Harry S. Truman Papers
Staff Member and Office Files:
White House Press Release Files

Dates: 1945-1953

Press conference

May 17, 1949. President Harry S. Truman speaking before the press in the Rose Garden of the White House on the occasion of a reception for General Lucius Clay upon his return from Germany. Photo: Abbie Rowe, U.S. Park Service Photographer. Source: Truman Library Collection.

 

This set of White House Press Releases, one of four in the Truman Library's holdings, was compiled in White House staff aid George Elsey's office, beginning in about 1949. The press releases and other materials in this file were intended to be edited for publication in a projected series of volumes of the public papers of the Truman presidency. Although the Government eventually published Truman's public papers, the Government's editors did not use this file of press releases.

The Truman Library's archives staff has compared this set of press releases to the list of Truman administration press releases published in the Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States. Copies of press releases missing from this set have been copied whenever possible and added to it.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Size: 4.2 linear feet (ca. 8,400 pages)
Access: Open
Copyright: President Truman donated his copyright interest in any of his writings in his papers to the people of the United States. In addition, documents prepared by United States Government employees in the course of their official duties are also in the public domain.
Processed by: Mary Sue Luff, Raymond H. Geselbracht, Erwin J. Mueller, Randy L. Sowell, and Anita M. Smith (1993); updated by Cynthia Edwards and David Clark (2000).

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The press releases and other materials in the White House Press Release Files were compiled in George Elsey's office, beginning in 1949, and were intended to be edited for publication in a projected series of volumes of the public papers of the Truman presidency. On September 9, 1949 President Truman approved Elsey's recommendation that a series of volumes of his presidency's public papers be prepared. The series was to be patterned on Samuel I. Rosenman's edition of the public papers of Roosevelt's presidency. Elsey himself was to be the series editor. Elsey asked Jack Romagna, The White House Official Reporter, to send to his office transcripts of Truman's press conferences and copies of his speeches as actually delivered. The materials in this collection which are primarily press releases, are presumably those that Romagna sent to Elsey, and later, after his departure from the White House staff in December 1951, to Eben Ayers, to whom Elsey gave the presidential papers project. This compilation of press releases and a few other documents was never used for its intended purpose. Although the Government eventually published Truman's public papers in a series of volumes that appeared between 1961 and 1966, the editors compiled their own set of press releases and other documents for inclusion or listing in these volumes.

The White House issued press releases for most of the President's formal and informal remarks; of his Executive Orders and Proclamations; of his messages and reports to Congress; of selected items of administration correspondence, much of it concerning resignations and appointments; of selected reports produced within the administration; of other presidential documents; and, occasionally, of statements made by other members of the administration than the President.

This set of White House press releases is one of four in the Truman Library's holdings. Another is in the President's Secretary's Files; another was given to the Library by the National Archives and Records Administration, which used the press releases in the preparation of the Truman volumes of the Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States; and the last came from the National Security Resources Board, whose librarian presented the press releases to the Library out of friendship to the Library's first director. This set of press releases in this collection has been compared to the list of press releases published in the Truman volumes in the Public Papers series. Copies of press releases listed in the Public Papers but missing from this set have been copied whenever possible from the other three sets and added to it. Appendix A to this finding aid lists White House press releases that are listed in the Public Papers but are not present in this collection; Appendix B lists items in this collection that are not listed in the Public Papers. Most of the items on Appendix B are reports that were presumably distributed along with accompanying press releases to White House correspondences.

Since the materials in this collection were kept in the White House in notebooks labeled "Truman Papers," that designation has been retained in the folder titles.

Appendix C, contains an alphabetical subject index to Harry S. Truman's Press Releases (April 1945 - January 1953) which is available on microfilm (45 reels). The White House staff prepared this index. Additionally, there is a chronological title index, entitled Mrs. Harney's List also available on microfilm (1 reel).

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Key West

March 30, 1950. President Harry S. Truman holds a press conference on the lawn of the little White House, in the North Garden, after hosting a picnic for correspondents and photographers, during a trip to Key West, Florida. Photo: Paul Begley, U.S. Navy Photographer. Source: Truman Library Collection.

 

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Container Nos.Series
1-14 WHITE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE FILES, 1945-1953
This series contains press releases, transcripts of Truman's radio addresses, memoranda, copies of published reports submitted to Congress, and newspaper clippings. Some of the press releases have hand written changes and marginal notes. The press releases are arranged chronologically.

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FOLDER TITLE LIST

Box 1 Box 2
Box 3
Box 4
Box 5
Box 6
Box 7
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Key West
March 30, 1950. Still and movie, newspaper and television cameraman take shots of President Harry S. Truman at the beginning of the press conference on the little White House lawn, in the North Garden, Key West, Florida. Photo: Paul Begley, U.S. Navy Photographer. Source: Truman Library Collection.

 

APPENDICES

Appendix A - List of White House Press Releases in the Public Papers of the Presidents that are not listed in this collection.
Appendix B - List of items in this collecetion that are not listed in the Public Papers of the Presidents.
Appendix C - An alphabetical subject index to Harry S. Truman's Press Releases, April 1945 - January 1953.

Appendix A

List of White House Press Releases in the Public Papers of the Presidents that are not listed in this collection.

[ 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 ]

1945

  • May 4 - Letter accepting resignation of Harry D. White, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
  • June 7 - Letter to the Director, Office of Defense Transportation, concerning the redeployment of the Armed Forces. 1946
  • May 18 - Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House transmitting bill on Philippine veterans' benefits.
  • November 27 - Citation accompanying the Medal for Merit Awarded Paul V. McNutt.
  • December 18 - First report to the President by the Council of Economic Advisers. 1947
  • January 8 - Special message to the Congress: the President's first economic report.
  • January 10 - Annual Budget Message to the Congress: Fiscal Year 1948.
  • February 5 - Message to the Congress transmitting first annual report on U.S. participation in the United Nations.
  • February 15 - Emergency board report in Rutland Railroad labor dispute.
  • March 20 - Final report of Fair Employment Practice Committee.
  • May 14 - Report to the President on guaranteed wages by the OWMR Advisory Board.
  • June 1 - Report of the President's Advisory Commission on Universal Training.
  • July 8 - Letters to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House transmitting report of Joint Philippine-American Finance Commission.
  • July 21 - The President's Midyear Economic Report to the Congress.
  • August 25 - Emergency board report on labor dispute involving the Terminal Railroad Association.
  • October 17 - Remarks and question and answer period with the National Conference of Editorial Writers.
  • November 5 - Interim report to the President by the Citizens Food Committee.
  • November 10 - White House summary of first report to Congress on assistance to Greece and Turkey.
  • November 10 - Twenty-fourth report to the Congress on lend- lease operations.
  • November 24 - First report to the Congress on the U.S. foreign relief program.
  • December 18 - Statement by the President making public the final report of the Citizens Food Committee.
  • December 21 - Report "Equalizing and Expanding Educational Opportunity" by the President's Commission on Higher Education.
  • December 23 - Second annual economic report to the President by the Council of Economic Advisers.
  • December 23 - Report of the President's Amnesty Board and text of Proclamation 2762 granting pardon to persons convicted of violating the Selective Service Act. 1948
  • January 2 - Final report of the President's Board of Inquiry on Air Safety.
  • January 12 - Report of the President's Commission on Higher Education.
  • January 13 - Report "Survival in the Air Age" by the President's Air Policy Commission.
  • January 14 - The President's annual economic report to the Congress.
  • January 15 - Report of emergency board in labor dispute involving Railway Express Agency, Inc.
  • January 25 - Report of the President's Commission on Higher Education.
  • January 30 - Report of emergency board in dispute involving Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad.
  • February 1 - Report of the President's Commission on Higher Education.
  • February 10 - Annual report to the President by the Housing Expediter.
  • February 16 - Special message to the Congress transmitting second report on assistance to Greece and Turkey.
  • February 17 - Report of emergency board in dispute involving Chicago, North Shore, and Milwaukee Railway Co.
  • February 20 - Special message to the Congress transmitting annual report on U.S. participation in the United Nations.
  • February 24 - Statement by the President on Palestine.
  • March 16 - Special message to the Congress transmitting 25th report on lend-lease operations.
  • March 21 - Report of the President's Commission on Higher Education.
  • March 27 - Report of emergency board in the nationwide railroad labor dispute.
  • April 3 - Report of board of inquiry in the coal strike.
  • April 8 - Report of emergency board on labor dispute involving the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis.
  • April 30 - Emergency board report on labor dispute involving the Railway Express Agency.
  • May 5 - Message to the Congress transmitting the first report on the Foreign Aid Program.
  • May 18 - Second report to the President by the board of inquiry on the labor dispute at Oak Ridge.
  • June 2 - Message to the Congress transmitting 12th report of UNRRA.
  • June 8 - Emergency board report on labor dispute involving the Aliquippa and Southern Railroad.
  • June 10 - Emergency board report on Pennsylvania Railroad labor dispute.
  • June 12 - Report of board of inquiry on labor dispute in maritime industry.
  • June 18 - Message to the Congress transmitting third report on assistance to Greece and Turkey.
  • June 30 - Message to the Congress transmitting Second Report on the U.S. Foreign Aid Program.
  • July 9 - Emergency board report on labor disputes at National Airlines, Inc.
  • July 22 - Emergency board report on labor disputes involving Grand Trunk Western Railroad, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co., et al.
  • July 22 - White House announcement of settlement of Lake Michigan Car Ferry dispute.
  • August 14 - Final report of board of inquiry in maritime industry labor dispute.
  • August 26 - Report of emergency board in Pennsylvania railroad labor dispute.
  • September 1 - Message to the Congress transmitting third report on the U.S. Foreign Relief Program.
  • September 2 - Report to the President by the Federal Security Administrator: The Nation's Health--A Ten-Year Program.
  • September 13 - Emergency board report on labor dispute involving the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway Co.
  • September 15 - Message to the Congress transmitting 26th Report on Lend-Lease Operations.
  • September 21 - Emergency board report in labor dispute involving the Public Belt Railroad Commission, New Orleans.
  • October 4 - Message to the Congress transmitting first report of the Economic Cooperation Administration.
  • October 5 - Message to the Congress transmitting fourth report on assistance to Greece and Turkey.
  • October 22 - Final report of board of inquiry in the Atlantic coast maritime labor dispute.
  • November 4 - Message to the Congress transmitting fourth report on the U.S. Foreign Relief Program.
  • November 8 - Message to the Congress transmitting third report on the U.S. Foreign Aid Program.
  • November 16 - Letter to President Hoover on the work of the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government.
  • November 16 - Statement by the President on the importance on the work of the Hoover Commission.
  • December 6 - Message to the Congress transmitting fifth report on assistance to Greece and Turkey.
  • December 17 - Report of emergency board created by Executive Order 10010 to investigate railway labor dispute.
  • December 26 - Third annual report to the President by the Council of Economic Advisers. 1949
  • January 7 - Special message to the Congress: The President's Economic Report.
  • February 7 - Report of Air Coordinating Committee, fiscal year 1948.
  • February 14 - Special message to the Congress transmitting 27th lend lease report.
  • February 14 - Special message to the Congress transmitting second report of Economic Cooperation Administration.
  • April 8 - First report of the President's Committee on Religion and Welfare in the Armed Forces.
  • April 8 - Emergency board report on dispute at Wabash Railroad Co. and Ann Arbor Railroad Co.
  • April 11 - Emergency board report, dispute involving Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad Co.
  • April 15 - Remarks to members of the National Conference of Business Paper Editors.
  • April 22 - Remarks at a meeting with the American Society of Newspaper Editors.
  • May 21 - Emergency board report regarding dispute between Aliquippa and Southern Railroad Company and certain of its employees.
  • July 11 - Special message to. the Congress: The President's Midyear Economic Report.
  • August 2 - Emergency board report on dispute between Union Railroad Company and certain of its employees.
  • August 6 - Emergency board report on dispute between the Missouri Pacific Railroad Co., and certain of its employees.
  • September 19 - Emergency board report on dispute between 160 railroads and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen.
  • October 19 - The President's special conference with the Association of Radio News Analysts.
  • November 15 - Fifth report of the Economic Cooperation Administration transmitted to the Congress.
  • November 28 - Special message to the Congress transmitting eighth report on assistance to Greece and Turkey.
  • December 15 - Report to the President by the President's Committee on Religion and Welfare in the Armed Forces, "Information and Education in the Armed Forces."
  • December 29 - Fourth annual economic report to the President by the Council of Economic Advisers. 1950
  • January 6 - Annual Message to the Congress: The President's Economic Report.
  • January 9 - Annual Budget Message to the Congress: Fiscal Year 1951.
  • January 12 - Sixth report to the Congress by the Economic Cooperation Administration.
  • January 16 - Special message to the Congress on synthetic rubber.
  • February 11 - Report to the President from the Board of Inquiry on the labor dispute in the coal industry.
  • February 13 - Joint Report to the President from the Administrator of Veterans Affairs and the Director of the Budget on vocational training of veterans under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act.
  • February 21 - Report to the President from the Air Coordinating Committee.
  • March 2 - Emergency board report on dispute involving the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Co.
  • March 10 - Emergency board report on dispute involving the Texas and Pacific Railway Co.
  • April 4 - Emergency board report on dispute involving the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis.
  • April 20 - Emergency board report on dispute involving the Western Carriers' Conference Committee.
  • May 8 - Message to the Congress transmitting the seventh report on the Economic Cooperation Administration.
  • May 22 - Report by the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Forces.
  • May 22 - Message to the Congress transmitting fourth annual report on U.S. participation in the United Nations.
  • May 22 - Emergency board report on dispute between the Chicago and Illinois Midland Railway Co. and certain of its employees.
  • June 1 - Message to the Congress transmitting the first semiannual report of the Mutual Defense Assistance Program.
  • June 15 - Emergency board reports regarding the Eastern, Western, and Southeastern Carriers' Conference Committees.
  • June 30 - Address at Valley Forge at the Boy Scout Jamboree.
  • July 6 - Emergency board report in Boston & Albany Railroad labor dispute.
  • July 26 - Special message to the Congress: The President's Midyear Economic Report.
  • August 12 - Emergency board report on dispute involving the Toledo, Lorain & Fairport Dock Co. and the Toledo Lakefront Dock Co.
  • August 17 - Special message to the Congress transmitting eighth report of the Economic Cooperation Administration.
  • September 1 - Emergency board report on dispute at Braniff Airways, Inc.
  • September 11 - Emergency board report on dispute involving the Atlantic & East Carolina Railway Co., and other carriers.
  • September 13 - Emergency board report on dispute involving the New York Railroad Co.
  • September 21 - Special message to the Congress transmitting a special joint report of the Federal Security Administrator and the Railroad Retirement Board.
  • September 23 - Letter accepting resignation of Walter Thurston as Ambassador to Mexico.
  • October 6 - Message from the President of Korea expressing the gratitude of the Korean people for the liberation of Seoul.
  • October 26 - Report to the President from the Committee on Veterans' Medical Services.
  • November 2 - Emergency board report on dispute involving the Railway Express Agency, Inc.
  • November 3 - Emergency board report on dispute involving the Pullman Co.
  • November 12 - Report to the President by Gordon Gray on Foreign Economic Policy.
  • November 17 - Special message to the Congress transmitting ninth report of Economic Cooperation Administration.
  • December 30 - Fifth annual report to the President by the Council of Economic Advisers. 1951
  • January 12 - Annual message to the Congress: The President's Economic Report.
  • February 6 - Special message to the Congress transmitting 10th report of Economic Cooperation Administration.
  • February 11 - Report to the President by the Water Resources Policy Commission, entitled "Water Resources Law".
  • February 25 - Report to the President by the Water Resources Policy Commission, entitled "Ten Rivers in America's Future".
  • March 11 - Report of the International Development Advisory Board with White House summary.
  • March 15 - White House announcement of establishment of National Advisory Board on Mobilization Policy.
  • March 27 - Report by the Communications Policy Board.
  • March 29 - Final report of the Philippine War Damage Commission.
  • April 1 - First quarterly report to the President by the Director of Defense Mobilization.
  • April 30 - Letter to the Speaker transmitting the budget for the military functions of the Department of Defense.
  • May 14 - Message to the Congress transmitting 11th report of Economic Cooperation Administration.
  • May 25 - Emergency board report on dispute between American Airlines, Inc., and certain of its employees.
  • June 15 - Reports by the National Security Council (1) on interim general exception under section 1302 of Third Supplement Appropriation Act, 1951; (2) trade between Austria and the Soviet bloc in light of section 1302; (3) trade between Norway and the Soviet bloc in the light of section 1302; and related material.
  • June 25 - Message to the Congress transmitting third annual report on the mutual defense assistance program.
  • July 2 - Report to the President entitled "The New England Economy" transmitted by the Council of Economic Advisers.
  • July 4 - Second quarterly report to the President by the Director of Defense Mobilization, entitled "Meeting Defense Goals".
  • July 18 - White House release of an amendment to National Security Council Determination No. 1 deleting Canada from list of countries receiving U.S. economic and financial aid.
  • July 18 - Report by the National Security Council on trade between India and the Soviet bloc in the light of section 1302 of Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951; NSC determination No. 4.
  • July 23 - Special message to the Congress: The President's Midyear Economic Report.
  • July 26 -Message to the Congress transmitting report of U.S. participation in the United Nations for 1950.
  • August 1 - Message to the Congress transmitting 12th report of the Economic Cooperation Administration.
  • August 3 - Report by the National Security Council on trade between Turkey and the Soviet bloc in the light of section 1302 of the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951; NSC Determination No. 5.
  • August 31 - Report by the National Security Council on trade between Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria and the Soviet bloc in the light of section 1302 of the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951; NSC Determination No. 6.
  • August 31 - Report by the National Security Council on trade between Burma and the Soviet bloc in the light of section 1302 of the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951; NSC Determination No. 7.
  • August 31 - Report by the National Security Council on trade between Afghanistan and the Soviet bloc in the light of section 1302 of the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951; NSC Determination No. 8.
  • September 12 - Report by the National Security Council on certifications received in connection with section 1302 of the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951; NSC Determination No. 9.
  • September 12 - Report by the National Security Council on trade between Ireland and the Soviet bloc in the light of section 1302 of the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951; NSC Determination No. 10.
  • September 12 - Report by the National Security Council on trade between Iceland and the Soviet bloc in the light of section 1302 of the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951; NSC Determination No. 11.
  • September 14 - Report by the National Security Council on trade between Israel and the Soviet bloc in the light of section 1302 of the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951; NSC Determination No. 12.
  • September 14 - Report by the National Security Council on trade between Israel and the Republic of Indonesia and the Soviet bloc in the light of section 1302 of the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951; NSC Determination No. 13.
  • September 14 - Report by the National Security Council on trade between Iran and the Soviet bloc in the light of section 1302 of the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1952; NSC Determination No. 14.
  • September 14 - Report by the National Security Council on trade between Egypt and the Soviet bloc in the light of section 1302 of the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951; NSC Determination No. 15.
  • September 14 - Report by the National Security Council on trade between Libya and the Soviet bloc in the light of section 1302 of the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951; NSC Determination No. 16.
  • September 20 - Report by the National Security Council on trade between Pakistan and the Soviet bloc in the light of section 1302 of the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951; NSC Determination No. 17.
  • September 21 - Emergency board report on dispute between the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company and certain of its employees.
  • September 24 - Report by the National Security Council on trade between the Western European members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Soviet bloc in light of section 1302 of the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951; NSC Determination No. 18.
  • September 24 - Report by the National Security Council on trade between the Federal Republic of Germany and Western Berlin with the Soviet bloc in the light of section 1302 of the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951; NSC Determination No. 19.
  • September 30 - Third quarterly report to the President by the Director of Defense Mobilization, entitled "Three Keys to Strength".
  • October 1 - Report by the National Security Council on trade of Japan and the Ryukyu Islands with the Soviet bloc in the light of section 1302 of the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951; NSC Determination No. 20.
  • October 4 - Report by the National Security Council on trade between certain Latin American Republics and the Soviet bloc in the light of section 1302 of the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951; NSC Determination No. 21.
  • October 4 - Emergency board report on dispute between the Pullman Company and certain of its employees.
  • November 5 - Report by the National Security Council regarding a review of its Determinations under section 1302 of the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951.
  • November 5 - Final report to the President on labor disputes in the cooper industry, by Board of Inquiry created by Executive Order 10283.
  • November 6 - Special message to the Congress transmitting 13th report of Economic Cooperation Administration.
  • November 15 - Supplement to final report to the President on labor disputes in the copper industry, by Board of Inquiry created by Executive Order 10283. 1952
  • January 6 - 4th quarterly report to the President by the Director of Defense Mobilization, entitled "The Battle for Production."
  • January 16 - Annual Message to the Congress: The President's Economic Report.
  • January 26 - Emergency board report on dispute between railroad transportation systems operated by Secretary of Army and certain of their employees.
  • February 13 - Fourth semiannual report on the Mutual Defense Assistance Program for the period April 1, 1951-- October 9, 1951.
  • February 14 - Emergency board report on dispute between the Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad Co. and certain of their employees.
  • February 18 - Emergency board report on dispute between the Pan-American World Airways Inc., and certain of its employees.
  • March 7 - Message to the Congress transmitting first report on the Mutual Security Program.
  • April 1 - Fifth quarterly report to the President by the Director of Defense Mobilization entitled "Strength for the Long Run."
  • June 23 - Report and Digest (Vol. I) of the President's Materials Policy Commission.
  • July 3 - Message to the Congress transmitting sixth annual report on U.S. participation in the United Nations.
  • July 3 - Sixth quarterly report to the President by the Director of Defense Mobilization entitled "The Shield Against Aggression."
  • July 19 - Special Message to the Congress: The President's Midyear Economic Report.
  • August 29 - Emergency board report on dispute between Trans World Airlines, Inc., and certain of its employees.
  • August 29 - Emergency board report on dispute between Northwest Airlines, Inc., and certain of its employees.
  • October 5 - Seventh quarterly report to the President by the Director of Defense Mobilization entitled "New Resources Bring New Opportunities."
  • October 7 - Report to the President by the Administrator of General Services.
  • November 18 - Message to the Congress transmitting second report on the Mutual Security Program.
  • December 11 - Report by the Board of Inquiry on labor dispute affecting the construction and operation of atomic energy facilities.
  • December 18 - Report to the President by the President's Advisory Committee on Management.
  • December 31 - Eighth quarterly report to the President by the Director of Defense Mobilization, entitled "The Job Ahead for Defense Mobilization." 1953
  • January 1 - Report by the President's Commission on Immigration and Naturalization, entitled "Whom We Shall Welcome."
  • January 2 - Emergency board report on dispute between United Airlines, Inc., and certain of its employees.
  • January 14 - Annual Message to the Congress: The President's Economic Report.
  • January 16 - Report to the President from the President's Committee on Government Contract Compliance, entitled "Equal Economic Opportunity."
  • January 16 - Message to the Congress transmitting third report on the Mutual Security Program.

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    Appendix B

    List of items in this collecetion that are not listed in the Public Papers of the Presidents.

    [ 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 ]

    1945

  • April 27 - Press and Radio Conference #3, announcing the appointment of Edwin W. Pauley to the Allied Reparations Commission.
  • April 28 - Press and Radio Conference #4.
  • August 30 - Press and Radio Conference #22, announcing Byron Price's appointment as advisor to Germany for public relations.
  • October 12 - Presentation of the Congressional Medal of Honor to fourteen members of the Armed Forces.
  • November 13 - Informal remarks by the President to State representatives of the Retraining and Re-Employment Administration.
  • November 20 - Message from the President at the annual meeting of the Federal Interdepartmental Safety Council.
  • December 24 - Address by the President at the Lighting of the Community Christmas Tree. 1946
  • January 10 - Announcement of the President's Highway Safety Conference, to be held in Washington, May 8-10.
  • January 23 - Informal remarks by the President after awarding Congressional Medal of Honor to Commander O'Callahan, Lt. Gary, 1st Lt. Lee, and Sergeant McKinney.
  • February 21 - National Advisory Council Document No. 70-A. Statement regarding foreign loan policy.
  • March 4 - Trip Record of the President to Fulton, Missouri and Columbus, Ohio.
  • April 5 - Trip Record of the President to the Army Day celebration in Chicago, Illinois.
  • July 25 - Memorandum for the President regarding the permanent appointment of Major General Robert Sprague Beighter as Brigadier General in the Regular Army.
  • September 11 - Remarks by the President welcoming Field Marshal Montgomery, Chief of the Imperial Staff, British Army.
  • October 31 - Trip Record of the President to Independence, Missouri. 1947
  • February 20-March 5 - Trip Schedule to Key West, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the Guantanamo naval base.
  • March 2 - Trip Schedule for press planes and instructions from Washington to Kansas City, Missouri, Mexico City, Mexico, and Waco, Texas.
  • March 17 - Trip Schedule to New York, New York.
  • April 6 - Toast from the President to the Prince Regent of Belgium at a White House Dinner.
  • May 20 - Trip Schedule to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • [ca. June] - Handwritten note to Mr. Murphy from George M. Elsey.
  • [ca. June] - Handwritten memorandum from George M. Elsey.
  • June 2 - Correspondence from Frank Pace, Jr. to the President regarding appropriations for fiscal year 1948.
  • June 3 - Correspondence from the President to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate on supplemental estimates.
  • June 3 - Correspondence from Frank Pace Jr., to the President.
  • June 3 - Correspondence from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives regarding appropriations for the fiscal year 1949.
  • June 3 - Correspondence from James E. Webb to the President regarding appropriations for 1949 for the Department of the Army-civil functions.
  • July 3-6 - Trip Record of the President to Charlotte, Virginia.
  • July 4-6 - Trip Schedule of the Presidents of the U.S. and Venezuela to Bolivar, Missouri.
  • September 9 - Remarks of the President to members of the National Citizens' Committee for U.N. Day.
  • September 23 - Typed Memo, Modesto, California--speech not recorded.
  • October 6-9 - Trip Record of the President to Buffalo, New York.
  • October 10-16 - Trip Record of the President to West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
  • October 18-19 - Trip Record of the President to Miami, Florida and Raleigh, North Carolina.
  • October 24 - Trip Record of the President to Gary, Indiana, Chicago, Illinois, Ohio, New York, Massachusetts, Providence, Rhode Island, and Independence, Missouri.
  • October 31 - Note, Independence, Missouri, speech not recorded.
  • November 7 - Trip Record of the President to Boca Chica Naval Airfield, Florida. 1949
  • [ca. Jan-Feb] - Department of State, Legal Adviser, Memorandum of Law referring to President Roosevelt as the 31st or 32nd President of the U.S. (In folder January 20-February 2, 1949 [2 of 3]).
  • March 6 - Trip Record of the President to Key West, Florida.
  • March 30 - Off the record remarks of the President at the Founders Day reception and supper.
  • June 17 - Remarks of the President to members of the Student Citizenship Seminar.
  • July 19 - Trip Record of the President to Chicago, Illinois.
  • September 8 - Statement by the President extending cordial best wishes on the Jewish New Year.
  • September 29 - Remarks of the President at the installation ceremonies, Grand Lodge of Missouri Scottish Rite Cathedral, St. Louis, Missouri.
  • October 7 - Address by the Assistant to the President, John R. Steelman, to the American Hotel Association Convention.
  • October 24 - Trip Schedule of the President to New York, New York.
  • November 2-4 - Trip Schedule of the President to Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota.
  • November 9 - Address by the Assistant to the President, John R. Steelman, to the National Electrical Contractors Association Convention.
  • December 2 - Address by the Assistant to the President, John R. Steelman, to the Third National Men of Science and Industry Dinner.
  • December 3 - Remarks of the President at special presentation ceremonies, Key West, Florida. 1950
  • February 17 - "Truman Tells Irked Newsmen He'll Go 'Krock' as He Pleases," by Edward T. Folliard. Newspaper clipping, Washington Post. "Truman Defends Private Interview In a Spirited Session with Press," by Anthony LeBiero, newspaper clipping, New York Times.
  • May 7-16 - Trip Record of the President to Casper, Wyoming, Grand Coulee Dam, Washington; Fort Peck Dam, Montana; Madison, Wisconsin and Chicago, Illinois.
  • July 28 - Letter to the Chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation requesting increase in government production of synthetic rubber.
  • [ca. August] - "Truman on 'Voice' Exhorts Vietnam," newspaper clipping, [no source given]
  • August 29 - Letter from John R. Steelman to the Honorable Kenneth McKellar, Chairman, Committee on Appropriations.
  • September 8 - U.S. Government Printing Office report on NSRB Document 128.
  • September 15 - Address by the Assistant to the President, John R. Steelman, before the National Association of Women Lawyers.
  • September 19 - Address by Honorable W. Averell Harriman, Special Assistant to the President at the 69th Annual American Federation of Labor Convention.
  • September 21 - Letter from Leon H. Keyserling to Dean Robert W. French regarding his appointment as the Chairman of the Committee on the Southwest Economy.
  • September 26 - Letter to the President from a group of Lithuanian displaced persons.
  • October 11-18 - Trip Record of the President to Hickam Field, Oahu.
  • October 19 - Address by the Assistant to the President, John R. Steelman before the Mt. Holyoke Alumnae Association.
  • October 23 - Address by the Honorable W. Averell Harriman, Special Assistant to the President, at the New York Herald Tribune forum on "Mobilization of American Strength for World Security"
  • November 3 - Address by the Assistant to the President, John R. Steelman, before the American Society of Travel Agents.
  • November 4-7 - Trip Record of the President to St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri.
  • December 18 - Memorandum for the President from Charles S. Murphy regarding suggested topics for discussion with the Big Four. [Attached to correspondence to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House].
  • December 22 - Trip Record of the President to Independence, Missouri. 1951
  • January 3 - Chart of Personnel and activities for the Defense Mobilization Organization. [Attached to a statement by the Director of Defense Mobilization].
  • January 5 - "Truman Tongue-Tied on Foot-Loose Query," newspaper clipping, The New York Times.
  • January 11 - Transcripts of Speeches given by Speaker Rayburn, Vice President Barkley and President Truman at a reception for Democratic Members of Congress.
  • January 25 - Statement by the President on General Eisenhower's return from a tour of countries belonging to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
  • January 29 - Address by the Assistant to the President, John R. Steelman, at Vanderbilt University.
  • February 2 - Statement by Joseph Short, Press Secretary to the President regarding the railroad strike.
  • February 6 - Remarks by the President at ceremonies for Eagle Boy Scouts.
  • February 12 - Summary of remarks by W.Averell Harriman, Special Assistant to the President, at the Women's National Democratic Club Luncheon.
  • February 23 - Statement by Joseph Short, Press Secretary to the President, on the President's receiving correspondence from Senators and Congressmen to the R.F.C. regarding loans.
  • February 25 - Address by the Honorable W. Averell Harriman, Special Assistant to the President, delivered at an emergency conference sponsored by the American Association for the United Nations.
  • March 2 - Trip Record of the President to Key West, Florida.
  • March 6 - Remarks by the Assistant to the President, John R. Steelman, regarding the gold medal received from the American Arbitration Association.
  • March 20 - Remarks of the President at the Navy Department's Award for Achievement in Safety ceremonies.
  • March 20 - Correspondence from Douglas MacArthur to Representative Martin of Massachusetts, with the following items attached:

  • April 3 - Off the record remarks by the President at the Little Cabinet Dinner.
  • April 4 - Off the record remarks by the President to a group of Baptist ministers.
  • April 5 - Summary of Address by the Honorable W. Averell Harriman, Special Assistant to the President, at the annual Grover Cleveland Club dinner.
  • April 20 - White House Statement relating to the Science Advisory Committee.
  • April 25 - Remarks by the Honorable W. Averell Harriman Special Assistant to the President, before the biennial council of the League of Women Voters.
  • April 30 - Address by the Honorable W. Averell Harriman, Special Assistant to the President at the American Association for the United Nations, Inc. regional conference.
  • May 3 - Appointments List to the Wage Stabilization Board-Public, Industry and Labor.
  • May 12 - Correspondence to the President from Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.
  • May 24 - Address by the Honorable W. Averell Harriman, Special Assistant to the President, before the Mid-West and Western States Conference of the Democratic Party.
  • June 3 - Address by the Honorable W. Averell Harriman, at the University of Missouri at Kansas City.
  • June 3 - Address by the Assistant to the President, John R. Steelman, at Hendrix College.
  • June 13 - Transcript of question-answer meeting of the President with the Fifth Annual Institute for Teachers of Government and Administration.
  • June 15 - Address by the Assistant to the President, John R. Steelman, before the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
  • June 29 - Address by the Assistant to the President, John R. Steelman, at the Ozark Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation.
  • July 3 - Statement by the Honorable W. Averell Harriman before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearings regarding the Mutual Security Program.
  • July 7 - "Truman Will Request Soviet To Tell People of U.S. Amity," newspaper clipping, The New York Times.
  • July 13 - "President's Memory Slips on Letters to Congress," newspaper clipping, The New York Times.
  • July 31 - Off the record remarks of the President at the dinner for George Schoeneman.
  • August 8 - Notice of approval by the President for H.R. 2192 and H.R. 2321.
  • August 30 - Off the record remarks of the President at a dinner in Honor of Dr. George Taylor.
  • August 30 - Statement by the President on the Celebration of the Jewish New Year.
  • September 19 - "President's Letter on Rights and Security," newspaper clipping, The New York Times.
  • October 2 - Notice of press conference to be held by the Commission on Renovation of the Executive Mansion.
  • October 20 - Statement by Joseph Short, Press Secretary to the President, on the nomination of General Mark W. Clark as Ambassador to the Vatican City.
  • November 2 - Remarks by Princess Elizabeth regarding the presentation of the overmantel to the President.
  • November 29 - Address by the Assistant to the President, John R. Steelman before the Atlanta Junior Chamber of Commerce. 1952
  • January 11 - Remarks by the President to State and Territorial Civilian Defense directors and their assistants.
  • January 17 - Off the record remarks by the President to business paper editors.
  • January 26 - Citation awarding the Distinguished Service Medal to W. Stuart Symington.
  • January 28 - Remarks by the President to the members of the executive committee of the National Association of Postmasters.
  • February 9 - Listing of the members of the Annual Assay Commission.
  • February 15 - Remarks by the President to a delegation from the Lithuanian American Council.
  • February 19 - Remarks by the President to the Government Compliance Committee.
  • March 5 - Remarks by the President to the Czechoslovak National Council of America.
  • March 5 - Remarks by the President to the National Advertising Council.
  • May 1 - Nominations sent to the Senate for members of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation.
  • May 10 - Address by the Assistant to the President, John R. Steelman, to the National League of the District Postmasters of Arkansas convention.
  • May 13 - Notice of appointment of Vice Admiral Matthias B. Bardner to the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
  • May 13 - List of bills approved by the President.
  • May 19 - Approval of S. 1798 by the President.
  • May 20 - Nomination sent to the Senate.
  • May 20 - Approval of H.R. 5715 by the President.
  • May 21 - Nominations sent to the Senate.
  • May 22 - List of bills approved by the President.
  • May 23 - List of bills approved by the President.
  • May 23 - Second list of bills approved by the President.
  • May 28 - Approval of S.J. Res. 156 by the President.
  • June 4 - Nominations sent to the Senate by the President.
  • June 6 - Notice of appointment of Laurence F. Lee to the National Advisory Board on Mobilization Policy.
  • June 6 - Notice of appointment of Ernest A. Lister as Alternate Representative of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization.
  • June 6 - Nominations sent to the Senate by the President.
  • June 11 - Nominations sent to the Senate by the President.
  • June 16 - Nominations sent to the Senate by the President.
  • June 17 - Nominations sent to the Senate by the President.
  • June 17 - Off the record remarks by the President to the National Advisory Board on Mobilization Policy.
  • June 18 - Nominations sent to the Senate by the President.
  • June 19 - Correspondence sent to the Honorable Alben W. Barkley and the Honorable Sam Rayburn.
  • June 20 - Nominations sent to the Senate by the President.
  • June 24 - Nominations sent to the Senate by the President.
  • June 25 - Nominations and withdrawal sent to the Senate by the President.
  • June 25 - Nominations [Reappointment) sent to the Senate by the President.
  • June 26 - Nominations sent to the Senate by the President.
  • June 27 - Defense Manpower Policy No. 6.
  • June 27 - Nominations sent to the Senate by the President.
  • June 27 - Additional nominations sent to the Senate by the President.
  • June 28 - Notice of appointment of John H.H. Sengstacke to the Board of Directors of the Virgin Islands Corporation.
  • June 28 - Nominations sent to the Senate by the President.
  • June 30 - Nominations sent to the Senate by the President.
  • July 1 - List of bills approved by the President.
  • July 1 - Second list of bills approved by the President.
  • July 3 - Nominations sent to the Senate by the President.
  • July 3 - Additional nominations sent to the Senate by the President.
  • July 3 - List of bills approved by the President.
  • July 5 - Notice of approval of H.R. 5768.
  • July 5 - List of bills approved by the President.
  • July 5 - Nomination of Chester E. Stovall to the Subversive Activities Control Board.
  • July 7 - Notice of Presidential approval of H.R. 7714.
  • July 7 - List of bills approved by the President.
  • July 8 - Notice of recess appointment of Thomas Chalmers Buchanan to the Federal Power Commission.
  • July 8 - Notice of appointment of Raymond H. Davis to the Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction in China.
  • July 8 - List of bills approved by the President.
  • July 8 - Second list of bills approved by the President.
  • July 9 - List of bills approved by the President.
  • July 9 - Notice of recess appointment of J. Howard Rossbach to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  • July 9 - Notice of Presidential approval of H.R. 5426.
  • July 9 - Notice of Presidential approval of S. 103 and S. 1705.
  • July 10 - Notice of recess appointments made by the President.
  • July 10 - List of bills approved by the President.
  • July 10 - Second list of bills approved by the President.
  • July 10 - Third list of bills approved by the President.
  • July 12 - List of bills approved by the President.
  • July 12 - Second list of bills approved by the President.
  • July 14 - List of bills approved by the President.
  • July 14 - Second list of bills approved by the President.
  • July 14 - Third list of bills approved by the President.
  • July 15 - List of bills approved by the President.
  • July 16 - List of bills approved by the President.
  • July 16 - Second list of bills approved by the President.
  • July 16 - Third list of bills approved by the President.
  • July 17 - List of recess appointments made by the President.
  • July 17 - List of bills approved by the President on July 16.
  • July 17 - Second list of bills approved by the President.
  • July 17 - List of bills approved by the President.
  • July 18 - List of bills approved by the President.
  • July 18 - Second list of bills approved by the President.
  • July 19 - Notice of Presidential approval of H.R. 7794.
  • July 19 - Notice of Presidential approval of H.R. 7502.
  • July 21 - Notice of recess appointment of Wilson L. Townsend to the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of Washington.
  • July 22 - Notice of recess appointment of Paul J. Wedel to the Renegotiation Board.
  • July 23 - Notice of recess appointment of Robert C. Turner to the Council of Economic Advisors.
  • July 31 - List of recess appointments made by the President.
  • August 19 - Charts relating to the President's budget review for 1953.
  • October 14 - Off the record remarks by the President at the tenth annual dinner of the Advisory Council of Federal Reports.
  • December 4 - Off the record remarks by the President at the Farewell Cabinet Dinner. 1953
  • January 8 - President's press and radio conference No. 323.

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    Appendix C

    An alphabetical subject index to Harry S. Truman's Press Releases, April 1945 - January 1953.

    MICROFILM LIST

    Microfilm Reel

    Contents

    1

    Addresses and Messages to Congress

    2

    A – Algonquin

    3

    Ali – Armstrong

    4

    Army – Benton

    5

    Ber – Byroade

    6

    C – Civitan

    7

    Cl – Confetti

    8

    Confidence – Corporation

    9

    Corforal – Defends

    10

    Defense – Detroit

    11

    Deupree – Eberstadt

    12

    Ecuador – Emerging

    13

    Emigrate – Explosives

    14

    Export – Federal Funds

    15

    Federal Government – Footprints

    16

    Footwear – Fritz

    17

    Front – Gown

    18

    Gr – Hilt

    19

    Him – Immigrants

    20

    Immigration – Interagency

    21

    Inter-American – Joys

    22

    Judaism – Leaders

    23

    Leadership – Lovett

    24

    Low – Mesta

    25

    Met – Must Contribute

    26

    Must Cooperate – Navy Yards

    27

    Nazi – Oklahoma

    28

    Olander – Peace Campaign

    29

    Peace Can – Pneumonia

    30

    Po – President, Precinct

    31

    President’s Press – Productively

    32

    Program – Rail

    33

    Railroad – Remarks

    34

    Remedial – Resources

    35

    Respect – Savannah

    36

    Save – Shissler

    37

    Shock – Speculate

    38

    Speculation – Stowe

    39

    Str – Targets

    40

    Tariff – Total War

    41

    Totalitarian – Unholy

    42

    Unification – Veterinary

    43

    Vetoes – Waukesha

    44

    Wave – Working Man

    45

    Working Men – Zylka

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