Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
December 20, 1950
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| Executive Orders: [10197 DIRECTING THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE TO EXERCISE SECURITY CONTROL OVER AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10196 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 9805 (1) PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING PAYMENT OF CERTAIN TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10195 DESIGNATION OF KOREA AND WATERS ADJACENT THERETO AS A COMBAT ZONE FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 22(b)(13) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE] | ||
| (Honorable James E. Webb) (Honorable Charles Murphy) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| The Secretary of the Navy [Francis P. Matthews] | ||
| Honorable William Green, President, A. F. of L. Honorable Philip Murray, President, C. I. O. Mr. George Harrison, President, Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, A. F. of L. Honorable Daniel Tracy, President, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, A. F. of L. Mr. G. E. Leighty, President, Railroad Telegraphers, A. F. of L. Mr. Walter Reuther, President, United Auto Workers, C. I. O. Mr.Arthur Goldberg, C. I. O. (Attorney) Mr. Al Hayes, President, International Machinists Union (independent) | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Mr. James Magner, President, Touchdown Club Mr. Thomas Webb, Chairman, Touchdown Club Dinner Committee | ||
| Congressman Compton I. White, Idaho | ||
| (Honorable Wayne Coy) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Henry F. Grady, American Ambassador to Iran (In Washington and asked for this thru Protocol Division) | ||
| Honorable Delos Rentzel, Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board) | ||
| Honorable Stuart Symington, Chairman, N. S. R. B. General C. R. Smith, President, American Air Lilnes (Mr. Symington's usual Wednesday appointment; asked if he might bring General Smith with him) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (Dentist) | ||
| Congressman Walter Lynch, New York (Asked if might come in and tell the President "goodbye") | ||
| (Tex Colbert, President, Chrysler Corporation) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The President left for All Saints Episcopal Church, Chevy Chase, Maryland to attend wedding of Miss Margery Clifford) | ||
| Executive Orders: [10199 AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE TO MAKE WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE PRESIDENT REGULATIONS UNDER THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGREEMENT ACT OF 1937, AS AMENDED] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10198 EXEMPTION OF PAUL A WALKER FROM COMPULSORY RETIREMENT FOR AGE] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Following a Report by Secretary Acheson on His Meeting With the Ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Nations] | ||
| (General Omar Bradley) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Archbishop Gerald P. O'Hara, Archbishop of Atlanta, Savannah, Georgia, (former Papal Nuncio to Rumania) ) OFF THE RECORD (Judge James McGranery) | ||
| Congressman John McSweeney, Ohio | ||
| Honorable Charles B. Deane, Congressman from North Carolina (Wrote Mr. Matthew Connelly saying he would like to personally pledge his support to President and give him some of his observations in interest of party) | ||
| Congressman Andrew J. Biemiller, Wisconsin | ||
| Congressman A. S. J. Carnahan, Missouri Congressman Philip J. Welch, Missouri Congressman Clare Magee, Missouri Congressman Leonard Irving, Missouri Congressman Richard Bolling, Missouri Congressman John B. Sullivan, Missouri Congressman Raymond W. Karst, Missouri Congressman Frank M. Karsten, Missouri (Congressman Cannon originally called for the Democratic Delegation from Missouri to see the President -- However, Congressman Cannon had to leave city and will not be here) (They wish to discuss locating defense plants at Irish Wilderness section of Missouri) | ||
| Mr. Charles E. Wilson will be sworn in as Director of Defense Mobilization. (The following were present: Honorable Dean Acheson, Secretary of State Honorable John W. Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury Honorable George C. Marshall, Secretary of Defense Honorable J. Howard McGrath, The Attorney General Honorable Jesse M. Donaldson, The Postmaster General Honorable Oscar Chapman, The Secretary of Interior Honorable Charles Brannan, The Secretary of Agriculture Honorable Maurice Tobin, The Secretary of Labor General Lucius Clay Honorable Stuart Symington Mr. Sidney Wineberg Honorable Averell Harriman Honorable John R. Steelman | ||
| (Honorable Lewis Straus [Strauss]) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Govenor G. Mennen Williams, Michigan | ||
| Honorable Oscar Chapman, The Secretary of the Interior Honorable C. Girard Davidson, Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Arranged by Secretary Oscar Chapman) | ||
| Honorable Maurice Tobin, The Secretary of Labor | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, The Secretary of State (Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (Honorable J. Howard McGrath, The Attorney General) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (National Security Council Meeting - Cabinet Room) | ||
| (Honorable Stuart Symington) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Frederick Lawton, Director of the Budget Mr. Elmer B. Staats (1/2 hour) | ||
| (Dentist) | ||
| (Merl Young) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Leave for Old State Building) | ||
| (The President will make advance newsreels of his Christmas Message in Press Conference Room, Old State Building) | ||
| Cabinet Meeting (All present) | ||
| (Congressman Clarence Cannon, Missouri) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (General Bedell Smith) (Admiral Robert Dennison & Mr. Lay) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| The President will receive members of the White House Staff at Annual Christmas Reception. (Executive office) | ||
| (Dentist) | ||
| (Admiral William D. Leahy) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The President, with General Harry Vaughan, Mr. Matthew Connelly and Mr. Joseph Short, will leave for Airport) | ||
| (The President's plane will leave for Kansas City, Missouri) | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks in Kansas City at a Luncheon for the Press] | ||
| The President attended a dinner given in his honor by the Red Cross of Constantine in the Main Ballroom of the Muehlebach Hotel, Kansas City. [Public Papers: Remarks in Kansas City at a Dinner of the Knights of the Red Cross of Constantine] | ||
| The President attended an installation of Officers of Grandview Lodge No. 614 at the Masonic Hall in Grandview, Missouri, after which he departed for Independence. | ||
| The President attended a luncheon for the Press at the Trianon Room of the Hotel Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. | ||
| The President attended an Eastern Star meeting at the Grandview High School with Miss Mary Jane Truman. | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks in Grandview, Missouri, at a Meeting of the Order of the Eastern Star] | ||
| The President dedicated the new Baptist Church at Grandview, Missouri. | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks at the Dedication Services of the Grandview Baptist Church] | ||
| [Public Papers: Recorded Message for Broadcast on World Day of Prayer] | ||
| The President spoke on the radio in connection with the lighting of the Nation's Christmas Tree in Washington. [Public Papers: Address Recorded for Broadcast on the Occasion of the Lighting of the National Community Christmas Tree on the White House Grounds] | ||
| The girls from the Hilltop School sang carols outside the President's home in Independence. | ||
| The President remained in his home in Independence on Christmas Day. | ||
| The President left Kansas City Airport for Washington. | ||
| The President arrived at Washington National Airport and motored to the Blair House. | ||
| The following had dinner with the President at the Blair House: Hon. Dean Acheson, Secretary of State Hon. George Marshall, Secretary of Defense Hon. John Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury General Omar Bradley | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| (Honorable Frank Pace, Secretary of the Army) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable Clark Clifford) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable W. Stuart Symington, Chairman, N.S.R.B. | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Staff meeting) | ||
| Hon. Frederick Lawton, Director, Bureau of the Budget | ||
| Honorable Albert J. Loveland | ||
| (Honorable Harry McDonald) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Mrs. Eleanor Wilson McAdoo, Honorary Member, Woodrow Wilson Foundation Honorable Louis Brownlow, Member, Board of Directors Mr. Arthur Sweetser, Board of Directors (The above called to notify the President formally that he had been chosen to receive the Woodrow Wilson Foundation award for Distinguished service, the first President of the United States to receive it. The presentation of the award will be made January 10th in the President's Office. This date, January 10th, is the founding date of the League of Nations.) | ||
| Honorable Gordon Gray | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, The Secretary of State | ||
| (Mr. & Mrs. Edward McCabe) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing Bill Amending the Clayton Act] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Recommending the Posthumous Appointment of General Walker to the Grade of General in the Army of the United States] | ||
| General George Marshall, Secretary of Defense | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] | ||
| The Hon. Charles Sawyer, Secretary of Commerce Honorable Thomas C. Blaisdell, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Commerce (Secretary Sawyer asked Mr. Matthew Connelly if he might bring Mr. Blaisdell in as Blasdell is resigning and wished to pay respects to the President) | ||
| Honorable Ward Canaday, President, Willys-Overland Motor Company Mr. Ray Rausch | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Admiral Robert Dennison Mr. James Lay General W. Bedell Smith | ||
| Mr. Hugh Baillie, President of United Press | ||
| General Carl R. Gray, Jr., Administrator of Veterans' Affairs | ||
| The President signed H.R.2734, An Act "To amend an Act entitled 'An Act to supplement existing laws against unlawful restraints and monopolies, and for other purposes,' approved October 15, 1914 (38 Stat. 730) as amended." The following were present: Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Wyoming Senator Estes Kefauver, Tennessee Senator Paul H. Douglas, Illinos Senator Herbert R. O'Conor, Maryland Senator William Langer, North Dakota Congressman Francis E. Walter, Pennsylvania Congressman William T. Byrnes, New York Mr. William R. Foley, Counsel, House Judiciary Committee Mr. C. Murray Bernhardt, House Judiciary Committee Hon. H. Graham Morison, Assistant Attorney General Mr. William Kelley, General Counsel, Federal Trade Commission Hon. William A. Ayres, Member, Federal Trade Commission Hon. Lowell B. Mason, Member, Federal Trade Commission Hon. John Carson, Member, Federal Trade Commission Hon. Stephen Spingarn, Member, Federal Trade Commission Mr. D. C. Daniels, Secretary, Federal Trade Commission Hon. Robert E. Freer, former member, Federal Trade Commission | ||
| Honorable David L. Lawrence, Mayor of Pittsburgh (Called to see the President on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Mayors) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Director of Defense Mobilization | ||
| (The President left for Naval Gun Factory and boarded USS Williamsburg for weekend cruise.) The following joined the President aboard the USS Williamsburg: Fleet Admiral William Leahy Mr. John R. Steelman Mr. Charles Murphy Mr. William Hassett Mr. Joseph Short General Harry Vaughan Admiral Robert Dennison General Wallace Graham Mr. Donald Dawson Mr. David Stowe Mr. George Elsey | ||
| ABOARD USS WILLIAMSBURG | ||
| ABOARD USS WILLIAMSBURG | ||
| OFF THE RECORD | ||
| The President and his party remained aboard the USS WILLIAMSBURG. |