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East for the peace conference. He was recommended by Roland Morris.
Carl Ackerman called to get an opinion as to whether he should go to
South America to represent the Saturday Evening Post, or whether he should go
to Europe. I advised Europe.
September 20, 1917.
Mr. Keely, of the Chicago Herald, called to interest me if possible in
some settlement of the print paper problem. He believes if the Attorney Gen-
eral would not press the criminal suit against them, he could get them to con-
sent to cut the price of paper to a point where it would mean a saving of mil-
lions of dollars to the newspapers. His idea, as I understand it, is that the
Attorney General should merely postpone action, leaving the sword of Damocles
hanging over their heads. He saw the Attorney General some three weeks ago,
and while Gregory did not give him any assurance, he intimated that if the the
paper trust would give positive evidence of reformation, he might consider the
matter. I advised Keely to see what he could do with the paper trust before
taking the matter up again with the Attorney General. I thought the Attorney
General had gone as far as he could.
There has been a great to-do in Washington over the failure of the
British Embassy and the State Department to make an early engagement for
Lord Reading to call on the President. The fault lies partly with the State
Department and partly with Spring-Rice. Reading is furious and got Wiseman,
who was in Washington yesterday, to ask my good offices. I telephoned Frank
Polk and the matter was straighted out in short order, in fact, it was in
process before I telephoned.
Some of the labor leaders have been after me today to use my good
offices in behalf of Thos. J. Mooney, of San Francisco who is under death sen-
tence.
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| Transcript | East for the peace conference. He was recommended by Roland Morris. Carl Ackerman called to get an opinion as to whether he should go to South America to represent the Saturday Evening Post, or whether he should go to Europe. I advised Europe. September 20, 1917. Mr. Keely, of the Chicago Herald, called to interest me if possible in some settlement of the print paper problem. He believes if the Attorney Gen- eral would not press the criminal suit against them, he could get them to con- sent to cut the price of paper to a point where it would mean a saving of mil- lions of dollars to the newspapers. His idea, as I understand it, is that the Attorney General should merely postpone action, leaving the sword of Damocles hanging over their heads. He saw the Attorney General some three weeks ago, and while Gregory did not give him any assurance, he intimated that if the the paper trust would give positive evidence of reformation, he might consider the matter. I advised Keely to see what he could do with the paper trust before taking the matter up again with the Attorney General. I thought the Attorney General had gone as far as he could. There has been a great to-do in Washington over the failure of the British Embassy and the State Department to make an early engagement for Lord Reading to call on the President. The fault lies partly with the State Department and partly with Spring-Rice. Reading is furious and got Wiseman, who was in Washington yesterday, to ask my good offices. I telephoned Frank Polk and the matter was straighted out in short order, in fact, it was in process before I telephoned. Some of the labor leaders have been after me today to use my good offices in behalf of Thos. J. Mooney, of San Francisco who is under death sen- tence. |
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