Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman

July 12, 1948

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.

12:00 pm	July 12, 1948	Honorable Cavendish Cannon, American Ambassador to Yugoslavia (Has talked to Mr. Robert Lovett, who thought the President might be interested in hearing of situation in Yugoslavia before Mr. Cannon returns to Belgrade middle of this week)
12:30 pm	July 12, 1948	Honorable Raymond S. McKeough, U. S. Maritime Commission Mr. Ben Adamowski
1:00 pm	July 12, 1948	(Lunch)
3:00 pm	July 12, 1948	Mr. John A. Kennedy, Editor and Publisher, San Diego Journal (Arranged by Mr. Charles Ross)
10:30 am	July 13, 1948	The President left for Silver Springs, Md. where he met the train bringing Mrs. Truman and Miss Truman from Missouri.
11:30 am	July 13, 1948	Mr. Grove Patterson, Editor in Chief of the Toledo Blade (Requested the appointment of Mr. Charles Ross through his Washington representative)
12:15 pm	July 13, 1948	(Major General Lewis B. Hershey)
1:00 pm	July 13, 1948	(Lunch)
12:00 am	July 14, 1948	Executive Orders: [9977 DISCONTINUING CERTAIN DISTRICT LAND OFFICES]
10:30 am	July 14, 1948	Honorable Laurence A. Steinhardt, U. S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia
1:00 pm	July 14, 1948	(Lunch)
4:00 pm	July 14, 1948	(Honorable Charles Bohlen)
6:45 pm	July 14, 1948	The President left for Philadelphia, Pa. where he accepted nomination of Democratic National Convention - Made his acceptance speech at 2.30 a.m., July 15th.
1:00 am	July 15, 1948	[Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon the Death of General Pershing]
2:00 am	July 15, 1948	Address in Philadelphia Upon Accepting the Nomination of the Democratic National Convention [Public Papers] [Audio: MP3]
5:30 am	July 15, 1948	The President arrived in Washington,D. C.
11:05 am	July 15, 1948	(The Secretary of the Army [Kenneth C. Royall]) (The Secretary of Defense [James Forrestal])
12:25 pm	July 15, 1948	(The Secretary of Defense [James Forrestal]) (Admiral Sidney Souers) (The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall])
1:00 pm	July 15, 1948	(Lunch)
9:45 pm	July 15, 1948	The President motored to Union Station where he greeted members of Missouri Delegation when they arrived at the Washington Union Station from Philadelphia enroute to Missouri.
11:59 pm	July 15, 1948	On this date, Harry Truman was nominated the Democratic candidate for President on the first ballot at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. See student research file The Election Campaign of 1948: documents, photographs and more.
11:45 am	July 16, 1948	(Honorable Ugo Carusi)
12:00 pm	July 16, 1948	Honorable Henry F. Grady, American Ambassador Designate to Greece (Wishes to pay his respects before leaving for his post at Athens to assume his new duties)
12:30 pm	July 16, 1948	Honorable James L. Fly (Wrote to the President requesting appointment)
1:00 pm	July 16, 1948	(Lunch)
3:00 pm	July 16, 1948	(Mr. Henry Dockweiler)
3:05 pm	July 16, 1948	(Mr. Lowell Mellett)
3:30 pm	July 16, 1948	(General and Mrs. Ralph Truman)
4:00 pm	July 16, 1948	The President received the members of the Public Advisory Board of the Economic Cooperation Administration: Honorable Paul Hoffman, Administrator, ECA Miss Sarah Gibson Blanding, President, Public Advisory Bd. Mr.James B. Carey, Secretary-Treasurer Honorable Jonathan W.Daniels Mr.Albert S. Goss, National Grange Mr.Robert H. Hinckley, Vice President, American Broad- casting Company Mr. Eric A. Johnston Mr.Allan B. Kline, President, American Farm Bureau Federation Honorable Herbert H. Lehman Mr. George H. Mead Mr. George Meany, Secretary-Treasurer, American Fedeation of Labor Mr. James G. Patton, President, National Farmers Union
4:15 pm	July 16, 1948	(Honorable Oscar Ewing)
12:00 am	July 17, 1948	Executive Orders: [9978 TRANSFER OF THE DISTRICT LAND OFFICES AT BLACKFOOT AND COEUR D'ALENE, IDAHO, TO BOISE, IDAHO]
11:00 am	July 17, 1948	(Mr. Clifford Bourette) (Mr. Victor Holmquist) (Mr. Harry Miller)
11:10 am	July 17, 1948	(Mr. Maurice Winger)
11:15 am	July 17, 1948	(Mr. Merle Young)
11:30 am	July 17, 1948	(Honorable Harry Woodring)
11:45 am	July 17, 1948	(Mr.and Mrs. Barney Watley and son)
12:30 pm	July 17, 1948	(Mr. Jake More) (Miss Stella Laffan) (Mr.Leo Devitts) (Miss Mary Jane Freeman)
1:00 pm	July 17, 1948	(Lunch)
2:15 pm	July 18, 1948	(The President with three aides left for Capitol to view remains of General John J. Pershing)
2:40 pm	July 18, 1948	(The President returned to the White House)
4:25 pm	July 18, 1948	(Senator Alben W. Barkley, Ky.)
6:00 pm	July 18, 1948	(The Secretary of Defense [James Forrestal])
11:00 am	July 19, 1948	Mr. Thomas Walsh Mr. Lamoine Dowling (At request of Steve Harrington. These men are heading up the "Truman Club" of Minnesota)
11:15 am	July 19, 1948	Honorable Joseph B. Keenan (Formerly with War Crimes Commission in Tokyo - phoned Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this)
11:30 am	July 19, 1948	Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Wyo.
11:45 am	July 19, 1948	(The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall]) (The Secretary of Defense [James Forrestal])
12:15 pm	July 19, 1948	The Secretary of the Army [Kenneth C. Royall] The Under Secretary of State The Under Secretary of Army The Secretary of Defense [James Forrestal]
12:45 pm	July 19, 1948	Honorable Edward H. Foley, Jr. Honorable John S. Graham, Asst. Secy of Treasury
1:00 pm	July 19, 1948	(Cabinet Lunch)
2:45 pm	July 19, 1948	(The President left for Arlington National Cemetery to attend funeral of General John J. Pershing)
4:10 pm	July 19, 1948	(Honorable Oscar Ewing) (Honorable George Allen) (Mr. William Boyle) (Honorable Matthew J. Connelly)
12:00 am	July 20, 1948	Executive Orders: [9979 PRESCRIBING PORTIONS OF THE SELECTIVE SERVICE REGULATIONS AND AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF SELECTIVE SERVICE TO PERFORM CERTAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE PRESIDENT UNDER THE SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT OF 1948 (1)]
10:45 am	July 20, 1948	The Secretary of Agriculture [Charles F. Brannan] Mr. Wayne Williams of Denver, Colo.
11:00 am	July 20, 1948	Mr. George Marshall Mr. Bert Bell (To present the President with his annual Football Pass)
11:15 am	July 20, 1948	Senator Carl Hayden, Ariz. (Mr. Matthew Connelly asked him to come in and see the President)
11:30 am	July 20, 1948	Honorable James Davis, former Governor of Louisiana (In Washington and asked to pay respects while here)
11:45 am	July 20, 1948	(Mr. Chen Li Fu) (General Harry Vaughan brought in)
12:00 pm	July 20, 1948	Honorable Ely Palmer, American Ambassador to Afghanistan (Suggested that this be arranged - thru Mr. Woodward)
12:30 pm	July 20, 1948	Honorable Maple T. Harl, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (Wired Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday from Denver, asking for this appointment today)
12:45 pm	July 20, 1948	The President presented a scroll to Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis on the occasion of his retirement from the Army after fifty years of service. [Public Papers: Presentation of a Scroll to Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis Upon His Retirement From the U.S. Army]
1:00 pm	July 20, 1948	(Lunch)
3:00 pm	July 20, 1948	(Honorable Paul Porter)
3:30 pm	July 20, 1948	Honorable James E.Webb, Director Honorable Frank Pace, Asst. Director, Bureau of Budget
4:25 pm	July 20, 1948	(Mr.Henry Dockweiler) (Mr. Art Donaher)
10:00 am	July 21, 1948	(Honorable Paul Porter)
11:30 am	July 21, 1948	Mr. Franklin E. Reagan, of St. Louis Mo. (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly from St. Louis to ask for this Has in the past shipped to the President the Fruit of the Month fruits.)
11:55 am	July 21, 1948	(Honorable Richmond Keech)
11:58 am	July 21, 1948	(Mr. James Daleo) (Mr. Tom Gavin)
12:00 pm	July 21, 1948	Honorable James Grover McDonald, Special Representative to Israel (Arranged by Mr. Clark Clifford)
12:15 pm	July 21, 1948	Honorable George P. Shaw, American Ambassador to Nicaragua
12:30 pm	July 21, 1948	Senator J. Howard McGrath, R. I.
12:45 pm	July 21, 1948	(Mr.Hugh Fulton)
1:00 pm	July 21, 1948	(Lunch)
3:30 pm	July 21, 1948	Honorable Harold H. Burton, Associate Justice, U. S.Supreme Court, and Mrs. Burton, and grandson (Asked to have grandson shown through the White House, and Mr. Matthew Connelly told them the President would enjoy meeting the grandson)
3:45 pm	July 21, 1948	(The Secretary of Defense [James Forrestal]) (The Atomic Energy Commission) (The Secretary of the Air Force [Stuart Symington]) (The Secretary of the Army [Kenneth C. Royall]) (Mr. Donald F. Carpenter) (Mr. William Webster)
4:00 pm	July 21, 1948	(Honorable Mon Wallgren, Governor of Washington)
10:30 am	July 22, 1948	Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers]
11:00 am	July 22, 1948	(The President joined meeting of Admiral Sidney Souers and National Security Council in Cabinet Room, where General Lucius Clay made report on situation in Berlin brought about by Russian blockade)
12:00 pm	July 22, 1948	Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of Budget
12:15 pm	July 22, 1948	Mr. and Mrs. Warren Pershing (Arranged by Mr. Charles Ross)
12:30 pm	July 22, 1948	The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] (Usual Thursday appointment)
1:00 pm	July 22, 1948	(Lunch)
3:30 pm	July 22, 1948	Honorable Philip Murray, President, CIO
8:00 pm	July 22, 1948	Off the Record in the President's Study: The Attorney General [Tom C. Clark] The Secretary of Commerce [Charles Sawyer] Honoragle Oscar Ewing Honorable Oscar Chapman Honorable Leslie Biffle Honorable William Pawley Senator Carl Hatch Honrable Stephen Early Honorable Samuel I. Rosenman Honorable Matthew J. Connelly
10:00 am	July 23, 1948	Cabinet [Meeting] (Morse for Labor - Foley for Treasury. Post Office not represented)
10:15 am	July 23, 1948	(General Fleming wants word with the President after Cabinet)
10:45 am	July 23, 1948	(Mr. Jack Shelley and daughter)
11:30 am	July 23, 1948	Honorable Emmet O'Neal, American Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly to ask for this appointment)
11:45 am	July 23, 1948	Senator Carl Hayden, Arizona Sentaor Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Wyoming (Mr. Matthew Connelly invited them to come in - suggested by Mr. Charles Murphy)
11:58 am	July 23, 1948	(Mr. George Baker)
12:00 pm	July 23, 1948	The President received the national officers of the Future Farmers of America, as follows: Mr Ervin Martin, Salem, Ind., President Honorable Oscar Ewing Mr. Wilbur Ray Dunk, Segovia, Tenn., 1st Vice Pres. Mr. John W. Webb, Jr. Wyoming, Dela, 3rd Vice Pres. Mr. Osborne J. Arlien, Fargo, N. D., 2nd Vice Pres. Mr. Kort H. Meier, Jr., Yuma, Ariz. 4th Vice Pres. Mr. Eugene Hansen, East Garland, Utah, Student Secy Hon. Rall I. Grigsby, Actg. Commissioner of Education Mr. A. Webster Tenney, Executive Secretary, Future Farmers of America (To invite the President to address the Future Famrers of America in Kansas City, Missouri, November 14th to 18th, 1948)
12:15 pm	July 23, 1948	General Lucius Clay The Secretary of the Army [Kenneth C. Royall] The Under Secretary of the Army, Dr. Draper
12:45 pm	July 23, 1948	The President left for the USS WILLIAMSBURG where he had lunch aboard and remained on board for remainder of day and spent night.
8:00 am	July 24, 1948	[Public Papers: Statement by the President Reviewing Two Years of Experience With the Atomic Energy Act]
4:00 pm	July 24, 1948	The President returned to dock at the Navy Yard where he took aboard the following and resumed cruise: Colonel Robert Landry Honorable Clark Clifford Honorable Charles Ross General Wallace Graham Honorable Stepehn T. Early Honorable George Allen
4:00 pm	July 25, 1948	Returned to the White House from cruise aboard USS WILLIAMSBURG.
4:30 pm	July 25, 1948	In Study, Off the record (The Secretary of Agriculture [Charles F. Brannan])
12:00 am	July 26, 1948	Executive Orders: [9980 REGULATIONS GOVERNING FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES WITHIN THE FEDERAL ESTABLISHMENT]
12:00 am	July 26, 1948	Executive Orders: [9981 ESTABLISHING THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON EQUALITY OF TREATMENT AND OPPORTUNITY IN THE ARMED SERVICES]
10:00 am	July 26, 1948	Honorable Joseph K. Carson, Member, Maritime Commission of the United States (Carson told Dr. John R. Steelman he was leaving for west coast this week and would like to see the President before going.)