Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
August 19, 1948
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| (Mr. Karsch, photographer for Collier's) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9988 PRESCRIBING PORTIONS OF THE SELECTIVE SERVICE REGULATIONS (1)] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9989 TRANSFERRING JURISDICTION OVER BLOCKED ASSETS TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the Attorney General Directing Him To Petition for an Injunction in the Maritime Labor Dispute] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: Vacation Cruise in the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays] | ||
| (General Arthur Wilson) | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (Oscar Chapman for Interior. Fleming absent. All others present) | ||
| (Mr. Charles James, Mrs. James and children) | ||
| Honorable Frank Pace, Jr., Assistant Director, Bureau of the Budget (Asked for this early in week) | ||
| Honorable Harry A. McDonald, Commissioner, S. E. C. (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday to ask for this) | ||
| Honorable John Gibson, Assistant Secretary of Labor Honorable George S. Fitzgerald, Democratic National Committeeman for Michigan (John Gibson asked to bring Mr. Fitzgerald in today) | ||
| Honorable R. Earl Peters, FHA Director for Indiana Judge Emmett McManamon, candidate for Attorney General Indiana Mr. Al Jones, automobile dealer in Indiana Mr. Tom Mahaffey Mr. Lloyd Allen (Frank McHale, Democratic National Committeeman for Indiana wired Mr. Matthew Connelly that these gentelmen were to be here today, all of them prominent Democrats, and wished to pay respects to the President) | ||
| The President received a group in connection with the celebration of the Bicentennial of the City of Reading, Pennsylvania, as follows: Commander J. Bennett Nolan, Chairman of Committee Col. Llewellyn Yarnell, Deputy Chairman Honorable Frederick A. Muhlenberg, Cong. from 13th District, Pa. Miss Katherine Keiser Mrs. Jessie L. Wagner Mrs. Rex B. Harrison Mayor John P. Davis, of Reading and Mrs. Davis Mr. J. Keim Stauffer, ex-Mayor of Reading Mr. Rex B. Harrison From Reading, England: The Mayor and Mayoress of Reading, Alderman and Mrs. H. V. Kersley Alderman F. G. Salisbury (Mayor in 1930-31) Alderman A. Lovell (Mayor 1943-44) Mr. G. F. Darlow, Town Clerk of Reading Mr. West, Town Counsellor Mr. John A. Brain, Past Pres. Reading Chamber of Commerce G. Talfourd-Cook, Secretary, Reading Chamber of Commerce A. Goldberg, President, Reading Chamber of Commerce A. Francis, building contractor, Reading Daniel McKenna, City Clerk, Reading (This British group have been cleared with State Department) | ||
| H. E. Feridun Cemal Erkin, the Ambassador of the Turkish Republic (Newly appointed) | ||
| (Left for Naval Gun Factory, where he boarded USS WILLIAMSBURG for week's cruise. The President was accompanied by: Admiral William Leahy Dr. John R. Steelman Honorable William D. Hassett Honorable Charles Ross Honorable Clark Clifford General Harry Vaughan General Wallace Graham Colonel Robert Landry Captain Robert Dennison) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9990 ENLARGING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE AIR COORDINATING COMMITTEE TO INCLUDE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: Vacation Cruise in the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: Vacation Cruise in the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: Vacation Cruise in the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: Vacation Cruise in the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: Vacation Cruise in the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9991 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE PITTSBURGH & WEST VIRGINIA RAILWAY COMPANY AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: Vacation Cruise in the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: Vacation Cruise in the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9992 AMENDING THE SELECTIVE SERVICE REGULATIONS] | ||
| [Public Papers: Proclamation 2806: Death of Charles Evans Hughes] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: Vacation Cruise in the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: Vacation Cruise in the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays] | ||
| The President arrived at the Naval Gun Factory from cruise aboard the USS WILLIAMSBURG and motored to the White House. | ||
| In the Study at the White House: (Off the record) (Mr. David Noyes) (Mr. Albert Carr) (Honorable Matthew J. Connelly) | ||
| Senator Carl Hayden, Arizona (Phoned Mr. Connelly August 19th to ask for this appointment) | ||
| The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] (Usual Monday appointment) | ||
| (Cabinet Luncheon - The Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Labor were absent) | ||
| (Judge Welburn Mayock) | ||
| (Mr. Albert Carr) (Mr. David Noyes) (Honorable Clark Clifford) (Honorable Charles Murphy) (Honorable Charles Ross) (Mr. William Boyle) (Senator J. Howard McGrath) (Honorable Matthew J. Connelly) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9993 REGULATIONS RELATING TO COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE] | ||
| (Mr. Tade Styka - artist) | ||
| (The Attorney General [Tom C. Clark]) | ||
| (Honorabe Joseph J. O'Connell, Chairman, C.A.B.) (Called Mr. Connelly last week - came off the record) | ||
| Mr. Walter White, Secretary, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Arranged at suggestion of David Niles) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9994 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9952 OF APRIL 22, 1948, PROVIDING FOR THE TERMINATION OF REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS OF FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES WHO TRANSFERRED TO PUBLIC OR PRIVATE AGENCIES FOR NATIONAL-DEFENSE OR WAR WORK] | ||
| (Mr. Tade Styka - artist) | ||
| (Honorable Oscar Chapman) | ||
| (The Secretary of Defense [James V. Forrestal]) | ||
| Senator Brien McMahon, Conn. (Phoned Mr. Connelly yesterday to ask for this appointment) | ||
| The Postmaster General [Jesse M. Donaldson] Honorable John Haderlein, Postmaster of Chicago, Ill. Senator Scott Lucas (Mr. Haderlein will be sworn in as Postmaster in the office of the Postmaster General - wanted to meet the President and the Postmaster General asked Mr. Connelly to arrange appointment) | ||
| Honorable William Benton (Phoned Mr. Connelly to arrange this appointment) | ||
| Honorable W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange) | ||
| Honorable Philip Murray, President, C.I.O. Mr. James Carey, C.I.O. Mr. Jack Kroll, C.I.O. (Arranged by David Niles) | ||
| Honorable William J. Bulow, former Senator from South Dakota (Phoned Mr. Connelly and said he knew the President well while in the Senate and would like to talk to him) | ||
| Senator Alben Barkley | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Mr. George Harrison, President, Union of Railroad Clerks Senator J. Howard McGrath (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask if he might see the President, off the record) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9995 EXECUTIVE ORDER 9995] | ||
| Honorable Frank Pace, Jr., Asst. Director, Bureau of the Budget | ||
| Mrs. India Edwards, Executive Director, Women's Division, Democratic National Committee Mrs. Arne Ericksen, of Odessa, New York Miss Mary Tobin, Director of Publicity, Women's Division Mrs. Ericksen wrote to the President last May telling him she was a Republican in Republican stronghold but she sincerely and deeply wanted President Truman to be our next President. Owns and manages well-known and unusual restaurant in Odessa, New York, and has been talking for the President all summer, stating publicly that she is for him because he is "the only friend the housewife has.") | ||
| Honorable Edward J. Flynn (Phoned Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this appointment) | ||
| Honorable Adolph A. Berle, Chairman, Liberal Party of New York Mr. Alex Rose, Chairman of that part of Liberal Party having to do with A.F.of L. (Will bring the President a ballot which he must sign if he is to be endorsed in New York by the Liberal Party) | ||
| (Mr. John S. McDaniel) (Arranged at request of Mr. Biffle's office. McDaniel just returned from Japan and has some information which General McArthur [MacArthur] wants to get to the President.) | ||
| The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] (Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| General and Mrs. A.F. Lorensen | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (The Attorney General absent - General Fleming absent) | ||
| The Secretary of Agriculture [Charles F. Brannan] (Phoned Mr. Connelly yesterday to ask for this.) | ||
| The President received the following Officers of the North Madison Young Democratic Club of Richmond, Virginia: Herndon P. Jeffreys, Jr., President Elect Robert L. Stone, Vice President Charles H. Phillips, Jr., Treasurer W. Griffith Purcell, Chairman, Young Democratic Club, 3rd Congressional District of Virginia Stuart A. Eacho, President, North Madison Young Democratic Club of Richmond, Virginia | ||
| Honorable Roy J. Turner, Governor of Oklahoma (In the city and wished to pay respects) | ||
| (Colonel Louis Johnson) (Dr. Leon Milton Birkhead) (Off the record) | ||
| (Admiral William D. Leahy) (Admiral Noble, of the British Royal Navy) | ||
| Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors (Phoned Mr. Connelly to ask for this appointment) | ||
| Honorable Maury Maverick, former Congressman from Texas (Told Mr. Connelly he was in town and would like to call on the President if the President could arrange the appointment. Mr. Maverick feels he knows the Southern situation as well as anyone and has some ideas on handling it.) | ||
| (Mr. John A. Kennedy, Editor and Publisher, San Diego Journal (Wrote Mr. Connelly he would be here and asked if he might come in off-the-record.) | ||
| (Mr. Ben Geaslin) (Wrote Mr. Connelly from Mobile, Ala., stating that he would be here at this time, and would particularly like to see the President before trip to Detroit. Off the record.) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President: Labor Day] | ||
| The President received twenty-three members of 82nd Airborne which was reviewed by the President in Potsdam and acted as his guard: Captain George A. Worth, Valdosta, Georgia Corporal Thomas L. Capas, Gen. Det., Sunbright, Tenn. Pvt. Harry C. Anderson, 815 Mifflin Street, Huntington, Pa. PFC Robert L. White, Junction City, Kansas Pvt. Patrick J. Kelly, New York, New York Pvt. Wm. H. Reis, Rt. 3, Norwalk, Ohio Sgt. Joseph G. Talkovic, R.D.1, New Brighton, Pa. Corporal Milton E. Ulriy, Colorado Ave., Avon Lake, Ohio Pvt. Frank C. Skierski Cpl. William T. Parry, Westminster, Md. PFC Pierce M. Stansbury, Chester, Pa. Sgt. Carol E. McLean Wayne C. McGrady, Washington, D.C. Andrew K. Faulk, Jacksonville, Fla. Foster H. Lashley, Havana, Florida Alphonso W. Pendergrass, Washington, D.C Joseph L. Wiqiett, Holyoke, Massachusetts Corporal Richard H. Bonne, Chicago, Illinois Pvt. Arthur Brown, Philadelphia, Pa. Corporal Warren G. Campbell, Greenville, S.C. PFC Paul Bell, Jr., Eugene, Oregon Sgt. Wm. E. Crawford, Emporium, Pa. Sgt. Harry DuRamt, Bonifay, Florida Sgt. Joseph H. Fleming, Wapakoneta, Ohio PFC H.L. Leunit, Ogden, Arkansas Corporal Douglas O. Russell, Aberdeen, Washington | ||
| (Left for Silver Spring, Maryland, to meet Miss Truman's train) | ||
| Worked all day on Labor Day speeches | ||
| Appointments during the Labor Day trip of the President to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Maryland Harrisburgh, Pennsylvania Mr. Philip Matthews, State Chairman Harry Boyer, President, Penn. Industrial Union Council, CIO George Medrick, Director District 11, Industrial Union Council, CIO Harold Fritchman ) Paul Bennett ) Earl Sackler ) Edgar Seidel ) CIO PAC Workers Donald Cook ) Joe Vazdar ) James Acri, Vice President, Pa. Federation of Labor Sidney Willar, Vice Pres., Pa. Federation of Labor Earl C. Bohr, Secretary, Pa. Federation of Labor Robert Knouse, Business Agent, Teamsters Union Local 776 Henry Swilkey, Business Manager, Plumbers and Steam- fitters Union Reuben Miller, Research Director, Pa. Fed. of Labor George McMartin, Business Representative, Laborers Dist. Council of Central Pa. John Shellhouse, Pres., Central Labor Union, Harrisburg Joseph Harris, President, Trade Council Michael Johnson, International Ladies Garment Workers Walter Wax, Pres., Bldg. and Common Laborers Union Harry Walsh, Legislative Representative, RR Trainmen J.A. Fox, President, Brotherhood Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, Harrisburg H.O. Cook, Pres., Order of Railway Conductors, Harrisburg Ramsey Black, State Treasurer Patrick Kirwan, County Chairman, Dauphin County C. Edwin Miller, Head of Political Education for the Carpenters Union in Central Pa., AFL Clarence Gamble, Chairman of the Harrisburg Central Labor Union Political Educational League Theodore Frederick, candidate for Congress against Mr. John Konkle in the Harrisburg District Altoona, Pennsylvania Mr. Thomas Rowen, President, Altoona Central Labor Union, A.F.L. Mr. Lawrence Schrank, Secretary, Central Labor Union, A.F.L. Mr. John Casler, Vice President, Pennsylvania, A.F.L. Mr. Harry Penny, State Committeeman for the Democratic Party from Blair County Mr. Paul Millard, Postmaster of Altoona Mr. Bartholemew, Democratic County Commissioner for Blair County Mr. Pollard, District Representative, C.I.O. Mr. Wagner, District Representative, C.I.O. Mr. George McMinn, Representative of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen Mr. L.W. McCormick, President of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen of Altoona Mr. Anthony Ott, Vice Chairman, Democratic Party in Altoona and Blair County - also C.I.O. representatixe | ||
| [Public Papers: Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in Michigan and Ohio] | ||
| Appointments during the Labor Day trip of the President Lansing, Michigan Mr. Earl W. Coller, Acting Mayor, City of Lansing Mr. Walter Carter, President, Lansing CIO Council Mr. Elton E. Tubbs, President, Local 625, UAW-CIO Mr, Thomas L. Eno, President, Local 603, UAW-CIO Mr. Raymond W. Reed, President, Local 650, UAW-CIO Mr. Robert E. Dingwell, President, Local 724, UAW-CIO Mr. Frank Smith, President, Local 872, UAW-CIO Mr. Ray T. Spear, President, Local 781, UAW-CIO Mr. George Amenta, President, Local 680, UAW-CIO Mr. Albert H. Dase, President, Local 728, UAW-CIO Mr. Urshal Hood, President, Local 646, UAW-CIO Mr. Laurence Miller, Vice-Pres., Lansing Fed. of Labor Mr. Fred Coryell, Pres. Lansing Blgd. and Cons't Trades Council Mr. Thomas Ceronsky, President, Local 182, UAW-CIO Mr. Guy Oswald, Business Representative, Carpenters Local 1449 Mr. John Lyons, President, Teamsters & Chaufferus Local 580 Mr. Clarence Clark, Financial Sec'y Typographical Union Mr.Anthony Feroli, President, Plasterers Local 500, AFL Mr. Gus Eckhout, Business Representative, Sheet Metal Workers Local Mr. Frank Shaw, Sec'y, Sign & Pictorial Writers Local Mr. Charles Strong, President, Lansing Fed. of Labor Mrs. Edrie Findsen, Acting County Democratic Chairman Mr. Charles E. Hayes, Campaign Manager Mr. Albert Hall, Committee Secretary Mrs. Mary McNamara, State Central Committee Mr. Odell Lamb, President, Democratic County Club Mr. Gottlieb Reutter, former Mayor of Lansing Mr. Joseph Gleason, Democratic Leader Mr. D.D. Harris, Postmaster of Lansing Mrs. Elizabeth Belen, Eleanor Roosevelt League Mr. Howard Eliot, Candidate for State Senator Mr. Archie Perry, Candidate for State Representative Mr. William Ed. Mallory, Candidate for County Sheriff Mr. Jesse D. Parks, Candidate for Prosecuting Attorney Mr. James Mosher, Candidate for County Clerk Mr. Roy McPherson, Candidate for County Treasurer Mr. Carl O. Peterson, Candidate for Drain Commissioner Mr. William L. Findsen, Candidate for County Surveyor Mr. John Reid, Candidate for Congressman, Sixth Congressional District Mr. George D. Stevens, Candidate for Congressman, Sixth Congressional District Miss Elayne Ballance, Labor Day Queen (Presented flowers to Miss Margaret Truman) Detroit (Hamtramck area) Michigan Peter L. Buback, Deputy County Clerk Theodore Wilk, State Central Committee Democratic Party Stanley Rozycki, State Central Democratic Committee Henry Ciesluk, City Comptroller, Chairman, Democratic Organization of Hamtramck Nick Grabowski, Secretary, Democratic Organization of Hamtramck Stanley Frankowski, Councilman Martin Dulapa, Councilman Walter J. Serement, Councilman Walter Bielski, Councilman Frank Matulewicz, President, Common Council Albert J. Zak, City Clerk Walter A. Bednarski, City Clerk Thaddeus M. Machrowicz, Justice of the Peace, Pres., Polish American Congress Nicholas S. Gronkowski, Justice of the Peace Henry Kozak, State Senator Vincent Sadlowski, President of the School Board Frank Protasiewicz, Civil Service Commission Walter Bienkowski, Civil Service Commission John Ptaszkiewicz, State Representative Mrs. Josephine Skopowski, Pres., Blue & Gold Star Mothers Mrs. Julia Rocks, International President of Metropolitan Club, Ladies Auxiliary Mrs. Honorata Gwozdziek ) Mrs. Catherine Rudzinski ) Democratic Organization, 1st Dist. Miss Bernice Barc ) Mrs. Steven Stecko ) Mrs. Mabel Ratiliff (colored) )Hamtramck Demo. Organization Mrs. Stephen S. Skrzycki, Mayor's wife Stephen Skrzycki, Mayor's son Hamtramck Press Walter Jarocki, Hamtramck Citizen Joseph Kargel, Hamtramck Citizen Larry Jamriske, Polish Daily News Alex Newberg, Polish Daily News Mitchell Konieczny, Plain Dealer William Toderan, Plain Dealer Pontiac, Michigan Leo Burley William Alsbach Lawrence Pizer Clyde L. Johnson Duane Johnson Floyd Lamphier Charles Yeager William Hahn Glen A. Maples Emmett Mills James Murphy Odin Johnson William Wikel Donald E. Adams Mrs. C.K. Melsey Leon Harrelson William Fournier Fred WInstanley Harold Murphy W.T. McMahon John J. Molloy Floyd E. Hubbard Carlo Richardson Willias M. Brewer M.M. Gray George Flonkey Clarence Jordan Clarence Bushman Jack Skitch Robert Bomino Sydney Christmas Mrs. H. Terry Mrs. Clayton Crissman Morgan Axford William Shuttleworth Carl Misfeldt Fred Wilkinson Leonard Bennett Lucius Lang Joseph Secterlin Frank Dunston Elmer Barr Mrs. Daisy Northeress Mrs. Patterson Alan France Norman Mallory Norman Bolton T.C. Holland William McInnis Katherine McDonald Ava Yeager Roy Carmen John Sarver Carlos Richardson Leslie Hudson Robert Kerr Willis Brewer John Bridgewater, President of Pontiac Ind. Union Claude Henson, President of Pontiac Motor Local #13 John Gillespie, Wilson Foundry Local #658 Ed Varion, President, Yellow Cab Local Stephen Bone, Co-Chairman, Parade Commttee William Babcock, Chairman of Budget Committee Jack Coin, Jr., Chairman, Speakers Committee Delbert Mathes, Chairman Park Activities Committee Dwight Thompson, Chairman of Program Committee Charles Oswald, Sec., CIO-AFL Labor Day Committee Fred Haggard, Fin. Sec., Fischer Body Local Kathleen Henson, Fin. Sec., CIO-AFL LAbor Day Committee John Sheperak, Ex. Sec., Brewery Workers Local William McAulay, Director, 1B-UAW-CIO Capt. C.E. Miller, U.S.A. Reserve Irving Abramsom, Nat. CIO Rep. Charles Rhodes, Chief of Police, Pontiac, Mich. Mr. Geo. Bean, City Manager Mr. John Redgeway, City Commissioner Mr. Benjamin Gates, City Commissioner Mr. Arthur Law, City Commissioner Mr. J.H. Patrick Glynn, City Commissioner Toledo, Ohio John P. Kelly, Chairman, Lucas Co. Democratic Exec. Committee Michael V. DiSalle, Mayor of Toledo George N. Schoonmaker, City Manager Edward A. De Angelo, Safety Director Richard Gosser, VP, United Automobile Workers of America, CIO Charles Ballard, Regional Director, UAW-CIO Walter Madrzykowski, Member, Executive Board Local 12 UAW-CIO Thomas Quinn, Business Agent, Painters-Decorators Union AFL Oliver Meyers, Director, Building Trades Council, AFL Otto Brach, Secretary, Toledo Central Labor Union, AFL Walter Guntrup, Editor, Toledo Union Leader Harry Shell, President, MESA Earle S. Streeter, Executive Secretary, MESA Mary Boyle Burns, V. Chairman, Lucas Co. Demo. Exec. Committee Mirah Eppstein, Member, Lucas County Executive Committee Ruth Pflager, Member, Lucas County Executive Committee Daniel O'Brien, President, Toledo Chamber of Commerce Paul Block, Jr., Publisher, The Toledo Blade Mrs. Paul Block, Jr. Jules Lippman, the Textileather Corporation Charles Fruchtman, Industrialist Arthur J. Wieland, Vice President, Willys-Overland Co. Benj. C. Bowker, Public Relations, Director, Willys-Overland Co. Frazier Reams, President, Radio Station WTOL Lev Flournoy, Public Relations Consultant John D. Polite, Archbold, Ohio, Chr. Fulton Co. Demo. Exec. Committee Minor Kreshner, Napoleon, Ohio, Chr. Henry Co, Demo. Exec. Committee Jack Bousen, Genoa, Ohio, Chr. Ottawa Co. Demo. Exec. Committee Frank T. Dore, Tiffin, Ohio, Chr. Seneca Co. Dem. Exec. Committee Richard Winters, Fremont, Ohio, Chr. Sandusky Co. Demo. Exec. Com. Harold Whitcomb, Mayor of Fremont, Ohio Gessner A. Brown, Sandusky, Ohio, Chr. Erie Co. Demo. Central Com. E.T. Traintner, Vermillion, Ohio, Chr. Erie Co. Demo. Exec. Committee Clarence W. Dick, Mayor of Bowling Green, Ohio, and Chairman Wood County Democratic Executive Committee John Quinlivan, Collector of Internal Revenue William P. Kilcorse, Postmaster Thomas H. Burke, Vice Mayor and Candidate for Representative to Congress Wm. C. Galvin, Member of City Council Jerome Jesionowski, Member of City Council James B. Simmons, Jr., Member of City Council Judge John Q. Carey, Lucas County Court of Common Pleas Judge John Hackett, Lucas County Court of Common Pleas Judge John McCabe, Lucas County Court of Common Pleas Judge Charles E. Chittenden, Lucas County Probate Court Judge Amos L. Conn, Court of Appeals Ed. P. Buckenmyer, Candidate for Judge, Court of Appeals Robert C. Ragan, Candidate for State Senator Michael J. Damas, Candidate for Representative to Gen. Assembly Frank W. King, Candidate for Representative to Gen. Assembly Morton Neipp, Candidate for Representative to Gen. Assembly Dr. Reuben Hilty, Lucas County Commissioner Frank W. Mohn, Candidate for Lucas County Commissioner Joel S. Rhinefort, Lucas County Prosecuting Attorney Robert A. Williams, Candidate for Lucas Co. Clerk of Courts George B. Timiney, Candidate for Lucas County Sheriff Gerald J. Cullen, Lucas County Recorder Daniel P. Holzemer, Lucas County Treasurer Melvin H. Rice, Candidate for Lucas County engineer Dr. Charles A. Phillips, Candidate for Lucas Co. Coroner Donald P. Wolfe, State Editor, Toledo Blade Fred Mollenkopf, City Editor, Toledo Blade Mrs. Fred Mollenkopf Hannibal S. Towle, Editorial Writer, Toledo Blade Mrs. Hannibal S. Towle Nina Talty, Reporter, Toledo Blade Carter Townes, Reporter, Toledo Blade Dwight Boyer, Photographer, Toledo Blade Gene Fiske, Reporter, Toledo Times Richard Greene, Photographer, Toledo Times Virginia Tooil, Reporter, Toledo Times Frank Bartell, United Press Norman Hauger, Photographer, Lucas Co. Demo. Hqrs. Burgan Pugh, Photographer, Lucas Co. Demo. Hqrs. James Uebelhart, Radio Station WSPD Walter Osborn, Radio Station WTOL Harold R. Holmes, Radio Station WTOL John Saunders, Radio Station WTOD Douglas Taberner, Radio Station WTOD Edward Poss, Secretary, Toledo Order of Eagles James Nestroff, President, Dexser Club Kenneth Hamel, Secretary, Lucas Co. Exec. Committee Frank Biniakiewicz, Member, Lucas County Central Committee John Jurski, Member, Lucas County Central Committee Vic Ullman, Publicity, Lucas County Demo. Headquarters Arthur W. Gratop, Campaign Manager, Lucas County Demo. Hqrs. | ||
| [Public Papers: Labor Day Address in Cadillac Square, Detroit] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9996 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE PUBLIC BELT RAILROAD COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9997 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9805, PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING PAYMENT OF CERTAIN TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES] | ||
| (Mr. Dexter Perry) | ||
| The President received the National commander and State Department Commanders of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States: Julius Klein, National Commander David Black, National Chief of Staff Ellis Tall, Department Commander of Maryland Oscar Brown, Department Commander of Pennsylvania Milton Cook, Department Commander of Massachusetts Benjamin Nussbaum, Department Commander of New Jersey Sol Nasch, Vice Commander, 2nd Region Sidney Stein, Department Commander, New York Joseph Horowitz, Department Commander of Ohio Louis Goldberg, Department Commander of District of Columbia Dr. Leon Braunstein, National Vice Commander of 3rd Region David Solomon, Past National Commander Irving Goldstein, Department Commander, Illinois William Bobier, Representing National Vice Commander, 5th Region Harry H. Schaffer, Past National Commander Morton Spigel, Department Commander of Virginia Bernard Weitzer, National Legislative Representative Harry Blake (Came to invite the President to their National Encampment, to be held at Monticello, New York, September 15th.) | ||
| (The Attorney General [Tom C. Clark]) (Mr. Steve Spingarn) | ||
| Mr. Frank Land Mr. George Sanders Mr. Walter Batts (To invite the President to attend the Shrine ceremony in Kansas City on the evening of November 1st. Arranged at the request of Mr. Land) | ||
| Honorable Edward R. Dudley, U.S. Minister to Liberia (Newly appointed - to pay respects before proceeding to post) | ||
| Senator Elbert D. Thomas, Utah | ||
| Reverend Thomas W. Fryer, of New Bern, N.C. (At request of Joe Blythe - Is outstanding Baptist Minister and is to visit Bern, Switzerland, where he will take gifts from the city of New Bern, N.C., which was founded by a Bernese, who brought a colony from Europe in 1710. These two cities have exchanged gifts and have sent delegates from time to time to ceremonies and anniversaries in the respective cities. The Reverend Fryer will present to the President a gavel, engraved as follows "1710 Presented to Harry S. Truman, President of the United States 1948. This gavel was made from a part of a huge cypress tree still standing in New Bern and was known to be standing at the time Swiss settlers first landed in New Bern in 1710. Presented for the City of New Bern, etc., etc".} | ||
| H.E. Romulo Betancourt, former President of Venezuela Sr. Dr. Gonzalo Carnevali, the Venezuelan Ambassador (Requested through the State Department by the Venezuelan Embassy) | ||
| The President received the following officers from the Supreme Lodge, Order Sons of Italy in America: Hon. George J. Spatuzza, Supreme Venerable Honorable Francesco Palleria, Grand Venerable of New Jersey Honorable Ernest L. Riagi, Secretary, Grand Lodge of Pa. Mr. Leonard H. Pasqualicchio, National Deputy (Asked for this to discuss Italian Colonies. One of them acted as spokesman and told the President their views. At the conclusion presented a memorandum to the President presenting their views in writing.) | ||
| (The Secretary of Commerce [Charles Sawyer]) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Honorable Oscar Chapman, Under Secretary of Interior | ||
| Honorable Jonathan Daniels | ||
| (Mr. Harry Schwimmer) | ||
| (Mr. Alvert Z. Carr) (Mr. David Noyes) |