Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
November 01, 1951
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| Honorable James E. Webb, Under Secretary of State (Usual Thursday appointment for State) | ||
| (LUNCH - Private luncheon at the Blair House with Their Royal Highnesses, the Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh of Great Britain.) | ||
| Honorable Thurmond Chatham, of North Carolina Mr. James McGregor, of Sidney, Australia Judge Thurmond Clark, of Los Angeles, California (Congressman Chatham asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this; Mr. McGregor of Australia has been cleared through Protocol.) | ||
| (The President posed for movies of speech for November 11th on Recruiting.) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Eric Johnston, Economic Stabilization Administrator | ||
| (The President, Mrs. Truman and Miss Truman left Blair House for the Canadian Embassy, where they attended a small dinner in their honor given by Their Royal Highnesses, the Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh of Great Britain: The President and Mrs. Truman Miss Margaret Truman Their Royal Highnesses, the Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh of Great Britain H.E. The Ambassador of Great Britain and Lady Franks Hon. James Webb and Mrs. Webb Honorable and Mrs. John W. Snyder Honorable and Mrs. Robert A. Lovett General and Mrs. George C. Marshall Hon. John F. Simmons Mrs. Elphinstone Lieutenant Parker | ||
| Executive Orders: [10301 AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10161, (2) AS AMENDED, TO PROVIDE FOR ALTERNATE MEMBERS OF TH WAGE STABILIZATION BOARD] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10302 INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE ON NARCOTICS] | ||
| [Public Papers: Memorandum of Disapproval of Bill Relating to the Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing the First and Second Supplemental Appropriation Acts, 1952] | ||
| [Public Papers: Memorandum of Disapproval of Bill Requiring Segregation in Certain Schools on Federal Property] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing Bill Relating to Narcotics Laws Violations] | ||
| (General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff) (To be photographed with the President) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| (Mr. and Mrs. Hy Davidson and son, of Kansas City) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (General W. Bedell Smith) OFF THE RECORD (Mr. James Lay, Executive Secretary, National Security Council) | ||
| Honorable Charles Brannan, the Secretary of Agriculture (Asked for this - Half Hour) | ||
| (Honorable J. Howard McGrath, the Attorney General) OFF THE RECORD (To be photographed with the President) | ||
| (Honorable George Harrison) (Mr. Dick Gray) OFF THE RECORD (Mr. Harrison, of the Railroad Brotherhoods, called Mr. Connelly and asked for this Off the Record for himself and Mr. Gray, head of the Building Trades Union. A. F. of L.) | ||
| Mr. George Leary, Executive Vice Chairman, Democratic National Committee (Mr. Boyle asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange this) | ||
| Congressman Francis E. Walter, Pennsylvania Congressman Frank L. Chelf, Kentucky Congressman J. Frank Wilson, Texas Congresmman Michael A. Feighan, Ohio Congressman Angier L. Goodwin, Massachusetts (Congressman Walter asked if he might bring in his Subcommittee which was going to Europe November 7th on International Conference on Migration) | ||
| (Honorable Gordon Gray) (Mr. Robert Cutler, Assistant to Mr. Gordon Gray) OFF THE RECORD (Mr. Gordon Gray asked for this Off the Record) | ||
| Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh of Great Britain (Presented to the President the gift of the King of England and said "goodbye".) [Public Papers: Remarks in Response to the Presentation by Princess Elizabeth of an Overmantel for the White House] | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (Honorable Frank C. Pace, Jr., Secretary of the Army) OFF THE RECORD (Asked for this Off Record) | ||
| Honorable Michael V. DiSalle, Office of Price Stabilization (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday and asked for this.) | ||
| General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (Reported on trip to Europe, Korea, Formosa, etc.) | ||
| (Mr. William Hopkins) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Dr. John R. Steelman) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Joseph Short) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Lambert O'Malley) (Mr. Donald Dawson) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The President greeted the University of Missouri football team, here in Washington for the Missouri-Maryland Football Game that afternoon. Arranged by Mr. Donald Dawson) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Admiral Robert Dennison) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Joseph Short) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable James E. Webb, Under Secretary of State) OFF THE RECORD (The President asked Secretary James E. Webb to come over) | ||
| (General Wallace Graham) (Mr. David Stowe) OFF THE RECORD (Mr. Milton Kayle, Assistant to Mr. David Stowe) | ||
| (Dr. Dean A. Clark, Director, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston) (Cancelled yesterday and asked to come over today. This was originally arranged for 3:00 p.m., Friday, November 2, 1951 by Mr. Donald Dawson. Came to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and saw the President OFF THE RECORD) | ||
| (Mr. Eben Ayers) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. William Hassett) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Hopkins) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Congressman Frank L. Chelf, Kentucky) OFF THE RECORD (Came in at the request of the President) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (The President and Mrs. Truman attended a showing of the Winston Jewel Collection at the American Security and Trust Company.) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The President went to the Naval Hospital to visit Arthur Prettyman, his valet, who is ill.) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The President and Mrs. Truman went to tea at the home of Mrs. John Horton - Drucie Snyder) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable Charles Wilson, Director of Defense Mobilization) (Honorable John R. Steelman, Assistant to the President) (Honorable Maurice J. Tobin, Secretary of Labor) (To be photographed with the President OFF THE RECORD) | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| (Honorable Dan A. Kimball, the Secretary of the Navy) (General Clifton B. Cates, Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps) (Lt. Gen. L. C. Shepherd, Jr., U. S. Marine Corps) (Admiral Robert Dennison) (Arranged by Admiral Robert Dennison, who brought them in OFF THE RECORD) | ||
| Congressman Charles B. Deane, North Carolina (Cabled Mr. Matthew Connelly from London October 14th to thank for being invited to accompany the President to Winston-Salem, and at same time asked if he might come in at the President's convenience and tell him about his conference in Germany with Adenaur.) | ||
| Mr. Irving Edison, President, National Jewish Welfare Board Mr. Samuel D. Gershovitz, former Director Mr. Philip Schiff, Washington Director Mr. Joseph Lerner, of Kansas City, Missouri, Chairman of their Mobilization Conference (They had asked the President to attend their Dinner, and as he was unable to be present, they asked if they might present to him a volume of the findings of their Mobilization Conference.) | ||
| Mr. Orville Crouch Mr. Dore Schary, Producer with Metro Goldwyn Mayer (Arranged at request of Orville Crouch) | ||
| The President received the Members of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services, which appointment was arranged at the request of Mrs. Anna Rosenberg. The following were present: AUSTIN, Dean Myrtle, Salt Lake City, Utah BARBER, Miss Mary I., Battle Creek, Michigan BLANDING, Miss Sara G., Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. BROOKS, Mrs. R. Max., Austin, Texas BUCK, Mrs. J. L., Richmond, Virginia DAVIS, Mrs. Dwight, Washington, D. C. EBELING, Miss L. E., Cleveland, Ohio EDWARDS, Mrs. India, Washington, D. C. EWING, Mrs. E. S., New Orleans, La. GIBBONS, Miss Mary L., New York, N. Y. GILBRETH, Dr. Lillian, Montclair, New Jersey GOULD, Mrs. Beatrice B., Ladies Home Journal, Philadelphia, Pa. GRIFFIN, Mrs. Francis (Irene Dunn), West Los Angeles, California HARRIS, Mrs. J. Ramsay, Denver, Colorado HAYES, Miss Helen, Nyack, New York HEIGHT, Miss Dorothy I., c/o National YWCA, New York, N. Y. HILLMAN, Mrs. Sidney, New York, New York HOBBY, Mrs. Oveta Culp, Houston, Texas HORTON, Mrs. Douglas, New York, New York KENWORTHY, Dr. Marion E., M.D., New York, N. Y. LANG, Mrs. Claire M., of Franklin Simon, New York, N. Y. LEE, Mrs. Bradner W., Jr., Los Angeles, California LLOYD-JONES, Dr. Esther, New York, N. Y. LORD, Mrs. Oswald B., New York, N. Y. LOVE, Mrs. J. Spencer, Washington, D. C. LUCAS, Birmingham, Alabama MAHONEY, Mrs. Florence, Washington, D. C. MARKEL, Mrs. Hazel, Mutal Broadcasting System, Washington, D. C. MAYES, Mrs. Gilford, Washington, D. C. McINTOSH, Mrs. Millicent C., New York, N. Y. McMANUS, Dr. Louise, New York, N. Y. MOORE, Mrs. Maurice, New York, N. Y. PILLSBURY, Mrs. Philip W., c/o Pillsbury Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn. REID, Mrs. Helen Rogers, New York Herald Tribune, New York, N. Y. ROCKEFELLER, Mrs. Nelson A., New York, N. Y. RUSSELL, Mrs. Henry Potter, Burlingame, California SHAVER, Miss Dorothy, c/o Lord & Taylor, New York, N. Y. SCOTT, Dr. K. Frances, c/o Smith College, Northampton, Mass. SOUTHALL, Miss Sara E., Chicago, Illinois STRATTON, Dr. Dorothy C., c/o Girl Scouts, U.S.A., New York, N. Y. STREETER, Mrs. Thomas W., Morristown, New Jersey SULZBERGER, Mrs. Arthur Hays, c/o New York Times, New York, N. Y. TAYLOR, Miss Elizabeth P., Little Rock, Arkansas TROXELL, Mrs. Mark G., University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin WANAMAKER, Mrs. Pearl A., Old Capitol Building, Olympia, Washington WHITE, Miss Helen C., Madison, Wisconsin WHITNEY, Mrs. John Hay, New York, N. Y. WRIGHT, Mrs. Quincy, Chicago, Illinios Representatives from Department of Defense: ROSENBERG, Hon. Anna M., Assistant Secretary of Defense HALLAREN, Col. Mary E., Director of the WAC SHELLY, Col. Mary Jo, Director of the WAF TOWLE, Col. Katharine A., Director of the Marines HANCOCK, Capt. Joy B., Director of the WAVES GIBSON, Captain Winnie, Director of the Navy Nurse Corps PERRY, Colonel Mirian E., Chief, Air Force Women's Medical Specialist Corps ZELLER, Colonel Verena M., Chief, Air Force Nurse Corps BRYANT, Colonel Ruby, Chief, Army Nurse Corps VOGEL, Colonel Emma E., Chief, Army Women's Medical Specialist Corps. McQUATTERS, Lt. Col. Geneva F., Executive Secretary of the Committee BLEWETT, Captain Evelyn, Public Information Coordinator of the Comm. NUTHALL, Major A. J., Assistant to Asst. Secretary of Defense STRONG, Dr. Esther, Office of Asst. Secretary of Defense BANISTER, Miss Margaret, Office of Public Information MORELAND, WO Stephen, Joint Orientation Committee, OPI FLOYD, Commander John P., Office of Public Information ALBRO, Miss Norma L., Secretariat of the Committee D'ACOSTA, Major Beatrice A., Air Force Liaison Officer HERBERT, Major Selma L., Army Liaison Officer McDONALD, Captain Mary, Marine Liaison Officer CARSON, Lt. Mildred, Navy Liaison Officer McCOY, Commander Ouida A., Navy Liaison Officer [Public Papers: Remarks to Members of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services] | ||
| H.E. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, the Ambassador of India (Leaving Washington for India and asked, through Protocol, to say "goodbye".) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, Under Secretary of State (Usual Monday appointment; just 15 minutes today instead of hal hour) | ||
| General of the Armies Dwight D. Eisenhower | ||
| (LUNCH - At Blair House with General Eisenhower) | ||
| (General Eisenhower) OFF THE RECORD (To be photographed with the President) | ||
| General Dwight D. Eisenhower Honorable Robert A. Lovett, Secretary of Defense Honorable James E. Webb, Acting Secretary of State Honorable Frank C. Pace, Secretary of the Army Honorable Dan A. Kimball, Secretary of the Navy Honorable Thomas K. Finletter, Secretary of the Air Force General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff, USA Admiral D. B. Duncan, Acting Chief of Naval Operations General Hoyt S. Vandenburg, Chief of Staff, USAF Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Director of Defense Mobilization Honorable William C. Foster, Deputy Secretary of Defense Honorable Frank Nash, Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Colonel William Steele, from SHAPE Hon. Freeman Matthews Messrs. Charles Murphy, Joseph Short and George Elsey | ||
| (General Frank Lowe) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| At Blair House: The President received the Members of the Supreme Court of the United States at the Blair House. This was their annual call on the President. | ||
| At Blair House (Honorable Charles E. Wilson, Director of Defense Mobilization) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| At Blair House (Mr. William Hillman) (Mr. Alfred Wagg) (Mr. Edward K. Armour) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Executive Orders: [10303 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN CERTAIN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS OPERATED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY AND CERTAIN OF THEIR EMPLOYEES] | ||
| (The President, accompanied by Mr. Joseph Short, left Blair House for the Carlton Hotel, where he attended a breakfast meeting of the National Cartoonists Association) | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks at a Breakfast of the National Cartoonists Association] | ||
| (Honorable Charles Sawyer, the Secretary of Commerce) OFF THE RECORD (Was photographed with the President) | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| (Mr. Armistead L. Bradford, Vice President and General Manager in Charge of the United Press in Europe) OFF THE RECORD (This request came from one of Mrs. Truman's friends, who wrote her about it; Mr. Bradford had to go in through Mr. Joseph Short's office, who brought him in OFF THE RECORD.) | ||
| (Honorable W. Stuart Symington) OFF THE RECORD (Chairman, Reconstruction Finance Corporation) | ||
| The President received Members of the Executive Committee of the Polish Legion of American Veterans. (Asked if they might express homage to the President for his courageous stand against Communism and for his continuous championship of freedom in Poland and other subjugated countries, by presenting to the President a portrait of himself painted in Warsaw, Poland by prominent Polish painter, Bernard Frydrysiak, during time Poland was already under Communist rule. This was cleared first with Department of State. The following were present: BUKOWSKI, Mr. Peter I., Deputy RFC Administrator BURANT, Msgr. Felix F., President, Polish Immigration Committee BURKE, Mr. Charles, United Polish Press of America CIEPLINSKI, Mr. Michel, Champlain Company, New York FRYDRYSIAK, Mr. Bernard, New York, New York GAZDA, Mr. Antione, Wakefield, Rhode Island ILINSKI, Col. Janusz, Westchester Apartments, Washington, D. C. JAROSINKSI, Mr. Simon P., President, State Division, Polish-American LA BLONDE, Mr. Robert, c/o Foote, Cone & Belding, New York, N. Y. MARK, Mr. George L., National Committee, Polish Legion of American Veterans MICHALOSKI, Mr. Leo J., Legislative Officer, Polish Legion of American Veterans RIPA, Dr. Karol, Political Advisor to Bishop Sheill, International Affairs Commentator SHAREK, Mr. Carl R., Silver Spring, Maryland [Public Papers: Remarks to Members of the Executive Committee of the Polish Legion of American Veterans] | ||
| The Rigth Honorable the Earl of Halifax The British Ambassador (Lord Halifax asked for this through Protocol) | ||
| Congressman Richard Bolling, Missouri (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week and asked for this.) | ||
| (Honorable Jack Gorrie, Acting Chairman, N.S.R.B.) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Honorable H. Merle Cochran, American Ambassador to Indonesia (Asked for this through Protocol) | ||
| Honorable Oscar Chapman, the Secretary of the Interior (Half hour) (Also had picture made with the President) | ||
| (Honorable Edward H. Foley, Jr., Under Secretary of the Treasury) (Honorable Dillon Myer, Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs) (Mr. Matthew Connelly called Mr. Foley and asked him to come in OFF THE RECORD) | ||
| (Mr. Will Durant, author) OFF THE RECORD (Wrote Mr. Joseph Short that he understood his book "The Age of Faith" was among gifts made to her father last Christmas by Miss Margaret Truman, and that he realized this did not make him eligible to take up the President's time, hoped possibly he might have five minutes on this date, as he would be working here in the National Gallery. Came to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and saw the President OFF THE RECORD.) | ||
| (General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (OFF THE RECORD) | ||
| (The President and Mrs. Truman left for Constitution Hall to attend a concert of the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra under the sponsorship of the Relief Fund for the Children of Greece.) | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to Committee Chairmen on the Decision To Furnish Military and Economic Assistance to Yugoslavia] | ||
| (General Frank Lowe) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| Honorable Frederick Lawton, Director, Bureau of the Budget (One-half hour) | ||
| Honorable Harry McDonald, Chairman, S.E.C. (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| Commander Donald Wilson, American Legion (Newly elected - asked Mr. Connelly if might pay respects) | ||
| Honorable Fletcher Warren, American Ambassador to Venezuela (Newly appointed, asked, thru Protocol, to pay respects) | ||
| Honorable Joseph Flack, American Ambassador to Poland (Asked for this thru Protocol) | ||
| (Honorable Thomas C. Buchanan, Acting Chairman, Federal Power Commission) (Asked Mr. Connelly if might come in) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Carl R. Gray, Jr., Administrator of Veterans Affairs (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| (Honorable William H. Draper, Jr.) (Now Member of Dillon Read and Co. New York City; was formerly Chief, Economic Division Control Council for Germany. Mr. Connelly called him in New York on Monday and asked him to come down) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (The President posed for newsreels of his speech) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable John W. Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable Robert A. Lovett, Secretary of Defense) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The President addressed the nation over national radio and television hook-up) [Public Papers] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: Tenth Visit to Key West, Florida] | ||
| The President, accompanied by members of his staff departed on the USAF INDEPENDENCE for a vacation in Key West, Florida. | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: Tenth Visit to Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: Tenth Visit to Key West, Florida] |