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study. We talked a good deal about Hearst and his methods.
I advised him to see Lane and not permit Sells, the Indian Commissioner, to
have the Board of Visitors done away with. Sells is anxious to have Congress
fail to appropriate money for their expenses. The President said he would speak
to Lane about it at the next Cabinet meeting.
I also suggested he make sure that the commissary and hygiene departments
of the Army and Navy were in working order, so that in the event of war, there
should not be such a scandal as in the last war. He thanked me for calling his
attention to this.
I have seen a great deal of the President on this <del/> visit and we
have opened our minds to one another without reserve. I am impressed by the
analytic qualities of his mind and the clearness with which he expresses his
thoughts. I have come in contact with minds of greater initiative and
imagination, but never one that had more analytical power and comprehension.
Joseph Davies called to ask my advice as to whether he should run for the
Senate from <add>Wisconsin</add> <del/>, or continue in his present position with the hope and
expectation of its being enlarged into a regular Trade Commissionship. He de-
sired to know whether I thought it would be wise for him to make some speeches
throughout the country concerning departmental affairs. I advised against it.
I went to the White House offices, then to the Treasury and afterward took
the eleven o'clock train for New York.
New York,
April 17, 1914.
Upon reaching New York, I found the newspapers flaming with the attemp-t-
ed assassination of Mayor Mitchel and the wounding of Corporation Counsel Polk.
I immediately drove to the New York Hospital and met the Mayor who gave me all
the details. In my opinion, the intemperate and <sic>unlicenced</sic> talk of the news-
papers are largely responsible for such tragedies.
We went to dinner at Janet's. The other guests were Mr. and Mrs. John
D. Rockefeller and young Bayard Cutting. After dinner I had an interesting
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study. We talked a good deal about Hearst and his methods.
I advised him to see Lane and not permit Sells, the Indian Commissioner, to
have the Board of Visitors done away with. Sells is anxious to have Congress
fail to appropriate money for their expenses. The President said he would speak
to Lane about it at the next Cabinet meeting.
I also suggested he make sure that the commissary and hygiene departments
of the Army and Navy were in working order, so that in the event of war, there
should not be such a scandal as in the last war. He thanked me for calling his
attention to this.
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