Today, President Truman woke up and left for the National Airport and
met the Secretary of State. After his meeting with the Secretary of State, he met
with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Defense, Mr. Aubrey
Mellinger and Mr. Russell Hopley. Mr. Mellinger was appointed to fill Mr. Hopley's position
of Director of Civilian Defense Planning. He also met with Mr. Geoffrey Parsons Jr. who
was the editor of the
New York Times.
After the meeting Mr. Parsons, he had an appointment with the Secretary of State,
as he usually did, every other week. He attended a luncheon with the Secretaries, Mr.
Brannan and Mr. Tobin were absent. At the end his busy day, he had a staff meeting.
Matt, 8th grade
Brittany Hill Middle School
