Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
October 11, 1950
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| [Public Papers: Remarks in St. Louis at the Installation of Mary Jane Truman as Worthy Grand Matron, Order of the Eastern Star for Missouri] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10171 TRANSFERRING OCCUPATION FUNCTIONS IN AUSTRIA TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10170 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10082 OF OCTOBER 5, 1949 PRESCRIBING PROCEDURES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE RECIPROCAL TRADE-AGREEMENTS PROGRAM] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10172 DESIGNATING THE CERTIFYING AUTHORITY WITH RESPECT TO THE AMORTIZATION OF EMERGENCY FACILITIES] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: Wake Island] | ||
| CST Lv St. Louis, Missouri Fly non-stop to Fairfield-Suisan Airforce base, California (arriving approximately 10:30 p.m., PST) where a two-hour stop will be made. Arrival at Hickam Field, Oahu, T.H., will be approximately 8:00 a.m. local time, Friday, October 13. Members of the party, Washington-St. Louis: The President Hon. Charles G. Ross Major General Harry H. Vaughan Brigadier General Wallace H. Graham Hon. Mon C. Wallgren (to Fairfield-Suisan) Mr. Jack Romagna Secret Service Agents Members of the party, joining enroute: Honorable Matthew J. Connelly Honorable W. Averell Harriman Ambassador at Large Philip C. Jessup General Omar Bradley Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, Dean Rusk Secretary of the Army, Frank Pace, Jr. Mr. Charles S. Murphy Brigadier General Robert B. Landry Mr. Donald Dawson Mr. George Elsey Major George McNally Mr. R. A. McMullin Colonel A. L. Hamblen Colonel Willis S. Matthews Major Vernon Walters Miss Vernice Anderson M/Sgt. Dale Lehman Secret Service Agents | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: Wake Island] | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks in Pearl Harbor at the Commissioned Officers Mess] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: Wake Island] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: Wake Island] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President on His Meeting With General MacArthur at Wake Island] | ||
| On this date President Truman conferred on Wake Island with General Douglas MacArthur concerning Far Eastern policy. See student research file Wake Island: documents, photographs and more. | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: Wake Island] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: Wake Island] | ||
| [Public Papers: Address in San Francisco at the War Memorial Opera House] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10173 REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE SAFEGUARDING OF VESSELS, HARBORS, PORTS, AND WATERFRONT FACILITIES OF THE UNITED STATES] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: Wake Island] | ||
| The President landed at Andrews Field. Motored to Office. Signed Mail. Left for Blair House where he remained for remainder of day. | ||
| (General Omar N. Bradley) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable John Snyder, the Secretary of the Treasury) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Honorable W. Stuart Symington, Chairman, N.S.R.B. (Usual weekly appointment, postponed from yesterday) | ||
| Senator Clinton Anderson, New Mexico (Starts this Saturday on speech making tour and asked to talk to the President before that) | ||
| Honorable Joseph Flack, American Ambassador to Poland (Newly appointed; had planned to leave for post earlier, but waiting for the President's return from Pacific trip, as State Department feels most important for Ambassadors to satellite countries to be received by the President before reporting at their posts) | ||
| H.E. C. D. B. King, the Ambassador of Liberia Honorable Gabriel L. Dennis, the Secretary of State of Liberia Honorable Christian Abayomi Cassell, the Attorney General of Liberia Mr. Charles B. Sherman, an economist with Liberian Govt. Honorable George Magee, Assistant Secretary of State (This arranged at suggestion of Under Secretary Webb. They are to discuss Military, Financial and Technical Aid for Liberia.) | ||
| Honorable David Bruce, American Ambassador to France (Mr. Webb asked that this be set up as the Department had brought Mr. Bruce back for the conferences here with French Ministers of Defense and Finance; that it was first time Mr. Bruce had been in this country since his appointment nearly two years ago. Mr. Acheson and Mr. Webb thought the President would like to obtain the complete French picture from Mr. Bruce) | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, The Secretary of State (Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| (Mr. Lewis Barringer) (Mr. Irby Turner) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Cabinet Meeting (Vice President absent; Postmaster General absent; Agriculture absent as well as his Under Secretary; The Solicitor General will represent the Attorney General. All others present. General Bradley will brief the Cabinet - OFF THE RECORD) | ||
| (Honorable Oscar Chapman, The Secretary of the Interior) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| (Mr. Richard Nacy) (Hon. Charles M. Huttig, Democratic State Chairman, Mo.) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Mrs. Dorothy Lewis, Coordinator of American Broadcasts at United Nations (Mrs. Roosevelt wrote to the President asking if he would see Mrs. Lewis. Mrs. Lewis says she also represents Department of Public Information at UN) | ||
| Honorable Richard C. Patterson, Jr., American Ambassador to Guatemala Mr. Ellsworth Bunker, Chairman of National Sugar Refining Co. (Ambassador Patterson wrote to Mr. Connelly asking that Mr. Bunker be given opportunity to just shake hands with the President.) | ||
| Honorable Myron Taylor (Telephoned Mr. Connelly from New York City about ten days ago to ask for this) | ||
| Reverend Gunnar Rosendal, of Osby, Sweden Reverend James Duncan, of Church of the Ascension & St. Agnes, of Washington, D. C. (This was arranged at request of Senator Theodore Francis Green, who had hoped to accompany them. Cleared by State Department. Father Rosendal (High Episcopal) is to be in U. S. for 6 weeks lecturing at Episcopalian seminaries, colleges and some parish churches. Is well known for efforts on behalf of Church Unity.) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Honorable Raymond M. Foley, Administrator, Housing and Home Finance Agency | ||
| Honorable Eugene Meyer, Publisher of the Washington Post (Mr. Connelly phoned Mr. Meyer last week and told him the President hoped he could drop by one day and tell him about his recent trip abroad (Europe) | ||
| Mr. Edgar Sengier, Managing Director of Union Miniers du Haut Katanga Honorable Gordon Dean, Chairman, Atominc Energy Commission (This request came to Mr. Connelly thru Division of Protocol, State Department. Mr. Sengier's company is large Belgian mining Company; controls substantial part of all minerals mined in Belgian Congo, which includes uranium. During the last war President Roosevelt decorated Mr. Sengier (pronounced Sonjay). The Office of the Secretary of State suggested that Gordon Dean accompany Mr. Sengier, although this appointment is merely to pay respects) | ||
| Honorable John Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury | ||
| (Honorable George Allen) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable Edwin Pauley) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. James Lay) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable Clark Clifford) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. William Bray) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable James E. Webb, Under Secretary of State) OFF THE RECORD (Secretary Webb's Father and Mother) | ||
| (General Omar Bradley) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Merle Young with crew of the Plane in which the Vice President [Alben W. Barkley] is campaigning on behalf of Democratic Ticket throughout Country) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Executive Orders: [10174 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] | ||
| (General Omar N. Bradley) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| (Mr. William A. Delano) (Mr. Douglass William Orr) (Mr. Richard E. Dougherty) (Senator Edward Martin, Pennsylvania) (They were in town today for meeting of Commission and asked if the President would care to see them) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable George Radcliffe, former Senator from Maryland (Called about two weeks ago to ask for this) | ||
| Rt. Honorable F. W. Doidge, Minister of External Affairs of New Zealand H.E. Sir Carl Berendsen, the Ambassador of New Zealand (Honorable John Simmons) OFF THE RECORD This request came from the Ambassador via Protocol, stating Mr. Doidge presently in New York observing the work of UN General Assembly following his trip to London where he discussed with other Commonwealth Foreign Ministers the Commonwealth's program for economic aid to South and Southeast Asia.) | ||
| Honorable Stanley Woodward, American Ambassador to Canada (Asked for this thru Division of Protocol) | ||
| The President received members of Executive Committee and Past Presidents of the National Savings & Loan League. (Arranged by Dr. John R. Steelman. These members are on way home from meeting in New York of their Board of Governors Management Conference. Has been checked with Mr. Raymond Foley and approved) The following members were present: BOSWELL, O. W.~WEBER, Earl C. GREENE, Raleigh W.~PETERSON, Alfred G. BABCOCK, Walter J.~DWYER, William J. HOLTON, R. O.~EASON, George M. HAROLD, Raymond P.~SCOTT, Curtis F. CONNER, John L.~KREUTZ, Oscar R. | ||
| Honorable Charles Brannan, the Secretary of Agriculture | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| The President and Mrs. Truman boarded train for New York City. | ||
| The President addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations at Lake Success. [Public Papers: Address in New York City Before the United Nations General Assembly] | ||
| The President and Mrs. Truman lunched at home of Trygve Lie, at Forest Hills, Long Island | ||
| The President arrived Washington, D. C. | ||
| Executive Orders: [10175 AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 7908 OF JUNE 9, 1938, (3) AND EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10046 OF MARCH 24, 1949 (4)] | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| (The President left for Mayflower Hotel where he spoke informally to Annual Meeting of National Guard Association) | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks to Members of the National Guard Association] | ||
| Senator William Benton, Connecticut (Although Senator Benton requested this, he wants it announced that the President invited him down to discuss Truth Program in Korea and Asia; Mr. Connelly said it might be handled this way) | ||
| Honorable William C. Foster, Administrator, E. C. A. Honorable Paul G. Hoffman, former Administrator, E. C. A. (Mr. Foster called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| Honorable Harold L. Ickes | ||
| Mr. Albert Greenfield, of Philadelphia, Pa. (Senator Myers asked for this sometime ago, and it has been postponed twice because of the trips of the President. Mr. Greenfield is a real estate man in Philadelphia, and has been written up in magazine often; is known as "Mr. Philadelphia") | ||
| Hon. Frederick J. Lawton, Director, Bureau of Budget | ||
| Honorable W. Stuart Symington, Chairman, N. S. R. B (Usual Wednesday appointment) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| The President received Members of the Atomic Energy Commission, as follows: Honorable Gordon E. Dean, Chairman Honorable Sumner T. Pike Honorable Henry D. Smyth Honorable Thomas E. Murray Honorable T. Keith Glennan (Mr. Connelly called them and invited them to come in for a talk with the President. One-half hour) | ||
| Senator Kenneth McKellar, Tennessee (Wrote to the President re Cumberland River below Nashville, stating he would like to discuss this with the President) | ||
| Honorable William M. Boyle (Usual Wednesday appointment) | ||
| Honorable Frank Pace, Secretary of the Army | ||
| Met Miss Margaret Truman's train at Union Station | ||
| (Honorable Jonathan Daniels) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Honorable J. Monroe Johnson, Chairman, Interstate Commerce Commission (Called Mr. Connelly about ten days ago to ask for this) | ||
| Mr. Charles H. Kellstadt, Vice President, Sears, Roebuck & Co. (Wrote to the President as First Vice Chairman of American Red Cross; asked among other things that the President consider E. Roland Harriman, brother of Averell Harriman, as successor to General Marshall on Red Cross, and asked if he might have opportunity of talking to the President on critical situation of Red Cross today and relationship of Head of Red Cross to the situation.) | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, The Secretary of State (Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Honorable Ferdinand Pecora (Ed. Flynn called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| Honorable Ugo Carusi, Chairman, Displaced Persons Commission | ||
| (Honorable John W. Snyder, The Secretary of the Treasury) (Honorable Thomas McCabe, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Executive Orders: [10176 SUSPENDING CERTAIN STATUTORY PROVISIONS RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT IN THE CANAL ZONE] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10177 AMENDMENT OF SECTION 1 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9778 OF SEPTEMBER 10, 1946, (1) PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES OF NEW APPOINTEES TO POSITIONS IN THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES AND SUCH EXPENSES] | ||
| Cabinet Meeting (General Omar Bradley briefed the Cabinet. Vice President absent; Post Office and Labor not respresented; Solicitor General for Justice; Under Secretary McCormick represented Agriculture) | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, The Secretary of State Honorable George Marshall, The Secretary of Defense Honorable John Snyder, The Secretary of the Treasury Honorable W. Averell Harriman Honorable Clarence J. McCormick, the Under Secretary of Agriculture Honorable Herbert E. Gaston, Chairman & President, Export & Import Bank of Washington, D. C. Honorable William C. Foster, Chairman, E. C. A. (Mr. Connelly asked them to come in and discuss with the President, situation pertaining to food supply in Yugoslavia) | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Mr. Edward Jacobson | ||
| Honorable Norman Armour, the American Ambassador to Venezuela (Newly appointed and has asked, thru Protocol, to call on the President before leaving for post) | ||
| Honorable Nathan Straus, President WMCA, Inc., New York City (Wrote to Mr. Connelly, stating he would be in Washington in connection with United Jewish Appeal, and would like, while here, a chance to see the President) | ||
| The Most Reverend Athenagoras Kokkinakis, of the Greek Orthodox Church Rev. Thomas J. Daniels, Pastor of Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church, Washington, D. C. (Father Daniels asked if he might bring in the Bishop who has been assigned to San Francisco by the Archbishop of North and South American) |