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I thought Admiral Mayo should be warned <del>to</del> never again <add>to</add> do what he did in this
Tampico incident, that is to make a demand such as he made at Vera Cruz, without
first referring the matter to Washington. Mayo should have remembered that the
wireless has done away with the necessity for a Commander to act upon his own in-
itiative. The President agreed to this. I illustrated it by saying that such
things were as obsolete as the <sic>duelling</sic> code.
We motored for an hour and a half and had a delightful talk. We discussed
the Federal Reserve Board at length, and McAdoo's attitude toward the different
names proposed. I had taken the precaution to thresh these matters out with Mc-
Adoo and could tell the President his state of mind. I am anxious for this
Board to administer the Currency Law successfully, for I am certain the President's
reputation in history will rest largely upon its success or failure.
I asked whom he considered the greatest man in the early days of the Re-
public. He thought Alexander Hamilton was easily the ablest. We spoke of
Washington and how much he depended upon Hamilton's advice. I thought this in
itself indicated Washington's greatness. The fact that he was able to pick out
Hamilton from among his associates, as his guiding mind, and that he used him in
this way, showed a breadth of view that was remarkable. I told him that all
the really big men I had known had taken advice from others, while the little men
refused to take it. The fact that a man took advice did not lessen his greatness
because, after all, he had to judge for himself finally, as to what was good and
what was bad. He agreed to this.
At another time in our conversation, he remarked that he always sought
advice. I almost laughed at this statement for McAdoo had just been telling me
today that he was at White Sulphur with the President and his family when the
<sic>despatch</sic> came from Admiral Mayo concerning his demand of Huerta to salute our
flag, and he said the President never even mentioned the matter to him. The
President does get a lot of information and suggestions from others, but it
mostly comes gratuitously and not by his asking. McReynolds, Houston, Lane and
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