Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
December 09, 1947
President Harry S. Truman's appointment calendar covers the dates from April 12, 1945 to January 20, 1953. Please select a date within that range.
| Senator Harley M. Kilgore, W. Va. Mr. Gene Carter Mr. John Dean (When Senator Kilgore was in last to see the President he asked if he could bring these young men in to be received by the President; both are from West Virginia. The Senator stayed on to see the President.) | ||
| H. E. Herman Erikson, the Ambassador of Sweden (Newly appointed.) | ||
| Mr. John Gunther, author (Wrote Mr. Connelly last summer stating he hoped to be in Washington about this time, and that he would like to see the President; wrote Mr. Connelly again in November, stating he would be here on this date.) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget Mr. Fred Lawton Mr. Leo C. Martin (One hour appointment) | ||
| (Press and Radio Reception at the White House) | ||
| The President presented the Victory Medal to the Members of the White House Police Force and of the Secret Service Personnel at the White House on active duty in the Military Forces during World War II: Frank M. Barry,Tech Sergeant, U. S. Army Donald L. Boyd, Staff Sergeant, U. S. Army Leonard P. Hutchinson, Lt. Col., U. S. Army Charles H. Patnode, Master Sergeant, U. S. Army William F. Shields, Corporal, U. S. Army Frank G. Stoner, Chief Warrant Officer, U. S. Army Stewart G. Stout, Jr., Staff Sergeant, U. S. Army James K. Fox, Ship's Cook, 2nd Class, U.S. Navy John T. Sherwood, Lieutenant, U. S. Navy Paul T. Usher, Chief Warrant Officer, U. S. Navy John A. Walters, U. S. Navy James P. Welch, U. S. Navy Francis, Hobart W. Burke, Kenneth M. Hill, Roy E. Skolnick, Morris Anderson, Orville C. Bugosh, Emil Godwin, James C. Rodman, Sherwood D. Bell, Louis P. Hager, Leroy P. Moore, George T. Smith, Delma Birdzell, Donald T. Mundy, Harry B. Poole, Elbert Y. Kaiser, Myrwood E. Sunderland,George G., Jr. Coleman, Arthur R. Cook, Howard A. Crickenberger,George H. Dobeck, Mitchell A. Hebble, George C. Holtzclaw, Tollie C. Lambert, Jack L. Pratt, Kenneth O. Holmes, Harry C. Miles, Howard R. Snyder, Edward R. Baldwin, Clark H. Wood, Harry M. Erdman, Charles E. Crawford, William S. Quimby, Lawrence R. Coffelt, Leslie Doge, Charles S. Nood, Homer Lanier, Glenard E. Manthos, Pete N. Singer, Edward M. Stover, Ralph C. Burko Hugh D. Hazelbaker, Howard L. Shank, Glenn P. Sherer, Wilbur L. Taylor, Hubert T. Allen,Edward W. Davidson, Joseph O. McCarthy,William J. Tehann, Edward J. Davis, John Graham, Lloyd | ||
| Honorable Prentiss Brown, former Senator from Michigan (Mr. Biffle advised last month that he had invited Senator Brown to lunch with him on this date, and that in accepting Senator Brown said he would like to see the President while here, if possible.) | ||
| Honorable Warren Austin (General Marshall Carter in General Marshall's office advised Mr. Matthew Connelly that Senator Austin would be here for two days and that the State Department thought he should see the President. | ||
| (Mrs. Martha Ewing) (Mr. George W. Harris) (Mrs. Ewing, one of the founders of Harris and Ewing, asked that she be given chance to meet the President before returning to California. Mr. Harris is present manager of the firm.) | ||
| (Mr. Samuel B. Stewart, Jr., Vice President and General Counsel, Bank of America, San Francisco) (Wrote Mr. Matthew Connelly he expected to come here at this time to argue case before the Supreme Court, and hoped he might drop by and pay respects to the President.) | ||
| H. E. U. So Nyun, the Ambassador of Burma (Newly appointed.) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Honorable Jim Finnegan) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| Senator H. Alexander Smith, N. J. Congressman Charles A. Wolverton, N. J. (Senator Smith phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday to ask if they might come up and discuss National Science Foundation with the President) | ||
| (Honorable James R. Wade, Collector of Customs, St. Louis, Missouri) (Came to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and to see the President off the record.) | ||
| Mr. Powell B. McHenry, of Boston Admiral Sidney Souers (This appointment was arranged by Admiral Sidney Souers) | ||
| Mr. Frank Stanton, President, CBS (Brought the President one of the albums of his speeches which he had made up for him) | ||
| The President received a group from the Washington Churchmen's Seminar: Mrs. Jessie Daniel Ames~J. N. Armstrong R. N. Barchelder~Mrs. Earl Breeding Orville Brummer~Alexander Chandler Donald B. Cloward~Fern Colborn Mrs. S. T. Cushing~Helen Darby Doris P. Dennison~Orithy Dowdy Lawrence Durgin~Mrs. Leon W. Ellis Robert A. Fangmeier~John A. Gardner Mrs. Paul Gebhard~Mrs. Dwight Hendryx Mrs. A. R. Henry~John P. Jones Thomas B. Keehn~H. Calvin Knock Harland G. Lewis~Eric M. Lindblade Mrs. J. R. Lockwood~Marilyn Lowell Mrs. Fred E. Luchs~Mrs. W. G. Mather Kenneth L. Maxwell~Mrs. E. E. Morrill Mrs. Floyd Mulkey~Frances C. McLester Mrs. Thelma Pallette~Paul Poling Mrs. Fred G. Poole~Mrs. Edwin B. Powers Mrs. Stephen Pronke~Alfred H. Rapp Lloyd P. Rice~D. R. Sharpe Walter W. Sikes~Weston Smith Elizabeth Thompson~Mrs. A. A. Van Voorhies Alfred B. Wangman~Mrs. Alfred B. Wangman Clyde Watford~Lilian K. Watford Ronald Wells~Mrs. Louis C. West Arthur S. Wheellock~Raymond Wilson Mrs. Jean H. Wright (This seminar being conducted under the auspices of Congregational-Christian Churches, Northern Baptist Convention, Presbyterian Churches, USA, Methodist Church and United Council of Church Women. Those participating are ministers and lay people from important churches of these organizations in many states. They are meeting in the interest of European recovery program and they asked for this appointment with the President, feeling it would be of great value to their efforts.) | ||
| Senator Dennis Chavez, N. Mexico (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday to ask for this.) | ||
| Honorable Robert Lovett, Under Secretary of State (Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) (The following lunched at the White House with the President: (Senator Alben W. Barkley, Ky.) (Senator Carl Hatch, Ariz.) (Honorable Lewis Schwellenbach) (Honorable Sherman Minton) (Honorable Edward Burke) (Honorable Leslie Biffle) | ||
| (Senator Millard Tydings, Maryland) | ||
| The President presented the D.S.M. to Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. The following guests were present for the ceremony: Congressman Walter G. Andrews~John Nicholas Brown Admiral W. H. P. Blandy~Vice Adm. Robert B. Carney General Clifton B. Cates~Vice Adm. Donald B. Duncan Adm. Louis E. Denfeld~Mrs. Hamilton Dinsmoore Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower~Hon. James V. Forrestal Adm. Joseph Farley~Vice Adm. William Fechteler Sen. Chan Gurney~Vice Adm. John H. Hoover Vice Adm. Harry W. Hill~Hon. John Kenney Vice Adm. Chas. H. McMorris~Vice Adm. John L. McCrea Mrs. Chester W. Nimitz~Miss Nancy Nimitz Hon. Kenneth Royall~Adm. DeWitt C. Ramsey Vice Adm. A. W. Radford~Hon. John L. Sullivan Sec. of the Air Force Stuart Symington~Vice Adm. Forrest Sherman Sen. Millard E. Tydings~Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg Gen. Archer Vandegrift~Cong. Carl Vinson Captain Eller (This ceremony was planned as a surprise for Admiral Nimitz.) | ||
| [Public Papers: Citation Accompanying the Distinguished Service Medal Presented to Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz] | ||
| (The President and Mrs. Truman attend a reception at the Carlton Hotel, given by the Secretary of the Navy [John L. Sullivan], the Under Secretary of the Navy, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air, in honor of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, and General Alaxander A. Vandergrift, USMC) | ||
| (The President paid surprise visit to the dinner in honor of the new Postmaster General, Honorable Jesse Donaldson, which held at the Mayflower Hotel.) | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (Robert Lovett for State, Agriculture absent. Mr. Jesse Donaldson attended as Acting Postmaster General.) | ||
| Senator Sheridan Downey, Calif. (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly on Thursday to ask for this.) | ||
| Mr. C. E. Weymouth, President, Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assn., Amarillo, Texas Mr.Albert Goss, National Grange Mr. Edward O'Neal, Federal Farm Bureau Mr. Raymond Ogg, Federal Farm Bureau Mr. M. K. Carnes, head of Central Livestock Marketing, St. Paul, Minn. Mr. Ted Anderson, President, Missouri Hog Breeders Assn., Montreal, Missouri Mr. William Yungclas, head of American Swine Breeders Assn., Webster City, Iowa Mr. Tom Armstrong, rancher from Texas Mr. Charles W. Holman, Secretary, National Coop Milk Producers Federation, Washington, D. C. (Senator Tom Connally phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly to ask if the President would see these gentlemen, who are here conferring with the Department of Agriculture.) | ||
| (Mr. George Mead) (Honorable George Drew) (Mr. Douglas Ambridge) | ||
| Mr. Edward R. Murrow | ||
| H. E. Senor Dr. Don J. J. Vallarino, the Ambassador of Panama (Asked through Mr. Stanley Woodward to come in and tell the President "goodbye" as he is returning to Panama to run for Presidency. He is giving up his Ambassadorship) | ||
| Honorable Alf Landon (In town and asked, through Mr. Charles Ross, to call on the President) | ||
| The President received the President's Commission on Higher Education, as follows: Dr. O. C. Carmichael, President, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, N. Y. C. Dr. Alvin C. Urich, V. P. of Stanford University Dr. John R. Emens, President, Ball State Teachers College, Muncie, Indiana Dr. Arthur H. Compton, Chancellor, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri Dr. Earl J. McGrath, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, Minn., Minn. Dr. Martin R. P. McGuire, Dean of the Graduate School, Catholic University of America, Washington,D. C. Dr. George F. Zook, Chairman of the Commission Dr. Francis J. Brown, Executive Secretary Mrs. Agnes Meyer, Journalist and Social Worker, Washington, D. C. Very Reverend Msgr. Frederick G. Hochwalt, Director of Higher Education Division, National Catholic Welfare Conference. Washington, D. C. | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget Honorable Fred Lawton Mr. Leo Martin | ||
| General Dwight D. Eisenhower | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President on the Need for Preserving Freedom and Independence in Italy] | ||
| (Honorable Sherman Minton) | ||
| The Secretary of the Interior [Julius A. Krug] | ||
| The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] | ||
| Admiral Chester W. Nimitz | ||
| (Mr. Kelly Scruton) (Mr. Tweet) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (The President left for the Gridiron Dinner) | ||
| (Honorable Clark Clifford) | ||
| The President and Mrs. Truman left for Drones Party (Gridiron) at the Statler Hotel. | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Making Public a Report of the Commission on Higher Education] | ||
| Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, Michigan Senator Alben W. Barkley, Ky Senator Wallace H. White, Jr., Me. Senator Tom Connally, Texas Speaker Joseph W. Martin, Jr. Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Ind. Congressman Sam Rayburn, Texas Congressman Charles A. Eaton, N. J. Congressman Sol Bloom, New York (The President asked them to come in to discuss over-all European Relief question.) | ||
| (Mr. Dan Nee) | ||
| (The Attorney General [Tom C. Clark]) (The Secretary of Commerce [W. Averell Harriman]) (The Secretary of Agriculture [Clinton P. Anderson]) (The Secretary of Interior [Julius A. Krug]) (Mr. Peyton Ford) (Mr. John F. Sonnet) | ||
| Senator Glen Taylor, Idaho (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly and asked for this appointment) | ||
| Senator Brien McMahon, Conn. (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly and asked for this appointment) | ||
| Mr. A. E. Matlack, President, National Turkey Federation Mr. Hobart Creighton, President, Poultry and Egg National Board Mr.T. L. Jones, Director, National Turkey Federation Dr. John C. Hutter, Director, Poultry and Egg National Board Professor James E. Gwin, University of Maryland Mr. Phil Alampi, Radio Station WJZ Mr. C. F. Smith, Eastern Manager, Poultry and Egg National Board Honorable Clinton P. Anderson (To present turkey to the President on behalf of the Poultry and Egg National Board and the National Turkey Federation.) | ||
| Senator Guy Cordon, Oregon Senator Harry P. Cain,Washington (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this appointment) | ||
| (Honorable James J. Caffrey, Chairman, SEC) (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly from Philadelphia last week to ask if he might come in to see the President off the record.) | ||
| Honorable Joseph Grew (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this appointment) | ||
| Honorable Robert Lovett, Acting Secretary of State (Usual Monday appointment) | ||
| (Cabinet Luncheon - everyone present except the Postmaster General Jesse M. Donaldson) | ||
| (Mr. Joseph and Mr. Louis McGee) | ||
| Honorable Kenneth C. Royall, the Secretary of the Army | ||
| (Mr. Barnet Nover) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9910 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE GEORGIA RAILROAD AND THE BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN AND] | ||
| (Mr. Augustus Tach [Tack], artist) | ||
| Senator James O. Eastland, Miss. Senator John C. Stennis, Miss. Congressman William H. Whittington, Miss. (Re appointment to Mississippi River Commission -- requested by Eastland) | ||
| Senator John L. McClellan, Ark. (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly stating he hoped the President would see him before doing anything about the Home Loan Bank Board.) | ||
| Honorable Louis Johnson (Wrote to Mr. Matthew Connelly re meeting he had attended in New York, where Governor Dewey spoke "off record", and which he would like to talk to the President about.) | ||
| Honorable Marriner Eccles, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System (One half-hour appointment. He asked to come) | ||
| Honorable W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange this appointment) | ||
| Honorable Wilson Wyatt (Is now chairman of Jefferson Day Dinner and Committee; thought that while he was here on arrangments, it would help their publicity if he saw the President.) | ||
| Honorable James V. Forrestal, Secretary of Defense Mr. Lester B. Granger, Executive Secretary of the National Urban League (Requested by Secretary James Forrestal, who has discussed with the President scheduling an appointment for Mr. Granger in order to talk on problems relating to Negroes. Mr. Granger has on numerous occasions advised Mr. James Forrestal on Navy matters, and in fact served as Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy,and made a study of Negroes in service which let to many improvements in both living and working conditions and raising of the morale among Negro service personnel in general.) | ||
| (Admiral James H. Foskett) (Mr. A. John Hammond) (Mr. Hammond brought in a book called "The White House Gallery of Official Portraits of the Presidents", McKinley Memorial Edition No. 186, which he found in his father's effects.) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. Eddie Higgins) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, Director Bureau of the Budget | ||
| AT THE WHITE HOUSE | ||
| Judicial Reception | ||
| (Honorable Lowell Mason) | ||
| (Honorable David Niles) | ||
| (The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]) | ||
| (Congressman Carl Hinshaw, California (To deliver to the President, tickets to the Rose Bowl Game) | ||
| (The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]) | ||
| The President presented the Collier Trophy to Lewis A.Rodert, Chief of the Flight Research Section at the Cleveland Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. (It was awarded to him for his pioneering research and guidance in the development and practical application of a thermal ice prevention system for aircraft.) The following guests were present: Mr. John R. Alison Dr. George Baker Mr. James W. Batchelor Mr. Daniel W. Bell Mr. William A. M. Burden Mr. John C. Cooper Major General L. C. Craigie Mr. Frederick C. Crawford Mr.Robert Dewey Mr. Stanley C. Draper Vice Admiral Donald Baker Duncan Major General Oliver P. Echols Mr. C. E. Harrow Miss C. Jo Hopkins Mr. Kendall K. Hoyt Mr. Jerome C. Hunsaker Mr. S. Paul Johnston Admiral Emory S. Land, Mr. William F. MacCracken Mr. Joe Alex Morris Mr. Frederick R. Neely Mr. R. W. Nichols Mr. Howard Osterhaut Mr. L. Welch Pogue Mr. Robert Ramspeck Mrs. Lewis A. Rodert Mr. Lewis A. Rodert (Recipient of Trophy) Master Sgt. Elizabeth Ellerine Rodert Mr. L. L.Schroeder Mr. John Snyder Mr. Edward C. Sweeney Mr. Lowell H. Swanson Mr. Clyde M. Vandeburg Mr. John F. Victory Mr. Fred E. Weick Mr. Wayne Weishaar Mr. T. P. Wright | ||
| Honorable Thomas A. Burke, Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio Mr. Carl Matson Mr. Shepard Witman (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly from Cleveland December 9th, to ask if he, Mayor Burke, could come in and invite the President to Foreign Policy Society Meeting in Cleveland.) | ||
| Mr. Albert Goss, National Grange (The President told him when he was in with a group last week, that he could come back this week.) | ||
| Honorable Robert S. Kerr, former Governor of Oklahoma (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last week from Oklahoma to ask for this appointment) | ||
| (Mr. Irving Pflaum, SUN AND TIMES, Chicago) (Wrote Mr. Matthew Connelly in November, requesting this off-record-appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. Frank Land) | ||
| (Honorable Robert Lovett) (The Attorney General [Tom C. Clark]) (The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]) (Honorable Clark Clifford) (Honorable John Steelman) (Mr. Clark Clifford arranged this appointment) | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Announcing Appointment of Members of the National Labor-Management Panel] | ||
| (Dentist) | ||
| (Honorable James E. Webb) | ||
| (Honorable Edwin Pauley) (off the record) | ||
| Senator Francis J. Myers, Pa. (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly to ask for this appointment) | ||
| Congressman Charles B. Deane, N. C. Congressman James C. Auchincloss, N. J., Chairman Congressman Robert N. McGarvey, Pa. Congressman John J. Allen, Jr., Calif. Congressman Homer R. Jones, Washington Congressman Robert E. Jones, Jr., Ala. Congressman John L. McMillan, S. C. Dr. George B. Galloway, Director Mr. Clarence N. Pierce, Assistant Director (This is a Sub-Committee of the District of Columbia on Home Rule and Reorganization, requested by Congressman Deane) | ||
| (Mr. Roger Buttefield) (Mr. Charles Ross brought off record. He is doing an article for the Ladies Home Journal on the President -- mostly personal, partly political, partly historical.) | ||
| Honorable George H. Butler, American Ambassador to the Domincan Republic (To pay respects before returning to his post) |