Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
July 18, 1946
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| Judge Frank Thompson | ||
| The Secretary of Commerce [Henry A. Wallace] | ||
| (Mr. Barnet Nover) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9758 AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO TAKE POSSESSION OF AND TO OPERATE CERTAIN COAL MINES] | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (No agenda. Honorable Kenneth C. Royall came for War, Honorable John L. Sullivan for Navy and Honorable Norris Dodd for Agriculture. The Post Office Department and the Department of Agriculture were not represented.) | ||
| (Mr. Jim Blair) | ||
| Honorable Millard F. Caldwell, Governor of Florida (He wired for this appointment) | ||
| Senator Olin D. Johnston, S. C. (He called Mr. Connelly and requested this appointment.) | ||
| Dr. Armand Hammer (Leslie Biffle wrote Mr. Connelly that Dr. Hammer owns one of the finest and most attractive antique stores in New York City and that he had recently personally contributed 50,000 tons of grain to help feed Europe, and is very anxious to meet the President; that Dr. Hammer has no favors to ask.) | ||
| (Colonel Louis Truman) (Just back from Germany) | ||
| Senator H. Alexander Smith, New Jersey (He wanted to discuss the Princeton University Bicentennial Celebration. Mr. Connelly gave the President a letter on this from President Dodds of Princeton.) | ||
| Honorable John W. Murphy, U. S. District Judge, Middle District of Pennsylvania (He was sworn in yesterday, when he asked for the appointment -- until then he was Congressman from Pennsylvania.) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Honorable Paul Appleby, Acting Director of the Budget | ||
| (Mr. Slavin, artist) | ||
| No appointments | ||
| No appointments | ||
| Executive Orders: [9759 SUSPENDING CERTAIN STATUTORY PROVISIONS RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT IN THE CANAL ZONE] | ||
| Honorable Kenneth McKellar Honorable Sam Rayburn Honorable Alben Barkley Honorable John McCormack | ||
| (Honorable Edwin Pauley) | ||
| The President met with a Committee of the National Public Housing Conference. Those present were as follows: Mr. Willaim J. Gust, President, National Public Housing Conference, prominent New Orleans attorney and present counsel of New Orleans Housing Authority. Mr. Harry Bates, Chairman, Housing Committee of the American Federation of Labor Honorable Woodall Rogers, Mayor of Dallas Mr. D. F. Braner, representing the Illinois Association of Housing Officials Mr. George Hamilton, Atlanta, Ga.; Treasurer of the State of Georgia and Chairman of the State Housing Commission Dr. Fred Reizet of Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America Mr. Robert Nathan, representing American Veterans Committee (The National Public Housing Conference is a meeting of the group of citizens who during the war carried on the housing job throughout the Nation and are now attending a meeting in Washington to discuss peacetime housing. They believe the Wagner-Ellender-Taft General Housing Bill is essential and wish to discuss what may be done by the Administration to help push this measure through. -- The appointment was arranged through Mr. Richmond Keech) | ||
| Honorable Wilson Wyatt (Honorable Richmond Keech) (Mr. Keech thought the President should see Mr. Wyatt.) | ||
| (Mr. William Hillman) (Mr. Jose Flores, Collier Correspondent on Guam) (Mr. Hillman brought Mr. Flores through the East Entrance. Mr. Hillman requested the appointment.) | ||
| (Mr. Frank Revoir of Syracuse, New York) (This appointment was arranged at the suggestion of Mr. Paul Fitzpatrick who wants the President to consider him for appointment in Puerto Rico as Governor.) | ||
| The Secretary of State [James F. Byrnes] Honorable Bernard Baruch | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Honorable Paul Porter | ||
| The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9760 CONFERRING CERTAIN AUTHORITY UPON THE SECRETARY OF STATE WITH REGARD TO DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROPERTY OF GERMANY AND JAPAN WITHIN THE UNITED STATES] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9761 PRESERVING AND DISPLAY OF ENEMY FLAGS CAPTURED BY THE NAVY AND THE COAST GUARD] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing the Strategic and Critical Materials Stockpiling Act] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Condemning Acts of Terrorism in Palestine] | ||
| (Mr. Seymour Stone, artist) (Mr. Stone is painting a picture of the President for the Memorial Museum for the State of Texas.) | ||
| Senatoar Joseph F. Guffey, Pa. Senator Francis J. Myers, Pa. Senator Lister Hill, Ala. Senator John B. McClellan, Ark. Senator J. William Fulbright, Ark. Senator John H. Overton, La. Senator Sheridan Downey, Calif. Senator Elmer Thomas, Okla. Senator Hugh B. Mitchell, Wash. Senator Warren G. Magnuson, Wash. (These Senators wanted to talk with the President regarding the Rivers and Harbors Bill. Senator Magnuson gave the list of those who wanted to come.) | ||
| Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie F. Greenwell, Hayti, Mo. (Mr. Greenwell is District Governor 26-A Lions International. Their request for an appointment was originally turned down but at the urgent request of Congressman Zimmerman of Missouri, an appointment was arranged for them to come in and shake hands with the President.) | ||
| Dr. Daniel A. Poling (Wrote Dr. Hassett he had just returned from Germany, etc., the President agreed to see him.) | ||
| Mr. A. E. Weston, of Neosho, Mo. (The President wrote to him to be sure and come in when he was in the city.) | ||
| Rear Admiral Sidney Souers (Captain Clark Clifford thought the President should see Admiral Sidney Souers.) | ||
| Mr. George Kilion, Democratic National Committee (Mr. Kilion wanted to discuss the Missouri Primary and some particular Senators.) | ||
| The Secretary of Commerce [Henry A. Wallace] | ||
| (Mr. Edward Ansel Mowrer) (Mr. Mowrer is leaving for Paris to cover the Peace Conference and asked to see the President before he left. Mr. Charles Ross said that the appointment must be "off record".) | ||
| (Cabinet luncheon. All were present with the exception of the Postmaster General [Robert E. Hannegan], the Secretary of Navy [James V. Forrestal] and the Secretary of Agriculture [Clinton P. Anderson].) | ||
| (Dr. John Davidson Clark) | ||
| Honorable Paul Appleby | ||
| Senator James W. Huffman, Ohio Mr. Leo J. Conway, Executive Vice President American Legion of Ohio (Senator Huffman asked to bring Mr. Conway in. Mr. Conway wishes to present to the President an engraved invitation to the Ohio State American Legion Convention to be held in Cleveland, August 14th.) | ||
| The President signed H.R. 6407, "An Act authorizing the construction and repair and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors and for other purposes." He also signed at the same ceremony, H.R. 6597, "An Act authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control and for other purposes." The following Members of Congress were present: Senator Elmer Thomas, Okla.; Senator Lister Hill, Ala. Senator Theordore G. Bilbo, Miss.; Senator Walter F. George, Ga.; Senator Richard B. Russell, Ga.; Senator John H. Overton, La.; Senator John L. McClellan, Ark.; Senator Wm. J. Fulbright, Ark.; Senator Sheridan Downey, Calif.; Senator Wm. F. Knowland, Calif.; Senator Guy Gordon, Oregon; Senator Warren Magnuson, Wash.; Senator Hugh B. Mitchell, Wash.; Senator Joseph F. Guffey, Pa.; Senator Francis J. Myers, Pa.; Congressman C. Jasper Bell, Mo.; Congressman Graham A. Barden, N. C.; Congressman John E. Rankin, Miss.; Congressman George A. Dondero, Mich.; Congressman Wm. A. Pittenger, Minn.; Congressman Wm. G. Stigler, Okla.; Congressman Brooks Hays, Ark.; Congressman W. F. Norrell, Ark.; Congressman Jas. W. Trimble, Ark.; Congressman Wm. M. Whittington, Miss.; Congressman A. Leonard Allen, La.; Congressman Alfred J. Elliott, Calif.; Congressman Chas. R. Clason, Mass.; Congressman Clifford Davis, Tenn.; Congressman Earl Wilson, Ind.; Congressman Overton Brooks, La.; Congressman Orville Zimmerman, Mo. | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Approving Bills for River and Harbor Improvement and for Flood Control] | ||
| Honorable Emily Taft Douglas, Ill. Honorable Chase Going Woodhouse, Conn. (Congresswoman Douglas asked for this appoint- met to discuss Palestine.) Honorable Helen Gahagan Douglas, Calif. | ||
| The Secretary of Agriculture [Clinton P. Anderson] Mr. Burke Hedges (The Secretary asked to bring in Mr. Hedges, who is head of the Public Utilities in Cuba, and who has been of help to the Democratic Party when his help was needed.) | ||
| Mr. and Mrs. Victor Etem and children: George, aged 16; Bob, aged 15; Patricia, aged 11; Virginia, aged 6 (Orginally of Hickman Mills, Missouri, and now living in Minneapolis. They are old friends and neighbors of the President's.) | ||
| Honorable M. S. Szymczak, Federal Reserve Board (Governor Vardaman called and arranged the appointment.) | ||
| (Honorable Edwin Pauley) | ||
| H.E. Honorable Joaquin M. Elizalde, newly appointed Ambassador of the Philippines. | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Off record OPA Meeting, with the following present: The Attorney General [Tom C. Clark] The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] The Secretary of the Interior [Julius A. Krug] The Secretary of Commerce [Henry A. Wallace] the Secretary of Agriculture [Clinton P. Anderson] Honorable Marriner S. Eccles Honorable Paul Appleby Honorable Paul Porter Honorable Wilson Wyatt Mr. Richard H. Field Honorable John D. Small Mr. W. Willard Wirtz Honorable John Steelman Captain Clark Clifford Honorable Charles Ross) (They came in through the East Entrance.) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9762 TRANSFERRING THE FUNCTIONS OF THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC STABLIZATION TO THE OFFICE OF WAR MOBILIZATION AND RECONVERSION2] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letters to Congressional Leaders Urging Enactment of the Housing Bill] | ||
| (Mr. Seymour Stone - artist) | ||
| Senator Elbert D. Thomas, Utah (Asked to come up and discuss several matters in which the President is interested, and which he, Senator Thomas, is trying to untangle.) | ||
| Congressman Andrew J. Biemiller, Wis. (Re Allis Chalmers case.) | ||
| (Dr. Edwin G. Nourse) | ||
| Honorable Raymond W. Starr | ||
| (Mr. Jim Finnegan) (Mr. Waechter) (They came in to see Mr. Connelly and asked to see the President for a minute.) | ||
| The Secretary of the Navy [James Forrestal] | ||
| General Dwight D. Eisenhower (The General asked for this appointment.) | ||
| General Omar Bradley, Administrator, Veterans Affairs. | ||
| (Honorable Daniel Bell) | ||
| (Mr. James Brownlee) (Formerly with the Office of Price Adminisration. He came in at our invitation from Connecticut, off record.) | ||
| The Secretary of State [James F. Byrnes] (Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| The President signed the OPA Bill, H.J. Res. 371, in the Cabinet Room with the following present: Honorable Paul Porter Richard Field, Administrative and General Counsel, OPA Congressman George F. Rogers of New York, Chairman of Enrolled Bills Committee, House of Representatives The following Regional Directors of OPA: Eldon Shoup Mr. Roe Walters Mr. Jim Dours Mr. Ben Dunnaway~Mr. Jim Rogers Mr. Alex Harriss~Mr. John Cassell Mr. Jim Meader~Mr. Arthur Broodhead | ||
| [Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress Upon Signing the Second Price Control Bill] | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| Honorable Joseph E. Davies | ||
| [Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress Transmitting a Recommendation of the International Labor Organization] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the National Commander, Veterans of Foreign Wars, on Representation of Veterans at the Peace Conference] | ||
| ( Cabinet [Meeting] -- All were present with the exception of the Postmaster General and the Secretary of Labor.) | ||
| The President was presented with the first Purple Heart Viola (replica of the official flower of the Military Order of the Purple Heart.) Those present were: Charles E. Oats, former Private, USA (Came in a wheel chair.) National Commander Harold H. Hamilton Mr. Andrew Segal, Chairman, Viola Committee Mrs. Catherine Owings, National Chaplain of the Women's Auxiliary Mr. Ralph A. Collins, National Public Relations Director Dr. Alfred W. Price (Mr. Oats, who made the presentation of the viola, lost an arm and leg on Guadalcanal, and assembled this flower with his remaining right hand and his teeth.) | ||
| Colonel Myron Blalock Senator Tom Connally, Texas (Colonel Blalock called from Senator Connally's office to ask if they might discuss Tidelands bill with the President. He said he made this call at the Senator's request.) | ||
| (Honorable Daniel Bell) | ||
| (Mr. Joe Healey) | ||
| Representatives of the Netherlands American Institue presented the President with an original oil-painting of the nineteenth century Dutch master, Hendrik Willem Mesdag, as a token of gratitude of the Dutch people to the American people for all they have done for them during and after the war. Those present were: Honorable Jonkheer O. Reuchlin, Charge D'Affaires Mr. Herbert Cremer, President, Netherlands American Institute of America Mr. Cees Laseur, Member of the Institute Mr. H. Barnouw, Member of the Institute Mr. J. G. DeBeus, Counselor, in charge of press relations. | ||
| Mr. Frank Stanton, President, Columbia Broadcasting Company. He called from New York and requested the appointment. He wanted to give the President some records. | ||
| Senator James M. Mead, N. Y. Mr. James MacDonald | ||
| (Mr. William Boyle) | ||
| Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson | ||
| The Secretary of State [James F. Byrnes] The Secretary of War [Robert P. Patterson] The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson | ||
| Executive Orders: [9763 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVETIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE PULLMAN COMPANY AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the National Commander, American Legion, on Rehabilitation Problems] | ||
| (Mr. Seymour Stone - artist) | ||
| The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] | ||
| Congressman Sam Hobbs, Ala. (Called this office last evening to say he needed to talk to the President, either on the phone or in person, right away.) | ||
| Senator Robert F. Wagner, New York Senator James M. Mead, New York Mr. James MacDonald | ||
| (Mr. Fred Whitaker) | ||
| The President escorted the Secretary of State [James F. Byrnes] to the airport where he took the plane for Paris Peace Conference. The President spoke briefly at the Airport. | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| The President and Mrs. Truman cruised on the USS WILLIAMSBURG with friends for a few hours. | ||
| Executive Orders: [9765 Authorizing the appointment of Albert H. Lander, Jr., to a position as member of the Employees\' Compensation Appeal Board in the Federal Security Agency without regard to civil service rules; July 29, 1946; not published] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9766 Authorizing the appointment of Albert H. Ladner, Jr., to a position as member of the Employees' Compensation Appeal Board in the Federal Security Agency without regard to civil service rules; July 29, 1946; not published] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Nominating Edwin G. Nourse as a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers] |