Daily Appointment Sheet for President Harry S. Truman

Thursday, September 16th: 9.55 am (Honorable Robert Butler) (Honorable Joseph M. Broughton) 10.00 am Cabinet RECORD (Post Office and Agriculture absent) the 11.00 am Honorable William H. Hastie, Governor of the Virgin Islands (Arranged by David Niles) 11.15 am The President received the United States Commissioners in the South Pacifie Commission: Dr. Felix M. Kessing Mr. Milton J. Shalleck Dr. Karl C. Leebrick (At request of State Department who arrangad for them to meet in Washington from September 16, to 18. This Commission advises the six member Governments, Australia, France, Nether- lands, New Zealand and United Kingdom and U. S. on economic and social matters affecting their respective territories in South Pacific.) 11.30 am Mr. Leonard Simutis, President. Ithuanian-American Council Dr. Pius Grigaitis, Secretary (Arranged at request of Senator McGrath) 11.45 am Honorable Myron Taylor (Phoned Mr. Connelly sometime ago to ask for this) 12.00 H.E. Sir Cliver Shewell Franks, the British Ambassador Admiral Sir Frederick New George Dalrymple Hamilton, K.C.B., new Chief of the Naval Staff of the British Joint Chiefs of Staty (Sir Frederick is replacing Admiral Sir Henry Moore) 12.15 pm Mr. Adelbert Weston, of Neosho, Missouri (Wrote to the President that he expected to be here and the President wired him to be sure and come in) 12.30 pn (The President posed for color photographers) 1.00 pm (Ianch) 3.00 pm Semator J. Howard McGrath, R. I. Mr. Gene Pope and son. Mr. Pope is aumer and publisher, Il Progresso Senator Joseph O'Mahoney (At request of Senator McCrath) 3.15 pm Senator J. Howard McGrath Mr. Jacob Blaustein 3.25 pm (Mr. James Mitchell, Executive Director, Civil Service Assenbly, U. S. and Canada.)