January 25th, 1934

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

12:15am

Retired from previous day

White House

USH

8:45am

Rep. Darden

Note: Time may not be correct. This entry is pencil written on a slant. Also this entry does not appear in the usher's diary although FDR has not gone to his office.

White House

STE

9:15am

Carlisle

Note: This entry does not appear in the Usher's Diary although FDR has not yet gone to his office.

White House

STE

10:45am

(Rep. and Mrs. Ahrens and daughter)

Note: Time conflict - Usher's Diary shows FDR going to his office at 1100.

Office

STE

11:00am

To Office

White House

USH

11:00am

Commr. Bradley

Note: Time conflict - Usher's Diary shows FDR going to his office at 1100 and another meeting preceeds this one.

Office

STE

11:15am

Sen. Robert F. Wagner

Office

STE

11:30am

Sen. John H. Bankhead

Office

STE

11:45am

American War Mothers Delegation

Office

STE

12:00pm

Dr. Alejandro Shaw and Argentina Ambassador

Office

STE

12:10pm

Willliam Dawson

Office

STE

12:30pm

Postmaster Gen. James A. Farley et. al.

Office

STE

12:50pm

Col. Russell Martin - Comdr. in Chief GAR

Office

STE

1:00pm

Harold L. Ickes and Henry A. Wallace

Office

STE

1:55pm

Harry L. Hopkins

Office

STE

2:15pm

Gov. Conway

Office

STE

2:30pm

Doyle and Davis

Office

STE

2:45pm

Meeting with Dir. William O. Douglas - Harry L. Hopkins

Office

STE

5:55pm

Returned from Office

White House

USH

6:10pm –

7:15pm

Swimming

White House

USH

8:00pm

(Dinner) to VP John Nance Garner with ER and 76 Invited Guests at U Shaped Table

White House

USH

10:00pm

Musicale with ER and 218 Invited Guests

Note: Retired after midnight

White House

USH

ER

In Washington, DC

USH

Houseguest

Mrs. Louis M. Howe and M. Hartley Howe (arr 8:15 am), Prof. and Mrs. Albert Einstein (left 11:00), Mr. Elliott Roosevelt and Mrs. Donald W. Douglas (arr. 11:30), Mrs. Dall (left 1:40), Miss Marguerite A. LeHand (returned 1:45), Mr. and Mrs. Lee M. Pattison (arr. 4:25), Miss Laura Delano (arr. 6:15), Ned Lane (arr. 11:30 am)

USH

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

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