Summaries of Telephone Conversations

Washington, D. C. PR SUMMARY September 20, 1945 3:48 PM EDWARD PRICHARD and SAM VOLMON (phonetic). PRICHARD said that he has been retained in Kentucky as the Legislative Counsel to a legislative committee. He gets no salary but will be on per diem. He is to go to work at once. PRICHARD thinks that MacARTHUR's statement re: 200,000 troops in Japan is unfortunate. They agree that MacARTHUR wants to be President. SAM said he was in New York recently, saw and visited with HELEN KELLER whom he describes as a liberal. He told PRICHARD: "You are conservative by her standards." SAM said that SOONG (a Chinaman) and violently partisan, was supposed to come to the KELLER gathering too, but he didn't show up. It was just as well because an argument would have taken place with SOONG upholding CHIANG KAI-SHEK and KELLER the Chinese Communists. SAM said that SOONG goes along with his boss too much. SAM will go to New York on the weekend of September 29th. SAM said that FOX, who is flying to California today, will return to New York and fly to England on Tuesday, October 2. FOX is to be in New York on the weekend of the 29th. SAM said that FOX and NATE BLOOMBERG (phonetic) will go to England together. PRICHARD said that FOX is playing around with rank--that there is a rumor to that effect-- will merge with rank. SAM said FOX told him in confidence of a deal he has worked out but SAM won't discuss it now. SAM and ED will meet tomorrow at 6:30 P.M. at "the hotel." 4:36 PM Congressman LYNDON JOHNSON, Texas, to EDWARD F. PRICHARD asking him if he was going to any more Baltimore parties. LYNDON did not know that PRICHARD had been out of town and had just arrived from Kentucky this afternoon. PRICHARD said he had not been to any parties and LYNDON said ED's boss (VINSON) was there. PRICHARD said he was to make a speech in Kentucky but did not. LYNDON said he returned recently from St. Louis where PORTER, TOM CLARK and JOHNSON spoke at a "Chamber of Commerce" dinner. DAVIES was not there, said LYNDON. LYNDON says that BARKLEY is a liberal and that he would like to see him become President some day. BRIGGS, said LYNDON, is also a liberal and a nice fellow, but PRICHARD doesn't think much of him. PRICHARD is leaving government service and, Washington a week from Sunday and going to Kentucky to live and work. PRICHARD said the Kentucky State Federaltion of Labor offered him a retainer but he doesn't know whether he should accept it or not. LYNDON suggested that PRICHARD attempt to become General Counsel of the Treasury Department but ED said that VINSON has had plenty of time to offer it to me. "Since FRED (VINSON) heard about my offer from TOM CLARK, said PRICHARD, "He (VINSON) has thought of all kinds of reasons for me to go to Kentucky." LYNDON asked if ED had seen the "Times-Herald" of today wherein it was mentioned that PORTER was marrying the girl "next door.' ED didn't see it. PORTER, ED and LYNDON will get together for an evening before ED leaves.