Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
August 03, 1951
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| Cabinet [Meeting] (Mr. Robert Lovett for Defense; Mr. Searles for Interior; Mr. Rentzel for Commerce. Mr. W. Averell Harriman and Mr. Wilson absent.) | ||
| (Honorable J. Howard McGrath, the Attorney General) (Honorable Peyton Ford, Deputy Attorney General) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (The Reverend and Mrs. George McNeill Ray, of Key West, Florida) OFF THE RECORD (Reverend Ray was the President's Pastor in Key West; has decided to change to the Episcopal Church, wrote to the President to that effect, and asked if he might drop by and pay respects to the President on his way to Yale University Divinity School. Came to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and saw the President Off the Record.) | ||
| (Martin Lewis) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Albert Hillix) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Admiral Robert Dennison) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. William Hassett) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (General Glen E. Edgerton, Commission on Renovation of the Executive Mansion) OFF THE RECORD (The President went with General Edgerton and Admiral Souers on an inspection tour of the Executive Mansion.) | ||
| (Mr. Roger W. Jones, Assistant Director for Legislative Reference, Bureau of the Budget) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Eben Ayers) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. William Hopkins) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. William Hassett) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Admiral Robert Dennison) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The President returned to the Blair House) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| OFF THE RECORD (The President remained at Blair House most of the day, except for a short time in the afternoon when he went for a motor trip. He dined at home with his family and a few friends.) | ||
| [Public Papers: Veto of Bill Modifying Eligibility Requirements for Pension Payments to Certain Widows of Veterans] | ||
| [Public Papers: Veto of Bill To Increase the Pensions of Certain Disabled Veterans] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the President, CIO, on the Flood Control Problem in the Missouri River Basin] | ||
| (Honorable William M. Boyle, Jr., Chairman, Democratic National Committee) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers, Massachusetts (Called Mr. Connelly last week and asked for this.) | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, Secretary of State (Usual Monday appointment) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (Dr. Edward Condon) (Dr. John R. Steelman) OFF THE RECORD (Dr. Steelman asked if this could be arranged, and brought Dr. Condon in through his office.) | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations, on U.S. Contributions to the U.N. and Other International Organizations] | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| Congresswoman Elizabeth Kee, West Virginia (Newly sworn in and asked if she might pay a courtesy call.) | ||
| Reverend Gilbert V. F. Hartke, O.P. (Of Catholic University; just returned from Europe and asked by the President to come in upon return.) | ||
| Congressman Herbert C. Bonner, North Carolina (Called Mr. Connelly last week and asked for this.) | ||
| Congressman Charles B. Deane, North Carolina (Wrote the President and thanked him for a radio message sent him from the USS WILLIAMSBURG, and asked if he might come in for a chat when convenient.) | ||
| The Honorable Dr. Emit Weil, Minister of Hungary Mr. Klay, interpreter (Newly appointed; presented credentials.) | ||
| The President's Advisory Committee on Management met by arrangement of Director Lawton of the Bureau of the Budget. The following were present: Mr. Thomas A. Morgan~Mr. Edward S. Mason Mr. Vincent Burke~Mr. Otto L. Nelson Mr. Gordon R. Clapp~Mr. James L. Palmer Mr. Herbert Emmerich~Mr. Marcellus C. Sheild Mr. James R. Killian, Jr.~Representing Bureau of the Budget: ~Mr. Lawton ~Mr. Staats ~Mr. Willaim Finan | ||
| Honorable Robert A. Lovett, Deputy Secretary of Defense (Usual weekly appointment for Defense; Marshall away) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Honorable James Blair, Lt. Governor of Missouri (Called Mr. Connelly last week from Jefferson City, Missouri) | ||
| Honorable William M. Boyle, Jr., Chairman, Democratic National Comm. (Usual weekly appointment) | ||
| Honorable Frederick Lawton, Director, Bureau of the Budget (One-half hour) | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations, on the Budget Requests for Flood Control Purposes] | ||
| (Mr. Edward Jacobson, of Kansas City) OFF THE RECORD (Came to see Mr. Connelly and saw the President Off the Record) | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| Congresswoman Vera Buchanan, Pennsylvania (Newly sworn in and asked if she might pay respects.) | ||
| (Mr. William Bray) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| H.E. Dr. You Chan Yang, the Ambassador of Korea (Asked for this through Protocol; brought a personal letter to the President from the President of Korea.) | ||
| (National Security Council) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Louis McGee, of Missouri) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (The President left for the Union Station where he took part in the dedication of the Presidential Lounge for use as Travelers Aid by the United Service Organization (USO).) | ||
| [Public Papers: Address at the Dedication of the Presidential Lounge at Union Station for the Use of Service Men and Women] | ||
| (General Wallace Graham and father) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Executive Orders: [10278 WITHDRAWING FROM APPROPRIATION THE PHOSPHATE RESERVED TO THE UNITED STATES IN CERTAIN PATENTED LANDS AND TRANSFERRING THE USE, POSSESSION, AND CONTROL THEREFOR TO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY.] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House on the International Children's Emergency Fund] | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| (Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ochsner, Blue Township, Missouri) (Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Dameron) OFF THE RECORD (Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Dameron) (Mrs. Jessie Russell) (Mr. Vivian Truman wrote Mr. Connelly and asked if these people might have an opportunity to shake hands with the President. The request came to Mr. Truman from Mrs. Fred Redford, of Independence. Came to see Mr. Connelly and saw the President OFF THE RECORD.) | ||
| (Mr. William Hillman) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Hon. W. Stuart Symington, Chairman, R.F.C. (Called Mr. Connelly on Monday and asked for this.) | ||
| (Honorable Gordon Gray) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Congresman Henry M. Jackson, Washington) (General Mark Clark) OFF THE RECORD (Congressman Jackson asked Mr. Connelly if he might bring the General in Off the Record.) | ||
| (Honorable Jack O. Gorrie, National Security Resources Board) OFF THE RECORD (Called Mr. Connelly yesterday and asked if he might come over today Off the Record.) | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, the Secretary of State (Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (Pre Press) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| (Hon. Charles Wilson) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| [Public Papers: Memorandum and Statement of Policy on the Need for Industrial Dispersion] | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| (General Bedell Smith, Chairman, National Security Council) (Admiral Sidney Souers) OFF THE RECORD (Mr. James Lay, Executive Secretary, National Security Council) | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (Robert Lovett for Defense; Perlman for Justice; Searles for Interior; McCormick for Agriculture; W. Averell Harriman absent.) | ||
| Senator Lister Hill, Alabama (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly Tuesday) | ||
| Rev. R. R. Wright, Jr., with his son and two grandsons (The Reverend Wright is Bishop, Twelfth Episcopal District, African Methodist Episcopal Church, Little Rock, Arkansas. Wrote Mr. Matthew Connelly and asked for this; stated the photograph of the great grandfather of these two boys he brought in, hangs on the wall outside the President's office - it is in "Fish Room", and is photograph of Major R. R. Wright, Founder of National Freedom Day.) | ||
| Honorable Wilson Gilmore, President, Young Democratic Clubs of America Mr. F. M. Gilmore (Wilson Gilmore wrote Mr. Matthew Connelly from Benton, Missouri, asking if he might call on the President and invite him to attend the National Convention of the Young Democratic Clubs of America in St. Louis, October 4-6.) | ||
| (Honorable John Koehler, Assistant Secretary of the Navy) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Honorable Lindsay C. Warren, the Comptroller General (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday and asked for this.) | ||
| (Honorable Donald C. Cook, Vice Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission.) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President on the Death of Stephen T. Early] | ||
| (Mr. Paul Dillon and grandchildren) OFF THE RECORD (Came to see Mr. Connelly and saw the President off the record.) | ||
| (Mr. Bill Little, of Independence) (Mr. Albert B. Lewis) OFF THE RECORD (In city and called Mr. Connelly yesterday) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| OFF THE RECORD (The President remained at home at the Blair House with his family.) | ||
| (Admiral Sidney Souers) OFF THE RECORD (Mr. James Lay, Executive Secretary, National Security Council) | ||
| BIG FOUR Honorable Alben Barkley, the Vice President Honorable Sam Rayburn, the Speaker of the House Senator Ernest McFarland, Arizona Congressman John W. McCormack, Massachusetts | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| (Honorable Charles Wilson, Director of Defense Mobilization) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Senator Harley M. Kilgore, West Virginia (Mr. Matthew Connelly called the Senator and asked him to come down.) | ||
| Hon. Monroe Sweetland, Democratic State Chairman, Oregon (Arranged at request of National Committee) | ||
| Hon. James E. Webb, Under Secretary of State Hon. H. Freeman Matthews, Deputy Under Secretary of State (Secretary of State's usual Monday appointment.) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (Colonel Earl Blaik, Coach of West Point Football Team) (General Harry Vaughan) OFF THE RECORD (Arranged by General Harry Vaughan, who brough the Colonel in from his office.) | ||
| Judge Albert Lee Stephens, U. S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit Albert Lee Stephens, Jr. (Judge Stephens called Mr. Matthew Connelly Friday, stating he was in city and would like to pay respects.) | ||
| Hon. Frederick Lawton, Director, Bureau of the Budget (One-half hour) | ||
| (Honorable John W. Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Theodore Marks) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Worked on American Legion Speech.) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The President dropped in on a meeting in the Fish Room of the Special Medical Mission to Saudi Arabia arranged by General Graham. The following were present: Colonel Edwin Matthew Goyette, Fitzsimmons Hospital Colonel John W. Kemble, Walter Reed Army Hospital Captain Charles Lee Ferguson, Norfolk Naval Hospital Captain Francis E. Foley, Walter Reed Army Hospital James Ivan Myers, Hospitalman 1st Class, Bethesda Naval Center Sgt. Edward E. Stults, Walter Reed Army Hospital M/Sgt. Thomas Stultz, Walter Reed Army Hospital Major Dan J. Jacobs, Pilot and Captain of Air Ship Captain Donald Julin, Navigator Mr. Fred H. Awalt, Saudi Arabian Desk, State Department Lt. Colonel Claude M. Eberhart, Surgeon General's office) | ||
| (The President left for the National Cathedral, with Admiral William Leahy, General Harry Vaughan and Admiral Sidney Souers, to attend Mr. Early's funeral services.) | ||
| Congressman Franklin D. Roosevelt, New York (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week and asked for this.) | ||
| Honorable Charles Sawyer, Secretary of Commerce (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday and asked for this.) | ||
| Mr. John A. Reilly, President, Second National Bank of Washington, D. C. Mr. Francis J. Kane Captain B. W. Hogan Mr. Edgar Morris (Mr. Reilly phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly August 9th and asked if this group might call on the President to invite him to attend dinner October 1st in honor of Honorable Francis Matthews, retiring Secretary of Navy and present Ambassador to Ireland.) |