July 15th, 1942

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

9:15am

Returned from Hyde Park, NY

White House

USH

9:50am –

10:00am

(Wayne Coy)

White House

USH, TU, STE, PAI

10:07am –

10:21am

(War Sec. Henry L. Stimson)

White House

USH, TU, STE, PAI

10:21am –

11:00am

Gen. George C. Marshall, Harry L. Hopkins

White House

USH, TU, STE, PAI

11:00am –

11:17am

Adm. Ernest J. King, Harry L. Hopkins

White House

USH, TU, STE, PAI

11:17am –

12:15pm

(Adm. Ernest J. King, Gen. George C. Marshall, Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Harry L. Hopkins)

White House

USH, TU, STE, PAI

12:36pm –

1:15pm

VP Henry A. Wallace, Interior Sec. Harold L. Ickes, Labor Sec. Frances W. Perkins, Agric. U Sec. Paul H. Appleby, Donald Nelson, Leon Henderson

Note: Stenographer's Diary and Tully Diary do not include Perkins in their list of attendees.

White House

USH, TU, STE, PAI

1:00pm

(lunch) (VP Henry A. Wallace, Interior Sec. Harold L. Ickes, Francis Perkins, Agric. U Sec. Paul H. Appleby, Donald Nelson, Leon Henderson)

Note: Time conflict - Usher's Diary shows FDR going to office at 1:15

White House (Cabinet Room)

STE, TU, PAI

1:15pm

To Office accompanied by above group for luncheon in Cabinet Room

Note: The phrase "Above Group" refers to Henry A. Wallace, Harold L. Ickes, Francis Perkins, Under Secy. of Agriculture, Donald Nelson, and Leon Henderson.

White House

USH

2:00pm

Elmer Davis

Office

STE, TU, PAI

2:10pm

NYC Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia

Office

STE, TU, PAI

2:30pm

Bolivian Amb. Dr. Luis Fernando Guachalla, Dr. Joaquin Espada, Dr. Alberto Crespo

Office

STE, TU, PAI

2:45pm

(Lyndon B. Johnson)

Office

STE, TU, PAI

7:05pm

Returned from Office via Doctor's office

Office

USH

7:30pm –

11:15pm

(dinner) Harry L. Hopkins, Grace G. Tully

White House

USH

11:40pm

Retired

White House

USH

ER

Returned from New York, NY

USH

Houseguest

Mrs. Eliot Pratt (left 8:30), Miss Lorena Hickok (left 9:00), Harry L. Hopkins (arr. 9:15)

USH

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

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