Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
November 10, 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.
| Executive Orders: [10017 AMENDMENT OF THE REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE APPOINTMENT OF POSTMASTERS OF THE FOURTH CLASS] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Fifth) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Fifth) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Fifth) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Fifth) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Fifth) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10018 TRANSFERRING THE CONTROL AND JURISDICTION OVER CERTAIN TRACTS OF LAND IN PUERTO RICO FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE FOR FOREST PURPOSES] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Fifth) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Public Papers: Telegrams on the Occasion of the Retirement of Prime Minister Mackenzie King] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Fifth) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Public Papers: The President's News Conference at Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Fifth) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Fifth) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Fifth) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Fifth) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: (Fifth) Trip to Key West, Florida] | ||
| (Left the White House for the National Airport to meet the Secretary of State [George C. Marshall]) | ||
| The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] | ||
| Honorable Averell Harriman | ||
| The Secretary of Defense [James Forrestal] Mr. Aubrey Mellinger Mr. Russell Ropley (Mr. Ropley is going out as Director, Civilian Defense Planning - Mr. Mellinger is to be appointed in Mr. Ropley's place.) | ||
| (Mr. Geoffrey Parson, Jr.) (Editor, Paris Edition, New York Herald Tribune) (Wrote from Paris that he would like half hour) | ||
| The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] (Usual semi-weekly appointment) | ||
| (Cabinet Luncheon) (Secretaries Charles F. Brannan and Maurice Tobin absent - all other will attend) | ||
| (Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jacobson) | ||
| (Mr. William Boyle) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of Budget | ||
| Staff Meeting | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President in Response to Messages of Congratulation and Good Will] | ||
| Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly - wanted half hour) | ||
| The Members of the Ohio Turkey Show presented the President with a turkey for Thanksgiving. It is the Grand Champion turkey from the Ohio International Turkey Show, which show was held by the Poultry Science Club of Ohio State University on November 11th: Those present were: Mr. Paul Clayton, President, Ohio State Poultry Science Club Mr. James Miller, Vice President Mr. Guy Carlton, Treasurer Arthur Mondak, Secretary Mr. Lester Lehmkuhl, Co-chairman, Turkey Show Thomas Winemiller, Co-chairman, Turkey Show Paul Laughlin, Committeeman, Turkey Show Ned Selanders, Committeeman, Turkey Show | ||
| (Honorable George Killion) (Honorable George Luckey, State Senator from Los Angeles) (Mr. George Killion called Mr. Matthew Connelly to request appointment) | ||
| Mr. Seaton Porter (Colonel Louis Johnson arranged with Mr. Matthew Connelly) | ||
| (Mr. Donald Hornback) (Mr. Daly) (Arranged by Colonel Louis Johnson - Republicans - the President greeted and thanked. Off the Record) | ||
| H. R. H. Sardar Mohammad Naim Khan, newly appointed Ambassador of Afghanistan (Arranged by the State Department) | ||
| Honorable Charles U. Bay, American Ambassador to Norway (To pay respects before returning to post at Oslo) | ||
| Honorable Robert S. Kerr (Mr. Newton R. Graham) (Wanted to talk with the President re adequate farm program) | ||
| (Mrs. Ralph Truman) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Honorable Myron Taylor | ||
| (Mr. Abe Feinberg) | ||
| Mr. Lawrence Mario Giannini of Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, San Francisco (Arranged by Colonel Louis Johnson) | ||
| (Honorable Mon Wallgren) | ||
| Honorable Paul Hoffman, Administrator, ECA (Arriving in Washington on the morning of the 23rd.) | ||
| The Secretary of the Army [Kenneth C. Royall] | ||
| (Mr. Crim) (Mr. Winslow) | ||
| Honorable Chester Bowles, Governor-elect of Connecticut | ||
| (Honorable Oscar Ewing) | ||
| (Mrs. Greta Kempton McNamara - artist) | ||
| The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] (Called Mr. Connelly for this appointment) | ||
| (Mr. Fred Whitaker) (Mr. Jack Gross) (Mr. Connelly talked with Mr. Whitaker re appointment.) | ||
| Honorable Ralph Flanders, Senator from Vermont (Wrote Mr. Connelly for appointment) | ||
| Honorable Allen J. Ellender, Senator from Louisiana Mr. Lester F. Alexander, President Tidewater Channel Assoc. of New Orleans (The Senator wrote Mr. Connelly for this appointment) | ||
| Honorable Herbert R. O'Conor, Senator from Maryland (re Senate Committee report) | ||
| Mr. Harold A. Keats, new commander of AMVETS Mr. Elliot Newcomb, National Executive Director, AMVETS Mr. Robert McLaughlin, National Legislative Director, AMVETS (This appointment was the first arranged for October 21st; Mr. Keats could not be here, but he has now taken up residence in Washington. Courtesy call to pay respects) | ||
| Honorable Paul Herzog, Chairman, NLRB (To discuss new labor legislation) | ||
| (General Frank Lowe) | ||
| Mr. Irving Pflaum, Foreign Editor, Chicago Sun Times (Wrote Mr. Connelly for appointment) | ||
| H. E. G. C. S. Corea, newly appointed Ambassador of Ceylon (Arranged by the State Department - to present credentials.) | ||
| H. E. Charles T. te Water, appointed as roving Ambassador, Union of South Africa, to explain views and aims of Government (Mr. T. H. Eustace, Charge d'Affaires ad interim of Union South Africa (Arranged by the State Department) | ||
| Dr. V. K, Wellington Koo, Chinese Ambassador (Arranged by the State Department) | ||
| Mr. Albert Goss, Master National Grange (Wired for appointment) | ||
| (Lunch downstairs) | ||
| (Mrs. Perle Mesta) (Called Mr. Connelly for appointment) | ||
| The President left White House for Shoreham Hotel. He said a few words at 4:30 p.m. at the Plenary Session of the 4th Annual Conference, Food and Agriculture Organization. | ||
| [Public Papers: Address Before the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations] | ||
| The President attended a reception at the Terrace Banquet Room, Shoreham, of Food and Agriculture Organization. | ||
| Thanksgiving Day. | ||
| (Mr. Del Ankers) (Photographer who works with C. P. Jennewin, sculptor who has been designated to make design of medal to be used in connection with Inauguration. Request for appointment came through Mrs. Nellie Taylor [Tayloe] Ross.) | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (Vice President [Alben Barkley] and Secretary Charles Sawyer absent) | ||
| Honorable D. Mitchell, President, Civil Service Commission (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly for appointment) | ||
| Honorable Harley Hise, Chairman, Reconstruction Finance Corp. (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly for appoinment) | ||
| Mr. George Jessel and small daughter, Jerilynn (Wired Mr. Matthew Connelly that he would be in East for opening of new picture at Roxy Theatre - wants to pay respects to President.) | ||
| Honorable Raymond M. Foley, Administrator Housing and Home Finance Agency (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly) | ||
| Honorable Emmett O'Neal, Ambassador to the Philippines (Resigning post soon and wishes to talk with the President before doing so.) | ||
| Honorable Ingram M. Stainback, Governor of Hawaii (Write stating he wants to talk re crisis in Hawaii due to low price of sugar and maritime strike) | ||
| Honorable James Murray, Montana (Senator from Montana) Mr. Charles Murray (Senator wants to see President before leaving Washington) | ||
| Honorable Sol Bloom, Congressman from New York | ||
| (Luncheon) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, Director of the Budget (Wants hour) | ||
| (The Secretary of the Army [Kenneth C. Royall]) (Honorable Charles Ross) | ||
| Mr. and Mrs. Russell Steward and daughter. (Wired Mr. Matthew Connelly for this appointment.) | ||
| At the Blair House (Honorable Joseph Davies) | ||
| The President and Mrs. Truman and Miss Truman left Blair House for Union Station. | ||
| They departed Washington, D. C. by train for Philadelphia, where they attended the Army-Navy Football Game. | ||
| Arrived in Philadelphia | ||
| (Honorable Arthur Hill, Chairman National Security Resources Board) (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly for appointment) | ||
| Lt. General Edward R. Quesada, Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff, Reserve Forces, U.S.A.F. (Request for appointment made by Colonel Robert Landry) | ||
| (Mr. Joseph Keenan, A. F. of L.) (Mr. Herbert Rivers) | ||
| (Mr. John Ferguson) | ||
| Honorable John Russell Young, District Commissioner General Gordon R. Young Honorable Melvin Hilldreth Mr. B. B. Elam (Commissioner Young talked with Mr. Matthew Connelly re appointment) | ||
| Mr. Clyde T. Ellis, Executive Manager, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (Wrote in early November for appointment and Mr. Matthew Connelly told him it would be set up after President's return from Key West - wishes to discuss basic changes in Rural Electrification program) | ||
| Mr. Walter White Mr. Roy Wilins [Wilkins], Acting Secretary of N.A.A.C.P., during Mr. White's absences (Wrote that he would like to discuss several matters in connection with position of U.S. Delegation to the U.N. General Assembly, the matters in Germany, particularly those dealing with General Clay's efforts to eliminate segregation and discrimination, etc.) | ||
| Honorable Stanton Griffis, U. S. Ambassador to Egypt (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly for appointment) | ||
| Honorable Averell Harriman Honorable Paul Hoffman The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] (half hour) | ||
| The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] | ||
| (Cabinet Luncheon) | ||
| The Secretary of the Interior [Julius A. Krug] | ||
| (Honorable Arthur Hill) (The Secretary of the Navy [John L. Sullivan]) (Admiral Louis Denfeld) | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter in Response to a Resolution on Lobbying Adopted by the International Association of Machinists] | ||
| The Secretary of Commerce [Charles Sawyer] (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this) |