Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
June 01, 1948
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| [Public Papers: Letter to the Federal Works Administrator on the Flood Disaster in the Pacific Northwest] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing Bill Admitting Canadians to the Military and Naval Academies] | ||
| (Mr. Joe Healey) (Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Michel, of Missouri) (Friends of Judge Duncan and Phil Welch. They will come to see Mr. Matthew Connelly and see the President off the record) | ||
| (Mr. George Harrison, President, Union of Railway Clerks) (Called Mr. Matthew Connelly and asked for the appointment) | ||
| Senator Carl Hayden, Arizona Senator Ernest W. McFarland, Arizona (They asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange appointment) | ||
| Honorable George Brunner, Mayor of Camden, N. J. Mr. John Green, President, Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America (CIO) (Requested by Cong. Mary Norton, who had been asked to make it by Frank Hague) | ||
| Honorable Charles U. Bay, American Ambassador to Norway (Asked for this through Mr. Stanley Woodward) | ||
| H. E. Mauricio Nabuco, the Ambassador of Brazil (Newly appointed) | ||
| (Mr. Joseph P. Dineen, columnist and magazine writer for the Boston Globe) (Collector of Internal Revenue Denis W. Delaney of Boston wrote Mr. Matthew Connelly stating that Dineen is extremely friendly and wants to do real story which will be on page one of Boston Sunday Globe and which "will be beneficial to cause", etc. Mr. Charles Ross approved this, stating, of course, could not write anything in nature of interview, just background material. Off the record) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Newsreels) | ||
| (Mr. and Mrs. Tim Moran) | ||
| (The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of Budget | ||
| (Judge Richmond Keech swore in Mr. William J. Hopkins as Executive Clerk in Charge of the White House Executive Office. Ceremonies held in the President's office) | ||
| Senator J. Howard McGrath, R. I. Senator Scott Lucas, Ill. Congressman Sam Rayburn, Texas Congressman John W. McCormack, Mass. (Mr. Matthew Connelly asked them to come in for this conference. Senator Alben W. Barkley also invited but in Paducah, Ky., and could not get transportation which would bring him back in time.) | ||
| Admiral D. C. Ramsey Admiral R. L. Conolly (Arranged by Captain Robert Dennsion) | ||
| Honorable Kenneth C. Royall, Secretary of the Army (Asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange re Voorhees matter) | ||
| (Honorable Garland S. Ferguson, Member, Federal Trade Commission) (Arranged at the suggestion of Mr. Donald Dawson, off the record) | ||
| Senator J. Howard McGrath of R. I., and group of Czech-American leaders: John Saladiak, President, Slovak National Alliance of America and National Slovakain Society, Pittsburgh Andrew J. Valuchek, National President, Slovak Gymnastic Union of Sokols, and Managing Editor of New York Dennick, a Czech Daily, New York City James Hvorka, Youngstown, Ohio John Drahos, Secretary General of National Czechoslovak Council John W. Golosinec, Chicago (At the request of Senator McGrath) | ||
| (Mr. Jim Lillis) | ||
| (Mr. Willaim T. Faricy, President, Association of American Railroads) (Arranged at suggestion of Dr. John R. Steelman, off the record) | ||
| Honorable Maple Harl, Chairman, FDIC John Golob, National Commander, Disabled American Veterans (Mr. Harl asked Mr. Matthew Connelly to arrange this appointment) | ||
| (Honorable Paul Fitzpatrick, State Chairman, New York and his brother) (Mr. Fitzpatrick asked Mr. Matthew Connelly if he might bring his brother in to meet the President, off the record) | ||
| Mr. Frank Land Mr. Carl Miller Mr. Karl Templeton Mr. Joseph Downey Mr. Arthur Gullickson Mr. Frank Roundy Mr. Thomas Houston Mr. Ed Sheppard | ||
| Mr. Frank Stanton, President, Columbia Broadcasting Company) (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly from New York last week. Off the record) | ||
| Major General Philip B. Fleming, Public Works Admin. Hon. W. E. Reynolds, Commissioner of Public Buildings Mr. A. Bruce Bielaski, Asst. Gen. Manager, National Board of Fire Underwriters, New York Mr. W. Walter Williams, President of Continental, Inc. Seattle, Washington (Members of the Continuing Committee of the Presi- dent's Conference on Fire Prevention. Presented final report.) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Honorable William O. Douglas, Assoc. Justice, Supreme Court of the United States) (Off the record) | ||
| (The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]) (Off the record) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9964 CREATING A BOARD OF INQUIRY TO REPORT ON CERTAIN LABOR DISPUTES AFFECTING THE MARITIME INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES] | ||
| Executive Orders: [9965 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE CERTAIN DISPUTES BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AIRLINES, INC., AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES] | ||
| [Public Papers: Letter to the Federal Works Administrator in Response to a Report on Fire Prevention] | ||
| (Mr. William Boyle) (Mrs. William Boyle, Sr.) (Miss Jean Boyle) (Mr. Boyle wants to bring in his mother and his daughter. Off the record) | ||
| Honorable Bernard M. Baruch (Called Mr. Connelly from New York yesterday) | ||
| Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Wyo. (Phoned Mr. Connelly last week to ask for this) | ||
| Mr. Woodville Rogers, of Texas | ||
| Honorable William C. Foster (Formerly Under Secretary of Commerce) | ||
| Honorable Raymond M. Foley, Administrator, Housing and Finance Agency (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this) | ||
| Honorable Emmet O'Neal, American Ambassador ot the Republic of the Philippines (Asked Mr. Connelly to arrange this) | ||
| Dr. Edwin Nourse | ||
| Honorable Paul Hoffman | ||
| H.E. Sir Oliver Shewell Franks, KCB, CBE, the British Ambassador (Newly appointed - presented credentials) | ||
| (Major General Robert W. Crawford, USA) (General Omar Bradley) (The Secretary of the Army [Kenneth C. Royall]) (Off the record) | ||
| The Secretary of State [George C. Marshall] (Usual Thursday appointment) | ||
| (Lunch) | ||
| (Newsreels) | ||
| (The President went to Walter Reed Hospital to see Secretary of Labor, Lewis Schwellenbach) | ||
| Honorable James E. Webb, Director of Budget | ||
| (Honorable John L. Sullivan, Secretary of the Navy) | ||
| (The President left for Union Station where he boarded the train for western trip.) | ||
| Executive Orders: [9966 Exemption of Carroll Miller From Compulsory Retirement for Age; June 4, 1948; not published] | ||
| [Public Papers: Rear Platform Remarks in Ohio and Indiana] | ||
| Altoona, Pennsylvania Puskar, Charles E., Secretary-Treasurer, Pennsylvania Chapter of National Association of Postmasters and approximately 400 Postmasters. | ||
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Mr. William D. Forsythe, Commander of the Allegheny County American Legion boarded the train and presented a plaque to the President. | ||
| Fort Wayne, Indiana Honorable Frank M. McHale, Democratic National Committeeman for Indiana | ||
| Chicago, Illinois Mr. Russ Steward, Sun and Times Company, Chicago Mr. James B. McCahey Mr. Steve Anglin Mr. C. E. Harper Judge Klaver Mr. Fred Bowman H. R. H. Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, third son of the Crown Prince of Sweden Judge Sherman Minton Mr. Al Whitney of Railroad Brotherhoods John Payton and Ed Egan M. R. Evans Bill Kent, Chicago Sun and Times | ||
| [Public Papers: Address in Chicago Before the Swedish Pioneer Centennial Association] | ||
| [Public Papers: Informal Remarks in Nebraska] | ||
| Omaha, Nebraska V. C. Leigh Theo Quinn Sam Alberts Walter H. Fried Mark K. Hirsch M. R. Evans Mr. Joe Nickell Ed McKim Fred Deutsch D. M. Murphy Peter Pankhert Ernest Frisch Robert S. Green James Quigley Francis Matthews Joe Votova John Hopkins Nels Kraschel Clarence Clark Sam Josephson Governor Peterson Major Cunningham Mr. Sloan of the Reclamation Bureau Brig. General Pick Major General Ralph Truman Major General Miltonberger Robert Drum J. V. Johnson Gordon Preble Frank Cronin E. J. Lafferty Major General Walker The President shook hands with: William Ritchie, Omaha J. C. Quigley, Valentine Thomas Lanigan, Grand Island Stanley D. Long, Grand Island Clinton Anderson, Lincoln Clarence Clark, Lincoln Francis P. Matthews, Omaha Frank Sorrell, Syracuse Peter Parkert, Hooper Hans O. Jensen, Aurora W. T. Thompson, Cozad Riley Warren, North Platte F. M. Deutsch Otto Bogner Woodrow B. Shurtleff Charles M. Barth Don Morrow Dan Renner Mrs. Clara Casey Tom Dooley Paul R. Busch M. A. Mills, Jr. Miss Jean Kennedy Vernon C. Taylor Mrs. Lenor Clark Terry Carpenter Frank B. Morrison Eugene D. O'Sullivan Duane Peterson C. Edgar Leafdale | ||
| Boys Town, Nebraska President visited Boys Town and was met by Reverend Edmond C. Walsh, Assistant Director. | ||
| [Public Papers: Address in Omaha at the Reunion of the 35th Division] | ||
| [Public Papers: Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in Nebraska and Wyoming] | ||
| Kearney, Nebraska Fred Wallace of Gibbon, Nebraska The Reverend Vernon P. Person, Paster of the First Baptist Church, Kearney, Nebraska--The President attended church services here. | ||
| Cheyenne, Wyoming Reception at the Governor's Mansion, Honorable Lester C. Hunt Mrs. Thelma Housley Thomason and Young Democrats of Natrona County. | ||
| [Public Papers: Rear Platform Remarks in Idaho] | ||
| Pocatello, Idaho Colonel Goodfellow | ||
| [Public Papers: Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in Idaho and Montana] | ||
| Butte, Montana Lester H. Loble, Chairman, Democratic State Central Committee | ||
| [Public Papers: Address at the Stadium in Butte, Montana] | ||
| [Public Papers: Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in Washington] | ||
| Everett, Washington Mayor Henry Arends City Commissioner L. H. Uzelman City Commissioner Artis Whiteley Ray Farrell, Chairman of County Commissioners Anders Andersen, County Clerk John Beck, President, Everett Chamber of Commerce William Maher, President, Everett Central Labor Council Merlin Matheny, Engineer, KRKO Wave S. Folley, Engineer, KRKO Don Daniel Vern Mack, Program Mgr., KRKO | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President on the Death of Secretary Schwellenbach] | ||
| [Public Papers: Informal Remarks in Washington] | ||
| Seattle, Washington Captain Arthur Classen James C. Grant, Veterans Employment Representative for the State of Washington. Mr. Dudley Brown, President, Washington State Press Club Colonel E. K. Brown | ||
| Tacoma, Washington Mayor Val Fawcett and Mrs. Fawcett Colonel James Stack Mr. Clark Squier and Mrs. Squier Mr. Leon Titus and Mrs. Titus Mr. Leo McGavick and Mrs. McGavick Mrs. Maude Hobbs Mrs. Howard Smith | ||
| [Public Papers: Address in Seattle Before the Washington State Press Club] | ||
| [Public Papers: Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in Oregon] | ||
| Portland, Oregon Governor Duff of Oregon Honorable Lew Wallace, National Committeeman Mr. L. W. Mallett, Executive Manager, Portland Rose Festival Assn. Mr. Jewett A. Bush | ||
| Eugene, Oregon Tom Mahoney Charles T. McPherson William Dickson Ed. Welch John Bickman D. M. Ward Mr. Chatt Don Stansell E. P. Ivory Byron Carney Nadine Strozer Honorable Ed Gideon, 1st District, Oregon Roland Bartlett, 3rd District, Oregon Honorable C. J. Shorb, 2nd District, Oregon Senator M. Wilson, Albany, Oregon Nancy Robinson Jewitt Bush Dr. Aug. Strand Morton Tompkins Phil Brady Mr. Fadhing Kenneth Bayne Roy Hewitt Carl Anderson George Friede | ||
| Klamath Falls, Oregon Mr. E. P. Ivory, Chairman, Democratic Central Committee Mayor Ed Ostendorn | ||
| Executive Orders: [9967 DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN OFFICERS TO ACT AS SECRTARY OF AGRICULTURE] | ||
| [Public Papers: Veto of Bill To Exempt Certain Carriers in Interstate Commerce From the Antitrust Laws] | ||
| [Public Papers: Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in California] | ||
| Berkeley, California Honorable Laurance L. Cross, Mayor of Berkeley Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Sproul Mrs. Judith Woodrum Rooney, San Pablo Chamber of Commerce, Calif. Mr. H. G. Robinson, 2030 Ill Ave., Santa Rosa, Calif. Martin Gauldin Mr. Brutus Hamilton, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Berkeley, California | ||
| [Public Papers: Commencement Address at the University of California] | ||
| [Public Papers: Informal Remarks in San Francisco] | ||
| San Francisco, California T. J. Malmfeldt, with wife and daughter AMVETS OF SIXTH DISTRICT - presented award to President Arranged by William A. Burkett Mr. Elmer R. Smith, U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, Tracy, Calif. Mr. J. A. Ducornau Mr. John Thacher Mr. Groner Grady Colonel Harry B. Allen Mr. Milt Doyle Mr. A. P. Warneck, Hanford, California - President signed Hanford Lodge No. 279 Bible for Mr. Warneck Miss Mary Ruth Connelly Mr. J. Joseph Sullivan, President of the City and County Board of Supervisors of San Francisco James Swett Vere Leigh William Burkett and ten members of Amvets Paul Taylor, Professor, University of California P. A. Thompson, Regional Forester, U. S. Forest Service John F. Shelley and 20 Representatives of the A. F. of L. M. C. Herman, a member of V. F. W. Chanucey Tramutolo George Schlmeyer Frank T. Sweet Tim Flynn Mayor Joseph Smith Herbert Erskine Richard Boke Elmer R. Smith George Gillin A. P. Ginannini L. M. Ginannini Sam Stewart Senator Chris Jesperson Maurice Harrison H. G. Robinson Brutus Hamilton Buell G. Gallagher George Killion Mr. and Mrs. George Finster Mayor Elmer G. Robinson and wife H. F. Hoffman and wife San Carlos California, Battery D Honorable Dudley Field Malone Homer F. Potter | ||
| Burlingame, California Postmaster Broderick Mayor U. S. Simens, Jr. and Mrs. Simens Maren Browning (age 10 or 12 years - presented flowers to President) Mayor Ed J. Reilly, San Mateo Miss San Mateo Mr. Luther M. Carr Mr. Hugh Wayne Mr. Jerry Joroslow - presented kingfisher derby to President) | ||
| [Public Papers: Veto of Resolution Excluding Certain Groups From Social Security Coverage] | ||
| [Public Papers: Statement by the President Upon Signing Resolution Providing for U.S. Membership in the World Health Organization] | ||
| [Public Papers: Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in California] | ||
| Santa Barbara, California Chester C. Coulsen and seventeen-month-old daughter John Caldwell, President, Student Body, University of California and 200 students of University | ||
| Los Angeles, California Mr. Walter Kirschener J. F. T. O'Connor Carl W. McCasland Hale S. Cook Vic H. Householder Homer Stevenson Wm. W. Worthing Mrs. Gladys Wilcox Don Milton Charles Burdge Floyd Riketts Mr. Kipperl (War Veteran and a cripple - had picture taken with President) Miss Cathryn Sullivan, Assistant Manager, Hotel Morrison, Chicago Mr. William V. O'Connor Mr. Carl W. McCasland, Los Angeles, Calif. Al Cohn James Roosevelt Mr. Frank Dee Scriven Mr. Homer T. Stevenson Mr. J. J. Brown Harry G. Henley Parker Wood Mrs. Mary H. Wooten Mr. V. L. Wotten Mrs. Gertrude Dixon Enfield Mrs. Maud Hill Loeb James Carter, U. S. District Attorney William Jennings Bryan, Collector of Customs Bernard C. Koepke Fletcher Bowren, Mayor of Los Angeles Burton W. Chace, Mayor of Long Beach Edwin L. Carty, Mayor of Oxnard Miss Theodore Hansen Robert Brown, Natl. Committeeman Miss Chris Carmen, National Committeewoman Rolland Truman, Chrm., Young Democrats of Calif. Claude Field Fred Dockweiler Steve Wells Mrs. Kitty Lane Paul Witmer Postmaster Michael J. Fanning Darryl Zanuck Harold Henry, President Los Angeles City Council with 15 members Miss Margaret Olney Henry Deckweiler Patrick J. Cooney W. F. Norris Clinton McKinnon Symington Gude W. B. Kelley, 35th Division Capt. Bucklen, 35th Division Southern California County Committee Chairmen: J. H. Edgar James L. Mattly Curtis S. Burrow Frank Newsom, Jr. Harry Reynolds Bert Vaughn Dr. Paul Kotin Raymond B. Eldred Marion R. Walker J. Ray Files, special invitee Mary Foy, special invitee Charles Daggett, special invitee Walter Ames, Chairman, Board of Directors, Greater Los Angeles Press Club | ||
| San Bernardino, California Henry Reynolds | ||
| [Public Papers: Address Before the Greater Los Angeles Press Club] | ||
| [Public Papers: Veto of Bill Making Supplemental Appropriations for the Federal Security Agency] | ||
| [Public Papers: Rear Platform Remarks in Arizona and New Mexico] | ||
| Winslow, Arizona Honorable Dan E. Garvey, Acting Governor of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona | ||
| [Public Papers: Rear Platform Remarks in Kansas] |