Pres. Eisenhower and Presidential Committee on Government Contracts dedicate Baruch Houses in New York City, named for Dr. Simon Baruch

Carpets rolled out at airport as Pres. Dwight Eisenhower arrives / Side view US flag and Presidential flag flying from separate staffs from Waldorf Astoria Hotel windows / CU Eisenhower walking into hotel / Eisenhower posing with Presidential Committee on Government Contracts, which includes Vice Pres. Richard Nixon on Eisenhower's right (Helen Rogers Reid, Chairman of the Board of NY Herald Tribune; John Roosevelt, youngest son of the late Pres. Franklin Roosevelt; Fred Lazarus, Jr., Pres. of American Retail Federation; John Lawrence McCaffrey, Pres. of International Harvester Co.; John Minor Wisdom, New Orleans attorney and GOP National Committeeman; J. Ernest Wilkins, attorney who is Vice Chairman with Nixon; Judge Sylvester Ryan of the US District Court, who does the swearing in) / CU pan members are sworn in by Ryan / MS Eisenhower waving from car as he leaves hotel / Top shot Eisenhower waving from car nearing East Side / PAN boys holding signs "Welcome Mr. President" and "Welcome to the East Side, IKE" / INT VS Eisenhower signing book in Board of Registry / Eisenhower waving from car as he rides thru streets toward Baruch Village / Street corner sign "Baruch Place - Delancy Street" / High LS Baruch Village under construction, skyscrapers in bg / Baruch Village with Baruch Public Bathhouse in fg / crowd awaiting Eisenhower / WS Eisenhower out of car / CU Eisenhower and Bernard Baruch, statesman, civic leader and economist, talking / Eisenhower and Baruch up steps, Eisenhower shakes hands with dignitaries / WS Belle Baruch, daughter of Bernard Baruch, unveils bust of her father / CU bust / VS Eisenhower on rostrum talking, audience listening / Eisenhower and Baruch wave / WS Baruch Housing Development as seen from Hudson River / VS street corner sign: "Baruch Place - Delancy Street" / WS rear shot of audience at dedication ceremonies / MS NY Gov. Thomas Dewey; Eisenhower and Baruch on platform, Eisenhower talking to Dewey