Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
September 23, 1949
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| Honorable Morgan Ford, Judge, U. S. Customs Court (Senator William Langer called Mr. Connelly yesterday to ask if Judge Ford might come in and thank the Presi- dent for his appointment; Langer may come with him) | ||
| Maj. Gen. Kenneth F. Cramer, Chief of the National Guard Bureau (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| Gen. J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff Brig. Gen. Frank L. Hawley (General Collins asked Mr. Connelly if he might bring in General Hawley, who has just returned from Germany) | ||
| Mr. James G. Patton, Pres., National Farmers Union Mr. Albert Goss, President, The National Grange Mr. Kit Haynes, The National Council of Farmer Cooperatives Mr. Clyde T. Ellis, Executive Manager, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (These farm organizations made their request through Clyde Ellis, of National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, stating they wished to discuss pending rural telephone legislation with the President) | ||
| Hon J. Howard Payne, Postmaster, Dallas, Texas (Wrote Mr. Connelly that he would be here at this time and hoped might call on the President) | ||
| The President was presented with first Gold Star Tag, opening drive of Gold Star Wives of America, Inc. The following people attended: Mrs. Lorraine Patterson, President of the Potomac Area Chapter Mrs. Edward H. Jordan, Founder Mrs. Jacquelin Watts, National Chaplain Mrs. Dorothy Scramlin, Chairman of Committee for Gold Star Tag Sale Fay Scramlin, aged six David Harris, aged thirteen (The six-year-old girl will present to the President the first Gold Star Tag, opening drive. Proceeds from sale of these tags will be used for medical attention for children of men who died in service during World War II) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (Honorable Robert Patterson) | ||
| (AT THE BLAIR HOUSE:) The President received the Members of the Judicial Conference as follows: Fred M. Vinson, Chief Justice of the United States; J. Howard McGrath, Attorney General of the United States; Philip B. Perlman, Solicitor General of the United States; D. Lawrence Groner, Retired Chief Justice, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Chief Judges of the Circuit Courts of Appeals: Ben Hicks, John Biggs, Jr., J. Earl Major, Calvert Magruder, John J. parker, Orie L. Phillips, Archibald Gardner, William Denman, Joseph C. Hutcheson. Judges of the Circuit Courts of Appeals; Thomas W. Swan, Albert B. Maris, E. Barrett Prettyman, E. Ryan Duffy, Chas. E. Clark, Thos. F. McAllister. | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing the Trade Agreements Extension Act] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the Vice President Urging Senate Action To Raise the Salaries of Federal Executives] | ||
| Senator Dennis Chavez, N. Mex. | ||
| The President signed H. R. 1211, The Reciprocal Trade Bill, An Act "To extend the authority of the President under section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended and for other purposes." The following attended: Honorable Cordell Hull The Vice President [Alben W. Barkley] Senator Scott W. Lucas, Ill. Senator Walter F. George, Ga. Senator Tom Connally, Texas The Speaker [Sam Rayburn] Congressman Robert L. Doughton, N. C. Congressman Jere Cooper, Tenn. Under Secretary of State Honorable Oscar B. Ryder | ||
| Mr. Sid Richardson (Oil man from Texas - wishes to pay respects - requested by the Speaker) | ||
| Mrs. Gifford Pinchot (Mrs. Pinchot originaly asked for this early in September, stating she had a point which she believed to be of real importance in connection with present situation in Greece; was given appointment and then wrote to say she wanted to check on accuracy of her information. Now asking for appointment again) | ||
| The President received the first Forget-me-not opening the Drive of the Disabled American Veterans. The following were present: David Brown, National Commander Vivian Corbely, National Adjutant Cicero Hogan, National Director of Claims Frank Sullivan, National Legislative Officer William Slattery, Department Commander Donald Dunn, Chairman Forget-me-not Drive Earl Hendricks,Jr., Vice Chairman Patrick McGinnis, Vice Chairman (The President opened their drive in 1947) | ||
| (Admiral Richard L. Connolly,Commander, U. S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic) (Admiral Robert Dennison arranged this and will bring him in OFF RECORD) | ||
| Senator Harley M. Kilgore, West Virginia (Phoned Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| The Hon. Mihail Magheru, Minister of the People's Republic of Rumania (Newly appointed - to present credentials. Attached are copies of letters to be exchanged, as well as brief biographical sketch) | ||
| H. E. Senor Dr. Don Eduardo Zuleta-Angel, the Ambassador of Colombia (Newly appointed - to present credentials. Attached are copies of papers to be exchanged, together with brief biographical data) | ||
| The Under Secretary of State Hon. George F. Kennan, Counsellor of the State Department (Usual Monday appointment for State) | ||
| (CABINET LUNCHEON - Defense and Commerce absent; Webb for State) | ||
| (Captain Lou Wyatt) | ||
| The Belgian Ambassador Hon. Paul Van Zeeland, Chairman Office of European Economic Cooperation | ||
| Chief Justice Fred Vinson (Mr. Connelly talked with the Chief Justice about this) | ||
| (The President and Mrs. Truman left Blair House for Olney Theatre, Olney, Md.) | ||
| Senator Edwin C. Johnson, Colordo The Attorney General [J. Howard McGrath] (asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange) | ||
| The Attorney General [J. Howard McGrath] Mr. Thomas Robertson, Supreme Chief Ranger of Independent Order of Foresters Robert Bigelow Charles Parker (The Attorney General asked if he might bring Mr. Robertson in for a handshake) | ||
| Senator Elbert D. Thomas, Utah (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange) | ||
| Senator Richard B. Russell, Georgia (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange) | ||
| Honorable Joseph F.Guffey, former Senator from Pennsylvania (Asked for this some time ago) | ||
| Congressman James W. Trimble, Arkansas (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange) | ||
| Honorable Grover A. Whalen (Asked to come in and present to the President a brochure on New York City's Golden Anniversary Commemoration) | ||
| (Mr. Bela Kornitzer) (Arranged by Mr. Charles Ross, who will bring him in OFF RECORD. Is writing article on the President - one-half hour) | ||
| H. E. Ras H. S. Imru, the Ambassador of Ethiopia (Newly appointed - to present credentials. Attached are copies of letters to be exchanged, together with brief biographical sketch) | ||
| The Honorable General Shanker Shum Share Jung Bahadur Rana, The Minister of Nepal (Newly appointed - to present credentials. Attached are copies of letters to be exchanged, as well as brief biographical sketch) | ||
| Secretary of Defense [Louis Johnson] The Secretary of the Air Force [Stuart Symington] (Usual appointment for Defense) | ||
| (Bill Boyle) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| The President broadcast on program marking "Democratic Women's Day"; in projection room of White House [Public Papers: Radio Address on Democratic Women's Day] | ||
| (Speech conference - Kansas City speech) | ||
| (Judge William Hall of Tucson, Arizna) (Mr. Harry Ransom of Tucson (Mr. O. S. McPherson of Tucson) Senator McFarland asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange, as they wish to give the President a book on Tucson. Will come to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and see the President OFF RECORD) | ||
| Mr. and Mrs. Al Jolson (Mr. Frank LaFalce of Warner Brothers asked if the President would receive Mr. Jolson, who is visiting his home here in Washington) | ||
| Hon. Frank H. Myers, Judge, Municipal Court, D. C. Mr. Charles Pleger Mr. Cecil J. Wilkinson (To invite the President to attend meeting of National Interfraternity Conference, to be held in Washington November 25 and 26, 1949) (This was originally requested by the Chief Justice last April, but was postponed as two of the committee could not be here) | ||
| (Charles Ross and Barrett Prettyman) | ||
| Senator Francis J. Myers, Pa. Hon. David L. Lawrence, National Committeeman, Pa. (Senator Myers asked for this, stating he wished to discuss with the President the newly created vacancy in the District Court of Pennsylvania and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals) | ||
| Mr. Walter White of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Wrote to the President to say he had returned from abroad and available to discuss situation in India, where he visited) | ||
| Sentor Claude Pepper, Florida Sentor Spessard L. Holland, Florida Congressman J. Hardin Peterson, Florida (Congressman Peterson called Mr. Matthew Connelly and asked if they might come in and invite the President to attend Convention of Spanish American War Veterans, which will meet in Miami this autumn) | ||
| Hon. J. Monroe Johnson, Interstate Commerce Commission (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week and asked for this) | ||
| Senator Bert H. Miller, Idaho (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| Hon. J. Rives Childs, American Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (Asked, thru Mr. Woodward, to be allowed to pay respects to the President before returning to his post at Jidda) | ||
| H. E. Gerharxus Petrus Jooste, the Ambassador of the Union of South Africa (Newly appointed - to present credentials. Attached are copies of letters to be exchanged, as well as brief biographical sketch) | ||
| The President signed H. J. Res. 295, "To erect a memorial to the memory of Mohandas K. Gandhi". The following were present: J. E. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, the Ambassador of India Congressman Emanuel Celler, N. Y. Mr. J. J. Singh, President of the Indian League of America Hon. Loy Henderson Hon. Geo C. McGehee (Cong. Celler, who sponsored this bill, made request for ceremony and suggested the guests) | ||
| Honorable Frank Pace, Director, Bureau of the Budget | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (Mr. Tom Flynn and father) | ||
| The Secretary of Agriculture [Charles F. Brannan] (Asked to have one-half hour) | ||
| The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly late yesterday and asked for this) | ||
| The President left Washington by plane at 7.30 p.m., EST for St. Louis, Mo. arriving 9.20 p.m., CST. Went directly to Sheraton Hotel where he remained overnight. | ||
| [Public Papers: Address in Kansas City at a Dinner Honoring Democratic National Chairman, William M. Boyle, Jr.] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10080 ENABLING CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ACQUIRE A COMPETITIVE CIVIL SERVICE STATUS] | ||
| The President arrived in Washington | ||
| The President made a radio speech from the projection Room, opening the National Community Chest Drive. [Public Papers: Radio Remarks Opening the Community Chest Campaign] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10081 DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN OFFICERS TO ACT AS POSTMASTER GENERAL] | ||
| The President left Blair House for Naval Gun Factory, where he participated in Anniversary Week program of the Factory. | ||
| Then went aboard the USS WILLIAMSBURG accompanied by Mrs. Truman, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wallace, Mr. William Hassett, Mr. Charles Ross, Mr. Clark Clifford, General Harry Vaughan, Admiral Robert Dennison, General Robert Landry, General Wallace Graham, Mr. Charles Murphy, Mr. David Stowe and Commander MacDonald. Also the Secretary of the Navy [Francis P. Matthews] and the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Fahrion. These guests joined the President and Mrs. Truman for lunch aboard and afterwards witnessed the afternoon's program for the quarterdeck. All guests departed the ship about 4.30 p.m. The President, Mrs. Truman and Mr. and Mrs. Wallace left the pier aboard the USS WILLIAMSBURG for a weekend cruise. | ||
| Aboard the USS WILLIAMSBURG | ||
| Arrived at the Blair House. | ||
| The Vice President [Alben W. Barkley] Senator Scott Lucas, Ill. The Speaker [Sam Rayburn] Congressman John W. McCormack, Mass. | ||
| Congressman Brent Spence, Ky. (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly Sept. 28th to ask for this) | ||
| (Under Secretary of Defense) (Mr. Erlicher) (Secretary Louis Johnson called to ask if he or Secretary Early might bring in Mr. Erlicher. Secretary Louis Johnson says that Mr. Erlicher is the gentleman the President has approved as Chairman of the Munitions Board) | ||
| General George C. Marshall Honorable Basil O'Connor (The President sent them word he wished to talk with them together) | ||
| Vice Admiral R. V. Symonds-Taylor, C.B., D.S.C., the Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Squadron H.E. The Rt. Hon. Sir Oliver Franks, the British Ambassador (Request came to Mr. Woodward from British Ambassador. Adm. Symonds-Taylor arrived Washington on H.M.S. SNIPE, Sept. 28, and will remain until Oct. 4th. The President received his predecessor, Adm. Sir William Tennant, October 2, 1947) | ||
| The President received group of cartoonists who were in Washington at invitation of United States Treasury, in conjunction with the Newspaper Advisory Committee and the American Newspaper Editors. The following were present: Milton Caniff~Jo Fischer Gus Edson~Gib Crockett Rube Goldberg~Allen Saunders Russell Patterson~Ken Kling Otto Seglow~Bela Zaboly Ray Van Buren~Will Beiern George Wunder~Bill MacLean Alfred Andriola~Ed Reed Al Capp~Dick Wingert Ernie Bushmiller~Phil Uzanas Ed Dodd~Fran Natera Ham Fisher~Steve Douglas John Pieretti~Peter Wells Charles Biro~Walt Ditzen Bob Dunn~Bill Holman Dave Breger~James D. Barstow Alex Raymond~Frank Engli Al Posen~Karl Knecht William Crawford~Elmer Messner Ken Ernst~Bob Montana Lank Leonard~Foxo Reardon Frank Beck~Mike Roy Gregory d'Alessio~Zeke Zekly Carl Grubert~Martin Zuckerman Fred Neher~Tom Gill ~Anthony D. Preta | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, Under Secretary of State (Usual Monday appointment) | ||
| (CABINET LUNCHEON) (Secretaries of Commerce and Labor out of city; Sec. Webb for State) | ||
| Gen. Carl Gray, Administrator of Veterans Affairs (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly's office last Friday) | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to Senator Johnson on the Nomination of Leland Olds to the Federal Power Commission] | ||
| The President left Washington by plane for Fort Bragg, N. C. | ||
| The President arrived Fort Bragg, where he reviewed the troops and witnessed a Airborne Demonstration. | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks at an Officers Luncheon, Fort Bragg, North Carolina] | ||
| The President left Fort Bragg, by plane for Washington, D. C. | ||
| Arrived in Washington, D. C. | ||
| Executive Orders: [10082 PRESCRIBING PROCEDURES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE RECIPROCAL TRADE-AGREEMENTS PROGRAM] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to John L. Sullivan Accepting the Honorary Chairmanship of National Brotherhood Week] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing the Mutual Defense Assistance Act] | ||
| Senator Olin D. Johnston, S. C. Senator Russell B. Long, La. Senator Ralph E. Flanders, Vt. Senator William Langer, N. D. Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, Minn. Congressman Tom Murray, Tenn. Congressman James H. Morrison, La. Congressman George P. Miller, Calif. Congressman Edward H. Rees, Kansas Congresswoman Katherine St. George, N. Y. (Mr. Connelly invited the above conferees on the Executive Pay Bill to come in and talk to the President.) | ||
| Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Lord Tedder Honorable Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force General Hoyt Vandenberg, Chief of Staff, U. S. Air Force | ||
| (Admiral William D. Leahy) | ||
| Honorable Frederick J. Lawton, Assistant Director, Bureau of the Budget | ||
| (Brig. General Edwin Schwien, Retired) (Mr. Nevins Schwien) (Off the record) | ||
| The Secretary of Defense [Louis Johnson] The Secretary of the Navy [Francis P. Matthews] | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Honorable Sherman Minton | ||
| (Mr. William Bray) | ||
| The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing the Mutual Defense Assistance Act] | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| The President signed H. R. 5695, An Act "To promote the foreign policy and provide for the defense and general welfare of the United States by furnishing military assistance to foreign nations." The following were present: Honorable James E. Webb, the Under Secretary of State Honorable Louis Johnson, the Secretary of Defense Mr. Francis Green, of National Defense Hon. Ernest A. Gross, Assistant Secretary of State Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer, Foreign Assistance Correlation Committee Mr. Walter Surrey The Vice President [Alben W. Barkley] Senator Scott Lucas, Ill. Congressman John W. McCormack, Mass. General Omar Bradley Senator Tom Connally, Texas Senator Elbert D. Thomas, Utah Senator Claude Pepper, Florida Senator Virgil Chapman, Kentucky Senator Lyndon Johnson, Texas Senator Chan Gurney, South Dakota Congressman John Kee Congressman Thomas L. Gordon Congressman Abraham A. Ribicoff Congressman Charles A. Eaton Mr. Francis Wilcox, Chief of Staff of Senate Foreign Relations Committee Mr. Boyd Crawford, Clerk, House Foreign Affairs Committee | ||
| Senator Guy M. Gillette, Iowa (Phoned Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this) |