November 21st, 1939

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

12:00am

Retired from previous day

White House

USH

12:00am

Memorandum drafted to Gen. Edwin M. Watson

White House

PRI

11:00am

Int. Sec. Harold L. Ickes

Note: Office arrival and scheduled meeting conflict

Office

STE, TU

11:05am

To Office

White House

USH

11:30am

Chair. Norman H. Davis

Office

STE, TU

11:45am

Rep. Edward V. Izac

Office

STE, TU

12:00pm

Rep. Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr.

Office

STE, TU

12:15pm

(Lowell Mellett)

Office

STE

12:45pm

Postmaster Gen. James A. Farley

Office

STE, TU

1:00pm

(lunch) Henry Morganthau, Jr.

Office

STE, TU

2:15pm

Returned from Office

White House

USH

2:46pm

To station enroute to Warm Springs, GA

White House

USH, TU, STE, TRP

3:00pm

Leave Washington, DC, via Southern Railroad for Warm Springs, GA, with ER, Gen. Edwin M. Watson, Adm. Ross T. McIntire, Capt. Danikel J. Callaghan, Marguerite A. LeHand, William D. Hassett, Grace G. Tully, Henry M. Kannee, Miss Roberta Barrows, Miss Toinette Bachelder, Miss Louise Hachmeister, George A. Fox, Dewey E. Long, Leo A. de Waard

Washington, DC

TRP, STE, TU

5:15pm –

5:20pm

Stop at Weyburn, VA

Enroute Warm Springs, GA

TRP

5:50pm –

5:50pm

Stop at Charlottesville, VA

Enroute Warm Springs, GA

TRP

7:30pm –

7:35pm

Stop at Monroe, VA

Enroute Warm Springs, GA

TRP

10:50pm –

10:55pm

Stop at Greensboro, NC

Enroute Warm Springs, GA

TRP

ER

Left for Warm Springs, GA, with FDR at 1440)

USH

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

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