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sworn in and that he had asked Justice Cardozo to swear us in that night. He said, “I hope you don't mind being sworn in on my old Dutch Bible. You won't be able to read a word of it, but it's the Holy Scriptures, all right, isn't it, Justice Cardozo? I've asked Justice Cordozo to do this because he's an old friend of mine. He comes from New York state. We all know him well in New York. He was willing to come in this emergency without any preliminaries.”

At nay rate, the Secretary of state stepped forward. Justice Cardozo read the oath to him. He repeated it after him. He swore, “So help me god.” One by one, in the order of their rank, the people who were designated as Cabinet members were sworn in. That meant, of course, that some time between noon on Saturday and eight o'clock on Sunday night our nominations had been sent to the senate and confirmed. Of that I was entirely innocent. I didn't know when it was done, or how it was done. There was nothing in the paper about it. I do think I said to Early, “But have we been confirmed? Have I been confirmed?,” and he said, “Oh, yes, yes, that's all been taken care of.” I knew I had to be confirmed by the Senate, but I had fully expected to go before some committee, or something of that sort. But, no, it was all done. I see by what happened this year,