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order that any contributions from professional philanthropists might be put un-
der cover as it were. I made a suggestion he thought well of and which he will
adopt.
April 5, 1914.
Charles H. Grasty of the Baltimore Sun took lunch with me. We talked
of governmental matters. He agrees with me that our Government is too negative
and should be made more responsive to the will of the people. Such, <add>for</add> instance,
as the Governments of Great Britain and France. I outlined some of my ideas
of governmental reform as expressed in Philip Dru, and he seemed to concur in
them.
T. W. Gregory came to dinner. I told him the President had him tenta-
tively down for Attorney General in the event McReynolds was placed upon the
Supreme Bench. He feared he was not strong enough to bear the burden. Gre-
gory minimizes his <del/> ability as much as anyone I know.
He has had an interesting talk with George Harvey over at Deal. He is
giving Harvey the data for an article to appear in the May number of the North
American Review concerning the New Haven Railway settlement. He said Harvey
spoke well of the President, and particularly well of me and wishes me to come
and visit him.
April 5, 1914.
We went to dinner with Mr. and Mrs. James Speyer and afterward to the opera.
They have just moved into their beautiful new home. It is the best specimen of
French architecture and decoration I have seen in America, and compares favora-
bly with some of the best in France. It is altogether more attractive than the
usual multi-millionaires abodes in New York. They have used good taste, and
the harmony of colors is appealing. He has been collecting rugs, tapestries,
furniture, carvings, candelabrum and bric-a-brac for fifteen or twenty years,
and has now assembled them.
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order that any contributions from professional philanthropists might be put un-
der cover as it were. I made a suggestion he thought well of and which he will
adopt.
April 5, 1914.
Charles H. Grasty of the Baltimore Sun took lunch with me. We talked
of governmental matters. He agrees with me that our Government is too negative
and should be made more responsive to the will of the people. Such, |
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