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    "ocrText": "47\nHill a very fine gentleman who afterwards became an Assistant Secretary of\nAgriculture. The Chairman of the Special Committee, however, had some\nAdministrative experience in presiding over the County Court in Jackson County.\nI knew what a vital part of the Administrative procedure a Counselor could be\nso I made a trip down the Avenue to see the Attorney General, who at that time was\nthe Honorable Robert H. Jackson. He is a great man - was a great Attorney General\nand has made an able Justice of the Supreme Court I told the Attorney General\nthat I wanted a Counselor for the new Special Committee to Investigate the\nNational Defense Program; that I wanted an able lawyer, one who knew a fact\nwhen he saw one and that I wanted him to be able to prosecute a case to its\nconclusion, if prosecution became necessary, without being a persecutor.\nI also specified that I didn't want a man with a publicity complex. I wanted\nhim to get the facts, question witnesses and advise the Committee but that\npolicy would be decided by the Committee itself. Jackson told me that such\na man was impessible to find but he would try to get me one.\nMr. Hugh Fulton was recommended by Attorney General Jackson,\nwas employed by the Committee and met the specifications. From first to\nlast he did a real job. So with a good counselor and nine other Senators"
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