Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
May 05, 1952
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.
| Mr. Joseph Moloney, Regional Directors, CIO Steelworkers Mr. Joseph Germano Mr. John Doherty (The above Regional Directors, CIO Steelworkers called on the President at the request of President Murray, CIO, invited the President to attend their forthcoming convention) | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, The Secretary of State (Usual Monday appointment - half hour) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Press and Radio Reception at the White House | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| Honorable Mabelle Kennedy, Assistant Treasurer of the United States (Called Mr. Connelly in April and asked if might pay respects and thank the President for her appointment.) | ||
| Honorable Frederick Lawton, Director, Bureau of the Budget (One-half hour) | ||
| (General of the Army Omar N. Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Joseph F. Guffey, former Senator from Pennsylvania (Called Mr. Connelly last week and asked for this.) | ||
| Honorable James M. Mead, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission Honorable Stephen J. Spingarn, Member (Chairman Mead asked Mr. Connelly if they might come in and discuss the oil report with the President.) | ||
| Honorable William J. Sebald, American Ambassador to Burma (Newly appointed; asked through Protocol if he might pay respects to the President before departing for post.) | ||
| Honorable Robert A. Lovett, the Secretary of Defense (Usual Tuesday appointment) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Mr. Frank Barker, Head of Highway Commission, State of Illinois | ||
| (Honorable Frank McKinney, Chairman, Democratic National Committee) (Usual Tuesday half-hour appointment) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable W. Averell Harriman, Mutual Security Director) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The President left the White House for the Statler Hotel, where he "dropped in" at the Twenty-first Annual Banquet of the National Housing Conference.) | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks at the 21st Annual Banquet of the National Housing Conference] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President on General Ridgway's Korean Armistice Proposal] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to Henry H. Fowler on His Assumption of the Post of Administrator of the Defense Production Administration] | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| H.E. Nasrollah Entezam, the Ambassador of Iran (Has been recalled by his Government and asked, through Protocol, to pay respects to the President.) | ||
| (Honorable Maple Harl, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) OFF THE RECORD (Called Mr. Connelly last week and asked for this Off Record. Lower West Door.) | ||
| (Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Holland and daughter, of St. Louis, Missouri) OFF THE RECORD (Came to see Mr. Connelly and saw the President Off Record. Mr. Holland in Washington for National Housing Conference.) | ||
| Honorable Oscar Chapman, the Secretary of the Interior Honorable Munoz Marin, the Governor of Puerto Rico (Arranged at request of Secretary of the Interior) | ||
| Honorable Franz Jonas, the Mayor of Vienna, Austria Honorable David L. Lawrence, Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Mayor Lawrence called Mr. Connelly April 22nd, and asked if he might bring in the Mayor, who is also Governor of Vienna, Austria. (Vienna is both a State and City and joint title is used.) Mr. Connelly checked with State Department, which approved.) | ||
| Honorable Abe Murdock, National Labor Relations Board (Former Senator from Utah; asked if Mr. Connelly would allow him to come in and discuss with the President the political situation in Utah. Indicated there is a slight chance he may reenter politics.) | ||
| Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt (In town and asked if might have ten or fifteen minutes with the President.) | ||
| The President received the "Driver of the Year", Mr. Allen C. Sagerhorn, of Barnesville, Minnesota. BELSON, Walter, Director of Public Relations CAMINATE, Ludwig, Jr., Consultant to Secretary Sawyer DUNMAN, W. R., Associate Director, President's Highway Safety Confer- ence LAWRENCE, John, Managing Director, American Trucking Association LENNARTSON, Nils A. OSTHAGEN, Hon. Clarence H., Asst. Secretary of Commerce SAWYER, Honorable Charles, Secretary of Commerce SONTHEIMER, John, Director of Safety (At request of Secretary of Commerce [Charles Sawyer], who presented him to the President. Mr. Sagerhorn chosen by American Trucking Assn., Inc. for this year's award for saving unconscious boy from burning car at risk of own life.) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Press and Radio Reception at the White House | ||
| (Pre Press) | ||
| [Public Papers: Press and News Conference] | ||
| Mrs. Eleanor Wilson McAdoo (Called Mr. Connelly Tuesday and asked if might see the President on a personal matter of grave importance to her.) | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wall, of Norwalk, Connecticut Mr. and Mrs. George McLachlan (Mrs. Wall's parents) Mr. John Lane, Assistant to Senator McMahon (At request of Senator McMahon; Mr. McLachlan is hat manufacturer from Norwalk, Connecticut, and has given the President several fur felt hats.) | ||
| Judge David Edelstein (Called Mr. Connelly last week from New York and asked for this.) | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, the Secretary of State (Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| (The President posed in the Rose Garden for pictures on his birthday with Mrs. Truman and Miss Margaret Truman) | ||
| (LUNCHEON in the Dining Room of the Executive Office with the Aides and Members of the Staff.) | ||
| H.E. Senor Felix Nieto del Rio, the Ambassador of Chile Honorable Edward G. Miller, Jr., Assistant Secretary of State | ||
| (Honorable John W. Snyder, the Secretary of the Treasury) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Oak Hunter, of Moberly, Missouri) (Mr. Ralph Wilson, of St. Louis) OFF THE RECORD (Old friends, to shake hands - here attending Transportation Congress.) | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| (General W. Bedell Smith, Director, C.I.A.) (Honorable James Lay, Executive Secretary, National Security Council) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (Under Secretary Bruce from State; Mr. Perlman for Justice; Commerce not represented; Mr. W. Averell Harriman late. Former Attorney General J. Howard McGrath present at opening of Cabinet and was presented with his Cabinet Chair.) | ||
| Rear Admiral James Foskett, USN (Told the President "goodbye" before leaving for assignment in Norway.) | ||
| Congressman MIke Mansfield, Montana (Called Mr. Connelly last week and asked for this.) | ||
| H.E. Carlos P. Romulo, the Ambassador of the Philippines (Presented to the President a new narra table, a gift from the people of the Philippines, to take the place of the old one which had become badly cracked, and now used in the Lobby of the Executive Office.) | ||
| Mr. Ed Loughlin Judge Thomas Corcoran | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| The Judicial Reception at the White House | ||
| Honorable James Bruce | ||
| (The President had lunch aboard the USS WILLIAMSBURG) | ||
| The President remained at home with his family. | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to Committee Chairmen Urging Action on Bills To Encourage Voting by Servicemen] | ||
| BIG FOUR Honorable Alben W. Barkley, the Vice President Honorable Sam Rayburn, the Speaker of the House Senator Ernest W. McFarland, Arizona Congressman John W. McCormack, of Massachusetts | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| Mr. George S. Sealmeyer, of California Grange (Secretary Charles F. Brannan asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange; to pay respects.) | ||
| (Mr. J. V. Conran) OFF THE RECORD (Came to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and saw the President Off Record, at request of Judge Roy Harper.) | ||
| (Mr. William Evjue, Publisher of Capitol Times, Madison, Wisconsin) OFF THE RECORD (Mr. Joseph Short brought Mr. Evjue in Off Record.) | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, the Secretary of State (Usual Monday appointment) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Congressional Reception at the White House | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| Honorable Jonathan Daniels (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly from Raleigh last week.) | ||
| (Senator Thomas C. Hennings, Jr., of Missouri) OFF THE RECORD (Asked to come in sometime Off Record to discuss Missouri politics. LOWER WEST DOOR.) | ||
| Congressman Joe B. Bates, of Kentucky Mr. D. Aronberg, Mayor of Ashland, Kentucky Mr. John Woods, banker Mr. Harry Lavier, coal operator Mr. P. R. Richards Mr. J. T. Norris Mr. Hiram Redman (Congressman Bates, as well as Congresman Cannon, of Missouri, urged Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange this, to discuss possibility of an atomic plant being located in Kentucky.) | ||
| Congressman Brent Spence, of Kentucky (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week and asked for this.) | ||
| H.E. Dr. Leopold Figl, the Chancellor of Austria Honorable Dean Acheson, the Secretary of State Honorable George W. Perkins, Assistant Secretary of State H.E. Dr. Max Loewenthal-Chlumecky, the Ambassador of Austria Mr. Imhoff (a foreign service officer - interpreter) (To pay respects.) | ||
| Honorable George A. Garrett, former American Ambassador to Ireland (Going to Ireland on official mission for Red Cross and asked, through Protocol, if might see the President before departure.) | ||
| Honorable Robert A. Lovett, the Secretary of Defense (Usual weekly half-hour appointment.) | ||
| (LUNCHEON in honor of the Chancellor of Austria at which the following were present at the White House: The President H.E. The Chancellor of Austria H.E. the Ambassador of Austria The Speaker of the House, Hon. Sam Rayburn The Secretary of State, Hon. Dean Acheson Admiral Robert Dennison The Secretary of Defense, Hon. Robert A. Lovett The Secretary of Agriculture, Hon. Charles Brannan The Secretary of Commerce, Hon. Charles Sawyer Senator Tom Connally Senator Alexander Wiley Congressman Charles A. Eaton Congressman Thomas S. Gordon Hon. George W. Perkins, Asst. Secretary of State | ||
| Honorable Oscar Chapman, the Secretary of the Interior (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange) | ||
| Senator Lister Hill, Alabama (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday and asked for this.) | ||
| Mr. Russell Patterson, President of the Cartoonists' Society Mr. Milton Caniff, former President Mr. Harry Hershfield (Arranged at request of the Secretary of the Treasury; this group from the Cartoonists' Society to present to the President a bust of Abraham Lincoln for the Truman Library.) (The President worked on a speech for the remainder of the afternoon.) | ||
| Executive Orders: [10350 ESTABLISHING A SEAL FOR THE FEDERAL CIVIL DEFENSE ADMINISTRATION] | ||
| Congressman Clinton D. McKinnon, California (Called Mr. Connelly Monday and asked for this.) | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| Congressman James B. Frazier, Jr., of Tennessee (Called Mr. Connelly last week and asked for this, stating he wished to discuss a Judgeship with the President.) | ||
| Honorable Thomas K. Finletter, Secretary of the Air Force (Called Mr. Connelly last week and asked for this.) | ||
| Honorable Renah Comalier, D.C. Commissioner (Thanked the President for his appointment.) | ||
| Honorable George P. Shaw, American Ambassador to Paraguay (Newly appointed to this post and asked, through Protocol, to pay respects to the President before departure.) | ||
| Honorable Myron Taylor (Called Mr. Connelly Monday from New York.) | ||
| H.E. Dr. Aurelio Fernandez Concheso, the Ambassador of Cuba (Newly appointed; presented credentials.) | ||
| (Honorable Burton K. Wheeler) OFF THE RECORD (Called Mr. Connelly last week and asked for this; lower west door.) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Army, Navy and Air Force Reception at the White House | ||
| (The President left for the Shoreham Hotel, where he "dropped in" on a dinner being given by the Civil Air Patrol for Members of Congress.) | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks at a Dinner for the Members of Congress Given by the Civil Air Patrol] | ||
| Executive Orders: [10351 DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN PERSONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ISSUING PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY TO CERTAIN VESSELS ABROAD] | ||
| (Honorable W. Averell Harriman, Mutual Security Director) OFF RECORD | ||
| (The President, accompanied by Messrs. Joseph Short, Donald Dawson, David Bell, David Stowe, Richard Neustadt, and General Harry Vaughan, Admiral Robert Dennison, and General Robert Landry, left for Sylvan Theatre, where he spoke briefly at Sixth Annual Honor Awards Program of the Department of Agriculture.) | ||
| [Public Papers: Address at the Sixth Annual Honor Awards Program of the Department of Agriculture] | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| (Mr. Martin Lewis) OFF THE RECORD (Came to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and saw the President Off Record.) | ||
| Honorable James G. Patton, National Farmers Union (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly Tuesday and asked for this.) | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, Secretary of State (Usual Thursday appointment.) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Honorable James T. Blair, Jr., Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly from Jefferson City a week ago and asked for this.) |