Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
April 21, 1951
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| Executive Orders: [10233 AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER 10161 (1) WITH RESPECT TO WAGE STABILIZATION AND SETTLEMENT OF LABOR DISPUTES] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10234 TRANSFERRING CERTAIN LANDS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND WITHDRAWING CERTAIN PUBLIC LANDS FOR THE USE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE] | ||
| (Admiral Sidney Souers) (Mr. James Lay) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| BIG FOUR Honorable Alben Barkley, the Vice President Honorable Sam Rayburn, the Speaker of the House Senator Ernest W. McFarland, Arizona Congressman John W. McCormack, Massachusetts | ||
| (Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Director of Defense Mobilization) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] | ||
| Honorable Paul V. McNutt | ||
| Honorable Oscar Chapman, the Secretary of the Interior Honorable Ernest Gruening, Governor of Alaska | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, the Secretary of State | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Director of Defense Mobilization) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Robert Millonzi) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Senator John J. Sparkman, Alabama Congressman Wright Patman, Texas | ||
| (Honorable Frank Pace, Secretary of the Army) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (General Lewis Renfrow) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| Honorable Argyle R. Mackey, Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization | ||
| Congressman A.S.J. Carnahan, Missouri | ||
| (Honorable James P. Pope, Member, Tennessee Valley Authority) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Chester Bowles | ||
| H.R.H. Sardar Shah Mohmud Khan, the Prime Minister of Afghanistan Honorable Abdul Hamid Aziz, Charge d'Affaires of Afghanistan Embassy (Honorable John F. Simmons, Chief of Protocol, State Department) | ||
| H.E. Honorable Norman J.O. Makin, the Ambassador of Australia | ||
| Honorable George C. Marshall, Secretary of Defense | ||
| (LUNCH for the Prime Minister of Afghanistan) The following guests attended: H.R.H. The Prime Minister of Afghanistan Hon. Abdul Hamid Aziz, the Charge d'Affaires of Afghanistan H.E. The Ambassador of Afghanistan to India The Vice President [Alben W. Barkley]~Senator Alexander Wiley The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson]~Representative John Kee The Secretary of Defense [George C. Marshall]~Representative Charles A. Eaton Senator Tom Connally~Hon. Joseph Short Hon. George C. McGhee~Hon. Louis G. Dreyfus Hon. Herbert E. Gaston~Hon. Michael W. Straus | ||
| Honorable Gordon R. Clapp, Chairman, T.V.A. | ||
| Honorable William M. Boyle, Jr., Chairman, Democratic National Comm. | ||
| Executive Orders: [10235 ESTABLISHING A SEAL FOR THE ECONOMIC STABILIZATION AGENCY] | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| Honorable R. P. Weatherford, Jr., Mayor of Independence, Missouri and family | ||
| (Mr. George Killion) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Richard C. Patterson, Jr., American Minister to Switzerland Mr. Kuo Ching Li, President of Wah Chang Trading Corp. of New York | ||
| Honorable Irving Florman, American Ambassador to Bolivia | ||
| Honorable Frederick J. Lawton, Director, Bureau of the Budget | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (Honorable Oscar Chapman, the Secretary of the Interior) (Mr. Robert R. Rose, Jr.) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (General Omar Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff) (Senator Joseph O'Mahoney, Wyoming) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Senator Burnet R. Maybank, South Carolina Congressman Brent Spence, Kentucky Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Director of Defense Mobilization Honorable Herbert A. Bergson, General Counsel Honorable Eric Johnston, Administrator, ESA Honorable Michael V. DiSalle, Director, Office of Price Stabilization Honorable Leon H. Keyserling, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers (Mr. Charles Murphy and Mr. David Bell) | ||
| Honorable John Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury | ||
| (The President and Mrs. Truman left for Warner's Theatre to attend the premiere of "The Fighting Coast Guard".) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Executive Orders: [10236 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10129 (1) OF JUNE 3, 1950, ESTABLISHING THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON MIGRATORY LABOR] | ||
| [Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress Recommending Extension and Broadening of the Defense Production Act] | ||
| (Pre Press) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| Honorable Charles Brannan, Secretary of Agriculture | ||
| Honorable Myron Taylor | ||
| (Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Solins) OFF THE RECORD Welch, West Virginia | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, the Secretary of State | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Honorable Paul C. Daniels, American Ambassador to Ecuador | ||
| Senator Blair Moody, Michigan | ||
| Senator Clinton P. Anderson, New Mexico | ||
| (Mr. David Noyes) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Executive Orders: [10240 REGULATOINS GOVERNING THE SEPARATION FROM THE SERVICE OF CERTAIN WOMEN SERVING IN THE REGULAR ARMY, NAVY, MARINE CORPS, OR AIR FORCE] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10239 EXEMPTION OF HOWELL CONE FROM COMPULSORY RETIREMENT FOR AGE] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10238 MAKING CERTAIN CHANGES IN THE CUSTOMS FIELD ORGANIZATION] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10237 MAKING THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT OF AUGUST 26, 1950, PUBLIC LAW 733, 81ST CONGRESS, APPLICABLE TO THE PANAMA CANAL AND THE PANAMA RAILROAD COMPANY] | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| (Senator Ernest W. McFarland) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (General Bedell Smith, et al) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] | ||
| Dr. Samuel E. Morison, Historian of U.S. Naval Operations during World War II | ||
| Honorable Frederick Lawton, Director, Bureau of the Budget (Met with the President to discuss the Military Budget, along with the following: Honorable Robert A. Lovett, Deputy Secretary of Defense Mr. Lyle S. Garlock, Asst. Comptroller for Budget, Dept. of Defense Honorable Frank Pace, Secretary of the Army Honorable Carl R. Bendetsen, Asst. Secretary of the Army Honorable Francis P. Matthews, Secretary of the Navy Honorable Dan A. Kimball, Under Secretary of the Navy Honorable Thomas K. Finletter, Secretary of the Air Force Honorable Eugene M. Zuckart, Asst. Secretary of the Air Force General Omar Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff, Army Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, Chief of Naval Operations General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Chief of Staff, Air Force Honorable John D. Small, Chairman, Munitions Board Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Director of Defense Mobilization Honorable William H. Harrison, Defense Production Administrator Honorable Edwin T. Gibson, Deputy Administrator for Staff Services, Honorable Manly Fleischmann, Administrator, NPA Honorable Frederick J. Lawton, Director, Bureau of the Budget Honorable Elmer B. Staats, Asst. Director, Bureau of the Budget Mr. William F. Schaub, Bureau of the Budget Mr. George E. Ramsey, Bureau of the Budget | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Honorable Stuart Symington | ||
| (Honorable Oscar Ewing) (Honorable William M. Boyle, Jr.) OFF THE RECORD (Honorable Samuel I. Rosenman) | ||
| (Honorable Louis Johnson) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable Thomas Finletter, Secretary of the Air Force) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Executive Orders: [10241 AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9835 (1) ENTITLED "PRESCRIBING PROCEDURES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF AN EMPLOYEES LOYALTY PROGRAM IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT"] | ||
| (Messrs. Joseph Short, Roger Tubby, William Hassett, Admiral Robert Dennison) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Messrs. George Elsey and Eben Ayers) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (General Robert Landry) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Hopkins) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. David Stowe and Admiral Robert Dennison) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Messrs. Donald Dawson and David Stowe) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (General Wallace Graham) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (The President and Mrs. Truman left for the Gayety Theatre to attend the musical "Oklahoma".) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the Speaker Transmitting the Budget for the Military Functions of the Department of Defense] | ||
| BIG FOUR (Vice President [Alben W. Barkley] out of town) Honorable Sam Rayburn, the Speaker Honorable Ernest W. McFarland, Arizona Honorable Lyndon Johnson, Texas Congressman John W. McCormack, Massachusetts | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| Honorable William Foster | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, the Secretary of State | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (Mr. William Bray) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Mr. Russell Stewart, Manager, Chicago SUN TIMES | ||
| (Mrs. Katherine Hilt) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| Congressman Wayne L. Hays, Ohio (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week and asked for this.) | ||
| (General Frank Lowe) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Colonel J. D. Alexander, Adjutant General of Alaska Colonel Edward Condon (Colonel Condon asked Mr. Matthew Connelly if he might bring Colonel Alexander in to meet the President.) | ||
| (Honorable William D. Pawley) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Camille Gutt, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (Is retiring and asked if, while in Washington, might pay respects to the President.) | ||
| (Mr. Harry Frazee, of Little Rock, Arkansas) OFF THE RECORD (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly from Little Rock, April 23rd. Came in to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and saw the President Off the Record.) | ||
| Honorable George C. Marshall, The Secretary of Defense (Usual Tuesday appointment) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| General H. H. Johnson, in charge of Hoof and Mouth Disease work in Mexico (Is leaving this job with Agricultural Department and asked to say goodbye to the President. Secretary Charles F. Brannan asked for this.) | ||
| Honorable William M. Boyle Senator Thomas C. Hennings, Jr., Missouri (This is Mr. Boyle's usual Tuesday appointment.) | ||
| (General Omar Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Staff) |