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    "ocrText": "it well, If you don't field the ball, you could be off the team, and\nyou never get the ball again, You can make horrendous mistakes\nwith the Attorney General, and he is quite understanding, He is\nnot particularly interested in explanations; he is not at all interested\nin excuses, and he really doesn't have time to listen to explanations.\nYou just say to him, \"I goofed\" or \"Bob, I couldn¹t get the job done,\nso I asked Nick to do it, \" He 111 answer okay and nothing else. He\nwants to get the job done. In many respects he is the world's worst\nexecutive, but as far as getting the job done he is the best one I ever\nworked for. He always has his eye on the ball, on what he is trying\nto get. The methods are diverse and many, and he will turn to\nanybody. If Mr. Oberdorfer is not there, you ask the Deputy. If\nhe is not there, you ask Joe Dolan, etc. Then they are supposed to\nget it back on the track to the person who can do it better as quickly\nand as readily as you can, You don't stand on ceremony. He has\nalways been that way. I don't know how much of it comes from his\npersonality or how much of it is ingrained. I always thought that\nsome it came from the fact that a considerable portion of his early\nexperience came from political campaigns which are to a great\nextent ad hoc operations. You have a volunteer personnel. If you\nhave any sense at all, you utilize services of people before you\nknow whether or not they are reliable. You use untested people\nbecause if you use only tested people you won't have enough people.\n13"
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