December 16th, 1941

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

11:00am

(Mrs. Anna Rosenberg)

Note: Conflict with usher's log

Office

STE, PAI

11:02am

To Office

White House

USH

11:15am

Sidney Hillman

Office

STE, TU, PAI

11:45am

J. Russell Young (D.C. Commissioner), Guy Mason (D.C. Commissioner)

Office

STE, TU, PAI

12:15pm

Edward C. Eicher

Office

STE, TU, PAI

12:45pm

Mexican Amb. Dr. Francisco Castillo Najera

Office

STE, TU, PAI

1:00pm

(lunch)

Office

STE

4:10pm

Press Conf. PC#792

Office

PC, STE, TU

4:30pm

Navy Sec. Frank Knox, Adm. Harold R. Stark (Chief of Naval Ops.), Adm. Ernest J. King

Office

STE, TU, PAI

4:40pm

War Sec. Henry L. Stimson, Gen. George C. Marshall (Chief of Staff)

Office

STE, TU, PAI

5:00pm

(Justice Owen J. Roberts)

Note: The Stenographer's Diary shows a set of parentheses with no name included at 1700.

Office

TU, PAI

7:15pm

Returned from Office via Doctor's office

White House

USH

7:30pm –

12:10am

(dinner) ER, War Sec. Henry L. Stimson, Mrs. Hamlin, Melvyn Douglas, Grace G. Tully

Note: Melvyn Douglas left at 2115. FDR and ER retired at 0015 next day

White House

USH

ER

In Washington, DC

USH

Houseguest

John Sargent (dep. 9:45), Stephen Hopkins (dep. 4:35)

USH

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

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