Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
November 26, 1946
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| Senator Hugh B. Mitchell, Washington (The Senator called Mr. Connelly yesterday for this appointment) | ||
| Honorable W. Stuart Symington, the Assistant Secretary of War (He called Mr. Connelly yesterday and asked for this appointment) | ||
| (Honorable George Allen) | ||
| Dr. Lessing J. Rosenwald, President, The American Council for Judaism, Inc. Mr. Sidney Wallach, Member of the Council (This appointment was originally set for November 12th, and was postponed. They wrote for it on October 1st, stating that since announcement of the President's letter to Prime Minister Attlee on Palestine situation, there had been numerous and serious repercussions - many members of the American Council for Judaism are greatly alarmed by what they believe the consequences of your statement may be as it affects those Jews dwelling in Palestine today, * * * * "the American Council for Judaism are unalterably opposed to the establishment of an independent national Jewish State in Palestine or elsewhere.") | ||
| Honorable Charles U. Bay, U.S. Ambassador to Norway (This request was made through Mr. Hannegan) | ||
| Honorable Arthur Bliss, American Ambassador to Poland (Mr. Lane was in this country for about two weeks and asked, through the State Department, to call on the President before returning to his post.) | ||
| (Honorable Maple Harl) | ||
| Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, Chairman Council of Economic Advisors (Asked for this appointment while the President was in Florida, stating he would need one-half hour) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. Frank Frohoff) | ||
| (Colonel John Pepper) | ||
| (The Secretary of the Navy [James Forrestal]) (Vice Admiral Louis I. Denfeld) (Captain James Foskett) (Arranged by Captain Foskett, off record) | ||
| (Honorable Max Gardner) | ||
| (Mr. Jack Connolly) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget (Mr. Webb asked for one half-hour today and one half-hour tomorrow) | ||
| (Mr. Paul Dillon) | ||
| (Diplomatic Dinner) | ||
| The Secretary of Agriculture [Clinton P. Anderson] Dean Claude Burton Hutchison, Head of the American Section of the Chinese-United States Agricultural Collaboration Commission Dr. Raymond T. Moyer, Vice-Chief of the Commission Honorable William L. Clayton, Assistant Secretary of State Mr. John Carter Vincent, Director, Office of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State Honorable Edwin Locke (This appointment was arranged by Mr. Locke, as a result of Dean Hutchison's letter to the President of October 28, 1946) | ||
| (Mr. Max Lowenthal) | ||
| Mr. E. P. J. Shurick Mr. Arthur B. Church (They called to present to the President, initial copy of the book, "The First Quarter-Century of American Broadcasting", of which Shurick is author and Mr. Church is the publisher. This book, the first effort of its kind to detail legitimate history of broad- casting industry, is being accepted as a text book in many educational institutions; also is being used in industry itself as an authentic record of its first twenty-five years. It is in limited printing and is not considered for public consumption. This was arranged at request of Gene W. Dennis, Director of the Special Features and Public Affairs, KMBC, Kansas City) | ||
| Honorable Paul V. McNutt, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines The President awarded the Medal for Merit to the Ambassador. The following guests were present: Mr. John Selby; Mr. Edgar Puryear; Mr. Harry Eaton; Mr. John Ryerson; Mr. Roger Brooks; Mr. Watson Miller; Mr. Frank McCarthy; Dr. Bruce Forsythe; Mr. Victor Messel; Captain Thomas F. Cullen, USN; Mary A. Higgins; Josephine E. Hirschinger; Honorable Maple T. Harl; Mr. Floyd Blair; Comdr. J. Edelstein, USNR (He called Mr. Connelly for this appointment) | ||
| [Public Papers: Citation Accompanying the Medal for Merit Awarded Paul V. McNutt] | ||
| Honorable Henry F. Grady (Called for this appointment during the President's absence in Florida, stating he needed to talk about several things, not altogether about Palestine) | ||
| Mr. James S. Easley, President, Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation, Richmond, Virginia (This arranged at request of Mrs. G. Hoxie Moffett, who wrote the President November 5th, stating her brother-in-law, James S. Easley was extremely anxious to have an interview with the President in connection with his work on this Foundation) | ||
| Honorable Louis G. Dreyfus, U.S. Minister to Sweden (Asked through State Department to call upon the President while in this country) | ||
| Honorable Wilson Wyatt (Called Mr. Connelly for this appointment) | ||
| Major General Philip B. Fleming, Federal Works Administrator (Called Mr. Connelly yesterday for this appointment) | ||
| Honorable Oscar Ewing, Acting Chairman, Democratic National Committee (Called Mr. Connelly yesterday for this appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| The Director, Bureau of the Budget Honorable Paul Appleby, Assistant Director, Bureau of Budget | ||
| Honorable Herbert B. Maw, Governor of Utah (Wrote he would be in Washington this afternoon only and hoped he might have five minutes with the President) | ||
| (Thanksgiving Day) | ||
| The President left the White House with Mrs. Truman and motored to Alexandria, Virginia, where they attended Thanksgiving services at Christ Church) | ||
| Returned to the White House | ||
| Thanksgiving Dinner | ||
| Executive Orders: [9807 AUTHORIZING THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION TO CONFER A COMPETITIVE CIVIL SERVICE STATUS UPON CERTAIN GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES (1)] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to Members of the National Famine Emergency Committee] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter Accepting Resignation of Paul Porter as Price Administrator] | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (Senator McKellar, Secretary of Treasury, The Postmaster General and the Secretary of Labor were absent. Honorable Dean Acheson came for State) | ||
| Congressman Brent Spence, Ky. (The Congressman asked for this appointment stating he had a number of things to discuss, among them removal of Army Engineers from Cincinnati to Louisville) | ||
| Senator James M. Mead, New York (Called Mr. Connelly Wednesday for this appointment) | ||
| (Mr. Jimmy Delao) | ||
| (Miss Ginger Rogers) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| The President and Mrs. Truman left for Philadelphia by train to attend the Army-Navy Game. | ||
| Returned to Washington | ||
| General Smuts (Field Marshal) arrived at the White House | ||
| Small stag Dinner for General Smuts, Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa (General Smuts was overnight guest at the White House) (Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, was originally invited to the White House by President Roosevelt and then the invitation was renewed by President Truman at San Francisco. This is why he stayed at the White House. He is really not a head of State and would not automatically rate it.) | ||
| (Mr. Paul Fitzpatrick, the New York State Chairman of the Democratic Committee) (He called Mr. Matthew Connelly from Buffalo last week, and asked to come in today, "off record" - came in through the East Entrance) | ||
| (The President went over to the White House to say "goodbye" to Field Marshal Smuts) | ||
| Congressman John E. Rankin, Mississippi (He called Mr. Matthew Connelly and asked for this appointment) | ||
| Congressman Charles M. LaFollette, Ind. (R) (This appointment was arranged at the request of Mr. Oscar Chapman. Congressman LaFollette was offered a position on the Indian Claims Commission, which he did not take. He is now going to Germany on a special mission for Secretary Robert P. Patterson and wanted a visit with the President before going abroad.) | ||
| Major General Butler B. Miltonberger, wartime Assistant to the Commanding General, 35th Infantry Division Mr. Junior Spurrier, of Bluefield, W. Va., former soldier in the 134th Infantry, 35th Division, Medal of Honor winner Mrs. Butler B. Miltonberger Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. Dan E. Craig Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. E.V. Condon Mr. and Mrs. Don Peppers and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Omar Ketchum Judge and Mrs. Bennett Champ Clark (This ceremony being held at the request of Major General Ralph E. Truman (Retired) of Missouri. The ceremony is the Kick-off Ceremony for the 35th Division Reunion to be held in Kansas City, Missouri next June 5th, 6th and 7th. Mr. Spurrier, the Medal of Honor boy, will present the President with a diamond-studded 35th Division Reunion Associa- tion . General Miltonberger will present to the President the first automobile Reunion advertising sticker.) | ||
| (The President had lunch early at the White House with Mrs. and Miss Truman) | ||
| Mr. William Chenery, Publisher of Collier's Mr. A.E. Winger, Treasurer and General Manager of the Crowell Publishing Company Mr. James Derrieux, Manager of the local office of Collier's Mr. William Hillman (This appointment was arranged at the request of Mr. Hillman. They wanted to ask the President to again this year present the Collier awards to the outstanding Senator and Congressman, as he did last year) | ||
| (Mr. Max Lowenthal) | ||
| (Honorable Eugene Meyer) | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, Acting Secretary of State | ||
| (Colonel Marshall Carter, General George Marshall's representative in Washington) | ||
| The Attorney General [Tom C. Clark] | ||
| Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Wyo. (The Senator telephoned us and asked for this appointment last week.) | ||
| General Alexander A. Vandegrift, Commandant, Marine Corps. (Requested this through Admiral Foskett to bring in his Selection Board list) | ||
| The President received the Members of the East Asia Fellowship Team, as follows: Dr. Josefa Llano, a physician with a long-established practice in Manila, P.I. Miss Hsiang Foh-Mei, dean of the School of the Pure Heart, Shanghai, China Reverend Tamaki Uemura, a pastor of Tokyo Congregation, Church of Christ in Japan The following persons accompanied the Team but are not members: Mrs. Archibald Smith Mrs. Wilbur La Roe, Jr. Mrs. Irving Ketchum Mrs. H.H. Bousman (This team is in this country, under direction of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in U.S.A. The request for an appointment came to us through Mr. Wilbur La Roe of this city, who has received it from the Board of Foreign Missions. It was Dean Acheson's opinion that if the President's schedule permitted, it might be a gracious gesture of good will toward the peoples of the Orient if he could see these three persons traveling under the auspices of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. The object of their visit is "Traveling in Testimony of our Fellowship with the Churches of East Asia.") | ||
| H.E. Dr. Costi K. Zurayk, the newly appointed Minister of Syria (Presented credentials) | ||
| Commander Paul Griffith, American Legion Colonel John Thomas Taylor Colonel Louis Johnson (The Commander is newly elected and wishes to pay respects.) | ||
| (Mrs. Henrietta Stowell) (Brought letter of introduction from Henry I. Dockweiler, Los Angeles, expressing hope the President may have time to see her moment. She saw Mr. Connelly yesterday and presented letter, coming back today to see White House and then came in off record for handshake) | ||
| Mrs. B.F. Russell Mr. Oland Russell | ||
| Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors Mr. Leon Keyserling, Member of Council Mr. John D. Clark, Member of Council (Dr. Nourse spoke to the Prsident when he was in last week about returning today for this appoint- ment, which he asked to have last one-half hour) | ||
| (Lunch downstairs in the Executive Office) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| (Honorable Wilson Wyatt) (Honorable John Steelman) (Honorable Clark Clifford) | ||
| Diplomatic dinner | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President on the Veterans Emergency Housing Program] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter Accepting Resignation of Wilson Wyatt as Housing Expediter] | ||
| Congressman William G. Stigler, Okla. Justice Earl Welch, Supreme Court of Oklahoma (The Congressman asked for this appointment to discuss the Indian Claims Commission) | ||
| Congressman Thad F. Wasielewski, Wis. (The Congressman asked for this to discuss situation in Wisconsin, the country and also some personal matters) | ||
| Mr. Stanton Griffis (Secretary James Forrestal wanted the President to talk to Mr. Griffis during his stay on Washington, and Mr. Frorrestal wanted to talk on the telephone to the President about this appointment a few minutes before Griffis goes in. Griffis is a partner, since 1914, of the Hemphill Noyes & Company, New York Investment Bankers, Chairman, Exective Committee, Paramount Pictures, Inc. since 1936; Chairmen, Board, Madison Square Corporation; Brentano's Bookstores; and a director on a number of Companies) | ||
| (Mr. and Mrs. Marion H. Ross, of Stanberry, Mo.) (Enroute home from West Point where they visited with son, Cadet M. Collier Ross - wrote the President they would like to drop in) | ||
| (Mr. W.W. Martin of St. Louis) (An old friend of the President, who made request to shake hands through Joe Haley in Senator Brigg's office) | ||
| H.E. Dr. Ludwig Kelinwachter, the Minister of the Republic of Austria (To present letters of credence) | ||
| (Mr. Stanley O'Connor, of Minneapolis, Minn.) (Will come in to see Mr. Matthew Connelly) | ||
| The President received a group of Admirals who have been attending a Convention of Commandants of Continental Naval Districts here in Washington. Their convention ws drawing to a close and they wished to pay respects: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Rear Admiral Morton L. Deyo, USN, Commandant of the 1st District Rear Admiral Monroe Kelly, USN, Commandant of the 2nd District Vice Admiral James L. Kauffman, USN, Commandant of the 3rd District Rear Admiral Walden L. Ainsworth, USN, Commandant of the 5th Naval District Rear Admiral Laurence T. DuBose, USN, Commandant of the 6th Naval District Rear Admiral Ralph E. Davison, USN, Commandant of the 7th Naval District Rear Admiral Aaron S. Merrill, Commandant of the 8th Naval District Vice Admiral George D. Murray, USN, Commandant of the 9th Naval District Vice Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf, USN, Commandant of the 11th Naval District Rear Admiral Donald B. Beary, USN, Commandant of the 12th Naval District Rear Admiral George H. Fort, USN, Commandant of the 13th Naval District Rear Admiral Frank D. Wagner, USN, Chief of the Naval Air Training Rear Admiral Edward C. Ewen, USN, Chief of the Naval Air Reserve Rear Admiral Clifton A.F. Sprague, USN, Chief of the Naval Air Basic Training Rear Admiral Ralph E. Davison, Chief of the Naval Air Advanced Training (This is the same Admiral Davison who is the commandant of the 7th Naval District) Rear Admiral Felix B. Stump, USN, Chief of Naval Air Technical Training Vice Admiral Oliver M. Read | ||
| (Mr. Oscar Ewing) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (The Attorney General [Tom C. Clark]) (The Secretary of the Interior [Julius A. Krug]) (Honorable Clark Clifford) (This conference took place in the White House, off the record) | ||
| (Mr. Tom Evans) (Mr. Harry Darvy) | ||
| (Captain James Lewis, Jr.) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9808 ESTABLISHING THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter Accepting Resignation of J. D. Small as Civilian Production Administrator] | ||
| [Public Papers: Message of Condolence to King George II Upon the Death of the Greek Ambassador] | ||
| Honorable John Townsend, former Senator from Delaware (He called Mr. Connelly yesterday for this appointmemt) | ||
| (Mr. Arthur Coates) | ||
| Senator Francis J. Myers, Pa. (Asked to have this made for yesterday, but then said he did not have the necessary material ready so asked that the appointment be postponed until today) | ||
| (Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard Payne) (Old friends from Dallas, Texas. Brought body of Mr. Payne's mother, who died on Thanksgiving, to Arlington for burial; also brought body of father, Captain James E. Payne of Fifth Missori Volunteers, Spanish American War, from Oakland Cemetary, for burial in Arlington) | ||
| (Honorable Lowell Mason) (Said he was now ready to talk to the President about a matter he had previously discussed with Mr. Connelly. He will come to see Mr. Connelly, ostensibly.) | ||
| Honorable E.L. Bartlett, of Alaska (He called last week, asking for this appointment, stating he wanted to discuss the maritime situation, strikes in shipping, etc.) | ||
| Honorable Marriner S. Eccles, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System (He called Mr. Connelly for this appointment Wednesday) | ||
| Honorable George Brownell (Personal representative of the President to India and the Middle East, in connection with the negotiation of air agreements. He is just back and requested this appointment through Mr. Edwin Locke) | ||
| Honorable A. Harry Moore (Four times Democratic Governor of N.J, twice U.S. Senator. He called Mr. Connelly from Jersey City for this, but before this call came in, Mr. Donald Russell in the State Department called and said that it was coming, as Moore had first talked to him, stating Mayor Hague wanted him to come down and talk to the President about a matter.) | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, the Acting Secretary of State (Usual Thursday appointment) |