Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
December 12, 1950
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| The President received members of the Wage Stabilization Board (Arranged by Dr. John R. Steelman - The following were present:) Hon. Cyrus Ching, Chairman Mr. John Dunlop, Prof., Harvard University Mr. Clark Kerr, Prof. of Economics, Dir. of Inst. of Industrial Relations, University of California Mr. Henry Bradford Arthur, Mgr. Commercial Research Dept. Swift & Co., Chicago Mr. J. Ward Keener, V.P., B. F Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio Mr. Reuben B. Robertson, Jr., Pres., Champion Paper & Fiber Co. Hamilton, Ohio (Cincinnati) Mr. Harry C. Bates, Pres., Bricklayers Intl, Union Mr. Elmer Everett Walker, V.P., Intl, Assn. Machinists Mr. Emil Rieve, Pres. Textile Workers Union of America (CIO) Hon. Alan Valentine, Economic Stabilization Administrator Mr. Francis P. Whitehair, General Counsel, Economic Stabilization Adm. Hon. Michael V. DiSalle, Price Adminstrator | ||
| The President presented Treasury Department awards to the White House Police Officers and special agents of the Secret Service who defeated the attack on Blair House. (The following guests were present:) Honorable John Snyder, The Secretary of the Treasury Honorable Edward Foley, Under Secretary of the Treasury Mr. John S. Graham, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Mr. William McC. Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Mr. Edward F. Bartelt, Fiscal Assistant Secretary Mr. William W. Parsons, Adminstrative Assistant Secretary Mr. Thomas J. Lynch, General Counsel, Treasury Department Major Robert Barrett, Superintendent, Metropolitan Police Inspector Robert Murray, Detective Bureau, Metropolitan Police Inspector Mark Raspberry, U. S. Park Police,Department of the Interior, Washington 25, D. C. Mrs. Joseph H. Downs, 10620 South Dunmoor Drive, Silver Spring, Md. Mrs. Donald T. Birdzell, 4937 New Hampshire Ave., N.W., Wash.,D.C. Mrs. Joseph O. Davidson, 3925 "W" Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. Mrs. Cressie Coffelt, 1915 North Wayne Street, Arlington, Va. Mrs. Floyd M. Boring, 1622 - 17th Street, S. E. Wash., D. C. Mrs. Vincent P. Mroz, 2135 Suitland Terrace, S.E., Apt. 202, Wash.,D.C. | ||
| The President received the Members of the National Science Foundation (The following were present:) ABERLE, Dr. Sophie Bledsoe~BARNARD, Dr. Chester I. BARNES, Dr. Robert Percy~BRONK, Dr. Detlev Wulf CONANT, Dr. James B.~CORI, Dr. Gerty T. DAVIS, Dr. John W.~DOLLARD, Mr. Charles DUBRIDGE, Dr. Lee A.~FRED, Dr. Edwin B. GROSS, Dr. Paul M.~HUMPHREY, Dr. George D. HYMAN, Dr. O. W.~LOEB, Dr. Robert F. McLAUGHLIN, Dr. Donald H.~MIDDLEBUSH, Dr. Frederick A. MORELAND, Mr. Edward L.~MORRIS, Dr. Joseph C. MORSE, Dr. Marston~POTTER, Dr. Audrey A. REYNIERS, Dr. James A.~STAKMAN, Dr. Elvin C. YANCEY, Reverend P. H. | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (Senator J. William Fulbright, Arkansas) (Senator Paul H. Douglas, illinois) (Senator Charles W. Tobey, N. H.) (Senator Fulbright called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask that this be arranged) | ||
| (Mr. Richard E. Dougherty) (Mr. Douglas W. Orr) OFF THE RECORD (In town for meeting of Commission and the President asked that they drop in and see him.) | ||
| (Honorable Mon. C. Wallgren) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Executive Orders: [10191 EXTENSION OF TRUST PERIODS ON INDIAN LANDS EXPIRING DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 1951] | ||
| The President called in the following people to attend a meeting to discuss matters concerning proclaiming a national emergency and related matters: Honorable Alben Barkley, The Vice President Honorable Sam Rayburn, The Speaker Honorable Dean Acheson, The Secretary of State Honorable George Marshall, The Secretary of Defense Honorable John Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury Honorable W. Stuart Symington Honorable W. Averell Harriman Senator Scott Lucas, Illinois Senator Kenneth S. Wherry, Nebraska Senator Robert A. Taft, Ohio Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado Senator Tom Connally, Texas Senator Alexander Wiley, Wisconsin Senator Millard Tydings, Maryland Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire Senator Kenneth McKellar,Tennessee Congressman John W. McCormack, Massachusetts Congressman Joseph W. Martin, Massachusetts Congressman James P. Richards, South Carolina Congressman Charles A. Eaton, New Jersey Congressman Carl Vinson, Georgia Congressman Dewey Short, Missouri Congressman Clarence Cannon, Missouri Congressman John Taber, New York Senator Walter George, Georgia | ||
| [Public Papers: White House Statement Concerning a Meeting With the Congressional Leaders To Discuss the National Emergency] | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Congressman George H. Christopher, Missouri Mr. Marvin Durst, Secretary to Congressman Christopher (Cong. Christopher asked Mr. Connelly to arrange) | ||
| (Mr. James McCahey, Chicago, Ill.) (Mr. Frank McHale) OFF THE RECORD (Judge Cornelius Harrington) | ||
| Honorable Stuart Symington, Chairman, National Security Resources Board Mr. William Paley, Chairman of Board, Columbia Broadcasting Co. (Mr. Symington's usual Wednesday appointment; asked if could bring Mr. Paley in with him) Honorable Oscar Chapman, Secretary of the Interior | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Congressman Cleveland Bailey, W. Va. (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| Miss Ann Laughlin, Head of Children's Fund Mission, Bulgaria (Arranged at request of Mrs. India Edwards; Miss Laughlin has worked in past Democratic Presidential campaigns; was only woman to be appointed as Chief of an UNRRA Country Mission.) | ||
| Congressman Thomas H. Burke, Ohio (Called last week to ask for this) | ||
| Congressman Phil J. Welch, Missouri (Called last week to ask for this) | ||
| (The President and Miss Margaret Truman left the Blair House for the National Press Club, where they attended Fathers-and-Daughters Dinner) | ||
| The President asked the following to come in and discuss economic problems in connection with building up military program: (One hour) Senator Burnet R. Maybank, South Carolina Senator Charles W. Tobey, New Hampshire Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Wyoming Senator Brien McMahon, Connecticut Congressman Charles H. Elston, Ohio Congressman Jesse P. Wolcott, Michigan Congressman Brent Spence, Kentucky Honorable Gordon Dean, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commssion Honorable W. Stuart Symington, Chairman, N. S. R. B. Dr. Alan Valentine Honorable Leon H. Keyserling, Council of Economic Advisers Honorable W. Averell Harriman Dr. John R. Steelman | ||
| Congressman Helen Gahagan Douglas, California (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask if before she left for California, she might see the President) | ||
| Congressman George A. Smathers, Florida Congressman Brooks Hays,Arkansas Congressman J. Percy Priest, Tennessee Congressman Francis E. Walter, Pennsylvania Congressman Walter A. Judd, Minnesota Congressman Kenneth B. Keating, New York Congressman Robert Hale, Maine (The above Congressmen wrote to the President December 5th, expressing their opposition to any appeasement in Korean situation, and urging the use by UN of anti-Communist Chinese forces available on Formosa. The President wrote them note of appreciation and directed Mr. Connelly to tell them he wanted to talk to them. All accepted except Congress- man John David Lodge, of Connecticut.) (Half-hour) | ||
| Congressman James E. Noland, Indiana Congressman John R. Walsh, Indiana | ||
| The President received the Members of the Advisory Council of the National Association of Broadcasters. (The Council asked to be received during their meeting here in Washington this week. The following were present: CHURCH, Arthur B.~CLIPP, Roger W. FAY, William A.~GAMMONS, Earl HARDY, Ralph W.~HINCKLEY, Robert KATZENTINE, A. Frank~LANE, J. Howard LOEWI, Mortimer W.~LOUNSBERRY, I.R. MILLER, Justin~McCOLLOUGH, Clair R. NUNN, Gilmore N.~POPPEKE, J.R. RUSSELL, Frank~SHAFTO, G. Richard SIEGEL, Seymour N.~SPRAGUE, Robert C. WATTERS, Mort C.~WHITE, Frank | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, The Secretary of State | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (National Security Council) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Frederick Lawton, Director, Bureau of the Budget | ||
| (Honorable Leon Keyserling) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. David Noyes) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable William M. Boyle, Jr.) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Executive Orders: [10192 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10129 (1) OF JUNE 3, 1950, ENTITLED "ESTBLISHING THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON MIGRATORY LABOR"] | ||
| Honorable Charles Sawyer, The Secretary of Commerce General William Henry Harrison, Director, National Production Authority (At direction of the President, Mr. Matthew Connelly asked Secretary Charles Sawyer to bring General Harrison in to see the President this morning) | ||
| Cabinet Meeting (Vice President [Alben Barkley] absent, all others present) | ||
| (Staff meeting) | ||
| (Admiral Lewis Straus [Strauss]) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (James Doarn, Kansas City) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (General Beedle Smith [Bedell Smith]) (Mr. Allen Dulles) (Admiral Sidney Souers) OFF THE RECORD (Mr. James Lay) | ||
| (Admiral William Leahy) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| The President presented the Collier Trophy to William P. Lear, "for development of the F-5 automatic pilot and automatic approach control coupler system." (The following were present: BECK, Thomas H.~BELSHE, Colonel Thomas M. BURGESS, Robert S.~CASSADY, Vice Admiral John H. CHAPLIN, Richard~CRAWFORD, F. C. CURREY, Arthur I.~DAVIS, Hon. Thomas W.S. DERIEUX, James C.~HILLMAN, William JOHNSTON, S. Paul~LAND, Vice Admiral Emory S. LEAR, William P.~LEAR, Mrs. William P. LEVERONE, L.E.~LOGSDON, C. S. MacCRACKEN, W.P.~OLSEN, Ole RAMSEY, Admiral DeWitt C.~REGAN, Ben RENTZEL, Hon. Delos W.~STROTHER, Major General D. C. VICTORY, John F.~WINGER, Albert E. WRIGHT, Todd | ||
| Congressman Michael J. Kirwan, Ohio (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly about ten days ago to ask for this) | ||
| (Judge Harold Stevens) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Charles F. Brannan, The Secretary of Agriculture (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange this) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (Honorable Frank Pace, Secretary of the Army) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Father Frank Rowley) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Vincent R. Impellitteri, the Mayor of New York Honorable William M. Boyle Honorable Oscar Ewing | ||
| (Jack Connelly) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable Frank Pace, Secretary of the Army) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The President addressed the Nation by radio) [Public Papers: Radio and Television Report to the American People on the National Emergency] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10193 PROVIDING FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE MOBILIZATION EFFORT OF THE GOVERNMENT] | ||
| [Public Papers: Proclamation 2914: Proclaiming the Existence of a National Emergency] | ||
| (Honorable John Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury) (General Omar N. Bradley) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Admiral Sidney Souers) (Mr. James Lay) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. George Harrison, President, Brotherhood of Railway Clerks) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable Harry MacDonald, SEC) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Joseph Short) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The President took John Hersey on tour of the White House) | ||
| (The President left for the Naval Gun Factory where he went aboard the USS WILLIAMSBURG) | ||
| (Luncheon aboard the USS WILLIAMSBURG with The Chief Justice [Fred Vinson]) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The following joined the President aboard the USS WILLIAMSBURG for cruise on the Potomac) The Chief Justice [Fred Vinson] The Attorney General [J. Howard McGrath] Honorable Mon Wallgren Honorable Stuart Symington Honorable Robert S. Kerr Honorable George Allen Honorable Clark Clifford | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President on Secretary Acheson's Attendance at the Council Meetings of the North Atlantic Treaty Powers] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Making Public a Report by the Water Resources Policy Commission] | ||
| (The President returned to Naval Gun Factory from cruise aboard the USS WILLIAMSBURG) | ||
| (The President invited the following members of his staff to the Blair House for the showing of a 20th Century Fox Film on the Korean War: Mr. William Hassett Mr. David Stowe Dr. John R. Steelman Mr. Charles Murphy Mr. Matthew Connelly Mr. Stephen Early Mr. David Niles Mr. Donald Dawson Mr. George Elsey Mr. Feeney Mr. Hopkins Mr. Joseph Short Admiral Robert Dennison General Wallace Graham General Harry Vaughan General Robert Landry General Maylon Mr. Eben Ayers | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Asking for Additional Emergency Legislation] | ||
| Honorable Joseph Short was sworn in as Secretary to the President | ||
| Honorable Alben Barkley, The Vice President Honorable Sam Rayburn, The Speaker Senator Scott Lucas, Illinois Congressman John W. McCormack, Massachusetts Honorable George Marshall, The Secretary of Defense The Joint Chiefs The Under Secretary of the Army, Hon. Archibald Alexander Honorable Thomas K. Finletter, The Secretary of the Air Force Honorable Francis Matthews, Secretary of the Navy (There was briefing of the Big Four) | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Honorable Oscar Chapman, The Secretary of the Interior Honorable Ernest Gruening, Governor of Alaska (Governor Gruening and the Secretary asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this) | ||
| Senator Harley M. Kilgore, West Virginia Senator Matthew M. Neely,West Virginia Congressman Robert L. Ramsay, West Virginia Congressman Harley O. Staggers, West Virginia Congressman Cleveland M. Bailey, West Virginia Congressman M. G. Burnside, West Virginia (Senator Kilgore asked if he and entire West Virginia delegation might call on the President.) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, the Acting Secretary of State (Usual Monday appointment for State) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (Honorable Thomas McCabe, Chairman, Board of Directors, Federal Reserve System) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable Jonathan Daniels) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Walter Kirschner) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Dentist) | ||
| (The President left for the Statler Hotel, where he will attend a small Masonic Dinner in Room 1240) (Arranged by Dr. John R. Steelman) | ||
| Executive Orders: [10194 ESTABLISHING THE FEDERAL SAFETY COUNCIL] | ||
| [Public Papers: Message to the Secretary of State Designating General Eisenhower as Supreme Allied Commander, Europe] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to General Eisenhower on His Designation as Supreme Allied Commander in Europe] | ||
| Congressman William M. Whittington, Mississippi | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| (Abe Feinberg) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mrs. Al Scott and children) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Mr. Joseph Keenan, A. F. of L. | ||
| Senator Glen R. Taylor, Idaho (Asked sometime ago if the President would see him before the end of this session of the Congress) | ||
| Honorable Alan G. Kirk, American Ambassador to Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (The President told Under Secretary Webb yesterday that he would be glad to talk to the Ambassador) | ||
| Mr. Maurice Fagan, Commandant of the Marine Corps League Mr. George Fridley Colonel Jean Moreau Mr. Tyrell Crum Mr. Oliver L. Onion (They asked if they might present to the President a gold membership card in Marine Corps League, as they have done annually in the past) | ||
| Major General Raymond Fleming, Chief, Nat'l Guard Bureau of Army (Arranged at request of General Robert Landry) | ||
| Honorable George Marshall, The Secretary of State (Usual Tuesday appointment) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Honorable Edmond Hanrahan, former head of S. E. C. (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly from New York last week to ask for this) | ||
| Senator Clinton T. Anderson [Clinton P. Anderson], New Mexico | ||
| Congressman Henry M. Jackson, Wasington Honorable E. L. Bartlett, Delegate from Alaska (Congressman Jackson called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| Cabinet Meeting (All present except State; Under Secretary of State, Hon. James Webb for that Department) | ||
| (Dentist) | ||
| (The President dined in Senate Dining Room with group of Democratic Senators, honoring Senator Lucas, Senator Myers and other Democratic Senators who will not be here in 82nd Congress.) | ||
| On this date Dwight D. Eisenhower was appointed commander of the combined NATO forces, being designated Supreme Allied Commander, Europe. See student research file The North Atlantic Treaty Organization: documents, photographs and more. |