Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman

June 14, 1949

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3:30 pm	June 14, 1949	(Congressman William L. Dawson, Ill.) (Congressman Chet Holifield, Calif.) (Mr. Matthew Connelly called them late yesterday and told them the President wanted to see them today, off-the-record)
4:30 pm	June 14, 1949	(The President left for drive in Maryland where he inspected Peters estate and then called on Admiral William Leahy at the Naval Medical Center at Bethesda, Maryland.)
9:45 am	June 15, 1949	(Honorable James Webb) (Colonel Byrade)
10:30 am	June 15, 1949	Honorable Burton K. Wheeler (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday to ask for this appointment)
10:45 am	June 15, 1949	(Mr. James Lyons, of Universal Film Co.) (Mr. Robert Buckner, producer) (Mr. Charles Burton, Director) (Mr. Howard Christie, Manager) (This group is making a movie here in Washington, called "Free for All", and have asked Mr. Lyons to arrange for them to meet the President - off-the-record)
11:00 am	June 15, 1949	Dr. F. D. Patterson, President, Tuskegee Institute (Wired Mr. Charles Ross that he expected to be here at this time and asked for brief conference with the President to discuss a highly important matter)
11:15 am	June 15, 1949	(Mr. David D. Robertson, head of Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen) (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly from Cleveland on Monday to ask if he might see the President, off-the-record)
11:30 am	June 15, 1949	Mr. Russell Smith, Legislative Secretary, the National Farmers Union Professor N. G. Ranga, President of the Farmers Union of India (Mr. Raymond Muir, of Division of Protocol) (Mr. James Patton originally asked for this but was then unable to come. Mr. Matthew Connelly checked with both Mr. Charles Brannan and the State Department, as they wish to discuss point IV.)
11:45 am	June 15, 1949	Mr. Walter P. Reuther, President, International Union UAW, CIO. (Mr. Reuther phoned from Detroit, stating he would be here today and would like to see the President in order to discuss question of Housing, as well as a personal matter concerning recent shooting of his brother)
12:00 pm	June 15, 1949	Honorable Harry B. Mitchell, President, Civil Service Commission Honorable Frances Perkins, Commissioner Honorable James M. Mitchell, Commissioner (Arranged by Mr. Donald Dawson)
12:15 pm	June 15, 1949	Mr. and Mrs. Alden S. Millard, and son, John (Mr. Millard wrote the President from Buenos Aires, and the President wrote him that he would be glad to see them when they reached Washington.)
12:45 pm	June 15, 1949	The President signed the Proclamation entitle "Designating the Columbia National Forest as the Gifford Pinchot National Forest." The following guests were present: Honorable Charles Brannan [Secretary of Agriculture] Bill Bergoffen, Radio Writer, Forest Service Christopher M. Granger, Assistant Chief, Forest Service Howard Hopkins, Assistant Chief, Forest Service Edward I. Kotok, Assistant Chief, Forest Service Earl W. Loveridge, Assistant Chief, Forest Service G. A. MacDonald, News Writer, Forest Service Raymond E. Marsh, Assistant Chief, Forest Service Mrs. Elizabeth M. Mather (Secretary to Mrs. Gifford Pinchot, who was in Europe and could not attend) Richard E. McArdle, Assistant Chief, Forest Service Mr. Wesley McCune, Executive Assistant to the Secretary of Agriculture Mr. Albert W. Matthews Dana Parkinson, Chief, Division of Information and Education Forest Service Gifford Pinchot Dr. Gifford Bryce Pinchot, son of Gifford Pinchot Lyle F. Watts, Chief, Forest Service Richard W. Mosher, Motion Picture Director, Forest Service
1:00 pm	June 15, 1949	(Lunch)
3:00 pm	June 15, 1949	Lt. Franklin C. Thomas
3:05 pm	June 15, 1949	(Honorable James Webb)
3:15 pm	June 15, 1949	Mr. William Boyle
3:30 pm	June 15, 1949	(Mr. John Costello)
3:45 pm	June 15, 1949	(Honorable William O. Douglas, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States)
8:00 am	June 16, 1949	[Public Papers: Special Message to the Senate Transmitting Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide]
10:30 am	June 16, 1949	Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers]
11:00 am	June 16, 1949	(Mr. Hilyard Robinson, of Washington, D. C.) (Arranged at suggestion of Don Dawson. Mr. Robinson is local architect, and is being considered for appointment to National Capital Park and Planning Commission)
11:15 am	June 16, 1949	Honorable Oliver Newman (Wrote to the President stating he had just returned from his post in Dominican Republic, and has heard a great deal of discussion of Point Four, which he heartily endorses, having had considerable first-hand knowledge of that subject from watching it work in Santo Domingo. Wanted to tell the President what the Dominicans have done wholly on their own along lines of Point Four.)
11:30 am	June 16, 1949	Congressman Robert T. Secrest, Ohio Congressman Earl T. Wagner, Ohio Herbert U. Smith, Secretary of Congressman Secrest (Requested this appointment)
11:45 am	June 16, 1949	(General Lewis Pick) (General Harry Vaughan will bring him in off-the-record)
12:00 pm	June 16, 1949	The President received delegates to the National 4-H Club Camp on the South Lawn of the White House. (Approximately 250 in the group. Appointment requested by Secretary Charles Brannan. They presented the President with the 4-H pin.) [Public Papers: Remarks to the Delegates to the National 4-H Club Camp]
12:15 pm	June 16, 1949	Honorable Mark Ethridge (Just returned yesterday from Israel, and Dean Rusk of State Department expressed hope that the President would see him as early as possible.)
12:30 pm	June 16, 1949	Honorable James E. Webb, Acting Secretary of State (Usual Thursday appointment)
1:00 pm	June 16, 1949	(Lunch)
3:00 pm	June 16, 1949	Honorable Howard Bruce
3:05 pm	June 16, 1949	(Mr. Ed Higgins)
3:15 pm	June 16, 1949	Honorable Frank Pace
3:55 pm	June 16, 1949	The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]
8:00 am	June 17, 1949	[Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing Bill Continuing Suspension of Annual Assessment Work on Mining Claims]
8:10 am	June 17, 1949	[Public Papers: Letter to the Speaker on the Housing Bill]
10:00 am	June 17, 1949	Cabinet [Meeting] (Secretary Webb for State; Secretary Oscar Chapman for Interior. The Vice President [Alben Barkley] and the Secretary of Labor were out of the city)
11:00 am	June 17, 1949	Honorable Louis Johnson, the Secretary of Defense (Requested appointment through Mr. Matthew Connelly)
11:05 am	June 17, 1949	(Honorable Gordon Gray, the Secretary of the Army) (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly)
11:15 am	June 17, 1949	Mr. Joseph Galea (Wanted to present to the President a silk flag of Malta in recognition of the President's sympathy and assistance to the people of that Island. Appointment was scheduled for last September but Mr. Galea could not get here.)
11:30 am	June 17, 1949	General Mark Clark (Arranged through General Harry Vaughan)
11:50 am	June 17, 1949	(Mr. Earl James) (Mr. Red James)
11:55 am	June 17, 1949	Honorable Frank Pace, Director of the Budget
12:00 pm	June 17, 1949	Mr. Charles A. Evans of Vandalia, Illinois (Has known the President for many years and wrote, asking to come in.)
12:15 pm	June 17, 1949	The President greeted representatives of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, as follows: Abbot, Christopher J. Alvord, Ellsworth C. Bagwell, Paul D. Baker, James W. Bowditch, Richard L. Bradford, Ralph Bullis, Harry A. Camp, Frederick P. Conklin, Fred L. Davis, Champion McD. Dempster, Clyde B. Francis, James D. Hanley, William A. Harrington, Russell C. Hartz, W. Homer Hawkes, Albert W. Hulcy, Dechard A. Ingersoll, Roy C. Jacobs, Carl N. Johnston, Clem N. Johnston, Eric Kemper, James S. Klinger, W. A. Lambe, Ben H. Lane, Richard K. Lee, Laurence F. Miles, Clarence R. Mitchell, Dean H. Morris, Edgar Nash, Evans A. Payton, Harlan I. Ramsdell, H. H. Robison, Ellis H. Rosecrans, W. S. Runkle, Jay D. Seyferth, Otto A. Shreve, Earl O. Steinkraus, Herman W. Tanham, James Thomas, Frank H. Trester, Leonard W. Walker, Robert H. West, George W. Whitwell, George E. Young, Donald A.
12:30 pm	June 17, 1949	The President received the delegates from the National Conference of Boy Governors and Congressman William T. Byrne, Co-Chairman of the Washington Advisory Committee. The following were present: Albro, Harley M., Cortland, New York Barsh, Bucky, Houston, Texas Bell, William P., Selma, Alabama Brooks, Hugh B., Corbin, Kentucky Burkahart, John R., New York, New York Byrne, Rep. William T., Washington, D. C. Cook, Donald, Rochester, Pennsylvania Cooke, James, Salem, Oregon Corwin, George B., New York, New York Crowell, David, Concord, New Hampshire Davis, Lynn, Pocatello, Idaho Donoghue, Terry, New York, New York Duran, Clement, A., New York, New York Gallegos, Joseph, Stockton, California Gray, Jack, Glendale, Arizona Labriola, Jerry, Naugatuck, Connecticut Maland, Donald L. Blue Earth, Minnesota Mowatt, Alan, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine Nulton, William C., Pittsburg, Kansas Moylan, Charles E., Jr., Baltimore, Maryland Redman, Donald C., Maplewood, New Jersey Short, William H., West Hartford, Connecticut Sly, John F., Princeton, New Jersey Thomas, Alton, Charlottesville, Virginia Walker, Hampton, Waycross, Georgia Young, Gordon, Seattle, Washington Sundstrom, Eric, Stockholm, Sweden
12:35 pm	June 17, 1949	[Public Papers: Remarks to Delegates to the National Conference of Boy Governors]
12:45 pm	June 17, 1949	Mr. S. L. Altschuler (Friend of the President - from San Antonio - wrote the President he would be in the city today and tomorrow)
1:00 pm	June 17, 1949	(Lunch)
3:45 pm	June 17, 1949	(Leave White House for week-end cruise on the USS WILLIAMSBURG accompanied by the following persons: Miss Margaret Truman Honorable Stephen Early Dr. John Steelman Honorable William Hassett Honorable Charles Ross Governor Mon Wallgren General Wallace Graham Honorable Charles Murphy Honorable David Stowe)
8:00 am	June 20, 1949	[Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress Upon Signing the Reorganization Act]
8:10 am	June 20, 1949	[Public Papers: Message to the Congress Transmitting Reorganization Plan 1 of 1949 Establishing a Department of Welfare]
8:20 am	June 20, 1949	[Public Papers: Message to the Congress Transmitting Reorganization Plan 2 of 1949: Bureau of Employment Security]
8:30 am	June 20, 1949	[Public Papers: Message to the Congress Transmitting Reorganization Plan 3 of 1949: Post Office Department]
8:40 am	June 20, 1949	[Public Papers: Message to the Congress Transmitting Reorganization Plan 4 of 1949: National Security Council and National Security Resources Board]
8:50 am	June 20, 1949	[Public Papers: Message to the Congress Transmitting Reorganization Plan 5 of 1949: Civil Service Commission]
9:00 am	June 20, 1949	[Public Papers: Message to the Congress Transmitting Reorganization Plan 6 of 1949: United States Maritime Commission]
9:10 am	June 20, 1949	[Public Papers: Message to the Congress Transmitting Reorganization Plan 7 of 1949: Public Roads Administration]
9:20 am	June 20, 1949	[Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing Bill Extending Certain Benefits to Reservists and National Guardsmen]
10:00 am	June 20, 1949	The Vice President [Alben W. Barkley] Speaker Sam Rayburn Senator Scott Lucas Congressman John McCormack (Usual Monday morning appointment)
11:00 am	June 20, 1949	Honorable Harry B. Mitchell, President, Civil Service Commission (Called Mr. Connelly for appointment)
11:15 am	June 20, 1949	Honorable Edward J. Hart, New Jersey (The Congressman called Mr. Connelly for appointment)
11:30 am	June 20, 1949	Honorable Frank Pace, Director of the Budget (Reqeusted through Mr. Connelly)
11:45 am	June 20, 1949	Congressman James P. Richards, S. C. Congressman Charles A. Eaton, New Jersey (Secretary Webb talked with Mr. Connelly re this appointment)
12:00 pm	June 20, 1949	Dr. Gunnar Myrdal, Director, General of the Economic Commission for Europe (Is Swedish national although not official of Government. Albert Carr states Dr. Myrdal is authority on economic condi- tions of Europe. Request for appointment made through Embassy)
12:15 pm	June 20, 1949	H. E. Senor Felix Nieto del Rio, Ambassador of Chile Senor Alberto Baltra, Chilean Minister of Economy and Commerce (Requested through the State Department)
12:30 pm	June 20, 1949	Honorable James E. Webb, Under Secretary of State (Usual semi-weekly appointment - one-half hour)
1:00 pm	June 20, 1949	(Cabinet Luncheon)
3:15 pm	June 20, 1949	(The Secretary of Defense [Louis Johnson]) (Requested this appointment)
3:40 pm	June 20, 1949	(Honorable Melvin Hildreth)
4:00 pm	June 20, 1949	(Mr. Joseph Keenan, A. F. of L.)
4:15 pm	June 20, 1949	Honorable William Boyle
4:30 pm	June 20, 1949	The President received the following members of the Commission for the Renovation of the White House: Senator Kenneth McKellar, Tenn. Senator Edward Martin, Pa. Congressman Louis C. Rabaut, Mich. Congressman Frank B. Keefe; Mr. Richard E. Dougherty Mr. Douglas W. Orr
8:00 am	June 21, 1949	[Public Papers: Statement by the President Reporting on the Paris Meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers]
9:40 am	June 21, 1949	The President left for the Natinal War College, where he presented the diplomas to the members of the graduating class.
11:15 am	June 21, 1949	The President met the Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson] at the National Airport upon his arrival from Europe.
11:30 am	June 21, 1949	(Honorable Dean Acheson, Secretary of State) (Honorable James E. Webb, Under Secretary of State)
12:15 pm	June 21, 1949	Mr. William Hyman (The Secretary of Defense [Louis Johnson]) (Presented the Presidnet with medals of plaques used at the time of the Inaguration last January)
12:20 pm	June 21, 1949	(The President left for the Pentagon Building, where he attended the Post-Mortem Luncheon in the office of the Secretary of Defense, Louis Johnson)
3:15 pm	June 21, 1949	Mr. Jacob S. Potofsky, President, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (Mr. Max Lowenthal suggested that the President see Mr. Potofsky)
10:00 am	June 22, 1949	Congressman Cecil King, California (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this)
10:15 am	June 22, 1949	Mr. George R. Reilly, of California State Board of Equalization, and his son Mr. Austin Keegan (Dill Malone of San Francisco wrote to Mr. Connelly asking if the President could see Reilly when he came to Washington; said that Reilly is one of their Democratic leaders, and wishes to invite the President to attend Convention of Loyal Order of Moose, in August
10:30 am	June 22, 1949	(Mr. Tom Van Zandt)
10:45 am	June 22, 1949	(Dr. Edward Hughes Pruden) (Wrote Mr. Connelly asking if he might come in. Off-the-record)
11:00 am	June 22, 1949	William Johnson, of McAlester, Oklahoma winner of $1,000 first prize in National Essay Contest of Order of Elks Justice James T. Hallinan George I. Hall, Grand Exalted Ruler, Grand Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (The President agreed to receive the winner but not to make the presentation of the award. The essay contest is on "Why Democracy Works", and was participated in by high school students.)
11:15 am	June 22, 1949	Mr. John A. Hatfield, of Lutherville, Md., and daughter, Bonnie (Wrote Mr. Connelly a note, asking if might bring in his thirteen-year-old daughter. Is a friend of the President)
11:30 am	June 22, 1949	Honorable Thomas K. Finletter, Mission Chief, United Kingdom, E. C. A. (Called Mr. Connelly from New York on Monday, stating he was finishing up at ECA and would like to see the President)
11:45 am	June 22, 1949	(Honorable Lewis L. Strauss, Atomic Energy Commission) (Phoned Mr. Connelly last week, stating he had never asked to see the President alone, but would like to come in, off- the-record.)
12:00 pm	June 22, 1949	The President received a group of professors of government and public administration who are attending the Institute for Teachers of Government and Administration offered by the American University. (The President received a similar group a year ago. The objective of the Institute is to provide an opportunity for them to confer with leaders in national scene concerning currently vital topics of government, and to explore the resources of the nation's capital which may aid them in political science instruction and research.) The following were present: Barrett, Mother Patricia, Maryville College, Saint Louis, Missouri Benson, William C., Saint Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota Bryant, Susie, A & I State College, Nashville, Tennessee Culverwell, Albert H., Whitworth College, Spokane, Washington Duncan, John Paul, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma Fadness, N. L., Luther College, Decorah, Iowa Flower, Milton E., Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania Greeley, Priscilla M., Boston University, Boston, Mass. Haldeman, Anna, The American University, Washington, D. C. Hattery, Lowell, H., The American University, Washington, D. C. Hawkins, Glenn B., Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, Stillwater, Oklahoma Held, Walter G., Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Higgins, George A., The College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass. Hamberger, Ludwig M., The American University, Washington, D. C. Howatt, George, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Johnston, Louis W. H., University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Law, J. T., Pennsylvania State College, State College, Pa. Lewis, Edward G., University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois Lewis, Mrs. Edward G., Urbana, Illinois Miller, Howard F., Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York Miller, Mrs. Howard F., Syracuse, New York Minard, Mildred E., Rock Island High School, Rock Island, Ill. Moats, Francis I., Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa Murray, Paul R., Stanford University, Stanford, California Newton, Isham G., North Carolina College at Durham, Durham, North Carolina Nietmann, James A., Principia College, Elsah, Ill. Scarborough, Ruth, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Va. Seckler-Hudson, Catheryn, The American University, Washington, D. C. Stack, William, Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio Thomas, Morgan, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Wilkins, Mother M., Maryville College, Saint Louis, Missouri Wood, Thomas J., University of Miami, Miami, Florida Wood, Mrs. Thomas J., Miami, Florida Mr. Alton Kidd
12:15 pm	June 22, 1949	H. E. Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo, the Ambassador of China Dr. Kan Chieh-hou, personal representative of the Acting President of China (Arranged last week at the request of Acting Secretary of State, Webb)
12:45 pm	June 22, 1949	Mr. Frank Land, of Kansas City, Mo. (Phoned Mr. Connelly about ten days ago to say he would be here at this time.)
3:00 pm	June 22, 1949	(The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder])
3:15 pm	June 22, 1949	Mr. William Boyle (Usual weekly appointment)
4:15 pm	June 22, 1949	(Honorable Mon Wallgren)
4:30 pm	June 22, 1949	(Honorable Robert E. Hannegan)
8:00 am	June 23, 1949	[Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress on the Need for Raising the Salaries of Federal Executives]
8:10 am	June 23, 1949	[Public Papers: Letter to Senator O'Mahoney Upon Signing Resolution Authorizing the Publication of "Economic Indicators."]
10:00 am	June 23, 1949	Honorable Frank Pace, Director, Bureau of the Budget (One half-hour)
10:30 am	June 23, 1949	Senator James E. Murray, Montana Senator Elbert D. Thomas, Utah Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, Minn. Congressman Wright Patman, Texas Congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas, Calif. Congressman Andrew J. Biemiller, Wis. (Senator Murray asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange this, stating they wished to discuss present situation in connection with copper mining)
10:45 am	June 23, 1949	Honorable Paul Herzog, Chairman, N.L.R.B. (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last Monday to ask for this)
11:00 am	June 23, 1949	Honorable Francis Matthews, Secretary of the Navy Judge John C. Fisher, Chief of the Supreme Court of Guam Captain P. G. Hale (Arranged through Admiral Robert Dennison's office. Wished to discuss transfer of administration of Guam from Navy to Interior Department)
11:12 am	June 23, 1949	(Mrs. John J. Fisher)