Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
July 01, 1949
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| Honorable Wilson Wyatt (Wired Mr. Matthew Connelly that he was coming and hopes could see the President.) | ||
| Honorable Frank P. Douglass, National Mediation Board (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange) | ||
| Honorable Frank Pace, Director, Bureau of the Budget (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to let him have just fifteen minutes this morning) | ||
| Honorable Oscar Ewing, Administrator, Federal Security Agency (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange this appointment) | ||
| Judge Albert Reeves | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson] The Secretary of Defense [Louis Johnson] The Secretary of the Army [Gordon Gray] Assistant Secretary of the Navy John T. Kochler The Secretary of the Air Force [Stuart Symington] Admiral Louis E. Denfeld General Hoyt S. Vandenberg General J. Lawton Collins Honorable John R. Steelman, representing NSRB Admiral Sidney W. Souers, NSC Honorable Frank Pace, Director, Bureau of the Budget Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, Chairman, CBA The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] Honorable William C. Foster, BCA (Arranged for presentation to the President of 1951 Budget outlook, proposed ceilings and other actions.) | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to Agency Heads on Implementation of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949] | ||
| (Honorable Sherman Minton) | ||
| Staff Meeting (Following the Staff Meeting the President left for the Naval Gun Factory, where he boarded the USS WILLIAMSBURG for a holiday cruise. The following accompanied him: Miss Margaret Truman Miss Drucie Snyder Miss Jane Lingo The following members joined the Presidential party at Patmount about 5:00 p.m., Sunday, July 3rd: The Attorney General [Tom C. Clark] Senator Clinton Anderson Secretary Stuart Symington Mr. George Allen Governor Mon Wallgren Mr. Oscar Ewing Mr. Clark Clifford | ||
| [Aboard USS WILLIAMSBURG] | ||
| [Aboard USS WILLIAMSBURG] | ||
| [Public Papers: Veto of Bill for the Relief of the City of Reno, Nevada] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President on Government Printing and Binding] | ||
| The Vice President [Alben W. Barkley] The Speaker [Sam Rayburn] Senator Francis J. Myers, Pa. Congressman John W. McCormack, Mass. | ||
| Honorable Raymond M. Foley, Administrator, Housing and Home Finance Agency (Phoned Mr. Connelly to ask for this) | ||
| Honorable Ashton H. Williams, Democratic National Committeeman for South Carolina Honorable Ransome J. Williams, Chairman of Dinner Committee in South Carolina this year (They requested this through Mr. Robert Moore at National Committee) | ||
| Mr. Walter White, Secretary, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Phoned Mr. Connelly from New York and requested appointment last Monday, stating he was leaving for Europe July 6th and wished to talk to the President about several things, one being the situation in India) | ||
| Congressman Cecil F. White, California (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange as he wished to talk to the President regarding the Kern-Friant Canal in California.) | ||
| Honorable Munos Marin, the Governor of Puerto Rico The Secretary of the Interior [Julius A. Krug] (Mr. Krug asked that the President see Marin during his visit to the United States) | ||
| The Secretary of Defense [Louis Johnson] (Usual Tuesday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Colonel Monroe Johnson) | ||
| (Honorable John Sullivan) | ||
| The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson] (Was unable to have his Monday appointment, and this took its place) | ||
| Executive Orders: [10065 TERMINATION OF THE OFFICE OF DEFENSE TRANSPORTATION] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10066 INCLUDING CERTAIN LANDS IN THE CHEROKEE NATIONAL FOREST] | ||
| Honorable Frank Pace, Director, Bureau of the Budget | ||
| Mr. James Pendergast | ||
| (Mr. Joe Healey) (Off-the-record) | ||
| Honorable Elmer Andrews, former Administrator of the Wage and Hour (Phoned Mr. Connelly last Friday to ask for this appointment) | ||
| Congressman Tom Pickett, Texas (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange) | ||
| Honorable Cyrus S. Ching, Director, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (Phoned Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this appointment) | ||
| Honorable Pete Jarman, American Ambassador designate to Australia (To pay respects and to say "goodbye" before leaving for his post at Canberra) | ||
| Rear Admiral J.T. Boone, USN (Medical Corps) Rear Admiral Bertram Grossbeck, Medical Corps, USN (Admiral Boone is President and Admiral Bertram Grossbeck is Chairman of Convention Committee of Association of Military Surgeons. Asked to come in and invite the President to address their Convention, at the opening session or the Banquet, November 10th and 11th, here in Washington.) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Mr. William Boyle Mr. Nat Litchblau (Mr. Boyle's weekly appointment) | ||
| (Mr. Max Lowenthal) (Mr. Charles Ross) (Mr. Matthew J. Connelly) | ||
| (Honorable James Pendergast) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| Honorable W. Karr Scott, Governor of North Carolina (Arranged at the request of Under Secretary of State Webb, One-half hour) | ||
| (Honorable John L. Sullivan) | ||
| Honorable Robert Butler, American Ambassador to Cuba (Wrote Mr. Connelly a note to say he would be in Washington at this time, and asking to come in.) | ||
| Mr. Gus Van, President of American Guild of Variety Artists Mr. Dewey Barto, National Administrative Secretary Mr. Jack Irving, Assistant National Administrative Secretary Mr. Jerry Baker, Member of National Board Miss Lorraine Rogan [Rognan], (One of survivors of Lisbon Clipper Crash) Senator Paul Douglass, Ill. (Wished to present the President with gold membership card in American Guild of Variety Artists) | ||
| The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson] (Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Dentist) | ||
| Executive Orders: [10067 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES] | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (All present except the Secretary of the Treasury. Under Secretary Foley will represent Treasury Department) | ||
| The Postmaster General [Jesse M. Donaldson] Mr. Thomas Hamilton Lee, and son (Mr. Lee is air mail pilot who is retiring after continuous service since 1918. Has never had accident. Is retiring from United Airlines. The Postmaster General asked if he might introduce him to the President) | ||
| Mr. Frank Land, of Kansas City (To go over arrangements for the President's participation in the Shrine Diamond Jubilee in Chicago, July 19th) | ||
| Honorable Frank Pace, Director, Bureau of the Budget (Fifteen minutes) | ||
| Senator Millard E. Tydings, Maryland (Asked if he might come to discuss with the President, transfer of Naval Observatory from Washington to Virginia) | ||
| Honorable George Luckey, State Senator, California (in town and phoned Mr. Connelly to ask for this appointment) | ||
| Honorable Emmet O'Neal, former U.S. Ambassador to Philippines (Phoned Mr. Connelly to ask for this, stating he wished to discuss with the President a private bill about which he had previously talked to the President) | ||
| Mr. Carl H. Claudy, Executive Secretary, the Masonic Service Association Mr. John D. Cunningham, Director of Welfare of Masonic Service Association (Wrote to the President asking for this, stating he wished to discuss Freemasonry in Germany) | ||
| (Mr. James Beaver) (Son of Fred A. Beaver. Fred Beaver wrote to the President, recalling their acquaintance in World War I and stating his son would be in Washington at this time. The President wrote him to have his son get in touch with Mr. Connelly when he came to Washington. Off-the-record) | ||
| Mr. John Panos, General Chairman, 23rd National Convention, the order of Ahepa Mrs. Panos Mr. Jean M. Kossarides Mr. V.I. Chebithes Mr. Louis D. Constant Mr. George Karnegis Mr. C.G. Marcos (To invite the President to attend their 23rd National Convention in Miami, August 14-20) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Judge Earl Thomas) | ||
| (Honorable David Lawrence, Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pa.) (Requested appointment) | ||
| (Honorable John R. Steelman) (Honorable Charles Murphy) (Re economic report) | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee on the Problem of Concentration of Economic Power] | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| (Mr. Joseph Feeney) | ||
| (Mr. Martin Lewis) | ||
| (Dentist) | ||
| (The President left Blair House by motor with Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon. Drove to Leesburg, Virginia, where they visited General George C. Marshall at his home) | ||
| The President and Senator Morse left Leesburg and returned to Washington, arriving at Blair House at 3:10 p.m. | ||
| [Public Papers: Veto of Bill To Amend the Contract Settlement Act of 1944] | ||
| [Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress: The President's Midyear Economic Report] | ||
| The Vice President [Alben W. Barkley] Senator Scott Lucas, Illinois The Speaker [Sam Rayburn] Congressman John W. McCormack, Mass. | ||
| Congressman Walter K. Granger, Utah Congressman Mike Mansfield, Montana Congressman Albert J. Engel, Michigan Congressman John R. Murdock Congressman Harold A. Patten Congressman Walter S. Baring (Dr. John R. Steelman) (This request came from Congressman Granger, who said they wished to discuss mine subsidies and would like to have Dr. John R. Steelman present) | ||
| Mr. Joe Guilfoyle (Off the record) | ||
| Honorable John W. Gibson, Assistant Secretary of Labor Mr. Hickman Price (Mr. Gibson called to request this last week.) | ||
| Senator Lister Hill, Alabama (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly and asked for the appointment) | ||
| Honorable Herbert B. Bursley, American Ambassador to Honduras (Asked for this through Mr. Stanley Woodward, to pay respects before returning to his post at Tegucigalpa) | ||
| Congressman Robert L. Doughton, N.C. (Phoned Mr. Charles Ross last week to ask for this appointment) | ||
| The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson] (Usual Monday appointment) | ||
| (Cabinet - Secretary of Labor absent) | ||
| Honorable Gordon Gray, Secretary of the Army (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly on Saturday to ask for this appointment) | ||
| (Judge Philip Connelly of California) | ||
| (Speech Conference) | ||
| [Public Papers: Telegram Urging Management and Labor Leaders To Postpone the Steel Strike] | ||
| Congressman Brent Spence, Kentucky Congressman Paul Brown, Georgia (Congressman Spence asked for this, stating Brown had been helping him on the Administration Bills) | ||
| Honorable Frank Pace, Director, Bureau of the Budget (one-half hour) | ||
| Honorable Clifton A. Woodrum, former Congressman from Va. (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly for this appointment) | ||
| (Mr. Joe Magee of Kansas City) | ||
| Congressman Harold D. Cooley, N.C. (Secretary Charles F. Brannan told the President that Congressman Cooley wanted to come in and discuss the Farm Bill) | ||
| Mr. Harland Bartholomew (Wrote the President in June, stating he has a suggested form of organization for a National Conference on City Planning and would like to come in at this time) | ||
| The President received the members of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the American Institute of Architects: Mr. Edmund R. Purves, Executive Director Mr. Ralph Walker, Chairman Mr. Clair W. Ditchy, Secretary Mr. Ross Shumaker Mr. Glenn Stanton Mr. Kenneth E. Wischmeyer (Mr. Purves originally asked for this, stating they would like to be more fully acquainted with plans proposed for White House renovation. Mr. Matthew Connelly explained they should talk to Committee in charge of this, not the President. They agreed, but asked if they could not have honor of meeting with the President in order to express their appreciation of his interest in advancement of architecture in this country.) | ||
| Mr. Ray Denslow Mr. Carl Claudy | ||
| Honorable William O'Dwyer, Mayor of New York City (Mr. Matthew Connelly wired the Mayor that the President would like to talk to him) | ||
| The Secretary of Defense [Louis Johnson] (Regular Tuesday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| The Secretary of Agriculture [Charles F. Brannan] | ||
| Honorable Paul Hoffman Honorable William Foster | ||
| Congressman Carl Vinson, Georgia | ||
| Executive Orders: [10068 the Existence of the Quantico-Superior Committee, Created by Executive Order No. 6783 of June 30, 1934] | ||
| [Public Papers: Further Telegrams to Leaders in the Steel Labor Dispute] |