Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
March 01, 1948
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| Dinner was served at 7.00 p.m., after which the party relaxed for the remainder of the evening. | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: Puerto Rico, The Virgin Islands, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Requesting Legislation on Behalf of the Civilian Member, Permanent Joint Board on Defense, U.S.-Canada] | ||
| The President arose at 8.15 a.m. and breakfasted. At 10.00 a.m. the President, accompanied by General Harry Vaughan, Mr. William Hassett, Dr. John R. Steelman, and Stanley Woodward, departed the Little White House and walked through the Submarine Base to the beach where they were later joined by General Graham, Eben Ayers, and Secretary Matthew Connelly. They all indulged in sun-bathing. Later the President and Mr. Stanley Woodward went for a short swim. At 11.55 a.m. the President drove the above members of the party to the house, arriving at 12.00 noon. | ||
| At 12.15 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Woodward, parents of Stanley Woodward, paid a social call on the President. They departed at 12.45 p.m. | ||
| Luncheon was served at 1.00 p.m. after which the President napped from 2.00 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. The remainder of the day was spent in general relaxation in and about the house. | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: Puerto Rico, The Virgin Islands, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress Transmitting Annual Report of the Civil Service Commission] | ||
| The President arose at 7.00 a.m. and breakfasted at 7.45 a.m., thereafter wrote letters until 10.00 a.m. when, accompanied by most of his staff excepting Admiral William Leahy and Mr. Clark Clifford, the President departed the Little White House and walked through the Submarine Base to the beach. They all indulged in sun-bathing. The President and Brigadier General Wallace Graham went for a swim. At 11.55 a.m., the President departed the beach with his party and drove to the house, arriving at 12 noon. | ||
| Luncheon was served at 1.00 p.m. Captain W. Sanders was a guest at this luncheon. After luncheon, the President napped. The remainder of the day was spent in general relaxation in and about the House. | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: Puerto Rico, The Virgin Islands, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the Administrator, Federal Works Agency, on the Disaster Surplus Property Program] | ||
| The President arose at 7.00 a.m. and breakfasted at 8.15 a.m. | ||
| Accompanied by members of his staff, excepting Admiral William Leahy and Secretary Matthew Connelly, the President departed the Little White House at 10.00 a.m. and walked through the Submarine Base to the beach where with the above the President indulged in his daily sun bath, followed by a short swim with Stanley Woodward and Eben Ayers. At 11.55 a.m. the President drove back to the house, arriving at 12.00 noon. | ||
| Luncheon was served at 1.00 p.m. and Captain C.L. Freeman, Skipper of the USS WILLIAMSBURG, was the only outside guest. Following the luncheon the President napped. | ||
| At 4.05 p.m. the President accompanied by Comdr. Rigdon and escorted by Captain C. C. Adell, Commanding Officer of the Base, inspected and personally thanked each member of U. S. Marine Sentry Guard for their services. The inspection took place at the rear of the Administration Building facing the front lawn of the Little White House. Completing this, the President returned to the House where he and his staff spent the remainder of the day in general relaxation. | ||
| Executive Orders: [9934 CREATING A BOARD OF INQUIRY TO REPORT ON A LABOR DISPUTE AFFECTING THE OPERATION OF ATOMIC ENERGY FACILITIES] | ||
| [Log of President Truman's Trip: Puerto Rico, The Virgin Islands, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and Key West, Florida] | ||
| [Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress on the Need for a Modern System for the Management of Government Property] | ||
| Ath 8.25 a. m., The President, accompanied by members of the staff and Captain Adell, Commanding Officer of the Submarine Base, departed the Little White House for Boca Chica Airfield. Before leaving the Submarine Base proper, the Presidential car stopped just inside the main gate where the Marine Honor Guard was located. At this time, the President, accompanied by Captain Adell, Captain Robert L. Dennison, his naval aide, and Captain W. Saunders, inspected this guard during which time he, the President, personally inspected the rifles of the individual Marines, selecting them at random. Completing this inspection, the President reentered his automobile and departed the Submarine Base through the main gate at approximately 8.35 a.m., continuing on to the airfield where the motorcade arrived at 8.50 a.m. Before boarding Army Plane 451, the President shook hands with and thanked each individual member of the Florida Highway Patrol, members of the Key West City Police Department, and various officer personnel of the Submarine Base and Boca Chica Airfield. The plane was airborne at 9.05 a.m. for the flight to the ATC Terminal, Washington, D.C. where it arrived at 2.05 p.m. Upon deplaning, the President was greeted by Mrs. Truman and Miss Margaret Truman, as well as certain members of his Cabinet, following which he entered his waiting automobile and returned to the White House, arriving at 2.23 p.m. | ||
| The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] The Under Secretary of State | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] | ||
| (The Secretary of Agriculture [Clinton P. Anderson]) (Sen. Carl A. Hatch, New Mexico) | ||
| (Mr. William Boyle) | ||
| (The Secretary of Defense [James Forrestal]) | ||
| (Admiral James Foskett) | ||
| (The Under Secretary of State) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Left White House to attend the dinner of the White House Correspondents at the Statler Hotel. | ||
| (Mr. Jesse Fisher, of Kansas City) (Old friend in town for day, came to see Mr. Connelly and to see the President, off record) | ||
| The President received the Members of the National Capital Sesqui-Centennial Commission: Honorable Joseph Martin, Jr. Honorable C. Douglas Buck Honorable Arthur Capper Honorable Spessard L. Holland Honorable Walt. Horan Honorable Sol Bloom Mr. Robert V. Fleming Mr. Joseph C. McCarraghy Mr. John Russell Young Mr. Carter T. Barron Mrs. Philip L. Graham (Meeting to be in Cabinet Room - arranged by Mr. Dawson) | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks at the First Meeting of the National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission] | ||
| (Honorable Frank Lee and son) (Former Congressman from Missouri.) | ||
| (Mr. Otto Spaeth) (Mr. Charles Ross) | ||
| (Mr. Lester Markel, Sunday Editor, New York Times) | ||
| Honorable James Webb, Director of the Bureau of Budget Honorable Frederick Lawton, Bureau of Budget Honorable Frank Pace, Bureau of the Budget | ||
| The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] (Usual Monday appointment) | ||
| (Cabinet Luncheon - all present except the Attorney General, The Secretary of Treasury and the Department of Agriculture) | ||
| (Honorable Frances Perkins) | ||
| Senator J. Howard McGrath, R. I. Mr. Gael Sullivan | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to Lincoln MacVeagh on His Appointment as Ambassador to Portugal] | ||
| (Honorable William O. Douglas, Associate Justice, U. S. Supreme Court) (Dr. James Yen) (Justice Douglas phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly on Saturday to ask if he might bring in Dr. Yen, off record) | ||
| Mr. C. Norman Dickison, President, American War Dads (Arranged by Mr. Ted Marks when he was in Washington last. Mr. Dickison is in town to attend a meeting called by the Secretary of State [George C. Marshall]) | ||
| Miss Gertrude Ely, of Bryn Mawr, Pa. (Wired Mr. Matthew Connelly that she was in town visiting the Francis Biddles in Washington today, and hoped she might call on the President.) | ||
| Honorable M. S. Szymezak [Szymczak], Federal Reserve System (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this appointment) | ||
| Dr. Doyle McCraw, Mayor of Bolivar, Mo. (Mr. John Crain) (Arranged by General Harry Vaughan) | ||
| (Honorable Harry B. Mitchell, President, Civil Service Commission) (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday to ask if he might come in today, off record) | ||
| Mr. John W. Laird, President, the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Vincent A. Carroll, Vice President Mr. John J. Reilly (Wrote Mr. Matthew Connelly to ask if they might bring in their roll book for the President to sign. They have rearranged this book in accordance with the President's suggestions. Also presented to the President the gold medal of the Society, which is replica of one worn by George Washington, first President of the Society, and which they wished to have the President wear on the evening of March 17th, when he speaks at the dinner in New York City of their "sister Society".) | ||
| The President received the Members of the Labor Management Panel, of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service: Honorable Cyrus Ching, Director Mr. Hoard T. Colvin, Associate Director MANAGEMENT MEMBERS: James Black, President, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. Lewis A. Lapham, President American-Hawaiian Steamship Co. George M. Humphrey, President, M. A. Hannah Co. Charles E. Wilson, President, General Electric Corp. LABOR MEMBERS Harvey W. Brown, President, International Assn. of Machinists William Green, President of A. F. of L. Philip Murray, President, C.I.O. Allan S. Haywood, Vice President, C.I.O. John Murphy, Director of Organization, A. F. of L. John Stevens, U. S. Steel | ||
| Senator Carl Hayden, Arizona Honorable Augustus Giegengack, Public Printer (Senator Hayden wrote to Mr. Matthew Connelly asking if they might call on the President, "we can tell our story in a short time.") | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (The President saw newsreels taken by colored photographers on his trip to Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands) | ||
| (Honorable Graham Morrison, Assistant to the Attorney General) (To thank the President for his appointment -- came in to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and to see the President, off record) | ||
| (Senator Harley Kilgore, W. Va.) (Honorable Gael Sullivan) | ||
| Ambassador William Pawley | ||
| Honorable Bernard Baruch (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday for this appointment) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, Bureau of the Budget | ||
| (The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]) | ||
| The President addressed the Bond Savings Meeting in the Projection Room. | ||
| (Mr. David Spangler, Kansas City, Missouri) | ||
| (Honorable Lowell Mason) | ||
| Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers Honorable John D. Clark, Member (Arranged by Mr. Charles Ross) | ||
| Honorable W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday) | ||
| Mr. Herbert H. Wilson (Wrote Mr. Matthew Connelly he was to be here for the Bond Savings Meeting in the Projection Room at 10.15 am today, and he is Fund Raising Chairman of Red Cross for Jackson County, Missouri, thought it would be good publicity if he could pose for a picture with the President, delivering to the President his Red Cross Membership for Jackson County. Thought that even though the President has given similar publicity to the National Red Cross Drive, that as this was the home Chapter of the President, he might consent to do this. Mr. Matthew Connelly told him he could see the President and matter of picture would be decided then) | ||
| Honorable Eamon de Valera, former Prime Minister of Ireland, now leader of the opposition Honorable Sean Nunan, the Minister of Ireland Mr. Frank Aiken, former Finance Minister of Ireland (Mr. de Valera asked if he might pay respects, and says this is only a courtesy call. Mr. Woodward will, however, sit in on the appointment.) | ||
| Honorable Oscar R. Ewing, Administrator, Federal Security Agency (Said he wanted earliest appointment possible) | ||
| The President addressed the meeting of the Federal Interdepartmental Safety Council in the Projection Room. (Arranged by Mr. Donald Dawson) [Remarks of the President: View Text] | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. Gael Sullivan) (Mr. Charles Donnelly) (Mr. Leo Oppenheimer) | ||
| (Honorable Edwin Locke) (Off record) | ||
| (Honorable Kenneth C. Royall, Secretary of the Army) (Honorable David E. Lilienthal, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission) (Colonel Kenneth D. Nichols) (This arranged in order that the President may have chance to meet Colonel Nichols.) | ||
| Senator James E. Murray, Montana Mr. Charles Murray, Assistant to the Senator (To discuss Yellow Tail Dam in Montana - the Senator said they had already talked to Assistant Secretary of Interior about this project and now felt they should take it up with the President) | ||
| Senator Harry P. Cain, Washington Congressman Russell Mack, Washington Mr. Burgess, Secretary to Senator Cain (Senator Cain phoned Mr. Connelly early in week to ask for this appointment) | ||
| Mrs. Lee W. Hutton, National President, American Legion Auxiliary Mr. Leonce R. Legendro, Assistant National Adjutant (Mrs. Hutton to present first Poppy of American Legion Auxiliary, made by disabled veterans in hospitals throughout country.) | ||
| (Mr. David Powell of Kansas City) (Came to see Mr. Connelly and to see the President off the record.) | ||
| Honorable Edith Nourse Rogers, Mass. Congressman Richard B. Wigglesworth, Mass. Congressman John. W. McCormack, Mass. Congressman Robert Hale, Mo. Congressman Norris Cotton, N. H. Congressman Aime J. Forand, R. I. (To discuss reductions in Veterans Administration) | ||
| The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] (Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch downstairs in the Executive Office) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| After Press Conference - (Mr. Carlton Kant) | ||
| The Secretary of the Navy [John L. Sullivan] | ||
| (Honorable Fred M. Vinson, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court) | ||
| The President left for the Washington Cathedral, where he attended a meeting on "The Churches and the European Recovery Program" held under the aus- pices of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America.) | ||
| (The Secretary of Agriculture [Clinton P. Anderson]) (Said that it was urgent that he see the President today) | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (All present except Secretary of Defense [James Forrestal]. Secretary Kenneth C. Royall will represent the Secretary of Defense) | ||
| The Secretary of the Interior [Julius A. Krug] Honorable Oscar Chapman, Under Secretary of the Interior Honorable Jesus T. Pinero, Governor of Puerto Rico (Secretary Julius A. Krug asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange) | ||
| Dr. Roscoe L. Sensenich, of South Bend, Ind., President-elect of American Medical Association Dr. George F. Lull, of Chicago, Secretary and General Manager Dr. E. L. Henderson, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Chicago (Secretary Clinton P. Anderson addressed this group recently, and at that time they asked him to arrange this appointment) | ||
| Senator Harley M. Kilgore, W. Va. Mr. Dan Hanley, of W. Va. (Senator Kilgore asked that the President let him bring in Mr. Hanley) | ||
| Major General Philip B. Fleming, Public Works Administrator (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly Wednesday to ask for this appointment) | ||
| The Attorney General [Tom C. Clark] (Re letter the President wrote him about report on Steel Industry investigation) | ||
| Mr. Charles McGowan, International President Boiler Makers Union of A. F. of L. Mr. Frank Lovejoy, Represents Puget Sound shipbuilders Assn. Mr. Peter Mesquito, represents Bay Area California Shipbuilders Mr. Thomas A. Rotell, Exec. Secy. Pacific Coast District and San Francisco Bay Area of Metal Trades Council Mr. O. T. Satre, Represents Metal Trades in Los Angeles area (These labor and industrial people here from coast on shipbuilding program. Dr. John R. Steelman will talk to them first in conference room and then bring them in to see the President for a few minutes. Arranged by Dr. John R. Steelman) | ||
| (Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Mollenkamp, of Clinton, Iowa) (Mr. George W. Carmody) (Mrs. Mollencamp daughter of W. D. Warren of Grain Valley, who wrote the President of their plan to visit Washington, and his hope that the President would receive them.) (Came to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and to see the President, off the record.) | ||
| The President and Mrs. Truman will give a luncheon for the Members of the Executive Committee of the Democratic National Committee and others. | ||
| Mr. Sigmund Romberg Mr. Carter Barron Mr. Frank Boucher (Mr. Barron asked if he could bring in Mr. Romberg, the composer, to present to the President a box for the concert sponsored by the Variety Club Heart Fund at Consitution Hall, May 11th) | ||
| (Honorable Harry Woodring) (To report to the President on his trip to Europe) | ||
| (Honorable John W. Synder, the Secretary of the Treasury) | ||
| The Secretary of Agriculture [Clinton P. Anderson] | ||
| (Mrs. Eleanor Wilson McAdoo) | ||
| (Mr. Edward Jacobson) | ||
| (Colonel and Mrs. W. T. Green) (General Harry H. Vaughan) |