Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
January 05, 1953
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.
| (Honorable Thomas Murray, Atomic Energy Commissioner) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Abraham Feinberg) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The President left the White House for the National Pres- byterian Church, where he attended a service of Intercession and Holy Communion for the convening Congress) | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Issuing Proclamation Enlarging the Olympic National Park] | ||
| (Mr. Pete Brandt) OFF THE RECORD (Mr. Tubby brought him in) | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| Hon. D. Basil O'Connor (Arranged by Mr. Lloyd - library matters) | ||
| The Secretary of Labor, Honorable Maurice Tobin and members of Graduating Class of Holy Cross Academy of Brookline, Mass. (The Secretary has brought in members of this Graduating Class for a number of years. No list and the Secretary cleared the girls at the gate) | ||
| Congressman Victor Wickersham, of Oklahoma (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this about ten days ago.) | ||
| Patricia O'Neil, aged six ) The March of Dimes Pamela O'Neil, aged five ) Poster Children for 1953 Honorable D. Basil O'Connor Mr. Bryson Rash Mr. Tom Wrigley Mrs. Clarence O'Neil Miss Trudy Whitman (Annual March of Dimes call on the President.) | ||
| Honorable Robert A. Lovett, the Secretary of Defense (Usual weekly appointment) | ||
| (Mr. John Mason Brown, of Saturday Review) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The President left for the Army and Navy Club to attend a Post Mortem Luncheon) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Congressman Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. (Was leaving for Europe on the 7th and wanted to say "goodbye" as would not be back before January 20th.) | ||
| (Honorable Paul A. Walker, Chairman, F.C.C.) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Stephen Mitchell, Chairman, Democratic National Committee (Usual Tuesday appointment; half hour) | ||
| (General W. Bedell Smith, Director, C.I.A.) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Edward Jacobson (The President gave a stag dinner at the White House for members of the Little Cabinet) | ||
| [Public Papers: Annual Message to the Congress on the State of the Union] | ||
| (Miss Doris Fleeson) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| (Honorable Dean Acheson, the Secretary of State) (Honorable W. Averell Harriman, Director for Mutual Security) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Senator Clinton P. Anderson, of New Mexico (Wrote Mr. Connelly early in December asking if when he returned to Washington he might talk to the President about Gila Wilderness in New Mexico) | ||
| Honorable Telford Taylor (Called Mr. Connelly last week and asked for this) | ||
| Congressman Michael J. Kirwan, Ohio (Called Mr. Connelly last week and asked for this) | ||
| H.E. Sir Roger Makins, the British Ambassador (Newly appointed; presented credentials.) | ||
| The Interstate Commerce Commissioners came in to pay their respects to the President, and the President in turn handed each of them signed photographs of himself. J. Haden Alldredge, Chairman William E. Lee Charles D. Mahaffie Walter M. W. Splawn William J. Patterson J. Monroe Johnson Richard F. Mitchell Hugh W. Cross James K. Knudson Martin K. Elliott Anthony F. Apaia | ||
| (The President left for the Capitol, where he attended the annual luncheon given by Congressman Cannon, of Missouri for the Missouri delegation.) | ||
| General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff | ||
| Mrs. Chaim Weizmann H. E. Mr.Abba Eban, the Ambassador of Israel (Mr. Feinberg asked that the President receive the Widow of the late President of Israel while she was in this country.) | ||
| H. E. Clarence Lorenzo Simpson, the Ambassador of Liberia (Asked for this through Protocol, stating he had been instructed to personally deliver a message to the President.) | ||
| Honorable Frederick Lawton, Director, Bureau of the Budget | ||
| Budget Seminar (In Press Conference Room of Old State Department) | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| Honorable Robert I. Millonzi, formerly with S.E.C. (Wrote Mr. Connelly he would be here at this time and wanted to pay respects.) | ||
| Honorable Oscar Ryder, Chariman, U.S. Tariff (Called Mr. Connelly and requested appointment to pay respects.) | ||
| Mr. Joseph Magee, of Kansas City | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Honorable John Foster Dulles (One half hour) | ||
| Mr. Frank Land | ||
| AT THE WHITE HOUSE - STUDY The Rt. Honorable Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of Great Britain | ||
| (The President left the White House for the Statler Hotel, where he attended the Truman Library Dinner) (Following the dinner, the President went to the British Embassy.) | ||
| Executive Orders: [10422 PRESCRIBING PROCEDURES FOR MAKING AVAILABLE TO THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING UNTIED STATES CITIZENS EMPLOYED OR BEING CONSIDERED FOR EMPLOYMENT ON THE SECRETARIAT OF THE UNITED NATIONS] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter Accepting Resignation of Robert A. Lovett as Secretary of Defense] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the President-Elect Forwarding Draft Order "Establishing Special Personnel Procedures in the Interest of the National Defense" | ||
| [Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress Transmitting Volume One of the Report of the President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President on the Change in the Public Debt During His Term of Office] | ||
| [Public Papers: Annual Budget Message to the Congress: Fiscal Year 1954] | ||
| (Mr. Isadore Bigus) OFF THE RECORD (Request of Mr. Edward Jacobson) | ||
| (Mr. Truman Felt) OFF THE RECORD (Mr. Tubby brought him in.) | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| (General W. Bedell Smith, Director, C.I.A.) (Admiral Sidney Souers, Advisor to the President) (Honorable James Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, National Security Council) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (All members present except the Vice President) | ||
| Senator Allen J. Ellender, Louisiana (Called Mr. Connelly on Monday and asked for this.) | ||
| Judge and Mrs. Finnis J. Garrett (To pay respects; Chief Judge, Court of Customs and Patent Appeals) | ||
| (H. E. Baron Silvercruys, the Ambassador of Belgium) OFF THE RECORD (General Graham asked in Silvercruys could come in and say "goodbye" to the President) | ||
| Honorable Daniel F. Cleary, Chairman, War Claims Commission Mrs. Cleary and two children Mr. Abraham Hyman, Genreal Counsel, War Claims Commission (Presented to the President supplemental report on War Claims; other members of Commission ill; Mr. Cleary brought his wife and two children for handshake) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Honorable James J. Wadsworth, Deputy Administrator, Civil Defense (Came in to talk about Executive Order concerning National Security) | ||
| Dr. John Myer Mr. Jake Arond Mr. Walter H. Maloney, Jr. Mr. Walter Maloney Thomas Patrick Maloney James J. Maloney Rabbi Jung Alexander A. Bernstein (American Bibical Encyclopedia Society representatives; presented to the President the first volume of TORAH SHELEMAH in English.) | ||
| (National Security Council) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Judge Samuel Rosenman) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The President left for the home of Mr. James Barnes, where he attended a birthday dinner in honor of former Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn of Texas.) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Honorable Frederick Lawton, Director, Bureau of the Budget) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mrs. Short) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Speech Writers) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| IN THE PRESIDENT'S STUDY: (Honorable Alben W. Barkley, the Vice President) (Honorable Stephen Mitchell, Chairman, Democratic National Committee) (Honorable Frank McKinney, former Chairman, Democratic National Committee) (Senator Lyndon Johnson, Texas, Minority Leader of the Senate) (Congressman Sam Rayburn, Texas, Minority Leader of House) (Congressman John McCormack, Massachusetts, Whip of House) OFF THE RECORD - Came in SOUTHWEST GATE | ||
| (The President left for the Carlton Hotel, where he attended a dinner of the White House News Photographers' Association) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Following this dinner, the President proceeded to the home of Honorable Clark Clifford, where he attended an OFF RECORD birthday party for the Chief Justice, Hon. Fred Vinson) | ||
| (Honorable James P. McGranery, the Attorney General) OFF RECORD (Mr. Charles Murphy, Consel to the President) (Two others) | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the Attorney General on the Grand Jury Investigation of the International Oil Cartels] | ||
| (Mr. John Hurling) OFF THE RECORD (Mr. Tubby brought him in) Mr. Hurling is with Labor Press | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| (Honorable Charles Swayer, and family) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| Honorable Stephen J. Spingarn, of Federal Trade Commission (Called Mr. Connelly last week and asked for this) | ||
| Congressman Edward J. Hart, New Jersey (Called Mr. Connelly last Friday and asked for this) | ||
| Brig. Gen. Louis W. Prentiss, Engineer Commissioner for the District of Columbia Brig. Gen. Bernard L. Robinson, former Engineer Commissioner for the District of Columbia (General Prentiss thanked the President for his appointment and General Robinson said "goodbye".) | ||
| Senator Herbert H. Lehman, of New York (Called Mr. Connelly last week and asked for this) | ||
| Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, of Wyoming (Called Mr. Connelly last week and asked for this) | ||
| Honorable Francis Biddle, former Attorney General (Asked to come in and talk about the Nobel Prize for Peace, with the President) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| (Eye Doctor) (45 minutes) | ||
| (Honorable Oswald Ryan) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. and Mrs. William Hillman) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Theodore Marks) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (The President left for the home of Judge Eugene Worley for an OFF THE RECORD stag dinner) | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter in Response to Report by the Chairman, National Security Resources Board] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter Accepting Resignation of Charles Sawyer as Secretary of Commerce] | ||
| [Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress Transmitting Report of the President's Commission on Immigration and Naturalization] | ||
| (Mr. James Daleo) OFF THE RECORD | ||
| (Mr. Carlton Kent of Chicago Sun) (Mr. Tubby brought him in OFF THE RECORD.) | ||
| (Staff) | ||
| Honorable Edmond Hanrahan (To pay respects and say goodbye) | ||
| Senator Tom Connally, Texas (Called late yesterday to request this) | ||
| Honorable Charles Brannan, the Secretary of Agriculture Mr. James Patton, President, National Farmers Union (Mr. Patton asked for this, stating the Secretary of Agriculture wanted to accompany him.) | ||
| Congresswoman Elizabeth Kee, of West Virginia James Kee, son (Mrs. Kee asked if might come in with son and tell the President goodbye) | ||
| Honorable Georgia Neese Clark, Treasurer of the United States Honorable Mabelle Kennedy, Assistant Treasurer (Asked if might come in to say goodbye) | ||
| (LUNCH) | ||
| Honorable Jack Gorrie, Chairman, N.S.R.B. and Mr. Edmond Welch (Asked for fifteen minutes today) |