Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
July 30, 1947
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| (Honorable David Niles) | ||
| (Honorable Sam Rayburn) | ||
| (Mr. George Mead) | ||
| (Honorable Sherman Minton) | ||
| (Mr. Bill Boyle) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (The Postmaster General [Robert E. Hannegan]) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9879 Designating the Honorable Borinquen Marero as Acting Judge of the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico; July 31, 1947; not published] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9878 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE TERMINAL RAILROAD ASSOCIATION OF ST. LOUIS AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES] | ||
| [Public Papers: Memorandum of Disapproval of Bill Relating to Refund of Taxes Illegally Paid by Indian Citizens] | ||
| [Public Papers: Memorandum of Disapproval of Bill Authorizing Commemorative Coins] | ||
| Senator Carl A. Hatch, New Mexico (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday to ask for this appointment) | ||
| Congressman Estes Kefauver, Tenn. (Is leaving early next week and asked for five minutes with the President before then.) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday for this appointment) | ||
| Senator Elbert D. Thomas, Utah (Just returned to United States from Europe and would like to see the President before Saturday) | ||
| (Mr. Dan Nee) (Came to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and see the President, off the record.) | ||
| (Honorable John M. Houston, National Labor Relations Board) (Honorable James J. Reynolds, Jr., NLRB) (Honorable J. Copeland Gray, new member, NLRB) (Honorable Abe Murdock, new member, NLRB) (Honorable R. N. Denham, General Counsel, NLRB) (Dr. John R. Steelman) (Arranged by Dr. John R. Steelman, came to his office and then saw the President, off record.) | ||
| Honorable Howard C. Petersen, Asst. Secretary of War (This was postponed from last Tuesday. Arranged originally as result of Petersen's conversation with the President last week at off-record dinner at the Pentagon Building.) | ||
| H. E. Dr. Eelco N. van Kleffens, Ambassador of the Netherlands (Newly appointed - Presented credentials.) | ||
| (Honorable Gael Sullivan) | ||
| The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] Honorable Benjamin V. Cohen | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. Howell Crim) (Mr. Lorenzo Winslow) | ||
| (General Philip Fleming) | ||
| Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson | ||
| Executive Orders: [9880 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE RIVER TERMINAL RAILWAY COMPANY AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES] | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget (Asked to come back today when he saw the President yesterday) | ||
| (Mr. E. Palmer Hoyt, Editor, Denver Post) (Mr. James Forrestal arranged this with the President yesterday. Mr. Hoyt will come to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and see the President, off record) | ||
| (General George) | ||
| Senator Pat McCarran, Nevada (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday to ask for this appointment) | ||
| Senator Arthur Capper, Kansas Congressman Clifford R. Hope, Kansas Mr. George Galloway Mr. Ernest Schneider Mr. William Janssen (The three last named are Flying Farmers, so named as they belong to a Club in Kansas of farmers who have taken up flying. They are here purchasing new planes which they will fly back and Senator Capper asked if he might bring them in) | ||
| (Congressman Jere Cooper, Tenn.) (Originally had this appointment together with Congressman Gore, who has now gone home. It was cancelled when the President left for Missouri, so Cooper now wishes to keep it alone) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| Honorable Ellis O. Briggs, Ambassador-Designate to Uruguay (To pay respects before departing for his post at Montevideo) | ||
| H. E. Nokrashy Pasha, Prime Minister of Egypt (Has been attending meeting of UN Security Council in New York. First time a Premier of Egypt has ever visited the United States. Mr. Woodward has emphasized to Egyptian Embassy that this is a courtesy, rather than a business call, in order to avoid another disussion of the Palestine question.) | ||
| Mr. Eric Johnston (Just back from Europe and wishes to bring the President something from Poland) | ||
| The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| The President and his guests departed the White House at 1.40 p.m. and motored direct to "Shangri- La," arriving at the main lodge at 3.45 p.m. | ||
| At 8.00 p.m., the President, accompanied by Admiral James H. Foskett, Captain C. Lawrence Freeman, SA Rowley, ADC Champion, and Agent Sherwood, attended the picture, "Dear Ruth" which was screened in the main Navy mess hall. Following the showing of this motion picture, the President returned to the lodge and retired for the evening. | ||
| At Shangri-La. | ||
| Admiral William Leahy, General Harry Vaughan, and Mr. Clark Clifford arrived at the camp where they were greeted by the President who was awaiting them in front of the main lodge. | ||
| The President, accompanied by Admiral William Leahy, Admiral James Foskett, General Harry Vaughan, Captain Freeman, and Mr. Clark Clifford, went swimming, returning to the main lodge at 1.45 p.m. | ||
| Dr. John Steelman and Secretary Charles Ross arrived at the main lodge of the camp. | ||
| The President, accompanied by all of his guests, walked over to the guest lodge, also known as the small family lodge, and inspected it, returning to the main lodge at 6.10 p.m. | ||
| The President, accompanied by Admiral William Leahy, Secretary Charles Ross, and Dr. John R. Steelman, drove to the crippled children's camp in the convertible Cadillac, the President driving on this occasion. Admiral James Foskett, General Harry Vaughan, and Captain Freeman accompanied the President in the follow-up car. Upon arrival at the camp, the President and his staff were received by Mr. Ernest Marx, Director of the Camp, and Miss Mary E. Church, Executive Director of the Maryland League for Crippled Children, which organization sponsors this camp. They then escorted the party to the main recreation hall where all the children were assembled. The President addressed a few words to the children, thanking them for their kind invitation, and after shaking hands with a few of the children departed the hall. There are 106 children at this camp and 43 members of the staff. This camp was formerly a Marine camp, which was known as Camp #2, and is located approximately one and one-half miles from the main lodge. These children spend their vacations here for a period of eight weeks, commencing July 1st and concluding August 25th. After bidding Mr. Marx and Miss Church good-bye at 10.25 a.m., the President, accompanied by Admiral James Foskett, General Harry Vaughan, Captain Freeman, and Lt. Commander William Rigdon, walked back to the main lodge, arriving at 10.45a.m. | ||
| The President and his staff went swimming. | ||
| Executive Orders: [9881 DISCONTINUING THE PALMYRA ISLAND NAVAL AIRSPACE RESERVATION AND THE PALMYRA ISLAND NAVAL DEFENSIVE SEA AREA] | ||
| The President and his party departed the main lodge for the return trip to Washington by motor. The President, however, proceeded direct to the Silver Spring station of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, while the remainder of his party went direct to the White House. The President arrived at the Silver Spring station at 11.53 a.m., where he awaited the arrival of Mrs. Truman, who arrived aboard the "Diplomat" from Independence at 12.20 p.m., EDST. At 12.24 p.m., they departed the Silver Spring station and proceeded direct to the White House, arriving at 12.42 p.m. | ||
| Mr. and Mrs. Rod Riddle Mr. and Mrs. Wade McGaughey and Mr. Robert McGaughey | ||
| (Secretary Averell Harriman) (Colonel John R. Alison) | ||
| [Public Papers: Memorandum of Disapproval of Bill Reimbursing the District of Columbia for Expenses of U.S. Park Police] | ||
| The President received the members and staff of the Second Boys Forum of National Government in the South Grounds: Congressman Eugene Worley, Texas Ernest B. Johnston, Jr. William W. Petree Willard Shields Snyder Truman H. Fugate Pierce Matheney Dan Mathes, Jr. Thomas W. Bush Robert Lincoln Black Roy Francis Greenaway John C. Peak Don Tombling Joseph J. Went John J. Trudor Alfred Rogers John N. Govatos James McCaffery John D. Cogswell Owen D. Holleran Peter George Kalogridis Edmond Gong Robert Brooks Griggs Robert J. Henderson Wallace Darwin Farnes Vance M. Holland Cilfford W. Stout William North James Richard Harris Phillip Eugene Braskett Richard E. Peterson Donald Clayter George T. Fooshee, Jr. Buford Bissell Kent Frizzell Robert Calhoun Martin Norman W. Reisig, Jr. Robert Chasse John A. Tracey William E. Poorbaugh Raymond Bellamy, John J. White Raymond Ablondi Roy Goethe Second Boys Forum of National Government cont'd: William R. McIntyre~William Robertz Thomas Coulter~James R. Harland James Calhoun Pittman~Edward E. Wright Lowell Smithson~Robert Lee Irick Tom Anderson~Rudy Domitrovich Delwyn Nagengast~Sidney Johnson Edward G. Marshall~George Merton Baxter Donald E. Tibbetts~Warren A. Pillsbury William W. Lanigan~Gerard J. Ennis Dick Mulkey~Monroe J. Wingate James P. Murphy~Kendall King Edward F. Smith~Frank L. Rankin, Jr. Bill Blalock~Kirk Berton Smith John Shannon Cassell~Clifton James Reichard Myron Lee Aukerman~James D. Hembree Robert F. Dougherty~Gerald Hornung Alfred M. Gleason~Donald A. Beals Thomas M. McHale~William Devore Sample John Auzin, Jr.~Conrad W. Tetrault Jack Willard Chandler,~John T. Long, Jr. Richard Harlin Thomas~Karl Wegner John K. Morgan~Ray Nation Travis Lipscomb~Raymond L. Lankford Roy Lee Dunn~Paul E. Beecher Barton Hickman~Robert L. Talbert Ronald Prescott Prinn~Arnold Stallman Shirley White~Donald E. Turner Leonard M. Cockrill~Elmer Harry Freese John Scott, Jr.~Gerald Trossen Flom J. William Murphy~Donald Lehmkuhl William P. Dixon OFFICIAL STAFF LIST OF THE BOYS FORUM, THE AMERICAN LEGION: Paull H. Griffith, Nat'l Commander, American Legion Rev. Arthur L. Rustad, National Chaplain Paul Fl Douglass, Pres., American Univ., Wash., D. C. R. Worth Shumaker, Indianapolis, Ind. Leonce R. Legendre, Washington, D. C. James F. Green, Omaha, Neb. John Thomas Taylor, Washington, D. C. James F. O'Neil Darrell T. Lane Dan Sowers, Fairmont, W. Va. William D. Schwartz~Charlie Morgan Rufus Herring~Wade Fuller Harold Eaton~Edward R. Stirling Hayes Kennedy~Carl Matheney Kenneth Huggins~Einar Sorensen Nicholas Ragus~Clyde Cutney Dwight Rich~T. O. Kraabel Ralph Lavers~Lyle Armel, Jr. Roy Hickox~George Kelly Eugene Strack~Jack Cejnar Ray Fields~Russell Van Cleve Ivan Reiner~Howard Jones George Sorrell | ||
| Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Wyoning | ||
| Major General William E. Hall (Saw the President at party for Secretary Robert P. Patterson. Told him he was just back from Turkey, where he had been given a plate for the President. The President told him to being it in.) | ||
| Honorable George L. Radcliffe, former Senator from Maryland | ||
| (Mr. Georgia Rogers and son, Tom Latta) | ||
| Congressman George G. Sadowski, Michigan (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last week for this appointment) | ||
| General Robert M. Littlejohn, War Assets Administrator | ||
| (Mrs. Louis Truman and mother) | ||
| Honorable Clarence M. Young, Vice Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board | ||
| H. E. Senor Don Jorge Prado, Peruvian Ambassador (Senor Prado is the retiring Peruvian Ambassador and asked to come in and say good-bye to the President) | ||
| Honorable Jesus T. Pinero, Governor of Puerto Rico Honorable Isern A. Fernos, Resident Commissioner, Puerto Rico Honorable Oscar Chapman, Under Secretary of Interior Honorable Rex Lee, Director of Division of Territories Mr. Irving Silverman, Attorney for Territories Div. Congressman Fred L. Crawford, Michigan (Were present when the President signed H. R. 3309, "An Act to Amend the Organic Act of Puerto Rico.") | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to Governor Pinero of Puerto Rico Upon Signing Bill Providing for an Elected Governor] | ||
| The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] | ||
| (Miss Grace Tully) (Called last week for an appointment with the President regarding the Roosevelt papers matter) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Honorable Samuel I. Rosenman) (Honorable George Allen) | ||
| The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] | ||
| [Public Papers: Memorandum of Disapproval of Bill To Exclude Newspaper and Magazine Vendors From the Social Security System] | ||
| [Public Papers: Memorandum of Disapproval of the National Science Foundation Bill] | ||
| [Public Papers: Memorandum of Disapproval of Bill To Permit Part-Time Referees in Bankruptcy To Act for Claimants Against the United States] | ||
| [Public Papers: Memorandum of Disapproval of Bill Repealing the Ship Warrants Act] | ||
| Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers) (Called Mr. Connelly Monday to ask if he might see the President alone, off record) | ||
| (Mrs. Clarence Young and son) | ||
| (Honorable Burton K. Wheeler) | ||
| Mr. Ralph C. Wilson of Detroit, Mich. Mr. Harry MacDonald of Detroit, Mich. Honorable J. K. Vardaman (These gentlemen are friends of Governor Vardaman's and wished to extend official invitation to the President on behalf of Moslem Shrine Temple of Detroit to a ceremony to be held there on August 8th, at which approximately 30,000 Shriners are expected. They were originally coming on July 3rd but wired to cancel this engagement due to serious illness in Mr. Rinehart's family) (Mr. Thomas Melville Rinehart of Detroit was also supposed to come but was unable to make it in spite of the postponement.) | ||
| (Mr. George Killion) (Came to see Mr. Connelly and to see the President, off record.) | ||
| Honorable Rudolf E. Schoenfeld, Minister-Designate to Rumania (To pay respects before leaving for his post at Bucharest) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget, Mr. Frederick Lawton | ||
| (Mr. J. Howard Payne) (Wrote the President that following operation he would be coming to his home in Alexandria from Massachusetts, for couple of days, and hoped he might call.) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Senator Carl Hayden | ||
| Executive Orders: [9882 APPOINTMENT OF THE MEMBERS OF A MILITARY TRIBUNAL ESTABLISHED FOR THE TRIAL AND PUNISHMENT OF MAJOR WAR CRIMINALS IN GERMANY] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President on the New Housing and Home Finance Agency] | ||
| [Public Papers: Memorandum of Disapproval of Bill for the Construction of a Bridge Across the St. Lawrence River] | ||
| [Public Papers: Memorandum of Disapproval of Bill Relating to Garbage Originating Outside the Continental United States] | ||
| (Mr. Roy Harper) (Came to see Mr. Connelly and to see the President, off record) | ||
| (Mr. Forrest Smith, Auditor, State of Missouri) (Wrote the President in July that he would stop off here August 7th and 8th on way to convention of State Auditors in Boston, and hoped he might see the President for a few minutes. Mr. Connelly wrote him that he might see the President at this time and asked him to confirm arrangement.) | ||
| Senator Harley M. Kilgore, W. Va. Honorable Leo W. Ryan, Jr., Supreme Governor, Loyal Order of Moose Honorable J. Jack Stoehr Honorable F. Roy Yoke (will be next Supreme Governor) Mr. Malcolm R. Giles, Exec. Director and Supreme Secy. Honorable M. M. Neely, former Senator from W. Va. Honorable James Davis, former Senator from W. Va. (Senator Kilgore asked for this appointment in order that these representatives from the Loyal Order of Moose might confer upon the President a Life Membership in their Order) | ||
| The President signed H. R. 3830, "An Act to Provide for the promotion and elimination of officers of the Army and Navy, and Marine Corps, and for other purposes." The following were present: Rear Admiral Thomas L. Sprague, USN, Chief of the Bureau of Personnel Mr. Frank Schuyer, Special Assistant to the Chief of Naval Personnel Captain S. S. Bowling, USN Commander D. L. Martineau, USN Brig. General John E. Dahlquist, USA Lt. Colonel George E. Baya, USA Brig. General J. E. Upton, Army Air Corps Colonel F. H. Miller, Army Air Corps Colonel Joseph Knighton, USMC | ||
| Mr. Edward C. Baltz Mr. John A. Remon Mr. James A. Councillor, Jr. (This group from the President's Cup Regatta Association will present to the President a Club Cap with the insignia of the Association thereon.) | ||
| Honorable William O'Dwyer, Mayor of the City of New York (Called Mr. Connelly yesterday for this appointment) | ||
| (Mr. Dillon Myer) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Approving Resolution Continuing Regulation of Consumer Credit] | ||
| [Public Papers: Memorandum of Disapproval of Bill To Continue Certain Mining Subsidies] | ||
| (Honorable Kenneth Royall, Secretary of War) | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (Jesse M. Donaldson for Post Office; Wiggins for Treasury. Interior, Agriculture and General Fleming absent. All others present) |