Daily Appointments of Harry S. Truman
Friday, September 26, 1947
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| The following Officers took their Oath of Office in the President's Office: Honorable Arthur M. Hill, Chairman, National Security Resources Board Admiral Sidney W. Souers, Executive Secretary, National Security Council Rear Admiral Roscoe Hillenkoetter, Director of Central Intelligence (Chief Justice D. Lawrence Groner, D.C. Court of Appeals, administered oath. The following guests were present: Mr. T. Babbit, Asst. Director for Reports and Estimates Mr. and Mrs. Tom Blake Miss Guy Bryan, Secretary to Director Captain W.C. Ford (USN) Executive Director Colonel D.H. Galloway (USA) Asst. Director for Special Operations Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Gardner Admiral John Gingrich Mr. J.R. Greenwood Honorable Averell Harriman Mr. amd Mrs. Arthur M. Hill Mr. Frederick S. Hill Admiral and Mrs. R.H. Hillenkoetter Mr. Louis A. Johnson Mr. A.W. Koehler Mr. Arthur B. Koontz Honorable Julius A. Krug Mr. James S. Lay, Member of Admiral Souers' staff Mr. Marx Leva, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Mr. William L. Marbury Miss Ruth Nicalo, Member of Admiral Souers' staff Captain G.E. Olsen (USN), Asst. Director for Collection and Dissemination Mr. R.A. Richard, Personal Assistant to Director Maj. General Clinton F. Robinson Mr. Jack Garrett Scott Dr. and Mrs. Luther Sheldon Brig. General E.L. Sibert (USA) Asst. Director for Operations Mrs. S.W. Souers Admiral Lewis L. Strauss Mrs. Ellen Voke Miss Ina Holtzxcheiter, Member of Admiral Souers' staff | |
| The National Security Council met with the President: Honorable Robert A. Lovett, Under Secretary of State Honorable James Forrestal, Secretary of Defense Honorable Arthur M. Hill, Chairman, National Security Resources Board Honorable Kenneth C. Royall, Secretary of the Army Honorable John L. Sullivan, Secretary of the Navy Honorable W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force Admiral Sidney W. Souers, Executive Secretary, National Security Council Rear Admiral Roscoe Hillenkoetter, Director of Central Intelligence | |
| Honorable Oscar R. Ewing, Federal Security Administrator (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly for this) | |
| Honorable William Green, President, A.F.of L. (Phoned Mr. Matthew Connelly for this) | |
| (The President posed for News Reels for Community Chest Drive) | |
| Mr. Albert S. Goss, Master, National Grange, & Member of Citizens' Food committee (Has just returned from convention in Geneva, and is anxious to tell the President about food situation in Europe. Particularly asked if he might see the President before Monday, when the President meets with Leaders from Congress on food problem.) | |
| Mr. John Cowles, Sovereign Commander, the Supreme Council, Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction Major Sir Thomas G.L. Lumley-Smith and Lady Lumley-Smith Major Robert Lindsay Lord and Mrs. and Miss Loyd Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lionel Fitzroy Cook Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Crump, Richmond, Va. Reverend Edgar C. Powers, Baltimore, Md. (These three gentlemen, according to Mr. Cowles, are active members of Supreme Council of England and Wales and are well acquainted with His Majesty King George VI. This appointment was cleared with our State Department and the British Ambassador.) | |
| (Lunch) | |
| Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget | |
| General Omar Bradley | |
| (Honorable James Forrestal, Secretary of Defense) (Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget) (Honorable Dean Acheson) (Honorable John R. Steelman) (Off record meeting) | |
| (The President opened the Annual Community Chest Drive by a national radio address) [Public Papers] |