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I said, “I have no one to replace you for the present. I haven't made up my mind about it, or found anyone yet. Feel at ease for a while at least. Stay at least through the summer and I'll certainly talk about it with you well in advance of any motion. You won't be let out in a hurry.” He had an exempt position, so I could let him out in a minute.

He expressed himself as being very grateful and very glad to stay and I said, “Well, I expect you'll help me in every way you can.”

He said, “Yes ma'am. You know I'm a black Republican, don't you?”

I laughed and said, “So, Mr. White tells me he's a black Republican, but he' going to stay and help.”

The only thing about this man that gave me a feeling of unease was that he didn't laugh. Even during this little exchange of views he couldn't bring himself to laugh.

Well, in a little while I found there were leaks going on all over the Department. Unauthorized releases were being put out by this dying Employment Service that I was about to wash out, by the Immigration Service that was being reorganized, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. They were putting out information that was terrible. They were still giving out releases, just as they had during Doak's day, that were contrary to each other, didn't agree. I had to stop that. I also wanted to stop the employment office