Summaries of Telephone Conversations

CO SUMMARY Washington, D. C. July 19, 1945 3:45pm CORCORAN to Navy Department, Ext. 3115, to Major MATT CORREA, (Special Assistant to Secretary of Navy) asking him the signif- icance of ages in getting releases. CORREA explained it to CORCORAN. 3:50pm WORTH CLARK to CORCORAN. CLARK said that the personnel at the poker game at NICHOLS' tomorrow was to be CLINTON ANDERSON (Secretary of Agriculture), GENE cox, SCOTT LUCAS (Senator), JACK FRY (Transcontinental and Western Airlines) and General MOW (General PANG T. MOW, office of Combined Chiefs of Staff ?). CLARK said that he wanted to check with CORCORAN to see if it would be all right for him (CLARK) to go inasmuch as he has played poker with MOW before and "after all, he's on the other side." CORCORAN said it would be perfectly all right and that "he (MOW) and FRY are doing business. CLARK said that DICK RUSSELL and JIM BARNES (Former Assistant to President ?) can't come. CORCORAN said that CLARK could charge what he loses to expenses but "not too much." 4:05pm CORCORAN to SAM RAYBURN (Speaker of the House). CORCORAN asked if he could drive down with him in the morning. Yes. TOM said he will have had his breakfast. They will meet at 8:45 A.M. 4:35pm HOBSON, at RFC, to CORCORAN. The following conversation took place: H--Tom, JOE (PANUCH ?) has been in to see the big boss (JOHN SNYDER ?) and the big boss liked him very much. C--That's swell. H--He's asked him to do some work for him and so forth and so on. There's no question of him keeping him. C--Well, the problem is whether he gives him that particular title (General Counsel ?). H--Yeah. I know. C--Yeah. H--Maybe he will, but you can't push that too hard. C--I grant you that. H--What do you hear? Anything new? C--Nothing. H--Who's gonna be the new guy? (At RFC ?) C--(He laughs) I don't know. H--Well, JOHN doesn't either. (He laughs) C--I think it came so damn fast that they haven't thought it through. H--Well, that's true. I know C--You see, they thought of EMIL (SCHRAM) and then they didn't have a substitute when he said no. H--Well, he didn't say no, did he? C--He'll eventually take it. H--I think so if they keep at him. C--But he's just like a woman--he' gotta be asked and asked and asked.