Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman

October 17, 1949

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1:00 pm	October 17, 1949	(Cabinet Luncheon - All present except Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of State. Webb represented State)
10:00 am	October 18, 1949	Congressman A. S. Mike Monroney, Oklahoma (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this appointment)
10:15 am	October 18, 1949	Congressman Frank L. Chelf, Kentucky (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this)
10:30 am	October 18, 1949	Congressman Hale Boggs, Louisiana Congressman William M. Colmer, Miss. Congressman J. Hardin Peterson, Florida (Congressman Boggs called Mr. Connelly to ask for this)
10:45 am	October 18, 1949	Senator Richard B. Russell, Georgia (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this appointment)
11:00 am	October 18, 1949	Honorable Oscar R. Ewing, Administrator, Federal Security Agency Mrs. India Edwards Mr. Chat Patterson, Executive Director, Committee for the Nation's Health (Mr. Ewing asked for this. They wish to discuss with the President some plans for a program relating to health insurance; also Mrs. Edwards has some ideas of tying this program in with women around the country working through her Division at Committee)
11:15 am	October 18, 1949	Mrs. Paul Henderson Mr. Martin Henderson (son) (Mrs. Truman asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this. Mrs. Henderson's husband held government post under President Coolidge)
11:30 am	October 18, 1949	Senator Francis J. Myers, Pennsylvania Senator Edward Martin, Pennsylvania Mr. Martin Clemente, Chairman of Board of Penn. RR. (Senator Mryers asked Mr. Connelly to arrange in order that they might invite the President to attend dinner in New York of the Pennsylvania Society)
11:45 am	October 18, 1949	(Mr. Charles Wilson, of General Electric) (Called Mr. Connelly yesterday)
12:00 pm	October 18, 1949	H. R. H. Prince Wan Waithayakon, the Ambassador of Thailand (Asked for this through Mr. Woodward, stating he had been instructed by the Thai Prime Minister "To seek the earliest opportunity to see His Execellency the President of the United States personally, and to inform him how deeply His Majesty's Government and the Thai people are sensible of the signal evidence of friendship and goodwill shown to Thailand in the release of the gold in Japan earmarked for Thailand.")
12:15 pm	October 18, 1949	Dr. C. Oscar Johnson, President, Baptist World Alliance Dr. Arnold T. Ohrn (Wired Mr. Connelly that he would be in town today and would like brief appointment to discuss program of Alliance with the President)
12:30 pm	October 18, 1949	The Secretary of Defense [Louis Johnson] (Usual Tuesday appointment)
1:00 pm	October 18, 1949	(Lunch)
3:15 pm	October 18, 1949	Mrs. Tom Clark
3:45 pm	October 18, 1949	Mr. Bryce Smith
4:00 pm	October 18, 1949	The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]
8:00 am	October 19, 1949	[Public Papers: Letter to the President of the Senate Commending the 81st Congress for the Accomplishments of the First Session]
10:00 am	October 19, 1949	Congressman Charles B. Deane, N.C. (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange, stating he wanted to report to the President on his trip to Far East)
10:15 am	October 19, 1949	Senator Olin D. Johnston, S.C. (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this)
10:30 am	October 19, 1949	Honorable Frank Pace, Director, Bureau of the Budget
10:45 am	October 19, 1949	Congresswoman Mary T. Norton, N.J. (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this)
11:00 am	October 19, 1949	The President received the Members of the Supreme Council of the Thirty-third Degree, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry of the Southern Jurisdicition. (Appointment requested by Mr. Wm. E. Schooley, Deputy of the Supreme Council)
11:30 am	October 19, 1949	Congressman John A. Carroll, Colorado (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this)
12:00 pm	October 19, 1949	(Mr. Ward Canaday) (Mr. Arthur Kroeger) (Came in to discuss the Dinner of Businessmen tomorrow. Off the record)
12:15 pm	October 19, 1949	Senator Brien McMahon, Conn. (Mr. Connelly asked him to come down and see the President)
12:30 pm	October 19, 1949	The President received the Members of the Association of Radio news Analysts: New York Membership Cecil Brown Ned Calmer John Daly Thomas J. Hamilton Charles Hodges Richard C. Hottelet Quincy Howe H.V. Kaltenborn Larry Lesueur John McVane William L. Shirer Robert Trout Gregor Ziemer WASHINGTON MEMBERSHIP H.R. Baukhage Morgan Beatty Charles Collingwood Bill Henry William Hillman Eric Sevareid Albert Warner
12:40 pm	October 19, 1949	[Public Papers: The President's Special Conference With the Association of Radio News Analysts]
1:00 pm	October 19, 1949	(Lunch)
3:15 pm	October 19, 1949	(The Attorney General [J. Howard McGrath]; Hon. William Boyle) (Mr. Max Lowenthal; Hon. Matthew J. Connelly)
3:30 pm	October 19, 1949	Honorable William Boyle (Usual weekly appointment)
9:45 am	October 20, 1949	(Mr. Carl Blaisdell) (Mr. Ralph Stowe) (Brig. General Louis Renfrow) (Renfrow called Mr. Connelly yesterday and arranged this. off the record.)
10:30 am	October 20, 1949	Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers]
11:00 am	October 20, 1949	Honorable Norris E. Dodd, Director General, Food and Agriculture Organization of U.N. (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this.)
11:15 am	October 20, 1949	Senator Warren G. Magnuson, Washington Congressman Hugh B. Mitchell Congressman Henry M. Jackson (Senator Magnuson asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this appointment)
11:45 am	October 20, 1949	Congressman Frank M. Karsten, Missouri Congressman Melvin Price, Illinois (Congressman Karsten called Mr. Connelly last Monday to ask for this)
12:00 pm	October 20, 1949	Mr. Frank Land (Mr. George Davis) (Only Mr. Davis' visit is off the record)
12:15 pm	October 20, 1949	Congressman Charles R. Howell, N. J. (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this)
12:30 pm	October 20, 1949	The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson] Assistant Secretary of State, Honorable Edward Miller
1:00 pm	October 20, 1949	(Lunch)
3:00 pm	October 20, 1949	Mr. Lou Holland Mr. Arthur B. Church
3:15 pm	October 20, 1949	(Honorable Clark Clifford)
6:40 pm	October 20, 1949	(The President left the Blair House for the Statler Hotel for an off-the-record Businessmen's Dinner.)
10:00 am	October 21, 1949	Cabinet [Meeting] (Vice President absent - Commerce represented by Under Secretary Whitney; Solictor General will represent Justice; Agriculture was not represented; Gordon Gray for Defense)
10:45 am	October 21, 1949	Honorable Jack Hilliard, Chief Justice, Colorado
11:00 am	October 21, 1949	Senator Forrest C. Donnell, Mo. Mrs. Donnell Colonel and Mrs. James W. Skelly, of St. Louis Mr. William F. Miller, of St. Louis (Senator Donnell asked Mr. Connelly to arrange)
11:15 am	October 21, 1949	Honorable Frank Pace, Director, Bureau of the Budget
11:30 am	October 21, 1949	Mr. Arthur Clarendon Smith Mr. Elizah Stewart, Vice President, Young Democrats of D. C. Mr. William F. Fedler, Jr. (Mr. Smith wants to give to the President a colored photograph taken by Mr. Stewart last fall at the Union Station.)
11:45 am	October 21, 1949	Congressman Ray J. Madden, Illinois (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this)
12:00 pm	October 21, 1949	Congressman John H. Marsalis, Colorado (Congressman Marsalis called the President last week to ask for this)
12:15 pm	October 21, 1949	Senator Wayne Morse, Oregon (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this)
12:30 pm	October 21, 1949	Congressman Eugene Worley, Texas (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this.)
1:00 pm	October 21, 1949	(Lunch)
8:00 pm	October 21, 1949	(The President left for the Naval Gun Factory following the last appointment, and probably have luncheon aboard USS WILLIAMSBURG)
5:00 pm	October 23, 1949	Honorable Herbert Lehman
12:30 pm	October 24, 1949	Address in New York City at the Cornerstone Laying of the United Nations Building. [Audio excerpts: MP3] [Public Papers]
3:40 pm	October 24, 1949	[Public Papers: Remarks at a Luncheon in New York City on United Nations Day]
10:30 am	October 25, 1949	Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Wyoming (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this)
10:45 am	October 25, 1949	Congressman Frank W. Boykin, Ala. (Wrote Mr. Connelly, stating he would like to see the President before he left for his home)
11:00 am	October 25, 1949	Senator Harley M. Kilgore, W. Va. Mrs. Lois Reckard (The Senator asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this)
11:15 am	October 25, 1949	Congressman Jere Cooper, Tenn. (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this)
11:30 am	October 25, 1949	(Mr. Thomas Murray) (This arranged by Mr. Connelly. Off the record)
11:45 am	October 25, 1949	Honorable Frank Pace, Director, Bureau of the Budget
12:15 pm	October 25, 1949	Mr. John C. O'Brien, President, National Press Club Mr. Cabell Phillips, New York Times Mr. Joseph H. Short, Jr., Baltimore Sun Mr. J. Lacey Reynolds, of Timmons News Bureau Mr. Ken McCormick, of Doubleday, Publishers Mr. John Sargent, of Doubleday Mr. Howard Kany, Chief of AP Photo Service (To present to the President a copy of the Press Club Memorial Book. Pictures were taken)
12:30 pm	October 25, 1949	The Secretary of Defense [Louis Johnson] The Secretary of the Navy [Francis P. Matthews] (Usual Tuesday appointment)
1:00 pm	October 25, 1949	(Lunch)
1:50 pm	October 25, 1949	(The President and Mrs. Truman motored to Union Station and met Miss Margaret Truman)
3:15 pm	October 25, 1949	(Honorable James Bruce) (Asked for this. Off the record)
3:30 pm	October 25, 1949	Honorable Harold L. Ickes (Mr. Connelly phoned him and told him the President would like to talk to him.)
9:50 am	October 26, 1949	(Honorable Jonathan Daniels)
10:00 am	October 26, 1949	(Honorable Lowell Mason, Federal Trade Commission) (OFF RECORD.)
10:15 am	October 26, 1949	The President signed H. R. 5856, An Act "To proivde for the amendment of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and for other purposes." The following attended the ceremony: Honorable William Green, President, A. F. of L. Mr. Jacob Potofsky, CIO Mr. Emil Rieve, CIO Mr. Richard J. Gray, A. F. of L. Mr. Harry O'Reilly, A. F. of L. Mr. James A. Brownlow, A. F. of L. Senator Elbert Thomas, Utah The Secretary of Labor [Maurice J. Tobin] The Under Secretary of Labor Honorable William R. McComb, Administrator of Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor Honorable William S. Tyson, Solicitor of Labor Department Mr. Albert J. Hayes, International President, International Association of Machinists Mr. W. D. Johnston, Vice President, Order of Railway Conductors of America Mr. Jimmy Green, President, Shipbuilders' Union
10:20 am	October 26, 1949	[Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing the Fair Labor Standards Amendments]
10:30 am	October 26, 1949	(Henry Schwimmer)
10:45 am	October 26, 1949	The President will sign H.R. 2186, An Act "Providing for a location survey for a railroad connecting the existing railroad system serving the United States and Canada and terminating at Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, with the railroad system serving Alaska and terminating at Fairbanks, Alaska. The following attended the ceremony: Senator Warren G. Magnuson, Washington Congressman Henry M. Jackson, Washington Mr. Philip McStern
11:00 am	October 26, 1949	Honorable G. Mennen Williams, Governor of Michigan Mr. Sam McIntire, State Police, Lansing, Michigan Mr. Stephen J. Rath, Attorney General, State of Michigan Mr. Neil Stuehlre, Democratic Party, Michigan Mr. Hicks G. Griffith, Attorney, Michigan
11:15 am	October 26, 1949	(Mr. Abe Gilbert) (Mr. Platt) (Honorable William M. Boyle) (Mr. Smith)
11:30 am	October 26, 1949	Honorable C. Lindsay Warren, Comptroller General of U.S. (Arranged at suggestion of Frank Pace)
11:45 am	October 26, 1949	Mr. Fred C. Hoose, of Beverly Hills, California Captain and Mrs. C. M. Hoose (his son) (Old friend of the President's. Wrote him that he would be here at home of his son at this time, having come east for the Scottish Rite meeting, and asked if they might call)
12:00 pm	October 26, 1949	H. E. Hon. Eliahu Elath, the Ambassador of Israel (Honorable David Niles and Mr. and Mrs. Abe Fineberg) (The President of Israel, Chaim Weitzman [Weizmann] has sent to the President, through the Ambassador, a silver model of the Ark, and the Ambassador presented it to the President)
12:15 pm	October 26, 1949	Brig. General Francis K. Newcomer, Governor of the Panama Canal (Called Mr. Connelly to ask for this, stating he was in Washington for a few days.)
12:30 pm	October 26, 1949	The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson] The Secretary of Defense [Louis Johnson] (Arranged yesterday at suggestion of Secretary of State)
1:00 pm	October 26, 1949	(Lunch)
3:15 pm	October 26, 1949	Honorable Paul G. Hoffman, Administrator, E.C.A. (Leaves Friday to go overseas, and asked if he might see the President before then)
3:25 pm	October 26, 1949	Mr. Leonard Hicks
3:30 pm	October 26, 1949	The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] (Called Mr. Connelly yesterday to ask for this appointment)
8:00 am	October 27, 1949	[Public Papers: Memorandum on the Transfer of Admiral Denfeld From the Post of Chief of Naval Operations]
10:00 am	October 27, 1949	Congressman Brent Spence, Kentucky (Called Mr. Connelly on Tuesday to ask for this.)
10:15 am	October 27, 1949	Mr. Robert Hinckley (One-half hour. Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange.)
10:45 am	October 27, 1949	Mr. Maurice Podolof, Commissioner of Basketball Association, American League Mr. Robert Ferrick Mr. Robert Foster, General Manager of Uline Arena Mr. John Norlander, professional basketball player, Washington Capitals Team Mr. Fred Scolari, professional basketball player, Washington Capitals Team (Presented President a season pass for professional basketball)
11:00 am	October 27, 1949	Congressman Albraham Multer, N. Y. (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this)
11:45 am	October 27, 1949	Honorable Frank Pace, Director, Bureau of the Budget (45 Minute appointment)
12:00 pm	October 27, 1949	Honorable Robert Murphy, American Ambassador to Belgium (Leaves in few days for new post at Brussels, and asked to see the President before departure.)
12:15 pm	October 27, 1949	(The Secretary of Defense [Louis Johnson]) (The Secretary of the Navy [Francis P. Matthews]) (Admiral Forrest Sherman) (Off the record - east entrance)
12:30 pm	October 27, 1949	The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson] (Usual Thursday appointment)
1:00 pm	October 27, 1949	(Lunch)
4:00 pm	October 27, 1949	Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers]
4:30 pm	October 27, 1949	Honorable Grover Whalen
12:00 am	October 28, 1949	Executive Orders: [10085 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10011 (4) AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO EXERCISE CERTAIN POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT WITH RESPECT TO THE GRANTING OF ALLOWANCES AND ALLOTMENTS TO GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL ON FOREIGN DUTY]
8:00 am	October 28, 1949	[Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing the New Classification Act]
10:00 am	October 28, 1949	Honorable Frank Pace