May 17th, 1944

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

11:10am

To Office.

White House

USH

11:15am

Received Delegates to the Twenty-Sixth Session of the International Labor Conference.

Office

STE, TU

11:45am

W. Averell Harriman

Office

STE, TU

12:15pm

S. Pinkney Tuck, Orme Wilson, Lewis G. Dreyfus, Jr., Ellis Briggs, Vice Adm. William A. Glassford.

Office

STE, TU

12:30pm

War Sec. Henry L. Stimson

Office

STE, TU

12:55pm

Omar B. Ketchum, Miss Phyllis Fay Firebaugh, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Adams, Miss Georgia Leffingwell

Office

STE, TU

1:00pm

(lunch)

Office

STE, TU

2:15pm

Returned from Office.

Office

USH

3:35pm

To Office.

White House

USH

6:40pm

Returned from Office via Doctor's office and pool.

Office

USH

7:30pm

(dinner) ER, Maj. and Mrs. John Boettiger.

White House

USH

8:45pm –

8:35pm

Grace G. Tully

White House

USH

10:55pm

Retired

White House

USH

ER

In Washington, DC, flew to Chicago, IL in late evening

USH

Houseguest

Miss Margot Haas (dep. 11:00)

USH

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

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