October 1st, 1940

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

12:00am

Letter drafted to Pius XII

White House

PRI

12:00am

Letter drafted to John Boettiger

White House

PRI

9:45am –

10:32am

Ambassador to France William C. Bullitt

White House

USH

11:00am

Gen. Rafael L. Trujillo

Note: Conflict with usher's log

Office

STE, TU, PAI

11:08am

To Office

White House

USH

11:15am

French Amb. Gaston Henri-Haye

Office

STE, TU, PAI

11:30am

Miss Dorothy Thompson, Morris Ernst, et al.

Office

STE, TU, PAI

12:00pm

Gov. Roy L. Cochran (NE), Gov. Leon C. Phillips, Gov. Payne H. Ratner (KS)

Note: President's Appointment Index also lists Gov. Lloyd C. Stark (MO)

Office

STE, TU, PAI

12:15pm

Homer Adkins

Office

STE, TU, PAI

12:30pm

South American Chiefs of Staff

Office

STE, TU, PAI

1:00pm

(lunch) Atty. Gen. Robert H. Jackson

Office

STE, TU, PAI

2:00pm

U Sec. of State Sumner Welles

Office

STE, TU, PAI

4:05pm

Press Conf. #685 (FDR, Stephen T. Early)

Office

PC, STE, TU

7:10pm

Returned from Office via pool and Doctor's office

White House

USH

8:00pm –

1:15am

(dinner) Household, Treasury Sec. Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Stephen T. Early, Gen. Edwin M. Watson, Ross T. McIntire, Justice William O. Douglas, Postmaster Gen. Frank C. Walker

White House

USH

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

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