July 3rd, 1940

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

12:00am

Indiana State Chairman Fred F. Bays

Note: No time given

Office

PAI

12:00am

Indiana State Chairman Fred F. Bays (arranged by Sen. Sherman Minton (IN))

Note: No time given

White House

PAI

11:15am

William S. Knudsen, Budget Dir. Harold D. Smith, Asst. War Sec.Louis Johnson, Asst. Navy Sec. Lewis Compton

Note: Conflict with usher's log

Office

STE, PAI

11:18am

To Office

White House

USH

12:30pm

Herbert Agar (Editor, Louisville Courier Journal)

Office

STE, PAI

1:00pm

(lunch) Sec. of State Cordell Hull

Office

STE, PAI

2:15pm

James V. Forrestal (Admin. Assistant to FDR)

Office

STE, PAI

2:30pm

Rep. Thomas H. Cullen (NY)

Office

STE, PAI

6:15pm

Returned from Office via Doctor's office

Office

USH

6:30pm

(dinner) Marguerite A. LeHand

White House

USH

7:30pm –

10:25pm

Atty. Gen. Robert H. Jackson, Interior Sec. Harold L. Ickes, Benjamin V. Cohen, Thomas Corcoran, Lauchlin Currie, Lowell Mellett

Note: Met in study

White House

LOR, USH

10:42pm

To station enroute to Hyde Park, NY

White House

USH, STE

11:00pm

Leave Washington, DC (via train) for Hyde Park, NY accompanied by James Roosevelt, Stephen T. Early, Marguerite A. LeHand, Henry M. Kannee, Roberta Barrows, Louise Hochmeister, Mrs. Ruthjane Rumert, George A Fox., Dewey E. Long, Leo A. de Waard, Secret Service Agents, Newspapermen, Broadcasting representatives, Photographers, etc.

Washington, DC

TRP

Houseguest

James Roosevelt (arr. 8:10, dep. 2242). James Rowe had dinner with James Roosevelt at 2030

USH

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

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