March 18th, 1939

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

11:35am –

12:15pm

Sen. James F. Byrnes

White House

STE, USH

12:15pm –

12:25pm

William K. Hutchinson (INS)

White House

STE, USH, TU

12:25pm –

1:00pm

Gen. Abbot Cox and Frederic A. Delano

White House

STE, USH, TU

1:00pm

To Navy Yard to board USS Potomac for luncheon and afternoon cruise accompanied by Frederic A. Delano, Littleton C. F. Hambley and Mrs. Littleton C. F. Hambley, Miss M. and C. Hambley, Miss Henderson, Mr.and Mrs. King, G. Emslie, Miss Emslie, and Mrs. Davis

White House

USH

5:48pm

FDR and above party returned from cruise on USS Potomac

White House

USH

7:00pm –

9:46pm

(dinner) Household and Frederic A. Delano, Littleton C. F. Hambley and Mrs. Littleton C. F. Hambley, Misses M. and C. Hambley, G. Emslie, Miss Emslie, Margaret Suckley

White House

USH

ER

Enroute to San Francisco, CA

USH

Houseguest

Miss Hambley (arr. 7:00)

White House

USH

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

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