Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
May 19, 1948
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| Honorable Thomas B. McCabe, Chairman Board of Governors, Federal Reserve Bank (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly Tuesday to ask for this) | ||
| Mr. Roy Baker, President of the Young Democrats Mr. Vince Garighan Henry Boisvert Mr. Harry Baker Miss Dorothy Caddigan Mrs. Kay Glass Miss Lucy Lonergan (Presented gift to the President) | ||
| (Mr. Jim Reeves) | ||
| Dr. H. B. Washburn, President of American Dental Assn. Dr. C. Willard Camelier, past President (Senator J. Howard McGrath asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange this. Dr. Washburn is making tour of country as National President of American Dental Association, and wishes to call on the President to convey greetings of the association and to offer their cooperation with his health program. Senator J. Howard McGrath added "I am sure that Dr. Washburn can be of considerable help to the President while traveling around the country".) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| The President left by train for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he addressed commencement exercises at Girard College. | ||
| [Public Papers: Remarks in Philadelphia in the Girard College Chapel] | ||
| [Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress on Alaska] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing Bill Providing Funds for Military Aircraft] | ||
| (The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall]) (The Under Secretary of State) (The Secretary of Defense [James Forrestal]) (Honorable W. Averell Harriman) (Admiral Sidney Souers) (Honorable Charles E. Bohlen) (Honorable G.F. Kennan) (Off the record) | ||
| Senator Alben W. Barkley, Ky. Senator Walter F.George, Ga. Congressman Sam Rayburn, Texas Congressman John W. McCormack, Mass. Congressman Robert Doughton, N. C. Congressman Jere Cooper, Tenn. Congressman John D. Dingel, Michigan Honorable Oscar Ewing, Administrator, Federal Security Agency (Mr. Matthew Connelly asked them to come in for a conference with the President on Social Security Legislation) | ||
| (Sir Guy Garrod, Air Chief Marshal, Great Britain) (Colonel Robert Landry arranged.) | ||
| Former King Peter of Yugoslavia Hon. Constantin Fotick, former Ambassador of Yugoslavia (To pay respects) | ||
| (Senator J. Howard McGrath, R.I.) (Honorable Wayne Coy, Chairman, F.C.C.) (Off the record) | ||
| Honorable Felix Cole, American Ambassador to Ceylon (To pay respects before departing to assume new duties at Kandy) | ||
| (Lt. Otis E. Brown) (Lt. Frank Sallen, USN) | ||
| General Jose Humberto Sosa Molina, the Argentine Minister of War Hon. Senor Don Martin Luis Drago, the Argentine Minister (General Sosa Molina has arrived in Washington as guest of the Department of the Army, and at the invitation of this government) | ||
| (Mr. Jim Reeves) (Mr. W. W. Chism of Haiti, Missouri | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| Honorable Norris E. Dodd, Under Secretary of Agriculture (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange this.) | ||
| (Mr. Lawrence Hastings and daughter and son-in-law) | ||
| (The President and Mrs. Truman gave a tea for the Members of the American Law Institute and the ladies who accompany them.) | ||
| Aboard U.S.S. WILLIAMSBURG | ||
| Aboard the U.S.S WILLIAMSBURG | ||
| Executive Orders: [9962 REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PAYMENT OF SALARIES AND COMPENSATION OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES OUTSIDE THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES OR IN ALASKA] | ||
| [Public Papers: Special Message to the Congress on Social Security] | ||
| (Honorable Roy Harper) (Mr. Neal Helm) | ||
| Honorable Robert Butler, Ambassador Designate to Cuba | ||
| (Governor Mon Wallgren) | ||
| Congressman Donald L. O'Toole, N. Y.) (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly to ask for ths) | ||
| Vice Admiral William W. Smith, Chairman, U. S. Maritime Commission | ||
| Honorable R. M. Evans, Member Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System (When Chairman McCabe called on the President last week, they arranged for Mr. Evans to call) | ||
| The President received the following group from the Slovak League of America: Dr. Peter P. Hletko Msgr. F. J. Dubosh Reverend John J. Lach Mr. Frank Gurcak Mr. Joseph J. Bendick Mr. Paul Jamriska Reverend Joseph A. Krispinsky Mr. Michael S. Rehak Dr. Michael Gaydosh Mr. Michael Besak Honorable John W. Gibson, Asst. Secretary of Labor (This request originated with Secretary Lewis B. Schwellenbach who asked Mr. Matthew Connelly back in February if the President would see a delegation from Slovak League to talk about relief to Europe and expecially the Stratton Bill, to admit displaced persons. At this time the request was turned down.) | ||
| Honorable Sean McBride, the Foreign Minister of Ireland Hon. Sean Nunan, the Minister of Ireland (Mr. McBride making hurried trip to this country in connection with ECA. Only here through today) | ||
| General Carl Spaatz (This is really a presentation to General Spaatz of the third oak leaf cluster to DSM. Also the President will hand him a sterling silver cigarette box which is a gift of the Chiefs of Staff, and on which is engraved the President's name. | ||
| (Congressman Toby Morris, Oklahoma) (Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Claycomb) | ||
| The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] | ||
| (Cabinet Luncheon) | ||
| (Mr. Harry Schwimmer) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget (Dr. John Steelman) | ||
| (Honorable Blevins Davis) | ||
| Senator Scott Lucas, Ill. Honorable David A. Morse, Under Secretary of Labor Congressman John W. McCormack Senator Elbert D. Thomas Senator James E. Murray Congressman John Lesinski, Michigan Congressman Graham A. Barden, N. C. Congressman Augustine B. Kelley, Pa. (Mr. Matthew Connelly asked them to come in for conference on Wage and Hour Legislation.) | ||
| Senator Clyde R. Hoey, N. C. Congressman Herbert C. Bonner, N. C. (Congressman Bonner and Senator Hoey asked for this appointment in order that they might extend an invitation to the President to visit Roanoke Island on August 18th, the celebration of the establishment of Fort Raleigh) | ||
| (Mr. William Delano, Architect of New York City) Off record - Mr. Delano phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly from New York last week to ask for this appointment) | ||
| Honorable Chaim Weizmann, President of the Provisional Government of Israel (The President invited Dr. Weizmann to call on him.) | ||
| (Mr. Harold Callender, Chief of Paris Bureau of New York Times (Off the record - Mr. Charles Ross brought him in.) | ||
| (Judge Roy Harper) | ||
| (Honorable Sam Jackson) (Mr. Frank McHale) (Off the record) | ||
| The President presented the John Wesley Hyatt Award for the Advancement of Plastics to John D. Cochrane, Jr., Director of Research and Development of the Formica Insulation Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. Approximately 100 guests were present. | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Dean William Worster, Dean of School of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (Re appointment National Capitol Parks and Planning Commission- off the record) | ||
| The President received the Members of the Medal for Merit Board, as follows: Honorable Owen D. Roberts Honorable Richmond Keech Honorable Stephen T. Early Honorable D. Lawrence Groner (Held their last meeting today in Conference Room) | ||
| Honorable Carl Bailey, former Governor of Arkansas Mr. Eugene Warren, of Arkansas (Requested by Secretary John Snyder) | ||
| (The President and Mrs. Truman left for Constitution Hall, where they attended the concert of the American Federation of Musicians.) | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the Speaker on Federal Aid to Education] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the Chairman, Senate Appropriations Committee, Urging Restoration of Funds for a TVA Steamplant at New Johnsonville, Tennessee] | ||
| (Director James Webb) | ||
| (Mr. Dick Nacy) (Came to see Mr. Connelly and saw the President, off the record) | ||
| Honorable John G.Townsend, former Senator from Delaware (Bought the President annual gift of strawberries) | ||
| National Commander Forrest F. Watson, Military Order of World Wars Colonel Edwin S. Bettleheim, Washington representative (To invite the President to their national convention in Florida next October) | ||
| (Honorable Richard B. McEntire, Member, S.E.C.) (Off record - at suggestion of Mr. Donald Dawson - to discuss consideration of McEntire's reappointment to SEC) | ||
| Mr. Frank W. Hayes, Chairman, Democratic State Comittee Judge J. R. Garreson, Warrensburg, Missouri (Wrote to Mr. Connelly asking if he could see the President this week) | ||
| Mr. Andrew T. Durbin, of Kenton, Ohio (Is Democratic Candidate for Congress from Eight Congressional District of Ohio. Wrote Mr. Connelly stating he was nominated in Primary on May 4th, carrying five out of six counties and had large majority. Says his district is ordinarily Democratic by 5000.) | ||
| H. E. Senor Don Mario A.Esquivel, Ambassador from Costa Rica (Newly appointee - presented credentials.) | ||
| (Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tolan) | ||
| (Honorable Raymond S. McKeough, Member, U. S. Maritime Commission (Off record - Phoned Mr. Connelly to ask for this) | ||
| Honorable Charles F. Brannan (To thank the President for appointing him Secretary of Agriculture) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Mr. William Boyle) (Mr. Calhoun) | ||
| (Mr. Bernard Dickmann) | ||
| (General Harry H. Vaughan) (Dr. Alfaro) (Mr. John Crane) (Mr. Robert Fowler) | ||
| (Father Curtis Tiernan) (To say goodbye as is leaving for his home today.) | ||
| Senator Allen J. Ellender, La. Senator William C. Feazel, La. (Senator Ellender asked if he might bring this new Senator down and introduce him to the President) | ||
| Senator Harley M. Kilgore,W.Va. Honorable Russell Adams, C.A.A. (Mr.Adams wishes to thank the President for appoint- ing him to CAA and as Adams is from West Virginia, asked if Senator Kilgore might accompany him.) | ||
| The Secretary of the Interior [Julius A. Krug] Honorable Ernest H. Gruening, Governor of Alaska (Secretary Julius A. Krug asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange this. Governor is leaving for Alaska very soon - has many subjects to discuss, among them Alaskan politics.) | ||
| The President received the Director and the State Directors of the Office of Selective Service Records (Meeting here in Washington this week, and asked to pay respects to the President) | ||
| (Mr. Rufus Burrus) (The President told his brother, Mr. Vivian Truman, that he would see Mr. Burrus while in Washington) | ||
| (Honorable Nelson Smith, Chairman, Federal Power Commission (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange for him to have an off the record conference with the President) | ||
| Honorable Dwight Griswold, Chief of the American Mission to Greece (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange for this) | ||
| The President awarded the Medal for Merit and the Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster to Dr. Vannevar Bush and Dr. James Bryant Conant The following guests were present: Mrs. James B.Conant Mrs. Vannevar Bush Dr. and Mrs. Richard D. Bush Mr. Carroll L. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Paul Scherer | ||
| Honorable Robert Lovett, the Under Secretary of State (Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| Lunch | ||
| Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] | ||
| (The Attorney General [Tom C. Clark]) | ||
| (The Secretary of Defense [James Forrestal]) (The Secretary of Interior [Julius A. Krug]) (The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]) (Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of Budget) | ||
| (The Secretary of Commerce [Charles Sawyer]) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9963 Exemption of Samuel B. Hill From Compulsory Retirement for Age; May 28, 1948; not published] | ||
| Cabinet [Meeting] (Robert Lovett for State, Morse for Labor -- Interior and Agriculture were not represented.) | ||
| The President received from the Postmaster General [Jesse M. Donaldson], the first issue of the 3-cent Four Chaplains Commemorative stamp, in a ceremony held in the rose garden. About 400 guests were present. [Remarks of the President: View Text] | ||
| H. E.Senor Don Ernesto Jaen Guardia, the Ambassador of Panama (Is leaving for good as is now appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of his country. To say goodbye.) | ||
| Honorable Wolmar Bostrom, former Minister of Sweden at Washington (Was Minister of Sweden here for nineteen years and retired one year ago. Wants now to pay respects and say "Goodbye") | ||
| (Mr. Frank Andrews, President Hotel New Yorker, New York City) (George Allen told Mr. Matthew Connelly that Mr. Andrews wanted to see the President.) | ||
| Honorable Paul Hoffman Honorable Howard Bruce (Mr. Hoffman asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to let them come in for ten or fifteen minutes) | ||
| (Left for Navy Yard) | ||
| The President cruised aboard USS WILLIAMSBURG. | ||
| Aboard USS WILLIAMSBURG. | ||
| The President came ashore, motored to Arlington National Cemetary where he delivered Memorial Day address in the Amphitheatre. | ||
| The President returned to the Navy Yard, boarded USS WILLIAMSBURG and resumed holiday cruise. | ||
| Aboard USS WILLIAMSBURG | ||
| Returned to White House. |