Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman

July 06, 1950

President Harry S. Truman's appointment calendar covers the dates from April 12, 1945 to January 20, 1953. Please select a date within that range.

4:50 pm	July 06, 1950	Honorable Carl R. Gray, Jr., Veterans Administrator (Asked for forty-five minute appointment)
8:00 am	July 07, 1950	[Public Papers: Statement by the President Regarding a Request for Supplemental Appropriations for the Atomic Energy Commission]
10:00 am	July 07, 1950	Cabinet meeting - The following were present: 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 the Interior Honorable Charles F. Brannan, Secretary of Agriculture Honorable Charles Sawyer, Secretary of Commerce Honorable Maurice J. Tobin, Secretary of Labor Honorable W. Averell Harriman. Special Ass't to the President Honorable W. Stuart Symington, Chairman, N.S.R.B.
11:45 am	July 07, 1950	(Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gates and son) (Came to see Mr. Connelly and then saw the President OFF THE RECORD)
11:55 am	July 07, 1950	(Honorable George Allen) - OFF THE RECORD
12:00 pm	July 07, 1950	Honorable E.L. Bartlett, Delegate from Alaska
12:15 pm	July 07, 1950	Congressman John F. Shelley of California (Called Mr. Connelly on Wednesday to ask for this)
12:30 pm	July 07, 1950	Congressman Foster Furcolo, Massachusetts Dr. Charles L. Furcolo (Dr. Furcolo is father of Congressman, who asked if he might just bring him in and introduce him to the President)
12:35 pm	July 07, 1950	Honorable Myron Taylor (Called Mr. Connelly yesterday to ask for this)
12:45 pm	July 07, 1950	Honorable Thomas B. McCabe, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System
1:00 pm	July 07, 1950	(Lunch)
3:00 pm	July 07, 1950	Senator Millard E. Tydings, Maryland Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire Congressman Lansdale G. Sasscer, Maryland Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
3:15 pm	July 07, 1950	Honorable John W. Snyder, Secretary of Treasury
3:30 pm	July 07, 1950	(Honorable James S. Lay) and (Admiral Robert L. Dennison) OFF THE RECORD
3:45 pm	July 07, 1950	(Honorable Charles F. Brannan) - OFF THE RECORD (Mr. Clarence J. McCormick)
4:45 pm	July 07, 1950	Honorable W. Averell Harriman
12:00 am	July 08, 1950	Executive Orders: [10141 POSSESSION, CONTROL, AND OPERATION OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM OF THE CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY]
8:00 am	July 08, 1950	[Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Issuing Order Averting a Railroad Strike]
8:10 am	July 08, 1950	[Public Papers: Statement by the President Announcing the Designation of General MacArthur To Lead the Allied Military Forces in Korea]
10:00 am	July 08, 1950	(Honorable Frank Pace, Jr., Secretary of the Army) OFF THE RECORD
10:15 am	July 08, 1950	(Honorable Dean G. Acheson, Secretary of State) OFF THE RECORD
1:00 pm	July 08, 1950	(Luncheon at the Blair House - OFF THE RECORD) (Honorable Francis P. Matthews, Secretary of the Navy) (Honorable Thomas K. Finletter, Secretary of the Air Force) (General Omar N. Bradley) (Admiral Forrest Sherman) (General Hoyt S. Vandenberg) (Major General Harry H. Vaughan) (Honorable Frank Pace, Jr., Secretary of the Army) (Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison) (Brig. General Robert Landry)
10:00 am	July 10, 1950	Big Four met with the President. The following were present: Honorable Alben Barkley, Vice President Senator Scott Lucas, Senate Majority Leader Honorable Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House of Representatives Congressman John W. McCormack, House Majority Leader (General Omar N. Bradley - OFF THE RECORD)
11:00 am	July 10, 1950	(Staff meeting)
12:00 pm	July 10, 1950	Honorable Edward J. Flynn (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week, from Poolesville, Maryland, to ask for this)
12:15 pm	July 10, 1950	Senator Robert S. Kerr, Oklahoma Dr. Henry G. Bennett, President, Oklahoma A. and M. College (Senator Kerr called Mr. Matthew Connelly last Friday to ask if he might bring Dr. Bennett in to call on the President)
12:30 pm	July 10, 1950	Honorable Dean G. Acheson, Secretary of State (Usual Monday appointment)
1:00 pm	July 10, 1950	(Cabinet Luncheon) OFF THE RECORD The following were present: (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 the Interior) (Honorable Charles F. Brannan, Secretary of Agriculture) (Honorable Maurice J. Tobin, Secretary of Labor) (Honorable W. Averell Harriman, Special Asst. to the President) (General Omar N. Bradley) The Vice President and Secretary Sawyer absent
3:15 pm	July 10, 1950	(Mr. Ed Harris, of St. Louis Post Dispatch) OFF THE RECORD (Arranged by Mr. Charles Ross. Mr. Charles Ross brought him in from his office)
3:30 pm	July 10, 1950	Honorable Oscar L. Chapman, Secretary of the Interior (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to arrange this)
3:45 pm	July 10, 1950	Honorable Maurice J. Tobin, Secretary of Labor
4:00 pm	July 10, 1950	Honorable Frederick Lawton, Director, Bureau of the Budget
4:15 pm	July 10, 1950	Honorable John Steelman
4:30 pm	July 10, 1950	(Dentist)
9:45 am	July 11, 1950	(Honorable W. Averell Harriman) OFF THE RECORD
10:00 am	July 11, 1950	(Staff Meeting)
11:00 am	July 11, 1950	Senator Kenneth McKeller, Tennessee Senator Carl Hayden, Arizona Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire Senator Chan Gurney, South Dakota Senator Tom Connally, Texas Senator Walter F. George, Georgia Senator H. Alexander Smith, New Jersey Senator Alexander Wiley, Wisconsin (At the President's direction, Mr. Connally invited the above members of Senate Appropriations and Foreign Relations Committees to come in for conference. They were not told subject of conference, which is Point IV Program, with particular emphasis on recent action of Appropriations Committee in reducing the amount of money necessary for operation of the program) ONE-HALF HOUR
11:30 am	July 11, 1950	Mr. John E. Buxton of Little Rock, Arkansas (Wrote to the President in June, asking if he might come here and talk to him about Mississippi River Commission)
11:45 am	July 11, 1950	Mrs. India Edwards (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange this)
12:00 pm	July 11, 1950	(General Frank Lowe) - OFF THE RECORD
12:30 pm	July 11, 1950	Honorable Louis Johnson, Secretary of Defense (Usual Tuesday appointment) Honorable Thomas K. Finletter, Secretary of the Air Force Honorable Gordon Deane
1:00 pm	July 11, 1950	(Lunch)
3:00 pm	July 11, 1950	(General Omar N. Bradley) OFF THE RECORD
3:15 pm	July 11, 1950	Honorable John W. Snyder
3:25 pm	July 11, 1950	(Mr. Joseph Guilfoyle) OFF THE RECORD
3:30 pm	July 11, 1950	The President saw Members of the Communications Policy Board, as follows: Dr. Irvin L. Stewart, President, University of W. Va. Dr. Lee A. DuBridge, President, California Institute of Technology Dr. James R. Killian, Jr., President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. David H. O'Brien, Hackettstown, N.J. Professor William L. Everitt, Head, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois (Dr. John R. Steelman) OFF THE RECORD
4:00 pm	July 11, 1950	(Dentist) (One hour)
12:00 am	July 12, 1950	Executive Orders: [10143 AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF MRS. RUTH EDNA McC. SOMERS TO A POSITION IN THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES]
12:00 am	July 12, 1950	Executive Orders: [10142 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE BRANIFF AIRWAYS, INC., AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES]
10:00 am	July 12, 1950	(Staff Meeting)
10:45 am	July 12, 1950	(Honorable William D. Hassett) (Captain Walter Karig, USN, Chief Editor) (Commander Eric S. Purton, co-author) (Lt. Commander Frank A. Manson, co-author) (Captain E. John Long, chief illustrator) (To present to the President Volumes I-V of BATTLE REPORT. Mr. William Hassett brought them in OFF RECORD)
11:00 am	July 12, 1950	(Mr. Duke Shoop, Kansas City Star) (Mr. Charles Ross) (Mr. Charles Ross brought Mr. Shoop in OFF RECORD from his office)
11:15 am	July 12, 1950	Congressman Jacob K. Javits, New York (Wrote to the President on subject bearing on European Recovery Program - the President in replying, stated he would be glad to talk to him about it.)
11:30 am	July 12, 1950	(Honorable Thomas C. McCabe, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System) (Mr. Oliver Powell) (When Mr. McCabe saw the President on July 7th, he arranged to bring in OFF THE RECORD, Mr. Powell, and introduce him to the President)
12:00 pm	July 12, 1950	Dr. L.E. Smith, President, Elon College, N.C. (Wrote to the President in June, reminding him of the President's inability in 1945 to keep engagement at Elon College to receive honorary degree, which was received for him by Congressman Durham; also mentioned that he has never had opportunity of meeting the President and wanted to meet him very much)
12:15 pm	July 12, 1950	Honorable James Clement Dunn, American Ambassador to Italy (In Department for consultation and asked, through Division of Protocol, if he might pay respects)
12:25 pm	July 12, 1950	(Honorable Paul Fitzpatrick) (George McFadden) (Mrs. Mary Easterling)
12:30 pm	July 12, 1950	Honorable W. Stuart Symington, Chairman, N.S.R.B. (Usual weekly appointment - One-half hour)
1:00 pm	July 12, 1950	(Lunch)
3:00 pm	July 12, 1950	(General Omar N. Bradley) - OFF THE RECORD
3:15 pm	July 12, 1950	Honorable Joseph K. Carson (Formerly Commissioner on Maritime Commission. Arranged by Dr. John R. Steelman)
3:25 pm	July 12, 1950	(General Arthur Wilson) (General Thomas Wilson) - OFF THE RECORD
3:30 pm	July 12, 1950	Honorable Henry F. Schricker, Governor of Indiana (Congressman Madden, of Indiana, called Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday to ask for this)
3:45 pm	July 12, 1950	Honorable William M. Boyle (Usual weekly appointment - one-half hour)
4:15 pm	July 12, 1950	Honorable John L. Sullivan (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly this week to ask for this)
8:00 am	July 13, 1950	[Public Papers: Letter to the Speaker on the Need for an Expanded Truth Campaign to Combat Communism]
9:30 am	July 13, 1950	(General Omar Bradley) - OFF THE RECORD
9:45 am	July 13, 1950	(Honorable W. Averell Harriman) - OFF THE RECORD
10:00 am	July 13, 1950	(Staff Meeting)
10:35 am	July 13, 1950	(Miss Harvey) (Mr. Fitzgerald) - OFF THE RECORD
10:45 am	July 13, 1950	(Mrs. C. Chiles, of Lexington, Missouri and grandchild, Mary Lee Mayfield, aged 8) (Mrs. Chiles wrote Mr. Connelly she would be in town at this time visiting her son Frank, and asked if she might bring her granddaughter in to meet the President. Will come to see Mr. Connelly and see the President OFF THE RECORD)
11:15 am	July 13, 1950	Honorable Charles F. Brannan, Secretary of Agriculture
11:45 am	July 13, 1950	Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, Director, Bureau of the Mint Mr. Carter Barron Mr. Joseph McGarraghy Mr. Paul Massman (Mr. Barron asked Mr. Connelly if they might present to the President the gold medal struck by the Mint to be given to the President by the Sesquicentennial Committee)
12:00 pm	July 13, 1950	General Edwin Schwien (Old friend of the President's; arranged at request of Joe Healey, who phoned Mr. Connelly ten days ago that Schwien would be in Washington at this time)
12:10 pm	July 13, 1950	Mr. Earl Grant, Democratic candidate for Governor of Maine
12:15 pm	July 13, 1950	H.E. Athanase G. Politis, the Ambassador of Greece (Newly appointed - to present papers)
12:30 pm	July 13, 1950	Honorable Dean G. Acheson, the Secretary of State (Usual Thursday appointment)
1:00 pm	July 13, 1950	(Lunch)
2:30 pm	July 13, 1950	(The President will drop in on Security Council Meeting in Cabinet Room)
4:00 pm	July 13, 1950	Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers]
10:00 am	July 14, 1950	Cabinet [Meeting] (All regulars present except Secretary Charles Brannan; W. Averell Harriman and Stuart Symington will also attend)
11:00 am	July 14, 1950	(Staff Meeting)
12:00 pm	July 14, 1950	Dr. Billy Graham Mr. G.F. Beavan Mr. Cliff Burrows (This request came originally to Congressman John McCormack from Congressman Joseph R. Bryson, of South Carolina. Congressman McCormack took it up with Mr. Connelly)
12:15 pm	July 14, 1950	Commander Donald J. McQuade, National Catholic War Veterans (Asked Mr. Connelly if he might pay respects. Is believed to be youngest Commander ever selected to any veterans organization)
12:30 pm	July 14, 1950	(Mr. Bernard Rellin) (Mr. John Perry, Jr.) (Came in OFF RECORD. Mr. Connelly arranged this with Mr. Rellin yesterday)
12:45 pm	July 14, 1950	Congressman Raymond W. Karst, Missouri (Asked for this as early as possible, stating he wished to talk over political situation with the President)
1:00 pm	July 14, 1950	(Lunch)
3:15 pm	July 14, 1950	(Honorable Gordon Gray) - OFF THE RECORD
3:30 pm	July 14, 1950	(Dentist) (1 1/2 hour)
9:30 am	July 15, 1950	(General Omar N. Bradley) - OFF THE RECORD
9:45 am	July 15, 1950	(Honorable W. Stuart Symington) - OFF THE RECORD
10:00 am	July 15, 1950	(Admiral Robert L. Dennison) (Honorable James Lay) - OFF THE RECORD
11:00 am	July 15, 1950	(Dentist)
1:00 pm	July 15, 1950	(Lunch)
3:30 pm	July 15, 1950	Blair House Honorable Louis Johnson [Secretary of Defense] Honorable Stephen T. Early Honorable Frank Pace, Jr. [Secretary of the Army] Honorable Francis P. Matthews Honorable Thomas K. Finletter [Secretary of the Air Force] General J. Lawton Collins General Hoyt S. Vandenberg Admiral Forrest Sherman General Omar N. Bradley Honorable W. Averell Harriman
9:30 am	July 17, 1950	(General Omar N. Bradley) - OFF THE RECORD
10:00 am	July 17, 1950	The Vice President, Honorable Alben Barkley The Speaker, Honorable Sam Rayburn Senator Scott Lucas, Illinois Congressman John W. McCormack, Massachusetts
10:45 am	July 17, 1950	Congressman John W. McCormack, Massachusetts Mr. Ernest W. Swartswelter, of Youngstown, Ohio (Congress McCormack talked to the President and to Mr. Connelly about this last Monday. Mr. Swartswelter is one of the leading steel men in country and is one of the country's outstanding industrialists, according to Congressman McCormack. He is President of Aetna Standard Engineering Company)
11:00 am	July 17, 1950	(Staff Meeting)
12:00 pm	July 17, 1950	Mr. George E. Leighty, Chairman, Railroad Labor Executive Association (Ed Keating of A.F. of L. asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this)