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Stanton:

Yes, probably. I'm not sure they would have been wise decisions, but without the strong partnership that she represented, I would probably have succumbed to the heady wine of it being offered to me.

Q:

Which do you think you really would have taken? Which opportunity? Would you have gone with Truman?

Stanton:

I would have gone with Truman.

Q:

What offer was that? Could you remind me? Was it a cabinet position?

Stanton:

Secretary of Commerce. Secretary of, I guess, Transportation, although I'm not sure it was called that or existed as Transportation. It was equivalent to what became transportation. Commerce would have been a mistake for me, I wasn't cut out for that. But I enjoyed the excitement of the Washington scene. I thought I could possibly make some contribution to the administration of a department. If I had a job I was cocky enough to believe I could handle my relations on the hill, which are very important if you're in the Cabinet. I had the utmost respect for Truman. Roosevelt I didn't know.

Q:

But he seemed to be very close to you. He called you to his bedside as he was dying, isn't that right?

Stanton:

Who?

Q:

Roosevelt.





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