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Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman

November 06, 1946

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Executive Orders:  [9797 TRANSFERRING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE CERTAIN FUNCTIONS RELATING TO AIR-NAVIGATION FACILITIES OUTSIDE THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES.]
[Public Papers: Statement by the President Concerning the Japanese Mandated Islands]
The President and party arrived in Washington from Missouri.
Stayed in White House (bad cold)
(Colonel Marshall S. Carter) (Came in ostensibly to see Mr. Connelly - is General Marshall's representative, and has message to deliver to the President personally)
Honorable Viacheslav M. Molotov, the Foreign Minister of U.S.S.R. The Soviet Ambassador Honorable Dean Acheson, the Under Secretary of State Mr. Vladimir Pavlov and Mr. Stevens served as interpreters
Executive Orders:  [9800 the appointment of Mrs. Mary L. Hoffman to a civilian position at the Naval Powder Factory, Indian Health, Maryland, without compliance with the civil service rules; Nov. 8, 1946; not published]
Executive Orders:  [9799 AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO EXERCISE THE AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT TO CLASSIFY POSITIONS OCCUPIED BY CHIEFS OF MISSION]
(The Attorney General [Tom C. Clark]) (The Secretary of Interior [Julius A. Krug]) (Dr. John Steelman)
Cabinet [Meeting] (No agenda - Honorable Dean Acheson for State, Senator McKellar absent)
H. E. Humphrey Hume Wrong, the Ambassador of Canada (Newly appointed)
Admiral Henry K. Hewitt, USN
(Lunch)
(The Secretary of Navy [James Forrestal]) (The Secretary of Treasury [John W. Snyder])
The President held an off the record meeting in the Cabiner Room: (Honorable John Steelman) (Honorable Clark Clifford) (Mr. J. D. Small) (Honorable Wilson Wyatt) (Honorable Paul Porter) (Honorable James Webb) (Mr. P. Garman) (Judge J. C. Collet)
Executive Orders:  [9801 REMOVING WAGE AND SALARY CONTROLS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO THE STABILIZATION ACT OF 1942 (1)]
[Public Papers: Statement by the President on the Forthcoming International Conference on Tariffs and Trade]
[Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Terminating Price and Wage Controls]
(Mr. Will Stone of Kansas City) (Mr. Charles Keck, sculptor) (Mr. Stone arranged this, as Mr. Keck needs to see the President once more - Stone asked to come in with him.)
Senator Harley Kilgore, West Virginia
(Colonel Marshall Carter)
Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers]
President will lay wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The President returned to the White House.
(Lunch)
Executive Orders:  [9802 TERMINAL DATE FOR FILING APPLICATION FOR PAYMENT CERTIFICATE UNDER SECTION 124 (h) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE]
[Public Papers: Letter to Francis Biddle in Response to His Report on the Nurnberg Tribunal]
Honorable Edwin Pauley
(Newsreels)
Senator Carl A. Hatch
(Lunch)
Honorable Josephus Daniels
Honorable Wilson W. Wyatt Honorable George Allen Honorable John R. Steelman
The President received the Members of Advisory Board of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion: Honorable John R. Steelman Dr. George Taylor Mrs. Anna Rosenberg Mr. Nathaniel Dyke Mr. Edward Felker
(Honorable Jim Finnegan)
Congressman Jasper Bell, Missouri
(Mr. Joseph Healey) (Came in the northwest entrance, ostensibly to see Mr. Connelly)
Lt. General Lucius DuB. Clay, Commanding General, Office of Military Government for Germany (U.S.) and Deputy Military Governor and U.S. Representative on Coordinating Committee (Germany); Secretary of War [Robert P. Patterson] (Request came from the Secretary of War)
Honorable Fletcher Warren, American Ambassador to Nicaragua (In Washington and asked to see the President)
(Mr. L. L. (Polly) Compton) (Mr. Herbert McClure) (Mr. Alvin May) (Old friends from Independence, will not show on list, but will come in northwest gate to see Mr. Connelly)
(Mr. Charles Latimer)
(The Secretary of the Interior [Julius A. Krug]), Capt. N. H. Collisson, Coal Mines Administrator
The President received Major General Graves B. Erskine, Administrator and State Representatives of Retraining and Reemployment Administration: Mr. C. C. Horton, Director, Dept. of Veterans' Affairs, Ala. Mr. S. Thompson, State Service Officer, Ariz. Mr. J. L. Hearne, Director, Veterans' Service Office, Ark. Mr. Neving, Deputy Director, Calif. Capt. F. A. Thayer, State Service Officer, Colo. Col. J. M. Quinn, Dir., Vet. Reempl. & Advisory Comm., Conn. Mr. J. G. Leach, Personal Rep. of the Governor, Del. Mr. D. D. Wiley, State Service Officer, Fla. Mr. C. A. Cheatham, Dir., Dept. of Veterans' Service, Ga. Mr. S. E. Vance, Jr., Sec'y., Veterans' Welfare Comm., Idaho Mr. H. G. Bradney, Admin., Veterans' Comm., Ill. Mr. W. C. Stalnaker, Dir., Dept. of Veterans' Affairs, Inc. Mr. Ed. Curtis, Sec., State Bonus Board, Iowa Mr. W. M. Monypeny, Dir., Office of Veterans' Affairs Mr. K. C. Long, Acting Exec. Sec'y., Disabled Ex- Servicemen's Board, Ky. Mr. J. Darwin, Dir., Department of Veterans' Affairs, La. Mr. F. W. Rowell, Dir., Division of Veterans' Affairs, Me. Mr. R. C. Manning, St. Serv. Officer & Exec., Vet. Comm., Md. Mr. F. X. Cotter, Commissioner of Veterans' Serv., Mass. Mr. E. J. Hanna, Assistant Dir., Office of Vet. Affairs, Mich. Mr. W. E. Revier, Comm., Dept. of Vet. Affairs, Minn. Mr. J. P. Dale, Dir., Vet. Farm and Home Board, Miss. Mr. R. F. Beaman, State Service Officer, Mo. Mr. E. J. Callaghan, State Service Officer, Mont. Mr. O. G. Ruff, Dir. of Veterans' Education & Training, Nebr. Mr. W. J. Deveroux, Vet. Service Commissioner, Nev. Mr. H. B. Trombley, Dir., State Veterans' Council, N.H. Mr. W. S. Hood, Dir., Div. of Veterans' Services, N.J. Mr. P. H. Robinson, Jr., Dir., Veterans' Service Comm., N.M. Mr. E. J. Neary, Dir., Div., Veterans' Affairs, N.Y. Mr. W. M. Pickens, Dir., Vet. Commission, N.C. Mr. R. J. Downey, Comm., Dept. of Veterans' Affairs Mr. J. Hart, Veterans' Assistance Officer, Okla. Lt. Col. G. E. Sandy, Dir., Dept. of Vererans' Affairs Brig. Gen. F. A. Weber, Deputy Adjutant General, Dept. of Military Affairs, Pa. Mr. R. C. Long, Exec. Sec'y., Vet. Retr'g. & Reempl. Cmt., R.I. Mr. R. S. Sloan, State Service Officer, S.C. Mr. E. A. Jones, Dir., Vet. Department, S.D. Mr. G. W. Steagall, Dir., Dept. of Veterans' Affairs, Tenn. Mr. A. O. Ellett, State Service Officer, Utah Col. J. Smith, Exec. Sec'y., State Veterans' Board, Vt. Mr. T. F. Crittenden, Exec. Officer, Vet. Ed. Cmt., Va. Mr. T. K. McGovran, Dir., Dept. of Vet. Affairs, W. Va. Mr. L. B. Levenick, Dr., Dept. of Veterans' Affairs, Wis. Lt. Col. R. Boyack, Dir. of Vet. Affairs, Wyo. Col. W. E. Leonard, Dir., Vet. Information Ctr., D.C. Mr. V. Guntzer, Dir., Territorial Council of Vet. Affairs, T. H. Mr. E. K. Gubin, Special Assistant to the Administrator
(Lunch)
(Mr. Don Dawson)
(Senator Homer Ferguson, Mich. (R) (Came in East Entrance)
The Secretary of the Interior [Julius A. Krug]
Director, Bureau of Budget
Honorable William D. Pawley, U.S. Ambassador to Brazil (Called and asked for the appointment)
Honorable Dean Acheson, the acting Secretary of State
(Lunch)
Admiral William D. Leahy General Dwight D. Eisenhower Admiral Chester Nimitz Major General George Richards (The President asked them to come to discuss Budget matters - General Eisenhower asked to bring General Richards, who is his budget man.)
(Mr. Richard Nacy)
[Public Papers: Statement by the President Endorsing a Plan for Negotiations Between Coal Miners and Operators]
Cabinet (The Postmaster General absent, Honorable Dean Acheson for State, Dowd for Agriculture)
(Mr. George Mead)
Congressman Paul Brown, Ga. Mr. Walter Brown Mr. L. S. Moody, Secy of Chamber of Commerce, Augusta, Ga. (This is appointment which Senator George requested for himself and Congressman Brown, several weeks ago, to discuss release of funds for the Clark's Hill Project. Senator George confined to home in Georgia with cold and cannot come, although the appointment was handled through his office)
The President presented plaques to the winners of the Contest sponsored by the White House Photographers Association: The following are the winners: Mr. Byron Bollins, AP Mr. Walter Jacobus, Harris & Ewing Mr. Augustus Chinn, Washington Star Mr. Frank Cancellars, ACME Mr. Guy David Bowman, AP Mr. F. I. Thompson, Pres. White House Photographers Assn.
Honorable Paul M. Herzog, Chairman, National Labor Relations Board Honorable John M. Houston, Member Honorable James J. Reynolds, Jr., Member (Mr. Herzog requested this for his Board, in order to discuss with the President their future policy)
(Honorable Paul Porter)
Congressman John B. Sullivan, Misssouri
Honorable Douglas McGregor, Assistant to the Attorney General Honorable Gus Vanish, Assistant Attorney General
(Secretary of the Interior [Julius A. Krug]) (Honorable Charles Ross) (Honorable Clark Clifford)
(Left White House for Washington Navy Yard)
(Lunch aboard USS WILLIAMSBURG)
Cruised on the USS WILLIAMSBURG to Annapolis)
Executive Orders:  [9803 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE THE DISPUTE BETWEEN THE LEIGH VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES]
The President arrived in Annapolis and made a tour of the Naval Academy. He reviewed the Corps of Midshipmen, and attended a football game between Navy and Penn State. Immediately after the game, the President attended the reception in his honor at the Superintendent's quarters, after which he departed by motor for Washington.
Arrived at the White House
Left White House for the Statler Hotel where he attended the White House Photographers Dinner.
Returned to the White House.
[Log of President Truman's Trip: (First) Vacation Trip to Key West, Florida]
(Colonel Marshall Carter, Representative of General George Marshall)
Left by plane for Key West, Florida. Arrived Boca Chica Airport, Key West, 4.00 p.m. Motored to Naval Base, Key West, arriving at 4.30 p.m.
[Log of President Truman's Trip: (First) Vacation Trip to Key West, Florida]
[Log of President Truman's Trip: (First) Vacation Trip to Key West, Florida]
[Log of President Truman's Trip: (First) Vacation Trip to Key West, Florida]
Executive Orders:  [9804 REVOKING EXECUTIVE ORDERS NO. 2463 OF SEPTEMBER 29, 1916, AND NO. 4182 OF March 24, 1925, RELATING TO ADMINISTRATION OF THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ACT WITH RESPECT TO EMPLOYEES OF ALASKA RAILROAD, AND PLACING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THAT ACT AS TO SUCH EMP]
[Log of President Truman's Trip: (First) Vacation Trip to Key West, Florida]
[Log of President Truman's Trip: (First) Vacation Trip to Key West, Florida]
[Public Papers: Statement by the President Concerning Myron Taylor's Mission in Rome]
[Log of President Truman's Trip: (First) Vacation Trip to Key West, Florida]
Left the airport at Key West
Arrived in Washington, D.C.
The President held an "off record" conference in the White House Study re the coal strike. The following were present: (The Attorney General [Tom C. Clark]) (The Secretary of Interior [Julius A. Krug]) (The Secretary of Labor [Lewis B. Schwellenbach]) (Honorable Clark Clifford) (Honorable John Steelman)
Dined "off record" at the home of the former Attorney General and Mrs. Francis Biddle, 1669 31st Street, Washington, D.C.
Left the White House for Andrews Field. Took plane for Grandview, Missouri
Arrived in Grandview, Missouri for a birthday visit with his Mother.
Left Grandview by plane
Arrived in Washington, D.C.
Executive Orders:  [9805 REGULATIONS GOVERNING PAYMENT OF TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES OF CIVILIAN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED STATES WHEN TRANSFERRED FROM ONE OFFICIAL STATION TO ANOTHER FOR PERMANENT DUTY]
Honorable Basil O'Connor, Chairman, American National Red Cross (Mr. O'Connor came in to see Mr. Matthew Connelly last Thursday and asked for this)
The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]
Senator Olin D. Johnston, S. C. Colonel Lewis Jackson Mr. Roy A. Powell Mr. J. B. Funderburk (They brought the President a turkey for Thanksgiving, supplied by Wilton E. Hall, Publisher of the Anderson Independent and Daily Mail. The Turkey was dressed and was from Hall's farm, famous for its turkeys.)
Senator Dennis Chavez, New Mexico
(Mr. Irving Pflaum, Foreign Editor, Chicago Times) (Mr. Pflaum wrote Mr. Matthew Connelly that he was coming here for Overseas Press Club Dinner and as he had not seen the President since he spoke in Chicago, was anxious to have a few moments with him. Came in "off record" through the East Entrance)
Honorable Dean Acheson Acting Secretary of State
The Secretary of Commerce [W. Averell Harriman]
(Cabinet Luncheon -- all present except the Postmaster General)
(The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder])