Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
May 21, 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.
| Hon. Bryce Smith (former Mayor of Kansas City and an old friend) | ||
| The Secretary of Labor [Frances Perkins] | ||
| The Secretary of Labor [Frances Perkins] | ||
| Mr. Michael D. Konomas of Kansas City (Supreme President of the Order of Aheppa) | ||
| Mr. C. B. Baldwin; Hon. Elmer Benson, Former Governor of Minnesota | ||
| His Grace, Archbishop Athenagoras, Head of the Greek Orthodox Church of North and South America | ||
| Dr. John R. Mott (in charge of YMCA among prisoners of war in 30 nations) | ||
| Mr. Clarence Pickett; Mr. Harold Evans; Mr. Paul J. Furnas (representatives of American Friends Service Committee) | ||
| Address Joint Session of the Congress and Present One Hundredth Congressional Medal of Honor to be awarded an Infantryman, Sgt. Jake Lindsay [Public Papers] | ||
| Hon. Harold D. Smith | ||
| Hon. Harlan F. Stone, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court | ||
| Executive Orders: [9553 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE RIVER TERMINAL RAILWAY COMPANY AND ITS EMPLOYEES] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to Heads of War Agencies on the Economic Situation in the Liberated Countries of Northwest Europe] | ||
| Mr. Leonard Hicks | ||
| Congresswoman Frances P. Bolton | ||
| Congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas, Calif.; Cong. George E. Cutland, Calif.; Cong. Chet. Holifield, Calif.; Cong. George P. Miller, Calif.; Cong. Richard J. Welch, Calif.; Congr. Frank [Franck] R. Havenner. Calif. | ||
| Cong. Virgil Chapman, Ky.; Cong. Joe B. Bates, Ky. | ||
| Hon. Philip Murray, CIO | ||
| (Hon. Fred Vinson) | ||
| Hon. Robert Jackson, Assoc. Justice of the Supreme Court | ||
| Mr. Frank S. Land (Old friend, founder and Sec. General, the Grand council, Order of De Molay, Kansas City) | ||
| Hon. James E. Markham, the Alien Property Custodian | ||
| Hon. Harry F. Kelly of Michigan - Governor | ||
| Major James Doarn | ||
| Acting Secretary of State Grew; H. E. Hon. Josef Bech, the Foreign Minister of Luxembourg | ||
| Brig. Gen. Ed. Schwein | ||
| Secretary of Commerce Wallace; Hon. Wm. A. Burden, Asst. Sec. of Commerce | ||
| Mr. Roger Whiteford (to inform the President he has been made honorary Member of Burning Tree Golf Club) | ||
| (Lunch) (Cong. Clinton Anderson) | ||
| Mr. Frank S. Land; Mr. and Mrs. Arvold; Mr. Jaycocks; Judge Rowe; Mr. and Mrs Leonard P. Stewart; Mr. Ed. King | ||
| (Mr. James W. Jacobs) (portrait painter) | ||
| Mr. Jake Moore | ||
| Adm. Ernest J. King | ||
| Hon. George T. Summerlin; Adm. William D. Leahy | ||
| Brig. Gen. Ed. Schwain | ||
| Executive Orders: [9554 POSSESSION AND OPERATION OF PROPERTY OF MOTOR CARRIERS IN AND ABOUT THE CITY OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter Accepting Resignation of Francis Biddle as the Attorney General] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter Accepting Resignation of Frances Perkins as Secretary of Labor] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter Accepting Resignation of Claude R. Wickard as Secretary of Agriculture] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter Accepting Resignation of Marvin Jones as War Food Administrator] | ||
| Congr. Walter C. Ploeser, Mo. | ||
| Congr. Mike Mansfield, Mont. | ||
| Congr. Robert Crosser, Ohio; Congr. Matthew Neely, W. Va. | ||
| Hon. Edward Stettinius, the Sec. of State | ||
| (Mr. Tom Clark) | ||
| Hon. John G. Townsend, Jr. | ||
| Mrs. Hilda Weinert | ||
| The Secretary of the Treasury [Henry Morgenthau, Jr.] | ||
| Chaplain Feltham S. James | ||
| Hon. Gifford Pinchot (Former Gov. of Pennsylvania re his plan for world conference on conservation of natural resources as basis for permanent peace) | ||
| Mr. Roy Howard | ||
| The Secretary of the Navy [James Forrestal] | ||
| Sen. Chas. W. Tobey, N.H. | ||
| Sen. Allen J. Ellender, La.; Hon. Robert S. Maestri, Mayor of New Orleans | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Judge Fred Vinson) | ||
| (Hon. George Allen) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9555 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY AND ITS EMPLOYEES] | ||
| [Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress on the Organization of the Executive Branch] | ||
| Congresswoman Mary T. Norton, N.J. | ||
| Hon. James P. McGranery, Asst. to the Attorney General | ||
| Sen. John L. McClellan, Ark.; Mr. Roy Custer; Sen. Wm. J. Fulbright, Ark.; Congr. Brooks Hays, Ark. (Mr. Custer had quota of $300 in E Bonds to sell but sold $100,775) | ||
| Col. Al. Holland | ||
| Hon. Henry A. Bundschu (Old friend, originally from Independence) | ||
| Mr. James Patton | ||
| Hon. John W. Snyder | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Jay Franklin Carter; Dr. Henry Field) | ||
| Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines Congr. John E. Rankin, Ga. | ||
| Congr. W. F. Norrell, Ark. Sen. Wm. F. Fulbright, Ark. | ||
| (Pvt. Eliot Berkley) | ||
| (Mr. Richard L. Stokes) | ||
| Mr. Joseph Ferguson (Democratic State Auditor of Ohio) | ||
| Lt. Harry O. Anderson; Lt. James C. Whitaker; Lt. Hiram Shumway; Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Wyo. | ||
| Mr. Walter White | ||
| Congr. Everett M. Dirksen, Ill. | ||
| Lt. Randolph Hughes | ||
| Mr. R. J. Thomas, CIO; Mr. Matthew Hammond; Mr. W. H. Grant; Mr. Frank Wian | ||
| Negro Newspaper Publishers: Theodore Poston; John H. Sengstacke; H. H. Murphy; Alexander Barnes; C. A. Scott; Frank Stanley; William O. Walker; Mrs. Robert L. Vann; Cecil Newman; J. E. Mitchell; L. E. Austin; Louis Martin; Charles Browning; Ira W. Lewis; Dowdal Davis; Carl Murphy | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Mr. Arthur Hays Sulzberger | ||
| Col. Samuel Bernstein | ||
| Executive Orders: [9556 PROVIDING FOR THE EXERCISE OF CERTAIN FUNCTIONS, DUTIES, AND POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN COURT MARTIAL CASES BY THE SECRETARY OF WAR, THE UNDER SECRETARY OF WAR, THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY AND THE UNDER SECRETARY OF THE NAVY] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9557 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 9210 OF AUGUST 1, 1942, (1) PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION TO ENLISTED MEN OF THE NAVY AND COAST GUARD SPECIALLY QUALIFIED IN THE USE OF ARMS] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9558 certain former foreign service officers; May 26, 1945; not published] | ||
| No Official List | ||
| Acting Secretary of State Grew; Hon. Dean Acheson | ||
| Mr. Arthur E. Coates | ||
| Mr. J. W. Hoffman; Lt. Col. Hoffman | ||
| (Mr. John Callan O'Laughlin) | ||
| Hon. Frank Walker | ||
| (Miss Beula Williams) | ||
| General Thomas T. Handy; General Courtney H. Hodges | ||
| Spent quiet Sunday in White House with members of family. | ||
| Executive Orders: [9559 AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF WAR TO TAKE POSSESSION OF AND OPERATE THE PLANTS AND FACILITIES OF THE GAFFNEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LOCATED AT GAFFNEY, SOUTH CAROLINA (1)] | ||
| [Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress on Unemployment Compensation] | ||
| Sen. Raymond E. Willis, Ind. | ||
| Congr. Sam Hobbs, Ala. | ||
| (Adm. William D. Leahy) |