Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
May 05, 1945
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| Mr. Merrill Meigs | ||
| Gen. Ira Eakers | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Former Congressman Marungue of Missouri | ||
| Went aboard USS POTOMAC for cruise | ||
| Returned to Blair House from cruise | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President on the Timing of the Announcement of the German Surrender] | ||
| Congr. Alfred L. Bulwinkle; Sen. James Tunnell; Sen. C. Douglass Buck; Sgt. Joseph P. Connor; Congr. Philip A. Traynor; Mrs. Dorothy Brown; Mrs. Nellie Church; Father Joseph Enright | ||
| Hon. Joseph C. Grew; Hon. William Clayton | ||
| Hon. D. Basil O'Connor | ||
| Maj. Gen. Arthur Wilson | ||
| (Bill Boyle) | ||
| Hon. L. Welch Pogue | ||
| Mr. W. G. Austin | ||
| Mr. W. Randolph Burgess; Mr. Harold Stonier | ||
| Dr. H. A. Millis | ||
| Hon. Vincent C. Burke | ||
| Commander Edward T. McCaffrey, Nat. Commander Catholic War Veterans; J. Fred Burns; Frederick J. Roy; William H. Cox; David C. Lee | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. George Schoeneman) | ||
| Hon. James F. Byrnes | ||
| Mr. Garret Whiteside | ||
| (Hon. Fred Vinson) | ||
| Moved from Blair House to White House | ||
| Executive Orders: [9549 DESIGNATION OF MRS. RUTH W. TALLEY AND MRS. ALICE M. GROVE TO SIGN LAND] | ||
| VE-DAY (Sixty-first birthday) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference In addition to Press the following guests were present: Mrs. Truman; Miss Margaret Truman; Gen Geo. C. Marshall; Adm. Ernest J. King; Adm. William D. Leahy; The Cabinet; Gen. Ira Eaker; Field Marshall Sir Maitland Wilson; Adm. Sir Percy Somervell; White House Secretariat [Public Papers] | ||
Radio Address announcing Peace in Europe [Public Papers] [ Audio excerpts: MP3 | QuickTime] |
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| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Calling for Unconditional Surrender of Japan] | ||
| [Public Papers: Messages to Allied Leaders and to General Eisenhower on the Surrender of Germany] | ||
| H.E. Dr. Oscar Ibarra Garcia; the Ambassador of the Argentine Republic | ||
| Mr. Edw. Loughlin; Mr. George H. Combs | ||
| Mr. Theodore Blegens | ||
| Mr. William B. Stone; Mr. Durries Crane; Mr. Winfrey Nathan; Mr. Martin Coffee -- Representing 40 and 8 Club | ||
| Mr. Bruce Campbell; Judge James T. Hallinan; Mr. James R. Nicholson | ||
| Gov. J. H. Davis, (La.) | ||
| Mr. Henry Bradley, Editor of St. Joseph, Mo. News | ||
| Mr. Barney Allis | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Hon. Bernard Baruch | ||
| (Mr. John Ferguson) | ||
| Dr. Jen Zien Huang | ||
| Mr. Robert Evans | ||
| Mr. Leslie Biffle | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing Bill Extending the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940] | ||
| Hon. Chester Bowles and Regional Administrators of O.P.A.: Eldon Shoup; Daniel P. Woolley; Birkett L. Williams; Alexander Harris; William Orth; Rae E. Walters; Richard Batterton; Charles Baird; James P. Davis; Richard Field; Maxwell McCullough; Ivan Carson; James G. Rogers | ||
| Congr. Jos. C. Baldwin | ||
| Congr. Hatton Sumners, Tex. | ||
| Congr. Cleveland M. Bailey, W.Va. | ||
| The Secretary of the Treasury [Henry Morgenthau, Jr.] | ||
| Hon. Leon Henderson | ||
| The Secretary of Commerce [Henry A. Wallace] | ||
| Vice Adm. Emory S. Land | ||
| Dr. F. D. Patterson; Pres. of Tuskegee University; Dr. Thomas E. Jones, President of Fisk | ||
| Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming | ||
| Presentation of first Forget-Me-Not by Disabled American Veterans: Mrs. Elsie F. Hendrick; Mr. Vivian D. Corbley; Mr. Foscolo C. Hendrick | ||
| Dr. Frederick B. Harris; Rt. Rev. Charles W. Flint | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Hon. Robert Hannegan | ||
| Mr. Edw. L. Scheufler and group of Insurance Commissioners: Mr. Newell Johnson; James McCormick; Frank J. Harrington; Robert Dineen; Maynard Garrison | ||
| Mrs. Anna R. Boettiger | ||
| Hon. Arthur Walsh | ||
| Hon. Monett Davis | ||
| Executive Orders: [9550 RELATING TO AERIAL FLIGHTS BY PERSONNEL OF THE COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY] | ||
| Hon. Joseph C. Grew; Hon. William Phillips; Gen. Julius Holmes | ||
| Hon. Charles Harwood, the Governor of the Virgin Islands | ||
| Sen. Olin D. Johnston, S.C. | ||
| M. Rene Pleven, the Minister of Economics of Provisional Government of France | ||
| (Mr. William Boyle; Mr. Irwin Jessen; Mr. Bernard O'Dowd; Mr. Fred Klecan) | ||
| Sen. Elbert D. Thomas | ||
| Hon. W. Averell Harriman | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Mr. Paul Fitzpatrick, the State Chairman for N.Y. | ||
| Gov. Mon Wallgren, Wash. | ||
| Hon. Joseph C. Grew; The Secretary of the Treasury [Henry Morgenthau, Jr.]; Hon. William Clayton; Hon. Daniel J. Bell; Hon. William Phillips | ||
| Gen. Walter F. George; Congr. Robert L. Doughton | ||
| Gen. George C. Marshall; Hon. Joseph C. Grew; Hon. William D. Leahy; Hon. William Phillips | ||
| (Hon. Lewis Douglas) | ||
| Hon. Harold D. Smith | ||
| (Hon. Robert Hannegan) | ||
| Gov. Maurice Tobin, Mass. | ||
| (Col. Frank Earhart) | ||
| The Secretary of War [Henry L. Stimson] | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Hon. Thomas Burke, Mayor of Cleveland | ||
| (Hon. Ed. Pauley) | ||
| (Hon. Fred Vinson) | ||
| (Hon. John W. Snyder) | ||
| (Mr. Georgey Pelley) | ||
| (Mr. George Allen) | ||
| Mother's Day and National Day of Prayer by Presidential Proclamation | ||
| Attended Religious Services in Chapel of Naval Medical Center with: Mrs. Truman; Miss Mary J. Truman; Mrs. Wallace; Miss Margaret Truman; Mr. Fred Wallace | ||
| Sen. George Radcliffe, Md. | ||
| Maj. Gen. Wm. J. Donovan | ||
| Hon. Jos. C. Grew, Acting Secretary of State; Secretary of War [Henry L. Stimson]; Adm. William D. Leahy; Adm. Richard Edwards; The Secretary of the Navy [James Forrestal]; Sen. Millard E. Tydings | ||
| H.E. Hon. Sergio Osmena, Pres. of the Philippines | ||
| Mr. S. L. Altschuler | ||
| Representatives of Gulf Ports Association: Mr. T. V. Standifer, Tampa; Mr. Greenville Mellen; Mr. E. O. Jewell; Mr. R. O. Baumbach; Mr. John Mayfield; Mr. John Dunn; Mr. M. C. Cunningham; Mr. F. H. Fredericks | ||
| Hon. Elmer Davis | ||
| Mr. Herbert Rivers |