Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
December 16, 1946
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| The President received a group of leading sports writers in Washington attending a conference on juvenile delinquency. The Attorney General [Tom C. Clark] brought them in. Colonel Timothy McInerny, Director of Public Information, Justice Department, called and made the arrangements: The following were presemt: Mr. Douglas W. McGregor, The Asst. to the Attorney General Mr. Don Miller, United States Attorney, Cleveland, Ohio Colonel Timothy A. McInerny, Director of Public Information, Justice Department Mr. Leighton Cornwell, Special Assistant to the Attorney General Mr. Leo M. Cadison, Deputy Director of Public Information Sports Writers: George Zielke, Toledo Blade Jack Carberry, Denver Post Bob Considine International News Sec Taylor, Des Moines Register and Tribune Al Santore, Los Angeles Examiner George Leonard, Nashville Banner Len Wilbur, Utica Press Observer Ed Danforth, Atlanta Journal Stanley Woodward, New York Herald Tribune Dan Parker, New York Daily News W.F. Fox, Jr., Indianapolis News Carlton Kent, Chicago Times Arthur Daley, New York Times Dave Egan, Boston Record Edson, Associated Press John Carmichael, Chicago Earl Ruby, Louisville Courier Journal Howard Parsons, Erie Daily Times W.W. Foster, Pittsburgh, Pa. Jerry Bryan, Birmingham News and Age Herald Harold Middlesworth, Daily Oklamoma Bill Cunningham, Boston Herald Paul Leach, Chicago Daily News Bill Corum, New York Journal Archie Jamison, Tulsa Oklahoma World and Texas papers and Shreveport, La., Times William McKeefe, New Orleans Times Picayune Harry Martinez, New Orleans States James Butler, Editor and Publisher Walter Baldinger, News Week representative John Jerrell, Omaha Bee Ray R. Roche, Jersey Journal Jack Trou, Atlanta, Georgia Bob Murphy, Detroit Times Les Carpenter, Dallas Times Herald Gordon Cobbledick, Plain Dealer, Cleveland Franklin Lewis, Cleveland Press Ed Bang, Cleveland News Dick Peebles, San Antonio Express Jack Troy, Atlanta Constitution Warren Francis, Los Angeles Times Washington, D.C., sports writers representatives: Bus Ham, Post George Garner, Times Herald Bob Addie, Times Herald Rod Thomas, Star Frances Stan, Star Roger Treat, News Robert Doyle, NBC | ||
| (James Pendergast) | ||
| Honorable James Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget Honorable Paul Appleby Mr. Frederick J. Lawton Mr. L.D. Martin | ||
| Governor Mon C. Wallgren, Washington | ||
| Executive Orders: [9811 EXTENSION OF TRUST PERIODS ON INDIAN LANDS EXPIRING DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 1947] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to Granville Conway Asking Him To Serve as Coordinator of Emergency Export Programs] | ||
| General Alexander A. Vandegrift, Commandant, USMC (At the request of Admiral Foskett, to discuss ("Plucking Board") | ||
| Senator James E. Murray, Montana Mr. Lief Erickson (Senator Murray asked to bring in Erickson, defeated candidate for United States Senate from Montana.) | ||
| The President received the National Officers of the Imperial Council of the Shrine of North America. Mr. Frank Land requested this appointment when he called on the President yesterday. The following were present: Mr. Frank Land Judge George H. Rowe Mr. Robert Smith Mr. Remmie Arnold Mr. Everett W. Jacocks Mr. Roland Baldwin Mr. Alfred Arvold | ||
| (Mr. Joseph Healey) (Off record, came in through the Northwest gate to see Mr. Connelly) | ||
| The Secretary of the Interior [Julius A. Krug] The Under Secretary of the Interior | ||
| (Honorable James M. Landis, Chairman, C.A.B) (Honorable Edwin Locke) (Mr. Connelly aksed Mr. Landis to come in off record for a talk with the President) | ||
| (Mr. Ed McKim) | ||
| The President presented the Robert J. Collier Trophy to the 1945 winner, Dr. Luis W. Alvarez. Dr. Alvarez is a distinguished scientist and professor of physics at the University of California. The following were present at the ceremony: Dr. Luis W. Alvarez William L. Anderson Lawrence D. Bell Miss Jacqueline Cochrane Harry K. Coffey Luis DeFlorez J.B. Hartranft, Jr. Emory S. Land Charles S. Logsdon Grover Loening William P. McCracken, Jr. Harry Meixell John E.P. Morgan Fred Neely Russell W. Nichols Franklin F. Page Mr. R.M. Phelps L. Welch Pogue, President, National Aeronautic Assoc. William P. Redding Mrs. Lowell H. Swanson Roscoe Turner General Carl Spaatz Wayne Welshaar Gill Robb Wilson T.P. Wright Commander John Ide | ||
| Congressman George E. Outland, California (To say "goodbye" - appointment made at the request of David Miller) | ||
| Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors Mr. Leon Keyserling, Member Mr. John D. Clark, Member (The President told them when they were in last week to come back today.) | ||
| (Governor Mon Wallgren, Washington) (Honorable Edward McKim) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Senator Tom Connally, Texas | ||
| (Mr. Paul Dillon) | ||
| Mr. Oscar Ewing | ||
| Honorable Frank J. Lausche, Governor of Ohio | ||
| (Mr. Roy Harper) | ||
| (Dentist) | ||
| Cabinet Dinner at the White House | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President: United States Policy Toward China] | ||
| Honorable Joseph Keenan, Chief of Counsel, in preparation and prosecution of War Crimes against leaders of Japan. (Called Mr. Connelly and asked for this appointment) | ||
| (Mr. Lewis Deschler) Parliamentarian of the House (Came in to see Mr. Connelly through the Northwest Gate and Mr. Connelly took him to see the President. He asked for this appointment) | ||
| Congressman Jed Johnson, Oklahoma (Wired from Oklahoma City for this appointment) | ||
| (Mr. Harry Beyster) (Engineer from Detroit, now connected with Philippine Government, handling rehabilitation and industrial development and reparations for Japan - Mr. Locke arranged and will bring him in, off record) | ||
| Congressman Matthew M. Neely, West Virginia (Requested the appointment) | ||
| (Mr. Douglas McGregor) (Justice James P. Alexander) | ||
| Mr. Wesley R. Disney, Attorney at Law, Washington, D.C. (He wrote to the President that he would appreciate a short interview within few days to discuss appoint- ment to Indian Claims Commission of Judge Earl Welch of Supreme Court of Oklahoma) | ||
| Mr. C.A. Franklin, Editor, The Kansas City Call, Weekly (He wrote to the President to ask if he might drop in while in Washington. This newspaper is a Colored publication, and Mr. Franklin is stopping here in Washington at the home of the President of Howard University) | ||
| Senator Ralph E. Flanders, Vermont (R) (At the request of Mr. Hassett who arranged the appointment) | ||
| Honorable Edward J. Flynn (Called Mr. Connelly last week from Kentucky for this appointment) | ||
| (Mr. David B. Robertson, President, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen) (In answer to the President's letter to him - came off record through the East Entrance) | ||
| (Dr. Max Lowenthal) (Called and asked for this off record appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| The Secretary of War [Robert P. Patterson] Honorable James Webb, Director of the Budget (To discuss War Department budget. Mr. Webb explained it was unusual for him to come along but that the Secretary of War had requested that he accompany him.) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9812 INSPECTION OF INCOME, EXCESS-PROFITS, AND DECLARED VALUE EXCESS-PROFITS TAX RETURNS BY THE COMMITTEE ON NAVAL AFFAIRS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Concerning the Transportation of Refugees to the United States] | ||
| (Honorable James E. Webb) | ||
| Congressman Herman P. Kopplemann, Connecticut (To pay respects - requested the appointment) | ||
| Honorable Watson B. Miller, Administrator, Federal Security Agency Dr. Thomas Parran, Surgeon General of the U.S. (Mr. Miller called Mr. Matthew Connelly and asked for this appointment) | ||
| Honorable Robert G. Simmons, Supreme Court of Nebraska (He asked to come in and talk with the President through Mr. Ed McKim) | ||
| Congressman Howard W. Smith, Virginia (He asked for this appointment through Mr. Charles Ross) | ||
| The Secretary of Commerce [W. Averell Harriman] Honorable William C. Poster, the Under Secretary of Commerce (Mr. Harriman asked to bring in his new Under Secretary to pay respects to the President) | ||
| Mr. Robert L. McKeever (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday - wanted to tell the President about some meetings he has had lately) | ||
| The Secretary of the Navy [James Forrestal] | ||
| The Secretary of State [James F. Byrnes] (Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. C.M. Hilton, President, Hilton Hotel Corp.) (Mr. J.P. Binns, Vice President) (Mr. Derrius Crane) The Attorney General [Tom C. Clark]) (Mr. Bob Williford) (Mr. Hilton has just taken over the Mayflower Hotel in this city. Came in to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and saw the President off the record, to extend hospitality of their hotel.) | ||
| (Honorable Alfred Schindler) | ||
| (Mr. Roy Harper) (He came in to see Mr. Matthew Connelly, through the Northwest gate) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb | ||
| (Left for the home of the Secretary of the Navy [James Forrestal] where he dined) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9813 APPOINTMENT OF THE MEMBERS AND THE ALTERNATE MEMBER OF A MILITARY TRIBUNAL ESTABLLISHED FOR THE TRIAL AND PUNISHMENT OF MAJOR WAR CRIMINALS IN GERMANY] | ||
| Cabinet (All present except the Postmaster General, the Secretary of the Interior and Senator McKellar. Honorable Oscar Chapman came for the Secretary of the Interior and Honorable Jesse M. Donaldson for the Postmaster General) | ||
| The President spoke briefly to members of the newly organized Committee on Universal Training in the East Wing; the members are as follows: Honorable Joseph Davies, Washington, D.C. Dr. Daniel Poling, Boston, Massachusetts, Editor, "The Christian Herald" Honorable Samuel I. Rosenman, New York Mrs. Anna Rosenberg, New York Mr. Truman K. Gibson, Jr., Chicago, Illinois Dr. Harold W. Dodds, Princeton, New Jersey The Reverend Edmund A. Walsh, Washington, D.C. Dr. Karl T. Compton, Cambridge, Massachusetts Mr. Charles E. Wilson, New York, President, General Electric Company | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks to the President's Advisory Commission on Universal Training] | ||
| Honorable Paul M. Herzog, Chairman, NLRB (He wrote to the President that since seeing him last Wednesday he has been approached by several Republican Senators to discuss the forthcoming labor legislation and he thought the President might like to have a report of these discussions.) | ||
| Senator Edwin C. Johnson, Colorado Honorable W. Lee Knous, Governor-elect of Colorado (The Senator asked to bring in Mr. Knous who is the only Democratic Governor in this election to take the place of a Republican) | ||
| The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] (Honorable Allen Sproul, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York) (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly for this appointment) | ||
| The Secretary of State [James F. Byrnes] The Under Secretary of State Honorable William L. Clayton, the Asst. Secretary of State Hon. Wm. McChesney Martin, Jr., Chairman, Export- Import Bank of Washington Honorable Herbert E. Gaston, Director of Bank Honorable Lynn U. Stambaugh, Director of Bank Honorable Clarence E. Gauss, Director of Bank (Mr. Byrnes arranged this appointment) | ||
| The Secretary of State [James F. Byrnes] H.E. Constantine Tsaldaris, the Prime Minister of Greece Mr. Paul Economou-Gouras Mr. Alexis Kyrou | ||
| Mr. George Albert Smith, President of the Mormon Church, (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day Saints) Cannon Lund, same church Mr. Edgar B. Brossard, U.S. Tariff Commissioner, same church Mr. Ernest L. Wilkinson, Attorney, same church Mr. J. Willard Marriott, President, Hot Shoppes, Inc., same church (Mr. Smith arranged this appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Senator Abe Murdock, Utah | ||
| Senator Carl Hayden, Arizona Senator Carl A. Hatch, New Mexico | ||
| (Judge Samuel Rosenman) (Dr. Carl Compton) (Honorable Clark Clifford) (Honorable Charles Ross) | ||
| (The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]) | ||
| (The Attorney General [Tom C. Clark]) (Judge William C. Mathes) | ||
| (Mr. Clark Clifford) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9814 ESTABLISHING AN AMNESTY BOARD TO REVIEW CONVICTIONS OF PERSONS UNDER THE SELECTIVE TRAINING AND SERVICE ACT OF 1940 AND TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY WITH RESPECT THERETO] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9815 AMENDING SECTION 7 OF THE EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9691 OF February 4, 1946, ENTITLED "DIRECTING THE CIVIL SERVE COMMISSION TO RESUME OPERATIONS UNDER THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES, AND AUTHORIZING THE ADOPTION OF SPECIAL REGULATIONS DURING THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD"1] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter Accepting Resignation of Edwin A. Locke, Jr., as Special Assistant to the President] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing Order Creating an Amnesty Board To Review Convictions Under the Selective Service Act] | ||
| Senator Wallace H. White, Maine (R) (He called Mr. Connelly and asked for this appointment) | ||
| The President received the members of the White House Staff to extend Holiday wishes | ||
| (Mr. Thomas T. Miller) (A friend from Independence and was in Washington and wished to pay respects) | ||
| The President received the Under Secretaries and the Assistant Secretaries of the Ten Departments of the Government: State Department: Honorable Dean Acheson, Under Secretary Honorable Donald Russell, Assistant Secretary Honorable Spruille Braden, Assistant Secretary Honorable John H. Hilldring, Secretary Staff Committee Navy Department: Honorable John L. Sullivan, Under Secretary Honorable W. John Kenney, Assistant Secretary Honorable John Brown, Assistant Secretary for Air Interior Department: Honorable Oscar Chapman, Under Secretary Honorable Warner W. Gardner, Assistant Secretary Honorable G. Girard Davidson. Assistant Secretary Agriculture Department: Honorable Harris E. Dodd, Under Secretary Honorable Charles F. Brannan, Assistant Secretary Commerce Department: Honorable William C. Foster, Under Secretary Treasury Department: Messers. Gardner and Foley both out of the city War Department: Honorable Kenneth Royall, out of the city Honorable Howard C. Peterson, Assistant Secretary Honorable Stuart Symington, Assistant Secretary Post Office Department: Honorable Jesse M. Donaldson, First Asst. Postmaster Gen. Honorable Joseph J. Lawler, Third Asst. Postmaster Gen. Justice Department: Honorable A. Devitt Vanech, Assistant to the Attorney General Honorable George Washington, Acting Solicitor General Honorable Wendell Berge, Asst. Attorney General Honorable John F. Sonnett, Assistant Attorney General Honorable David L. Bazelon, Assistant Attorney General Honorable Lamar Caudle, Assistant Attorney General Honorable J. Edgar Hoover, and Honorable Sewell Key Labor Department: Honorable Keen Johnson, Under Secretary Honorable David A. Morse, Assistant Secretary Honorable John W. Gibson, Assistant Secretary | ||
| The Secretary of State [James F. Byrnes] (Usual Monday appointment) | ||
| (Cabinet Luncheon at the White House - the President presented their gifts. All members were present except Mr. Robert E. Hannegan and Mr. W. Averell Harriman) | ||
| (Mr. Oscar Ewing) (Mr. Boyd Stryker) | ||
| Honorable James Webb, Director of the Budget | ||
| (Left for the Navy Yard) | ||
| (Lunch aboard the USS WILLIAMSBURG) | ||
| (Left for the South Grounds) | ||
The President lighted National Community Christmas
Tree on the South Lawn at 5:00 p.m., and made a
brief radio address to the Nation [Public Papers]
[ Audio: MP3 ]
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| (Christmas Day) | ||
| The President left by plane for Independence, Mo. | ||
| The President arrived in Kansas City, Mo. (CST) | ||
| (In Independence) | ||
| The President left Kansas City, Mo. (CST) | ||
| Arrived in Washington, D.C. (EST) | ||
| The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] | ||
| (Honorable Stuart Symington) |