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MINUTES OF CABINET METTING
May 12,
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1960
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11:00 a.m.
The following were present:
President Eisenhower
Vice President Nixon
Sec. Herter
Mr. Fred Scribner
for Sec. Anderson
Sec. Gates
AG Rogers
PMG Summerfield
Sec. Seaton
Sec. Benson
Mr. James O'Connell
Mr. Allen Dulles, CIA
Mr. Edward Allen (iy part)
Mr. Robert Amory (if part)
Mrs. Gertrude Schrader {in part)
Sec. Mueller
Miss Bertha Adkins
for Sec. Flemming
Chairman McCone, AEC
Dr. Paarlberg
Gen. Goodpaster
Maj. Eisenhower
Mrs. Wheaton
Mr. Kendall (in part)
Mr. Stans, BoB
Gov. Hoegh, OCDM
Mr. Lyons
Mr. Merriam
Dr. Saulnier, CEA
Mr. Patterson
Dr. Donald Chadwick, Federal
Radiation Council (in part)
Mr. Minnich
for Sec. Mitchell
Dr. Woodruff (in part}
Gen. Persons
Mr. Morgan
Mr. Robert Gray
Mr. Harr
Dr. Kistiakowsky
Mr. McPhee
1960 Republican Platform - At the President's request, Mr. Merfiam
briefly described the arrangements thus far for drafting the 1960
Platform, under the leadership of Charles Percy and Mel Laird.
Me
requested each member of the Cabinet to submit by May 25th a sun[mary
of their suggestions, He indicated that he would be the liaison between
the Executive Branch and the Platform drafting group, and he advided
that there would be further consultations with Cabinet members aftr a
preliminary look at their suggestions.
The President restated his deep conviction that Platforms should be
meaningful despite the tendency of political parties to ignore them kfter
an election has passed. He hoped that the Parties would make therp
more meaningful. He thought they ought to be a little more succingt
and hard hitting, and he commended to the drafting group his own
suggestion that the long, dreary pamphlets might better be replace by
“CONABEYHAL