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Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman

November 03, 1945

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Hon. Murray W. Latimer, Chrmn., RR Retirement Bd.
Midget Football Team, Baylor Military Academy, Chattanooga (Senator McKellar asked President to receive group)
(Lunch)
Mr. Harry Hoffman
Brig. Gen. John A. Harris
Clifford W. Gaylord, Pres., Gaylord Container Corp., St. Louis, Mo. (He was asked to take place of Charles E. Wilson of General Electric, who is ill, on Labor-Management Conference. Accepted but asked to see President before Conference opens)
Hon. Julius A. Krug; Master James Krug
The President bought First Sheet of Christmas Seals, opening annual Drive of National Tuberculosis Associa- tion - Purchased from Hon. Clinton Anderson
Leave White House for the Department of Labor Building, where the President will speak before Labor Management Conference at 12.15, and stay until adjournment, scheduled for 12.45.
Deliver address in Labor Department Auditorium [Public Papers]
(Lunch)
Hon. Paul V. McNutt
Gen. George C. Marshall
The Secretary of the Treasury [Fred Vinson]
(Mr. Gjon Mili - artist to work on portrait of the President for the magazine "Fortune")
Mr. Preston Lane, Democratic National Committeeman for Maryland (Indicated to Mr. Hannegan that he wished to see the President)
Members of the Adjutants General Association as follows: Arthur R. Wilson, Maj. Gen., USA, Office Chief of Staff; Lt. Col.John Q. Stagg, State Property Officer, Old Capital Bldg., Jackson, Miss.; Brig.Gen. Ralph Hays, The Adjutant General, Jackson, Miss.; Brig. Gen. James C. Dozier, AGD, Columbia, S.C.; Maj.Gen.Rufus E. Fort, State Capitol, Nashville, Tenn.; Col. Sherwood Dixon, Gen. Staff Corps, 3D977 Pentagon Bldg. of Dixon, Ill.; Maj.Gen. Leo M. Boyle, Springfield, Ill.; Lt.Col.Gene S. Olmsted, Nat.Guard Policy Committee, Danville, Ill.; Col. Matthew F. Murphy, State Office Bldg., No.1, Sacramento, Calif.; Lt.Col. Edward V. Condon, 3546 So. Utah, Arlington, Va.; Col. John L. Hann. Nat. Guard Bureau; Maj. Vernon B. Vaden, Nat. Guard Bur.; Col. Elbridge Colby, 2480 16th St., N.W., Wash.,D.C.; Col. Walter F. Adams, 4232 43rd St., N.W., Wash., D.C.; Col. E.J. Kimball, 1650 Harvard St., N.W., Wash., D.C.; Brig.Gen.D.F.Pancoast, State House, Columbus, O.; Brig.Gen. John A. Cutchins, Richmond, Va.; Maj.Gen. Washington Bowie, Baltimore, Md.; Miss Beth Tanner, Exec.Sec.,Nat. Guard Assoc., 1025 Conn. Ave., Wash.,D.C.; Brig.Gen. James Thibodeau, State House, Providence, R.I.; Maj.Gen.E.A.Walsh, State Capitol, St. Paul,Minn.; Maj.Gen. Milton A. Reckord, Baltimore, Maryland; Lt.Col. George P. Quarles, State Mil. Dept. Montgomery, Ala.; Brig.Gen.Geo. L. Cleeye, Montgomery, Ala.; Maj.Gen.John C. Parsons, Birmingham, Ala.; Brig.Gen. Jay H. White, Carson City, Nev.; Maj.Gen.Geo.B.Leach,Retd., Minn., Minn.; Maj.Gen.Alex. M. Tuthill, AG, Phoenix, Ariz.; Brig.Gen. Wm. J. Keville, AG, State House, Boston, Mass.; Brig.Gen.R.B.LeLacour,AG, Hartford, Conn.; Brig.Gen.S. Gardner Waller, AG, Richmond, Va.; Brig.Gen.LeRoy Pearson, AG, Lansing,Mich.; Maj.Gen.Francis Petrott,AG, Baltimore and Annapolis,Md.; Brig.Gen.J.Van B. Metts, AG, Raleigh, N.C.; Col. Virgil C. Gordon, 3237 So. Utah St., Arlington, Va.; Brig.Gen.Paul R. Binard,AG, Wilminton, Del.; Col. F.H. Holden, 2141 I. St.,N.W.,Wash.,D.C.; Brig.Gen.James I. Bowers,AG, Trenton, N.J.; Brig.Gen. Lewis B. Ballantyne, Commdr. NJ State Guard,Newark,NJ; Col. Edgar N. Bloomer, State Director,Sel.Ser., Trenton,NJ; Maj. Alexander H. Gool, 4000 Cathedral Ave.,Wash.,D.C.; Brig.Gen.Donald B. Adams, 6300 Beechwood Dr.,Chevy Chase,Md.; Brig.Gen.Edw. S. Bres, Exec.Res. and ROTC Affairs,Wash.D.C.; Brig.Gen. Ray Andrew, AG, Santa Fe, N.M.; Col.Roscoe Turner, Indiana Guard, Indianapolis; Lt.Col.Ben Herr, Asst.AG, Lebanon,Ind.; Col. Diller S. Myers, Nat.Guard Bur.,Wash.,D.C.; Col. Ben H. Watt, AG, Noblesville, Ind.; Lt.Col.W. Jefferson Davis, Liaison officer, Army and Navy Club, Wash.,D.C.; Maj. John G. Walters, Asst.AG, Boise, Idaho; Brig.Gen. John A. Harris, AG, Jefferson City, Mo.; Brig.Gen. Raymond H. Fleming, State Director,New Orleans, La.; Brig.Gen. S. Marvin Griffin, AG, Atlanta, Ga.; Col. Norman B. Adkison, Idaho; Maj. Brocopp, Asst.State Dir., Bismarck,N.D.; Brig.Gen. Edw. J. Stackpole, Pa.Nat.Guard, Harrisburg,Pa.; Lt.Col. Phil L. Rouse,Sel.Ser.System,Wash.,D.C.; Col.H.A. Rich, Sel.Ser., Salt Lake City; Brig.Gen.Raymond F. Olson,Acting AG, Salem, Ore.; Col. John M. Sterling,Gen.Staff Com. on Res. and Nat.Guard Policy, Wash.,D.C.; Col. Geo. E. Butler, War Dept.Gen.Staff Committee on Nat.Guard and Res. Policy, Wash.,D.C.; Brig.Gen. Victor R. Hansen, AG, Sacramento,Calif.; Col.S.H.Mitchell, AG, Helena, Mont.; Brig.Gen. Guy F. Henning, State Director Sel.Ser.,Lincoln, Nebr.; Brig.Gen.Charles F. Bowen, State Dir. Sel.Ser.,Concord, N.H.; Lt.Col.A.R. Boyack, Wyo.Sel.Ser.,Cheyenne,Wyo.; Brig.Gen.Vivian Collins, AG, St. Augustine, Fla.; Brig.Gen. Chas. Hines,Office Chief of Staff,Wash.,D.C.; Brig.Gen. M.R.McLean,AG, Topeka, Kans.,; Brig.Gen.Geo. M. Carter, AG, Augusta,Me.; Col. Jess Larson, WDES Com. on Nat.Guard Policy, Wash.,D.C.; Maj.Gen. John F. Williams,Chief Nat.Guard Bureau,Pentagon; Col. Edw.A.Beckwith,AG, Rapid City, S.D.; Col. John F. Moore, Asst.AG, Columbia, S.C.; Col. Russell Y. Moore, Gen.Staff Com. on Nat.Guard Policy, Pentagon; Brig.Gen. Ebenezer L. Compere, State Dir. Sel.Ser.,Little Rock; Col. J.E. Nelson,State Dir.Sel.Ser.,St.Paul; Brig.Gen. Heber L. McAlister, AG, Little Rock; Brig.Gen.Chas. H. Grahl, State Dir. Sel.Ser., Des Moines, Iowa; Brig.Gen. Frazer Arnold, AG, Denver, Colo.; Lt.Col.John. O.Bradshaw, Chief,Nat. Guard Affairs, Ames, Iowa.
Hon. Wayne C. Taylor
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Spalding
Mr. Henry LaCossitt, Collier's; Mr. C.C. Beale, artist for Collier's; Mr. George Creel (To present President with canvas of surrender scene of THE MISSOURI, painted by Mr. Beale
(Lunch - Cabinet at White House)
[Public Papers: Letter to the Chairman, House Appropriations Committee, Concerning the Need for Additional Funds for Advance Planning of Public Works]
Regional Directors of the Farm Security Administration: Mr. Frank Hancock, Administrator; Mr. Robert W. Hudgens, Assoc. Admin.; Mr. C. Stott Noble, Ass. Admin.; Mr. Stephen C. Hughes, Asst. Admin.; Mr. Norman Johnson, Asst. Admin.; Mr. James H. Wood, Reg. Dir., Phila.; Mr. Thomas C. Schmidt, Reg. Dir., Milwaukee; Mr. Geo. J. Reuss, Reg. Dir., Indianapolis; Mr. John B. Slack, Reg. Dir., Raleigh, NC; Mr. Ernest S. Morgan, Reg. Dir., Montgomery, Ala.; Mr. E.B. Whitaker, Reg. Dir., Little Rock; Mr. Cal. A. Ward, Reg. Dir., Lincoln, Nebr.; Mr. E. Lee Ozbirn, Reg. Dir., Dallas; Mr. R.W. Hollenberg, Reg. Dir., San Francisco; Mr. Floyd F. Higbee, Reg. Dir., Denver; Mr. Walter A. Duffy, Reg. Dir., Portland; Mr. Ray E. Davis, Reg. Dir., Amarillo, Tex.; Mr. Dale B. Jacques, Reg. Dir., San Juan, PR; (Having meeting in Washington and wish to pay respects)
Hon. L. Welch Pogue, Chrmn., Civil Aeronautics Board
H.E. Senor Dr. Don Antonio Espinosa de los Monteros, the newly appointed Ambassador of Mexico (Assumed duties of his office - to present letters of credit)
Mr. William R. Enyart, Pres., Nat. Aeronautic Assoc.; Mr. Wm. P. Redding (To present to the President gold engraved life membership in Nat. Aeronautic Assoc.)
Mr. Harold H. Hamilton, Nat.Commdr. Mil. Order of the Purple Heart; Mr. John W. Anderson; Mr. Ralph A. Collins (To give views of organization on medical and hospital care, and a Veterans Medical Center, and to present framed copy of letter from John W. Anderson to Gen. MacArthur as reconsitutor of the Purple Heart Medal, first military decoration of the U.S., originally ordered by George Washington)
Executive Committee of the Gridiron Club: Mr. Lyle Wilson, United Press; Mr. Paul R. Leach, Chicago Daily News; Mr. Richard Wilson, Des Moines Register and Tribune; Mr. Lewis Wood, N.Y.Times; Mr. Kirk L. Simpson, AP; Mr. Raymond P. Brandt, St. Louis Post Dispatch; Mr. Walker S. Buel, Cleveland Plain Dealer (to extend invitation to the President to attend their dinner)
(Lunch)
The Postmaster General [Robert E. Hannegan]
The Secretary of State [James F. Byrnes]
(Leave for Capitol to attend opening of Radio Correspondent's new gallery)
Congr. Albert Thomas, Texas
Mr. Arthur Hays Sulzberger, New York Times
Senator Kenneth McKellar, Tenn.; Sen. Lister Hill, Ala.; Speaker Sam Rayburn; Congr. John W. McCormack, Mass.
Mr. Malcolm Muir, Publisher of Newsweek; Mr. Ernest Lindley, In Charge Wash. Office of Newsweek
Hon. Philip M. Klutznick, Commissioner, Federal Public Housing Authority
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, Dir., Selective Service System, and his State Directors: Col. Carlton S. Dargusch, Deputy Director; Col. John D. Langston, Asst.Dir.; Col. Lewis F. Kosch, Asst. Dir.; Col. Victor J. O'Kelliher, Asst.Dir.; Col. Gareth N. Brainerd, Chief, Field Div.; Col. Louis H. Renfrow, Chief Liaison and Legis. Officer; Col. James T. Johnson, Jr., Ala.; Maj.Gen.A.M. Tuthill, Ariz.; Brig.Gen. E.L. Compere,Ark.; Col. Kenneth H. Leitch, Calif.; Col. Howard E. Reed, Colo.; Commdr. John F. Robinson, Conn.; Col. Albert W. Foreman,Del.; Mr. William D. Leahy, D.C.; Brig.Gen.Vivian Collins, Fla.; Col. James N. Keelin, Jr., Ga.; Col. Norman B. Adkinson, Idaho; Col. Paul G. Armstrong, Ill.; Lt.Col.F. Lyle Summers, Ind.,; Lt.Col. Lytle J. Freehafer, Ind.; Brig. Gen. Charles H. Grahl, Iowa; Brig.Gen. Milton R. McLean, Kans.; Col. Frank D. Rash, Ky.; Brig.Gen. Raymond H. Fleming, La.; Lt. Col. Harold M. Hayes, Me.; Col. Henry C. Stanwood, Md.; Col. Chester A. Furbish, Mass.; Brig.Gen. LeRoy Pearson, Mich.; Col. Joseph E. Nelson, Minn.; Col. Lawrence W. Long, Miss.; Col. Claude C. Earp, Mo.; Col. S.H. Mitchell, Mont.; Brig.Gen.Guy N. Henninger, Nebr.; Brig.Gen.Jay H. White, Nev.; Brig.Gen. Chas. F. Bowen, N.H.; Col. Edgar N. Bloomer, N.J.; Col. Rufus Sedillo, N.M.; Brig.Gen.Ames T. Browm, N.Y.; Col. Arthur V. McDermott, NYC; Brig.Gen.J.Van B. Metts, N.C.; Brig.Gen. Heber L. Edwards, N.D.; Col.Chester W. Goble, O.; Col. Olive E. Murray, Oklahoma; Col. Elmer V. Wooton, Ore.; Maj.Henry M. Gross, Pa.; Lt.Col. Edw. J. Noons, R.I.; Brig.Gen.Holmes,B. Springs, S.C.; Col. Edw. A. Beckwith, S.D.; Col. Geo.Hilton Butler, Tenn.; Brig.Gen.J.Watt Page, Tex.; Col. H.A. Rich, Utah; Col. Chas.N.Barber, Vt.; Col. Joel D. Griffing,Va.; Capt.Patrick H.Winston, Wash.,Brig.Gen.Carleton C. Pierce, W.Va.; Maj.Bentley Courtenay, Wisc.; Lt.Col. Archie R. Boyack, Wyo.; Mr. John McCormick, Alaska; Mr. Milton E. Ballengee, Hawaii; Col. Harry F. Besosa, Puerto Rico; Hon. Charles Harwood, Virgin Islands.
Hon. Josh Lee (to discuss aviation matter)
(Lunch)
The Secretary of State [James F. Byrnes]; Adm. William D. Leahy
Cabinet [Meeting]
Congr. James M. Curley, Mass.
Mrs. Eleanor Wilson McAdoo (Been in New York finishing book, and is to go on extended lecture tour of south and southwest, and will talk principally about necessity for world cooperation in order to bring about peace and security - request came through Mr. Tillett's division at Committee)
Congr. Wright Patman, Texas (Hon. John Snyder) (To talk about housing)
Congr. Estes Kefauver, Tenn.; Congr. Overton Brooks, La.; Congr. Geo. H. Mahon, Texas
Hon. John J. McCloy, Asst. Sec. of War
Hon. John K. McKee, Member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System
H.E. Hon. Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, the Polish Deputy Prime Minister; The Polish Ambassador
(Lunch)
Hon. Harold D. Smith, Director, Bureau of the Budget
The Secretary of the Interior [Harold L. Ickes]
The Postmaster General [Robert E. Hannegan]; Mr. Roy Harper
(Prime Minister Clement Attlee arrived at White House)
Sen. Harley M. Kilgore, W. Va.
Dr. William Blakeman Lampe (Moderator for the Presbyterian Church, for U.S.)
Mrs. Minnie Fisher Cunningham, Texas; Mrs. Julian Frant (Mrs. Cunningham is Texas woman who ran Roosevelt's Texas campaign for women)
Mr. Myron Blalock, Natl. Committeeman for Texas; Mr. James S. Abercrombie, Pres. J.S.A. & Co., also President of Cameron Iron Works, Houston; Col. Ernest O. Thompson, Texas Railroad Commission (Mr. Blalock asks that President shake hands with these prominent Texans)
Major George M. Arrowsmith
Hon. S. Pinkney Tuck, U.S. Minister to Egypt; Mr. George Wadsworth, U.S. Minister to Lebanon and Syria; Col. Wm. A. Eddy, U.S. Minister to Saudi Arabia; Hon. Lowell C. Pinkerton, Counsel Gen. to Jerusalem, soon to be Minister to Baghdad; Hon. Loy W. Henderson, Dir., Office of Near Eastern and African Affairs, State Dept. (All of these Ministers are leaving as soon as possible for their posts, and Mr. Henderson asked to bring them in to see the President before their departure.)
Hon. John Snyder; Mr. Dwight Palmer
(Lunch)
(Stag Dinner at White House for Prime Minister Attlee)
Armistice Day
Left White House with Prime Ministers Attlee and King for Arlington Cemetary and from there they went to Navy Yard and aboard USS SEQUOIA for cruise on Potomac River.
Holiday All appointments Off Record:
(Hon. Chester Bowles)
(Mr. and Mrs. Roy Harper; Mr. Neal Helm; Judge Rowland)
[Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress on U.S. Participation in the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration]
[Public Papers: Statement by the President on the Problem of Jewish Refugees in Europe]
[Public Papers: Letter to Prime Minister Attlee Concerning the Need for Resettlement of Jewish Refugees in Palestine.]
The Secretary of State [James F. Byrnes]; Hon. Wm. L. Clayton, Asst. Sec. of State; Hon. Abe Fortas, Under Sec. of the Interior; Hon. Paul V. McNutt; Sen. Millard E. Tydings, Md.; Congr. C. Jasper Bell, Mo. (Re Philippine Trade)
H.E. Hon. Sergio Osmena, the President of the Philippine Commonwealth
The Postmaster General [Robert E. Hannegan]; the Most Rev. John J. Glennon, the Archbishop of St. Louis
(Colonel Greer will bring in a Mr. Lear, who will present to the President a recording machine, OFF RECORD)
Hon. William E. Lee; Hon. William J. Patterson
Mr. Eddie Cantor
General Omar Bradley
(Lunch)
The Secretary of the Navy [James Forrestal]
The Secretary of State [James F. Byrnes]
At the White House:
Hon. Clement Attlee, the Prime Minister of Great Britain; Hon. MacKenzie King, the Prime Minister of Canada; The British Ambassador; The Canadian Ambassador; The Secretary of State [James F. Byrnes]; Adm. William D. Leahy; Sir John Anderson; Mr. T.L. Rowan
Executive Orders:  [9655 REGULATIONS RELATING TO COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE(1)]
[Public Papers: Letter to President Osmena of the Philippines Upon Approving a Bill of the Philippine Congress]
Hon. David Lawrence
Congr. Joe W. Erwin, N.C.; Mr. John Ward, Charlotte, N.C.; Mr. Joe Bryan, Potentate of Oasis Temple of Shrine, Charlotte, N.C.; Mr. C.E. Besson, Gen. Chairman of Shrine Bowl Game, Charlotte, N.C.; Mr. Jack Austin, Chairman of arrangements for Game (To sell the President ticket to Shrine Bowl Game, which is played in Charlotte each year between teams of All State High Schools of North Carolina and South Carolina, for benefit of Shrine charities.)
Sen. Kenneth McKellar; Speaker Sam Rayburn; Sen. Alben W. Barkley; Congr. John W. McCormack
The Attorney General [Tom C. Clark]
Sen. Henrik Shipstead, Minn. (To present to the President on behalf Minnesota State Turkey Growers Assn. largest turkey grown in Minnesota this year - selected in state-wide contest with all turkey growers participating and winners receiving one-hundred-dollar war bonds. Three next largest birds going to Gen. McArthur [MacArthur], Gen. Eisenhower, Admiral Nimitz. Turkey alive and in coop)
Mr. J. David Stern, Publisher, Philadelphia Record
Sen. Richard B. Russell, Ga.
(Mr. A.F. Whitney, Pres. Brotherhood Railroad Trainmen, Cleveland, Ohio; Mr. Alvanley Johnston, Grand Chief Engineer, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers; Mr. Ray T. Miller of Cleveland) (OFF RECORD - want President's point of view on the plan for their unions to hold a conference Nov. 27th)
(Lv. for Capitol)
(Lunch in Mr. Leslie Biffle's office)
AT THE WHITE HOUSE:
Hon. Clement R. Attlee, the Prime Minister of Great Britain; Hon. MacKenzie King, the Prime Minister of Canada; The British Ambassador; The Canadian Ambassador; The Secretary of State [James F. Byrnes]; Adm. William D. Leahy; Dr. Vannevar Bush; Sir John Anderson; Mr. T.L. Rowan
Executive Orders:  [9656 TRANSFER OF SHIPBUILDING STABILIZATION COMMITTEE]
Hon. Clement R. Attlee, the Prime Minister of Great Britain; Hon. MacKenzie King, the Prime Minister of Canada; The Canadian Ambassador; The Secretary of State [James F. Byrnes]; Adm. William D. Leahy; Dr. Vannevar Bush
Sen. Tom Connally; Sen. Arthur Vandenberg; Sen. Brian McMahon; Congr. Sol Bloom; Congr. Charles A. Eaton