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improvisation which leaves them kind of hanging on the outskirts, not knowing whether they've got it right or not. Thus, I think any ceremonial welcome eases the path.

I think that in America the ritual should be appropriate to our tradition. I wouldn't like to see the mayor of New York wear a velvet gown and a gold chain around his neck. That isn't in our tradition. But his behavior, the form of his reception, his remarks, the people called upon to join with him, his calling up of an element of the firemen and policemen for review, all are appropriate at different levels for different people. I think it's good and is part of standard courtesy which is helpful in the situation.

Walker did well, of course, on all these things. I don't think he ever made a blunder. I don't remember too well anything else about his administration, except the way everybody else remembers it. It was all right. It was successful. There were no scandals that were open, at least, although you began to hear rumors that things were not all right, that Walker was very easy going about many things. Of course, he was very easy going about the suppression of Prohibition. The federal authorities thought that Walker was just about the worst they'd ever met, because they could get no consistent help from the New York police or from the mayor in the enforcement of the Prohibition law in the City