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April 15, 1916.
A great many telephone calls but a very light mail. Bernstorff's letter,
which is a part of the diary, is the only one of importance.
Governor Glynn telephoned from Albany to say he was not well and had to
postpone his trip to New York until next week. I wish to talk with him about
being made Temporary Chairman of the Saint Louis Convention.
Commissioner Woods telephoned to say that in his conference with General
Wood, the General told him there were not more than 3000 Federal troops avail-
able without denuding such places as Boston, which would be out of the question.
This makes the situation more serious than I had thought.
R. W. Woolley is over from Washington to tell about the democratic gath-
ering there the other night at the Jefferson Day Banquet. He is setting his
pegs to be National Chairman and in lieu of a better man, I shall aid him in
getting it. He is almost the only man who is doing any political work of
value.
I received a cypher message from the President about the New York Post-
mastership. It is characteristic of him. He does not wish to consult anyone
and in this he is heading for trouble. However, his suggestion is good and is
certainly a relief from what he first proposed to do. My reply is attached
and so also <add>will be</add> <del>is</del> my letter which I shall write tomorrow.
April 16, 1916.
Sidney Brooks came as usual to read me his Sunday cable and to get infor-
mation for future ones.
We went to Piping Rock for lunch and were gone practically all day.
April 17, 1916.
The day has been interesting. General Wood telephoned to discuss the Mi-
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April 15, 1916.
A great many telephone calls but a very light mail. Bernstorff's letter,
which is a part of the diary, is the only one of importance.
Governor Glynn telephoned from Albany to say he was not well and had to
postpone his trip to New York until next week. I wish to talk with him about
being made Temporary Chairman of the Saint Louis Convention.
Commissioner Woods telephoned to say that in his conference with General
Wood, the General told him there were not more than 3000 Federal troops avail-
able without denuding such places as Boston, which would be out of the question.
This makes the situation more serious than I had thought.
R. W. Woolley is over from Washington to tell about the democratic gath-
ering there the other night at the Jefferson Day Banquet. He is setting his
pegs to be National Chairman and in lieu of a better man, I shall aid him in
getting it. He is almost the only man who is doing any political work of
value.
I received a cypher message from the President about the New York Post-
mastership. It is characteristic of him. He does not wish to consult anyone
and in this he is heading for trouble. However, his suggestion is good and is
certainly a relief from what he first proposed to do. My reply is attached
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