Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
February 06, 1947
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| The Secretary of Agriculture [Clinton P. Anderson] | ||
| The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] Honorable William Clayton (The Secretry of Sate brought Mr. Clayton. Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| The President lunched in the office of the Secretary of the Interior [Julius A. Krug] at the Secretary's invitation. The President was accompanied by several members of his staff. The following guests were also invited by the Secretary: Under Secretary Oscar Chapman Assistant Secretary Warner W. Gardner Assistant Secretary C. Girard Davidson Solicitor Mastin G. White Director of Information Carlton Skinner Special Assistant to the Secretary Creekmore Fath Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation Michael W. Strous Director of Geological Survey W. E. Wrather Director of the Bureau of Mines R. R. Sayers Director of Fish and Wildlife Service Albert M. Day Director of the National Park Service Newton B. Drury | ||
| (General Ralph Truman) | ||
| (The Attorney General [Tom C. Clark]) (The Secretary of Commerce [W. Averell Harriman]) (Honorable Clark Clifford) (Honorable John Steelman) | ||
| Lord and Lady Alexander The Canadian Ambassador and Mrs. Wrong (Their Excellancies came in to say "goobye".) | ||
| (Mr. Oscar Ewing) | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Concerning Gifts to the United Nations] | ||
| [Public Papers: Message to Admiral Stone Commending Him on His Service With the Allied Commission for Italy] | ||
| [Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress on Rubber] | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (All present with the exception of the Secretary of Labor. Keene Johnston came in his place) | ||
| (The Secretary of Agriculture [Clinton P. Anderson]) (Dr. Louis Bean, of the Budget Bureau) (Secretary Clinton P. Anderson asked if he might have an hour after Cabinet for this off-the-record appointment. Dr. came through the East Entrance) | ||
| H.E. Mahmound Hassan Bey, the Ambassador of Egypt (Asked to call on the President to deliver to him, under instructions of his Government, a letter from the King of Egypt, as well as some postage stamps.) | ||
| Congressman W. A. Poage, Texas (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday and requested this appointment) | ||
| Honorable Edwin Pauley (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday and requested this appointment) | ||
| Mr. H. S. Brown, International President, International Association of Machinists Mr. S. L. Newman, General Vice President Mr. Earl Melton, General Vice President Mr. Elmer Walker, General Vice President (Mr. Brown phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly late yesterday to ask if these gentlemen, composing the Executive Council of the International Association of Machinists, could call on the President today, in order to discuss with him some of their problems.) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (The President gave an informal dinner at the White House for Mr. Vic Householder [Housholder] who stayed all night at the White House and breakfasted with the President the following morning. The President also invited the following persons to the dinner: Colonel Johnny Uncles General Harry Vaughan Colonel Ed Condon Senator Carl Hayden Senator Ernest McFarland Congressman Murdock Congressman Harless (The President's cousin, General Ralph Truman) | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President on the Increasing Incidence of Heart Disease] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Announcing Further Steps in Aid of Highway Safety] | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Left for the home of the Postmaster General [Robert E. Hannegan] where he dined) | ||
| The President and Mrs. Truman attended a reception in their honor at the Congressional Club at 2001 New Hampshire Avenue. | ||
| The Midshipman Choir at the U. S. Naval Academy gave a half-hour concert in the East Room for the President, Mrs. Truman, and guests. | ||
| (Mr. Edwin Locke) | ||
| Senator H. Alexander Smith, New Jersey (Called Mr. Connelly Saturday to ask if he could see the President today re a personal matter) | ||
| Miss Katherine [Katharine] R. Lenroot, Chief, Children's Bureau Mr. Maurice Pate, Executive Director, International Children's Fund. (Miss Lenroot asked if they could talk to the President this week re certain problems dealing with this fund. Miss Lenroot is also on the Board of Directors for this fund.) | ||
| Honorable Frank Waring, Member Philippine War Damage Commission (Phoned Mr. Connelly for this appointment) | ||
| Archbishop H. G. Athenagoras, Head of the Greek Orthodox Church of North and South America Reverend Thomas Daniels (Presented to the President a gold cross, emblem of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher, which Order was founded by the Emperor Constantine 312 A.D. This gift of present Head of Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem.) | ||
| Master Richard Tyler, aged 14 Miss Joyce Van Patten, aged 12 The Secretary of Agriculture [Clinton P. Anderson] (Both children broadway stars--presented to the President the first certificate to be issued representing grove of 1000 trees which will be planted in his name and constitute center of Childrens' Memorial Forest in Palestine, a gift of the Christian children of the United States in memory of the 1,000,000 Jewish children slain in Europe during the war. The site of this Forest will be near Nazareth, the boyhood home of Jesus) The following adults accompanied the children: | ||
| (Cabinet Luncheon -- Treasury, Interior and Agriculture absent) | ||
| (The Postmaster General [Robert E. Hannegan]) (Honorable Gael Sullivan) | ||
| (Dr. Robert W. Andrews) (Colonel James Wheaton) | ||
| Senator Walter F. George, Ga. Dr. Louie D. Newton, President, Southern Baptist Convention and Pastor Druid Hills Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia Congressman Henderson Lanham, Georgia (Senator George phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly for this two weeks ago--to invite the President to some Baptist Convention) | ||
| Senator Glen H. Taylor, Idaho (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly late yesterday to ask for this appointment) | ||
| Congressman John A. Blatnik, Minn. (D) (Phoned last week to ask to see the President today, regarding the rent situation, St. Lawrence Waterway and several other matters) | ||
| (Honorable Joseph E. Davies) (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly late yesterday and asked if he could drop in, off record, today and see the President) | ||
| Brig. General Donald B. Adams, President, Reserve Officers Association Brig. General E. A. Evans, Executive Director (This was arranged by General Harry Vaughan) | ||
| Honorable Robert S. Kerr, Former Governor of Oklahoma (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday to ask for this) | ||
| (The Postmaster General [Robert E. Hannegan]) (Mr. Harry A. McDonald) (Re Republican vacancy on SEC) | ||
| Congressman Sam Rayburn, Texas (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday afternoon for this) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. Bill Boyle) | ||
| (Speaker's [Joseph W. Martin] Dinner at the White House) | ||
| Miss Gertrude Ely (Of Bryn Mawr, Pa. wrote Mr. Charles Ross that the Board of the American Association on Indian Affairs in New York of which she is a member, had asked her to talk with the President, if possible, about an immediate situation in connection with Indian Affairs) | ||
| Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly for this appointment) | ||
| Honorable James Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget | ||
| (The President placed a wreath at the Lincoln Memorial) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. Russell Stewart) | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Urging Extension of Authority To Ship Emergency Supplies to Europe] | ||
| Senator Carl A. Hatch, New Mexico (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday for this appointment) | ||
| Mr. Eric Johnston (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday for this. Said he had three things to take up, Industry's viewpoint on reciprocal trade; the problems of England, and to suggest a name for Ambassador to England) | ||
| (Mr. Jim Pendergast, of Kansas City, will come off record, to see Mr. Matthew Connelly) | ||
| Congressman William H. Stevenson, Wis. Mr. La Verne Hall, of Westby, Wis. (La Verne Hall is nineteen years old--National 4-H Achievement Winner, and is in Washington as guest of Champion Farmers of America, who are holding a meeting here. He won the President's trophy, a $200 award given in 4-H in the name of the President. Secretary Clinton P. Anderson approved this appointment) | ||
| (The Postmaster General [Robert E. Hannegan]) (Mr. Frank Pace) (Mr. Sheldon C. Vinsonhaler) (Mr. Robert E. Hannegan asked that this be set up as Vinsonhaler is recommended, endorsed and approved by Secretary John Snyder and Senator McClellan of Ark. for Federal Communications Commission) | ||
| The President received a Committee of distinguished Colored leaders, who will request that he order a commemorative stamp to be issued in honor of Doctor George Washington Carver, a Negro Scientist. This being National Colored History Week it was felt that it was a good time for this Committee to call. The following persons were present: Dr. Frederick D. Patterson, President, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama Dr. Ambrose Caliver, Specialist, U. S. Department of Education , Washington, D. C. Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson, President, Howard University, Washington, D. C. Mrs. Thomasina W. Johnson, Chief, Minority Groups Section, Department of Labor, Washington, D. C. Dr. Russell Brown, Director, George Washington Carver Foundation, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama Dr. Ralph P. Bridgeman, President, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia Mrs. Alma Illery, Initiator, George Washington Carver Week. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Mr. Thomas Morgan, President, Sperry Gyroscope Company Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, President, National Council of Negro Women, Daytona Beach, Florida Mrs. R. L. Vann, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Dr. Charles S. Johnson, President, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee Mr. Julian Thomas, Sponsor, George Washington Carver Seal, New York, New York Mrs. Rackham Haolt, Author of biography of George Carver, New York, New York Dr. Horace Mann Bond, President, Lincoln University, Chester County, Pennsylvania Mr. William C. Jason, Jr., National Welfare Director, National Alliance of Postal Employees, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mr. Joseph J. Lawler, Third Assistant Postmaster General Mr. Robert E. Fellers, Superintendent of Stamps, Post Office Department Mr. Frank Alexander, Official Post Office Department, Photographer, Post Office Department Mr. Thomas P. Bomar, Assistant District Superintendent- at-Large, Railway Mail Service, Washington, D. C. Mr. Marsden W. Cabell, Sr., Confidential Assistant to the First Assistant Postmaster General, Post Office Department Attorney Thomas C. Hall, Solicitor's Office, Post Office Department, Washington, D. C. Mr. George W. Peterson, Philatelic Agency, Post Office Department, Washington, D. C. Mrs. Elizabeth Marshall, Pittsburg, Pa. Honorable Frances P. Bolton, Ohio | ||
| H. E. Senor Tomas Berreta, the President-Elect of Uruguay Honorable Spruille Braden, Assistant Secretary of State Dr. Juan Carlos Blanco, Ambassador of Uruguay (The Ambassador of Uruguay requested this appointment, stating he felt the President-Elect should call previous to the luncheon and pay his respects. As the President-Elect did not speak English, Mr. Braden came) [Public Papers] | ||
| The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] (Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| (Luncheon - stag- in honor of the President-Elect of Uruguay) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| Honorable Earl Warren, Governor of California Senator William F. Knowland, California (Senator Knowland requested this appointment) | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (All present except Interior, Mr. Oscar Chapman came for Interior) | ||
| (The Postmaster General [Robert E. Hannegan]) (Mr. Oscar Ewing) | ||
| (Honorable Edwin Pauley) | ||
| Senator Warren G. Magnuson, Washington Senator Harry P. Cain, Washington Honorable Michael W. Straus, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Interior (Senator Magnuson requested this appointment, in order that they may present to the President a bushel of apples on behalf of the citizens of Yakima, Washington, commemorating Yakima Tieton Irrigation Celebration on February 14th. This is the first Reclamation District to pay its complete debt to the government. The Secretary of Interior is going out to Washington to attend the celebration.) | ||
| Mr. Arthur H. Sulzberger, Publisher, New York Times (Advised he would be in the city today and would like to call on the President while here) | ||
| Congressman Orville Zimmerman, Mo. Mr. Raymond Bell, cattleman of Texas Mr. Dolph Brisco Judge Joseph Montague Congressman R. Ewing Thomason, Texas Honorable Richard Kleberg, former Congressman from Texas (Congressman Zimmerman requested this to discuss hoof and mouth disease bill) | ||
| Honorable John Winant Dr. Everett R. Clinchy, President, American Brotherhood, the National Conference of Christians and Jews, Inc. (Mr. Winant requested this while still abroad, through Dr. Clinchy. Among other things Mr. Winant wishes to talk about plans he has worked out with radio, newspapers, etc., for Brotherhood Week, February 16-23. The President is Honorary Chairman) | ||
| (Honorable Charles F. McLaughlin, Member, American- Mexican Claims Commission (Mr. Mattehw Connelly asked him to come off-the-record.) | ||
| (Honorable George Allen) (Came to see Mr. Matthew Connelly) | ||
| (Lunch) (Mr. Pendergast came to luncheon) | ||
| The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] | ||
| The President left Washington by plane for Grandview, Missouri, to see his Mother, who had fallen the day before. | ||
| The President arrived at the White House from Grandview, Missouri, trip. | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President on the Famine in Rumania] | ||
| (Honorable Charles F. McLaughlin) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Honorable Dean Acheson) | ||
| (Honorable Stanton Griffis) | ||
| The President, Mrs. Truman, and Miss Truman attended Performance of "H.M.S. Pinafore" at Constitution Hall. | ||
| Senator James E. Murray, Montana Mr. Ed Klies Mr. Walter B. Mack Major General Ralph Royce Mr. Robert Darling (Senator Murray phoned Mr. Connelly in January stating he would like to bring in a group from Montana, who would be in town at this time to attend hearings on an airline matter. Originally said that among them would be the National Committeeman from Montana, but when the list of the names was submitted he was not on it and when asked the Senator's office said the National Committeeman was unable to come. All of these gentlemen represent the Great Northern Airlines Company) | ||
| Senator Ernest W. McFarland, Arizona (Phoned Mr. Connelly on Friday to ask for this appointment) | ||
| Congressman Robert Crosser, Ohio Honorable William J. Kennedy, Chairman, Railroad Retirement Board (Congressman Crosser called Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this appointment) | ||
| (Mr. Juan Monasterio) | ||
| Congressman Hale Boggs, La. (New Congressman, phoned Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this appointment) | ||
| Honorable George L. Radcliffe (Former Senator - phoned Mr. Connelly last week from Baltimore, to ask for this) | ||
| H.R.H. Amir Saud, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia H.E. Sheikh Faud Hamza Sheikh Soliman Al-Hamad H.E. Sheikh Asad Al-Faqih, The Minister of Saudi Arabia (To say "goodbye" to the President. They have re- quested to be photographed with the President, as the Prince thinks it will be pleasing to his father to have such a picture. In transmitting this request the Division of Protocol said they had checked with their Political Section, which recommends that this picture be made.) | ||
| [Public Papers: Citation Accompanying Legion of Merit Awarded to the King of Saudi Arabia] | ||
| [Public Papers: Citation Accompanying Legion of Merit Awarded to the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia] | ||
| The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] (Usual appointment, postponed from Monday) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Honorable John Small | ||
| (Colonel Ed Condon) (He wanted to see the President sometime today, off the record, in order to deliver a message to the President from General Miltonberger) | ||
| (Ted Marks) | ||
| (Congressional Reception here at the White House) | ||
| [Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress on Termination of Emergency and Wartime Powers] | ||
| (Mr. Leighton Shields) (Dr. Shields Warren) (Saw Mrs. Truman Monday, and wanted to bring in his nephew, Dr. Warren, to meet the President, while in the city.) | ||
| (Congressman Clarence Cannon) | ||
| (Major General Haskell, Retired) |