May 14th, 1942

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

10:20am –

10:50am

Budget Dir. Harold D. Smith

White House

USH

10:50am –

11:30am

Pres. Manuel L. Quezon

White House

USH

11:00am

Agric. Sec. Claude R. Wickard, Sen. Richard B. Russell, Jr. (GA)

Note: Time Conflict - Usher's Diary shows FDR going to Office at 11:40

Office

STE, TU, PAI

11:30am

Sec. of State Cordell Hull

Note: Time Conflict - Usher's Diary shows FDR going to Office at 11:40 and another meeting preceeds this one.

Office

STE, TU, PAI

11:40am

To Office

White House

USH

12:30pm

Dr. Israel Goldstein, Mrs. L. Oppenheimer, Mrs. Louis Barst, Mrs. Max Furman

Office

STE, TU, PAI

1:05pm

Returned from Office to Dining Room

Office

USH

1:10pm –

2:45pm

(luncheon) for Philippine Pres. Manuel L. Quezon - ER and 52 Invited Guests

White House

USH, TU

2:30pm

(War Sec. Henry L. Stimson)

Note: Time conflict - Usher's Diary shows FDR going to his office at 14:45

Office

STE, TU, PAI

2:45pm

To Office

White House

USH

3:00pm

(Sec. of State Cordell Hull, Atty. Gen. Francis Biddle, James A. Farley, U Sec. of State Sumner Welles, Budget Dir. Harold D. Smith, Harry L. Hopkins, Judge Samuel I. Rosenman, Postmaster Gen. Frank C. Walker, Stephen T. Early)

Office

STE, TU, PAI

3:30pm

Labor Sec. Frances W. Perkins

Office

STE, TU, PAI

7:00pm

Returned from Office via Doctor's office

Office

USH

7:40pm –

11:55pm

To Olen Hills Residence of U Sec. of State Sumner Welles for dinner

Note: Retired after midnight

White House

USH

ER

Returned from Buffalo, NY in early morning, In Washington, DC, flew to Miami, FL in late eveing

USH

Houseguest

Philippine Pres. Manuel L. Quezon and party (left 3:10)

USH

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

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