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“Type of Person Now Needed.” This was to the President.

“Unimaginative, quiet, orderly, discreet, sensible, not very ambitious--that's the type of person now needed.”

This was February, 1942. That's the date at the top, Feb. 8, 1942. I talked this to him, you see. I told him, “For God's sake, appoint some people who aren't excited, aren't very ambitious, aren't trying to get ahead themselves--who are orderly, discreet, sensible, will keep quiet.

“Duty to sit on the lid, to keep the professional service alive. Let 'em alone. Not fight with Sidney and other seven or eight minor Labor Departments.”

You see, I used to say we had several minor Labor Departments. I had just said on this memo, “Too Many Cooks,” that there's a Labor Department in the Navy, there's a Labor Department everywhere else. You see, they've all got a Labor Department.

I would suggest that you identify the thing, and then you quote all the way through without stopping or making interjections.

Well, I haven't read these over. Whether I can read 'em or not is another matter, now. This one seems to be written very plainly. Well, here is this little squib which we will label February 8, 1942.