Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
June 16, 1945
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| Hon. Robert H. Jackson, Assoc. Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Maj. Gen. William J. Donovan | ||
| Presentation of Medal for Merit (posthumously to Hon. Rudolph Forster) with the following present: Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Early; Mrs. Helen Manns Seubert; Mr. Paul Brockett; Adm. and Mrs. Ross McIntire; Mr. Tom Marshall; Mr. Joe Sheehan; Mr. F. J. Bailey; Mr. Frederick J. Lawton; Mr. John McGrew; Lt. Lawrence Seaman; Com. Russell Young; Com. Guy Mason; Warren Johnson; Mr. and Mrs. George Christian; Mr. Everett Sanders; Mrs. Dorothy J. Brady; Mrs. Irene Pancoast; Mr. James B. Latta [Public Papers: Citation Accompanying Medal for Merit Honoring Rudolph Forster] | ||
| (Mr. Ted Marks; Mr. Perry Faulkner) | ||
| Judge Felix Forte and Delegation from The Sons of Italy | ||
| (went aboard USS POTOMAC for Cruise on Potomac River) | ||
| Returned to White House | ||
| Executive Orders: [9574 AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF WAR TO TAKE POSSESSION OF AND OPERATE THE PLANTS AND FACILITIES OF THE DIAMOND ALKALI COMPANY, LOCATED IN OR AROUND PAINESVILLE, OHIO] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President on Driving Safety] | ||
| Sen. Kenneth McKellar; Speaker Rayburn; Sen. Alben W. Barkley; Congr. John W. McCormack | ||
| The Sec. of the Treasury [Henry Morgenthau, Jr.] | ||
| Sen. Styles Bridges, N.H. | ||
| Congr. Robert L. Doughton, N.C. | ||
| International Association of Chiefs of Police (to make report on results of Nationwide Brake Emphasis Program) | ||
| Col. James Douglas, Am. Commissioner on Allied Commission-Italy | ||
| Mr. Frederick C. Crawford, Pres. Thompson Products, Inc., Cleveland and Chairman of Exec. Committee of Nat. Assoc. of Manufactures | ||
| (Hon. Tom Clark) | ||
| Mr. George M. Harrison | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Hon. Robert E. Hannegan) | ||
| The President presented the Distinguished Service Medal to General Dwight D. Eisenhower | ||
| Gen. P. T. Mow, Chief of China's Airforce | ||
| Gen. George C. Marshall; Sec. of the Navy [James Forrestal]; Secretary of War [Henry L. Stimson]; Hon. John McCloy; Adm. Ernest J. King; Adm. William D. Leahy; Lt. Gen. Ackers; Brig. Gen. McFarland | ||
| Hon. Harry L. Hopkins | ||
| Hon. Joseph C. Grew | ||
| At the White House: Reception and Dinner for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower | ||
| [Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress on the Succession to the Presidency] | ||
| Left Washington D.C. via ATC plane | ||
| Pacific Time -- Arrived Tacoma, Washington. Motored to Olympia, Washington where he was guest of Governor Walgren [Wallgren] at Executive Mansion. | ||
| At Olympia, Washington | ||
| Executive Orders: [9575 DECLARING THE COMMISSIONED CORPS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE TO BE A MILITARY SERVICE AND PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS THEREFOR] | ||
| At Olympia, Washington | ||
| [Public Papers: The President's News Conference at Olympia, Washington] | ||
| At Olympia, Washington | ||
| At Olympia, Washington | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing Bill Continuing Certain Subsidy Payments] | ||
| At Olympia, Washington | ||
| Left Olympia, Washington, by motor, to McChord Field, Tacoma, Washington. Departed McChord Field 9.00 A.M. (PWT) via ATC plane for Portland, Oregon. | ||
| Arrived Portland, Oregon 10.00 A.M. (PWT) | ||
| Left Portland via ATC plane | ||
| Arrived Hamilton Field, San Francisco, California. | ||
| [Public Papers: Address in San Francisco at the Closing Session of the United Nations Conference] | ||
| At Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco | ||
| Mr. Ted Malmfelt | ||
| Sen. Tom Connally | ||
| Field Marshall Jan Christian Smuts | ||
| Capt. John Thatcher; Mr. Doucournau | ||
| Adm. Chester Nimitz | ||
| Mr. Robert Kenny; Mr. Amadeo Giannini | ||
| Capt. Frank Fisher | ||
| Adm. Daniel Hunt | ||
| Mr. Ralph W. S. Hill | ||
| Departed at Hamilton Field, San Francisco via ATC plane en route to Salt Lake City, Utah. | ||
| (MWT) Arrived Salt Lake City, Utah | ||
| On this date President Truman addressed the closing session of the U.N. Charter Conference in San Francisco. See student research file Truman and the United Nations: documents, photographs and more. | ||
| (MWT) Left Salt Lake City ATC plane en route Kansas City, Missouri | ||
| (CWT) Arrived Kansas City, Missouri | ||
| [Public Papers: The President's News Conference at Independence, Missouri] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9576 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE ERIE RAILROAD COMPANY AND ITS EMPLOYEES] | ||
| At Kansas City, Missouri [Public Papers: Remarks Upon Receiving an Honorary Degree From the University of Kansas City] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9577 TERMINATING THE WAR FOOD ADMINISTRATION AND TRANSFERRING ITS FUNCTIONS TO THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE (1)] | ||
| At Kansas City, Missouri | ||
| Hon. Alf Landon | ||
| Executive Orders: [9578 (1) APPROVING REGULATIONS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION UNDER THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES PAY ACT OF 1945] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9580 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 1888 OF FEBRUARY 2, 1914, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT IN THE SERVICE OF THE PANAMA CANAL AND THE PANAMA RAILROAD COMPANY ON THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9579 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 8937 OF NOVEMBER 7, 1941, EXTENDING THE PERIOD OF ELIBIBILITY ON CIVIL SERVICE REGISTERS OR LISTS OF PERSONS WHO SERVE IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES (1)] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9581 AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9299 OF FEBRUARY 4, 1943, TO GIVE THE TERRITORIAL WAR LABOR BOARD FOR THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII JURISDICTION OVER VOLUNTARY WAGE AND SALARY ADJUSTMENTS OF EMPLOYEES IN THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII SUBJECT TO THE RAILWAY LABOR ACT] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9582 RESTORING LAND TO THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII FOR AERONAUTICAL PURPOSES, AND RESERVING LAND FOR MILITARY PURPOSES (1)] | ||
| At Kansas City, Missouri | ||
| Executive Orders: [9577A AUTHORIZING THE PETROLEUM ADMINISTRATOR TO TAKE POSSESSION OF AND OPERATE THE PLANTS AND FACILITIES OF THE TEXAS COMPANY LOCATED IN AND AROUND PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS (1)] | ||
| (At Kansas City, Missouri) | ||
| Departed Kansas City via ATC - enroute to Washington, D.C. | ||
| Arrived, Washington, D.C. | ||
| Mr. Alger Hiss of Department of State - to bring in United Nations Charter | ||
| Executive Orders: [9583 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 9356 OF JUNE 24, 1943, PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE FURNISHING OF CLOTHING IN KIND OR PAYMENT OF CASH ALLOWANCES IN LIEU THEREOF TO ENLISTED PERSONNEL OF THE NAVY, THE COAST GUARD, THE NAVAL RESERVE, AND THE COAST GUA] | ||
| Senator Kenneth McKellar; The Speaker [Sam Rayburn]; Senator Alben W. Barkley; Cong. John W. McCormack | ||
| The Secretary of War [Henry L. Stimson] | ||
| The Secretary of Agriculture [Clinton P. Anderson] | ||
| Hon. Edward R. Burke; Dr. Charles LeWall; Dr. Raymond Salvati; Mr. Laurence Tierney | ||
| Major General Paul W. Baade | ||
| Hon. Raymond M. Foley | ||
| Hon. Frances P. Bolton, Congresswoman from Ohio | ||
| Dr. H.H. Kung | ||
| (Lunch) [Public Papers: Address Before the Senate Urging Ratification of the Charter of the United Nations] | ||
| Hon. Francis Biddle | ||
| Hon. Harry L. Hopkins | ||
| The Secretary of Labor [Lewis B. Schwellenbach] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9584 SUSPENDING CERTAIN STATUTORY PROVISIONS RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT IN THE CANAL ZONE] | ||
| [Public Papers: Memorandum Reducing the Workweek of Federal Employees to 44 Hours] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter Accepting Resignation of Harry L. Hopkins as Special Assistant to the President] | ||
| Sen. James M. Mead, N.Y., Sen. Harley M. Kilgore, W. Va., Sen. James M. Tunnell, Dela., Sen. Hugh B. Mitchell, Wash., Sen. Owen Brewster, Me., Sen. Joseph H. Ball, Minn., Sen. Homer Ferguson, Mich., Mr. Rudolph Balley | ||
| Mr. Oscar Ewing | ||
| Mr. Frank A. Sewell | ||
| Hon. Guy Gillette | ||
| Hon. Edward J. Flynn | ||
| Mr. R.E. Sheets | ||
| Hon. James F. Byrnes will be sworn in as Secretary of State | ||
| H.E. Pedro Leao Velloso, the Acting Foreign Minister of Brazil; H.E. Mr. Carlos Martins, the Ambassador of Brazil | ||
| Mrs. Anna Rosenberg | ||
| Dr. Owen Lattimore | ||
| H.E. Dr. Wellington Koo |