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    "ocrText": "11:41 AM\nTOM CORCORAN to BILL BAILEY (continued)\nCORCORAN asked if BILL heard anything from VANDENBERG. Answer: No.\nThe last BILL heard, he believed VANDENBERG wanted to talk to PEPPER\nabout it. TOM said that he probably changed his mind again. TOM\nsaid, \"You've done all you can do with him. This is an interesting\nvictory (the letter from POGUE). BATLEY asked TOM what he had heard\nabout an appointment to fill the vacancy (on Civil Aeronautics Board)\nand TOM said it was all messed up; that there were several contenders,\namong whom were the following: Eastern (Airlines) tried to shove\nDOOLITTLE in, but they got wise to him; then the New England Republican\nblock backed JACOBSON, of Manchester, New Hampshire. He was (Senator)\nBRIDGES' campaign manager. TOM said, \"He wouldn't be too bad for the\nparticular purpose that you and I are thinking of, right now. The\nLiberal block backed BARTLEY CRUM, from California (he was best from\nthere). He was head of the WILLKIE Republicans for ROOSEVELT in the\nlast campaign; then STANBAUGH of North Dakota, was pushed; then FRANCIS\nBUTLER, son of the Justice, and former Northwest Airlines counsel; then\nCLARENCE YOUNG, recently of Pan-American, and formerly Assistant\nSecretary of Commerce for Air. These, said TOM, are the leading con-\ntenders. BILL said, \"We\" submitted a name, too--fellow named BALL\nfrom Pittsburgh. TOM said that he should press his (BALL's) appoint-\nment. Also, said BILL, Senator MEADE submitted a name (FITZPATRICK),\nbut he died, two weeks ago.\nBILL asked whether (ROBERT) HANNEGAN had talked to the \"Chief\" and TOM\nsaid \"I don't know. If he has, he's talked, I think, he would have\ntalked for CRUM. Whether he talked for anybody else, I don't know.\nBut I think you fellows ought to press it. I think it's awfully im-\nportant for you people who goes into that thing, and -I think you ought\nto at least make sure he clears it with you.\" BILL will press BALL\nfor the appointment.\n11:57 AM\nTOM CORCORAN talk to JAMES P. McGRANERY, at the Justice Department.\nThe following conversation took place:\nTC - My intelligence service that I put on this thing just reported\nin from Philadelphia. You may know this, but it's damn good news.\n(JOSEPH) GUFFEY, (FRANCIS) MYERS, and JIM CLARK all tried this\nthing at the White House yesterday. They stormed in and got\nthrown right on their tails.\nJM - Is that so?\nTC - They were told that it was definitely yours. All they want now\nis to save face, and this is what they want to save face--there's\na guy named JOSEPH SHARFSIN, Assistant City Solicitor, that you\nundoubtedly know-\nJM - Yeah. Very well.\nTC - They want him appointed into one of the six vacancies as Adminis-\ntrative Assistant in the White House on their recommendation.\nJOE (GUFFEY) also wants to be able to get a crack at a Republican.\nHe wants to put a guy named BALL in Pittsburgh on CAB, às a\nRepublican member. I think that these two things can certainly"
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