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CABINET MEETING, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1949
10:00 am
ACHESON
Will leave for Paris 2 weeks from today. Will meet 1st with Bevin and Schuman, then with Vishinsky. Expect to return by the middle of June.
TOBIN
Cited unemployment figures. Most serious is in woolen textiles in Mass.
FLEMING
There is some unemployment in construction field.
THE PRESIDENT
We are in good shape in evacuation of Americans in China. We have been handed a concurrent resolution on Deficiency Appropriation. Is faced with possibility of veto which will hold up payment of salaries. Reason for veto is the inclusion of legislation (Strauss-Boke Rider) in an appropriation bill.
ACHESON
Dept. of State is studying advisability of putting out a White Paper on Chinese situation