Daily Appointment Sheet of President Harry S. Truman, with Attached Notes

On Saturday, April 2, 1949, President Harry S. Truman met off the record with members of the Committee on Public Works of the House of Representatives. Congressman (and later President) Gerald R. Ford served on this Committee and attended this meeting and tour of the White House.

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THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON April 2, 1949 MEMORANDUM FOR: THE PRESIDENT In discussing the Taft-Hartley and Minimum Wage Bills with Rayburn, it is suggested that you might ask him to strengthen your hand by promptly adopting this legislation. In view of the fact that we may be threatened with two major strikes during the summer months, the only possibility of settling these strikes would be on a moral issue and, of course, settlement can only be achieved by the President's intervention. M.J.C.