February 10th, 1941

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

12:10am

Retired

White House

USH

10:00am –

10:45am

VP Henry A. Wallace, Sen. Alben W. Barkley (KY), Spkr. Sam T. Rayburn (TX), Rep. John W. McCormack (MA)

White House

STE, USH, TU, PAI

10:45am

Legislative group: Rep. John W. McCormack (MA), Rep. Jed J. Johnson (OK), Rep. James G.Scrugham (NV), Rep. John R. Murdock (AZ), Rep. Jerry Voorhis (CA), Rep. Knute Hill (WA), Rep. Charles H. Leavy (WA), Rep. Ross Collins (MS), Rep. James W. Fitzpatrick (NY), Rep. Joseph Casey (MA), Rep. John Kerr (NC), Rep. George H. Mahon (TX), Rep. Charles Kramer (CA)

White House

STE, USH, TU, PAI

11:00am –

12:11pm

Sec. of State Cordell Hull, War Sec. Henry L. Stimson, Navy Sec. Frank Knox, Gen. George C. Marshall (Chief of Staff), Adm. Harold R. Stark (Chief of Naval Operations)

White House

STE, USH, TU, PAI

12:00pm

Sen. Ernest W. McFarland (AZ)

Note: Conflict with usher's log

Office

STE, TU, PAI

12:14pm

To Office via Doctor's office

White House

USH

12:15pm

Sen. Richard B. Russell, Jr. (GA)

Office

STE, TU, PAI

12:30pm

Sidney Hillman

Office

TU

1:00pm

(lunch) Treas. Sec. Henry Morgenthau, Jr.

Office

STE, TU, PAI

2:00pm

James M. Patterson

Office

STE

3:40pm

Returned from Office via Doctor's office

White House

USH

7:30pm

(dinner - Study) alone

White House

USH

10:15pm –

11:10pm

To Doctor's office

White House

USH

11:20pm

Retired

White House

USH

ER

Returned from West Virginia at 0840. In Washington, DC the rest of the day.

USH

Houseguest

Rene LeRoy (arr. 2:40), Joe Lash (dep. 3:40), Mrs. Eliot Pratt (dep. 3:40)

Note: Usher's log shows Joe Lash and Mrs. Eliot Pratt arriving, which seems to be in error since they had arrived Feb. 9 and 8, resp.

USH

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

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