Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
February 19, 1952
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| Senator Owen Brewster, Maine (Called Mr. Connelly last week and asked for this) | ||
| The Committee on Government Contract Compliance met with the President: PALMER, Dwight R.G., Chairman (General Cable Corporation) CAREY, James B. (C.I.O) DAVIS, Dowdal H. (General Manager, KANSAS CITY CALL) ENGEL, Irving M. (Chairman, Exec. Comm., American Jewish Committee HILL, Oliver W. (attorney, Richmond, Va.) MEANY, George (Secretary-Treasurer, A.F. of L.) FORBES, Russell, General Services Administration GALVIN, Michael J. Under Secretary of Labor HOLLIS, Everett L., General Counsel, Atomic Energy Commission SMALL, John D., Chairman of Munitions Board, Dept. of Defense (Arranged by Mr. Philleo Nash. In town for first meeting and wanted to call on the President for instructions.) | ||
| Honorable Paul Fitzpatrick, Democratic State Chairman from New York (Called Mr. Connelly last week and asked for this) | ||
| Honorable William C. Foster, the Deputy Secretary of Defense (Usual weekly appointment for Defense) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (The President met in the Cabinet Room with the following OFF THE RECORD in connection with the establishment of George Catlett Marshall Research Center at Virginia Military Institute: Mr. Fred Shipman, State Department Mr. Bernard Noble, State Department Mr. Clayton Fritchie [Fritchey], Defense Department Brig. Gen. Marshall Carter, Defense Department Dr. Wayne Grover, Archivist Mr. David Lloyd and Mr. George Elsey) | ||
| (Honorable Archibald S. Alexander, Under Secretary of the Army) (Called on Monday and asked for this OFF RECORD) | ||
| Honorable Mon Wallgren (Honorable Sherman Minton, Associate Justice, Supreme Court) (Mr. Russ Stewart) (Mr. Wallgren called Mr. Connelly yesterday and asked if he might drop by. Justice Minton called yesterday also and asked if he might come by OFF RECORD. Mr. Stewart also went in at the same time. The Wallgren and Minton appointments were not to be together, but they all went in at the same time.) | ||
| (The President and Mrs. Truman left Blair House for the Carlton Hotel, where they attended a reception in honor of Speaker Rayburn given by Representative and Mrs. Clark Thompson of Texas) | ||
| Executive Orders: [10328 PRESCRIBING A PORTION OF THE SELECTIVE SERVICE REGULATIONS] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10327 INVESTIGATIONS RELATING TO THE CONDUCT OF GOVERNMENT BUSINESS] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Commending the "Crusade for Christian Citizenship"] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to James H. Doolittle Upon Establishing the President's Airport Commission] | ||
| [Public Papers: Memorandum Concerning the President's Airport Commission] | ||
| (Mr. Paul Vincze, sculptor) | ||
| (Honorable Joseph Keenan, Secretary-Treasurer, American Federation of Labor) OFF THE RECORD - WEST DOOR | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| Dr. Ernest Bryant, President Christian Endeavor Society Dr. Gene Stone Reverend B. McClain Cochran Mr. Carl V. Powell Miss Barbara Nickerson (Dr. Bryant asked if they might call as representatives of the International Society of Christian Endeavor and present a membership in this organization to the President; Dr. Daniel Poling was to accompany them but called Mr. Matthew Connelly on the 19th and said he was ill.) | ||
| Honorable Edward J. Hart, Congressman from New Jersey Honorable Alfred D. Sieminski, Congressman from New Jersey Honorable John Kenny, Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey (Arranged at the request of Bill Bray) | ||
| (Honorable Francis E. Gibbons, Counselor, S.E.C) OFF THE RECORD (Arranged at the President's request. OFF THE RECORD - LOWER WEST DOOR | ||
| Honorable Oren E. Long, Governor of Hawaii (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week and asked for this) | ||
| The President received the Illinois Methodist Ministers' Washington Seminar for 1952. This group has been received by the President both in 1950 and 1951. They meet each year in Washington "to gain factual information as citizens and as those who help influence public opinion": BAYLEY, Rev. M.D., Rockford, Ill. BEAR, Rev. Orval, Onarga, Ill. BLEWFIELD, Rev. Floyd L., Morris, Ill. BODINE, Rev. Robert H., Peoria, Ill. BROYLES, Rev. Merle D., Chicago, Ill. BRYANT, Rev. J. T., Metropolis, Ill. CADY, Rev. Harold M., Granite City, Ill. CHILDRESS, Rev. Wilbur M., Aurora, Ill. COULTER, Rev. H., Bethany, Ill. COX, Rev. Henry, Donavon, Ill. CUMMINGS, Rev. Ernest W. Gillespie, Ill. DIBRELL, Rev. Harvey E., Chenoa, Ill. DIBBLE, Rev. Paul G., Chicago, Ill. DOUGLAS, Rev. Kenneth R., Pleasant Plains, Ill. DYCUS, Rev. Ernest M., Granite City, Ill. GLOSE, Rev. Ralph, Beardstown, Ill. GUTHRIE, Rev. Sidney A., Gibson City, Ill. HAGBERG, Rev. Arthur E., Downers Grove, Ill. HANBAUM, Rev. W.L., Belleville, Ill. HARMON, Rev. Dale, ALton, Ill. HOOVER, Rev. Lloyd F., Chicago Heights, Ill. HUNT, Rev. William, Woodland, Ill. KERN, Rev. Fred B., Sterling, Ill. KLEIHAUER, Rev. F. Hopkins, Chicago, Ill. KNOX, Rev. Kenneth C., CLinton, Ill. LAMBERT, Dr. Roy A., Roaring Spring, Pa LAMBERT, Rev. Russell W., Glencoe, Ill. LAWRENCE, Rev. Leland L., Champaign, Ill. LEIGHTY, Rev. Wayne, Sycamore, Ill. LIPP, Rev. K.A., Verona, Ill. LOERICH, Rev. Harold, Galena, Ill. LOWE, Rev. C.C., East St. Louis, Ill. MAGEE, Bishop J. Ralph, Chicago, Ill. MASON, Rev. J.A., Rushville, Ill. MARZAHN, Rev. Wilbert W., Port Byron, Ill. MERRILL, Rev. Milton, Dundee, Ill. MUHLEMAN, Rev. Richard, McLean, Ill. MYERS, Rev. Earl E., Granite City, Ill. NESMITH, Rev. A.C., Dixon, Ill. NYLIN, Rev. Henry G., Bloomington, Ill. NYSTRAND, Rev. P.O., Oak Park,Ill. OLSON, Rev. Harold E., Morrison, Ill. PITCHER, Rev. Dale, Lacon, Ill. PITSCH, Rev. Robert, Mazon, Ill. PLUMMER, Rev. Kenneth, Arthur, Ill. PURLY, Rev. Edgar B., Collinsville, Ill. RASCHE, Rev. William C., Chicago, Ill. ROBINSON, Rev. W.A., Carmi, Ill. ROGERS, Rev. Vance D., Brookfield, Ill. RUDD, Rev. Boyd L., Hoopeston, Ill. SAILOR, Rev. L.J., Carlinville, Ill. SAMUELSON, Rev. Francis W., Havana, Ill. SHARP, Rev. L. Dean, Roseville, Ill. SWEENEY, Rev. Ross, Chicago, Ill. SMITH, Rev. Clifford D., Savoy, Ill. STAUFFER, Rev. Eugene E., Marshall, Ill. TOLLEY, Rev. Clarence V., Salem, Ill. WALKINGTON, Rev. L.B., East Alton, Ill. WINN, Rev. Maurice, East St. Louis, Ill. YOUNG, Rev. Homer, Gillespie, Ill. | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks to a Group of Methodist Ministers from Illinois] | ||
| The President received the Executive Committee of the National Housing Conference: CAMPBELL, Mr. Wallace, Cooperative League of the U.S. EDELMAN, Mr. John, C.I.O. GEARY, Rev. Leo, Chairman, Buffalo Housing Authority and representing the National Conferance of Catholic Charities KEEHN, Rev. Thomas, Secretary, Department of Christian Citizenship, Council for Social Action of the Congrega- tional Christian Churches of the U.S.A. JOHNSON, Mr. Lee F., Executive Vice President, National Housing Conference, Washington, D.C. LINN, Mr. Olin, New Orleans business leader, President of the National Housing Conference MARGOLIN, Mrs. Olya, National Council of Jewish Women ROBBINS, Mr. Ira, New York Attorney, Chairman of the Board of the National Housing Conference SHISKIN, Mr. Borris or SEIDMAN, Mr. Bert (represented A.F.ofL.) GUSTE, Mr. William J. New Orleans attorney and former President and Board Chairman of the National Housing Conference HENDERSON, Mr. Elmer | ||
| (The Board to study Airport location and problems:) (Lt. Gen. James Doolittle, Retired) (Hon. Charles F. Horne, Administrator of Civil Aeronautics) (Hon. Paul Johnson, Executive Secretary of the Board) (General Robert Landry brought in LOWER WEST DOOR) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| The President received the winners of the Fifth Annual Voice of Democracy Contest: ADAMS, Alva, Vice President, U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce, Phila. CLARK, Mr. and Mrs. Dwight, Fort Collins, Colo. CLARK, Dwight, Jr., National "Voice of Democracy" winner ELDER, Oscar, National Association of Radio and Television Broad- casters, Washington, D.C. FRILOT, George A., III, New Orleans, La., National "Voice of Democracy" winner MASSELINK, Rev. and Mrs. Bruce, Burlington, Iowa MASSELINK, Gerrit, Burlington, Iowa MASSELINK, Mara Gay, Burlington, Iowa, National "Voice of Democracy" winner McGRATH, Dr. Earl J., U.S. Commissioner of Education, F.S.A. PAONE, Rev. John W., S.J., Canisius High School, Buffalo, N.Y. RICHARDS, Robert K., National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters, Washington, D.C. SECREST, James D., Radio-Television Manufacturers Association, Wash., D.C. SMITH, Dr. George Kerry, U.S. Office of Education, F.S.A. ZOLKIEWICZ, Thaddeus S., Buffalo N.Y., National "Voice of Democracy" winner (The President has honored the four high school winners of this competition each year by receiving them. Later at a special luncheon these winners are presented a scholarship check on behalf of the sponsors - National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters, Radio Television Manufacturers Association, and U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce.) | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks to the Winners of the Fifth Annual Voice of Democracy Contest] | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Mr. Harold Neiswender, Railroad Man of the Year Mr. Robert Drysdale, Jr., Executive Vice President, Federation for Railway Progress (Arranged at request of Hon. Frank McKinney. Mr. Neiswander is Night Ticket Agent for Great Northern Railroad, Spokane, Washington, and was chosen Railroad Man of the Year by the Federation for Railway Progress.) | ||
| Senator William Benton, Connecticut Congresswoman Frances Bolton, Ohio (Mrs. Bolton called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week from Ohio and asked for this.) | ||
| (Pre Press) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| General Ralph Truman Mr. William Taylor | ||
| Judge James D. Cooney, of Chicago (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week and asked for this) | ||
| (The President and Mrs. Truman left Blair House for Constitution Hall where they attended a concert of the National Symphony Orchestra at which Jascha Heifetz was soloist.) | ||
| (The President left Blair House for the Statler Hotel, where he was the guest of Mr. Frank Land at a Masonic Breakfast) | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks at a Masonic Breakfast] | ||
| Honorable J. Monroe Johnson, Member, Interstate Commerce Commission (Called Mr. Connelly Tuesday and asked for this) | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| (General Bedell Smith, Director, C.I.A.) (Hon. James Lay, Executive Secretary, National Security Council) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Frederick Lawton, Director, Bureau of the Budget (Fifteen minutes) | ||
| (Honorable Wayne Coy, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission) OFF THE RECORD (Called Mr. Connelly Monday and asked for this Off Record - Lower West Door.) | ||
| Honorable Gordon Gray (Wired Mr. Connelly from Chapel Hill, February 17th, stating he would be here today and wished to make final report to the President on Psychological Strategy Board matters.) | ||
| H.E. the Honorable P.C. Spender, Ambassador of Australia The Rt. Honorable Sir Arthur Fadden, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer of Australia (Honorable John F. Simmons) OFF RECORD The Ambassador requested this through Protocol) | ||
| Mr. Garland P. Bottom, Grand Monarch, Supreme Council, Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of Enchanted Realm Mr. Robert Espie, of Toronto, Canada Mr. Realff Ottesen, Chairman of Jurisprudence and Laws Committee (In Washington for Grand Masters' Conference and asked if might pay respects.) | ||
| The President received a group from the Navajo Tribal Council: MALONEY, Mr. Adolph~VALENTINE, Mr. Gray GORMAN, Mr. Howard~BRADLEY, Mr. Frank PARKER, Mr. Leo~BECENTI, Mr. Billy HUBBARD, Mr. George~BEYAL, Mr. Richard ~BECK, Mr. Clifford (The above are all Members of the Tribal Council and Advisory Committee) Also: DOTY, Hon. Dale, Assistant Secretary of the Interior MYER, Hon. Dillon S., Commissioner of Indian Affairs HARPER, Mr. Allan G., Area Director, Navajo-Hopi Area | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks to a Group from the Navajo Tribal Council] | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, the Under Secretary of State (Usual Thursday appointment, for State) | ||
| (The President left for the USS WILLIAMSBURG) | ||
| ON BOARD THE USS WILLIAMSBURG | ||
| ON BOARD THE USS WILLIAMSBURG | ||
| ON BOARD THE USS WILLIAMSBURG | ||
| Executive Orders: [10329 AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10318 (1) OF JANUARY 3, 1952, RELATING TO THE MISSOURI BASIN SURVEY COMMISSION] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President on the fourth Anniversary of Communist Control in Czechoslovakia] | ||
| (Mr. Paul Vincze, sculptor) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| BIG FOUR Honorable Alben Barkley, the Vice President Honorable Sam Rayburn, the Speaker of the House Senator Ernest W. McFarland, or Arizona Congressman John W.McCormack, of Massachusetts | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| Dr. James A. McCain, President of Kansas State College, and Mrs. McCain Mr. Kenny L. Ford, Alumni Secretary (Mr. Ford wrote to General Edgerton, asking if the President would see them while in Washington. Dr. McCain is the new President of the College) | ||
| Honorable W.W. Martin, Chairman of the Board, Farm Credit Administration of St. Louis (Wrote to Mr. Matthew Connelly saying he would be in Washington at this time, and asked if he might see the President) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (Honorable William Foster, Deputy Secretary of Defense) (General Edward Hull, Vice Chief of Staff) (Honorable Freeman Matthews, Deputy Under Secretary of State) (Honorable Alexis Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Far Eastern Affairs, State Department) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable Frederick Lawton, Director, Bureau of the Budget) (Honorable Elmer Staats, Assistant Director of the Budget) (Honorable William Foster, Deputy Secretary of Defense) (Mr. Theodore T., Jr., Assistant Director and Counsel, Mutual Security Agency) (Honorable Charles Murphy) OFF THE RECORD (Mr. Charles Murphy arranged for this OFF RECORD meeting on Foreign Aid Program) | ||
| (Mr. Marshal Andrews) OFF THE RECORD (Arranged by Mr. Joseph Short) | ||
| (Lt. Dennis Moore) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| AT THE BLAIR HOUSE (Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill, D.D.) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable Fred Vinson, The Chief Justice) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Paul Vincze, sculptor) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| Congressman Frank W. Boykin, Alabama (Wrote Mr. Connelly February 1st and asked if he might have an appointment with the President soon) | ||
| Congressman Phil J. Welch, Missouri (Called Mr. Connelly last week to say he had been in Missouri for two weeks and hoped might come in and tell the President about the trip) | ||
| Congressman Harold D. Cooley, North Carolina, and his sister, Mrs. Downey (Called Mr. Connelly last week and asked for this) | ||
| Senator Thomas C. Hennings, Jr., Missouri (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this | ||
| Congressman Abraham J.Multer, New York (Called Mr. Connelly last week and asked for this) | ||
| H.E. Leslie Knox Monro, the Ambassador of New Zealand (Newly appointed; to present credentials) | ||
| Honorable Oscar Chapman, The Secretary of the Interior | ||
| (The President and Mrs. Truman left from the Executive Office, for the Capitol, where they were guests at a luncheon given by Honorable Leslie Biffle) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Honorable Paul Walker, Acting Chairman, Federal Communications Commission (Called Mr. Connelly yesterday to ask for this) | ||
| Honorable James E. Lawrence, Chairman, Missouri Basin Survey Commission (Arranged at suggestion of Elmer Staats of Budget Bureau) | ||
| (Honorable Melvin Hildreth) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Robert Bartley) OFF THE RECORD (Mr. Dawson brought him in off the record) | ||
| (Mr. Richard Dougherty) OFF THE RECORD (Mr. Douglas W. Orr) (Of White House Renovation Commission; asked if might see the President, OFF RECORD: LOWER WEST DOOR) | ||
| Honorable W. Averell Harriman, Director of Mutual Security | ||
| (Major General D.W. McGowan) OFF THE RECORD (Mr. Rowley brought him in) | ||
| (Mr. Paul Vincze, sculptor) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The President left for the airport where, at 10:30 a.m. he met the Secretary of State [Dean G. Acheson] upon his return from Europe.) | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks Welcoming Secretaries Acheson and Snyder on Their Return from the NATO Conference in Lisbon] | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, the Secretary of State Honorable Robert A. Lovett, the Secretary of Defense The Joint Chiefs of Staff Honorable H. Freeman Matthews, Deputy Under Secretary of State Honorable Alexis Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State | ||
| Honorable Joseph Darst, Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri (Called Mr. Connelly last week and asked for this) | ||
| H.E.Mohammed Ali, the Ambassador of Pakistan (Newly appointed; presented credentials) | ||
| Honorable Anna M. Rosenberg, Assistant Secretary of Defense (One-half hour) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Honorable W. John Kenney (Nominated to be Deputy Director of Mutual Security, but not confirmed. Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange.) | ||
| Congressman Samuel W. Yorty, California (Asked for this some time ago, to discuss fisheries situation on West Coast) | ||
| Mr. Ed Dodd, Chairman, National Wildlife Week Mr. Claude Kelley, President, National Wildlife Federation Mr. Carl Shoemaker, Executive Director, National Wildlife Federation (Asked if might come in connection with annual observance of National Wildlife Week, March 16-22. Purpose to focus attention on America's natural resources program. Uses as symbol the Florida Key Deer, once plentiful but of which there are now only an estimated 30 or 40. Presented to the President an original sketch of deer drawn by Mr. Dodd) | ||
| Honorable Raymond W. Karst, former Congressman from Missouri (Called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| Honorable Harry McDonald, Chairman, R.F.C (Called Mr. Connelly yesterday and asked for this) | ||
| (Honorable H. Freeman Matthews, Deputy Under Secretary of State) (Honorable Alexis Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Paul Vincze, sculptor) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Senator Joseph O'Mahoney, Wyoming (Postponed from yesterday. Called Mr. Matthew Connelly and requested a few minutes with the President) |