Summaries of Telephone Conversations

Washington, D. C. October 18, 1945 CO SUMMARY 10:00 AM JOE PANUCH (O.W.M. and R.) to TOM CORCORAN. CORCORAN told PANUCH, "I postponed my date with whosis until this morning. I'm going over there now." CORCORAN asked if PANUCH had heard anything and PANUCH replied that he hasn't. (The "whosis" CORCORAN referred to is probably DONALD RUSSELL at State Department.) CORCORAN then asked, "How did your boy come out with TOM CLARK?" PANUCH replied that "he had a very nice talk with TOM and TOM told him that he has 250 guys he has to take back but they left it that if he could find himself something up in the U. S. Immigration Service up there with RAYO (phonetic) in New York, why TOM would put the heat on." CORCORAN asked where "he" got that idea, and PANUCH replied that "he" was quite a political figure up in New York; that "he" was on the County Committee for fifteen years and was a buddy of DENNY MANN; and that "he" is an asset politically. CORCORAN asked if the Immigration job was his own idea, and PANUCH said it was; that TOM (CLARK) told him how tough the situation in Washington is and asked him what he'd like to do elsewhere; that they even talked about California because he thought he was a buddy of GEORGE KILLIOM and that KILLIOM had him slated for California. PANUCH said that "he" is going to Philadelphia and New York this weekend to see what he can line up. CORCORAN asked, "What is the state of mind of his brother?" and PANUCH said that "the state of mind of his brother is such that he bore down on the KILLIOM thing yesterday and assured me that the thing is in the bag. I asked him whether he needed topside support on it from BOB PATTERSON if necessary and he says he doesn't need it." CORCORAN said, "Have him just explore this BROWNELL thing." CORCORAN said he was going to keep his date and would be back in about an hour. PANUCH said, "You know that rank business, and be sure and sell him on it and tell him, 'For Christ's sake, DON, just say, 'You fix yourself up on policy and delegate all this administrative stuff and let him get the stuff organized for you and go to town and you devote yourself to policy. 1 11 CORCORAN said O.K. 10:12 AM Colonel ED CLARK to TOM CORCORAN. CORCORAN said that HOWIE had told "me" all about "you". CORCORAN said he had tried to contact him in Fairfield, Connecticut, but couldn't reach him. CORCORAN discussed with him ED's being hired by KEONG (phonetic) on a part-time basis at the instance of T. V. SOONG. CORCORAN said that BOB PATTERSON will organize the War Department on the same basis as ICKES has organized the Interior Depart- ment--on a strict personal friendship basis. One of BOB's personal friends will be Undersecretary for War, said CORCORAN. CORCORAN said that PATTER- SON told him this. CLARK will see CORCORAN at 5 PM today. 11:25 AM TOM CORCORAN to Secretary ICKES at Interior Department. CORCORAN said he apologized for "but hope you enjoyed your publicity in the second article in the Saturday Evening Post." ICKES said, "It hasn't been bad, has it?" CORCORAN said, "It doesn't bother me if it doesn't bother you. They got you in there on HAVENSTRITE, do you remember?" Well, there's just a