Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
July 25, 1950
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| (Dentist) | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing Bill Continuing the Military Aid Program] | ||
| [Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress: The President's Midyear Economic Report] | ||
| (General Omar N. Bradley) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Congressman John McSweeney, Ohio (Requested this appointment last week) | ||
| The President's Water Resources Policy Commission Honorable Morris L. Cooke, Chairman Honorable Gilbert F. White, Vice Chairman Honorable Paul S. Burgess Honorable Lewis Webster Jones Hon. Samuel B. Morris Honorable Leland Olds Honorable Roland R. Renne (Chairman Cooke wrote Mr. Connelly May 16th requesting that the Commission have an opportunity to pay its respects to the President) | ||
| The President received the following members of the Boys Nation Aderhold, Jon R.~Anderson, David R. Ayers, Richard Eugene~Babcock, James F. Baggett, Dana Richard~Bamberger, Robert Bare, Chas. L.~Barton, Jerome R. Berry, Willliam Francis III~Block, Rodney Alton Borton, John Robert~Boswell, Jimmy L. Burglass, Bruce~Burke, William Lee Canada, Robert Drake~Clark, Charles Edward Creasy, Kenneth Burton~Dougherty, Wm. P. Edgerly, Robert~Evans, Daniel Michael Flower, John E.~Forsyth, Charles Robert Fowler, John Richard~Gambino, Anthony, Jr. Gilbert, Dan~Goodman, Jim R. Green, Rollie~Griffith, Steve C., Jr. Harvey, Fred~Hing, Robert Ong. Hopkins, William James~House, Luther Porter Houser, Ramsey~Jefferson, George Jr. Jones, Robert Nelson~Kirby, Lyle Krasnow, William T.~Lesh, Joseph Hal Lewin, Theodore Edwin~Lewing, Huey Ray Longo, Robert~Lovin, Bill Lushbaugh, Bruce Calvert~Mara, Rodney N. Matthews, Jerold~Matheny, Carl Robert McCall, Richard Glenn~McCloughan, Jr. McCracken, Robert David~Merrill, John J. Merwin, Kenneth Earl~Miller, Make Mitchell, Allston Thomas~Moore, James K. Morgan, James, Jr.~Murphy, Jerry C. Perry, Raymond N.~Pessagno, Jerry Pewterbaugh, Charles Ronald~Philippides, Constantie Potashnick, Fielding DeLisle~Powell, Richard Holmes Pugh, Orville~Rake, Ted Alan Reinhold, Leo~Rutter, Thomas M. Samuelson, Jerry~Schulken, James E. Sherk, John K.~Sind, Robert L. Sloan, Douglas Milton~Smith, Dickinson Smith, Joel P.~Smith, Robert Sparger, Richard~Stebbins, John G. Stuhler, Lee~Swanz, Donald Joseph Tate, Thomas Neil~Torrey, George Byron Traynor, James T.~Waddey, Walter Orum Waldron, Gyneth M.~Waldron, Jimmie Wise, James E., Jr.~Wylie, Leland James Zimmerman, Lawrence T.~Cocke, Erle, Jr. Craig, George N.~Dudley, Henry H. Eaton, Harold~Green, James F. Jarvis, William~Layton, Delmar Legendre, Leonce R.~Matheny, Carl C. Morgan, Charlie, Sr.~Miller, Watson B. Sayer, William E.~Stark, Earle W. Thom, Russelll~Weiss, Sam M. Weyer, A.B.~Williams, Thomas E. Shumaker, R. Worth~Bell, Charles R. Berry, Jack A.~Kelly, George McGinnis, Edward F.~Buckner, Martin Sherwood, Elmer W.~Crane, Duke | ||
| Senator Brien McMahon, Connecticut Senator William Benton, Connecticut | ||
| The President signed S. 3809, An Act "To amend the Mutual Defense Assistance Act of 1949". (The following guests were present:) Honorable Dean G. Acheson, Secretary of State Mr. Jack K. McFall, Asst. Sec. of State Mr. John Ohly, Deputy Director of Mutual Defense Assistance Mr. Alfred G. Vigderman, State Department Mr. P.P. Claxton, State Department Mr. William H. Bray, Jr., Chief Program Officer, State Dept. Mr. John Murphy, Comptroller, State Dept. Major General Stanley L. Scott, State Dept. General Omar Bradley Major General L. Lemnitzer, Director of the Office of Military Defense Mr. Francis Green Honorable William Foster, Deputy Administrator, ECA Mr. Edward Dickinson, Director of Program Relations, ECA Mr. Norman Paul, ECA Honorable Alben Barkley, The Vice President Senator Francis J. Myers, Pennsylvania Senator Kenneth S. Wherry, Nebraska Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts Congressman J. Percy Priest, Tennessee Senator Tom Connally, Texas Senator Alexander Wiley, Wisconsin Senator H. Alexander Smith, New Jersey Dr. Francis G. Wilcox, Member of Staff, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator Millard E. Tydings, Maryland Senator Richard B. Russell, Georgia Senator Chan Gurney, South Dakota Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire General Verne Mudge, Member of Staff, Senate Armed Services Com. Congressman John Kee, West Virginia Congressman James P. Richards, South Carolina Congressman John M. Vorys, Ohio Congressman Robert B. Chiperfield, Illinois Mr. Boyd Crawford, Member of Staff, House Foreign Affairs Com. | ||
| Honorable Stuart Symington, Chairman, National Security Resources Board (Usual weekly appointment) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (Newsreel in Projection Room) | ||
| (Mr. James Daleo) (Mr. Phineas Rosenberg) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Frederick Lawton, Director, Bureau of the Budget Honorable Stuart Symington, Chairman, National Security Resources Board (One-half hour) | ||
| (Mr. William Leahy) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Dentist) | ||
| Executive Orders: [10145 EXTENSION OF ENLISTEMENTS IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES] | ||
| (General Omar N. Bradley) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| (Mr. Edwin Pauley) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Mr. Lou Holland, of Kansas City. Missouri (Wired Mr. Connelly from Kansas City last week, to request this appointment) | ||
| Lt. General Leonard T. Gerow, Commanding General of 2nd Army, Fort Meade, Maryland. (Paid his respects to the President before retiring) General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff, United States Army | ||
| Honorable Dean G. Acheson, the Secretary of State | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (The President sat in on Meeting of the National Security Council) | ||
| Honorable John W. Gibson, Assistant Secretary of Labor | ||
| (Mr. Martin Coffey) OFF THE RECORD (Mr. Vincent O'Reilly) | ||
| (Mr. Carter Barron) OFF THE RECORD (Mr Marcus Hyman, owner of the National Theater here in Wash., D.C.) | ||
| (Congressman Henry Jackson, Washington) (Congressman Carl Durham, North Carolina) (Congressman Melvin Price, Illinois) (Congressman Chet Holifield, California) (Congressman Jackson requested Mr. Connelly to arrange for these members of the Joint Atomic Energy Committee to see the President, OFF THE RECORD) | ||
| Honorable Maurice J. Tobin, Secretary of Labor | ||
| (Dentist) | ||
| (General Omar N. Bradley) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Cabinet Meeting (All present, including Mr. Stuart Symington and Mr. W. Averell Harriman) | ||
| (The President left for Silver Spring, Maryland, to meet Mrs. Truman) | ||
| (Mr. Bernard Rellin) OFF THE RECORD (Mr. Henry Luce) | ||
| The President gave a luncheon at the Blair House for the Rt. Hon. R.G. Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia. The following guests were present: The Rt. Hon. R.G. Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia H.E. Norman J.O. Makin, the Ambassador of Australia Mr. Alan S. Brown, Secretary, Prime Minister's Department Honorable Alben Barkley, the Vice President Honorable Sam Rayburn, the Speaker Honorable Dean G. Acheson, the Secretary of State Honorable John W. Snyder, the Secretary of the Treasury Honorable Louis Johnson, the Secretary of Defense Senator Tom Connally Senator Alexander Wiley Representative John Kee Representative Robert B. Chiperfield Honorable Charles G. Ross Honorable George W. Perkins Major General Harry H. Vaughan | ||
| (Mr. Bernard Rellin) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Mr. Henry Luce Mr. Roy Alexander Mr. Windsor Booth Mr. James Shepley (Presented to the President a framed reproduction of the picture of the President which appeared on the cover of Time Magazine) | ||
| The Rt. Hon. R.G. Menzies, the Prime Minister of Australia Honorable Dean G. Acheson, the Secretary of State (One-half hour) | ||
| (Dr. Howard Rusk) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (General Omar N. Bradley) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| (Honorable John W. Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Edwin Pauley) (Mr. Dick English) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The President left Blair House with Mrs. Truman for Union Station. After seeing Mrs. Truman aboard her train for New York, the President motored to the Naval Gun Factory, where he went aboard the USS Williamsburg for the week-end.) | ||
| (The President was joined aboard the USS Williamsburg by the following:) Honorable Fred M. Vinson, the Chief Justice Honorable Averell Harriman Honorable Mon Wallgren Honorable Stuart Symington Honorable Frank Walker Honorable George Allen Honorable Clark Clifford | ||
| The President returned to the White House. | ||
| (General Omar N. Bradley) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Alben Barkley, the Vice President Honorable Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House Honorable Scott Lucas, Senator from Illinois Honorable John McCormack, Congressman from Massachusetts (Usual Monday meeting of the BIG FOUR) | ||
| The President met with a group of Congressional leaders and the Secretaries of State and Defense (Consultation on Additional Foreign Military Aid Program) (One-half hour) The following were present: Honorable Dean G. Acheson, Secretary of State Honorable Louis Johnson, Secretary of Defense Honorable Alben Barkley, the Vice President Honorable Sam Rayburn, the Speaker of the House Senator Scott W. Lucas, Illinois Senator Kenneth S. Wherry, Nebraska Honorable John W. McCormack, Massachusets Honorable Joseph W. Martin, Massachusetts Senator Tom Connally, Texas Senator H. Alexander Smith, New Jersey Congressman James P. Richards, South Carolina Congressman John M. Vorys, Ohio Congressman Robert B. Chiperfield, Ilinois Senator Millard E. Tydings, Chairman, Maryland Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire Congressman Carl Vinson, Georgia Congressman Dewey Short, Missouri Senator Kenneth McKellar, Tennessee Congressman Clarence Cannon, Missouri Congressman John Taber, New York Senator Elmer Thomas, Oklahoma Senator Chan Gurney, South Dakota Congressman George H. Mahon, Texas Congressman Albert J. Engel, Michigan Congressman J. Vaughan Gary, Virginia | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Honorable David L. Bazelon, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Honorable Charles Fahy, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. (Requested appointment through Mr. Connelly to pay respects) | ||
| (Mr. Keith T. Glennan) OFF THE RECORD (Appointment arranged through Mr. Dawson) | ||
| (Mr. Bernard Rellin) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Dean G. Acheson, The Secretary of State (Usual Monday appointment - one-half hour) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (His Eminence, Samuel Cardinal Stritch, The Archbishop of Chicago) (Appointment arranged by Judge Edward A. Tamm - one-half hour) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Bill Bray) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable Stuart Symington) (Honorable Charles Murphy) (Honorable Stephen Spingarn) (OFF THE RECORD) | ||
| (The President, with Secretary Connelly, drove to Georgetown University Hospial, to visit Honorable William Boyle) | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the Speaker Transmitting Supplemental Estimate of Appropriations for Military Assistance] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to Committee Chairmen on the Defense Production Bill] | ||
| (General Omar Bradley) - OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| (Brig. General Raymond F. Hufft) - OFF THE RECORD (Adjutant General of the State of Louisiana) | ||
| Mr. Irving Engel, of New York General Telford Taylor, campaign manager for Mr. Engel (Appointment made at request of David Niles) | ||
| (General Walter Bedell Smith) -OFF THE RECORD | ||
| The President signed H.R.7273, An Act "To provide a civil government for Guam". The following guests were present: Honorable Oscar L. Chapman, Secretary of the Interior Honorable Emil J. Sady, Chief, Pacific Branch, Division of Territories and Island Possessions Senator Joseph O'Mahoney, Wyoming Senator Hugh Butler, Nebraska Senator Clinton P. Anderson, New Mexico Congressman J. Hardin Peterson, Florida Congressman Fred L. Crawford, Michigan Mr. Carlos Taitano, Legislative Representative of Guam | ||
| (Honorable Averell Harriman) - OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Grover Whalen (Wired Mr. Connelly July 24th to ask for this, stating he wished to discuss a UN matter which Mayor O'Dwyer had asked him to take up with the President) | ||
| Honorable John C. Wiley, American Ambassador to Iran (Asked for this, thru Chief of Protocol, to pay respects) | ||
| Honorable Harold M. Stephens, Chief Judge, Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit | ||
| Honorable Louis Johnson, Secretary of Defense Honorable Thomas K. Finletter, Secretary of the Air Force (Usual weekly appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. Edwin Pauley) (Mr. Bernard Rellin) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable Gordon Gray) - OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Jesse M. Donaldson, the Postmaster General | ||
| Cabinet Meeting (All present, including Mr. Stuart Symington and Mr. W. Averell Harriman) | ||
| Executive Orders: [10146 EXEMPTION OF WILLIAM J. PATTERSN FROM COMPULSORY RETIREMENT FOR AGE] | ||
| (General Omar Bradley) - OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| (Judge James D. Cooney) (Mr. William Taylor) - OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Maurice Tobin, the Secretary of Labor Honorable Sam Rayburn, the Speaker of the House Congressman John McCormack, Massachusetts Congressman Walter Lynch, New York Congressman Wilbur D. Mills, Arkansas Congressman Robert L. Doughton, North Carolina Congressman A. Sidney Camp, Georgia (Arranged by Mr. Charles Murphy to discuss Social Security bill - the Knowland Amendment) | ||
| (Mr. Louis Rosenstiel) - OFF THE RECORD | ||
| The President received representatives of the GIRLS NATION (This is group sponsored by American Legion Auxiliary, which meets in Washington each year. The President received them in 1948 and 1949) The following were present: Alexander, Judith Ann~Alexander, Mrs. W.C. Anderson, Margaret Adelaide~Barrows, Barbara Ann Beitzel, Susan Lee~Bell, Shirley Patricia Bernard, Betty~Biason, Joan Elena Bredberg, Jane Claire~Britt, Mary Elizabeth Brown, Patricia Lou~Buckels, Barbara Ann Burdett, Mrs. Harold S.~Campbell, Julia Charlene Carr, Mrs. Thomas R.~Causey, Carol Cerry, Alice Diana~Chamberlin, Ann Dixon Charles, Ann~Clark, Martha Jane Colton, Mrs. Leo C.~Conway, Gail Keating Crosby, Winona~Curry, Constance Anne Dennis, Dolly Jean~Diel, Mary Joan Dingle, Mrs. William Bertram~Dorsch, Janet Kay Drown, Carolyn Jean~Engesather, Mrs. John Etchison, Betty Sue~Ethelbah, Anita Marie Fiery, Cynthia Dryhurst~Findley, Jeanne Marie Gardner, Carol~Geddie, Anne Giddings, Dorothy May~Greer, Dolores Corienne Gritt, Joan Theresa~Guenther, Margaret Haley Gump, Mary Louise~Hadjis, Evangeline Hancock, Mrs. Robert G.~Hern, Marvella Belle Hopper, Virginia Catherine~Hurst, Mr. Layton K. Jacobs, Joanne Mae~Joerger, Columba Rudolpha Joseph, Ruth Donna~Kashman, Mrs. William Klein, Betty Ann~Koger, Mrs. O.L. Lakeman, Jr., Mrs. John A.~Langelier, Lorraine Helen Lewis, Kathleen Ann~Longstreth, Uldene Emma MacGregor, Mary Anne~Mahoney, Patricia Therese Mandigo, Miss Pauline~Martinez, Marie Lenore Mattheis, Charlotte Ann~McClure, Betty Lou McMague, Sallie Mae~McLeod, Marie Florence Murray, Mrs. Betty~Norgaard, Nancy Lima Oden, Letitia Anne~Olney, Louise Bradford Paniogue, Angela Ann~Patrick, Evelyn Marie Peterson, Betty Joan~Rathman, Jo Anne Renner, Dorothy Lee~Repke, Susan Jane Rosazza, Betty Lou~Rosen, Barbara Seff Rudman, Sharon Lynn~Rutherford, Catherine Anne Schneider, Mary Ann~Seidelhuber, Colleen Sermersheim, Shirley Anne~Seymour, Mrs. Amos Eugene Singleton, Kit Lee~Smith, Mary Lou Sorenson, Janet V.~Stanislaw, Stephanie Patricia Steger, Aurelia Madeline~Strange, Barbara Sunmark, Mrs. Carl~Swanson, Ruth Elene Tardanico, Pauline Antoinette~Tarver, Glover Dale Thomas, Elva Mae~Tirakis, Evangeline Todd, Becky Carolyn~Tsutsumida, Cherry Yuriko Turner, Patricia Ann~Van Deventer, Sue Carol Van Gilchrist, Jessie~Wade, Judith Ann Walker, Patricia Ruth~Wallace, Barbara Anette West, Marilynne Nora~Wilkins, Blanche Estelle Winn, Anna Louella~Wipf, Penny June Worthington, Barbara Ann~York, Mary Augusta Young, Katherine Louise~Zimmerman, Paula Gay Zorro, Marian Jean | ||
| Honorable Chester Bowles, Governor of Connecticut | ||
| (Mr. Joseph Keenan, A.F. of L.) - OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Frieda Hannock, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission | ||
| Honorable Stuart Symington (One-half hour - usual weekly appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Honorable Joseph Davies) - OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Leo Parker) - OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Max Lowenthal) - OFF THE RECORD (One-half hour) | ||
| (Mr. Arthur Krock, New York Times) (Mr. Charles Ross) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable John W. Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury | ||
| (Mr. Ted Marks) - OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (General Omar Bradley) - OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable Stuart Symington) - OFF THE RECORD |