Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
March 03, 1949
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The President received the Winners of the Eighth Annual Science Talent Search: Anigstein, Robert Bach, Michael Klaus Barr, Thomas C., Jr. Bauman, Norman Blattner, Robert James Boldt, Elihu Aaron Bohrer, Vorsila Laurence Bray, Richard Arthur Brett, Jack Samuel Brilliant, Martin Berry Clough, Garrett Conde Conner, Pierre Euclide, Jr. Dell, Fritz George, Myron Don Gilbert, Walter Goldman, Alan Joseph Harmon, Margaretta Vanua Jaburg, Erika Elizabeth Johnson, Laveta Audrey Kaufman, John David Babble, Mrs. James A. Britt, S. H. (Mrs.) Buxton, Mrs. Rex E. Cleveland, Charles Davis, Watson Edgarton, Harold A. (Mrs.) Kimball, John Ward Kriegsman, William E. Landau, Henry Jacob Littlejohn, Caroline Stuart Martin, Thomas Francis Merz, Edwin Henry, Jr. Nelson, Roger Hugh Oals, Helen Claire Plantz, Charles Arthur Reinhardt, Nicholas Shiman, Paul Leonard Shugart, Howard Alan Stout, George Hubert Raylor, Dwight Willard Throp, Edward Oakley Victor, Ursula Vivian Wagman, Anne Werntz, Carl Weber Winston, Herbert Zalutsky, Rosalyn Edith Eikner, Don Gormley, Harriet Kline, Mrs. Fred G. Kraus, Joseph H. Patterson, Margaret E. Schoor, Norman Schriver, Mrs. Oliver Shapley, Harlow Stark, Louis M. (Nine girls and 31 boys are being invited to Washington for all-expense trip March 3rd through 7th, to attend Science Talent Institute. Here one boy or girl will be awarded the $2,800 Westinghouse Grand Science Scholarship. Other scholarships bring total to $11,000 and will range from $100 to $2000.) | ||
[Public Papers: Remarks to a Group From the Eighth Annual Science Talent Search] | ||
(Mr. Howard Hunter) (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange - off the record) | ||
H. E. H. T. Andrews, the Ambassador of the Union of South Africa (Newly appointed - presented credentials) | ||
(The President left for Department of Interior where he had luncheon with Secretary Julius A. Krug and other officials, celebrating 100th Anniversary of Founding of Department of Interior) | ||
(The Secretary of the Army [Kenneth C. Royall]) | ||
Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
(Mr. Barney Allis) (Mr. Burries Crane) | ||
(The President posed for photographs with prize winners in White House News Photographers Association Sixth Annual Contest) | ||
Off the record meeting in the President's Study Blair House: Honorable Alben Barkley Honorable Charles Sawyer Honorable John W. Snyder Honorable Tom Clark Honorable Sam Rayburn Mr. W. S. S. Rodgers Mr. Hal Stonier Mr. R. W. Woodruff Mr. H. Lee Marshall Mr. George Mead | ||
[Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress on Reorganization of the State Department] | ||
[Public Papers: Memorandum on Civil Defense Planning] | ||
(Colonel Louis Johnson) (Colonel J. Monroe Johnson) (Colonel Louis Renfrow) | ||
Cabinet [Meeting] | ||
(Mr. Max Lowenthal) (Off the record) | ||
Honorable Richard H. Byland, Mayor of Beech Grove, Indiana Mr. Roland Stewart (Mayor Byland wrote the President that last October he had had honor of escorting the President to Beech Grove to attend ceremonies of the Mayor's Lodge. Was going to be in Washington and would like to pay respects. Mr. Stewart, who will accompany the Mayor, furnished cars for the President and his party) | ||
(The Secretary of the Interior [Julius A. Krug]) (Mr. John Nichols) (Honorable Oscar Chapman) Off the record - at request of Secretary Krug. | ||
The President received respresentatives of the American Legion: Commander Perry Brown~Leonce R. Legendre John H. Walsh~T. O. Kraabel Robert M. McCurdy~Henry J, Guirman Dr. J. B. Hollis~Arthur W. Price Joe L. Hearne~Harry F. Stengel Honorable Wilbur M. Alter~J. Ross Foust Dr. Seth G. Walton~Edward Clamage Mr. Fred A. Clough~Joseph G. Leonard W. Ben. Waldrip~E. V. Cliff Sam Brolund~Mrs. Mary D. Baumann Mrs. Mary Cuttell~C. C. Horton Harold J. Willoughby~John R. Stille Frank K. Barton~Rex Whittemore Lewis S. Slensker~Barry L. Erwin R. E. Lyngh~Gordon B. French Anson T. McCook~Thomas B. Egan Everett E. Borton~C. T. Walker Melvin T. Dixon~Goodman Robertson C. Arthur Cheatham~John P. Day Earl F. Chandler~William G. Durns Donald Howell~Oscar R. Brown George Craig~R. M. Collins Harry E. Davison~Ken C. Long Stanley Hudson~Joseph L. Colson Joe Darwin~Joseph M. Siciliane G. Raymond Nichols~Joseph J. Dougherty Joseph A. Bozeman~Timothy J. Buckley Rev. Edward J. Carney~Robert C. Mathieson Dale S. Balanding~Ray C. Conlon James C. Kelly~Arthur H. Long John R. Powell~J. B. Kerrigan David J. Gibbons~Elmer A. Webb L. C. Sanderson~I. A. Lougaris Frederick O. Twitchell~Alonzo Haule Fred Branca~William F. Grund Earle W. Stark~Wiley M. Pickens Jack O. Pamplin~Floyd Henderson George W. Rulon~H. F. Michaels Robert E. Smith~Jack Taylor Winston F. Wiggs~Robert C. Dillard Edward A. Linsky~Lawrence Trainor Walter A. Loiselle~Frederick M. Browning Dr. Joseph W. Hudgens~James F. Daniel, Jr. G. W. Steagall~James L. Crider Lewis P. Fields~Robin C. Steinhagen Alexander V. Smith~K. Klemmetson C. H. Olson~Dan J. Hanly, Sr. Donald R. Wilson~James F. Burns E. S. Blackmore~Bernard A. Gates Richard F. Witherall~Dr. Frank B. Gigliotti Roy K. Tomnitz~Juno W. Valiant James Lane~Leonard W. Moody James Annin~Edward J. Kelly Walter E. Alessandroni~E. L. Orleman Edward A. Hayes~Rev. Thomas Grice Elmer L. Barfield, Jr.~Cecil W. Duncan Joseph P. Piccirillo~George A. Mead George Blankenbeckler~A. C. Clement E. J. Callaghan~James H. McKinley Milo J. Warner~William O. Hall Y. W. Scarborough~Theodore P. Otjen Stanley Van Dyke~Albert F. Baques | ||
[Public Papers: Remarks to Representatives of the American Legion] | ||
H. E. Sheikh Asad Al-Faqth, the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia (Newly appointed - presented credentials) | ||
Congressman Usher L. Burdick (Congressman McCormack called Mr. Connelly for this) | ||
The Secretary of the Navy [John L. Sullivan] (Talked to President Thursday morning on phone and asked for this.) | ||
Mr. James B. Carey, Secretary-Treasurer, CIO Mr. David J. MacDonald, Secretary-Treasurer, U. S. Steel Workers (representing Phil Murray who is ill) (Mr. Arthur Goldberg, General Counsel, CIO) Mr. Walter Reuther, Vice President, CIO Mr. Joseph Curran, Vice President, CIO Mr. L. S. Buckmaster, Vice President, CIO Mr. Frank Rosenblum, Vice President, CIO Mr. John Green, Vice President, CIO Mr. Jack Kroll, Director, CIO Political Action Committee Mr. George Baldanzi, Vice President, Textile Workers Union of America (Jim Carey asked Mr. Connelly to arrange) | ||
The President received the presidential flag from a committee from the Electoral Colleges of the United States: Mrs. Reva Beck Bosone, Utah Miss Rebecca H. Bateson, Pa. Mr. Frank Curtis, Maryland Mr. and Mrs Michael Francis Doyle, Chairman, Penn. Mr. J. Roger DeWitt, Missouri Mr. Arthur Eugene Du Bois, Washington Miss Carrie Fraser, Penn. Mr. J. W. Howard, Kentucky Mr. Joseph G. Hughes, Washington Mr. William H. Kittrell, Texas Mr. George C. Landrith, Virginia Mr. Frank M. McCausland, New York Dr. Zachary Taylor Malaby, California Miss Anna Muller Mr. John D. Robinson, North Carolina Mr. L. W. Robert, Jr., Georgia Mr. Arthur B. Wilson, Idaho Mr. George C. Warner, Jr., Maryland ARMY: General Kenneth Royall, Secretary of the Army General Thomas B. Larkin, Quartermaster General | ||
(Lunch) | ||
(Senator Carl Hayden, Ariz.) (Senator Ernest W. McFarland, Ariz.) (Honorable Frank Pace, Bureau of the Budget) (Senator Hayden asked that it be arranged) | ||
(The Secretary of Defense [James Forrestal]) (The Secretary of the Army [Kenneth C. Royall]) (The Secretary of the Navy [John L. Sullivan]) (The Secretary of the Air Force [Stuart Symington]) (The Director, Bureau of the Budget) To discuss the Armed Forces Budget. | ||
(The Attorney General [Tom C. Clark]) (Mr. William Boyle) | ||
[Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress on Reorganization of the National Military Establishment] | ||
Staff Meeting | ||
(Swearing in ceremonies of David Stowe, in Fish Room) | ||
(Mr. Horace Deal) (Mr. Howell Crim) (Mr. Alonzo Winslow) | ||
(Mr. Byron Skelton) | ||
Honorable Selden Chapin, American Minister to Hungary (To pay respects) | ||
(Mr. Hugh Cross) (Candidate for I.S.C.) | ||
Honorable Frank Pace, Director, Bureau of the Budget (Asked for this yesterday) | ||
The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] | ||
(Mr. and Mrs. Hale Shenefield) and two children) | ||
Brig. General Marshall Carter | ||
(Honorable Mon Wallgren) | ||
(Lunch) | ||
(The President left for Statler Hotel where he attended White House Correspondents Assn. Annual Dinner.) | ||
[Log of President Truman's Trip: (Sixth) Trip to Key West and Orlando, Florida] | ||
[Log of President Truman's Trip: (Sixth) Trip to Key West and Orlando, Florida] | ||
[Log of President Truman's Trip: (Sixth) Trip to Key West and Orlando, Florida] | ||
[Public Papers: Address at Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida] | ||
[Log of President Truman's Trip: (Sixth) Trip to Key West and Orlando, Florida] | ||
Executive Orders: [10043 CHANGING THE NAME OF THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON RELIGIOUS AND MORAL WELFARE AND CHARACTER GUIDANCE IN THE ARMED FORCES] | ||
Executive Orders: [10041 RESTORING CERTAIN LANDS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVATION AT HANAPEPE, KONA, KAUAI, TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII] | ||
Executive Orders: [10042 MAKING CERTAIN CHANGES IN THE CUSTOMS FIELD ORGANIZATION] | ||
[Log of President Truman's Trip: (Sixth) Trip to Key West and Orlando, Florida] | ||
[Log of President Truman's Trip: (Sixth) Trip to Key West and Orlando, Florida] | ||
[Log of President Truman's Trip: (Sixth) Trip to Key West and Orlando, Florida] | ||
[Log of President Truman's Trip: (Sixth) Trip to Key West and Orlando, Florida] | ||
[Log of President Truman's Trip: (Sixth) Trip to Key West and Orlando, Florida] | ||
Executive Orders: [10045 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE WABASH RAILROAD COMPANY AND THE ANN ARBOR RAILROAD COMPANY AND CERTAIN OF THEIR EMPLOYEES] | ||
Executive Orders: [10044 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9 OF JANUARY 17, 1873, RELATING TO THE HOLDING OF STATE OR LOCAL OFFICES BY FEDERAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES] | ||
[Log of President Truman's Trip: (Sixth) Trip to Key West and Orlando, Florida] | ||
[Log of President Truman's Trip: (Sixth) Trip to Key West and Orlando, Florida] | ||
[Log of President Truman's Trip: (Sixth) Trip to Key West and Orlando, Florida] | ||
[Log of President Truman's Trip: (Sixth) Trip to Key West and Orlando, Florida] | ||
[Public Papers: The President's News Conference at Key West] | ||
[Public Papers: Remarks at the Graduation Ceremonies, Fleet Sonar School, U.S. Naval Base, Key West, Florida] | ||
[Log of President Truman's Trip: (Sixth) Trip to Key West and Orlando, Florida] | ||
Arrived from Key West, Florida | ||
Attended White House Photographers Dinner at the Statler Hotel. | ||
Honorable Alben Barkley, the Vice President Honorable Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House Honorable Scott Lucas Honorable John McCormack | ||
The President opened the meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors held in the Presidential Room at the Statler Hotel. [Public Papers: Address Before the United States Conference of Mayors] | ||
(Honorable Mon Wallgren) | ||
The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson] (Usual Monday appointment) | ||
(Cabinet Luncheon) | ||
(Honorable Louis A. Johnson) | ||
(Mr. Joe Guilfoyle) | ||
Senator Harley M. Kilgore,W. Va. (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange this) | ||
(Mr. M. R. Evans) (Mr. Jouett Todd) (Off the record) | ||
(Mr. Dan Nee and son, James) | ||
Senator James E. Murray, Montana Honorable John W. Bonner, Governor of Montana Congressman Mike Mansfield (Senator Murray asked Mr. Matthew Connelly if he might bring in Governor Bonner to call on the President) | ||
Honorable Ray K. Hockaday, Postmater, Hutchinson, Kansas (Wrote to the President in February that he planned to visit Washington at this time and would like to pay his respects; said he was brother of Mr. Woody Hockaday, formerly of Wichita, now deceased) | ||
Senator Clinton Anderson, New Mexico (Requested appointment) | ||
Honorable John J. Muccio, Special Representative of the United States to the Government of Korea (In Washington for consultation and requested an appointment with the President, thru Mr. Woodward.) | ||
Commander Meyer Dorfman, National Commander of the Jewish War Veterans (Senator Hubert Humphrey, Minnesota, called Mr. Matthew Connelly on March 5th to request this, stating Dorfman is out- standing Democrat.) | ||
The Postmaster General [Jesse Donaldson] Honorable Frank Pace, Director, Bureau of the Budget Honorable Harly Hise, Chairman, R. F. C. Honorable Joseph J. O'Connell, Chairman, C. A. B. Honorable Oswald Ryan, Vice Chairman, C. A. B. Honorable Josh Lee, Member Honorable Harold A. Jones, Member Honorable Russell B. Adams, Member (Mr. Matthew Connelly asked them to come in and talk over Aviation picture with the President) | ||
(Lunch) | ||
(Honorable Mon Wallgren) | ||
(The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson]) (Admiral Sidney Souers) | ||
Congressman Francis M. Walter, Pa. (Mr. Matthew Connelly asked him to come down to discuss Displaced Persons legislation) | ||
(Mayor Martin H. Kenelly) | ||
The President addressed the meeting of the President Conference on Industrial Safety. [Public Papers: Address Before the President's Conference on Industrial Safety] | ||
(Mr. and Mrs. Sam Solins, of W. Va.) (At request of Senator Kilgore.) | ||
Mrs. India Edwards Mrs. Margaret Parkin, of Cleveland, Ohio (Mrs. India Edwards asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange, stating that Mrs. Parkin was volunteer worker in campaign. Said that she made speeches throughout country which were very helpful.) | ||
Honorable J. Monroe Johnson, Member Interstate Commerce Commission (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly on Monday to ask for this) | ||
Congressman Monroe Redden, N. C. (At suggestion of Judge Hastie of Virgin Islands. Redden is Chairman of Territories Committee, and Judge Hastie though might help if the President told him of his very genuine interest in this legislation) | ||
(Lunch) | ||
Honorable Myron Taylor | ||
Honorable Frank Pace, Director, Bureau of the Budget (One half hour) | ||
[Public Papers: Remarks at a Testimonial Dinner for Secretary Forrestal] | ||
Executive Orders: [10046 TRANSFERRING CERTAIN LANDS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND WITHDRAWING PUBLIC LANDS FOR THE USE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE] | ||
[Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing Resolution for the Relief of Palestine Refugees] | ||
(Secretary of the Navy [John L. Sullivan]) | ||
(Mr. Edwin B. Meissner, President and General Manager of St. Louis Car Co.) (Wrote Mr. Charles Ross and expressed hope he might shake hands with the President while in town for Industrial Safety Conference.) |