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    "ocrText": "- 7 -\n5:05pm HENRY GRUENWALD to CORCORAN, who says he \"saw that lady.\" COR-\nCORAN will see HENRY at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.\n5:07pm\nCORCORAN to COHEN, saying he was on the Hill today and they all\nknow about COHEN'S name being mentioned. He said that LISTER had\nheard and CLAUDE had heard of course, everybody's been expecting\n\"about this affair of yours.\" He said the advice he received\nfrom both of them was, \"Get that name down right away; that all\nkinds of complications can get into an open wound like that.\n\"\nCOHEN replied that \"they should say it to JIMMY\" and not to him,\nbecause \"I'm no candidate\". COHEN then stated that he was busy\nand asked if he could contact CORCORAN in a few minutes.\nAnswer: Yes.\n5:09pm\nCOHEN to CORCORAN (continuation of 5:07 p.m. conversation).\nCORCORAN asked COHEN if he minded if he (CORCORAN) reported to\n\"him\" what he (CORCORAN) heard. COHEN said he did not.\nCORCORAN will try to contact \"him\" at his home.\n5:10pm\nCORCORAN to Mr. FOLEY (Executive offices, 410). FOLEY said \"BOB\"\nhad said he heard a rumor \"out there\" that WILL CLAYTON is going\nto be Undersecretary of State. CORCORAN said CLAYTON is \"trying\nawfully hard to be.\" FOLEY asked if CORCORAN thought CLAYTON\nwould make it and CORCORAN replied that he didn't know; that he\nwould know more by tomorrow morning. O.K.\n5:16pm\nCORCORAN to \"JUSTICE\" JAMES F. BYRNES, congratulating him on his\nappointment as Secretary of State. He said he has some messages\nfor him and wants to see him. BYRNES said COHEN is coming to see\nhim too. CORCORAN will be at BYRNES' apartment at the Shoreham\nat six o'clock tonight.\n6:50pm\nWORTH CLARK to CORCORAN, who stated that YAGER, who was in COR-\nCORAN'S office this afternoon, had a very good oil proposition\nwhich had been given to him as a favor from VERNE TAYLOR, in\nNew York. CORCORAN said he thought CLARK might be interested.\nCLARK said it sounds as though it's worth investigating. CORCORAN\nsaid he would call up CLARK tomorrow morning. CLARK said not to\nas the Utility thing has blown wide open. LYLE BARREN (Phon.) is\nscared as someone has got to CLARENCE LEA (Congressman from\nCalifornia, Chairman of Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee)\nto stop the investigation and LYLE is Chairman of this sub-com-\nmittee as I told you CLARENCE is sort of put the thumb on him so\nhe (CLARK) is picking up LYLE at 9:20 and going over to see CLAR-\nENCE. He added that he spoke to CLARENCE this PM on the phone\nand as they made him mad he is going to force this thing through.\nAdded that CLARENCE is hard to force and he doesn't want to get\nin this whole damn thing with his committee. CLARK said he spoke\nto CLINT ANDERSON (Secretary of Agriculture) at some length and"
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