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TRUMAN Friday, December 1, 1950 U.S. ARCHIVES NATIONAL RECORDS SERVICE" AND UNITED 10:00 am Cabinet Meeting (All present except Agriculture; Under Secretary McCormick represented Agriculture) 11:00 am Following the Cabinet Meeting the following were invited to attend a conference with the President regarding the Korean Emergency: The Vice President The Speaker Senator Kenneth McKellar, Tennessee Senator Tom Connally, Texas Senator Scott W. Lucas, Illinois Senator Millard E. Tydings, Maryland Senator Richard B. Russell, Georgia Senator Elmer Thomas, Oklahoma Senator Kenneth S. Wherry, Nebraska Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire Senator Chan Gurney, South Dakota Senator Alexander Wiley, Wisconsin Congressman John W. McCormack, Massachusetts Congressman Carl Vinson, Georgia Congressman James P. Richards, South Carolina Congressman Clarence Cannon, Missouri Congressman George H. Mahon, Texas Congressman John Taber, New York Congressman Charles A. Eaton, New Jersey Congressman Dewey Short, Missouri Congressman Charles A. Halleck, Indiana Congressman Leslie C. Arends, Illinois Honorable Dean Acheson, The Secretary of State Honorable George Marshall, The Secretary of Defense Honorable Robert Lovett, The Deputy Secretary of Defense General Omar N. Bradley Honorable W. Averell Harriman Honorable Frederick Lawton, Director of the Budget General Walter Bedell Smith Admiral Sidney Souers Honorable James Lay 12:00 Honorable Myron Taylor (Phoned Mr. Connelly from New York last week) 12:15 pm Honorable Clyde Ellis, Executive Manager, National Electric Cooperative Association Mr. William S. Roberts, Editor, Rural Electric Magazine (Mr. Ellis called Mr. Connelly and asked for this) 12:30 pm Honorable Howard H. Tewksbury, American Ambassador to Paraquay (Newly appointed, and asked to pay respects to the President before leaving for post)