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Thursday, December 7, 1950 TRUMAN 10:00 am (Staff Meeting) LANDON U.S. COMMENTS 11:00 am Council of Economic Advisers Honorable Leon H. Keyserling, Chairman Honorable John D. Clark Honorable Roy Blough (Asked if they might come in and present facts on economic controls) HALF HOUR 11:30 am Honorable William C. Foster, Administrator, E. C. A. (Asked if he might come in to make report) 11:45 am Honorable Oscar Chapman, Secretary of the Interior Honorable Ingram M. Stainback, Governor of Hawaii (Asked if Stainback might deliver to the President copy of the proposed Constitution for Hawaii) 12:00 Honorable John Shaw Young, Special Ambassador to the Haitian Exposition Honorable John Simmons, Chief, Division of Protocol (Mr. Simmons asked if he might bring in Mr. Young to hand to the President a diploma from the people of Haiti, expressing gratitude to the President for the Exposition, etc.) 12:15 pm (Honorable Frank Pace, The Secretary of the Army) OFF THE RECORD 12:30 pm (The President left for the Pentagon, where he attended luncheon given by General Marshall for Prime Minister Attlee) The following were present at the luncheon: Honorable Dean Acheson, Secretary of State Honorable George Marshall, Secretary of Defense Honorable Walter S. Gifford Honorable W. Stuart Symington Honorable W. Averell Harriman Honorable Robert A. Lovett Honorable Frank Pace, Jr. Honorable Francis P. Matthews Honorable Thomas K. Finletter General Omar N. Bradley General Wad H. Haislip General Hoyt S. Vandenberg Admiral Forrest P. Sherman Right Honorable Clement Richard/Attlee Right Honorable Sir Oliver S. Franks Field Marshal Sir William Slim The Lord Tedder of Glenquin Sir Roger Makins Mr. Denis H. F. Rickett Sir Edwin N. Plowden 1:45 pm (The President left Pentagon at this time to drive to Blair House, where he was joined by Mrs. Truman, and then proceeded to the home of Secretary Ross for funeral services)