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would call the matter to his attention. Not hearing from him, they wrote again
in about a month, and received the same reply. After they considered enough time
had passed they wrote again, and then Tumulty promised to bring the accumulated
correspondence to the President's attention.
They claim that Tumulty failed to do this and that his purpose was to aid
Sullivan who is a Catholic, and that there was a general conspiracy among the
Catholics, aided by Tumulty, to keep information from the President.
The President said it was true Tumulty did not show him the correspondence,
but he undoubtedly did it to save him from an embarrassing situation. If he had
seen the correspondence, he would have been compelled to answer it. Not having
seen it, he was enabled to get over a difficult situation. His reasoning is not
altogether good, for the position Tumulty placed him in by <sic>withholding</sic> such corres-
pondence is worse than any position that might be created by his having seen and
met it. It shows Tumulty has a strong hold on him. It also shows that when he
once gives his confidence it is hard to shake it. This I admire very much. The
President is a peculiar man, in as much as he does not care for many people. He
never seems to want to discuss things with anyone, as far as I know, excepting me.
Even his Cabinet bore him with their importunities, and he often complains of them.
It is really a defect in his usefulness as an Executive, for the reason that he
does not get many side lights on questions. He <add>seldom</add> reads the newspapers <del>but seldom</del>
<del>ly,</del> and gains his knowledge of public affairs largely from the matters brought to
his attention, and his general information is gotten from a cursory glance at
the Weekly Press.
However, he is efficient in his manner of working. For instance, when we were
discussing his message to the people concerning the Belgian Relief funds he said:
"Now let us decide what points are best to cover". He took a telegraph blank
having lines on it, and began to take down in shorthand the different points, he
making some suggestions and I making others. There were about five points to be
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would call the matter to his attention. Not hearing from him, they wrote again
in about a month, and received the same reply. After they considered enough time
had passed they wrote again, and then Tumulty promised to bring the accumulated
correspondence to the President's attention.
They claim that Tumulty failed to do this and that his purpose was to aid
Sullivan who is a Catholic, and that there was a general conspiracy among the
Catholics, aided by Tumulty, to keep information from the President.
The President said it was true Tumulty did not show him the correspondence,
but he undoubtedly did it to save him from an embarrassing situation. If he had
seen the correspondence, he would have been compelled to answer it. Not having
seen it, he was enabled to get over a difficult situation. His reasoning is not
altogether good, for the position Tumulty placed him in by |
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