December 13th, 1941

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

11:20am

To Office

White House

USH

11:45am

Postmaster Gen. Frank C. Walker

Office

STE, TU, PAI

12:00pm

War Sec. Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Harry L. Hopkins

Office

STE, TU, PAI

12:30pm

Navy U Sec. James V. Forrestal, Adm. Harold R. Stark (Chief of Naval Ops.), Adm. Samuel M. Robinson, Adm. W. R. Sexton, Adm. John H. Towers, Adm. Herbert Seymour

Office

STE, TU, PAI

1:55pm

Returned from Office

White House

USH

2:00pm –

2:50pm

(lunch) Harry L. Hopkins, Grace G. Tully

Note: Stenographer's diary has a 1300 entry for lunch alone. This was probably the schedule, superseded by this usher's log entry.

White House

USH

5:50pm –

7:00pm

To Doctor's office

White House

USH

7:30pm

(dinner) James Roosevelt, Mrs. James Roosevelt, Harry L. Hopkins, Robert Hopkins

White House

11:15pm

Retired

White House

USH

ER

On West Coast

USH

Houseguest

Robert Hopkins (arr. 6:55)

USH

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

These transcripts are based on archival sources documenting President Roosevelt's daily activities, including the White House Usher's Log and the White House Stenographer's Diary. The transcripts were created for reference purposes. Because errors can occur in data entry, we encourage you to review and cite to the original sources displayed below.

 
 
 

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