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only spirit in which he could, that is one of hopeful belief that he would have the wisdom and the strength to do what had to be done. He was unspecific, as was natural on that occasion. He was obviously quite badly shocked, and was expressing a real humility in which one found a source of strength. I said to myself, “He'll make out, because he doesn't have too much confidence in himself. He'll make out all right, because he has the type of mind and the spirit to be humble, and to begin at the beginning and not to think he knows everything.” I remember feeling that he would make out.

Just the Cabinet came in. Then Mr. Truman announced that he had asked Justice Stone to come in and swear him in immediately, that it was necessary that he should be sworn in at once and that there mustn't be any gap. He'd asked Mr. Stone to come, and he'd also asked the majority and minority leaders of the house to come.

I see in this picture two other men over here, and I can't make out who they are, at the extreme right. That man under the clock is Ickes? I don't know though, his hair isn't done that way--no, no. I don't know who that is. Ickes may not have been found. You know, a Cabinet summoned in that way may not have been brought together completely, although I guess they're nearly all there. That one little half face there might be Ickes. I guess it is.





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