Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
December 05, 1946
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| (Lunch) | ||
| (Newsreels) | ||
| (Mr. James Doarn, of Kansas City) (He called Mr. Connelly and will come in front gate, to see Mr. Connelly) | ||
| (Senator Homer E. Capehart, Ind. (R) (Asked to come in, off record) | ||
| Honorable James Webb, Director of the Budget Mr. Lee Martin | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (Senator McKellar; the Postmaster General [Robert Hannegan]; Dr. John R. Steelman were absent. Honorable Max Gardner came for Treasury. Agenda was coal strike.) | ||
| Honorable Robert Patterson (called last evening and asked for this appointment) | ||
| (Mr. Ed. Short) (Old friend from Republic, Missouri, to shake hands. He came here to attend funeral of another old friend, Colonel S.J. McWilliams.) | ||
| Congressman Jennings Randolph, W. Va. (He called Mr. Connelly for this appointment) | ||
| Mrs. Jewell W. Swofford, Commissioner for Special Services, Federal Security Agency (Mrs. Swofford wrote Mr. Connelly to ask for this) | ||
| Congressman Adolph J. Sabath, Illinois (Called and asked Mr. Connelly for this appointment.) | ||
| Honorable Charles Sawyer | ||
| The President presented the Congressional Medal of Honor to Captain Jefferson J. DeBlanc, USMCR. The following were present: The Secretary of the Navy [James Forrestal] Fleet Admiral C. W. Nimitz, USN General A.A. Vandergrift, USMC Commander E.B. Fluckey, USN Lieutenant Colonel A. Sutter, USMC Captain Jefferson J. DeBlanc, USMCR Mrs. Jefferson J. DeBlanc, (Wife of Caprtain DeBlanc) Mr. Frank F. DeBlanc (father) Miss Marie DeBlanc (sister) Miss Marguerita DeBlanc (sister) Mr. and Mrs. Joe Elder Captain Ray N. Bishop (escort) Vice Admiral Louis Denfield General Field Harris, USMC The President also awarded at the same time, the following decorations to Technical Sergeant of the Infantry, Llewellyn M. Chilson. The following were present: Ms. Mary M. Chilson (wife) Miss Roberta M. Chilson (Daughter) Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Chilson (Parents) Mr. Louis W. Burns (uncle) Captain Robert O. Graham (escort) Colonel Holmes G. Paullin (escort) General David Barr Decorations received: T.S. Llewellyn W. Chilsom was awarded: Distinguished Service Cross Distinguished Service Cross, First Oak Leaf Cluster Distinguished Service Cross, Second Oak Leaf Cluster The Silver Star The Silver Star with first Oak Leaf Cluster The Legion of Merit The Bronze Star Medal | ||
| (Lunch - Governor Griswold and Mrs. Griswold) | ||
| (Honorable James E. Vardaman, Jr.) | ||
| Honorable James Webb, Director of the Bureau of the Budget Mr. Lee Martin | ||
| (Reception for the Press and Radio) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (The Attorney General [Tom C. Clark]) (The Secretary of Labor [Lewis B. Schwellenbach]) (The Secretary of Commerce [W. Averell Harriman]) (The Secretary of the Interior [Julius A. Krug]) | ||
| (Leave for the Mellon Gallery) | ||
| (Arrived at the Mellon Gallery and viewed the exhibit of the pictures looted from Holland by the Nazis) | ||
| (Returned to the White House) | ||
| (Left for the home of Associate Justice Douglas in Alexandria) | ||
| (Arrived home of Justice Douglas) | ||
| At the White House: Honorable Ernest Bevin, Foreign Minister of Great Britain The British Ambassador | ||
| (Mr. William P. Helm) | ||
| (Mr. M.R. (Bob) Evans) (Mr. P. Willett Hagan) | ||
| H.E. Pridi Banomyong, Former Prime Minister of Siam (He was the guest of the Department of State at the Blair House, December 7-11 and during his visit the Department stated it would like to have him presented to the President) | ||
| Mr. Frederick C. Gunn (Architect of Kansas City. He wrote to Mr. Matthew Connelly, asking for this appointment) | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, Acting Secretary of State (Usual Monday appointment) | ||
| (Cabinet Luncheon) (All present except the Postmaster General) | ||
| The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] | ||
| (Judge Caskie Collet) | ||
| (Honorable George Allen) | ||
| Mr. William Dowling Mr. John Coakley, Edison Historian Miss Coke Mr. Graydon Jones, President, Junior Chamber of Commerce, Fort Meyers, Florida Mr. Frank Carson, Chairman, Thomas Edison Pageant Committee (Congressman Rogers phoned to ask if he might bring in these gentlemen to present an invitation to the President to attend the Thomas Edison Pageant, 100th Anniversary, to be held in February. Congressman Rogers of Florida was unable to come but these gentlemen came anyway.) | ||
| Vice Admiral William W. Smith, Chairman, U.S. Maritime Commission (He called Mr. Connelly and asked for this appointment) | ||
| (Mr. George Killion) (Will come to see Mr. Connelly through the Northwest gate, off record to see the President) | ||
| General Salvador Cesar Obino, Chief of Joint General Staff, Brazilian Armed Forces (Army, Navy & Air Forces) Colonel Paul L. Freeman, USA, Member of the Joint Brazilian-United States Military Commission First Lt. Arthur S. Moura, USA, Interpreter, from Liaison Office of the War Department (This appointment was requested by General Eisenhower. Originally General Obino asked for five minutes, but since then has said he would like a little longer appointment as he would like to present views of Brazilian Armed Forces regarding joint American defense measures, etc.) | ||
| Dr. Edwin C. Nourse, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors Mr. Leon Keyserling, Member of Council Mr. John D. Clark, Member of Council (This is the second of two half-hour conferences which the President agreed to give Dr. Nourse) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| The President received the members of the Advisory Board of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion: Honorable John R. Steelman Mr. Edward P. Felker Mrs. Anna M. Rosenberg Mr. T.C. Cashen Mr. Nathaniel Dyke, Jr. Mr. Albert S. Goss Mr. George W. Taylor Mr. Eric Johnston | ||
| (Honorable Paul V. McNutt) (Honorable Richmond Keech) | ||
| (The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]) | ||
| (Dentist) | ||
| Judicial Reception | ||
| Senator Raymond E. Willis, Ind. (R) (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly for this appointment) | ||
| (Mr. Wall Doxey and brother) | ||
| Commander Louis E. Starr, new Commander, Veterans of Foreign Wars General Bonner Fellers (Director of Pubicity) VFW Mr. Omar Ketchum, Legislative Representative, VFW (General Starr wanted to pay his respects immediately after his election, but circumstances were such that he could not, so this is a little late.) | ||
| Honorable David E. Lilienthal, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission Honorable Robert F. Bacher, Member Honorable Sumner T. Pike, Member Honorable Lewis L. Strauss, Member Honorable William W. Waymack (Mr. David Lilienthal requested this through Mr. Clark Clifford | ||
| Vice Admiral H.G. Bowen, USN, Chief, Office of Research and Inventions, Navy Department (This arranged by Admiral James Foskett) | ||
| Senator James M. Tunnell, Delaware Colonel Richmond Harris (Arranged by General Harry Vaughan) | ||
| The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] Honorable Charles B. Henderson, R.F.C. (Arranged at the request of Mr. John W. Snyder) | ||
| Mr. Ralph Pittman Mr. Robert C. Simmons, Vice President, Police Boys Club (Presenting ticket to the President for General Scholastic All-Star football Game, Saturday, December 14th, All High vs. All Prep. for Benefit Police Boys Club. The Attorney General [Tom C. Clark] will throw out first ball. Wants picture with the President for publicity, as ticket sale is dragging - arranged at request of Mr. Schoeneman) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget Mr. Lee Martin (Asked for this yesterday afternoon) | ||
| The President received the Members of the President's Commission on Higher Education: Mr. O.C. Carmichael Mr. Harry A. Dixon Mr. John R. Emens Mr. Alvin C. Eurich Mr. Algo D. Henderson Mr. Lewis W. Jones Mr. Horace M. Kallen Mr. Murray D. Lincoln Mr. T.R. McConnell Mr. Martin R.P. McGuire Agnes Meyer Mr. Harry K. Newburn Mr. F.D. Patterson Mr. David Petegorsky Hilda Smith Mr. Harold H. Swift Mr. Ordway Tead Mr. Goodrich C. White Mr. George Zock Mr. Francis J. Brown, Executive Secretary Mr. J. Donald Kingsley Mr. John L. Thurston | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. Frederick C. Gunn) | ||
| (Honorable Raymond Foley) | ||
| Honorable Paul M. Herzog, Chairman NLRB Mr. John M. Houston, Member Mr. J.J. Reynolds, Jr. (Mr. Herzog asked for this and hoped to have one- half hour or more - sent over report to the President yesterday) | ||
| (Dentist) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9810 EXCUSING FEDERAL EMPLOYEES FROM DUTY ONE-HAVE DAY ON DECEMBER 24, 1946] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9809 PROVIDING FOR THE DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN WAR AGENCIES] | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| (Mr. Martin Coffey) | ||
| (Mr. Ted Marks) | ||
| (Honorable Charles Denny) | ||
| Mr. C. Petrus Peterson, of Lincoln, Nebraska (This is a gentleman about whom Mr. Edward McKim called Mr. Matthew Connelly a week ago, and asked if the President could see him. He is a State Senator) | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson, the Acting Secretary of State (Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Major General Philip B. Fleming, Federal Works Administrator Honorable George Allen, R.F.C Honorable John D. Goodloe, General Counsel, R.F.C. Mr. Frank W. Kelsey, Home Loan Guarantee Division of the Veterans Administration (coming in absence General Bradley) General Robert D. Littlejohn, War Assets Administrator Honorable Raymond Foley, Federal Housing Honorable Frank R. Creedon, War Assets Administration (This conference was called by the President on Housing, and to be announced by the President at Press Conference.) | ||
| (Mr. Leslie Biffle) | ||
| (Mr. James Pendergast) | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (Senator McKellar, the Secretary of War, and the Postmaster General were absent) | ||
| Honorable John D. Small (A personal matter) | ||
| H.R.H. The Duke of Windsor The British Ambassador (To pay respects) | ||
| Honorable Harry H. Woodring (He is in the city for the weekend and wrote the President he would like to call) | ||
| Senor Dr. Don Francisco Yllescas Barreiro, the Ambassador of Ecuador (Newly appointed) | ||
| H.R.H. Amir Faisal, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia Honorable Dean Acheson, the Acting Secretary of State Sheikh Asad Al-Faqih, the Minister of Saudi Arabia Sheikh Ali Alireza (interpreter) (It was the feeling of the State Department the HRH Amir Faisal was paying an official, business visit, and most likely would want to discuss Palestine, and Department thought Mr. Acheson should sit in on it. The interpreter can speak some English, it is not easy for him.) | ||
| Honorable Alf Landon (Sent word through Ted Alford, of the Kansas City Star, that he would like to pay his respects to the President when he came to Washington for the Gridiron Dinner) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Honorable Paul V. McNutt) | ||
| Mr. George Mead | ||
| Major General Philip B. Fleming, Federal Works Administrator Honorable George Allen, R.F.C. Honorable John D. Goodloe, General Counsel, R.F.C. Mr. Frank W. Kelsey, Home Loan Guarantee Division, of the Veterans Administration (came in the absence of General Bradley) General Robert D. Littlejohn, War Assets Administrator Honorable Raymond Foley, Federal Housing Honorable Frank R. Creedon, War Assets Administration | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Outlining the Housing Program for 1947] | ||
| (Honorable James A. Farley) | ||
| (The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]) | ||
| The Secretary of Agriculture [Clinton P. Anderson] The Secretary of Labor [Lewis B. Schwellenbach] Honorable William Foster, Assistant Secretary of Commerce Major General Philip B. Fleming Honorable Frank R. Creedon Honorable Raymond Foley Honorable George Allen Honorable John D. Goodloe Honorable Frank W. Kelsey Judge Caskie Collet Mr. Harold Stein | ||
| (Lunch - Mr. James Pendergast, Mr. Eddie Jacobson, Francis Pendergast) (At the White House) | ||
| (Left for the Gridiron Club Dinner) | ||
| Gridiron Dinner | ||
| (Left for the Reception of Gridiron Drones) | ||
| (Attended Gridiron Drones Reception at the Statler Hotel) | ||
| (The Poultry and Egg National Board, which represents entire poultry industry of United States, asked to present to the President the two biggest turkeys in the country for his Christmas dinners, in White House and in Missouri. They were alive and came ahead of the group in crates. The tom turkey comes from Texas and the hen from Minnesota.) The following guests were present for the presentation: The Secretary of Agriculture [Clinton P. Anderson] Mr. Leslie S. Hubbard, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Northeastern Poultry Producers Council Mr. R.E. James, Austin, Texas, President, National Turkey Federation Mr. Homer I, Huntington, Chicago, Illinois, Manager, Poultry and Egg National Board Mr. C.W. Wampler, Harrisonburg, Virginia, National Turkey Federation Mr. Roy W. Lennartson, Associate Director, Poultry Branch, Department of Agriculture Mr. Phil Alampi, New York City, Farm program director, WJZ Mr. John T. Houston, Charlotte, North Carolina, The Charlotte Observer Mr. Le Gette Blythe, Charlotte, North Carolina, The Charlotte Observer Mr. C.F. Smith, New York City, Eastern Manager Poultry and Egg National Board Mr. Lane Beatty, Ft. Worth, Texas Mr. Herman Demme, President, National Poultry Producers Council, Sewall, New Jersey | ||
| Mr. Melvin M. Johnson and son, Melvin, Jr., of Boston, Massachusetts (Asked for this in November to discuss Masonic matters; also research in the field of small arms, in which his son is active. Did not mention bringing his son along until last Friday, when he wired Mr. Connelly for permission.) | ||
| Mr. Henry Swain (over ninety) Mrs. Portia Washington Pittman Mrs. Fannie Lane Honorable Nellie Tayloe Ross, Director of the Bureau of the Mint Congressman Compton I. White, Idaho The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] Mr. John McBride Judge A.H. Hopkins of Franklin County, Virginia Mr. T.C. Cottrell Mr. S.J. Phillips (This group presented three sets of the Booker T. Washington Memorial coins to the President. Henry Swain, playmate of Booker T. Washington, made the presentation. Mrs. Pittman is Washington's daughter, and Mrs. Lane her daughter.) | ||
| (Senator Hugh Butler, Nebr. R) (Came in through the East Entrance, off record) | ||
| Mr. Frank Land of Kansas City (He called Mr. Connelly long distance and asked for this appointment) | ||
| General Henry H. Arnold | ||
| The Secretary of State [James F. Byrnes] | ||
| (Cabinet Luncheon - All present except the Postmaster General and the Attorney General) |