Summaries of Telephone Conversations

CO SUMMARY Washington, D. C. August 7, 1945 8:30am GEORGE BOWDEN told CORCORAN that he had had a long talk with TOM (CLARK ?) and told him that "if he said not to go, I wouldn't go; that TOM had told him to go and that he would like to see GEORGE have it. BOWDEN continued that TOM had suggested whom to see about it. CORCORAN congratulated BOWDEN and then asked him how he came out "on Louisville with LEO. BOWDEN said he had talked to "that chap" and that the "chap" had said that CORCORAN would be hearing from him in two or three weeks. 9:18am YOUNGMAN, in New York City, to Miss GULLANDER asking what BRENNAN had found out from H. C. CHUN (Phon.). Miss GULLANDER replied that the San Francisco citizens handling the delegation had pre- sented Dr. SOONG with a cigarette box, and that this was apparently the secret about which rumors had spread. She said that BRENNAN had gone to see CHUN to help him draft a letter of thanks. They discuss the fact that T. V. SOONG is due in Moscow today or to- morrow, and they speculated as to when he will return to the United States. YOUNGMAN will return to Washington late tomorrow after- noon. He said he thought they should open an office in New York due to the many things which could be handled up there. 11:40am WORTH CLARK to Senate Press Gallery, Mr. CUTTER, telling him that he purchased a News and found story that a group of Western Senators were going to call on TRUMAN and advocate D. WORTH CLARK for the position as Secretary of the Interior. WORTH told CUTTER that he wanted to go on record as being strong for the man who already has the job, namely HAROLD ICKES. They discuss the new atomic bomb briefly. 12:05pm MR. YEAGER (Phon.), in New York City, to CORCORAN asking for development on the Treasury thing. CORCORAN advised that "his nibs" got in last night. CORCORAN said he put the "YATES" (FRANK L., Comptroller's office ?) name in. CORCORAN said that "this fellow" could not be rushed. He said he would work things out and wanted to see what kind of crowd he had at the Treasury be- fore he started making changes. CORCORAN told YEAGER that he saw "him" last Friday night when he put the YATES name in, and will try to see "him" in a day or two. YEAGER said he got an advance from the gentleman "up here" which was only a part of it. YEAGER said he talked to him about CORCORAN and "he wants to play ball. YEAGER said that "ne" wants to sell some things and pay us off so he won't have to pay any taxes on it. YEAGER said he was coming in to see him at 3:00 P.M. 12:30pm CORCORAN to (JAMES) CLEMENTS in Senator PEPPER'S office. CORCORAN said he would not be able to see him at 1:00 P.M., but would make it somehow before 4 P.M. CLEMENTS told CORCORAN that (EDWARD) MILLER (Department of State) called him and said that LEE had been handling this thing and that HENNINGSEN was favorable. They were