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money in their treasuries, you've got to take them in. When it comes to New York City, they can raise money.” There was a great disposition not to give any money to New York City, because New York City was supposed to be rich and could raise money.

At any rate, ever so many people were giving and having ideas. Certainly by the first of the second week - Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday - Bill Hodson and Harry Hopkins came down to Washington. I don't know at whose invitation - probably nobody's. I think it was at nobody's. They just came. They weren't the only people in the United States who were doing that. The place was full of people who had ideas about what ought to be done.

In the course of the day they telephoned me and said it was absolutely essential that they see me - absolutely essential! They just had to see me. They said they were very distressed and afraid nothing was going to be done. I said, “Something's going to be done, I'm sure.” Anyhow, they had to see me. I said, “All right, I'm terribly occupied. I've got to go out for dinner tonight. I've already said I would. It's a dinner conference. I've got to go.”

“Nevertheless, we've got to see you today.”

So I asked them to come to the Women's University





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