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Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman

November 23, 1947

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Returned to the White House
The President and Miss Margaret Truman went for walk - returned at 4.00 p.m.
(The Postmaster General [Robert E. Hannegan])
(Dentist)
Mr. George T. Bullen, National Commandant, Marine Corps League Mr. A. B. Bonds, Chairman of the President's Higher Education Committee Mr. James A. Gerity, Chairman of Educational Committee of Marine Corps League (To present to the President a life membership in the Marine Corps League, an organization made up of Marine Corps Veterans)
Senator Styles Bridges, N. H. (Mr. Matthew Connelly 'phoned him that the President wanted to see.)
Honorable Vincent J. Murphy, Mayor of the City of Newark (Wrote Mr. Matthew Connelly that the City of Newark, N. J. finds itself with a problem on its hands in form of large tract of land in the Port of Newark, owned by the city and still in possession of the Army; stated that from information available to their city officials, Newark one of the few cities along Atlantic coast where Army still is in possession of such a large tract of land. Mr. Matthew Connelly spoke first to Gael Sullivan about this request. Sullivan accordingly phoned Mayor Murphy and then asked that Mr. Matthew Connelly grant their request for an appointment with the President.)
(Honorable Oscar Ewing)
Honorable Robert Lovett, Acting Secretary of State
(Cabinet Luncheon -- Robert Lovett for State. All others present)
(Mr. Lewis T. Barringer)
Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget (One hour appointment)
[Public Papers: Letter Accepting Resignation of Robert E. Hannegan as Postmaster General]
(Honorable Jesse M. Donaldson)
Mr. Harold Jones Mr. John A. Reilly (To present to the President an invitation to attend a dinner on April 5, 1948, given by Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus.)
Senator Harley M. Kilgore, W. Va.
(Honorable David Lilienthal)
(Honorable David Lilienthal) (Honorable Robert Lovett, Actg. Secretary of State) (Honorable James V. Forrestal, Secretary of Defense) (Brig. General James McCormack, AUS) (Captain James S. Russell, USN) (Admiral William D. Leahy) (Mr. Lilienthal asked to have this all arranged off the record.)
(Lunch)
The Attorney General [Tom C. Clark]
The President left with Miss Truman for Constitution Hall to a concert of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra with Alexander Brylawski, pianist soloist.
(Honorable James Webb)
(Mr. Ernie Ahlfelt)
(Mr. Wm. O'Connor)
Congressman John Taber, N. Y. (Mr. Connelly called and told him the President would like to see him.)
Senator Scott Lucas, Illinois (Called Mr. Connelly yesterday to ask for this appointment.)
Sr. Dr. Don Antonio Espinosa de los Monteros, the Ambassador of Mexico (Called Mr. Connelly and asked for this appointment)
Mr. Albert Goss, Master of the National Grange Mr. James Turner (British) President of the International Food and Agricultural Products (IFAP) (Mr. Goss asked for this appointment. Mr. Connelly asked him to have Mr. Turner go first to his Embassy, which he did, and this arranged with full approval of the State Department.)
The President received from the Pan American Society of the United States, the Society's Gold Medal, which they voted unanimously to award him. The following were present at the ceremony: Armour, Hon. Norman, Assistant Secretary of State Brandi, Mr. Frederic H., Partner, Dillon, Read, & Co. Camargo, Dr. Alberto Lleras, Honorary President of the Society, and Director General of the Pan American Union Carson, Mr. James S., Honorary Vice President of the Society, and Vice President, American & Foreign Power Company Clisham, Mr. John J., Executive Secretary of the Society Del Rio, Mr. Daniel A., Vice President, Central Hanover Bank & Trust Company Field, Mr. Robert M., Asst. Administrator, War Assets Administration Glenn, Mr. John B., President, Pan American Trust Company Grant, Mr. David E., Partner in law firm of Grant, Exselsen, & Rorer Hasler, Mr. Frederick E., Past President of the Society; now Honorary President of the Society, and Chairman of the Board, The Continental Bank and Trust Company Hebard, Major R. W., Treasurer of the Society, and President, R. W. Hebard & Company Knox, Mr. W. E., President, Westinghouse Electric International Company Kreuser, Mr. Otto T., Vice President, Foreign Department, Chase National Bank McPherson, Mr. C. R., Vice President, American Cables and Radio, Inc. O'Malley, Mr. William P., Vice President and Secretary, Asiatic Petroleum Corporation Palmer, Mr. Richard R., son of the President of the Society, a sophomore at the University of Virginia, residing at 853 Locust Ave., Charlottesville, Virginia Palmer, Mr. Thomas W., President of the Society, and Executive of the Standard Oil Company (N. J.) Patchin, Mr. Robert J., Honorary Vice President of the Society, and Vice President, W. R. Grace & Company Pierson, Mr. Warren Lee, Chairman of the Board, Trans World Air Line Rodriquez-Llamosas, Mr. M. V.-Vice Consul of Venezuela in New York Schoenrich, Judge Otto, Partner in law firm of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost Colt and Mosle Upson, Mr. Maxwell M., Chairman of the Board, Raymond Concrete Pile Company Watson, Mr. Thomas J., Honorary Vice President of the Society, and President, International Business Machines Whitman, Mr. E. S., Director of Publicity, United Fruit Company Wilson, Mr. Joseph T., Vice President and Manager, World Trade Division, International Business Machines
Honorable Carl R. Gray, Jr.
The President received the first "Forget-me-Not" from representatives of Washington Chapter of Disabled American Veterans, opening of their Campaign. The following were present: Donald H. Dunn, Commander, D. C. Dept. of DAV William T. Slattery, Senior Vice Commander Leona Virginia Leonard, aged four Laura Helen Leonard, aged three Mr. Walter E. Leonard, (father of Leona and Laura) (This opened the campaign in the District of Columbia and actually is publicity for Campaign throughout country which opens on varying dates from this date on.)
(Lunch)
(Mr. Henry Dockweiler)
AT THE WHITE HOUSE: The President received the Chief Justice [Fred Vinson] and the Associated Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.
THANKSGIVING DAY
The President and Mrs. Truman attended a Thanksgiving Service at the First Baptist Church of Washington, D. C.
(Honorable Robert Lovett, Under Secretary of State) (Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget) (Honorable John R. Steelman, Assistant to the President)
Cabinet [Meeting] (Mr. Robert Lovett for State; Secretary of Commerce [W. Averell Harriman] absent)
The President and Cabinet visited the Freedom Train at Union Station.
Congressman Wright Patman, Texas (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly on Wednesday to ask for this appointment, stating he had a personal matter to take up with the President.)
Dr. Kenneth C. M. Sills, President, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine (Mr. Matthew Connelly wrote him on November 17th, stating the President would like to have him come down for a talk.)
(Dr. A. J. McIlwain of Jackson, Miss.) (Dr. S. T. McIlwain of Waynesboro, Miss.) (Mr. Samuel McIlwain) (Sam McIlwain brought in his brother and father to meet the President)
Honorable R. L. Cochran, former Governor of Nebraska Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget (Governor Cochran just back from Greece, and appoint- ment arranged by Mr. Webb, when he was in on last Wednesday.)
(Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Healey) (Dr. and Mrs. H. S. Conrad) (Came to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and to see the President, off the record.)
(Lunch)
The President received the Champion Recruiters in the National Guard Recruiting Campaign: Lt. Colonel A. C. Boatman Major General K. F. Cramer Lt. Colonel C. J. Himes Major J. L. Manz Colonel E. P. Mechling Major R. E. Pearson Louis Reinhardt Mr. R. C. Traim Anderson, Robert T. Baker, Merle E. Best, Hugh Carlton Blackburn, Woodrow W. Bryant, James B. Camache, Joseph K. Chepetsky, Joseph P. Cherry, Samuel R. Cintron, Arture Romanat Courtney, Rodney E. Davis, Glen V. Davis, John T. Dick, Rohn C. Diltz, William H. Duncan, Walter W. Fink, Joseph Folster, Gordon N. French, James C. Fulkerson, Robert, Jr. Funk, Alfred C. Gatta, Joseph M. Hall, John J. Hicks, John M. Jaskolka, Edward Jensen, James C. Johnson, Warren M. Jojola, John P. Kawiak, Joseph J. Lattschar, Henry J. Lee, James E. Mahoney, Eugene T. Martinez, Bennie A. McGrath, Nelson E., Jr. Ming, Napolean H. Nelson, Raymond W., Jr. Parker, Howard E. Parks, Lester R. Patten, Dale E. Penfield, Loren H. Pouett, Millard A. Retta, Herbert S. Sanford, Marcus P. Schor, Jerry M. Small, Norman H. Tipson, Harold M. West, James E. Whitman, James L. Wilkinson, James L. Yates, George C. Yager, Donald R. Zarris, Thomas Paul
On this date the United Nations General Assembly approved the partition plan for Palestine put forward by the U.N. Special Committee on Palestine. See student research file The Recognition of the State of Israel: documents, photographs and more.
[Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress on Extending the Maritime Commission's Authority To Operate, Sell, and Charter Vessels]
(Honorable Charles Murphy)
Mr. Paul Foster, Vice President, Mandel Brothers Store, Chicago (Personal call - arranged by Mr. Clark Clifford)
Mr. Arthur Hill, National Security Resources Board (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly for the appointment)
Honorable W. E. Freeland of Forsyth, Missouri (Mr. William Southern of the Independence Examiner wrote Mr. Charles Ross that Senator Freeland wanted to present to the President an invitation to attend dinner next May of the Past Presidents of Missouri Press Association
The President received the following group from the National Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers: W. O. Swanson, President, National Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers, Omaha, Nebraska Mervin A. Blach, Birmingham, Ala. Paul D. Gilbert, South Bend, Indiana Gerald D. Grosner, Washington, D. C. B. C. Stephany, Baltimore, Maryland Robert B. Underwood, Richmond, Virginia Louis Rothschild, Exec. Dir., National Assoc. of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers (Appointment arranged by Mr. Rothschild)
Honorable Waldo Aranha, President of the United Nations General Assembly - also ex-Brazilian Foreign Minister and ex-Ambassador to the United States. Honorable Carlos Martins, Ambassador from Brazil (Arranged by Stanley Woodward)
Dr. C. Oscar Johnson, Pastor, 3rd Baptist Church, St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. Patricia McMillan (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly for appointment)
(Mr. William Boyle) (Mr. John Costello)
Honorable Robert Lovett, Under Secretary of State General John Hilldring
(Cabinet Luncheon at the White House) (Secretary Robert Lovett for State; Postmaster General is out of city; all others were present)
The President dedicated a Wing for Crippled Children at Georgetown Hospital, given by the CIO as a Memorial to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Executive Orders:  [9907 EXCUSING FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ROM DUTY ONE-HALF DAY ON DECEMBER 24, 1947]
[Public Papers: Statement by the President Making Public a Report on the Needs of the Navajo Indians]
(Staff meeting on the Florida Speech)
Honorable William Igoe, former Member of Congress, of St. Louis, Missouri (Arranged by Mr. Charles Ross)
Mr. Ralph Pittman Mr.Robert Simmons (To pay their annual visit and present to the President tickets for All-Star Scholastics)
The Secretary of Agriculture [Clinton P. Anderson] Congressman Stephen Pace, Ga. Congressman W. R. Poage, Texas Congressman Eugene Worley, Texas Congressman Thomas G. Abernethy, Miss. Congressman Walter K. Granger, Utah Congressman Harold D. Colley, N. C. Congressman John L. McMillan, S. C. Congressman George M. Grant, Ala. (This is a committee of House Members,Congressman Pace being ranking Democrat, who have been going through country during recess, holding hearings and talking to farmers on future farm programs. They want to give the President brief outline of national reaction among the farmers. Secretary Anderson had talked with them and wanted to bring them in to see the President)
(Mr. Paul Fitzpatrick, State Chairman, Dem. Committee, New York) (Mr. Samuel Slotkin) (Mr.Fitzpatrick phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask if he could bring Mr. Slotkin in Off Record)
Honorable George Radcliffe, former Senator from Md. (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last Friday to ask for this.)
H. E. Senor Don Jorge Granados, the Ambassador of Guatemala (Retiring and requests appointment to pay respects and say "goodbye" before relinquishing mission at Washington.)
(Honorable Charles Luckman)
Senator J. Howard McGrath, R. I. (Half hour appointment)
(Honorable Stuart Symington, the Secretary of the Air Force)
(Mr. Joe Major) (Mr. Jesse Larson, Acting Administrator, War Assets Administration) (Mr. Major phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday and asked for this. Will probably come to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and see the President, off record)
(Lunch)
Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of Budget
(Miss Grace Tully)
Left for Naval Hospital at Bethesda to see Secretary Hassett)
At the White House: Diplomatic Reception
[Log of President Truman's Trip: Key West]
The President and the members of his party left Washington by plane for Key West Naval Base, Key West, Florida.
The President and his party arrived at Key West Naval Airfield, Key West, Florida. The President was greeted upon his arrival at the Boca Chica Airfield by Mayor Maitland Adams, of Key West, Florida, and Acting City Manager Edwin Trevor of the city of Key West, and a representative group of U. S. Naval Officers. Immediately after the ceremonies at the Boca Chica Airfield, the President's party motored directly to the U. S. Naval Submarine Base, arriving there at 1.35 p.m. The President remained in residence at the Commandant's Quarters, U. S. Naval Submarine Base, throughout the remainder of the day without any further scheduled activities.
[Public Papers: Special Message to the Senate Transmitting the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance]
[Log of President Truman's Trip: Key West]
The President, accompanied by Admiral William Leahy, Admiral James Foskett, General Harry Vaughan, General Wallace Graham, Mr. Stanley Woodward, and Mr. Charles Ross walked to the President's swimming beach located on the Submarine Base in the Vicinity of Fort Taylor. The President swam while at the beach and remained there until 11.30 a.m., at which time he departed from the beach and motored directly to the Commandant's Quarters. The President lunched at 1.00 p.m. with the members of his immediate party and Captain C. C. Adell, Commanding Officer of the U. S. Naval installations of Key West, as his guest. No further activity scheduled for the remainder of the day.
Executive Orders:  [9908 RESERVATION OF SOURCE MATERIAL IN CERTAIN LANDS OWNED BY THE UNITED STATES (1)]
[Log of President Truman's Trip: Key West]
The President, accompanied by Admiral William Leahy, Admiral James Foskett, Dr. John R. Steelman, Mr. Stanley Woodward and Captain Adell walked from the Commandant's Quarters to Submarine U-2513 which was docked in front of the administration Building on the Submarine Base. In appropriate Naval ceremonies, the President was presented a scroll, a tie chain, and emblem for his "dive" aboard Submarine U-2513 on a previous visit. The President then presented two gold stars, and two bronze stars to Naval officers who has been selected for this honor and distinction. After the above ceremonies aboard the Submarine U-2513, the President, Admiral William Leahy, Dr. John R. Steelman, Mr. Stanley Woodward, Admiral James Foskett, and Mr. Charles Ross motored to the President's private bathing beach, arriving at 10.40 a.m. The official party swam and remained at the beach until 11.50 a.m. The President drove his personal car from the bathing beach to the Commandant's Quarters, arriving there at 11.55 a.m. The President lunched with members of his immediate party at 1.00 p.m. There were no further activities scheduled for the remainder of the day.
[Log of President Truman's Trip: Key West]
The President and his immediate party departed from the Commandant's Quarters, U.S. Naval Submarine Base, at 8.50 a.m., Saturday morning, December 6th, and motored to the Boca Chica Airport, arriving there at 9.14 a.m. The President and all members of his immediate party including Congressman Smathers boarded U.S. Army Plane 451 and were airbone at 9.25 a.m. enroute to Naples, Florida, to attend the dedication ceremonies of the Everglades National Park at Everglades, Florida. The President arrived at Everglades at 10.10 and made dedicatory address opening the Everglades National Park. The President and the Members of his party returned to the Boca Chica Airfield at Key West, Florida at 5.00 p.m.
[ Audio: MP3] [Public Papers: Address on Conservation at the Dedication of Everglades National Park]
[Log of President Truman's Trip: Key West]
The President, accompanied by Admiral William Leahy, Admiral James Foskett, General Harry Vaughan, General Wallace Graham and Secretary Charles Ross, motored to the chapel on the U. S. Naval Submarine Base, Key West, Florida, where he attended church services from 9.30 a.m. until 10.00 a.m. Following the services, the Presidential party returned to their quarters. At 11:00 a.m., the President motored to his private bathing beach where he remained until 12.00 noon. There were no further activities scheduled for the remainder of the day.
[Log of President Truman's Trip: Key West]
The Presidential party boarded an army plane at Boca Chica Airfield, Key West, Florida, at 10:30 a.m., at which time they were airborne for Washington, D.C., arriving at the National Airport, Washington, D.C. at 2:54 p.m. The President motored directly to the White House, arriving at 3:10 p.m.
Returned from Key West, Fla.
(Honorable Charles Murphy)
The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]
The President, Mrs. Truman with Secretary and Mrs. Snyder and Miss Snyder, attended the performance of "Sweethearts" at the National Theatre.
Executive Orders:  [9909 EXEMPTING THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FROM MAKING THE REPORTS PROVIDED FOR BY SECTION 49b(2) OF THE ORGANIC ACT OF PUERTO RICO, AS AMENDED]
(Mr. Edward Jacobson) (Mr. A. J. Gramoff [Granoff])
Mr. Franklin E. Reagan, of Sievers & Reagan, St. Louis, Missouri (Phoned Mr. Connelly last month to ask if he could come in and discuss a personal matter with the President)