Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
August 08, 1947
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| H.R.H. Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan, the Prime Minister of Afghanistan (Is in United States of an unofficial visit to see his son, who is about to have surgical treatment and has, until recently, been a student at Harvard. The Prime Minister, who is a brother of the former King of Afghanistan and an uncle of the present King, has asked for this appointment, thru the State Department.) | ||
| (Mr. Milton Biow) (At the suggestion of Mr. George Killion. Mr. Biow has in past been extremely helpful to Democratic Party. East Entrance, off record) | ||
| (Mr. Frank Pace and father) | ||
| Congressman Cecil R. King, California (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday for this appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| The President, accompanied by Mrs. Truman, departed the White House in the convertible Cadillac, with the President driving, and motored to "Shangri-La" in the Catoctin Mountains, arriving at the main lodge at 4:40 p.m. | ||
| The President, accompanied by Mrs. Truman, attended a movie, "Carnegie Hall," in the large Navy mess hall, after which they returned to their lodge and retired for the evening. | ||
| At Shangri-La | ||
| The President, accompanied by Lieutenant Commander William Rigdon, departed the main lodge for his usual morning walk, returning to the lodge at 10.30 a.m. after having walked a mile and a half. | ||
| The President, accompanied by Mrs. Truman, again departed the main lodge and walked to the swimming pool, where the President took his morning dip and sunned for a while, returning to the main lodge at 12.00 noon. | ||
| The President, accompanied by Mrs. Truman, attended the movie, "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now," at the large Navy mess hall, after which they returned to the main lodge and retired for the evening. | ||
| At Shangri-La | ||
| Because of inclement weather and overcast skies, the President engaged in no activities this day, except that at 7.45 p.m. the President, accompanied by Mrs. Truman, attended the movie, "Moss Rose", at the large Navy mess hall, after which they returned to the main lodge and retired for the evening. | ||
| Executive Orders: [9883 REVOKING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9172 OF MAY 22, 1942, (1) ESTABLISHING A PANEL FOR THE CREATION OF EMERGENCY BOARDS FOR THE ADJUSTMENT OF RAILWAY LABOR DISPUTES] | ||
| At Shangri-La | ||
| The President and Mrs. Truman departed the main lodge at Shangri-La at 9.10 a.m., by motor, arriving at the White House at 11.12 a.m. | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Honorable John L. Sullivan, the Under Secretary of the Navy | ||
| The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] The Under Secretary of State, Robert Lovett General John H. Hilldring, Assistant Secretary of State | ||
| The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] | ||
| (Mr. Garrett Smalley) | ||
| Honorable Prentiss Brown | ||
| (Colonel Louis Renfrow) (General Harry Vaughan will bring in) | ||
| Honorable James Bruce, U. S. Ambassador-designate to Argentina (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| Honorable Cyrus Ching, Director, Federal Conciliation and Mediation Service Honorable John R. Steelman | ||
| Honorable Paul V. McNutt (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly about two weeks ago for this) | ||
| H. E. Dr. Pedro Theotonio Pereira, the Ambassador of Portugal (Newly appointed, presented credentials) | ||
| The Secretary of the Navy [James Forrestal] The Secretary of War [Kenneth C. Royall] (The President asked them to come in) | ||
| The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. Max Lowenthal) (Mr. Lowenthal phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday to ask for this appointment) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9884 RESTORING CERTAIN LAND TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII] | ||
| Dr. and Mrs. A. F. Schooper Miss Barbara Schopper Mr. Gus Schopper | ||
| (Mr. Gael Sullivan) | ||
| (The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| Captain William P. Odum Mr. Franklyn Lamb (Came in to see General Harry Vaughan and he brought them in to see the President) | ||
| Honorable Oscar Chapman, the Under Secretary of the Interior Mr. Charles Taussig (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly for this appointment the day before yesterday, to discuss World Conservation Conference.) | ||
| Senator Claude Pepper, Fla. (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly several days ago to ask for this appointment) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, Director of the Budget Mr. Frederick Lawton Mr. Weldon Jones (Re Budget figures) | ||
| Honorable Watson B. Miller, Administrator, Federal Security Agency (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday to ask the this appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Commissioner John Kane of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) | ||
| (Mr. Fred Bowman) | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President on Myron C. Taylor's Mission to the Vatican] | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (Robert Lovett for State, Jesse M. Donaldson for Post Office and Dodd for Agriculture) | ||
| (Mr. Jim McCahey) | ||
| (Honorable James E. Webb) | ||
| (Mr. Bruce Lambert) (Personal call, off the record - came to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and to see the President, off record) | ||
| (Mr. William Boyle) (Came to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and to see the President, off record) | ||
| The President received forty-five State Directors of the Farmers Home Administration: Honorable Norris E. Dodd, Under Secretary of Agric. Mr. Charles F. Brannan, Asst. Secretary of Agric. Mr. Dillard B. Lasseter, Admin., Farmers' Home Administration Mr. Paul Lindsey, Deputy Admin. Farmers' Home Administration Mr. Ralph Picard, Asst. Administrator, FHA Mr. Stephen C. Hughes, Asst. Admin., FHA Mr. James E. Halligan, Asst. Admin., FHA Arneson, E. R., South Dakota Beasley, E. S., Tennessee Brown, Julian, Alabama Cappleman, L. J., Texas Carpenter, Lowell C., Missouri Carr, Roswell G., Michigan Delano, Randolph O., Virginia Dole, Harry S., Kansas Duffy, Walter A., Oregon, Washington, Alaska Ellyson, R. G., West Virginia Fatheree, T. B., Mississippi Freeman, Raymond H., Massachusetts, Conn., New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont Frisch, Ernest, Nebraska Grisham, Glen, New Mexico, Arizona Higbee, Floyd F., Colorado Highfill, J. V., Arkansas Hollenberg, R. W., California, Nevada, Hawaii Jacques, Dale B., Puerto Rico Keane, James A., Montana Kolb, R. F., South Carolina Lodwick, B. W., Iowa Maddock, Walter J., North Dakota Magleby, Karl J., Utah, Idaho Marshall, Fred J., Minnesota Mayhew, Earl, Kentucky Mertz, Carson F., Pennsylvania Morgan, J. Gordon, Wyoming Newton, E. M., Maryland Ozbirn, E. Lee, Oklahoma Phillippe, Ralph C., Indiana Reuss, G. H., Illinois Schmidt, Thomas C., Wisconsin Slack, J. B., North Carolina Sorenson, A. L., Ohio Space, R. Tyler, New York Spencer, F. L., Louisiana Texada, J. A., Jr., Florida Tyson, Chester J., Jr., New Jersey Vansant, R. L., Georgia Worcester, Homer F., Maine Holliday, J. T., Indianapolis Oberle, Donald D., Denver Powell, A. B., Montgomery Spung, Orr N., Dallas Allen, Homer M. Beals, Daniel. L. Davis, George L. Lynn, Floyd Purnell, John H. Shreve, T. P. Streater, Leo C. Whitaker, Eli B. Wood, James H. | ||
| (Honorable Norris E. Dodd, Under Secretary of Agriculture) (Honorable Charles F. Brannan, Asst. Secretary of Agriculture) (They wanted to stay behind after the Directors have left to discuss another matter with the President) | ||
| Congressman Omar Burleson, Texas Congressman Eugene Worley, Texas (They are leaving Saturday for their Naval Training in connection with Naval Reserve, and asked to see the President before they left.) | ||
| Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Wyo. (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last Monday to ask for this) | ||
| Honorable John H. Fahey, Commissioner, Federal Home Loan Bank Administration (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday to ask for this) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]) | ||
| The President remained at home. | ||
| Executive Orders: [9885 DESIGNATION OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF COMMERCE AND THE SOLICITOR OF COMMERCE TO ACT AS SECRETARY OF COMMERCE (2)] | ||
| Governor and Mrs. Ben. T. Laney, of Arkansas Honorable Leslie Biffle (At request of Mr. Biffle - to pay respects) | ||
| H. E. Senor Don Felix Nieto, the Ambassador of Chile (To invite the President to visit Chile on his return from Rio) | ||
| Honorable Robert Lovett, the Acting Secretary of State (Usual Monday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. Oscar Ewing) | ||
| (Mr. Zuxk, the barber) | ||
| (The Secretary of the Navy [James Forrestal]) (The Secretary of War [Kenneth C. Royall]) (Honorable John L, Sullivan, Under Secretary of the Navy) (Honorable W. Stuart Symington, Assistant Secretary of War) (Admiral William D. Leahy) (General Dwight D. Eisenhower) (Admiral Chester Nimitz) (General Carl Spaatz) (Dr. John R. Steelman) (Honorable Clark Clifford) (Admiral Sidney Souers) (Off record meeting--held in the Cabinet Room) | ||
| Mr. Edgar G. Crossman, U. S. Co-chairman, Joint Philippine-American Finance Commission Mr. Arthur Stuart, Treasury Department Mr. John Exter, Federal Reserve System Mr. Edward Doherty, State Department (This Commission has finished its work and the Chairman asked for this appointment in order to present these other American Members, and to show the President the draft of a suggested letter to be addressed by the President to the President of the Philippines) | ||
| Honorable Raymond M. Foley, Administrator, National Housing Agency (Phoned Mr. Connelly yesterday to ask for this appointment) | ||
| (Mr. James Boyd) (Arranged by Dr. John R. Steelman who decided that the appointment should be off the record.) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Honorable James Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] Mr. Weldon Jones (Budget discussion before the Budget Seminar, scheduled for tomorrow.) | ||
| (Colonel Hank Myers) | ||
| (Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Pearlstine, Jr. and three children) | ||
| (Mr. Lewis T. Barringer) | ||
| Honorable Wilson Wyatt (Phoned Mr. Connelly yesterday for this appointment) | ||
| Honorable James W. Huffman, former Senator from Ohio Mr. David A. Thomas Mr. Ralph E. Roscoe (Phoned Mr. Connelly from Ohio Monday to ask for this appointment) | ||
| (Mr. George Killion) (Came to see Mr. Connelly and see the President, off the record) | ||
| The President presented the Medal for Merit to Honorable David K. Niles in the rose garden. This was a surprise for Mr. Niles and was not announced in advance. The following guests were invited to be present: Acting Secretary Robert Lovett Secretary John Snyder Secretary Kenneth C. Royall Secretary James Forrestal Mr. George Allen Mrs. Helen Almon Mr. and Mrs. David L. Bazelon Mr. William Benton Mr. Clarence Berger Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Capt Dr. Robert K. Carr Mr. Leo Cherne Mr. Benjamin Cohen Mr. Wallace Cohen Mr. Oscar Cox Mr. Jonathan Daniels Mr. Eliahu Epstein Mr. Herbert Fierat Mr. Herman Greenberg Congressman Jack Javitz Mr. E. I. Kaufmann Judge Richmond Keech Mrs. Frances Kelly Miss Freda Kirchwey Mr. Edward Kook and wife Mr. and Mrs. Leon Kowal Dr. Isadore [Isador] Lubin Mr. Robert Nathan Mr. Louis Novins Madame Frances Perkins Mr. Jack Peurifoy Mrs. Lillian Poses Mr. Joseph Bauh Commissioner George Schoeneman Mr. Robert Sherwood Mr. Paul Smith Mr. William Weintraub mr. Edward Wheeler Mr. Walter White Mr. Oscar Ewing Mr. Louis P. Smith of Boston The White House Staff | ||
| [Public Papers: Citation Accompanying Medal for Merit Awarded to David K. Niles] | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Budget Seminar (In Movie Theatre) [Public Papers: Statement by the President on the Review of the 1948 Budget] | ||
| [Public Papers: The President's News Conference on the Review of the Budget] | ||
| (Mr. Thomas F. Conner) (Mr. Charles Ross accompanied him) | ||
| Mr. Pat Flynn Mr. Dick Flynn Mr. Peter Maguire, son of Chief of Justice of Ireland Mr. John Spain Mr. Stephen O'Donnell (The Flynn boys are sons of Ed Flynn of New York, who asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange for them and their friends to shake hands with the President) | ||
| Senator Harley M. Kilgore, W. Va. General Frank Lowe (This requested sometime ago by Senator Kilgore and postponed twice for unavoidable reasons) | ||
| Mr. George Richardson, Secretary, A. F. of L., Firefighters Union Mr. Arnold Zander, President American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (Arranged by Dr. John R. Steelman. These gentlemen are on their way to England as delegates to the British Trade Union Conference.) | ||
| (Honorable Gael Sullivan) (Came in the East Entrance--off record) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9887 DESIGNATING PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ENTITLED TO ENJOY CERTAIN PRIVILEGES, EXEMPTIONS, AND IMMUNITIES (5)] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9886 AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9492, AS AMENDED, PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING NON-MIITARY AND NON-NAVAL TRANSPORTATION ON ARMY AND NAVY AIR TRANPSPORTS] | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (Robert Lovett for State, Jesse Donaldson for Post Office, Foster for Commerce, Morse for Labor. Departments of Agriculture and Justice not represented.) | ||
| The Secretary of the Interior [Julius A. Krug] (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly late yesterday) | ||
| Colonel Paul H. Griffith, National Commander of the American Legion (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday to say that he was in the city until Sunday and hoped he might see the President today) | ||
| Congressman Adolph J. Sabath, Ill. (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday to say that he was in city until Sunday and hoped he might see the President today) | ||
| Honorable W. John Kenney, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly late yesterday for this appointment) | ||
| (Mr. Morton Chiles) (Mrs. Morton Chiles and sons, David, Morton, Jr. and John.) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. Adolph Forance and daughters, Lynda and Ann) |