January 12th, 1939

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

1:05am

Retired

White House

USH

10:15am –

11:05am

Rep. Patrick H. Boland, Rep. Patrick J. Drewry

White House

USH, STE

10:45am

George Creel

Note: Comflict with usher's log

Office

STE, TU

11:10am

To Office

White House

USH

11:15am

Chair. Jesse H. Jones

Office

STE, USH

11:30am

Sen. Prentiss M. Brown, Murray D. Van Wagoner (Highway Commissioner, MI), Don Kennedy (Deputy Highway Commissioner), Varnum Steinbaugh (Chief Engineer Highway Department)

Office

STE, USH, TU

11:45am

Mrs. Anna Rosenberg

Office

STE, TU

12:00pm

Lamar Hardy (with daughter Miss Micheline Hardy)

Office

STE, TU

12:15pm

Amb. Hugh R. Wilson

Office

STE, TU

12:30pm

Lowell Mellett

Office

STE, TU

1:00pm

Att.-Gen. Frank Murphy

Office

STE, USH

2:00pm

Sen. James M. Mead (NY)

Note: STE log indicates rescheduled from 1100 hrs.

Office

STE, TU

2:30pm

Comm. Sec. Harry L. Hopkins

Office

STE

6:10pm

Returned from Office

White House

USH

7:00pm

(dinner) ER, Household, Amb. and Mrs. Daniels, Amb. H. R. Wilson, S. E. Whitaker and Mrs. S. E. Whitaker , Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Black, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Coyle, Mr. and Mrs. John Ihlder

White House

USH

9:00pm –

11:10pm

Congressional Reception with ER (1792 invited, 861 attended)

White House

USH

10:05pm

To Apartments

White House

USH

11:20pm

Retired

White House

USH

ER

In Washington, DC

USH

Houseguest

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., baby and nurse (dep. 4:00)

Note: Entry had no comma. Assuming Mrs. Roosevelt and her baby and nurse left (all 3)

USH

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

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