Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
September 09, 1948
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| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| (Mr. Orville Campbell) (Mr. William C. Campbell) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget (Phoned Mr. Connelly yesterday to ask for this appointment) | ||
| Mr. Frank Land Mr. Galloway Calhoun, of Texas (Mr. Land requested this some time ago) | ||
| Honorable James W. Huffman, former Senator from Ohio (Called Mr. Connelly yesterday to ask for this appointment) | ||
| (Mr. Philip Graham) | ||
| Honorable Waldeman J. Gallman, American Ambassador to Poland (Newly appointed) | ||
| Honorable Orville Freeman, State Chairman, Minnesota Manager of Hubert Humphrey Campaign Fred Gates, Finance, Director, Humphrey's Campaign Dr. Wm. Kubicek, Chairman, Young Democrats, Farmer Labor State Committee | ||
| Honorable David Dubinsky, President, Ladies' Garment Workers Union (Mr. Connelly phoned Mr. Dubinsky and asked him to come down for a chat with the President) | ||
| The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] (Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| (Judge Charles L. Ferguson) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Mr. Clarendon Smith, Chairman of the Truman- Barkley Club for the District of Columbia and the following officers were received by the President: Mr. Al Wheeler, Vice Chairman Mr. Carter Barron, Secretary-Treasurer Mr. Melvin Hildreth, National Committeeman, D.C. Central Committee Mr. J.C. Turner, representing Democratic Central Committee, D.C., and representative of A.F.of L. Mr. Ted Dudley, alternate National Committeeman, D.C. Central Committee, and representative C.I.O. Mr. George Megrath, Organizer, Truman-Barkley Club of D.C. Thomas Morgan, Truman-Barkley Club, D.C. | ||
| (Honorable Jonathan Daniels) | ||
| The President received Members of the National Citizens' Committee for United Nations Day: Bailes, Dr. Porter M., First Vice President, Southern Baptist Convention Bolles, Blair, Director, Washington Bureau, Foreign Policy Association Buck, Mrs. J.L. Blair, President, General Federation of Women's Clubs Carroll, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Howard, General Secretary, National Catholic Welfare Clark, Kenneth, Motion Picture Association of America Clayborn, Bishop J.H., President, Natl. Fraternal Council of Negro Churches in the U.S. Clorety, Joseph A., Jr., National Vice President, American Veterans Committee Cromwell, Frederick, Director of International Relations Office, American Library Association d'Estournelles, Mrs. Julie, Acting Director, Woodrow Wilson Foundation Driscoll, Tad, Council of State Governments Eastman, Miss Elizabeth, Common Council for American Unity Fox, Melvin, Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Fraser, H., President, Railway Executives Assn. Frederick, Frank B., Vice Chairman, National Citizens' Committee for United Nations Day, and General Counsel of American Unitarian Association Green, William F., President, A.F.of L, Hanks, Donah W., Jr., Assistant Director, American Municipal Association Helman, Claude B., Kiwanis International Hockwalt, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Frederick, Treasurer, National Citizens' Committee for United Nations Day, and Secretary General of the National Catholic Education Assn. Inman, John, Assistant General Secretary, Church Peace Union Irwin, Mrs. James, Natl. Board, Young Womens' Christian Assn. Johnson, Leslie, American Friends Service Committee Jones, Mrs. Mary G., American Assoc. University Women Kapplin, A.B., B'nai B'rith Supreme Lodge Keats, Harold, National Commander, American Veterans of World Was II Ketchum, Omar, Legislative Director,V.F.W. Kinnard, Virginia, National Education Association Legendre, Leonce, Chairman, International Relations Committee, American Legion Hildreth, Melvin Mahoney, Dr. Mary, International Relations Chairman, National Council of Catholic Women Martin, D.F., Foreign Commerce Department, Chamber of Commerce of the U.S. McMahon, Patrick, Special Executive Assistant, National Association of Manufacturers Mitchell, Clarence, National Association for the Advancement Morgan, Mrs. Joy Elmer, United Council of Church Women Morris, Edgar, Washington, D.C., Board of Trade Ogg, William R., Director of the Department of International Affairs, American Farm Bureau Ottenberg, Mrs. Louis, Natl. Council of Jewish Women Profitt, Dr. Maris M. American Council on Education Rosenblum, Rabbi William F., President, Synagogue Council of America Ruttenberg, Stanley, Congress of Indstrial Organizations Saunders, James, Vice President, United States Junior Chamber of Congress Schiff, Philip, National Jewish Welfare Board Scott, Dr. K. Frances, President, National Federation of Sibley, Harper, Chairman of National Citizens' Committee for United Nations Day, and Treasurer, Fed. council of Churches Sickles, Merrill, Deputy Master, National Grange Smith, Fred W. President, Lions International Smith, William C., Radio Director, National Council of Catholic Men Strauss, Anna Lord, President, League of Women Voters of the United States Tippett, Tom, Education Director, International Assn. of Machinists Van Deusen, Rev. Robert E., National Lutheran Council Voorhis, Jerry, Executive Secretary, Cooperative League of the United States White, Colonel Egbert, Natl. Assn. of Magazine Publishers Willard, Jess, Natl. Assn. of Broadcasters Wilson, A.M., Advertising Council Walter J. Mason, A.F.of L. Mr. Grillen, Natl. Junior Chamber of Commerce Edwin Lewis, Washington Bd. of Trade Mr. Campbell, Chicago, Cooperative League of U.S. Olive Huston, Natl. Federation, Business and Professional Women Francis H. Russell, Director, Office of Public Affairs, Department of State Mrs. Margaret R.T. Carter, Chief, Division of Public Liaison, Department of State John O'Shea, Consultant, Department of State Ben G. Crosby, Asst. Chief, Division of Public Liaison, Department of State (This organization consists of approximately sixty heads of prominent national organizations appointed by the Secretary of State, pursuant to UN resolution establishing October 24 as United Nations Day and calling upon member governments to have appropriate observances. Harper Sibley is Chairman of this Committee. Shook hands and had picture made with the President) | ||
| Honorable Charles Denny | ||
| (Mr. Paul Shields) | ||
| (Senator J. Howard McGrath) (Mr. Edward I. Kaufman) | ||
| The President and Mrs. Truman gave a Tea at the White House for Finance Committee of Democratic National Committee. | ||
| (Honorable Ed Pauley) (Honorable George Killion) | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (All present except the Secretary of Agriculture) | ||
| Honorable James Bruce, American Ambassador to Argentine Dr. Carlos Paz Miss Louise Bruce | ||
| (Colonel Louis Johnson) (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly for this early in the week. Off the record) | ||
| Honorable Oscar R. Ewing, Administrator, Federal Security Agency | ||
| (The President took Miss Truman to the train) | ||
| (Colonel John McEwan and son, James McEwan) | ||
| Honorable Raymond Foley | ||
| (Mr. Blevins Davis) (Came to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and saw the President) | ||
| The President received Members of the United States Advisory Commission on Education Exchange: Dr. Harold Willis Dodds, President of Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. Dr. Karl Taylor Compton, President of the Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts Dr. Bennett Harvie Branscomb, Chancellor of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee Mr. Mark Starr, Educational Director, International Ladies Garment Workers Union, New York City (These Members were selected to represent the public interest from cross-section of educational. cultural, scientific, technical and public service backgrounds as provided in Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948. Is charged with formulating and recommending to the Secretary of State policies and programs for carrying out Educational Exchange activities under this law, with exception of matters provided for in the Fulbright Act and those within jurisdiction of U.S. National Commission for UNESCO. Holding first meeting in Washington September 10th, 11th, and 12th, 1948) | ||
| (Honorable Oscar Chapman) | ||
| (Mr. Jack O'Neal) | ||
| (Lunched aboard the USS WILLIAMSBURG) | ||
| (The following joined the President aboard the USS WILLIAMSBURG for weekend cruise: Honorable Clark Clifford Honorable Charles Ross Honorable John Steelman Honorable Matthew Connelly Mr. David Noyes Mr. Albert Carr Captain Robert Dennison General Harry Vaughan Colonel Robert Landry General Wallace Graham Mr. Jack Romagna | ||
| Aboard USS WILLIAMSBURG | ||
| Aboard USS WILLIAMSBURG | ||
| (Mr. Tade Styka - artist) | ||
| (Colonel Louis Johnson) | ||
| Honorable Carl E. Bailey, Ex-Governor of Arkansas Honorable John Snyder, the Secretary of the Treasury (Arranged by Secretary Snyder) | ||
| Senator Harley M. Kilgore, W. Va. (Says he has urgent political matter to discuss) | ||
| Mr. Dan Nee, of Missouri (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this appointment) | ||
| Mr. Graham Davis, President, American Hospital Assn. Reverend Paul E. Elliott, President, American Protestant Hospital Association Reverend George Lewis Smith, President, Catholic Hospital Association of the United States and Canada Mr. Louis Schenkweiler, President, Greater New York Hospital Association Mr. George Bugbee, Executive Director, American Hospital Association of Chicago Dr. John V. Connorton, Executive Director, Greater New York Hospital Association Mr. Harold Rivin, American Hospital Association (To invite the President to banquet of the American Hospital Association to be held in Atlantic City, September 23, 1948) | ||
| Mr. Hugo Rogers, head of Tammany in New York (Arranged by General Harry Vaughan, with approval of J. Howard McGrath and Paul Fitzpatrick) | ||
| (The Secretary of Defense [James Forrestal]) (The Secretary of the Army [Kenneth C. Royall]) (General Omar Bradley) (General Hoyt S. Vandenberg) (The Under Secretary of State) | ||
| (Colonel Louis Johnson) (Honorable Edwin Pauley) (Honorable Robert Butler) (Mr. Joe Keenan) (Honorable George Killion) (Honorable Neal Roach) (Mr. A.C. Carraway) (Mr. Gus Vanesch) | ||
| (Cabinet Luncheon) | ||
| (Mr. George Killion) | ||
| The President left for Constitution Hall where he made an informal address to meeting of American Association for the Advancement of Science. | ||
| [Public Papers: Address Before the American Association for the Advancement of Science] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9998 RULES OF PRECEDENCE RELATING TO OFFICERS OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE AND OTHER OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9999 SUSPENDING CERTAIN STATUTORY PROVISIONS RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT IN THE CANAL ZONE] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the Associate General Counsel, National Labor Relations Board, Concerning a Meeting in Senator Taft's Office] | ||
| (Mr. Leo Hessler) (Mr. and Mrs. Tade Styka) (Miss Styka) (H.E. Stanislaw Mikolojczyk, former Polish Prime Minister) | ||
| (Mr. Joe Magee, of Kansas City) (Off the record) | ||
| Honorable Paul Fitzpatrick, State Chairman, New York (Phoned Mr. Connelly yesterday) | ||
| Honorable Emmet O'Neal, American Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this) | ||
| (Mr. Oscar Cox) (Asked if he might have a few minutes with the President today, off the record) | ||
| Mr. Oscar Ketchum, VFW Commander Lyall T. Beggs, of Madison, Wis., newly elected Commander, VFW (Mr. Ketchum asked if they might present their new Commander to the President) | ||
| Honorable William E. DeCourcy, American Ambassador to Haiti (Requested appointment to pay respects before leaving for his post at Port-au-Prince.) | ||
| H.E. Mohamed Kamel Abdul Rahim Bey, the Ambassador of Egypt (Newly appointed - presented credentials) | ||
| Mr. Robert N. Denham, General Counsel, NLRB Mr. David P. Findling, Associate General Counsel, NLRB Mr. Winthrop A. Johns, Chief, District Court Injunction Litigation Section, NLRB (Dr. John R. Steelman) (Arranged by Dr. Steelman) | ||
| Honorable William Green, President, A.F.of L. (Called Mr. Connelly yesterday to ask if he might see the President today to discuss three matters which he felt were important.) | ||
| (H.E. Norman J.O. Makin, the Ambassador of Australia) (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange for him to see the President briefly off record re a private matter. Assured Mr. Connelly had absolutely no official significance.) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| The President received the members of the Conference of U.S. Attorneys: Arend, Harry O., Fairbanks, Alaska Ault, Otto T., Chattanooga, Tennessee Bingham, Frank C., Nome, Alaska Brown, Joseph E., Jackson, Mississippi Burns, Owen M., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Carter, James M., Los Angeles, California Boyd, Paul Cashin, Charles H., Madison, Wisconsin Caughran, B. Howard, Indianapolis, Indiana Corneiro, Francisco, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands Cowart, John P., Macon, Georgia Cronin, Timothy T., Milwaukee, Wisconsin Daniel, J. Saxton, Savannah, Georgia Deeb, Joseph F., Grand Rapids, Michigan Diamond, Tobias E., Sioux City, Iowa Donato, Anthony Z., Omaha, Nebraska Donegan, Maurice T., Des Moines, Iowa Doyle, Howard L., Springfield, Illinois Doyle, Oscar H., Greenville, South Illinois Fay, George Morris, Washington, D.C. Flynn, Frank E., Phoenix, Arizona Flynn, Leo P., Sioux Falls, South Dakota Fountain, Percy C., Mobile, Alabama Freeman, Frank, Spokane, Washington Gilmer, Howard C., Jr., Roanoke, Virginia Gilmore, Patrick J., Jr., Juneau, Alaska Given, Leslie E., Charleston, West Virginia Gleeson, Gerald A., Philadelphia, Pa. Gooch, James T., Little Rock, Arkansas Grantham, Everett M., Santa Fe, New Mexico Grobe, George L., Buffalo, New York Hargedon, Joseph M., Boston, Massachusetts Hart, William W., E. St. Louis, Illinois Haynie, Gilmore S., Fort Wayne, Indiana Hess, Henry L., Portland, Oregon Higbee, Irving J., Syracuse, New York Hill, John D., Birmingham, Ala. Hoffman, George Earl, Pensacola, Florida Holt, Bryce R., Greesboro, North Carolina Hudgins, Ward, Nashville, Tennessee Humrickhouse, George R., Richmond, Virginia Keogh, J. Vincent, Brooklyn, New York Kerner, Otto, Jr., Chicago, Illinois Kin, Steve M., Beaumont, Texas Lafargue, Malcolm E., Shreveport, Louisiana Lanier, Powlass W., Fargo, North Dakota Lessard, Alton A., Portland, Oregon Miller, Malcolm Lutz, Henry E., Denver, Colorado McCarthy, William T., Boston, Massachusetts McGrath, Daniel E., Ancon, Canal Zone McKenrick, Carl R., Baltimore, Maryland McNamara, Joseph A., Burlington, Vermont Maguire, Arthur A.,Scranton, Pennsylvania Maher, Adrian W., Hartford, Connecticut Manning, John Hall, Raleigh, North Carolina Marvel, William, Wilmington, Delaware Matlack, Isaiah, Newark, New Jersey Mauzy, Whitfield Y., Tulsa, Oklahoma Miller, Donald C., Cleveland, Ohio Williams, Hovy Mundy, J. Ellis, Atlanta, Georgia O'Brian, Ray J., Honolulu, Hawaii O'Connell, Ray J., Columbus, Ohio Odem, Brian S., Houston, Texas Parker, E. Burns, Montgomery, Alabama Phillips, Herbert S., Tampa, Florida Pike, Miles, N. Reno, Nevada Ponsa Feliu, Francisco, San Juan, Puerto Rico Potter, Frank B., Fort Worth, Texas Sackett, Carl L. Cheyenne, Wyoming Sager, Harry, Seattle, Washington Shelton, Robert E., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Spillers, Charles Lee, Wheeling, West Virginia Stephens, Claude P., Lexington, Kentucky Sullivan, Dennis E., Concord, New Hampshire Sumners, Cleon A., Muskogee, Oklahoma Sumners, Chester L., Oxford, Mississippi Tansil, John B., Billings, Montana Thornton, Thomas P., Detroit, Michigan Trey, George F., Providence, Rhode Island Walls, David C., Louisville, Kentucky Watson, Drake, St. Louis, Missouri Wear, Sam M., Kansas city, Missouri Whaley, Benjamin Scott, Charleston, South Carolina Wilson, Respess S., Fort Smith, Arkansas Wright, J. Skelly, New Orleans, Louisiana McClanahan, Wm. McCullough, W. Guthrie Matheson, Scott M. Saypol, Irving Honorable Tom C. and Mrs. Clark and son, Ramsey Honorable Philip B. Perlman Honorable Peyton Ford Honorable W. Amory Underhill Mrs. Bergson Honorable Theron Lamar and Mrs. Caudle Honorable H. Graham Morison and Mrs. Morison A. Devitt Vanech Alexander M. Campbell and Mrs. Campbell George T. Washington J. Edgar Hoover James V. Bennett and Mrs. Bennett Watson B. Miller and Mrs. Miller David L. Bazelon and Mrs. Bazelon Daniel M. Lyons and Mrs. Lyons Salvador A. Andretta and Mrs. Andretta Peter Campbell Brown and Mrs. Brown David Reich and Mrs. Reich Dean L. Schedler and Mrs. Schedler (In Washington for their annual conference) | ||
| Honorable Leslie Biffle (The Secretary of Treasury [John W. Snyder]) | ||
| (Honorable Oscar Ewing) | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter Accepting Resignation of Dwight Griswold as Chief, American Mission for Aid to Greece] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter in Response to a Proclamation on Living Costs by Mayors of Hudson County, New Jersey, Municipalities] | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange this appointment) | ||
| (Mr. Lorenzo Winslow, architect for White House) (To clear some matters before the President left on the western trip) | ||
| (Honorable Al Schindler) (Mr. A.C. Howe, Mr. Schindler's associate) (Off the record) | ||
| Mr. Hugo Ernst, General President of International Hotel Union, A.F.of L. Mr. Edward S. Miller, International Secretary (Holly Dickey called Mr. Matthew Connelly from Kansas City to say that Mr. Miller was so appreciative of a signed photograph of the President which Mr. Matthew Connelly sent to him, that he, Miller, asked if he could bring in Hugo Ernst, President of International Hotel Union, which includes cooks, waiters and miscellaneous other groups, 450,000 members) | ||
| (Honorable Henry T. Bodman) (Member of Board of Directors, Federal National Mortgage Association, R.F.C., Off the record) | ||
| Mr. J. Belmont Mosser, President of Kiwanis International Mr. Ford B. Worthing, Director of Public Relations Mr. O.E. Peterson, Secretary Honorable Maple Harl (This request originally came from Maple T. Harl. Mr. Mosser was elected President at annual convention of Kiwanis International recently held in Los Angeles. Mr. Mosser is from St. Marys, Pennsylvania, and is one of leading citizens of that State. Mr. Harl says "The organization has at all times supported the President's policy on national defense, better international relations, UMT, the Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine." | ||
| Honorable Matthew J. Neely of W. Va. Senator Harley Kilgore (Arranged at request of Senator Kilgore) | ||
| Honorable Dwight Griswold, formerly Chief of American Mission for Aid to Greece (Arranged by General Harry Vaughan) | ||
| Mr. Jacob Potofsky, of Amalgamated Clothing Workers (Arranged by Mr. Max Lowenthal) | ||
| Mr. Edward Jacobson Mr. Frank Goldman, President of B'nai B'rith (Wired Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday evening that he would be here today and wanted to see the President.) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Mr. Bob Mathias, Olympic Champion Mr. Leo Caddison, Director of Information, Department of Justice Mr. Bob Addie, of the Times Herald Mr. Joe Aronoff, President, Amateur Athletic Union Mr. A. Julian Brylawski, Theater Owners of America Mr. Leo M. Caddison, Justice Department Mr. Arthur Cook, Washington, D.C., Olympic Winner Mr. Bus Ham, of the Washington Post Mr. Walter Marshell, Sportscasters of New York City Mr. Ralph Pitman, Police Boys Club Mr. Francis Stann, of the Star Mr. Sam Stavisky, Washington Post (Mr. Caddison arranged for this yesterday with Mr. Matthew Connelly) | ||
| (Mr. Abe Fineberg) (Senator J. Howard McGrath) (Mr. William Boyle) | ||
| Executive Orders: [10000 REGULATIONS GOVERNING ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION AND CREDIT GRANTED CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SERVING OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Making Public a Report on Moral Safeguards for Selective Service Trainees] | ||
| (Honorable Robert Butler) (Honorable Joseph M. Broughton) | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (Post Office and Agriculture absent) | ||
| Honorable William H. Hastie, Governor of the Virgin Islands (Arranged by David Niles) | ||
| The President received the United States Commissioners in the South Pacific Commission: Dr. Felix M. Kessing Mr. Milton J. Shalleck Dr. Karl C. Leebrick (At request of State Department who arranged for them to meet in Washington from September 16 to 18. This Commission advises the six member Governments, Australia, France, Nether- lands, New Zealand and United Kingdom and U.S. on economic and social matters affecting their respective territories in South Pacific.) | ||
| Mr. Leonard Simutis, President, Lithuanian-American Council Dr. Pius Grigaitis, Secretary (Arranged at request of Senator J. Howard McGrath) | ||
| Honorable Myron Taylor (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly some time ago to ask for this) | ||
| H.E. Sir Oliver Shewell Franks, the British Ambassador Admiral Sir Frederick New George Dalrymple Hamilton, K.C.B., new Chief of the Naval Staff of the British Joint Chiefs of Staff (Sir Frederick is replacing Admiral Sir Henry Moore) | ||
| Mr. Adelbert Weston, of Neosho, Missouri (Wrote to the President that he expected to be here and the President wired him to be sure and come in) | ||
| (The President posed for color photographers) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Senator J. Howard McGrath, R.I. Mr. Gene Pope and son. Pope is owner and publisher, Il Progresso Senator Joseph Mahoney (At request of Senator J. Howard McGrath) | ||
| Senator J. Howard McGrath Mr. Jacob Blaustein | ||
| (Mr. James Mitchell, Executive Director, Civil Service Assembly, U.S. and Canada | ||
| (Honorable Robert E. Hannegan) | ||
| (Honorable Charles Luckman) | ||
| (Mr. M.R. Evans) | ||
| (Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of Budget) |