Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
February 21, 1950
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| (Speech Conference) | ||
| [Public Papers: Telegram to Labor and Management Leaders in the Communications Industry Urging a 60-Day Truce] | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks at a Masonic Breakfast on Washington's Birthday] | ||
| [Public Papers: Address on Foreign Policy at the George Washington National Masonic Memorial] | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Senator Elbert B. Thomas, Utah (Requested appointment) | ||
| Congressman John A. Blatnik, Minn. (Requested appointment, stating that while primarily it was a personal visit, did wish to discuss St. Lawrence Waterway). | ||
| General David Sarnoff, Chairman of the Board, Radio Corporation of America (Mr. Ed Kaufmann wired that General Sarnoff planned to be here at this time, and while Sarnoff knew nothing of Kaufmann's telegram, he felt that the President might enjoy a talk with Sarnoff) | ||
| (Mr. Pietro Belluschi) (Off the record. Mr. Dawson brought him in. Mr. Belluschi is an architect and engineer currently in private practice in Oregon and Washington State.) | ||
| Mr. Joseph McConnell, President, National Broadcasting Company (Requested appointment) | ||
| The President received the winners of The Voice of Democracy Contest: Miss Gloria Chomiak, Winner Richard L. Chapman, Winner Robert Shanks, Winner Anne Pinkney, Winner Miss Mable Wright, School teacher Miss Deota Hampton, School teacher Mrs. Jane Ward, School teacher Mrs. C. C. Pinkney Dr. Earl J. McGrath, Commissioner of Education Robert K. Richards, National Association of Broadcasters (The President has received this group in 1948 and 1949. This contest supported by U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce and National Association of Broadcasters and the Radio Manufacturer's Association. It is contest for high school students of the U.S. and its territories, and is endorsed by U. S. Office of Education. Each contestant enters a five minute speech on his appreciation of Democracy and our American Way of Life.) | ||
| The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson] (Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (The Secretary of the Interior [Oscar L. Chapman]) (Requested appointment, off-the-record) | ||
| (Dr. John Steelman) (Mr. David Stowe) (Mr. Charles Murphy) (Mr. Charles Ross) (re coal situation) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers: The President's News Conference] | ||
| Senator Carl Hayden, Arizona Senator Ernest W. McFarland, Ariz. | ||
| (Honorable John W. Snyder, Secretary of Treasury) (The Secretary of Interior [Oscar L. Chapman]) (The Secretary of Commerce [Charles Sawyer]) (The Secretary of Labor [Maurice J. Tobin]) (Honorable Peyton Ford) | ||
| Executive Orders: [10112 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEENT THE CARRIERS REPRESENTED BY THE EASTERN CARRIERS' CONFERENCE COMMITTEE, THE WESTERN CARRIERS' CONFERENCE COMMITTEE, AND THE SOUTHEASTERN CARRIERS' CONFERENCE COMMITTEE, AND CERTAIN OF THEIR EMP] | ||
| Cabinet Meeting (Agriculture absent; the Solicitor General will represent the Attorney General; Mr. W. Averell Harriman will attend) | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Hon. George A. Garret, American Minister to Ireland (In Washington for consultation and asked, thru Mr. Woodward, if he might pay respects to the President) | ||
| (Dr. Joseph Hudnut, Dean, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University) (OFF RECORD. Arranged at suggestion of Mr. Dawson) | ||
| Maj. Gen. Ralph E. Truman, Ret'd. Brig. Gen. John A. Harris, the Adjutant General of Missouri (General Truman asked for this, stating he would make this special trip to Washington at request of General Harris and other members of the National Guard) | ||
| (Hon. Maple T. Harl, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Mr. DeWitt Alcorn of Memphis, Tennessee (Arranged at personal request of Senator McKellar) | ||
| (Hon. Wayne Coy, Chairman, F. C. C.) (Asked if he might have half hour, OFF RECORD, to discuss proposed merger of International Telegraph Companies, and condition of Western Union | ||
| Mr. Jack Benny (Mr. George Dorsey) (Mr. Earl Gammons) (George Dorsey asked Mr. Connelly if Benny might come in for handshake) | ||
| (Ted Marks) | ||
| Hon William Green, President A. F. of L. Mr. Charles McGowan, Chairman, Boiler Makers Union Mr. James Brownlow, Secretary-Treasurer, Metal Trades Dept. (Mr. Green called yesterday to ask for this) | ||
| (Max Lowenthal) | ||
| (Governor Wm. Lee Knouw, Governor of Colorado) (Senator Edwin O. Johnson, Colo.) (Cong. John A. Carroll, Colo.) (OFF RECORD. West basement door. Mr. Connelly arranged this yesterday at suggestion of Cong. Carroll) | ||
| Mr. George Harrison, President, Union of RR Clerks | ||
| The Vice President [Alben W. Barkley] The Speaker [Sam Rayburn] Senator Scott Lucas, Ill. Congressman John W. McCormack, Mass | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| (Honorable William M. Boyle, Jr.) | ||
| Mrs. John Kraft, President Kraft Foods Co., Chicago Mr. George Lewis, National President, Future Farmers of America (Mr. William Hillman) (Mr. William Hillman arranged this with Mr. Matthew Connelly. Mr. Kraft and Mr. Lewis wish to ask the President for a written endorse- ment of the work of the Future Farmers that would be included in a brochure which would outline activities of Future Farmers of America.) | ||
| Honorable and Mrs. Roy W. Harper | ||
| The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson] (Usual Monday appointment) | ||
| (Cabinet Luncheon -- Attorney General and Honorable Averell Harriman absent. Honorable Philip Perlman representing the Attorney General.) | ||
| (Honorable Clark Clifford) | ||
| General Arthur Evans, Secretary, Reserve Officers Association Mr. Perry Brown, former Commander, American Legion (This arranged by General Harry Vaughan) | ||
| Honorable Frank Pace, Bureau of the Budget (One-half hour) | ||
| (Left Blair House with Mrs. Truman for an exhibit at the Statler Hotel.) | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| (The Secretary of Agriculture [Charles F. Brannan]) (Honorable Albert J. Loveland) (Mr. Charles F. Brannan asked for appointment, off-the-record) | ||
| Honorable Marvin Jones, Chief Judge, U. S. Court of Claims (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this.) | ||
| Congressman Hal Holmes, Washington Mr. E. S. Black, Superintendant of Schools, Kennewick, Washington (Congressman Holmes phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this.) | ||
| Congressman Mike Mansfield, Montana (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this.) | ||
| Honorable Dirk U. Stikker, Special Representative of the Organization for European Economic Cooperation Honorable Paul Hoffman, Administrator, ECA Honorable Averell Harriman (Mr. Stikker is also Netherlands Foreign Minister, and while in United States for brief period, wished to call on the President.) | ||
| (Mr. William Malone) | ||
| The Secretary of Defense [Louis Johnson] The Secretary of the Navy [Francis P. Matthews] (Usual Tuesday appointment for the Secretary of Defense) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Mr. Martin A. O'Malley Mr. Joseph Cannon, former President of Eire Society (Mr. O'Malley, as representative of Eire Society of Boston wrote to Mr. Matthew Connelly, stating this Society had voted to send to the President a congratulatory message on the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation with the Republic of Ireland, recently signed in Dublin. Message has been engrossed on linen, properly framed, etc.) | ||
| Honorable Carl R. Gray, Jr., Administrator of Veterans Affairs (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week for this.) | ||
| Hon. Oliver Carter, State Senator and Chairman, Democratic State Committee, California | ||
| (Honorable Frederick Lawton, Bureau of Budget) | ||
| The President opened the 1950 Red Cross Drive by a radio address from the White House. [Public Papers: Radio Remarks Opening the Red Cross Campaign] | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| (Mr. Daniel F. Parker, of the City College of New York, School of Business and Civic Administration) (At the request of Justice Barton.) | ||
| Congressman Eugene Worley, Texas (Asked if he might come in to thank the President for naming him for appointment to U. S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals) | ||
| Mrs. Mary C. Dondero, Democratic National Committeewomen, New Hampshire (Is also member of House of Representatives, New Hampshire; wrote to the President, asking for this appointment) | ||
| (Mr. Brewster Jennings, President, Socony Vacuum) (Arranged at suggestion of Mr. Edwin Locke, to whom Mr. Connelly spoke; Off the record) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Honorable William Green, President A. F. of L. Mr. Lee George, President Union of Post Office Clerks Mr. William Doherty, President, Union of Letter Carriers (Mr. Green asked for this appointment) | ||
| (Senator Tydings) | ||
| (Honorable Mon Wallgren) | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the Chairman, House Committee on Education and Labor, on Federal Aid to Education] | ||
| (The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers: The President's News Conference] | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| The President received the winners of the Ninth Annual Science Talent Search: Beaver, William Thomas Cohen, Paul J. Detenbeck, Robert Warren Elliott, Noel Penney Feinberg, Gerald Finegan, Joel Dean Franchere, Julio Victoire Fuchs, Ronald Glashow, Sheldon Lee Gordon, Malcolm Stephen Gunter, William Dayle, Jr. Jackson, Cynthia Betty Jackson, Patricia Alice Korenman, Stanley George Krongelb, Sol Inbell, David Lubkin, Elihu Malone, Dennis Philip Markoff, Nicholas George Martin, Don Robert McCormick, Donald Bruce McKinney, Alice McPortland, Winifred Piskule, Donald Frank Posner, Edward Charles Reeves, William John, Jr. Rippon, John Willard Rosen, Victor Joseph, Jr. Rosler, Lawrence Siegel, Jerome Steiner, Lisa Amelia Sternberg, Saul Herbert Sussman, Alan Tayler, Leonore Yvonne Tifft, William Grant Warron, Alice J. Wasserman, Edel Wamszkiewicz, Edward John Wyeth, Cynthia Walton Zeidenberg, Phillip Donald Elkner | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks to a Group From the Ninth Annual Science Talent Search] | ||
| Senator Francis J. Myers, Pennsylvania Honorable David Lawrence, Mayor of Pittsburgh (Senator Myers asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this sometime ago.) | ||
| The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson] (Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| The President gave a stag luncheon at the Blair House in honor of Acting President of China, General Li Tsung Jen; Others present were, The Chinese Ambassador, Dr. Koo, Dr. Kan, Aide to General Li, The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson] and the Secretary of Defense [Louis Johnson].) | ||
| (Honorable W. Averell Harriman) | ||
| (The Secretary of Defense [Louis Johnson]) (The Secretary of the Army [Gordon Gray]) (Mr. Lawton of the Budget Bureau sat in on this appointment) | ||
| (The President attended dinner at the home of Honorable William M. Boyle, Jr.) | ||
| Executive Orders: [10114 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE TERMINAL RAILROAD ASSOCIATION OF ST. LOUIS AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES] | ||
| [Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress on the Coal Strike] | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (Secretary of Agriculture absent. Mr. Whitney represented Commerce. Mr. Averell Harriman also present. | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| (The Attorney General [J. Howard McGrath]) (The Secretary of Interior [Oscar L. Chapman]) (The Secretary of Labor [Maurice J. Tobin]) (Honorable John R. Steelman) | ||
| (Luncheon) | ||
| Honorable Frederick J. Lawton, Assistant Director, Bureau of the Budget | ||
| (Honorable Dales Rentzel, CAA) | ||
| (Mr. Merle Young) | ||
| The Vice President [Alben W. Barkley] The Speaker [Sam Rayburn] Senator Scott Lucas, Illinois Congressman John W. McCormack, Mass. | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| The President received a group of officials and members of the 4-H Clubs: Mr. Kenneth Anderson, Associate Director, National Committee on Boys' & Girls' Club Work Mrs. Charles F. Brannan Mr. O. L. Nobel, Director, National Committee on Boys' & Girls' Club Work Mr. J. P. Schmidt Miss Gertrude L. Warren Dr. M. L. Wilson Mr. Thomas E. Wilson Mrs. Thomas E. Wilson Barbara Best Don Bowman Jacquelin Duberson John Hartley Rhomayn Lowry DiAnne Mathrie Jack McDowell Jimmy Page Lucille Robinson Charles Sperow, Jr. Arthur Hiberg | ||
| The Secretary of the Interior [Oscar L. Chapman] Hon. Luis Munox Marin, the Governor of Puerto Rico (Secretary Oscar Chapman requested appointment) | ||
| The Secretary of State (Usual Monday appointment) | ||
| (Cabinet Luncheon. All present except the Secretaries of Agriculture and Commerce) | ||
| General Walter Bedell Smith (Off the record) | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Transmitting Bill for the Establishment of a Commission on the Coal Industry] | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Major General Philip Fleming, Chairman, Maritime Commission of the United States (Mr. Connelly called him last week and told him the President wanted to see him off-the-record.) | ||
| Honorable Oscar R. Ewing, Federal Security Administrator (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this.) |