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other guest was James Stillman. He was surprised to hear me refer to him as
my oldest friend in New York since he had no recollection of ever having met
me before. When he found I was a son of T. W. House it became clear what I
meant, for as a very small boy I used to go with Father to the offices of Wood-
ward & Stillman when they were his New York cotton agents.
October 20, 1916.
My main activity today was to have ex-Congressman Buckley of Cleveland,
Ohio, come with papers making an expose of the German-American traffic with the
Republican Campaign Committee and Mr. Hughes. I went over it carefully, look-
ing down the road as far as I could to see there were no snags anywhere in
sight if we should decide to use it.
Before Buckley left, McCormick and Woolley called to get my views as to
the advisability of publishing it and when. We agreed to give it out Monday
and follow it up Wednesday with substantiating material. Woolley has excel-
lent ideas as to the best way to obtain publicity and we accepted his judgment
in this respect. The conference lasted several hours, for we all feel it to
be an important move and one requiring careful consideration.
Ambassador Gerard called and I showed him the memorandum sent me by
Count von Bernstorff. Gerard denied he had made any promises to the Kaiser
or to the Chancellor when he was at Charleville last April. From what Gerard
tells me, and from what I gather from the United Press <sic>despatch</sic> sent me yester-
day, I am of the opinion that Bernstorff and the German Government "played us"
in order to get Gerard home. It will be remembered that Bernstorff told me at
Sunapee his Government wanted to convey to us unofficially their belief that
Gerard was in such a nervous condition that it would be of benefit to both
countries if he were brought home for awhile on vacation. As a matter of
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other guest was James Stillman. He was surprised to hear me refer to him as
my oldest friend in New York since he had no recollection of ever having met
me before. When he found I was a son of T. W. House it became clear what I
meant, for as a very small boy I used to go with Father to the offices of Wood-
ward & Stillman when they were his New York cotton agents.
October 20, 1916.
My main activity today was to have ex-Congressman Buckley of Cleveland,
Ohio, come with papers making an expose of the German-American traffic with the
Republican Campaign Committee and Mr. Hughes. I went over it carefully, look-
ing down the road as far as I could to see there were no snags anywhere in
sight if we should decide to use it.
Before Buckley left, McCormick and Woolley called to get my views as to
the advisability of publishing it and when. We agreed to give it out Monday
and follow it up Wednesday with substantiating material. Woolley has excel-
lent ideas as to the best way to obtain publicity and we accepted his judgment
in this respect. The conference lasted several hours, for we all feel it to
be an important move and one requiring careful consideration.
Ambassador Gerard called and I showed him the memorandum sent me by
Count von Bernstorff. Gerard denied he had made any promises to the Kaiser
or to the Chancellor when he was at Charleville last April. From what Gerard
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