Summaries of Telephone Conversations

Washington, D.C. October 13, 1945 CO SUMMARY 10:25 AM TOM CORCORAN contacted ED WHEELER (son of Senator WHEELER) asking him to come over at 12:45 PM today. okay. CORCORAN asked, "Do you fellows want to keep BOB FREER (phonetic) in that Federal Trade job? I think you can if you want to, but you've got to want to. " ED wants to check further on that; ED doesn't care one way or the other. CORCORAN knows he came out of "your" office originally and states "you don't know who the hell you might get up there." ED agrees but has never "noticed any great amount of gratitude emanating as a result thereof. CORCORAN: "All I know is, when he was originally appointed, your father came to me, and I pushed for you in for you, and I just want to know do you still want him; I can help a little; you can help a lot." ED says: "Father has already recommended him." CORCORAN: "Well, I think if it goes in hard enough, it will stick." 10:45 AM Mr. TOM BRAHANY of Merrill and Lynch (Brokerage) to TOM CORCORAN's secretary saying an automobile is leaving at three o'clock at the home of CLARENCE ASPINWALD, President of Security Storage, 2340 Kalorama Road, HO 1500. In the car will be CLARENCE ASPINWALD, LLOYD WILSON, Presi- dent of the Chesapeake and Potomac until a few weeks ago, and CORCORAN President of the American Security Trust. CORCORAN is to advise if he is going in the car also and he is to bring his accordian if he can. BRAHANY mentions that many of CORCORAN'S friends will be there. BRAHANY mentions: Senator BARKLEY; Senator GEORGE; (WILLIAM D., Presidential Secretary) HASSET of White House; the President's physician; and PAUL PORTER. 11:27 AM TOM CORCORAN to Miss KARNER (or CONNOR) Secretary of State's office, saying "You know Monday is Mr. CROWLEY's last day I think he wanted me to let you know that this morning" KARNER: "All right; thank you. I think Mr. CROWLEY went out to the Secretary's house the other night for dinner as you probably know. Mr. BYRNES said that he couldn't go to the cocktail party they were having because he doesn't like going to public cocktail parties." CORCORAN: "My hunch is that they made some arrange- ments the night they had the dinner. All I'm doing this morning and I think I am doing it as a kind of a suggestion, is to remind the Justice that any arrangements that are going to be worked out, have to be worked out before Monday." 12:00 Noon TOM CORCORAN for CROWLEY. CORCORAN asked LEO CROWLEY if he had heard anything. No. CORCORAN: "I talked to her this morning. What I was wondering about is whether should call DONALD (RUSSELL) again, down at Spartanburg." CROWLEY: "Let's wait until thi afternoon or tomorrow morning. CORCORAN: "Well what is the technical situation?" CROWLEY: "Well, not until tomorrow Monday night, you understand. As I saw in the paper this morning or somebody told me, DONALD was named McCARTHY's man. Well, that was along the line I talked with DONALD, you understand; that may be the first move in the thing. Let's wait and we'll keep together this afternoon, and I'll call you if I hear anything." CORCORAN: "Thank you.