Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman

February 27, 1951

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.

4:00 pm	February 27, 1951	Honorable Francis P. Matthews, Secretary of the Navy
4:30 pm	February 27, 1951	(The President posed for movies for the Red Cross Speech)
4:50 pm	February 27, 1951	Mr. Ted Marks Mr. Dan Nee
5:00 pm	February 27, 1951	(Honorable Eric Johnston) (Honorable Charles Wilson) OFF THE RECORD (Mr. Charles Murphy)
10:55 pm	February 27, 1951	(The President gave a short broadcast form his office in the West Wing to officially open the Annual Red Cross Drive.) [Public Papers: Radio and Television Remarks Opening the Red Cross Campaign]
12:00 am	February 28, 1951	Executive Orders: [10218 ESTABLISHING AN AIRSPACE RESERVATION OVER THE LAS VEGAS PROJECT, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA]
12:00 am	February 28, 1951	Executive Orders: [10219 DEFINING CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES OF FEDERAL AGENCIES WITH RESPECT TO TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE]
9:30 am	February 28, 1951	(General Omar Bradley) OFF THE RECORD
10:00 am	February 28, 1951	(Staff)
11:00 am	February 28, 1951	Mrs. Willis C. Reed, National President, American Legion Auxiliary Mr. Erle Cocke, Jr., National Commander, American Legion Mr. Leonce Legendre, National Adjutant in charge of Washington Headquarters of American Legion (Mrs. Reed presented to the President the first Buddy Poppy fashioned by disabled veterans in hospitals and workshops throughout the country.)
11:15 am	February 28, 1951	Honorable Norman Thomas, the Socialist leader (Requested appointment before leaving for India)
11:30 am	February 28, 1951	Governor G. Mennen Williams, Michigan Sgt. Sam McIntire, Michigan State Police, Governor's Aide Hon. Albert E. Cobo, Mayor of Detroit Mr. Seldon Daume, Chairman, 250th Detroit Anniversary Celebration and President, Detroit Trust Company Mr. Walker Cisler, Member, Committee on Arrangements and Executive Vice President, Deroit Edison Company Mr. Noble Travis, Assistant to the President, Detroit Trust Company Honorable Prentiss Brown, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Detroit Edison Company Congressman John Dingell, Michigan Senator Homer Ferguson, Michigan Congressman Louis C. Rabaut, Michigan Congressman George A. Dondero, Michigan (The above delegation from Michigan came in to invite the President to attend the 250th Anniversary celebration of the City of Detroit on July 28th.)
11:45 am	February 28, 1951	The following came in to discuss with the President the Administration's policy as it affects Negroes in the Defense effort: Mr. A. Philip Randolph, Chairman of the Group, International President of Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, A. F. of L. Mr. William Y. Bell, Bishop, Colored Methodist Episcopal Church South Boston, Virginia Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, President Emeritus, National Council of Negro Women, Washington, D. C. Mr. J. Robert Booker, President, National Negro Bar Asso., Little Rock, Arkansas Mr. Dowdal Davis, President, Negro Newspaper Publishers Association, Kansas City, Missouri Mr. Lester Granger, Executive Secretary, National Urban League, N.Y. Mr. Elmer Henderson, Director, American Council on Human Rights, Wash. Mr. Charles S. Johnson, President, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Benjamin E. Mays, President, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Channing H. Tobias, Director, Phelp-Stokes Foundation, N.Y. Mr. Willard S. Townsend, President, United Transport Service Employees of America, CIO, Chicago, Illinois Mr. Walter White, Executive Secretary, NAACP
12:00 pm	February 28, 1951	Honorable Delos Rentzel, Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board Honorable Harold A. Jones, Member, Civil Aeronautics Board
12:10 pm	February 28, 1951	Honorable Nathaniel Davis, American Minister to Hungary (Returning to post at Budapest and asked for this through Protocol; five minutes to pay respects.)
12:15 pm	February 28, 1951	The President received a delegation from the Girl Scouts of the United States of America. This was arranged at the request of Mrs. James McGranery, of the National Board of Directors. They present to the President a book, "How to Be Prepared", a checklist of things that Girl Scouts can learn to do to be ready for emergency service. This presentation preceded the nation-wide release as a pamphlet in connection the the Girl Scout 39th Birthday on March 12th. The following were present: Girl Scouts: Miss Mary Lee Lankford, Washington, D. C. Miss Joyce Seyfried, Washington, D. C. Miss Janice Kauffman, Washington, D. C. National Professional Staff: Miss Anne New (Mrs. J. C. Timmerman), New York, N.Y. Mrs. Marshall Simpson, Middletown, New Jersey National Board of Directors: Mrs. James P. McGranery, Philadelphia 3, Pa.
12:20 pm	February 28, 1951	[Public Papers: Statement by the President on the 39th Anniversary of the Founding of the Girl Scouts]
12:30 pm	February 28, 1951	Honorable W. Stuart Symington, Chairman, N.S.R.B.
1:00 pm	February 28, 1951	(LUNCH)
3:15 pm	February 28, 1951	Mr. & Mrs. Warren Phillips, Corpus Christi, Texas (Arranged at request of Senator Tom Connally)
3:30 pm	February 28, 1951	Honorable Frederick Lawton, Director, Bureau of the Budget
3:55 pm	February 28, 1951	(Mr. Lew Barringer) OFF THE RECORD
4:00 pm	February 28, 1951	General Carlos P. Romulo, Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the Philippine Republic and Philippine Delegate to the UN H. E. Joaquin M. Elizalde, the Ambassador of the Philippine Republic (Arranged at the request of Division of Protocol, State Dept.)
4:15 pm	February 28, 1951	Honorable Charles Brannan, the Secretary of Agriculture
4:30 pm	February 28, 1951	(Honorable George Allen) OFF THE RECORD
8:00 pm	February 28, 1951	(The President asked the following to come to the Blair House for an OFF THE RECORD meeting:) Honorable J. Howard McGrath, the Attorney General Senator Clinton Anderson, New Mexico Senator Mike Monroney, Oklahoma Senator Thomas C. Hennings, Jr., Missouri Senator John J. Sparkman, Alabama Congressman Brent Spence, Kentucky Honorable Philip B. Perlman, the Solicitor General Honorable William M. Boyle, Jr., Democratic National Committee Chairman Honorable Clark Clifford Honorable Charles Murphy Mr. John Hersey
9:50 am	March 01, 1951	(Honorable Maurice Tobin, the Secretary of Labor) (Honorable Averell Harriman, Special Assistant to the President)
10:00 am	March 01, 1951	(Pre Press)
10:35 am	March 01, 1951	Press & Radio Conference [Public Papers]
11:00 am	March 01, 1951	(Staff)
12:00 pm	March 01, 1951	The President received the Winners of the Tenth Annual Science Talent Search. The following students, selected from the 1951 senior classes of United States secondary schools, were present along with representatives from the Westinghouse Science Foundation and Science Service: Students and winners: BERKELMAN, Karl~KOLENHOW, Robert John BOTKIN, Dorothy Ann~LARSON, David Clarence BRAVERMAN, Paul Maxim~LYSER, Katherine May BRUSH, Stephen George~MARTIN, Mary Helen BUTLER, James Newton~McCOLM, Douglas Woodruff CHAMBERS, Derrell Lynn~MENDOZA, Rhea CHESTER, Conrad Vences~NORRIS, Daniel Howard COWAN, James Jones, III~NOVOTNY, Eva CUMMISFORD, Patricia Diane~ROSEN, Robert DeDECKER, Carol Lynne~SCHNEIDER, Peter Bernard DEMKOVICH, John Joseph, Jr.~SHTEIR, Owen Aaron DENNISON, John Manley~SIBILIA, John Talbot DRAUGLIS, Edmund~SIEFERT, Paul Louis EARLE, William Edward~SIMPSON, Robert Edmund ERNST, Frederick Joseph, Jr.~SPANGLER, Robert Alan FELDSTEIN, Robert Schmidt~SPENCER, Dana Royce FROLEN, Lois Jean~STEWART, James Buchanan GINGRICH, Cynthia Louise~THOMSON, Richard Mansfield JANOUSEK, Lucile Frances~WHARTON, Lennard JOHNSON, Donald Bruce~WHEELER, Nicholas Allan Adults: BRITT, Dr. Steuart H.~GORMLEY, Miss Harriet BRITT, Mrs. Steuart H.~KLINE, Mrs. Fred G. BUXTON, Dr. Rex E.~KRAUS, Mr. Joseph H. BUXTON, Mrs. Rex E.~LIKELY, Mr. Wadsworth CLEVELAND, Mr. Charles~PATTERSON, Miss Margaret E. DAVIS, Mr. Watson~SCHORR, Mr. Norman A. DAVIS, Mrs. Watson~SCHRIVER, Mrs. Oliver EDGERTON, Dr. Harold A.~SHAPLEY, Mrs. Harlow EDGERTON, Mrs. Harold A.~STARK, Mr. Louis M. EIKNER, Mr. Don
12:00 pm	March 01, 1951	[Public Papers: Remarks to the Winners of the 10th Annual Science Talent Search]
12:15 pm	March 01, 1951	(The President left for the Capitol, where in a ceremony in the Senate Chamber, he presented in a surprise ceremony to the Vice President [Alben W. Barkley], a gavel, marking the Vice President's 38th year in the Congress.)
12:35 pm	March 01, 1951	[Public Papers: Remarks on the Floor of the Senate at a Gavel Presentation Ceremony for Vice President Barkley]
1:00 pm	March 01, 1951	(LUNCH)
3:15 pm	March 01, 1951	Senator Charles W. Tobey, New Hampshire
3:30 pm	March 01, 1951	Honorable Ernst Reuter, Mayor of Berlin, Germany Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, Minnesota (The Senator remained after the Mayor left to talk with the President.)
3:45 pm	March 01, 1951	Honorable Jess Larson, Administrator, General Services Administration
4:00 pm	March 01, 1951	(Mr. George Harrison) OFF THE RECORD
7:05 pm	March 01, 1951	(The President left for the home of Speaker Sam Rayburn to spend the evening.)
12:00 am	March 02, 1951	Executive Orders: [10220 AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF STANLEY C. WOLLASTON TO A COMPETITIVE POSITION WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES]
12:00 am	March 02, 1951	Executive Orders: [10221 PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF DISASTER RELIEF]
1:00 am	March 02, 1951	[Log of President Truman's Trip: Ninth Visit to Key West, Florida, and Ft. Jefferson National Monument]
9:45 am	March 02, 1951	Honorable Philip C. Jessup, Ambassador at Large Honorable James E. Webb, Under Secretary of State
10:00 am	March 02, 1951	Cabinet [Meeting]
11:00 am	March 02, 1951	(Staff)
12:00 pm	March 02, 1951	(General W. Bedell Smith) (Admiral Sidney Souers) OFF THE RECORD
12:15 pm	March 02, 1951	Honorable Leon Keyserling, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
12:30 pm	March 02, 1951	(The President left for the Airport at the conclusion of the morning's appointments and departed on the INDEPENDENCE for a vacation at Key West, Florida.)
1:00 am	March 03, 1951	[Log of President Truman's Trip: Ninth Visit to Key West, Florida, and Ft. Jefferson National Monument]
8:00 am	March 03, 1951	[Public Papers: Statement by the President in Response to a Joint Announcement by the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve System]
8:00 am	March 03, 1951	(The President and his official party vacationed in Key West, Florida.)
1:00 am	March 04, 1951	[Log of President Truman's Trip: Ninth Visit to Key West, Florida, and Ft. Jefferson National Monument]
8:00 am	March 04, 1951	(The President and his official party vacationed in Key West, Florida.)
1:00 am	March 05, 1951	[Log of President Truman's Trip: Ninth Visit to Key West, Florida, and Ft. Jefferson National Monument]
8:00 am	March 05, 1951	(The President and his official party vacationed in Key West, Florida.)
1:00 am	March 06, 1951	[Log of President Truman's Trip: Ninth Visit to Key West, Florida, and Ft. Jefferson National Monument]
8:00 am	March 06, 1951	(The President and his official party vacationed in Key West, Florida.)
1:00 am	March 07, 1951	[Log of President Truman's Trip: Ninth Visit to Key West, Florida, and Ft. Jefferson National Monument]
8:00 am	March 07, 1951	(The President and his official party vacationed in Key West, Florida.)
12:00 am	March 08, 1951	Executive Orders: [10222 PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN TRANSFERS TO THE FEDERAL CIVIL DEFENSE ADMINISTRATION]
1:00 am	March 08, 1951	[Log of President Truman's Trip: Ninth Visit to Key West, Florida, and Ft. Jefferson National Monument]
8:00 am	March 08, 1951	(The President and his official party vacationed in Key West, Florida.)
1:00 am	March 09, 1951	[Log of President Truman's Trip: Ninth Visit to Key West, Florida, and Ft. Jefferson National Monument]
8:00 am	March 09, 1951	(The President and his official party vacationed in Key West, Florida.)
12:00 am	March 10, 1951	Executive Orders: [10223 FURTHER PROVIDING FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF CERTAIN FUNCTIONS UNDER THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT OF 1950]
1:00 am	March 10, 1951	[Log of President Truman's Trip: Ninth Visit to Key West, Florida, and Ft. Jefferson National Monument]
8:00 am	March 10, 1951	(The President and his official party vacationed in Key West, Florida.)
1:00 am	March 11, 1951	[Log of President Truman's Trip: Ninth Visit to Key West, Florida, and Ft. Jefferson National Monument]
8:00 am	March 11, 1951	[Public Papers: Letters Relating to the International Development Advisory Board's Report on Foreign Economic Policy]
8:00 am	March 11, 1951	(The President and his official party vacationed in Key West, Florida.)
1:00 am	March 12, 1951	[Log of President Truman's Trip: Ninth Visit to Key West, Florida, and Ft. Jefferson National Monument]
8:00 am	March 12, 1951	(The President and his official party vacationed in Key West, Florida.)
1:00 am	March 13, 1951	[Log of President Truman's Trip: Ninth Visit to Key West, Florida, and Ft. Jefferson National Monument]
8:00 am	March 13, 1951	(The President and his official party vacationed in Key West, Florida.)
1:00 am	March 14, 1951	[Log of President Truman's Trip: Ninth Visit to Key West, Florida, and Ft. Jefferson National Monument]
8:00 am	March 14, 1951	[Public Papers: Letter to Senator Flanders on Disarmament]
8:00 am	March 14, 1951	(The President and his official party vacationed in Key West, Florida.)
9:00 am	March 14, 1951	[Public Papers: Letter to Department and Agency Heads on the Report of the Water Resources Policy Commission]
12:00 am	March 15, 1951	Executive Orders: [10224 ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD ON MOBILIZATION POLICY]
1:00 am	March 15, 1951	[Log of President Truman's Trip: Ninth Visit to Key West, Florida, and Ft. Jefferson National Monument]
8:00 am	March 15, 1951	(The President and his official party vacationed in Key West, Florida.)
3:30 pm	March 15, 1951	[Public Papers: The President's News Conference at Key West]
1:00 am	March 16, 1951	[Log of President Truman's Trip: Ninth Visit to Key West, Florida, and Ft. Jefferson National Monument]
8:00 am	March 16, 1951	(The President and his official party vacationed in Key West, Florida.)
12:00 am	March 17, 1951	Executive Orders: [10225 EXEMPTION OF BERNICE PYKE FROM COMPULSORY RETIREMENT FOR AGE]
1:00 am	March 17, 1951	[Log of President Truman's Trip: Ninth Visit to Key West, Florida, and Ft. Jefferson National Monument]
8:00 am	March 17, 1951	(The President and his official party vacationed in Key West, Florida.)
1:00 am	March 18, 1951	[Log of President Truman's Trip: Ninth Visit to Key West, Florida, and Ft. Jefferson National Monument]
8:00 am	March 18, 1951	(The President and his official party vacationed in Key West, Florida.)
1:00 am	March 19, 1951	[Log of President Truman's Trip: Ninth Visit to Key West, Florida, and Ft. Jefferson National Monument]
8:00 am	March 19, 1951	(The President and his official party vacationed in Key West, Florida.)
1:00 am	March 20, 1951	[Log of President Truman's Trip: Ninth Visit to Key West, Florida, and Ft. Jefferson National Monument]
8:00 am	March 20, 1951	(The President and his official party vacationed in Key West, Florida.)
1:00 am	March 21, 1951	[Log of President Truman's Trip: Ninth Visit to Key West, Florida, and Ft. Jefferson National Monument]
8:00 am	March 21, 1951	[Public Papers: Telegram to General Marshall on the Strength of the U.S. Armed Forces]
8:00 am	March 21, 1951	(The President and his official party vacationed in Key West, Florida.)
1:00 am	March 22, 1951	[Log of President Truman's Trip: Ninth Visit to Key West, Florida, and Ft. Jefferson National Monument]
8:00 am	March 22, 1951	(The President and his official party vacationed in Key West, Florida.)
12:00 am	March 23, 1951	Executive Orders: [10226 REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE SAFEGUARDING OF VESSELS, HARBORS PORTS, AND WATERFRONT FACILITIES IN THE CANAL ZONE]