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Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman

May 22, 1951

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(Honorable Wayne Coy, Chairman, F.C.C.) OFF THE RECORD (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this)
(General Ralph Truman) OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Joe Healey) OFF THE RECORD (Came in to see Mr. Connelly and saw the President OFF RECORD)
Senator Brien McMahon, Connecticut Mr. Thomas Dodd (Senator McMahon called Mr. Connelly last week to ask if he might bring Mr. Dodd in)
(Mr. Saul Haas, of Seattle, Washington) OFF THE RECORD (Called Mr. Connnelly yesterday. Came to see Mr. Connelly and saw the President OFF RECORD)
Honorable George C. Marshall, the Secretary of Defense (Usual Tuesday appointment)
(LUNCH)
Mr. Sullivan Evans, Editor and Publisher of Nashville Tennessean (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this)
(Hon. Paul Fitzpatrick, Chairman, Demo. State Committee, N.Y.) OFF THE RECORD
Mr. Edward F. Neild, Architectural Consultant, White House Commission on reconstruction of White House. (Was in town and asked if might drop by)
(The following met with the President at the Blair House) OFF THE RECORD Senator Russell B. Long, Louisiana Senator William Benton, Connecticut Senator John O. Pastore, Rhode Island Senator J. Allen Frear, Delaware Senator Harley M. Kilgore, West Virginia Congressman Thomas J. O'Brien, Illinois Congressman Walter S. Baring, Nevada Congressman Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., New York Congressman John A. Blatnik, Minnesota Congressman John Lesinski, Michigan Honorable David Stowe Honorable John Carroll Honorable George Elsey
[Public Papers: Letter to Judge Learned Hand on His Retirement From Active Service]
(Staff)
Mr. Otto Schoen, U. S. Marshal, St. Louis, Mo. (Judge Roy Harper wrote Mr. Matthew Connelly and asked if the President could see Schoen while Schoen was in city)
(General Ralph Truman) (Lester Cox, Jr.) OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Orville Crouch, of Loew's Inc.) (Mr. Robert Pirosh) (Came in to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and saw the President OFF THE RECORD. Mr. Pirosh is author of the movies "Battleground" and "Go for Broke"; Mr. Crouch asked Mr. Matthew Connelly if he might bring him in)
Senator Clinton P. Anderson, New Mexico Congressman Antonio M. Fernandez, New Mexico (Senator Clinton P. Anderson called Mr. Matthew Connelly on Monday to request appointment)
(Honorable Charles Sawyer, Secretary of Commerce) OFF THE RECORD
Honorable Gordon Browning, Governor of Tennessee (Senator Kefauver's Assistant called Mr. Matthew Connelly about a week ago to say that the Governor wanted to see the President in his capacity as Chairman of Freight Rate Committee of the Southern Governors' Conference)
Mr. Leo F. Koehler, of Kansas City, Missouri (Old friend of the President and wrote to the President May 7th and asked if might come in)
Senator Blair Moody, Michigan (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly Monday to ask for an early appointment with the President re matter pertaining to General Dwight D. Eisenhower)
(LUNCH)
Senator William F. Knowland, California (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday to ask for this)
(National Security Council) OFF THE RECORD
(Honorable Mon Wallgren) OFF THE RECORD
(The President and Mrs. Truman left for Gayety Theatre to see "Mr. Roberts.")
[Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress on the Mutual Security Program]
(Pre Press)
Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers]
(Staff)
(Judge James McGranery, of Philadelphia) OFF THE RECORD
(Honorable Joseph Keenan, A.F. of L.) OFF THE RECORD
The President received the Members of the Conference of United States Attorneys: Honorable J. Howard McGrath, The Attorney General, and Mrs. McGrath David McGrath Honorable Philip B. Perlman, The Solicitor General Honorable Peyton Ford, Deputy Attorney General, and Mrs. Ford Honorable H. Graham Morison, Asst. Attny. Gen. and Mrs. Morison Honorable Theron Lamar Caudle, Asst. Attny. Gen., and Mrs. Caudle Honorable Holmes Baldridge, Asst. Attny. General Honorable A. Devitt Vanech, Asst. Attny. General Hon. James M. McInerney, Asst. Attny. Gen., and Mrs. McInerney Hon. Abraham J. Harris, Asst. Attny. Gen., and Mrs. Harris Hon. Harold I. Baynton, Asst. Attny. Gen., and Mrs. Baynton Mr. and Mrs. Salvador A. Andretta (Admn. Asst. to Attny. Gen.) Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Kilguss, (Deputy Admn. Asst. Attny. Gen.) Honorable J. Edgar Hoover, Director, FBI Hon. James V. Bennett, Director, Bureau of Prisons, and Mrs. Bennett Hon. Dean L. Schedler, Director, Public Relations, and Mrs. Schedler Hon. A. R. Mackey, Comm. of Immigration and Naturalization, and Mrs. Mackey Miss Grace M. Stewart, Exec. Asst. to the Attny. Gen. Mr. Hugh H. Clegg, Asst. Dir., FBI Mr. and Mrs. David Edelstein, Asst. Attny. Gen. Miss Mildred E. Fanebust, Sec. to the Attny. Gen. Miss Regina C. Meany, Office of the Attny. Gen. Mr. Leo M. Cadison, Asst. Director, Public Relations, Dept. of Justice Mr. William A. Underhill, First Asst. to Deputy Attny. Gen. Anna C. Dennean, Office of the Deputy Attny. Gen. Mr. Drew O'Keefe, Special Asst. to the Attny. Gen. Mr. Clive W. Palmer, Special Asst. to Attny. Gen. and Mrs. Palmer Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Horan, Special Asst. to Attny. Gen. Mr. Frank Chambers, Special Asst. to the Attny. Gen. Elizabeth A. Thomas, Office of the Deputy Attny. Gen. Suzanne Sturgeon Thomas, Office of the Deputy Attny. Gen. Martha Mangin, Office of the Deputy Attny. Gen. Mr. Edward O. Fennell, Office of the Deputy Attny. Gen. UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS Ault, Otto T. and Mrs. Ault, Eastern Tennessee Bingham, Frank C., and Mrs. Bingham, Alaska Boyle, Edward C., Western Pennsylvania Brown, James L., (Assistant), Nebraska Brown, John, Western Tennessee Brown, Joseph E., Southern Mississippi Bulkeley, Max M., Colorado Carmichael, Hugh D., (Assistant) Montana Carver, Mr. and Mrs. John A., Idaho Carver, LaVerne Crossman, Donna Clancy, Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. (Assistant), New Mexico Cooper, Mr. Joseph Earl, Alaska, Division No. 3 Cronin, Mr. Timothy T., Eastern Wisconsin Deeb, Joseph F., Western Michigan Diamond, Mr. Tobias E., Northern Iowa Doyle, Mr. Howard L., Southern Illinois Erickson, Harvey, Eastern Washington Fairchild, Thomas E., Western Wisconsin Fay, Mr. and Mrs. George Morris Fay, Miss Dorothy Fleniken, William J., Western Louisiana Flynn, Bernard J., Maryland Flynn, Mr. and Mrs. Frank E., Arizona Mrs. Tager (daughter) Flynn, Mr. Leo P., South Dakota Miss May Flynn (sister) Fountain, Percy C., Southern Alabama Garrity, Mr. and Mrs. George F., Massachusetts Gilmer, Howard C., Jr., Western Virginia Gilmore, Patrick J., Jr., Alaska, Div. No. 1 Gleeson, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald A., Eastern Pennsylvania Gerald A. Gleeson, Jr. Cecelia Gleeson Celeste Gleeson Gooch, Mr. and Mrs. James T., Western Arkansas Grober, Mr. and Mrs. George L., Western New York Mrs. Soanes Hart, Mr. and Mrs. William R., Southern Iowa Miss Mary Hart Hart, Mr. William W., Eastern Illinois Hartridge, Mr. and Mrs. Julian (Assistant)., Southern Georgia Haynie, Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore S., Northern Indiana Hepp, Mr. Everett W., Alaska, Division No. 4 Hess, Mr. and Mrs. Henry L., Oregon Higbee, Mr. Irving J., Northern New York Hill, Mr. and Mrs. John D., Northern Alabama Hoddick, Mr. Howard K., Hawaii Hoffman, Mr. George Earl, Northern Florida Mrs. June Hutcheson (daughter) Holt, Mr. Bryce R., Middle North Carolina Humrickson, George R., Eastern Virginia Kane, Mr. and Mrs. Edward T., Eastern Michigan Kerner, Mr. and Mrs. Otto, Jr., Northern Illinois Landrum, Clarence U., Minnesota Lanier, Mr. Powless W., North Dakota Lessard, Mr. Alton A., Maine Mr. Joseph Tansey Luther, Mr. Lester, Kansas McGrath, Mr. Daniel E., Canal Zone McKay, Mr. John N., Eastern Louisiana McNamara, Mr. Joseph A., Vermont Mackey, Mr. James G., Guam Maguire, Mr. Arthur A., Middle Pennsylvania Maher, Mr. and Mrs. Adrian W., Connecticut Manning, Mr. John Hall, Eastern North Carolina Marvel, Mr. William, Delaware Mauzy, Mr. Whitfield Y., Northern Oklahoma Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Donald C., Northern Ohio Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Warren G., Eastern Texas Mr. Warren Moore, Jr. Miss Nancy Gerard Moursund, Mr. Henry W., Western Texas Mundy, Mr. J. Ellis, Northern Georgia O'Donnell, Mr. and Mrs. Ray J., Southern Ohio Odem, Mr. Brian S., Southern Texas Parker, Mr. E. Burns, Middle Alabama Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Frank J., Eastern New York Mr. Frank Parker, Jr. Phillips, Mr. Herbert S., Southern Florida Pike, Mr. Niles N., Nevada Ponsa Feliu, Mr. Francisco, Puerto Rico Potter, Mr. Frank B., Northern Texas Richman, Mr. and Mrs. Grover C., Jr., New Jersey Sager, Mr. Harry (Assistant), Western Washington Saypol, Mr. and Mrs. Irving H., Southern New York Sheehan, John J., New Hampshire Shelton, Mr. Robert E., Western Oklahoma Spillers, Charles Lee, Northern West Virginia Stephens, Mr. and Mrs. Claude P., Eastern Kentucky Summers, Mr. Cleon A., Eastern Oklahoma Sumners, Mr. and Mrs. Chester L., Northern Mississippi Swiggart, Mr. James M. (Assistant), Middle Tennessee Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. A. Garnett, Southern West Virginia Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Ferguson Tolin, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A., Southern California Mr. Ernest A. Tolin, Jr. Miss Alison Tolin Tramutolo, Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey F., Northern California Troy, Mr. George F., Rhode Island Uzzell, Mr. Thomas A., Jr., Western North Carolina Mr. Francis Fairley (Ass't.), Western North Carolina Walls, Mr. David C., Western Kentucky Watson, Mr. Drake, Eastern Missouri Wear, Mr. Sam M., Western Missouri Welsh, Mr. Matthew E., Southern Indiana Whaley, Mr. Ben Scott, Eastern South Carolina Williams, Mr. John C., Western South Carolina Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Respess S., Western Arkansas Watkins, Mr. T. Reese (Assistant), Middle Georgia [Public Papers: Remarks to Members of the Conference of United States Attorneys]
Congressman George M. Rhodes, Pennsylvania (David Niles asked if this could be arranged; the Congressman had told Mr. Niles he had never met the President and asked if it might be arranged)
Honorable Dean Acheson, Secretary of State (Usual Thursday appointment)
(Mr. Sam Wear, U.S. Attorney, Kansas City, Missouri) OFF THE RECORD
(LUNCH)
(Honorable Philip Perlman, The Solicitor General) OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Arthur Krock, New York Times) (Mr. Joseph Short) (Mr. Joseph Short brought Mr. Krock in thru Lower West Door) OFF THE RECORD
Honorable John W. Snyder, the Secretary of the Treasury
Monsignor Curtis Tiernan
(The President and Mrs. Truman left Blair House for dinner with friends.) OFF THE RECORD
(Staff)
(General Bedell Smith) (Admiral Sidney Souers) OFF THE RECORD (Mr. James Lay)
CABINET [Meeting] (Agriculture represented by Under Secretary McCormick; Labor represented by Under Secretary Galvin; Mr. W. Averell Harriman absent; Mr. Wilson absent. All others present)
(Governor Millard Caldwell, Director of Civilian Defense) OFF THE RECORD
(Mr. Don Bauermeister, of Indianapolis) OFF THE RECORD (Came in to see Mr. Connelly and saw the President OFF RECORD)
Mr. W. F. Norris, of Los Angeles (Old friend of the President; wrote to the President May 8th, asking if he might call while in Washington)
Honorable Frederick Lawton, Director, Bureau of the Budget (Half hour to discuss Military Public works)
(LUNCH)
(Mr. Don Bauermeister, of Indianapolis) OFF THE RECORD
(Honorable Samuel I. Rosenman) OFF THE RECORD
The President saw the members of the Government Emergency Board on the American Airlines Case Mr. David Cole Mr. Frank Douglas Mr. Aaron Horowitz (Donald Strauss, Executive Secretary) (Dr. John R. Steelman) OFF THE RECORD (Arranged by Dr. Steelman)
(The President left Blair House for the Carter Barron Memorial Amphitheatre in Rock Creek Park) OFF THE RECORD
[Public Papers: Remarks at the Dedication of the Carter Barron Amphitheater]
(General Glen. E. Edgerton, Commission on Renovation of the Executive Mansion) OFF THE RECORD
(The President and Major General Glen Edgerton went on an inspection tour of the White House (Executive Mansion) OFF THE RECORD
(General Ralph Truman) OFF THE RECORD
(The President left for the Naval Gun Factory where he boarded the USS WILLIAMSBURG for a week-end cruise) OFF THE RECORD
(The following joined the President aboard the USS WILLIAMSBURG): Honorable Fred Vinson, The Chief Justice Honorable Howard McGrath, The Attorney General Senator Robert Kerr, Oklahoma Honorable Stuart Symington, Chairman, RFC Honorable Mon Wallgren Honorable George Allen Honorable Clark Clifford OFF THE RECORD
(The President returned to the Naval Gun Factory and disembarked from the USS WILLIAMSBURG and motored to the Blair House)
(Admiral Sidney Souers) (Mr. James Lay) OFF THE RECORD
BIG FOUR - The Vice President, Honorable Alben Barkley The Speaker, Honorable Sam Rayburn Senator Ernest W. McFarland, Arizona Congressman Percy Priest, Tennessee (Congressman Priest invited in the place of Cong. McCormack, who was in Massachusetts)
(General Charles Maylon) OFF THE RECORD
CABINET [Meeting] (Interior was not represented as both Secretary and Under Secretary were out of town. Charles Wilson was represented by Sidney Weinberg)
H.E. Einar Gerhardsen, the Prime Minister of Norway, and Mrs. Gerhardsen H.E. Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne, the Ambassador of Norway (The Prime Minister asked if he might bring his wife when he paid this courtesy call on the President; she is President of the Norwegian Labor Union, a Norwegian political party)
Mr. Cody Fowler, President, American Bar Association (Judge Stephens, Chief Judge, Court of Appeals, D.C., called Mr. Connelly May 21st to ask if Mr. Fowler might call on the President)
Honorable Dean Acheson, The Secretary of State (Usual Monday appointment) Honorable John Foster Dulles
(The President gave a small, informal, stag luncheon at the Blair House in honor of the Prime Minister of Norway:) (The following were present:) H.E. The Prime Minister of Norway, Einar Gerhardsen H.E. The Ambassador of Norway, W. Munthe de Morgenstierne Mr. Hans Olav, Norwegian Foreign Office The Vice President, Honorable Alben Barkley The Secretary of State, Honorable Dean Acheson Senator Tom Connally, Texas Sentor H. Alexander Smith, New Jersey Representative James P. Richards, South Carolina Representative John M. Vorys, Ohio Honorable George W. Perkins, Assistant Secretary of State
The President viewed a display of posters in the East Wing, painted by School Children in connection with the Bond Drive.
Honorable Lloyd Spencer (Formerly served short term in Senate from Arkansas, now President of First National Bank of Hope, Arkansas; knew the President when the President was in Senate; asked, thru Mr. Biffle, if he may pay respects)
Honorable Francis J. Myers, former Senator from Pennsylvania (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this)
Congressman Robert Crosser, Ohio Honorable Roy Scott, former Judge (Congressman Crosser called Mr. Connelly and asked if he, with Speaker Rayburn, might bring in Judge Scott; stated Judge Scott had been considered for recent vacancy in Cleveland which was filled by Judge McNamee; Crosser later called and said the Speaker would not come, that he did want the President to know of his interest in Judge Scott. Congressman Crosser just wishes to have Mr. Scott pay his respects, then retire to reception room while the Con- gressman takes up the business of his Committee with the President)
Honorable William M. Boyle, Jr., Chairman, Democratic National Com.
(The President motored to Union Station where he saw Mrs. Truman and Mrs. Wallace off to Missouri. The President returned to the Blair House) OFF THE RECORD
(OFF THE RECORD MEETING AT THE BLAIR HOUSE) The following were present: Senator Brien McMahon, Connecticut Senator Herbert Lehman, New York Senator Theodore Francis Green, Rhode Island Senator Warren G. Magnuson, Washington Senator Matthew M. Neely, West Virginia Congressman Michael J. Kirwan, Ohio Congressman Herman P. Eberharter, Pennsylvania Congressman Henry M. Jackson, Washington Congressman Chet Holifield, California Congressman Ray J. Madden, Indiana Honorable Charles Murphy Honorable David Stowe Honorable George Elsey
Executive Orders:  [10247 SUSPENDING THE LIMITATIONS UPON PUNISHMENTS FOR VIOLATIONS OF ARTICLES 82, 85, 86(3), 87, 90, 91(1) AND (2), 113, AND 115 OF THE UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE]
(Honorable John Townsend, former Senator from Delaware) OFF THE RECORD
Honorable Eric Johnston, Administrator, Economic Stabilization Agency (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday to ask for this)
(Staff)
Senator Wayne Morse, Oregon (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week and asked for this)
(Congressman Clare Magee, Missouri) (Miss Dolores Gualdoni) OFF THE RECORD (Came to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and saw the President OFF RECORD. The Congressman wrote Mr. Matthew Connelly stating that Miss Gualdoni, of St. Louis, would be in Washington for training by Department of Commerce for a job in that Department's St. Louis Office. Recalled that in 1934 when the President ran for Senate there was only one ward leader in St. Louis who supported him, and that was this girl's father, Louis J. Gualdoni of 24th ward)
Commander Charles C. Rawls, Veterans of Foreign Wars Mr. Omar Ketchum, Legislative representative, V.F.W. (Asked if they might come in and present the President with specially bound edition of a pictorial history of World War II)
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt (To report on trip to Europe)
Honorable George Marshall, The Secretary of Defense (Usual Tuesday appointment)
(The President left for the Naval Gun Factory, where he boarded the USS WILLIAMSBURG for Luncheon and holiday cruise.) (The following accompanied the President: Honorable William D. Hassett Honorable Joseph H. Short Admiral Robert L. Dennison General Wallace H. Graham General Robert B. Landry Honorable Donald Dawson Honorable George Elsey Honorable David Stowe Honorable Joseph Feeney Mr. Irving Perlmeter)
(ABOARD USS WILLIAMSBURG)
(ABOARD USS WILLIAMSBURG)
(ABOARD USS WILLIAMSBURG)
Executive Orders:  [10248 TRANSFER OF CERTAIN LANDS FROM THE SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, LAND DISTRICT TO THE LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA, LAND DISTRICT]
[Public Papers: Statement by the President on the Foreign Aid Rider in the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act]
(The President disembarked from the USS WILLIAMSBURG at the Naval Gun Factory and motored to the White House, where he signed the mail and then went to the Blair House)
(The President saw Honorable Charles Murphy and Honorable Joseph Short at the Blair House) OFF THE RECORD
(REMAINED AT THE BLAIR HOUSE)
(The President left for the home of Justice Hugo Black to attend dinner) OFF THE RECORD
Executive Orders:  [10249 PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN SERVICE REPORTING FUNCTIONS]
(Staff)
(Admiral Sidney Souers and Mr. James Lay) OFF THE RECORD
(Honorable George Marshall, The Secretary of Defense) OFF THE RECORD
Cabinet [Meeting] (Secretary Webb for State; Secretary Rentzel for Commerce; Vice President [Alben Barkley]; Dr. John R. Steelman and Mr. W. Averell Harriman absent)