Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
November 19, 1949
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| The President attended an informal party at the home of the Attorney General: The following were guests: The Chief Justice [Fred Vinson] The Attorney General [J. Howard McGrath] Senator Robert S. Kerr Honorable Joseph E. Davies Honorable Mon Wallgren Honorable George Allen Honorable Clark Clifford | ||
| (Senator George Luckey) | ||
| Honorable James R. Kirkland, U.S. District Judge, District of Columbia (Phoned Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| Senator Olin D. Johnston, S. C. (Phoned Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| Mr. John Foley, President of Young Democratic Club of Washington, D.C. Mr. Don Junior Mr. David A. Bunn (Mr. Foley asked if he come in and invite the President to address the Young Democratic Club of D. C. Also said that Don Junior, who will accompany him, is son of Don Junior of Battery D.) | ||
| Congressman Brent Spence, Kentucky (Called Mr. Connelly last Saturday to ask for this) | ||
| Lt. General Sir Neil Cantilie, The Director- General of the British Army Medical Services Major General R. W. Bliss, the Surgeon General of the Department of the Army (General Bliss requested this, and it was approved by Mr. Woodward) | ||
| Honorable Oscar Ewing, Administrator, F. S. A. (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange) | ||
| The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson] (Usual Monday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch - No Cabinet luncheon as most of them absent) | ||
| (Honorable Gordon Gray, Secretary of the Army) (Asked for this off-the-record) | ||
| Honorable Frank Pace, Director, Bureau of the Budget (One-half hour) | ||
| (The Secretary of Defense [Louis Johnson]) (Mr. Hubert Howard) | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| (Colonel Louis Truman) (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly) | ||
| (Dr. W. Francis English and family) (Dr. English is Assistant Dean of College of Arts and Science at the University of Missouri, and wrote that he was bringing his wife and three teenage daughters to Washington) | ||
| (Mr. Victor H. Harding) (Arranged by Colonel Maylon. Off the record) | ||
| Mr. Wash Williams Mr. Earl Chesney Mr. J. O'Connor Roberts (To invite the President to the Annual Christmas Luncheon of the Chatterbox Club) | ||
| Honorable M. E. Thompson (Former Governor of Georgia - called Mr. Matthew Connelly for appointment) | ||
| Honorable John Hynes, Mayor Elect of Boston The Secretary of Labor [Maurice J. Tobin] (The Mayor called Mr. Matthew Connelly for appointment) | ||
| (Honorable Francis P. Matthews, the Secretary of the Navy) (Mr. John Floberg) (Secretary Francis P. Matthews asked to bring Mr. Floberg in to see the President. Mr. Floberg being considered for appointment as Assistant Secretary of Navy) | ||
| The Secretary of Defense [Louis Johnson] The Secretary of the Army [Gordon Gray] (Usual weekly appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| The President left Blair House for Shoreham Hotel, where he will attend a plenary session of the Annual Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations at this hotel. | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks to the Delegates to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations] | ||
| (Mr. Lorenzo Winslow) | ||
| (Mr. M. R. Evans) | ||
| (The President and Mrs. Truman left Blair House to attend the opening of the "Academia" at the Motion Picture Association, 1600 I Street, N. W.) | ||
| [Public Papers: Exchange of Messages With Prime Minister Nehru of India] | ||
| Honorable Frank Pace, Director of the Budget (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly -- one-half hour) | ||
| Mr. Louis Brownlow (Arranged by Mr. Hassett -- Mr. Brownlow is Chairman of the National Institute of Public Affairs. He is also the author of a book on the Duties and Functions of the Presidency. He sent the President a copy of this, in replying the President stated he would like to see Mr. Brownlow) | ||
| (Mrs. Helen Douglas Mankin) (Mrs. India Edwards) (Arranged by Mrs. India Edwards. Mrs. Mankin wants to talk with the President re conditions in her state. Mrs. Mankin served in Congress from February 1946 to January of the following year, completing the term vacated by Congressman Ramspeck) | ||
| Miss Mary Garden (Arranged by Mr. Stanley Woodward) | ||
| Mrs. Gifford Pinchot (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly stating when she last saw the President he asked her to come back) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. Moore) (Mr. Fred Bowman) | ||
| (Associate Justice Sherman Minton) | ||
| Honorable William Boyle | ||
| (Mr. Robert Smith and small son) | ||
| Executive Orders: [10086 DESIGNATING THE SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION AS A PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION ENTITLEDTO ENJOY CERTAIN PRIVILEGES, EXCEPTIONS, AND IMMUNITIES] | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, Under Secretary of State General Frank R. McCoy, U.S.A., Retired (General McCoy is resigning December 1st from his post as Chairman of the Far Eastern Commission of the State Department and wishes to say goodbye to the President) | ||
| (Honorable Byron Price) (Mr. Matthew Connelly called Mr. Price at the suggestion of Secretary Webb and asked Mr. Price to come in off-the- record) | ||
| Honorable Oscar Chapman (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly) | ||
| Honorable Claude Pepper, Senator from Florida (Wired Mr. Matthew Connelly from Tallahassee stating he would be in Washington today and wished to talk with the President) | ||
| Honorable Frank Pace, Director of the Budget (One half hour) | ||
| The President presented to General George C. Marshall the United States Conference of Mayors Award for Distinguished Public Service. The following were present: General George C. Marshall Honorable W. Cooper Green, Mayor of Birmingham Honorable David L. Lawrence, Mayor of Pittsburgh Honorable Thomas A. Burke, Mayor of Cleveland Hon. Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr., Mayor of Baltimore Mr. Michael V. DiSalle, Mayor of Toledo Colonel Paul V. Betters (The above are Members of the Executive Committee of the Conference. The Presentation was requested by Mayor Lawrence.) | ||
| Honorable Joseph J. O'Connell, Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly for appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. Eddie Jacobson) | ||
| Mr. Philip Murray, C.I.O. Honorable John R. Steelman (Mr. John R. Steelman arranged and said he wanted it on the record) | ||
| Honorable Brien McMahon, Senator from Connecticut Honorable J. Howard McGrath, the Attorney General (Mr. Matthew Connelly talked with Senator re this appointment) | ||
| (Lt. Tubbs; Pat Hynes; Mr. William Hynes) | ||
| The President left Blair House for Union Station. | ||
| President departed for Philadelphia | ||
| The President attended the Army-Navy Game at Philadelphia. | ||
| (Between halves of the football game the President received the following: General Omar Bradley Field Marshal Sir William Slim, Chief, Imperial General Staff, British Army General J. Lawton Collins Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein | ||
| The President returned to Washington | ||
| The President and Mrs. Truman attended the concert of Miss Margaret Truman, who sang with the National Symphony Orchestra at Constitution Hall. | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Seventh) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| Departed for Key West, Florida by plane for a three-week vacation. | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Seventh) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Seventh) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Seventh) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Seventh) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10088 MAKING CERTAIN CHANGES IN THE CUSTOMS FIELD ORGANIZATION] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10087 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10057 OF MAY 14, 1949, (1) TRANSFERRING TO THE AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION FUNCTIONS PERTAINING TO CERTAIN UNITED STATES MILITARY CEMETERIES] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Seventh) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Seventh) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Seventh) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10089 SUSPENDING CERTAIN STATUTORY PROVISIONS RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT IN THE CANAL ZONE] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10090 INSPECTION OF INCOME TAX RETURNS BY FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Seventh) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Seventh) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Seventh) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Public Papers: The President's News Conference at Key West] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Seventh) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Seventh) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10091 EXTENSION OF TRUST PERIODS ON INDIAN LANDS EXPIRING DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 1950] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Seventh) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Seventh) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Seventh) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President in Response to Report "Issues Involved in a Unified and Coordinated Federal Program for Transportation."] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Seventh) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Seventh) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Public Papers: The President's Second News Conference at Key West] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Seventh) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10092 ESTABLISHING AN AIRSPACE RESERVATION OVER CERTAIN AREAS OF THE SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST IN MINNESOTA] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Seventh) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Seventh) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Seventh) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10093 REVOCATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9512 (1) OF JANUARY 16, 1945, PROVIDING FOR COORDINATION OF THE ALLOCATIONS OF FIELD POSITIONS SUBJECT TO THE CLASSIFICATION ACT OF 1923, AS AMENDED] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Seventh) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| Arrived National Airport from vacation trip in Key West. | ||
| (Lunched at Blair House with Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt.) | ||
| The Secretary of Treasury [John W. Snyder] Honorable Frank Pace (Honorable Charles Murphy) | ||
| The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson] (The Under Secretary of State) (Mr. Edward Barrett) | ||
| The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson] Honorable Frank Pace, Director, Bureau of the Budget Hon. William C. Foster, Deputy Special Representative, ECA (This arranged at the suggestion of Mr. Pace.) | ||
| Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Campbell and son (Mr. Campbell asked sometime ago if he might bring his family in to meet the President) | ||
| Honorable Thomas B. McCabe, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this) | ||
| The Secretary of Commerce [Charles Sawyer] (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this) |