Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
January 23, 1948
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| Honorable Roger Lapham, Mayor of San Francisco (Arranged by Dr. John R. Steelman) | ||
| (Mr. Nick Bez) | ||
| (Honorable Marriner Eccles) | ||
| (The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]) | ||
| (Mr. Vere Leigh) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (The President attended a stag dinner at the home of Honorable Clark Clifford.) | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Concerning the St. Lawrence Seaway] | ||
| The Reverend Dr. Mar Ivanios, the Archbishop of the Archdiocese at Trivandrum, Travancore, India Honorable Henry F. Grady, United States Ambassador to India (This reqeust was made through the State Department and Bishop Ivanios agreed to stay over so that he could call on the President.) | ||
| The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] (Usual Monday appointment) | ||
| (Cabinet Luncheon - everyone present) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9929 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVETIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE AKRON, CANTON & YOUNGSTWN RAILROAD COMPANY AND OTHER CARRIRES AND CERTAIN OF THEIR EMPLOYEES] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to Marriner Eccles Asking Him To Remain With the Federal Reserve Board as Vice Chairman] | ||
| (Honorable John R. Steelman) (Honorable Marriner Eccles, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve Board) (Off record) | ||
| The President received a group of Officers of the American Road Builders' Association. (Asked to call on the President during their meeting in Washington) The following were present: J. T. Gallaway, President, American Road Bldrs. Assoc., Assist. to Vice-President, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Chicago, Illinois A. O. Cuthbert, Director, County Highway Officials Division, A.R.B.A., 120 West Ottawa St., Lansing, Mich. Professor A. Diefendorf, President, Educational Division, A.R.B.A., Salt Lake City, Utah W. B. Greene, President, Manufacturers' Division, A.R.B.A., Aurora, Illinois Thomas J. Keefe, Executive, A.R.B.A., Washington, D.C. W. W. Polk, Director, A.R.B.A., Springfield, Illinois Jennings Randolph, President-Elect, Airport Division, A.R.B.A., Washington, D. C. George B. Shepard, Pres., Municipal Division, A.R.B.A., St. Paul, Minnesota Julian L. Schley, President, Airport Division, A.R.B.A., Baltimore, Maryland Charles M. Upham, Engineer-Director, A.R.B.A., Washington, D. C. Donald O. White, President, Contractors' Division, American Road Builders' Association, Chicago, Illinois | ||
| Honorable Watson Miller (phoned Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| Senator James E. Murray, Mont. Dr. John W. Studebaker, Commissioner of Education Miss Janet Geister, Ohio winner "Voice of Democracy contest" Miss Lural Shatto, Maryland, winner Miss Alice Wade Tyree, Oklahoma, winner Miss Rose Ellen Mudd, Montana, winner (Senator Murray asked if he might bring in these four high school girls selected from twenty thousand contestants in contest sponsored by National Junior Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Broadcasters and the Radio Manufacturers' Association) | ||
| Mr. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. (Phoned Mr. Connelly last week to request this appointment) | ||
| (The President presented Medals for Merit to: Honorable James Forrestal Honorable John L. Sullivan Honorable W. Stuart Symington Honorable W. John Kenney) (This was a surprise ceremony) The following guests were present: John Lawrence Sullivan Mrs. Sullivan Miss Patricia Sullivan Master Charles Manning Sullivan Miss Deborah Sullivan Captain Fitzhugh Lee, USN, Aide to Secretary Sullivan W. John Kenney Mrs. Kenney Eleanor Kenney Priscilla Kenney David Kenney Honorable Mark Edwin Andrews, Asst. Secy of Navy Captain Lewis Parks, Aide to Secretary Kenney James Forrestal Mrs. Forrestal Michael Forrestal Captain Buchanan, Aide to Sec. Forrestal W. Stuart Symington Mr. Francis Symington, brother James S. Symington Colonel John K. Hester, Aide to Sec. Symington The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] The Attorney General [Tom C. Clark] The Secretary of Agriculture [Clinton P. Anderson] The Secretary of Commerce [W. Averell Harriman] The Secretary of Interior [Julius A. Krug] The Secretary of Labor [Lewis B. Schwellenbach] Dr. John R. Steelman General Philip Fleming Admiral William Leahy General Harry Vaughan Admiral James Foskett Captain Robert Dennison | ||
| The President signed a Proclamation entitled "Pre- vention and Control of Juvenile Deliquency" The following were present: The Attorney General [Tom C. Clark] Hon. G. Howland Shaw, Chairman of National Conference on Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency John W. Andrews, Vice Chairman Miss Eunice Kennedy, Exec. Secy. Mr. Frank L. Weil, Treasurer Mr. Sargent Shriver Honorable Oscar Ewing Miss Katherine [Katharine] Lenroot | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Honorable Gael Sullivan) | ||
| (Honorable George Baker) | ||
| The President signed H.R. 5342, the Mundt-Smith Bill. The following were present: Honorable Robert Lovett, Under Secy. of State Honorable Howland H. Sargeant, Inter-departmental Committee on Scientific and Cultural Cooperation, State Department Senator H. Alexander Smith, N. J. Congressman Earl E. Mundt, South Dakota Walter Lemon, President, World Wide Broadcasting Foundation | ||
| Army and Navy Reception at the White House. | ||
| Mr. and Mrs. Allan N. Buck, of Decatur, Ill. (Mr. Buck is a Supt. of Macon County Department of Highways. Old friend of the President, who wrote him in July hoped he might see sometime. Mr. Buck wrote Mr. Matthew Connelly early in January that he and wife would be here at this time for American Road Builders meeting) | ||
| Honorable Mary T. Norton, N. J. (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this appointment) | ||
| (Honorable W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force) (General Dwight D. Eisenhower) (General Carl Spaatz) (Off the record) | ||
| H. E. Mr. E. N. van Kleffens, the Ambassador of Netherlands; Mr. F. G. S. Jamin Colonel Edward A. Gould, of San Bernardino, Calif. (To present to the President a diploma and medal of membership on behalf of the Royal Society "Mastrichter Staar", the Royal Choral Society of the town of Margraton, Holland. Each Memorial Day this Dutch Choir sing in gratitude to the American boys buried in their cemetery. This request originated with Senator Cain and Colonel Gould. The State Department approved.) | ||
| The President received the Members of the Atomic Energy Commission: Honorable David E. Lilienthal, Chairman Honorable Robert F. Bacher Honorable Sumner T. Pike Honorable Lewis L. Strauss Honorable W. W. Waymack Mr. Carroll Wilson, General Manager (Arranged by Mr. Clark Clifford) | ||
| Honorable Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday - said it was a personal matter) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Honorable Thomas McCabe, of Phila.) (Newly nominated to Federal Reserve. Secretary Snyder asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange an appointment) | ||
| [Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress Urging Extension of Curbs on Grain Used in Production of Ethyl Alcohol] | ||
| (The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]) | ||
| (Dr. and Mrs. S. S. Nehur) (Dr. John Steelman) | ||
| The Secretary of Agriculture [Clinton P. Anderson] (Phoned Mr. Connelly late yesterday for this appointment) | ||
| Congressman Joe B. Bates, Ky. Mr. Bernard Coughlin, of Maysville, Ky. (Congressman Bates asked if he might bring in Mr. Coughlin of Maysville, Ky.) | ||
| (Mr. Dave Leonard of Kansas City) (Mr. Matt Madden, of Kansas City) (Requested by Mr. George Wallace) | ||
| Mr. George Hamilton Combs (Former Congressman, now radio commentator in New York City. Phoned Mr. Connelly that he had just returned from four-month trip to Europe and would like to see the President this week to report.) | ||
| Honorable Maple Harl, Chairman, FDIC Mr. Charles Armstrong, President, Kiwanis International (Mr. Harl asked for this appointment) | ||
| (Honorable Oscar Ewing, Administrator, Federal Security Agency (Asked for this Monday when he was in) | ||
| Mr. Eric Johnston (Phoned Mr. Connelly to ask if he might come in and discuss with the President, action being taken by his organization in occupied areas of Europe.) | ||
| Mr. Edward Jacobson Mr. Frank Goldman, President of B'nai Brith Mr. Maurice Bisgyer, Secretary (Mr. Jacobson wired Mr. Connelly from New York to ask for this) | ||
| The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] (Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| Senator Claude Pepper, Fla. | ||
| (The President and Mrs. Truman left for Mayflower Hotel where they were guests of honor at a Ball given by the American Newspaper Women's Club.) | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the Administrator, Federal Security Agency, on Raising the Level of the Nation's Health] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President on the Assassination of Mohandas K. Gandhi] | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (All present, plus Honorable Oscar Ewing) | ||
| Dr. F. D. Patterson, President, Tuskegee Institute The Postmaster General [Jesse M. Donaldson] Dr. Mordecai Johnson, President Howard University Mr. George Peterson of Post Office Department (Dr. Patterson asked if they might present to the President first issue of George Washington Carver Stamp) | ||
| Honorable D. Lawrence Groner, Chief Justice, Court of Appeals for District of Columbia (Phoned Mr. Connelly yesterday to ask for this) | ||
| Mr. Gael Sullivan Honorable Hubert Humphrey, Mayor of Minneapolis Mr. William C. Simms, Asst. to the Mayor Mr. Fred Gates, Financial Advisor (At request of Gael Sullivan) | ||
| Honorable Myron Taylor (Phoned Mr. Connelly last week for this appointment) | ||
| Honorable Stanton Griffis, U. S. Ambassador to Poland (To have talk before leaving for post at Warsaw) | ||
| (The Secretary of Labor [Lewis B. Schwellenbach]) | ||
| Mr. Ward M. Canaday, Chairman of the Finance Committee, Willys-Overland Motors, Inc., Toledo, Ohio (Wrote to the President and then phoned Mr. Connelly, to ask for this appointment, re airfield at St. Croix in the Virgin Islands) | ||
| Congressman John A. Blatnik, of Minnesota Mr. Harold Barker (Phoned Mr. Connelly yesterday to ask if he might come in to discuss fuel situation in northern Minnesota) | ||
| (Lunch downstairs in the Executive Office) | ||
| Honorable Dean Acheson | ||
| Mr. Howard Bruce, Baltimore, Md. (The President wrote him and asked him to drop in) | ||
| Honorable James Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget Honorable Frederick Lawton Mr. Frank Pace | ||
| The President attended a Tea at the White House which Mrs. Truman gave for the Women Broadcasters. | ||
| The President made a brief broadcast in connection with the March of Dimes Campaign. [Public Papers: Radio Remarks on the 10th Anniversary of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Calling on Distillers To Observe Voluntary Grain Quotas] | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| (Dentist) | ||
| (Mr. Joseph Gibbons) | ||
| The President returned to office and worked through the afternoon with Members of Staff on preparation of the Civil Rights Message to the Congress. | ||
| [Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress on Civil Rights] | ||
| Senator Howard McGrath, R. I. (Honorable Donald Dawson) (To discuss several invitations to the President and several appointments) | ||
| Senator Scott Lucas, Illinois | ||
| Congressman Brent Spence, Ky. | ||
| Congressman Alfred L. Bulwinkle, N. C. Dr. S. C. Michelfelder (Dr. Michelfelder is Lutheran clergyman and represents at Geneva National Lutheran Council. He has been in Europe for past two weeks looking after relief sent to Europeans by Lutherans of America. Returns to Geneva in about ten days - requested by Congressman Bulwinkle) | ||
| Mr. Herbert Hill, Democratic State Chairman, N. H. Mr. Gael Sullivan (Requested by Gael Sullivan) | ||
| Mr. Don Bloomingdale (Requested by Gael Sullivan) | ||
| The President met with his Advisory Commission on Universal Training: Dr. Harold W. Dodds Mrs. Anna Rosenberg Mr. Truman K. Gibson, Jr. Dr. Karl T. Compton Dr. Daniel A. Poling Mr. Charles E. Wilson (Regrets received from Father Walsh and Mr. Joseph Davies. Judge Rosenman unable to attend as he was away from New York) | ||
| The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] (Usual Monday appointment) | ||
| (Cabinet Luncheon - all present except the Secretaries of State and Treasury and the Postmaster General) | ||
| (The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]) | ||
| (The President joined Mrs. Truman at White House Tea for Women Broadcasters) | ||
| (In Study) (Senator Howard McGrath) (Mr. Edward Tamm) | ||
| (Mr. Onestus Uzzell, artist and photographer) (This is the artist sent by Congressman Sam Rayburn, commissioned by Democratic Women of Dallas County, Texas, to do portrait) | ||
| Colonel Monroe Johnson, Member, Interstate Commerce Commission (Says he heard of the President's interest in Post-Mortem Club, and wanted to talk to him about it.) | ||
| Congressman Andrew L. Somers, N. Y. (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this appointment.) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget Major General U. S. Grant, Chairman, National Capital Park and Planning Commission Honorable John Russell Young, President Board of D. C. Commissioners Honorable Guy Mason, D. C. Commissioner Brig. General Gordon R. Young, Engineer Commissioner, D. C. Mr. Harland Bartholomew Honorable Charles Murphy, Administrative Assistant to the President General Fleming Honorable Thomas H. MacDonald, Public Roads Administration Honorable Frank Pace of the Bureau of the Budget (Meeting called by the President to discuss planning legislation for National Capital) | ||
| Honorable Edward Kelly, former Congressman from Illinois (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this appointment) | ||
| Honorable David Lawrence, Mayor of Pittsburgh Commissioner John Kain (Mayor Lawrence phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this appointment) | ||
| Senator Carl Hatch, New Mexico Mr. George Godfrey, President, New Mexico Cattle Growers Association (Senator Hatch wrote the President about this.) | ||
| Honorable John A. Harris, Adjutant General of Missouri (In town attending National Guard Association meeting and had General Truman write Mr. Matthew Connelly to ask if he might pay respects to the President while here) | ||
| (Lunch) (The President motored to the Army-Navy Club where he attended the "Post-Mortem Luncheon") | ||
| (The President with Mr. Charles Ross and Mr. Matthew Connelly, motored to Bethesda where he visited Mr. Lata at the Naval Medical Center; from there they called on Mr. Clark Clifford at 5900 Connecticut Avenue) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9930 AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE PUBLICATION OF THE 1949 EDITION OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATONS] | ||
| (Dr. Forsyth - dentist) | ||
| (Judge Anton Sestrich) (Mr. Elmer Harber, Brd. of Regents, Okla. A & M College) (Mr. Henry G. Bennett, President, Okla. A & M) (Request of Gael Sullivan - saw the President off record) | ||
| Congressman Frank W. Boykin, Ala. (Wrote Mr. Matthew Connelly he had talked to Democratic leaders in Alabama and several of the Southern States, and thinks he could give the President some definite information which might be helpful to him and Party) | ||
| (Mr. Jim Finnegan) | ||
| Mrs. Emma Guffey Miller (Asked originally to come with three other women repre- senting the National Women's Council, to discuss 9th International Conference of American States to be held in Bogota. The President sent word he could not see them on that but if Mrs. Miller wished to see him alone at any time she might. This appointment was then arranged) |