February 5th, 1943

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

12:20am

Retired from previous day

White House

USH

11:00am

(Adm. William D. Leahy)

Note: Time inconsistent w/ previous entry

Office

STE

11:15am

To Office

White House

USH

11:15am

John J. McCloy

Office

STE, TU

11:45am

J. M. Troncoso

Office

STE, TU

12:30pm

(Adm. William D. Leahy)

Office

STE

12:55pm

U Sec. of State Sumner Welles, Dr. Carlos Cisneros

Office

STE, TU

1:00pm

(lunch) Postmaster Gen. Frank C. Walker

Office

STE, TU

1:45pm

VP Henry A. Wallace

Office

STE, TU

2:00pm

Cabinet

Office

STE, TU

4:10pm

Press Conf. PC#877 (FDR, Stephen T. Early)

Office

STE, TU

4:30pm

(Commerce Sec. Jesse H. Jones)

Office

STE

7:15pm

Returned from Office via Doctor's office.

Office

USH

7:30pm

(dinner) ER, List (15)

White House

USH

8:05pm

Leave for Washington, DC Union Station - train enroute to Hyde Park, NY accompanied by Gen. and Mrs. Edwin M. Watson, Grace G. Tully, Mr. Hassett, Miss Hochmeister, George Fox, Dewey Long

White House

USH

ER

In Washington, DC, left for New York, NY by train in late evening

USH

Houseguest

Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Maloney, Jr. (left 9:30), Miss Lorena Hickok (left 9:50), Miss Louise Marley (left 9:55), Dr. Maurice Weiting (left 3:35), Mrs. Robert Violett (left 4:30), Mrs. Eliot Pratt (left 11:55)

USH

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

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