Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
August 14, 1951
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| Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, Minnesota (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week and asked for this.) | ||
| The President received a special delegation from the World Assembly of Youth. The following were present: C. Gerritt Kreveld, of Belgium, Vice Chairman of World Assembly of Youth and Representative of the Socialist Youth of Belgium Antoine M. Lawrence, of French Guinea, Secretary-General of Youth Council of the French Union Joseph Macaulay, of Sierra Leone, National Youth Council Miss Vimala Thakar, of India, All India Youth Congress Mrs. Shah Jahan Fahim, of Pakistan, All Pakistan Women's Assn. Arnulf Pins, of Patterson, New Jersey, Chairman, The Young Adult Council (The President was invited to address this organization at its meeting at Cornell University, but could not attend. A message was sent however, then David N. Davis, representing Collegiate Council of UN asked if the President would receive a representative group.) | ||
| Hon. Robert A. Lovett, Deputy Secretary of Defense (Usual Tuesday appointment for Defense) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (On way to Office from Luncheon, the President dropped by the Old State Department Building, Room 1, to view some exhibits. Arranged by Mr. David Stowe.) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Mr. Alfred E. Howse, Assistant to the Director, Office of Defense Mobilization | ||
| (The President left for the American Legion Headquarters, 1608 K Street, N.W., to dedicate their new Memorial Building. He was accompanied by General Harry Vaughan, Mr. Matthew Connelly and Mr. Joseph Short.) | ||
| [Public Papers: Address at the Dedication of the New Washington Headquarters of the American Legion] | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| (Honorable Louis Johnson) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Congressman Frank M. Karsten, Missouri Congressman Richard Bolling, Missouri Congressman M. G. Burnside, West Virginia Congressman Thomas B. Curtis, Missouri Congressman Cecil M. Harden, Indiana (Congrssman Karsten called Mr. Connelly last week and asked if this Subcommittee Investigating Flood Control and Allied Subjects might call on the President. Congrsesman Karsten is Chairman.) | ||
| Congressman Wilbur D. Mills, Arkansas Congressman James W. Trimble, Arkansas (Congressman Mills called Mr. Connelly last week.) | ||
| Honorable Paul Fitzpatrick, Democratic State Chairman, New York (Called Mr. Connelly last week and asked for this.) | ||
| Honorable Eric Johnston, Administrator, Economic Stabilization Agency (Called Mr. Connelly yesterday and asked for this.) | ||
| Honorable Frank M. McHale, Democratic National Committeeman, Indiana Honorable Paul G. Jasper, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Indiana (Mr. McHale wired Mr. Connelly last Monday and asked for this.) | ||
| (Mr. Harold Lockhart) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Mr. Wayne C. Williams (Mr. Williams is a lawyer from Denver, Colorado. Has written the President several times. The President wrote to Mr. Williams in July re a letter Mr. Williams had written to the paper "Rocky Mountain News" and which Mrs. Roosevelt had liked and quoted in her daily column. In thanking the President for writing him, Mr. Williams asked if he might venture to hope that he might have chance to meet the President when in Washington at this time. The President wrote him to let Mr. Connelly know and that he would be happy to see him.) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (Honorable Edmund [Edmond] Hanrahan) OFF THE RECORD (Came to see Mr. Connelly and saw the President OFF THE RECORD.) | ||
| Senator Joseph O'Mahoney, Wyoming Senator Lester Hunt, Wyoming | ||
| (Honorable Harry Durning, Collector of Customs, New York) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Executive Orders: [10280 SEPARATION OF OFFICERS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ON GROUNDS OF DISLOYALTY] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10279 INSPECTION OF INCOME, EXCESS-PROFITS, DECLARED VALUE EXCESS-PROFITS, CAPITAL STOCK, ESTATE, AND GIFT TAX RETURNS FOR ANY PERIOD TO AND INCLUDING 1950 BY THE SENATE SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE ORGANIZED CRIME IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing Bill Relating to the Employment of Mexican Agricultural Workers] | ||
| (Pre Press) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| Senator Tom Connally, Texas Senator Alexander Wiley, Wisconsin Honorable Dean Acheson, Secretary of State Senator Richard B. Russell, Georgia Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire Honorable Robert A. Lovett, Deputy Secretary of Defense Honorable William C. Foster, Administrator, ECA General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (Arranged at suggestion of Mr. Foster, ECA) | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| The President received a group of British, French and Canadian Exchange Teachers. (This group includes, besides the teachers, the Ambassadors or their representatives, representatives from State Department, Federal Security Agency, American Red Cross, American University, where the teachers will stay. This arranged at request of Federal Security Administrator. Under Teacher Exchange Program an equal number of American teachers take their place abroad. This program sponsored each year by Federal Security Agency in cooperation with the Department of State.) Abbott, Frank C.~Carrington, Kathleen Acard, Mlss. Denise Raymonde~Carry, James P. Acton-Bond, Minnie (Mrs).~Carry, Josephine Almon, Lois~Carter, Roger J. Badham, Peter~Clark, Mildred Baldwin, Doris~Cockram, Hilda Bennett, Eilsen~Cooke, Mary Ann Bernstein, David~Cook, Marcia Bodenan, Mme. Germaine M.Y.~Cullen, Mildred Bonnet, Henri~Curtis, Marjorie Borchardt, Selma~Darke, Marion Bottomley, Mavis~Davidson, Holborn Boys, Betty~Davidson, Mrs. Holborn Bradshaw, Mary~Davies, Owyneth Brigham, William~Derby, Donald Brogden, Ann~Derham, Lilian Browne, Betty~Devins, Denis Bull, Joan~Dhuesne, Robert Burns, Elizabeth~Dickenson, Bertha Butler, Olive~Dolan, Eleanor Caden, Mary~Douglass, Paul Eagles, Jennifer~Poole, Jean Early, William~Probert, Phyllis Edwards, Mary~Rasey, Joen Ellis, Jessie~Reed, Wayne O. Ewing, Oscar R.~Rees, Maldwyn Feeheny, Margaret~Roberts, Damon Finley, David E.~Roberts, Joan Fletcher, Catherine~Rogers, Annie Fraser, Jane W.~Romer, John Fuller, Ethel K.~Romer, Mrs. John Gardner, Dorothy~Ruffin, Henri Gates, Gertrude~Russell, John H. C. Gilson, Gordon~Sargeant, Howland Goldthorpe, Harold J.~Sheahan, Honora Goynes, Lorna~Sibley, Eileen Gregory, Mary~Skinner, Barbara Grigsby, Rall I.~Smith, Edith Hall, George~Smith, John Halstead, Joyce~Smith, Paul E. Haworth, Freda~Smoker, Helen Hiller, Marjorie~Stayner, Roslyn Hinkel, John W. (Mrs.)~Steel, Christopher E. Hopkins, Doreen~Stone, Sylvia Hunt, Ethel I.~Stevens, Marion Jeffery, Dorothy~Stubbs, Gordon Jenkins, Mary K~Swift, Gordon Johnson, Doris~Temple, Marjorie Johnstone, Jr. William C.~Thackars, Ivy Keen, Ella~Thomas, Eric Kernaghan, Mabel~Thurston, John L. Kerr, Margaret~Thurston, Josephine Keyes, Edith M.~Timms, Wilfred Laidlaw-Brown, Joseph~Timms, Mrs. Wilfred Leary, Owen~Timms, Miss Love, Helen~Tourte, Mlle. Yvonne B. Low, Alice~Trivett, John Lowe, Hilda~Trivett, Mrs. John Lloyd, John~Turner, Patricia Mallard, Mary~Villiers, Gustave Malone, Paul~Villiers, Mrs. Gustave Martyn, Angela~Walker, Evelyn McEwan, Marie~Wantiez, Genevieve McGrath, Earl J.~Warner, June McLaughlin, Cornelius~Waterman, Margaret Montel, Alice Rose~Webster, Constance Morgan, Glanville~Welch, Joyce Murra, Wilbur F.~Wightman, Joan Nelson, Raymond H.~Wignall, Edwina Parkin, Mary~Wilkinson, Margaret Parry, Marjorie~Williams, Charlotte Pattison, Ann~Williams, Freda Pearson, Catherine~Williams, Glenys Pellow, Matilda~Williams, Marjorie Perrod, Mlle. Simone Jeanne~Wipperman, Gwyneth Wood, Sarah~York, Lucy Woodward, Ellen S.~Young, Johnston Matthews, W. D., Minister | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks to a Group of Exchange Teachers From Great Britain, France, and Canada] | ||
| Mr. Joe Walcott, Heavyweight Champion of World Reverend Elder L. Michaux Mr. Oliver Cowan Mr. Felix Bocchicchio (Elder Michaux phoned Mr. Connelly last week and asked if Mr. Walcott might have opportunity to pay respects to the President while in Washington attending benefit to raise funds to combat juvenile delinquency.) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, the Under Secretary of State (Usual Thursday appointment for State) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (Mr. David Noyes) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Judge Richard Duncan) (Mr. Joseph Healey) OFF THE RECORD (Came to see Mr. Connelly and saw the President Off the Record) | ||
| Senator Matthew M. Neely, West Virginia Congressman Harley O. Staggers, West Virginia Congressman Cleveland M. Bailey, West Virginia Congressman M. G. Burnside, West Virginia Congresswoman Elizabeth Kee, West Virginia Mr. Robert Mollihan (Senator Neely called Mr. Connelly yesterday and asked if this group could see the President re a plant at Morgantown, West Virginia.) | ||
| (Honorable Mon Wallgren) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The President left for the Departmental Auditorium, where he opened the 1951 meeting of The President's Committee on National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week. Dr. Howard Rusk, Mr. Ted Marks, Mr. Matthew Connelly, General Harry Vaughan and Mr. Joseph Short accompanied the President.) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the President's Committee on National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week] | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| (General Bedell Smith) (Admiral Sidney Souers)OFF THE RECORD (Mr. James Lay) | ||
| Honorable Oscar Chapman, the Secretary of the Interior (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week and asked for this.) | ||
| (Major General Glen E. Edgerton) (Mr. Douglas William Orr) OFF THE RECORD (Mr. Richard Dougherty) (General Edgerton asked if the President could see them a few minutes today, as they were pushing through some financial changes and wanted to report on them. They represent the Commission on Renovation of the Executive Mansion.) | ||
| Honorable Raymond M. Foley, Administrator, Housing and Home Finance Agency (Asked if he might hand the President a complete summary report of the activities of the Flood Relief Program up to and including August 15th. One-half hour) | ||
| Congressman Louis B. Heller, New York (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly week ago to ask for this.) | ||
| Honorable Robert A. Lovett, the Deputy Secretary of Defense (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly on Monday and asked for this.) Honorable William Foster, Administrator, ECA | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (AFTER SIGNING THE MAIL THE PRESIDENT WENT TO THE U.S. NAVAL GUN FACTORY AND BOARDED THE USS WILLIAMSBURG FOR A WEEKEND CRUISE.) | ||
| The President was joined aboard the USS WILLIAMSBURG by Miss Margaret Truman and Mr. and Mrs. John E. Horton. | ||
| The President and his guests remained aboard the USS WILLIAMSBURG. | ||
| Miss Truman and Mr. and Mrs. Horton left the ship. | ||
| [Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress Requesting Additional Funds for the Rehabilitation of the Flood Stricken Areas of the Midwest] | ||
| [Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress Transmitting Soviet Reply to the Resolution of Friendship Adopted by the U.S. Congress] | ||
| (The President returned from his weekend cruise aboard the USS WILLIAMSBURG) | ||
| (Admiral Sidney Souers) (Mr. James Lay) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| BIG FOUR Honorable Alben Barkley, the Vice President Honorable Sam Rayburn, the Speaker Senator Ernest W. McFarland, Arizona Congressman J. Percy Priest, Tennessee Senator Kenneth McKellar, Tennessee Senator Thomas C. Hennings, Jr., Missouri Congressman Richard Bolling, Missouri Congrssman Clarence Cannon, Missouri Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Director, Defense Mobilization Honorable Frederick Lawton, Director, Bureau of the Budget Honorable Raymond M. Foley, Administrator, Housing and Home Finance Agency Colonel A. E. Howse, Assistant to Mr. Charles Wilson (Mr. Charles Murphy and Mr. David Bell) (Mr. Matthew Connelly called the above and asked them to join with the BIG FOUR in this meeting.) | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| The Rigth Honorable Sir Earle Page, the Minister for Health of Australia H.E. Honorable P. C. Spender, K.C., the Ambassador of Australia (On July 20th Prime Minister R. G. Menzies wrote to the President, told him the Minister for Health was to visit Canada and the United States at this time, to study certain developments in Medical Services and Hospitals, and expressed the hope that the President might receive him.) | ||
| Honorable Myron Taylor (Asked for this through Mr. Hassett) | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, the Secretary of State (Usual Monday appointment) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (Honorable Frank Pace, the Secretary of the Army) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Michael V. DiSalle, Director, Office of Price Stabilization (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week and asked for this. One-half hour.) | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing Bill Relating to the Tribal Funds of the Ute Indian Tribe] | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| (Dr. Bruce Forsyth) OFF THE RECORD (Came to see Mr. Connelly and saw the President Off the Record. Asked for this in July but had to be out of town.) | ||
| Congressman Samuel W. Yorty, California (Asked Mr. Connelly if he might come in and discuss the Marguarita River Project in California.) | ||
| Senator Earle C. Clements, Kentucky Senator Thomas Underwood, Kentucky (Senator Clements called Mr. Connelly last Friday and asked for this.) | ||
| Honorable Ellis C. Arnall (Former Governor of Georgia; now with Motion Pictures and Producers Association. Called Mr. Connelly yesterday.) | ||
| Honorable Charles Brannan, the Secretary of Agriculture (Called Mr. Connelly yesterday) | ||
| (Mr. William McEvoy, Assistant Vice President, Pan American Airways) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (Honorable Harry McDonald, Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable D. W. Nyrop, Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board (One-half hour; called Mr. Connelly last Friday) | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| (Mr. Harry Hopkins, of Kansas City) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Congressman Walter K. Granger, Utah (Called last week and asked if he might come in and talk to the President re Weber Basin Reclamation Project.) | ||
| (Brig. Gen. Edwin Schwien, of Franklin, Tennessee) OFF THE RECORD (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week. Came to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and saw the President Off the Record.) | ||
| Honorable J. Howard McGrath, the Attorney General Honorable Peyton Ford, Deputy Attorney General Mr. Abraham J. Harris (Arranged by Mr. Matthew Connelly with the Attorney General.) | ||
| Honorable Elbert N. Carvel, Governor of Delaware, and Military Staff (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week and asked for this.) | ||
| Congressman Clement J. Zablocki, Wisconsin (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday and asked for this.) | ||
| Honorable John W. Gibson, Chairman, Displaced Persons Commission (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday and asked for this.) | ||
| Vice Admiral Arthur C. Davis, Director of Joint Chiefs, Joint Chiefs of Staff | ||
| Congressman Robert Crosser, Ohio (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday and asked for this.) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (Mr. Frank Meyer) (Mr. E. P. Hofstra) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Millard Caldwell, Administrator, Federal Civil Service Admn. (Admiral Sidney Souers and Mr. David Stowe) (Governor Caldwell called Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday and asked for this.) | ||
| (National Security Council) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The President left Blair House for the Auditorium in the Interior Department, where he attended a showing of pictures of the Flood of the Missouri River.) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| [Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress After Further Review of the Defense Production Act Amendments] | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| Honorable Jack O. Gorrie, Acting Chairman, National Security Resources Board (Called Mr. Connelly last Monday and asked for this.) | ||
| Honorable W. Stuart Symington, Chairman, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (Called Mr. Connelly yesterday.) | ||
| Honorable John W. Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury | ||
| (Honorable Dean Acheson, Secretary of State) OFF THE RECORD (Honorable James E. Webb, Under Secretary of State) | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, the Secretary of State (Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (Pre Press) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, in Support of a Narcotics Control Bill] |