Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
October 28, 1949
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| The Secretary of Agriculture [Charles F. Brannan] (Asked for this last week) | ||
| The President received group from Inter-denominational Ministers Meeting of Greater New York and Vicinity: The Reverend Joshu E. Licorish, Pastor of Clare Methodist Church, Jersey City, New Jersey The Reverence W. Eugene Houston, Pastor of Rendall Presbyterian Church, New York City Dr. Joseph C. Hill, Pastor of Mt. Calavary Methodist Church, New York City Dr. George W. Hinton, Pastor of Corona Congregational Church, Corona, L. I. Reverend William James, Pastor, Trinity Methodist Church, Bronx, New York Reverend Philip J. Bailey, Pastor, Seventh Day Christian Church, New York City The Rev. C. Asapansa-Johnson, Pastor, Bethel Community Church, Staten Island, N. Y. (This group to present album to the President containing pictures taken last October 29th in Harlem, when the President received the FDR Memorial Medal.) | ||
| Honorable Lowell Mason, Federal Trade Commission Mr. J. Raymond Tiffany, of Book Manufacturers' Institute, Inc. Mr. Ben Zevin, President of World Publishing Co. (Mr. Tiffany asked if Mr. Zevin might present this new edition of the Bible, known as "The Bruce Rogers World Bible", limited to 975 copies, selling for $150 each. Publishers are presenting one to Library of Congress, one to New York Public Library and one to Cleveland Public Library; this one is for the White House Library) | ||
| Mr. Harland Bartholomew, of St. Louis (Wrote to the President that he planned to be here at this time and hoped he might have chance to talk to the President about "Washington Comprehensive Plan" report.) | ||
| H. E. Senor Don Ricardo Martinez Vargas, the Ambassador of Bolivia Hon. Ostra Gutierrez, a special emissary of the President of Bolivia (The Ambassador of Bolivia asked for this through Mr. Woodward, stating that Mr. Gutierrez has been instructed by the President of Bolivia to deliver to the President a letter from President Urriolagiotia, the President of Bolivia.) | ||
| The President signed H.R. 2960, An Act "To amend the Rural Electrification Act to provide for rural telephones, and for other purposes." The following were present: The Secretary of Agriculture [Charles F. Brannan] Hon. Claude Wickard, Administrator, REA Hon. Clark T. McWhorter, President, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Mr. Clyde T. Ellis, Executive Manager, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Mr. Roger Fleming, American Farm Bureau Mr. Benton Stong, National Farmers Union Mr. J. T. Sanders, National Grange Mr. Kit Haynes, National Council of Farm Cooperatives Mr. George Goss, of Natl. Rural Electric Cooperative Association Mr. Thomas Duncan, American Federation of Labor | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing Bill Providing for Improved Rural Telephone Facilities] | ||
| (Honorable Frank Pace) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing the National Military Establishment Appropriation Act] | ||
| [Public Papers: Memorandum of Disapproval of Bill Relating to the San Luis Valley Project, Colorado] | ||
| Staff Meeting | ||
| The President attended an informal party at the home of Honorable Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force at the Shoreham Hotel: The following were present: Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson Honorable Joseph Davies Honorable Clinton Anderson Honorable George Allen Honorable Clark Clifford | ||
| The President made a brief radio broadcast from the Projection Room of the White House, under the auspices of the National Council Churches of Christ in America. [Public Papers: Radio Address as Part of the Program "Religion in American Life."] | ||
| [Public Papers: Memorandum of Disapproval of Bill To Authorize Payments for the Purchase of Automobiles by Certain Disabled Veterans] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing Bill Providing Hospital Care for Indian Patients in New Mexico] | ||
| Honorable Ernest Gruening, Governor of Alaska (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange this) | ||
| (Mr. Lambert O'Malley) | ||
| (The Secretary of Defense [Louis Johnson]) (The Secretary of the Navy [Francis P. Matthews]) (Off the record) | ||
| General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff (Arranged by General Harry Vaughan) | ||
| Honorable Josh Lee, Civil Aeronautics Board (Asked to see the President re an atomic experiment plant in Oklahoma) | ||
| Honorable Frank H. Myers, Judge Municipal Court, D. C. (To talk to the President further about Inter-Legal Fraternal Meeting to be held here in December) | ||
| Honorable Daniel F. Cleary, Member, War Claims Commission (Senator Lucas asked for this, stating Mr. Cleary is newly appointed and has never met the President) | ||
| Honorable William Green, President, A. F. of L. Mr. George Meany (Mr. Green phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last Friday to ask for this) | ||
| H. E. Hussein Ala, Ambassador of Iran (Asked for this through Mr. Stanley Woodward, to discuss forthcoming visit of Shah of Iran) | ||
| The Secretary of Commerce [Charles Sawyer] (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, the Under Secretary of State Congressman Mike Mansfield Mr. Lloyd Berkner of Carnegie Institute | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Honorable and Mrs. Edmund [Edmond] N. Hanrahan, Chairman, SEC and his children (Wanted his children to meet the President before he leaves; resigning effective November 3rd.) | ||
| (Mr. James McCahey) | ||
| (Honorable Oscar Chapman, Under Secretary of the Interior) (off the record - east entrance) | ||
| (Honorable George Allen) | ||
| Honorable Frank Pace, Director, Bureau of the Budget (One-half hour) | ||
| Congressman Clark W. Thompson, Texas (Phoned Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| Congressman Andrew J. Biemiller, Wisconsin (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| Dr. Frederick Brown Harris, Chaplain of the Senate (Called Mr. Connelly last week, stating he had just returned from Europe and would like to talk to the President about the trip) | ||
| Congressman Wayne L. Hays, Ohio (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| Congressman Harley O. Staggers, West Virginia (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| (Mr. Paul Nachtman) (Off the record) | ||
| (Mr. Walter Gates) | ||
| (Honorable J. Monroe Johnson) (Honorable Aston Williams) (Mr. Johnson asked Mr. Connelly to arrange. Off the record) | ||
| (Honorable Ward Canaday) (Called Mr. Connelly yesterday to ask for this appointment. Off the record) | ||
| The Secretary of Defense [Louis Johnson] The Secretary of the Army [Gordon Gray] (Usual Tuesday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Governor Ernest Gibson) | ||
| Mr. Randolph Carpenter | ||
| The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson] | ||
| The Secretary of the Navy [Francis P. Matthews]) (Admiral Forrest Sherman) | ||
| (Mr. Wayne Adams, secretary to Senator Dennis Chavez) | ||
| (Mr. David Powell) | ||
| Honorable Frank Pace, Director, Bureau of the Budget (For just fifteen minutes) | ||
| (Mr. Walter Graves) (Mr. F. R. McAbee) (Off the record) | ||
| The President left for the Statler Hotel, where he addressed the morning session of the American Society of Civil Engineers. | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks to the American Society of Civil Engineers] | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| The President left Washington by train for Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota. | ||
| The President arrived in Minneapolis, Minn. He left the train, paraded through Minneapolis and on to St. Paul, where he went directly to his Headquarters at Hotel Lowry. | ||
| The President attended a Reception in the Lowry Hotel. | ||
| The President attended a banquet in the Lowry Hotel. | ||
| The President spoke in St. Paul Auditorium in connection with the Joint Celebration of the Centennial of Minnesota's Statehood, and the first Anniversary of his Election to Presidency. | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks and Address in St. Paul as Part of Minnesota's Truman Day Celebration] | ||
| The President boarded his train for Washington, D.C. | ||
| Enroute to Washington, D.C. | ||
| The President arrived in Washington, D.C. | ||
| The President went to the apartment of George E. Allen at Wardman Park Hotel: the following guests were present: The Chief Justice [Fred Vinson] The Attorney General [J. Howard McGrath] Honorable Stephen Early Senator Robert Kerr Honorable Mon Wallgren Honorable George E. Allen Honorable Clark Clifford | ||
| The President made a brief radio address on behalf of Honorable Herbert H. Lehman, Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate, New York State. [Public Papers: Radio Address as Part of a Program Sponsored by the Independent Citizens Committee for Lehman for Senator] | ||
| The President and Mrs. Truman, accompanied by Mr. Walter Gates, left Blair House for the National Galley of Art, where they viewed the famous collection of Austrian Art, returning to Blair House at noon. | ||
| (The Secretary of Defense [Louis Johnson]) (Mr. B. S. Armour) (The Secretary asked to bring Mr. Armour in to meet the President) | ||
| Honorable John Carson, F. C. C. | ||
| (Honorable David Lilienthal) | ||
| (The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson]) | ||
| (Cabinet Luncheon) | ||
| (Mr. H. C. "Pat" Maginn, Police Commissioner of San Francisco) | ||
| (Mr. Russ Stewart) | ||
| The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] | ||
| (Honorable David Noyes) | ||
| (Mr. William Hillman) | ||
| The President left the Executive office and accompanied the Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson] to National Airport, where Mr. Acheson boarded plane for Paris and Meeting of Foreign Ministers. | ||
| (Left Blair House with Mrs. Truman for Constitution Hall, where they attended the performance of the Sadler's Wells Ballet) | ||
| Honorable Frank Pace, Director, Bureau of the Budget (One-half hour) | ||
| General Pat Van Waggoner Mr. Ron Seely (Just completed two years' service as Military Land Director of Bavaria, and would like to pay his respects to the President while in Washington) | ||
| Honorable John A. Brett, Judge of Criminal Court of Appeals, Oklahoma (Mr. Matthew Connelly arranged at request of Senator Thomas of Oklahoma) | ||
| Congressman George Smothers, Florida (Wired Mr. Matthew Connelly about a week ago, from Orlando, Florida, asking for this) | ||
| Captain Clay Nixon, USMCR (Retd) of Seattle, Washington, National Commandant of Marine Corps League Colonel Jean Moreau, USMC (Ret.) Commandant, Washington Detachment, Marine Corps League Lt. Commander Oliver Lloyd Onion USNR, Commandant, National Capital Detachment, Marine Corps League Mr. David W. Graybill Mr. Maurice J. Fagan (Commandant Nixon requested this in order to present the President with his 1950 Membership card in Marine Corps League.) | ||
| Honorable Richard C. Patterson, American Ambassador to Guatemala (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange this about week ago) | ||
| Honorable Charles F. McLaughlin, U.S. District Judge, District of Columbia (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this.) | ||
| Mr. Joseph Keenan, of A. F. of L. Political League (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this appoinment) | ||
| The Secretary of Defense [Louis Johnson] The Secretary of the Air Force [Stuart Symington] (Usual Tuesday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch - At the Blair House with Mr. John Thacher, General Harry Vaughan and Colonel Condon. Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] also present) | ||
| (The Secretary of the Army [Gordon Gray]) (Mr. Gordon Gray called Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday to ask for this) | ||
| (Major General Glen E. Edgarton) (Mr. Crim and Mr. Winslow) Off the record. | ||
| Honorable Jesse Larson | ||
| (Mr. Ted Marks) | ||
| (Mr. Wendell Lund and party) | ||
| (The President and Mrs. Truman left Blair House for the Women's National Democratic Club) | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks at the Women's National Democratic Club Dinner] | ||
| (The President posed for Signal Corps Photographers in the Cabinet Room) | ||
| His Eminence D. J. Cardinal Dougherty (The Cardinal wrote the President sometime last summer, and in replying the President expressed the hope that when Congress adjourned they might have a talk. Mr. Matthew Connelly then took this up with the President after the adjournment and the President wrote the Cardinal again, asking if he would come one day this month.) | ||
| Honorable Burton K. Wheeler (Requested this appointment) | ||
| The President was presented with Number 1 Membership Card in the Reserve Corps. The following were present: Honorable Louis A. Johnson, Secretary of the Defense Honorable John W. Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury Honorable Gordon Gray, Secretary of the Army Honorable Stephen T. Early, Deputy Secretary of Defense Honorable Paul Griffith, Asst. Secretary of Defense Honorable Tracy S. Voorhees, Under Secretary of the Army Honorable Archibald S. Alexander, Asst. Secretary of the Army Major General Edward Sedley Bres, Member, Army Personnel Board Brig. General Wendell Westover, Exec., for Reserve & ROTC Brig. General Louis H. Renfrow, Asst. to Secretary of Defense Major General Harry H. Vaughan, Military Aide to the President Brig. General Edward C. Renforth, President, Army Disability Review Board Major General Miller Grieve White, Member, Army Personnel Board, President, Army Decorations Board |