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of Labor and I had an understanding with the President that I wouldn't swear in for at least two weeks.”

He said, “Well, I know, but you know that things are terrible. The crisis is so frightful that the president thinks we must have the full cabinet, that the people Will feel better and less disorganized if there is a full Cabinet in operation. He wants everybody to swear in tonight at the White House.”

I said, “Well, if that has to be, all right.”

He said, “You can bring your daughter if you want to. Members of the Cabinet are allowed to bring their immediate family to see the swearing in.”

I know that something else was going on at the White House too, and I can't recall too clearly what it was. Quite a large number of people were on the ground floor of the White House when I arrived. This time I knew enough to go in a taxicab directly to the front door. There were quite a good many people downstairs. Whether it was a social occasion or not, I don't know.

Anyhow, by this time I knew the chief usher, Mr. Irwin Hoover. I had been there the afternoon before and the chief usher, and all the Secret Service men, had had a good look at me. From that time on they knew who I was and everything was all right. So the chief usher said, “You're