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I told the President of my conversations with Houston and Lane. Here
are two of the ablest men in the United States--admittedly so--and yet
their views are totally at variance. It wearies me to have consultations
where I get nothing but confusion of thought. The President was sympathe-
tic to this view, as I knew he would be.
I told him of my conversations with Baker, Lansing, Polk, Lane and
Houston, and we summed up by making Lane, Polk, Baker and Lansing for with-
drawing the troops, and Houston against it. Strangely enough, just after
dinner, Lane telephoned to change his views. I remembered that Houston
was taking dinner with him so there was not much difficulty in finding the
reason. The President had gone, but I gave this information to Mrs. Wil
son to tell him when he returned.
Gregory's opinion, whom I saw later, coincided with Houston's, so the
sum total was there was Lansing, Baker and Polk on the one side, and Houston,
Lane and Gregory on the other. As a matter of fact, I believe it is a
question of chance and either may be right. If the troops are not with-
drawn and a conflict with all Mexico should come about because of their
presence there, the President would be censured for permitting war with
Mexico at the moment when a break with Germany was contemplated.
I spoke to the President about Morganthau and he asked me to tell
him he had definitely decided to accept his resignation, and would so confirm
it in writing in a few days. He did not think well of the idea of Brandeis
resigning from the Supreme Court if he was once confirmed. He said it
would smack too much of Hughes. This amused me.
The President had to go to another banquet, and Mrs. Wilson and I
had a talk of an hour or more. We decided that the most helpful things that
could be done for the President at this time, would be the elimination of
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| Transcript | I told the President of my conversations with Houston and Lane. Here are two of the ablest men in the United States--admittedly so--and yet their views are totally at variance. It wearies me to have consultations where I get nothing but confusion of thought. The President was sympathe- tic to this view, as I knew he would be. I told him of my conversations with Baker, Lansing, Polk, Lane and Houston, and we summed up by making Lane, Polk, Baker and Lansing for with- drawing the troops, and Houston against it. Strangely enough, just after dinner, Lane telephoned to change his views. I remembered that Houston was taking dinner with him so there was not much difficulty in finding the reason. The President had gone, but I gave this information to Mrs. Wil son to tell him when he returned. Gregory's opinion, whom I saw later, coincided with Houston's, so the sum total was there was Lansing, Baker and Polk on the one side, and Houston, Lane and Gregory on the other. As a matter of fact, I believe it is a question of chance and either may be right. If the troops are not with- drawn and a conflict with all Mexico should come about because of their presence there, the President would be censured for permitting war with Mexico at the moment when a break with Germany was contemplated. I spoke to the President about Morganthau and he asked me to tell him he had definitely decided to accept his resignation, and would so confirm it in writing in a few days. He did not think well of the idea of Brandeis resigning from the Supreme Court if he was once confirmed. He said it would smack too much of Hughes. This amused me. The President had to go to another banquet, and Mrs. Wilson and I had a talk of an hour or more. We decided that the most helpful things that could be done for the President at this time, would be the elimination of |
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