Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
July 08, 1946
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| Honorable Dean Acheson, The Acting Secretary of State (His usual Monday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. Seymour Stone -- artist) (He took some pictures of the President preparatory to doing a portrait of him.) | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, Acting Secretary of State Honorable Henry F. Grady Mr. Goldthwaite Dorr, War Department representative on Cabinet Committee on Palestine Honorable Herbert Gaston (This appointment was made when Mr. Acheson called on the President regarding the Palestine situation.) | ||
| Mr. Frank Marsh | ||
| Mr. Winthrop W. Aldrich (He asked for this appointment) | ||
| Seaman 2/c James L. Vance (Nephew of Mrs. Paul M. Barnes, whose letter was sent to the President by Mr. William Southern Jr. of Independence, Missouri. Seaman Vance is in Washington before receiving his discharge and his aunt hoped that the President would be good enough to shake hands with him.) | ||
| Mr. Frank A. Sewell, President, Liberty National Bank, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Mr. Carl Sebring, State Bank Commissioner of Oklahoma (Mr. Sewell wrote Mr. Connelly stating he would be in the city today and was bringing Mr. Sebring who is a good friend of Governor Kerr's. They hoped the President might give them a few minutes.) | ||
| (Cabinet Luncheon. Honorable Dean Acheson came for State. The Postmaster General, the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of Agriculture were absent.) | ||
| (The President attended movies in the projection room for the luncheon guests, plus Honorable John L. Sullivan and Admiral Corcoran, of the Bikini Tests.) | ||
| Colonel Joe Nickell Mr. Vivian Truman General Ralph Truman | ||
| The President reviewed the military police of the District of Columbia on the Ellipse. | ||
| Executive Orders: [9750 EXCLUDING FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THE CLASSIFICATION ACT OF 1923, AS AMENDED, POSITIONS OF PERSONS WHOSE EMPLOYMENT IN GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS IS ON A STUDENT-TRAINING OR RESIDENT-TRAINING BASIS] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9749 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon the Death of Sidney Hillman] | ||
| The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] | ||
| Congressman A. J. Sabath, Ill. (The Congressman wrote to Mr. Connelly attaching a few important bills on which he has been urged to grant a rule and on which he will go to work unless the President has some objection. In addition he wishes to speak with the President regarding the Minimum Wage Bill and the Wagner- Ellender-Taft Bill.) | ||
| Mr. Dillon Myer (The appointment was arranged at the request of Secretary Krug. Mr. Myer was formerly head of the Office of War Relocation Authority.) | ||
| Mr. Harry M. Warner, President, Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc. (Mr. Warner wired the President regarding his, Warner's, plan for admitting Jewish Refugees to Alaska by emergency legislation.)(Even though the plan is not practical, David Niles thought it might be a good idea to have him call on the President.) | ||
| Major General Graves Erskine, Retraining and Reemployment Administration Major E. K. Gubin (The President said that he wanted to see General Erskine) | ||
| Mr. Paul Fitzpatrick, Chairman, New York State Democratic Committee (He called Mr. Connelly last week and asked for this appointment) | ||
| Honorable Richard Duncan, Federal Judge Western District Missouri (He called Mr. Connelly yesterday and asked for this appointment.) | ||
| Mr. and Mrs. Vic Perry | ||
| The President received an urn containing earth from the Battlefield of Bastogne, which was presented by a Belgian Group headed by the Ambassador, Baron Silvercruys. The delegation was as follows: The Belgian Ambassador, Baron Silvercruys The Minister of National Defense, Colonel Raoul Defraiteur Senator Paul Van Zeeland, President, Belgo- American Association Mr. Jacques La Grange, Secretary Belgo- American Association Group Captain Leon Desoomer, Aide to Colonel Defraiteur Belgian Military Attache, Lieutenant Colonel Count Baudouin de Borchgrave d'Altena Major General Maxwell Taylor, Supt. of West Point (formerly commanding 101st Airborne) Brig. General Gerald Higgins (101st Airborne at Bastogne, who accompanied urn from Belgium) General John H. Hilldring, the Assistant Secretary of State Colonel Anderson Mr. Stanley Woodward | ||
| (Lunch downstairs in the Executive Office) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9751 DESIGNATING PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ENTITLED TO ENJOY CERTAIN PRIVILIGES, EXEMPTIONS, AND IMMUNITIES] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Summarizing Reconversion Progress] | ||
| (The President made recordings to be broad- cast to France for Bastille Day. Mr. Charles Ross brought the people in from the Department of State to make the recordings.) | ||
| Congressman Clarence F. Lea, California (The President wanted to see the Congressman regarding the Social Science Bill) | ||
| (Honorable Paul Porter) (Mr. Porter asked to come in "off record".) | ||
| General Alexander Papagos (Will be accompanied by ranking officer at the Embasssy, Mr. Paul Economou-Gouras, Counselor, Charge d'Affaires, Greek Embassy) Captain Constantino Sklavenites, Aide de Camp to General Papagos | ||
| The Secretary of War [Robert P. Patterson] | ||
| Honorable William Clayton Honorable Fiorello H. LaGuardia, Director General UNRRA (Mr. LaGuardia expects to leave Sunday on a tour of inspection and to attend UNRRA Council Session in Geneva. He asked to see the President before that time to discuss political situation in the countries he will visit, and the future of relief work and UNRRA. Mr. LaGuardia asked to have Mr. Clayton invited to sit in on this conference. Mr. Clayton agreed to come.) | ||
| Honorable Joseph C. Hutcheson, Jr. (Formerly American Chairman, Anglo-American Palestine Committee - has now returned to the Bench, Fifth Circuit, Houston, Texas. He asked for this appointment.) | ||
| The President will receive group of Educators who are in Washington attending a Conference on Emergency Problems in Higher Education under the auspices of the American Council on Education. The following were present: Artur S. Adams; John S. Allen; Henry F. Alves; Elizabeth Apple; William A. Andersen; Colonel John Andrews; Samuel T. Arnold; Herbert B. Barks; George E. Vander Beke; Albert A. Bennett; Lawrence L. Bethel; Luther B. Bledsoe; Walter C. Bloedorn; Horace M. Bond; A. B. Donds; Fordon Boyce; A. S. Brower General Omar N. Bradley; W. Norwood Brigance; B. J. Brophy; Francis J. Brown; Mrs. Francis J. Brown; Marie Brown; A. J. Brumbaugh; Mrs. A. J. Brumbaugh; H. C. Byrd; Herman B. Byer; Oliver Caldwell; Foster J. Cole; Peter Connelly; Paul M. Cook; F. G. Cornell; Orville Dahl; General Carlton S. Dargusch; Carter Davidson; L. H. Dennis; Eugene J. Donahue; Florence Downs; Henry Grattan Doyle; Ralph B. Dtaughon; Mitchell Dreese; Stephen Duggan; General Glen E. Edgerton, USA; Edward H. Eichmann; Milton S. Eisenhower; Maxwell Elliott; Major General Graves B. Erskine; Eugene S. Farley; George H. Field; Captain W. G. Fisher; George S. Frank; Norman Fredericksen; J. W. Fulbright; R. C. Gibbs; Donald W. Gilbert; George Glasheen; Frank P. Graham; L. E. Grinter; John O. Gross; Charles E. Grubb; Russell M. Gruman; Gordon Hagerman; George Hall; Virgil M. Hancher; Judson Hannigan; John W. Harbeson; Merrill F. Hartshorn; Alfred H. Hausrath; David D. Henry; Ralph E. Himstead; Ralph D. Hetzel; Monsignor F. G. Hochwalt; Kenneth Holland; Ernest V. Hollis; Paul Howard; Helen M. Hosp; Commander Raymond F. Howes; Wayne P. Hughes; Elmer T. Hutchisson; Harry Jager; Albert C. Jacobs; A. N. Jorgensen; Leon H. Kappel; Carl A. Kallgren; Forrest Keller; Charles Kidd; Robert M. Kimball; Donanld Kingsley; Blair Knapp; Lt. Colonel Francis X. Leary; Earle O. Liggitt; Howard Long; Winifred R. Long; Robert P. Ludlum; Laurence R. Lunden; Dean McCoy; C. C. MacDuffee; Jeffrey May; James McCaskill; Martin R. P. McGuire; E. W. McDiarmid; Ralph McDonald; Gilbert W. Mead; James M. Mead; Nellie Menick; Leroy Mercer; Norman R. Miller; John R. Miles; Rufus Miles; Earl V. Moore; Arthur D. Morrell; James M. Nabit; P. M. Norton; Edward B. Nowak; Grade R. Ontrich; Commander Harold Payson; Charles H. Peake; Hart Perry; Harry H. Pierson; Burr W. Phillips; Richard H. Plock; John E. Pomfret; Norton Pritchett; Robert Quick; Eleanor Quill; F. D. G. Ribble; Dorothy Riemensnider; Harry S. Rogers; Reverend Edward B. Rooney, S. J.; F. C. Rosecrance; Paul V. Sangren; F. W. Sockley; Sister Mary Henrietta, S.S.M.; Sister M. Olivia; Sister Mary Ruth, S.S.J.; R. E. Siverson; John D. Small; Harold Morrison Smith; Paul E. Smith; Guy Snavely; Mrs. Guy Snavely; Henry Snyder; Thomas Spragens; Father Edward V. Stanford; John R. Steelman; John M. Stephens; Herman Stichman; Harold V. Stirling; George D. Stoddard; G. Harry Swanfeld; Hugh C. Taylor; Charles H. Thompson; M. R. Trabue; M. H. Trytten; Charles J. Turck; Blake R. Van Leer; Philip S. Van Wyck; J. J. Wadsworth; Haleon Walsh; Mable R. Walter; Raymond Walters; Herman B. Wells; Benjamin Wermiel; Roscoe D. West; Goodrich C. White; W. E. Wickenden; Henry I. Willett; Theodore H. Wilson; Emory Wine; Seymour Wolfbein; Wilson W. Wyatt; Edward E. Wynot; W. Hayes Yeager; George F. Zook; Mrs. George F. Zook. | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks to the Members of the Conference on Emergency Problems in Higher Education] | ||
| Honorable Walter Nash, Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand Sir Carl Berendsen, Minister of New Zealand | ||
| The Honorable Dean Acheson, The Acting Secretary of State (His usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Releasing Report on Famine Relief Food Shipments] | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (Honorable John L. Sullivan represented Navy, Honorable Norris E. Dodd represented Agriculture, Honorable Dean Acheson represented State; no one present representing the Postmaster General of the Department of Justice.) | ||
| Mr. Brooks Atkinson, of the New York Times (The President asked to see Mr. Atkinson and Mr. Charles Ross arranged the appointment.) | ||
| Congressman C. Jasper Bell, Mo. (He called Mr. Matthew Connelly and asked for this appointment.) | ||
| Honorable Josh Lee (He is leaving the Civil Aeronautics Board and wanted a photograph of the President) | ||
| General Carl Spaatz (Arranged by General Harry Vaughan) | ||
| Mr. George Killion, Democratic National Committee (He called Mr. Matthew Connelly from New York and asked for this appointment) | ||
| Mr. Elmer F. Pierson, President, Chamber of Commerce, Kansas City, Missouri (He wired Mr. Matthew Connelly from New York, requesting this appointment.) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (The President and Mrs. Truman shook hands with a group of Teachers, Members of the Dallas Classroom Teachers Association at the White House.) | ||
| No appointments. | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter Appointing Members to the National Commission on Higher Education] | ||
| Left for the Airport to welcome the Secretary of State [James F. Byrnes] and Party returning from the Paris Conference of the Big Four. | ||
| Returned to the White House | ||
| Speaker Rayburn brought in the following to shake hands: Mr. George W. James Mr. C. H. Blewett Mr. M. C. Johnson Mr. Phil Wolford | ||
| The President, Mrs. Truman, and their guests, Judge and Mrs. Richard Duncan, left the White House and went aboard the USS WILLIAMSBURG for a cruise on the Potomac. | ||
| [Public Papers: Recorded Message to the President and People of France on Bastille Day] | ||
| Returned to the White House | ||
| Executive Orders: [9752 RESTORING CERTAIN LAND TO THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII FOR USE OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU 2] | ||
| The President opened the Youth Food Conference called by the Famine Emergency Committee. The delegates met in the East Wing of the White House. (A mobilization of the youth of America in behalf of the famine Emergency Committee's overall food program, was propsed following conferences between representatives of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, the National Social Welfare Assembly, and the Famine Emergency Committee. It was thought it would help insure success to have the President deliver a brief welcome to the delegates.) [Public Papers: Remarks to the Members of the Youth Conference on Famine Relief] | ||
| Senator Kenneth McKellar, Tenn. Senator Alben W. Barkely, Ky. Speaker Sam Rayburn, Texas Cong. John W. McCormack, Mass. | ||
| The President received the following group from the Jewish War Veterans: Mr. Benjamin Aronson; Colonel Milton J. Richman Mr. Fred Harris; Captain Herschel Aurbach Mr. Al Todras; Chaplain Shephard Mr. Z. Baum; Lt. Leonard Moriber Mr. Paul J. Robin (Commander Cohen and Deputy Commander Aronson called on David Niles last week to ask that a representative group be allowed to call on the President when they staged a two-day convention here in Washington of Jewish War Veterans on July 13th and 14th. This is being staged around the Palestine situation. They insisted they did not want to embarrass the President but only to express their apprecation for his sympathy towards the cause.) | ||
| Senator Joseph F. Guffey, Pa. Senator Franics J. Myers, Pa. Honorable John Stanley Rice, Democratic Nominee for Governor of Pennsylvania (Dick Nacy asked us to arrange this appointment as Senator Myers had asked that Mr. Rice be given this opportunity to call on the President. Senator Myers was distressed because Mr. Rice had not been told of the President's visit last week to Gettsburg, which is Mr. Rice's home.) | ||
| Honorable Mike Kinney, Missouri State Senator Mr. Max Levin Publisher of the Wichita Beacon, Wichita, Kansas | ||
| The Secretary of State [James F. Byrnes] | ||
| The President signed S.J. Res. 138, "A Bill to implement further the purposes of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act by authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to carry out an agreement with the United Kingdom, and for other purposes." The following were present for the signing: From the British Embassy: The Rt. Honorable the Lord Inverchapel, Ambassador Mr. J. Balfour Mr. R. G. Munro Mr. Roger Makins Also present were: Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson The Secretary of State [James F. Byrnes] The Under Secretary of State Assistant Secretary, Honorable William Clayton The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] The Under Secretary of the Treasury, Honorable Max Gardner General Counsel, Treasury, Honorable Jos. J. O'Connell, Jr. From the Senate: President of the Senate, Honorable Kenneth McKellar Floor Leader, Honorable Alben W. Barkley, Ky. Minority Leader, Honorable Wallace H. White, Jr., Me. Senator Robert F. Wagner, Chairman, Banking and Currency Committee From the House of Representatives: Speaker Sam Rayburn Congressman Sol Bloom, N. Y., Chairman Committee on Foreign Affairs Congressman Charles A. Eaton, N. J. The following were also present: Honorable Marriner S. Eccles, Chairman, Federal Reserve Bank Hon. William McChesney Martin, Chairman, Export Import Bank Hon. John R. Steelman, Director, Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Following Approval of the Financial Agreement With Great Britain] | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Left for the Ellipse) | ||
| The President reviewed the 442nd Regimental Combat Team (The Nisei Regiment) [Public Papers: Remarks Upon Presenting a Citation to a Nisei Regiment] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9753 Authorizing the appointment of Ellen S. Woodward to a position as Director of Inter-Agency Relations in the Federal Security Agency without regard to civil service rules; July 16, 1946; not published] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9754 the appointment of Jewell Wood Swofford to a position as Commissioner for Special Services in the Federal Security Agency without regard to civil service rules; July 16, 1946; not published] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9755 Authorizing the appointment of Hattie W. Caraway to a position as member of the Employees' Compensation Appeal Board in the Federal Security Agency without regard to civil service rules; July 16, 1946; not published] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9756 the appointment of George E. Bigge to a position as member of Director of Federal-State Relations in the Federal Security Agency without regard to civil service rules; July 16, 1946; not published] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9757 the appointment of Arthur J. Altmeyer to a position as Commissioner for Social Security in the Federal Security Agency without regard to civil service rules; July 16, 1946; not published] | ||
| (Mr. John Slavin) (This is the artist recommended by Governor Tuck of Virginia. He has already worked from photo- graphs of the President.) | ||
| The President will receive members of the Advisory Committee of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. They are: Mr. T. C. Cashen Mr. Albert S. Goss Honorable John R. Steelman Mr. William Green Mr. Eric A. Johnsten Mr. George Mead Mr. Ed O'Neal Mr. James Patton Mrs. Anna Rosenberg | ||
| Honorable Marriner Eccles, Governor, Federal Reserve Board | ||
| Honorable Maple Harl, Chairman Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | ||
| H. E. Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo, the newly appointed Chinese Ambassador | ||
| (Mr. James E. Webb) ("Off record" at the request of John Snyder. The President told Secretary Snyder on Sunday that he wished to see Mr. Webb.) | ||
| The President presented Unit Citations to the Aircraft Carriers ESSEX, HORNET, LEXINGTON, BUNKER HILL, YORKTOWN, SAN JACINTO, BELLEAU WOOD, and CABOT. (Admiral Marc Mitscher received the citations from the President and in turn handed them to the Officers from the various ships. The ceremony was held on the South Grounds of the White House with the invited guests present.) [Public Papers: Remarks Upon Presenting Presidential Unit Citations to Eight Aircraft Carriers] | ||
| (Cabinet Luncheon. All were present with the exception of the Postmaster General and the Secretaries of Navy and Agriculture.) | ||
| Mr. Albert S. Goss, Master National Grange Mr. Harry Caton, Secretary of National Grange Mr. Quentin Reynolds, President, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, Springfield, Mass. Mr. John Davis, Washington representative of National Council of Farmer Cooperatives (Mr. Goss originally asked to bring in Mr. Davis, but as Mr. Reynolds happened to come to Washington he asked if he might also be allowed to accompany them.) | ||
| Honorable Robert Butler, U. S. Ambassador to Australia | ||
| The President received the following group of Editors and Executives of the McGraw-Hill Publishing Company in Washington for a two day meeting: Fowler W. Barker; W. K. Beard, Jr.; C. W. Bendigo; T. V. Bihler; Hendley Blackmon; R. F. Rober; Nelson Bond; L. V. Burton; Malcolm Burton; A. N. Carter; John Cobbs; Robert Colborn; Walter F. Crowder; William E. Dunnell; George E. Doying, Jr.; Eugene Duffield; Carter Field; Burnham Finney; Irvin Foos; Peter French; Joseph Gambatese; J. A. Gerardi; Ivan Given; Stuart Hamilton; W. J. Hargest; S. T. Henry; John Hightower; Lee H. Hill; D. D. Hogate; Robert Hotz; Evan Just; Dexter Keezer; Hugh Kelly; Richard Larkin; Paul Leach, Jr.; James A. Lee; Curtis W. McGraw; William MacDonald; Magruder Maury; Richard McBride; Gordon McBride; Alexander McSurely; Merlin Mickel; Gladys Montgomery; L. C. Morrow; Leslie E. Neville; George Quisenberry; R. H. Ramsey; H. W. Richardson; L. N. Rowley; War Shearer; Ralph Smith; John C. Spurr; J. C. Stark; Blaine Stubblefield; S. B. Williams; M. A. Williamson; John D. Wilson; Robert Wood. | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks to a Group of Editors and Executives of the McGraw-Hill Publishing Company] | ||
| Mr. Jacob S. Potofsky, President, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (Successor to Sidney Hillman, called Mr. Connelly yesterday to request this appointment.) | ||
| The President will be presented with the first Red Feather Emblem of the Community Chest Federation of the National Capital Area. The following young people made the presentation: Danny Stallings from St. Joseph's Home and School Irvin Rallings, from Providence Hospital (will arrive in wheel-chair separately, accompanied by attendants, Williard Smith and Miss Catherine Shindell) Bessie Ann Mason (Negro) from the Northwest Settlement House Sigrid Stengel (Jewish Refugee) Jewish Society Service Agency Miss Beatrice Hodgson (In charge of the group and representing the Community Chest) (Honorable Daniel Bell, Campaign Chairman, asked the President to have a picture made accepting this emblem of the Community Chest Drive. It will not be released until the Drive starts. They are anxious to have the Red Feather become as well known as their symbol as the Red Cross is for that organization and the poppy for the Veterans' Drives.) | ||
| (Lunch -- downstairs in the Executive Office) | ||
| The Attorney General [Tom C. Clark] | ||
| (Mr. Slavin, the artist) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| The Secretary of Treasury [John W. Snyder] | ||
| Mr. Robert A. Moneyham Mr. Frank H. Lee Mr. Cleo Smith | ||
| Mr. Paul Nitze, Vice Chairman, U. S. Strategic Bomb Survey Mr. Walter Wilds, Secretary (Mr. Locke arranged this appointment. The Chairman, Franklin D'Olier was to have come but had pneumonia.) | ||
| Mr. James Patton, President, National Farmers Union (Asked for this appointment) | ||
| H. E. Honorable Sava N. Kosanovic, the Ambassador of Yugoslavia | ||
| The Secretary of State [James F. Byrnes] | ||
| (Lunch) |