October 4th, 1940

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

12:00am

Letter drafted to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.

White House

PRI

12:00am

Memorandum drafted to Sec. of State Cordell Hull

White House

PRI

10:30am

To Office

White House

USH

10:50am

Press Conf. #686 (FDR, Stephen T. Early)

Office

PC, TU

11:00am

Spkr. Sam T. Rayburn (TX), Rep. John W. McCormack (MA)

Office

STE, TU, PAI

11:00am

Sen. Joseph F. Guffey (PA)

Office

STE, TU

11:15am

William Green

Office

STE, TU, PAI

11:30am

Hamilton Fish Armstrong

Office

STE, TU, PAI

12:00pm

Gen. Frank T. Hines, Dr. Joseph Menendez

Office

STE, TU, PAI

12:15pm

Sen. Ernest W. Gibson (VT)

Office

STE, TU, PAI

12:45pm

Rep. Charles Kramer (CA)

Office

STE, TU, PAI

1:00pm

(lunch) Ralph Ingersoll

Office

STE, TU, PAI

1:55pm

Saul Haas

Office

STE, TU

2:00pm

Cabinet

Office

STE, TU

4:15pm

Rep. Patrick H. Drewry (VA)

Office

STE, TU, PAI

7:00pm

Returned from Office via pool

White House

USH

7:30pm –

10:00pm

(dinner) Household, Miss Roberta Barrows

White House

USH

8:11pm

Telegram received from Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill

White House

WSC

10:00pm

To Doctor's office

White House

USH

10:50pm

To station enroute to Hyde Park, NY accompanied by Ross T. McIntire, Judge Samuel I. Rosenman

Washington, DC

USH

11:04pm

Leave Washington, DC accompanied by Stephen T. Early, Ross T. McIntire, John W. Studebaker, Marguerite A. LeHand, Grace G. Tully, Henry M. Kannee, Mrs. Ruthjane Rumelt, Miss Grace Earle, Dewey E. Long, George A. Fox, Leo A. de Waard, secret service agents, newpapermen, broadcasting representatives, photographers, newsreel and telegraph representatives.

Washington, DC

USH

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

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