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Connelly Files			Friday, August 24, 1951         [Public Papers: Letter to the Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, in Support of a Narcotics Control Bill] 9:45 am Senator Richard B. Russell, Georgia (Mr. Matthew Connelly called him yesterday and asked him to come up and talk with the President.) 10:00 am (Staff) 10:45 am (General W. Bedell Smith) (Admiral Sidney Souers) OFF THE RECORD (Mr. James Lay, Executive Secretary, National Security Council) 11:00 am Cabinet (Mr. Robert Lovett for Defense; Mr. Searles for Interior; Mr. Galvin for Labor. Mr. W. Averell Harriman absent.) 11:45 am Honorable John W. Snyder, the Secretary of the Treasury Honorable Charles Brannan, the Secretary of Agriculture Honorable I. W. Duggan, Governor, Farm Credit Administration (Requested by Secretary Charles F. Brannan; Governor Duggan presented to the Secretary of the Treasury a check for one million dollars, which made a total of one hundred million dollar dividends earned by Farm Mortgage Corporation, which was an early New Deal Corporation; this practically liquidates it.) [Public Papers: Statement by the President Commending the Operations of the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation] 12:00 pm Senator Brien McMahon, Connecticut Honorable Philip B. Perlman, the Solicitor General (Asked for this in order to talk further about a matter previously discussed at a Blair House meeting.) 12:15 pm (Honorable Joseph Keenan, A. F. of L.) OFF THE RECORD 12:30 pm Honorable Watson B. Miller Commander William J. Holliman, Commander, Dept. of D.C., American Legion Mr. Fred P. Amthor, Athletic Director, D. C. American Legion (Mr. Miller asked if they might come in and present to the President tickets to the American Legion's Junior Baseball Games, to be played here August 27th, 28th, and 29th, and invited the President to attend.) 12:45 pm (Mr. William Hillman) OFF THE RECORD 1:00 pm (LUNCH) 3:00 pm The President received a group of students from Kansas High Schools, sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The following were present: Rear Admiral Harley Cope (Ret'd.), Director, American Sovereignty Campaign, Veterans of Foreign Wars Congressman Edward H. Rees, of Kansas Mr. Raymond Branaman Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Maypin, Fort Scott, Kansas Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Eckdall, Emporia, Kansas Mr. and Mrs. Warren Kailer, Chase, Kansas Gilbert Hatfield, Arkansas City, Kansas Shirley Jordan, 120 N. E. 4th, Abilene, Kansas Mildred Reinking, 120 West Kansas, Arkansas City, Kansas Bonita Kennard, Chase, Kansas Mary Jo Crick, Cimarron, Kansas Diana Davidson, 204 Glenwood, Coffeyville, Kansas Ruby Schaulis, 1022 Fifth, Clay Center, Kansas Mary Katherine Schroeder, Colby, Kansas Beverly Stiller, Route #1, El Dorado, Kansas Eleanor Lewis, Eureka, Kansas June Stehwien, 619 N. 10th, Garden City, Kansas Elizabeth Bartley, 3015 Eighteenth, Great Bend, Kansas Ethel Billingsley, Hoisington, Kansas Connie Marie Lucas, 215 North 26th, Kansas City, Kansas Pat Richecky, 2602 Forty-Fifth Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas Edith Sortor, 2415 Everett, Kansas City, Kansas Lois Adams, LaHarpe, Kansas Sonya Cade, 720 W. 4th, Larned, Kansas Carole Schlehuber, Marion, Kansas Loreen Cline, Conway, Kansas Meredith Clary, 3031 Corning, Parsons, Kansas Marjorie Spicer, Box 225, Pratt, Kansas Joan Talley, General Delivery, Sunflower, Kansas Margaret Jean Smith, 1352 Wayne, Topeka, Kansas Winifred Meyer, 223 North Alexander, Hoisington, Kansas Jim Miller, 1123 National, Fort Scott, Kansas Bob Shelton, 129 W. 16th, Hutchinson, Kansas Clarence Wilson, Route #2, Kinsley, Kansas Bill Fisher, 1028 Metropolitan, Leavenworth, Kansas Lawrence Davis, 207 E. Lincoln, Medicine Lodge, Kansas Jim Ward, 7 Quincy Court, Pittsburg, Kansas Larry Cooley, 415 South High, Pratt, Kansas [Public Papers: Remarks to a Group of High School Students From Kansas] 3:15 pm Congressman Brent Spence, Kentucky (Called yesterday and asked for this.) Truman Photographs for August 24, 1951 Search photo database   |  See all photos for August 24th, 1951     Featured Photograph India Edwards in California

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