December 18th, 1941
Transcript
Times | Log | Location | Source |
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12:25am |
Retired from previous day |
White House |
USH |
11:00am |
(Edward J. Flynn (Chairm. Democratic Nat. Comm.), Richard J. Reynolds, Edwin Pauley) Note: No names are given in the Stenographer's Diary. |
White House |
STE, PAI |
11:15am |
Atty. Gen. Francis Biddle, (Edward Flynn, Ed Pauley, Wayne Johnson, and Richard Reynolds) Note: Conflict with usher's log |
Office |
STE, TU, PAI |
11:30am |
To Office |
White House |
USH |
11:45am |
William S. Knudsen |
Office |
STE, TU |
12:00pm |
Leland Harrison |
Office |
STE, TU, PAI |
12:45pm |
(A.R.) Note: Is "A.R." Mrs. Anna Rosenberg? President's Appointment Index shows an off-the-record appointment with her at 1400. |
Office |
STE |
1:00pm |
(lunch) Budget Dir. Harold D. Smith, Asst. Budget Dir. John B. Blandford |
Office |
STE, PAI |
2:00pm |
Soviet Amb. Maxim Litvinov Note: No name given in stenographer's log |
Office |
STE, TU, PAI |
3:15pm |
War Sec. Henry L. Stimson, Navy Sec. Frank Knox, Gen. George C. Marshall (Chief of Staff), Adm. Harold R. Stark (Chief of Naval Ops.), Adm. Chester William Nimitz, Adm. Ernest J. King, Gen. Henry H. Arnold |
Office |
STE, TU, PAI |
5:30pm |
Sen. Frederick Van Nuys, Rep. Hatton W. Sumners. Signing War Powers Act |
Office |
STE |
6:50pm |
Returned from Office via Doctor's office |
White House |
USH |
7:30pm – 10:35pm |
(dinner) ER, James Roosevelt, Mrs. James Roosevelt |
White House |
USH |
9:30pm – 11:45pm |
Mrs. Mary Eben Note: Retired 0015 next day |
White House |
USH |
ER |
In Washington, DC |
USH |
USH = White House Usher's Diary, STE = Stenographer's Diary, PC = Press Conference, TU = Tully's Appointment Diary
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