Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
May 08, 1947
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| (Birthday Lunch with the Staff and Cabinet in the Dining Room in the Executive Office) | ||
| The President signed S.591, Red Cross Reorganization Bill, and was photographed with: Honorable Basil O'Connor, Chairman, American Red Cross Mr. Howard Bonham | ||
| The President and Mrs.Truman left to attend a Birthday Dinner given by the Attorney General and Mrs. Clark for the President at the 1925 F Street Club | ||
| Executive Orders: [9849 SUSPENSION OF EIGHT-HOUR LAW AS TO WORK BY THE ALASKA RAILROAD, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Requesting Appropriations for the Employees Loyalty Program] | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (All present except the Postmaster General) | ||
| (Mr. Joe Healey) | ||
| Mr. Harry M. Warner, President, Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. (Wrote the President in April, asking if he might call when in Washington) | ||
| Mr. James Bruce, National Dairy Products Co. (Phoned Mr. Connelly from New York last week to say that he had something important concerning the Argentine, that he wanted to talk to the President about; said Mr. Hannegan had already discussed it with the President) | ||
| (Honorable Gael Sullivan) | ||
| Honorable Charles U. Bay, U. S. Ambassador to Norway (Requested this through the Division of Protocol, State Department) | ||
| Honorable John Russell Young, President Board of Commissioners, District of Columbia Honorable Guy Mason, Commissioner Brig. General Gordon R. Young, Engineer Commissioner Lt. Colonel Vernon A. Shurm, Asst. Engineer Commissioner Mr. Edgar Morris Mr. Clarence Arata Mr. Edwin Lewis Mr. Carter Barron Mr. Eugene Ford Mr. Charles Stofberg, Assistant to Commissioner Young Mr. Alexander F. Jones (This is Committee that worked on the Reception for President Aleman. The President wishes to thank them. Names furnished by Commissioner Young) | ||
| (Mr. N. T. Veatch, of Kansas City) (To shake hands, could not come earlier) | ||
| H.E. Joaquin M. Elizalde, the Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines H. E. Elpidio Quirino, Vice President of the Republic of the Philippines, also the Foreign Minister (Quirino is guest at Blair House - and will go on to the White House where the President is giving him a small informal stag luncheon.) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. and Mrs. Lou Holland) | ||
| The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] | ||
| Judge James Anderson | ||
| Executive Orders: [9850 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9460(1) OF AUGUST 7, 1944, PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS RELATING TO GLIDER FLIGHTS BY PERSONNEL OF THE ARMY, NAVY, MARINE CORPS, AND COAST GUARD] | ||
| (Mr. Merle Young) | ||
| Honorable James A. Farley | ||
| (Honorable Dean Acheson) (Dr. John Steelman) | ||
| (Lunch) (The President and Mrs. Truman gave a luncheon for Lord and Lady Halifax at the White House.) | ||
| The President went on South Lawn and heard songs by the West Point Chapel Choir | ||
| The President left for Gridiron Dinner | ||
| (EDST) The President took the plane for Grandview, Missouri. | ||
| (EDST) The President arrived in Grandview, Missouri. | ||
| Visited with his mother. | ||
| (EDST) The President left Grandview, Missouri by plane. | ||
| (EDST) The President arrived in Washington, D. C. | ||
| Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers (Dr. John Steelman) (Dr. Nourse asked for this opportunity to talk to the President, through Dr. Steelman) | ||
| Mr. Huston Thompson (Wrote to ask if he might see the President. Said as a former long-time member of Federal Trade Commission he wanted to talk to the President about Commissioner Ayres and his future relationship with the Commission; also to say a few words about the situation that confronted the Commission right after the First World War with respect to the high cost of living.) | ||
| Honorable Harry B. Mitchell, President, Civil Service Commission (Phoned Mr. Connelly to ask for this, saying he wished to extend invitation to the President in which he thinks the President will be interested.) | ||
| Honorable Walter Donnelly, U. S. Ambassador to Costa Rica (Is newly appointed and would like to pay courtesy call before leaving for his post.) | ||
| Mr. Winthrop Aldrich | ||
| (Cabinet luncheon -- all present except the Postmaster General.) | ||
| The President motored to Doctors Hospital to visit Associate Justice William O. Douglas of the U. S. Supreme Court. | ||
| OFF THE RECORD--The President joined a meeting in the Cabinet Room on Portal-to-Portal discussion. The following were present: The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] The Secretary of War [Robert P. Patterson] The Attorney General [Tom C. Clark] The Secretary of the Navy [James Forrestal] The Secretary of Interior [Julius A. Krug] The Secretary of Labor [Lewis B. Schwellenbach] Honorable Paul Herzog, Chairman, National Labor Relations Board Honorable Charles Murphy Mr. George Elsey Honorable John Steelman | ||
| (Mr Ted Marks) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9851 ADDING CERTAIN LANDS TO THE MOUNT VERNON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Concerning Final Burial of the Dead of World War II] | ||
| [Public Papers: Exchange of Messages With President Aleman of Mexico] | ||
| (Senator Hugh Butler, Nebr.) (Senator Ernest W. McFarland, Ariz.) (Senator Edward V. Robertson, Wyo.) (Senator Downey, California) (Senator Butler phoned Mr. Connelly to ask if they might come off record, East Entrance, to discuss the nomination of Mariano Villaronga, to be Commissioner of Education for Puerto Rico. This nomination still in committee; sent up in January) | ||
| Senator James E. Murray, Montana Senator Robert F. Wagner, N. Y. Senator Harley Kilgore, West Virginia (Senator Murray phoned Mr. Connelly last week for this appointment) | ||
| Congressman Thomas E. Martin, Iowa Mr. Wallace Sherlock, Editor of Fairfield, Iowa, Daily Ledger Mr. Charles H. Gage, a rice producer in Arkansas, formerly from Iowa Mr. Paul S. Junkin, with the Daily Ledger Mr. F. H. McQuiston, head of the Telephone Co. of Fairfield, Ia. Congressman Charles B. Hoeven Congressman Karl M. LeCompte, Iowa (Congressman Martin asked Mr. Connelly if he might bring in these Iowa gentlemen to meet the President) | ||
| Mr. Earl O. Shrede, newly elected President, U. S. Chamber of Commerce (Is also Vice President, General Electric) | ||
| The Secretary of the Interior [Julius A. Krug] Honorable Ernest Gruening, Governor of Alaska (Secretary of Interior asked Mr. Connelly to arrange) | ||
| Mr. James Nolan, Faithful Purser, K. of C. Mr. Robert F. Handley, General Chairman, Annual Field Mass Committee (This arranged at request of Mr. Neale Roach, Democratic National Committee. This group to present the President with gold embossed invitation to the Annual Field Mass of the Knights of Columbus, Arlington Amphitheatre, May 25th, Sunday | ||
| (General Frank Lowe) | ||
| H. E. Alberto Tarchiani, the Ambassador of Italy (Recently returned from Italy and asked to call and tell the President about conditions in Italy.) | ||
| Mr. Karl M. Vetaburg, Attorney from St. Louis (Wrote the President he would be here attending Supreme Lodge Convention of the B'Nai Brith and hoped he might call on the President) | ||
| The President received the following Members of the Association of Radio News Analysts: Mr. Lowel Thomas Mr. George Hamilton Coombs Mr. Cecil Brown Mr. Leland Stowe Mr. Ned Calmer Mr. Robert Trout Mr. Charles Hodges Mr. Gregor Ziemer Mr. H. V. Kaltenborn Mr. Elmer Davis Mr. Larry Lesueur Mr. Richard Harkness Mr. John McVane Mr. Joseph C. Harsch Mr. Cesar Saerchinger Mr. Bill Henry Mr. Paul Schubert Mr. William Hillman Mr. Ernest K. Lindley Mr. Eric Sevareid Mr. George Fielding Eliot Mr. Raymond Swing Mr. Albert Warner | ||
| [Public Papers: The President's Special Conference With the Association of Radio News Analysts] | ||
| (Lunch--Governor Mon Wallgren and Judge Fred M. Vinson lunched with the President and his Staff downstairs in the Executive Offices) | ||
| (Congressman Walter G. Andrews, N. Y.) (Congressman Harry L. Towe, N. J.) (Congressman Andrews asked Mr. Connelly for this last Saturday--to come in off record to discuss Universal Military Training) | ||
| The President attended an off-the-record meeting on the Portal-to-Portal Bill. The following were present: The Secretary of Labor [Lewis B. Schwellenbach] Solicitor of Department of Labor, Mr. William B. Tyson Assistant Solicitor General, Mr. George T. Washington Acting Assistant Attorney-General, Mr. Peyton Ford Mr. David Stowe, of the Bureau of the Budget Mr. Charles Murphy Mr. George Elsey | ||
| (Honorable Sam Rayburn) (In the Study at the White House) | ||
| [Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress Upon Signing the Portal-to-Portal Act] | ||
| (Mr. Augustus Tack - Artist - only few minutes) | ||
| Congressman George Smathers, Florida Congressman Porter Hardy, Jr. Va. Congressman William J. B. Dorn, S. C. Congressman Charles B. Deane, N. C. Congressman Carl Albert, Okla. Congressman Omar Burleson, Texas Congressman Olin E. Teague, Texas Congressman John Bell Williams, Miss. Congressman Hugh A. Meade, Md. Congressman W. M. (Don) Wheeler, Ga. (Congressman Smathers asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange for him to bring over these freshmen Congressmen, who want to discuss pending legislation with the President.) | ||
| (Mr. Roy Harper) (Mr. J. V. Conran) (Will come in off record - will come to see Mr. Matthew Connelly) | ||
| Honorable Bennett Champ Clark (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly to ask for this) | ||
| The President presented the Medal for Merit to Honorable John W. Snyder, the Secretary of the Treasury. This was a surprise to Mr. Snyder and Mrs. Snyder invited the followintg guests: Mrs. Truman Mrs. Snyder Miss Drucie Snyder Secretary and Mrs. Clinton Anderson Miss Mae Alexander Mr. and Mrs. Edw. F. Bartelt Honorable Bernard Baruch Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Biffle Mr. H. T. Bodmen Mr. and Mrs. Clark Clifford Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Connelly Miss Rose Conway Attorney General and Mrs. Tom Clark Mr. and Mrs. James O. Cole Mrs. B. Conroy Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Forsyth Rear Admiral and Mrs. James Foskett Secretary and Mrs. James V. Forrestal Mr. Cliff Folger Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Foley, Jr. Mrs. Wallace Graham Mrs. Arthur Gardner John S. Graham John D. Goodloe Miss Margery Pence Mr. Harvey J. Gunderson William Hassett Mrs. James Helm Secretary and Mrs. W. Averell Harriman Dorothy Hodge Henry Hatchel Lord Inverchapel Secretary and Mrs. Julius. A. Krug Mary G. Kelly Judge Latta Admiral William D. Leahy Agent Moloney Secretary and Mrs. George C. Marshall Mexican Ambassador and Senora Monteros Mr. and Mrs. Fred Morrison Anastatia R. Manning H. A. Mulligan Mr. and Mrs. Joseph O'Connell Reathel Odum Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Overby Mildred Park Secretary and Mrs. Robert Patterson Elizabeth Pence William W. Parsons Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ross General and Mrs. Kenneth C. Royall Mary Russell Commander Schuh Mr. and Mrs. John R. Steelman Secretary and Mrs. Lewis Schwellenbach Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Snyder Baron Silvercruy Mr. and Mrs. G. Earle Stewart Jacqueline Squires Denis Toomey Brig. General and Mrs. Harry H. Vaughan Mr. Justice Vinson and Mrs. Fred Vinson Mr. John Walker Under Secretary Wiggins | ||
| [Public Papers: Citation Accompanying Medal for Merit Awarded to John Wesley Snyder] | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9853 REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PAYMENT OF ACTUAL AND NECESSARY EXPENSES, OR PER DIEM IN LIEU THEREOF, TO COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY ON DUTY OUTSIDE THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES OR IN ALASKA] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9852 APPOINTMENT OF A MEMBER OF A MILITARY TRIBUNAL ESTABLISHED FOR THE TRIAL] | ||
| Senator Chan Gurney, S. Dak. (R) Honorable George T. Mickelson, Governor of S. Dak. (Senator Gurney asked for this as the Governor wishes to invite the President to visit S. D. this summer) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget | ||
| Honorable John H. Fahey, Commissioner, Federal Home Loan Bank Administration (Phoned Mr. Connelly earlier in week, stating he had important matter to discuss with the President) | ||
| Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde (Wrote Mr. Connelly that she would be here attending Speakers' Conference at State Department, and would be grateful if she might speak with the President for few minutes.) | ||
| (Mr. Paul Hoffman, of Studebaker Motor Corp.) (Arranged through Dr. John R. Steelman. Will come to Dr. Steelman's office, and on over to see the President, off record) | ||
| H. E. Don Antonio Espinosa de los Monteros, the Ambassador for Mexico (Asked through Protocol Division to see the President in order to deliver a message from President Aleman) | ||
| H. E. Hume Wrong, the Ambassador of Canada Honorable Stanley Woodward, Chief, Division of Protocol (Requested by Mr. Woodward, re Canadian visit.) | ||
| The President received the National Committeemen, Committeewomen, State Chairmen and Vice Chairmen, from the States of Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico: COLORADO: Honorable Barney Whatley, National Committeeman, Denver and Mrs. Whatley Mrs. Marguerite Thompson, Nat'l Committeewomen, Salida Honorable Eugene Cervi, State Chairman, Denver NEW MEXICO: Honorable John J. Dempsey, Nat'l Committeeman, Santa Fe and Mrs. Dempsey Mrs. Luella McGaffey Brown, Nat'l Committeewoman, Roswell Honorable Bryan G. Johnson, State Chairman, Santa Fe. Mrs. John F. Kirk, Gallup Honorable John E. Miles, Former Governor, Santa Fe Honorable Ingram B. Pickett, Santa Fe UTAH: Honorable Stuart P. Dobbs, Nat'l Committeeman, Ogden Mrs. James H. Wolfe, Nat'l Committeewoman, Salt Lake City Honorable Clinton D. Vernon, State Chairman, and Mrs. Vernon WYOMING: Mrs. P. J. Quealy, Nat'l Committeewoman, Kemmerer Honorable John B. Clark, Jr., State Chairman, Cheyenne | ||
| The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] (Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Honorable Charles Murphy) | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| (Governor Mon Wallgren, Governor of Washington) (Mr. Russell Stewart) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9855 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE BINGHAM & GARFIELD RAILWAY COMPANY AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9854 TRANSFERRING A PORTION OF THE PHOENIX INDIAN SCHOOL RESERVE AT PHOENIX, ARIZONA, TO THE CONTROL AND JURISDICTION OF THE VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to Secretary Anderson Calling a Conference on Farm Real Estate Prices] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to Senator Wherry Concerning the Moratorium on Reclamation Projects and Other Federal Construction] | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (Mr. Jesse M. Donaldson for Post Office; the Secretary of Commerce was absent) | ||
| Congressman Patrick H. Drewry, Va. (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly to ask if he could come in and talk to the President about political situation) | ||
| (Monsignor Tierney) (Mr. Patrick J. Heveran and wife) | ||
| Honorable Joseph K. Carson, Jr. (New Member of Maritime Commission - to thank the President for his appointment) | ||
| (Honorable Charles F. McLaughlin, Member of American- Mexican Claims Commission) (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange this off record - will come East Entrance) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget | ||
| Congressman John E. Lyle, Texas (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly for this - to discuss the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station, which is in his District, and other matters) | ||
| Senator Hugh Butler, Nebr. (R) Honorable Val Peterson, Governor of Nebraska (Senator Butler asked Mr. Matthew Connelly if he might bring the Governor in to see the President.) | ||
| (Mrs. Frances Cooke and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Bonawitz, of Johnson County, Mo.) Mrs. Cooke at Democratic National Committee, and asked if her parents, who are here on visit, might be given opportunity to meet the President. Her father is chairman of his precinct in Johnson County.) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. Edward Felker) | ||
| (Honorable George Allen) | ||
| The President, with Mr. Matthew Connelly and Mr. Charles Ross, took a plane for Grandview, Missouri, upon receiving news of grave condition of his mother. | ||
| The President in Missouri. | ||
| Executive Orders: [9856 Authorizing the Appointment of Samuel M. Sampler to a Position in the Classified Service Without Regard to the Civil Service Rules] |