Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman

January 18, 1950

President Harry S. Truman's appointment calendar covers the dates from April 12, 1945 to January 20, 1953. Please select a date within that range.

1:00 pm	January 18, 1950	(Lunch)
3:15 pm	January 18, 1950	Honorable John L. Sullivan, former Secretary of the Navy
3:30 pm	January 18, 1950	General Ivan Foster Dr. John E. Brown, Jr.
3:45 pm	January 18, 1950	General Carl Gray; Honorable Frank Pace
4:00 pm	January 18, 1950	The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]; (Hon. Charles Murphy)
9:45 am	January 19, 1950	Honorable Adolph J. Sabath, Congressman from Illinois (Arranged by Colonel Maylon)
10:00 am	January 19, 1950	(Staff Meeting)
10:30 am	January 19, 1950	Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers]
11:00 am	January 19, 1950	Honorable James F. Lind, Congressman from Pennsylvania (Arranged through Mr. Matthew Connelly)
11:15 am	January 19, 1950	Mr. William Evans, President and Publisher of the Nashville Tennessean (Arranged by Senator Kefauver)
11:30 am	January 19, 1950	Honorable James Bruce (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly for half hour)
12:00 pm	January 19, 1950	Honorable Irving Florman, American Ambassador-designate to Bolivia (To pay respects before departing his post at La Paz)
12:15 pm	January 19, 1950	Honorable Frank Waring, Chairman, Philippine War Damage Commission Honorable John A. O'Donnell, Member, Philippine War Damage Commission
12:30 pm	January 19, 1950	The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson]
1:00 pm	January 19, 1950	(Lunch)
2:40 pm	January 19, 1950	(The President left Blair House to attend funeral services of General H. H. Arnold at Arlington National Cemetery)
8:00 pm	January 19, 1950	The President and Mrs. Truman gave dinner at Blair House for Vice President Alben W. Barkley and Mrs. Alben Barkley.
9:30 am	January 20, 1950	The President received the Democratic Members of the Ways and Means Committee: Congressman Robert L. Doughton Congressman Jere Cooper Congressman John D. Dingell Congressman Wilbur D. Mills Congressman Noble J. Gregory Congressman A. Sidney Camp Congressman Walter A. Lynch Congressman Aime J. Forand Congressman Herman P. Eberharter Congressman Cecil R. King Congressman Thomas J. O'Brien Congressman J. M. Combs Congressman Hale Boggs Congressman John A. Carroll Congressman Stephen M. Young The Speaker of the House [Sam Rayburn] Honorable John McCormack The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]
10:00 am	January 20, 1950	Cabinet [Meeting] (Secretaries of Agriculture and Labor absent. Honorable Stephen Early for Department of Defense; and Honorable C. V. Whitney for Secretary of Commerce.)
10:45 am	January 20, 1950	The President received a group from the National Cartoonists Society. Group will make joint presentation to the President and the Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] placque representing Honorable membership in Society.: Mr. Milton Caniff Mr. Dow Walling Mr. Bob Dunn Mr. Gregory d'Alesaio Mr. John Pierotti Mr. Gus Edson Mr. Russell Patterson Mr. William McDonald Mr. Jacob Magelener Mr. Leon Markham
11:00 am	January 20, 1950	(Staff Meeting)
11:25 am	January 20, 1950	(Honorable Thomas B. McCabe, Chariman, Federal Reserve Board) (Mr. Robert Anderson) (Chairman McCabe wants the President to meet Mr. Anderson before he, Mr. Anderson, departed for Texas today. He is one who might be appointed to the vacancy on the Board of Governors)
11:30 am	January 20, 1950	Honorable M. O. Burnside, Congressman from West Virginia
11:45 am	January 20, 1950	Senator Estes Kefauver, Tennessee Members of the Atlantic Union Committee Delegation: Honorable Orne Roberts Mrs. Robert J. Bishop Mr. Lucius Burch Mr. Ernest Estwing Mr. John Howard Ford Mr. Ellen C. Garwood Dr. A. V. Grosse Miss Helen Hamer H. Livingston Hartley Mrs. Charlotte K. John Gilbert Lamb Rev. Franklin D. Leohr Mr. and Mrs. Laurance Martin Mr. Allan Mathews Major and Mrs. John A. Mathews Professor James A. MacLachlan Dr. James A. McClain Mrs. Stewart Y. McMullan Mrs. Walter I. Miller Garrison Norton Edmund Orgill Hon. Lithgow Osborne Hon. Robert Pell Victor Reinemar Dr. David W. Roberts Mr. L.H. Schultz Mr. Theodore E. Simonton Mrs. Sara Sommer William Stern Roy F. Steward Mr. and Mrs. Clarence K. Streit Mr. W. T. Wynn Honorable Hal Boggs Mr. L. Metcalf Walling Mrs. Sabra Holbrook
12:00 pm	January 20, 1950	Honorable Oscar Chapman, Secretary of the Interior Honorable Frank Pace, Director of the Budget (Called Mr. Connelly)
12:15 pm	January 20, 1950	Mr. James F. Fitzgerald Mr. John A. Coleman Mr. Edward J. Doyle (Above are members whom the President indicated as a Committee to select sculptor for statue of Commodore John Harry, which is to be presented to Erie on behalf of the United States.)
12:30 pm	January 20, 1950	Mr. Victor Devereaux, National Commander Regular Veterans Association Mr. Florentina Medina, Commander, Regular Veterans Assn. of Aurora, Colorado Mr. W.M. Floyd of Aurora, Colorado (Requested by Senator Johnson)
1:00 pm	January 20, 1950	(Lunch)
3:15 pm	January 20, 1950	Honorable Frank Pace
3:30 pm	January 20, 1950	His Excellancy, Archbishop Michael (Archbishop Michael is head of Eastern Greek Orthodox Church in North and South America, and is successor to Archbishop Athanagoras now Patriarch in Istanbul. Archibishop Michael has recently arrived from Greece where he was Archibishop of Corinth. Wishes to pay respects.)
3:45 pm	January 20, 1950	Mr. William Thatcher Mr. Glenn Talbot Mr. James G. Patton Mr. C. E. Huff (The above gentlemen are officiers of the National Farmers Union, and this appointment was requested and arranged by Secretary Brannon.)
4:30 pm	January 20, 1950	(Mr. Al Lodwick)
8:00 am	January 21, 1950	[Public Papers: Statement by the President on the Rejection by the House of Representatives of the Korean Aid Bill]
9:15 am	January 21, 1950	(Colonel Louis Truman)
9:30 am	January 21, 1950	(Honorable James Pendergast)
10:00 am	January 21, 1950	(Staff Meeting)
10:30 am	January 21, 1950	(The Secretary of Treasury [John W. Snyder])
11:00 am	January 21, 1950	(Message Conference)
12:00 pm	January 21, 1950	(Mr. Carter Barron)
1:00 pm	January 21, 1950	(Lunch)
4:45 pm	January 21, 1950	(Leave Blair House for Mr. Clark Clifford's Home to attend small party)
12:00 am	January 23, 1950	Executive Orders: [10096 PROVIDING FOR A UNIFORM PATENT POLICY FOR THE GOVERNMENT WITH RESPECT TO INVENTIONS MADE BY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF SUCH POLICY]
8:00 am	January 23, 1950	[Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress on Tax Policy]
10:00 am	January 23, 1950	The Vice President [Alben W. Barkley] The Speaker of the House [Sam Rayburn] Honorable John McCormack, Congressman from Mass. Senator Scott Lucas, Illinois (Weekly meeting of the Big Four.)
11:00 am	January 23, 1950	(Staff Meeting)
11:30 am	January 23, 1950	Dr. Serge Koussevitsky, Former Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (Wants to pay respects to the President)
11:45 am	January 23, 1950	Mr. David Peterson, President, Brotherhood of Locomative Engineers and Firemen
12:00 pm	January 23, 1950	Honorable Oscar Ewing, Administrator, Federal Security Agency
12:15 pm	January 23, 1950	Honorable Angus Ward (When the Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson] saw the President last Thursday, the President told he would see Mr. Ward. Mr. Ward has been a Foreign Service official for 28 years. Was Consul General in Mukden, China and just recently returned to the U.S.
12:30 pm	January 23, 1950	The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson] (Usual weekly appointment)
1:00 pm	January 23, 1950	(Cabinet Luncheon -- Attorney General, Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Commerce out of the city.)
3:00 pm	January 23, 1950	The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson] Honorable John McCloy, United States High Commissioner for Germany
3:30 pm	January 23, 1950	The Secretary of Defense [Louis Johnson] The Deputy Secretary of Defense General Omar Bradley The Secretary of the Army [Gordon Gray] The Secretary of the Navy [Francis P. Matthews] The Secretary of the Air Force [Stuart Symington] General Hoyt Vandenberg Admiral Forrest P. Sherman General J. Lawton Collins Lt. General John E. Hull, Head of Weapons Evaluation Board (The President has them come in as he wished a briefing on the effectiveness of our plans for strategic air offensive. Also present: The Vice President [Alben W. Barkley] The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson] The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] The Secretary of Agriculture [Charles F. Brannan] The Secretary of Commerce [Charles Sawyer] The Secretary of Labor [Maurice J. Tobin] The Postmaster General [Jesse M. Donaldson]
4:30 pm	January 23, 1950	Honorable Paul Hoffman
4:40 pm	January 23, 1950	(Honorable Sam Rosenman)
5:15 pm	January 23, 1950	(Honorable Mon Wallgren)
12:00 am	January 24, 1950	Executive Orders: [10097 DESIGNATING THE HONORABLE A. CECIL SNYDER AS ACTING JUDGE OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO]
8:00 am	January 24, 1950	[Public Papers: Statement by the President on the New 75-Cent Minimum Wage Rate]
10:00 am	January 24, 1950	(Staff Meeting)
11:00 am	January 24, 1950	(Honorable Clarence Cannon, Congressman from Missouri) (Off the record)
11:15 am	January 24, 1950	Mr. Henri L. Warren of Corpus Christi, Texas Mr. Guy Warren Judge Harry Carroll Colonel Ross B. Warren (Mr. Warren is old friend of the President)
11:30 am	January 24, 1950	Mr. William W. Wurster, Chairman, National Capital Park and Planning Commission (Mr. Wurster is also Dean, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Cambridge, Mass.)
11:45 am	January 24, 1950	Mr. Jackson Holz, newly elected Commander Jewish War Veterans (Wished to pay respects to President -- arranged by Mr. Niles.)
12:00 pm	January 24, 1950	H. E. Charles D. B. King, Ambassador of Liberia (Requests appointment to pay respects to President before returning to Liberia, perhaps permanently.)
12:15 pm	January 24, 1950	Mr. Spenser Love, Head of Burlington Mills, New York City (Arranged by the Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder])
12:30 pm	January 24, 1950	The Secretary of Defense [Louis Johnson] (Weekly appointment)
1:00 pm	January 24, 1950	(Lunch)
3:15 pm	January 24, 1950	(Associate Justice Tom Clark) (General John Dunlap) (Justice Clark called Mr. Connelly -- off-the-record-appointment)
3:30 pm	January 24, 1950	(Senator Ernest W. McFarland) (Called Mr. Connelly and requested.)
3:45 pm	January 24, 1950	Mr. Joseph Keenan, American Federation of Labor
4:00 pm	January 24, 1950	(Honorable Edwin Pauley)
7:55 pm	January 24, 1950	(President, Mrs. Truman and Miss Truman attended dinner to be given by Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Snyder)
12:00 am	January 25, 1950	Executive Orders: [10098 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO 10084 OF OCTOBER 12, 1949 (1), PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE CAREER COMPENSATION ACT OF 1949]
10:00 am	January 25, 1950	(Staff Meeting)
11:00 am	January 25, 1950	Congressman Robert Crosser, Congressman from Ohio (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly)
11:15 am	January 25, 1950	Congressman Brooks Hays, Arkansas (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly a week or so ago and said President saw him one evening and asked him to come up.)
11:30 am	January 25, 1950	Mr. Geoge N. Craig, Commander of the American Legion Mr. Jerome Duggan, from St. Louis, Mo. (Mr. Duggan saw Mr. Matthew Connelly on January 11th and arranged this.)
11:45 am	January 25, 1950	Congress Hugh S. Sims, Congressman from South Carolina (Requested by Colonel Maylon)
12:00 pm	January 25, 1950	Mr. Clinton Davidson of New York City (Mr. Davidson is Economist and Financial Advisor and the President wishes to talk with him re domestic economic policies -- arranged by Clark Clifford)
12:15 pm	January 25, 1950	Sir Oliver Franks, the British Ambassador H. R. H. the Duke of Windsor (Requested through the State Department -- wished to pay respects.)
12:30 pm	January 25, 1950	Honorable Charles Sawyer, the Secretary of Commerce (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly)
12:45 pm	January 25, 1950	Sen. J. Allen Frear, Delaware Mrs. Mildred Hickey Mr. Robert S. Kelly, Administrative Assistant to Senator (The Senator requested appointment. Mrs. Hickey wants to thank President for citation he issued in memory of those who died on the USS INDIANAPOLIS, Mrs. Hickey's son was among those aboard ship)
1:00 pm	January 25, 1950	(Lunch)
3:15 pm	January 25, 1950	Governor Roy Turner, Oklahoma
3:30 pm	January 25, 1950	Honorable Frank Pace, Director of the Budget (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly)
4:15 pm	January 25, 1950	(Honorable Edwin Pauley)
4:20 pm	January 25, 1950	(The President and Mrs. Truman attended party in dining room of the Executive Offices given in their honor by the White House Luncheon Club)
6:20 pm	January 25, 1950	The President and Mrs. Truman left Blair House for reception being given by Mr. and Mrs. Clark Clifford in honor of the Vice President Alben W. Barkley and Mrs. Barkley at the Anderson House.
8:25 pm	January 25, 1950	(President and Mrs. Truman left Blair House for Constitution Hall where they attended National Symphony Orchestra concert.)
8:00 am	January 26, 1950	[Public Papers: Exchange of Messages With President Prasad of India]
10:00 am	January 26, 1950	Staff Meeting
11:00 am	January 26, 1950	Senator Russell B. Long, Louisiana (Asked Mr. Connelly for this, stating he wished to discuss appointment of District Attorney, Western District of Louisiana)
11:15 am	January 26, 1950	Dr. Arthur S. Adams, Secretary of University of New Hampshire and also President of Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities Dr. John A. Hannah, Chairman of Executive Committee of Association and President of Michigan State College (This appointment made by Senator Tobey, who wrote to Mr. Connelly asking if the President could see them)
11:30 am	January 26, 1950	Congressman Wright Patman, Texas General Ernest O. Thompson, Commissioner of Texas Railroad Commission (Congressman Patman called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this appointment)
11:45 am	January 26, 1950	Honorable Helen Gahagan (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this appointment)
12:00 pm	January 26, 1950	Senator Harley M. Kilgore, W. Va. (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this)
12:15 pm	January 26, 1950	Congressman James E. Noland, Indiana (Called last week to ask for this; wished to discuss flood situation in Indiana and ways of remedying flood threats along Wabash River.)
12:30 pm	January 26, 1950	The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson] (Usual Thursday appointment)
1:00 pm	January 26, 1950	(Lunch)
4:40 pm	January 26, 1950	The President left Blair House with Mrs. Truman and Miss Truman for the Washington Cathedral where they attended wedding of Miss Drucie Snyder. Following wedding the President and party went on to the Chevy Chase Club where they attended wedding reception.