December 12th, 1939

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

11:00am

Gov. Marriner S. Eccles

Note: Office arrival and scheduled meeting conflict

Office

STE, TU

11:15am

Chair. Arthur J. Altmeyer and Miss Josephine Roche

Note: office arrival and scheduled meeting conflict

Office

STE, TU

11:18am

To Office

White House

USH

11:30am

William Gibbs McAdoo

Office

STE, TU

11:45am

(William H. McReynolds)

Office

STE

12:00pm

Budget Dir. Harold D. Smith

Office

STE, TU

1:00pm

(lunch) Treasury Sec. Henry Morgenthau, Jr.

Office

STE, TU

4:10pm

Press Conf. PC #605 (FDR)

Office

PC, STE, TU

5:15pm

Returned from Office

White House

USH

5:15pm –

6:38pm

(tea - Red Parlor) Esther Lape, W. B. Kampffert, Dr's. Hugh Cabot, J. R. Earp and M. C. Winternitz

White House

STE, USH

7:30pm

(dinner) Household, ER, Dr. and Mrs. T. G. Klumpp, Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Parran, Jr., Dr. Fronz Schuck, Catherine Lewis, Col. Henry Osthagen, Miss Malvina Thompson (8:45 p.m. viewed Movie "Ninotchka" preceded by piano recital given by Josephine Harreld in Monroe Room)

White House

USH

8:30pm –

10:30pm

Grace G. Tully (Steno)

White House

USH

10:30pm –

11:25pm

To Doctor's office

White House

USH

11:35pm

Retired

White House

USH

ER

In Washington, DC

USH

Houseguest

Miss Jane Brett (dep. 11:32), Miss Esther Lape (arr. 6:40)

USH

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

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