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Henry had plenty of nerve and plenty of courage. He was a good operator and an excellent administrator. Out of the Bureau of Municipal Research experience he had thought a great deal about the details of city government, about its budget, about what was wrong with it, what was right with it, what should be promoted and what should be washed out.

So it was no news to anybody when he finally resigned the Chamberlain's office because he had been saying that he would all of the time. He was going to resign it as soon as he had gotten certain things done and would recommend its abolition. For that reason it didn't create a great furnaces except that it was great loss. It was anticipated that he would do that. Of course he became famous, I guess, as the only man in public life who ever recommended the abolition of his own job. It made the headlines all over the country, not because it was so important.

He was probably the most useful person in the whole Mitchel administration. There's no question about that. That was because he was a mediator, and because he had full knowledge of what was going on in every phase of the work. He was in a position to advise the Mayor, help the Mayor, and develop the Mayor's thinking in a great many ways. He also was able to be on the best of terms with Prendergast. There were times when Prendergast and the Mayor would have had a terrific split.