Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
December 31, 1947
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| Executive Orders: [9918 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE DISPUTES BETWEEN THE ALABAMA, TENNESSEE AND NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY AND OTHER CARRIERS, AND CERTAIN OF THEIR EMPLOYEES] | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| H. E. Senor Augusto Dillon, the Ambassador of Ecuador (Newly appointed) | ||
| Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers Mr.Leon H. Keyserling, Vice Chairman Mr. John D. Clark, Member (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly to ask for this appointment) | ||
| Congressman George P. Miller, California (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday if he might come in and discuss Folsom Dam with the President) | ||
| Honorable Richmond Keech) | ||
| H. E.Alexander Somenovich Panyushkim, the Ambassador of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Newly appointed) | ||
| Honorable Wayne Coy, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission Honorable George E. Sterling, Member, FCC (Chairman Coy called Mr. Matthew Connelly late yesterday, to ask if he might bring in Mr. Sterling, new appointee, to meet the President.) | ||
| The Secretary of Commerce [W. Averell Harriman] The Secretary of Agriculture [Clinton P. Anderson] The Under Secretary of State (Secretary W. Averell Harriman phoned late yesterday to ask Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange this appointment.) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget Honorable Frederick Lawton | ||
| The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] | ||
| The Secretary of Agriculture [Clinton P. Anderson] | ||
| New Year's Day | ||
| (Lt. Colonel and Mrs. John H. Chiles and daughter) | ||
| The Secretary of the Interior [Julius A. Krug] | ||
| (Mr. William Adams Delano) | ||
| (Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. Max Lowenthal) | ||
| (Mr. Joe Healey) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9919 DELEGATING AUTHORITY AND ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES UNDER THE JOINT RESOLUTION APPROVED DECEMBER 30, 1947] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing Order Carrying Out Provisions of the Resolution on Price Stabilization] | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| Honorable Robert Lovett, Under Secretary of State Honorable Michael Pearson, Canadian Under Secretary for External Affairs | ||
| (The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (The President together with Mrs. Truman, Miss Truman, General and Mrs. Harry Vaughan and Janet Vaughan left for the National Theatre. After the theatre the party re- turned to the White House) | ||
| The president and the following went aboard the USS WILLIAMSBURG for a weekend party: Honorable Charles Ross Honorable John Steelman Honorable Matthew J. Connelly Admiral William D. Leahy Admiral James Foskett Honorable George Schoeneman Honorable Richmond Keech Honorable David Niles General Wallace Graham Mr. Eben Ayers Honorable Stephen Early Honorable George Allen Honorable Edwin Locke Honorable Donald Dawson | ||
| Honorable Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force (Called Mr. Connelly for this appointment) | ||
| H. E. Antonio Parra Velasco, Foreign Minister of Ecuador H. E. Augusto Dillon, the Ambassador of Ecuador (Arranged by Mr. Woodward) | ||
| Mr. Joseph Dodge of Detroit Mr. Robert Fleming Dr. Harold M. Stonier (Secretary Snyder asked Mr. Connelly to arrange the appointment) | ||
| The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] (Usual Monday appointment) | ||
| (Cabinet Luncheon at the White House) (All will be present with the exception of the Postmaster General and the Secretary of the Interior) | ||
| (Honorable Stuart Symington) (Maj. Gen. Laurence Kuter) | ||
| (Honorable Raymond Foley) (Mr. Donald Dawson | ||
| The President received a group from the Maryland State Roads Commission: Allen, Mr. Herschel H. Beall, Representative J. Glen Bruace, Mr. Howard, Chairman of the State Highway Advisory Council Childs, Mr. W. F., Jr., Chief Engineer, State Roads Commission Duckett, Mr. T. Howard Fallon, Representative George H. Garmatz, Representative Edward A. George, Mr. Jos. M., Assoc. Member of State Roads Commission Gruehn, Mr. Herman L. Garland, Mr. Charles S. Hammond, Hon. Hall, Attorney General of Maryland Hockley, Mr. Chester F. Hawley, Sgt. Wilbert F. Jamison, Mr. J. Vincent, Jr. Lane, Governor W. Preston, Jr. Miller, Representative Edward T. Meade, Representative Hugh A. McCain, Russell S., Assoc. Member of State Roads Commission Marbury, Mr. William MacDonald, Mr. Thomas H. O'Conor, Senator Herbert O'Donnell, Mr. Louis J. Reindollar, Mr. Robert M., Chairman, Md. State Roads Commission Sassger, Representative Landsdale G. Thompson, Mr. J. Truman Tydings, Senator Millard Willis, Mr. J. McKenney, Jr. Fleming, General Philip | ||
| (Major General Laurence S. Kuter) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of Budget Honorable Frederick Lawton, Assistant Director | ||
| (Left for the Capitol) | ||
| (Attended a Birthday Luncheon at the Capitol for Congressman Rayburn) | ||
| (Returned to the White House) | ||
| Cabinet - Absentees will be The Secretaries of Interior, Labor, Commerce and Agriculture. | ||
| (Left for Constitution Hall to attend the concert of Jose Iturbi) | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Concerning Appointment of General Kuter as Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board] | ||
| (The President left for the Capitol) | ||
| The President delivered his State of the Union Message before a Joint Session of the Congress) [Public Papers: Annual Message to the Congress on the State of the Union] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9920 EXTENSION OF TRUST PERIODS ON INDIAN LANDS EXPIRING DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 1948] | ||
| (Honorable Samuel I. Rosenman) | ||
| Senator Clyde R. Hoey, N. C. Governor R. Gregg Cherry, N. C. Senator William B. Umstead, N. C. Mr. John Park, Editor of Raleigh Times (Senator Hoey requested this appointment) | ||
| Mr. Beverly Baxter, English newspaper correspondent (Mr. Charles Ross) Mr. Greville Poke (Ambassador Douglas wrote the President that Mr. Baxter, a personal friend of his, is coming to U. S. to lecture, and that he (Douglas) hoped the President would see Baxter, who would probably want to write some- thing about the President. Ambassador Douglas said, "he is a good citizen who abandoned the luxuries and easy life of Canada for the rigors and austerity of frontier life in England". Mr. Matthew Connelly cleared this with the Department of State.) | ||
| Rabbi Leo Baeck Dr. Maurice N. Eisendrath (When Edward Jacobson saw the President about a month ago, he left with the President a letter addressed to Jacobson by Irvin Fane, re Rabbi Baeck, formerly of Germany, now resident of London. Dr. Baeck is President of the World Union for Progressive Judaism. Before war was leading liberal rabbi of Germany, preferred to remain so long as there was "single Jew left there". In concentration camp for four years. Mr. Matthew Connelly had Mr. Woodward of the Sate Department check to see if the Rabbi had any political connections. The Palestine desk in the State Department had never heard of him) | ||
| Congressman John F. Kennedy, Mass. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. Mr. Robert Wagner, Jr. (Congressman Kennedy called Mr. Matthew Connelly December 18th to ask if they might see the President re a meeting of Veterans to be held in Washington) | ||
| Honorable Paul H. Alling, American Ambassador to Pakistan (Newly appointed - to pay respects before departing for post at Karachi) | ||
| H. E. Edme Manigat, the Foreign Minister of Haiti H. E. Joseph D. Charles, Ambassador of Haiti (Foreign Minister Manigat is guest of Deparment of State from December 31st to January 2nd and January 7th to 9th. Wished to pay respects to the President) | ||
| (The President, with Mrs. Truman motored to Shoreham Hotel to apartment of Mrs. Greta Kempton McNamara, to see portrait of Miss Margaret Truman which Mrs. McNamara is painting.) | ||
| (Returned to the White House) | ||
| (Mr. Sam Jackson, of Fort Wayne, Ind.) (Mr. Frank McHale) (Mr. Jackson phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last Thursday from Indiana, to ask if they might come in today and see the President, off the record) | ||
| (Mr. William Boyle) | ||
| The following were present at a Budget Conference: The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] Director James E. Webb Mr. Frederick J. Lawton Mr. J. Weldon Jones Mr. Arthur Smithies Mr. Herschel C. Walling Mr. Charles B. Stuaffacher Mr. Leo O. Martin Mr. Wm. F. McCandless Mr. Donald B. MacPhail Mr. Elmer B. Staats Mr. Howard W. Stone Mr. Patterson H. French (Mr. Charles Ross) (Mr. Clark Clifford) (Mr. Charles Murphy) Mr. John Steelman) (The President attended the conference which lasted for an hour and a half.) | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] | ||
| Senator A. Willis Robertson, Va. Senator John J. Sparkman, Ala. Congressman J. Percy Priest, Tenn. (Senator Robertson wrote the President, and also 'phoned Mr. Connelly to ask if they might come down and invite the President to attend Christian Leadership Dinner at Washington Hotel, January 31st. The Senator said he thought it important for the President to be identified with this movement) | ||
| Honorable Myron Taylor (Phoned Mr. Connelly December 30th to ask for this) | ||
| (Honorable Bennett Champ Clark) (Phoned Mr. Connelly to ask if he might see the President off record, re question of successor to Justice Groner) | ||
| Honorable Nathaniel P. Davis, American Ambassador- Designate to Costa Rica (To pay respects before leaving for post at San Jose.) | ||
| Honorable Horace Hildreth, Governor of Maine Mr. Moran | ||
| (Honorable Oscar Ewing) (Mr. Don Kingsley) | ||
| The President received the Members of the Board of Directors of the United Service Organizations, Inc. (President Kimball of the USO wrote to the President in December, stating they would meet here where they had their origin, for their final meeting, and would like to conclude with an adjourment to the White House and a very brief word from the President. He stated, "The USO had its origin in Washington and its member agencies, representing the three great faiths, were brought into this cooperative relationship at the personal instigation of President Roosevelt in the White House.") The following members were invited: Mrs. Winthrop W. Aldrich Mrs. Arthur Forrest Anderson Mrs. Alfred R. Bachrach Eugene E. Barnett Mrs. William S. Bowen Thomas D'Arcy Brophy R. Rev. Msgr. Howard J. Carroll Albert E. Dale Judge Hubert T. Delany Luke E. Hart Ralph W. Harbison Mary Graham Hawks Mrs. Bartlett B. Heard Isaac S. Heller Mrs. Walter Heller John F. Hickey Walter Hoving Mrs. R. O. Howard Mrs. Henry A. Ingraham Lindsley F. Kimball C. Frank Kramer, Jr. Louis Kraft Abe Lastfogel A. Lincoln Lavine Randall J. LeBoeuf, Jr. Euclid W. McBride Mrs. Edward S. Macy Francis P. Matthews Bertha McCall Most Rev. Bryan J. McEntegart Commissioner Donald McMillan James S. Mitchell Mrs. Maurice T. Moore Donald Oberdorfer Comm. Edward J. Parker Brig. William J. Parkins Elas Peterson Lawrence Phillips John J. Raskob John T. Remey Thomas J. Ross Walter Rothschild Harper Sibley Donald S. Stralem Mrs. Charles W. Tillett, Jr. Jay A. Urice Thomas J. Watson Frank L. Weil Carl Whitmore Samuel D. Gershovitz | ||
| Executive Orders: [9921 AUTHORIZING THE PHILIPPINE ALIEN PROPERTY ADMINITRATOR TO TRANSFER CERTAIN PROPERTY TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES] | ||
| The President, with Director Webb of Bureau of the Budget, conducted Annual Budget Seminar in Projection Room in the White House) | ||
| [Public Papers: The President's News Conference on the Budget] | ||
| (Mrs. Perle Mesta) | ||
| The President and Mrs. Truman left White House for the Women's National Democratic Club, N. H. Avenue and Q Streets, where they spent the evening, returning to the White House at 10.40 p.m. | ||
| The President walked over to Gawler's Funeral Parlor, where he attended funeral services of late Charles Michelson. | ||
| Returned to the White House. | ||
| [Public Papers: Annual Budget Message to the Congress, Fiscal Year 1949] | ||
| [Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress on the Folsom Dam] | ||
| Father Paul A. McNally, Vice President of Georgetown University (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly to ask if he could come in and talk to the President re attending commencement at Georgetown University, Sunday, February 9th, from three to five p.m.) | ||
| Congressman C. Jasper Bell, Mo. (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly Friday to ask for appointment early in week) | ||
| The President Air Policy Commission met with the President: Honorable Thomas K. Finletter, Chairman Honorable George Baker, Vice Chairman Honorable Arthur Whiteside Honorable Palmer Hoyt Honorable John A. McCone Honorable S. Paul Johnston, Executive Director of the Commission (Arranged by Dr. John R. Steelman) | ||
| Mr. Harry S. Hooker (The President is to designate him to represent him at the unveiling of the Franklin D. Roosevelt monu- ment in London next April.) | ||
| Honorable Nathan Straus, of Station WMCA, New York (Formerly Housing Administrator under President Roosevelt. Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last week from New York to ask for this appointment.) | ||
| General H. H. Arnold | ||
| (Cabinet Luncheon - all present, including Senator J. Howard McGrath) | ||
| Honorable John O. Pastore, the Governor of Rhode Island Mr. Edward Higgins, Secretary to Senator Green of R.I. | ||
| Executive Orders: [9922 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE CHICAGO, NORTH SHORE & MILWAUKEE RAILWAY COMPANY AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9923 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE AKRON & BARBERTON BELT RAILROAD AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9924 Designating the Honorable Martin Travieso as Acting Judge of the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico; Jan. 13, 1948; not published] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Making Public the Report of the Air Policy Commission.] | ||
| Honorable Paul Fitzpatrick, State Chairman, Democratic Committee of New York Mr. Larry Doyle Mr. George Daley (Phoned Mr. Connelly yesterday) | ||
| Mr. Ralph Hutchinson Mr. Leonard Limbough | ||
| Honorable Henry F. Grady, American Ambassador to India (To pay respects before leaving for post at New Delhi) | ||
| Mr. Alberto Dodero of Argentina Senor Dr. Oscar Invanissevich, the Ambassador of Argentina Honorable Norman Armour, the Assistant Secretary of State (Dodero is prominent shipping man of Argentina, and personal friend of President Peron. This request first came from Ed Flynn and Max Truitt. This was cleared with the State Department) | ||
| Honorable Adolf A. Berle, Jr. (Berle wired the President last week stating he would appreciate opportunity to talk with him on political matters in New York) | ||
| Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt (She wrote the President she would be here today and if he had any free time, would he give her an appoint- ment to come in and make a report to him on the Human Rights Commission session.) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Honorable John L. Sullivan, the Secretary of the Navy) | ||
| The Secretary of Agriculture [Clinton P. Anderson} Mr. James G. Patton, National Farmers Union (Mr. Patton phoned Mr. Connelly to ask if they might come in and discuss matter concerning Food & Agricultural Division of United Nations) | ||
| (The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]) | ||
| (Honorable George Allen) |