September 5th, 1940

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

11:00am

Rep. Carl Vinson (GA)

Note: Conflict with usher's log

White House

STE, TU, PAI

11:10am

To Office

White House

USH

11:15am

William Allen White

Office

STE, TU, PAI

11:30am

Louis Brownlow

Office

STE, TU, PAI

11:45am

Agric. Sec. Claude R. Wickard, Paul H. Appleby, et al

Office

STE, TU, PAI

12:00pm

Miss Lea Bouligny, War Sec. Henry L. Stimson, Chief of Staff, Surgeon General. Miss Lea Bouligny receiving Congressional Medal awarded to Miss Anna Bouligny.

Office

STE, TU

12:15pm

Gov. Lloyd Stark (MO)

Office

STE, TU, PAI

12:30pm

Mrs. Anna Rosenberg

Office

STE, TU, PAI

12:50pm

Sen. John H. Bankhead (AL)

Office

STE, TU, PAI

1:00pm

(lunch) NYC Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia

Office

STE, TU, PAI

2:00pm

Advisory Committee on National Defense

Note: President's Appointment Index has "National Defense Council" on this date

Office

STE, TU

4:00pm

(Budget Dir. Harold D. Smith)

Office

STE, PAI

4:45pm

Aubrey Williams, Sidney Hillman, Gen. William E. Shedd and Gen. Frank M. Andrews (War Dept. General Staff), James J. McEntee (Dir. Civilian Conservation Corps), Wayne Cox

Office

STE, TU, PAI

7:00pm

Returned from Office via Doctor's office

Office

USH

7:30pm

(dinner) Household

White House

USH

11:50pm

Retired

White House

USH

Houseguest

Grace G. Tully (arr. 1910)

USH

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

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