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W The White House,
Washington.
December 16, 1914.
I took the 12.08 <del/> for Washington and found Eleanor McAdoo on the train.
McAdoo met us at the station. I went immediately to the White house.
As usual there was no one at dinner excepting the family. After we had
finished the President read a few minutes from Stephen Leacock's "Arcadian Adven-
tures of the Idle Rich". We then proceeded to business.
I told of my interview with Harvey and of Harvey's outlining the kind of
work he wish to do in both Europe and the United States. I laughed and told the
President he was evidently trying to take my job away from me. I was afraid I
had not done the work very well, but Harvey had outlined just what I had been try-
ing to do. The President was generous enough to say I had been invaluable in my
services.
He spoke of my going abroad in order to initiate peace conversations. He
desires me to take charge of it and to go whenever I think it advisable. He
thought Page could not do it because his influence is local. Gerard could not
do it, <del/> neither could Mayre nor Sharp, for the same reason, even if they had the
ability, which he felt they had not. He felt that I was the one to undertake it
and asked if I would be willing to go at this season of the year. I said I
would be glad to go at any time and under any conditions.
It was agreed that I should see Bernstorff tomorrow and start conversa-
tions with him. I told the President of my letters to Page, and that I had ca-
bled him to disregard them. He thought I need not have done this as he <del/>
approved what I had written. I replied that I could release them at any time
but, for the moment, it was best to hold them. He agreed to this.
I then <del/> explained the purpose of my visit to
Washington. I thought he might or might not have an opportunity to play a great
and beneficent part in the European tragedy, but there was one thing he could do
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