January 26th, 1940

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

10:42am

To Office

White House

USH

10:45am

Press Conf. # 618 (FDR)

Office

PC, STE, TU

11:00am

Henry Luce

Office

STE, TU

11:15am

Rep. John Martin (IL)

Office

STE, TU, PAI

11:30am

Agriculture Sec. Henry A. Wallace

Office

STE, TU, PAI

11:45am

Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers (MA)

Note: President's Appointment Index has the meeting on Jan. 29

Office

STE, TU, PAI

12:00pm

Former Chinese Minister to U.S. Dr. W. W. Yen, Chinese Amb. Hu Shih

Office

STE, TU, PAI

12:15pm

Demetrios Sicilianos (Greek Minister), departing from U.S.

Office

STE, TU, PAI

12:30pm

Norman M. Littell (Asst. Atty. Gen.), Marshall E. Dimock (2nd Asst. Labor Sec.), Oscar L. Chapman (Asst. Interior Sec.); re the Western Liberal situation

Note: President's Appointment Index has a date of Jan. 29.

Office

STE, TU, PAI

12:45pm

Col. Philip Fleming

Office

STE, TU

1:15pm

(lunch) John M. Carmody (Administrator, Federal Works Agency), re signing of Presidential books

Office

STE, TU, PAI

2:00pm

Cabinet

Office

STE, TU

4:00pm

Josephine Roche (Chairm., Interdepartmental Committee on Public Health), re draft of message and bill on the hospital situation

Office

STE, PAI

7:06pm

Returned from Office via pool and doctor

White House

USH

7:38pm

(dinner) Household, Miss Malvina Thompson

White House

USH

9:00pm –

11:48pm

Grace G. Tully

White House

USH

12:00am

Retired

White House

USH

ER

In Washington, DC

USH

Houseguest

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Gould (arr. 5:25)

USH

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

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