September 27th, 1940
Transcript
Times | Log | Location | Source |
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12:05am |
Retired from previous day |
White House |
USH |
9:30am – 10:40am |
Treasury Sec. Henry Morgenthau, Jr. |
White House |
USH, PAI |
10:30am |
To Office |
White House |
USH |
10:45am |
Amb. William C. Bullitt |
Office |
STE, TU, PAI |
10:50am |
Press Conf. #683 (FDR) |
Office |
PC, STE, TU |
11:00am |
Mrs. Anna Rosenberg |
Office |
STE, TU, PAI |
11:15am |
Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd |
Office |
TU, PAI |
11:30am |
Navy Sec. Frank Knox, Asst.War Sec. Robert P. Patterson, Walter White (NAACP), Arnold Hill, Philip Randolph, War Sec. Henry L. Stimson |
Office |
STE, TU, PAI |
12:00pm |
Committee to aid England: Herbert Agar (Editor, Louisville Courier Journal), Maury Maverick, Chester Rowell (San Francisco Editor), Matthew Campbell (Union Labor spokesman), Mrs. Roland Gray (Boston, MA), Charles H. Hall (NYC), Lewis Douglas, Barry Bingham, Laurence Dogget (President emeritus, National YMCA; Springfield, MA), T. Lindsley (NYC). |
Office |
USH, TU, PAI |
12:15pm |
British Amb. Lord Lothian, Sir Walter Leighton, Neville M. Butler (British Embassy Counselor) |
Office |
STE, TU, PAI |
12:30pm |
War Sec. Henry L. Stimson, Navy Sec. Frank Knox, Asst. War Sec. Robert P. Patterson, Navy U Sec. James V. Forrestal, William S. Knudsen, Adm. Harold R. Stark (Chief of Naval Operations), Gen. George C. Marshall (Chief of Staff) Note: President's Appointment Index also has Henry Morgenthau, Jr., at a meeting with the first 5 of these men on this day, but no time is given |
Office |
STE, TU, PAI |
1:00pm |
(lunch) |
Office |
STE |
2:00pm |
Cabinet |
Office |
STE, TU |
3:15pm – 5:00pm |
Returned from Office , motoring to view house rented by Crown Princess Martha of Norway |
Washington, DC |
USH |
5:20pm – 6:15pm |
(tea) Household |
White House |
USH |
6:45pm – 7:46pm |
(dinner) Household, Capt. Daniel Callaghan |
White House |
USH |
8:00pm – 11:00pm |
Miss Toi Bachelder |
White House |
USH |
11:05pm |
Retired |
White House |
USH |
Houseguest |
Crown Princess Martha of Norway and maid (dep. 7:46), Mrs. Oestgaard (dep. 7:46), Mr. Wedel (dep. 7:46) |
USH |
USH = White House Usher's Diary, STE = Stenographer's Diary, PC = Press Conference, TU = Tully's Appointment Diary
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