April 2nd, 1940

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

12:00am

Presents to the Congress Reorganization Plan (part III)

White House

PP

11:00am

(Amb. William C. Bullitt)

White House

STE

12:00pm

Budget Dir. Harold D. Smith

White House

STE, TU, PAI

12:45pm

U Sec. of State Sumner Welles

White House

STE, TU, PAI

1:15pm

Former Maine Gov. Lewis Brann

White House

STE, TU, PAI

1:35pm

(lunch) Alone

White House

USH

2:00pm

(Auto ride - 1 Hr.)

White House

STE

3:05pm

To Office

White House

3:40pm

Director of Census Bureau William L. Austin

Office

STE, TU, PAI

4:01pm

Press Conf. # 632 (FDR)

Office

PC, STE, TU

6:15pm

Returned from Office via Doctor's office

Office

USH

7:30pm

(dinner) Marguerite A. LeHand

White House

USH

10:50pm

Retired

White House

USH

ER

On lecture trip

USH

Houseguest

Mrs. E. von Hesse (arr. 6:10), Miss Elizabeth Henderson (arr. 7:00), Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. (dep. 1340), Winston Frost (dep. 1340)

USH

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

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