Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
February 28, 1952
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| (Pre Press) | ||
| Press & Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| Congressman Cleveland M. Bailey, West Virginia Congressman Daniel J. Flood, of Pennsylvania (Congressman Bailey called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week and asked for this.) | ||
| (Mrs. India Edwards) OFF THE RECORD (Came to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and saw the President Off the Record. Mrs. India Edwards requested this Off the Record.) | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, the Secretary of State (Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Honorable George Mead and family (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday and asked if he might bring his family in to meet the President.) | ||
| Honorable William M. Boyle (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly on Tuesday and asked for this) | ||
| Honorable Jake Moore, Democratic State Chairman, Iowa (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday and asked for this) | ||
| Honorable Wilton E. Hall, former Senator from South Carolina (Senator Olin Johnston requested this; Hall was Senator in 1944, appointed to fill out term of Senator Smith.) | ||
| (General Ralph E. Truman) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| AT THE BLAIR HOUSE (Honorable Robert Kerr, United States Senator from Oklahoma) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks Recorded for Broadcast on the Occasion of the Opening of the Red Cross Campaign] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10330 EXEMPTION OF FRANCES PERKINS FROM COMPULSORY RETIREMENT FOR AGE] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House on the United States Contribution to the U.N. Children's Emergency fund] | ||
| (Mr. Paul Vincze, sculptor) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (General Glen Edgerton, Commission on Renovation of the Executive Mansion) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| (General W. Bedell Smith, Director, Central Intelligence Agency) (Mr. James Lay, Executive Secretary, National Security Council) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable Robert A. Lovett, Secretary of Defense) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (Vice President absent; Charles Wilson absent; all others present) | ||
| Congressman John J. Dempsey, New Mexico (Told Mr. Connelly that the President indicated to him when they met at some function recently that he would like to talk to him.) | ||
| The President signed H.J. Res. 314, "Designating September 17 of each year as 'Citizenship Day'". The following were present: CADISON, Leo M., Public Information, Department of Justice CLARK, Honorable Tom C., Associate Justice, U. S. Supreme Court FERNBACK, Frank L., Department of Education and Research, Congress of Industrial Organizations GREEN, William, President, American Federation of Labor HYATT, Honorable Carl B., Director, Attorney General's Citizenship Program, Department of Justice KENNAN, Richard B., Executive Secretary, National Commission for the Defense of Democracy through Education, National Education Association LANE, Congressman Thomas J., Massachusetts McGRATH, Honorable J. Howard, The Attorney General MACKEY, Honorable Argyle R., Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service MILLER, Watson B., Subversive Activities Control Board SMITH, Senator Willis, North Carolina | ||
| The President received winners of the Eleventh Annual Science Talent Search - 1952. (The President has received previous groups in 1945, 1947, 1949, 1950 and 1951. Mrs. Truman received them in 1946 when the President was out of town. These are winners from group of three hundred boys and girls believed to have unusual potential scientific ability, selected from 1952 senior classes of U. S. Secondary Schools. This Search is conducted annually for the Westinghouse Science Scholarships by Science Clubs of America) The following were present: WINNERS OF THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH - 1952 ALLEN, Patricia Joan~HOBBIE, Russell Klyver ARMSTRONG, John Allan~HOOKER, William Weston BECK, Alice Eve~KLEVAY, Leslie Michael, Jr. BERNE, Joel Edward~ LAUPER, Wilma Phyllis BIDEAUX, Richard August~LIEBERMAN, Philip BLANCHARD, Byron Elbert~LUHRMANN, George William, Jr. BOAT, Mary Barbara~McLEOD, Donald Wingrove BRADEN, Robert Taylor~MESSINGER, Paul Hilton COLMAN, Robert Wolf~MITCHELL, Dana D. DAWSON, Mary Ann~MUENCH, Karl Hugo DIETRICH, Charles William~NOYES, Russell, Jr. DOLEN, Richard~PAPADAKIS, Emmanuel Philippos EDDINGS, Charlotte Ann~POTTHOFF, Robert Edward EPSTEIN, Eugene Ethan~RAUDSEP, Ilmar FINCH, Hardy Rundell, III~RICHARDS, Paul Linford FORMAN, Paul Frederick~SCHMIR, Louise GOLDSTEIN, David Arthur~SEAMAN, John Robert GRISWOLD, Ralph Edward~SHIMANSKY, Judith Martha HARRELL, Ruth Flinn~SMITH, David Young HARTMANN, Harry Rodney~WEISS, Bernard WESTINGHOUSE AND SCIENCE SERVICE (Adults accompanying winners) BRITT, Steuart H. (Dr.)~LIKELY, Wadsworth (Mr.) BRITT, Steuart H. (Mrs.)~McFEATTERS, Dale (Mr.) DAVIS, Watson (Mr.)~McFEATTERS, Dale (Mrs.) DAVIS, Watson (Mrs.)~McKEON, Jesse C. (Mr.) EIKNER, Don (Mr.)~MILBURN, Richard (Mr.) GAIL, Harry R. (Mr.)~MILBURN, Richard (Mrs.) GORMLEY, Harriet (Miss)~PATTERSON, Margaret E. (Miss) JOHNSON, Charles (Mr.)~SCHORR, Norman A. (Mr.) JOHNSON, Charles (Mrs.)~SCHRIVER, Oliver (Mrs.) KLINE, Fred O. (Mrs.)~STARK, Louis M. (Mr.) KRAUS, Joseph H. (Mr.) | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks to the Winners of the 11th Annual Science Talent Search] | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (Honorable Clark Clifford) (Lower West Door) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable Scott Lucas) (Called Mr. Connelly yesterday to ask for this; Lower West Door) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Jack Gorrie, Chairman, N. S. R. B. (Called Mr. Connelly yesterday to ask for this) | ||
| (Mr. Paul Vincze, sculptor) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Eben Ayers) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. William Hassett) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Paul Vincze, sculptor) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Admiral Robert Dennison and Mr. James Lay) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable Robert Millonzi, S.E.C.) et al (Brought in his family to shake hands with the President) | ||
| (Judge Joseph M. Howard, Democratic National Committee) (Clara McKinney) (Sue Brown) (Brought in Mr. McKinney's daughter and three other young girls to shake hands with the President) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Bill Bray) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Father Pat Rowley, Jim Rowley's brother) (Lt. Robert Themack, U.S.M.C. and his Mother, Mrs. Helen Themack) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Bill Mox and Mr. William Underhill) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Bryce Smith, Kansas City, Missouri) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable John Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Charles Murphy) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Admiral Sidney Souers) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. William Hassett) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Joseph Short) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Hopkins) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable Robert Lovett, Secretary of Defense) (Honorable Thomas K. Finletter, Secretary of Air Force) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The President departed for National Airport to meet Mrs. Truman's brothers) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The President and Mrs. Truman went from Blair House to the Executive Mansion for an inspection of the renovation proceedings.) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Paul Vincze, sculptor) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Philip Murray and Dr. John R. Steelman) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Colonel Paul Pinkerton, of Kansas City) (Friend of the President's; came to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and saw the President OFF THE RECORD) | ||
| BIG FOUR Honorable Sam Rayburn, The Speaker of the House Senator Ernest W. McFarland, of Arizona Congressman John W. McCormack, of Massachusetts (Vice President [Alben W. Barkley] out of town) | ||
| Senator Ernest W. McFarland, of Arizona Congressman Toby Morris, Oklahoma Congressman John R. Murdock, Arizona (Senator McFarland called Mr. Matthew Connelly last Wednesday to ask for this) | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| (Colonel Edward Condon) (Colonel Spencer Burroughs) (Lower West Door) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Harraden Pratt, Telecommunication Adviser to the President (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, the Secretary of State (Usual Monday appointment) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Congressman Emanuel Celler, New York (Congressman Celler called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| Congressman Brooks Hays, Arkansas Congressman James W. Trimble, Arkansas Mr. J. W. Hull, President of Arkansas Polytechnic College and also President of Arkansas Basin Association Mr. Jim Rutledge, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, an engineer (Congressman Hays called Mr. Matthew Connelly last Thursday to ask for this) | ||
| Congressman Harry P. O'Neill, Pennsylvania (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| Congressman Morgan M. Moulder, Missouri (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| Executive Orders: [10331 INSPECTION OF INCOME TAX RETURNS BY THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the Chairman, Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, Urging Action on Reorganization of the Bureau of Internal Revenue] | ||
| (The President left for Pier 4, Main Avenue S.W., where he made a speech from deck of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter COURIER, in Voice of America Program) | ||
| [Public Papers: Address Broadcast from the Voice of America floating Radio Transmitter Courier] | ||
| (Mr. Rufus Burrus) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable George Radcliffe, former Senator from Maryland (Called Mr. Connelly from Baltimore, last week) | ||
| Mrs. E. A. Campbell, National President, American Legion Auxiliary Mr. William McMains (Asked if might come in and present first Buddy Poppy to the President) | ||
| Mr. Philip Schiff, Member of Board of Governors, American Association for United Nations Mr. Oscar A. de Lima, Executive Vice President, American Association for the United Nations Mr. Clark M. Eichelberger, Director, American Association for the United Nations (Asked if might report to the President on findings and present resolutions as result of conference on "American Responsibility for World Leadership in 1952," when 100 national organizations were present and participated in conference on foreign policy, sponsored by American Association for the United Nations.) | ||
| (Honorable Joseph E. Davies) (Asked Mr. Connelly for this, Lower West Door) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Oscar L. Chapman, The Secretary of the Interior | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Mr. James Brannigan, of New York City (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this) | ||
| (Mr. Clarence H. Adams) (Mr. Dawson brought him in) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Thomas Joseph Downs) (Mr. Dawson brought him in) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Millard Caldwell, Federal Civil Defense Administrator (Called Mr. Connelly and asked for this) | ||
| (Honorable Charles Wilson) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Congressman L. Mendel Rivers, South Carolina (Congressman Rivers phoned Mr. Connelly February 29th to ask for this) | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| (Tom Evans) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Mr. Mark Lansburgh, Chairman, District of Columbia Re-development Land Agency Mr. John Searles, Director (Asked if might call on the President to discuss past year's program, plans for coming year re slum clearance, and also Mr. Lansburgh wished to thank the President for appointing him for second term as Chairman) | ||
| Dr. Harris J. Levine, National President, Jewish National Fund Mr. Milton Kronheim, Washington Chairman Congressman Abraham J. Multer, New York Mr. Mendel N. Fisher, National Executive Director of Fund Honorable Alben W. Barkley, Vice President (Invited the President to attend dinner of Jewish National Fund on Monday May 26th, Hotel Statler, D. C.) | ||
| The President received a group from Czechoslovak National Council of America (This was delegation of Americans of Czech descent, who wanted to thank the President for his unceasing fight in preservation of Democracy and for his great leadership in combatting Communism: Also presented him with bust of the late President of Czechoslovakia, Thomas G. Masaryk, whose birthday is March 7th. Requested directly, also through Democratic Committee. State Department gave approval: BEDNAR, Charles, 283 Oak Street, Perth Amboy, New Jersey BENES, Anthony, 9728 Kensington Road, Detroit, Michigan CIEPLINSKI, M., 60 East 42nd Street, New York, New York DRAHOS, John, 811 Crotona Park No., Bronx, New York HOVORKA, James, 614 Monterey Blvd., St. Petersburg, Florida KIML, Lada, 12801 Corlett Ave., Cleveland, Ohio KOPECKY, Alois, 8621 Washington St., Hollywood, Illinois NAXERA, George J., 238 Wilson Ave., S.W., Cedar Rapids, Iowa PEPPEL, Anna, 30-78 38th St., Long Island City, New York SALADIAK, Joseph, 423 Schoonmaker Ave., Monessen, Pennsylvania TRINER, Col. Joseph, 4053 West Fillmore St., Chicago, Illinois VALUCHEK, Andrew J., 76 Caryl Avenue, Yonkers, New York WELCL, Emily, 4242 W. 21 Place, Chicago, Illinois ZLAMAL, Msgr, Oldrich, 3395 East 53rd St., Cleveland, Ohio | ||
| Mr. Lewis S. Rosenstiel (Chairman of Schenley Corporation, and asked, through Carl Levin, if might drop in for visit) | ||
| Honorable Frederick Lawton, Director, Bureau of the Budget (Half hour) | ||
| Honorable John J. Malloy, Associate Judge, Municipal Court of District of Columbia (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| Honorable Oscar Ewing, Administrator, Federal Security Agency (Asked Mr. Connelly for this last week) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| The President addressed the National Advertising Council, in Conference Room of Old State Department Building | ||
| (General W. Bedell Smith, Director, C.I.A.) (Mr. James Lay, Executive Secretary, National Security Council) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Alonzo Gentry) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Congressman Louis C. Rabaut) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| [Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress on the Mutual Security Program] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the Chairman, Wage Stabilization Board, on the Labor Dispute in the Petroleum Industry] | ||
| Honorable Newbold Morris (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday to ask for this) | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| Honorable Maurice J. Tobin, The Secretary of Labor (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday to ask for this) |