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TRUMAN
'NATIONAL
ARCHIVES AND
NOTES TO EDDIE JACOBSON CHRONOLOGY-- Page 2
RECORDS
LIBRARY
U.S.
SERVICE
GOVERNMENT
"Dr. W." refers to Dr. Chaim Weizmann. The reference to Blair
House involves Weizmann's stay there as the President's guest
May 24-25, 1948.
Jacobson's White House visit at the White House on "Apr. 12"
through the "East Door" did not involve Truman personally. A
Jacobson-to-Truman letter of April 29, 1948, in the President's
Personal File 1656 of the Truman Papers, states that Jacobson
had not seen Truman since St. Patrick's Day, when they had shared
in a reception in New York City. There likewise is no reference
in Connelly's Presidential Appointment Books to an interview for
Jacobson on May 8, 1948.
Notes to Page 4
The "Aug. 9th" entry undoubtedly refers to a Jacobson visit with
Truman in the Oval Office on August 5, 1948. The subjects dis-
cussed on that occasion are detailed in a letter from Jacobson
to Chaim Weizmann, dated August 6, 1948, reproduced in Adler,
Roots, p. 214.
"Meyer Weiscal" in the entry dated June 14th refers to Meyer W.
Weisgal, a Weizmann aide (later president of the Weizmann Institute
of Science in Rehovot, Israel). "M. Bis." in the same entry
refers to Maurice Bisgyer of B'nai B'rith.
"E. Epstein" refers to Eliahu Epstein, now Eliahu Elath, Special
Representative of Israel's Provisional Government in Washington
and subsequently Israel's first Ambassador to the U.S.
Mrs. Jacobson has no recollection concerning the identity of the
"Mrs. Kimo" mentioned at the bottom of the page.
In context, the notations for September 27 suggest that Jacobson
left for Oklahoma City (to confer with Truman there) in response
to a Weizmann cable of that date. The Weizmann cable was sent
from Geneva, Switzerland, as a night letter on September 27, and
Jacobson did not receive until his return from Oklahoma City. He so
indicated in a letter to Matthew Connelly, dated September 30, 1948,
in Official File 204-D Misc. of the Truman Papers.
Notes to Pages 5-7
The remarks attributed to Jonathan Daniels on page 6 were confirmed
to me as substantially accurate by Daniels in 1973. Daniels, however,
seemed to recall that the conference had been held in an Oklahoma City
hotel suite, rather than on the campaign train.
Notes to Page 8
For additional documentation on Jacobson's October 28, 1948, inter-
cession with Truman in New York City, see Adler, Roots, pp. 217, 219,
and supporting source notes.
"Saks" refers to Maurice R. Saks of Bethesda, Md., formerly of Kansas
City, a long-time Jacobson friend.
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