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him. I promised if he were successful it would lead to his appointment as
Third Assistant Secretary of State. I drilled him thoroughly with the neces-
sity of being deferential to Mr. Bryan, who is sensitive in his direction. He
is to telephone me tomorrow after he has talked with the President.
We took the four o'clock train to New York. Wallace was at the <del/> sta-
tion to see me off, and Josiah Quincy talked to me almost half the way over, tir-
ed as I was.
New York,
January 17, 1914.
I saw Gordon Abbott this morning and asked him about some of the men I have
suggested to the President for the Federal Reserve Board. He gave what informa-
tion he had and is to obtain more.
Mayor Mitchel called at half past two o'clock. He was excited over a
cablegram which he had just received from George W. Perkins when he had sent to
Panama to ask Colonel Goethals to accept an appointment as Police Commissioner.
Again I cannot understand why a man of Colonel Goethals reputation would think
of such a place, though I am glad on Mitchel's account. It makes one think
less of Goethals.
Mitchel discussed his other appointments, particularly that of Corpora-
tion Counsel. I congratulated him upon his interest in behalf of the poor dur-
ing the recent cold weather, and I urged him to use all the power of his great
office toward the end that no worthy person should suffer either from cold or
hunger. I called his attention to the undeniable fact that New York was the
most "spat upon" city <del/> on the globe, and suggested that after more pressing
matters had been attended to he should call the Health and Street Departments at-
tention to that feature of their duty. I believed it could be stopped, for
there was no more reason for it here than in the cities of Europe. He gave
me the usual excuse that this climate developed catarrh.
Dudley Malone and Gordon followed Mitchel. I went over with them the plans
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him. I promised if he were successful it would lead to his appointment as
Third Assistant Secretary of State. I drilled him thoroughly with the neces-
sity of being deferential to Mr. Bryan, who is sensitive in his direction. He
is to telephone me tomorrow after he has talked with the President.
We took the four o'clock train to New York. Wallace was at the |
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