March 20th, 1939

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

10:10am –

11:20am

VP John Nance Garner, Spkr. William B. Bankhead, and Sen. Alben W. Barkley

White House

USH, STE, TU

11:00am

Flood Control Conference - Chair. William M. Whittington, et al. (about 30)

Note: Time conflict with start time and previous record

Office

STE, TU

11:25am

To Office

White House

USH

11:30am

Sen. Lister Hill (AL)

Office

STE, TU

11:45am

Former Gov. John G. Winant

Office

TU

12:15pm

Rep. David J. Lewis

Office

STE

12:45pm

Treasury Sec. Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Rep. Jere Cooper. U Sec. John Hanes, Chair. Arthur J. Altmyer, Marshall E. Dimock (Labor Dept.), Prof. Douglas Brown

Note: Time conflict with the TU source

Office

STE, TU

1:45pm

(lunch) Treasury Sec. Henry Morgenthau, Jr.

Note: Time conflict with the Henry Morgenthau, Jr. TU source of 1300 hrs.

Office

STE, TU

2:55pm

To Doctor's office

Office

USH

3:15pm

Returned to Executive Office

White House

USH

3:30pm

(U Sec. of State Sumner Welles)

Office

STE

5:08pm

Returned from Office

White House

USH

5:11pm –

5:56pm

(tea) Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Apostolic Delegate, and Monsignor Ready

Note: tea crossed off USH vellum entry.

White House

STE, TU

7:30pm

(dinner)

White House

USH

10:15pm

Retired

White House

USH

ER

San Francisco, CA

USH

Houseguest

Elliott Roosevelt (dep. 2:10 AM)

USH

USH = White House Usher's Diary, STE = Stenographer's Diary, PC = Press Conference, TU = Tully's Appointment Diary

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