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he had the same stoop, same fringe of gray hair, same dark attitude that he had had for twenty years. So it didn't occur to me that he was any older physically and mentally than he always had been, but he certainly was.

Anyhow, he proved to be a terrible hypochondriac. He worried about himself all the time. He had aches and pains. He would come all the way down from the top floor where the offices of the Board were to my office and spend an hour and a half telling me about his aches and pains, although I could do nothing about them. Then he brought his wife to Washington. I thought, “That's fine.” I even helped him to make the decision to bring her on. The decision rested upon the degree of permanence of his appointment. I found that the President was willing to say that it would be as permanent as possible. When he brought his wife on, I thought it would be a good idea, because I thought he would tell her about his aches and pains, that he'd be living a more natural life when they set up their home.

On the other hand, his wife had aches and pains. So he would come and tell me about his wife's aches and pains. They were both getting older and had never





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