December 15th, 1941

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

12:10am

Retired from previous day

White House

USH

10:30am –

12:55pm

Navy Sec. Frank Knox

White House

STE, USH, TU, PAI

1:00pm

To Office

White House

USH

1:00pm

(lunch) Wendell L. Willkie

Office

STE, TU, PAI

3:30pm

Budget Dir. Harold D. Smith, Wayne Coy

Office

STE, TU, PAI

4:00pm

Navy Sec. Frank Knox

Note: Tully Diary shows this at 1630.

Office

STE, TU

7:25pm

Returned from Office via Doctor's office

White House

USH

7:35pm –

8:35pm

(dinner) ER, Harry L. Hopkins, Charles Hamlin

White House

USH

10:42pm –

11:06pm

Broadcast on "Bill of Rights" program (no pictures) from Diplomatic Reception Room

Note: This was the 150th Anniversary of the Bill of Rights.

White House

USH, TU

11:20pm

Retired

White House

USH

ER

Returned from West Coast at 1410. In Washington, DC the rest of the day.

USH

Houseguest

John Sargent (arr. 8:40), Stephen Hopkins (arr. 7:25)

USH

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

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