Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
October 03, 1947
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| (Mr. Emil Martin) (Knew the President in France in 1918--came to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and to see the President off record) | ||
| The President received the members of the Kon-Tiki Expedition, as follows: Mr. Thor Heyerdahl Mr. Herman Watzinger Mr. Torstein Raaby Mr. Knut Haugland Mr. Erik Hesselberg Mr. Knut Lykee, Counsellor of Norwegian Embassy (Scientific expedition led by Heyerdahl which under- took 4000-mile voyage from West Coast of South America to the Polynesian Islands on replica of pre- Inca balsa log raft, in wake of presumed migration of pre-Inca civilized race of blond sun worshippers, in order to prove Mr. Heyerdahl's ethnological theory of such a pre-historic racial movement - about 500 A.D. - by the same route.) | ||
| The Secretary of Agriculture [Clinton P. Anderson] (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly for this) | ||
| (Judge Joseph Proskauer) (Arranged by David Niles --off record) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Congressman Brent Spence, Ky.) (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly from Cincinnati yesterday-- said it was urgent, that his wife was ill so he would have to fly in this morning and then fly back after conference with the President, off record) | ||
| Mr. Henry Kaiser Honorable John Steelman | ||
| The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Making Public a Report "Administration for Research"] | ||
| The President worked on the Speech for Sunday Evening Broadcast all day. | ||
The President broadcast from the Oval Room on the
International Food Situation.
[ Audio: MP3]
[Public Papers] |
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| (The President will make recordings in the Oval Room of his greetings for Christmas to the Armed Forces.) | ||
| (Mr. Gael Sullivan) (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly Saturday to ask if he could see the President today, off the record) | ||
| Senator Francis J. Myers, Pa. Honorable David Lawrence, Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pa. (Senator Myers phoned his office from Pittsburgh and his secretary in turn phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly, last week, to ask for this appointment.) | ||
| Mrs. Bernice S. Pyke, Collector of Customs, Ohio (Former National Committeewoman. This is the request of Congressman Robert Crosser, of Ohio, who phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last week.) | ||
| (Governor Mon Wallgren of Washington) | ||
| H. E. Paul Henri Spaak, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Belgium Baron Silvercruys, the Belgian Ambassador Honorable Robert Lovett, the Acting Secretary of State (Mr. Spaak is the Chairman of the Belgian Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly. The Ambassador requested this appointment and General Marshall approved it.) | ||
| Mr. Charles L. Carr (Mr. Shannon Douglass of Kansas City wrote Mr. Matthew Connelly that Mr. Carr would be in the city today and would like to call on the President. Said Mr. Carr was one of the most distinguished lawyers in Missouri, former President of the Missouri Bar Association.) | ||
| Honorable Robert Lovett, Acting Secretary of State (Usual Monday appointment) | ||
| (Cabinet Luncheon -- Robert Lovett for State; Labor absent. All others present.) | ||
| (Mr. Howell Crim) (Mr. Lorenzo Winslow) | ||
| Honorable James Forrestal, the Secretary of Defense (Asked if he might have long, uninterrupted appoint- ment today.) | ||
| Congressman Alfred L. Bulwinkle, N. C. (Phoned Mr. Connelly that he would be in Washington through today and would like to talk to the President about political matters and other things as well.) | ||
| Congressman Clark W. Thompson, Texas (Succeeded the late Judge Mansfield in the Congress. Phoned Mr. Connelly that he had never met the President, he would like an opportunity to pay his respects.) | ||
| Honorable Kenneth C. Royall, the Secretary of the Army (Phone Mr. Connelly yesterday to ask for this.) | ||
| (Honorable Douglas W. McGregor) | ||
| Honorable Donald R. Heath, American Minister to Bulgaria (Newly appointed - to pay respects before leaving for his new post.) | ||
| (Governor Mon Wallgren and Mr. Goodwin Chase) | ||
| H. E. Dr. H. V. Evatt, the Minister for External Affairs for Australia Honorable Robert Lovett (Dr. Evatt bears personal message from General MacArthur for the President. Secretary Marshall endorsed this request.) | ||
| H. I. H. Princess Achraf, of Iran H. E. Noury-Esfandiary, the Iranian Minister Mr. Gharagazlou, Master of Ceremonies of the Imperial Court Honorable Loy Henderson (Honorable Stanley Woodward) (To say "goodbye" to the President. He presented her with a silver framed portrait of himself for her brother, the Shah of Iran; The President also presented to her for her brother, our War Department's award to him of a military medal.) [Public Papers: Citation Accompanying the Legion of Merit Awarded to the Shah of Iran] | ||
| (Dr. Howard Rusk) | ||
| (Captain Frank B. Fisher, Jr.) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| The President attended Special Services at the First Baptist Church, marking the transfer of the Baptist World Alliance Headquarters from London to Washington. | ||
| (Honorable Lowell Mason) (Came to see Mr. Connelly and to see the President off the record) | ||
| Senator Claude Pepper, Fla. Senator Spessard L. Holland, Fla. (Wish to discuss with the President, Budget approval for Florida Barge Canal.) | ||
| Honorable Rustem Vambery, the Minister of Hungary (New appointed. Presented credentials.) | ||
| Mr. Edward J. O'Neal, American Farm Bureau Federation Mr. Quentin Reynolds, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives Mr. Albert S. Goss, National Grange Mr. R. W. Ogg, American Farm Bureau Federation C. M. Wieting, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives Fr. F. W. Bailey, National Grange (Wanted to discuss the food situation with the President) | ||
| General Salih Omurtak, Chief of Turkish General Staff H. E. Hilseyin Ragip Baydur, the Turkish Ambassador Admiral William D. Leahy (General Omurtak invited by Joint Chiefs of Staff to visit the United States. This was a courtesy call.) | ||
| H. E. M. A. H. Ispahani, the Ambassador of Pakistan (Newly appointed. Presented credentials) | ||
| (Lunched at White House with Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] and Governor Mon Wallgren) | ||
| The President made a radio broadcast in connection with Democratic Women's Day. The following women were invited to attend the broadcast: Mrs. Robert E. Hannegan Mrs. Charles W. Tillett, Vice Chairman, Dem. Natl. Com. Mrs. Wm. P. Stuart, Natl. Committeewoman from Arizona Dr. and Mrs. Chas. B. Porter of San Francisco Miss Frieda Hennock, of New York City Miss Catherine Falvey Miss Frederica Rubenstein Miss Gloria Girton Mrs. Fred Blumenthal Mrs. John A. Gillespie Mrs. Dorothy Girton Mrs. India Edwards (Came in East Entrance) | ||
| [Public Papers: Address Broadcast to the Women of the United States] | ||
| (Governor Mon Wallgren) | ||
| The Secretary of the Interior [Julius A. Krug] Honorable William E. Warne, the Assistant Secretary of Interior (The Secretary called Mr. Connelly yesterday to ask for this appointment) | ||
| (Mr. Joe Blythe, National Committeeman from N. C.) (Came to see Mr. Connelly and to see the President off the record) | ||
| Honorable Robert Kerr, former Governor of Oklahoma Senator Elmer Thomas, Okla. Congressman C. Stigler, Okla. Mr. Harry Ogden Mr. Clyde Fish (Governor Kerr phoned Mr. Connelly on Tuesday to ask for this appointemnt) | ||
| (Mr. William Boyle) (Came to see Mr. Connelly and to see the President off the record.) | ||
| The President received the Members of the Board of Foreign Scholarships, as follows: General Omar N. Bradley John W. Studebaker, Commissioner, U. S. Office of Education Helen C. White, Professor of English, University of Wisconsin Laurence Dugan, Director, Institute of International Education Ernest O. Lawrence, Professor of Physics, University of California Sarah Blanding, President, Vassar College Charles S. Johnson, President, Fisk University Martin P. McGuire, Dean of Graduate School, Catholic University of America Honorable Norman Armour, Assistant Secretary of State Mr. Howland Sargent, State Department Mr. Kenneth Hollan, State Department (At suggestion of Mr. Lovett. In Washington for their first meeting, October 8th and 9th.) | ||
| General Thomas Holcomb, American Minister to the Union of South Africa (To pay his respects before leaving for his post.) | ||
| (Honorable Charles Denny) (Off Record) | ||
| Honorable Robert Lovett, the Acting Secretary of State (Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| The President saw movies in the Projection Room of his Canadian Trip. | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| (Honorable Leslie Biffle) (Governor Mon Wallgren) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9897 AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS RELATING TO COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE (1)] | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (All present except State and Labor. Robert Lovett for State and Morse for Lewis Schwellenbach) | ||
| After Cabinet, the President and his Cabinet joined Mr. Eric Johnston in the Projection Room and saw first of a series of films called "Power Behind the Nation". | ||
| Congressman Robert L. F. Sikes, Fla. Congressman George W. Andrews, Ala. Congressman E. E. Cox, Ga. Congressman James C. Davis, Ga. Congressman Stephen Pace, Ga. (Re budget provisions for waterways.) | ||
| Honorable John Russell Young, Commissioner, District of Columbia (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last Tuesday to ask for this appointment) | ||
| The President presented a scroll to Major General Guy V. Henry, marking his completion of fifty- one years of service in the Army. The following guests were present: Major General William H. Arnold Colonel John T. Cole Colonel and Mrs. Clifton Carter Colonel Charles H. Deerwester General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower Lt. Gen. and Mrs. S. D. Embick Lt. Col. Douglass W. Eisenman Mr. Andrew B. Foster Commodore V. L. Godfrey, Naval Member, Canadian Joint Staff Air Commodore R. C. Gordon, Air Member, Canadian Joint Staff Brig. General Dale V. Geffney Colonel and Mrs. Francis J. Graling Major Leo Goodrow Major General William E. Hall Maj. General and Mrs. Charles D. Herron Major General and Mrs. Everett S. Hughes Mrs. Ruth Mason Hughes Rear Adm. and Mrs. Alfred W. Johnson Colonel and Mrs. Berkley T. Merchant Lt. Colonel Godfrey McHugh Miss Esther McFarland Major General Lauris Norstad Miss Charlotte Perez Honorable Kenneth C. Royall, Sec. of the Army Maj. Gen. Leonardo C. Ruiz, Military Attache, Mexican Embassy Lt. Col. James H. Skeldon General Hoyt S. Vandenberg General Thomas T. Handy General Courtney Hodges | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Honorable Frank Walker) | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Making Public a Report "Manpower for Research"] | ||
| The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] | ||
| (The Secretary of Labor [Lewis B. Schwellenbach]) | ||
| (The President saw documentary movie in the Projection Room on World Trade.) | ||
| [Public Papers: Telegram to State Governors Urging Cooperation With the Citizens Food Committee] | ||
| (Mrs. Edith Helm) (Mr. Adrian Tolley) | ||
| Honorable Robert Butler, American Ambassador to Australia | ||
| The President received the following Cadets from the Mexican Military Academy: 2nd Sgt. of Cadets Manuel Varela Olmos 2nd Sgt. of Cadets Marco Aurelio Barocio Lozano 2nd Sgt. of Cadets Mario Morett Morales 2nd Sgt. of Cadets Victor Lopez Guerrero Corporal of Cadets Luis Alamillo Gutierrez Corporal of Cadets Ignacio Barrera Gaona Corporal of Cadets Armando Perez Robledo Corporal of Cadets Salvador Octavio Mariscal Ardura Corporal of Cadets Gerardo Alatriste Osorio Corporal of Cadets Julian Mauricio Carranza Guerrero 1st Class Cadet Carlos Valencia De Leon Cadet Jesus Martinez Salazar Lt. Col. Salvador Galindo Ruiz (Officer in Charge) Lt. Col. Stephen O. Fuqua, Interpreter (These boys are here at the invitation of the President, who asked President Aleman by letter to invite them to return the visit of the cadets from West Point. President Aleman had extended the invitation personally to the West Point Cadets when he visited there last spring, and the West Point Cadets visited Mexico a few weeks thereafter) | ||
| (Judge Luther Johnson) (Mr. and Mrs. James McCammon) (Miss Katie Bell) | ||
| Dr. Frank Porter Graham, Representative of the United States on the Good Offices Committee of the Security Council of the United Nations on Indonesia. (Leaving very shortly and asked to see the President before that) | ||
| Hon. H. Graham Morison, Executive Assistant to the Attorney General Congressman Kem Regan, Texas Senator Tom Connally, Texas R. L. Thomas, member, Board of Regents, State Teachers Colleges, Dallas, Texas Dr. Harmon Lowman, President, Sam Houston State College, Huntsville, Texas Walter Woodul, Member of Board of Regents, State Teachers Colleges of Dallas, Texas (At request of the Attorney General [Tom C. Clark]. Presented an invitation to the President to visit Sam Houston State College in Huntsville, Texas and receive from that institution an honorary Doctor of Laws Degree. A similar invitiation was extended to President Aleman last summer by committee visiting Mexico City.) | ||
| Honorable Cyrus Ching, Director, Federal Conciliation and Mediation Service Honorable John R. Steelman, Assistant to the President (Arranged by Dr. Steelman) | ||
| Honorable Robert Lovett, the Under Secretary of State Honorable Lewis W. Douglas, U. S. Ambassador to Great Britain Lt. General Walter Bedell Smith, U. S. Ambassador to the U. S. S. R. Honorable Robert D. Murphy, United States Political Adviser, Berlin, Germany General Lucius D. Clay, Military Governor, U. S. Zone, Germany The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] The Secretary of Agriculture [Clinton P. Anderson] Honorable Wm. L. Clayton, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Honorable Herbert E. Gaston, Actg. Chairman, Export-Import Bank Honorable Lynn U. Stambaugh, Member, Export-Import Bank Hon. Clarence E. Gauss, Member, Export-Import Bank Hon. Carl C. Farrington, Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation. | ||
| (Cabinet luncheon - Honorable Robert Patterson in addition to all of the Cabinet Members with the exception of the Postmaster General.) | ||
| (The Secretary of the Navy [John L. Sullivan]) (He asked Mr. Connelly for this off the record appointment.) | ||
| The President shook hands with the Members of the Small Business Advisory Committee: Mr. David Bruce, Assistant Secretary of Commerce Mr. Don Belding, Vice Chairman, Small Business Advisory Committee, Foote, Cone & Belding, Los Angeles, Calif. Mr. Jay Creswell, Pneumatics, Inc. Plymouth, Indiana Mr. William E. Draper, W. E. Draper & Co. Yakima, Washington Mr. N. H. Engle, Bureau of Business Research, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington Honorabel William C. Foster, Under Secretary of Commerce Mr. Flint Garrison, Editor, Garrison's Magazine, New York, New York Hon. W. Averell Harriman, Secretary of Commerce Mr. O. C. Hansen, Framar & Hansen, Ltd., San Francisco, California Mr. C. F. Hughitt, Asst. Director, Office of Small Business, Department of Commerce Mr. J. L. Kelly, Director, Office of Small Business, Department of Commerce Mr. Myles L. Mace, Graduate School of Business Administration Harvard University, Boston, Massachsetts Mr. Harry L. Miller, President, Chester Dairy Supply Company, Chester, Pa. Mr. L. C. Milton, President, The Citizens Trust Co., Atlanta, Georgia Mr. John O'Connor, George Hogue Mercantile Co., Kansas City, Missouri Mr. J. C. Pritchard, Lumber Dealer, Inc., Denver, Colo. Mr. Russell A. Stevenson, School of Business Administration University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Mr. Ross Stewart, Chairman, Small Business Advisory Committee, C. Jim Stewart Stevenson, Houston, Texas Mr. Hayse Tucker, Tucker Motor Company, Tuscaloosa, Ala. Mr. Glen M. Waters, President, Waters Conely Co., Rochester, Minnesota Mr. W. R. White, Jr., Midwestern Tool Company, Chicago, Ill. Mr. Wilford White, Secretary, Small Business Advisory Committee and Chief, Management Division, Office of Small Business, Department of Commerce. | ||
| Executive Orders: [9898 SUSPENSION OF THE EIGHT-HOUR LAW AS TO LABORERS AND MECHANICS EMPLOYED BY THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE ARMY AND THE AIR FORCE ON CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS] | ||
| Honorable W. Stuart Symington, the Secretary for Air Mr. Raymond Loewy, President, Society of Industrial Designers (Mr. Symington asked if the President would receive Loewy, who is anxious to tell the President about the aims and plans of this Society, which will hold its first Annual Meeting at Hotel Ambassador, New York City, October 14th and 15th.) | ||
| Honorable Garrison Norton, Assistant Secretary of State (Phoned Mr. Connelly to ask for this.) | ||
| The President received a group from Girard College, as follows: Mr. Joseph Gilfillan, President of the Board of Directors of City Trusts, Philadelphia, Pa. Dr. Merle M. Odgers, President of Girard College, Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. John A. Diemand, President of the Insurance Company of North America and Chairman of the Girard College Centennial Committee Mr. John A. Stolp, President of Girard College Chicago Alumni and of firm of Walton, Jopkin, Langer and Company of Chicago, Ill. Mr. H. B. Deal, H. B. Deal and Company, Inc. St. Louis, Missouri (This request came from Mr. Deal back in August, who asked if the President would see delegation from the College to invite him to make address at the Centennial Celebration in May 1948.) | ||
| (Congressman Frank L. Chelf, Ky.) (Phoned Mr. Connelly to ask if he might come to see the President, off record) | ||
| Honorable Harold H. Tittman, Jr., American Ambassador to Haiti (To pay respects before returning to his post at Port-au-Prince. Mr. Woodward thougth the President might like to know that Mr. Tittmann is from St. Louis.) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9899 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE ATLANTA & WEST POINT RAIL ROAD COMPANY AND THE WESTERN RAILWAY OF ALABAMA AND CERTAIN OF THEIR EMPLOYEES] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Concerning Payment of Procurement Obligations to France] | ||
| The President received a group of masons from Louisiana, Missouri, in the Rose Garden. They were: P. L. Marsh Nelson L. Russell Russell J. Rowe Waldren Reimking George Burbank C. D. Marne C. P. Pritchett Tom Harris Merrill Mayfield Eugene Nook A. J. Blair W. A. Wells Mrs. Merrill Mayfield C. R. Schutte Mrs. Harry Jett Mrs. Olive M. Behringer Albert C. Behringer Mrs. Chas. Maroe Mrs. Anna Stark Culver J. Truman Culver Edwin J. Stark Charles Wm. Pfeiffer Robert A. May T. B. Jamison Warran M. May. J. G. Rule Ray R. Behrens John K. Martin John Patrick Lester Carroll-Marland V. M. Pitney Mrs. V. M. Pitney David P. Holden Mr. Harry Jett I. H. Miller, Jr. Harry L. Kritz Lt. Colonel Max L. Pitney William Mazonic | ||
| Honorable Roy J. Turner, Governor of Oklahoma Mr. W. E. Harper Mr. F. E. Harper Mr. H. W. McNeil Mr. Forest McIntire (Gale Sullivan arranged about a week ago.) | ||
| (Mrs. Keefe O'Keefe) (Mrs. George Overall) (Mrs. O'Keefe, formerly of Independence, called Mr. Matthew Connelly to ask if she and her sister, Mrs. Overall, might call to say "hello" to the President. They are daughters of Durward Kirby and very old, good friends of the President. Mrs. O'Keefe and her husband, Colonel O'Keefe called on the President last February. Will come to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and will see the President off record.) | ||
| Dr. Hamilton Holt, President of Rollins College (Senator Holland of Florida asked that the President see Dr. Holt, who wishes to renew his invitation to the President to come to Rollins College and accept an honorary degree) | ||
| Honorable Oscar Ewing, Federal Security Administrator (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday to ask for this appointment) | ||
| Honorable Raphael O'Hara Lanier, American Minister to Liberia (Presented to the President an ebony and ivory inlaid cane as a gift from President Tubman of Liberia) | ||
| Honorable Lewis W. Douglas, American Ambassador to Great Britain (Wanted to see the President alone before returning to his post.) | ||
| (Mr. Joe Healey) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| The President motored to the Naval Medical Center at Bethesda, Maryland, where he called on his valet, Arthur Prettyman, ill with virus pneumonia.) |