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zines, munitions etc. He did not consider it improbable that they might
capture Washington and the President himself. Neither the President nor
I was disturbed at this thought, but I took the occasion to express the
feeling that we should not be so totally unprepared in the event of war.
The President replied, "there will be no war. This country does not
intend to become involved in this war. We are the only one of the great
White nations that is free from war today, and it would be a crime against
civilization for us to go in".
The President may change this view for, as I said before, he changes
his views often. For instance, the last time I was here and suggested Cleve-
land H. Dodge for England, he thought it would not do. This time he suggest-
ed it himself.
McAdoo came and spent three quarters of an hour. He was terribly
depressed. He thought the President had lost all interest and all "punch";
that things were drifting in an aimless sort of way. He tried to get an
expression from me about his foreign policy, but I evaded it and protested
there was nothing to tell. I find that the President is now much more in-
terested in foreign affairs than he heretofore has been and apparently less so
in domestic affairs.
McAdoo is quite right, though, in deploring his lack of attention to
departmental affairs. He permits his Secretaries to do pretty much what
they please in routine matters, and he does not know whether things are well
or badly done.
Frank Polk followed but he merely wanted to find out something of
the situation as I found it in Washington, especially as to the President.
Dudley Malone followed Polk and I took him to the train where I met Hugh
Wallace, Lincoln Colcord, Brougham of the Public Ledger, Jack Golden, the
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| Transcript | zines, munitions etc. He did not consider it improbable that they might capture Washington and the President himself. Neither the President nor I was disturbed at this thought, but I took the occasion to express the feeling that we should not be so totally unprepared in the event of war. The President replied, "there will be no war. This country does not intend to become involved in this war. We are the only one of the great White nations that is free from war today, and it would be a crime against civilization for us to go in". The President may change this view for, as I said before, he changes his views often. For instance, the last time I was here and suggested Cleve- land H. Dodge for England, he thought it would not do. This time he suggest- ed it himself. McAdoo came and spent three quarters of an hour. He was terribly depressed. He thought the President had lost all interest and all "punch"; that things were drifting in an aimless sort of way. He tried to get an expression from me about his foreign policy, but I evaded it and protested there was nothing to tell. I find that the President is now much more in- terested in foreign affairs than he heretofore has been and apparently less so in domestic affairs. McAdoo is quite right, though, in deploring his lack of attention to departmental affairs. He permits his Secretaries to do pretty much what they please in routine matters, and he does not know whether things are well or badly done. Frank Polk followed but he merely wanted to find out something of the situation as I found it in Washington, especially as to the President. Dudley Malone followed Polk and I took him to the train where I met Hugh Wallace, Lincoln Colcord, Brougham of the Public Ledger, Jack Golden, the |
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