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Papers of Harry S. Truman Staff Member and Office Files: David D. Lloyd Files

Dates: 1945-1953

Administrative Assistant to the President, 1951-1953

The David D. Lloyd Files consist of correspondence, printed materials, speech drafts, and other items relating to Lloyd's service on the White House staff during President Harry S. Truman's administration.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Size: 12 linear feet, 8 linear inches (about 23,200 pages).
Access: Open.
Copyright: Harry S. Truman donated his copyright interest in writings in these files to the United States government. Documents created by U.S. government officials in the course of their official duties are likewise in the public domain. Copyright interest in any other writings in these files is assumed to remain with the authors of the documents.
Processed by: Philip D. Lagerquist (1966), Jim Armistead (2012).


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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

1911 (June 6)

  

Born, New York City

1931

  

A.B., Harvard University

1935

  

LL.B., Harvard Law School

1935-1936

  

Attorney, Resettlement Administration

1936-1940

  

Assistant Chief Counsel, Civil Liberties Subcommittee, U.S. Senate

1940 (October 19)

  

Married Charlotte Tuttle

1940-1945

  

Attorney with the Federal Communications Commission, the Office of Price Administration, and the Foreign Economic Administration

1945-1946

  

Legal Adviser, Mission for Economic Affairs, U.S. Embassy, London

1947-1948

  

Director of Research and Legislation, Americans for Democratic Action

1948-1951

  

Member of the White House Staff

1951-1953

  

Administrative Assistant to the President

1953-1962

  

Executive Director, Harry S. Truman Library, Inc., and Assistant to Former President Truman

1957-1962

  

Vice President, Harry S. Truman Library Institute for National and International Affairs

1960

  

Published Spend and Survive: The Intelligent Citizen's Guide to Public Spending

1962 (December 11)

  

Died, Alexandria, Virginia
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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The Files of David D. Lloyd relate to his service on the White House staff during the Harry S. Truman administration. The documents in the Lloyd Files are dated from 1945 to 1953. The folders in this collection are arranged alphabetically by title within two series, the Subject File and the Presidential Speech and Message File.

The first series, the Subject File, is largely comprised of letters and memoranda written by Lloyd from 1949 through 1952. The correspondence included relates to Lloyd's duties as a member of the White House staff, and includes references to President Truman's Point Four program, the Cold War, housing, immigration, rent control, and pending legislation in Congress. There are two signed thank-you letters addressed to Mr. Lloyd from President Harry S. Truman included in this series. One folder, "Korean Children's Choir," contains a booklet of photographs.

The second series, the Presidential Speech and Message File, is the larger of the two. This series includes press releases, handwritten notes, speech drafts written by Lloyd and others, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other items relating to Lloyd's service as a speechwriter on President Truman's White House staff. Some of the speech drafts include a wide array of doodles drawn by Lloyd on various subjects, both abstract and representational, as well as both handwritten and typed changes in many of the speech drafts. Several of these documents concern the 1948 and the 1952 election campaigns. Other documents in the series refer to immigration, General Douglas MacArthur, the Korean crisis, President Truman's Point Four Program, and Senator Joseph R. McCarthy. Some of the speeches were written for particular events such as Fourth of July celebrations and cornerstone layings. Also included are multiple Presidential State of the Union addresses, as well as President Truman's 1949 Inaugural Address.

Related collections at the Truman Library include the David D. Lloyd Papers which include information on Lloyd's work as an assistant to former President Truman from 1953 to 1962, as well as other aspects of his life and career.

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SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Container Nos.

  

Series

1-7

   SUBJECT FILE, 1945 - 1953
Letters and memoranda written by Lloyd from 1949 through 1952. Arranged alphabetically.

8-29

   PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH AND MESSAGE FILE, 1945 - 1953
Press releases, handwritten notes, speech drafts written by Lloyd and others, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other items relating to Lloyd's service on President Harry S. Truman's White House staff. Arranged alphabetically.
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FOLDER TITLE LIST

SUBJECT FILE, 1945 - 1953

Box 1

  • Agriculture
  • Atomic Energy Program
  • Big Four Meetings with the President
  • Children's Fund
  • China Lobby [1 of 2]
  • China Lobby [2 of 2]
  • Church and State
  • CIO, Draft of President's Message to Declaration of Independence etc. (re: removal of from Library of Congress to National Archives)
  • Conflict of Interest Statute
  • Declaration of Independence, etc. (Re: Removal from the Library of Congress to National Archives)
  • Defense Mobilization
  • Disarmament (letter to Senator Flanders March 14, 1952)
  • Education
  • Electric Power
  • Franco Letter (letter to Franco from President, July 23, 1952)
  • General Welfare Clause
  • German Contractual Agreements
  • German Hostilities Terminated
  • Governor's Conference
  • The Great Seal (suggestion by Maury Maverick for Great Seal Day Proclamation)

Box 2

Box 3

Box 4

Box 5

  • McCarthy, Senator Joseph
  • Mutual Security Program
  • National Council of Churches
  • National Monetary Commission
  • Passport Division
  • Personal - Congratulatory Letters
  • Personal Correspondence
  • Powers of the President with Respect to the Disposition of the Armed Forces Overseas
  • Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the Movement of Migrants from Europe
  • Puerto Rico, President's Advisory Commission on the Relation of Federal Laws in Puerto Rico
  • Reclamation - Central Valley Project
  • Refugee Program - Arab-Palestine Program
  • Religious Freedom and the United Nations
  • Rent Control, 1950 [1 of 2]
  • Rent Control, 1950 [2 of 2]
  • Rent Control - Los Angeles
  • Rent Control - H.R. 2291 (1950)
  • Rockefeller Report (on Point Four)

Box 6

  • Russian Peace Offer (Shvernick Letter of August 6, 1951)
  • Satellites' Armed Forces
  • "Scare Words" [1 of 2]
  • "Scare Words" [2 of 2]
  • Small Business
  • Speeches - 1st Western Trip - Pre-Campaign (1948)
  • Speeches - Western Trip (1950)
  • Steel [1 of 3]
  • Steel [2 of 3]

Box 7

  • Steel [3 of 3]
  • Taxation
  • Texas Delegation - 1952 Convention
  • Treaty Aliens - Draft Status
  • Treaty Guarantees - Violation of Peace
  • Voting - Soldier
  • Voting - Proposed Commission on

PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH AND MESSAGE FILE, 1945 - 1953

Box 8

  • ADA Speech - May 17, 1952
  • Agriculture Honor Awards Ceremony - May 15, 1952
  • American Hospital Association Convention - September 16, 1952
  • American Legion Dedication Speech - August 14, 1951
  • American Newspaper Guild Speech - June 28, 1950
  • American Society of Newspaper Editors - April 20, 1950
  • AMVETS - April 18, 1952
  • Annapolis Speech (Naval Academy) - May 24, 1952
  • Apportionment Message to Congress - January 9, 1951
  • Archives Speech - December 15, 1952
  • Armed Forces Speech - May 18, 1951
  • Atomic Submarine Nautilus - June 14, 1952
  • Attlee-Truman Conference (Communiqué) - December 8, 1950
  • Attorney General's Conference on Law Enforcement Problems - February 15, 1950
  • Barron, Carter- Amphitheater Dedication - May 25, 1951
  • Better Business Bureaus - June 6, 1950
  • Bond Drive - September 3, 1951

Box 9

  • Boy Scout Speech, June 30, 1950
  • Boyle, William M. - Kansas City Tribute to, September 29, 1949
  • Boyle, William M. - Material
  • Brotherhood Talk (National Conference of Christians and Jews), November 10, 1949
  • Budget Message, 1949
  • Budget, Radio Address on, July 13, 1949
  • Bull Shoals Dam, July 2, 1952
  • Chicago, Illinois Draft
  • Christmas Message, December 24, 1951
  • Christmas Tree Ceremony, December 24, 1952
  • Churchill-Truman Meeting, January, 7-8, 1952
  • C.I.O. Message (proposed), 1948
  • Citizenship Conference (National Conference on Citizenship), September 17, 1952

Box 10

  • Civil Air Patrol Dinner, May 14, 1952
  • Civil Defense Conference, May 7, 1951
  • Civil Defense Film, October 31, 1951
  • Civil Service Speech, May 2, 1952
  • Clifford, Clark- Speech, October 20, 1951
  • Columbia Scholastic Press Association, March 15, 1952
  • Community Chest, September 30, 1951
  • Community Chest, September 25, 1952
  • Conference on Citizenship, National, May 17, 1951
  • Conference on Industrial Safety, March 23, 1949
  • Conference on Industrial Safety, June 3, 1950
  • Conference on Industrial Safety, June 2, 1952
  • Conference of Mayors, United States, March 21, 1949
  • Constitution Sealing Ceremony, September 17, 1951

Box 11

  • Correspondence, July, 1952 - January, 1953
  • "Courier" Speech, March 4, 1952
  • Defense Production Act Amendments, Message on, 1951
  • Defense Production Act Amendments, Message on, 1951
  • Democratic Digest Letter, November, 1952
  • Democratic National Convention, July 26, 1952
  • Des Moines Speech, September 5, 1949
  • Detroit Speech, 250th Anniversary of, July 28, 1951

Box 12

  • Disarmament Broadcast, November 7, 1951
  • District Court Cornerstone Laying, June 27, 1950
  • Dutch Carillon Speech, April 14, 1952
  • Election Speech, St. Louis, MO, November 4, 1950
  • Employ the Physically Handicapped Speech, August 9, 1950
  • Employ the Physically Handicapped Speech, August 17, 1951
  • Employ the Physically Handicapped Speech, September 4, 1952
  • "Farewell to the Nation," January 15, 1953
  • Federal Bar Association Speech, April 24, 1950
  • "File of the Facts"
  • Fireside Chat (Farewell Message), January 13, 1951
  • Food and Agriculture Organization, November 22, 1949

Box 13

  • Foreign Aid Message, May 24, 1951 [1 of 2]
  • Foreign Aid Message, May 24, 1951 [2 of 2]
  • Foreign Ministers (of the American Republics) Meeting, March 23, 1951
  • Foreign Policy Speeches, 1945 and 1947
  • Four Chaplains, Dedication of the Chapel of the, February 3, 1951
  • Fourth of July Proclamation (Message) 175th Anniversary, July 4, 1951
  • Fourth of July Speech, July 4, 1951
  • Friendship International Airport, June 24, 1950
  • General Accounting Office (Cornerstone Laying) September 11, 1951
  • George Washington, Mason's statue of, February 22, 1950
  • Gomper's Square Dedication, October 27, 1951
  • Hebrew Congregation (Washington D.C.) Speech, November 16, 1952
  • Highway Safety Conference, June 2, 1949 and August 31, 1950
  • Highway Safety Conference, June 13, 1951

Box 14

  • Howard University Commencement, June 13, 1950
  • Inaugural Address, January 20, 1949
  • Industrial College of the Armed Forces, December 16, 1952
  • Inflation Speech, June 14, 1951
  • Interior's Industry Advisory Council Meeting, May 9, 1951
  • Internal Security [1 of 3]
  • Internal Security [2 of 3]
  • Internal Security [3 of 3]

Box 15

  • International Bank and Monetary Fund, September 10, 1951
  • Italian Horses (Equestrian Statues) Dedication, September 26, 1951
  • Japanese Treaty Speech, September 4, 1951
  • Jefferson - Jackson Day Dinner, 1946, 1947, and 1948
  • Jefferson - Jackson Day Dinner, February 24, 1949
  • Jefferson - Jackson Day Dinner, February 16, 1950
  • Jefferson - Jackson Day Dinner, April 14, 1951

Box 16

  • Jefferson - Jackson Day Dinner, March 29, 1952
  • Kfar Truman, May 26, 1952
  • Korean Peace Offers
  • Korean Speech, July 19, 1950
  • Korean Speech, September 1, 1950
  • Korean Speech, September 9, 1950
  • Labor Day Speech, September 2, 1952
  • Lehman Plan (Endorsement of Governor Lehman for U.S. Senator) November 5, 1949
  • Liberty Bell Speech, Independence, MO, November 6, 1950
  • Lincoln Quotes
  • Little Rock Speech, June 11, 1949

Box 17

  • MacArthur, General Douglas, Chronology and Documents
  • MacArthur, General Douglas, Firing, April 11, 1951
  • MacArthur, General Douglas, San Francisco Speech, October 17, 1950
  • Madison, Wisconsin Draft
  • Marshall, General George C., Tribute, June, 1949
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), April 1, 1949
  • Messages, Presidential (mimeographed copies) 1949 - 1950 [1 of 2]
  • Messages, Presidential (mimeographed copies) 1949 - 1950 [2 of 2]
  • Messages, Presidential (mimeographed copies) 1950 - 1951

Box 18

  • Messages of the President, Miscellaneous, 1950
  • Messages of the President, miscellaneous, 1951
  • Messages of the President, miscellaneous, 1952
  • Miami Speech to the VFW, August 22, 1949
  • Mid - Century White House Conference on Children and Youth, December 5, 1950
  • Military Assistance, July 25, 1949
  • Military Surgeons Speech, November 19, 1952
  • Missouri Trip, President's, June 9 - 10, 1950

Box 19

  • Mutual Security Message, March 6, 1952
  • Mutual Security Speech, March 6, 1952
  • National Institute of Health Clinical Center, June 22, 1951
  • NATO - Third Anniversary, April 4, 1952
  • Negro Women (National Council of), November 15, 1949
  • North Atlantic Pact, April 4, 1949
  • Notes, Daily [1 of 2]
  • Notes, Daily [2 of 2]

Box 20

Box 21

  • Postmasters Speech, September 17, 1951
  • Powers of the President Re: Troops Overseas (Drafts)
  • Presbyterian Church (Alexandria, VA) Cornerstone Laying, November 23, 1952
  • Presbyterian Church (Washington D.C.) Cornerstone Laying, April 3, 1952
  • Presidential Speech, Proposed
  • Raleigh (NC) Speech of Undersecretary James Webb, January 28, 1950
  • Red Cross Cornerstone Laying, October 24, 1951
  • Red Cross Speech, February 27, 1951
  • Red Cross Speech, February 28, 1952
  • Remarks, Articles, Speeches (Other than Presidential)
  • Reserve Officers Speech, June 26, 1953
  • St. Paul (Minn.) Speech, November 3, 1949
  • San Francisco Luncheon Speech, September 4, 1951
  • Savings Bond Drive, May 16, 1949
  • Shriners Speech in Chicago, September 29, 1949 and Masonic Speech in St. Louis, July 20, 1949
  • Source Material
  • Speech Drafts, Miscellaneous

Box 22

  • Speech, Fiscal, October, 1948
  • Speech, Foreign Policy (Brooklyn, N.Y.), 1948
  • Speeches, 1948 Campaign, (mimeographed copies) [1 of 2]
  • Speeches, 1948 Campaign, (mimeographed copies) [2 of 2]
  • Speeches, 1948 Campaign, Miscellaneous Drafts
  • Speeches, 1948 Campaign, Buffalo
  • Speeches, 1948 Campaign, Minnesota Speech
  • Speeches, 1948 Campaign, Pittsburgh Speech
  • Speeches, 1948 Campaign, Springfield, Illinois Speech
  • Speeches, 1948 Campaign, St. Louis Speech
  • Speeches, 1948 Campaign, St. Louis and Cleveland Speeches
  • Speech Materials
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Whistle Stop, July, 1952 (mimeographed Copies)
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Whistle Stop, September 1 - 2
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Whistle Stop, September 2 - October 1

Box 23

  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Whistle Stop, July 1 - November 1 [1 of 2]
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Whistle Stop, July 1 - November 1 [2 of 2]
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Whistle Stop, October 2 - 12
  • Speeches, 1952 [1948] Campaign, Whistle Stop, "Off the Cuff"
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Havre, Montana, September 30
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Hungry Horse, Montana, October 1

Box 24

  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Spokane, Washington, October 1
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Seattle, Washington, October 2
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Tacoma, Washington, October 2
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Klamath Falls, Oregon, October 3
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Oakland, California, October 4
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, San Francisco, California, October 4
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Colorado Springs, Colorado, October 7
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Jefferson City, Missouri, October 8
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Cleveland, Ohio, October 9
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Buffalo, New York, October 9
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Rochester, New York, October 10
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Albany, New York, October 10 and Denver, Colorado, October 7
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, New York, New York (Columbus Day) October 11
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Miscellaneous Data, Re: Western Trip

Box 25

  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, President's Whistle stops, October 15 - 19, (mimeographed copies)
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Lawrence, Massachusetts, October 17
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Boston, Massachusetts, October 17
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Providence, Rhode Island, October 18
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Brooklyn, New York, October 18
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, President's Whistle stops, October 20 - 23, (mimeographed copies)
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Newark, New Jersey, October 21
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, October 21
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 21
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 22
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, President's Whistle stops, October 26 - November 3, (mimeographed copies)

Box 26

  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Gary, Indiana, October 27
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, St. Paul, Minnesota, October 28
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Hibbing, Minnesota, October 28
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Detroit, Michigan, October 30
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Toledo, Ohio, October 31
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Dayton, Ohio, October 31
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 31
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Terre Haute, Indiana, November 1
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, St. Louis, Missouri, November 1
  • Speeches, 1952 Campaign, Election Eve Speech, November 3
  • Speeches, Presidential, Presidential, 1949 and 1950, (mimeographed copies) [1 of 2]
  • Speeches, Presidential, Presidential, 1949 and 1950, (mimeographed copies) [2 of 2]
  • Speeches, Presidential, Presidential, 1951 and 1952, (mimeographed copies)
  • Speeches, Presidential, December, 1952

Box 27

  • State of the Union Message, January 5, 1949
  • State of the Union Message, January 4, 1950
  • State of the Union Message, January 8, 1951 [1 of 2]
  • State of the Union Message, January 8, 1951 [2 of 2]
  • State of the Union Message, January 9, 1952 [1 of 3]
  • State of the Union Message, January 9, 1952 [2 of 3]
  • State of the Union Message, January 9, 1952 [3 of 3]

Box 28

  • State of the Union Message, January 7, 1953
  • Statement, President's, October 27, 1952
  • Steelman, Dr. John R. - Speech to National Association of Women Lawyers, September 15, 1950
  • Steelman, Dr. John R. - Speech at Mt. Holyoke College, October 20, 1950
  • Steelman, Dr. John R. - Speech before American Society of Travel Agents, November 3, 1950
  • Steelman, Dr. John R. - Speech at Vanderbilt University, January 29, 1951
  • Steelman, Dr. John R. - Speech at Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas, June 3, 1951
  • Steelman, Dr. John R. - Speech to Veterans of Foreign Wars, Florida Department, June 15, 1951
  • Steelman, Dr. John R. - Speeches, 1952
  • Steel Strike Speech, April 8, 1952
  • Tax Message, February 2, 1951
  • 35th Division Reunion, June 7, 1952
  • Tullahoma, Tennessee - Arnold Engineering Development Dedication, June 25, 1951
  • Union Station Speech - Dedication of USO Lounge, August 8, 1951
  • United Nations, October 24, 1950

Box 29

  • United Nations Cornerstone Laying, October 24, 1949
  • United Nations Day, September 26, 1952
  • VA Voluntary Services Speech, May 21, 1952
  • Voting Record (House and Senate), 1949 - 1950
  • Wake Forest College, October 15, 1951
  • Washington Pilgrimage of American Churchmen, September 28, 1951
  • West Point Speech, May 20, 1952
  • Western Trip to Grand Coulee Dam, President Truman's, May 7 - 16, 1950
  • Westminster (Presbyterian) Church Cornerstone Laying, November 23, 1952
  • Williams' Letter Re: Presidential Salary, Senator
  • Wilson Speeches, Charles
  • Women's Day, Democratic, September 27, 1949
  • Women's Day, Democratic, September 27, 1950
  • Women's Day, Democratic, September 27, 1951
  • Women's National Democratic Club, November 20, 1951
  • Wright Memorial Dinner of the Aero Club of Washington, December 17, 1952
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