Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
September 19, 1945
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.
| Hon. Robert Patterson (To thank the President) | ||
| Cong. John W. Murphy, Pa. | ||
| Sen. James M. Mead, N. Y. | ||
| Hon. Mary T. Norton, N. J. (Re labor legislation) | ||
| Hon. William H. Davis (OES) | ||
| Mr. Robert L. Smith | ||
| Mr. W. L. Chenery Mr. George Creel (Mr. Chenery is publisher of Collier's) | ||
| Mr. Victory Chanery | ||
| Mr. Henry J. Brunnier, Pres., Amer. Automobile Assoc. San Francisco, Calif. Mr. Matthew F. Morse, Pres., Automobile Club of Mo., St. Louis, Mo. (Pay their respects and commend the President on his speedy handling of labor troubles in Detroit. Mr. Brunnier lately in Detroit. Wish also to recommend all-out production of automobiles as people insist upon driving in spite of age of their cars and accidents result. Morse will pre- sent honorary membership card to the President in Automobile Club of Mo.) | ||
| Mr. Harris Booras, Supreme President, Order of Ahepa Mr. John Carzis Mr. Achilles Carsoni (Will present bronze bust of Pres. Roosevelt, which will be sent to Hyde Park. Order of Ahepa, two years ago, spent thousands of dollars to make this bust, and it is now ready for presentation - arranged through Cong. McCormack, Mass.) | ||
| Mr. Ralph Taylor Mr. Roy Godsey (Taylor former member Battery D., now in OPA, Kansas City, has been called here on official business. While here wants to pay respects. Mr. Taylor asked to bring Mr. Godsey along, stating that the President knew Godsey. | ||
| Mr. Walter Walsh | ||
| (Mr. William Boyle) | ||
| Mr. James J. Barrett (originally from Mo.) | ||
| Mr. Edward R. Murrow (Chief of European Staff of CBS for many years, and covered most of war in Europe - great personal friend of many leading officials of Great Britain. Just returned from London and is anxious to get acquainted with heads of our own government.) | ||
| (Mr. Arthur Quinn (Mr. Orlando Antonsanti (Mr. George Killion) OFF THE RECORD - (From Puerto Rico. Mr. Killion wanted them to come in.) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. Harold Smith) | ||
| Mr. Leo Crowley | ||
| (Mr. Lowell Mason) (Mr. Mason wishes to bring in some eyeglasses frames for the President to select pair for the sun glasses Mason is giving.) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9622 REVOCATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 9103 OF MARCH 18, 1942, (1) PROVIDING UNIFORM CONTROL OVER THE PUBLICATION AND USE OF FEDERAL STATISTICAL INFORMATION WHICH WOULD GIVE AID AND COMFORT TO THE ENEMY] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9624 Reinstating Wilys R. Peck in the foreign service of the United States; September 20, 1945; not published] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9623 ABOLISHING THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC STABILIZATION AND TRANSFERRING ITS FUNCTIONS TO THE OFFICE OF WAR MOBILIZATION AND RECONVERSION] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9621 TERMINATION OF THE OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES AND DISPOSITION OF ITS FUNCTIONS] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter Accepting Resignation of Henry L. Stimson as Secretary of War] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to General William J. Donovan on the Termination of the Office of Strategic Services] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to Secretary Byrnes Concerning the Development of a Foreign Intelligence Program] | ||
| Cong. Joe W. Erwin | ||
| Sen. Tom Connally, Texas Sen. Scott W. Lucas, Ill. Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, Mich. (Have been designated by Senate Foreign Relations Committee to call upon President for purpose dis- cussing atomic bomb, before Senate meets today) | ||
| Cong. C. Jasper Bell, Mo. Mr. H. R. Williams Mr. Joseph Miller (Williams & Miller members of Mo. State Legislature) | ||
| Mr. Milton R. Polland (One of leaders of Progressive party in Wisconsin, to discuss political situation. General Harry Vaughan, who made appointment, thinks the people in Wisconsin apparently looking for place to "sit down." Polland comes recommended by Judge Ryan Duffy and Postmaster Fleischner at Milwaukee.) | ||
| Hon. Robert S. Kerr, (Governor of Oklahoma) | ||
| Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant 3rd, Chairman, National Capital Park and Planning Commission, with members of the Commission: Sen. Theodore G. Bilbo Sen. Jennings Randolph Brig. Gen. Charles W. Kutz Mr. William A. Delano, et al (will bring some maps of plans for District of Columbia, which they will show on small easel - will only take few minutes) | ||
| Brig. Gen. Julius Ochs Adler (Exec. Vice Pres., N. Y. Times, just back from Japan - is controlling executive of N. Y. Times) | ||
| McGraw-Hill Editors (About sixty of them - meeting here in Washington - Mr. McGraw also may present to the President copy of "This Man Truman", the first copy, by Frank McNaughton and Walter Hehmeyer. Hehmeyer is also coming because of this.) | ||
| Mr. Joe W. McQueen (Of Kansas City, has been acting as Counsel for World War Veterans' Investigating Committee, and here for few weeks in Old House Office Bldg.) | ||
| Hon. Frances Perkins (Former Secretary of Labor - asked to see the Pres- ident for few minutes while in Washington) | ||
| Hon. Harold H. Burton, Assoc. Justice, U. S. Supreme Court (To thank the President for his appointment) | ||
| Mr. Richard Deupree (Head of Proctor and Gamble Co., Cincinnati - would like to know the President as he spent number of years in WPB, War Labor Board and Business Advisory Council. Was going to be in city and asked to come in and meet the President.) | ||
| Sen. F. P. Carville, Nebr. | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9625 REVOKING EXECUTIVE ORDER 9294 OF JANUARY 4, 1943(1), FURTHER DEFINING THE FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF DEFENSE TRANSPORTATION] | ||
| (Mrs. Enit Kaufman) | ||
| Mr. R. C. McMahan | ||
| Cong. Hatton W. Sumners, Texas (Re legislation) | ||
| Cong. Reid F. Murray, Wis. (Rep.) (Re conversion as affects agriculture - He wrote the President on this and the President said he would be glad to see him.) | ||
| Cong. Albert Gore, Tenn. (Bringing package to the President, corn mash, pre-Prohibition, which a doctor in Nashville promised to give the President when he was a Senator) | ||
| Sen. Burton K. Wheeler (Among other things to discuss Mr. Lowell Mason for Federal Trade Commission.) | ||
| Mr. Max Lowenthal | ||
| Cong. Pat Cannon, Fla. (Re hurricane damage) | ||
| Hon. Charles Harwood, Governor of Virgin Islands | ||
| Hon. David Sholtz (Thinks he has some idea which will save the Pres- ident some worries.) | ||
| Hon. and Mrs. Hubert Humphrey Mr. Arthur Naftalin Mr. E. M. Kirkpatrick (Hubert Humphrey is Mayor of Minneapolis - made at suggestion of Oscar Ewing) | ||
| Mrs. Emma Guffey Miller Miss Ella Sherwin Dr. Mary Sinclair Crawford Mrs. Harvey Wiley Dr. Alma Jane Speer Mrs. U. S. Guyer (Group represent women sponsoring Equal Rights Amend- ment - have tried for good while to arrange this through Sen. Radcliffe) | ||
| Miss Maycie K. Southall, Pres., Assoc. for Childhood Education Miss Lelia Massey, American Home Economics Assoc., at al (Miss Southall and representatives of eleven organiza- tions such as above, are joining in conference on long- term planning for the needs of young children, meeting here Sep. 19-21. Dr. Studebaker was asked about them and he thought it a good idea for the President to see them.) | ||
| Mrs. Dorothy K. Roosevelt Miss Diana Roosevelt (Divorced wife of late Hall Roosevelt, brother of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt - to pay call. Have been in Hyde Park and New York) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| The President will present D.S.M. to Hon. Henry L. Stimson. [Public Papers: Citation Accompanying the Distinguished Service Medal Presented to Henry L. Stimson] | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] | ||
| Mr. Jean Goebels (Mr. Wright) Off Record | ||
| Mr. Harry Kelly | ||
| Leave for Jefferson Island [Public Papers: Statement of Policy, Approved by the President, Relating to Post-War Japan] | ||
| At Jefferson Island [Public Papers: Letter to Henry J. Kaiser Calling Upon Him To Head the Second United National Clothing Collection Campaign] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9626 APPOINTMENT OF THE MEMBER AND ALTERNATE MEMBER FOR THE UNITED STATES OF THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL ESTABLISHED FOR THE TRIAL AND PUNISHMENT OF THE MAJOR WAR CRIMINALS OF THE EUROPEAN AXIS] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9627 AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER 9611 (1) OF SEPTEMBER 10, 1945, REESTABLISHING THE ADVISORY BOARD ON JUST COMPENSATION] | ||
| [Public Papers: Message Approved by the President Concerning the Extent of General MacArthur's Authority in Japan] | ||
| Mrs. Enit Kaufman - artist Off the Record | ||
| Sen. Lister Hill Brig. Gen. Fred W. Rankin (The Senator asked if he might bring in Gen. Rankin, who is a doctor and connected with Surgeon General's office.) | ||
| Cong. Daniel K. Hoch, Pa. | ||
| Sen. Chan Gurney, S. Dak. (Rep.) | ||
| Hon. John J. McCloy | ||
| Mr. Edward A. O'Neal, Pres., American Farm Bureau Mr. Earl C. Smith, Vice Pres., American Farm Bureau Mr. Harold Harper, Pres., Kansas Farm Bureau Mr. Allan Kline, Pres., Iowa Farm Bureau Mr. Hassil Schenck, Pres., Indiana Farm Bureau Mr. Frank W. White, Pres., Minnesota Farm Bureau Mr. H. E. Slusher, Pres., Missouri Farm Bureau Mr. Ransom Aldrich, Pres., Mississippi Farm Bureau Mr. Walter L. Randolph, Pres., Alabama Farm Bureau Mr. R. Flake Shaw, Secretary, North Carolina Farm Bur. Mr. R. E. Short, Pres., Arkansas Farm Bureau Mr. H. L. Wingate, Pres., Georgia Farm Bureau Mr. J. F. Porter, Pres., Tennessee Farm Bureau Mr. Ray Wiser, Pres., California Farm Bureau Mr. H. J. King, Pres., Wyoming Farm Bureau Mr. Warren W. Hawley, Pres., New York Farm Bureau Mr. Herbert Voorhees, Pres., New Jersey Farm Bureau Mr. R. B. Corbett, Secretary, American Farm Bureau Mr. W. R. Ogg, Director, Washington Office, Am. Farm Bur. (These are key Farm Bureau leaders to present their recommendations concerning post war policies in relation to supporting price programs for coming year.) | ||
| Mr. Barnet Nover (Of Washington Post. Old friend - could not keep appointment we arranged several months ago.) | ||
| Sen. George L. Radcliffe | ||
| Lunch | ||
| Talk over telephone with Secretary of State James F. Byrnes in London. | ||
| Mr. Oscar Berger - artist, to do quick sketch (Caricaturist) Off the Record | ||
| Dedication of Plaque of late President Roosevelt, D. C. Recorder of Deeds office | ||
| Executive Orders: [9628 AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT TO POSITIONS OF CONTACT REPRESENTATIVE, VETERANS ADMINISTRATION, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES (2)] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9629 AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER 9492, PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING NON-MILITARY AND NON-NAVAL TRANSPORTATION ON ARMY AND NAVY AIR TRANSPORTS] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Transmitting Proposed Reductions in Appropriations for the War Department] | ||
| Cong. Wright Patman, Texas Cong. Carter Manasco, Alabama Cong. George E. Outland, Calif. (Re full employment bill - goes before Committee today. Want Their pictures taken with the Pres- ident if possible.) | ||
| Sen. Sheridan Downey, California | ||
| Sen. Dennis Chavez, New Mexico | ||
| Cong. Karl M. LeCompte, Iowa (To present autographed photograph of Frederic Knight Logan, composer of "The Missouri Waltz", which is gift to the President from The Mahaska County (Iowa) Historical Society at Oskaloosa, Iowa. Wants picture taken as it will mean a great deal to the Society.) | ||
| Sen. Hugh B. Mitchell, Washington Cong. Henry M. Jackson, Washington | ||
| Mr. Leighton Shields Mr. Leighton Shields, Jr. | ||
| Dr. Francis J. Brown, Consultant on American Council on Education Dr. George F. Zook, President, American Council on Educ. | ||
| Lt. Paul H. Alfieri, USN (Personal friend of Commodore James Vardaman - just returned from duty in Italy) | ||
| The British Ambassador (Just returned from England, to pay respects) | ||
| The Costa Rican Ambassador Dr. Rafael Angel Calderon Guardia (Guardia is former President of Costa Rica, and he visited this country in 1939 as guest of Government. To pay respects.) | ||
| Sen. Albert W. Hawkes, N. J. | ||
| Mr. Carl H. Claudy (Of the Masonic Service Assoc. To invite the Pres. to appear at their meeting in February, - as Past Grand Master of Missouri in their new Hospital- Work-for Veterans motion picture: to ask help in getting Generals Marshall & Eisenhower say word in that picture, and to talk about getting a man to Manila to help set up a Service Center) | ||
| Col. Lewis S. Truman | ||
| Lunch | ||
| Mrs. Romine and daughter | ||
| Hon. Dean Acheson, Acting Secretary of State Hon. Samuel I. Roseman | ||
| Hon. Julius A. Krug (To submit resignation) | ||
| The Postmaster General [Robert E. Hannegan] The Secretary of Labor [Lewis B. Schwellenbach] | ||
| Judge George Bundshu Off the Record |