Daily Appointment Sheet for President Harry S. Truman

TRUMAN LIBERT Tuesday, September 12, 1950 9:00 am (Honorable John W. Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury) OFF THE RECORD 10:00 am Honorable Alben Barkley, The Vice President Honorable Sam Rayburn, The Speaker Senator Scott Lucas, Illinois (Briefing by General J. Lawton Collins) (Admiral Forrest P. Sherman) OFF THE RECORD (General Hoyt S. Vandenberg) 11:00 am (Staff Meeting) 11:15 am The President signed H.R. 9038, An Act "To authorize the President to determine the form of the national budget and of departmental estimates, to modernize and simplify governmental accounting and auditing methods and procedures, and for other purposes." The following guests were present: Honorable John W. Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury Mr. Edward F. Bartelt, Fiscal Assistant Secretary Honorable Lindsay C. Warren, Comptroller General of the U. S. Mr. Walter F. Frese, Chief of Accounting Systems Division Mr. Frank Yates, Assistant Comptroller General Mr. Frank Weitzel, Assistant to the Comptroller General Honorable Frederick J. Lawton, Director, Bureau of the Budget Mr. Charles B. Stauffacher, Executive Assistant Director Senator John L. McClellan, Arkansas Senator Karl E. Mundt, South Dakota Mr. Walter I. Reynolds Congressman William L. Dawson, Illinois Congressman Robert F. Rich, Pennsylvania Mr. Thomas A. Kennedy 11:30 am Congressman Cleveland M. Bailey, West Virginia Miss Corma Mowry, President, National Education Association 11:45 am Honorable W. John Kenney, Mission Chief, United Kingdom, ECA 12:00 Honorable Robert Butler, American Ambassador to Cuba 12:15 pm Dr. Max Ascoli, Editor & Publisher, REPORTER Magazine Mr. Douglas Cater, Washington Bureau Chief (Appointment arranged by Mr. Ross) 12:30 pm Honorable Louis Johnson, The Secretary of Defense (Usual Tuesday appointment) Honorable Thomas K. Finletter, Secretary of the Air Force 1:00 pm (LUNCH) 3:15 pm Commander Charles C. Ralls, Veterans of Foreign Wars Mr. Omar Ketchum (Newly elected, to pay respects)