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tionary, and came back with it balanced on his head very much as the Negroes in
the South balance pails of water. Mrs. Wilson and I laughed to see him walk
along in the grotesque way necessary to keep the book balanced. I said to her,
"you see we have reason to be proud of him in more ways than one". The Pres-
ident took this in good humor, but removed the book from his head.
Mrs. Wilson's portrait painted by Muller-Ury which I gave them as a
wedding present, has been hung above the mantel in the rose sitting-room. The
President stood with one arm around me and one around Mrs. Wilson and thanked
me for having thought to give it to him.
He apologized for leaving me in order to play golf and expressed a
willingness to remain if I thought necessary. I insisted that he go for I
had much to do in the meanwhile.
I found Secretary Houston out of town. The President desired me to see
him and ask the loan of Solicitor Caffey during the time Polk was absent
from the State Department in the event he became National Chairman.
Polk came over for another conference. I told him none of the men
mentioned were acceptable to the President and it looked as if he would have
to serve. In the circumstance, I thought he had better speak to Lansing.
He did this later in the afternoon and said Lansing was terribly upset over
it.
I persuaded the President to ask Lansing for a conference, not that a con-
ference is needful, but I thought it would be well to have him feel he was be-
ing consulted. The President named eight o'clock, but as Lansing was giving
a dinner I changed the hour to 6.30, trusting it would be agreeable to the
President who was not at the moment available.
Today Polk told me of additional conversations caught by our Secret
Service. Some of them related to me. The German Ambassador guardedly re-
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| Transcript | tionary, and came back with it balanced on his head very much as the Negroes in the South balance pails of water. Mrs. Wilson and I laughed to see him walk along in the grotesque way necessary to keep the book balanced. I said to her, "you see we have reason to be proud of him in more ways than one". The Pres- ident took this in good humor, but removed the book from his head. Mrs. Wilson's portrait painted by Muller-Ury which I gave them as a wedding present, has been hung above the mantel in the rose sitting-room. The President stood with one arm around me and one around Mrs. Wilson and thanked me for having thought to give it to him. He apologized for leaving me in order to play golf and expressed a willingness to remain if I thought necessary. I insisted that he go for I had much to do in the meanwhile. I found Secretary Houston out of town. The President desired me to see him and ask the loan of Solicitor Caffey during the time Polk was absent from the State Department in the event he became National Chairman. Polk came over for another conference. I told him none of the men mentioned were acceptable to the President and it looked as if he would have to serve. In the circumstance, I thought he had better speak to Lansing. He did this later in the afternoon and said Lansing was terribly upset over it. I persuaded the President to ask Lansing for a conference, not that a con- ference is needful, but I thought it would be well to have him feel he was be- ing consulted. The President named eight o'clock, but as Lansing was giving a dinner I changed the hour to 6.30, trusting it would be agreeable to the President who was not at the moment available. Today Polk told me of additional conversations caught by our Secret Service. Some of them related to me. The German Ambassador guardedly re- |
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