Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
October 24, 1945
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| OWMR Advisory Committee - Mr. James G. Patton; Mr. Nathaniel Dyke, Jr.; Mr. George H. Mead; Mr. O. Max Gardner; Mrs. Anna Rosenberg. (Meeting with Mr. John Snyder and wish to come over and see the President for few minutes) | ||
| (At White House - receive with Mrs. Truman the members of National Board of United Council of Church Women) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9646 COAT OF ARMS, SEAL, AND FLAG OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9647 REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE GIVING OF PUBLIC NOTICE AND THE PRESENTATION OF VIEWS IN CONNECTION WITH FOREIGN TRADE AGREEMENTS(1)] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9648 DISCONTINUING THE MATAGORDA BAY DEFENSIVE SEA AREA(1)] | ||
| Congressman Carter Manasco, Alabama (The President sent out word wanted to see him) | ||
| Mr. James S. Lillis of Kansas City | ||
| The Secretary of War [Robert P. Patterson] (Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer of University of California (Re atomic bomb) | ||
| Mr. Leslie L. Travis; Mr. George Spiva. (Mr. Travis is Postmaster at Joplin - we wrote him the President would be glad to see him when he came to Washington) | ||
| Hon. Raymond M. Foley, Commissioner, FHA | ||
| Congressman William M. Whittington, Miss. (The President sent out word wished to see) | ||
| Mr. Leon Reliford of Hickman Mills, Mo. (With Metal Workers International Union, and knew the President in Kansas City at which time he was connected with Building Trades Union) | ||
| General Henry H. Arnold (Re a note which Secretary Stimson left for him to take up with the President) | ||
| The Secretary of Labor [Lewis B. Schwellenbach] | ||
| H.E. Hon. Sergio Osmena, the President of the Philippine Commonwealth The Secretary of the Interior [Harold L. Ickes] Hon. Paul V. McNutt (Mr. McNutt urged that this appointment be made, as he felt it important that they talk to the President) | ||
| The Secretary of the Interior [Harold L. Ickes] (Mr. Ickes had earlier asked and secured this appointment alone) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letters to the High Commissioner to the Philippines and to the Heads of Federal Agencies Recommending Measures for the Assistance of the Philippines] | ||
| (Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wear) (OFF THE RECORD) | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] | ||
| Congressman Joseph J. Mansfield, Texas (The President sent out word he wanted to see) | ||
| The Secretary of Agriculture [Clinton P. Anderson]; Cong. Milton H. West, Texas; Cong. Walt Horan, Wash. (Rep); Cong. John Phillips, Calif.; (Rep); Cong. Pat Cannon, Fla.; Cong. John E. Lyle, Texas; Cong. Tom Pickett, Texas; Mr. Austin Anson, Exec. Manager, Texas Citrus & Vegetable Growers and Shippers; Mr. Dean Stanley, Director of Western Growers Assn., Phoenix, Ariz.; Mr. Sidney Carnine, Exec. Secy. and Manager of Kearn County Potato Growers Assn., Bakersfield, Calif.; Mr. C.N. Palmer, United Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Association; Mr. H.A. Thomas, Chairman of Agricultural Labor Council of California. (This is group meeting with Clinton P. Anderson & Congressman & producers of citrus fruits and other types of agricultural products. Wish to discuss their ideas re agricultural labor - where labor disputes of this kind should be handled under Lea Amendment) | ||
| Mr. Lynn U. Stambaugh (Arranged at suggestion of Mr. Hannegan) | ||
| Mr. I.A. O'Shaughnessy, of St. Paul (Mr. Hannegan asked that we make this - O'Shaughnessy first name Ignatius Aloysis, is prominent Catholic layman, Secretary of St. Thomas College, President of Globe and Refining Co. since 1917, as well as many other Public Utility Companies, Director First Natl. Bank St. Paul, and in last Presidential election very influential in helping the Party in Iowa) | ||
| General Shingha Shumshere Jung Bahadur Rana, K.B.E. (At present in New York and has been instructed by his Govt. - he is Minister of Nepal to London - to convey its greetings and good wishes to the President. The Kingdom of Nepal is an independent State which lies in the Himalayas between India and Tibet. Country has treaty relations and exchanges diplomatic representatives only with the British and this is first time a high Nepalese official has visited the U.S. - is called General Shingha) | ||
| Hon. Sidney Hillman (We sent for him to come down) | ||
| Senator Frank P. Briggs, Mo. Mr. Allen L. Oliver (To talk about National Park Forest in Missouri - Oliver is a lawyer from Cape Girardeau) | ||
| Delegation representing the National Officer's Committee of Fraternal Order of Eagles: Mr. M.L. Brown, Springfield, O.; Mr. Edward F. Poss, Toledo, O. (Grand Worthy Organizer); Mr. Robt. W. Hansen, Milwaukee, Wis.; Mr. John A. Able, Kansas City, Mo.; Mr. Charles P. McCann, Newark, N.J.; Mr. Lester H. Loble, Helena, Mont.; Mr. Norman J. Gidley, Phila, Pa.; Dr. Fred D. Duley, Brazil, Ind.; Mr. Vincent N. Miles, Post Office Department, Washington, D.C. (To present the details of the Memorial Foundation Fund of their Order - want picture) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| In New York for Navy Day ceremonies. | ||
| [Public Papers: Address in New York City at the Commissioning of the U.S.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt] | ||
| [Public Papers: Address on Foreign Policy at the Navy Day Celebration in New York City] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9650 DISCONTINUING PORTLAND, MAINE; PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE; BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS; NARRAGANSETT BAY; NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT; NEW YORK HARBOR; DELAWARE BAY AND RIVER; CHESAPEAKE BAY-NORFOLK; CHARLESTON HARBOR; AND BUZZARDS BAY AND VINEYARD SOUND DEFENSIVE S] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9649 TERMINATION OF THE OFFICE OF FISHERY COORDINATION(1)] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to Dr. Lyman J. Briggs on His Retirement as Director of the National Bureau of Standards] | ||
| Senator Kenneth McKeller, Senator Alben W. Barkley; Speaker Sam Rayburn; Congressman John W. McCormack. | ||
| (Mr. Benjamin F. Fairless) (Mr. John Snyder bringing in off the record - Director of U.S. Steel since 1938) | ||
| Hon. William Green, President, A.F. of L.; Mr. Matthew Woll, V.P. American Federation of Labor; Mr. Martin Durkin, President, United Association of Plumbers and Steam Fitters of the United States and Canada; Mr. Boris Shishkin, Economist, American Federation of Labor. (This is first of labor groups to call on the Presi- dent this week, preceding Labor-Management Conference on November 5th) | ||
| Hon. Marriner S. Eccles, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; Hon. V.S. Szymczak, Board of Governors; Mr. Albert Creighton, Boston; Mr. Beardsley Ruml, New York City; Mr. Thomas B. McCabe, Phila.; Mr. George C. Brainard, Cleveland; Mr. Robert Lassiter, Richmond; Mr. Frank H. Neely, Atlanta; Mr. Simeon Leland, Chicago; Mr. William T. Hardin, St. Louis; Mr. W.C. Coffey, Minneapolis; Mr. Robert B. Caldwell, Kansas City; Mr. Jay Taylor, Dallas. | ||
| Secretary Fred M. Vinson (To sell President a $200 Roosevelt Memorial Bond) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Ned Brown; John Snyder | ||
| Senator Henry Cabot Lodge | ||
| Robert E. Hannegan [Postmaster General] and Gael Sullivan, 2nd Asst. Postmaster General. | ||
| Executive Orders: [9651 AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER 9599(1), PROVIDING FOR ASSISTANCE TO EXPANDED PRODUCTION AND CONTINUED STABLIZATION OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY DURING THE TRANSITION FROM WAR TO PEACE, AND FOR THE ORDERLY MODIFICATION OF WARTIME CONTROLS OVER PRICES, WAGES, MATERIA] | ||
| Senator Burnet Maybank | ||
| Mr. George Meany; Mr. James M. Duffy (Second group representing Labor delegates to Labor- Management Conference. Two others were in this group - Dan Tobin and A. L. Spradling of Amalgamated Association of Street & Electric Ry. Employees of America. Tobin and Spradling were both unable to get here before next Sunday) | ||
| The British Ambassador Mr. Leslie Hore-Belisha | ||
| The Far Eastern Advisory Commission: Maj. Gen. Frank R. McCoy, U.S.; The Earl of Halifax, United Kingdom; Dr. Wei Tao-ming, China; Hon. Herbert Evatt, Australia; M. Paul Emile Naggiar, France; Mr. Thomas A. Stone. Canada; Gen. Carlos Romulo, Philippine Commonwealth; Dr. A. Loudon, Netherlands; Mr. C.A. Berendsen, New Zealand; Hon. Sir Girja Shankar Bajpai, India. | ||
| Mr. Lester Marke, Sunday Editor of New York Times (In Washington early part this week and wishes to pay respects) | ||
| Hon. Harold D. Smith, Director, Bur of the Budget (The President sent out word he wanted to see) | ||
| Professor J.T. Saulter (Formerly of Univ. of Wis. (Now War Dept.) with refer- ence to book he is writing on public men. Part relat- ing to the President which is coming out soon, was written while the President was still Vice President. Professor has to make some revisions and needs to see the President just a few minutes. Mr. Charles Ross thinks for sake of accuracy might be good idea let him in) | ||
| Dean Francis X. Swietlik, Dean of Marquette University, Milwaukee, and President of Polish War Relief; Mr. B.L. Smykowski. (This arranged through Senator Mead, who says this man is spokesman in this country for striken Polish people, is highly respected, and the Senator feels it important that the President see him) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Broadcast [Public Papers: Radio Address to the American People on Wages and Prices in the Reconversion Period] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9652 AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN PERSONNEL IN THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE (1)] | ||
| (Maj. Gen. Arthur Wilson) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| Mr. William L. Hutcheson, President United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Mr. George Harrison, President, Brotherhood of Railway Clerks Mr. Herman Winter, President, Bakery and Confectionary Workers International Union of America (Mr. Patrick E. Gorman, Sec.-Treas., Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Brothers Workmen of N.A. - did not come but invited) | ||
| Mr. Leo. E. Koehler; Mr. Robert Koehler | ||
| Commander Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. - to pay respects) | ||
| The Postmaster General [Robert E. Hannegan]; Governor Robert S. Kerr, Oklahoma | ||
| Presentation to the President of certificate of Honorary Membership in the University of Missouri Alumni Association with the following present: Senator Forrest C. Donnell; Senator Frank P. Briggs; Congressman C. Jasper Bell; Congressman A.S.J. Carnahan; Congressman Clarence Cannon; Congressman George B. Schwabe; Congressman Max Schwabe; Congressman Orville Zimmerman; Dr. William Dwight Curtis; Mrs. Clarence Cannon, wife of Congr. Clarence Cannon; Hon. Robert M. McMillan, Federal Trade Commission; Hon. Samuel A. O'Neal; Mr. Milo H. Brinkely; Mr. Preston C. Alexander; Mr. Paul T. Truitt; Mr. Douglas Cornell; Mr. Maurice P. Murphy; Mr. James Steele Williams; Miss Helen M. Strong; Mr. John Q. Adams; Miss Katherine M. Helm; Miss Helen J. Roman; Mr. John W. McIntire; Miss Genevieve W. Cremins; Mr. James S. Cremins; Mr. Roy E. Miller; Mr. Frank B. Scheetz; Mrs. Frank B. Scheetz; Mr. Chester H. Gray; Mr. John S. Hornback; Mr. Garland B. Conley; Miss Marie Gurley; Mr. O. E. Reed; Mr. John B. Gordon; Mr. Clark Nichols | ||
| Hon. Edwin Pauley | ||
| Hon. John B. Blandord, Jr. | ||
| Dr. Harlow Shapley, of Harvard University (Secretary Wallace spoke to the President about seeing him) | ||
| Mr. Harry C. Bates, President, Bricklayers, Masons & Plasterers International Union of America; Mr. David Dubinsky, President, International Ladies Garment Workers Union; Mr. Elmer E. Milliman, President, Brotherhood Maintenance of Way Employees | ||
| Congressman Emanuel Celler, N. Y.; Mrs. Vijayalakahmi Pandit (Sister of Jawaharlal Nehru, and in addition, according to Sec. James F. Byrnes, is distinguished leader in her own right and one of the most outstanding women in India. Came to this country early this year to attend meeting of the Institute of Pacific Relations and has since then appeared on numerous public platforms and given several radio broadcasts. She returns to India in near future to participate in forthcoming general elections. Has not previously requested interview with the President but was entertained informally at tea by Mrs. Roosevelt early in 1945.) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9653 AMENDING SCHEDULES A AND B OF THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES(1)] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President on Announcing the Mission to Japan of Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, Personal Representative of the President on Reparations Matters] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to Edgar F. Puryear on Receiving Report of the Review Committee on Deferment of Government Employees] | ||
| Mr. M.M. Anderson, Vice President, Aluminum Co. of America; Mr. W.J. Grede, President and Director, Crede Foundries, Milwaukee; Mr. Edward P. Palmer, President, Senior and Palmer, Inc., NYC; Mr. Fred Smith of New York (Management Group) | ||
| Mr. C.R. Hook, Pres., Am. Rolling Mill Co., Middletown, O.: Mr. Ira Mosher, Pres., Russell Harrington Cutlery Co., Southbridge, Mass.; Mr. H.W. Prentis, Jr., Pres. Armstrong Cork Co., Lancaster, Pa.; Mr. W.M. Rand, Pres., Monsanto Chemical Co., St. Louis (Management Group) | ||
| Mr. John L. Lewis, Pres. United Mine Workers of America; Mr. Thomas Kennedy, Sec.-Treas. United Mine Workers; Mr. T.C. Cashen, Chrmn., Railway Labor Executives Assn. Mr. A.E. Lyon, Exec. Sec.-Treas., Railway Labor Executives Assn. (Labor Group) | ||
| Mr. John Holmes, Pres., Swift and Co., Chicago; Mr. Leonard R. Hurtz, Pres., Fairmont Creamery Co., Omaha; Mr. Louis Ruthenburg, Pres., Servel, Inc., Evansville, Ind. (Mr. Noah Dietrich, Exec.V.P. Hughes Tool Co., Houston invited but did not attend) (Management Group) | ||
| Senator Harry F. Byrd (to talk on Government reorganization) | ||
| Mr. Philip Murray, President CIO; Mr. Sidney Hillman, Pres., Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America; Mr. James B. Carey, Sec.Treas., CIO; Mr. Ted F. Silvery, Chrmn., CIO Reconversion Committee Mr. Joseph Curran, Pres., Natl. Maritime Union of A., NYC (Labor Group) | ||
| Mr. Edw. N. Allen, Pres. Sage-Allen & Co., Hartford, Conn.; Mr. C.W. Doherty, Great Western Sugar Co., Denver; Mr. H.W. Steinkraus, Pres. Bridgeport Brass Co.; Mr. Chas. J. Symington, Chrmn., The Symington-Gould Corp., NYC (Management) | ||
| Hon. Dr. Herbert V. Evatt, Foreign Minister of Australia | ||
| Sen. Glen H. Taylor, Idaho | ||
| Hon. Henry Morgenthau, Jr.; Mr. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.; Hon. Frank Walker; Hon. George Allen; Hon. Samuel I. Rosenman; Mr. Robert Sherwood; Hon. Joseph L. Davies; Adm. William D. Leahy; The Secretary of Commerce [Henry A. Wallace]; Mr. William Green; Mr. Philip Murray; Hon. Alf Landon (Incorporation of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Foundation) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| The Secretary of the Navy [James Forrestal] | ||
| Sen. Brien McMahon | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] | ||
| Mr. R.J. Thomas, Pres., United Automobile Workers; Mr. Albert J. Fitzgerald, Pres., United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, NYC; Mr. Allan S. Haywood, Director of Organization, CIO; Mr. L.S. Buckmaster, Pres., United Rubber Workers of America, Akron (Labor Group) | ||
| Mr. M.W. Clement, President, Pennsylvania RR; Mr. Geo. H. Love, Pres., Consolidation Coal Co., Pittsburgh; Mr. James Tanham, V.P., The Texas Co., NYC; Mr. R.J. Thomas, Pres., Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron (Management Group) | ||
| Mr. A.W. Robertson, Chairman, Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh (arranged at suggestion of Hugh Fulton) | ||
| Mr. Lee H. Hill, V.P., McGraw-Hill Pub. Co., NYC; Mr. W.M. Ringer, Pres. ,Foley Manufacturing Co., Minneapolis; Mr. Chas. E. Wilson, Pres., General Motors, Detroit; Mr. Harry Woodhead Pres., Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp., San Diego (Management Group) | ||
| Hon. Charles C. Gossett, Gov. of Idaho (In town for Maine-Idaho potato contest at Capitol - and wants to see President re agricultural problems in his state as well as such problems national - bringing box of potatoes - wants picture) | ||
| Mr. Emil Rieve, Pres., Textile Workers Union of America, NYC; Mr. Lee Pressman, Gen. Counsel, CIO; Mr. Geo. F. Addes, Sec. Treas., United Automobile Workers of America, Detroit; Mr. Clinton S. Golden, Asst. to Pres., United Steelworkers of America, Pittsburgh (Labor Group) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Hon. Edwin Pauley | ||
| Executive Orders: [9654 ADOPTING AND RATIFYING THE CAPTURE OF THE GERMAN STEAMSHIP "MILWAUKEE"] | ||
| Mrs. Electra Waggoner Biggs (Sculptor who did bust of the President - to be photographed with him) | ||
| Mr. Reid Robinson, President, International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, Chicago; Mr. John Green, Pres., Industrial Union of Marine and Ship- building Workers of America, Camden, NJ; Mr. Julius Emspak, Sec. Treas., United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, NYC; Mr. Willard Townsend, Pres., United Transport Service Employees, Chicago (Labor Group) | ||
| Mr. George Albert Smith, President, Mormon Church; Mr. Joseph Anderson, Sec. to Mr. Smith; Mr. John A. Widtsoe, Apostle, and in charge of European work of Mormon Church; Mr. Thomas E. McKay, Apostle (Mr. Brossard arranged this appointment - Widtsoe and McKay, Apostles in the Church, are enroute to Europe to reestablish missions of Mormon Church destroyed by war) | ||
| Mr. Chas. A. Eaton, Jr., Exec. Vice Pres., N.J. State Chamber Commerce, Newark; Mr. S.B. Grove, Exec. Manager, Toledo Chamber Commerce; Mr. Eric A. Johnston, Chairman of the Board, Wash. Brick & Lime Co., Spokane; Mr. Joyce O'Harra, Asst. to the Pres., Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.; Mr. Raymond S. Smethurst, Counsel, Natl. Assn. Manufacturers; Hon. George W. Taylor, Jenkintown, Pa.; Mr. Noah Dietrich, Pres., Hughes Tool Co., Houston (Management Group) |