April 10th, 1940

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

12:00am

Proclamation No. 2394 issued

White House

PP

12:00am

Executive Order 8389 issued

Note: No start time available

White House

PP

10:00am

Sen. Alben W. Barkley (KY), Rep. Sam T. Rayburn (TX)

White House

STE, TU, PAI

11:30am

U Sec. of State Sumner Welles, Federal Loan Agency Admin. Jesse H. Jones

Note: Office arrival and scheduled meeting conlict

Office

STE, TU, PAI

11:43am

To Office

White House

USH

11:45am

Col. F. C. Harrington (WPA Commissioner)

Office

STE, TU, PAI

12:00pm

Charles Rist (from France)

Office

STE, PAI

12:15pm

M. W. Thatcher (Chairman, Legislative Committee of National Farmers Union) with leaders of Farmers Union and National Federation of Grain Cooperatives

Office

STE, TU, PAI

12:30pm

Sen. George W. Norris (NE), Sen. Carl Hayden (AZ), re reclamation in Great Plain area

Office

STE, TU, PAI

2:00pm

Motored

Washington, DC

STE

3:00pm

Budget Dir. Harold D. Smith

Office

STE, PAI

3:15pm

FCC Chairm. James Lawrence Fly

Note: President's Appointment Index has date of 04/11/1940

Office

STE, PAI

4:00pm

Danish Minister Henrik de Kauffman

Office

STE, PAI

4:30pm

Justice Felix Frankfurter, Archibold MacLeish (Librarian of Congress), Dr. R. D. W. Connor (Archivist)

Office

STE, PAI

5:30pm

Treasury Sec. Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Asst. Sec. of State Adolf A. Berle, Edward H. Foley, Jr. (Treas. Dept. Counsel)

Office

STE, PAI

7:00pm

Returned from Office via Doctor's office

Office

USH

7:30pm

(dinner) alone

White House

USH

10:25pm

Retired

White House

USH

Houseguest

Harry L. Hopkins (arr. 3:10), Mrs. E. von Hesse (dep. 4:40)

USH

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

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