Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
April 28, 1948
President Harry S. Truman's appointment calendar covers the dates from April 12, 1945 to January 20, 1953. Please select a date within that range.
| Mr. Albert Hillix, President, Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Mr. Howard I. Young, Chairman, Board of St. Louis Chamber of Commerce Mr. George W. Catts, Executive Director, Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Mr. H. Emmett Slusher, President of Missouri Farm Bureau Federation, of Jefferson City, Mo. (Mr. Hillix wrote Mr. Matthew Connelly in March that they would be here for national meeting, and that the Kansas City and St. Louis heads of Chambers of Commerce would like to call on the President) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Captain Robert Dennison) | ||
| (Honorable Gael Sullivan) (Honorable Joseph Kennan) (Mr. Sullivan called Mr. Matthew Connelly to ask if they might come in off the record) | ||
| (Father Curtis Tiernan) | ||
| (Mr. Frank Haas) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt | ||
| The Secretary of Argiculture [Clinton P. Anderson] Senator Carl A. Hatch, New Mexico Senator Dennis Chavez, N. Mexico Congressman Antonio M Fernandez, N. Mexico Congressman Georgia L. Lusk, New Mexico (Senator Hatch phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly to ask if the New Mexico Delegation, with Secretary Clinton P. Anderson, might call on the President and discuss an Army Hospital in New Mexico that is being abandoned) | ||
| (Mr. and Mrs. George Trader, of Sedalia, Mo.) (Mr. Kelly Scruton asked that the President say "hello" to them. Came to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and see the President off the record) | ||
| Dr. Lee De Forest (Arranged by General Harry Vaughan. Dr. De Forest is inventor of the 3-electrode radio tube and many other radio and telephone adjuncts.) | ||
| Vice Admiral William W. Smith, USN (Ret.), Chairman, Maritime Commission (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday to ask for this appointment) | ||
| Honorable Maurice Tobin, former Governor of Mass. (Senator J. Howard McGrath asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange as Governor Maurice Tobin is in Washington) | ||
| The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] (Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer Dr. Lee A. DuBridge Dr. I. I. Rabi | ||
| (Honorable Paul Fitzpatrick) (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask if he might come in off the record and discuss politics) | ||
| (Honorable W. Averell Harriman) (Honorable Paul Hoffman) | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (Mr. Burke for Post Office; Mr. Morse for Labor; Secretary Charles Sawyer absent; Secretary Clinton P. Anderson absent; General Fleming absent) | ||
| The Secretary of the Interior [Julius A. Krug] (Asked for this earlier in week) | ||
| The Attorney General [Tom C. Clark] | ||
| Senator Ernest W. McFarland, Arizona (Phoned Mr. Connelly and asked for this appointment) | ||
| Bishop John S. Stamm of Harrisburg, Pa. Bishop Angus Dun, of Washington, D. C. Dr. John R. Cunningham, of Davidson, N. C. Dr. Walter W. Van Kirk, Executive Secretary, Federal Council of Churches (Dr. Cavett of Federal Council of Churches wired Mr. Matthew Connelly Tuesday, stating "Special meeting of Federal Council of Churches held yesterday to consider international situation, especially Soviet American relations, formulated important conclusions. Eager for consultation with President before release to the public.") | ||
| Honorable W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly to ask for this appointment) | ||
| (Mr. Paul Rowan) (Off the record) | ||
| Mr. C. Bruce Hill, President of Chamber of Commerce of Canada (At request of Mr. William Clayton. Mr. Matthew Connelly also cleared with Canadian Embassy through Mr. Woodward's office) | ||
| (Mr. Joe Mulieri, Principal Editor of a South Carolina Weekly) (Congressman Dorn asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to let Mr. Mulieri come in just to shake hands. The Congress- man said Mulieri was great admirer of the President. Off the record) | ||
| (Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Wanzer) (Mr. Wanzer phoned that he was here for Conference of U. S. Chamber of Commerce; that he was member of Battery D., and that he would like to bring his wife in to meet the President. Off the Record) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Honorable Frank Pace, Bureau of the Budget Mr. Leo Martin (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly yesterday to ask for this appointment) | ||
| (Mr. Howard Bruce) (Off the record) | ||
| (Dean Rusk) | ||
| The President and Mrs. Truman left the White House for a dinner engagement. | ||
| (The President left for the Statler Hotel, where he will address National Health Assembly) | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks at the National Health Assembly Dinner] | ||
| The President received the first Buddy Poppy opening the annual drive of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. It was presented by an orphan child from the V. F. W. National Home for widows and orphans at Eaton Rapids, Michigan. (Miss Sandra Marie Smith (of VFW Home) Mr. Ray H. Brannaman, Commander-in-Chief, VFW Mr. Omar B. Ketchum, Dir., VFW Legislative Service Mr. Neil W. Kimball, Dir., VFW Public Relations Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Adams, Manager, VFW Natl. Home Mrs. Seffingwell | ||
| The President received the representatives of the Associated Cutlery Industries of America: Mr. Felix A. Mirando Albert M. Baer, N.Y.C., N. Y. Lewis D. Bement, Deerfield, Mass. Fred C. Kilguss, Secretary to Senator J. Howard McGrath | ||
| Mr. Albert S. Goss, Master of National Grange (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last Friday to ask for this appointment) | ||
| Senator Allan J. Ellender Honorable Earl Long, Governor-elect of Louisiana (To pay respects - arranged by General Harry Vaughan) | ||
| Honorable David A. Morse, Under Secretary of Labor (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly last week to ask for this appointment) | ||
| Honorable Wayne Coy, Chairman, F. C. C. (Mr. Matthew Connelly phoned Mr. Coy and asked him to come in and see the President) | ||
| Mrs. Jewell W. Swofford, Commissioner for Special Services, Federal Security Agency (Wrote to Mr. Matthew Connelly and to the President, stating she would like few moments talk with the President) | ||
| The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] (Usual Monday appointment) | ||
| (Cabinet Luncheon - Treasury, Agriculture and Labor absent. Both W. Averell Harriman and Charles Sawyer attended for Commerce. Secretary James Forrestal also absent) | ||
| Honorable Oscar Ewing Mr. and Mrs. Bill Robinson | ||
| (Ambassador Frank P. Corrigan and daughter) | ||
| (The Secretary of the Interior [Julius A. Krug]) (The Secretary of the Navy [John L. Sullivan]) (The Secretary of the Army [Kenneth C. Royall]) (Admiral William D. Leahy) (Mr. Matthew Connelly requested that they come to this Off-the-Record meeting with the President) | ||
| [Public Papers: Veto of Bill Authorizing Coins Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Territory of Minnesota] | ||
| Honorable Herbert H. Lehamn [Lehman] (Mr. Connelly, at the President's direction, wrote Governor Lehamn [Lehman] that the President hoped he could come in soon for a little visit) | ||
| Congressman Clarence F. Lea, Calif. Congressman Charles K. Fletcher, Calif. Congressman Willis W Bardley, Calif. Congressman Alfred J. Elliott, Calif. Congressman John Phillips, Calif. Congressman Franck R. Havenner, Calif. Congressman Ernest K. Bramblett,Calif. Congressman LeRoy Johnson, Calif. Congressman Richard J. Welch, Calif. Congressman John J. Allen, Jr., Calif. Congressman Jack Z. Anderson, Calif. Mr. D. R. Bailey, Gen. Manger, Calif. Almond Growers Exchange Mr. Chapin, of Almond Growers Exchange (Congressman Lea called Mr. Connelly and asked him to arrange for this group from California Delegation to call on the President to present document signed by several thousand almond growers with reference to the tariff on almonds in connection with the Reciprocal Trade Treaty) | ||
| (Dr. Harry Alfred Curtis, Dean of College of Engineering of University of Missouri) (Off record. Don Dawson brought him in) | ||
| Mr. Fred Colving, Editor of Denver Post (Mr. Barnet Nover) (At request of Mr. Nover) | ||
| Honorable Edward K. Delaney, Mayor-elect of St. Paul, Minn. Mr. Stephen H. Harrington, Chairman, Finance Committee, Democratic State Committee (Mr. Harrington wrote Mr. Connelly that as Republicans in Minnesota went all out to try to defeat Mr. Delaney etc., thought it would be good idea to have Delaney come down to Washington and see the President imme- diately after he was elected Mayor, so it can be played up as defeat for Stassen. Felt it would help tremendous- ly in their fight in State of Minnesota) | ||
| Dr. Harcourt A. Morgan, Vice Chairman, T.V.A. (Mr. Connelly invited Dr. Morgan to come in and see the President. Miss Owen explained that Dr. Morgan is getting a little feeble and she might come along as escort only) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Senator Tom Connally, Texas Senator Scott Lucas, Ill. Congressman Sam Rayburn, Texas Congressman John W. McCormack, Mass. Congressman Robert Doughton, N. C. Congressman Jere Cooper, Tenn. Congressman John D. Dingell, Mich. (Mr. Connelly asked them to come in and discuss with the President, Social Security legislation. Senator George was also invited, but was out of town due to illness of his father) | ||
| Congressman Walter G. Andrews, N. Y. | ||
| (Off-the-record meeting in the President's Study: Senator Howard McGrath Honorable Samuel Rosenman Honorable Oscar Ewing Honorable Clark Clifford Honorable Matthew J. Connelly General Harry Vaughan Mr. Donald Dawson Honorable Frank Walker Honorable George Allen Honorable Leslie Biffle) | ||
| [Public Papers: Message to the Congress Transmitting the First Report on the Foreign Aid Program] | ||
| (Dr. Judah Magnus, off the record) | ||
| Senator Warren G. Magunson, Wash. Congressman Henry M. Jackson (Called Mr. Connelly yesterday to ask for this appointment) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of Budget | ||
| H. E. Signor Alberto Tarchiani, the Italian Ambassador | ||
| (Mr. William Boyle) | ||
| Mr. Joe Costa, President, National Press Photographers' Association, King Features (To present to the President a specially bound copy of the book "The Great Pictures - 1948", given him by the School of Journalism, University of Missouri. Coast was chairman of jury of selection for the Fifth Annual Competition sponsored jointly by the School of Journalism, University of Missouri and the Encyclopaedia Britannica. This book features selection of 100 best from thousand entries sent in from all over the world.) | ||
| Honorable Stanley Lewis, Mayor of Ottawa, Canada Senator Norman McLeod Paterson Mr. E. Keith Davidson, President, Board of Trade, Ottawa H. E. Hume Wrong, the Canadian Ambassador Honorable Russell Boucher, Member of Canadian Parliament (The Canadian Embassy asked for this appointment. These gentlemen came here with a delegation from Canadian Board of Trade) | ||
| Honorable Warren Austin | ||
| (Mr. Louis McGee) (Mr. Joe McGee) | ||
| (Mr. Robert Magidoff, foreign correspondent for NBC) (Mr. William McAndrews) (Magidoff to report on his stay in Europe - off the record) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. Max Lowenthal) | ||
| (The President "dropped in" on a Tea which Mrs. Truman gave at the White House for delegates to the National Conference on Family Life) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9955 REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO PROMOTIONS TO CERTAIN GRADES IN THE REGULAR CORPS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9956 Exemption of Harry B. Mitchell From Compulsory Retirement for Age; May 6, 1948; not published] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9959 CREATING A BOARD OF INQUIRY TO REPORT ON A LABOR DISPUTE AFFECTING THE COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES] | ||
| The Secretary of the Army [Kenneth C. Royall] | ||
| The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly late yesterday) | ||
| (The Secretary of Agriculture [Clinton P. Anderson]) (To discuss his successor - off the record) | ||
| (Major Gen Laurence S. Kuter, Director, Military Transport) (Rear Admiral John P. Whitney, Deputy to General Kuter) (Off the Record - Arranged by Colonel Robert Landry, who brought them in.) | ||
| Mr. James C. Petrillo (To invite the President to concert of the American Federation of Musicians, to be given in Washington, May 25th, 27th or 28th. This is the curtain raiser to national effort of American Federation of Musicians, which has appropriated $1,700,000 this year for free public music, entertainment in veterans' hospitals and other institutions, civic music events, etc.) | ||
| The President made address opening the National Conference on Family Life. [Public Papers: Remarks at the National Conference on Family Life] | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Honorable James Webb, Director, Bureau of Budget) | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (Mr. Morse for Labor - all others present) | ||
| Rabbi Samuel Thurman, United Hebrew Congregation, St.Louis, Mo. (Wrote the President that he would be here for National Family Life Conference - the President wrote him to come and see him - old friend) | ||
| Dr. William Menninger (Asked Mr. Charles Ross to arrange this for him. Wants to see the President on a health matter. Is President of the American Psychiatric Association; was head of Neuro-psychiatry Department of Army; is head of Winter General Hospital, Topeka, Kansas; also one of directors of famous Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas) | ||
| Honorable North Winship, American Minister Designate to the Union of South Africa (To pay respects before departing for post at Pretoria) | ||
| Honorable William Benton, Chairman of Delegation to the Freedom of Information Conference at Geneva. (Requested appointment to report to the President on some of the "aspects of this conference which will be of direct and personal interest to him") | ||
| Mrs. E. Hamilton Dutcher, Jr., Natl. President, Gold Star Wives of America, Inc. Mrs. Kathleen O'Connor, President, Potomac Area Chapter Mrs. E. H. Jordan, Founder and Executive Director Miss Joan Dickenson, (singer at Benefit Concert) Senator Raymond E. Baldwin, Conn. Congressman John W. McCormack, Mass. Congressman John W. Heselton, Mass. Senator Brien McMahon, Conn. Congressman Homer A. Ramey, Conn. Congressman Georgia L. Lusk, New Mexico Congressman Olin E. Teague, Texas Congressman Melvin Price Congressman James T. Patterson Congressman John Kunkel Congressman Walter B. Huber Mr. Frank J. Powers Congressman Claude I. Bakewell Congressman M. Howes Mead (Presented to the President tickets for concert the Gold Star Wives of America are giving for benefit of a nation-wide "Medical Fund" they are establishing to aid American's war widows and orphans in time of emergency. Arranged by Senator J. Howard McGrath with Mr. Matthew Connelly.) | ||
| (Mrs. India Edwards) (Miss Freda Hennock) (Off the record) | ||
| (Honorable Burton K. Wheeler) (Wanted to see the President before leaving for trip to Europe) (Off the record) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. Charles Kohen, of American Legion) (Gave the President a brace of antique pistols. Off the record) | ||
| Mr. Harry Martin, Pres., American Newspaper Guild | ||
| (Mr. Leo Conway) | ||
| (Secretary of State [George C. Marshall]) (Secretary of Defense [James Forrestal]) (Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]) (Director of the Budget) (Admiral Sidney Souers) | ||
| PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY | ||
| (Honorable Maple Harl) (Off the record) | ||
| Senator Owen Brewster |