Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
November 28, 1945
President Harry S. Truman's appointment calendar covers the dates from April 12, 1945 to January 20, 1953. Please select a date within that range.
| Sen. Francis J. Myers, Pa. | ||
| (Mr. Russell May; Mr. Enos Axtell) (from Grandview, Missouri, old friends, to pay respects) | ||
| The Secretary of State [James F. Byrnes]; Gen. George C. Marshall | ||
| Hon. Carlos Martins, the Ambassador of Brazil (arranged at suggestion of Hon. John Snyder) | ||
| Hon. R.E. Freer, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission (to convey appreciation for being renominated, etc.) | ||
| Hon. Stuart Symington | ||
| (Mr. Leighton Shields) | ||
| Hon. Herbert Evatt, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia | ||
| Hon. John J. Raskob (Former Chairman Democratic National Committee) | ||
| Hon. Arthur J. Mellott (Recently appointed Judge U.S. District Court, District of Kansas) | ||
| The Secretary of Commerce [Henry A. Wallace] | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Hon. Wilson Wyatt, Mayor, Louisville, Ky. | ||
| Hon. Charles Cushing; Mr. Robert Damon (arranged at suggestion of Mr. Leslie Biffle) | ||
| Hon. Harold D. Smith | ||
| Executive Orders: [9662 RESTRICTING COMPETITION IN CERTAIN CIVIL-SERVICE EXAMINATIONS TO VETERANS] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9661 POSSESSION, CONTROL, AND OPERATION OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, PLANTS, AND FACILITIES OF THE GREAT LAKES TOWING COMPANY, CLEVELAND, OHIO] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9660 CONFERRING CERTAIN AUTHORITY UPON THE CHIEF OF COUNSEL IN THE PREPARATION AND PROSECTUTION OF CHARGES OF WAR CRIMES AGAINST THE MAJOR LEADERS OF JAPAN AND THEIR PRINCIPAL AGENTS AND ACCESSORIES] | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| Mr. Charles W. Latimore | ||
| Senator Clyde M. Reed, Kansas | ||
| Sen. Charles W. Tobey, N.H.; Sen. Alexander Smith, N.J.; Sen. Glen H. Taylor, Idaho; Sen. Wayne Morse, Oregon (re atomic bomb - made at request of Sen. Tobey) | ||
| Hon. Hussein Ala, Ambassador of Iran (to present papers - newly appointed) | ||
| Mr. Ham Fisher (The Postmaster General [Robert E. Hannegan] suggested this appointment. Fisher does the "Joe Palooka" cartoon daily, with circulation over one hundred million. Is preparing to make favorable reference to the President in series of cartoons and wants to ask few questions to get proper background) | ||
| The Rt. Rev. Edward J. Flanagan (To present Hon. Membership in Boys' Town to the President - is now a Monsignor) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| The Secretary of State [James F. Byrnes]; Hon. John W. Davis | ||
| The Secretary of State [James F. Byrnes]; The Secretary of the Treasury [Fred Vinson] | ||
| The Postmaster General [Robert E. Hannegan]; Sen. Frank Biggs, Mo.; Mr. Richard Nacy (At suggestion of Postmaster General) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9663 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE TEXAS & NEW ORLEANS RAILWAY COMPANY AND HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES IN TEXAS AND LOUSIANA, AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the President, Society for the Advancement of Management, Concerning Full Employment] | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (Dr. John R. Steelman attending) | ||
| (Commodore Vardaman) | ||
| (Hon. Elmer Davis) | ||
| The British Ambassador; Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder | ||
| Mr. Joseph Uihlein; Mr. Louis Reynolds (To discuss some kind of world-wide Christmas Festival) | ||
| Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell (to pay respects) | ||
| Hon. Clarence E. Gauss (At suggestion of Mr. Hannegan) (Mr. Gauss endorsed by both Senators from Connecticut, as well as both New York Senators, to be Republican Member on Import Export Bank) | ||
| The President received in Blue Room the following Members of Commission of Fine Arts, to see plans for proposed addition to Executive Offices: Mr. Gilmore D. Clarke, Chairman; Mr. David E. Finley; Mr. William Truman Aldrich; Mr. L. Andrew Reinhard; Mr. Maurice Sterne; Mr. H.P. Caemmerer, Secretary. | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, Montana; Mr. Robert Young, President, C&O Railroad | ||
| Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Chandor | ||
| Hon. Julius A. Krug | ||
| Mr. Edward J. Locke | ||
| (Col. Jacobson) | ||
| (Hon. Daniel J. Tobin) | ||
| (Mr. Martin Coffey) | ||
| Lv. on Train for Army-Navy game, Philadelphia, Pa. | ||
| (Returned to Washington) | ||
| (Boarded USS WILLIAMSBURG for cruise on Potomac) | ||
| (Aboard USS WILLIAMSBURG) | ||
| (Returned to White House from cruise) | ||
| [Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress on Labor-Management Relations] | ||
| [Public Papers: Veto of Bill Granting Benefits to Enlisted Men for Foreign Service Between 1898 and 1912] | ||
| [Public Papers: Telegrams to Management and Labor Leaders Concerning Industrial Disputes Involving the General Motors Corporation and the U.S. Steel Corporation] | ||
| Senator Kenneth McKellar; Sen. Lister Hill; Speaker Sam Rayburn; Congr. John W. McCormack (The Secretary of Labor [Lewis B. Schwellenbach] for latter part of Big Four Conference) | ||
| The Quiz Kids: Quizmaster Joseph W. Kelly; Quiz Kid Richard Williams; Quiz Kid Joel Kupperman; Quiz Kid Robert Easton Burke; Quiz Kid Harve Bennent Fischman; Miss Eliza Herrill Hickok, Asst. Program Director; Mrs. David Williams; Mrs. S.J. Kupperman; Mrs. Mary Easton Burke; Mrs. Yale Fischman; John Lewellen, Program Director; Louis G. Cohen, Program Owner, former head New York Office, O.W.I Overseas; Lt. Commander Joseph W. Bailey (just returned from service and manager of Quiz Kids New York Office; Mrs. Rachel Stevenson (Head of question research); Mr. George Kamen, representative of Quiz Kid Bond Tours; Walter A. Wade, head of Wade Agency; Margot O'Flaherty, program script writer; Forrest Owen, program producer (Here to present non-commercial Victory Loan Campaign program, competing again with Senators - will have given show on Sunday evening, Dec. 2) | ||
| Hon. Michael W. Straus, 1st Asst. Sec. of the Interior | ||
| (Mr. J. Franklin Carter: Mr. Shreve Badger) (Finishing work for White House this month, wanted final work with President. Badger made special trip, according to Carter, for White House, to France, Germany and England and has just returned) | ||
| Hon. Herbert H. Lehman | ||
| Dr. Percy Scott Flippin (Sent President inscribed copy of biography of Herschel V. Johnson of Ca. Interested in writing President's biography and would prefer completing as soon as possible the period from last spring to the present while the necessary information is easily obtainable, etc. Mr. Charles Ross thinks might be well to let him have this appointment, as he seems to be a historian of some distinction) | ||
| Hon. John C. Wiley, American Ambassador to Colombia (Leaving tonight and hopes he may take back two pictures signed by the President, one for Embassy, one for Chancellery) | ||
| The Secretary of State [James F. Byrnes] | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Hon. Artemus L. Gates, Under Sec. of Navy | ||
| The Secretary of the Treasury [Fred M. Vinson] | ||
| Mr. J. David Stern (Saw President at Army-Navy Game and asked if he could call and the President agreed) | ||
| Senator Dennis Chavez | ||
| Mr. Lessing J. Rosenwald, President, American Council for Judaism, Inc., Phila., Pa. (Has been pressing for this appointment for some months - wishes to present to the President viewpoint of Council and answer any questions he may desire to ask - in earlier letter, in speaking of his organization, Mr. Rosenwald said " ** is a substantial body of Americans of Jewish faith who oppose the establish- ment of a National Jewish State in Palestine or elsewhere.") | ||
| The Secretary of War [Robert P. Patterson]; The Secretary of the Navy [James Forrestal]; Sen. Brien McMahon, Conn.; Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves; Dr. Edward U. Condon; Mr. James Newman, Asst. Deputy Director, Office of War Mobilization and Special Assistant to Senate Committee on Atomic Energy (Senator McMahon asked for this appointment, as serious difference in opinion between committee and War Deparment) | ||
| (Gen. Arthur Wilson) | ||
| Hon. Bennett Champ Clark; Commander John Stelle; Mr. James Ringley; Mr. William H. Doyle (all connected with American Legion) | ||
| Hon. Charles Sawyer, American Ambassador to Belgium | ||
| The British Ambassador; Dr. Chaim Weizmann, President, Hebrew University in Jerusalem since 1932 (Dr. Weizmann made request to David Niles - State Department handled through Lord Halifax) | ||
| (Hon. Stephen T. Early) | ||
| (Lunch with Cabinet at White House) | ||
| (Mr. Walker Buell; Mr. Lyle Wilson) | ||
| Editors and Publishers of the Gannett Newspapers: Harvey Benner, Gen. Manager, Courier News, Plainfield, N.J.; Joseph Adams, Managing Editor, Times Union, Rochester N.Y.; Henry Cohen, Gen. Manager, Newburg-Beacon News, New York; A.Vernon Croop, Acting Managing Editor, Democrat & Chronicle, Rochester N.Y.; Herbert W. Cruickshank, Treasurer, The Gannett Newpapers, Rochester N.Y.; Ward Duffy, Managing Editor, The Hartford Times; Charles A. S. Freeman, Managing Editor, Newburg-Beacon News, N. Y.; C.C. Hemenway, Editor, The Hartford Times; J. David Hogue, V.P., Utica Observer-Dispatch Vincent S. Jones, Exec. Editor, Utica Observer Dispatch and Daily Press; Harold Kenna, City Editor, The Courier-News, Plainfield, N. J.; Franklin R. Little, Editor and Publisher, Ogdensburg Journal; A.J. McDonald, Publisher, The Knicker- bocker News, Albany; John Mooney, Chief of the Albany Bureau, Gannett News Service; Fred Powers, Photographer, Democart and Chronicle, Rochester; Leonard Prince, Editor, Massena Observer; Gerald E. Salisbury, Managing Editor, The Knickerbocker News, Albany; Harold W. Sanford, Editor, Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester; Paul Smith, Managing Editor, The Courier-News, Plainfield, N. J.; Fred W. Stein, Managing Editor, The Binghampton Press; Matthew G. Sullivan, Gannet Newspapers, Rochester; Frank E. Tripp, Gen. Manager, The Gannet Newspapers, Elmira, N.Y. | ||
| Tea at White House for Members of the Motion Picture Committee, State Chairmen and Co-chairmen of the March of Dimes Campaign for 1946. | ||
| (Hon. Stephen T. Early) | ||
| Congr. Jerry Voorhis, Calif. | ||
| Sen. James M. Mead; Sen. Harley M. Kilgore; Sen. Wm. F. Knowland, Calif.; Sen. James M. Tunnell; Sen. Hugh B. Mitchell; Sen. Frank P. Briggs; Sen. Owen Brewster; Sen. Homer Ferguson; Mr. George Meader (re plans for surplus property disposal) | ||
| Congr. Cecil R. King, Calif. (just returned from Europe) | ||
| Mr. Albert Horstman, Nat. Committeeman and State Chairman, Dayton; Mr. Garrett Claypool, Ross Cty. Chairman, Chillicothe, Ohio; Mr. John Kelly, Lucas County Chairman; Toledo; Mr. Thomas Kilcoyne, Scioto County Chairman, Portsmouth, Ohio; Mr. Walter Heer, Franklin County Chrm., Columbus, Ohio; Mr. Clarence Motz, Summitt County Chairman, Akron; Mr. Harlow, Hamilton County Chairman, Cincinnati, Ohio; Mr. John Vitullo, Mahoning County Chairman, Youngstown; Mr. Thomas Ward, Dayton; Mr. Francis Durbin, Lima, Vice State Chairman (arranged through Neal Roach) | ||
| Congr. John Phillips; Congr. Clair Engle; Captain Tony Siminoff; Sen. Allen J. Ellender (Capt. Siminoff, President G.O. 40 Assoc. sponsored H.R. 1192, a claim bill to straighten out injustice done small group of volunteers who fought in 1898 - these men to be photgraphed with President signing bill) | ||
| H.E. Senor Dr. Don J.J.Vallarino, the Ambassador or Panama (to convey message from the provisional President of Panama, Senor Don Enrique A. Jimenez) | ||
| Hon. William Green, Pres. A.F.L. | ||
| Rev. Dr. Edward B. Willingham, pastor of National Baptist Memorial Church, Washington (Justice Wiley Rutledge wrote Mr. Charles Ross for this appointmet to talk about matter relating to Northern Baptist Convention, and a mission that body has authorized him to perform. Dr. Willingham formerly pastor of Delmar Baptist Church in St. Louis) | ||
| The Secretary of State [James F. Byrnes]; The Secretary of the Treasury [Fred M. Vinson] | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Hon. Harold D. Smith | ||
| (Mr. Robert Uihlein; Judge Backus) | ||
| (Mr. Al Cohn) | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing the Government Corporation Control Act] | ||
| Senator Harry Flood Byrd; Sen. Hugh Butler; Congr. Wm. M. Whittington; Congr. Francis Case (To be photgraphed with President when he signs H.R.3660 "To provide for financial control of Government corporations") | ||
| Congr. Butler B. Hare (To discuss proposed legislation re labor conciliation service of the Goverment) | ||
| Congr. Lyle H. Boren (Land Grant Bill) | ||
| Hon. Artemus L. Gates, Under Sec. of Navy | ||
| Congr. Herman P. Koppleman (To discuss Joint Resolution, " to provide for common defense and promote general welfare of the U.S, by authorizing representative of the U.S. on the Security Council of the United Nations to pledge use of armed forces for the purpose of joint maintenance of a peaceful inter- national society based on effective world organization) | ||
| Hon. Basil O'Connor |