The President met with Fred Fassen, Foster J. Pratt, Arthur Schuettner, Raymond Ast, Emily T.
Barhydt, Dr. Louis Blueth, Dr. Charles C. Fichtner, George E. Gilbert, Dr. Robert C. Gillingham,
H. Benjamin Hendler, Florence Krieger, Leslie O. Long, A. O. Mathias, William J. Powell, Carl
R. Quast, Willie C. Ray, Jacob B. Spiegel, J. Cecil Sandberg, H. A. Tiller, Dr. Lola Tilly, Jennie
S. Wilmot, Emma Woodward, Bernard E. Nash, Dorothy Crippen, Cyril Brickfield, Lloyd
Wright, Charles Thomas, Bernard S. Van Rensselaer, John B. Martin, George T. Bell, and
Robert H. Finch; the White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting
Introductions of members of the American Association of Retired Persons
[General conversation]
Welcome
Oval Office
-Previous visits by members
-Decorations
-Presidential seal carpet
-Color
-Portraits of George Washington
-John Mills
-Rembrandt Peale
Portraits
-Cabinet Room
-Theodore (“Teddy”) Roosevelt
-[Thomas] Woodrow Wilson
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-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-East Room
-George and Martha Washington portraits
-Dining Room
-Abraham Lincoln
Problems of aging
-Martin’s arrangement of meeting
-Importance
Problems of youth
-President’s meetings with astronauts
-Astronauts’ visits to colleges and universities
-Importance
Problems of aging
-Medical care
-Retirement
-Solutions
-Communication
-Compared with youth
-Importance of aged
Administration concerns
-Social Security
-Welfare reform
-Quality of life for aging
-President’s experience
-Mother and father
Aged
-Importance
-Programs
-Needs
-Importance
-Message to youth
-Medical care
-President’s support
-White House Conference on Aging
-Importance
-Youth
-White Conference on Aging
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-Follow-up on recommendations
-Administration
-Congress
-Importance
-Minorities in US