Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
January 26, 1950
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| The President left Blair House for Statler Hotel, where he "dropped in" on dinner for Women's Patriotic Conference on National Defense. | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks to the Women's Patriotic Conference on National Defense] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10099 PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE MUTUAL DEFENSE ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1949] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Issuing Order Providing for the Administration of the Mutual Defense Assistance Act] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter Accepting Resignation of Clark M. Clifford as Special Counsel to the President] | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (Interior absent; the Solicitor General will represent the Attorney General. All others were present.) | ||
| (The Barkley Medal Committee met in the "Fish Room" to view models for the medal: The President The Chief Justice [Fred Vinson] The Speaker [Sam Rayburn] Senator Scott Lucas Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross | ||
| Honorale Frank Pace, Director, Bureau of the Budget | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Honorable Harry Moore, former Governor of New Jersey (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this) | ||
| Honorable David Lilienthal (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this) | ||
| Honorable North Winship, retiring American Ambassador to the Union of South Africa (Asked, through Mr. Woodward to be allowed opportunity to pay respects and say goodbye. Is completing forty years of service in U. S. Foreign Service) | ||
| Honorable W. Stuart Symington, the Secretary of the Air Force | ||
| Honorable Capus Waynick, American Ambassador to Nicaragua (Asked for this through Mr. Woodward) | ||
| Mr. Hugh Jackson, President of Kiwanis International (also Dean of Graduate School of Business & Finance of Stanford University) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Senator Wayne Morse, Oregon | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] (Senator Michael Kinney of Missouri.) | ||
| Myron Blalock James Abercrombie George Brown Judge James A. Elkins Mr. Jyppo Smith State Senator Jimmy Phillips | ||
| (Dinner at the Blair House for Mr. and Mrs. Bass) | ||
| Executive Orders: [10100 REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE GRANTING OF CERTAIN ALLOWANCES BY THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE] | ||
| (Mr. Fred Schmidt) | ||
| The President walked to the First Baptist Church and attended early services. | ||
| The President, Mrs. Truman and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Davidson, Miss Truman's manager, went to Corcoran Art Gallery where they viewed show of cartoons by Herblock. | ||
| The President and Mrs. Truman and Miss Truman left Blair House for Constitution Hall where they attended concert by Helen Traubel. | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House on U.S. Assistance to Palestine Refugees] | ||
| The Vice President [Alben W. Barkley] The Speaker of the House Honorable John McCormack, Congr. from Massachusetts Senator Scott Lucas, Illinois (Usual Monday meeting of the Big Four) | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Honorable John Blandford, Deputy Chief of the ECA mission in Greece (Wants to present President with piece of ancient Greek pottery which is gift to President from one of the Greek Ministers) | ||
| Congressman William L. Dawson, Illinois (Called Mr. Connelly for appointment) | ||
| Congressman Fred Marshall, Minnesota (Arranged by Colonel Maylon | ||
| General Kenneth Royall (Called Mr. Connelly and stated he would be in city today) | ||
| Honorable Leon Keyserling Council of Economic Advisers Honorable John Clark, Council of Economic Advisers | ||
| (Cabinet Luncheon) (All present except Attorney General.) | ||
| Honorable John Sullivan (Called Mr. Connelly for appointment) | ||
| Senator George Aiken, Vt. | ||
| Major General Lewis A. Pick (Chief of Engineers, Gravelly Point, Virginia) | ||
| Mr. John Carver Mr. William Bundschu (Boys sent in by Mrs. Truman to shake hands with the President) | ||
| Executive Orders: [10102 TRANSFER OF CERTAIN BUSINESS OPERATIONS, FACILITIES AND APPURTENANCES FROM THE PANAMA CANAL TO THE PANAMA RAILROAD COMPANY] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10101 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9746 OF JULY 1, 1946 (1), RELATING TO THE PANAMA CANAL] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President on the Hydrogen Bomb] | ||
| [Public Papers: Telegram to Labor and Management Leaders Proposing a Plan for Settling the Coal Industry Dispute] | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Congressman J. Hardin, Fla. Congressman Clair Engle, Calif. Congressman John R. Murdock, Ariz. Congressman William Lemke (Congressman Peterson asked for this, is Chairman of Public Lands Committee of the House; They wished to discuss overall reclamation legislative program.) | ||
| Congressman Morgan M. Moulder, Missouri (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| Mr. John Reilly Mr. Edgar Morris Mr. Francis Kane Mr. Sam McHugh Mr. James A. Cassidy (Extented invitation to the President to attend Annual Dinner of Friendly Sons of St. Patrick on March 17, at which time the Chief Justice [Fred Vinson] will be given honorary membership in order and Congressman Ed Hart will be principal speaker.) | ||
| (Mr. Joe Healey) (Off the record) | ||
| Congressman Eugene J. Keogh, N.Y. Congressman James P. Richards, S.C. Congressman James K. Murphy, N.Y. Congressmn Abraham J. Multer, N.Y. Congressman Harold Cosley, N.C. Congressman William J. Green, Pa. Congressman Noble J. Gregory, Ky. (This is a committee headed by Congressman Keogh, that recently visited Europe and are now anxious to report to the President on conditions; the trip was unofficial and Spain was involved. Colonel Maylon suggested that Mr. Connelly arrange this.) | ||
| Honorable Harry A. McDonald, Chariman, S. E. C. (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this.) | ||
| The Secretary of Defense [Louis Johnson] (The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson]) (Honorable David Lilienthal) (Admiral Sidney Souers) (Honorable James Lay) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Congressman Brent Spence, Ky. (Requested appointment) | ||
| Honorable William M. Boyle | ||
| (Dr. Roy V. Peel) (Honorable William M. Boyle) | ||
| Honorable Frank Pace, Director, Bureau of the Budget | ||
| (Honorable George Allen) (Mr. Charles E. Richards, Penn Mutual) | ||
| Executive Orders: [10103 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9721 OF MAY 10, 1946, (2) PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSFER OF PERSONNEL TO CERTAIN PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10104 DEFINING CERTAIN VITAL MILITARY AND NAVAL INSTALLATIONS AND EQUIPMENT AS REQUIRING PROTECTION AGAINST THE GENERAL DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION RELATIVE THERETO] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the Speaker on the Panama Canal and the Panama Railroad Company] | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| The President signed H. J. Resolution 184, "Authorizing the President of the United States of America to proclaim February 6, 1950 as National Children's Dental Health Day." (The following were present for the signing.: Dr. Philip Z. Adams, President for American Dental Assn. Dr. C. Willard Camalier, Past President Dr. Thomas McDermott, Member of Council on Legislation, American Dental Assn. Dr. Bruce D. Forsythe, Asst. Surgeon General and Chief Dental Officer, U. S. Public Health Service Congressman Feighan Dr. Henry Kelly | ||
| Honorable Charles S. Murphy was sworn in, in the President's Office, as Special Counsel to the President. | ||
| (Congressman Melvin Price, Illinois.) (Congressman Henry M. Jackson, Washington) (Congressman Chet Holifield, California) (Mr. David Stowe asked that this be arranged off-the-record) | ||
| Honorable Ernest Gruening, Governor of Alaska (Requested appointment) | ||
| Congressman Eugene D. O'Sullivan, Nebraska (Requested appointment) | ||
| Congressman Walter S. Baring, Nevada (Requested appointment) | ||
| Honorable Maury Maverick (Requested appointment) | ||
| (The President and Mrs. Truman lunched at the Capitol in the Speaker's Dining Room with the Members of the Missouri Delegation and their wives.) | ||
| Mr. Philip Murray | ||
| (The President "dropped in" on a meeting of the National Security Council) | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President on the Crusade Against Heart Disease] | ||
| Staff Meeting | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| Senator Claude Pepper, Florida Senator Spessard L. Holland, Florida Congressman Charles E. Bennett, Florida Congressman A. S. Harlong, Jr., Florida Congressman J. Hardin Peterson, Florida Congressman Dwight L. Rogers, Florida Congressman Robert L. F. Sikes, Florida Congressman George A. Smathers, Florida Mr. Stacy Rogers, Chairman, Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project (Congressman Rogers of Florida asked Mr. Connelly to arrange for this delegation to come in and discuss flood control.) | ||
| Congressman Leonard Irving, Missouri (Requested appointment) | ||
| Mr. Kenneth Stuart, Art Editor of the Saturday Evening Post Mr. John Falter, Post cover artist (Presented original post cover, painted by Mr. Falter, of the President addressing a Joint Session of the Congress.) | ||
| Congressman Porter Hardy, Jr., Va. Mrs. Frantz Naylor, President of the Order of Cape Henry, 1607 Judge Floyd E. Kellen, Circuit Court of Virginia Mr. W. Ludwell Baldwin (Congressman Hardy asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this, so that Mrs. Naylor might invite the President to come to Cape Henry) | ||
| Honorable William Preston Lane, Jr., the Governor of Maryland Hon. Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr., Mayor of Baltimore and the Maryland delegation in the Congress Former Senator George Radcliffe (Requested by Senators Tydings to invite the President to be guest of honor and speak at opening of Friendship Inter- national Airport.) | ||
| Mr. Albert K. Chow, Mayor of Chinatown, San Francisco Mr. Jack Chow (Requested appointment) | ||
| The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson] (Usual weekly appointment) | ||
| (Lunch - downstairs in Executive Offices) | ||
| Honorable David Lilienthal, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission | ||
| Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, Minnesota Mr. William C. Simms, Administrative Assistant to Senator Humphrey (Senator Humphrey asked Mr. Connelly if he might bring Mr. Simms in to meet the President) | ||
| Honorable Wayne Coy, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission | ||
| (Mr. James McCahey) | ||
| (The Secretary of Agriculture [Charles F. Brannan]) (The Secretary of the Interior [Oscar L. Chapman]) | ||
| (Mr. Leonard Reinsch) | ||
| The President and Mrs. Truman attended a reception in their honor at the Congressional Club. | ||
| Honorable Paul Hoffman (Requested appointment) | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (Secretary of the Treasury and Postmaster General absent; Secretary Early for Defense and Solicitor General for the Attorney General) | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| (Mr. Abraham Feinberg) | ||
| Honorable Clinton D. McKinnon, Congressman from California (Requested appointment) | ||
| Dr. Howard Rusk (Dr. Rusk is with the New York Times -- wished to talk with President re rehabilitation and give him data on UN action; also Dr. Rusk wished to express opinion impending legislation.) | ||
| (Miss Grace Tully) (Off-the-record) | ||
| Honorable and Mrs. G. Mennen Williams, Governor of Michigan Mr. George C. Kerr (Reguested appointment) | ||
| The President received the member of the Board of Directors of the Mutual Broadcasting Comany: Mr. Elbert M. Antrim Mr. Willet H. Brown Mr. J. E. Campani Mr. H. K. Carpenter Mr. Sterling Graham Mr. Benedict Gimbel, Jr. Mr. T. F. O'Neil Mr. J. R. Peppels Mr. Theodore C. Streibert Mr. Frank Schreiber Mr. Linus Travers Mr. Lewis Allen Weins Mr. Frank White Mr. Ronald Dennitt Mr. James Wallen Mr. Gordan Gray Mr. Raymond Filnks | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Honorable Joseph E. Davies (Requested appointment) | ||
| The President received the Baptist Missionaries. (Missionaries are from different countries, and in the city speaking in different churches - requested by Senator Kerr. Dr. Prudan remained afterward for private talk.) (The following were present: Archer, Miss Lettie G. Bowdler, Rev. George A. Bowdler, Mrs. George A. Brasington, Rev. Frank K. Brasington, Mrs. Frank K. Canning, Dr. Harold B. Chilba, Rev. Isami Conrad, Rev. Charles L. Crowder, Dr. Wm. J. Crowder, Mrs. Wm. J. Dowdy, Rev. and Mrs. R. Edward Fraser, Mr. and Mrs. George B. Gallimore, Rev. A. R. Graham, Dr. David C. Grijalva, Rev. and Mrs. Joshua Hancock, Rev. and Mrs. Aaron W. Ivie, Mrs. Will B. Jump, Rev. Chester J. Langmo, Rev. Trygve Lide, Dr. Frank Lopez, Rev. Miguel A. Martin, Dr. Lenis W. Owl, Rev. W. David Palmer, Rev. Joseph Pruden, Dr. Edward H. Rankin Rev. M. W. Ripley, Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Schmitz, Miss Helen Stith, Dr. and Mrs. M.C. Udvarnoki, Dr. and Mrs. Bela Ufford, Rev. A. F. |