Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
Tuesday, July 1, 1947
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| [Public Papers: Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Transmitting Bill Providing Benefits to Philippine Army Veterans] | |
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President on the Reduction in Appropriations for the Bureau of Internal Revenue] | |
| Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Mass. Congressman Clarence J. Brown, Ohio (Senator Lodge phoned Mr. Connelly yesterday. They discussed Committee to study the executive de- partments of the government.) | |
| (Congressman Clarence Cannon, Mo.) (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange an "off-the-record" appointment for him with the President) | |
| (Major General Butler B. Miltonberger) | |
| The President signed S. J. Res. 77, "Providing for membership and participation by the United States in the International Refugee Organization and authorizing an appropriation therefor". The following were present at the ceremony: Honorable John H. Hilldring, Assistant Secretary of State Mr. Goldthwaite Dorr, Office of the Secretary of State (The State Department thought this ceremony would help to get the organization off to a good start. Senator Vandenberg had hoped to come but had to attend meeting Committee on Foreign Relations which will discuss Anglo-American Oil question - so could not be away. Congressman Vorys had hoped to attend but was unable to come. Congressman Vorys is Chairman of the sub-committee in the House, and did most of work in getting the Bill through.) | |
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing Resolution Authorizing Him To Accept Membership in the International Refugee Organization] | |
| The Presidnt signed H. J. Res. 193, "To grant authority for the erection of a permanent building for the American National Red Cross, District of Columbia Chapter, Washington, District of Columbia". The following were present for the ceremony: Mrs. Arthur H. Vandenberg) General U. S. Grant )~Members of Red Cross Bldg. Mrs. Davis Finley) ~Committee J. C. Folger, Chairman of D. C. Chapter of Red Cross | |
| Honorable Joseph C. Baldwin, Former Congressman from New York (Phoned Mr. Connelly from New York last week. Is going abroad at the President's direction, for Battle Monuments Commission, to look over sites in London, Paris and Rome. He would like the President's views before leaving Europe.) | |
| (The Attorney General [Tom C. Clark]) | |
| Brig General Benjamin O. Davis, The President's Special Representative to the Liberian Centennial (Requested this through the Division of Protocol) | |
| Senator Pat McCarran, Nev. Congressman Charles H. Russell, Nev. Commander Lloyd Olsen, Disabled American Veterans Vivian Corbley, National Adjutant, DAV Mr. Jack Walsh Mr. John Sullivan, National Legislative Director Mr. William E. Tate, Natl. Director of Claims (Senator McCarran requested this appointment for this group to invite the President to attend the National Convention of the DAV to be held in Nevada.) | |
| (Lunch) | |
| (The Postmaster General [Robert E. Hannegan]) | |
| (Mr. Paul Shields) | |
| (General Wallace Graham) (Dr. Jos. A. Zimmerman) | |
| (Left the White House and went aboard the yacht of the Secretary of the Navy [James Forrestal] for an informal.) |