Summaries of Telephone Conversations

Washington, D. C. CO SUMMARY August 28, 1945 8:25 AM GEORGE McNULTY (Department) of Justice) to CORCORAN. McNULTY said he had checked the rules of the NLRB last night and they expressly provide that the decision of the regional director is final. CORCORAN says he knows it but thinks he can handle "the thing" anyway. MCNULTY says he doesn't see how CORCORAN can except now. CORCORAN says he doesn't either, but he can handle it. McNULTY asks if that will affect the deal. CORCORAN says it won't because Alton went through all right. MCNULTY tells him not to get caught asleep on the other one. CORCORAN says he isn't and McNULTY tells him he only has five days. CORCORAN tells him to simply tell "them that you are working for Northern Illinois on this thing." They discuss the case they are working on and discuss the financial return GEORGE should make. CORCORAN tells GEORGE that if he is out of debt and has his feet on the ground that he should go in business for himself. 9:10 AM BILL YOUNGMAN to JACK NASON asking if they have records of what's in China and what's in India, what's been delivered, and records concerning Army stuff and guns enroute. NASON says Army has records but not sure that the Chinese have. NASON says he will check and see who has them and will call YOUNGMAN. They then discuss YOUNGMAN's problem which involves a will case in Massachusetts and Iowa and they discuss which state law applies. 9:50 AM CORCORAN to NELSON ROCKEFELLER (Formerly Assistant Secretary of State) at home. CORCORAN said he called to extend his best wishes. He said he had "played this thing out to the bitter end of the string." CORCORAN said, "If you want to know what was wrong, you read the editorial in the Washington Post yesterday morning." He told ROCKEFELLER, "It's that same crowd--the same crowd that I've got on my back you've got on your back too." ROCKEFELLER asked what crowd that is, and CORCORAN replied, "That's that wild Commy-Kike crowd that are sure that if you're not willing to dissolve all existing forms of society to their benefit you're an s-o-b." NELSON said he thought that "our old and mutual friend, the Secretary, had a lot to do with it - (CORDELL) HULL," and CORCORAN agreed. NELSON thanked CORCORAN for everything he did, and CORCORAN said that ROCKEFELLER was still young and would have at least five more cracks at this thing. CORCORAN said that ROCKEFELLER did a wonderful job but that not "more than a handful of people in this country appreciate what a great job you did--the people down below the border sure know what you did." CORCORAN then told ROCKEFELLER that he (CORCORAN) is going to take JOHNNY McCLINTOCK (Formerly in Secretary of State's office) in with him, and ROCKEFELLER said CORCORAN is getting a fine fellow in McCLINTOCK. 9:53 AM CORCORAN to State Department asking how to contact JULIUS HOLMES (Formerly Assistant Secretary of State). Secretary in HOLMES' former office says his address is Hainesport, Massachusetts. O.K.