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Document 32100

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. Seating Arrangement Diagram signed by: DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (President), LYNDON B. JOHNSON (Democratic leader of the Senate), EARL WARREN (Chief Justice), Cabinet members JOHN FOSTER DULLES (Secretary of State), EZRA TAFT BENSON (Secretary of Agriculture), JAMES P. MITCHELL (Secretary of Labor), ARTHUR E. SUMMERFIELD (Postmaster General) and CHARLES E. WILSON (Secretary of Defense), Associate Justices HAROLD H. BURTON, TOM C. CLARK, SHERMAN MINTON and STANLEY REED, Generals MATTHEW RIDGWAY and NATHAN TWINING, Admiral ROBERT CARNEY, politicians JAMES F. BYRNES (former Supreme Court Justice), CLIFFORD CASE, CHARLES HALLECK, W. AVERILL HARRIMAN, WILLIAM F. KNOWLAND, DOUGLAS McKAY and THEODORE McKELDIN, labor leaders JOHN L. LEWIS and HARLOW CURTICE, hotel magnate CONRAD N. HILTON and 29 others, 1p, 40x12. The "Winter Dinner/December 11, 1954" for The Gridiron Club, held at the "Hotel Statler/Washington, D.C.". Associate Justice Felix Frankfurter is noted to be absent. The Gridiron Club, founded in Washington, D.C. in 1885, was originally intended to be a correspondent's union. It evolved into a dining club of leading correspondents assigned to Washington, and became noted for its "roasts" of prominent politicians. Remarkable assemblage of early 1950s politicians, jurists, military leaders, ambassadors and business and labor leaders. Folds touch some signatures. Stain at upper left blank margin, light stain at upper right margin touches the "n" in Harriman's signature. Partially separated at some upper folds, lightly chipped at upper blank edge at folds, ½-inch tear at blank area to right of first fold. Overall, fine condition. Framed in the Gallery of History style: 49½x40½.

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