December 16th, 1937

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

11:00am

To Office via Dentist's office

White House

USH

11:00am –

11:10am

S. Rukeyser

Office

STE, TU

11:10am –

11:20am

Dean Carl E. Ladd

Office

STE, TU

11:20am –

11:30am

Sen. Theodore G. Bilbo

Office

STE, TU

11:30am –

11:50am

J. E. Spingarn

Office

STE, TU

11:50am –

12:00pm

Presentation of Lincoln Ellsworth Medal

Office

STE, TU

12:00pm –

12:10pm

Capt. Dudley Knox

Office

STE, TU

12:10pm –

12:20pm

Rep. Coffee (WA)

Office

STE, TU

12:20pm –

12:30pm

American Minister to Guatemala - Fay A. des Portes

Office

STE, TU

12:30pm –

1:00pm

Mail

Office

STE

1:00pm

Raymond Stevens

Office

STE, TU

2:00pm

Dir. Daniel W. Bell

Office

STE, TU

6:00pm

Returned from Office from Office

White House

USH

7:30pm

(dinner) ER, Household, Amb. and Mrs. Joseph Davies, Mr. and Mrs. James Roosevelt

White House

USH

9:00pm –

10:25pm

Diplomatic Reception - 1057 in attendance, including ER

White House

STE, USH

10:25pm

To Apartments

White House

USH

10:30pm –

11:40pm

British Ambassador, Sec. of State Cordell Hull

White House

USH

11:55pm

Retired

White House

USH

ER

In Washington, DC, in the evening left for station enroute to New York, NY

USH

Houseguest

Mrs. William H. Woodin (left 9:45), Miss Newbold (left 10:20), Mr. Newbold and Mrs. Hare (left 10:30), Miss Corning (left 11:40)

USH

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

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