A number of cars drive toward the Main Labor Building at 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, in Washington, DC. Labor leaders pose for a photograph. They enter the Main Labor Building. Photographers take pictures. U.S. Secretary of labor, James P. Mitchell, greets the visitors. He and Dave Beck, President of the Brotherhood of Teamsters, exchange gifts of various sorts. Secretary Mitchell removes his tie clasp and presents it to Mr. Beck, placing it on the latter's tie. Mitchell and Beck look at pictures together. Exterior views of the Main Labor Building.
President Richard Nixon seated with Foreign Minister Shigemitsu Mamoru, of Japan in a room of the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. President Nixon converses with the Foreign Minister. They come out and stand on the steps of the Capitol building. President Richard Nixon points out something.
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower at the White House, Washington DC. The portico of the White House building. President Dwight D. Eisenhower poses for a photograph with officials outside the building. The President shakes hands with each of the officials. Cars drive out of the portico.
U.S. Air Force C-121(Lockheed Constellation) aircraft taxis to ramp after landing at Washington National Airport. U.S. Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, descends steps from aircraft and is met by officials and well wishers. He stops to greet woman with small children. Dulles makes a few brief remarks to a large gathering of reporters and photographers. He is in a hurry because he must get to the White House to report to the President. He also notes that the next day he must report to the U.S. House of Representatives and to the U.S. Senate. Secretary Dulles comments about diplomatic events of the trip related to entry of Germany into NATO; movement toward formation of a European Union; signing of the Austrian State Treaty; and invitation from the Soviet Union for 4-power talks.
U.S. President Dwight D Eisenhower at the White House in Washington DC. President Eisenhower shakes hands with Clare Booth Luce, U.S. Ambassador to Italy. He looks at a Thanksgiving turkey presented to the White House for pardoning. A group of photographers takes pictures. The President strokes the turkey. View of the White House North elevation, with dry trees in foreground. Clare Booth Luce leaving the White House. She speaks to the media.
A party for hospitalized veterans. Crowd gathers and eats at a party in White House lawn. President Dwight David Eisenhower and First Lady welcome hospitalized veterans. Veterans arrive with crutches and on wheel chairs. Men eat.