Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
October 18, 1946
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| Honorable Edward M. Curran (Requested the appointment) | ||
| Senator Brien McMahon, Connecticut (Requested the appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. Charles Wilson, President, General Electric Co.) (Mr. Wilson requested the appointment - off record) | ||
| (The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]) | ||
| (Senator Warren Austin) (The Secretary of State [James F. Byrnes]) (Honorable Dean Acheson) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Honorable Robert Hannegan | ||
| (Honorable Robert Hannegan) (Honorable James Forrestal) | ||
| The Secretary of State [James F. Byrnes] | ||
| (Cabinet Luncheon --Secretaries Interior and Agriculture out of town) | ||
| (Honorable Edwin A. Locke) | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Concerning the National School Lunch Program] | ||
| Miss Kate Smith Mr. Carl Erbey, Associate of Miss Smith's Mr. Dave Levy Major George Howard Mr. Charles Mortimer Captain Kiem of the Army Air Forces Band (Appointment arranged through Mr. Orr, Treasury Department in connection with Community Chest Drive. Major Howard wrote theme song for Drive and Miss Smith will present it to the President Photographs taken. (Honorable Daniel Bell also called Mr. Matthew Connelly for this appointment) | ||
| Congressman Joseph C. Baldwin, New York (Requested this appointment) | ||
| Major W. O. Ulrey Mr. Charles Brandon Booth Mr. Earl Godwin (The Volunteers of America is celebrating 50th anniversary this year and Commander Charles Brandon Booth, acting head during illness of his mother, General Maud Ballington Booth, is in Washington attending council on Juvenile delinquency) | ||
| Rabbi E. Phineas Friedman of Mid-Town Chapel, Philadelphia (Wishes to thank President for furnishing relief to Hungarian people; also take up two or three personal matters) | ||
| Presidents of Negro Land Grant Colleges President S. D. Scruggs, Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri; President J. F. Drake, A. & M. Institute, Normal, Alabama; President H. D. Gregg, State College, Dover, Delaware; President W. H. Gray, Jr., A. & M. College, Tallahassee, Florida; President B. F. Hubert, State College, Savannah, Georgia; President R. B. Atwood, State College, Frankfort, Kentucky; President F. G. Clark, Southern University, Scotlandville, Louisiana; President R. S. [R. A.] Grigsby, Princess Anne College, Princess Anne, Maryland; President W. H. Pipes, A. & M. College, Alcorn, Mississippi; President F. D. Bluford, A. & T. College, Greesboro, North Carolina; President G. L. Harrison, Langston University, Langston, Oklahoma; President M. F. Whittaker, State College, Orangeburg, South Carolina; Mr. George W. Gore, A. & I. State College, Nashville, Tennessee, Mr. George L. Smith, Prairie View State University, Prairie View, Texas; President L. H. Foster, State College, Petersburg, Virginia; President J. W. Davis, State College, Institute, West Virginia; President F. D. Patterson, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama; President R. E. Clement. Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia; President M. W. Johnson, Howard University, Washington, D. C.; President C. V. Troup. Port Valley State College, Fort Valley, Georgia; President W. R. Valentine, Manual Training School, Bordentown, New Jersey; President R. R. Wright, Savings Bank, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Dr. J. M. Gandy, President Emeritus, Virginia State College, Petersburg, Virginia; Dr. W. R. Banks, Director, Public Relations, Prairie View University, Texas; Dr. J. E. Perry, President, Board of Curators, Lincoln University, Missouri; Dean E. W. Waters, Princess Anne College, Princess Anne, Maryland; Dr. E. Franklin Frazier, Director, Social Studies Project for Negro Land Grant Colleges; Mr. Sherman Briscoe, Information Specialist, Department of Agriculture; Mr. Robert S. Scurlock, Photographer, Washington, D. C.; Mr. John W. Mitchell, Field Agent, United States Extension Service, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia. | ||
| (Colonel Paul Griffith, new Commander, American Legion) (Arranged through General Harry Vaughan) | ||
| Honorable Francis Biddle (Requested appointment - wants half hour) | ||
| (Mr. Art Coates) | ||
| (Honorable Clark Clifford) (Honorable David Lilienthal) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Secretary of State [James F. Byrnes]; Secretary of the Navy [James Forrestal]; Secretary of War [Robert P. Patterson]; Admiral Chester Nimitz; General Harry H. Vaughan; Captain James Foskett; Admiral William D. Leahy; General John H. Hilldring) (Secretary of State asked for this "off record" appointment to discuss mandated islands.) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9792 AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO.9492, AS AMENDED, PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GO3ERNING NON-MILITARY AND NON-NAVAL TRANSPORTATION OF ARMY AND NAVY AIR TRANSPORTS] | ||
| The President and Mrs. Truman left the National Airport for New York, where the President addressed the delegates of the United Nations Assembly at Flushing Meadows, Long Island, New York, at 4:30 p.m. The President and Mrs. Truman returned to Washington by train, leaving at 8:25 p.m. and arriving in Washington at 12:00 midnight. | ||
[Public Papers: Address in New York City at the Opening Session of the United Nations General Assembly]
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| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Concerning Limitations on Military and Public Works Expenditures] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Concerning the Estonian Refugees in Florida] | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Virginia McGinty) (Irene L. Dulin) | ||
| (Mr. Bob Hope) (Mr. Mack Miller) | ||
| (Mr. David Noyes) (Honorable Edwin Locke) | ||
| (The President and Mrs. Truman attended play at George Washington University in which Miss Drucie Snyder appeared.) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9793 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE DISPUTES BETWEEN THE ATLANTA & ST. ANDREWS BAY RAILWAY COMPANY AND OTHER CARRIERS, AND CERTAIN OF THEIR EMPLOYEES] | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (Honorable Dean Acheson for State; Honorable John Sullivan for Navy; Honorable Norris E. Dodd for Agriculture; Honorable Oscar Chapman for Interior; Honorable Kenneth McKellar out of city) (No special agenda) | ||
| Mr. Frank Waring of the Philippine War Damage Commission (Requested appointment) | ||
| (Honorable Ed Pauley) (Requested appointment) | ||
| (Mr. Arthur H. Sulzberger, Publisher, New York Times) (Secretary of the Navy [James Forrestal] suggested appointment) | ||
| Honorable Myron Taylor (He requested this appointment) | ||
| Mr. Walter S. Robertson, Minister-Counselor of the American Embassy, Nanking, China (Arranged through State Department - Mr. Robertson has just returned to this country and for past ten months has been Chairman of Executive Headquarters of Peiping. Has been intimately associated with prolonged efforts of General Marshall to arrange truce between political groups in China) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Colonel L. Curtis Tiernan) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9795 RESTORING CERTAIN LANDS TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII 2] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9794 DESIGNATING THE SOLICITOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR TO ACT AS UNDER SECRETARY OR ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR (1)] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the Governor of Puerto Rico Disapproving a Bill Passed by the Territorial Legislature] | ||
| (Mr. Fred Whitaker) (Dr. J. R. Carter) | ||
| (The President and Mrs. Truman left the White House for Shangri-La. They will spend the week-end there.) | ||
| Spent the day at Shangri-La. | ||
| Returned to White House | ||
| [Public Papers: Message to the King of Saudi Arabia Concerning Palestine] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Appointing Gordon R. Clapp as Chairman, Tennessee Valley Authority] | ||
| (Mr. Charles Keck - sculptor) | ||
| (Honorable Joseph Casey) | ||
| (Mr. Gordon Clapp) (Honorable David E. Lilienthal) (Honorable Clark Clifford) | ||
| (Mr. William W. Waymack) (Dr. Robert F. Bacher) | ||
| Colonel Paul V. Betters Hon. Oscar Hewitt, Commissioner, Public Works, Chicago Mayor Edward J. Kelly, Chicago Mayor Edward J. Jeffries, Jr., Detroit Mayor Thomas A. Burke, Jr., Cleveland Mayor W. Cooper Green, Birmingham Mayor Vincent J. Murphy, Newark Mayor John J. Burns, Burlington, Vermont (Committee of U. S. Conference of Mayors is testifying here before CAA. Wish to see the President for the purpose of discussing administrative effectuation of the National Airport Program as authorized by Congress last summer.) Mr. Paul V. Betters, Executive Director of the Conference wrote requesting the appointment. | ||
| H.E. Karl Gruber, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Ludwig Kleinwaechter, Austrian Political Representative to the US and Minister Designate (Arranged through State Department. They wish to pay respects to the President - both men spoke English) | ||
| Lt. General Walter Bedell Smith, American Ambassador to Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (In Washington for consultation and requested appointment -- arranged through State Department) | ||
| The Secretary of State [James F. Byrnes] (Usual semi-weekly appointment) | ||
| (Cabinet luncheon at White House -- Secretaries of Navy, Interior, Agriculture, War and Labor absent) | ||
| Honorable Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada (Arranged through the State Department) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, Director of the Budget Congresswoman Jane Pratt, North Carolina (Mr. Webb requested this appointment) | ||
| (Atomic Energy Commission -- Honorable David E. Lilienthal, Chairman Mr. William W. Waymack Mr. Lewis Strauss Dr. Robert F. Bacher Mr. Sumner Pike) [Public Papers: Letter to David Lilienthal on His Appointment as Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission] | ||
| (Special Press) [Public Papers] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Commemorating the Founding of the Czechoslovak Republic] | ||
| (General W. S. Paul) (Secretary of War [Robert P. Patterson]) (General Carl Spaatz) (Honorable Kenneth C. Royall, Under Secretary of War) (Honorable W. Stuart Symington, Assistant Secretary of War) (General Dwight D. Eisenhower) (General J. Lawton Collins) (General Lauris Norstad) (Honorable James F. Byrnes, Secretary of State) (Honorable James E. Webb, Director of the Budget) (Honorable John Steelman) (Off record -- some will enter East Entrance -- Colonel Carroll will bring over some material which he would like to set up in the President's office prior to the appointment) (Asked for a hour or more) | ||
| Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo, the Chinese Ambassador General Chang Chun (General Chang was Chinese Foreign Minister for a period. It is rumored that General Chang will succeed T. V. Soong as Prime Minister of China.) (Arranged through State Department; also Justice Douglas requested that the President see General Chang) | ||
| Judge Armond W. Scoot, Municipal Court for the District of Columbia (Requested the appointment to pay respects) | ||
| Mr. Max Lowenthal (Requested the appointment - has just recently returned from Europe) | ||
| The President met with the Federal Land Bank Presidents: Mr. I. W. Duggan, Governor, Farm Credit Administration, Department of Agriculture, Washington 25, D. C. Mr. J. E. Wells, Jr., Deputy Governor, Farm Credit Administration, Department of Agriculture, Washington 25, D. C. Mr. James R. Isleib, Land Bank Commissioner, Farm Credit Administration, Department of Agriculture, Washington 25, D. C. Mr. MacDonald G. Newcomb, President, Federal Land Bank of Springfield, Springfield 2, Mass. Mr. H. D. Vaughan, President, Federal Land Bank of Baltimore 3, Maryland Mr. J. H. Scarborough, President, Federal Land Bank of Columbia, Columbia 1, South Carolina Mr. M. S. Kennedy, Jr., President, Federal Land Bank of Louisville 1, Kentucky Mr. Roy L. Thompson, President, Federal Land Bank of New Orleans, New Orleans 7, Louisiana Mr. W. H. Droste, President, Federal Land Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis, 3, Missouri Mr. M. D. Avery, President, Federal Land Bank of St. Paul, St. Paul 1, Minnesota Mr. L. N. Van Horne, President, Federal Land Bank of Omaha, Omaha 2, Nebraska MR. C. G. Shull, President, Federal Land Bank of Wichita, Wichita 1, Kansas Mr. Sterling C. Evans, President, Federal Land Bank of Houston, Houston 1, Texas Mr. Willard D. Ellis, President, Federal Land Bank of Berkeley, Berkeley 1, California Mr. R. E. Brown, President, Federal Land Bank of Spokane, Spokane 8, Washington Secretary Norris Dodd, Agriculture | ||
| The President will meet with a group of Lithuanian newspaper editors: Alexander G. Kumskis, President, National American-Lithuanian Chamber of Commerce; Leonard Simutis, Editor, Lithuanian Daily Friend and President, American Lithuanian Council; Dr. Pius Grigaitis, Editor, Lithuanian Daily News and Executive Secretary, Lithuanian American Council; Michael Vaidyla, Editor Lithuanian National and Treasurer of American Lithuanian Council; Konstantine Jurgela, Editor, Lithuanian Information Bureau Wm. Laukaitis, President, Lithuanian National Alliance of America John T. Zuris, Judge, Municipal Court of Chicago Wm. Kvietkus, Secretary, Lithuanian Catholic Alliance of America; Stanley Michelsonas, Editor, Lithuanian Club of Boston, Mass.; Miss Mary Kizis, Secretary (They desire to be helpful and would like to have the President indicate that he will continue stalwart fight to uphold the Roosevelt principles) (Appointment arranged through Mayor Kelly of Chicago and Mr. Hannegan) Pictures taken. | ||
| (Mr. George Brady, Boston Record American and Sunday Advertiser) (Mr. Harold Kern, Publisher of Hearst Boston Newspapers) (Requested appointment - arranged throught Mr. Matthew Connelly and Mr. Charles Ross) | ||
| Senor Dr. Don Oscar Ivanissevich, Argentine Ambassador Lt. General Carlos Von der Becke Brigadier General Reyes Rear Admiral Carlos Saravia Counselor of the Embassy, M. L. Drago (Arranged through State -- wished to present picture of Gen. Jose De San Martin, national hero of Argentina) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| The President received the members of the Advisory Board, Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion: Honorable John Steelman Mr. George Taylor Mr. T. C. Cashen Mr. Nathaniel Dyke, Jr. Mr. Albert F. Goss Mr. Philip Murray Mrs. Anna M. Rosenberg Mr. Edward Felker | ||
| (Mr. Charles Wagner) | ||
| (The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]) | ||
| (Honorable Francis Biddle - off record) (He requested the appointment and came in the East Entrance) | ||
| (Mr. Joseph Newman, writer and Editor of the Herald Tribune, New York - off record) (Arranged by Mr. Charles Ross) | ||
| Honorable James Folsom, Governor-Designate of Alabama Congressman John J. Sparkman, Alabama Honorable Robert Jones, Congressman-elect from Alabama (Will succeed Congressman Sparkman) (Mr. Sanford Lee - Off Record) (May come in with Congressman Sparkman) (Appointment arranged through Eugene Early and Congressman Sparkman) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (There was an off record showing of the film, "Invitation to the Nation" at the White House) (Showing sponsored by Greater National Capital Committee of the Washington Board of Trade. Those attending from that agency: (Mr. Edgar Morris, Chairman) (Mr. Joseph C. McGarraghy, President, Washington Board of Trade) (Mr. E. D. Merrill, President, Capital Transit Co.) (Mr. Carter Barron) (Mr. Robert C. McCann, Vice President, Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.) (Mr. L. Gardner Moore, Vice President, Shoreham Hotel Co.) (Mr. Clarence A. Arata, Manager, Greater National Capital Committee) (Mr. B. A. Dawes) | ||
| (Baron Silvercruys, Belgian Ambassador) (Presented General Wallace Graham with Medal from the Belgium Government -- surprise to General Wallace Graham -- arranged through General Harry Vaughan) | ||
| (The President and Mrs. Truman will attend dinner at the home of the Honorable Robert Hannegan - left White House at 6:45 p.m.) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9796 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9761 OF JULY 23, 1946, PROVIDING FOR THE PRESERVATION AND DISPLAY OF ENEMY FLAGS CAPTURED BY THE NAVY AND COAST GUARD] | ||
| Mr. Carl Gray, Jr. | ||
| The Secretary of State [James F. Byrnes] | ||
| Leave for Kansas City -- by train | ||
| Arrived in Independence, Missouri and motored directly home. | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President on the Status of the 48 Estonian Refugees] | ||
| The President attended reunion of Battery "D" in Kansas City, Missouri. | ||
| In Independence, Missouri | ||
| Motored to the Hotel Muehlbach, Kansas City, where he visited with old friends. | ||
| (Election Day) | ||
| Voted in Independence, Missouri | ||
| (EST) Left for Washington, D.C. from Independence, by train. | ||
| Executive Orders: [9798 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE THE DISPUTE BETWEEN THE BARRE & CHELSEA RAILROAD COMPANY AND THE ST. JOHNSBURY & LAKE CHAMPLAIN RAILROAD COMPANY AND CERTAIN OF THEIR EMPLOYEES] |