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Now this, of course, would be in the midsummer that we came back, and I don't remember anything happening through the late summer and early autumn that would bear upon this. But I was thinking all the time in terms of Henry Wallace's future--what in the world was the President going to do with Henry Wallace? I talked to one or two people around the town. Isador Lubin, for instance, was interested in what to do with Henry Wallace, and he was very close to the President then. I lent him to the White House and he was working for the President, although he was on my payroll. I kept saying to them, “Look out for something. It's very important to get Henry Wallace on a good thing. If we get into a position within the next few months where peace-making is the chore, perhaps Henry can head that up, and that will be a good post. It will be an honorable appointment and an honorable way out for him.”

Interviewer:

Did you think about him going back to Agriculture?

Perkins:

No, I never thought of him going back to Agriculture.

Interviewer:

You don't recall anybody else mentioning it?

Perkins:

I don't recall anybody else mentioning it.

Interviewer:

Claude Wickard was scared to death.

Perkins:

He was? Well, I don't recall anybody else mentioning





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