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This Presidential Appointments Calendar is based upon the records contained in the
Matthew J. Connelly Files
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Wednesday, November 27, 1946
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10:30 am |
The Secretary of Agriculture [Clinton P. Anderson]
Dean Claude Burton Hutchison, Head of the
American Section of the Chinese-United
States Agricultural Collaboration Commission
Dr. Raymond T. Moyer, Vice-Chief of the Commission
Honorable William L. Clayton, Assistant Secretary
of State
Mr. John Carter Vincent, Director, Office of
Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
Honorable Edwin Locke
(This appointment was arranged by Mr. Locke, as
a result of Dean Hutchison's letter to the
President of October 28, 1946) |
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10:45 am |
(Mr. Max Lowenthal) |
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11:00 am |
Mr. E. P. J. Shurick
Mr. Arthur B. Church
(They called to present to the President, initial copy
of the book, "The First Quarter-Century of American
Broadcasting", of which Shurick is author and Mr.
Church is the publisher. This book, the first effort
of its kind to detail legitimate history of broad-
casting industry, is being accepted as a text book
in many educational institutions; also is being used
in industry itself as an authentic record of its
first twenty-five years. It is in limited printing
and is not considered for public consumption. This
was arranged at request of Gene W. Dennis, Director
of the Special Features and Public Affairs, KMBC,
Kansas City) |
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11:15 am |
Honorable Paul V. McNutt, U.S. Ambassador to
the Republic of the Philippines
The President awarded the Medal for Merit to
the Ambassador. The following guests were present:
Mr. John Selby; Mr. Edgar Puryear; Mr. Harry Eaton;
Mr. John Ryerson; Mr. Roger Brooks; Mr. Watson Miller;
Mr. Frank McCarthy; Dr. Bruce Forsythe; Mr. Victor
Messel; Captain Thomas F. Cullen, USN; Mary A.
Higgins; Josephine E. Hirschinger; Honorable Maple T.
Harl; Mr. Floyd Blair; Comdr. J. Edelstein, USNR
(He called Mr. Connelly for this appointment) |
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[Public Papers: Citation Accompanying the Medal for Merit Awarded Paul V. McNutt] |
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11:30 am |
Honorable Henry F. Grady
(Called for this appointment during the President's
absence in Florida, stating he needed to talk about
several things, not altogether about Palestine) |
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11:45 am |
Mr. James S. Easley, President, Patrick Henry Memorial
Foundation, Richmond, Virginia
(This arranged at request of Mrs. G. Hoxie Moffett,
who wrote the President November 5th, stating her
brother-in-law, James S. Easley was extremely
anxious to have an interview with the President in
connection with his work on this Foundation) |
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12:00 pm |
Honorable Louis G. Dreyfus, U.S. Minister to
Sweden
(Asked through State Department to call upon the
President while in this country) |
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12:15 pm |
Honorable Wilson Wyatt
(Called Mr. Connelly for this appointment) |
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12:30 pm |
Major General Philip B. Fleming, Federal Works
Administrator
(Called Mr. Connelly yesterday for this appointment) |
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12:45 pm |
Honorable Oscar Ewing, Acting Chairman, Democratic
National Committee
(Called Mr. Connelly yesterday for this appointment) |
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3:30 pm |
The Director, Bureau of the Budget
Honorable Paul Appleby, Assistant Director, Bureau
of Budget |
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4:00 pm |
Honorable Herbert B. Maw, Governor of Utah
(Wrote he would be in Washington this afternoon
only and hoped he might have five minutes with
the President) |
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