Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman

January 13, 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.

3:15 pm	January 13, 1953	Congressman Robert Crosser, of Ohio (Called Mr. Connelly last week and asked for this)
3:30 pm	January 13, 1953	The President received the Joint Chiefs of Staff: General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff, USA Admiral William M. Fechteler, Cheif of Naval Operations General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Chief of Staff, USAF General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., USMC (Asked if might call and pay respects.)
7:00 pm	January 13, 1953	(The President attended a Little Cabinet Dinner at Anderson House) OFF THE RECORD
12:00 am	January 14, 1953	Executive Orders: [10423 CONFERRING A COMPETITIVE CIVIL-SERVICE STATUS UPON WILLIAM P. FRANCISCO WITHOUT REGARD TO THE COMPETITIVE PROVISIONS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS]
9:00 am	January 14, 1953	[Public Papers: Annual Message to the Congress: The President's Economic Report]
9:45 am	January 14, 1953	(Mr. Bill Costello) OFF THE RECORD (Mr. Tubby brought him in)
10:00 am	January 14, 1953	(Staff)
10:45 am	January 14, 1953	General James Doolittle, USAF, Reserve Mr. Edward E. Slattery, Jr., President, Aero Club of Washington (The 50th Anniversary Comittee, made up of all parts of aviation industry, in commemorating this significant year in aviation, is headed by General Doolittle. They have asked if the President would accept the first medal, struck in gold, in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Powered Flight. General Doolittle presented the medal.)
11:00 am	January 14, 1953	Honorable K. T. Leller, Director, Office of Guided Missles Major General K. D. Nichols (Asked if might come in to say goodbye)
11:15 am	January 14, 1953	Honorable Nellie Tayloe Ross, Director, Bureau of the Mint (Called Mr. Connelly last week and asked for this)
11:30 am	January 14, 1953	The President received a group from the Credit Union National Association, as follows: Charles F. Eikel, Madison, Wisconsin James W. Grant Joseph E. Blomgren Hubert M. Rhodes (To say goodbye and thank the President for all he has done for this group; also handed him check for the Truman Library, as token of appreciation.)
11:45 am	January 14, 1953	Honorable and Mrs. Cyrus Ching (To say goodbye)
12:00 pm	January 14, 1953	Congressman John F. Shelly, California Congressman Harlan Hagen, California Congressman John E. Moss, Jr., California Congressman Robert Condon, California (Congressman Shelly asked if might bring in these three newly elected Democratic Congressmen from California to meet the President.)
12:30 pm	January 14, 1953	Senator Harley M. Kilgore, of West Virginia Mr. Francis Coleman Rosenberger (Senator Kilgore asked if might bring Mr. Rosenberger in to give the President a copy of his book, "The Jefferson Reader", in which the President had expressed great interest.)
12:45 pm	January 14, 1953	Congressman Abraham J. Multer, of New York (Called Mr. Connelly last week and asked for this)
1:00 pm	January 14, 1953	(LUNCH)
3:00 pm	January 14, 1953	(Mr. Theodore Marks) OFF THE RECORD (The President told him to come in before he left.)
3:15 pm	January 14, 1953	Honorable Henry H. Fowler, Director of Defense Mobilization (Came in to say goodbye. President handed him picture of himself signed)
3:30 pm	January 14, 1953	Congressman John McCormack, of Massachusetts (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange)
3:45 pm	January 14, 1953	(Honorable Clark Clifford) OFF THE RECORD
4:30 pm	January 14, 1953	(Newsreels in the President's Office of the speech for tomorrow night)
7:30 pm	January 14, 1953	(The President and Mrs. Truman left the White House for a dinner engagement at the Georgetown home of the Secretary of State, Honorable Dean Acheson)
12:00 am	January 15, 1953	Executive Orders: [10424 AUTHORIZING COMPETITIVE STATUS FOR NORMAN E. PRINCE WITHOUT COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMPETITIVE PROVISIONS OF THE CIVIL SERVIE RULES AND REGULATIONS]
9:30 am	January 15, 1953	(Honorable John W. Snyder, the Secretary of the Treasury) OFF THE RECORD
9:45 am	January 15, 1953	(Mr. Bryson Rash) (Mr. Tubby brought him in OFF THE RECORD
9:48 am	January 15, 1953	(Mrs. W. A. Thomas & Miss Ella Cleary)
10:00 am	January 15, 1953	(Staff)
10:45 am	January 15, 1953	Honorable Charles F. Horne, Administrator, CAA (Presented the President with bound volume of report of CAA)
11:00 am	January 15, 1953	Honorable Gordon E. Dean, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission Honorable T. Keith Glennan, Member Honorable Thomas E. Murray, Member Honorable Sumner T. Pike, Member Honorable Henry D. Smyth, Member (Asked to come in and say "goodbye" to the President)
11:15 am	January 15, 1953	Honorable Benjami Cohen, of United Nations (Asked to pay respects and say "goodbye")
11:30 am	January 15, 1953	Honorable William H. Hastie, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third District
11:45 am	January 15, 1953	Honorable Stephen Mitchell, Chairman, Democratic National Committee (15 minutes)
12:00 pm	January 15, 1953	Captain Robert Burke, USNR, President of Reserve Officers Association Mr. Fred Warren, Vice President Honorable Frank Pace, the Secretary of the Army Honorable Earl Johnson, Assistant Secretary of the Army Colonel Charles M. Boyer, Executive Secretary, Reserve Officers Association Mr. Manchester, Editor, Reserve Officers' Magazine (The Armed Forces Reserve Medal has been authorized for issue to Reserve Officers, and the Association arranged with Secretary Pace to secure the first medal for presentation to the President.)
12:15 pm	January 15, 1953	Senator Dwight Griswold, Nebraska (Asked if might come in and pay respects to the President)
12:30 pm	January 15, 1953	Honorable Dean Acheson, the Secretary of State (Usual Thursday appointment)
1:00 pm	January 15, 1953	(LUNCH)
3:00 pm	January 15, 1953	(The President was photographed with his Staff in the Rose Garden) OFF THE RECORD
3:30 pm	January 15, 1953	(Pre Press)
4:00 pm	January 15, 1953	Press and Radio Conference
4:00 pm	January 15, 1953	[Public Papers: The President's Last News Conference]
10:30 pm	January 15, 1953	[Public Papers: The President's Farewell Address to the American People] [ Audio excerpts: MP3 Part 1 Part 2 ]
10:30 pm	January 15, 1953	The President made a Farewell Address to the Nation from his Executive Office over a Coast-to-Coast Radio and Television hookup.
12:00 am	January 16, 1953	Executive Orders: [10425 EXTENSIONS OF TIME RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN HOUSING]
12:00 am	January 16, 1953	Executive Orders: [10426 SETTING ASIDE SUBMERGED LANDS OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELF AS A NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVE]
12:00 am	January 16, 1953	Executive Orders: [10427 ADMINISTRATION OF DISASTER RELIEF]
8:00 am	January 16, 1953	[Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Issuing Order Setting Aside Submerged Lands of the Continental Shelf as a Naval Petroleum Reserve]
8:05 am	January 16, 1953	[Public Papers: Letter Accepting Resignation of Dean Acheson as Secretary of State]
8:10 am	January 16, 1953	[Public Papers: Letter Accepting Resignation of John W. Snyder as Secretary of the Treasury]
8:15 am	January 16, 1953	[Public Papers: Letter Accepting Resignation of James P. McGranery as the Attorney General]
8:20 am	January 16, 1953	[Public Papers: Letter Accepting Resignation of Jesse M. Donaldson as Postmaster General]
8:25 am	January 16, 1953	[Public Papers: Letter Accepting Resignation of Oscar Chapman as Secretary of the Interior]
8:30 am	January 16, 1953	[Public Papers: Letter Accepting Resignation of Charles F. Brannan as Secretary of Agriculture]
8:35 am	January 16, 1953	[Public Papers: Letter Accepting Resignation of Maurice J. Tobin as Secretary of Labor]
9:45 am	January 16, 1953	Honorable James A. Farley (Wrote Mr. Connelly he would be here at this time and wanted to drop by and see the President)
10:00 am	January 16, 1953	(Staff)
10:45 am	January 16, 1953	(General W. Bedell Smith, Director, C.I.A.) (Honorable James Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary, National Security Council) OFF THE RECORD (Admiral Sidney Souers, Advisor to the President)
11:00 am	January 16, 1953	Cabinet [Meeting] (All present except the Vice President)
12:00 pm	January 16, 1953	The President received the members of the Government Contract Compliance Committee to receive their final report: PALMER, Hon. Dwight, R.G., Chairman CAREY, Mr. James B. DAVIS, Mr. Dowdal H. ENGEL, Mr. Irving M. FORBES, Mr. Russell GALVIN, Hon. Michael J. HILL, Mr. Oliver W. SHISHKIN, Mr. Boris SMALL, Hon. John D. SMITH, Mr. Oscar S. Staff Members: BELLINGER, Miss Lenore B. HARDING, Malinda C. McEWEN, Constance S. MOORE, Ethel Lee PRICE, Annabelle ROACH, Mr. John M RUCKER, Alvin M. SEIDENBERG, Mr. Jacob GRANVILLE, Mr. Robert R.
12:15 pm	January 16, 1953	Judge Bennett Champ Clark, U. S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit (To pay respects and say "goodbye")
12:45 pm	January 16, 1953	The President received the representatives of the Park, Metropolitan and White House Police Forces to receive an honorary Police Badge.
1:00 pm	January 16, 1953	(LUNCH)
3:30 pm	January 16, 1953	The President and Mrs. Truman and Miss Margaret received a group of Government Officials to say "goodbye".
4:00 pm	January 16, 1953	The President, Mrs. Truman and Miss Margaret received the Members of the White House Staff to say "goodbye".
12:00 am	January 17, 1953	Executive Orders: [10428 DELEGATING TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT TO EMPOWER CERTAIN COMMANDING OFFICERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO CONVENE GENERAL COURTS-MARTIAL]
12:00 am	January 17, 1953	Executive Orders: [10429 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10179 (footnote 1) OF NOVEMBER 8, 1950, ESTABLISHING THE KOREAN SERVICE MEDAL]
12:00 am	January 17, 1953	Executive Orders: [10430 AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF MRS. BETH CAMPBELL SHORT TO THE COMPETITIVE POSITION WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS]
9:00 am	January 17, 1953	[Public Papers: Memorandum Concerning the Organization of the George C. Marshall Research Foundation, Inc]
10:00 am	January 17, 1953	Honorable Oscar Chapman and son (The Secretary of the Interior brought his young son in to see the President and to say "goodbye")
10:10 am	January 17, 1953	Senator Stuart Symington, of Missouri
10:15 am	January 17, 1953	Senator John F. Kennedy, of Massachusetts (To say "goodbye")
10:30 am	January 17, 1953	Honorable Oscar Ewing, Administrator, Federal Security Agency (To report on recent trip and to say "goodbye")
10:45 am	January 17, 1953	Honorable John W. Snyder, the Secretary of the Treasury
11:00 am	January 17, 1953	Honorable Louis Johnson (To say "goodbye")
11:15 am	January 17, 1953	(Honorable Frederick Lawton, Director, Bureau of the Budget) (Mr. Elmer Staats) OFF THE RECORD (Mr. Charles B. Stauffacher) (Asked to come over five minutes to say "goodbye")
1:00 pm	January 17, 1953	(LUNCH)
5:15 pm	January 18, 1953	(Honorable and Mrs. John W. Snyder) OFF THE RECORD (Madame Bonnett of the French Embassy)
12:00 am	January 19, 1953	Executive Orders: [10431 NATIONAL SECURITY MEDAL]
9:00 am	January 19, 1953	[Public Papers: Letter to the President-Elect Transmitting Report of the President's Committee on Government Contract Compliance]
9:05 am	January 19, 1953	[Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress on the Nation's Land and Water Resources]
9:00 am	January 20, 1953	[Public Papers: Letter to the President, American Federation of Government Employees, on the 70th Anniversary of the Merit System]