Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
April 12, 1945
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| President Roosevelt passed away at Warm Springs, Georgia. | ||
| Hon. Harry S. Truman sworn in as President of the United States in the Cabinet Room | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President After Taking the Oath of Office] | ||
| View United Newsreel Franklin Delano Roosevelt. | ||
| Executive Orders: [9538 AUTHORIZING CERTIFICATION FOR PROBATIONAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONS WHO LOST OPPORTUNITY FOR PROBATIONAL APPOINTMENT BECAUSE OF ENTRY INTO THE ARMED FORCES] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9539 Avra M Warren in the Foreign Service of the United States; April 13, 1945; not published] | ||
| No list of callers issued | ||
| Mr. Hugh Falton Mr. Edward McKim Mr. Leonard Reinsch | ||
| Mr. Duke Shoop Mr. Edward McKim | ||
| The Secretary of State [Edward Stettinius, Jr.] General George C. Marshall Adm. Ernest J. King Adm. William D. Leahy The Secretary of War [Henry L. Stimson] The Secretary of the Navy [James Forrestal] General Giles | ||
| Adm. Wilson Brown Col. Richard Park Hon. Jonathan Daniels | ||
| (Luncheon at the Capitol) | ||
| Hon. James F. Byrnes | ||
| Mr. Roy Roberts Mr. Duke Shoop | ||
| The Secretary of State [Edward Stettinius, Jr.] Hon. Charles Bohlen | ||
| No list given out | ||
| Hon. John Snyder | ||
| The Secretary of the Treasury [Henry Morgenthau, Jr.] | ||
| Lv. for Union Station to meet body of President Roosevelt, accompanied by Secretary Wallace and Justice James F. Byrnes | ||
| Mr. Andrew Higgins | ||
| Hon. Harry Hopkins | ||
| (Lunch) Hon. Harry Hopkins | ||
| Hon. Edw. J. Flynn | ||
| Adm. William D. Leahy Hon. James F. Byrnes | ||
| Attend funeral Services in East Room for President Roosevelt | ||
| Entrain for Hyde Park and interment of President Roosevelt | ||
| At Hyde Park | ||
| Attended interment of President Roosevelt | ||
| Entrained for Washington | ||
| Arr. Washington | ||
| On this date Franklin Delano Roosevelt was buried in the Rose Garden of his estate at Hyde Park, New York. See Eleanor & Harry: The Correspondence of Eleanor Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman: documents, photographs and more. Also, United Newsreel Funeral of President Roosevelt. | ||
| No official list given out | ||
| The Secretary of State [Edward Stettinius, Jr.] | ||
| Mr. Hugh Fulton | ||
| Adm. William D. Leahy | ||
| Hon. Anthony Eden The British Ambassador The Secretary of State [Edward Stettinius, Jr.] | ||
| (Hon. James F. Byrnes) | ||
| Address Joint Session of House and Senate [Public Papers] | ||
| Hon. Stephen T. Early Hon. William D. Hassett | ||
| Hon. Robert Hannegan | ||
| Arr. at Blair House accompanied by Mrs. Truman, Miss Truman and Mrs. Wallace | ||
| Executive Orders: [9540 AUTHORIZING THE PETROLEUM ADMINISTRATIOR TO TAKE THE POSESSION OF AND TO] | ||
| Official list issued for first time | ||
| Mr. S. J. Wolf (N.Y. Times artist) | ||
| The Secretary of State [Edward Stettinius, Jr.] and delegates to the San Francisco Conference | ||
| Sign Lend-Lease Bill [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing Bill Extending the Lend-Lease Act.] | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| (Senator Henrik Shipstead) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
Address broadcast to the Armed Forces.
[Public Papers] [ Audio excerpts: MP3 | QuickTime] |
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| [Public Papers: Statement by the President on the Death of Ernie Pyle] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President on the Senate's Approval of the Water Utilization Treaty With Mexico] | ||
| Senator Robert Taft and Steering Committee of the Senate: Sen. Arthur Vandenberg; Sen. Wallace H. White; Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry; Sen. Eugene Millikin; Sen. C. Wayland Brooks; Sen. Warren R. Austin; Sen. Styles Bridges; Sen. Harlan J. Bushfield | ||
| Sen. Albert W. Hawkes | ||
| (Bill Boyle) | ||
| Hon. Marvin Jones | ||
| Hon. Harold D. Smith | ||
| The Secretary of State [Edward Stettinius, Jr.] The Secretary of War [Henry L. Stimson] The Secretary of the Navy [James Forrestal] | ||
| (Mr. Charles Ross) | ||
| Father Schwitala and Group of Nursing Sisters from South and Central American Republics | ||
| Senator John H. Overton | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| The Postmaster General [Frank Walker] | ||
| The Secretary of the Navy [James Forrestal] Adm. Ernest J. King | ||
| Mr. Paul Dillon | ||
| Executive Orders: [9541 TRANSFERRING THE OFFICE OF SURPLUS PROPERTY OF THE PROCUREMENT DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE] | ||
| Sen. Robert A. Taft | ||
| Presentation of First Buddy Poppy (V.F.W. with the following present: Jean A. Brunner; Omar B. Ketchum; Charles Adams; Mrs. Charles Adams; Margaret Ann Forde; Miss Georgia Leffingwell | ||
| Rev. Frederick Brown Harris, D.D. | ||
| Sen. Kenneth McKellar Hon. Sam Rayburn Sen. Alben W. Barkley Congr. John W. McCormack | ||
| Hon. Robert Hannegan | ||
| Receive the Judge Advocates General from South American Republics | ||
| Gen. George C. Marshall | ||
| H.E. Mr. Huseyin Ragip Baydur, the Ambassador of Turkey | ||
| Dr. Charles Malik, the Minister of Lebanon | ||
| H.E. Hon. Sergio Osmena, the President of the Philippines The Secretary of State [Edward Stettinius, Jr.] The Secretary of War [Henry L. Stimson] The Secretary of the Navy [James Forrestal] The Secretary of the Interior [Harold L. Ickes] | ||
| H.E. Hon. T.V. Soong, the Foreign Minister of China The Secretary of State [Edward Stettinius, Jr.] The Secretary of War [Henry L. Stimson] The Secretary of the Navy [James Forrestal] | ||
| H.E. the French Ambassador H.E. M. Georges Bidault, the Min. of Foreign Affairs of France | ||
| (Mr. Mark Etheridge) | ||
| (Lunch) Mr. Lou Holland; Mr. Canfil; Mr. Vivian Truman; Mr. Sanders | ||
| Col. James Roosevelt | ||
| Presentation Seventh War Loan Poster; Sec. Morgenthau and Survivors of Flag Raising on Iwo Jima present | ||
| The Secretary of the Treasury [Henry Morgenthau, Jr.] | ||
| Commander Edward Scheiberling Col. John Taylor | ||
| Dr. Howard Rusk | ||
| Mr. Richard Nacy | ||
| The Secretary of the Interior [Harold L. Ickes] | ||
| Sen. Josiah W. Bailey Sen. Clyde R. Hoey | ||
| Sen. Tom Stewart Sen. Kenneth McKellar | ||
| Sen. Alexander Smith | ||
| Cong. Jed Johnson | ||
| Mr. H. C. Claudy Mr. John D. Cunningham | ||
| Dr. Stephen Wise | ||
| [Public Papers: President's News Conference] | ||
| Hon. W. Averell Harriman The Secretary of State [Edward Stettinius, Jr.] The Under Secretary of State Hon. Charles Bohlen | ||
| Sen. Harry F. Byrd | ||
| Sen. Tom Connally | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Cabinet (After Cabinet: The Sec. of Labor; The Sec. of War | ||
| Reception at Blair House for Foreign Heads of Mission going to San Francisco |