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Washington, D. C.
October 16, 1945
CO SUMMARY
10:54 AM
WORTH CLARK to BENNETT CLARK at Hotel 2400. BENNETT's foot is still
sore and he is off his feet. They speak of CLINT ANDERSON'S "ducking"
BENNETT and wonder what significance it might have. CLINT will return
Friday. WORTH says JASBOND will leave in a week. The quota re fats
and oils may be off soon, but Lever would prefer it remain as it is
now because soap manufacturers don't expect any imports for some time.
11:15 AM
TOM CORCORAN to DON RUSSELL, in the State Department.
TC - DON !
DR - Yes, sir, THOMAS.
TC - My very best congratulations ! And I wish you'd look at yourself
and I really wish you'd show your boss and I think LEO CROWLEY
would like to have you show it to your boss.
DR - What?
TC - Page 9797 of the Congressional Record in the Senate yesterday.
They are tributes from LaFOLLETTE, BARKLEY, VANDENBERG, McKELLAR,
LANGER, WAGNER, BUTLER, WHITE and CONNALLY. It's very impressive.
DR - Now listen here, you damn scoundrel You damn fellows--now I've
been trying to fight along here for your battles. Now they got
me in a hell of a sweat.
TC - Which is what?
DR - Oh! this damn fool job I got into.
TC - That's the best job in the State Department.
DR - It's the worst one.
TC - No it isn't fellow. It's the best one and the only one really
significant.
DR - Well, now listen. You fellows sort of pull for me and give me
the benefit of any advice.
TC - We certainly will, but, I mean, I know - I was talking to BEN
(COHEN) about that fellow the other night. DONALD, it is the only
job that is really impressive and important.
DR - Well, I sort of think that too.
TC - Because, fella this isn't something that you trade out in one
conference at London or Potsdam. The things that are important
as I was trying to say - you can't - I lived through Latin America
for four years. Nothing makes any difference unless you get into
the third secretaryship, the consulship, the commercial attache of
every one of these countries guys who can understand what the hell
you want done and can operate at the level that they're assigned.
to. And that's all that's important from the long run. You've got
the only real job in the United States.
DR - (He laughs) Oh! Good God. Hell.
TC - I'm telling you.
DR - I shouldn't have brought this up.
TC - No, you have. It's a great job.
DR - oh! Hell, come by and see me sometime.
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