Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
June 27, 1950
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| Executive Orders: [10133 DESIGNATING THE ORGANIZATION FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COOPERATION AS A PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION ENTITLED TO ENJOY CERTAIN PRIVILEGES, EXEMPTIONS, AND IMMUNITIES] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President on the Situation in Korea] | ||
| [Public Papers: Exchange of Messages With Governor Dewey Concerning U.S. Action in Korea] | ||
| Korean War Conference - the following conferred with the President: Honorable Louis Johnson, The Secretary of Defense General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, Chief of Naval Operations General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force Honorable Stephen T. Early, Deputy Secretary of Defense Honorable W. Stuart Symington, Chairman, Nat'l. Security Resources Board Honorable Dean Acheson, Secretary of State - (and group of advisors from State Department) Honorable Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House of Representatives Senator Scott Lucas, Senate Majority Leader Senator Tom Connally, Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator Alexander Wiley, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator H. Alexander Smith, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator Elbert D. Thomas, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator Millard E. Tydings, Chairman, Senate Armed Services Senator Styles Bridges, Senate Armed Services Congressman John W. McCormack, House Majority Leader Congressman John Kee, Chairman, House Foreign Affairs Committee Congressman Charles A. Eaton, House Foreign Affairs Committee Congressman Carl Vinson, Chairman, House Armed Services Committee Congressman Dewey Short, House Armed Services Committee Congressman Mike Mansfield, House Foreign Affairs Committee | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Korean War Conference - (Secretaries and Joint Chiefs) Honorable Louis Johnson, Secretary of Defense Honorable Frank Pace, Secretary of the Army Honorable Francis P. Matthews, Secretary of the Navy Honorable Thomas K. Finletter, Secretary of the Air Force Honorable Stephen T. Early, Deputy Secretary of Defense General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff General J. Lawton Collins General Hoyt S. Vandenberg Admiral Forrest P. Sherman | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| The President spoke at laying of cornerstone of new U.S. Courthouse for District of Columbia. | ||
| [Public Papers: Address at the Laying of the Cornerstone of the New U.S. Courts Building for the District of Columbia] | ||
| (Mr. William Hillman) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Frederick Lawton Director, Bureau of the Budget | ||
| (Honorable Samuel I. Rosenman) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Carl R. Gray, Jr., Administrator of Veterans Affairs (The President wrote General Gray that he would like to discuss hospital matters with him, as well as several bills for relief of people of Philippines) | ||
| Honorable John W. Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury | ||
| Executive Orders: [10134 FURTHER EXTENSION OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE QUETICO-SUPERIOR COMMITTEE] | ||
| (Honorable Louis Johnson, Secretary of Defense) (Honorable Frank Pace, Secretary of the Army) (Honorable Francis P. Matthews, Secretary of the Navy) (Honorable Thomas K. Finletter, Secretary of the Air Force) (Colonel Henry Ahalt) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The President left for Mayflower Hotel, where he "dropped in" and spoke to Convention of the Reserve Officers' Association) | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks to Members of Reserve Officers Association] | ||
| (STAFF MEETING) | ||
| Commander David M. Brown, Disabled American Veterans Mr. Francis Sullivan, Legislative Director, DAV Mr. A. L. Koolish, General Manager of Idento-tag operations (Commander Brown asked if he might present the President with 200th millionth "Indento-tag" which this organiza- tion makes and distributes. Disabled veterans throughout the country make these tags and the proceeds are used to maintain claim service offices for disabled veterans. This tag was especially made for the President. The tags give name and address of car owners and license number of their cars.) | ||
| (Senator Virgil Chapman, Kentucky) (Senator Garrett L. Withers, Kentucky) (Senator Withers called Mr. Connelly and asked if they might come in OFF THE RECORD, and discuss private matter with the President. LOWER WEST DOOR) | ||
| H. E. Henri Bonnett [Bonnet], the Ambassador of France Pastor Marc Boegner, President of the Federation of Protestants Churches of France (The French Ambassador made this request through the State Department. Boegner is leader of Protestantism in France.) | ||
| Honorable James Roosevelt (Wired Mr. Connelly June 18th, stating he would be in East at this time and would like to pay his respects to the President) | ||
| (Honorable W. Averell Harriman) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable W. Stuart Symington, Chairman, N.S.R.B. (Usual Wednesday appointment) One-half hour | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (The President dropped in on meeting of National Security Council in Cabinet Room) | ||
| Honorable William M. Boyle (Usual Wednesday appointment - one-half hour) | ||
| The President received members of Washington Student Citizenship Seminar. About 110 members present. WASHINGTON STUDENT CITIZENSHIP SEMINAR LEADERSHIP: Mrs. Herbert John Abraham, Director Miss Martha Biehle Mr. and Mrs. Ray Barger Miss Ruth Shinn Mr. Jack Romani STUDENT MEMBERS OF WASHINGTON STUDENT CITIZENSHIP SEMINAR Charlotee Ann Alber~Marion Grace Hampton Garlin D. Anderson~Dorothy E. Handley Paul Aylward, Jr.~Thomas W. Hatcher Clement Azure~Ray William Heer Leo Baggerly~Gaylord J. Hofteizer Nancy Baldwin~Helen Hoisington Della Bates~Caroline Hopkins Walter W. Bauman~Joyce Horton Max Bell, Jr.~Jean S. Howard Richard A. Bittman~Leonard Hughes Andrew F. Brimmer~Ruth Ice Corrick L. Brown~Judith S. Illsley Geraldine Bullock~Jasper C. Ingersoll Christine Camp~Pamela Ann Isaacson Kathy Cassens~Doris E. Jones Jacqueline Chute~M. Lois Jones Helen Clanton~Miriam Rosamonde Jones Ralph I. Cole, Jr.~Hope Karnavas Allen Collette~Miriam E. Kerndt Marjorie Compton~William E. Knepper Tom S. Cooperrider~Allen Wesley Low John A. Crittenden~Frank E. Loy Miss Marion E. Davis~Robert Lear, Jr. James D. Di Iorio~Sherrill Luke Richard P. Douthit~George A. Mack E. William D. Dumitru~Emerson Markham, Jr. Jo Ann Erickson~Dalton K. McClelland Donna Maria Eyssen~Mary Helen McCurdy Louise Ficken~Mary McLendon Ruth F. Fisher~Mary Alice Monroe Mr. Beverly A. Fleming~Claude N. Moore Josephine Foster~John Munroe Louis Gartner~Dorothy Murgatroyd Gene Glenn~Mary Margaret Myers Henry N. Goldstein~Helene Nahas Jay Grimm~Teru M. Nakana Roger Allen Hack~Miss Beverly Nemer David Hammer~Peggy Lee Nicholson Elizabeth Frances Nye~Stanley G. Odle Sheila O'Neil~Walter Pearson Jack H. Phreaner~Gerald Rigby Richard Robertson~Richard Rosser Enid Schmickle~Florence Ann Schuck Ralph L. Sloat~Gerard M. Smith Alice Stehle~Elizabeth Knox Taylor Benjamin B. Terner~Kenneth H. Toepfer Jean Travis~Grafton Trout Ruth Anne Trout~Phyllis Ulrickson Dollie Sue Wiebig~Gordon Wahls Rhodora Warkentin~Murrell Weesner Ruth Williams~Peggy Willis Ann Willoughby~John Willoughby Robert T. Woodworth~Nanalie J. Wright Miss Lundo Wu~Nancy Jane Wyatt | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks to the Washington Student Citizenship Seminar] | ||
| (Honorable John W. Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury) (Honorable J. Howard McGrath, Attorney General of the U.S.) (Honorable Thomas McCabe, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve) (Arranged late Tuesday afternoon at suggestion of Secretary Snyder. OFF THE RECORD. LOWER WEST DOOR) | ||
| (The President left for the Statler Hotel, where he addressed the Convention of the American Newspaper Guild) | ||
| [Public Papers: Address Before the Annual Convention of the American Newspaper Guild] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Announcing an Economic Survey Mission to the Philippines] | ||
| [Public Papers: Exchange of Messages With the Presidents of Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and Colombia Concerning the U.S. Decision on Korea] | ||
| (Mr. Walter Gates) (Came to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and saw the President OFF THE RECORD) | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Honorable Frederick Lawton, Director, Bureau of the Budget (One-half hour) | ||
| Honorable Charles F. Brannan, Secretary of Agriculture (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly to ask for this) | ||
| (Vice Admiral E.B. Cochrane, Head of M.I.T.) (Arranged by Admiral Robert Dennison, who brought Admiral Cochrane in OFF THE RECORD) | ||
| Honorable Edward R. Dudley, American Ambassador to Liberia (In State Department on consultation and asked if he might call before returning to his post at Monrovia) | ||
| (George Biddle) (Mr. Donald Dawson) - OFF THE RECORD | ||
| The President received group of Overseas Employees of the State Department, engaged in work on The International Information and Educational Exchange Program. (This group represents thirty-two overseas posts; are nationals of other countries who are now in U.S. for two months orienta- tion and training. These foreign employees of the United States Government were chosen from overseas posts for ability and devotion to the United States International Information and Education Exchange Program. The State Department asked that the President receive them.) List of persons who accompanied United States International Information Overseas Employees on visit to the White House: Edward W. Barrett, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Jesse MacKnight, Special Assistant to Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Charles M. Hulton, General Manager, International Information and Education Exchange Program James O. Yarger, Special Assistant, International Information and Educational Exchange Programs Jeanne Cook, Special Assistant, International Information and Educational and Exchange Programs Mr. Walter Scott, State Department, Washington, D.C. Miss Veronica Skodginski, State Department USIE OVERSEAS EMPLOYEES: Name~Country Jeanne Bocca~France Maria Borsboom~Netherlands Jose Mendez Herrera~Spain Mona Schwartz~South Africa Edna Esteves~El Salvador Eurico Chaves~Brazil Alfredo Ortiz~Mexico Vu Tam Ich~French Indochina Matthew J. Chandy~Malaya Francisco Zaldarriaga~Philippines Martin Chen~China Lee Chong Hark~Korea Marinal K. Basu~India Maher Abdulla~Egypt Annie Guenjian~Lebanon Ina Westerman~Germany Gerlinde Schiffman~Germany Ida Theckla Kull~Germany Elizabeth Hetz~Germany Erland Pederson~Danish Joseph Polakoff - Group Leader - Team I~Department of State, Washington, D.C. Juliette Segurat~France Maria Calderara~Italy Johanna Gosteli~Switzerland Rose Briggs~England John Plompen~Belgium Conrado E. Eggers-Lacour~Argentina Eduardo Calvo~Peru Robert Gonzaga~Brazil Didi Suardi Tasrif~Indonesia David An Wen Saing~Korea Cheng Tsi-Yau~Malaya Denzil Rose~India Hassan el Haddad~Syria Syed Admad~Pakistan Bess Stephenson, Group Leader, Team III~Department of State, Washington, D.C. | ||
| The Secretary of State - Honorable Dean Acheson (Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| The following conferred with the President: Honorable Dean Acheson - Secretary of State (and advisors) Honorable Louis Johnson - Secretary of Defense Honorable Thomas K. Finletter - Secretary of Air Force Honorable Frank Pace, Jr. - Secretary of Army Honorable Francis P. Matthews - Secretary of Navy Honorable Stephen T. Early - Under Secretary of Defense General Omar N. Bradley - Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff General Hoyt S. Vandenberg General J. Lawton Collins Admiral Forrest P. Sherman Honorable James Lay Honorable George Elsey Honorable John Foster Dulles | ||
| (The President left for Statley Hotel, where he attended dinner of Finance Committee of Democratic National Committee) | ||
| Executive Orders: [10135 FURTHER EXTENSION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9898 OF OCTOBER 14, 1947, (1) AS AMENDED, SUSPENDING THE EIGHT-HOUR LAW AS TO LABORERS AND MECHANICS EMPLOYED BY THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE ARMY AND THE AIR FORCE ON CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10136 FURTHER AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10084 OF OCTOBER 12, 1949, (1) PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE CAREER COMPENSATION ACT OF 1949] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10137 AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10077 OF SEPTEMBER 7, 1949, (3) ENTITLED "TRANSFER OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ISLAND OF GUAM FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR"] | ||
| [Public Papers: Veto of Bill To Amend the Hatch Act] | ||
| [Public Papers: Veto of Bill To Amend the War Contractors Relief Act] | ||
| [Public Papers: White House Statement Following a Meeting Between the President and Top Congressional and Military Leaders To Review the Situation in Korea] | ||
| (Secretary Snyder) - OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Secretary Acheson) (Honorable W. Averell Harriman) (Secretary Louis Johnson) (Honorable Stephen T. Early) (General Omar N. Bradley) (General J. Lawton Collins) (General Hoyt S. Vandenberg) (Admiral Forrest Sherman) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable Oswald Ryan, Acting Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board) (Honorable Frederick Lawton, Chairman, Bureau of the Budget) | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Honorable Alben Barkley, Vice President Honorable Dean G. Acheson, Secretary of State Honorable John W. Snyder, Secretary of Treasury Honorable Louis Johnson, Secretary of Defense Honorable J. Howard McGrath, Attorney General Honorable Jesse M. Donaldson, Postmaster General Honorable Oscar L. Chapman, Secretary of Interior Honorable Charles F. Brannan, Secretary of Agriculture Honorable Charles Sawyer, Secretary of Commerce Honorable Maurice J. Tobin, Secretary of Labor Honorable Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House of Representatives Senator Scott Lucas, Senate Majority Leader Congressman John W. McCormack, House Majority Leader Senator Elbert T. Thomas Senator Millard E. Tydings Senator Tom Connally Senator Alexander Wiley Senator H. Alexander Smith Congressman John Kee Congressman Dewey Short Congressman Mike Mansfield Congressman Charles A. Eaton Senator Chan Gurney Congressman Overton Brooks Congressman John M. Vorys Senator Kenneth S. Wherry Honorable W. Stuart Symington, Chairman, Nat'l Security Resources Board Honorable W. Averell Harriman, Special Ass't. to the President Mr. George Elsey Mr. James Lay | ||
| Honorable Joseph Kennedy | ||
| Honorable James M. Mead, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission. | ||
| (Honorable W. Averell Harriman) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Senator John L. McClellan of Arkansas | ||
| Honorable Robert Butler, American Ambassador to Cuba | ||
| (Mr. Lewis Barringer) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (The President left for Union Station, where he boarded train for Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, and Boy Scouts' Jamboree) | ||
| The President addressed Boy Scout Jamboree [Public Papers: Address at Valley Forge at the Boy Scout Jamboree] | ||
| The President boarded train. Detrained at Municipal Station, Philadelphia, and motored to Philadelphia Navy Yard, where he went aboard USS WILLIAMSBURG for leisurely cruise to Washing- ton, D.C. Was accompanied by: Mr. John R. Steelman Mr. Charles Ross Mr. William Hassett Mr. Charles Murphy Admiral Robert Dennison General Robert Landry Mr. David Stowe Mr. George Elsey Mr. Stephen Spingarn Mr. Eben Ayers | ||
| Aboard the USS Williamsburg | ||
| Arrived Washington, D.C. | ||
| Executive Orders: [10138 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE DISPUTE BETWEEN THE TOLEDO, LORAIN & FAIRPORT DOCK COMPANY AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10139 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE DISPUTE BETWEEN THE TOLEDO LAKEFRONT DOCK COMPANY AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES] | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Honorable Louis Johnson Honorable Stephen T. Early General Omar N. Bradley | ||
| Honorable Frederick Lawton, Director, Bureau of the Budget (Half-hour) | ||
| Honorable Dean G. Acheson, Secretary of State | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| At the Blair House - OFF THE RECORD (Honorable Dean G. Acheson, Secretary of State) (Honorable John W. Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury) (Honorable Louis Johnson, Secretary of Defense) (Honorable Jesse M. Donaldson, Postmaster General) (Honorable Charles F. Brannan, Secretary of Agriculture) (Senator Scott Lucas, Senate Majority Leader) (Honorable Averell Harriman, Special Ass't. to the President) (General Omar N. Bradley) (Honorable Francis P. Matthews, Secretary of the Navy) (Honorable Frank Pace, Jr., Secretary of the Army) (Honorable Thomas K. Finletter, Secretary of the Air Force) | ||
| HOLIDAY The President remained at Blair House. | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| (Mr. Walter Gates) - OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Senator Harry Darby, Kansas (Called Mr. Connelly Sunday to say he was leaving for Kansas on Thursday and would like to see the President before leaving) | ||
| H.E. Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne, the Ambassador of Norway (Asked for this through Division of Protocol, stating he had just returned from Norway and had been instructed by his Government to deliver a message to the President) | ||
| Honorable David Bell (Asked for this through Under Secretary Webb's office) | ||
| Honorable Louis Johnson, Secretary of Defense (Usual weekly appointment, one-half hour) Honorable Francis P. Matthews, Secretary of Navy | ||
| Honorable W. Stuart Symington, Chairman, Nat'l Security Resources Board (Usual Wednesday appointment, one-half hour) | ||
| Lunch at the Blair House - OFF THE RECORD (General Omar Bradley) (General Dwight D. Eisenhower) (General George C. Marshall) (Admiral Forrest Sherman) | ||
| Honorable Gordon Gray | ||
| Honorable William M. Boyle (Usual Wednesday appointment) | ||
| Executive Orders: [10140 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE PULLMAN COMPANY AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES] | ||
| Radio and Press Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| (Staff Conference) | ||
| (Honorable Myron C. Taylor) - OFF THE RECORD (Dr. Friedrich Otto Dibelius, Bishop of Berlin) (Bishop Dibelius presides over union of Lutheran and Reformed churches; is a friend of the higher clergy of the Lutheran Church in America; took very strong stand against Nazism during the war. Arranged at suggestion of Myron Taylor - OFF THE RECORD - waited in Cabinet Room) | ||
| Honorable Winthrop Aldrich | ||
| Honorable Oscar L. Chapman, Secretary of the Interior | ||
| Honorable Dean G. Acheson, Secretary of State | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (The President sat in on meeting of National Security Council in Cabinet Room) | ||
| Honorable William M. Boyle, Jr. |