Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman

February 23, 1949

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11:30 am	February 23, 1949	(Mr. Philip Graham, Editor, Washington Post) (OFF RECORD)
11:45 am	February 23, 1949	Congressman Henry M. Jackson, Washington Mr. Ed Mills (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this)
12:00 pm	February 23, 1949	Honorable Joseph Grew Honorable Edward Stettinius Dr. Channing Tobias (This arranged thru David Niles - to discuss with the President the Liberian Loan)
12:15 pm	February 23, 1949	Honorable Frank Pace, Director, Bureau of the Budget
12:30 pm	February 23, 1949	The President received the Grand Masters and Grand Secretaries of the Grand Lodges of the United States and Territories and Canada: J. Clifton Roe, Alabama C. H. Stubinger, Alabama Judge Lee Garrett, Arizona Joseph A. E. Ivey, Arizona C. Allen Clift, Arkansas Woodlief A. Thomas, Arkansas Edward H. Siems, California Lloyd E. Wilson, California Wm. B. Ogden, California S. Stuart Krebs, Colorado Harry W. Bundy, Colorado Louis D. Thomas, Connecticut Earle K. Haling, Connecticut Dr. Philip Jones, Connecticut James Carswell, Delaware Chester R. Jones, Delaware A. W. Conner, Florida George W. Ruff, Florida E. Russell Moulton, Georgia Daniel Locklin, Georgia A. Edward Prince, Idaho Clyde I. Rush, Idaho Fred I. Mills, Illinois Richard C. Davenport, Illinois Carl Mohr, Illinois Carl L. Hibberd, Indiana Dwight L. Smith, Indiana J. Guy Swartzlander, Iowa Earl R. Delzell, Iowa Earl Dusenberry, Iowa William H. Harrison, Kansas Elmer F. Strain, Kansas Linn R. Broderick, Kansas Frederick M. Gross, Kentucky Al F. Orton, Kentucky Paul B. Habans, Louisiana D. Peter Laguens, Jr., Louisiana Granville C. Gray, Maine Convers E. Leach, Maine Harry O. Schroeder, Maine Claude Shaffer, Maine Roger Keith, Massachusetts Frank H. Hilton, Massachusetts Elmer Raschey, Massachusetts Dr. Hazen P. Cole, Michigan F. Homer Newton, Michigan Walter S. Turnpaugh, Mexico Eutimio Cisernos, Mexico William Webber, Mexico John B. Tomhave, Minnesota John H. Anderson, Minnesota Don S. Downie, Mississippi Sid F. Curtis, Mississippi Harry F. Sunderland, Missouri Harold L. Reader, Missouri Frank S. Land, Missouri Edward A. King, Missouri Ray V. Denslow, Missouri H. O. Morgan, Montana Luther T. Hauberg, Montana Elmer E. Magee, Nebraska Carl R. Greisen, Nebraska Merwin Brown, Nevada Harold O. Cady, New Hampshire John M. Dresser, New Hampshire E. Walter Parsons, New Jersey Isaac Cherry, New Jersey Walter F. Edwards, New Mexico LaMoine Langston, New Mexico Lloyd Johnson, New Mexico Frank M. Totton, New York George R. Irving, New York Frank L. Smith, New York Dr. Maxwell E. Hoffman, North Carolina Wilbur L. McIver, North Carolina W. J. Hunter, North Dakota Walter L. Stockwell, North Dakota L. Todd McKinney, Ohio H. S. Johnson, Ohio Roscoe Walcutt, Ohio Clay A. Babb, Oklahoma C. A. Sturgeon, Oklahoma Dr. John Hubbard, Oklahoma Lloyd K. McRae, Oregon Harry D. Proudfoot, Oregon George H. Deike, Pennsylvania Matthew Galt, Jr. Pennsylvania Ernest L. Lockwood, Rhode Island N. Arthur Ryland, Rhode Island James F. Risher, South Carolina O. Frank Hart, South Carolina Albro C. Ayres, South Dakota E. F. Strain, South Dakota Lucien C. Connell, Tennessee Thomas E. Doss, Tennessee Hugh M. Craig, Texas George H. Belew, Texas Newell B. Dayton, Utah E. R. Gibson, Utah Arthur H. Sprague, Vermont Aaron H. Grout, Vermont Harold Stacy, Vermont A. Douglas Smith, Virginia James N. Hillman, Virginia Delos A. Shiner, Washington John I. Preissner, Washington Dean Hill Stanley, Washington, D. C. Aubrey H. Clayton, Washington, D. C. Carl Claudy, Washington, D. C. C. F. Kleinknecht, Washington, D. C. Nelson S. Orkney, West Virginia Ira W. Coffman, West Virginia Norman H. Smith, Wisconsin William F. Weiler, Wisconsin Carlyle D. Williamson, Wyoming Irving E. Clark, Wyoming T. H. Simpson, Ontario E. G. Dixon, Ontario George H. Ellis, British Columbia W. R. Simpson, British Columbia Canon L. F. Crothers, Quebec W. W. Williamson, Quebec David A. O'Neil, Nova Scotia Reginald V. Harris, Nova Scotia L. A. McDougall, Prince Edward Island Peter T. Pilkey, Manitoba George Moore, Alberta R. D. Magee, New Brunswick A. C. Lemmon, New Brunswick R. A. Tate, Saskatchewan Jose G. Bloise, Puerto Rico Angel M. Torres, Puerto Rico
12:45 pm	February 23, 1949	Honorable J. Monroe Johnson Mr. Perry Brown, National Commander, American Legion
1:00 pm	February 23, 1949	(LUNCH - DOWNSTAIRS IN EXECUTIVE OFFICE)
3:15 pm	February 23, 1949	Secretary of Labor, Maurice Tobin Hon. John Gibson, Asst. Secretary of Labor
3:45 pm	February 23, 1949	Congressman Carl Vinson, Georgia
8:25 pm	February 23, 1949	The President left the Blair House for Mayflower Hotel where he "dropped in" on a Bond Drive Dinner.
8:30 pm	February 23, 1949	[Public Papers: Remarks at a Savings Bond Drive Dinner]
8:30 am	February 24, 1949	(Ernest Durig - sculptor)
10:30 am	February 24, 1949	Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] (Jerome Walsh) (Thomas Hart Benton) (Saw the President after press conference)
11:00 am	February 24, 1949	Congressman Foster Furcolo, Massachusetts (Wrote to the President and enclosed copy of his remarks from Congressional Record relative to his Federal Scholarship Plan. Asked if he might come up and discuss this with the President.)
11:10 am	February 24, 1949	(Mr. Tom Evans)
11:15 am	February 24, 1949	Honorable William H. Hastie, Governor of the Virgin Islands (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this)
11:25 am	February 24, 1949	(Honorable Bryce Smith)
11:30 am	February 24, 1949	Honorable Wilson W. Wyatt (Wired Mr. Connelly last week from Louisville to ask if he might come in and clear up one or two matters with the President, concerning Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner Program)
11:45 am	February 24, 1949	(Mr. J. B. Black, of San Francisco) (Attended the February 16th, off record meeting at Blair House, at which time the President suggested that he come in and go over something which they had discussed at Blair House meeting. OFF RECORD)
12:00 pm	February 24, 1949	Honorable James A. Farley (Phoned Mr. Connelly from New York yesterday to ask for this)
12:15 pm	February 24, 1949	The President received Council of Bishops of African Methodist Episcopal Church: Bishop A. J. Allen~Rev. A. S. Jackson Mr. Earl W. Beck, Adm.~Bishop D. Ward Nichols Miss Marjorie Beck~Bishop R. C. Ransom Bishop George W. Baber~Bishop F. M. Reed Bishop L. H. Bonner~Captain & Mrs. Roberts Bishop J. H. Clayborne~Captain Wilbur W. Sewell Bishop M. H. Davis~Bishop R. R. Wright Bishop W. A. Fountain~Bishop D. Ormonde Walker Bishop C. A. Gibbs~Bishop W. K. Wilkes Bishop Joseph Gomez~Bishop Noah W. Williams Bishop S. L. Greene~Mrs. D. Ormonde Walk Bishop L. H. Hemmingway
12:30 pm	February 24, 1949	The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson] (Usual Thursday appointment)
1:00 pm	February 24, 1949	(LUNCH)
6:45 pm	February 24, 1949	The President left Blair House for Mayflower Hotel where he attended Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner. The President dined and made a brief speech; then departed for over-flow Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner at Statler Hotel. At this dinner he made broadcast on national hook-up at 10:37 p.m. The President returned to Blair House at 11:06 p.m.
9:40 pm	February 24, 1949	[Public Papers: Remarks at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner]
10:40 pm	February 24, 1949	[Public Papers: Address at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner]
8:00 am	February 25, 1949	[Public Papers: Letter to Senate and House Committee Chairmen on the Folsom Dam]
10:00 am	February 25, 1949	(The Secretary of Defense [Louis Johnson]) (OFF RECORD)
10:15 am	February 25, 1949	The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]
11:00 am	February 25, 1949	Dr. H. Roe Bartle, of Kansas City (Mr. Bartle connected with Boy Scouts of Kansas City and wants to discuss Scout matters with the President)
11:15 am	February 25, 1949	Honorable Joseph J. O'Connell, C. A. A.
11:30 am	February 25, 1949	Honorable Joseph Rosier, former Senator from W. Va. Senator Harley M. Kilgore, W. Va. (The last time Senator Kilgore was in he asked the President to see former Senator Rosier, who has special assignment with UNESCO in Lebanon. Rosier wants to report to the President and Sen. Kilgore said they would need half hour)
11:55 am	February 25, 1949	(Mr. Harold Lockwood)
12:00 pm	February 25, 1949	Mr. Richard R. Nacy, Jefferson City, Mo. Mr. Walter Toberman, Secretary of State of Missouri Mr. Michell Friborg, of Chicago Mr. Julius Mayer, of Chicago (Mr. Nacy phoned Mr. Connelly early in February and followed request with letter. These people are grain dealers and wish to talk to the President about some phase of their business. Mr. Nacy says he does not know Friborg and Mayer, only having met them through Walter Toberman, but that Toberman is a good friend of his and has been supporter of the President always. Toberman is a grain dealer in St. Louis)
12:15 pm	February 25, 1949	(Mr. James Deleo) (OFF RECORD)
12:30 pm	February 25, 1949	H. E. Senor Dr. Gonsalo Carnevali, the Ambassador of Venezuela (Is retiring and requested appointment with the President to say goodbye)
12:45 pm	February 25, 1949	(Mr. Edward Jacobson; Mr. Tom Evans; Mr. L. T. Barringer)(OFF RECORD)
1:00 pm	February 25, 1949	(LUNCH)
3:00 pm	February 25, 1949	Hon. Frank Pace, Director, Bureau of the Budget
3:30 pm	February 25, 1949	(Hon. Frank Waring) (Hon. John O'Donnell) (Hon. James E. Webb) (Hon. Frank Pace)
3:55 pm	February 25, 1949	The President left for Statler Hotel where he attended reception In Presidential Ballroom for all visitors from outside Washington attending Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner)
8:30 am	February 26, 1949	(Mr. Ernest Durig - sculptor)
9:15 am	February 26, 1949	(Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Coffey of New York)
10:00 am	February 26, 1949	(Staff Meeting)
10:30 am	February 26, 1949	(Joseph A. Scolponeti) (James H. Vahey)
11:00 am	February 26, 1949	(Mr. Jim Pendergast)
12:30 pm	February 26, 1949	(Dr. Isadore [Isador] Lubin)
1:00 pm	February 26, 1949	(LUNCH)
6:45 pm	February 26, 1949	(The President left Blair House for Shoreham Hotel, where he dined informally in apartment of Hon. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force)
10:00 am	February 28, 1949	The Vice President [Alben W. Barkley] Speaker Sam Rayburn Senator Scott Lucas, Ill.
11:00 am	February 28, 1949	(Mr. Jules Kahn)
11:15 am	February 28, 1949	Congressman Raymond W. Karst, Missouri (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask if he might see the President as soon as possible re Jefferson Barracks, Mo., and several political matters with respect to St. Louis County.)
11:30 am	February 28, 1949	(Mr. Fred Archibals, of Albany Times Union (Newspaper man, arranged by Mr. Ayers. Off the record)
11:45 am	February 28, 1949	The Secretary of the Army [Kenneth C. Royall]
12:00 pm	February 28, 1949	Honorable Walter J. Donnelly, American Ambassador to Venezuela (In Washington on consultation and asked to pay respects to the President)
12:30 pm	February 28, 1949	The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson] (Usual Monday appointment)
1:00 pm	February 28, 1949	(Cabinet Luncheon)
2:35 pm	February 28, 1949	(The President left for War College where he attended lecture "Political Strategy of Axis")
4:45 pm	February 28, 1949	The Secretary of Agriculture [Charles F. Brannan]
5:05 pm	February 28, 1949	(Mr. William Boyle) (Mr. McGraw of Kansas City)
9:55 pm	February 28, 1949	The President broadcast over National Hook- up from Projection Room of White House for American National Red Cross.) [Public Papers: Radio Address Opening the Red Cross Fund Campaign]
10:00 am	March 01, 1949	(Colonel Louis Johnson) (Off the record)
10:30 am	March 01, 1949	Honorable Frederick Lawton, Assistant Director, Bureau of the Budget (One half hour)
11:00 am	March 01, 1949	The Very Reverend Hunter Guthrie, President of Georgetown University Father Paul A. McNally, of Georgetown (Father McNally asked Mr. Connelly if he might bring in the new President of the University to meet the President)
11:15 am	March 01, 1949	Honorable James Mead, former Senator from New York (Asked Mr. Connelly, through his representative, to arrange this)
11:30 am	March 01, 1949	Honorable W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this)
11:45 am	March 01, 1949	(The Secretary of the Interior [Julius A. Krug])
12:00 pm	March 01, 1949	Honorable Ely E. Palmer, American Ambassador to Afghanistan (In Department on consultation and asked if he might pay his respects to the President before his retirement on March 4th.)
12:10 pm	March 01, 1949	(Honorable Joseph Munan)
12:15 pm	March 01, 1949	Honorable Paul Hoffman, Administrator, E. C. A. (Asked Mr. Connelly about week ago to ask for this)
12:30 pm	March 01, 1949	(The Secretary of Defense [James Forrestal]) (Colonel Louis Johnson) (Off the record)
1:00 pm	March 01, 1949	(Lunch)
3:00 pm	March 01, 1949	(Mr. Kelly Scruton)
3:15 pm	March 01, 1949	Honorable Roy J. Turner, governor of Oklahoma (Asked Mr. Connelly for this)
3:30 pm	March 01, 1949	(Mr. Lester Markel, Sunday Editor, New York Times) (Off the record - re background material for article Markel is to do on the President's fourth anniversary in office)
4:00 pm	March 01, 1949	(Mr. Alfred Teunis)
8:00 pm	March 01, 1949	(Off the record at the Blair House:) (The Secretary of the Army [Kenneth C. Royall])
8:00 am	March 02, 1949	[Public Papers: Statement by the President: The 100th Anniversary of the Department of the Interior]
8:30 am	March 02, 1949	(Mr. Ernest Durig - sculptor)
9:00 am	March 02, 1949	(Mr. George Elsey) (Mr. Collas Harris) (Presented map of campaign trips to the President)
9:45 am	March 02, 1949	(Mr. Thomas McCabe)
10:00 am	March 02, 1949	Honorable Leon H. Keyserling, Vice Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers Dr. John D. Clark, Member (Asked to come in to discuss several legislative matters as well as give the President their usual monthly report.)
10:30 am	March 02, 1949	Senator Elbert D. Thomas, Utah (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly and asked for this)
11:00 am	March 02, 1949	Miss Gertrude Ely, of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (Wired Mr. Charles Ross to ask if he would arrange. Wants to see the President at this time to discuss Displaced Persons)
11:15 am	March 02, 1949	Congressman Michael J. Kirwan, Ohio (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly Monday to ask for this)
11:30 am	March 02, 1949	Mr. James G. Patton, President, Natl. Farmers Union Mr. Russell Smith, Legislative Secretary, Farmers Union (Mr. Patton phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this.)
11:45 am	March 02, 1949	Congressman Frank M. Karsten, Mo. Congressman Raymond W. Karst, Mo. Congressman John B. Sullivan, Mo. (Congressman Karsten asked Mr. Matthew Connelly if they might call on the President in order to discuss Veterans Hospital in St. Louis)
12:00 pm	March 02, 1949	H. E. Senor Dr. Jerimimo Remorino, the Ambassador of Argentina Captain Carlos Garsoni, of the Argentine Navy Captain Oscar J. R. Rumbo, Naval Attache of Argentine Embassy Rear Admiral Osborne B. Hardison, Head of Navy Department's Latin American Division (Rear Admiral Robert Dennison) (This arranged at suggestion of Ambassador James Bruce)
12:05 pm	March 02, 1949	(Mr. Max Truitt)
12:15 pm	March 02, 1949	(Mr. Albert Z. Carr)
12:45 pm	March 02, 1949	(Mr. Leonard Reinsch)
1:00 pm	March 02, 1949	(Lunch)
3:15 pm	March 02, 1949	(Mr. William Boyle)
3:45 pm	March 02, 1949	(The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder])
4:00 pm	March 02, 1949	(The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson])
1:00 am	March 03, 1949	[Public Papers: Letter Accepting Resignation of James Forrestal as Secretary of Defense]
10:00 am	March 03, 1949	Senator Olin D. Johnston, S. C. Chairman, Committee of Post Office and Civil Service Senator Herbert R. O'Conor, Md., Chairman of Sub-committee considering Executive Pay Bill Senator Russell B. Long, La. Senator J. Melville Broughton, N. C. Senator Ralph E. Flanders, Vt. Senator Raymond E. Baldwin, Conn. (Mr. Matthew Connelly told them the President wished to see them to discuss the Pay Bill)
10:30 am	March 03, 1949	Honorable Frank Pace Honorable Frederick Lawton, Assistant Director, Bureau of the Budget (One-half hour)
11:00 am	March 03, 1949	Mrs. Hubert A. Goode, President, American Legion Auxiliary Commander Perry Brown, of the American Legion (Mrs. Goode requested this in order to present to the President the first buddy poppy.)
11:15 am	March 03, 1949	Mr. William J. Bryan, Jr. (Asked, thru Oscar Chapman, if he could bring in to see the President and bring memento which belonged to Bryan's father.)