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was made. There was something of resentment and almost vindictiveness in his
attitude. He said to forgive Germany now and to make peace was similar to
forgiving a bully and making peace with him after he had knocked you down and
trampled upon you pretty much to his satisfaction.
My interview with him made me more strongly of the opinion that inevi-
tably the President will have to use some pressure more direct than that of the
British Ambassador.
While in Washington, the President, McAdoo, Burleson, Tumulty and I had
a conference regarding the Shipping Bill. We met to decide whether to push
it at this session or let it go over. I was strongly in favor of letting it
go over, for the reason that the President and the Congress are both exhausted
and at the breaking point. If the President should push this measure, it
would take Congress well into November to finish it, and members failing of
election, would hold him responsible for their defeat.
It was decided to let Congress adjourn as soon as possible, prefera-
bly by the 10th of October or before, and then reconvene them around the middle
of November. Burleson and McAdoo are strongly in favor of the Shipping Bill,
and so is Lane. Houston is against it. The President has not taken the mat-
ter up with the Cabinet for discussion which some of them resent, and I think
they are justified in doing so.
The President discussed Mr. Bryan's attitude <del/> regarding a se-
cond term with me. He had heard nothing further from Mr. Bryan since my
conversation with him. I found, however, from Burleson that Mr. Bryan now
said he thought the President should and would be re-nominated. Mr. Bryan
has not lost any of his objections to a second term, but he sees it is inevi-
table. The President said, "in the event the second term plank becomes an
issue, I will be compelled to fight it, for I am strongly opposed to any lim-
itation. If you could trust the American people in other matters, you could
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