Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
January 18, 1949
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| [Public Papers: Remarks at the Truman-Barkley Dinner] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10029 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES] | ||
| (Mr. Neal Helm) (Mr. Roy Harper) (Judge Rowland) | ||
| (Judge Sherman Minton and F. Shirley Wilcox, the State Treasurer of Indiana) | ||
| (Mr. Frank Land) | ||
| (Mr. Albert Chow of San Francisco) | ||
| Mr. Frank Rucker, Vice President of Independence Examiner, Independence, Mo., and representing the Independence Chamber of Commerce Mr. Homer Clements, County School Superintendent, Independence, Missouri Governor Forrest Smith and Aides (Presented the President with a two-volume Bible, (a copy of the Gutenberg Bible), purchased by the Independence Chamber of Commerce, on which the President will take the Oath of Office. This Bible will then be taken back to Independence, dedicated to the President's mother, and placed in the Jackson County Library until such time as a suitable Museum for the President's papers is established.) | ||
| (Former Congressman Nan Honeyman) | ||
| (Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Short) | ||
| (The President left for the Mayflower Hotel, where he attended luncheon given by Financial Committee of Democratic National Committee.) | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks at a Luncheon of the Finance Committee of the Democratic National Committee] | ||
| (The President with Mrs. Truman left Blair House for Tea given by Mr. and Mrs. B.H. Lango) | ||
| (The President and his family left Blair House for Reception in their honor given by Governor Forrest Smith at Shoreham Hotel) | ||
| (The President and his family left Blair House for Mayflower Hotel, where they attended the Electors Dinner) | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks at a Dinner of the Presidential Electors Association] | ||
| (The President and his family left Blair House for the National Guard Armory, where they attended Gala Concert put on by Inaugural Committee) | ||
| Inauguration Day | ||
| (The President left Blair House for Mayflower Hotel, where he attended breakfast given by Battery "D" in Sapphire Room) | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks at the Battery D Breakfast] | ||
| (The President and his family left Blair House for St. John's Church, where they attended Inaugural Prayer Service) | ||
| (The President and his family left for the Capitol, where the President was sworn in at 12.00 noon on special stand in front of Capitol) | ||
| [Public Papers: Inaugural Address] | ||
| (The President left Capitol, riding at head of Inaugural Parade as far as Reviewing Stand in front of White House,. At this point President left Parade and entered Reviewing stand for remainder of Parade) | ||
| (The President left for National Gallery of Art, where he and his family held Inaugural Reception for guests) | ||
| (The President and his family left Blair House for National Guard Armory, where they attended Inaugural Ball.) | ||
| (The President attended a breakfast in the Speaker's Dining Room of Capitol, tendered Governor Forrest Smith of Missouri, by Missouri Delegation in Congresss) | ||
| (General Ralph Truman) (Mr. Vivian Truman) | ||
| (Honorable Roy Harper) (Judge M. R. Rowland) (Mr. Neal Helm) (Mr. Leo Fisher) | ||
| Governor Turner, Oklahoma | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson was sworn in as Secretary of State, ceremonies taking place in the President's office) | ||
| (Mrs. Anna Rosenberg) | ||
| (Mr. Jim T. Blair) (Mr. Sam B. Cook) (Mr. Lyman Fields) | ||
| The President and Mrs. Truman dropped in on Inaugural meeting held under auspices of Women's Division of Democratic National Committee in Inter-Departmental Auditorium. | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks to the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee] | ||
| Mr. H. D. Grozier and family (Owner of BOSTON POST) The Secretary of Labor [Maurice J. Tobin] | ||
| (Honorable Bryce Smith) (Mrs. Alexander Smith) | ||
| (The President and his family left for Wardman Park Hotel, where they attended Reception in their honor given by the Secretary of Treasury and Mrs. Snyder) | ||
| (The President and his family left for Shoreham Hotel where they attended reception in their honor given by Senator and Mrs. Howard McGrath) | ||
| (The President and his family left Blair House for the Shoreham Hotel, where they attended Inaugural Reception and Ball for Vice President Alben W. Barkley) | ||
| (Mr. and Mrs. James Pendergast) (Miss Mary Ellen Pendergast) (Miss Jacquelin Roche) (to pay respects) | ||
| (Honorable Roy Harper) | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| (Mr. Vic Householder) | ||
| (Dr. W. L. Brandon of Poplar Bluffs, Missouri) | ||
| (General and Mrs. Ralph Truman) | ||
| Honorable Forrest Smith, Governor of Missouri) | ||
| (Honorable George Harrison, RR Brotherhood) | ||
| (Mr. Tom Evans) | ||
| (The President and his family left Blair House for home of Mrs. George Mesta where they attended luncheon in their honor) | ||
| (The President left Blair House for home of Honorable Clark Clifford, 5900 Connecticut Avenue, N. W., where attended off- the-record stag birthday party in honor of Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson) | ||
| (General Dwight D. Eisenhower) (Secretary of Defense [James Forrestal]) (Off the record - arranged by Admiral Robert Dennison) | ||
| Honorable Robert Butler, American Ambassador to Cuba (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly about a week ago to request this) | ||
| Senator Warren G. Magnuson, Washington; Cong. Hugh Mitchell Honorable Clarence C. Digg, former Senator from Washington (Senator Magnuson phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| The President received the Colgate University Washington Study Group: Dr. and Mrs. Paul S. Jacobsen, Hamilton, N. Y. Mr. Raymond Broderick, Yonkers, N. Y. Mr. Alvin H. Goldstein, Jr., New York City Mr. Donald J. Keefe, Jr., Poolville, N. Y. Mr. Robert Lovegren, Utica, New York Mr. Marvin Morse, New York City Mr. Edward Nelson, Norwich, N. Y. Mr. Joseph H. Sharpley, El Paso, Texas Mr. Norman H. Smith, Westfield, N. J. Mr. Dean Wagner, Trenton, N. J. Mr. Louis Wayman, Salem, N. Y. Mr. Theodore Powell, Baltimore, Md. (This group comes to Washington during fall semester each year under auspices of Department of Political Science, Colgate University.) | ||
| Mr. John A. Kennedy, Editor and Publisher of San Diego Journal (Asked for this week) | ||
| Honorable Lewis W. Douglas, U. S. Ambassador to Great Britain (Mr. Robert Lovett asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange this) | ||
| Honorable John Gibson, Assistant Secretary of Labor (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange this) | ||
| (Mr. Frank Burke) | ||
| (Mr. Ed McKim) | ||
| The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson] | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. Howard Bruce) | ||
| Honorable Frank Pace, Actg. Dir., Bureau of Budget | ||
| (Honorable Jim Finnegan) | ||
| The President and Mrs. Truman received at Blair House, the Chiefs of Mission and the ladies who accompany them.) | ||
| The Vice President [Alben W. Barkley] Senator Scott W. Lucas, Ill. Speaker Sam Rayburn Congressman John W. McCormack, Mass. (In lieu of customary Monday appointment) | ||
| Mr. William Thatcher, General Manager, Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association (Secretary Charles F. Brannan asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange this) | ||
| Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Mass. (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly about ten days ago to ask for this.) | ||
| Mr. Lincoln Filene, of Boston (Arranged at request of David Niles) | ||
| Congressman and Mrs. Overton Brooks, La. (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly January 12th to ask for this) | ||
| Honorable Kenneth Royall, Secretary of the Army General Omar Bradley, Chief of Staff of the Army (Requested a week or so ago by General Kenneth C. Royall) | ||
| Honorable Fletcher Warren, American Ambassador to Paraguay (Requests appointment before returning to his post at Asuncion, to pay respects.) | ||
| Honorable W. Averell Harriman (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly on January 19th, to ask for this) | ||
| Congressman John W. McCormack, Mass. The Most Reverend Paul Yu Pin, the Archbishop of Nanking, China Father W. J. Kenealy, Boston Law School of Boston College (At the request of Congressman McCormack) | ||
| Honorable Oliver Carter, State Senator, California, and Chairman of Democratic State Committee Mr. Jack Tolan (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last Saturday to ask for this) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. William Bray) | ||
| Honorable William Benton | ||
| (General Carl R. Gray, Jr.) | ||
| Honorable Ingram M. Stainback, Governor of Hawaii | ||
| Executive Orders: [10030 ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NATIONAL GUARD] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10031 SEPARATION OF OFFICERS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ON GROUNDS OF DISLOYALTY] | ||
| (Honorable Louis Johnson) | ||
| (Honorable Lowell Mason, Federal Trade Commission) (Off the record) | ||
| (The Secretary of the Navy [John L. Sullivan]) (Off the record - at request of the Secretary) | ||
| (Mr. Paul Dillon) (Off the Record) | ||
| Honorable Richard Patterson, U. S. Ambassador to Guatemala (Leaving for post and wishes to pay respects) | ||
| Honorable Edwin L. Davis, Member, Federal Trade Commission Honorable William A. Ayers, Member, Federal Trade Commission (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this) | ||
| Senator Harley M. Kilgore, W. Va. (Phoned Mr. Connelly on January 15th, to ask for this) | ||
| The President received group of Amateur Radio operators, representing the American Radio Relay League and Washington area Radio Clubs: Mrs. Frances R. Darne Miss Elizabeth M. Zandonini Mr. Arthur L. Budlong Colonel Edwin S. Van Deusen Mr. Donald McClenon Mr. Malcom Williams Mr. Everett L. Battey Mr. Gordon Walter Mr. Cedric Van Pelt (It has been custom on the event of the Inauguration of a president of the United States, for American Radio Relay League, organization of seventy thousand Amateur Radio Operators in our nation, to hold a Governors-President Relay. This is an event in which a congratulatory message from the Governor of each State is originated in each State capital and relayed by Amateur Radio operators to the President in Washington. Washington area stations were alerted to take these incoming messages for the President during period five pm on January 19th to five pm on January 20th. This Group called to deliver to the President the Inauguration congratulatory messages from the Governors of the States.) | ||
| Dr. Francis P. Gaines, President, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia (Senator Robertson of Virginia conveyed to Mr. Connelly the desire of the President Gaines to call on the President in order to invite him to attend national Bicentennial celebration of Washington and Lee University on June 18, 1949. The President is Chairman of the National Commission established by the Congress to help bring about this celebration. | ||
| Honorable Edward S. Crocker, U. S. Ambassador Designate to Iraq (Asked for appointment to pay respects to the President before leaving for his post at Baghdad) | ||
| (Monsignor Curtis Tiernan) | ||
| (Honorable John E. Peurifoy, Assistant Secretary of State) (The President told Mr. Peurifoy he would like to have talk with him) | ||
| The President received the Officers and Members of the Executive Committee of the National Association of Postmasters of the United States: Mr. Jerome A. Borkovec Mr. John E. Butler, Jr. Mr. Patrick J. Goods Mr. Albert Foldman Mr. Dan L. Gibson Mr. Frank Harwood Mr. Frank J. Horak Colonel Burris C. Jackson Miss Edith M. Johnson Miss Pearl E. Linville Mr. Algy R. Murphy Mr. Hal A. McNutt Miss Frankie McCullough Mr. Raymond V. McNamara Mr. Fergus McRee Mr. Charles E. Puskar Mr. John E. Trimming Mr. James Walton Mr. Neal Sibley | ||
| Honorable Edward T. Eversole, Judge, twenty-first Judicial District, Festus, Missouri (In Washington appearing before Reciprocity Committee and wrote to Mr. Connelly asking if he might call on the President at this time.) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Governor Mon Wallgren) | ||
| (Mr. Arch Underwood) | ||
| Honorable Frank Pace |