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    "ocrText": "Washington, D. C.\nOctober 19, 1945\nCO SUMMARY\n10:30 AM\nMrs. BEHAN to Miss LIBEL, in BEN COHEN's office, State Department,\n2795. CORCORAN is attempting to reach Dr. JEROME FRANK who is staying\nwith COHEN. It is not known whether he has returned to New York City\nor not, but Miss LIBEL said that Justice DOUGLAS might know.\n10:31 AM\nMrs. BEHAN to Miss WATERS in Justice DOUGLAS' office. She doesn't\nknow where JEROME FRANK is. She transferred Mrs. BEHAN to PHIL CURLEY\n(phonetic), in Justice FRANKFURTER's office, who advised that FRANK has\nreturned to New York City and can be reached at Courtland 7-7161.\n10:35 AM\nTOM CORCORAN to BILL BAILEY in Senator GUFFEY's office. CORCORAN told\nBILL that he would be a little late because BENNETT (CLARK?) had asked him\nto come up to see him before he is sworn in. The following conversation\nthen took place:\nTC - BILL, let me tell you what I'm thinking about. I have always\nknown how this judgeship mess in Pennsylvania was gonna come out\nbecause I've known his eminence was in it. I warned your boss and\nmy fri end that it was gonna come out this way nearly six months ago.\nI think by now he's convinced I was right. But the point is--what\nI was anxious to do then and what I want to try to help figure out\nnow is how he was gonna compensate for it. And the idea I wanted\nto drop into your head was this--and sit down and do some plotting\nwith you-by gosh, why don't you get back in return the place that's\nbeing vacated. Nobody knows better than I do what the importance\nof that place is. (JAMES McGRANERY's position in Justice Department.)\nBB - Well, I know it's important but I'm in this position and I'm damned\nsure I can't persuade my boss to do otherwise. He's gonna fight it\nto the finish.\nTC - Well, I know. But he's gonna lose it.\nBB - Well, all right.\nTC\n- What I'm trying to figure out is from his point of view I don't\nwant him to lose it. That's all I'm concerned with. He's been\na damned good friend of mine.\nBB - If the President goes through for this fellow (McGRANERY?) I'm tell-\ning you\nTC - BILL, the President is under the pressure I told you about on a\nplain, personal basis. That's what he's always been under. And you\nknow those things are not laughed at. That's what it's all about.\nBB - I also know this boss of mine, TOM.\nTC - Yeah.\nBB - When, by god, when he gets it into his head that he's being done\nwrong--all hell won't stop him.\nTC - I know. I'm still trying not to lose Pennsylvania. So are you.\nBB - Well, that's a damned good way to lose it.\nTC - Listen, I have been afraid of exactly what you've been afraid of\nfor months."
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