December 13th, 1939

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

12:00am

Letter drafted to Francis Bowes Sayre

White House

PRI

10:45am

Rep. Jed J. Johnson

Note: office arrival and scheduled meeting conflict

Office

STE, TU

10:55am

To Office

White House

USH

11:00am

U Sec. Noble

Office

STE, TU

11:15am

Sen. Harry S Truman

Office

STE, TU

11:30am

Marshall E. Dimock

Office

STE, TU

11:45am

Amb. to Belgium Joseph E. Davies

Office

STE, TU

12:00pm

Surgeon Gen. Thomas Parran, Jr.

Office

STE, TU

12:15pm

William T. Evjue (Publisher of Capital Times, Madison, WI)

Office

STE, TU

12:45pm

Adm. Emory S. Land

Office

STE, TU

1:00pm

(lunch) Paul de Kruif

Office

STE, TU

2:00pm

Louis A. Simon

Office

STE, TU

2:30pm

Sec. of State Cordell Hull

Office

STE, TU

6:40pm

Returned from Office via pool and Doctor's office

White House

USH

7:30pm

(dinner) Household, ER

White House

USH

8:30pm –

10:45pm

Dorothy Jones (Steno)

White House

USH

11:15pm

Retired

White House

USH

ER

In Washington, DC

USH

Houseguest

Miss Esther Lape (dep.)

Note: No time given for Miss Lape's departure

USH

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

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