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men who are under temptation can do and still remain human--you know? In any walk of life. This was a particular political temptation, but whether it's to drink an extra glass of whiskey, or whatever the temptation is--he was that sort that is just a little bit given to passing by on the other side, not trying to heal the wounds of the person who has succumbed. At least that was my impression of him, and I don't know that it's a proper one exactly, because I never had any reason to estimate it, but I didn't feel at ease about it.

But the President got more and more concerned. This Committee reported. You see, I never was on that Committee, and all that I did, I did through Mr. Mitchell and I did through the lawyer who assisted him. I don't remember the lawyer's name. Anyhow, he had had some experience in this, because there had always been, in the Civil Service law, a prohibition against employing anyone who wouldn't take an oath of office. And in the oath of office, they swear allegiance to the United States, you see, and they swear disallegiance (or the opposite of allegiance) to all enemies of the United States, foreign or domestic. It's a great long oath, you know. Great detail you go into. It's much longer than the Presidential oath. I used to know it by heart.