Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
June 14, 1946
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| (Mr. Lowell Mason) | ||
| (Mr. James Suddath) | ||
| The Postmaster General [Robert E. Hannegan] (Honorable George Allen) | ||
| Lt. General Hoyt S. Vandenberg Rear Admiral Sidney Souers | ||
| The President presented the Congressional Medal of Honor to: First Lieutenant John H. Leims, U.S.M.C. Reserve Technical Sergeant John W. Meagher, U.S.A. Technical Sergeant Beauford T. Anderson, U.S.A. Sergeant Alejandro R. Ruiz, U.S.A. Private First Class Dirk J. Vlug, U.S.A. The following officers will accompany the recipients' parties as escorts: Captain Arthur L. Burnham Captain Lezelle Gonano First Lieutenant James R. Maxedon First Lieutenant Joseph R. Wingard There is a list of official guests who have been invited by the War Department. This is as follows: Senator Albert W. Hawks, New Jersey; Mr. William Lehr Senator Albert W. Smith, New Jersey; Mr. Guy Peterson Representative William H. Stevenson, Wisconsin; Pv't Joe Olivas Representative Bartel J. Jonkman, Michigan Representative Antonio Fernadez, New Mexico Secretary of War, Mr. Robert P. Patterson General Dwight D. Eisenhower; Asst. Secretary of War Petersen General Thomas T. Handy; St. Sgt. Peter G. Bolger General Jacob L. Devers Cong. Albert Ewing Thomason, Texas Guests of Technical Sergeant John W. Meagher: Mrs. Ann C. Meagher Mrs. Kathryn Heeman Mr. Thomas V. Meagher Mr. Daniel Meagher Mrs. Margaret Crimmins Mrs. Theresa Fehr Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lomholt Mr. and Mrs. Crimmins Reverend Shovlin Staff Sergeant Beauford T. Anderson's Guests: Mr. William Anderson; Mrs. Marie Kaidor Mrs. Guy Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Carl Turben Miss Helen Anderson Guests of Sergeant Alejandro R. Ruiz: Mrs. Alejandro R. Ruiz Mrs. Atilana R. Velasquez Miss Lucia R. Ruiz Mrs. Selza R. Gonzales Miss Belen R. Velasquez Miss Petro R. Velasquez Mr. Marco S. Licon Guests of Private First Class Dirk J. Vlug: Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Vlug Miss Angie Sikkema Mrs. Wesslina DeRoos Miss Alida Vlug Mr. Peter H. Vlug Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brummels The following is a list of names of those invited by the Navy Department: Captain W. R. Smedburg, USN, Aide to Sec. of Navy Honorable James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy Senator C. Wayland Brooks, United States Senate Senator Scott W. Lucas, United States Senate Representative William W. Link, House of Representatives Fleet Admiral C. W. Nimitz, U.S.N., Chief of Naval Operations General A. A. Vandegrift, U.S.M.C., Commandant of Marine Corps Commander E. B. Fluckey, U.S.N., Aide to Chief of Naval Operations Lieut-Colonel D. W. Stonecliffe, U.S.M.C., Aide to Commandant of USMC Mr. and Mrs. Ambrase Leims (parents of Lieutenant Leims) Warrant Office Norman O. Saunders, U.S.M.C. (escort) First Lieutenant John H. Leims, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, recipient of Medal of Honor. A party of forty disabled soldiers and their attendants from Walter Reed Hospital have been invited to attend the ceremony, escorted by Lieutenant Colonel James T. McGibony. | ||
| The Attorney General [Tom C. Clark] Honorable Joseph Keenan | ||
| (Honorable Paul Porter) | ||
| Hon. Oscar Chapman, the Under Secretary of the Interior | ||
| (No appointment list given out) | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the Chairmen, Congressional Committees on Military and Naval Affairs on Unification of the Armed Forces] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the Secretaries of War and Navy on Unification of the Armed Forces] | ||
| The President left at 6.15 for home of Hon. Joseph E. Davies who gave picnic supper at their estate, in honor of members of the Gridiron Club and their wives in honor of Raymond P. Brandt, President of Gridiron Club. | ||
| The President walked to First Baptist Church on "O" Street and attended services. | ||
| Sunday dinner at the White House with the Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Fred Vinson and Mr. John W. Snyder | ||
| Attended cocktail party at home of Under Secretary Navy Sullivan | ||
| The President went to Watergate to Concert celebrating their 10th Anniversary of the National Symphony Orchestra -- sat in car for several numbers. | ||
| Executive Orders: [9737 REVOKING SECTION 3 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 3928 OF APRIL 8, 1942, RELATING TO THE STABILIZATION OF WAGES, PRICES, AND SALARIES] | ||
| Sen. Kenneth McKellar, Tenn. Sen. Alben W. Barkley, Ky. Speaker Sam Rayburn, Tex. (Congressman McCormack was in Massachusetts for the Primaries) | ||
| Major General Philip B. Fleming, Administrator Federal Works Agency (Asked for the appointment) | ||
| Honorable Wilson Wyatt, National Housing Administrator (Asked for the appointment) | ||
| Brig. General Donald B. Adams Brig. General Edmund S. Bres Colonel Lloyd E. Lindley (Brig. General Donald B. Adams is President of The Reserve Officers Association. The appoint- ment was arranged by General Harry Vaughan.) | ||
| (Honorable Paul Porter) Congressman Paul Brown, Georgia (When Paul Porter saw the President last Friday, he suggested that the President call in Congressman Brown, and that he, Porter, would sit in "off the record".) | ||
| Senator Dennis Chavez, New Mexico (The Senator telephoned last Saturday and asked for this appointment, stating it was urgent that he see the President today.) | ||
| Honorable Fiorello LaGuardia (Mr. LaGuardia asked for this appointment about two weeks ago stating that he wanted to talk about several things, namely, the bread situation, termination of UNRRA, etc.) | ||
| The Acting Secretary of State, Honorable Dean Acheson (Usual Monday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the Director, Bureau of the Budget, Concerning Integration of Federal Medical Services] | ||
| Senator Robert F. Wagner, New York Senator Allen J. Ellender, La. (Senator Wagner asked for this to discuss successor to Mr. Kultznick) | ||
| Mr. Earl Stewart (In city and wished pay respects) | ||
| (Mr. Robert McKeever) | ||
| Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Snyder of Kansas City (John Snyder will bring him in to shake hands) | ||
| Mr. George W. Taylor of Philadelphia (We asked him to come down) | ||
| Honorable Spruille Braden, Assistant Secretary of State (Says the President told him at luncheon last Thursday he wanted to see him) | ||
| (Mr. Tom Evans) (Mr. Schwimmer) | ||
| Honorable Leland Harrison, American Minister to Switzerland (Requested appointment with the President prior to his return to his post at Bern) | ||
| (Cabinet Luncheon - Absentees were Navy, Labor and Interior. Mr. Acheson came for State) | ||
| Honorable Eugene Meyer | ||
| Executive Orders: [9738 RESTRICTING COMPETITION IN EXAMINATION FOR THE POSITION OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICER UNDER THE BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (2)] | ||
| (Mr. Charles Keck) (Mr. Keck is the sculptor sent by Mr. David Lynn, Architect of the Capitol, who is doing a bust of the President. He is going to North Dakota for two weeks, beginning July 25th.) | ||
| Honorable James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy | ||
| Honorable Harold D.Smith, Director, Bureau of the Budget. [Public Papers: Letter Accepting Resignation of Harold D. Smith as Director of the Bureau of the Budget] | ||
| Honorable Richard R. Deupree, Executive Chairman, Army and Navy Munitions Board Mr. LaMotte T. Cohu, President, Association Aircraft Industries of America, Inc., and Chairman of the Northrup Aircraft Company. Major General Edward M. Powers, Vice President, Army Ordnance Association, former Secretary of War Major General Everett S. Hughes, Chief of Ordnance, War Department Mr. Eugene E. Wilson, President, Navy Industrial Association, Inc., and Vice Chairman of the United Aircraft Company Vice Admiral Edward L. Cochrane, Chief, Bureau of Ships. (Mr. Deupree states this meeting is the outcome of talks he has had with the President about vital importance of the government maintaining close contact with industry to encourage cooperation for industrial preparedness for an emergency.) | ||
| Honorable C. P. Le Mire (New appointee to the Board of Tax Appeals. He came in to thank the President for his appointment.) | ||
| Mr. John S. Young Mr. Frank Waring (Messrs. Young and Waring are American Commissioners on Philippine Rehabilitation Commission. Their appointment was arranged by Mr. Richmond Keech.) | ||
| (Mr. Harry G. Henley) | ||
| Mayor John Gernick, Jr.,Chisholm, Minn. Mayor Gerald Thomas, Hibbing, Minn. Mayor Clarence Felgen, Mountain Iron, Minn. Mayor Anton Lopp, Gilbert, Minn. Mayor Ray Woods, Biwabik, Minn. Mayor J. Carroll, Keewatin, Minn. Mr. Wallace Mr. Omar Yoder Mr. Fred Cina, Executive Secretary, Iron Range Municipal Council Mr. Ray Nolan, State Director of Lands and Minerals Div. Mr. Henry Rotell, Veterans Service Office (The Mayors from Northern Minnesota will be in Washington until this evening. Mr. Nacy at the Committee was asked by Mayor Humphrey, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, to make an appointment for these Mayors with Members of the War Munitions Board and ultimately with the President. Mayor Humphrey stated that he realized that this was a big request to make but that it should be borne in mind that these men hold the balance of political power in Minnesota and should be given every courtesy that the National Committee could extend. They are in Washington to discuss serious economic problems concerning iron mines in their area. Mr. Nacy said "Above all, do let them see the President. This is just what these men need to give them the necessary inspiration to carry on. I think you understand that recent events have had some serious repercussions out here in Minnesota. President Truman will need the help of these municipal officials, etc.") | ||
| (Lunched downstairs in the Executive Office) | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, the Acting Secretary of State Honorable Henry F. Grady | ||
| Honorable Fred M. Vinson, Secretary of the Treasury | ||
| Executive Orders: [9739 PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PAYMENT OF EXPENSES OF TRANSPORTATION OF CIVILIAN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES TRANSFERRED INCIDENT TO THE RETURN OF DEPARTMENTAL FUNCTIONS TO THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9740 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 1888 OF FEBRUARY 2, 1914, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT IN THE SERVICE OF THE PANAMA CANAL AND THE PANAMA RAILROAD COMPANY ON THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA] | ||
| Honorable Herbert Hoover (Arranged by Mr. Charles Ross, who talked with Mr. Hoover yesterday.) | ||
| Honorable James M. Landis, Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board (Arranged by Mr. Edwin Locke) | ||
| Honorable Anthony Eden | ||
| Miss Grace A. DuPre (Miss DuPre wanted to discuss with the President the portrait she painted of him and his mother) | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, Acting Secretary of State Dr. Herbert V. Evatt, the Foreign Minister of Australia (Dr. Evatt is attending the sessions of the United Nations Security Council. He is Chairman of the United Nations Sub-Committee on Spain.) | ||
| (Left for the Capitol) | ||
| (Lunched in the office of Honorable Leslie Biffle, Secretary of the Senate.) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] (Hugo Johnson, news photographer, to introduce his sailor son to the President after the Press Conference.) | ||
| Left for the Hotel Mayflower to attend dinner of the Business Advisory Council for the Department of Commerce. | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (No prepared agenda. The Secretary of Labor was absent. Honorable John L. Sullivan represented the Navy Department.) | ||
| Mr. Frank P. Dodd, Parkersburg, West Virginia (Mr. Dodd wrote the President a note recalling that he was a member of the reception committee to receive the President in Parkersburg in the campaign of 1944; that he planned to visit his daughter in Washington and hoped that he might have the honor of shaking hands with the President. Senator Kilgore reported that Mr. Dodd was a member of the Democratic County Committee and a good Democrat. Senator Kilgore thought that if it could be arranged, it might be a good idea to let him in.) | ||
| Major J. P. Parten (Major Parten is from Houston, Texas. We invited him in at the suggestion of Mr. Hannegan. Major Parten used to be with the Petroleum Administration in the Office of the Secretary of War.) | ||
| Honorable Ganson Purcell, Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission (Telephoned Mr. Connelly and asked for this appointment.) | ||
| Mr. Philip Murray | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Left the White House for the Art Exhibit on the Ellipse) | ||
| (Mr. James Doarn) (Mr. Robert Goodwin, National Director, U. S. Employment Service | ||
| (Honorable Edwin Locke) | ||
| (Left the White House to dine at the home of Mr. Arthur Gardner of 2211 - 30th Street, Northwest, Washington, D. C.) | ||
| Honorable John W. Gibson, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Labor | ||
| (Governor James K. Vardaman) | ||
| (Miss Grace DuPre) | ||
| Admiral Chester Nimitz Mr. Jimmie Risk, World's Champion Horseshoe Pitcher (The President went out to the Horseshoe Court on the White House lawn to watch Admiral Nimitz and Mr. Risk play horseshoes. They were accompanied by several guests who came in with Admiral Nimitz. Photographers were present and pictures were taken.) | ||
| The President drove to the estate of Mr. Joe Himes, one mile out of Frederick, Maryland, for dinner and the picnic of the Alfalfa club. After dinner the President motored to Shangri-La for the week- end. | ||
| Spent the day at Shangri-La. | ||
| Returned to the White House | ||
| Senator Kenneth McKellar, Tennessee Senator Alben W. Barkley, Kentucky Speaker Sam Rayburn, Texas Congressman John McCormack, Massachusetts | ||
| The President will go to the South Portico of the White House where Honorable Fred M. Vinson will be sworn in as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. | ||
| Senator Owen Brewster, Maine (Senator Brewster originally made this request for Tuesday, but later found that he would have to leave the city on that day. | ||
| The South Carolina Peach Growers' Association presented the President with a basket of peaches. The following people were present: Miss Annabelle Cribb, daughter of the President of the South Carolina Peach Growers' Association Senaton Olin D. Johnston, South Carolina Congressman J. R. Bryson, South Carolina Mr. D. A. Smith, Secretary to Senator Maybank Mr. Glen Maves Mr. Robert Turner Mr. Chuck Worchester, C.B. S Mr. Cliff Gray (Arrangements for this were made by Senator Maybank's office. Senator Maybank was in Rochester, Minnesota and did not attend the ceremonies.) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Honorable Julius A. Krug, The Secretary of the Interior Honorable Ernest H. Gruening, Governor of Alaska (Secretary Julius A. Krug had just returned from his West Coast trip and came in with Governor Gruening. He stayed behind for a 15 minute appointment alone with the President.) | ||
| (Captain Clark Clifford) (Captain James Foskett, USN) | ||
| The President left by motor for Shoreham Hotel where he dined in the apartment of Honorable Stuart Symington, Under Secretary of War. | ||
| Executive Orders: [9741 the Existence of the Quantico-Superior Committee, Created by Executive Order No. 6783 of June 30, 1934] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9742 and Liquidation of the War Relocation Authority 3] | ||
| Major General Robert McG. Littlejohn (Arranged by General Harry Vaughan. General Littlejohn was General Eisenhower's Quartermaster General in the European Theatre.) | ||
| Mr. Marvin McCarthy, Editor, Chicago Times Mr. Karin Walsh, City Editor, Chicago Times (Bill Kent, Washington representative of the Chicago Times asked for this appointment and brought these eidtors in.) | ||
| The President received the members of the Advisory Board of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion: Mr. Edward Felker, Chairman Honorable John R. Steelman Mr. T. C. Cashen Mr. Chester C. Davis Mr. Nathaniel Dyke, Jr. Mr. Albert S. Goss Mr. William Green Mr. George H. Mead Mr. Edward A. O'Neal Mrs. Anna M. Rosenberg | ||
| The President went to the South Portico of the Treasury Building, where the Honorable John Snyder will be sworn in as Secretary of the Treasury.) | ||
| Mrs. Ogden Reid, Owner and Publisher, N. Y. Herald Tribune (Phoned for this appointment from New York last week.) | ||
| Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Wyo. (While at luncheon in Mr. Biffle's office last Thursday, the President told Senator O'Mahoney he would see him today for a half hour.) | ||
| Mr. Abe Turner (Mr. Turner wrote that he was President of Payne County Organization and Chairman of Cushing Oklahoma Democratic Convention, when the President came there in 1936 or 1937. He said that the President stayed at Hotel Ambassador which was the Democratic Convention headquarters. Is in Washington attending Treasury Department School for Deputy Collectors of Internal Revenue. He came in to shake hands only.) | ||
| Mr. Frank Land Judge George H. Rowe | ||
| (The Postmaster General [Robert E. Hannegan]) (Mr. Granville Mellen) (Mr. Mellen suggested by the Postmaster General for appointment to the Maritime Commission, He is from Gulfport, Mississippi.) | ||
| (Cabinet Lunch -- Honorable Dean Acheson came for State. Secretaries of State, Navy, Agriculture and Labor absent. | ||
| (Honorable Paul Porter) (Honorable Richard H. Field, General Counsel, OPA) (Captain Clark Clifford) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9743 REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PAYMENT OF EXPENSES OF TRANSPORTATION OF THE IMMEDIATE FAMILIES OF CIVILIAN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE GOVERNMENT, FISCAL YEAR, 1947.] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Appointing the Committee for Financing Foreign Trade] |