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At that time I went to the President and said that he must appoint her to a recognizable political position. I said, “I really think you should do it.” I forget what the labor relations board we were then forming - either wage stabilization, or national labor relations, or the War Labor Board. I said, “I think you should appoint ‘So-and-So' and ‘So-and-So' and I think you should appoint Mrs. Anna Rosenberg to this board.”

He looked at me in a very queer way and said, “Why do you think that?”

I said, “Well, I think she's around a good deal and she's interested in these subjects. I think it's also better to put her activities in an organized channel.”

He looked at me in a queer way and said, “She told me you didn't like her.”

I said, “Well, Mr. President, I like her all right. I have no affection for her and no hatred for her. You must know that. I'm recommending it to you, am I not?”

“That's right,” he said, “you have. You've been very good to her.”

“Now,” I said, “I'll tell you something. One of the reasons I'm recommending this to you, and I'll never tell this to another soul, is that the labor men have begun to gossip - dirty nasty gossip about her. The quicker we get her into any official position, the better.”