Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
October 27, 1950
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| Honorable M. Neil Andrews, U. S. District Judge, Northern District of Georgia Honorable Peyton Ford (Asked for this sometime ago, stating he wished to thank the President and to submit his resignation) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| The Ambassador of the Republic of Philippines Most Rev. Gabriel M. Reyes, D. D. Archbishop of Manila Rev. John F. Hurley, S.J., Secretary-General of the Catholic Welfare Organization (Honorable John Simmons) OFF THE RECORD (This request came from Eugene J. Butler, Assistant Director, National Catholic Welfare Conference) | ||
| Senator Sheridan Downey, California | ||
| (Mr. Abe Feinberg) (Hon. William M. Boyle) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Major General Lewis A. Pick) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| General Dwight Eisenhower | ||
| (The President and Mrs. Truman departed Blair House for Naval Gun Factory, where they boarded USS WILLIAMSBURG) | ||
| (The following guests joined the President and Mrs. Truman aboard USS WILLIAMSBURG, for luncheon and afternoon's cruise:) The Chief Justice and Mrs. Vinson H. E. The French Ambassador and Madame Bonnet The Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson] The Secretary of the Army and Mrs. Pace General and Mrs. Omar Bradley Hon. and Mrs. Charles G. Ross Hon. and Mrs. Donald S. Dawson Mrs. Kenneth Bostian Hon. and Mrs. Clark M. Clifford Mrs. William Duke Mrs. James M. Helm Mrs. Thomas Twyman | ||
| Executive Orders: [10178 RESERVING CERTAIN REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY IN GUAM FOR THE USE OF THE UNITED STATES] | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Lt. General Geoffrey Keyes General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff, United States Army (General Keyes has been High Commissioner in Austria, represent- ing both Army and State Department. Retiring at end of this month. The President will hand him a letter expressing con- gratulations and gratitude for his services, etc.,) | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to General Geoffrey Keyes, Retiring U.S. High Commissioner in Austria] | ||
| Honorable Walter M. Bastian, U. S. District Judge for the District of Columbia (Recess appointment; asked to come in and thank the President) | ||
| (Mr. Peter Brown, Department of Justice) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, Secretary of State | ||
| Honorable Robert Hinckley, Vice President, American Broadcasting Company | ||
| The President received the Ministers of Defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries, with their Military Advisors. The following were present: H.E. Col. E.V.G.A. De Greef, Belgium Lt. Gen. E. Baele, Chief of Staff, Army, Belgium H.E. The Hon. Brooke Claxton, Canada Lt. Gen. Charles Foulkes, Canada H.E. Rasmus Hansen, Denmark Lt. Gen. E. Goertz, Denmark H.E. M. Jules Moch, France Gen. Charles Lecheres, France H.E. Thor Thors, Iceland Mr. Magnus V. Magnusson, Iceland H.E. Randolfo Pacciardi, Italy General Claudio Trezzani, Italy H.E. H. Le Gallais, Luxembourg Col. Aloyes J. Jacoby, Luxembourg H.E. H. L.'s Jacob, Netherlands Gen. Dr. H. G. Krule, Netherlands H.E. Jens Crh. Hauge, Norway Lt. Gen. Bjarne Oen, Norway H. E. Lt. Col. Fernando dos Santos Costa, Portugal General Anibal Passos e Sousa, Portugal H.E. The Right Honorable E. Shinwell, United Kingdom Field Marshall Sir William Slim, United Kingdom Honorable George Marshall, Secretary of Defense Colonel Anthony D. Biddle | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (Mr. John Hersey) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Charles Sawyer, Secretary of Commerce | ||
| (Honorable Mon C. Wallgren) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Mr. Carter Barron | ||
| The Right Reverend G. Bromley Oxnam, Bishop of the Methodist Church Dr. Edward Hughes Pruden (Bishop Oxnam and Dr. Pruden both wrote Mr. Connelly and the President on September 22nd, re possible appointment of a Minister to the Vatican, and stating official heads of major Protestant denominations of nations desired to see the President. It was decided that for time being only these two should see the President, but because of the President's trips and their engagements, this is first mutually convenient date that could be arranged) | ||
| Mr. Silliman Evans, Owner & Publisher of the Nashville Tennessean | ||
| Honorable Charles U. Bay, American Ambassador to Norway (Called Mr. Connelly last week from New York to ask for this) | ||
| (Mr. John Kennedy, of San Diego, California) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable George Marshall, Secretary of Defense (Usual Tuesday appointment) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Honorable Eric Johnston (Asked yesterday for this, to discuss a citation for the President from Conference of Christians and Jews, of which Mr. Johnston is President.) | ||
| (Mr. Tom Maloney) (Honorable William Hassett) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Cabinet Meeting (Vice President absent; The Solicitor General represented Justice; Postmaster General absent; Labor not represented; W. Averell Harriman absent) (Colonel Harry O. Patterson briefed Cabinet - OFF THE RECORD) | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Mr. Rudolf Friml (Composer of light operas, in city and asked if he might pay his respects; said the President had asked him to call when- ever he was in town) | ||
| Honorable Delos W. Rentzel, Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board | ||
| Honorable Nelson Rockefeller (Asked if he might come in and discuss Point Four with the President - Half Hour) | ||
| The President presented the Medal of Honor to Colonel Justice M. Chambers, United States Marine Corps Reserve (For gallant action on Iwo Jima, February, 1945.) (The following guests were present: Honorable George Marshall, Secretary of Defense Honorable Francis Matthews, Secretary of the Navy Admiral F. P. Sherman, USN, (Chief of Naval Operations) General C.B. Cates, USMC (Comdt. of the Marine Corps) Colonel Justice M. Chambers, USMCR, Retired Lt. Col. R.M. Thomas, USMC, Aide to General Cates Mrs. J.M. Chambers (wife of Col. Chambers) Miss Patricia Chambers (daughter) Mr. John Chambers (son) Mr. J.M. Chambers, Jr. (son) Peter and Paul Chambers (7-month old twin sons) Mr. A.F. Chambers, Sr. (father) Mr. A.F. Chambers, Jr. (brother) Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Jarvis (sister and brother-in-law) Mr. and Mrs. Mead Baker (sister and brother-in-law) Mr. and Mrs. John Schmutzer (father-in-law and mother-in-law) Major Lawrence M. Rulison, USMCR Captain James G. Headley, USMCR Mr. Henry Hubbard Mr. James R. Miller Mrs. J.F. Blakeney Major General Verne D. Mudge. USA (Retired) | ||
| H.E The Rt. Hon. Sir Oliver Franks, the British Ambassador The Rt. Hon. Anthony Eden | ||
| Honorable W. Stuart Symington, Chairman, N.S.R.B. | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (The President left Blair House for Arlington National Cemetary, where he spoke at ceremonies at the grave of Field Marshal Sir John Dill, when a memorial statue was unveiled) | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks in Arlington Cemetery at the Unveiling of the Statue of Sir John Dill] | ||
| Honorable William M. Boyle | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President on the Death of George Bernard Shaw] | ||
| [Public Papers: Message to the Governor of Puerto Rico Regarding the Recent Uprisings] | ||
| (Honorable John W. Snyder, the Secretary of the Treasury) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable George Allen Judge Ernest M. Tipton, Supreme Court of Missouri (Judge Tipton also President of Truman Library; Mr. Allen asked this be arranged while Judhe in town) | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| (Admiral William D. Leahy) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Frederick Lawton, Director, Bureau of the Budget (One-half hour) | ||
| Honorable Charles Sawyer, the Secretary of Commerce Dr. Roy V. Peel, Director, Bureau of the Consus Mr. A. Ross Eckler, Deputy Director (The Secretary of Commerce asked if he might bring to the President the Census figure, accompanied by these Census officials) | ||
| (Honorable W. Averell Harriman) (Mr. Roland Harriman, brother of Averell Harriman) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Colonel Myron Blalock) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| The President presented the Harmon Trophy to the following: General James H. Doolittle - Aviator Miss Jacqueline Cochran - Aviatrix Vice Admiral C.E. Rosendahl - Balloonist (lighter than air) Following award the President presented five Citations of Honorable Mention to the following: Captain Charles Yeager (in person) M. Charles Dollfus (French Ambassador received) Geoffrey de Havilland (Posthumous - accepted by Air Chief Marshall Sir Geo. C. Pirie, Hd. of British Air Force Staff) Miss Pauline Gower (Posthumous - accepted by Sir George Pirie) Lt. Howard R. Walton (Posthumous - accepted by Mr. and Mrs. Ray M. Walton, his parents) The following guests were present: Aldrin, Edwin E.~Arlen, Margaret Bonnet, Henri~Brosnahan, Mary V. Bode, Frederick W.~Cochran, Jacqueline Combier, P. Hodges & Mrs.~Doolittle, Mr. & Mrs. James H. Dobben, George B.~de Seversky, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander P. Egger, Frank L.~Enyart, William Fagen, James~Finletter, Thomas K. Griffiths, Charles H.~Kerwood, Charles W. MacCracken, William P.~Matthews, Francis P. Odlum, Floyd B.~Pirie George, Sir Philpott, Montague G.~Rosendahl, Charles E. & Mrs. Spaatz, Carl~Schramek, Charles E & Mrs. Towers, John H.~Trickey, Mrs. Maurice Vandenberg, Hoyt S.~Walton, Mr. and Mrs. Ray M. Yeager, Charles~Anderson, Major Millicent | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, the Secretary of State (Usual Thursday appointment) (Honorable Walter Gifford, American Ambassador to Great Britain) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (National Security Council) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| (Honorable Clark Clifford) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The President and Mrs. Truman left for British Embassy where they attended Dinner for Rt. Honorable Anthony Eden, M.P.) | ||
| (The President walked to Emergency Hospital and visited at bedside of White House Police who were wounded in Assassins' attack on Blair House, Nov. 1, 1950. The wounded officers are: Roy L. Birdwell and Joseph H. Downs) | ||
| Cabinet Meeting (Vice President [Alben Barkley] away; Mr. Robert Lovett for Defense; Under Secretary McCormick for Agriculture; Mr. Galvin for Labor. Stuart Symington absent; Commerce not represented. Col. Harry O. Patterson and Lt. Col. Clifford A. Curtis will brief the Cabinet in the absence of General Omar Bradley) | ||
| (Mr. Henry Warren, Kansas City) (Mr. Jesse Miller, Independence) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| (Dr. Bruce Forsythe) (Dr. and Mrs. Walter Crum) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Edmond M. Hanrahan, former head of S.E.C. | ||
| Honorable Harry A. McDonald, Chairman, Securities and Exchange Com. | ||
| Honorable Wiliam O. Douglas, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States (Wrote the President that he had returned from his round-the- word trip, and at the President's direction had looked into some aspects of situation in India and also had some observations which the President might like to have on Persia and China.) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Honorable George Schoeneman, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Admiral Sidney Souers) (Mr. James Lay) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The President left for Arlington National Cemetary, where he attended funeral services for Private Leslie Coffelt. General Robert Landry and General Harry Vaughan accompanied the President) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (The President left for Washington National Airport and flew non-stop to Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, and then drove to St. Louis, Missouri, to the Jefferson Hotel) | ||
| Honorable Bernard F. Dickmann, United States Postmaster, St. Louis 3. | ||
| Honorable Sidney McMath, Governor of Arkansas | ||
| Mr. Franklin E, Reagan, Sievers & Reagan, 1515 Paul Brown Bldg., St. Louis 1, Missouri | ||
| (The President spoke in the Henry Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri) [Public Papers: Address in Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis] | ||
| (The President departed Lambert Airport, St. Louis, Missouri, and flew to Kansas City, Missouri. The President and party stayed at the Muehlbach Hotel) (The following had appointments with the president in Kansas City:) | ||
| The President dropped by the Library in Independence and visited Mr. George C. Marquis, 114 East Ruby St., to see a new set of books and also a portrait of the President's mother. | ||
| Rev. Welbern Bowman, Grandview Baptist Church, Grandview, Missouri Mr. Harold F. Lang, 8620 Independence Ave., Kansas City, Missouri Mr. Fred J. Schmidt, Simpson-Schmidt Brokerage Co, 1401 Fairfax Trafficway, Kansas City 15, Kansas Captain Eldon A. Cox, Captain of Battery "D", 129th Field Artillery Mr. Dexter Perry (The Harpies), Independence, Missouri | ||
| In Kansas City, Missouri | ||
| The President participated in ceremonies in Independence, Missouri, on occasion of dedication of Liberty Bell presented to the people of Independence by the citizens of Annecy, France [Public Papers: Remarks in Independence at the Liberty Bell Luncheon] | ||
| [Public Papers: Address in Independence at the Dedication of the Liberty Bell] | ||
| (After voting in Independence the President departed by plane for Washington.) | ||
| Honorable George Marshall, Secretary of Defense | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, Secretary of State | ||
| (Mr. and Mrs. Jim Rowley) (Dr. and Mrs. John J. Dolce) (Dr. and Mrs. Murphy)~OFF THE RECORD (Dr. and Mrs. Waugh) (Dr. and Mrs. Persano) | ||
| Honorable John J. Muccio, American Ambassador to Korea | ||
| (Honorable William M. Boyle, Jr.) (Mr. Fred Canfil) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The President left for Naval Gun Factory where he boarded USS WILLIAMSBURG) | ||
| Executive Orders: [10179 ESTABLISHING THE KOREAN SERVICE MEDAL] | ||
| Aboard USS WILLIAMSBURG | ||
| Aboard USS WILLIAMSBURG | ||
| Aboard USS WILLIAMSBURG | ||
| Aboard USS WILLIAMSBURG | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President in Response to the Gray Report on Foreign Economic Policy] | ||
| Aboard USS WILLIAMSBURG | ||
| (The President returned to Naval Gun Factory and then drove to the Blair House) |