September 12th, 1940

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

11:00am

Mrs. Anna Rosenberg

Note: Conflict with usher's log

Office

STE, TU, PAI

11:09am

To Office

White House

USH

11:15am

John Kelly (Philadelphia, PA)

Office

STE, TU, PAI

11:45am

Louis Simon

Office

STE, TU, PAI

12:00pm

U.S. Minister to Liberia Lester A. Walton

Office

STE, TU, PAI

12:15pm

Frank Page, Sosthenes Behn

Office

STE, TU, PAI

12:30pm

John Steinbeck, Dr. Melvyn Knisely

Office

STE, TU, PAI

1:00pm

(lunch) Budget Dir. Harold D. Smith, Asst. Budget Dir. John B. Blandford

Office

TU, PAI

4:00pm

Advisory Committee to the Council on National Defense (Miss Elliott to stay on)

Office

STE, TU, PAI

4:00pm

War Sec. Henry L. Stimson

Office

STE

7:15pm

Returned from Office via pool and Doctor's office

Office

USH

7:40pm

(dinner) Household

White House

USH

9:00pm –

11:00pm

Miss Toi Bachelder

White House

USH

11:45pm

Retired

White House

USH

Houseguest

Harry L. Hopkins (arr. 1840)

USH

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

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