the White House, escorted by Sen. William
Purtell, Conn., and Senator Dwight Griswold, Nebraska, for
Burning Tree Club, where he attended dinner in honor of Sena-
tors Styles Bridges and Robert A. Taft. Senators Purtell and
Griswold came to the White House around 7:20 p.m.)
The following were at the dinner:
Honorable Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
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Hon. Robert A. Taft, Ohio
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7:30 pm
Dinner - Burning Tree Club (Continued)
Hon. Sherman Adams, The Assistant to the President
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education and
Welfare
Hon. J. Mark Trice, Secretary of the Senate
Hon. George D. Aiken, Vermont
Hon. Frank A. Barrett, Wyoming
Hon. J. Glenn Beall, Maryland
Hon. Wallace F. Bennett, Utah
Hon. John W. Bricker, Ohio
Hon. Prescott Bush, Connecticut
Hon. Hugh Butler, Nebraska
Hon. Frank Carlson, Kansas
Hon. Homer Capehart, Indiana
Hon. Francis Case, South Dakota
Hon. John Sherman Cooper, Kentucky
Hon. Guy Cordon, Oregon
Hon. Everett McK. Dirksen, Illinois
Hon. Henry C. Dworshak, Idaho
Hon. James H. Duff, Pennsylvania
Hon. Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Hon. Ralph E. Flanders, Vermont
Hon. Barry M. Goldwater, Arizona
Hon. Dwight Griswold, Nebraska
Hon. Robert C. Hendrickson, New Jersey
Hon. Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Iowa
Hon. Irving M. Ives, New York
Hon. William E. Jenner, Indiana
Hon. William F. Knowland, California
Hon. Thomas H. Kuchel, California
Hcn. Williem Langer, North Dakota
Hon. Joseph R. McCarthy, Wisconsin
OH)
Hon. George W. Malone, Nevada
Hon. Edward Martin, Pennsylvania
Hon. Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Hon. Karl E. Mundt, South Dakota
Hon. Frederick G. Payne, Maine
Hon. Charles E. Potter, Michigan
Hon. William A. Purtell, Connecticut
Hon. Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Hon. Andrew F. Schoeppel, Kansas
Hon. Margaret Chase Smith, Maine
Hon. H. Alexander Smith, New Jersey
Hon. Edward J. Thye, Minnesota
Hon. Charles E. Tobey, New Hampshire
Hon. Arthur V. Watkins, Utah
Hon. Herman Welker, Idaho
Hon. John J. Williams, Delaware
Hon. Milton R. Young, North Dakota
Hon. John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Hon. Herbert Brownell, Jr., The Attorney General
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7:30 pm
Dinner - Burning Tree Club (Continued)
Hon. Arthur E. 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
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FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1953
8:10 am
(Colonel Paul Carroll) OFF THE RECORD
8:20 am
(General Wilton B. Persons) OFF THE RECORD
8:30 am
Congressman Walter H. Judd, Minnesota
(The Congressman called Mr. Stephens yesterday, to say he had
just returned from a trip to India, and would like to come in
and discuss it with the President.)
9:00 am
Monsignor Edward E. Swanstrom, Executive Director, National Catholic
Welfare Conference, War Relief Services
Dr. Walter W. VanKirk, Executive Director, National Council of the
Churches of Christ in the U. S. A., Department of International
Justice and Goodwill
Dr. Paul C. Empie, Executive Director, National Lutheran Council
Mr. Walter Bierringer, President, United Service for New Americans
(with approval of other National Jewish organizations)
Mr. Roland Elliott, Director, Immigration Services, Church and
World Services
(This group from the National Council of the Churches of Christ,
requested the appointment in order to discuss with the President
the Immigration Law and policies and to urge enactment of an
emergency immigration law.)
9:30 am
(Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Breslin of Belle Mar, New Jersey) OFF THE RECORD
(Congressman Auchincloss asked Mr. Stephens to let these people
come to his office and then run them in for an OFF THE RECORD
handshake.)
9:35 am
Senator H. Alexander Smith, New Jersey
9:45 am
(Honorable Richard Nixon, The Vice President)
(Mayor John Butler, San Diego, California)
OFF THE RECORD
(The Vice President asked if he might take Mayor Butler in to
see the President prior to Cabinet)
10:00 am
Cabinet Meeting
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
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Hon. Marion B. Folsom, Under Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Roger Kyes, Acting Secretary of Defense
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. Martin Durkin, The Secretary of Labor
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, The Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1953
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10:00 am
Cabinet (Continued)
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Ambassador to UN
Hon. Joseph Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Val Peterson, Administrator, Civil Defense
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Bernard Shanley
General Wilton B. Persons
Mr. Gerald Morgan
Hon. Emmet Hughes
Mr. Arthur Minnich
12:30 pm
Congressman James C. Auchincloss, New Jersey
Congressman J. Harry McGregor, Ohio
(Congressman Auchincloss called Mr. Stephens and asked if they
might call on the President before next Tuesday, to discuss
the St. Lawrence Seaway.)
1:00 pm
(Governor Dan Thornton, Colorado) OFF THE RECORD
(Governor Thornton came to the Executive Offices and walked
over to the White House with the President for lunch.)
2:30 pm
Honorable Ellsworth Bunker, former American Ambassador to Italy
(Mr. Bunker asked for this thru Division of Protocol, to pay
respects. General "Beetle" Smith suggested the President
talk to him about his interest in Latin America, as he thought
Bunker might be of some help to Dr. Milton Eisenhower on his trip)
2:45 pm
(Honorable Sherman Adams)
(General Carl Gray, Administrator of Veterans Affairs)
(Honorable W. Randolph Burgess, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury)
(Honorable Gabriel Hauge)
(Mr. Gerald Morgan)
(OFF THE RECORD - Arranged at the suggestion of Governor
Adams, to discuss rates on FHA and veterans loans)
3:15 pm
Honorable Harry McDonald, Chairman, Reconstruction Finance Corporation
(Mr. McDonald came in to pay his respects and say goodbye)
3:20 pm
Honorable Kenneth Royall, former Secretary of the Army
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4:00 pm
(Dr. Milton Eisenhower) OFF THE RECORD
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(Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State)
(Hon. Roger Kyes, Acting Secretary of Defense) OFF THE RECORD
(Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, for J. C. s)
5:00 pm
(Dr. Milton Eisenhower) OFF THE RECORD
(Dr. Eisenhower walked over to the White House with the President
and remained for dinner)
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1953
8:30 am
Major General Glen E. Edgerton, Export-Import Bank
(General Edgerton wanted to drop by and thank the President
for his appointment to the Bank)
9:00 am
Congressman C. W. Bishop, Illinois
Congressman Oren Harris, Arkansas
(They asked to call on the President officially and invite
him and Mrs. Eisenhower to attend the Congressional Baseball
Game at Griffith Stadiu, evening of June 5th. This annual
game sponsored by Washington Star for summer camp fund for
under-privileged boys and girls. They want the President to
throw out the first ball.)
9:15 am
Honorable John M. Allison, American Ambassador designate to Japan
(The Ambassador requested this thru Protocol, to pay his
respects before leaving for his new post)
9:45 am
Mrs. William K. Graham, of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Nancy Graham, aged 10
Mrs. Brigid Patterson, of New York City
Mrs. Alexander Adams
George & Harriet Adams
Mrs. Welch
(These are friends of the Secretary of Commerce, Weeks, who
asked if they might shake hands with the President)
10:00 am
The President witnessed the swearing in, in his office, of Honorable
Edward F. Mansure, to be Administrator of General Services. The
following were present:
Congresswoman Marguerite Stitt Church, Illinois
Hon. John Slezak, Asst. Secretary of the Army for Materiel
Hon. James H. Douglas, Jr., Under Secretary of the Air Force
Dr. and Mrs. Albert J. McCartney
Hon. Val Washington, Republican National Committee
Senator Everett Dirksen, Illinois
Mr. Frank Luther
Senator John L. McClellan, Arkansas
Senator Henry C. Dworshak, Idaho
Mr. Walter Reynolds
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Hon. Charles Dewey
Cong. Albert Thomas, Texas
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Mr. Anthony Russo
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Senator Hubert Humphrey, Minnesota
Mr. Russell Forbes
Mrs. Annabell Zue
Senator Francis Case, South Dakota
Congressman William E. McVey, Illinois
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Mrs. Dorothy Means
Mr. Almon E. Snyder
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10:00 am
Swearing in Ceremony (Continued)
Mrs. Edna Hamilton
Miss Alyce Cashman
Congressman Fred E. Busbey, Illinois
Major General Robert M. Littlejohn
10:30 am
(The President departed for the Burning Tree Golf Club) OFF THE RECORD
His partners were:
Bob Hope
Senator Prescott Bush
Senator Stuart Symington
7:35 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left the White House for the
Statler Hotel, where they attended the Dinner of the Women's
National Press Club.
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SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1953
10:45 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left from the South Portico of
the White House for the National Presbyterian Church.
The President's car stopped at the door of the church, and the
President, accompanied by Dr. Elson, Assistant Pastor, a Guest
Minister and the Chaplain of the Society of St. Andrews, walked
across the street, where the President laid a wreath at the base
of the statue of John Witherspoon. The President then proceeded
into the Church, followed by Members of the Society of St.
Andrews and Bagpipe Band, for the eleven o'Clock service.
1:10 pm
(Honorable Robert Cutler) OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Cutler remained for twenty minutes)
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10:05 am
The President will open the Governors' Conference in the Press
Conference Room of the Executive Office Building
11:00 am
Honorable Thomas E. Murray, Member, Atomic Energy Commission
Honorable Henry D. Smyth, Member, Atomic Energy Commission
Honorable Lewis Strauss
Honorable Robert Cutler
(Admiral Lewis Strauss briefed the President a few minutes
before the meeting. Half-hour appointment arranged by Mr.
Cutler.)
11:30 am
Mr. Robert Johnston
(Arranged at the suggestion of Colonel Schulz. Johnston
is a British citizen, high on NATO STAFF. Is well known
to the President, at NATO, and during war at SHAEF)
12:00
The Honorable Marin Florea Ionescu, Minister of the Rumanian
People's Republic
Hon. John F. Simmons, Division of Protocol
Mr. Stephen A. Fisher, from State Department - American interpreter
Corneliu Bogdan, Counselor, Charge d'Affaires, Rumanian Legation -
Interpreter for the Minister
(Newly appointed and came in to present his credentials)
12:10 pm
H.E. Dr. Charles Malik, the Ambassador of Lebanon
Hon. John F. Simmons, Chief, Division of Protocol
(Newly appointed and came in to present his credentials)
12:20 pm
H.E. Dr. Ahmed Hussein, the Ambassador of Egypt
Hon. John F. Simmons, Chief, Division of Protocol
(Newly appointed and came in to present his credentials)
1:00 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower received the Governors of States
in the East Room of the White House prior to the President's Luncheon.
1:15 pm
The President gave a Luncheon for the Governors and others attending
the Governors' Conference. The following were present:
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Hon. George Humphrey, The Secretary of the Treasury
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Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
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Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, The Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, The Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Martin P. Durkin, The Secretary of Labor
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, The Secretary of Health, Education and
Welfare
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, The Director for Mutual Security
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, The Director of the Bureau of the Budget
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General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff, U. S. Army
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, The Director of the Central Intelligence
Agency
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, The Director of the Office of Defense
Mobilization
Hon. Val Peterson, Administrator, Federal Civil Defense Adminis-
tration
Hon. Sherman Adams, The Assistant to the President
Hon. Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant to the President
Hon. C. D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President
The following Governors were present:
Honorable Howard Pyle, Arizona
Honorable Francis Cherry, Arkansas
Honorable Earl Warren, California
Honorable Dan Thornton, Colorado
Honorable John Lodge, Connecticut
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Honorable Herman Talmadge, Georgia
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Honorable Len Jordan, Idaho
Honorable William C. Stratton, Illinois
Honorable George N. Craig, Indiana
Honorable William S. Beardsley, Iowa
Honorable Edward F. Arn, Kansas
Honorable Lawrence W. Wetherby, Kentucky
Honorable Robert F. Kennon, Louisiana
Honorable Burton M. Cross, Maine
Honorable Theodore R. McKeldin, Maryland
Honorable Christian A. Herter, Massachusetts
Honorable G. Mennen Williams, Michigan
Honorable C. Elmer Anderson, Minnesota
Honorable Hugh White, Mississippi
Honorable Phil Donnelly, Missouri
Honorable J. Hugo Aronson, Montana
Honorable Robert B. Crosby, Nebraska
Honorable Charles H. Russell, Nevada
Honorable Hugh Gregg, New Hampshire
Honorable Alfred E. Driscoll, New Jersey
Honorable Edwin L. Mechem, New Mexico
Honorable Thomas E. Dewey, New York
Honorable Norman Brunsdale, North Dakota
Honorable Frank J. Lausche, Ohio
Honorable Johnston Murray, Oklahoma
Honorable Paul A. Patterson, Oregon
Honorable John Fine, Pennsylvania
Honorable Dennis J. Roberts, Rhode Island
Honorable James F. Byrnes, South Carolina
Honorable Sigurd Anderson, South Dakota
Honorable Frank G. Clement, Tennessee
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Honorable Allan Shivers, Texas
Honorable J. Bracken Lee, Utah
Honorable Lee E. Emerson, Vermont
Honorable John S. Battle, Virginia
Honorable Arthur B. Langlie, Washington
Honorable William C. Marland, West Virginia
Honorable Walter J. Kohler, Wisconsin
Honorable C. J. Rogers, Wyoming
Honorable Luis Munoz-Marin, Puerto Rico
Honorable Samuel Wilder King, Hawaii
Honorable Ford Q. Elvidge, Guam
Honorable Morris F. de Castro, Virgin Islands
Honorable B. Frank Heintzleman, Alaska
Honorable Gabriel Hauge, Administrative Assistant to the President
Mr. Frank Bane, Secretary-Treasurer of the Governors' Conference
2:45 pm
(Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Mr. Leonard G. Hagner, Delaware)
(Mr. James Major Baley, Jr., North Carolina)
OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Wendell A. Miles, Michigan)
(The Attorney General brought these gentlemen in to meet the
President - OFF THE RECORD. They are to be appointed U. S.
Attorneys)
3:00 pm
Honorable Robert F. Kennon, Governor of Louisiana, and a Committee
of the Laymens' Association of the Presbyterian Church
Mr. Royal Brown
Mr. S. J. Patterson
Mr. Clinton Harris
Mr. J. E. Dews
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TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1953
8:45 am
(Honorable Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security) OFF THE RECORD
9:00 am
Honorable E. Roland Harriman, President, American National Red Cross
(Mr. Harriman wrote the President April 21st, stating he
would like to talk to him about terms of General Armstrong
and Admiral Pugh, as members of Board of Governors, Red
Cross; these terms are expiring, as does Mr. Harriman's on
June 12th.)
9:30 am
Mr. William T. Faricy, Chairman, U. S. National Commission in the
Pan American Railway Congress Association
(This is an international organization in this hemisphere com-
posed primarily of governments and also of railroad companies
and other organizations and persons interested in rail trans-
portation. In June of this year the 8th Pan American Railway
Congress is to be held in this country, and Mr. Faricy asked
if he might have opportunity to bring the President up to date
as to what this country is trying to do to help in this field
with American Republics.)
10:00 am
The American-Korean Foundation:
Honorable Milton S. Eisenhower, Chairman
Dr. Roland R. DeMarco, Executive Vice Chairman
Hon. David Rockefeller, Treasurer
Mr. 0. Roy Chalk, Vice Chairman
Mrs. Bernard F. Gimble, Member, Executive Committee
Mr. William E. Cotter, Member, Executive Committee
Mr. Arthur Hays Sulzberger, Member, Executive Committee
Mr. Edward Sullivan
Dr. Howard A. Rusk, Member, Advisory Council
H.E. You Chan Yang, the Ambassador of Korea, Honorary Chairman
Mr. Elliott S. Krane (Dr. Eisenhower's assistant)
Mr. Spyros Skouras
10:25 am
(Mr. Arthur Sulzberger) OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Sulzberger remained in the President's office alone for
twenty minutes)
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10:45 am
Lt. Gen. Jean Etienne Valluy, of French Army
Lt. Col. Vernon Walters, U. S. A.
(Arranged by Colonel Schulz; Gen. Valluy is touring military
military installations in the United States, and Colonel
Vernon is personally acquainted with the President)
11:30 am
H.E. Signor Alberto Tarchiani, the Ambassador of Italy
Honorable John Simmons, Chief, Div. of Protocol
(The Italian Ambassador requested this thru Protocol, to present
to the President a medium-sized "rectaflex" camera which the
Italian industry whiches to offer "in compliment to the President
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of the United States, as an expression of homage by the Italian
industry, management and labor." The camera is described as a
product of high skill and precision, completely manufactured in
Italy, and as a product which has already had excellent reception
in many countries, including the United States. State Department
recommends publicity be kept to a minimum, since this camera is
doubtless a product in direct competition with products of American
industry)
12:00
Mr. Frank Goldman, of Lowell, Mass., President (retiring)
of B'nai B'rith
Mr. Philip Klutznick, of Chicago (probable next President)
Mr. Henry E. Schultz, New York, National Chairman of Anti-Defamation
League of B'nai B'rith
Mr. Maurice Bisgyer, National Secretary
Mr. Benjamin R. Epstein, Executive Director of Anti-Defamation League
(Since the President was unable to visit Triennial Convention
of B'nai B'rith, these officers felt it appropriate for them
to call on the President for purpose of paying their respects
and advising the President of policy decisions of the Convention.
They will also present to him a study of appeals to bigotry in
political campaigns.)
1:10 pm
The President closed the Governors' Conference in the Press Conference
Room of the Executive Office Building.
1:30 pm
(LUNCH) Honorable Robert Cutler
Honorable James Lay
(This is their weekly luncheon with the President to
brief him on NSC meeting to be held Wednesday)
2:30 pm
Honorable Fred Seaton
2:45 pm
Honorable Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
3:00 pm
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
(This is Secretary Wilson's usual weekly meeting)
4:00 pm
Colonel Paul Carroll
Colonel Vernon Walters
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(Colonel Walters was the interpreter for the President when he
was at SHAPE)
4:15 pm
The President witnessed the swearing in, in his office of Mr. Rowland
R. Hughes, to be Assistant Director of the Bureau of the Budget.
Honorable Joseph Dodge, Director of the Bureau of the Budget,
and Mrs. Hughes were present.
5:00 pm
(Major General and Mrs. Kenyon A. Joyce had Tea at the White House
with the President and Mrs. Eisenhower)
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1953
8:30 am
General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
(This is General Bradley's usual weekly appointment)
9:00 am
Congressman Clarence Cannon, Missouri
(Congressman Cannon asked if he might bring a Mr. Jack Blanton,
Editor, Monroe County Appeal, Paris, Missouri, in to meet the
President, and to present a book to the President. The book
is about Mr. Blanton's boyhood. Mr. Blanton is an elderly
gentleman, and according to Congressman Cannon has been written
up in the Saturday Evening Post. Mr. Blanton was unable to
come in at the last minute so Congressman Cannon presented the
book to the President.)
9:30 am
Floyd L. Ming, National Commander, Disabled American Veterans
(from Bakersfield, California)
Boniface Maile, Detroit, Past Commander
Melvin Corbly, Cincinnati, Ohio, Assistant National Adjutant
Vivian D. Corbly, Cincinnati, Ohio
Cicero F. Hogan, Washington, D. C.
John W. Burris, Washington, D. C.
Clyde J. O'Daniel, Washington, D. C.
Charles E. Foster, Washington, D. C.
Francis M. Sullivan, Washington, D. C., National Legislative Director
(Mr. Francis Sullivan wrote Mr. Stephens in March, asking if
their National Commander, accompanied by the above officials
of the DAV might pay their respects to the President)
10:00 am
Mr. Ray Moore, County Chairman, King County, Washington, and Mrs. Moore
Mr. James Greene, County Chairman, Chelan County, Washington, and
Mrs. Greene
(These two County Chairmen were co-winners of first prize in a
contest for bringing out the Republican vote in the Presidential
election, and the awards were expense paid trips to Washington
and a "brief word and photograph with the President." The
National Committee asked Mr. Stephens to arrange this.)
10:15 am
Mr. Nagataka Murayama, of Tokyo, Japan
H.E. Eikichi Araki, the Ambassador of Japan
Hon. John Simmons, Chief, Division of Protocol
(Mr. Murayama is President and publisher of the Asahi Shimbun,
Japan's largest chain of newspapers. His two daughters called
on the President April 10th, and presented to him a Japanese
Screen, and to Mrs. Eisenhower & jewel chest. The Murayamas
are visiting this country on a good-will mission, and asked if
they might pay their respects to the President.)
10:30 am
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Honorable George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Honorable William M. Rand, Deputy Director of Mutual Security
Honorable Joseph Dodge, The Director, Bureau of the Budget
General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Honorable Henry D. Smyth, Acting Chairman, A.E.C.
Honorable Allen Dulles, Central Intelligence Director
Honorable Robert Cutler
Honorable Lewis Strauss
Honorable C. D. Jackson
Colonel Paul T. Carroll
Honorable James Lay
Honorable Everett Gleason
12:25 pm
(The President departed from the White House for the Burning Tree
Golf Club. His golf partners were: Governor Dan Thornton,
Governor Allan Shivers and Senator Homer Ferguson.)
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9:00 am
Honorable F. Peavey Heffelfinger, Finance Chairman, Republican
National Committee
(Mr. Stephens arranged this at request of Chairman Leonard Hall)
9:30 am
Senator Ralph E. Fianders, Vermont
(Senator Flanders called Mr. Stephens yesterday to state that he
was ready to report on a matter the President had asked him to
look into)
10:00 am
Honorable Luis Munoz Marin, the Governor of Puerto Rico
(Arranged by Governor Adams)
10:30 am
Honorable Ezra Taft Benson, The Secretary of Agriculture
(Called late yesterday to ask for this; says it is of interest
to Dr. Milton Eisenhower)
11:00 am
Admiral (Ret.) Conrad E. L. Helfrich, the Hague, Holland
(Former Commander in Chief of Royal Netherlands Navy. The
President received letter from A. G. van Tricht, the Hague,
introducing Admiral Helfrich, and expressing the hope that
the President might see him for few minutes. During war
Admiral Helfrich commanded Dutch Navy in Southeast Asia.
In this connection, Congressman Lucas, of Texas, called Mr.
Stephens to say that the Admiral is an authority on South-
west Pacific and that the President might want to refer him
to someone in State Department, or other appropriate Depart-
ment.)
11:15 am
Honorable George M. Humphrey, The Secretary of the Treasury
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H.E. Spyros Markezinis, the Greek Minister of Coordination
H.E. Athanase G. Politis, the Ambassador of Greece
Honorable Henry A. Byroade, Assistant Secretary of State for
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(This is a courtesy call, arranged at the direction of the
Secretary of State. The Minister presented to the President
an antique helmet, supposedly worn by a Greek general at
Olympia and a Greek vase. He also presented a necklace of
old Greek coins for Mrs. Eisenhower.)
12:15 pm
H.E. The Rt. Hon. Louis S. St. Laurent, the Prime Minister of Canada
The Hon. Lester B. Pearson, Secretary of State for External Affairs
of Canada
H.E. Hume Wrong, the Ambassador of Canada
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
Honorable Livingston J. Merchant, Assistant Secretary of State
for European Affairs
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1:00 pm
The President gave a Luncheon at the White House in honor of the
Rt. Hon. Louis S. St. Laurent, the Prime Minister of Canada
The following were present:
The Rt. Hon. Louis S. St. Laurent, Prime Minister of Canada
H.E. The Ambassador of Canada, Hume Wrong
The Hon. Lester B. Pearson, Secretary of State for External
Affairs of Canada
Mr. J. Pickersgill, Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary
to the Cabinet
Mr. Gordon Robertson, Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet
Honorable Joseph Martin, The Speaker of the House
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Honorable Douglas McKay, The Secretary of the Interior
Honorable Sinclair Weeks, The Secretary of Commerce
Senator Walter F. George, Georgia
Senator Robert A. Taft, Ohio
Senator Alexander Wiley, Wisconsin
Senator J. W. Fulbright, Arkansas
Senator William F. Knowland, California
Honorable Sherman Adams
Congressman Sam Rayburn, Texas
Congressman George A. Dondero, Michigan
Congressman James P. Richards, South Carolina
Congressman Charles A. Buckley, New York
Congressman Robert B. Chiperfield, Illinois
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2:45 pm
Dr. Arthur F. Burns, Economic Advisor
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. Sherman Adams
(Arranged by Governor Adams - discussed reorganization of
Council of Economic Advisors)
3:30 pm
Rear Admiral Ernani do Amaral Peixoto, Governor of the State of
Rio de Janeiro, and Senhora do Amaral Peixoto
H.E. Walther Moreira Salles, The Ambassador of Brazil
Honorable John Cabot, Assistant Secretary of State for Latin
American Affairs
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave a dinner for Admiral
and Senhora do Amaral Peixoto on April 25th, at which time
the President asked them to call again before they left this
country for Brazil)
4:00 pm
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
Honorable Walter B. Smith, The Under Secretary of State
Honorable Frank Nash, Assistant Secretary of Defense
General John E. Hull, Office, Chief of Staff
Honorable U. Alexis Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Far
Eastern Affairs
Honorable Walter S. RobertsonAssistant Secretary of State
THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1953
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4:45 pm
(The President left the White House for Union Station where he
boarded train for New York City)
8:45 pm
(The President arrived at Pennsylvania Station, New York City,
and motored direct to the 44th Street entrance of the Astor
Hotel)
9:25 pm
The President addressed the Dinner of the New York Republican
State Committee at the Astor Hotel.
10:36 pm
The President addressed the Dinner of the New York Republican
State Committee at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
12:10 am
(The President departed from Pennsylvania Station, New York City,
via Train for Washington, D. C.)
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8:15 am
Mr. Robert Burroughs, of Manchester, New Hampshire
(Mr. Burroughs is in the city for a meeting at the Federal
Security Building, and asked Mr. Stephens if he might call
on the President, as he has two matters to discuss and
thinks the President will be very much interested.)
9:00 am
Senator John C. Stennis, Mississippi
Congressman John Bell Williams, Mississippi
Mr. Willis R. Brumfield, President, Walthall County Farm Bureau,
Tylertown, Mississippi
Mr. O. N. Harvey, Tylertown, Mississippi (farmer)
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Mr. Ansel Estess, Tylertown (county agent)
Mr. 0. C. McDavid, Tylertown (Editor)
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Federation, Tylertown
Mr. J. C. Luther, Tylertown
Mr. William Miller, Minority Doorkeeper at Capitol, also from
Tylertown
(The two Mississippi Senators and Congressman Williams, asked
General Persons to arrange for this group from Tylertown to
call on the President and invite him to visit Tylertown on
occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the U. S.
Extension Service. This anniversary is being held in Tyler-
town as it is recognized as one of most diversified counties
in United States, and has had a county agent since 1914. The
celebration being put on in conjunction with American Farm
Bureau and U. S. and Mississippi State Extension Services -
takes place week of July 6th)
9:15 am
Mr. Carl F. Wente, President, Bank of America, San Francisco, Calif.
(Senator Bridges called General Persons and asked if the President
could see Mr. Wente, who merely wants to "pay his respects.")
10:00 am
Cabinet Meeting
Honorable Richard M. Nixon, The Vice President
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Honorable George M. Humphrey, The Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
Honorable Herbert Brownell, Jr., The Attorney General
Honorable Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Honorable Douglas McKay, The Secretary of the Interior
Honorable Ezra Taft Benson, The Secretary of Agriculture
Honorable Sinclair Weeks, The Secretary of Commerce
Honorable Martin P. Durkin, The Secretary of Labor
Honorable Oveta Culp Hobby, The Secretary of Health, Education
and Welfare
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Honorable Harold E. Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Honorable Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
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10:00 am
Cabinet Meeting (Continued)
Honorable Henry Cabot Lodge, Ambassador to the United Nations
Honorable Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee
Honorable Robert T. Stevens, Secretary of the Army
Honorable Robert B. Anderson, Secretary of the Navy
Honorable Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force
Honorable Walter Williams, Under Secretary of Commerce
Honorable Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President
Honorable Bernard M. Shanley, Acting Special Counsel to the President
Honorable James C. Hagerty, Secretary to the President
Honorable Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant to the President
General Wilton B. Persons, Special Assistant to the President
Honorable C. D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President
Honorable Gabriel Hauge, Administrative Assistant to the President
Honorable Emmet J. Hughes, Administrative Assistant to the President
Mr. Arthur Minnich, Special Assistant
(A picture was taken as all were present)
12:00
Honorable John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Honorable Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary General of the United Nations
Honorable Henry Cabot Lodge, Ambassador to the United Nations
(Arranged at the request of the Secretary of State.)
1:00 pm
The following had lunch with the President:
Honorable John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Honorable Walter B. Smith, Under Secretary of State
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Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
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2:15 pm
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
2:45 pm
The President received the National Officers, the National Directors,
and the Officers of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Ancient Order of
Hibernians in America.
(The National Boards and Auxiliary are having Board Meeting in
Washington, and asked if they might call on the President to
pay their respects.) The following were present:
Rev. John T. Lawlor, Newark, N.J., Deputy National Chaplain
George R. Reilly, San Francisco, Calif., National President
Michael J. Dowd, Wash., D. C., National Vice President
Joseph Lanigan, Canadian National Vice President, Montreal
John F. Geoghan, National Secretary, Brooklyn, N.Y.
P. Frank Kean, National Treasurer, Brighton, Mass.
William J. Kelly, National Organizer, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Michael A. McGrath, Past National President, Lakewood, Ohio
Malachy F. Lynam, National Director, Stamford, Conn.
Robert B. Milles, National Director, Newark, New Jersey
Frank E. Shaughnessy, National Director, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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John J. Sheahan, National Director, New York, New York
Paul E. Tierney, National Director, Somerville, Mass.
Austin V. Carew, National Historian, Bronx, New York
Thomas Murray, Brighton, Massachusetts
S. A. Shinick, Brooklyn, New York
John O'Hagan, Brooklyn, New York
Dr. Edward Lodge Curran, Brooklyn, New York
Miss Lillian Fay, Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Teresa L. Schaaf, St. Paul, Minnesota
Mrs. Abina Inch, Montreal, Canada
Miss Kathleen Smith, City Island, New York
Miss Mary Gleason, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts
Miss Mary Bennett, Plainfield, New Jersey
Miss Anna Doyle, Baltimore, Maryland
Mrs. Molly Callanan, San Francisco, California
Mrs. Delia Kelly, Donora, Pennsylvania
Mrs. Nora McDermott, Newport, Rhode Island
Mrs. Lenore Shea, Nunhall, Pennsylvania
3:00 pm
H.E. The Rt. Hon. Louis S. St. Laurent, the Prime Minister of Canada
The Hon. Lester B. Pearson, Secretary of State for External Affairs
of Canada
H.E. Hume Wrong, the Ambassador of Canada
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. Livingston J. Merchant, Assistant Secretary of State for
European Affairs
(One hour appointment)
5:00 pm
(Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State)
(Hon. Allen Dulles, Central Intelligence)
(Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury)
(Hon. Walter B. Smith, Under Secretary of State)
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(Hon. C. D. Jackson)
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(OFF THE RECORD Meeting arranged by General Cutler)
7:00 pm
(The President, accompanied by Mr. Hagerty, left for the Statler Hotel
where he attended the White House Correspondent's Dinner)
10:20 pm
(The President left the Statler Hotel for the White House)
11:00 pm
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower, accompanied by Mrs. Dowd, Mrs.
Moore and Mrs. Miller, left the White House for Union Station)
11:59 pm
(The President's train departed from Union Station for Pennsylvania)
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The President and Mrs. Eisenhower and Mrs. Dowd spent the week-end
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College, State College, Pennsylvania.
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The President and Mrs. Eisenhower, Mrs. Dowd, Dr. and Mrs. Milton
Eisenhower attended church services at the Pennsylvania State
College Chapel.
The President flew back to Washington and arrived at MATS Terminal
at 6:50 p.m. He motored direct to the White House. Mrs. Eisenhower
remained at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Milton Eisenhower.
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9:45 am
(Mr. Hopkins took the mail into the President for signing)
10:00 am
Honorable Chester Bowles, Essex, Connecticut
Honorable Sherman Adams
(Former Governor of Connecticut and former Ambassador to India:
wired the President May 8th, stating he had just arrived from
India and six weeks' trip through the Far East and would like
to talk to the President about this trip)
10:30 am
Mr. Charles R. Sligh, Jr., President, National Association of
Manufacturers
Honorable Sherman Adams
(Mr. Sligh saw the President on March 13th, at which time he
stated the President told him he wished to see him again.
Mr. Sligh notified Mr. Stephens he would be in Washington
at this time and hoped the appointment could be arranged.)
11:00 am
General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
(This is General Bradley's usual Monday appointment)
11:15 am
(Honorable Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education and
Welfare) OFF THE RECORD
11:30 am
Honorable Douglas McKay, The Secretary of the Interior
Honorable Felix E. Wormser, Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Honorable Sherman Adams
(Arranged by Governor Adams)
12:00
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Honorable Sherman Adams
(Arranged by Governor Adams - discussed TVA)
12:30 pm
(Mrs. Leroy Eakins - mother-in-law of Dr. Milton Eisenhower)
(Mrs. Leroy Eakins, Jr. - sister-in-law of Dr. Milton Eisenhower)
(Mrs. Curtis -
(Mrs. Van Valzah, of San Bernardino, California, aged 80, desired
to present an etching and some books to the President and is a
personal friend of Mr. & Mrs. Leroy Eakins. The appointment was
arranged but Mrs. Van Valzah became ill and was unable to be
present. The others brought in the etching and books)
12:45 pm
(Mr. Kevin McCann) Personal friend of the President's. OFF THE RECORD
1:00 pm (LUNCH) Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. James Lay
(To brief the President on NSC MEETING for Wednesday)
2:00 pm (Senator Robert Taft, Ohio) OFF THE RECORD
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7:45 am
The following had breakfast with the President:
Senator John Sherman Cooper, Kentucky
Congressman Dewey Short, Missouri
General Wilton B. Persons
8:30 am
The Legislative Leaders:
Honorable Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Senator Robert A. Taft, Ohio
Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Senator William F. Knowland, California
Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Senator Frank Carlson, Kansas
Honorable Joseph Martin, The Speaker
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Congressman Chauncey W. Reed, Illinois
Congressman Dewey Short, Missouri
Hon. George M. Humphrey, The Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Walter B. Smith, Under Secretary of State
Hon. Herman Phleger, Legal Adviser, State Department
Hon. Sherman idams
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. James Hagerty
General Wilton B. Persons
Mr. Gerald Morgan
Mr. Arthur Minnich
10:20 am
(Honorable Thomas C. Buchanan, Chairman, Federal Power Commission)
(Honorable Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President)
(OFF THE RECORD)
11:00 am
(Hon. William McN. Rand, Deputy Director for Mutual Security) OFF THE RECORD
(Came in to get a paper signed by the President)
11:15 am
Congressman James W. Trimble, Arkansas
Honorable J. E. Simpson, Mayor of Berryville, Arkansas
Mr. F. A. Teague, Member of State Legislature, Berryville
(Congressman Trimble asked Mr. Stephens to arrange for these
gentlemen to pay their respects to the President, and also
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Honorable Carl R. Gray, Jr., Administrator of Veterans Affairs
Honorable Sherman Adams
(General Gray called Mr. Stephens last week and asked if he
might see the President)
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11:45 am
Mr. Hugh Baillie, President, the United Press Association
(Mr. Baillie is going abroad shortly, and asked if he might
call on the President before leaving.)
12:00
Senator Edward J. Thye, Minnesota
Congressman Harold C. Hagen, Minnesota
Congressman Walter H. Judd, Minnesota
Group of residents of Funkley, Minnesota
(The Mayor of Funkley, Hon. E. J. Wooden, is 78 years old, and
has been Mayor for thirty-five years. He was unable to be
present as he had an accident yesterday and was confined to
the hospital. Funkley, Minnesota, is smallest incorporated
village in the State - thirty-three people in village. Every
woman in town made cancer dressings for the American Cancer
Society, which resulted in their winning an award from American
Cancer Society. The award was presented in New York on May
11th and Congressman Judd spoke at the ceremonies. The request
came to Mr. Stephens from Governor Anderson of Minnesota, Senator
Thye, Congressman Hagen and Congressman Judd. A picture was
taken of the President with the group. There was no conference
involved and the President received them in the Rose Garden.)
The following were present:
Mrs. Anna Bowman
Mrs. Pamela Knight
Mrs. Marian Bowman
Mrs. Lillian Lukenbelle
Miss Ivy Budd
Mrs. Elaine McGregor
Mr. James Bryce
Mr. Albert Nagle
Mrs. Hazel Bryce
Mrs. Lydia Nagle
Mr. Murden Fisher
Mr. Thomas Nagle
Mrs. Ruth Fisher
Mr. Richard Nagle
Miss Shirley Fisher
Mr. Charles Nagle
Mrs. Evelyn Fisher
Miss Marlys Nagle
Mrs. Alva Gunderson
Miss Nancy Nagle
Mr. David Hannigan
Mrs. Ovidia Nesset
Mrs. Gladys Hannigan
Mrs. Madeline Rossen
Mr. James Hannigan
Mrs. Josephine Smith
Mr. Roger Hannigan
Mr. Vernon Stransky
Mrs. Virtle Huffstutler
Mrs. Kathleen Stransky
Mr. Alvin Kjella
Mr. Richard Stransky
12:05 pm
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
(This is Mr. Wilson's usual Tuesday appointment)
1:00 pm
The President gave a luncheon at the White House for a group of
Congressional Members. The following were present:
Senator Wayne Morse, Oregon
Senator Milton R. Young, North Dakota
Senator J. Allen Frear, Jr., Delaware
Senator Willis Smith, North Carolina
Senator John P. Pastore, Rhode Island
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Senator Herman Welker, Idaho
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Congressional Luncheon (Continued)
Congressman Clifford P. Case, New Jersey
Congressman Harold D. Donohue, Massachusetts
Congressman Norris Poulson, California
Congressman Earl Chudoff, Pennsylvania
Congressman Louis B. Heller, New York
Congressman John F. Shelley, California
Congressman Courtney W. Campbell, Florida
Congressman Kit Clardy, Michigan
Congressman James A. Haley, Florida
Congressman Don Magnuson, Washington
Congressman Gordon H. Scherer, Ohio
Congressman William Tuck, Virginia
Honorable Sherman Adams
Major General Wilton B. Persons
2:20 pm
AT THE WHITE HOUSE -
(Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Mr. Frank O. Evans, Georgia)
(Mr. Frank D. McSherry, Oklahoma)
OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Clinton G. Richards, South Dakota)
(Mr. Lester Shields Parsons, Jr., Virginia)
(The Attorney General brought these men in to meet the
President. They are to be appointed Assistant District
Attorneys)
2:30 pm
(The President, accompanied by Mrs. Gordon Moore, Commander Beach,
left the White House and motored to Camp David, Maryland, where
they met Mrs. Eisenhower. The President wanted to look over the
Camp. The party then motored to the lodge of Floyd Akers at
Catoctin Furnace, Maryland, and then returned to Washington)
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9:00 am
Major General R. W. Crawford (Ret.)
(General Crawford wrote Colonel Schulz that he expected to
be in Washington at this time, and while here would like to
pay his respects to the President and also make a few
observations about Mississippi River Commission, which
Crawford was President of until December 31, 1948)
9:30 am
(Honorable Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President)
(Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget)
(Hon. C. D. Jackson)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Robert Cutler)
(Hon. Emmet Hughes)
10:00 am
National Security Council:
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. William McN. Rand, Acting Director for Mutual Security
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, 0. D. M.
Hon. Joseph Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Allen Dulles, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Hon. Gordon Dean, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
General John E. Hull, for Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss
Hon. C. D. Jackson
Major General J. S. Bradley, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Colonel Paul T. Carroll
Hon. James S. Lay
Hon. S. Everett Gleason
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11:45 am
(Mrs. Herold Rohrer, of Abilene, Kansas)
(Mrs. Curtis Philips)
(Mr. Stephens arranged this at the request of Congressman Howard
Miller, Kansas, who told Mr. Stephens that Mrs. Rohrer just
wanted to shake hands. She lives five doors away from the
Eisenhower home; went to school with Dr. Milton Eisenhower and
said she knew the President when he was in High School. Will
come to see Mr. Stephens and see the President OFF THE RECORD)
1:00 pm
(The President left for Burning Tree Golf Club. He played golf)
with the following:
Congressman Sid Herlong, Florida
Senator George W. Malone, Nevada
Mr. John McClure
6:00 pm
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8:00 am
The following had breakfast with the President at the White
House:
Honorable George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Joseph Martin, The Speaker
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
9:00 am
Commander and Mrs. Charles Black, and daughter
(Mrs. Black is Shirley Temple, of screen fame. She
telephoned Mrs. McCaffree to say her husband was being
transferred to the Coast, and that before they left
Washington they would like to come in and pay their
respects to the President. Her daughter, Linda Susan,
is five years old)
9:45 am
(Mr. Hopkins took mail in to be signed) OFF THE RECORD
10:00 am
(Mr. Hagerty) OFF THE RECORD
10:30 am
Press Conference
11:30 am
Mr. Tom Campbell
(Mr. Campbell is the famous wheat rancher from Montana;
he called Colonel Schulz to say he was an old friend of
the President's and while in town hoped he might call
and pay his respects to the President)
12:15 pm
Mr. and Mrs. E. Q. Oliphant, New York City
(Mr. Oliphant is Supervisor of the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company. They are old friends of the President's and wrote
Mr. Stephens to ask if they might pay their respects while in
Washington)
1:00 pm
The following had lunch with the President:
Congressman John Taber, New York
Congressman John Phillips, California
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
3:15 pm
Honorable Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
3:30 pm
Honorable Donald Heath, American Ambassador to Cambodia and Viet-Nam
and Minister to Laos.
3:45 pm
Honorable John McCune
6:40 pm
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left the White House for the
Naval Gun Factory, where they boarded the USS WILLIAMSBURG for
cruise to Yorktown, enroute to William and Mary College, Williams-
burg, Virginia; departed from the dock at 7:00 p.m.)
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8:45 am The President, aboard the USS WILLIAMSBURG, arrived at Yorktown,
Virginia.
9:15 am
The President was welcomed at Colonial Capital in Williamsburg,
Virginia. The President made a short address in Chamber of
Burgesses
The President and his official party motored through the city to
the house of the college President. They were welcomed by Dr.
Chandler, Mrs. Chandler and trustees of the college.
10:30 am
The President with Dr. Chandler and official college party proceeded
to Great Hall
Mrs. Eisenhower and remainder of President's party proceeded to
center of platform for exercises
11:00 am
Commencement of exercises
1:00 pm
Reception in Great Hall for approximately 450 people. The President
and Mrs. Eisenhower and six others were in the receiving line.
3:00 F.
The President and his party returned to Yorktown and boarded the
USS WILLIAMSBURG for overnight run to Norfolk, Virginia.
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Aboard the USS WILLIAMSBURG - Fishing and cruising
1:30 p.m. Moored at Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia. The President
received full honors upon arrival at the Base.
The President played golf with the following:
Admiral Lynde D. McCormick, Commander-in-chief, U. S. Atlantic
Fleet
Real Admiral Leon J. Huffman, Admiral McCormick's Chief of
Staff
Colonel Gordon Moore
5:00 p.m.
Mrs. McCormick called upon Mrs. Eisenhower on board ship. Cocktails
were served to the ladies and to the members of the golfing party
when they returned.
7:10 p.m.
At the direction of the President, the USS WILLIAMSBURG departed
from Norfolk for overnight run to Annapolis, Maryland.
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9:15 am
Arrived at the Naval Academy. Dr. & Mrs. Milton Eisenhower
arrived by car.
10:10 am
Left for Naval Academy Chapel
11:30 am
Chapel Services Completed
11:40 am
Top-ranking Midshipmen, about 20, presented to the President
11:50 am
Proceeded to Superintendent's house
12:25 pm
Left for Bancroft Hall - The President witnessed Noon Meal Formation
12:40 pm
The President, Vice Admiral Turner Joy, Captain C. A. Buchanan,
Dr. Eisenhower, Commander Beach, Mr. Stephens and Mr. Hagerty
proceeded to the Midshipmen Mess Hall. The President addressed
the Brigade of Midshipmen.
12:50 pm
The President and party left Mess Hall via "new wing" and returned
to the ship by car
1:00 pm
Lunch for golf party in Presidential dining room
1:15 pm
Lunch for ladies in the party in Presidential lounge
1:30 pm
Golf party departed via Supt.'s boat, ANITA CLAY, from alongside ship
The following played golf with the President:
Vice Admiral Turner Joy, Academy Superintendent
Captain C. A. Buchanan, Commandant of the Midshipmen
Captain Michael F. Flaherty, Head of Academy's Seamanship and
Navigation Department
5:00 pm
Mrs. Joy and Mrs. Buchanan called upon Mrs. Eisenhower on board
ship. Cocktails were served to the ladies and to the members
of the golfing party when they returned.
7:15 pm
At the direction of the President, the USS WILLIAMSBRUG got underway
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TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1953
8:30 am
The Legislative Leaders:
Honorable Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Senator Robert A. Taft, Ohio
Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Senator William F. Knowland, California
Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Iowa
Senator Alexander Wiley, Wisconsin
Senator Homer Ferguson, Michigan
Honorable Joseph Martin, The Speaker
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Congressman John Taber, New York
Congressman Dewey Short, Missouri
Congressman Daniel Reed, New York
Congressman W. Sterling Cole, New York
Congressman Richard B. Wigglesworth, Massachusetts
Honorable George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Marion B. Folsom, Under Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Honorable Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Honorable Sherman Adams
Major General Wilton B. Persons
Honorable Bernard Shanley
Honorable James Hagerty
Honorable Robert Cutler
Honorable Gabriel Hauge
Mr. Murray Snyder
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Mr. Gerald Morgan
Mr. Bryce N. Harlow
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Mr. Arthur Minnich
10:45 am
(Mr. Hopkins took papers in to be signed by the President)
11:00 am
Mr. Richard Mellon, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
(Mr. Mellon is a banker from Pittsburgh and the appointment was
arranged at the suggestion of General Lucius Clay)
11:30 am
The President received the Board of Governors of the American Bar
Association.
(The Board of Governors was holding its quarterly meeting in
Washington and they asked if they might call and pay their
respects to the President) The following were present:
Robert G. Storey, President, Dallas, Texas
David F. Maxwell, Chairman, House of Delegates, Phila., Pa.
Joseph D. Stecher, Secretary, Toledo, Ohio
Harold H. Bredell, Treasurer, Indianapolis, Indiana
Joseph D. Calhoun, Assistant Secretary, Media, Pa.
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Edward B. Love, Director of Activities, Chicago, Illinois
Howard L. Barkdull, Last Retiring President, Cleveland, Ohio
Tappan Gregory, Editor in Chief, American Bar Journal, Chicago, Ill.
Allan H. W. Higgins, Board Member, Boston, Mass.
Cyril Coleman, Board Member, Hartford, Conn.
P. Warren Green, Board Member, Wilmington, Delaware
Walter M. Bastian, Board Member, Washington, D. C.
LeDoux R. Provosty, Board Member, Alexandria, La.
Donald A. Finkbeiner, Board Member, Toledo, Ohio
Albert J. Harno, Board Member, Urbana, Illinois
Frederic M. Miller, Board Member, Des Moines, Iowa
A. L. Merrill, Board Member, Pocatello, Idaho
Ross L. Malone, Jr., Board Member, Roswell, New Mexico
William J. Jameson, President-Nominee, Billings, Montana
Richard P. Tinkham, Board-Nominee, Hammond, Indiana
Herbert G. Nilles, Board-Nominee, Fargo, North Dakota
Robert T. Barton, Jr., Board-Nominee, Richmond, Va.
12:00
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Honorable Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force
(This is Secretary Wilson's weekly appointment)
12:55 pm
(The President left from the Executive Office for the National
Press Club)
1:00 pm
The President spoke at the Luncheon of the United Negro College
Fund, at the National Press Club
(The President arrived at 1:00 p.m. after the guests had eaten.
He was greeted in the 13th floor lobby by Dr. F. D. Patterson,
President of Tuskegee Institute, who is President of the Fund.
Upon arrival of the President in the dining room Dr. Patterson
presented scroll to John D. Rockefeller III, in recognition of
Rockefeller's family's contribution to Negro education and
welfare over 50 year period. The President stood in the back-
ground as the presentation was made and a photograph was taken.
The President spoke five minutes and departed)
1:20 pm
(The following had lunch with the President at the White House:)
(Major General Wilton Persons)
(Honorable Gabriel Hauge)
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5:30 pm
(Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Watson, of New York, had tea with the
President and Mrs. Eisenhower at the White House)
(Arranged by Colonel Schulz)
10:30 pm
The President spoke to the Nation via radio from the Broadcasting
Room of the White House.
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7:45 am
General Matthew B. Ridgway had breakfast with the President at
the White House. General Ridgway walked over to the Executive
Office with the President and was photographed with him.
8:30 am
(Honorable Robert Cutler)
(Honorable James Lay)
(Briefed the President on National Security Council)
9:30 am
The National Security Council:
Honorable Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Honorable Walter B. Smith, Acting Secretary of State
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Honorable William M. Rand, Acting Director for Mutual Security
Honorable George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Arthur S. Flemming, Director of Defense Mobilization
Honorable Joseph Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Honorable Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., U. S. Representative, UN
Lt. General Willis D. Crittenberger
General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff, U. S. Army
Admiral William M. Fechteler, Chief, Naval Operations
General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force
General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., Commandant, U. S. Marine Corps
Honorable Robert Cutler
Major General Wilton B. Persons
Honorable C. D. Jackson
Colonel Paul T. Carroll
Honorable James S. Lay
Honorable S. Everett Gleason
11:15 am
(Honorable Walter B. Smith, Acting Secretary of State)
(Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense)
(Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
OFF THE RECORD
(Honorable Robert Cutler)
(Arranged by General Cutler)
11:30 am
Mr. Charles R. Hook, Chairman, Armco Steel Corporation, Middletown, Ohio
(Mr. Hook is contemplating a trip to the Argentine and wrote the
President to ask if he might come in and talk to him about this trip)
11:45 am
(Honorable Sherman Adams)
(Honorable Gabriel Hauge)
(Honorable C. D. Jackson)
(Honorable Emmet Hughes)
OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Ben Duffey)
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(Mr. Steve Benedict)
(Arranged by Governor Adams)
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12:45 pm
The President placed a wreath at the base of the statue of General
Lafayette in Lafayette Square, in connection with the commemorative
services conducted under the auspices of Comite Francais du Souvenir
de Lafayette. The President did not speak or participate in any
other part of the ceremonies. Colonel Schulz accompanied the
President.
1:00 pm
(The President motored direct from Lafayette Park to Burning Tree
Golf Club and played golf with the following:
Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel, Kansas
John McClure
John Brooks
9:15 pm
The President delivered a message by closed circuit television to
ceremonies at Dearborn, Michigan, in conjunction with the opening
of the New Research and Engineering Center of the Ford Motor
Company. This was a feature of the 50th Anniversary of the
Company.
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8:00 am
The following had breakfast with the President at the White House:
Honorable Sherman Adams
Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Honorable Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Honorable Leonard Hall, Chairman, Republican National Committee
Honorable Thomas E. Stephens
8:45 am
(The President greeted the following District Attorneys (to be
appointed) in the Red Room of the White House following breakfast:)
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Jacob S. Temkin, Rhode Island)
(John W. McIlvaine, Pennsylvania)
(J. Julius Levy, Pennsylvania)
OFF THE RECORD
(James L. Guilmartin, Florida)
(George Harold Carswell, Florida)
9:30 am
Congressman B. Carroll Reece, Tennessee
(Congressman Reece called Mr. Stephens last Monday to ask for this)
9:45 am
(Mr. Hopkins - papers to sign)
10:00 am
Senator H. Alexander Smith, New Jersey
(Senator Smith called Mr. Stephens last week and asked for this
appointment)
10:30 am
(Honorable Sherman Adams)
OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. William D. Mitchell, of Oregon)
(Arranged at the request of Mr. Willis. Mr. Mitchell is under
consideration for appointment as Administrator of the Small
Defense Plants Administration)
11:00 am
Mr. Ralph Musser, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(Mr. Musser is from Abilene and Bell Springs, Kansas, and wrote
the President on April 7th, recalling visit he had with the
President at Plowville, Minnesota, last fall. Was in Washington
attending meeting of Regional Directors of Soil Conservation
Service, and asked if might make short call to pay respects)
11:15 am
The President received the Trucking Industry's Driver of the Year,
Mr. S. R. Burkholder, of Sparks, Nevada.
(Request came from the President's Highway Safety Conference.
Mr. Burkholder has driven commercial vehicles on U. S. highways
since 1925 without having had an accident of any kind, and has
risked his life on numerous occasions to save lives of motorists
injured in highway accidents. Since this program inaugurated
in 1948, the winner of national honors each year has been
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Mrs. S. R. Burkholder
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11:15 am
Driver of the Year (Continued)
Mr. Walter F. Carey, President, American Trucking Associations, Inc.
Mr. John V. Lawrence, Managing Director, American Trucking
Associations, Inc.
Mr. Robert J. Test, Public Relations, American Trucking Asso-
ciations, Inc.
Mr. Walter Belson, Public Relations, American Trucking Asso-
ciations, Inc.
Mr. H. S. Fairbank, Deputy Commissioner of Public Roads
Mr. Robie Dunman, Associate Director, President's Highway
Safety Conference
11:45 am
The President received Committee from the American Law Institute:
Mr. Harrison Tweed, President
Mr. William A. Schnader, First Vice President
Mr. John C. Buchanan, Second Vice President
Mr. Earl G. Harrison, Treasurer
Honorable Herbert F. Goodrich, Director
Honorable George Wharton Pepper, Chairman, Executive Committee
Mr. C. W. Wickersham, Chairman of Committee
(This Committee of Officers saw the President and then
joined other members of Law Institute, for White House Tour.)
12:15 pm
H.E. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, the Vice President of India
H.E. Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta, the Ambassador of India
Honorable John Simmons, Chief, Division of Protocol
(Vice President Radhakrishnan was invited by University of
Minnesota to come to the United States to visit colleges
and universities. The University extended invitation at
request of State Department. His visit is private and
unofficial and he is staying at Blair House)
12:45 pm
The President received the Members of the National Conference of
Business Paper Editors
(This conference represents 140 of the nation's business and
trade papers, their subscribers, all in industry and business,
totalling 22 million. Was founded in 1919 and meets from two
to six times a year in Washington.) The following were present:
Allison, David, McGraw-Hill Int'l. Corp.
Anderson, R. F., McGraw-Hill Int'l. Corp.
Atlas, Benjamin J., The Billboard
Banigan, L. F., Fleet Owner
Barnes, James A., Starch Room Laundry Journal
Barton, Roger, Moore Publishing Company
Bayless, Glen, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
Beard, Helen, Associated Business Publications
Beard, William K., Jr., Associated Business Publications
Bell, Elliott V., Business Week
Benjamin, C. G., McGraw-Hill Book Company
Bernstein, S. R., Advertising Age
Black, F. S., Electrical World
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Business Paper Editors (Continued)
Booher, E. E., McGraw-Hill Book Company
Botthof, C. L., Standard Rate & Data
Browne, George, Ingeniera Internacional Industria
Browder, Walter, Haire Publishing Company
Bryant, George B., Jr., McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
Butler, James J., Editor & Publisher
Caldwell, John, Sales Management
Callaham, John E., Chamical Engineering
Clissold, Walter N., Baking Industry
Cohen, Stanley E., Advertising Age
Cooper, B. C., Elec. Construction & Maintenance
Crane, J. S., Simmons-Boardman Publishing Company
Crippen, H. D., Gillette Publishing Company
Crowder, W. F., Industrial Distribution
Delgado, Cyril, Glass Industry
Delgado, Mrs. Cyril, Glass Industry
Diamond, W. H., American Letter
Dominic, Randolph, Product Engineering
Dyck, Dr. A. W. J., Paper Industry
Eiserer, Leonard A., American Aviation
Elfenbein, Julien, Haire Publishing Company
Farrar, Larston, Geyer's Topics
Farrelly, Lillian, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
Field, Carter, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
Fingal, Wallace B., Hospital Management
Finlay, Robert M., Automotive News
Finney, Burnham, American Machinist
Fisher, Shelton, Power
Flocken, Jay, McGray-Hill Publishing Company
Flyrn, Ralph, Electrical World
Forman, Irwin, Ingenieria International Construccion
France, Boyd, MeGraw-Hill Publishing Company
Gambatese, J. M., McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
Gerardi, J. A., McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
Giles, Richard Y., Printers Ink
Gillette, E. S., Gillette Publishing Company
Graves, Harry, McGraw-Hill Book Company
Green, Glen M., Jr., National Petroleum News
Grunwald, Edgar A., Business Week
Hahn, Ruth, Sales Management
Haire, Thomas B., Haire Publishing Company
Halmos, E. E., Jr., Engineering News Record
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Hattal, Alvin, Geyer Publications
Hooper, Arthur, Chemical Week
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Hovick, Ingrid A., Clissold Publishing Company
Hubbard, Dana M., The Canner
Jennings, Gloria, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
Jordan, W. A., Chemical Week
Justice, Sam, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
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Business Paper Editors (Continued)
Kaylin, Samuel O., Chain Store Age
Kearns, William, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
Keezer, Dexter M., Economics (McGray-Hill)
Kent, John, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
Kerr, Robert Y., American Lumberman
Kilrain, Walter, American Aviation
Kramer, Kenneth, Business Week
Kruckman, Arnold, American Artisan
Kruspak, Edward, Automotive News
LaMotte, Clyde, National Petroleum News
Leach, John G., Moore Publishing Company
Lee, Ben, Aviation Week
Lewis, Craig, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
Lockwood, George E., Paper Trade Journal
Loomis, Donald, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
Loughlin, Isabelle, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
McBride, Gordon, Food Engineering
McGraw, Curtis W., President, McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.
McMullen, Alice, Electrical Construction & Maintenance
Mason, Joseph B., Architectural Record
Michelson, Edward, Tide
Mickel, Ernest, Architectural Record
Mills, Bert, Motor
Mock, Jesse, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
Montgomery, Gladys, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
Moore, Arthur, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
Moore, J. H., Moore Publishing Company
Moore, J. H., Jr., Moore Publishing Company
Moore, Lee, Aviation Week
Morrow, L. C., McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
Nordenholt, G. F., Product Engineering
Ogden, John T., Ogden Publishing Company
Ogden, Mrs. John T., Ogden Publishing Company
Palmer, W. R., National Cleaner and Dyer
Parrish, Wayne W., American Aviation
Patla, Andrew R., National Petroleum News
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Peck, C. B., Railway Locomotives & Cars
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Perreault, William, American Aviation
Phelps, Herman, Welding Engineer
Ramsey, Roy, Paper Sales
Redmond, Wilfrid, Bakers Weekly
Reid, F. Margaret, National Petroleum News
Reichek, Mort, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
Ressiguie, Harry, Fairchild Publishing Company
Robertson, Caroline, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
Rosenthal, Herbert, Lamp Journal
Saunders, Richard E., Architectural Forum
Sharp, Mrs. Hugh, Jr., Baking Industry
Shoenfeld, Jerome S., Sales Management
Skelly, John, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
Smith, Ralph B., McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
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12:45 pm
Business Paper Editors (Continued)
Smith, Vincent, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
Smythe, Herbert, Lamp Journal
Stanbury, W. A., McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
Stuart, W. T., Electrical Construction & Maintenance
Swain, P. W., Power
Taft, Walter J., Railway Age
Tavenner, C. B., Simmons-Boardman Publishing Co.
Thomas, P. M., Textile World
Tidwell, W. P., Associated Business Publications
Turner, R. T., El Farmaceutico
Ullman, William, Automotive News
Waddell, Harry L., Factory Management & Maintenance
Warner, E. P., McGraw-Hill International
Wharen, Harry s., McGraw-Hill Digest
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Wicklein, J. F., Electrical World
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Wray, Lawrence, Electrical Merchandising
12:55 pm
(The President left by southwest gate of White House for Fort McNair)
1:00 pm
The President attended Luncheon at the Industrial College of the
Armed Forces, given by his Classmates of the Graduating Class of
June 1933 at Fort McNair.
3:00 pm
Senator Frederick G. Payne, Maine
Congressman Clifford G. McIntire, Maine
Mr. Leo Gorman, Manager of Station WABI, Bangor, Maine
Mr. Walter Dickson, Technician, Station WABI
(Senator Payne asked Mr. Stephens to arrange for them to pre-
sent to the President the first salmon caught this season in
the Penobscot River. Mr. Dickson caught the salmon, which
weighs fourteen pounds. It has been the custom to present
the first catch of the season from Penobscot, to the President)
3:15 pm
Congressman Walter H. Judd, Minnesota
(The Congressman called Mr. Stephens earlier in the week and
asked for this appointment)
3:45 pm
(Mr. Robert Burroughs, New Hampshire)
(Mr. Ralph Cake)
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8:30 am
Senator Irving M. Ives, New York
Honorable Martin Durkin, Secretary of Labor
Honorable Lloyd A. Mashburn, Under Secretary of Labor
(This was arranged at request of Senator Ives)
9:00 am
The President received the winner of the National Spelling Bee.
(This is annual event for elementary school children through-
out the country and sponsored by 51 daily and Sunday news-
papers.) The following were present:
Miss Elizabeth Hess, winner, 13 years old
Mrs. Naomi Hess, Mother of the winner
Mrs. Winifred Gall, Washington Correspondent, Arizona Republic
Charles Schneider, Director of Spelling Bee, Scripps-Howard, N.Y.
9:55 am
(Honorable Richard Nixon, The Vice President)
(Mr. Herman Perry)
OFF THE RECORD
(The Vice President brought Mr. Perry in to meet the President.
Mr. Perry is the man that first got the Vice President interested
and started in politics.)
10:00 am
Cabinet
Honorable Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Honorable Donald B. Lourie, Under Secretary of State for
Administration
Honorable George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Honorable Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Honorable Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
Honorable Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Honorable Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Honorable Lloyd A. Mashburn, Under Secretary of Labor
Honorable Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education
and Welfare
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Honorable Henry Cabot Lodge, Ambassador to the UN
Honorable William Rand, Deputy Director for Mutual Security
Honorable Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Honorable Sherman Adams
Honorable Robert Cutler
Honorable Bernard Shanley
General Wilton B. Persons
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Honorable Emmet Hughes
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Honorable C. D. Jackson
Mr. Arthur Minnich
12:15 pm
The President signed H. R. 4198, the "Tidelands Oil Bill"
The following witnessed the signing:
Senator Hugh Butler, Nebraska
Senator Guy Cordon, Oregon
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Senator Thomas H. Kuchel, California
Senator William F. Knowland, California
Senator Price Daniel, Texas
Senator Spessard L. Holland, Florida
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, Texas
Senator George A. Smathers, Florida
Senator Russell B. Long, Louisiana
Senator Allen J. Ellender, Sr., Louisiana
Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel, Kansas
Congressman Chauncey W. Reed, Illinois
Congressman Louis E. Graham, Pennsylvania
Congressman Patrick J. Hillings, California
Congresswoman Ruth Thompson, Michigan
Congressman J. Frank Wilson, Texas
Congressman Edwin E. Willis, Louisiana
Congressman F. Edward Hebert, Louisiana
Congressman Sam Rayburn, Texas
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Congressman Craig Hosmer, California
Congressman Gordon L. McDonough, California
Congressman Donald L. Jackson, California
Congressman Carl Hinshaw, California
Congressman Joseph F. Holt, California
Congressman Edgar W. Hiestand, California
Congressman James B. Utt, California
Congressman John Phillips, California
Congressman Robert C. Wilson, California
Congressman Hubert B. Scudder, California
Congressman William S. Mailliard, California
Congressman John J. Allen, Jr., California
Congressman J. Arthur Younger, California
Congressman Charles S. Gubser, California
Congressman Leroy Johnson, California
Congressman Homer D. Angell, Oregon
Congressman Harris Ellsworth, Oregon
Congressman Sam Coon, Oregon
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Congressman Jack Westland, Washington
Congressman Russell V. Mack, Washington
Congressman Walt Horan, Washington
Congressman Thor C. Tollefson, Washington
Congressman Dwight L. Rogers, Florida
12:30 pm
The President was photographed with the winners of the White House
Photographers award contest. The following were present:
Mark Kauffman
Henry Burroughs
J. Waring Stinchcomb
Charles Del Vecchio
Maurice Johnson
Francis R. Routt
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1:00 pm
Mr. Bernard Baruch had lunch with the President
2:45 pm
Mrs. John H. Amen, of New York City
(Mrs. Amen is the daughter of former President Cleveland.
She wrote to the President April 30th, asking for the
privilege of a brief interview.)
3:00 pm
Senator Wallace Bennett, Utah
Dr. Howard Driggs, President, American Pioneer Trails Association
Mrs. Howard Driggs
Camille Driggs, aged 12
Dr. Harry Bowlby, of Lord's Day Alliance
(Senator Bennett asked if he might bring in Dr. Driggs who is
80 years old, and who wishes to present to the President a
number of Books sponsored by the American Pioneer Trails Asso-
ciation. Dr. Driggs is said to have made similar presentation
to the President when he was President of Columbia University.
Dr. Driggs is a former member of the Columbia University Faculty.)
3:30 pm
Dr. Robert Oppenheimer, Institute of Advanced Studies, Princeton,
University
(Dr. Oppenheimer telephoned Mr. Stephens on Monday to ask if
he might have an appointment with the President at an early
date)
4:00 pm
Mr. Jack Warner, Vice President, Warner Brothers Pictures
Mr. & Mrs. William T. Orr (Daughter and son-in-law)
Mr. George Dorsey
(Mr. Warner requested this thru his Washington representative.
He is in Washington for the White House Photographers Dinner,
and will then go on to England for Coronation.)
7:00 pm
(The President left the White House for the Statler Hotel, where
he attended the White House Photographers Dinner. Black Tie -
Stag.)
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7:40 am The President accompanied by Governor Adams, Dr. Snyder and
Mr. Shanley departed from the White House and motored to
Camp David, Maryland.
9:20 am Arrived at Camp David.
9:35 am The President and party left for the estate of Floyd Akers at
Catoctin Furnace, Maryland, for some trout fishing.
7:45 pm The President and party left Camp David and motored direct to
the White House.
9:45 pm
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10:00 am
(Honorable Robert Cutler) OFF THE RECORD
11:00 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower attended the 11:00 am
Service at the National Presbyterian Church.
3:00 pm
(The following met with the President for a game of bridge)
and remained for dinner:
(Honorable Paul Gray offman)
(Honorable George M. Humphrey)
(Honorable Harold E. Talbott)
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8:30 am
The Legislative Leaders
Honorable Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Senator William F. Knowland, California
Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Honorable Joseph Martin, The Speaker
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Honorable Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Honorable Sherman Adams
Honorable Bernard Shanley
Honorable James Hagerty
Major General Wilton B. Persons
Mr. Arthur Minnich
(Senators Taft, Bridges and Saltonstall absent)
11:00 am
General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
(This is General Bradley's usual Monday appointment)
11:30 am
Mr. William L. Hutcheson, President Emeritus, United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners of America, AF of L
(Mr. Hutcheson asked Mr. Stephens to arrange for him to have
a brief talk with the President)
12:00
Dr. Arthur F. Burns, Economic Advisor
Honorable Gabriel Hauge
(Mr. Stephens arranged this at the request of Dr. Burns)
12:30 pm
Lewis K. Gough, Commander, American Legion
(Commander Gough says the President told him at the Commodore
Hotel he would like to talk to him before he goes to Europe.
Gough does not leave for Europe for several weeks, but in
the meantime will be tourning the United States)
1:00 pm
The President gave a Luncheon for His West Point Classmates -
Class of 1915. The following were present:
Brig. General Frederic W. Boye
General of the Army Omar N. Bradley
Major General John S. Bragdon
Brig. General John F. Conklin
Brig. General John Fuller Davis
Captain Leonard Doughty, Jr.
Colonel E. DeTreville Ellis
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Colonel Earl Ewart Gesler
Brig. General A. Howard Gilkeson
Colonel Douglas H. Gillette
Mr. Sidney C. Graves
Major General T. J. Hanley, Jr.
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Colonel John Easter Harris
Brig. General Walter Wood Hess, Jr.
Colonel John F. Kahle
Major General James A. Lester
Major General Edwin Bowman Lyon
Colonel Raymond Marsh
Brig. General Lehman W. Miller
Commander Edward Semple Moale
Major General Paul J. Mueller
Brig. General George Hume Peabody
Brig. General John N. Robinson
Major General Henry B. Sayler
Colonel Thomas F. Taylor
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Brig. General Edward C. Wallington
2:30 pm
The President received the Members of the Washington Ministerial
Union in the East Room of the White House as weather conditions
did not permit a Rose Garden greeting.
(On April 28th the President received a Committee of Six from
this Organization, and at that time agreed to see the full
membership, which represents Greater Washington Protestant
Clergy.) The following were present:
Earl F. Adams
William F. Bruening
Thomas B. Allen
Kenneth C. Buker
Dwight H. Anderson
John Bundrant
Robert H. Andrews
John G. Burkhalter
Philip J. Anstedt
Alfred Warren Burns
Glenn L. Archer
Herbert Lee Burton
Oscar Autritt
Leonard M. Campbell
Harry W. Backhus III
W. R. Carner
Thomas H. Baker
David Castle
Walter G. Bangle
Charles W. Caulkins
Alfred E. Barrows
O. V. T. Chamberlain
William E. Basom
James Clark
Herbert W. Baucom, Jr.
H. P. Clarke
Elvin Baumgarner
B. McClain Cochran
Fred D. Bean
H. S. Coffey
Harold E. Beatty
Burton Coffman
Edgar W. Beckett
George D. Coffey
Clifton Bell
Bryson Couvillon
Harry L. Bell
Eric Lindsay Cowall
Wayne H. Bell
Ernest Craig
Willis Bergen
C. W. Cranford
William L. Bird
Everett W. Culp
Frank Blackwelder
A. Stauffer Curry
Eric T. Braund
W. Kieth Custis
Harold E. Brown
John H. Davidson
John E. Briggs
Maldwyn A. Davies
C. A. Brubaker
Donald J. Davis
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Clarence Leslie Dawson
William Inderstrodt
Paul R. Diehl
Donald C. Irwin
George M. Docherty
Samuel Irwin
Wesley W. Dodge
Dana H. Johnson
Wilfred C. Doty
Myrddyn W. Jones
J. A. Dudley
Donald F. Keith
Henry Duhan
William H. Kepler
James L. Duley
James Patterson Kerr
Sam P. Durrance
Hirl A. Kester
Ira S. Ernst
J.L.Kibler
Leonard J. Ebel
Elmer L. Kimmell
Herbert E. Eberhardt
Frank O. Klein
Melvin K. Echenroth
Henry C. Koch
Thomas B. Ehlers
Carl Heath Kopf
Edward L. R. Elson
Graham Gordon Lacy
John R. Esaias, Jr.
John W. Lange
James Curtis Fahl
Harold R. Lanman
Mrs. Robert A. Fangmeier
J. A. Leatherman
C. R. Ferguson
Melvin E. Lederer
James S. Ferris
Robert E. Lee
William E. Firth
Albert W. Lenz
Charles C. Flaesch
Edward B. Lewis
Paul E. Foelber
B. B. Comer Lile
Ross Forcey
Robert Lodwich
William H. Foster
George W. Lovegrove
William H. Foster, Jr.
Donald M. Loudermilk
Howard F. Gebhart
Warren Mace
M. P. German
William B. Marsh
Norman Gerstenfeld
Clyde M. Martin
J. Richard Glatfelter
Harry Mayfield
C. Leslie Glenn
John C. Mayne
James G. Graham
Earl S. McCary
Esdras S. Gruver
D. E. McClain
R. D. Grymes
John F. McClelland
Frederick Brown Harris
C. Randolph Mengers
Leighton E. Harrell
DeWitt L. Miller
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J. Victor Murtland
J. M. Harrison, Jr.
George Dent Naylor
John Leslie Hart
Clarence T. Nelson
Vladimir E. Hartman
Robert K. Nevitt
Everett A. Hewlett
J. Harvey Nichols, Jr.
Herbert W. Hillebrand
H. B. Niece
Wilbur S. Hogewell
Robert W. Olewiler
J. L. S. Holleman
George G. Oliver
Billy H. Hood
Clifton E. Olmstead
Vernon K. Hoover
G. Bromley Oxnam
James G. Horn
Charles W. Parker
Clinton N. Howard
R. L. Patterson
C.C. Hung
Jacob S. Payton
Alfred W. Hurst
John H. Pearson
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Frank W. Penick
Roy H. Stetler, Jr.
J. Adrian Pfeiffer
C. R. Strausburg
Robert J. Plumb
F. H. Strieby
H. Raymond Phelts
Russell C. Stroup
Edward H. Porter
Dorsey K. Sturgis
Edward H. Pruden
Daniel D. Swinney
Ralph Pugh
Halley B. Taylor
Richard B. Pursel
John Teter
Oscar L. Rand
G. F. Tittmann
William Range
Wendell S. Tredick
Donald E. Reese
Robert S. Trenbath
Gomer S. Reese
Lewis F. Uhlendorff
Frederick E. Reissig
F. Norman Van Brunt
L. Barrett Rice
W.H. Vinson, Jr.
John J. Rice
Fird Wagner
LeRoy M. Richey
Fred B. Walker
Arthur P. Roach
James Watt
George F. Rixey
David L. Watterworth
Orris G. Robinson
Lee A. Weaver
T. T. Roberts
D. E. Weeks
Charles C. Rother, Jr.
William H. Weitzel
Ray Ryland
John F. Wells, Jr.
F. Nelsen Schlegel
George C. Weiser
George P. Schmidt
Charles Weniger
George Schnabel
Frank L. White
Philip Gordon Scott
Maurice S. White
Walter C. Scott
Robert L. Whittenburg
Don C. Shaw
Newton C. Wilbur
Albert P. Shirkey
C. Fred Williams
G. David Shreeves
Smallwood E. Williams
Carl Sitler
Hedley James Williams
H. H. Smith, Jr.
Franklin I. Winter
A. Lincoln Smith
Henry B. Wooding
Ralph D. Smith
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James Snelbaker
William Wright
William Von Spreckelsen
Edward Yost
H. L. Stein-Schneider
George Yount
H. Ray Stewart
Caspar Nannes, Mem. religious press
Richard M. Stephenson
Kenneth Dole, Mem. religious press
Roy F. Stevens
Robert Tate Allan, Mem. religous press
Mrs. Annalee Stewart
2:45 pm
John E. Babb, Sheriff, Cook County Illinois
Honorable Sherman Adams
3:00 pm
Dr. Robert L. Johnson, Administrator, International Information Adm.,
Department of State. (Dr. Johnson telephoned Mr. Stephens last
week to ask if he might have chance to talk to the President with
reference to story in newspapers to the effect that Johnson was
resigning. He says he would not think of doing so without first
discussing it with the President. Dr. Johnson stated, however,
that he is still in favor of taking the Information Administration
out of the State Department)
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Honorable Lewis Strauss
5:30 pm
(Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Bermingham had Tea with the President
and Mrs. Eisenhower at the White House.) OFF THE RECORD
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8:00 am
The following had breakfast with the President:
Honorable Robert Cutler
Honorable James Lay
(Briefed the President on NSC Meeting)
8:45 am
Mr. Jeff Speck
Mr. Fred Taylor
Mr. Vern Tindall, Arkansas
(Mr. Speck, who is a personal friend of Mr. Stephens' telephoned
and asked if he might accompany Messrs. Taylor and Tindall in
to meet the President. Mr. Taylor had a personal letter to the
President from General Benn Leer (former Commander of the 8th
Army in Paris) which he wished to deliver. Mr. Tindall invited
the President to open the duck season in Arkansas in November.)
9:00 am
Congressman Jack Westland, Washington
(The Congressman asked if he might deliver a portrait bust of
the President, sculptured by one of his constituents, Mrs.
Margaret Walker Paine, of Everett, Washington.)
9:15 am
Honorable John J. McCloy
(Mr. McCloy called Mr. Stephens from New York last week and
stated that it was very important that he see the President
sometime this week.)
10:15 am
(The President left the White House for Beltsville, Maryland, where
he visited the Plant Industry and Research Center, U. S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture)
11:00 am
The President arrived at the Administration Building, Plant Industry
and Research Center, where he was met by Secretary of Agriculture
Benson, Dr. W. T. Shaw and Dr. A. H. Moseman. The party then pro-
ceeded to the Auditorium where Secretary Benson made a short welcome
speech. Dr. A. S. Hoyt then spoke on research on insects affecting
man and animals, with exhibits.
11:25 am
The Party left the Administration Building and drove through the
grounds of the Center and stopped at the Dairy Barns. They saw
exhibits of a group of cows selected from research herds to show
three different methods of developing high production; illustration
of wool research; and demonstrations of research on poultry meat
and egg quality.
11:50 am
Left the Dairy Barns for a short tour of Research Center Grounds.
12:00
The party arrived at the Log Lodge where they were met by Dr.
Hazel Stiebeling. They then proceeded to luncheon which featured
products developed by agricultural research, and also exhibit show-
ing results of research in developing new and improved uses for
farm products, explained by Dr. Frank Teuton.
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(The President left the Log Lodge for the Burning Tree Country)
Club where he played golf with the following:
(John McClure)
(Pardee Erdman)
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(General Floyd L. Parks)
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8:15 am
(Honorable John Townsend, former Senator from Delaware) OFF THE RECORD
(Senator Townsend telephoned Mr. Stephens and asked if he
might come by and present the President with some Delaware
strawberries.)
8:30 am
Honorable Arthur S. Flemming, Acting Director, O. D. M.
(Arranged at the request of Mr. Flemming)
9:00 am
Congressman Antoni N. Sadlak, Connecticut
Mr. Walter Szul, New York City, Chairman of Polish ex-Servicemen's
Association
Mr. George Mark, Chicago, National Commander, Polish Legion of
American Veterans
Mr. John Kadlubek, Perth Amboy, Director of Polish National
Alliance
Mr. John J. Wolczanski, Director of New Jersey Pulaski Sports
League and Co-Publisher of three American-Polish newspapers
in Jersey City, Elizabeth and Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Major General Wilton B. Persons
(Congressman Sadlak asked Mr. Stephens if this group might
call on the President and present him with an oil painting
commemorating and depicting the victory and battle at Monte
Cassino, by the Polish Armed Forces, in May 1944. May 18th
is the day of victory and they asked to make the presenta-
tion as near that day as possible. Mr. Szul is a member
of the Polish Armed Forces who participated at Monte Cassino.
This group was cleared by Mr. Stephens with State Department.)
9:15 am
Mr. Hamilton Fish Armstrong, Editor, Foreign Affairs, New York City.
(Mr. Armstrong wrote the President from Belgrade, Yugoslavia,
in April, and said he would be glad to come to Washington
and give the President a brief first-hand report when he
returned to this country.)
9:45 am
(Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Mr. Laughton Waters, U. S. Attorney, Southern District California)
(Mr. William C. Calhoun, U. S. Attorney, Southern District Georgia)
(Mr. Edwin R. Denney, U. S. Attorney, Eastern District Kentucky)
(Mr. William F. Tompkins, U. S. Attorney, District of New Jersey)
(Mr. John Sprickler, U. S. Attorney, Western District Virginia)
(The Attorney General asked if he might bring these new
appointees in OFF THE RECORD and introduce them to the
President. He will stay on alone for a talk with the President.)
10:30 am
The National Security Council:
Honorable Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Honorable Walter B. Smith, Acting Secretary of State
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Honorable William M. Rand, Acting Director for Mutual Security
Honorable George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
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Honorable Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
Honorable Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Honorable Gordon Dean, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Honorable Arthur Flemming, Office of Defense Mobilization
Dr. Vannevar Bush
Dr. Robert Oppenheimer
Honorable J. Ed Warren, Deputy Administrator, Petroleum
Administration for Defense
Honorable Charles J. Hedlund, Director, Program Division,
Petroleum Administration for Defense
Honorable Robert L. Finley, Office of Defense Mobilization
Mr. W. G. Donley, Petroleum Administration
Brigadier General A. H. Johnson, Chief, Office of Petroleum
Programs, Munitions Board
General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Honorable Allen W. Dulles, Director, Central Intelligence
Honorable Robert Cutler
Honorable C. D. Jackson
Colonel Paul T. Carroll
Honorable James Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, NSC
Honorable S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary, NSC
12:00
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
(Mr. Wilson will have his usual weekly appointment. at this time)
12:45 pm
Mrs. Sarah A. Ferguson, of Long Beach, California
(Mrs. Ferguson is the President's cousin; was visiting in
Baltimore and asked if she might drop in for a brief visit
with the President.)
12:50 pm
(The President left for the Pentagon)
1:00 pm
The President attended 8. Luncheon in the Office of the Secretary
of Defense, given in honor of the old and new Joint Chiefs of Staff.
2:55 pm
Mr. William Robinson, Publisher, New York Herald Tribune
3:00 pm
Senator Edwin C. Johnson, Colorado
(Senator Johnson has never called on the President in the office,
and asked if he might drop by and pay his respects)
3:15 pm
Mr. Claude Vardaman, Republican State Chairman, Alabama
(Mr. Stephens cleared this with Governor Adams)
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Captain Joseph McConnell, Jr., Apple Valley, California
Captain Manuel Fernandez, Miami, Florida
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Mrs. Joseph McConnell
(Major Draper brought in these two leading pilots of Korean War
to meet the President. McConnell has 16 MIGS to his credit
and Captain Fernandez has 14 MIGS to his credit.)
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The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave a Garden Party for veterans
who were patients in Government Hospitals in Washington.
(Approximately 1700 patients and guests were present)
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8:45 am
Congressman James C. Auchincloss, and Mrs. Auchincloss, New Jersey
Mr. Charles Auchincloss
(Congressman Auchincloss telephoned Mr. Stephens last week
to ask if he might bring his brother in to meet the President)
9:00 am
Congressman Joseph F. Holt, California
(General Wilton B. Persons)
(Congressman Holt, a freshman Congressman, has served in Korea,
and wanted to tell the President about it and offer various
suggestions. General Persons suggested the appointment be
arranged.)
9:15 am
(Honorable Gabriel Hauge)
(Honorable Emmet Hughes)
(Honorable C. D. Jackson)
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(Mr. Ben Duffy)
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Press Conference
11:30 am
(Dr. I. I. Rabi, Chairman of the General Advisory Committee to the
Atomic Energy Commission) OFF THE RECORD
(Dr. Rabi called Mr. Stephens last week to ask for this appoint-
ment and requested that it be kept OFF THE RECORD)
12:00
Mr. Nicholas Kelley, President, National Civil Service League
Mr. Winston Paul, Chairman, Executive Committee of the National
Civil Service League
Mr. James Watson, Executive Director, National Civil Service League
Honorable Philip Young, Chairman, U. S. Civil Service Commission
(Philip Young wrote Mr. Stephens last week, stating there are
two principal civil service "do good" organizations, the
National Civil Service League and the Civil Service Assembly.
Mr. Young suggested that when convenient the principal officers
of each organization be permitted to shake the President's
hand and tell him they are doing good. Mr. Young feels such
a meeting could be very helpful to him and to the Commission
in maintaining the support of these two organizations which
have considerable national influence.)
12:30 pm
Mr. Earl H. Gammons, Vice President, Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
(Mr. Gammons is Chairman of the Executive Committee of the
President's Committee on Employment of the Physically Handi-
capped. Wished to talk to the President about activities of
this organization.) (Mr. Shanley sat in of this appointment)
1:00 pm
(Mr. Sig Larmon, New York, had lunch with the President) OFF THE RECORD
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(The President departed for Burning Tree Country Club where he
played golf with the following:
(Mr. Jim Black)
(Mr. Robert Flemming)
(Congressman Leslie Arends, Illinois)
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8:30 am
Congressman Edgar W. Hiestand, California
(General Wilton B. Persons)
(Hiestand is a freshman, Republican Congressman from California,
and has asked to come in and talk to the President about the
gold standard, as well as about some personal matters. General
Persons recommended that we arrange this and he sat in on the talk)
9:00 am
(Honorable Gabriel Hauge)
(Honorable George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury)
(Honorable William McC. Martin, Chairman, Board of Governors,)
Federal Reserve System
(Dr. Arthur Burns, Economic Advisor)
OFF THE RECORD
(Honorable Arthur S. Flemming)
(Discussed Consumer Credit situation in accordance with
instructions given by the President at last Cabinet Meeting.)
10:00 am
Cabinet Meeting:
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. True D. Morse, Under Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Martin P. Durkin, Secretary of Labor
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Ambassador to the United Nations
Hon. William Rand, Acting Director for Mutual Security
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Gen. Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Hon. C. D. Jackson
Mr. Arthur Minnich
(The following were absent: The Vice President, Governor
Adams and Mr. Emmet Hughes)
12:20 pm
(Mr. Mason Sears, U. S. Representative in UN Trustees Council)
(Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the UN) OFF THE
RECORD
12:25 pm
(Justice W. J. Fulton, of Illinois Supreme Court) OFF THE RECORD
(Father-in-law of Scotty Reston)
12:30 pm
(Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare)
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12:35 pm
Cadet J. G. Donahue
Cadet R. P. Ellman
Cadet D. D. Horner
(These West Point Cadets presented to the President a copy
of the 1953 HOWITZER, the yearbook of the Academy. When
Supreme Commander, the President by letter dated February
26, 1952, gave his consent to having the 1953 HOWITZER
dedicated to him. The President also wrote the foreword
to this yearbook.)
12:15 pm
Mr. George Murphy, of Hollywood, California
(Mr. Murphy is the movie star who worked for the President's
election during campaign. The President told Mr. Ed Berming-
ham he would be glad to see him.)
12:45 pm
Mr. Robert Uihlein, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
General Ralph M. Immell, of Madison, Wisconsin
(General Immell wrote the President May 15th, to ask if he and
Mr. Uihlein, of the Schlitz Beer interests, might call while
they were in town.)
1:00 pm
The following had lunch with the President:
Honorable Nelson Rockefeller
Honorable Arthur S. Flemming
Congressman John M. Vorys, Ohio
General Wilton B. Persons
(The above came to the Executive Office and walked over
to the White House with the President)
3:00 pm
Mr. Owen Cheatham, of New York City
(Mr. Cheatham requested this thru Dr. Hauge)
3:15 pm
Colonel Charles L. Maxwell, (Ret.), Chicago
(Wrote the President May 19th, stating he would be in Washing-
ton today to attend a national Civil Defense Meeting, and
hoped he might see the President)
3:20 pm
(Honorable Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce) OFF THE RECORD
4:50 pm
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Honorable Harold E. Stassen, The Director for Mutual Security
5:30 pm
General Carl A. Spaatz
(General Spaatz came to the Office and walked over to the White
House with the President for a visit.)
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9:00 am
(Honorable Robert Cutler and OFF THE RECORD GROUP)
9:25 am
(Honorable Gabriel Hauge) OFF THE RECORD
9:45 am
The President received the Commander and past Commanders of the
Military Order of the World Wars, who presented to him a certi-
ficate naming him an Honorary Commander in Chief of the Military
Order of the World Wars, for life. The following were present:
Major General Melvin J. Maas, Commander in Chief, Military
Order of the World Wars
Joseph Maas (Twelve year old son of General Maas)
Colonel George E. Ijams, Washington, D. C., Past Commander
Admiral William R. Furlong, Washington, D. C., Past Commander
Charles Hann, New York, Past Commander
Charles A. Mills, Micmi, Past Commander
Rear Admiral Harold C. Train, Annapolis, Md., Past Commander
Colonel Thatcher T. P. LeQuer, Past Commander
Major Harry Okin, Chicago, Past Commander
Major Omar W. Clark, Washington, D. C. (will be next year's
Commander)
Colonel Edwin S. Bettelheim, Jr., Adjutant General and
Treasurer General
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(Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget)
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge)
OFF THE RECORD
10:30 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower, Major Draper, Colonel Schulz
and Commander Beach departed from the White House for Arlington
Cemetery.
10:40 am
The party arrived at the Tom of the Unknown Soldier and were met
by General E. R. Wright and walked to designated point in front
of Tomb. Ruffles, Flourishes, Hail to the Chief, followed by
National Anthem by U. S. Army Band.
The President was handed a wreath, stepped forward and placed
wreath at Tomb: stepped back and stood at attention while
muffled ruffles and taps were sounded. The President rejoined
party and walked to entrance of Amphitheatre.
10:50 am
The President was met by Mr. Lee Pennington at Entrance to Amphi-
theatre and escorted to rear of Box. Ruffles, Flourishes, Hail
to the Chief by the U. S. Marine Corps Band. Took seat in Box.
Colors were advanced.
11:00 am
Introduction by Mr. Pennington, Invocation by Dr. William Adams.
Lord's Prayer, sung by Mr. Lee Fairfax. Memorial Day Address by
Senator Alexander Wiley.
Battle Hymn by the University of Maryland Chapel Choir. Selection,
"Panis Angelicus" by U. S. Marine Corps Band.
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The President departed. Ruffles, Flourishes, Hail to the Chief.
(Twenty-one gun salute as motorcade entered cemetery and again
as it left Amphitheatre for the return to the White House)
11:40 am
Arrived at the White House
11:45 am
Honorable John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff, U. S. Army
Hon. Frank Nash, Assistant Secretary of Defense
Hon. Walter Robertson, Assistant Secretary of State for Far
Eastern Affairs
Hon. U. Alexis Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
Far Eastern Affairs
Major General F. W. Farrell, Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for G-3
12:15 pm
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
(Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget)
(Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, 0. D. M.)
(Hon. Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security) OFF THE RECORD
(General Wilton B. Persons)
(Mr. Gerald Morgan)
12:45 pm
(The President departed from the White House for Burning Tree)
Country Club. He played golf with the following:
Mr. Robert Fleming, Riggs National Bank
Hon. W. Randolf Burgess, Deputy to the Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Ray M. Gidney, Comptroller of the Currency
7:50 pm
(The President left the White House and motored to the home of
Honorable John Cabot, 2339 - S Street, N. W., for a brief visit)
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9:00 am
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower attended the 9:00 a.m. Service
at the National Presbyterian Church which was a Memorial Service.
The members of the Washington Chapter of the Military Order of
the World Wars attended en masse with their wives.
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MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1953
9:00 am
Mr. Henry Taylor, of New York
(This was arranged at the suggestion of Colonel Schulz:
Mr. Taylor is a radio commentator for General Motors.
He is going to Greece and Turkey shortly and asked if
he might see the President before going.)
9:45 am
Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Bagley, of Los Angeles, California
(When Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cromwell saw the President
March 30th, they asked him if he would see Mr. and
Mrs. Bagley when they came to Washington at this time.)
10:00 am
Mr. Achmed Abboud, of Cairo, Egypt
H.E. Mohamed Kamil Abdul Rahim, The Egyptian Ambassador
Hon. John F. Simmons, Chief, Division of Protocol
(Mr. Abboud is a good friend of Mr. Cliff Roberts. Mr.
Roberts telephoned Mr. Stephens from New York last
week and asked if the President would see Mr. Abboud.
Mr. Stephens cleared this with John Simmons, Chief of
Protocol)
10:15 am
Dr. Arthur F. Burns, Economic Advisor
(Dr. Burns is to have a half-hour each Monday to report
to the President. It will usually be scheduled at 12:30 p.m.)
11:00 am
General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff, U.S.A.
(This is time usually reserved on Mondays for General Bradley.
General Bradley has left for England and General Collins is
reporting for him.)
11:30 am
Honorable Karl L. Rankin, American Ambassador to China
(Ambassador Rankin requested this thru Division of Protocol)
11:45 am
The President received group of his supporters from the State of
Florida.
(Mr. C. C. Spades, National Committeeman from St. Augustine,
telephoned Mr. Stephens and asked if this group might just
call and pay their respects.) The following were present:
Mr. Kent McKinley, Sarasota, Florida, Republican County
Chairman
Mr. Don McLaren, St. Petersburg, Minority Leader in Florida
Legislature
Mr. Peyton Yon, Tallahassee, Eisenhower Democratic Leader in
northwest Florida
Mr. Paul Halliwell, Miami, Citizens for Eisenhower; was
National Committeeman of Young Republicans
Mr. W. L. Moss, Jacksonville, Member of Finance Committee of
State Committee
Mr. Hardy Sullivan, Orlando, Eisenhower leader in central
part of Florida
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Mrs. Janet Schowalter, Candidate for Congress from Fort
Lauderdale
Mr. William L. Cramer, Candidate for Congress from St.
Petersburg
Mr. G. H. Alexander, State Chairman from Fort Myers
Mrs. Helen Bowman Lieb, National Committeewoman, from Tampa
Mr. C. C. Spades, National Committeeman, from St. Augustine
Mr. James L. Guilmartin, Chairman, Citizens for Eisenhower
Mr. Hubert Hurst
Mr. Ermet Choate
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The National Security Council
(Special Meeting called by the President) The following
were present:
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. Harold E. Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director, Defense Mobilization
General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff, U. S. A.
Hon. Allen W. Dulles, Director, C. I. A.
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Hon. C. D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President
Colonel Paul T. Carroll, Military Liaison Officer
Hon. Frank Nash, Assistant Secretary of Defense
General Frank Robert, N. S. A.
Mr. Robert Bowie, State Department
Mr. E. Tuttle, Treasury Department
General John Gerhart, J. C. S.
Mr. W. Y. Elliott, O. D. M.
Mr. Robert Amory, C. I. A.
Hon. Sherman Adams
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Hon. James S. Lay, Jr.
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(LUNCH)
5:00 pm
(The President attended showing of atomic energy movie, in the
Projection Room of the White House - This was arranged by Mr.
Cutler.)
OFF THE RECORD - The following attended:
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director of Defense Mobilization
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hoh. Allen Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence
Hon. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Hon. C. D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President
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Colonel Paul T. Carroll, Military Liaison Officer
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary
Hon. S. Everett Gleason, Deputy Executive Secretary
Hon. Herbert Brownell, Jr., The Attorney Generay
Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, The Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, The Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Martin P. Durkin, The Secretary of Labor
Hon. Sherman Adams, The Assistant to the President
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Bernard Shanley, Acting Special Counsel to the President
Hon. Gabriel Hauge, Special Assistant to the President
Major General Wilton B. Persons, USA (Ret), Special Assistant
to the President
General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff, U. S. Army
Hon. Robert T. Stevens, Secretary of the Army
Hon. Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force
Rear Admiral Lewis L. Strauss, Special Assistant to the President
Hon. Val Peterson, Federal Civil Defense Administrator
Hon. J. Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hon. Gordon Dean, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Robert R. Bowie, Department of State
Brig. General Frank N. Roberts, Director (Deputy) for Mutual
Secretary
William Y. Elliott, Office of Defense Mobilization
Major General John K. Gerhart, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Robert Amory, Jr., Central Intelligence Agency
Lt. Gen. C. P. Cabell, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Hon. Thomas E. Murray, Commissioner, A.E.C.
Hon. Henry D. Smyth, Commissioner, A.E.C.
Hon. Eugene M. Zuckert, Commissioner, A.E.C.
Hon. Robert LeBaron, Special Assistant to the Secretary of
Defense for Atomic Energy Matters
Roy E. Snapp, Atomic Energy Commission
Colonel E. P. Campbell, DMA, AEC
Captain James R. Pahl, Task Force 132
Colonel Robert Cushing, Task Force 132
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Richard L. Hall, NSC Special Staff Member
Yeoman Ethan Porter (Projectionist)
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8:50 am
(Honorable Harold E. Stassen, Director for Mutual Security) OFF THE RECORD
9:00 am
Mr. Tom Pappas, of Boston, Massachusetts
(Arranged at the suggestion of Mr. Max Rabb, who says Mr. Pappas
was one of biggest money raisers in Republican Party. He
wishes to discuss with the President the holding of a tre-
mendous money raising affair around the President or Mrs.
Eisenhower, if at all possible. This would be held in
Boston and besides the President, those participating would
be leading New England figures like Governor Herter, Charles
Francis Adams, etc.)
9:30 am
Honorable Lewis Douglas, former Ambassador to Great Britain
(Mr. Douglas telephoned Mr. Stephens from New York last week
and asked for this.)
10:00 am
The President received the Officers of the National Flying Farmers
Association: (This request came to Mr. Stephens originally from
the Greater National Capital Committee, and was for the President
to receive the entire group of some 400 Members, who are making
a pilgrimage to Washington. Senator Carlson also called Mr.
Stephens and it was arranged for just the officers of the
organization to call on the President. This is a high caliber
organization with membership of 5,000 or more in almost all
States except New England: was founded in 1944 on campus of
Oklahoma A & M College for mutual benefit of farmers using
airplanes in supervising and managing their farms.)
The following were present:
Mr. E. M. Anderson, Medina, Texas, President
Mr. Fred Triplett, Hillsboro, Texas, Vice President
Mr. John E. Kirk, Wichita, Kansas, Executive Secretary
Mr. Elmer McCarty, Idaho Falls, Idaho, Treasurer
Mr. Lee J.! Palladay, Vice President
Mr. Charles Howse, National Editor
Mr. M. P. Galbraith, International Insurance Director,
Wichita, Kansas
10:15 am
(The President rehearsed for TV Broadcast - Dr. Hauge, Mr. Hughes, et al)
11:45 am
Special Meeting of the Legislative Leaders was called:
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Senator William Knowland, California
Senator Eugene Millikin, Colorado
Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
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Hon. Joseph Martin, The Speaker
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
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Congressman John Taber, New York
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Admiral Charles M. Cooke, U.S.N. (Retd)
(Admiral Cooke requested this thru the Naval Aide, just to
pay his respects.)
1:00 pm
The following had luncheon with the President:
Honorable Robert Cutler
Honorable James Lay
2:00 pm
(The President made a film in the Projection Room of the White
House requesting contirubtions for Aid to Korea, to be used in
threatres and on television throughout the country.)
2:15 pm
Senator Frank Carlson, Kansas
Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, Chancellor of the University of Kansas
2:30 pm
(Hon. Emmet Hughes) OFF THE RECORD
3:00 pm
Honorable Angier Biddle Duke, retiring American Ambassador to
El Salvador
(Ambassador Duke requested this thru Division of Protocol)
3:15 pm
Honorable Richard C. Patterson, Jr., American Minister to Switzerland
(Mr. Patterson requested this thru Division of Protocol)
3:45 pm
(Hon. Gabriel Hauge) OFF THE RECORD
3:55 pm
(Hon. Gordon Dean, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission) OFF THE RECORD
4:05 pm
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
5:00 pm
(Mr. Lou Kelly, American Express, New York)
(Mr. Robert Matthews, American Express, New York)
OFF THE RECORD
(These gentlemen worked for the President during the Campaign
starting with a small office in Abilene.)
7:00 pm
(The following had dinner with the President and Mrs. Eisenhower:)
Mr. William Robinson
Mr. John Burke
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7:50 am
Mr. Douglas Black, of New York City, had breakfast with the
President at the White House
(Mr. Black is with Doubleday Publishing Company. Published
"Crusade in Europe", and is an old friend of the President's)
9:00 am
M. Jean Monnet, President of the High Authority of the European
Coal and Steel Community
Hon. John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Hon. William Rand, Deputy Director for Mutual Security
Hon. David Bruce, U. S. Representative to the European Coal
and Steel Community
Mr. Franz Etzel (German) Member of High Authority
Mr. Dirk Spierenburg (Dutch) Member of High Authority
(This was a half hour appointment)
9:30 am
(Honorable Emmet Hughes) OFF THE RECORD
9:45 am
(Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Mr. George R. Blue, Eastern District Louisiana) OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. William M. Steger, Eastern District Texas)
(These are new District Attorneys and the Attorney General
brought them in to meet the President)
10:00 am
(TV Rehearsal)
11:00 am
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Honorable Walter B. Smith, The Under Secretary of State
(Secretary Dulles called Mr. Stephens yesterday to ask for this)
11:45 am
Senator Price Daniel, Texas
(Asked Mr. Hagerty if he might come in and be photographed
with the President)
12:00
(Mr. Chester Davis, Chicago, Illinois)
(Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury) OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Came to see Governor Adams, who brought them in to see the
President) OFF THE RECORD
1:00 pm
(The President departed for Burning Tree Country Club where he)
played golf with the following:
(Mr. Ned Foot)
(Dr. Charles Hall)
OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Jim Black)
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The Legislative Leaders
Honorable Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Senator Robert A. Taft, Ohio
Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Senator William Knowland, California
Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Senator George D. Aiken, Vermont
Senator Alexander Wiley, Wisconsin
Senator H. Alexander Smith, New Jersey
Honorable Joseph Martin, The Speaker
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Inciana
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Congressman Clifford R. Hope, Kansas
Congressman Robert B. Chiperfield, Illinois
Congressman John M. Vorys, Ohio
Honorable George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Honorable Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Honorable Sherman Adams
Honorable Bernard Shanley
Honorable James Hagerty
General Wilton B. Persons
Mr. Gerald Morgan
Mr. Arthur Minnich
9:55 am
(Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Judge George H. Boldt, Washington)
OFF THE RECORD
(Judge Joseph P. Willson, Pennsylvania)
(The Attorney General brought these gentlemen in to meet the
President)
10:00 am
The National Security Council:
Honorable Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Honorable Roger M. Kyes, Deputy Secretary of Defense
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Honorable George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Honorable Arthur S. Flemming, Director of Defense Mobilization
Honorable Joseph Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Honorable Thomas E. Murray, Atomic Energy Commission
Honorable Val Peterson, Federal Civil Defense Administrator
Honorable Walter Williams, Acting Secretary of Commerce
Lt. General Idwal H. Edwards, Chairman, Special Evaluation
Subcommittee of N. S. C.
Walter S. DeLany, Office of Director for Mutual Security
Kenneth R. Hansen, Office of Director for Mutual Security
General J. Lawton Collins, for Chairman, J. C. S.
Honorable Allen W. Dulles, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
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Honorable Robert Cutler
Honorable C. D. Jackson
J. Patrick Coyne, N.S.C. Representative on Internal Security
Colonel Paul T. Carroll, Military Liaison Officer
Honorable James Lay, Jr.
Honorable S. Everett Gleason
Honorable Lewis Strauss
12:45 pm
(Honorable Eric Johnston)
OFF THE RECORD
(Presented the President with some old coins from Lebanon
and Middle East)
12:50 pm
The President received a group of Republican Women from Western
Massachusetts. (Senator Saltonstall telephoned Mr. Stephens
May 27th, and asked if the President would receive this group)
The following were present:
Mrs. Augustus I. Short, Springfield
Mrs. Anna K. Church, Springfield
Mrs. Edward Ashworth, Gt. Barrington
Mrs. Irving E. Baker, Springfield
Mrs. Leon Roberts, Springfield
Mrs. James Long, Springfield
Mrs. Elizabeth Curry, Chicopee
Miss Bertha Holland, Springfield
Mrs. Stillman H. Munger, Ludlow
Mrs. J. Perry Graham, Springfield
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Mrs. Homer Bisby, Chesterfield
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Mrs. Sumner Coleman, Southampton
Miss Lacy Burdick, Springfield
Miss Sadie Bradley, Springfield
Mrs. Anne Slater, Northampton
Mrs. Victoria Zujewski, Northampton
Mrs. Henry Noel, Holyoke
Mrs. Frank Fitzpatrick, Holyoke
Mrs. Jeanne McBride, Holyoke
Mrs. H. H. Atherton, Springfield
Mrs. L. M. Thiers, Springfield
Mrs. Wendell Chamberlain, Springfield
Mrs. Gladys Desouza, Springfield
Mrs. Alfred White, Springfield
Mrs. Regina Hart, Springfield
Mrs. Herbert F. Loring, Lee
Mrs. Albert Clark, Lee
Mrs. Adam Wiatrowski, Springfield
Mrs. Gondrand Cataldo, Springfield
Miss Dorothy King, Springfield
Mrs. Samuel Goidell, Springfield
Mrs. Wheeler B. Sisk, Springfield
Mrs. Norman Beaudry, Springfield
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Mrs. Helvie Greene, Springfield
Mrs. Edward Diamond, Easthampton
Mrs. D. W. Vonbremen, Egremont
Miss Helena Fossa, Pittsfield
Mrs. Forest Yeaton, West Springfield
Mrs. George Rice, Springfield
Mrs. Beatrice H. Mullaney, Fall River
Mrs. Irene Evans, Springfield
Miss M. Alice Perry, Agawam
Mrs. Philip Erard, Springfield
Mrs. Anna Ratell, Indian Orchard
Mrs. Robert Sprague, Pittsfield
Mrs. John Barras, Springfield
Mrs. Vernon Bradley, Springfield
Mrs. Claire Trudeau, Indian Orchard
Mrs. Everett Whitehead, Springfield
Mrs. Merton A. Cunningham, Longmeadow
Mrs. J. Wesley Smith, Longmeadow
Mrs. A. G. Holmes, Longmeadow
Mrs. Paul Kellogg, Springfield
Mrs. E. O. Audette, Springfield
Mrs. Adelaide Christensen, Springfield
Mrs. Francis Leta, Springfield
Mrs. G. Donald Hammond, Westfield
Mrs. Frank Winberg, Springfield
Mrs. Lytton W. Powell, Springfield
Mrs. Harold Alden, Northampton
Mrs. Donald A. Grant, Northampton
Mrs. Roy Dykstra, Springfield
Miss Helen M. Dubino, Greenfield
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2:45 pm
(Honorable C. D. Jackson) OFF THE RECORD
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(Mrs. Donald Wetzel, California)
(Mrs. William Moyer, California)
OFF THE RECORD
(Mrs. letzel is a High School Classmate of the President's
from Abilene but now living in California. Mrs. Moyer is
her neighbor and drove her to Washington)
3:15 pm
Mr. John Riley, President of the Todd Ship Building Company,
Brooklyn, New York.
(This arranged at the request of Congressman Charles Halleck,
Indiana, and concurred in by Governor Adams)
4:00 pm
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
(Ceneral Alfred M. Gruenther)
(Honorable Fred Vinson, The Chief Justice)
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8:45 am
Congressman Oliver P. Bolton, Ohio
(The Congressman wished to have his picture taken presenting
invitations to the President to visit the City of Willoughby,
Lake County Ohio, and the City of Ashtabula, Ashtabule County,
Ohio, as these towns are celebrating their one hundredth and
one hundred and fiftieth birthdays this year.)
9:00 am
Mrs. Anna Rosenberg
(Arranged by Mrs. Whitman)
9:15 am
Congressman George H. Bender, Ohio
(Honorable Sherman Adams)
(Congressman Bender wrote the President in early May asking
if he might come in and discuss with him the grand strategy
of the Administration in its relationship to the Congress;
also wished to discuss prospects of victory in 1954 Elections)
9:45 am
Mr. Archibald J. Carey, Jr., Alderman, 3rd Ward, Chicago, Illinois
and Mrs. Carey
Carolyn Eloise Carey, (Daughter)
(Mr. Carey wrote the President early in May, asking if he might
bring his family in to greet the President while they are in
Washington at this time.)
10:00 am
Cabinet:
Honorable Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Honorable John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Honorable W. Randolph Burgess, Deputy to the Secretary of the
Treasury
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Honorable William P. Rogers, Deputy Attorney General
Honorable Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Honorable Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior
Honorable Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Honorable Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Honorable Martin P. Durkin, Secretary of Labor.
Honorable Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Honorable Joseph Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Honorable Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the United Nations
Honorable Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Honorable Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Honorable Sherman Adams
Honorable C. D. Jackson
Honorable Robert Cutler
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Honorable Emmet Hughes
Honorable Gabriel Hauge
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Mr. Gerald Morgan
Mr. Arthur Minnich
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Honorable Michael J. McDermott, American Ambassador-designate to
El Salvador
(Mr. McDermott requested this thru Division of Protocol)
12:15 pm
Congressman J. Arthur Younger, California
Mr. Frank Belcher
(Congressman Younger called Mr. Stephens earlier in week to ask
if he might bring Mr. Belcher in to shake hands with the Presi-
dent. Mr. Belcher was former Finance Chairman for Northern
California)
12:30 pm
Congressman A. L. Miller, Nebraska
(Congressman Miller asked to call on the President to discuss
utilizing atomic energy for good instead of bad. He has
recently witnessed the atomic blasts. He also wishes to
talk about things generally, which come before his Committee,
Interior and Insular Affairs Committee of the House.)
(Dr. Hauge sat in on this appointment)
1:00 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave a buffet luncheon at the
White House for the Sports Champions invited to attend the 1953
Congressional Baseball Game. The following were present:
Mrs. Pauline Betz Addie
Tennis
Mr. Andrew Anderson
Fisherman of 1952
Mr. Horace Ashenfelter
Track
Mr. Howard P. Bailey
Evening Star
Mr. Jack Bentley
Baseball
Mr. Lou Blue
Baseball
Mr. Ossie Bluege
Baseball
Mr. Arthur Bragg
Sprint
Mr. Rusty Callow
Navy Crew Coach
Mr. George Case
Baseball
Miss Florence Chadwick
Swimming
Mr. Edwin T. Chandler
Sports Fan
Comdr. Slade Cutter
Football - intercollegiate boxer
Mr. Joe DiMaggio
Baseball
Lt. Albert Dorow
Football
Mr. William Dudley
Football
Mr. Fred Dwyer
Track - indoor mile
Mr. Jimmy Foxx
Baseball
Miss Mary Freeman
Swimming
Mr. Clark Griffith
Baseball
Mr. Robert Grove (Lefty)
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Lt. Comdr. Helen Hull Jacobs
Tennis
Mrs. Zoanne Gale Jensen
Swimming
Mr. Joseph Judge
Baseball
Mr. Norvell Lee
LHW boxing - Sullivan Award
Mr. Rocky Marciano
Boxing
Mr. Dick Modzelewski
Football
Lt. Edward Modzelewski
Football
Mr. Charles H. Moore, Jr.
Track
Miss Carol Ann Peters
Figure-skating-dance
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Luncheon (Continued)
Miss Gail Peters
Swimming
Mr. Edgar Rice (Sam)
Baseball
Miss Bettie Jan Roland
Swimming
Mr. Daniel C. Ryan
Figure-skating dance
Mr. Gene Sarazen
Golf
Mr. Jack Scarbath
Football
Mr. Tris Speaker
Baseball
Miss Helen Stephens
Swimming
Mr. Oliver Ward
Cyclist
Mr. Al Weill
Marciano manager
Mr. William M. Werber
Baseball
Mr. G. Harris White
Baseball
Cong. C. W. Bishop, Ill.
Manager of Republican Baseball Team
Cong. A. S. Herlong, Jr., Fla.
Manager of Democratic Baseball Team
Mr. Jesse Owen
Olympic Champion Sprinter
2:45 pm
(Honorable Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Charles Slusser, Mayor of Akron, Ohio)
OFF THE RECORD
(Arranged at suggestion of Mr. Willis. Mr. Slusser is under
consideration for appointment as Commissioner of Public Housing)
3:00 pm
Congressman August H. Andresen, Minnesota
Mr. W. Marion Roberts, of Rochester, Minnesota
(Congressman Andresen called Mr. Stephens Wednesday to ask if
he might bring in Mr. Roberts to meet the President. Mr.
Roberts is with the Area Soil Conservation Service Department)
3:05 pm
Honorable Loy Henderson, American Ambassador to Iran
4:30 pm
(Honorable True D. Morse, Under Secretary of Agriculture)
(Mr. Romeo Short, Department of Agriculture)
OFF THE RECORD
(Honorable Gabriel Hauge)
8:00 pm
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left for Griffith Stadium to
attend the Congressional Baseball Game)
8:10 - Arrived at Baseball Park
8:33 - Threw out first ball
10:30 - Game was over
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9:15 am
(Honorable Harold E. Stassen, Director for Mutual Security)
OFF THE RECORD
9:30 am
Honorable John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Honorable Frank Nash, Assistant Secretary of Defense
General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff, U. S. A.
Honorable Walter S. Robertson, Assistant Secretary of State for
Far Eastern Affairs
Honorable U. Alexis Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
for Far Eastern Affairs
11:15 am
(The President departed for Burning Tree Golf Club where he played
golf with the following:
(Mr. Thomas Braniff)
(Major General Frank A. Allen "Honk") (Retd)
(Mr. Gene Sarazen)
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8:30 am
Honorable Robert Cutler
Honorable S. Everett Gleason
(To brief the President on N. S. C. Meeting tomorrow)
9:40 am
(Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General) OFF THE RECORD
9:45 am
(Honorable Gordon Dean, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission)
(OFF THE RECORD - LOWER WEST DOOR)
10:15 am
Dr. Arthur F. Burns, Economic Advisor
Honorable Gabriel Hauge
(This is a regular Monday appointment of one-half hour)
10:45 am
(Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce)
(Mr. Louis Rothschild)
OFF THE RECORD
(Secretary Weeks asked if he might come in OFF THE RECORD and
present Louis Rothschild to the President. Mr. Rothschild
is under consideration for appointment as Maritime Administrator)
10:55 am
(Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget)
(Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission) OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Bernard Shanley)
11:00 am
General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff, U. S. A.
(General Collins is coming instead of General Bradley for this
usual Monday appointment. General Bradley is still abroad)
11:30 am
Honorable William T. Pheiffer, American Ambassador-designate to
the Dominican Republic
(Mr. Pheiffer asked for this thru Division of Protocol to pay
his respects before leaving for his new Post)
2:30 pm
Senator Frank Carlson, Kansas
Congressman Errett P. Scrivner, Kansas
Congressman Howard S. Miller, Kansas
Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel, Kansas
and Group of citizens from Kansas
(Senator Carlson phoned and asked if he might bring a group from
Kansas who have been testifying on the Hill in to see the President)
2:50 pm
(Honorable John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State) OFF THE RECORD
4:10 pm
(Honorable Harold E. Stassen, Director for Mutual Security) OFF THE RECORD
7:30 pm
(The President gave a small stag dinner OFF THE RECORD) The following
were present:
The Honorable Herbert Hoover
His Eminence Cardinal Spellman
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The Honorable Henry Cabot Lodge
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8:30 am
(Honorable John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State) OFF THE RECORD
9:00 am
(Honorable Robert Cutler) OFF THE RECORD
10:00 am
The President and his party left the White House for MATS Terminal,
Washington National Airport. The following were members of the
party:
Honorable Sherman Adams
Honorable Thomas E. Stephens
Honorable Gabriel Hauge
Colonel Robert Schulz
Mr. Murray Snyder
Mr. Jack Romagna
Mr. James Rowley
Mr. Dick Flohr
John Moaney
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Airborne for Minneapolis, Minnesota
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The President was greeted by the following:
Hon. C. Elmer Anderson, Governor of Minnesota
Congressman Walter H. Judd, Minnesota
Mayor John Daubney, St. Paul
Mr. Bradshaw Mintner, Representing Mayor Hoyer of Minneapolis
Brig, General Thomas C. Darcy, Commanding General, 31st Air Division
Colonel John Mott, Commander, Minnesota Military District
Captain Doyle Coffee, Senior Naval Instructor, University of
Minnesota
Mr. Horace Henderson, President, National Junior Chamber of Commerce
Mr. John Diracles, Past President, Minneapolis Jaycees
Mr. Jack Dodd, Past President, Minneapolis Jaycees
Mr. Harry Benson, President, Minneapolis Jaycees
Mr. Gerald Moore, President, Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Wayne Field, Chairman, Junior Chamber, Eisenhower Committee
Mr. Arnold Paulson, State President, Jaycees
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Depart American Swedish Institute for Minneapolis Auditorium.
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President leaves room for speakers platform
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President speaks via live radio and local TV (30 minutes)
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President departs auditorium for airport via Ebenezer Home for the Aged
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Arrive Airport.
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Airborne for Minot, North Dakota.
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Arrive Minot Municipal Airport, North Dakota. The President was
greeted by the following:
Hon. Norman Brunsdale, Governor of North Dakota
Senator William Langer, North Dakota
Senator Milton R. Young, North Dakota
Congressman Usher L. Burdick, North Dakota
Congressman Otto Krueger, North Dakota
Lieutenant Governor C. P. Dahl
Hon. Milton Rue, Republican National Committeeman
Mrs. Ethel Cooley, Republican National Committeewoman
Mr. George Longmire, Chairman, Republican State Central Com.
Mayor H. C. Kiehn, Minot
Mayor Tom Kleppe, Bismarck
At conclusion of greetings, the President, accompanied by Governor
Brunsdale and Mayor Kiehn, motored to Clarence Parker Hotel in convoy
with rest of official party, including press.
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Arrive Clarence Parker Hotel. Welcomed by Mrs. Clarence Parker, owner.
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The President had dinner in Penthouse Suite with the following:
Governor Norman Brunsdale
Hon. Milton Rue, Republican National Committeeman
Mrs. Ethel Cooley, Republican National Committeewoman
Mr. George Longmire, Chairman, Republican State Central Com.
Mrs. Ruby E. Doerner, Vice Chairman, Republican State Cent. Com.
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The President left the Penthouse Suite and descended to the Gold
Saddle Room, where he greeted a group of approximately 300 persons,
including GOP leadere, State, County, Municipal and other leading
Citizens.
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Returned to Penthouse Suite for remainder of night.
(The rest of the official party, including press, were tendered a
reception and buffet supper at Minot Country Club)
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The President, accompanied by Governor Norman Brunsdale, departed
by motorcade for the Administration Building at Riverdale, North
Dakota. (GARRISON DAM)
" 10:00 am
The President was greeted at the U. S. Army Engineer Headquarters,
Riverdale, North Dakota, by the following:
Hon. Robert T. Stevens, Secretary of the Army
Major General Samuel D. Sturgis, Jr., Chief of U. S.
Army Engineers
Colonel R. J. B. Page, District Engineer, U. S. Army
Engineers Corps
Following the greeting, the President and party drove over portion
of the dam site on an inspection tour.
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Arrived at speaker's rostrum for actual ceremony.
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Introduction of the President by Governor Brunsdale.
At conclusion of remarks, the President was greeted by Tribal Council
of Indians from Fort Berthold Reservation and presented a gift.
11:15 am
Depart Garrison Dam for motor trip to Municipal Airport, Bismarck,
North Dakota.
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12:50 pm
Arrived Municipal Airport, Bismarck, North Dakota. Mayor Thomas
Kleppe of Bismarck, and small reception committee, were on hand to
bid "goodbye" to the President.
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passengers:
Senator Francis Case, South Dakota
Senator Karl E. Mundt, South Dakota
Congressman Harold O. Lovre, South Dakota
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Drove via Iron Mountain Highway to State Game Lodge, Custer State Park.
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4:15 pm
Arrived at the State Game Lodge
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Dinner with Governor Sigurd Anderson and guests of the Governor at the
State Game Lodge.
9:00 pm
Drove to Coolidge Inn to shake hands with South Dakota Republican
County Officials.
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Drove to Rapid City Air Force Base.
# 11:45 am Re-designated Rapid City Air Force Base as Ellsworth Air Force Base.
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Airborne for Lebanon, New Hampshire
The President flew over Flint, Michigan, and viewed tornado damage.
EDT 8:25 pm Arrived at Lebanon Airport, New Hampshire.
The President was greeted by President John Dickey of Dartmouth
College. The President then motored to the home of President
Dickey, where he spent the night.
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Arrived Parkhurst Hall and went to President Dickey's office for
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10:00 am
Reception for 42 platform guests in President Dickey's office.
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Joined procession
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10:40 am
Arrived at platform
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11:05 am
The National Anthem, The Invocation and Singing of a Hymn
Valedictory to the College, Conferring of Bachelor Degrees,
Valedictory to the Seniors, Conferring of Advanced Degrees
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Address by Lester B. Pearson
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Conferring of Honorary Degrees
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Response by President Eisenhower
12:32 pm
Singing of Alma Mater, Benediction by College Chaplain
12:36 pm
The President and party left platform - entered Baker Library and
disrobed and entered automobiles.
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Arrived at President Dickey's Residence for Luncheon
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Left President Dickey's home for Lebanon Airport
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Airborne for Mitchel Air Force Base, Long Island, New York, accompanied
by the following additional guests for return trip to Washington:
Congressman Edgar W. Hiestand, California
Congressman Thomas B. Curtis, Missouri
Mr. Sam Adams, son of Governor Adams
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The President was escorted to the platform.
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4:42 pm
Invocation by Rabbi Speier
4:45 pm Governor Thomas E. Dewey delivered a short speech
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4:50 pm Mr. William Warfield sang the Battle Hymn of the Republic
4:52 pm Reverend John Warren offered a short prayer for peace.
4:55 pm Honorable Leonard Hall introduced former President Herbert Hoover.
Former President Herbert Hoover introduced the President.
5:00 pm The President delivered his speech.
5:12 pm The President was presented with a manuscript of the late President
Theodore Roosevelt by Mr. Herman Haggedorn.
5:14 pm
The President was presented with an engraved Oyster Bay Shell by
Four Boy Scouts
5:16 pm
Benediction by Father Short
The Star Spangled Banner
5:30 pm
Presidential Motorcade departed for Mitchel Air Force Base.
6:10 pm
Arrived at Mitchel Air Force Base.
6:20 pm
Airborne for Washington, D. C.
7:35 pm
Arrived MATS Terminal, Washington, D. C. The President motored
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MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1953
8:30 am
Legislative Leaders:
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Hon. Joseph Martin, The Speaker
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Congressman Leo E. Allen, Illinois
Honorable Arthur E. Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Honorable Charles R. Hook, Jr., Deputy Postmaster General
Honorable Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Honorable Sherman Adams
Honorable Bernard Shanley
Honorable James Hagerty
General Wilton B. Persons
Mr. Gerald D. Morgan
Mr. Bryce N. Harlow
Mr. Arthur Minnich
11:00 am
Admiral William M. Fechteler, Chief of Naval Operations
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11:15 am
Admiral William D. Leahy
11:30 am
Honorable Winthrop W. Aldrich, American Ambassador to Great Britain
(Ambassador Aldrich requested this thru the Division of Protocol)
12:30 pm
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Mr. Donald R. Belcher, of Westfield, New Jersey
(Mr. Belcher's nomination was sent to the Capitol for appointment
as Assistant Director, Bureau of the Budget)
12:45 pm
Honorable Carl R. Gray, Jr., former Administrator of Veterans Affairs
(General Gray asked Mr. Stephens to arrange for him to come in
and say "goodbye" to the President)
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:00 pm
Honorable John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
3:00 pm
Honorable John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
3:15 pm
Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Honorable Bernard Shanley, Special Counsel to the President
Honorable Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President
General Wilton B. Persons, Special Assistant to the President
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(Honorable Bernard Shanley, Special Counsel to the President)
(General Wilton B. Persons, Special Assistant to the President) OFF THE
(Mr. Gerald Morgan, Special Assistant)
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3:45 pm
(Honorable Lewis L. Strauss, Special Assistant to the President)
OFF THE RECORD
3:55 pm
(Honorable U. E. Baughman, Chief, U. S. Secret Service) OFF THE RECORD
5:00 pm
(Honorable Douglas MacArthur, II, Counselor, Department of State)
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TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1953
9:00 am
The President presented diplomas to the graduates of the
Capitol Page School
(This request came from Tom Kennemer, Doorkeeper, House of
Representatives, and General Persons recommended that this
ceremony be arranged.) The following were present:
Graduates
Guests
Ronnie Baxter
Mrs. E. H. Baxter
Ralph Del Giorno
Mr. & Mrs. Zachary Del Giorno
Peter Grose
Mrs. Carolyn T. Grose
Jerry Hoobler
Mrs. Margaret Hoobler
Bill Julian
Cdr. and Mrs. Harry W. Julian
Bruce Lloyd
Dr. & Mrs. Daniel B. Lloyd
Laurence Locke
Mr. & Mrs. Seward C. Locke
Charles Pettit
Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Pettit
Steve Robinson
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Robinson
Bill Stanley
Mr. & Mrs. William S. Stanley
Joe Stewart
Mr. & Mrs. E. T. Stewart
Mrs. A. O. Stanley, Grandmother of
Additional Guests
Bill Stanley
Miss Kathryn A. Dunphy, Mr. Kennamer's Secretary
Mr. Tom Kennamer, Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives
Miss Ruth H. McRae, Principal, Capitol Page School
Mr. Norman J. Nelson, First Assistant Superintendent, D. C.
Public Schools
Mrs. M. Gertrude Smith, Teacher in charge of graduation
9:15 am
Mrs. Thomas Hare Powel, of Providence, R. I., Regent of the Mount
Vernon Ladies Association
Congresswoman Frances P. Bolton, Ohio, Vice Regent of Mount Vernon
Ladies Association, State of Ohio
(Mrs. Bolton asked Mr. Stephens to arrange for her to bring in
Mrs. Powel, who wishes to invite the President to attend the
100th Anniversary of this Association, at Mount Vernon, October
24, 1953. This organization runs Mount Vernon as a National
Shrine.)
9:30 am
(Mr. Harry Anholt, Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, Colorado) OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Thomas E. Stephens)
10:00 am
Senator John W. Bricker, Ohio
(The Senator asked for this appointment, stating he wished to talk
to the President before the President's next Press Conference,
about S.J. Res. No. 1, the legislation to restrict the President's
Treaty making powers.)
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Dr. Milton Eisenhower
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming
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H.E. Athanase G. Politis, the Ambassador of Greece
(The Ambassador requested this thru the Division of Protocol.
He wishes to express the thanks and acceptance of the King
and Queen of Greece for the President's invitation for an
official visit to the United States during the year 1953)
12:30 pm
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
(This is Secretary Wilson's usual weekly appointment. He only
needed one-half hour)
1:00 pm
The following had luncheon with the President at the White House:
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Honorable K. T. Keller, Director, Office of Guided Missiles,
Department of Defense
2:45 pm
Dr. James B. Conant, High Commissioner for Gerupiny
(Dr. Conant called Mr. Stephens late yesterday to ask for this)
3:00 pm
(Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Mr. Charles W. Atkinson, Western Arkansan)
OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Harry Richards, Eastern Missouri)
(The Attorney General brought in these gentlemen to meet the
President as they are newly appointed U. S. Attorneys)
3:30 pm
Dr. Bernard D. Loomer, Dean, School of Religion, University of Chicago
Dr. Charles Stewart, New York City
Rev. Dr. Daniel Rideout, Baltimore, Maryland
Rev. Bruce Dahlberg, Brooklyn, New York
Rabbi Adam Cronback, Cincinnati, Ohio
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8:00 am
The following had breakfast with the President:
Honorable Robert Cutler
Honorable James Lay
(Briefed the President on N. S. C.)
8:45 am
Congressman Ken Regan, Texas
(Arranged by General Persons. The Congressman wishes to present
to the President a specially painted copy of the President's
inaugural Prayer, the work of one of the Congressman's constituents)
9:00 am
Congressman Clark W. Thompson, Texas
(The Congressman requested this appointment thru General Persons,
who recommended that it be arranged.)
9:25 am
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Katz and child
(This appointment was arranged at the request of General Clay)
9:30 am
Mr. Gene Autry
Mr. Earl Gammons, Vice President, Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
(Mr. Gammons asked Mr. Stephens to arrange for Mr. Autry to call
and pay his respects while in the East.)
10:00 am
(Mr. Hagerty) OFF THE RECORD
10:30 am
Press Conference
11:30 am
H.E. Too Chim Paik, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea
H.E. Dr. You Chan Yang, the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea
Honorable Walter Robertson, Assistant Secretary of State for Far
Eastern Affairs
(This was arranged by Mr. Stephens at the suggestion of the
Secretary of State)
11:45 am
Honorable Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
(Chairman Young called Mr. Stephens yesterday and asked that
this appointment be arranged)
12:15 pm
(The President departed for Burning Tree Golf Club where he played
golf with the following:
(Congressman Sid Simpson)
(Mr. Harry Anholt)
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8:00 am
The following had breakfast with the President at the White House:
Senator Everett M. Dirksen, Illinois
Senator Warren G. Magnuson, Washington
Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Honorable Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
General Wilton B. Persons
8:55 am
Senator Everett Dirksen, Illinois
(The Senator walked over to the Executive Office with the
President and presented to him a gold horseshoe from the
President of the Phoenix Manufacturing Company in Joliet,
Illinois, Mr. Edward N. Gosselin.)
9:00 am
Mr. Benjamin Fairless, Chairman of the Board, U. S. Steel
(Mr. Fairless requested this thru his Washington representative,
some weeks ago.)
9:30 am
Mr. Pendleton Herring, President, The American Political Science
Association
Hon. Ralph J. Bunche, President-Elect
Mr. Edward H. Litchfield, Executive Director
(Mr. Litchfield wrote Mr. Stephens in May, asking if this
group might call on the President at this time, to offer
the support of the American Political Science Association
in various ways, and also to invite the President to
attend opening meeting of their Annual Convention, September
10, 1953, Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D. C.)
9:45 am
(Honorable John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State)
(Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense) OFF THE RECORD
(Admiral William M. Fechteler, for the Chairman, J.C.S.)
10:00 am
National Security Council:
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Admiral William M. Fechteler, for the Chairman, J. C. S.
Hon. Allen Dulles, Director for Central Intelligence
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. Lewis L. Strauss
Hon. C. D. Jackson
Colonel Paul T. Carroll
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr.
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12:45 pm
The President will greet group of School Children who are on
tour of Nation's Capital as guests of Congressman Mack of Illinois.
(This is a group of one hundred handicapped and under-
privileged school children from Congressman Mack's
District in Illinois, from 12 to 14 years of age. The
Congressman pays all expenses. In past years the Presi-
dent greeted them on White House lawn on his way to lunch.
The children are selected by non-partisan committees with
recommendations being made by teachers, principals and
superintendents of various school districts. The Congressman
refers to the children as "most deserving" rather than under-
privileged" so that the individuals may be protected. He
feels these trips serve as incentive for children to become
better citizens. Will enter by Southwest Gate and will be
on driveway outside the President's Office.)
1:00 pm
Congressman Sam Rayburn, Texas, will have luncheon with the
President
(Arranged by General Persons)
2:45 pm
Honorable Robert Cutler
Honorable Henry J. Tasca, Special Representative of the President
for Korean Economic Affairs
(Arranged by Mr. Cutler)
3:00 pm
The President received the Cooperators in the nation-wide Cooperative
Forest Fire Prevention Program
(The Secretary of Agriculture requested this appointment in
order to help launch National Forest Fire Prevention Campaign)
The following were present:
Hon. J. Earl Coke, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
E. W. Tinker, Executive Director, American Pulp & Paper Assn.
Leo Bodine, Executive Vice President, National Lumber
Manufacturers Assn.
Don Johnston, President, The American Forestry Assn.
James B. Craig, Editor "American Forests" Magazine
James L. Madden, President, American Forest Products
Industries
George Dean, President, Association of State Foresters
Henry C. Wehde, Jr., Assistant to the President, the
Advertising Council, Inc.
R. E. McArdle, Chief, Forest Service, U. S. Department of
Agriculture
Earl W. Loveridge, Assistant Chief, Forest Service, U. S.
Department of Agriculture
Dana Parkinson, Chief, Division of Information & Education,
Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture
Clint Davis, Director CFFP Program, Division of Information
& Education, Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agri-
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Congressman Peter W. Rodino, Jr., New Jersey
Honorable Bernard Shanley
(This appointment arranged by Mr. Shanley)
3:30 pm
(J. Sinclair Armstrong)
(A. Jack Goodwin)
OFF THE RECORD
(Charles Willis)
(Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Goodwin are being considered for
appointment to the two vacancies on the Securities
Exchange Commission)
4:00 pm
Major General George A. Horkan
Mr. D. Gregory Volkert, Mobile, Alabama
(General Horkan requested the appointment through Mrs.
Eisenhower to bring Mr. Volkert in to meet the President.
Mr. Volkert invited the President to play golf at a fine
golf club in Alabama)
5:30 pm
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower gave a reception for the Members
of the Eighth Pan American Railway Congress, representing missions
from South American countries, the United States and Canada.
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9:00 am
Congressman Donald L. Jackson, California
Mr. Robert H. McClure, Editor of Santa Monica Evening Outlook,
Santa Monica, California
Sam McClure, aged 12
(Congressman Jackson requested this thru General Persons,
stating he would like to present Mr. McClure and his
son to the President, and also invite the President to
play golf at Belle Aire Country Club should he make the
trip to California for the Boy Scouts Jamboree. This
invitation to the Jamboree has been regretted.)
9:30 am
(Mr. Edward D. Nicholson, United Air Lines, Denver) OFF THE RECORD
(Personal friend of the President)
9:55 am
(Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, American Ambassador to the United Nations)
(State Senator Christopher H. Phillips, Massachusetts)
OFF THE RECORD
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 E. 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. Martin Durkin, Secretary of Labor
Hon. Oveia Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Joseph Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Ambassador to UN
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. C. D. Jackson
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. Emmet Hughes
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Mr. Gerald Morgan (part of the meeting)
Mr. Arthur Minnich
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(Senator Alexander Smith, New Jersey)
(Senator Robert Taft, Ohio)
(Congressman Samuel K. McConnell, Jr., Pa.)
(Hon. Lloyd A. Mashburn, Under Secretary of Labor)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Stephen A. Dunn, Special Counsel for Commerce)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Hon. Bernard Shanley)
(Mr. Jerry Morgan)
(OFF THE RECORD appointment arranged by Mr. Shanley)
(In Governor Adams' office
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General Julius Ochs Adler
(Arranged by Mr. Hagerty)
1:00 pm
LUNCH - Mr. Sid Richardson, Fort Worth, Texas
2:30 pm
Mr. Arthur M. Hill, of Greyhound Corp.
Mr. Thomas E. Millsop, President of Weirton Steel Co., Weirton,
West Virginia
(Mr. Hill asked if they might just drop by and pay their
respects to the President.)
4:45 pm (Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury)
(General Wilton B. Persons)
OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Gerald Morgan)
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8:15 am
Honorable Harold Stassen, Director of Mutual Security
8:30 am
Congressman Clifford R. Hope, Kansas
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
(Congressman Hope called Mr. Stephens on Thursday to ask for this)
(Governor Adams attended off the record)
9:00 am
Congressman James B. Frazier, Jr., Tennessee
Mr. Lou Williams, of Chattanooga, Tennessee
(Congressman Frazier asked if he might bring Mr. Williams in to
present to the President an especially light fishing rod which
Mr. Williams made for him)
9:30 am
Dr. John Krout, Provost of Columbia University
(Dr. Krout wrote the President asking if he might come in and
talk to him about the "Hall of Our History")
10:15 am
The President signed H. R. 3795, An Act "To adjust the salaries of
officers and members of the Netropolitan Police Force, the United
States Park Police, the White House Police and the Fire Department
of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes". The following
were present:
Robert Murray, Chief of Police, Wash., D. C.
Fred Litteral, Acting Chief, D. C. Fire Department
Senator Mike Mansfield, Montana
Senator Francis Case, South Dakota
Congressman Sid Simpson, Illinois
Congressman Carroll D. Kearns, Pennsylvania
Inspector Mark Raspberry, Chief of Park Police
Inspector Hobart Francis, Chief of White House Police
Hon. U. E. Baughman, Chief, U. S. Secret Service
10:30 am
Congressman Daniel A. Reed, New York
(Mr. Stephens called Congressman Reed Friday and asked him to
come down to see the President)
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SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1953
7:45 am (The President, accompanied by Colonel Schulz, departed from the
White House for the Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Church)
8:00 am The President, accompanied by Colonel Schulz, attended the Annual
Police Protestant's Society Father's Day Church Service at 8:00 am,
at the Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Church, Nebraska & New
Marico Avenues, N. W., Washington, D. C.
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8:00 am (The following had breakfast with the President at the White House)
(Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State)
(Hon. Walter B. Smith, Under Secretary of State)
(General James A. Van Fleet)
OFF THE RECORD
(Hon. Walter S. Robertson, Assistant Secretary of State
for Far Eastern Affairs)
(This was arranged at the request of the Secretary of State)
9:00 am (Staff Meeting in the Cabinet Room) OFF THE RECORD
9:45 am (Senator Frank Carlson, Kansas) OFF THE RECORD
10:00 am Mr. Drew Middleton
(Chief Correspondent in Germany for the New York Times. Mr.
Middleton wrote the President from Germany, April 15th, stating
he expected to be back in America at this time, and asked if he
might see the President for a few minutes)
10:30 am Major General Edward Peck Curtis
(Now with Eastman Kodak. Is an old friend of the President and
asked if he might drop in while in the City.)
10:45 am The President received the winner of the Optimist International
Oratorical Contest. The following will be present:
Congressman Charles B. Brownson, Indiana
Daniel Turnor Yates, Lexington, Kentucky - Winner
Mr. Willis Young, Lexington, Kentucky - - Sponsor of Daniel Yates
Mr. J. Warren Day, Fort Worth, Texas - past President
Mr. Lewis C. Jeveinich
(This appointment was arranged at the request of Congressman
Brownson, Indiana)
11:00 am General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff, U. S. Army
(This is General Bradley's usual Monday appointment but inasmuch
as he is in the hospital for a check-up, he was represented by
General Collins)
11:30 am The President received the Members of the National 4-H Club Camp.
(This is their annual encampment, conducted by Extension Service,
U. S. Department of Agriculture. They presented the President
with a special honorary 4-H plaque.) The following were present:
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Abbott, Mary E., Stillwater, Oklahoma
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Altman, Dorothy, Moscow, Idaho
Amick, W. Robert, Lafayette, Indiana
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Anderson, Kenneth H., Chicago, Illinois
Anderson, Ruth, Agua Dulce, Texas
Antes, W. M., Lincoln, Nebraska
Armstrong, Virginia, Manhattan, Kansas
Ater, Malcolm W., Washington, D. C.
Ausley, Goldie, Washington, D. C.
Avery, M. H., Mason, Michigan
Bailey, Ruth Irene, Spencer, West Virginia
Baker, Allen L., State College, Pennsylvania
Baker, Mrs. Mary A., Washington, D. C.
Ball, Calvin, Levering, Michigan
Ballard, F. L., Corvallis, Oregon
Bamford, Erna L., Livermore Falls, Maine
Bartlett, Shirley, Bethel, Maine
Beck, Roy, Washington, D. C.
Beebe, Doris, Carthage, Missouri
Bell, Joe, Friendship, Tennessee
Belton, John C., Canby, Oregon
Benham, Jane, Hamden, Connecticut
Bennett, Mildred J., Stratford, Texas
Bennett, Mourine, Cleveland, Tennessee
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Benton, Josie, Hamberg, Arkansas
Bergholz, Anne, Corvallis, Oregon
Bertin, Martial, Washington, D. C.
Bewick, T. L., Jr., Dearborn, Michigan
Bierman, Everett, Washington, D. C.
Bigelow, Dorothy, Washington, D. C.
Bischoff, Bobby, Burley, Idaho
Bishop, Marie M., Ames, Iowa
Manchard, Evelyn, Washington, D. C.
Bliss, Milton, Chicago, Illinois
Boechenheuer, Jessie, Bellingham, Washington
Bohnert, Marilyn, Central Point, Oregon
Boone, Gladys, Hayward, California
Boozer, J. S., Laurens, South Carolina
Bradford, Joseph, Auburn, Alabama
Bradshaw, Marilyn, Albany, Oregon
Bragg, Patricia R.
Breer, Shirley, East Montpelier
Brent, Margaret, Manhattan, Kansas
Brian, Corky, Ethridge, Tennessee
Brower, Stephen L., Cedar City, Utah
Brown, Guy A., Bangor, Maine
Brown, Joe T., Brockton, Massachusetts
Brown, Juanita, Weston, West Virginia
Brown, Shawnee, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Brown, W. S., Athens, Georgia
Bruegger, Ruth S., Fargo, North Dakota
Buffington, Barbara Jean, Emporia, Kansas
Burdette, Dick, Washington, D. C.
MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1953
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Burkhardt, George P., Mineola, New York
Burkman, Donald W. M., Garretson, South Dakota
Burns, Kathryn VanAken, Urbana, Illinois
Cannon, Betty Lee, Greenwood, Delaware
Carde, Ramonita, San Sebastian, Puerto Rico
Carlson, Alice, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Carlson, Jerry, Amery, Wisconsin
Carper, Elsie J., Washington, D. C.
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Casey, Mary, Washington, D. C.
Cather, George W., Winchester, Virginia
Chavez, Geronimo, State College, New Mexico
Chesnover, Jane, Washington, D. C.
Chiles, Sandra, El Reno, Oklahoma
Clayton, Don, Brookings, South Dakota
Clayton, H. G., Gainesville, Florida
Clayton, Leon, Clemson, South Carolina
Clemmensen, Marvel Ann, Trinidad, Colorado
Cleveland, Beatrice J., Columbus, Ohio
Clough, Robert S., Columbia, Missouri
Cobb, Buford, Jr., Eminence, Kentucky
Coble, Jay E., Hershey, Pennsylvania
Coe, Maynard H., Chicago, Illinois
Coke, J. Earl, Washington, D. C.
Cooksey, Eloise M., Willisburg, Kentucky
Coon, Nancy, Duncan, Arizona
Cooper, Gerald, Mutual, Oklahoma
Cornell, Marcia Jane, New Bedford, Massachusetts
Cottingham, Erma, Urbana, Illinois
Cowing, Amy G., Washington, D. C.
Crile, Lucinda, Washington, D. C.
Crisman, Ima R., Brookings, South Dakota
Cronin, Helen M., Jan Lew, West Virginia
Croone, Allen, Chisago City, Minnesota
Cummins, Richard, Stanberry, Missouri
Cunningham, C. H., Washington, D. C.
Curtis, Roy, III, Riverhead, New York
Dalrymple, Francis, Mt. Gilead, Ohio
Damon, Nancy, Hanson, Massachusetts
Davenport, William C.., Mount Holly, New Jersey
Davidson, Stephanie, Washington, D. C.
Davies, Elizabeth C., Madison, Wisconsin
Davis, D. Merrill, Jackson, Ohio
Davis, Mrs. D. Merrill, Jackson, Ohio
Davis, Edgar F., Goldsboro, North Carolina
Davis, Helen, Jackson, Ohio
Davis, Jerry R., Vassar, Michigan
Davis, Margaret, Jackson, Ohio
Davis, Marvin J., Milford, Delaware
de Delucca, Elba M. Tirado, Hatillo, Puerto Rico
Deming, Robert N., Danbury, Connecticut
Deoss, Dister L. (Peter), Concord, New Hampshire
Desautels, D. K., Birmingham, Michigan
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Des Jardin, Nancy, Albuouerque, New Mexico
Dielman, Lewis, Box Elder, Montana
Dietz, Norman, St. Paul, Minnesota
Dildine, Glenn C., Washington, D. C.
Dodge, John c., Pullman, Washington
Dorsey, C. P., Morgantown, West Virginia
Downey, Mylo S., College Park, Maryland
Draney, Patricia Ann, Fairview, Kansas
Dreyer, Stanley W., Brighton, Colorado
Duncan, Dorothy E., Berkeley, California
Dye, Mrs. Alice, Cincinnati, Ohio
Dye, Frances, Cincinnati, Ohio
Elkins, Bronna Mae, Tallahassee, Florida
Endei, Helen I., Canton, South Dakota
Estep, Allen J., Pomeroy, Washington
Eure, W. W., Washington, D. C.
Evens, Marvin A., Greencastle, Indiana
Everling, Bonnie, Lingle, Wyoming
Eyestone, Cecil L., Independence, Kansas
Eyre, Dale, Minersville, Utah
Fales, D. B., Ithaca, New York
Favretti, Rudy I., Mystic, Connecticut
Fender, Benny Anne, Temassee, South Carolina
Ferguson, C. M., Washington, D. C.
Ferguson, Mrs. C. M., Washington, D. C.
Fett, Clifford G., Argyle, Iowa
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Fett, John, Plymouth, Wisconsin
Firestone, Raymond, Akron, Ohio
Fisher, Eugene, Jr., Leland, Mississippi
Flint, Mrs. Dorothy P., Mineola, New York
Flom, Kathleen, St. Paul, Minnesota
Folliard, Veronica, Washington, D. C.
Foster, George, Washington, D. C.
Fowler, Nadine, Sandy, Utah
Francis, John Martin, Jr., North Egremont, Massachusetts
Fulghum, Ralph, Washington, D. C.
Gale, Adrian, Duncan, Arizona
Gardner, Bill, Canyon City, Oregon
Gates, Jane, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Gifford, Eleanor G., Milford, New Hampshire
Gillen, Winnifred, Corvallis, Oregon
Gillin, Bruce, Porter, Oklahoma
Gillingham, Mabel, Washington, D. C.
Glenn, Barbara, Warsaw, Missouri
Goad, Blanche, State College, Mississippi
Goodrich, Hattie, Washington, D. C.
Gorbandt, Barbara, Louisville, Kentucky
Graves, Alice C., Bloomington, Indiana
Green, Marshall, Jr., Ft. Morgan, Colorado
Griggs, Jerrie Marie, Oklawaha, Florida
Groening, Ralph, Washington, D. C.
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Grooms, Gerald C., Mason, Ohio
Gross, Iva Mae, Ithaca, New York
Gulley, Margaret, Lexington, Kentucky
Gunderman, Bernadine, Bloomer, Wisconsin
Gwinn, Sam M., Newark, Delaware
Haack, Frances, Washington, D. C.
Hagen, Raymond E., Statesboro, Georgia
Hagan, Roger D., Statesboro, Georgia
Hager, Barbara, Denton, Maryland
Halbert, Johnny, Attoyac, Texas
Hall, Ellen, Washington, D. C.
Hall, Florence L., Washington, D. C.
Halnon, George, Williston, Vermont
Handel, Arleen, Scotland, South Dakota
Harasta, Joseph M., Salem, New Jersey
Harding, Paul, Morgan, Utah
Harkness, Leonard L., St. Paul, Minnesota
Harrell, L. R., Raleigh, North Carolina
Harris, Martha Ann, Tuckerman, Arkansas
Harris, Mildred F., College Station, Texas
Hartley, C. H., Morgantown, West Virginia
Harvey, T. Weed, Washington, D. C.
Hastings, Edgar T., East Sullivan, New Hampshire
Haugen, Ellen, Chinook, Montana
Hazen, Jean, Washington, D. C.
Heath, Emma Mae, Raymond, Washington
Heiberg, Mr. Arthur B., Chicago, Illinois
Heiberg, Mrs. Arthur B., Chicago, Illinoi
Hencle, Nancy, Baldwinsville, New York
Heriot, Louise, Lexington, South Carolina
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Herrick, Ellie L., Spartanburg, South Carolina
Hester, Colonel, Little Creek, Louisiana
Hicks, Luanne, Goodland, Kansas
Hilgendorf, R. D., Manhattan, Kansas
Hill, Kenneth R., Cove, Oregon
Hilton, Gordon L., Altamont, New York
Hinds, Max, Washington, D. C.
Hobson, Phil, Greenfield, Illinois
Hoefer, Albert, Ithaca, New York
Hoeft, Don, Genoa, Ohio
Hoge, Kate Eastes, Christinasburg, Virginia
Hollar, Ira J., Stillwater, Oklahoma
Holloway, Ethyl, Tallahassee, Florida
Holloway, Henry, Darlington, Maryland
Hopkins, Vera, Washington, D. C.
Horican, Mark, Grand Isle, Vermont
Hornung, T. G., Washington, D. C.
Hosbach, Jeannette C., Morgantown, West Virginia
Howell, Mildred L., Amherst, Massachusetts
Hudson, Steve, Alford, Florida
Huflage, Mary Ann, Pleasure Ridge Park, Kentucky
Humphreys, Gertrude L., Morgantown, West Virginia
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Hunton, E.C., Washingten, D. C.
Hutcheson, Mary Jo, Kite, Georgia
Hutchinson, Marlene, Lincoln, Nebraska
Hutton, Burton, Corvallis, Oregon
Hutton, Mrs. Burton, Corvallis, Oregon
Hutton, Kathryn, Corvallis, Oregon
Jans, Fred C., Washington, D. C.
Jensen, Mildred H., Glenburn, California
Jensen, T. Duane, Sheridan, Wyoming
Johannesen, E. J., Emmett, Idaho
Johannesen, Lillian E., Moscow, Idaho
Johnson, Mrs. Carmen, Fort Collins, Colorado
Johnson, Doris L., New York, New York
Johnson, Eloise, Rock Hill, South Carolina
Johnson, Eula, Washington, D. C.
Johnson, Irwin B., Chicago, Illinois
Johnson, J. Harold, Manhattan, Kansas
Johnson, Paul, Chicago, Illinois
Johnson, Sarah A., Skillman, New Jersey
Johnson, Shirley A., Elk Horn, Iowa
Johnson, Mrs. Velma B., Martinsburg, West Virginia
Johnson, Ward Allen, Buckhannon, West Virginia
Jones, Helen I., Friendship, Wisconsin
Jones, H. M. Amherst, Massachusetts
Jones, L. I., Washington, D. C.
Jones, Mrs. L. I., Washington, D. C.
Jones, Lewis, Washington, D. C.
Jones, Roger c., Kendrick, Idaho
Jones, W. Frank, Millins, South Carolina
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Juzeler, Ronald, Twin Bridges, Montana
Karcher, A. H., Jr., College Station, Texas
Karr, Charles N., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Keller, Franklin Deane, Streator, Illinois
Keller, Mary Alice, Grant, Nebraska
Keltgen, Catherine, St. Peter, Minnesota
Kennedy, Murrell, Almyra, Arkansas
Kepner, Paul V., Washington, D. C.
Kerr, Leonard, Memphis, Tennessee
Ketchum, Corinne, East Lansing, Michigan
Kightlinger, Fllen M., Tucson, Arizona
Kinro, Chizuko, Holualoa, Hawaii
Kipps, Paul H., Aroda, Virginia
Klair, Esther, Marshallton, Delaware
Knapp, J. O., Morgantown, West Virginia
Knoche, Aldean L. Stafford, Kansas
Koegel, Richard G., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Koenig, Margaret, Torrington, Wyoming
Kohl, Margaret F., Bozeman, Montana
Koone, Illa Lee, Greenbrier, Arkansas
Koralund, Lois N., Eagle Grove, Iowa
Kowalk, Doris Virginia, Lansing, Michigan
MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1953
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Lambert, Gloria F., Eureka, California
Lang, C. C., Washington, D. C.
Lang, Mrs. C. C., Washington, D. C.
Lang, Janet, Cleveland, Ohio
Layton, Russell B., Laurel, Delaware
Leathers, Roger, East Greenwich, Rhode Island
Lee, Glenn Marlo, Arlington, South Dakota
Leighton, Martha E., Ithaca, New York
Lineweaver, G. A., Ames, Iowa
Livingston, Wayne, Washington, D. C.
Lizaso, Josephine, Boise, Idaho
Lloyd, Walter, Washington, D. C.
Loewenstein, Duane E., Lincoln, Nebraska
Lommasson, E. L., Washington, D. C.
Lovejoy, Kenneth C., Orono, Maine
Lowry, Rhonwyn, Washington, D. C.
Mackey, J. Mitchell, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Macomber, Jean, Conway, New Hampshire
Major, Helen, Washington, D. C.
Mansue, Francis S., Toms River, New Jersey
Maragon, Helen, Washington, D. C.
Marders, W. G., Berkeley, California
Martin, Arlene, Litchfield, Connecticut
Martin, Gladys, College Station, Texas
Marugg, Stanley, Washougal, Washington
Masincupp, Ann, Staunton, Virginia
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Matthews, Margaret, Washington, D. C.
Matthews, Pete, Sparks, Maryland
Mattila, Marlene E., Sebeka, Minnesota
May, Mary Ann, Washington, D. C.
Mayoral-Reinat, Adolfo; Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
McAlphine, Sara N., Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania
McComas, Barbara, Hamlin, West Virginia
McCorkle, Bessie, Washington, D. C.
McIntosh, Ann L., Creedmoor, North Carolina
McKenney, G. J., Lexington, Kentucky
McMillan, L. J., Fort Collins, Colorado
McNeill, Troy Lee, Floydada, Texas
Medina, Warren L. Santa Cruz, New Mexico
Meinke, Evelyn M., Delmar, Iowa
Merchant, John L., Burlington, Vermont
Merriam, Winthrop, Jr., South Coventry, Connecticut
Merritt, Edward H., Lithia, Massachusetts
Michaelis, Louise, Washington, D. C.
Michaelis, W. H., Washington, D. C.
Micheli, Dorothy, Fort Bridger, Wyoming
Miller, Paul W., St. Paul, Minnesota
Milner, Carolyn, Monticello, Georgia
Mindrum, Norman C., Washington, D. C.
Minix, Eva, Blacksburg, Virginia
Miron, Everell, Cornell, Michigan
Mitchell, Everett, Chicago, Illinois
MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1953
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Mitchell, Mrs. Everett, Chicago, Illinois
Mitchell, Marjorie-Lea K., Beaver Springs, Pennsylvania
Moehn, Jeanne S., College Park, Maryland
Moller, Fred H., Jr., Cody, Wyoming
Monosmith, R. O., State College, Mississippi
Moon, Henry T., State College, Pennsylvania
Moore, Paul J., Bozeman, Montana
Morrissey, John, St. Paul, Minnesota
Moser, Mary Sue, Raleigh, North Carolina
Moss, Marion Louise, Waco, North Carolina
Mountford, Mrs. F. A., Arlington, Virginia
Mudd, Anna Lee, Washington, D. C.
Mueller, Rosalie, Washington, D. C.
Muntzing, Maynard G., Scherr, West Virginia
Myers, L. Isabel, State College, Pennsylvania
Nahrgang, Carolyn, Lone Wolf, Oklahoma
Narramore, Billie Jane, Palo Verde, Arizona
Neff, Vera Jo, Sarasota, Florida
Nelson, Emmie, Chicago, Illinois
Nelson, Peaches, Rathdrum, Idaho
Newcomer, Ralph, Washington, D. C.
Nichols, L. S., Washington, D. C.
Niederfrank, E. J., Washington, D. C.
Noble, G. L., Chicago Illinois
Northey, Willa V., Milford, Iowa
Oberg, Clara M., St. Paul, Minnesota
Ogawa, Perry Kiyomitsu, Lahaina, Hawaii
Oller, Gladys, H., Laramie, Wyoming
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O'Quin, Julius M. Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Pace, George, Washington, D. C.
Paine, Lorna J., Byers, Colorado
Paramore, L. R., Washington, D. C.
Pearson, Nevels, East Lansing, Michigan
Pepoon, Lucile, Columbus, Ohio
Peppler, Esther, Washington, D. C.
Pesquera, Ligia S., Toa Alta, Puerto Rico
Peterson, Arden M., East Lansing, Michigan
Phillips, Jean Frances, Wilmington, Illinois
Pickering, Ed Richard, Jamestown, Ohio
Pilchard, E. I., Urbana, Illinois
Plant, Carole Joan, Rocky Ford, Colorado
Poliquin, Wilfred H., Riverside, Rhode Island
Polopolus, Leo, Bloomington, California
Porstmann, Theodore E., Montpellier, Iowa
Porter, Mrs. Paul, Washington, D. C.
Potter, Charles E., Washington, D. C.
Powell, Rebecca, Fresno, Ohio
Power, Gertrude, Washington, D. C.
Prim, Chester, Alexandria, Kentucky
Proctor, Harriet E., Middlebury, Vermont
Prout, Helen, Fort Collins, Colorado
MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1953
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Rabehl, James, Rochester, Minnesota
Rabin, Gertrude, Washington, D. C.
Rasmussen, Roland, Herman, Nebraska
Ratermann, Dene C., Chicago, Illinois
Read, Cornell Edsel, Bay Springs, Mississippi
Reck, Franklin M., Manchester, Michigan
Reed, Esther W., Quitman, Mississippi
Reinhardt, Jim, Maiden, North Carolina
Rendell, George D., Riverside, California
Rettinger, Herman, Jr., Bourbon, Indiana
Reynolds, D. June, Wickford, Rhode Island
Richards, Grace, Washington, D. C.
Richards, Roger R., Orleans, Nebraska
Richardson, Earl, East Lansing, Michigan
Richardson, Jimmy, Lancaster, South Carolina
Riney, Anthol, Salem, Oregon
Ringler, Margaret K., College Park, Maryland
Rivera, Antonio L, Naranjito, Puerto Rico
Roark, Fae, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Robichaux, Wayne, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Robinson, E. L., Millersport, Ohio
Robinson, J. L., Washington, D. C.
Robison, Ruth, Ronan, Montana
Roforth, Melva Lou, Granada, Minnesota
Rogers, J. W., Emporia, Virginia
Rokahr, Mary, Washington, D. C.
Roop, Jerry, Washington, D. C.
Rosely, E. Joan, Pattenburg, New Jersey
Rowe, M. Pauline, Burlington, Vermont
Ruley, Bessie Jean, Lake Charles, Louisiana
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Russell, Julius N., Raymond, Mississippi
Rutledge, L. L., Little Rock, Arkansas
Rydrych, Donald J., Lewiston, Idaho
Rye, Mary Louise, Little Rock, Arkansas
Sabrosky, Laurel, Washington, D. C.
Safley, Lonnie, Knoxville, Tennessee
Santiago, Betty, Juana Diaz
Sarda, Ralph, Washington, D. C.
Savage, Margaret L. F., Washington, D. C.
Sayler, Alison B., Jetmore, Kansas
Schertz, Rita I., Benson, Illinois
Schlup, L. A., Washington, D. C.
Schlup, Pearl, Washington, D. C.
Schmidt, J. P., Columbus, Ohio
Schmidt, Warren E., Washington, D. C.
Schmidt, Mrs. Warren E., Washington, D. C.
Schubert, James F., Williamstown, New Jersey
Scott, Aubry F., Knoxville, Tennessee
Seaman, Gerald L., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Seften, E. H., Washington, D. C.
Senecal, Elna, Rutland, Vermont
Sexton, Jack, Talmage, Kansas
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Shade, Barbara L., Delaware, Ohio
Shader, Leslie, Ft. Collins, Colorado
Sharp, Davis, Jr., Logan, Utah
Shaw, Janice, Sangerville, Maine
Shearin, E. Page, Washington, D. C.
Shearin, Ellen Scott, Macon, North Carolina
Sheffield, Charles A., Washington, D. C.
Shepardson, Keith, Ansley, Nebraska
Sherman, Maxine, Santa Cruz, California
Shibles, Richard M., Thorndike, Maine
Shigeta, James Y., Honolulu, Hawaii
Shingleton, Duane, Harrisonville, Missouri
Shinn, Erwin H., Washington, D. C.
Shinn, Tom, Conway Springs, Kansas
Shropshire, Eleanor C., Ridgeway, Virginia
Shrum, Grant, Union, Missouri
Simmons, Goodrich R., El Centro, California
Simons, L. R., Ithaca, New York
Skucius, Elaine M., Lincoln, Nebraska
Smith, Elizabeth, Washington, D. C.
Smith, Mary Frances, Lafayette, Indiana
Smith, Norma, Cleveland, Ohio
Smith, Van, Pine Ridge, Arkansas
Sowder, Arthur M., Washington, D. C.
Spaulding, Irving A., Kingston, Rhode Island
Speed, Shirley H., Plainfield, Connecticut
Speidel, John, Washington, D. C.
Sprout, Opal, Lander, Wyoming
Stallings, Larry, Phoenix, Arizona
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Staver, C. G., Fort Collins, Colorado
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Steiger, Donald W., Colfax, Washington
Stelle, Howard J., Syracuse, New York
Stensland, L. Carol, Antler, North Dakota
Stensland, LeRoy, Edmore, North Dakota
Stevens, Margaret F., Orono, Maine
Stinson, Ruth, Ottawa, Kansas
Strombeck, Lloyd G., Owego, New York
Stuart, H. 0., Kingston, Rhode Island
Sutton, Raymond, Newport, Tennessee
Sutton, W. A., Athens, Georgia
Sweetland, (George) Robert, Cazenovia, New York
Swinford, Jessie, Portales, New Mexico
Tanaka, Bernice, Kapaa, Hawaii
Tascher, Wendell R., Washington, D. C.
Taylor, Carl C., Washington, D. C.
Taylor, Neva Jean, Laurel, Mississippi
Taylor, Rosa, Raymond, Mississippi
Tennyson, Esther, Forrest City, Arkansas
Tenschert, Joe, Washington, D. C.
Terry, Joe, Jr., Kentwood, Louisiana
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Teuton, Frank, Washington, D. C.
Thacker, Althea, Washington, D. C.
Thomas, Dorothy, Washington, D. C.
Thomas, Joe, Washington, D. C.
Thomas, Mary A., Middletown, Maryland
Thompson, Fred, Birmingham, Michigan
Tirrell, Donald K., Charlotte, Michigan
Toleman, Edith, Washington, D. C.
Tonkin, Joe, Washington, D. C.
Tootell, R. B., Bozeman, Montana
Toro, Wilfredo, Lajas, Puerto Rico
Trahan, Marie L.
Trent, Curtis, Quitman, Texas
Tucker, Norman P., Washington, D. C.
Turner, Mdith, Washington, D. C.
Turner, R. A., Evart, Michigan
Tyler, Ralph W., Chicago, Illinois
VanLandingham, Eugenia P., Tarboro, North Carolina
Verswyvelt, Joyce, Alexandria, Louisiana
Virden, R. Fay, Riverside, California
Wadleigh, C. B., Durham, New Hampshire
Walker, Florence S., New Brunswick, New Jersey
Walker, Robert L., Kellerton, Iowa
Wallace, Maude, Blacksburg, Virginia
Ward, Leonard, Raton, New Mexico
Wardle, Ora Fay, Sandy, Utah
Warren, Virginia, Piney Flats, Tennessee
Wasch, Joan, Washington, D. C.
Waterfield, Beverly J., Troy, New York
Watkins, Marshall O., Gainesville, Florida
Webb, Julian, Jr., Chipley, Florida
Webster, R. L., Washington, D. C.
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Welsh, James, Langdon, North Dakota
Weston, Ruth C., Durham, New Hampshire
Weyrens, Nicholas, Fergus Falls, Minnesota
Whaples, R. W., Storrs, Connecticut
Wheeler, Boyd E., Lexington, Kentucky
Wilbur, Donald, Twerton, Rhode Island
Williams, L. C., Manhattan, Kansas
Wilson, Louis H., Washington, D. C.
Wilson, M. L., Washington, D. C.
Wintch, Jullynn, Tropic, Utah
Winter, Helen Joy, Valley City, North Dakota
Wood, E. Delano, Chelsea, South Dakota
Woods, Roger I., Palmer, Alaska
Woodward, Mary J. E., East Lansing, Michigan
Yagel, Shirley, Brookfield, Missouri
Tamamoto, Clarence, Laupahoehoe, Hawaii
Yearick, Kenneth, Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
Yeiter, Roselle, Washington, D. C.
Younger, J. F., Brookings, South Dakota
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Youngstrom, C. O., Boise, Idaho
Zayas, Roberto A., Orocovis, Puerto Rico
Zellner, Elizabeth, Athens, Georgia
Zollinhofer, Modesta, Washington, D. C.
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de Robien, Mr. Pierre, France
Ergur, Mr. Sukru, Turkey
Eto, Miss Chiyoko, Japan
Fukui, Mr. Toshio, Japan
Gonzalez, Mr. Lazaro, Uruguay
Gowing, Miss Felicity, Australia
Halbert, Mr. Robin, Australia
MacDonald, Mr. Allan, Australia
Rerolle, Miss Odile, France
Singh, Mr. Rameshwar, India
Weekhout, Miss Hendrika, Netherlands
Bek, Mr. Alois, Germany
Boeck, Miss Ingeborg, Germany
Engel, Miss Elfriede, Germany
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Grunwald, Miss Margot, Germany
Hetzel, Mr. Alfred, Germany
Hofer, Dr. Josef, Germany
Kawatri, Mr. Ravinda, India
Nell, Miss Liesel, Germany
Sabel, Mr. Alois, Germany
Scholz, Dr. Lore, Germany
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Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director of Defense Mobilization
Hon. John M. Cabot, Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American
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Dr. Arthur F. Burns, Economic Advisor
Dr. Gabriel Hauge
4:00 pm
Senator William F. Knowland, California
4:40 pm
(General LeRoy H. Watson, Chief of the Safety Advanced Group, Japan)
(Member of the 1915 Class at West Point) (Old friend of the
President's)
(Colonel Paul Carroll)
OFF THE RECORD
(General Watson phoned Col. Carroll and said that he was in town
and would like to see the President before leaving for Japan.)
7:30 pm
(The President gave a Stag Dinner at the White House) OFF THE RECORD
The following were present:
Mr. Bernard M. Baruck, New York
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Mr. Harry Bullis, Chairman of the Board, General Mills, Minneapolis
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower
Dr. Edward L. R. Elson, National Presbyterian Church
Mr. Fred Gurley, President of Santa Fe Lines, Chicago
Mr. John L. Lewis
Mr. Fred Lazarus, Jr., President, Federated Department Stores, Inc.,
Cincinnati and New York
Hon. John J. McCloy, Chairman of the Board, Chase National Bank
Mr. H. J. Porter, Texas
Mr. Sid Richardson, Fort Worth, Texas
Mr. Arthur Hays Sulzberger, New York Times, N.Y., N.Y.
Dr. Harry Wriston, President, Brown University
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TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1953
8:40 am
(The President left the White House of MATS Terminal, Washington
National Airport, where he saw his brother, Dr. Milton Eisenhower,
off on his South American Trip.) OFF THE RECORD
9:35 am
(Hon. Arthur Flemming, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization)
(OFF THE RECORD)
9:45 am
The President received a delegation from the Pennsylvania Association
of First Class Townships, who presented to him their Outstanding
Pennsylvanian Award for 1953. (This appointment was arranged at the
request of Senator James H. Duff, Pennsylvania) The following were
present:
Senator James H. Duff, Pennsylvania
Lieutenant Governor and Mrs. Lloyd H. Wood
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Mauer, Abington, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris H. Sapovits
Mr. and Mrs. Evan L. James, Ardmore, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fritschman, Havertown, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold C. Pike, Elkins Park, Pa.
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Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. McMahon, Glenside, Pa.
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Mr. Harry Utzy, Jenkintown, Pa.
Petty Officer George C. Fleck, Annapolis Air Field
John G. Gleck a/2-C, Dobbins Field, Marietta, Ga.
10:50 am
(Honorable George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury)
(General Wilton Persons)
OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Gerald Morgan)
11:15 am
Mr. Benjamin A. Javits, New York
(Mr- Javits is the brother of Congressman Jacob K. Javits, N. Y.,
and asked if he might come in and present his book "Peace by
Investment" to the President)
12:00
Honorable Robert Cutler
Honorable James Lay
(Briefed the President on NSC Meeting)
12:45 pm
(Mr. Lansdell Christie)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
OFF THE RECORD
12:55 pm
(Senator John S. Cooper, Kentucky)
OFF THE RECORD
(Mrs. John Sherman Cooper, Mother of Senator Cooper)
1:00 pm
The following had lunch with the President at the White House. They
came to the Executive Office and walked over with the President.
Mr. John McClure
Mr. Jerry Lambert
Senator John S. Cooper, Kentucky
Hon. C. D. Jackson
Dr. Arthur F. Burns
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(The following met with the President OFF THE RECORD in the
Solarium of the White House:)
(Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State)
(Hon. Walter B. Smith, Under Secretary of State)
(Mr. Robert Bowie)
(Hon. Douglas MacArthur, II)
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(Hon. C. D. Jackson)
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(Hon. James Hagerty)
(Hon. Thomas E. Stephens)
5:00 pm
Major General Robert M. Littlejohn had tea with the President at the
White House.
(General Littlejohn telephoned Mr. Stephens a week ago from
his farm near Annapolis, stating he expected to be here at
this time and hoped he might call on the President)
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8:15 am
The Legislative Leaders
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Senator Robert A. Taft, Ohio
Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Senator William F. Knowland, California
Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Honorable Joseph Martin, The Speaker
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Congressman Leo E. Allen, Illinois
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director of Defense Mobilization
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. James Hagerty
Mr. Murray Snyder
Major General Wilton Persons
Mr. Gerald Morgan
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Mr. Homer Cruenther
Mr. Arthur Minnich
10:15 am
(Honorable Charles E. Wilson, of General Electric)
(Honorable Sherman Adams)
OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Wilson asked, in a letter to Governor Adams, that this
appointment be kept OFF THE RECORD. He came to see Governor
Adams and then saw the President)
10:45 am
Baron Silvereruys, the Ambassador of Belgium
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
(We asked that Baron Silvercruys come in to see the President)
11:00 am
Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
11:15 am
Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Honorable Allen Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence
11:50 am
(Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Mr. Clyde Palmer)
(Mr. Edward Beard)
(The Attorney General brought these newly appointed U. S. Attorneys
in to meet the President)
12:00
(The President departed for Burning Tree Golf Club where he played
golf with the following: )
Hon. Paul G. Hoffman
Mr. Jock H. Whitney
Mr. Bernard (Bunny) Carter)
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8:10 pm
(The President left for Constitution Hall, where he attended
the closing session of the Annual Convention of the American
Red Cross.)
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9:00 am
The President received the following Committee from the United
Church Women of the National Council of Churches:
Mrs. James D. Wyker, Columbia, Mo., President
Mrs. W. Murdoch MacLeon, New York City, General Director
Mrs. Edwin Parsons, New York City, Chairman of Assembly Committee
Mrs. Abbie Clement Jackson, Louisville, Ky., National Board
Mrs. James M. Dolbey, Chairman, Public Relations
(They spoke briefly of their program and also invited the
President to speak at their Assembly to be held in
Atlantic City, October 5-8. They represent an estimated
constituency of ten million Protestant Church women, with
organizations in the forty-eight states.)
9:30 am
Congressman Melvin R. Laird, Wisconsin
(Presented to the President a booklet about Wisconsin on behalf
of Wisconsin Recreational and Tourist Association. Also invited
the President to visit Wisconsin and gave him a note from the
Governor of Wisconsin. General Persons recommended that this
appointment be granted)
9:45 am
The President witnessed the swearing-in in his Office of Honorable
Arthur S. Flemming as Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization.
(The oath was administered by Honorable Harold H. Burton, Associate
Justice, U. S. Supreme Court) The following guests were present:
Judge and Mrs. Harry H. Flemming
William Y. Elliott
Mrs. Arthur S. Flemming
Henry F. Hurley
Elizabeth Ann Flemming
Charles Kendall
Susan Harriet Flemming
Lee Schooler
Harry Flemming
John Young
Thomas Flemming
Marie Tylor
Arthur Flemming
Sen. John W. Bricker, Ohio
Mrs. Donald Sherbondy
Cong. J. Harry McGregor, Ohio
Hon. Nelson Rockefeller
Cong. Jesse P. Wolcott, Michigan
James Brownlee
Mr. Edwin B. George
William Lambie
Rev. Frederick B. Harris
Henry Parkman
Justice Harold Burton
Thomas Reid
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The 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 for Mutual Security
Hon. Arthur S. Flemming, Director of Defense Mobilisation
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Joseph M. Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Admiral William M. Fechteler, for Chairman, J.C.S.
Hon. Allen Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence
Hon. Robert Cutler
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Hon. Lewis L. Strause
Hon. C. D. Jackson
Colonel Paul T. Carroll
Hon. James S. Lay, Jr.
Hon. J. Everett Gleason
12:10 pm
(The President left for the Naval Gun Factory)
12:30 pm
The President greeted the veterans that were making the last trip
on the USS WILLIAMSBURG, at the Naval Gun Factory
(As these trips on the WILLIAMSBURG have been under the auspices
of the Red Cross, and as the Red Cross has just completed their
Annual Convention, it was felt this would be in order.)
1:00 pm
The following had luncheon with the President at the White House:
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. Sherman Adams
General Wilton B. Persons
Senator Robert A. Taft, Ohio
Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
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Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
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Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Senator Lyndon Johnson, Texas
Senator Walter George, Georgia
Senator Richard Russell, Georgia
Senator Carl Hayden, Arizona
Senator Earle C. Clements, Kentucky
2:25 pm
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
2:45 pm
The President signed S-2112, an Act "To provide for the transfer of
price-support wheat to Pakistan." The following were present:
Senator George D. Aiken, Vermont
Senator Allen J. Ellender, Sr., Louisiana
Senator H. Alexander Smith, New Jersey
Congressman Clifford R. Hope, Kansas
Congressman Harold D. Cooley, North Carolina
Congressman Walter H. Judd, Minnesota
Congressman Jacob K. Javits, New York
Hon. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Ambassador Melvin D. Hildreth, assigned to Pakistan
Hon. Thurston B. Morton, Assistant Secretary of State
Hon. Henry A. Byroade, Assistant Secretary of State
Hon. Donald D. Kennedy, Director, Office of South Asian Affairs
Mr. Robert J. Fluker, Officer in Charge, Economic Affairs, SOA
Hon. Harold E. Stassen, Director, Mutual Security Agency
Dr. D. A. Fitzgerald, Deputy to the Director for Operations,
Mutual Security
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The President signed S-2112 (Continued)
Mr. Norman Paul, Officer in Charge, Asian, African, Latin American
Program Affairs
Marion Hardesty, Coordinator for Emergency Aid to Pakistan
Hon. Ezra Taft Penson, Secretary of Agriculture
Amjad Ali, Ambassador at Large, Pakistan
Mr. M. Shafqat, Charge d'affaires ad interim
Mr. Synd Ahmed, Press Attache
3:00 pm
(Senator John M. Butler, Maryland)
(General Wilton B. Persons)
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3:10 pm
Hon. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Joseph Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Robert Cutler
3:30 pm
Senator Alexander Smith, New Jersey
Hon. Lester Titus, Mayor of Patterson, N. J.
Mr. Joseph J. Masiello, Executive Secretary, State County Republican
organization, Patterson, New Jersey
(The Senator asked if he might bring these gentlemen in to meet
the President.)
3:45 pm
Mrs. Walton Walker
(Arranged by Dr. Snyder; She is an old friend of the President
and Mrs. Eisenhower; is the widow of Lt. General Walton Walker,
who was killed in traffic accident in Korea in December 1951.)
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FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1953
8:00 am
The following had breakfast with the President:
Congressman John Taber, New York
Congressman Errett P. Serivner, Kansas
Hon. Joseph Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Major General Wilton B. Persons
9:00 am
Mr. James Melton
(This is the well-known tenor. In early May, Mr. Melton
asked Mr. Stephens to arrange for him to come in and
bring him a glass panel which he wishes the President to
sign for his museum in Hypoluxo, Florida. This museum
is called the James Melton Autorama, and is a museum of
antique automobiles.)
9:15 am
The President received a group of cattlemen.
(This appointment was arranged at the request of the Secretary
of Agriculture.) The following were present:
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agricu ture
Mr. Jack Porter
Mr. William C. Donnell, Marathon, Texas
Mr. R. J. Runley, Sabinal, Texas
Mr. Alfred Negley, San Antonio, Texas
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Mr. J. B. Kirklin, Becos, Texas
Mr. G. C. Carrothers, Jr., Stamford, Texas
Mr. C. K. McCan, Victoria, Texas
Mr. Penrose Metcalf, San Angelo, Texas
Mr. Peyton McKnight, Houston, Texas
Mr. Joe James, Abiline, Texas
Mr. Ben Guill, Assistant to the Postmaster General
Mr. Sam C. Hyatt, President, American National Cattlemen's Asso.,
Hyattsville, Wyoming
Mr. C. B. Watson, President, Corn Belt Livestock Feeders, Asso.,
De Kalb, Illinoin
Mr. Reese R. Van Vracken, Climax, Michigan
Mr. L. M. Pexton, American Stockyard Asso., Denver Union Stock
Yard Company, Denver, Colorado
Mr. Robert J. Riddell, President, National Livestock Exchange,
Peoria, Illinois
Mr. Ray S. Paul, Rath Packing Company, Waterloo, Iowa
Mr. Jack Roach, President, Texas & Southwestern Cattle
Raisers Asso., Fort Worth, Texas
Mr. Howard Hill, President, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation,
Des Moines, Iowa
Mr. Norris K. Carnes, Central Cooperative Asso., South St.
Paul, Minnesota
Mr. P. 0. Wilson, Manager, National Livestock Producers Asso.,
Chicago, Illinois
Mr. Henry J. Kruse, Seattle Packing Company, Seattle, Wash.
Mr. John A. Heinz, Heinz's Riverside Abattoir, Inc., Baltimore,
Maryland
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Cattlemen (Continued)
Mr. Shawnee Brown, Director of Extension, Oklahoma A&M College,
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Mr. Chaley Waugh, Sharon Springs, Kansas
Mr. Seth T. Shaw, Washington, D. C.
Mr. A. A. Heldridge, Long & Hansen Commission Co., Stock Yards,
Sioux City, Iowa
Mr. D. C. Schaffer, President, Nebraska Stock Growers Asso.,
O'Neill, Nebraska
Mr. Jay Taylor, Amarillo, Texas
Mr. R. Q. Smith, Independent Livestock Marketing Association,
Columbus, Ohio
Mr. Louis E. Nohl, Olive, California
Mr. Ben Hill Griffin, President, Florida Livestock Assn.,
Avon Park, Florida
Mr. A. G. Brown, Deputy Manaber, Agricultural Division, American
Bankers Association, New York, New York
Mr. D. E. Crowley, Vice President, Northwestern National Bank,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mr. R. M. Evans, Member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve
System, Washington, D. C.
Mr. O. M. Drueger, Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark,
New Jersey
Mr. R. I. Nowell, Equitable Life Assurance Society, New York,
New York
Mr. John A. Reed, President, First National Bank, Kemmerer, Wyoming
Mr. Glenn E. Rogers, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, N. Y.,
New York
Mr. Wendell 0. Becraft, Chairman, PMA State Committee, USDA,
Manhattan, Kansas
Mr. M. L. Toulme, Executive Vice President, National American
Wholesale Grocers Asso., New York, New York
Mr. Harold 0. Smith, Jr., Executive Vice President, U. S. Wholesale
Grocers Asso., Inc., Washington, D. C.
Mr. Watson Rogers, President, National Food Brokers Asso.,
Washington, D. C.
Mrs. R. M. Kiefer, Secretary-Manager, National Assn. of Retail
Grocers of the United States, Chicago, Illinois
Mr. John A. Logan, President, National Assn. of Food Chains,
Washington, D. C.
Mr. Don Parsons, Executive Director, Super Market Institute, Inc.,
Chicago, Illinois
Mr. Norman H. Karel, Executive Secretary, Coop. Food Distributors of Am
America, Chicago, Illinois
Mr. Herbert T. Webb, President, National Voluntary Groups Institute,
Chicago, Illinois
Mr. Robert J. Wilson, Washington Secretary, National Restaurant
Association, Inc., Washington, D. C.
Mr. Charles Horrworth, Vice President, American Hotel Asso.,
New York, New York
Mr. Wesley Hardenbergh, President, American Meat Institute, Chicago,
Illinois
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Cattlemen (Continued)
Mr. J. F. Woglom, Jr., Co-ordinating Comm. of the Food
Industries, New York, New York
Mr. R. C. Pollock, General Manager, National Live Stock &
Meat Board, Chicago, Illinois
Mr. Andrew J. Crotty, Crotty Brothers, Inc., Boston, Mass.
Dr. Paul Nystrom, President, Limited Price Variety Stores
Association, New York, New York
Mr. George Nepel, Manager, National Association of Retail Meat
& Food Dealers, Chicago, Illinois
Mr. Lewis C. Shave, Advertising & Merchandising Manager, Nation-
wide Stores, Inc., Brockton, Mass.
Mr. W. F. Ziervogal, Secretary-Treasurer, Association of American
RR Dining Car Officers, St. Louis, Missouri
Mr. Donald Grimes, Independent Grocers' Alliance Dist. Co.,
Chicago, Illinois
Mr. E. H. Martin, National Food Distributors Assn., Chicago, Ill.
Mr. Arnold A. Rivin, American Hospital Assn., Chicago, Illinois
Mr. Hull Bronson, Executive Secretary, National Industrial Stores
Assn., Washington, D. C.
Mr. Ray 0. Harb, Red & White Corporation, Chicago, Illinois
Mr. Jerry Voorhis, Executive Secretary, The Cooperative League
of the U.S.A., Chicago, Illinois
Mr. Earl Hopping, Hopping Food Stores, Indianapolis, Indiana
9:30 am
The President received the members of the Washington Student
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and YWCA has sponsored a summer project in Washington for
college and university students. The purpose of this project
is to give students a first-hand introduction to the major
problems of our government and consider the distinctive con-
tribution of the Christian faith to political life, and to
clarify ways in which Christians act as responsible citizens.)
The following were present:
Mrs. Wells Harrington, 6708 Forest Hills Drive, University
Park, Maryland
Adams, Jean, University of Pittsburgh, 812 Anaheim Street,
Pittsburgh 19, Pennsylvania
Ball, Barbara, University of Illinois, 605 Delaware Avenue,
Urbana, Illinois
Blackmer, Noelle, Radcliffe, Collete, 215 Main Street,
Andover, Massachusetts
Burgess, Darline, University of Wisconsin, 220 Lake Lawn Place,
Madison 3, Wisconsin
Chu, Marilyn, Wellesley College, 300 Helbourne, Great Neck,
New York
Clair, Winnifred, Cornell University, Niagara on the Lake,
Ontario, Canada
Darles, Barbara, Bucknell University, South Warren Street,
Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania
Davis, Hattie, Howard University, Box 84, Wheatley Hall,
Washington, D. C.
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Washington Student Citizenship Seminar (Continued)
Dunipace, Ann, Bowling Green State University, Route 2, Box 35,
Bowling Green, Ohio
Fagan, Barbara, Wellesley College, 8100 E. Jefferson, Detroit
14, Michigan
Frazer, Joann, Route 3, Box 816, Astoria, Oregon, University of
Washington
Ault, Darl, Bowling Green State University, 207 Park Avenue,
Findlay, Ohio
Goldstein, Barbara, Obelin College, 58 Ogden Place, West, Dobbs
Ferry, New York
Goodale, Eva, Grinnell College, 632 South Clark, Davenport, Iowa
Gray, David, University of Illinois, 6525 West Foster Avenue,
Chicago, Illinois
Griffith, Maria, Kansas University, 7710 Brookline, St. Louis,
Missouri
Harbison, James, Duke University, 1109 Courtland Avenue, Reidsville,
North Carolina
Horn, Mary, Stanford University, 113 W. Pike Street, Canonsburg,
Pennsylvania
Howard, Shirley, Park College, 1032 Randolph, Topeka, Kansas
Huenink, Cynthia, University of Wisconsin, Chetek, Wisconsin
Hulett, Barbara, University of Kentucky, 238 East Maxwell Street,
Lexington, Kentucky
Johnson, Margaret, University of Pittsburgh, 2109 Elmore Square,
Pittsburgh 19, Pennsylvania
Kesler, Earl, University of Illinois, 1209 West Clark Street,
Urbana, Illinois
Kirby, Janet, UGLA - Berkeley, 1028 Cragmont Avenue, Berkeley 8,
California
Kwong, Alice Jo, Stanford University, 564 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, California
McCormick, Marjorie, University of Illinois, 307 South Sixth St.,
Chillicothe, Illinois
McCoy, Mary Ann, Bucknell University, 18 L. Mulberry Street,
Danville, Pennsylvania
Morrill, David, University of South Dakota, Box 509, Sturgis,
South Dakota
Neal, Robert, DePauw University, 2 Seminary Court, Greencastle,
Indiana
Payton, Benjamin, South Carolina State A & H, Box 492, College
Avenue, Orangeburg, South Carolina
Rao, K. Bhaskara, State University or Iowa, Б75, Quadrange Dormitory,
Iowa City, Iowa
Rinzler, Blossom, Lower Court, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass.
Robinson, Anne, University of Arkansas, 1228 Henderson, Arkadelphia,
Arkansas
Scavella, Arthur, Tuskegee Institute, Room 27, Fourth Emery,
Tuskegee Institute, Alabama
Scott, Jeannette, University of Missouri, 119 South 12th Street,
Independence, Kansas
Sexton, Roy K., UCLA - Berkeley, 2812 Regent Street, Berkeley 5,
California
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Snow, Barbara, Miami University, 111 Glen Avenue, Maplewood, N.J.
Smith, Joan, Bowling Green State University, 245 N. Prospect,
Bowling Green, Ohio
Stabler, Holly, Barnard College, 186 Main Street, Williamstown,
Massachusetts
Stebbins, Robert, Bowling Green State Univ., 330 Doering, Sidney,
Ohio
Sutherland, Elsie, Wesleyan College, 207 King Street, Columbia
52, South Carolina
Shelley, Joan-Marie, Stanford University, 68 St. Mary's Avenue,
San Francisco, California
Taylor, Edgar C., Washington University, 7 Briarcliff, Clayton
24, Missouri
Wallace, Nancy, Grinnell College, Roanoke, Illinois
Weese, Laura, Cornell University, 6671-32nd Street, N. W.,
Washington 15, D. C.
Weiss, Elizabeth, Denver University, 172 South Downing, Denver
9, Colorado
Weaver, Jean, Bucknell University, Jordan, Pennsylvania
Watlington, Patricia, University of Kentucky, 423 West 9th
Street, Russellville, Kentucky
Wendell, Larry, Central College, Iowa, 1707 Hinkson Avenue,
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Scurlock, Stella, Chairman, 1721 Rhode Island Ave., N. W., Wash., D.C.
Baldwin, Nancy, 3233 P Street, N.W., Washington, D. C.
Bauman, Walter, 2827 - 29th St., N. W., Washington, D. C.
Branscomb, Mrs. Lewis, 5901 Johnson Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland
Dela Puente, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph, 113 Wayne Place, S.E., Wash., D. C.
Gilstrap, Marguerite, 1500 Mass. Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C.
Greene, Margret, 1728 - 21st St., N. W., Washington, D. C.
Harrington, Wells, 6708 Forest Hill Drive, University Park, Maryland
and high school children, Ann and George Harrington
Irwin, Mrs. James, 3000 Tilden Street, N. Was Washington, D. C.
Larter, Mary Dee, 3112 Q Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.
Larter, Barbara, 3112 Q Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.
Mason, Charles, P. 0. Box 108, Washington 4, D. C.
Morse, Mrs. Wilbur, 3408 North George Mason, Arlington, Va.
Morse, David, 3408 North George Mason, Arlington, Va.
Pope, Mrs. Mabel, 1721 Rhode Island Ave., N. W., Wash., D. C.
Rojohn, Arlin, 812-20th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.
Wilson, Dr. Frank, School of Religion, Howard University, Wash., D.C.
Wilson, Mrs. Frank, 5033 Blaine Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.
Seamans, Mr. and Mrs. Harry, 118 Hesketh St., Chevy Chase 15, Md.
Royal, Mr. & Mrs. Walter, 2853 Ontario Rd., N. W., Wash., D. C.
Catchings, the Rev. and Mrs., 407 Hobart Place, N. ,Wash., D.C.
Hall, Clyde C., Garrett Park, Maryland
Lindsay, Malvina, 1711 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W., Wash., D. C.
Abraham, Mrs. Herbert, 4905 Crescent St., N. W., Washington, D. C.
Lam, Dr. Elizabeth, 3854 Florence Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia
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Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Hon. John Foster Dulles, The Secretary of State
Hon. George Humphrey, The Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Charles E. Wilson, The Secretary of Defense
Hon. William P. Rogers, Deputy Attorney General
Hon. Charles R. Hook, Jr., Deputy Postmaster General
Hon. Ralph A. Tudor, Under Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Hon. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Martin Durkin, Secretary of Labor
Hon. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. Joseph Dodge, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to UN
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Sherman Adams
Hon. C. D. Jackson
Hon. Robert Cutler
Hon. Bernard Shanley
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Hon. Gabriel Hauge
General Wilton B. Persons
Hon. Edmund F. Mansure, Administrator, General Services Adm.
Mr. Arthur Minnich
12:25 pm
Mr. Sid Richardson, Fort Worth, Texas
12:30 pm
Honorable Foster Furcolo, Treasurer and Receiver-General, State
of Massachusetts
Honorable Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to the UN
(Is former Congressman. Wrote to the President in May asking
if he might talk to him about serious shortage of professional
and scientific manpower, and present to the President two
suggestions which he made while serving in the Congress.)
12:45 pm
Honorable R. Douglas Stuart, American Ambassador-designate to Canada
(The Ambassador asked for this thru Protocol, to pay his respects
before departing for his new post.)
1:00 pm
(LUNCH)
2:45 pm
(Honorable John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State)
OFF THE RECORD AT THE WHITE HOUSE
3:10 pm
(The President and Mrs. Eisenhower, accompanied by Mrs. Doud and
Commander Beach, departed for Camp David, Maryland, for the
week-end.)
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The President visited Camp Greentop - a camp for crippled
children.
The President and Mrs. Eisenhower visited their farm near
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
THE PRESIDENT AND HIS PARTY RETURNED TO THE WHITE HOUSE AT
8:20 P.M. SUNDAY EVENING.
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MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1953
8:30 am
Legislative Leaders
Hon. Richard Nixon, The Vice President
Senator Robert A. Taft, Ohio
Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
Senator William F. Knowland, California
Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado
Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
Honorable Joseph Martin
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Indiana
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
Congressman Leo E. Allen, Illinois
Honorable Sherman Adams
Major General Wilton B. Persons
Hon. George Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Hon. Philip Young, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
Hon. Bernard Shanley
Hon. James Hagerty
Hon. Gabriel Hauge
Mr. Murray Snyder
Mr. Arthur Minnich
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Mr. Gerald Morgan
Mr. Homer Gruenther
Mr. Bryce Harlow
10:30 am
General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Admiral William Fechteler, Chief of Naval Operations
(This is General Bradley's usual Monday report to the President)
11:30 am
Honorable Arthur Burns, Economic Advisor
Honorable Gabriel Hauge
(This is their usual Monday appointment with the President)
12:00
Bishop Dr. Hans Lilje, President of the Lutheran World Federation
Dr. Heins L. Krekeler, Charge d'Affaires, Diplomatic Missission of
the Federal Republic of Germany
Honorable John Simmons, Chief, Division of Protocol
Rev. Robert E. Van Deusen, Washington, D. C., Secretary of the
National Lutheran Council
Honorable Gabriel Hauge
(This appointment requested by Bishop Lilje thru State Department,
which recommended that the President receive him, stating he,
next to Bishop Dibelius, is probably the most important Protestant
clergyman in Germany. Has been President of the Central Committee
of the Lutheran Inner Mission and also a member of the Executive
Committee of the Lutheran World Union. In 1947 he became Bishop
of Hannover; in 1949 was appointed Chairman of the Evangelical
Church of Germany; in 1952 was elected President of World Federa-
tion of World Churches.)
MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1953
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12:30 pm
(John Minor Wisdom, New Orleans, Louisiana) OFF THE RECORD
12:45 pm
The President witnessed the swearing in, in his Office, of Mrs.
Katherine G. Howard, as Deputy Administrator of the Federal
Civil Defense Administration. The following guests were present:
Honorable Val Peterson, Administrator
Mr. Charles P. Howard
Mr. Herbert G. Howard
Mr. Paul Wagner
Mr. John A. DeChant
Mrs. Jeannette T. Norcross
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Mr. John Hurley
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1:00 pm
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2:00 pm
Honorable Walter B. Smith, Under Secretary of State
Honorable Roger Kyes, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Honorable Robert T. Stevens, Secretary of the Army
Admiral William M. Fechteler, Chief of Naval Operations
Honorable U. Alexis Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
for Far Eastern Affairs
Mr. Charles Sullivan, Office of the Secretary of Defense
3:00 pm
Honorable Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Honorable Val Peterson, ADministrator, Federal Civil Defense
Honorable Robert Farrington, Governor, Farm Credit Administration
Honorable Sherman Adams
4:00 pm
Mr. and Mrs. William Schloss and four children , Indianapolis, Indiana
(Mr. Schloss is President of the Morris Plan Bank in Indiana-
polis. Mr. Ernest R. (Tex) Lee, former aide to the President,
requested this appointment stating that Mr. Schloss gave him
(Mr. Lee) off all the time he wanted last year to work in
behalf of the President's candidacy, before and after the
convention. Mr. Schloss offered his Florida home, thru Mr.
Lee, to the President when he was Chief of Staff of the Army)
4:05 pm
Honorable Allen Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence
4:30 pm
(Mr. Carter Burgess) OFF THE RECORD
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS
TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1953
8:00 am
(The following had breakfast with the President at the White House):
(Mr. Aksel Nielsen)
(Hon. George Humphrey)
(Hon. Joseph M. Dodge)
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(Hon. Sherman Adams)
9:00 am
The President signed H. R. 4233, An Act "To provide for the
naturalization of persons serving in the Armed Forces of the
United States after June 24, 1950." The following were present:
Senator Arthur V. Watkins, Chairman, Senate Sub-Committee
on Immigration, Utah
Senator Pat McCarran, Nevada
Congressman Louis E. Graham, Chairman, House Sub-Committee
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Congressman Emanuel Celler, New York
Congressman Francis E. Walter, Pennsylvania
9:25 am
(Hon. Harold Stassen, Director for Mutual Security) OFF THE RECORD
9:30 am
Honorable Carlos P. Romulo, former Philippine Ambassador to the
United States
Mr. Temple Wanamaker, Philippine Desk, State Department
(This appointment arranged at the request of the Secretary of
State. Romulo has announced his decision to form B. third
party and enter campaign for the Presidency of the Philippines
against Quirino and Magsaysay, in November, 1953. Romulo
desires to pay farewell call on the President)
9:40 am
(Mr. Ben Richards, Dallas, Texas) OFF THE RECORD
10:00 am
(Honorable C. D. Jackson)
(Honorable Robert Cutler)
(Honorable William Jackson)
OFF THE RECORD
(Honorable Abbott Washburn)
(Mr. C. D. Jackson brought these men in to submit report of
Bill Jackson Committee, the President's Committee on Inter-
national Information Activities.)
11:00 am
The President presented the Young American Medals for Bravery
and Service to the following:
Howard Fitzgerald, 14, Dallas, Oregon, Medal for Bravery
Charles W. Knighton, 16, Montgomery, Alabama, Medal for Bravery
Rollin Shoemaker, 18, Denver, Colorado, Medal for Service
(These awards were set up by law and this is the second
annual presentation. The law provides that the President
shall present these awards to those chosen by the Department
of Justice) The following guests were present:
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Floyd Shoemaker, Denver, Colorado, and
three children: Floyd, Forrest & Connie Shoemaker
(parents of Rollin Shoemaker)
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Mrs. Leonard Fitzgerald, Dallas, Oregon
(Mother of Howard Fitzgerald)
Gordon L. Coleman, Scout Executive, Montgomery, Alabama
(With Charles Knighton)
Congressman Walter Norblad, Oregon
Congressman Byron G. Rogers, Colorado
Congressman George M. Grant, Alabama
Hon. Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General
Hon. J. Edgar Hoover, Chairman, Department of Justice's Young
American Medals Committee
Hon. J. Lee Rankin, Member of Committee, and Assistant Attorney
General
Mr. G. Frederick Mullen, Member of Committee, and Director of
Public Information, Department of Justice
11:15 am
(Honorable Herbert Brownell, The Attorney General)
(Mr. Paul F. Lavzavola, District of New Mexico)
(Mr. Charles Krest Cyr, District of Montana)
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(Mr. Jack Chapler Brown, Southern District of Indiana)
(Mr. Simon S. Cohen, District of Connecticut)
(Mr. Thomas Fitzhugh Wilson, Western Louisiana)
(The Attorney General asked if he might bring these new U. S.
Attorneys in to meet the President OFF THE RECORD)
11:30 am
Honorable Llewellyn E. Thompson, Jr., American Ambassador to
Austria
(Ambassador Thompson requested this thru Protocol, to pay
respects before leaving for new post.)
11:45 am
General Nathan F. Twining, Vice Chief of Staff, U. S. Air Force
12:00
Honorable Lewis Douglas
(Mr. Douglas telephoned Mr. Stephens last week from New York
to ask for this)
1:00 pm
The following had Luncheon with the President at the White House:
Honorable Robert Cutler
Hon. S. Everett Gleason
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Hon. Arthur Summerfield, The Postmaster General
Senator Everett McK. Dirksen, Illinois
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Mr. Carl Schroeder
(The Postmaster General asked if he might bring in Mr. Schroeder,
who is to be the next Postmaster at Chicago, Illinois)
3:45 pm
Mr. Robert McLean, Associated Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
4:00 pm
(Mr. Guy Farmer, Washington, D. c.)
(Hon. Sherman Adams)
OFF THE RECORD
(Is being considered for appt. to National Labor Relations Board)
4:30 pm
(Dr. Stanley High, of Readers Digest) OFF THE RECORD