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them. I have never known him so appreciative or more affectionate. I insisted
that I was as grateful to him for giving me opportunities for public service as
he could possibly be to me for anything I had done in the way of accomplishment.
Mr. Bryan telephoned at this moment to discuss some international incident,
and then immediately drifted into the patronage question, and as to the best means
of "putting Hitchcock in a hole". It amused the President greatly and we both
laughed heartily. When he had finished the President said "damn" with force,
and said he must relieve himself of such unimportant and futile talks at a time
when the great world tragedy was uppermost in his mind.
He asked if I thought it would be well to say anything to Mr. Bryan about
what I had done with the British and German Ambassadors. I thought it might be
well to do so the first thing in the morning, and to do it with all the emphasis
possible in order that Mr. Bryan might fell the import of it and keep the matter
secret. This was finally agreed to, and I parted with the President at eleven.
New York City.
December 21, 1914.
My most important visitor this morning was Seth Low who came to find out what
I had done in Washington with the President in connection with the Colorado Strike
situation. I pleased him by saying he had lifted a load from the President's
back, and had transferred it to his own capable shoulders.
In the afternoon Sir Horace Plunkett called. He had just landed from
England, and had had an interview with Sir Edward Grey which he desired to tell
me about. He spoke to Sir Edward about coming to the United States and said
he knew he would be questioned here regarding why Great <sic>Britian</sic> went into the
war. He asked Sir Edward to clear up several points which the German Foreign
Office tried to make against him. Such, for instance, as the agreement with
France concerning the distribution of the fleet; the uncertainty as to whether
Great Britain would have considered the neutrality of Belgium violated had
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them. I have never known him so appreciative or more affectionate. I insisted
that I was as grateful to him for giving me opportunities for public service as
he could possibly be to me for anything I had done in the way of accomplishment.
Mr. Bryan telephoned at this moment to discuss some international incident,
and then immediately drifted into the patronage question, and as to the best means
of "putting Hitchcock in a hole". It amused the President greatly and we both
laughed heartily. When he had finished the President said "damn" with force,
and said he must relieve himself of such unimportant and futile talks at a time
when the great world tragedy was uppermost in his mind.
He asked if I thought it would be well to say anything to Mr. Bryan about
what I had done with the British and German Ambassadors. I thought it might be
well to do so the first thing in the morning, and to do it with all the emphasis
possible in order that Mr. Bryan might fell the import of it and keep the matter
secret. This was finally agreed to, and I parted with the President at eleven.
New York City.
December 21, 1914.
My most important visitor this morning was Seth Low who came to find out what
I had done in Washington with the President in connection with the Colorado Strike
situation. I pleased him by saying he had lifted a load from the President's
back, and had transferred it to his own capable shoulders.
In the afternoon Sir Horace Plunkett called. He had just landed from
England, and had had an interview with Sir Edward Grey which he desired to tell
me about. He spoke to Sir Edward about coming to the United States and said
he knew he would be questioned here regarding why Great |
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