October 31st, 1941

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

12:10am

Retired from previous day

White House

USH

10:45am

To Office

White House

USH

11:00am

Press Conf. PC#780

Office

PC, STE, TU

11:30am

Dr. T.V. Soong

Office

STE, TU, PAI

12:50pm

To station enroute to Hyde Park, NY with Harry L. Hopkins, Grace G. Tully

Note: The Tully Diary and the Stenographer's Diary list the departure time as 1400.

White House

USH, TU

1:15pm

Sec. of State Cordell Hull, Navy Sec. Frank Knox

Note: Was this appointment canceled since FDR left for Hyde Park at 1250? Both the Tully Diary and the Stenographer's Diary list the departure time as 1400 which would have left time for this meeting.

Office

STE, PAI

ER

Returned from New York, NY at 0730. Left for New York, NY at 1605.

USH

Houseguest

Miss Lorena Hickok (dep. 9:00)

USH

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

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