Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
July 07, 1947
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| Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget Mr. Frederick J. Lawton Mr. Leo C. Martin Mr. J. Weldon Jones | ||
| Vice Admiral C. A. Lockwood, USN (Is retiring voluntarily from the Navy - to say "goodbye" - arranged by Admiral Foskett) | ||
| (Ennis B. Gicker) (Wrote Mr. Connelly, stating he is nephew of Frank Ennis and Raymond Allbee, of Kansas City, friends of the President. He is leaving Washington July 12th for residence in San Francisco, after a tour of duty with War Department. Asked to pay respects before leaving.) | ||
| Honorable Paul V. McNutt | ||
| The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] (Usual Monday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Honorable Gordon R. Clapp, Chairman, Board of Directors, Tennessee Valley Authority Lt. General Raymond A. Wheeler, Chief of Engineers, USA Major General Lewis A. Pick, of Army Engineers (Dr. John Steelman) (Re flood control) | ||
| Vice Admiral W. H. P. Blandy (Admiral Foskett) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9870 REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE GRANTING OF AND ACCOUNTING FOR CERTAIN FOREIGN SERVICE ALLOWANCES AND ALLOTMENTS] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9871 REGULATONS GOVERNING THE GRANTING OF ALLOWANCES FOR QUARTERS AND SUBSISTENCE TO ENLISTED MEN OF THE ARMY, NAVY, MARINE CORPS, AND COAST GUARD, AND PER DIEM ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS OF SUCH SERVICES AND COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY AND PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ON D] | ||
| Honorable Joseph F. Guffey, former Senator from Pa. (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday to ask for this.) | ||
| Honorable Adolph A. Berle, Jr. (Wired Mr. Matthew Connelly from New York last week) | ||
| The President received members of the Executive Committees and Committee Chairmen of the County Home Demonstration Agents Association and of the National Association of County Agricultural Agents: County Agents: H. M. Nichols~A. F. MacDougall Webster City, Iowa~Concord, Mass C. C. Keller~Paul Barger Springfield, Mo.~Waterloo, Iowa Stuart Stirling~George Rosenfeld Silver City, New Mexico~Storm Lake, Iowa W. H. Sill~Edwin Bay Parkersburg, W. Va.~Springfield, Ill. C. T. Hall~John Stephens Olathe, Kansas~Marion, Arkansas Dwight M. Babbitt~J. M. Cavender Flemington, N. J.~Jonesboro, Arkansas A. P. Bralley~S. D. Bateman Amarillo, Texas~Ft. Smith, Arkansas E. D. Beck~Lew Mar Price Laredo, Texas~Richfield, Utah HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENTS: Mrs. Louella Condon~Miss Marghetta Jebsen Rockwell City, Iowa~Hackensack, N. J. Also present: Mrs. A. P. Bralley~Mrs. E. D. Beck Amarillo, Texas~Laredo, Texas Mrs. W. H. Sill~Mrs. George Rosenfeld Parkersburg, W. Va.~Storm Lake, Iowa V. A. Helfenstein~Mrs. V. A. Helfenstein Omaha, Nebraska~Omaha, Nebraska | ||
| Colonel John L. Gaylord | ||
| (Mr. Edgar Mowrer) (Arranged by Mr. Charles Ross - off record) | ||
| Mr. John Ben Sheppard, of Texas Mr. Raymond E. Roberts, Editor, Future Magazine, Publication of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce, Tulsa 3, Oklahoma Mr. Frank G. Fister, Executive Vice President, U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce (Gael Sullivan wrote Mr. Matthew Connelly in June that Mr. Sheppard had just been elected President of the Junior Chamber of Commerce; at one time very active in Young Democratic Clubs and now an attorney in Longview, Texas. Wants to talk about what the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Texas can do for the President and the 1948 campaign) | ||
| Honorable W. Stuart Symington (Wrote Mr. Matthew Connelly in June that he planned to be here and wanted to pay his respects to the President - will not stay in Washington steadily, but expects for a while to pay periodic visits.) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. Oscar Ewing) (Came in yesterday to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and arranged this appointment. Will come, off record, to see Mr. Matthew Connelly) | ||
| (Mr. Jacob S. Potosky [Potofsky]) (Dr. John R. Steelman) (Mr. Potosky [Potofsky] is President of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America.) | ||
| Senator Carl A. Hatch, New Mexico (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly Monday to ask for this) | ||
| (Mr. Joe Major) | ||
| Msgr. John Patrick Carroll-Abbing (Founder and director of Boys Town of Italy and Acting Representative in Italy of American Relief for Italy. This request came from Gael Sullivan originally, who had received it from American Relief for Italy. Mr. Matthew Connelly checked it with the State Department, who said: "Msgr. Abbing is favorably known to the Department not only in the two capacities mentioned above, but also as a Vatican official. He is a United States citizen * * the Department believes it would be a good idea for the President to receive Msgr. Abbing if he has time to do so.") | ||
| Honorable Burton K. Wheeler (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly for this yesterday) | ||
| H.E. Senor Dr. Enrique Garcia Sayan, the Foreign Minister of Peru H. E. Senor Don Jorge Prado, the Ambassador of Peru Honorable Prentice Cooper, U.S. Ambassador to Peru Honorable Norman Armour, Assistant Secretary of State (Confidential memorandum from the State Department as to purpose of this visit of the Foreign Minister of Peru, presented to the President for his information. The Department recommended that Mr. Armour sit in on this talk, and the two Ambassadors asked that they be allowed to come also.) | ||
| The President received the National Committeemen, Committeewomen, Chairmen and Vice Chairmen, from the States of Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisana, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas: ARKANSAS: Dr. R. B. Robins, Nat'l Committeeman, Camden Mrs. R. B. Robins, Camden Mrs. Jack Carnes, Nat'l Committeewoman, Camden Honorable Arthur L. Adams, State Chairman, Jonesboro Mrs. Caroll Johnson, Vice Chairman, Morrillton Mr. Carroll Johnson and Mr. Carroll Johnson, Jr. Hon. Harvey G. Combs, Secretary, Little Rock Mrs. Harvey G. Combs, Little Rock KENTUCKY: Honorable Keen Johnson, Nat'l Committeeman, Wash., D. C. Mrs. T. C. Carroll, Nat'l Committeewoman, Shephardsville Hon. J. Lyter Donaldson, State Chairman, Carrollton Hon. William Blanton, Vice Chairman, Paris Mrs. Espey Goodpaster, Pres., Women's Dem. Clubs, Owingsville. LOUISIANA: Hon. Henry C. Sevier, Nat'l Committeeman, Tallulah Mrs. Henry C. Sevier, Tallulah Honorable John Fred Odom, State Chairman, Baton Rouge Hon. Wayles Browne, Vice Chairman, Shreveport Honorable and Mrs. J. E. Neale, Tallulah OKLAHOMA: Honorable Robert S. Kerr, Nat'l Committeeman, Oklahoma City Mrs. O. H. Cafky, National Committeewoman, Forgan Hon. H. I. Hinds, State Chairman, Oklahoma City Mrs. H. I. Hinds Mrs. Sue Ruble, Vice Chairman, Oklahoma City Honorable Elmer Harber, American Nat'l Bank, Shawnee Mrs. Elmer Harber, Shawnee Honorable Forest McIntire, Secretary to Governor Turner, Oklahoma City Honorable Ben Dwight TENNESSEE: Honorable J. S. Walters, Nat'l Committeeman, Morristown Mrs. Albert E. Hill, Nat'l Committeewoman, Nashville Hon. J. Frank Hobbs, State Chairman, Lawrenceburg Mrs. J. Frank Hobbs Mrs. Hallum W. Goodloe, Vice Chairman, Nashville Hon. Joe Carr, President, Young, Dem. Clubs, Nashville Mrs. Joe Carr | ||
| Mrs. Ogden Reid, owner and Publisher of New York Herald Tribune (Arranged sometime ago by Mr. Charles Ross) | ||
| (Mr. John Goodloe, R. F. C.) (Came to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and saw the President, off the record.) | ||
| (Lunch - Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] and Honorable James Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget) | ||
| (Colonel Miles Knowles) | ||
| (Colonel Al Holland) | ||
| (Mr. Pete Couch) | ||
| (Honorable Bryce Smith) | ||
| Senator Alben M. Barkley, Ky. (The President told him to come up at this time) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| (Mr. Tom Evans) | ||
| Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers Hon. Leon H. Keyserling, Vice Chairman Honorable John D. Clark, Member (Dr. Nourse phoned Mr. Connelly yesterday to ask for this appointment) | ||
| Senator William B. Umstead, N. C. Mr. J. G. Gibbs, of State Highway and Public Works Commission of Raleigh, N. C. Senator Clyde Hoey, N. C. (Senator Umstead took up with Director Webb, last May, the desire of Mr. Gibbs to present a table to the President. Mr. Gibbs has made this table, which has top 23 by 38 inches on which he has inlaid the map of the United States from 51 species of rare woods in their natural color, from every corner of the globe.) | ||
| Cadet Jack L. Capps, Co. L, 2nd Regiment, U. S. Military Academy (To present the President with copy of 1947 HOWITZER, U. S. Military Academy annual. Received his appoint- ment from the President, then Senator, 1944. Is from Liberty, Mo. Presented this to the President in 1945 and 1946.) | ||
| The President received the National Committeemen, Committeewomen and the State Presidents of the Young Democratic Clubs of America: Agnew, Mrs. Anne, Columbia, South Carolina Allen, Enoch S., Ironton, Ohio Allison, Kermit, Filer, Idaho Baker, Roy, Sherman, Texas Barrett, Kay, Texas Benninate, Don, Arizona Bernstein, Charles, Phoenix, Arizona Blackman, Robert, Denver, Colorado Blatt, Genevieve, Pittsburgh, Pa. Blundell, James H., Dallas, Texas Bredemayer, Mrs. June, Portland, Oregon Brock, Thomas D., Detroit, Michigan Broughton, Thomas, Lanoir, N. C. Brown, Robert, Huntington Beach, Calif. Camplin, Miss Gerald, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Cant, Elizabeth G., Washington, D. C. Carmen, Chris, Los Angeles, California Carr, Joe C., President, Young Democratic Clubs of America, Nashville, Tenn. Carroll, Mrs. Frank X., Jr., Pensacola, Fla. Cartwright, Buck, Wewoka, Oklahoma Christoffersen, Wayne, Salt Lake City, Utah Clement, Frank C., Jr., Nashville, Tenn. Collins, Everett S., Sapulpa, Okla. Condrey, Joseph P., Phoenix, Arizona Crofton, Walter T., Jr., Parkersburg, W. Va. Cronin, Ruth, Burlington, Vermont Crowell, William J., Tonopah, Nevada Cullinan, Catherine, Providence, Rhode Island Daly, Gene, Great Falls, Montana Dance, Nellie, Bismarck, N. D. DePaolo, Joseph N., Meriden, Conn. Dempsey, John, Putnam, Conn. Dennehy, Joseph, Willimatic, Conn. Dickinson, Joseph R., Jr., Reading, Pa. Dittmar, Florence, Boulder, Colorado Donahue, Parnell J., Bonesteal, South Dakota Donnelly, Clement F., Carnston, Rhode Island Dugan, John F., Treasurer, Young Democratic Clubs of America, Louisville, Kentucky Dwyer, Everett, Providence, Rhode Island Elder, John, Cleveland, Ohio Fabian, R. M., Ga. Feeney, Joseph, Washington, D. C. Flynn, William, Dickinson, N. D. Frink, J, Marion, Southport, North Carolina Fouree, Everett, Mason County, Washington Glass, Kay, North Carolina Goldsborough, Edna A., Washington, D. C. Goodsell, Mae, Hartford, Connecticut Grant, W. Cecil, Daytona Beach, Florida Gray, Margaret, Wells, Nevada Green, Mrs. Mark Griffin, Riverside, Iowa Groves, Ralph, Columbus, Ohio Hale, N. W., Jr., Memphis, Tenn. Hampton, Mrs. Mildred McCardell, Malvern, Pa. Hanhard, Eugene, Dover, Ohio Hansen, Mrs. Theodorn, Long Beach, California Harper, R. Cliff, Columbia, South Carolina Henchan, Thomas, Chicago, Illinois Hodge, J. B., Independence, Missouri Holland, William J., Sisseton, S. Dakota Ihlenfeld, Charles, Wheeling, West Virginia Kerr, Robert M., Jr., Blackfoot, Idaho King, Daly, Fargo, North Dakota Knox, Senator Robert, Thomson, Ga. Lancione, A. C., Bellaire, Ohio Larcombe, Ray, Warrenton, Va. Lawson, Paul, Illinois Lessard, Alton A., Lewiston, Maine Lewis, Jerdie D., Secretary, Young Democratic Clubs of America, Terre Haute, Ind. Lowman, Harry K., Ashland, Kentucky Marks, Joseph Z., Des Moines, Iowa Martin, M. Clifford, Milwaukee, Oregon Martinez, Bill, Elko, Nevada McCarthy, John V., Bridgeport, Conn. McElveny, Mrs. Dorothy W., Richard, Washington McMath, Sidney, Hot Springs, Arkansas Miles, Merceda, Macon, Missouri Millen, Hugh, Oak Park, Illinois Miller, Mrs. Ymolda C., Albuquerque, New Mexico Morgan, Minot C., Jr., Princeton, New Jersey Murphy, D. M., Jr., Omaha, Nebraska Murray, James M., Jr., Hobbs, New Mexico Nagy, John, Cleveland, Ohio Nette, John, Providence, Rhode Island Newbill, Josephine, Richmond, Virginia Nordhoff, Arthur C., Japser, Indiana Oliver, Monica, Boise, Idaho Pariai, Angela, New York, New York Perry, Dick, Republic, Washington Poplin, Mrs. Jane, Langley, Oklahoma Preston, Le Roy W. Primm, W. J., Jr., Washington, D. C. Quinn, Charles, Trenton, New Jersey Radford, DuVal, Bedford, Virginia Rafferty, Dale, Shelbyville, Indiana Rhodes, William C., National Director, Young Democratic Clubs of America Ritvo, Marian, Massachusetts Roach, William N., Silver Springs, Maryland Schade, Melva, Salt Lake City, Utah Scheunemann, Edward J., Denver, Colorado Sharp, Mrs. Thelma P., Vineland, New Jersey Sherman, W. Howard, Rutland, Vermont Shirkey, Bertha, El Dorado, Kansas Simpson, Mrs. Hugh, Knoxville, Tenn. Smith, Jim, Tuscumbia, Alabama Stanton, Willian, Springfield, Illinois Sylvester, George II, Wilmington, Delaware Thornburg, Robert, Jefferson City, Missouri Troy, Jeromiah, Dorechester, Massachusetts Troy, Jeromiah, Boston, Massachusetts Van Cleave, Thomas M., Kansas City, Kansas Vredenburgh, Mrs. Dorothy, Vice President, Young Democratic Clubs of America, Vredenburgh, Alabama Wallace, Robert, Columbus, Ohio Warren, William, Wichita, Kansas Warvel, Helen, Indianapolis, Indiana Wemple, Edith, Midland, Texas Wheeler, W. Felix, Columbia, South Carolina White, Jack C., Iowa City, Iowa White, Mrs. Jack, Iowa City, Iowa Whitener, Basil, Gastonia, North Carolina Whitworth, Milton T., Elizabethtown, Kentucky Wiseman, Mrs. Mary Newcomer, Mansfield, Ohio Wood, Mrs. William, Portland, Oregon Wood, William D., Ogden, Utah | ||
| Honorable Frank P. Corrigan, American Ambassador to Venezuela (Phoned Mr. Connelly direct for this) | ||
| The President signed the proclamation declaring Friday, August 1, 1947, AIR FORCE DAY. The following were present: Honorable W. Stuart Symington, Assistant Secretary of War Lt. General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Acting Deputy Commander, Army Air Forces Major General Lauris Norstad General James H. Doolittle | ||
| (Honorable Bryce Smith) | ||
| The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] (Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Congressman Sol Bloom) | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (Wiggins for Treasury - Jesse M. Donaldson for Post Office - Dodd for Agriculture - Johnson for Labor - Foster for Commerce) | ||
| Rt. Rev. Msgr. Edward J. Flanagan Major Franklin B. Simmons Mr. Leo A. Dalev Mr. Bryson Reed (At the request of Attorney General. Father Flanagan had written him asking that he intercede for him in getting the appointment with the President. The Attorney General said that Father Flanagan has been most helpful to him in his program for delinquent boys.) | ||
| Congressman Toby Morris, Okla. Congressman Carl Albert, Okla. Congressman George B. Schabe, Okla. Congressman William Stigler, Okla. Congressman Preston Peden, Okla. Congressman Glen D. Johnson, Okla., and the following Indians: Attocknie, Mr. Albert, Comanche Tribe Goombi, Mr. Robert, Kiowa Tribe Jay, Mr. Claude, Apache Tribe Johnson, Congressman Glen D. Kauahquo, Mr. Frank, Kiowa Tribe Morris, Congressman Toby Motah, Mr. Lee, Comanche Tribe Quoetone, Mr. Guy, Kiowa Tribe Saupitty, Mr. Willie, Comanche Tribe Swoomtay, Mr. Howard, Apache Tribe (Congressman Morris asked if this group of Oklahoma Congressman might bring in group of Indians representing the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache tribes. These Indians had made beaded belt for the President and also left with him a beaded necklace for Mrs. Truman.) | ||
| Honorable Donald Nelson (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly early in the week for this appointment. He asked for a half hour.) | ||
| H. E. Senor Dr. L. Neftali Ponce, the Ambassador of Ecuador (Newly appointed) | ||
| Honorable Alvin W. Hall, Director, Bureau of Printing and Engraving Honorable Edward H. Foley, Jr., Assistant Secretary, Treasury Department (Brought the President new engraving of himself which the Bureau has just completed.) | ||
| (Honorable Joseph Kennan) (Will come to see Mr. Matthew Connelly, and see the President, off the record) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Honorable Bernard Dickmann) | ||
| (Mr. Pete Brandt) | ||
| (The President left for the home of the Postmaster General [Robert E. Hannegan] for dinner. Went by motor.) | ||
| No appointments. | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President on the Wage Increase of the Coal Miners] | ||
| Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, Mich. Senator Wallace H. White, Me. Senator Alben W. Barkley, Ky. Speaker Joseph W. Martin, Jr. Congressman Sam Rayburn, Texas Congressman Charles Halleck, Ind. (Admiral William D. Leahy) (Honorable John R. Steelman) | ||
| Senator Lister Hill, Ala. Senator John J. Sparkman, Ala. Congressman John E. Rankin, Miss. (Congressman Rankin phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly to ask if they might come to discuss flood control and river development with the President) | ||
| Senator Owen Brewster, Me. (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly Saturday for this) | ||
| Honorable Frank P. Briggs, former Senator from Missouri Senator Edwin C. Johnson, Colo. Bishop M. V. Campbell Mr. G. E. Hutchell Mr. A. A. Leiske (Senator Briggs wired Mr. Matthew Connelly from Macon, Mo. last week to ask if he might bring in this delegation to invite him to the International Youth Conference in San Francisco.) | ||
| (Honorable Edwin Locke) | ||
| Mr. Myron Blalock (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly to ask if he might see the President today) | ||
| (Major Glenn W. Goodman) | ||
| Honorable Robert Lovett, Under Secretary of State | ||
| (Cabinet Luncheon - absent were Labor, State (Robert Lovett came) Agriculture, Commerce and Post Office.) | ||
| (The Secretary of Labor [Lewis B. Schwellenbach]) | ||
| The President left for the French Embassy where he attended a ceremony of award of Medal Militaire posthumously to President Roosevelt by the French Republic. Medal received by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt.) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9872 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 7658, RESTORING TO THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII A PORTION OF THE FORT DE RUSSY MILITARY RESERVATION (2)] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing the Second Decontrol Act] | ||
| Honorable Paul Fitzpatrick | ||
| Senator Harley M. Kilgore, W. Va. (Phoned Mr. Connelly last week to ask for an early appointment) | ||
| Honorable James Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget | ||
| The Secretary of Agriculture [Clinton P. Anderson] (Phoned Mr. Connelly that the President said he would see him this week.) | ||
| Honorable James M. Landis, Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board (Phoned Mr. Connelly yesterday to ask for this) | ||
| Mr. George Marshall Mr. Bert Bell (Presented to the President season pass for the Redskins Football games) | ||
| The Honorable Fayez Bey El-Khoury, the Minister of Syria (Newly appointed) | ||
| Honorable David Gray, former Minister of Ireland (Wished to tell the President about some talks he had before leaving Ireland, with DeValera) | ||
| (Colonel Edward Condon) (Colonel Speis) (Wanted to bring in paper from National Guard Bureau) | ||
| (Mr. William Boyle) | ||
| (Mr. Neal Helm) | ||
| (The President gave a luncheon at the White House for the Staff) | ||
| The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] Honorable Nellie Tayloe Ross, Director, Bureau of Mint | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9873 TRANSFERRING TO THE AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION THE FUNCTIONS OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT PERTAINING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE MEXICO CITY NATIONAL CEMETERY] | ||
| [Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress on Flood Control in the Mississippi River Basin] | ||
| Honorable Samuel D. Jackson, of Fort Wayne, Ind. Mr. J. O. McClintock, President, Board of Trade, Chicago Mr. H. H. Tearse, President, Minneapolis Grain Exchange Mr. Walter Scott, Executive, Vice President, Board of Trade, Kansas City Mr. Isaac Witken, President, New York Cocoa Exchange Mr. J. A. Higgons, Executive, Vice President, National Association of Commodity Exchanges and Allied Trades, Inc. Mr. Hubert Holloway, Vice President, Institute of Public Relations Jack Higgons (son of J. A. Higgons) Mr. Gustavo Lobo, Jr., New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange Mr. Ray Bowden, Executive Secretary, National Grain Trade Council (Former Senator Jackson asked if he might bring in these Presidents of a number of the Commodity Exchanges throughout country who have been invited to testify before the House Committee of Agriculture. The point of inquiry which these men will cover is the validity of the Commodity Exchanges) | ||
| Sir John Boyd Orr and Lady Orr Honorable John Balfour, Charge d'Affaires, British Embassy (This requested by N. E. Dodd, Under Secretary for Agriculture. Sir John is Director General of the Food and Agriculture organization of UN. Has stated he expects to retire at end of current year. Has never had opportunity to meet the President.) | ||
| (Miss Jackie Johnson, her mother, Mrs. Clark, and her nephew.) | ||
| The President signed H. J. Resolution 170, "Authorizing the erection in the District of Columbia a memorial to Andrew W. Mellon." The following were present: Mr. Paul Mellon Miss Catherine Mellon, aged 3, daughter of Paul Mellon Mrs. Ailsa Mellon Bruce Miss Audrey Bruce, daughter, aged 12 Mr. and Mrs. Adolph W. Schmidt Mr. David E. Finley, Director, Natl. Gallery of Art Mr. George W. Wyckoff, Executive in Mellon Trust Senator Edward Martin, Pa. Congressman James G. Fulton, Pa. Mr. H. W. Wehe, Jr., Asst. to Cong. Fulton | ||
| (Admiral William D. Leahy) | ||
| (Mr. Paul Fitzpatrick) | ||
| Congressman William L. Dawson, Ill. Dr. D. V. Jemison, President, Natl. Baptist Convention of America, Inc., Selma, Ala. Reverend T. J. Goodall, Pastor Bethany Dr. Thomas Harden, Pastor, Holy Trinity Baptist Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. Reverend Earl L. Harrison, Pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church, D. C. Reverend Sandy F. Ray, Pastor, Cornerstone Baptist Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, Principal, Trade and Educational Training School, Natl. Baptist Convention, Washington, D. C. Mrs. M. M. Arter, President, Women's Auxiliary of the General Baptist Convention of D. C. Dr. Marshall L. Shepard, Pastor, Mount Olivet Tabernacle Baptist Church, Phil., Pa. Also Recorder of Deeds, D. C. (Congressman Dawson requested this appointment for delegation from the National Baptist Convention of America, in order that they may extend an invitation to the President to attend their annual convention in Kansas City in September.) | ||
| Mr. Thomas Beck, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Crowell-Collier Publishing Co. Mr. William Hillman (Bill Hillman requested this, as Mr. Beck just returned from round-the-world trip of Publishers, and believes he has some observations which would be of interest to the President.) | ||
| H. R. H. Prince Abdullah of Yemen Colonel William A. Eddy (Interpreter) (Is in Washington as guest of the Government, at the Blair-Lee House. Is sixth son of the Iman Yahya of Yemen and is the personal emissary of his father. Is the first official Yemeni ever to visit this country. Yemen is an independent kingdom.) | ||
| (Mr. Lester Markel, of New York Times) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Honorable Stephen Early) |