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They had a big story. It was front page in every paper in the United States the next day. I saw them about four o'clock because I wanted to be sure that we missed the evening papers and got the morning papers, so we'd have the same coverage that the President had had.

After I had done this, along about five o'clock, it crossed my mind, “By George, I ought to have told the Governor before I did this.” Somebody in my office had said to me, “You certainly had you nerve to dispute the President of the United States.”

I said, “I don't see why. If he's wrong, can't I dispute him?” I didn't think of him as the President of the United States. I didn't think about the political angle at all. I was as ignorant as that. I always thought of Washington as a foreign country. Statements emanated from it, but I never felt any connection with it or any sense of responsibility for it. The President of the United States was the President of a foreign country and my Governor was the Governor of the sovereign state of New York.

I had forgotten to consult the Governor and it suddenly occurred to me that he might have connections with the sovereign of the United States. After this man in my office told me I had some nerve to dispute the President, I thought to myself, “By George, I think I better call the Governor before