February 8th, 1941

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

11:22am –

11:45am

Mr. Cass Canfield

White House

STE, USH, TU, PAI

11:45am –

12:02pm

Quentin Reynolds

White House

STE, USH, TU, PAI

12:02pm –

12:25pm

William S. Knudsen (Chairm. Natl. Defense Council)

White House

STE, USH, TU, PAI

12:25pm –

12:57pm

French Amb. Gaston Henry-Haye

White House

STE, USH, TU, PAI

12:57pm –

1:37pm

Paul V. McNutt (Admin. F.S.A.), Wayne Coy, Fred Osborne, Gen George C. Marshall (Chief of Staff), Adm. Chester W. Nimitz

White House

STE, USH, TU, PAI

1:37pm –

1:52pm

Daniel Harris, Sherman Minton

White House

STE, USH, TU, PAI

1:52pm –

2:30pm

(lunch) Basil O'Connor

White House

STE, USH, TU, PAI

2:30pm –

4:25pm

(Lord Halifax)

White House

STE, USH, TU

5:55pm –

6:50pm

To Doctor's office

White House

USH

6:50pm –

7:30pm

Marguerite A. LeHand's apartment

White House

USH

7:30pm –

7:42pm

Broadcast in Diplomatic Reception Room via all networks to Boy Scouts of America (no pictures)

White House

STE, USH, TU, PAI

7:42pm –

11:00pm

(dinner - Small Dining Room) ER, Household, Mr. and Mrs. Julian Bryan

White House

USH

8:50pm –

11:00pm

Julian Bryan Movies with ER, Mr. and Mrs. C. Spaeth, VP Henry A. Wallace and Mrs. Wallace, J. Hay Whitney, Mr. and Mrs. C. Collier

White House

USH, TU

11:15pm

Retired

White House

USH

ER

Returned from New York, NY at 0745. Left again for West Virginia at 2243.

Note: Usher's log has her departure "to NYC a/c by Miss Thompson enroute West Virginia". Not clear what that means.

USH

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

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