Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
December 07, 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.
| (The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]) | ||
| (Mr. Tony Muto) | ||
| (Mr. William Malone) (Mr. Harold Berliner) | ||
| (Mrs. Greta Kempton McNamara - artist) | ||
| Mr. Samuel B. Stewart of San Francisco (The President wrote him in November to come in next time he visited Washington) | ||
| Mr. Jerome Duggan, of St.Louis (At request of Perry Brown. Duggan in charge of Universal Military Training legislative program of American Legion) | ||
| Honorable Frank P. Douglass of National Mediation Board (Phoned last week to ask if might have three minutes or so with the President this week.) | ||
| (Mr. Ted Marks) | ||
| (General Arthur Wilson) | ||
| Mr. Emmett McCormack, of Moore, McCormack Lines, Ind., New York City Mr. John Franklin (Mr. Oscar Ewing asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this appointment for these gentlemen who wish to discuss mari- time matters.) | ||
| (Mr. Frank McNaughton) (Mr.Walter Heymeyer) (Asked to come in and pay respects and congratulate the President on election - off record) | ||
| The Secretary of the Air Force [Stuart Symington] (Mr. Symington asked for this ten days ago) | ||
| Mr. Elmer Davis, of the American Broadcasting Co. Mr. Edgar W. Smith, of New York, Vice President of General Motors (Smith in charge of GM overseas relations, "a New Dealer who has long been a solitary rock of sound opinion among breaking waves of GM ideology," according to Mr.Davis. ) | ||
| (Honorable Joseph Nunan, Jr.) (Mr. Phil Regan ) (Mr. Toots Shor ) (Mr.Nunan called Mr. Connelly sometime ago to ask if they could come in, without publicity and present the President with a gift.) | ||
| Honorable James Clement Dunn, American Ambassador to Italy (Mr. Dunn in State Department on consultation and will remain here through December 9th before returning to his post at Rome.) | ||
| Honorable Melvin E. Thompson, former Governor of Georgia (Phoned from Atlanta last Saturday to ask if he might call on the President to pay respects while in Washington) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Colonel Tom Campbell, of Montana (Just returned from Africa where he made wheat survey and has come here to report to Ambassador Bonnet and State Department. Wanted to see the President before making this report.) | ||
| Mr.and Mrs.George Fitzgerald of Michigan (Mr. Fitzgerald is National Committeeman) | ||
| The President left for the National Airport where he met the plane bringing the President of Cuba on visit to The United States. Ceremonies of welcome held at the Airport. | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks of Welcome at the Washington National Airport to President Prio of Cuba] | ||
| Stag dinner at the Blair House for the President of Cuba. | ||
| (Mr. Carl P. Jennewein, sculptor, who is designing the Inaugural Medal for Bureau of the Mint. Has completed model and needs to observe the President for little while to note expression, etc. Has been working from pictures - arranged at the request of Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, Director of the Mint.) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| (Colonel Louis Johnson) (Mr. A. P. Giannini, of Calif.) (At suggestion of Col. Louis Johnson - off the record) | ||
| Honorable Gordon R. Clapp, Chairman, T. V. A. (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly sometime ago to ask if he could see the President for a half hour to discuss TVA problems for the coming year) | ||
| Mr. Harland Bartholomew, Architect of St. Louis (Wrote to the President November 12th, requesting this appointment - letter attached for the President's information.) | ||
| (Honorable George Allen) | ||
| Mr. Silliman Evans, Publisher of "The Nashville Tennesseean" (His Washington office asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange this, stating Mr Evans whished to discuss Tennessee politics. Mr. Charles Ross thought Okay to let in but that the President should be cautious in talking to him.) | ||
| Honorable C. L. Simpson, Vice President of Liberia Honorable Charles D. B. King, Minister of Liberia (Vice President Simpson plans depart for Liberia about December 10th, and wishes to pay respects before leaving. Has been in U. S. since September but because of the President's preoccupation with other matters has not requested an appointment before this.) | ||
| Dr. John D. Rockefeller, 3rd. (Arrange by Captain Robert Dennison) | ||
| The Under Secretary of State (Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Judge Bennett Champ Clark (To congratulate the President) | ||
| Honorable Robert Butler, American Ambassador to Cuba (Came up with Cuban President and asked for this through Stanley Woodward, State Department) | ||
| The Secretary of Defense [James Forrestal] Honorable James Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget Honorable Sidney Souers Genral J. Lawton Collins General Hoyt S. Vandenberg Admiral William D. Leahy Admiral Louis E. Denfeld The Secretary of the Army [Kenneth C. Royall] The Secretary of the Navy [John L. Sullivan] The Secretary of the Air Force [Stuart Symington] General Alfred Gruenther Mr. Wilfred J. McNeil, Asst. to Secretary Forrestal (This arranged last week when Secretary James Forrestal called on the President - one half hour) | ||
| Senator Walter F. George, Ga. (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday to ask if he might see the President before Friday of this week.) | ||
| Colonel Burris Jackson Mr. Galloway Calhoun | ||
| (Colonel Louis Johnson) | ||
| (The President with General Harry Vaughan left the White House for home of Dr. Miller, and amateur photographer, who photographed the President.) | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Designating John R. Steelman Acting Chairman of the National Security Resources Board] | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (Alben W. Barkley away - Labor absent. Commerce absent.) | ||
| Honorable A. Fernos-Isern, Resident Commissioner of P. R. (To invite the President to attend Inauguration of the President of Puerto Rico.) | ||
| (The Secretary of the Army [Kenneth C. Royall]) (Admiral Sidney Souers) | ||
| H. E. Dr. Juan Atilio Bramiglia, Foreign Minister of the Argentine Republic H. E. Senor Dr. Jeronimo Romorino, The Ambassador of the Argentine Republic (Dr. Bramuglia was invited by Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] to visit Washington following United National General Assembly in Paris.) Honorable William Pawley Mr. Stanley Woodward | ||
| (Honorable Oscar Chapman) | ||
| Dr. Channing H. Tobias Dr. George N. Shuster Dr. Samuel McCrea Cabert [Cavert], General Secy., Council of Churches Mr. James Carey of CIO Mr. Joseph D. Lobman (Channing Tobias wrote to the President Nov. 14th as follows - "As member of National Committee on Segre- gation in the Nation's Capital, composed of some of leading white and Negro citizens of U. S. and of which Dr. George Shuster, President of Hunter College, is Chairman, I am writing to ask that you give favorable consideration to receiving a small committee from this Committee . . . Purpose of this visit will be to present to you a published report of the Committee, the text of which has been written by Mr. Kenesaw M. Landis.") | ||
| Congressman Robert Crosser, Ohio (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly to ask for this) | ||
| Honorable Willliam O'Dwyer, Mayor of New York Honorable David L. Lawrence, Mayor of Pittsburgh Honorable George W. Welsh, Mayor of Grands Rapids and President, U. S. Conference of Mayors Colonel Paul V. Betters, Executive Dirctor, Conference of Mayors (This Special committee to see the President re housing and slum clearance with special reference to forthcoming legislative action) | ||
| H. E. Honorable Norman J. O. Makin, the Ambassador of Australia (To deliver a message to the President from Dr. Herbert Evatt, Foreign Minister of Australia) | ||
| (Judge James McGranery) | ||
| Mrs. Albert Lasker (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly from New York to ask for this appoint- ment.) | ||
| Senator Carl Hayden, Arizona (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly to ask for this appointment.) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Honorable Arthur M. Hill, Chairman, National Security Resources Board Honorable Robert Lovett, Under Secretary of State The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] The Secretary of Defense [James Forrestal] The Secretary of the Interior [Julius A. Krug] The Secretary of Agriculture [Charles F. Brannan] The Secretary of Commerce [Charles Sawyer] Honorable John Gibson, Assistant Secretary of Labor The following Staff Members of NSRB: Mr. R. E. Gillmor Mr. Kenneth D. Johnson Mr. George E. Felton Mr. Granville Conway Mr. Ewald T. Grether Mr. Ralph J. Watkins Mr. William A. Gill Mr. Matthew Robinson Mr. James C. O'Brien Mr. Richard U. Sherman Mr. H. D. Kreager Honorable John R. Steelman (Chairman Arthur Hill arranged this meeting with the President and the members of his Cabinet, for a pre- sentation by the staff of the National Security Resources Board.) | ||
| (The President and Mrs. Truman received Madame Chiang and Mrs.Marshall and Mr. Woodward, at Tea at the Blair House.) | ||
| (The President and Mrs. Truman left the Blair House for the Cuban Embassy, where they will attend a reception in honor of the President of Cuba. | ||
| On this date the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was approved by the United Nations. See Eleanor & Harry: The Correspondence of Eleanor Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman: documents, photographs and more. | ||
| (The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]) | ||
| (Honorable Samuel I. Rosenman) (Off the record) | ||
| (Admiral James Foskett) | ||
| The Secretary of Agriculture [Charles F. Brannan] (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to set this up) | ||
| (Mr. William Boyle) (Colonel Russell T. Boyle) | ||
| Honorable Joseph F. Guffey, former Senator from PA. (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this.) | ||
| Honorable James A. Farley (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| (Mr. Jake More) | ||
| Mr. Samuel Stewart (Saw the President this week and wants to speak to him again, very briefly, to deliver a message con- cerning the subject they discussed earlier) | ||
| Mr. Joseph Dodge, President, The Detroit Bank, Detroit, Michigan The Secretary of the Army [Kenneth C. Royall] The Under Secretary of the Army (We asked Mr. Dodge to come in to see the President) | ||
| Senator Claude Pepper, Florida (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to let him come up today to discuss "the desperate plight of the citrus in- dustry.") | ||
| Honorable Alfred Landon | ||
| (Mr. Arthur Hays Sulzberger, Publisher, New York Times) (Wrote to Mr. Charles Ross asking if he might pay respects to the President while in town for Gridiron Dinner.) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Mr. Charles E. Wilson of General Electric (His representative in New York phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly from New York last week to ask for this.) | ||
| (Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget) | ||
| (The President left Blair House for Statler where he attended the Gridiron Dinner.) | ||
| The President left Blair House for home of his Naval Aide, Admiral Robert Dennison, where he attended christening ceremonies. | ||
| The President left Admiral Robert Dennison's home for Statler Hotel, where he attended Drone's post-Gridiron party, arriving at 5.50 p.m. | ||
| (Mr. Otto Fuerbringer, of TIME) (Mr. T. A. Baker) (Mr. Charles Ross will bring in Off-the-Record. The President will be TIME's Man of the Year. Fuerbringer is senior editor. Conversation is to be used only for background, not quoted, but to form tone and general impressions of the story.) | ||
| Dr. Samuel McCrea Cavert, General Secretary, the Federal Council of Churches Bishop John S. Stamm, of Harrisburg, Pa., the new President of Federal Council of Churches (Dr. Cavert wrote asking if they might present to the President the Declaration of Human Rights which was adopted by Biennial Meeting their organization in Cincinnati.) | ||
| Honorable Dillon S. Myer, President, The Institute of Inter-American Affairs (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this appointment.) | ||
| Honorable Lyndon Johnson, Senator-elect from Texas (Wrote to Mr. Matthew Connelly last month stating he would be here at this time and would like to see the President, if possible) | ||
| Mr. Cliff Berryman (Mr. Charles Ross will bring him in to present a book of his cartoons to the President) | ||
| Mr. Grayton McCulley, Minn, President, National Turkey Federation Mr. John V. B. Rice, Trumansburg, New York, President, Northeastern Poultry Producers Council Mr. W. W. Durham, Ky., President Southeastern Poultry and Egg Association Mr. Chester C. Housh, Elkton, Virginia, Turkey grower Mr. Clam N. Thurnbeck, Minn., turkey grower Mr. Clinton Moline, Michigan, turkey grower Mr. C. F. Smith, N.Y.C., Poultry and Egg National Board Mr. Phil Alampi, N.Y.C., Farm Program Director, Station WJZ Mr. Grugen (Presented big bronze turkey from Minnesota and white Beltsville bird from Virginia.) | ||
| Mr. Chester McCarty, President, Air Reserve Ass'n. (Arranged by Donald Dawson) | ||
| Senator Wallace H. White, Jr., Me. (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this.) | ||
| Honorable Joseph J. Lawler, 3rd Assistant Postmaster General | ||
| Honorable Joseph Smith, Mayor of Oakland, California | ||
| Under Secretary of State (Usual Monday appointment) | ||
| Cabinet Luncheon | ||
| (Colonel Louis Johnson) | ||
| (Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Bourquin and children, Dennis and Marylyn) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget Honorable Frank Pace, Assistant (One hour) | ||
| (Honorable Dean Acheson) (Asked if he might have an off-the-record appointment late some afternoon and emphasized that he hoped it would be very much off-the-record.) | ||
| Executive Orders: [10021 FURTHER EXEMPTION OF HARRY B. MITCHELL FROM COMPULSORY RETIREMENT FOR AGE] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10022 TRANSFERRING THE USE, POSSESSION, AND CONTROL OF CERTAIN LANDS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY TO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY] | ||
| (Mr. Julio Kilenyi - sculptor) (Is to make design for an inaugural medal - Colonel Louis Johnson talked to the President and Mr. Connelly about this. Mr. William Hyman of New York is commissioning this - states in letter to the President, "As further contribution to the Democratic Party and with your approval, I shall defray the expenses of the artist, the costs of making the die and the castings of two large bronze medals of the size of the design. . . . I shall deem it a privilege to have a bronze medal cast and presented to Mrs. Truman and another for such disposition as you may wish to make.") | ||
| Honorable Harley Hise, Chairman, R.F.C. Mr. W. K. Bramwell (At request of Secretary John Snyder) | ||
| Congressman Donald O'Toole, of New York (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange) | ||
| (Jack Martin, Secretary to Senator Robert Taft) | ||
| Governor Herbert B. Maw, Utah |