Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
November 30, 1950
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| Honorable Mon C. Wallgren | ||
| (Honorable Joseph Davies) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Executive Orders: [10186 ESTABLISHING THE FEDERAL CIVIL DEFENSE ADMINISTRATION IN THE OFFICE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10185 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10166 (1) OF OCTOBER 4, 1950] | ||
| [Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress Requesting Additional Appropriations for Defense] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Making Public a Report Entitled "The Military Chaplaincy"] | ||
| Cabinet Meeting (All present except Agriculture; Under Secretary McCormick represented Agriculture) | ||
| Following the Cabinet Meeting the following were invited to attend a conference with the President regarding the Korean Emergency: The Vice President [Alben W. Barkley] The Speaker [Sam Rayburn] Senator Kenneth McKellar, Tennessee Senator Tom Connelly, Texas Senator Scott W. Lucas, Illinois Senator Millard E. Tydings, Maryland Senator Richard B. Russell, Georgia Senator Elmer Thomas, Oklahoma Senator Kenneth S. Wherry, Nebraska Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire Senator Chan Gurney, South Dakota Senator Alexander Wiley, Wisconsin Congressman John W. McCormack, Massachusetts Congressman Carl Vinson, Georgia Congressman James P. Richards, South Carolina Congressman Clarence Cannon, Missouri Congressman George H. Mahon, Texas Congressman John Taber, New York Congressman Charles A. Eaton, New Jersey Congressman Dewey Short, Missouri Congressman Chares A. Halleck, Indiana Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois Honorable Dean Acheson, The Secretary of State Honorable George Marshall, The Secretary of Defense Honorable Robert Lovett, The Deputy Secretary of Defense General Omar W. Bradley Honorable W. Averell Harriman Honorable Frederick Lawton, Director of the Budget General Walter Bedell Smith Admiral Sidney Souers Honorable James Lay | ||
| Honorable Myron Taylor (Phoned Mr. Connelly from New York last week) | ||
| Honorable Clyde Ellis, Executive Manager, National Electric Cooperative Association Mr. William S. Roberts, Editor, Rural Electric Magazine (Mr. Ellis called Mr. Connelly and asked for this) | ||
| Honorable Howard H. Tewkesbury, American Ambassador to Paraguay (Newly appointed and asked to pay respects to the President before leaving for post) | ||
| Honorable Irving Florman, American Ambassador to Bolivia (In Washington, and asked thru Protocol Division, if he might call on the President) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (Honorable Millard Caldwell) (Honorable Donald Dawson) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Chester Bowles, Governor of Connecticut (called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| Honorable Frederick Lawton, Director, Bureau of the Budget (Half-hour) | ||
| Honorable Clinton T. Anderson, Senator from New Mexico | ||
| Honorable John Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury | ||
| (Mr. and Mrs. Patterson) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Executive Orders: [10187 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10011 (1) OF OCTOBER 22, 1948, AS AMENDED AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO EXERCISE CERTAIN POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT WITH RESPECT TO THE GRANTING OF ALLOWANCES AND ALLOTMENTS TO GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL ON FOREIGN DUTY.] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House on Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled Veterans] | ||
| Honorable Scott W. Lucas, Senator from Illinois | ||
| BIG FOUR Honorable Alben Barkley, The Vice President Honorable Sam Rayburn, The Speaker Honorable Scott W. Lucas, Senator from Illinois Honorable John W. McCormack, Congressman from Massachusetts | ||
| Mr. William McAndrew Mr. Sol Panitz Mr. Ted Ayers (Hon. John R. Steelman) Presented to the President a set of records with voices of William Jennings Bryan, President Taft, Thomas Edison, etc., recorded on them) | ||
| Honorable Elbert D. Thomas, Senator from Utah | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, The Secretary of State | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (Judge Caskie Collett) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Rear Admiral Clifford Swanson) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| The following met with the President to discuss the Korean Emergency and National Situation: (Cabinet Room) Honorable Dean Acheson, Secretary of State Honorable John Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury Honorable George Marshall, Secretary of Defense Honorable W. Averell Harriman Honorable W. Stuart Symington General Omar Bradley Ambassador Philip Jessup Hon. George Perkins, Assistant Secretary of State Hon. Walter Gifford, American Ambassador Designate to Great Britain Sir Oliver Franks, the British Ambassador Field Marshall Slim, Chief of the Imperial General Staff Sir Roger Makins, British Foreign Office Mr. Scott, Foreign Office, Far Eastern Affairs Mr. Dennis Rickett, Mr. Attlee's private secretary | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President on the Death of Charles G. Ross] | ||
| (The President left for the National Guard Armory) | ||
| The President made a nation-wide broadcast, opening the White House Conference on Children and Youth from the National Guard Armory) [Public Papers: Address Before the Midcentury White House Conference on Children and Youth] | ||
| (Honorable Steve Early) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Frederick Lawton, Director, Bureau of the Budget (One-half hour) | ||
| The President's Advisory Committee on Management (The following were present:) Mr. Thomas A. Morgan, President, Sperry Corporation Mr. Lawrence A. Appley, President American Management Assn., Inc. Mr. Vincent Burke, Deputy Postmaster General Hon. Oscar L. Chapman, Secretary of the Interior Hom. Gordon R. Clapp, Chairman of the Board, Tennessee Valley Authority Hon. Herbert Emmerick, Executive Director, Public Adm. Clearing House Mr. James R. Killian, Jr., President, M.I.T. Mr. Edward Mason, Dean, Harvard University Mr. Otto L. Nelson, Vice President, New York Life Insurance Co. Hon. Frank Pace, Jr., Secretary of the Army Mr. James Palmer, President, Marshall Field & Co. Mr. Marcellus C. Sheild, 3 East Irving St. Hon. James E. Webb, Under Secretary of State Hon. Frederick Lawton, Director, Bureau of the Budget Mr. William F. Finan, Bureau of the Budget Mr. Charles Stauffacher, Bureau of the Budget Mr. Elmer B. Staats, Bureau of the Budget | ||
| Mrs. Albert Laskar (Arranged at suggestion of David Niles) | ||
| The President received a delegation from the National 4H Club Congress (The following were present:) AITON, E. W.~ANDERSON, Kenneth BOWE, Phyllis V.~BOWMAN, Don BROZOVICH, Donald Sherman~CURTIS, Eileen R. ELDER, Mary Janet~HARKNESS, Leonard HARRILL, L. R.~HILTON, Conrad KEPNER, P. V.~QUAIN, R. F. LEE, Porter, Jr.~LOVING, Kent MATHRE, DiAnne~McCORMICK, C. J. McDowell, Jack, Jr.~SMITH, Carolyn Durham THOMPSON, T. W.~TROTH, Edna TURNER, Ray A.~WARREN, Gertrude L. WILLISFORD, Robert F. | ||
| Honorable George Marshall, The Secretary of Defense | ||
| (The President left for Naval Gun Factory) | ||
| The President gave a luncheon aboard the USS WILLIAMSBURG in honor of Prime Minister Attlee. The following were present at luncheon: Honorable Sam Rayburn, The Speaker Honorable Dean Acheson, Secretary of State Honorable George Marshall, Secretary of Defense Honorable John Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury Honorable W. Stuart Symington, Chairman, N.S.R.B. General Omar N. Bradley Honorable W. Averell Harriman Senator Tom Connally,Texas Senator Alexander Wiley, Wisconsin Congressman James P. Richards, South Carolina Congressman Charles A. Eaton, New Jersey Honorable Walter Gifford, American Ambassador Designate to Great Britain Senator Walter George, Georgia Right Honorable Clement R. Attlee, Prime Minister of Great Britain Sir Oliver Franks, the British Ambassador Field Marshal Slim, Chief of the Imperial General Staff Sir Roger Makin, British Foreign Office The following were present at a Conference aboard USS WILLIAMSBURG after luncheon: Honorable Dean Acheson, Secretary of State Honorable George Marshall, Secretary of Defense Honorable John Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury Honorable W. Stuart Symington, Chairman, N.S.R.B. General Omar N. Bradley Honorable W. Averell Harriman Honorable Walter Gifford, American Ambassador Designate to Great Britain Ambassador Philip Jessup Honorable George Perkins, Assistant Secretary of State Honorable Dean Rusk, Assistant Secretary of State Right Honorable Clement R. Attlee, Prime Minister of Great Britain Sir Oliver Franks, the British Ambassador Field Marshal Slim, Chief of the Imperial General Staff Sir Roger Makin, British Foreign Office | ||
| Cabinet Meeting (All present except Agriculture and the Attorney General. The Solicitor General and Under Secretary McCormick attended) | ||
| (The President and Mrs. Truman left for Constitution Hall, where they attended concert of Miss Margaret Truman. They met their guests, the British Ambassador and Lady Franks, and the Prime Minister, at Constitution Hall) | ||
| Executive Orders: [10190 PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS RELATING TO NEW TRIALS BY COURTS-MARTIAL AND OTHER RELIEF IN NAVY AND COAST GUARD CASES] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10189 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 4601 OF MARCH 1, 1927, PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE AWARD OF THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10188 DESIGNATING THE HONORABLE LUIS NEGRON-FERNANDEZ AS ACTING JUDGE OF THE UNITES STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO] | ||
| Hon. Edmond G. Brown, Attorney General elect of California Mr. Ed Hills, campaign manager (In Washington and called Mr. Connelly yesterday to ask if he might call and pay respects to the President) | ||
| Edward McKim | ||
| The President received delegation from Army & Navy Union, U.S.A., and received from them a gold Life Membership Card and Plaque. The following were present: ABRAHMS, David~BARRISFORD, William A. BLADEN, George~CALLAHAN, James M. CARR, George~CATER, Fred LORETH, Charles~OLCZAK, Edward A. RUSSELL, H. C. John~STEHLIN, Col. Joseph C. YOUNG, Mrs. Sally F. | ||
| Honorable Joseph M. Darst, Mayor of St. Louis, Mo. (Wired Mr. Connelly that he would be here at this time attending meeting of American Municipal Association and would appreciate seeing the President on matter of extreme importance) | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, The Secretary of State Honorable W. Averell Harriman Honorable Stuart Symington, Chairman, N. S. R. B. Honorable Jess Larson Honorable John Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury Honorable Charles Sawyer, Secretary of Commerce Honorable Ralph S. Trigg, Commodity Credit Corporation Honorable Richard S. Bissell, Deputy Administrator, Economic Cooperation Administration Honorable George Marshall, Secretary of Defense Honorable Williard L. Thorp, Assistant Secretary of State Honorable George W. Perkins, Assistant Secretary of State Honorable Walter Gifford, American Ambassador Designate to Great Britain Ambassador Philip Jessup Right Honorable Clement R. Attlee, Prime Minister of Great Britain The British Ambassador, Sir Oliver Franks Sir Edwin Plowden Sir Roger Makins Sir Leslie Rowan Mr. Robert Hall Mr. Dennis Richett Field Marshall Slim Lord Tedder | ||
| H. E. Dr. John Myun Chang, Ambassador of Korea Hon. Sae Sun Kim, Counselor of the Korean Embassy (The Ambassador asked for this thru Division of Protocol. Expects to return to Korea to become Prime Minister and will be succeeded as Ambassador here by Mr. Sae Sun Kim. Mr. John Simmons of Division of Protocol will accompany them) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Honorable William M. Boyle (Usual Wednesday appointment) | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, Secretary of State Honorable George Marshall, Secretary of Defense Honorable John Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury General Omar N. Bradley Honorable W. Averell Harriman Honorable W. Stuart Symington Ambassador at Large Philip Jessup Amb.-designate Walter S. Gifford Assistant Secretary of State Perkins Mr. George Elsey Prime Minister Attlee Sir Oliver Franks Field Marshal Sir William Slim Sir Roger Makins Lord Tedder Mr. Denis Rickett | ||
| (Honorable John Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The President left for the British Embassy) | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Council of Economic Advisers Honorable Leon H. Keyserling, Chairman Honorable John D. Clark Honorable Roy Blough (Asked if they might come in and present facts on economic controls) (HALF HOUR) | ||
| Honorable William C. Foster, Administrator, E. C. A. (Asked if he might come in to make report) | ||
| Honorable Oscar Chapman, Secretary of the Interior Honorable Ingram M. Stainback, Governor of Hawaii (Asked if Stainback might deliver to the President copy of the proposed Constitution for Hawaii) | ||
| Honorable John Shaw Young, Special Ambassador to the Haitian Exposition Honorable John Simmons, Chief, Division of Protocol (Mr. Simmons asked if he might bring in Mr. Young to hand to the President a diploma from the people of Haiti, expressing gratitude to the President for the Exposition, etc.) | ||
| (Honorable Frank Pace, The Secretary of the Army) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The President left for the Pentagon, where he attended luncheon given by General Marshall for Prime Minister Attlee) The following were present at the luncheon: Honorable Dean Acheson, Secretary of State Honorable George Marshall, Secretary of Defense Honorable Walter S. Gifford Honorable W. Stuart Symington Honorable W. Averell Harriman Honorable Robert A. Lovett Honorable Frank Pace, Jr. [Secretary of the Army] Honorable Francis P. Matthews [Secretary of the Navy] Honorable Thomas K. Finletter [Secretary of the Air Force] General Omar N. Bradley General Wad H. Haislip General Hoyt S. Vandenberg Admiral Forrest P. Sherman Right Honorable Clement Richard Attlee Right Honorable Sir Oliver S. Franks Field Marshal Sir William Slim The Lord Tedder of Glenquin Sir Roger Makins Mr. Denis H. F. Rickett Sir Edwin N. Plowden | ||
| (The President left Pentagon at this time to drive to Blair House, where he was joined by Mrs. Truman, and then proceeded to the home of Secretary Charles Ross for funeral services) | ||
| (Funeral Services for Honorable Charles Ross) | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, Secretary of State Honorable George Marshall, Secretary of Defense Honorable John Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury General Omar. N. Bradley Honorable W. Averell Harriman Honorable W. Stuart Symington Ambassador at Large Philip Jessup Amb.-designate Walter S. Gifford Assistant Secretary of State Perkins Mr. George Elsey Assistant Secretary of State Rusk Prime Minister Attlee Sir Oliver Franks Field Marshal Sir William Slim Sir Roger Makins Lord Tedder Mr. Denis Rickett Mr. John Barnes Mr. Robert Scott | ||
| (General Omar N. Bradley) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| [Public Papers: Joint Statement Following Discussions With the Prime Minister of Great Britain] | ||
| Cabinet Meeting (Secretary of Labor away, Under Secretary McCormick represented Agriculture. All others present) | ||
| (General Walter Bedell Smith) (Mr. James Lay) OFF THE RECORD (Admiral Sidney Souers) | ||
| (Sister Providencia) (Sister Mary Eileen) OFF THE RECORD (Jack Tolan) | ||
| Members of the Cabinet General Omar N. Bradley General J. Lawton Collins Mr. Thomas Blaisdell, Assistant Secretary of Commerce Hon W. Averell Harriman Hon. W. Stuart Symington Hon. William Foste Ambassador at Large Philip Jessup Amb.Designate Walter S. Gifford Assistant Secretary of State Thorp Assistant Secretary of State Perkins Assistant Secretary of State Rusk Mr. Ralph Tripp Mr. George Elsey Mr. Wayne Jackson Prime Minister Attlee Sir Oliver Franks Field Marshal Sir William Slim Sir Roger Makins Lord Tedder Sir Leslie Rowan Sir Edwin Plowden Mr. Christopher Steel Mr. Robert Scott Mr. Robert Hall Mr. John Barnes Mr. Denis Rickett | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (Honorable J. Howard McGrath, The Attorney General) (Former Justice Owen Roberts) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Miss Ella Ross) (Miss Helen Ross) Miss J. B. Ross (OFF THE RECORD)(Mr. Charles Ross's sisters) Mrs. Lowell Leake) (Mrs. Charles H. Weston) | ||
| (Mr. Leonard Reinsch) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Congressman Adolph J. Sabath, Illinois | ||
| (General Omar N. Bradley) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable W. Averell Harriman) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. James Lay) (OFF THE RECORD) | ||
| Honorable Stuart Symington, Chairman, N. S. R. B. Mr. Charles A. Thomas, of St. Louis (Mr. Symington asked if he might bring Mr. Thomas in to meet the President; Thomas is to be Chairman, Scientific Advisory Committee, N.S. R. B.) | ||
| Mr. Alfred F. Wheltle, President, Amateur Athletic Union of the United States Mr. Daniel J. Ferris, Secretary-Trearurer Mr. Edward Rosenblum, Chairman, AAU of the U. S. Convention Committee (This organization holding 62nd Annual Convention in this city and asked if they might present to the President a Life Membership, "which honor has been bestowed on very few distinguished Americans who are interested in the Youth of our country".) | ||
| (Honorable Charles Murphy) (Honorable James Webb) (Honorable Steve Early) OFF THE RECORD (Honorable W. Averell Harriman) (Honorable Matthew J. Connelly) (Admiral Robert Dennison) | ||
| (David Noyes) OFF THE RECORD0 | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| BIG FOUR Honorable Alben Barkley, the Vice President Honorable Sam Rayburn, the Speaker Senator Scott W. Lucas, Illinois Congressman John W. McCormack, Mass. (General Omar N. Bradley) OFF THE RECORED | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| (Hon. Morris Lee Cooke) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Judge Caskie Collett) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable Charles E. Wilson, General Electric) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Senator J. William Fulbright, Arkansas (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, The Secretary of State (Usual Monday appointment - half hour) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (Judge James McGranery) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable W. Elmer Harber, Chairman, R. F. C.) (Honorable C. Edward Rowe, R. F. C.) (Mr. Harber asked Mr. Connelly if they might come in) | ||
| (National Security Council) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Te President asked the following to meet with him: Honorable Stuart Symington, Chairman, N. S. R. B. Honorable W. Averell Harriman Honorable Leon Keyserling, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers. Honorable John D. Clark, Member, Council of Economic Advisers Honorable Roy Blough, Member, Council of Economic Advisers Honorable Alan Valentine, Economic Stabilization Adminstrator Mr. Griffith Johnson, Chief Economist, Stabilization Administration Mr. Francis P. Whitehair, General Counsel, Economic Stabilization Administration Mr. Geoffrey Baker, Economic Stabilization Administration Honorable Michael V. DiSalle, Price Administrator Honorable Cyrus S. Ching, Wage Stabilizer (Dr. John R. Steelman) (Hon. Charles Murphy) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Cabinet Meeting (All present; moved up from regular time, four P.M., on Tuesdays, so that all could be present, as the President thought it important they all attend today) | ||
| Congressman John W. McCormack, Massachusetts Hon Paul A. Dever, Governor of Massachusetts Hon. John B. Hynes, Mayor of Boston (Congressman McCormack asked Mr. Connelly to arrange when he called with Big Four on December 4th) |