Summaries of Telephone Conversations

CO SUMMARY Washington, D. C. July 23, 1945 9:00 AM Secretary ICKES to CORCORAN. ICKES asked CORCORAN to have lunch with him today, but CORCORAN said he is having lunch with SAM RAYBURN following the VINSON swearing-in. CORCORAN and ICKES will have lunch together tomorrow. CORCORAN asked if ICKES was going to be present at the swearing-in, and when ICKES replied that he was, CORCORAN said he thought it important for ICKES to be present. CORCORAN then suggested that ICKES ask LEO CROWLEY to lunch today; that CROWLEY wants very much to talk to ICKES; that CROWLEY is very grateful about the "coal business," and that he also has some other things which CORCORAN thinks it would be worthwhile for ICKES to hear. ICKES said he would invite CROWLEY to lunch today. 9:20 AM BOB LaFOLLETTE (Senator from Wisconsin) to CORCORAN. CORCORAN asked if he could meet BOB in latter's office and go with him to the VINSON swearing-in. BOB replied in the affirmative. CORCORAN will meet him at 10:00 A.M. there. 9:27 AM LEO CROWLEY to CORCORAN. Latter asked if HAL (HAROLD ICKES ?) had called CROWLEY for lunch. CROWLEY replied that he had and that he (CROWLEY) would talk with him when he goes "over there." 9:30 AM EDWARD FOX, State Department, Extension 2738, to YOUNGMAN who is out of the city. YOUNGMAN should call FOX when he returns. 10:05 AM General PERSONS to CORCORAN who is not in. CORCORAN will contact him later. 10:20 AM MARTIN DOWNS, Smaller War Plants, REpublic 7500, Extension 74791, to BRENNAN who was not in. He will call later. 10:40 AM DEAN CASEY (phonetic) who told MRS. BEHAN he was "just in town for a couple of hours," to CORCORAN who is not in. DEAN will be in town again within a week and will see him then. 10:50 AM BILL YOUNGMAN, in Manchester, Massachusetts, talked with JOHN NASON. The latter brought him up to date on current business in the office and addition- ally asked whether BILL knew a man named MARTIN WONG (phonetic) who is "over here as WONG WING HOW's (phonetic) personal representative in connection-- trying to see how the Chinese Supply Commission can fit into the War Production Board. He is also supposed to be studying American War Production Board methods and industrial methods generally. DONALD F. HARDING (Assistant Treasurer, China Defense Supply, Inc. ?) and (SHAGGY ?) QUINN SHAUGHNESSY had dinner with him. He hasn't been around here but DON HARDING thought he was a pretty smart guy and that you ought to see him. He'll be here the rest of the week and then he's going on a Junket." BILL said he did not know him but he'll see him this week. JOHN read a letter to YOUNGMAN which JIM BRENNAN received from CUSHING which stated that the "air passenger people had been in close touch with representative of Sterling! and that a berth offered to MR. LEGGATT directly. It is a faster run than the Swede line. opened up on a Victory Ship sailing from Seattle shortly, and this is being BILL said JIM should call HILL on that. BILL will be in New York tonight, will meet CORCORAN there. Additionally, BILL plans, while in New York, to see STORR; Union Carbide; possibly TAUBE (ALEC TAUB, Foreign Economic Administration) who is coming to New York this week; Westinghouse; GAGE; NRC people (all phonetic). He will be at the Plaza. JOHN said that ALEC