Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
February 04, 1948
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.
| Mr. Taylor Cole, President of International Junior Chamber of Commerce Congressman Lindley Beckworth (Requested by Congressman Beckworth. Mr. Cole has travelled over much of the world in his job with the Junior Chamber and plans to go about first of March to Rio to International Junior Chamber of Commerce Meeting. Wants to present number one invitation to this meeting to the President.) | ||
| Congressman A. S. Mike Monroney, Okla. (Arranged by Mr. Clark Clifford) | ||
| Honorable George Wadsworth, American Ambassador to Iraq (To see the President before returning to post at Baghdad) | ||
| (Honorable Edwin Pauley) | ||
| Mr. Charles Luckman Mr. Paul Rykens, Chairman of Board of Lever Bros. and Unilever (Is Dutch National) Mr. J. L. Heyworth, Senior Director (British National) Mr. Ralph Huffman, Senior Director (British National) (Mr. Luckman wrote Mr. Matthew Connelly and requested these gentlemen be permitted to meet President) | ||
| Honorable Arthur S. Flemming, Civil Service Commissioner (Will come to see Mr. Dawson, and see the President, off record) | ||
| (Lunch - Downstairs in Executive Office) | ||
| Rear Admiral Oscar C. Badger, USN Honorable John L. Sullivan, Secretary of the Navy (Requested by Secretary John Sullivan. Badger is to relieve Admiral Charles M. Cook, Jr., as Commander of Naval Forces of Western Pacific.) | ||
| (Mr. William Boyle) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| Mr. William S. Chenery, Publisher of Collier's Mr. Eric Johnston, Chairman of Collier's Congressional Award Mr. James C. Deriuex of Collier's Mr. William Hillman (Arranged at request of Mr. Hillman - to discuss Collier's Congressional Award for this year) | ||
| Honorable Oscar R. Ewing, Administrator, Federal Security Agency (Phone Mr. Matthew Connelly for this appointment) | ||
| Miss Annie F. McArdle, sister of late Judge Battle McArdle of Independence Miss Flora Theys, also of Independence and was Judge McArdle's nurse Miss Olivia Leigh (Miss McArdle asked if they might come in and shake hands) | ||
| Honorable Laurence A. Steinhardt, U. S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly if he might come in and discuss politics with the President) | ||
| H. E. Senor Dr. Don Gonzalo Restrepo-Jaramillo, Ambassador of Colombia (asked through Mr. Stanley Woodward to come in and convey an invitation from his Government to visit during the Bogota Conference, meeting the end of March, and expected to run for several weeks.) | ||
| Mr. Glenn McCarthy, Independent oil man from Houston, Texas (Arranged by Dr. John R. Steelman) | ||
| The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] (Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. Stephen Brod, Tailor) (The President wrote him to drop in on way East as he had some cloth from England which he wanted to have him look at. Will come off record) | ||
| Honorable Maple Harl, Chairman FDIC Honorable Earl Cook, Director, FDIC (At request of Maple Harl) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb; Honorable Fred Lawton | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (All present) | ||
| The President received the following group from the Fraternal Order of Eagles, who conferred upon him the Order's Civic Service Award: DeVere Watson, Grand Worthy Vice President, F.O.E. William H. Mostyn, Rochester, N. Y. Norman J. Gidley, Philadelphia, Pa. Francis O. Quinn, New Bedford, Mass. John R. Taggert, Buffalo, New York Matthew M. Brown, Springfield, Ohio Murray Martin, New York, New York William Leftwich, photographer (They invited the President to attend their Golden Anniversary Luncheon at the Shoreham Hotel today, but were asked instead to make presentation in his office.) | ||
| (Honorable Bryce Smith) | ||
| Mr. Orville E. Meby Major O. W. Clark, newly elected Potentate of Shrine for Washington and surrounding territories (The Major is also one of top officials in Veterans Administration. Appointment requested by Senator Burton K. Wheeler) | ||
| H.E. Mahmoud Hassan Bey, the Ambassador of Egypt (Honorable Stanley Woodward) (The Ambassador is retiring and before relinquishing post - has been Minister and then Ambassador here for past nine years - wished to pay respects) | ||
| The President received the Board of Directors of the Mutual Broadcasting System: Em. M. Antrim, Secretary of the Board of Mutual, Chicago, Illinois Willet H. Brown, Vice President and Assistant General Manager, Hollywood, California Chesser Campbell, Treasurer, and Advertising Manager, Chicago, Illinois J. E. Campeau, Detroit, Michigan H. K. Carpenter, Cleveland, Ohio Benedict Gimbel, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. William Hillman, Washington, D. C. Edgar Kobak, President, Mutual Broadcasting System, New York, New York T. F. O'Neil, Vice President, Boston, Mass. J. R. Poppele, New York, New York T. C. Steibert, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Mutual Robert D. Swezey, Vice President and General Manager, Mutual Broadcasting System, New York Linus Travers, Boston, Mass. James E. Wallen Treasurer, Controller and Assistant Secretary Mutual Broadcasting System, New York, New York Lewis Allen Weiss, Chairman of the Board of Mutual, Hollywood, California Mr. Sterling Graham, General Manager, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio (Appointment arranged at the request of Bill Hillman) | ||
| (Honorable William Pawley, U. S. Ambassador to Brazil) | ||
| The President received State Presidents of the Reserve Officers Association: Abbott, Harry P., Lt. Colonel Adams, Donald B., Brig. Gen. Agostini, German, Lt. Colonel Baker, C. D., Colonel Barnes, Clarence E., Colonel Bell, Arthur S., Colonel Berman, Joseph E., Colonel Booker, L. R., Major Bortz, Clifford H., Colonel Bost, Armon H., Colonel Boyer, Charles M., Colonel Brackett, Max A., Colonel Brown, Clyde H., Colonel Burett, William F., Lt. Colonel Bush, Richard M., Lt. Colonel Callahan, Noel, Lt. Colonel Callum, Preston D., Colonel Candler, John S., II, Colonel Carlton, John T., Colonel Carter, John L., Colonel Chapman, Robert B. III, Lt. Col. Coleman, John E., Colonel Collins, Thomas E., Lt. Conner, H. D., Maj. Dahl, William E., Lt. Col. Dorst, Howard E., Lt. Col. Dunaway, August, Lt. Col. Eklund, Roy G., Lt. Col. Ellis, William H., Lt. Evans, E. A., Brig. Gen. Evans, E. A., Mrs. Fitch, Lucius W., Major Fromhold, Walfried H., Lt. Col. Geffner, David G., Lt. Col. Getzoff, Benjamin, Col. Given, Roscoe N., Lt. Col. Gravely, Louis O., Jr., Lt. Col. Hammach, Thelma, Mrs. Harper, C. Armitage, Col. Held, Lewis I., Col. Higgins, John D., Brig. Gen. Hill, John Bright, Col. Hollers, James P., Colonel Hollers, Mrs. James P. Hopkins, Elliot B., Colonel Hood, Colonel Warren S. Iversen, Lyle L., Lt. Col. King, Norman, Lt. Col. Lack, Norman M., Col. Lankford, Alice, Miss Lipscomb, Harold J., Col. Livermand, Jane, Miss Mass, Melvin, Col. Major, Earl E., Col. Manchester, MacArthur, Capt. McAuley, Dave H., Lt. Col. McConnell, John T., Brig. Col. Miller, L. V., Colonel Milligan, James J., Col. Morgan, Sidney, Col. Mulvaney, Vincent, Lt. Col. Mutty, John E., Col. Myers, James H., Col. Neblett, William H., Col. Nulton, Henry C., Lt. Col. Oliver, John P., Col. Otto, Martin H., Col. Perkins, Harry L., Col. Richardson, John W., Lt. Col. Riggs, Ralph S., Rear Adm. Sadler, Paul W., Major Samms, Virgil M., Lt. Col. Shyns, William K., Col. Silverberg, Edward M., Col. Simpson, Howard B., Colonel Smith, Charles T., Col. Smith, Joseph C., Lt. Col. Stevens, Robert L., Lt. Col. Stevenson, Charles, Captain Sublett, Coulter, Col. Tennant, Francis S., Maj. Tyler, Gerald R., Lt. Col. Westover, Wendell, Brig. Gen. Westover, Mrs. Wendell Wetmore, Raymond M., Lt. White, Edward L., Colonel Williams, James R., Col. Willoughby, H. N., Lt. Colonel Wynes, R. J., Captain Young, William, Colonel Doyel, G. G., Lt. Commander Fitch, Mrs. Lucius W. Parrish, Clement C., Colonel Pirkle, Charles, Col. Aellhoefer, H. W. K., Col. (General Harry Vaughan arranged) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Honorable James V. Forrestal, Secretary of Defense Honorable Kenneth C. Royall, Secretary of the Army | ||
| (Honorable Lowell Mason) | ||
| (The President left for Pentagon Building to attend informal dinner in honor of General Dwight D. Eisenhower) | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President on Cardiovascular Diseases] | ||
| (The President dropped by LaSalle Apartments to visit artist, Augustus Tach [Tack]) | ||
| (Staff Meeting) | ||
| (Honorable Maple Harl) | ||
| (Honorable Gael Sullivan) | ||
| (Honorable Robert Hinckley) | ||
| (The President left for Pentagon Building where he attended swearing-in ceremonies of General Omar Bradley. The President also presented General Eisenhower with DSM and remained for luncheon) | ||
| (The President left for Statler where he attended Radio Correspondents' Dinner) | ||
| [Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress Requesting Extension of Certain Wartime Controls] | ||
| [Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress on Highway Construction] | ||
| (Dr. Frank Mott) | ||
| Honorable Edward J. Flynn (Phoned Mr. Connelly last week from New York to ask for this appointment) | ||
| (Mr. Vernon Moore) (Came to see Mr. Connelly and saw the President off record) | ||
| (Honorable Bryce Smith) | ||
| Honorable Harold M. Stephens, Chief Justice, U. S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Honorable Bennett Champ Clark, Associate Justice (Judge Clark called Mr. Connelly last week to ask of Judge Stephens and he might call so that Judge Stephens might thank the President for his appointment) | ||
| The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] | ||
| The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] | ||
| (Cabinet Luncheon - all present except the Attorney General) | ||
| (Mr. William Boyle) | ||
| Honorable Joseph Grew Mr. Bob Hope Mr. Mack Miller | ||
| [Public Papers: Veto of Bill for the Disposal of Submarginal Lands Within Indian Reservations] | ||
| Judge Joseph Proskauer, President, American Jewish Committee Mr. Jacob Blaustein, of Baltimore, Md. (Arranged by Mr. Niles) | ||
| The President received twelve Boy Scouts, representing all regions of the nation, who are guests of National Council of Boy Scouts of America, in Washington this week, which is Boy Scout Week. The following were present: Brader, Eagle Scout Jack, 15 years old, Stone Church, Pa. Frye, Air Scout Morris Lee, 17 years old, Miami, Okla. Gallagher, Eagle Scout Dale, 15 years old, Montrose, Colorado McIntyre, Albe Sea Scout James F., 17 yrs. old, McMaster, Mr. M. H., Leader of the Scouts, New York City Melton, Life Scout Joseph E., 16 yrs old, Shreveport, La. Powers, Dr. Pliny H., Deputy Chief Scout Exec., Boy Scouts of America, New York City Sage, Eagle Scout Thos. G., 18 yrs. old, Wheeling, W. Va. Schiff, Mr. John M., Vice Pres., Boy Scouts of America, New York City Schwab, Eagle Scout Raymond W., 17 yrs. old, New York City Shervheim, Eagle Scout Myron T., 17 yrs. old, Kensington, Minn. Soss, Explorer Scout Ranger Daniel L., 16 yrs. old, Spokane, Washington Stratton, Mr. Leslie C., National Director of Public Relations, Boy Scouts of America, New York City Wyatt, Eagle Scout John C., Jr., Candor, N. C. Young, Eagle Scout Karl, Menomonie, Wisconsin (The boys submitted report to the President on hand-illumintated parchment; also a statuette of a Scout inscribed in recognition of his Honorary Presidency of Boy Scouts of America) | ||
| Congressman Donald L. O'Toole, New York (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| (General Philip Fleming) | ||
| Honorable Tighe Woods, Housing Expeditor (To submit annaul report to President - arranged by Dr. John R. Steelman) | ||
| (Mr. Frank Gillen, of St. Louis) (Mr. Joseph W. Murphy, of St. Louis) (Coming at suggestion of Joe Major) | ||
| H.E. Senor Don Alfredo Ferreyros, the Ambassador of Peru (Newly appointed) | ||
| H. E. Mr. Joaquin M. Elicalde [Elizalde], Ambassador of the Philippine Republic (Leaving for Philippines tomorrow) | ||
| (Mr. Lew Holland) | ||
| Senator Styles Bridges, N.H. Mr. L.A. Lewis, Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks, and Mrs. Lewis (They are from Los Angeles) Mr. Fred Tilton, District Grand Exalted Ruler, (From New Hampshire) Commander David Sholz Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Garvin Mr. Ambrose Durkin Mr. William A. Fraser (Senator Bridges, N.H., requested this appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Congressional Reception at the White House) | ||
| Senator Wayne Morse, Oregon Mr. Ned Kennedy Mr. Cecil Cary (Requested by Senator Morse. These are the ranchers who have just arrived in Washington on horseback, ending their cross-country job begun last May at Tacoma, Washington) | ||
| (Honorable Edmond M. Hanrahan, Member, SEC) (off record) | ||
| (The Secretary of Labor [Lewis B. Schwellenbach]) (General Philip B. Fleming) (Honorable Clark Clifford) (Dr. John R. Steelman) | ||
| (Senator J. Howard McGrath) (Mr. Paul R. Rowen) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| The President and Mrs. Truman attended Memorial Services for late Mahatma Gandhi at Interdepartmental Auditorium, Labor Department. | ||
| (Mr. Onestus Uzzell - artist) | ||
| (Honorable Wm. Pawley, U.S. Ambassador to Brazil) | ||
| (Mr. Eugene Tierney) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget | ||
| Senator Claude Pepper, Fla. Senator Spessard L. Holland, Fla. Congressman Dwight L. Rogers, Fla. Congressman George A. Smathers, Fla. Bruce Blackburn, Mayor, St. Petersburg L. H. Blouch, Councilman, Ft. Myers Reed Bryan, Mayor, Ft. Lauderdale Harold Colee, Exec. Secy., State Chamber of Commerce, Jacksonville Robert Floyd, Mayor, Miami Leo Fugle, Mayor, Deland Curtis Gardiner, City Attorney, Daytona Beach George Goebel, Daytona Beach H. L. Gray, Mayor, Gainesville Hubert Griggs, Mayor, Cocoa A. Sterling Hall, Mayor, Bradenton LeRoy Hall, City Commissioner, Daytona Beach L. Tinsley Halter, Mayor, West Palm Beach Charles Larsen, Manager of Utilities, Lakeland William J. Loseman, Jr., City Engineer, Daytona Beach P. Lowden, Supt. of R.E.S., Keystone Heights William T. McIlwain, City Manager, Coral Gables Junius B. Mobley, Jr., City Manager, Gainesville Donald Mustaine, City Commissioner, Ft. Pierce William K. Outman, State Secy, of Agric.'s Office, Tallahassee E. T. Owen, representing Jacksonville and Orlando Ernest L. Padgett, Mayor, Daytona Beach Robert C. Parker, City Commissioner, Tallahassee Harold K. Pierson, Mayor, New Smyrna Beach William Reed, City Commissioner, Ft. Pierce Ralph Richards, City Commissioner, Daytona Beach Areal Sage, City Commissioner, Daytona Beach Walter A. Shelley, City Commissioner, Daytona Beach Howard F. Stanton, Mayor, Ft. Pierce William E. Thompson, Attorney, Tampa James M. Titus, City Manager, Daytona Beach James F. Torrible, representing Green Cove Springs Purley Tucker, Mayor, Melbourne Leonard Wall, Traveling Passenger Agent, Atlantic Coast Line Harold Whitehead, President of Council, Jacksonville Frank Whitehead, Mayor, Jacksonville Mrs. Frank Whitehead, Jacksonville Ross E. Windom, City Manager, Sarasota Herbert Wolfe, Mayor, St. Augustine | ||
| Congressman James C. Davis, Georgia Dr. W. E. Burdine, Commander of American Legion for State of Georgia Mr. Paul Ginsberg, Commander of Jewish War Veterans of Georgia Mr. Jos. W. White, Vice Commander, American Legion (Arranged by Gael Sullivan) | ||
| (Mr. and Mrs. Forrester Brewster) (Commissioner Walker asked Mr. Connelly to let them shake hands with the President. Brewster is U. S. Commissioner at Muskogee, Oklahoma. Off record) | ||
| Honorable Hugh Mitchell, former Senator from Washington (Phoned Mr. Connelly yesterday) | ||
| Congressman J. Bayard Clark, N. C. Colonel George W. Gillette, (retd) (Congressman Clark asked if he might bring in Colonel Gillette. The Colonel was formerly head of Army Engineers in Kansas City) | ||
| The President attended commemorative exercises at the Lincoln Memorial, held by the District of Columbia Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. | ||
| (Luncheon - downstairs in Executive Office) | ||
| (Honorable Clark Clifford) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| (Mr. Leonard Reinsch) | ||
| (The Secretary of the Navy [John L. Sullivan]) | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (All present except the Secretary of the Treasury) | ||
| (Mr. William Batt, Jr.) | ||
| Congressman John McCormack, Mass. (Phoned Mr. Connelly Thursday) | ||
| Mr. Gael Sullivan Mr. Frank Hayes, new State Chairman of Missouri Democratic Committee (Request of Gael Sullivan) | ||
| Congressman Sol Bloom, New York (Phoned Mr. Connelly yesterday for this) | ||
| Mr. John Cashmore (Political leader from Brooklyn, N. Y. at request of Ed Flynn) | ||
| The President saw Members of the Security Council Good Offices Committee on Indonesia Mr. Paul van Zeeland, Belgian representative Mr. Justice Richard Clarence Kirby, Australian Representative Mr. Narajan, Secretary Dr. Frank Porter Graham, United States Representative | ||
| (Colonel Louis Truman) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Admiral Sidney Souers) | ||
| (Honorable George Allen) | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Appointing Members of the Interdepartmental Committee on Scientific Research and Development] | ||
| (Honorable Robert Lovett, Under Secretary of State) |