Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
March 23, 1948
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| Congressman Michael J. Kirwan, Ohio (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this appointment) | ||
| Honorable Oscar R. Ewing, Administrator, Federal Security Agency (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this appointment) | ||
| Hon. Walter J. Donnelly, U. S. Ambassador to Venezuela | ||
| H. E. Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne, the Ambassador of Norway Bishop Arne Fjellbu, of the National Cathedral of Trondheim, Norway (Bishop is visiting U. S. as guest of the American Committee of the World Council of Churches. He was born in Decorah, Iowa, of Norwegian parents, and was one of the foremost leaders of the underground during the last war. Requested through the State Department) | ||
| Honorable Arthur M. Hill, Chairman, National Security Resources Board (Secretary James Forrestal asked Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday to arrange this) | ||
| (Honorable James E. Webb, Director of the Bureau of the Budget) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. William Boyle) (Came to see Mr. Connelly and see the President, off the record) | ||
| The Joint Chiefs of Staff: Admiral William D. Leahy Admiral Louis E. Denfeld General Omar Bradley General Carl Spaats [Spaatz] Also: Honorable James V. Forrestal, Secretary for Defense Honorable James Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget Secretary of Army [Kenneth C. Royall], Secretary of the Navy [John L. Sullivan], and the Secretary of the Air Force [Stuart Symington] (Arranged by Admiral Sidney Souers) | ||
| (The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]) | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President on the Signing of the Charter of the International Trade Organization] | ||
| (Honorable James E. Webb, Director of the Budget) (Honorable James Forrestal, Secretary for Defense) (Mr. McNeil) (Off the record - at the request of the President) | ||
| (Mr. Ross Collins, of Cedarundel Farm, Md.) (Old friend to say "hello" - off the record) | ||
| Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Solins, of Welch, W. Va (Wrote the President in January 10th that they intended coming here to celebrate second wedding anniversary in New York, and wanted to pay re- spects. Senator Kilgore also called on their behalf) | ||
| Honorable Paul M. Herzog, Chairman, NLRB (Phoned Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this appointment) | ||
| (General John H. Hilldring) | ||
| H. E. Baron Silvercruys, the Belgian Ambassador (To discuss visit of H. R. H. the Prince Regent of Belgium. The Ambassador just returned from Brussels where he has been in consultation with the Prince Regent) | ||
| (Honorable James Forrestal, Secretary for Defense) (Mr. Walter Winchell) | ||
| Mr. Frank Land, of Kansas City, Missouri (Phoned Mr. Connelly from Kansas City about a week ago) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Senator Howard McGrath, R. I.) (Honorable Oscar Ewing) | ||
| (Honorable Lewis Douglas, U. S. Ambassador to Great Britain) | ||
| The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] Sir Arthur Rank, of Great Britain (Secretary Snyder asked if he might bring in this film man from England, and Mr. Connelly cleared it with Stanley Woodward, who said it was all right with the British Embassy) | ||
| (The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall]) (Honorable Charles Bohlen) (Honorable Loy Henderson) (Dr. Dean Rusk) (Honorable David Niles) (Mr. Charles Ross) (Mr. Matthew J. Connelly) (Mr. Clark Clifford) (Senator Howard J. McGrath) (Honorable Oscar Ewing) (Re Palestine) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9940 the Existence of the Quantico-Superior Committee, Created by Executive Order No. 6783 of June 30, 1934] | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| Honorable John D. Goodloe, Chairman, R. F. C. (Mr. Snyder asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this appointment) | ||
| (Honorable Oscar Ewing) | ||
| The President signed S. 1174, "An Act to provide for inactive duty training pay for the organized Reserve Corps, to provide uniform standards for inactive duty training pay for all Reserve components of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes." The following persons attended: Colonel W. H. Abendroth, National Guard Member, General Staff Committee on National Guard and Reserve Policy. Colonel C. M. Boyer, Assistant Executive Director, Reserve Officers Assn. Colonel J. W. Cunningham, Organization & Training Division, General Staff, U. S. Army Brigidier General Arthur E. Evans, Executive Director, Reserve Officers Assn. Mr. Edmond F. Hogan, "The National Guardsman," official publication of the National Guard Assn. Lt. Colonel Joseph C. Jackson, Legislative & Liaison Division, Special Staff, U. S. Army Major General Kenneth F. Kramer, Chief, National Guard Bureau Brig. General William Lewis, Executive Director, Air Reserve Brig. General J. P. McConnell, Chief, National Guard and Reserve Affairs, U. S. Air Force Clyde Matthews, Local Representative of the Air Reserve Assn. Colonel William Neblett, President, Reserve Officers Assn. Colonel John P. Oliver, Legislative Officers, Reserve Officers Assn. Major General Milton A. Record, National Guard Assn. Colonel Charles H. E. Scheer, Reserve Officers and National Guard Comm., Department of the Army Brig. General Wendell Westover, Executive for Reserve and ROTC Affairs, Department of the Army | ||
| Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, former Ambassador to Panama (Recently retired, requested appointment with the President upon the termination of his mission. General Hines resigned March 1st - residing in Washington.) | ||
| Mr. Eric Johnston (Phoned Mr. Connelly yesterday to ask for this) | ||
| The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] (Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Congressman Ken Regan, Texas) | ||
| (Mr. Harry Schwimmer) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget | ||
| (The President saw the students from Principia College, Elsah, Illinois) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9941 AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO PRESCRIBE RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM] | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (All present except the Attorney General and the Secretary of Labor) | ||
| (Secretary W. Averell Harriman remained for a few minutes after Cabinet) | ||
| Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Wyo. Mr. Gilbert Housley (Senator O'Mahoney phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday. Said Housley was in the President's old outfit.) | ||
| Senator Theodore Francis Green, R. I. (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday to ask for this) | ||
| Honorable Joseph Kennan (Formerly with War Crimes Commission in Japan. The Attorney General's Office requested this, stating that Mr. Keenan brings some direct word from General MacArthur, and also would like call to tell the President some of his, Keenan's, ideas) | ||
| Honorable George McGill, Member, U.S. Tariff Commission (Saw the President few weeks ago, and says that at that time the President suggested he come to see him when he had returned from his trip to Kansas. | ||
| H. E. M. Asaf Ali, the Ambassador of India (To say "goodbye" before relinquishing his post in Washington on April 12th) | ||
| Senator Dennis Chavez, New Mexico (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly for this yesterday) | ||
| Mr. Donald Douglas, President of Douglas Aircraft (Arranged through Dr. John R. Steelman) | ||
| (Mr. Hugh Fulton) (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to let him come in few minutes this week. - off the record) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Honorable Matthew J. Connelly) (Mr. Max Lowenthal) | ||
| Honorable Roy Turner, Okla. (Governor of Oklahoma) Mr. J. H. Arrington, State Chairman, Okla. Mr. Leon Shippe, Personal Attorney for the Governor Mr. Bill Martin, Grand River Dam Authority, Tulsa, Okla. Mr. H. W. McNeil | ||
| Dr. William M. Leiserson, Chairman, Railroad Emergency Board Honorable George E. Bushnell Mr. W. Willard Wirtz | ||
| (Senator Dennis Chavez) (Emelda Miller, Stanlee Ann Miller and Nancy Hogentogler, the Senator's grandchildren) (Miss Dolores Sena) | ||
| Under Secretary of State, Honorable Robert Lovett | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Easter Sunday) | ||
| The President attended the Services at the First Baptist Church | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to Secretary Krug Upon Signing Bill Relating to the Completion of the Provo River Reclamation Project] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to Secretary Krug Upon Signing Bill Authorizing Distribution of Capital Reserve Funds of the Klamath Indians] | ||
| (Justice Hugo Black -- off the record) | ||
| Mr. Robert J. Richardson, President, Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines (This request originally came to Mr. Charles Ross from G. V. Kenton of Nevada, Missouri, who said that Mr. Richardson was anxious to meet the President again when he came to Washington next, that he was a regular Democrat, and met the President when the President was Senator) | ||
| (Mr. William Sermon, of Independence) (Off the record) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb Mr. Frank Pace Mr. D. C. Stone Mr. Federick Lawton (Director Webb called Mr. Matthew Connelly on Friday for this appointment) | ||
| Honorable Lewis Douglas | ||
| Honorable Robert Lovett The Acting Secretary of State (Usual Monday appointment) | ||
| (Cabinet Lunch - Robert Lovett for State. Absent were Commerce, Justice, Labor and Defense) | ||
| (Mr. T. V. Allen of California) (Mr. Al Cohn) | ||
| Senator Wallace White, Maine | ||
| (Honorable Oscar Ewing) | ||
| (The President left for the National Press Club for the Reception of the Club.) | ||
| (Returned to the White House) | ||
| (Left for the Statler Hotel - where he "dropped in" on a Dinner given by the Order of Ahepa) | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing the Housing and Rent Act of 1948] | ||
| [Public Papers: Veto of Bill Authorizing Issuance of Stamps Commemorating the 110th Anniversary of the Coming of Swedish Pioneers to the Midwest] | ||
| (Honorable George Allen) | ||
| (Mr. Russell Davenport) (Arranged by Mr. Clark Clifford. Mr. Davenport brought his young daughter, aged 14, in to shake hands, and then had her wait in the ante-room) | ||
| Honorable Charles W. Taussing | ||
| Honorable Ernest Gruening, Governor of Alaska The Secretary of the Interior [Julius A. Krug] | ||
| Honorable Herschel V. Johnson, Deputy Representative of the United States to the United Nations (Mr. Armour spoke to the President about this and the President said he would see Mr. Johnson while in Washington) | ||
| (Judge Ray E. Watson of Joplin, Missouri) | ||
| (Mr. Irving Pflaum, of Chicago Sun-Times) (Off the record) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Color Photographer from Democratic National Committee) | ||
| (Dr. John R. Steelman) (Honorable Cyrus Ching) | ||
| Honorable Kenneth Royall, Secretary of the Army Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget Honorable Gordon Gray, Assistant Secretary of the Army Honorable Frank Pace (Re disposition of overseas surplus) | ||
| Honorable Gordon R. Clapp, Chairman, TVA Honorable Arthur M. Hill, Chairman, Natl. Security Resources Board Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers | ||
| Honorable Bernard Baruch | ||
| (Mr. William Batt, Jr.) (Will see the President, off the record) | ||
| The President received the Presidents and the Vice Presidents of the Home Loan Banks: J. Alston Adams, Member, Home Loan Bank Board William K. Divers, Chairman, Home Loan Bank Board Gerrit Vander Ende, San Francisco, California Raymond M. Foley, Housing and Home Finance Agency Nugent Fallon, New York, New York B. T. Fitzpatrick, Housing and Home Finance Agency Fret T. Greene, Indianapolis, Indiana A. R. Gardner, Chicago, Illinois O. K. LaRoque, Winston-Salem, North Carolina Herbert N. Faulkner, Boston, Massachusetts G. R. Parker, Pittsburgh, Pa. Robert J. Richardon, Des Moines, Iowa Walter D. Shultz, Cinncinnati, Ohio C. A. Sterling, Topeka, Kansas Hugh D. Wallace, Little Rock, Arkansas | ||
| Judge Sherman Minton Mr. Mark Etheridge Mr. George Taylor Dr. Thomas Kennedy | ||
| The President received a group from the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite, who presented him with an Honorary Membership in the Supreme Council: Honorable Clinton P. Anderson, Secretary of Agriculture Senator Harry P. Byrd, Virginia Senator John W. Bricker Mr. Howard B. Cruse, Jersey City, New Jersey Senator Arthur Capper Senator Tom Connally Mr. Carl H. Claudy of Washington, Secretary of the Masonic Service Association Senator Henry Dworshak Senator Forrest C. Donnell Frank C. Sayrs of Haddonfield, N. J. Reverend Benjamin F. P. Ivins, Espiscopal Bishop of Milwaukee, Wis. Honorable Samuel D. Jackson, Indiana Mr. Carl A. Miller, Chicago, Ill. Honorable John B. Mullan, a former State Senator in New York Mr. John G. Malmberg, South Bend, Indiana Senator Edward Martin Mr. F. Elmer Raschig, Grand Secretary General of Supreme Council Congressman Robert Rich Senator Leverett Saltonstall Congressman Harve Tibbott Honorable J. Wallace Woodford, former mayor of Dover, Delaware | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. and Mrs. Frank Burke) | ||
| (Congressman Harless, Arizona) (Mrs. Laura McRae) | ||
| (The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]) | ||
| Honorable W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force General Carl Spaatz General Hoyt S. Vandenberg Major General K. B. Wolfe Brig. General D. L. Putt (from Wright Field) Honorable Arthur Barrows (There was also one junior officer with charts, etc.) | ||
| (Honorable William Clayton) | ||
| (Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9942 PROVIDING FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF CERTAIN FUNCTIONS UNDER THE RUBBER ACT OF 1948] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the Speaker Regarding Additional Appropriations for the National Security Program] |