Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
March 31, 1952
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| BIG FOUR Honorable Alben W. Barkley, Vice President Honorable Sam Rayburn, The Speaker of the House Senator Ernest W. McFarland, of Arizona Congressman John W. McCormack, of Massachusetts | ||
| Staff | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, the Secretary of State (Usual Monday appointment) | ||
| (Cabinet Luncheon) OFF THE RECORD Honorable Alben W. Barkley, The Vice President Honorable Dean Acheson, The Secretary of State Honorable J. Howard McGrath, The Attorney General Honorable Jesse M. Donaldson, The Postmaster General Honorable Charles F. Brannan, The Secretary of Agriculture Honorable John W. Snyder, The Secretary of Treasury Honorable Charles Sawyer, The Secretary of Commerce Honorable Maurice J. Tobin, The Secretary of Labor Honorable Oscar L. Chapman, The Secretary of the Interior | ||
| (Honorable Frank Pace, Jr., The Secretary of the Army) LOWER WEST DOOR OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Oscar L. Chapman, The Secretary of Interior (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange - half hour) | ||
| (B.W. "Bill" Metzger) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| His Excellency Sir Oliver S. Franks, the British Ambassador Lord Samuel (The British Ambassador asked through Protocol if he might bring in Lord Samuel, who has been prominent in British public life throughout this century. Was Member of British Cabinet 1909, Home Secretary in Liberal Government of 1930-32. Has published number of widely-read books on philosophy; is in 82nd year and visiting this country in connection with Palestine Electric Company of which he is Chairman. Was High Commissioner in Palestine from 1920-1925. Was received by President Wilson in 1913 and by President Roosevelt in 1933 and 1936.) | ||
| Congressman Frank Chelf, of Kentucky Mr. Stephen A. Mitchell, counsel of Congressman Chelf's Committee (Mr. Mitchell only came in to shake hands at conclusion of the Congressman's appointment. Mr. Charles Murphy wrote Congressman Chelf from Key West that the President wanted to talk to him re the Congressman's request that his subcommittee be allowed to examine income tax returns of certain Government officials.) | ||
| (Mr. George Harrison, of Railroad Brotherhoods) (Mr. Michael Fox) (Mr. George Leighty) (Mr. T. C. Carroll) OFF THE RECORD (Mr. Harrison phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last Friday and asked for this OFF Record. Southwest Gate) HALF HOUR | ||
| Honorable George F. Kennan, the American Ambassador to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) (Asked for this through Protocol) | ||
| His Royal Highness Prince Wan Waithayakon, the Ambassador of Thailand (Appointed Foreign Minister of Thailand and asked through Protocol to see the President prior to departure.) | ||
| Admiral William D. Leahy | ||
| Honorable William C. Foster, the Deputy Secretary of Defense (Usual Tuesday appointment. Mr. Robert Lovett away and Mr. Foster came in his place.) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Honorable Alben W. Barkley, The Vice President | ||
| (Mr. James Daleo and son) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable Frank McKinney) (Usual Tuesday appointment; Mr. McKinney asked it be OFF THE RECORD, LOWER WEST DOOR) | ||
| Honorable Myron Taylor (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly from New York yesterday to ask for this) | ||
| (Mr. Ed McKim) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable Charles Sawyer, The Secretary of Commerce) (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday and asked for this) LOWER WEST DOOR, OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| Congressman Sidney R. Yates, Illinois (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly sometime ago to ask for this, stating it had to do with political matter in his district) | ||
| Senator Dennis Chavez, New Mexico (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week, stating he had a number of things to discuss with the President) | ||
| (Honorable Telford Taylor, Administrator, Small Defense Plants Administration) (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange) LOWER WEST DOOR, OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable J. Howard McGrath, The Attorney General (The President asked him to come in) | ||
| The President took part in a ceremony in connection with the new United States postage Stamp on NATO The following were present: Honorable Dean G. Acheson, The Secretary of State Honorable Jesse M. Donaldson, The Postmaster General Honorable W. Averell Harriman (The President autographed a sheet of these stamps to the Chief of State of each of the other NATO countries: Mr. John Simmons came over ahead of the ceremony and showed the President where they wanted the sheets of stamps signed) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. W. L. Bouchard, of Flat River, Missouri) (Mr. T. J. Watkins) (Mr. Andrew Fletcher) (Mr. Wormser) OFF THE RECORD (Came to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and saw the President) | ||
| (General W. Bedell Smith, Director, Central Intelligence Agency) (Honorable James Lay, Executive Secretary, National Security Council) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The President and Mrs. Truman left the White House for Airport, to welcome Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard) | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks of Welcome to Queen Juliana of the Netherlands at the Washington National Airport] | ||
| (The President and Mrs. Truman left the White House for Carlton Hotel, for dinner they gave in honor of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard) The following were present: The President and Mrs. Truman H.M. The Queen of the Netherlands HRH The Prince of the Netherlands Baroness van Boetzelaer van Oosterhout - Dame du Palais H.E. Dr. D. U. Stikker - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands H.E. The Amb. of the Netherlands and Madame van Roijen H.E. Jonkheer Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer - Grand Officer of H.M. Dr. W. van Tets - Chamberlain Miss M. Tellegen - Director of the Cabinet of Her Majesty Jonkvrouwe C. E. B. Roell - Lady-in-Waiting Lieut. Comdr. J. G. Stegeman - Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty The Vice President and Mrs. Alben Barkley The Chief Justice and Mrs. Fred Vinson The Speaker (Sam Rayburn) The Secretary of State and Mrs. Dean Acheson The Attorney General and Mrs. J. Howard McGrath The Postmaster General and Mrs. Jesse Donaldson The Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Oscar Chapman Mrs. Charles F. Brannan The Secretary of Commerce (Charles Sawyer) Hon. W. Averell Harriman Sen. and Mrs. Tom Connally Sen. Alexander Wiley Mrs. Philip D. Bradley, Jr. Rep. and Mrs. James P. Richards Rep. Charles A. Eaton Hon. and Mrs. Joseph Short Hon. and Mrs. George W. Perkins Hon. and Mrs. John F. Simmons Hon. and Mrs. Selden Chapin (Amb.) Mrs. James M. Helm Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Sanders - Netherlands press representative Mr. and Mrs. Merriman Smith - American press representative Rear Adm. and Mrs. Emmet P. Forrestal Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Harry H. Vaughan Rear Adm. and Mrs. Robert L. Dennison Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Robert B. Landry | ||
| [Public Papers: Toasts of the President and Queen Juliana] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10336 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9586 (1) OF JULY 6, 1945, ESTABLISHING THE MEDAL OF FREEDOM] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10337 AMENDMENT OF THE REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE APPOINTMENT OF PASTMASTERS OF THE FOURTH CLASS] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to Secretary Acheson on Requests for Information on the Administration of the Loyalty-Security Program] | ||
| (Honorable John R. Steelman, Assistant to the President) (Honorable Roger L. Putnam, Director Economic Stabilization Agency) (Honorable Ellis Arnall, Office of Price Stabilization) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| (Mr. Clayton Fritchey, Director, Office of Public Information) (Mr. Joseph Short) (Arranged by Mr. Joseph Short, who brought Mr. Fritchey in) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Jack Gorrie, Chairman, N.S.R.B. (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly on Monday to ask for this) | ||
| (Mr. Paul Shields) (Arranged at request of Mr. John Sullivan. Mr. Shields is a New York banker)LOWER WEST DOOR OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Dr. Daniel Poling, Editor, Christian Herald (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday to ask for this) | ||
| Senator Kenneth McKellar, Tennessee Honorable Tom Stewart, former Senator from Tennessee Honorable Herbert S. Walters, Democratic National Committeeman for Tennessee (Senator McKellar called Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday to ask for this) | ||
| Honorable Howard H. Tewksbury, American Ambassador to Paraguay (Is retiring and asked, thru Protocol, to call on the President) | ||
| Honorable Clarence E. Meyer, Personal Representative of President to head special economic mission to Korea | ||
| (Private Luncheon for Queen Juliana and Entourage) The following were present: The President and Mrs. Truman Her Majesty The Queen of the Netherlands His Royal Highness The Prince of the Netherlands Baroness van Boetzelaer van Oosterhout - Dame du Palais H. E. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Madame Stikker H. E. The Ambassador of the Netherlands and Madame van Roijen Honorable and Mrs. John F. Simmons Honorable and Mrs. Selden Chapin H.E. Jonkheer Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer - Grand Officer of H. M. Dr. W. van Tets - Chamberlain Miss M. Tellegen - Director of the Cabinet of Her Majesty Baron van Heeckeren van Molecaten - Private Secretary to Her Majesty Dr. F. A. de Graaff - Private Secretary to His Royal Highness Jonkvrouwe C. E. B. Roell - Lady-in-Waiting Mrs. James M. Helm Major C. C. Geertsema - Aide-de-Camp to His Royal Highness Lieut. Comdr. J. G. Stegeman - Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty | ||
| (Ted Marks) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Pre Press) | ||
| Press & Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| (General Omar Bradley) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Executive Orders: [10338 COORDINATION PROCEDURES UNDER SECTION 507 OF THE MUTUAL SECURITY ACT OF 1951] | ||
| (Mr. James McCahey, of Chicago) OFF THE RECORD (Came to see Mr. Connelly and saw the President OFF THE RECORD.) | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| (Honorable Allan [Allen] Dulles, Deputy Director of C.I.A.) (Honorable James Lay, Executive Secretary, National Security Council) OFF THE RECORD (General W. Bedell Smith still out of town) | ||
| Honorable Elbert D. Thomas, High Commissioner of the Trust Territory (Called Mr. Connelly last week and asked for this.) | ||
| (The President left for Constitution Hall, where he addressed a meeting commemorating the Third Anniversary of the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty.) | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks at Ceremony Commemorating the Third Anniversary of the Signing of the North Atlantic Treaty] | ||
| (The President returned to the Executive Office) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (The President and party left the White House for Meridian Hill Park for ceremonies in connection with the presentation of a carillon, a gift from the people of the Netherlands to the people of the United States.) | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks on Accepting a Carillon Presented to the People of the United States by the People of the Netherlands] | ||
| Honorable James McGranery, newly nominated Attorney General | ||
| (The President and Mrs. Truman left the White House for the Netherlands Embassy, where they attended a dinner given in their honor by Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard.) | ||
| Executive Orders: [10339 EXTENSIONS OF TIME RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN HOUSING] | ||
| (Mr. Eben Ayers) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Admiral Robert Dennison) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Charles Murphy) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable Robert A. Lovett, the Secretary of Defense) OFF THE RECORD (Lower West Door) | ||
| (Honorable Frank McKinney, Chairman, Democratic National Committee) OFF THE RECORD (Lower West Door) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The President remained at home in the White House.) | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Urging Prompt Action on the Emergency Powers Continuation Act] | ||
| BIG FOUR Honorable Alben Barkley, the Vice President Honorable Sam Rayburn, the Speaker of the House Honorable Ernest W. McFarland, Majority Leader of the Senate Honorable John W. McCormack, Majority Leader of the House | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| Mr. Jacob Blaustein (Called Mr. Connelly from Baltimore last week and asked for this.) | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, the Secretary of State (Usual Monday appointment) | ||
| (Mr. Joseph Feeney) (Miss Helen Feeney) OFF THE RECORD (Miss Troy) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Honorable Frank Pace, the Secretary of the Army Honorable J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff, U.S.A. Major General Frederick A. Irving, Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, West Point Cadet Captain Gordon D. Carpenter Colonel John Beishline, Liaison Officer, Dept. of Defense Warrent Officer Wingfield, photographer Sergeant Hall (Arranged at suggestion of Chief of Staff; invited the President to come to West Point on May 20th and make a speech on the occasion of the Sesquicentennial Jubilee Convocation.) | ||
| Congressman Richard Bolling, Missouri (Called Mr. Connelly last week and asked for this.) | ||
| (Mr. Theodore Marks) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Paul Fitzpatrick, Democratic State Chairman, New York (Called Mr. Connelly last week and asked for this.) | ||
| Honorable George Allen Senator Clinton Anderson, of New Mexico (Called Mr. Connelly last week and asked for this.) | ||
| Honorable Eugene M. Zuckert, Atomic Energy Commission (Asked if he might come in and thank the President for his appointment to AEC) | ||
| Executive Orders: [10340 DIRECTING THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE TO TAKE POSSESSION OF AND OPERATE THE PLANTS AND FACILITIES OF CERTAIN STEEL COMPANIES] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10341 DISCONTINUING THE ROSE ISLAND AND THE TUTUILA ISLAND NAVAL DEFENSIVE SEA AREAS AND NAVAL AIRSPACE RESERVATIONS] | ||
| [Public Papers: Veto of Bill Relating to the Greenfields Division of the Sun River Irrigation Project, Montana] | ||
| (Honorable W. Averell Harriman, Director for Mutual Security) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Mon C. Wallgren (Called Mr. Connelly) | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| Honorable Frederick Lawton, Director, Bureau of the Budget (Half-hour) | ||
| (Honorable David Niles) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Congressman Clark Thompson, Texas (The Congressman was leaving for Texas on April 9th and asked to see the President before that time.) | ||
| Honorable Morgan Moulder, Congressman from Missouri (The Congressman was leaving for Missouri and wanted to come in) | ||
| Honorable Ellsworth Bunker, newly appointed American Ambassador to Italy (In city April 7th to 9th and asked through State to see the President.) | ||
| Mr. Alfred Kirsch (Mr. Kirsch is President and Treasurer of the West Disinfecting Company. Called Mr. Connelly.) | ||
| Honorable Robert A. Lovett, the Secretary of Defense (Usual weekly appointment) |