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Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman

June 16, 1950

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[Public Papers: Veto of Bill To Define the Application of the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Clayton Act to Certain Pricing Policies]
[Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing Bill Amending the Displaced Persons Act]
(Secretary of Agriculture [Charles F. Brannan]) (Mr. Albert J. Loveland)
Cabinet [Meeting] (Under Secretary Early will represent Defense; the Solicitor General for Justice; Labor absent. All others present.)
Honorable Paul Hoffman
(Staff Meeting)
(Mr. Robert Moore, Democratic National Committee) (Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Devore, of Delta, Missouri) (Mrs. A. P. Schneider, of St. Louis) (Mr. Moore asked if he could bring in his sister, her husband and Mr. Moore's niece, to shake hands.)
The President received the Business Paper Editors: Ainsworth, Marcus, Commercial Car Journal Arthur Bamford, Jr., Chilton Publications Preston Bell, Bakers Weekly Bradbury, William, Mechanization Doris Burrell, Department Store Economist Walter Campbell, Steel Colin Carmichael, Machine Design Rufus Choate, Plumbing and Heating Wholesaler Alice Clark, R.N. (Registered Nurse) Stanley Cohen, Advertising Age Raymond Coombes, Mechanization John Cornell, Paper Mill News Bainbridge Crist, Tide Custer, James R., Automotive Industries Earle, Chester R., Power Engineering Fisher, Mahlon, Construtioneer Fitzgerald, R.L., Boot and Shoe Recorder Gable, Emerson, Architectural Record Greene, A.W., Commercial Car Journal Gussow, Don, Candy Industry and Bottling Indust. Hanson, T.E., Plant Engineering Hardy, Eugene, Chilton Publications Haring, Frank, Liquor Store and Dispenser Harrington, Carl, Mill and Factory Hartford, Robert, Machine Design Haywood, Marshall, Jr., Haywood Publishing Company Johannesen, Mr. M.R., Haywood Publishing Company Joyce, Arthur, Bakers Weekly Kelly, Fred C., Jr., Refrigerating Engineering Keyon, Charles, Motor Age Kerr, R.Y., American Lumberman King, Lansford, Jewelers' Circular-Keystone Kraybill, Richard L., Dun's Review Kruckman, Arnold, King Publications Kruckman, Arnold (Mrs.) Hardware World Kuhns, William, Banking Lardner, Fred W., Haywood Pubishing Co. Lewis, Frances, R. N. (Registered Nurse) Lindsay, George, Mechanization Malley, Francis J., The Spectator Mayo, E.W., Jr., Sugar McCarthy, John, Optical Journal McPherrin, John, American Druggist Mickel, Ernest, F.W. Dodge Publications Mueller, Robert, Progressive Grocer Myrick, Norman, American Milk Review Nellen, Arthur, Motor Age Pfeffer, John F., Automotive Industries Phair, W.A., Hardware Age Price, Ben K., Steel Rannells, Karl, Chilton Publications Rawson, Charles, Commercial Car Journal Redmond, Wilfrid, Bakers Weekly Salisbury, Philip, Sales Management Schulhof, William R., Office Publication Co. Shaw, Jerry, Tires Service Station Sheeline, Randall, Chemical Industries Smith, Stanley, Traffic World Stafford, Larry, Banking Steinebach, Frank, The Foundry Stetson, George A., American Society of Mechanical Engineers Sullivan, George, Iron Age Turpin, M.C., Refrigerating Engineering Voegele, Walter, Hotel Management Vogel, Fred, Modern Machine Shop Warren, James, Restaurant Management Wick, Charles H., Machinery Wilcox, J. G., Hardware Age Wild, R. S., Hardware Age Wolpert, N.N.H., Heating and Ventilating Wimpfen, Sheldon P., Mining Congress Journal Wooton, Paul, Chilton Publications Kreutzberg, E.C., Steel Brown, Kermit, Drug Topics Rippey, Stevens, Drug Topics (Arranged at the request of Paul Wooten. The President received this group last year and in the past years also.)
Honorable Donald Kingsley, Director General, International Refugee Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (Asked if he might call on the President)
The President signed H.R. 4567, An Act "To amed the Displaced Persons Act of 1948". The following guests were present for the signing: Senator Harley M. Kilgore, W.Va. Senator Herbert H. Lehman, New York Congressman Emanuel Celler, N.Y. Congressman Francis E. Walter, Pennsylvania Congressman Frank Fellows, Maine Honorable Harry N. Rosenfield, Acting Chairman, Displaced Persons Commission Honorable Edward M. O'Connor, Member, Displaced Persons Commission Honorable James J. McTigue, General Counsel, Displaced Persons Commission Honorable Watson B. Miller, Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service
The President received the Labor Editors who are attending the Annual Meeting of the Labor Press Association: Emil Beinecke, Editor, The Brewery Worker Arnold Beichman, Electrical World Gordon H. Cole, Editor, the Machinists Richard Dashiell, Editor, the League Reporter Max D. Danish, Editor, Justice, Ladies Garment Workers Ray Davidson, Editor, The Oil Worker Marie Downey, Asst. Editor, Electrical Workers' Journal Irving Fagan, Editor, Labor Press Association Kenneth Fiester, Editor, Textile Labor Les Finnegan, International Union Electrical, Radio & Machine Worker Sara Gamm, Paper Worker Robert R. Gerhart, Jr., Editor, The New Era Albert Gray, Amalgamated Meat Cutters W. C. Gantrup, Toledo Union Leader Alvaine, Hamilton, Asst. Editor, Labor Press Association A. B. Harrington, Editor, Communications' Workers Union Don Hrud, Editor, Typographical Journal Arthur Riordan, CIO J. C. Rich, Editor, The Hat Worker Jim Russell, The Paper Maker Maury E. Rubin, Editor, St. Louis Labor Tribune Bernard Seaman, Justice and LPA Glen Slaughter, Labor's League for Political Education Max Steinbock, Local 338 News Donald W. Stone, Editor, Lithographers' Journal Allan L. Swin, CIO News Bernard Tassler, Editor, American Federationist Barney Taylor, United Automobile Worker George H. Wartenberg, Cincinnati Sun Herbert Weinberg, Tri-City Labor Review A. S. Weiss, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Employees (Joseph D. Keenan, Director Labor's League for Political Education, requested that this group meet with the President, preferably for a press conference. Mr. Charles Ross said "No" to this, but suggested they come in just for friendly greeting. Mr. Keenan says "The Labor Press Association is non-profit, cooperative association, serving several hundred labor publications with news, photos, features, columns, etc. Circulation is probably close to the 10 million mark. The subscribing editors of non-profit publications are members of the association. Has governing board of 14, six from AFL and six from CIO and two independent.)
(Lunch)
The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] Mr. Edward Beltz, Chairman, Savings Bond Division, D.C. Savings Bond Drive Mrs. Lindsey P. Rawley, Chairman of Women's Section, D.C. Savings Bond Division Mr. Hugh Lunch, D.C. Savings Bond Director (a large replica of the Liberty Bell will be placed in the South Grounds in back of the President's office; the Secretary of the Treasury presented to the President a Gold Liberty Bell pin in connection with the Independence Bond Drive.)
The President received Delegates to the National 4-H Club Camp. Approximately 200 children were present. They presented the President with a paper weight made from an oak growing at Mt. Vernon during George Washington's residence there.
The President received the Members of the Political Action Committee of the C.I.O. Approximately 200 members were received. They are meeting here today, and Mr. Jack Kroll asked if the President could drop in on their meeting; settled for this visit to the President instead. Received on the South Grounds of the White House.
Congressman Brent Spence, Kentucky
(The President received at the Blair House: Mr. Carl Nix)
Executive Orders:  [10132 INSPECTION OF INCOME, EXCESS-PROFITS, DECLARED VALUE EXCESS-PROFITS, CAPITAL STOCK, ESTATE, AND GIFT TAX RETURNS BY THE SENATE SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE ORGANIZED CRIME IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE]
[Public Papers: Memorandum to Department and Agency Heads Requesting Their Cooperation With the Senate Special Crime Investigating Committee]
(The President left for the Naval Gun Factory and went aboard U.S.S. Williamsburg)
The following joined the President aboard the USS WILLIAMSBURG for a weekend cruise: The Chief Justice [Fred Vinson] Associate Justice Clark Senator Scott Lucas Honorable Stephen Early Honorable Stuart Symington Honorable George Allen Honorable Clark Clifford
Aboard the USS WILLIAMSBURG on weekend cruise.
Aboard the USS WILLIAMSBURG, the President and Party arrived in Washington, D.C.
The Vice President [Alben W. Barkley] The Speaker [Sam Rayburn] Senator Scott W. Lucas, Illinois Congressman John W. McCormack, Massachusetts
The President received the members of the Schiller Male Chorus of Chicago, Illinois: Arthur Appleton~Ernest Tappe Joseph Baron~Reinhold Walter Otto Butz~Charles H. Weber Val Baldewein~Paul M. Wagner August Bode~Richard Wagner Louis Beyer~Richard Wagner Wm. Casper~Hermann Zimmer Paul Deuschle~Hugo Dickman Rudy Faller~Gordon Faller Frank Fritz~Richard Gorlo Emil Houk~Phillip Hoebel Albert Herkert~George E. Hinze Hon. John Haderlein~George Iberle Ted Kartheiser~Henry Kaeding Adolph Ketzler~Eugen Lautenschlager Ludwig Lohmiller~Carl Moeller Emil Mahler~Thomas Meter John Marhofer~August Niebling Frank Niemitz~Daniel Orthwein Michael Schassberger~Hilmar Schuetze Ed Steidele~Jack E. Spring Louis Schomburg~Herbert Seyfort Charles Schiltz
The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson] (Mr. Charles Spofford) (The Secretary of State brough Mr. Spofford with him, off-the- record.)
(Staff Meeting)
Honorable Frederick Lawton, Director, Bureau of the Budget (Asked Mr. Connelly for 15 minutes today)
Honorable Donald R. Heath, Minister Designate to Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia (Indo-China) (Asked to be allowed to pay respects before leaving for his post.)
Mr. Radford Mobley, President, National Press Club Mr. Fred Perkins, Chairman of the Press Club Outing Committee Mr. Gibb Sandefer, Assistant Chairman (To present the President with a pair of Texas Boots.)
(Cabinet Luncheon - Secretaries of Treasury; Defense; Commerce; and Labor absent.)
(Honorable Gordon Gray) (Called Mr. Connelly last Friday to ask for this appointment)
(Honorable Oscar Ewing)
(Staff Meeting)
Congressman John C. Davies, New York (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly early in June to ask for this; wishes to discuss Oswego Harbor matter)
Congressman George H. Christopher, Missouri (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this)
Honorable Leon H. Keyserling, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers Dr. John D. Clark, Member (Mr. Leon Keyserling asked for this, stating they wish to talk about monthly report as well as mid-year economic reports.) Half hour.
Mr. and Mrs. Freeman F. Gosden and daughter (Mr. Larry Richey asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange this. Gosden is the "Amos" of Radio Team "Amos & Andy")
Senator Dennis Chavez, New Mexico (Called last week to ask for this)
Congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas, California (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this)
Major General Lewis A. Pick, Chief of Engineers (called late yesterday)
(LUNCH)
(Mr. Richard E. Dougherty) (Mr. Douglas Wm. Orr)
Congressman Robert L. Doughton, North Carolina Congressman Monroe M. Redden, North Carolina Mr. Bruce Jolly Mr. Arthur M. Jones, Secretary, Blue Ridge Parkway, Associated Chambers of Commerce, Asheville, North Carolina Mr. Sam P. Weams, Superintendent, Blue Ridge Parkway Honorable Oscar L. Chapman, Secretary of the Interior Honorable Newton B. Drury, Director of National Park Service Honorable Arthur E. Demaray, Associate Director, National Park Service Mr. R. Getty Browning, Chairman of Program and Invitation Committee of Blue Ridge Parkway Associated Chambers of Commerce Mr. P. A. Rouse, Virginia State Chambers of Commerce (Congressman Doughton asked for this, in order that they might invite the President to make address at dedication and official opening, August 12, 1950, 1:00 pm of Blue Ridge Parkway)
(Mr. Carter Barron)
Senator William Benton, Connecticut (Asked to come in and report to the President on his trip to Italy where he went as Congressional representative appointed by the President on UNESCO) Half hour.
(Dr. Paul B. Magnuson, Head of Medical Services, Veterans Administration) OFF THE RECORD
(Staff Meeting)
Mr. George Killion (Asked for this sometime ago)
Senator Harley M. Kilgore, West Virginia
The President will receive group of College students who have com- pleted political internships with the Democratic State Committee of New York. The following were present: Donald Bowes, Troy, New York Donald M. Clark, Buffalo, New York Martin Kelly, New York, N.Y. Ira Harkavy, Brooklyn, New York John Hart, Jr., Sayville, Long Island Dorothy Hayes, Astoria, New York Mrs. Lois E. Vincent, Oneonta, New York Accompanying the students were: Dr. Josephine M. Pisani George Daly Miss Joyce Martin, Asst. Research Director, N.Y. State Demo. Committee (Chairman Fitzpatrick extended invitations to all New York State colleges which allow students to take credit in outside work, to send students to Committee to participate in course in practical politics; spend part of time on research projects at State head- quarters and rest on outside work in connection with several problems.)
Honorable Paul Fitzpatrick, Chairman, Democratic State Committee of New York.
H.E. Joseph D. Charles, the Ambassador of Haiti (Is retiring and asked, through Division of Protocol, to pay respects and say goodbye before returning to his home in Haiti)
Honorable Frank Walker Mrs. Anna M. Rosenberg (Asked to come in and discuss matters pertaining to Franklin D. Roosevelt Foundation)
Honorable W. Stuart Symington, Chairman, National Security Resources Board (Usual Wednesday appointment - one-half hour)
Congressman Peter Mack, Jr., Illinois, and group of handicapped and under-privileged children from his district, the twenty-first district of Illinois. (Each year Congressman Mack selects children who are handicapped and under-privileged, dividing them proportionately by counties in his district, and at his own expense gives them this educational tour to Washington. They will be brought in three buses into the South grounds, and as the President goes out to take the car to the Blair House for luncheon, he will greet them. There are only two wheel chair cases, three on crutches, and twenty-five partially handicapped. All of them able to get out of bus and walk up to the entrance to office. The Secret Service arranged with the Con- gressman and no list of names necessary)
(LUNCH)
(Judge Jim McGranery)
The President received the Democratic Leaders of the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee of the House of Representatives, as follows: Congressman Robert Crosser, Ohio Congressman Lindley Beckworth, Texas Congressman J. Percy Priest, Tennessee Congressman Oren Harris, Arkansas Congresssman Dwight L. Rogerts, Florida Congressman Arthur G. Klein, New York Congressman John B. Sullivan, Missouri Congressman William T. Granahan, Pennsylvania Congressman Andrew J. Biemiller, Wisconsin Congressman John A. McGuire, Connecticut Congressman George Howard Wilson, Oklahoma Congressman Neil J. Linehan, Illinois Congressman Thomas R. Underwood, Kentucky (Mr. Matthew Connelly invited Chairman Crosser and these members of his Committee, at the President's direction, to call on the President)
Honorable Paul A. Dever, Governor of Massachusetts Congressman John W. McCormack, Massachusetts (Governor Dever called Mr. Matthew Connelly on Tuesday, from Governor's Conference at White Sulphur Springs, and asked if he and Congressman McCormack might call on the President with a view to discussing R.F.C. Loan for garage under Boston Common)
(Honorable George Allen) OFF THE RECORD
Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers]
(Staff Meeting)
The President received members of Public Lands Committee of the House of Representatives as follows: Congressman J. Hardin Peterson, Florida Congressman John R. Murdock, Arizona Congressman Wayne H. Aspinall, Colorado Congressman Walter G. Baring, Nevada Congressman Frank A. Barrett, Wyoming (R) Congressman Jay LaFevre, New York (R) Congressman Reva Beck Bosone, Utah Congressman Edward H. Jenison, Illinois (R) Congressman John E. Miles, New Mexico Congressman A. L. Miller, Nebraska (R) Congressman Harry P. O'Neill, Pennsylvania Congressman Dean P. Taylor, New York (R) Congressman Compton I. White, Idaho Mr. Claude E. Ragan, Clerk of Committee (Congressman White asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arranged this as they wish to present to the President a special volume on the revision of the mining laws of the United States)
Honorable Thomas B. McCabe, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this)
Mr. M. C. Migel, Chairman, Board of Trustees, American Foundation for the Blind, Inc. (Is resigning and wanted to come in and see the President before giving up his post)
Congressman Jere Cooper, Tennessee (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this)
Honorable James E. Webb, the Under Secretary of State (Mr. Dean Acheson out of town - this is usual Thursday appointment for State)
(The President left for Mayflower Hotel)
(Luncheon at Mayflower Hotel for Democratic Governors) The following governors were present: FOLSOM, James E.~Alabama GARVEY, Dan E.~Arizona JOHNSON, Walter W.~Colorado BOWLES, Chester~Connecticut GARVEL, Elbert N.~Delaware STEVENSON, Adlai E.~Illinois SCHRICKER, Henry F.~Indiana LANE, William P., Jr.~Maryland SMITH, Forrest~Missouri BONNER, John W.~Montana PITTMAN, Vail~Nevada MABRY, Thomas J.~New Mexico SCOTT, W. Kerr~North Carolina LAUSCHE, Frank J.~Ohio TURNER, Roy J.~Oklahoma PASTORS, John O.~Rhode Island BROWNING, Gordon~Tennessee BATTLE, John S.~Virginia GRUENING, Ernest~Alaska STAINBACK, Ingram H.~Hawaii
Honorable Joseph D. Brennan, Counselor Irish Embassy
Senator Clinton Anderson, New Mexico Honorable Thomas J. Mabry, Governor of New Mexico Congressman John E. Miles, New Mexico (Senator Clinton Anderson asked if he and Governor might come in with Miles, who has just won Democratic nomination for Governor of New Mexico)
Honorable William M. Boyle (Usual weekly appointment)
The following joined the President at the Blair House: Senator Tydings, Maryland Senator McMahon, Connecticut Senator Green, Rhode Island The Vice President (Honorable Alben Barkley) Honorable Sam Rayburn Congressman McCormack, Massachusetts The Attorney General (J. Howard McGrath) Mr. Clark Clifford Mr. Charles Murphy Mr. Donald Dawson Mr. Stephen Spingarn
[Public Papers: Veto of Bill Relating to the Promotion of Veterans of World War II in the Field Service of the Post Office Department]
Cabinet (Treasury was represented by Mr. Foley; Defense by Mr. Early. Labor was nor represented. All others were present.)
(Staff meeting)
(Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pruett, of Kansas City) (Mrs. Pruett is daughter of Mr. Jim Pendergast, who wrote the President that she and her husband would be visiting at home of Mr. Joe Major at this time and would like to come in and say "hello." Will come to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and see the President OFF THE RECORD)
(Mr. Martin Hutchinson) (Under consideration for appointment Federal Trade Commission. Mr. Matthew Connelly called him and asked him to come in today. OFF RECORD. LOWER WEST DOOR)
Honorable Robert Hinckley Mr. L. L. Colbert, President, Dodge Motors and Director Chrysler Corporation. (Mr. Hinckley called Mr. Matthew Connelly and asked if he might bring Mr. Colbert in to see the President)
H.M. Senhor Luis Esteves Fernandes, the Ambassador of Portugal (Newly appointed - to present credentials. Attached is copy of letters to be exchanged, as well as brief biographical sketch)
(The President left for the Capitol, where he attended OFF RECORD luncheon in the Vice President's office) The following guests were present: The President of the United States Mrs. Robert Learnard - 4625 Garfield St., N.W. (Her husband is an officer of the Aluminum Co. of America) Mr. and Mrs. Clark Clifford Mr. and Mrs. Howard Morgens (Vice President of Proctor and Gamble, Cincinnati, Ohio) The Vice President Alben W. Barkley and Mrs. Barkley Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Myer Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Biffle Mr. and Mrs. Philip Graham Mr. and Mrs. Marquis Childs Senator Margaret Chase Smith Senator Andrew Schoeppel The Speaker of the House [Sam Rayburn] The French Ambassador and Madame Bonnet Mr. Arde Bulova - 630 Fifth Avenue, New York City
Honorable Paul V. McNutt (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly from New York on Wednesday to ask for this)
The President received the Members of the Export-Import Bank, as follows: Honorable Herbert E. Gaston, Chairman and President Honorable Hawthorne Arey, Vice President Honorable Lynn U. Stambaugh, Member Honorable Clarenece E. Gauss, Member Honorable Willard R. Thorp (designee of Secretary of State who is ex-officio member of Bank) (Mr. Matthew Connelly called Chairman Graham and asked them to call on the President)
(Honorable Mon Wallgren)
Speech Conference
The President accompanied by Governor William P. Lane, Jr., of Maryland, Mayor Thomas D'Allessandro of Baltimore and others took plane to Baltimore arriving at Friendship International Airport at 11:00 a.m.
The President made speech at Dedicatory Exercises at Friendship International Airport. [Public Papers: Address in Baltimore at the Dedication of Friendship International Airport]
The President left Friendship Airport for Kansas City
CST...Arrived Municipal Airport, Kansas City
(CST) The President left Kansas City by plane for Washington, D.C.
President arrived in Washington, D.C.
On this date, the North Korean army invaded South Korea. See student research file Outbreak of the Korean War: Week of Decision: documents, photographs and more.
War in Korea [Public Papers: Statement by the President on the Violation of the 38th Parallel in Korea]
(Secretary of Treasury John Snyder)
(Admiral Chester Nimitz) (Admiral Raymond A. Spruance) (Admiral Henry Hewitt) (Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid) (Admiral Dewitt C. Ramsey) (Admiral Robert L. Dennison)
(Admiral Roscoe Hillenkoetter)
(Mr. Richard Burdge)
Honorable Dean Acheson - Secretary of State Dr. John Myun Chang - The Ambassador of Korea
On this date, President Truman ordered U.S. air and sea forces to aid South Korean Troops in resisting the Communist forces of North Korea which had invaded South Korea. See student research file Outbreak of the Korean War: Week of Decision: documents, photographs and more.