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in the city of Washington, and you sign the little oath of office which is a printed card that everybody has to sign anyhow. So I said, “See that he signs that before he signs any official papers, and don't humiliate him.”

So nothing was ever said to humiliate him, but there had been this entirely false swearing-in because he was so so smart, you know, to have his own little party. Well, that was very odd.

At any rate, we went through that day. It was a day of perfect hell, because I hadn't anticipated getting out that day, and I wasn't going to get out. I didn't want to get out. I had a day's work to do that day and the next day, Sunday. I guess Monday was the day I actually left town.

But he thought he was Secretary, until it was broken to him. Well, on Monday the chief clerk or somebody put before him this little paper that you have to sign before your name can go on the payroll. That was his actual swearing-in.

But that day he sat down, and he seemed to be disposed to stay in my office. And I had a raft of people who had appointments to see me. I had papers, I had all kinds of things that weren't finished. I mean, the desk was empty but the top had all kinds of things that had to be signed-- final papers on this that and the other--that you must leave





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