Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
August 22, 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.
| Honorable Alben Barkley, the Vice President Honorable Sam Rayburn, the Speaker Senator Scott Lucas, Illinois Congressman John W. McCormack, Massachusetts (Weekly meeting of the BIG FOUR) (General Omar N. Bradley) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Honorable Stanley Woodward, American Ambassador to Canada. (Requested this thru Division of Protocol) | ||
| Honorable John Gibson, Assistant Secretary of Labor (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this) | ||
| Honorable Louis Johnson, the Secretary of Defense (Usual Tuesday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. Vivian Truman) (Mr. David Powell) (Mr. and Mrs. (June) Holloway) (Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Duncan) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Don Cook) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Elmer Staats, Acting Director, Bureau of the Budget | ||
| Honorable Pauk Aiken | ||
| (General Frank Lowe) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Cabinet Meeting (Under Secretary McCormick represented Agriculture; all others present) | ||
| (Honorable W. Averell Harriman) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable Oscar Chapman, Secretary of the Interior) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (General Omar Bradley) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Congressman Thomas H. Burke, Ohio (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask of he might come in and discuss a private bill which he sponsored, HR. 4832, An Act "for the relief of the Graphic Arts Corporation of Ohio." This bill is out for report.) The President has until August 25th to sign (or not) | ||
| Congressman John C. Davies, New York | ||
| Honorable Maple T. Harl, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. | ||
| Mr. Herbert Rivers, Secretary-Treasurer, Building and Construction Trades Department, A.F.of L. (Asked if he might come in and thank the President for visiting him while he was in the hospital) | ||
| Honorable W. Walton Butterworth, American Ambassador to Sweden (Asked, thru Division of Protocol, if he might come in and pay respects before leaving for his new assignment in Sweden; is Ambassador Designate) | ||
| Honorable Jouett Shouse (Asked if he might come in as he has just returned from Europe, where he has assisted General Huebner in Survey of German youth activities) | ||
| Honorable Stuart Symington, Chairman, National Security Resources Board (Usual Wednesday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. William Hillman) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable William Boyle (Usual Wednesday appointment) Mr. Sid Solomon | ||
| Honorable Charles Brannan, the Secretary of Agriculture | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Nominating Walter J. Donnelly as Minister and U.S. High Commissioner for Austria] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Nominating U.S. Representatives to the Fifth Session of the U.N. General Assembly] | ||
| (General Omar N. Bradley) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| (Honorable Mon C. Wallgren) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable George Allen) | ||
| Honorable John G. Erhardt, American Ambassador to the Union of South Africa (Asked for this thru the Division of Protocol) | ||
| Congressman Morgan M. Moulder, Missouri | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, the Secretary of State (Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (National Security Council) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Elmer D. Staats, Acting Director, Bureau of the Budget (Half-Hour) | ||
| Major Philip B. Fleming, Under Secretary of Commerce for Transportation | ||
| (Mr. Alonzo Winslow, White House Architect) OFF THE RECORD (To show the President some drawings) | ||
| (Honorable J. Howard McGrath, the Attorney General) (Honorable Maurice J. Tobin, the Secretary of the Interior) (Honorable Charles Murphy)~OFF THE RECORD (Honorable John Steelman) | ||
| Executive Orders: [10155 POSSESSION, CONTROL, AND OPERATION OF CERTAIN RAILROADS] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the Speaker on the Appropriation for Foreign Aid] | ||
| Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Issuing Order Taking Control of the Nation's Railroads] | ||
| (General Omar N. Bradley) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Cabinet Meeting | ||
| (Mr. Phil Regan) OFF THE RECORD (Mr. Frank Folsom, RCA) | ||
| (Mr. Jim Finnegan) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Otto Schmid, former District Attorney for Kansas City (Asked for this thru Mr. Turney Gratz at Democratic National Com.) | ||
| Honorable Norman Thomas (Called Mr. Connelly and asked for this; former Socialist candidate for the Presidency) | ||
| Honorable Philip B. Perlman, Solicitor General | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Executive Orders: [10156 DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR TO ACT AS SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Urging Early Ratification of the Genocide Convention] | ||
| (General Omar N. Bradley) (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 Dean G. Acheson, the Secretary of State) (Honorable Louis Johnson, the Secretary of Defense) (Honorable John W. Snyder, the Secretary of the Treasury) (Honorable W. Averell Harriman) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to Ambassador Warren Austin Restating the U.S. Position on Formosa] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10157 ENABLING CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ACQUIRE A COMPETITIVE STATUS] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing the Social Security Act Amendments] | ||
| Honorable Alben Barkley, the Vice President Honorable Sam Rayburn, the Speaker Senator Scott Lucas, Illinois Congressman John W. McCormack, Massacusetts (Weekly meeting of the BIG FOUR) (General Omar N. Bradley) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| H.E. Dr. Ali Sastroamidjojo, the Ambassador of Indonesia (Asked thru Division of Protocol if he might present to the President "a gift of esteem" from the President of the Republic of Indonesia. Mr. John Simmons, Chief of Protocol, recommended that the President receive him) | ||
| Honorable Kenneth Royall (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this, stating he wished to discuss H.R 7840, a bill having to do with refund on estate taxes) | ||
| Honorable Dean G. Acheson, the Secretary of State (Usual Monday appointment) | ||
| (The President attended Birthday Luncheon for Honorable William D. Hassett, in Downstairs Dining Room of Executive Office) | ||
| (Dr. Paul Dillon) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Monsignor Curtis Tiernan) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable Mon C. Wallgren) 0FF THE RECORD | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to Committee Chairmen on Universal Military Training] | ||
| [Public Papers: Message to General MacArthur Regarding the Withdrawal of the General's Message to the Veterans of Foreign Wars] | ||
| Honorable W. Averell Harriman Honorable Charles Ross | ||
| (General Omar N. Bradley) (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) (Congressman John W. McCormack, Massachusetts) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Congressman Wayne L. Hays, Ohio (Called Mr. Connelly about ten days ago to request appointment) | ||
| Senator Virgil Chapman, Kentucky Senator Garrett L. Withers, Kentucky Judge Lorenzo K. Wood, Louisville, Kentucky | ||
| (Mr. William Kitchen, Kansas City, Missouri) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Robert Hinckley (Requested appointment last week) | ||
| Senator Millard E. Tydings, Maryland Congressman Carl Vinson, Georgia (At the President's direction Mr. Connelly asked them to come in for talk on Universal Military Training. HALF HOUR) | ||
| Lt. General Alvin Gillem, Commander 3rd Army (Headquarters Fort McPherson, Ga. Retiring after more than thirty years service. Asked to come in & say "goodbye") General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army | ||
| Honorable Louis Johnson, Secretary of Defense (Usual Tuesday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Mr. Glen Talbot, President, North Dakota Farmers' Union Mr. Colmer King, Executive Secretary (Arranged at request of the Secretary of Agriculture [Charles F. Brannan]) | ||
| (Honorable Oscar L. Chapman, Secretary of the Interior) (Honorable Charles F. Brannan, Secretary of Agriculture) (Honorable Charles Sawyer, Secretary of Commerce) (Honorable Stuart Symington) (Honorable John Steelman) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable James E. Webb, Under Secretary of State) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Cabinet Meeting (All present) | ||
| (Honorable Jonathan Daniels) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Fred Canfil) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The President and Mrs. Truman left Blair House for Griffith Stadium, where they attended Night Baseball Game, Returned to Blair House at 10:40 pm) | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to Senator Flanders on the Appropriation for the Campaign of Truth] | ||
| (General Omar N. Bradley) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Senator Francis J. Myers, Pennsylvania Honorable John W. Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury Congressman John W. McCormack, Massachusetts | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Congressman James T. Patterson, Connecticut (Requested appointment thru General Maylon, stating he wished to discuss copper tariff situation.) | ||
| (Honorable Thomas B. McCabe, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Delos W. Rentzel, Administrator, C.A.A. | ||
| Honorable Elmer B. Staats, Acting Director, Bureau of the Budget | ||
| Congressman Abraham J. Walter, New York Mr. Benjamin G. Browdy, President of Zionist Organization of America (Congressman Walter requested this thru David Niles, in order that Browdy may present plaque to the President on behalf of this organization) |