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AND RECORDS U.S. TUESDAY, February 6, 1951 9:45 am (Honorable Gordon Dean, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission) OFF THE RECORD 10:00 am (Staff) 11:15 am Honorable Harry B. Mitchell, Chairman, Civil Service Commission 11:30 am (Mr. Joseph Keenan, AFOFL) ) OFF THE RECORD (Mr. Jack Kroll, CIO 11:45 am Senator Kenneth McKellar, Tennessee Senator Ernest McFarland, Arizona Senator John L. McClellan, Arkansas Senator Walter F. George, Georgia Senator Richard B. Russell, Georgia Senator Allen J. Ellender, Louisiana Senator John C. Stennis, Mississippi Senator Dennis Chavez, New Mexico Senator Clyde R. Hoey, North Carolina Senator Willis Smith, North Carolina Senator Olin D. Johnston, South Carolina Senator James C. Eastland, Mississippi Senator Thomas C. Hennings, Jr., Missouri Senator Tom Connally, Texas Senator Lister Hill, Alabama Senator Carl Hayden, Arizona Senator J. William Fulbright, Arkansas Senator George A. Smathers, Florida Senator Clinton P. Anderson, New Mexico (The above group of Senators came in to discuss "Cotton" with the President.) 12:00 The President received a group of Eagle Scouts, representing the nation's 2,750,000 Boy Scouts. This visit opened Boy Scout Week, marking the forty-first anniversary of the organization. The President received from them a "Report to the Nation" summing up accomplishments of America's 76,367 Scout Units in 1951. The Boy Scouts were originally incorporated in Washington, D. C. on February 8, 1910. The following persons were members of the official delegation: Mr. Amory Houghton, President, Corning, New York Mr. Frank W. Wozencraft, Executive Board Member, Washington, D.C. Dr. Arthur A. Schuck, Chief Scout Executive, New York, N. Y. Mr. John L. Smith, Asst. Director of Camping and Special Events, N.Y. Mr. Guy Miller, Asst. Director of Camping and Special Events, N.Y. Mr. Thomas McPherson, Asst. Managing Editor of "Scouting" Magazine,NY Mr. Charles A. Kelso, Troop 55, Scoutmaster, St. Louis, Mo. Charles W. Ring, Region I, Brunswick, Maine Richard T. Chittick, Region II, Stanfordville, N.Y. David Derbes, Region III, Pottsville, Pa.