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Friday, February 15, 1946 (cont'd.)
Mr. Ickes came to see me frequently
and discussed all the matters pertaining to his
office and other matters in which we had a mutual
interest.
Just a short time after the appointment
of Mr. Pauley my conversation with Mr. Ickes again
reverted to him and Mr. Ickes said he thought Mr.
Pauley a good man - he had made a good record as
Reparations Commissioner for the United States.
About two weeks ago at the Càbinet Meet-
ing Mr. Ickes told me that he had been summoned
to testify before the Naval Affairs Committee on
Mr. Pauley's appointment. Naturally I was rather
surprised at that but I told Mr. Ickes to tell the
truth and be as kind to Mr. Pauley as he could. In
his statement to the Press yesterday he said that
he had been asked by me to commit perjury. This is
not true. He was told by me to tell the truth.
Either his statement to me about Mr. Pauley is true
or his statement to the Committee is true. Since
the statement to me was made to me personally and
not for publication I am inclined to think the
statement to me is true. His distortion of the
facts in regard to the statement that he was asked
to commit perjury inclines me to think that neither
his statement to the committee about Mr. Pauley nor
his statement to the press about the perjury was
made in good faith.
I regret to have to make this statement
of the facts because Mr. Ickes has attempted to
ruin a good public servant and a good Administrator
in his attack on Mr. Pauley and I have lost the
services of a good Administrator and good Secretary
of the Interior as result of this wholly unnecessary
controversy.
It was the consensus of the group that the
President should not demean himself by engaging in a
public debate with Mr. Ickes. He agreed and the state-
ment was withheld.
The President finally got the wage-price row
settled by calling Bowles, Snyder and others into a
NECUROS
SERVICE"
Cos
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