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tain whether he should notify the Board of Trustees of Washington University
that he was returning next year or whether he would continue in the Cabinet and
give up his connection with that institution. I strongly urged the latter course.
I felt he had made a national reputation and it was a pit to go back to a narrow
environment.
Houston would like to be Governor of the Federal Reserve Board, but I
am sure the President would not consent to his leaving the Cabinet. We tried
to think of a good successor, but Mezes was the only one that came to our minds
and he is not available since he is my brother-in-law, and I would not wish him
to be in the Cabinet. I told Houston I thought it might be arranged for him to
be appointed on the Board in two years.
We drove to the Agricultural Department and looked into the cotton grad-
ing question. This is something of much importance. As it is today, the farmer
does not get what his cotton, corn and wheat is worth because he has never proper-
ly graded or classified it.
From there I returned to the White House to lunch. No one was present
excepting Dr. Grayson and Miss Bones, Mrs. Wilson being sick and Eleanor in New
York. The President had a busy afternoon and wanted to play golf. He also
wanted to go to the theater. He said, however, if I would remain for another
night, he would go to the theater, otherwise, he would remain at home with me to
have a more connected talk than we have been able to have. I consented to stay
and <del/> we went to see Crane in "The New Henrietta" and enjoyed it very much.
March 25, 1914.
Mr. Bryan asked me out to breakfast this morning. I decided, though,
to breakfast with the President. After breakfast I went immediately out to
the Bryans and sat with them while they were having theirs. We talked largely
of matters in general. I told Mr. Bryan the President was pleased with some of
the suggestions he had made in regard to the handling of the South and Central
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tain whether he should notify the Board of Trustees of Washington University
that he was returning next year or whether he would continue in the Cabinet and
give up his connection with that institution. I strongly urged the latter course.
I felt he had made a national reputation and it was a pit to go back to a narrow
environment.
Houston would like to be Governor of the Federal Reserve Board, but I
am sure the President would not consent to his leaving the Cabinet. We tried
to think of a good successor, but Mezes was the only one that came to our minds
and he is not available since he is my brother-in-law, and I would not wish him
to be in the Cabinet. I told Houston I thought it might be arranged for him to
be appointed on the Board in two years.
We drove to the Agricultural Department and looked into the cotton grad-
ing question. This is something of much importance. As it is today, the farmer
does not get what his cotton, corn and wheat is worth because he has never proper-
ly graded or classified it.
From there I returned to the White House to lunch. No one was present
excepting Dr. Grayson and Miss Bones, Mrs. Wilson being sick and Eleanor in New
York. The President had a busy afternoon and wanted to play golf. He also
wanted to go to the theater. He said, however, if I would remain for another
night, he would go to the theater, otherwise, he would remain at home with me to
have a more connected talk than we have been able to have. I consented to stay
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