The President' s Job Description (Buckert)

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• Chief administrator

Director of the executive branch

• Chief citizen

The representative of all the people and the champion of public interest

• Chief executive

Leader of the executive branch and holder of executive power under the constitution

• Commander in chief

Leader of the nation's armed forces

• Chief of party

Leader of the political party controlling the executive branch

Chief Diplomat

10:15 [Harriman] Here to discuss Russian situation and to get further and final instructions in connection Conversation with Stalin. Also discussed possibility of a meeting between Stalin, Churchill and myself at a later date to try to arrange to overcome the misunderstanding and difficulties which have risen since Germany folded up.

Chief of Party

10:20 [Paul Dillon, Judge John W. Joynt] Just came in to pay respects—couple of good political friends from Saint Louis, Missouri.

Chief administator

11:15 [Secretary of Labor Perkins] Came in to discuss her resignation. She told me ever since 1936 she had been trying to leave the Department but that President Roosevelt could not get along without her—she now felt I should have a Cabinet of my own choosing and she would like very much to quit. I reluctantly accepted her resignation.

Chief executive

12:00 [C.B. Baldwin, Elmer Benson] Came in to talk Minnesota politics and to discuss appointment of Federal Judge in Minnesota.

Chief of party

12:00 [C.B. Baldwin, Elmer Benson] Came in to talk Minnesota politics and to discuss appointment of Federal Judge in Minnesota.

Chief of state

12:15 [Archbishop Athenagoras] Came to pay respects and have his picture taken with President of U.S.

Chief of citizen

1:00 [Joint session of Congress] Presented the One Hundredth Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to Infantryman, Sgt. Jake Lindsay, in the presence of Congress, Supreme Court, and members of Lindsay's family. General Marshall read the citation and I placed the medal around his neck. I told the young man that it was a privilege on my part to put this medal around his neck and I would rather have that medal than to be President of the U.S.

Chief of state

1:00 [Joint session of Congress] Presented the One Hundredth Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to Infantryman, Sgt. Jake Lindsay, in the presence of Congress, Supreme Court, and members of Lindsay's family. General Marshall read the citation and I placed the medal around his neck. I told the young man that it was a privilege on my part to put this medal around his neck and I would rather have that medal than to be President of the U.S. 2:00 [Harold D. Smith, director

Commander in chief

1:00 [Joint session of Congress] Presented the One Hundredth Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to Infantryman, Sgt. Jake Lindsay, in the presence of Congress, Supreme Court, and members of Lindsay's family. General Marshall read the citation and I placed the medal around his neck. I told the young man that it was a privilege on my part to put this medal around his neck and I would rather have that medal than to be President of the U.S. 2:00 [Harold D. Smith, director

Chief executive

2:00 [Harold D. Smith, director of the budget] Discussed ordinary matters of the budget.

Chief legislator

2:00 [Harold D. Smith, director of the budget] Discussed ordinary matters of the budget.

Chief Legislator

9:30 [Representative Andrew J. May (Kentucky)] Talked about Universal Service Bill. Also discussed the prospects for the Japanese war. He is Chairman of Military Committee of the House and is a key man in military policies of the country.

Commander in Chief

9:30 [Representative Andrew J. May (Kentucky)] Talked about Universal Service Bill. Also discussed the prospects for the Japanese war. He is Chairman of Military Committee of the House and is a key man in military policies of the country.

• Chief of state

Ceremonial head of government

• Chief Diplomat

The main architect of the nation's foreign policy and its chief spokesperson to the world

• Chief legislator

Main author of the nation's public policies


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