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which was all right.

At any rate, he uncovered a good deal about Mr. James Walker in the course of his investigation. It began to be more and more of a problem and a hazard. This corruption of Walker's figured in the gubernatorial election of 1930, but by that time the Moreland Act Commissioner had been appointed. That was Roosevelt's answer to any question that was raised on the subject. That was the burden of any speeches that he felt obliged to make. I don't think he worked that too much in his campaign speeches. He probably referred to it, but I don't recall that he worked at it too much, except to say that these rumors had some truth in them and that they would be investigated to the last item. Justice would be done. We would not tolerate graft and corruption, and so on.

I don't remember Roosevelt saying anything to me privately about Walker that sticks in my memory, except as everybody discussed it, saying, “Do you suppose that Walker would be such a fool as to be involved in these things? Surely Walker must know better.” I think I remember him saying, “Walker's no fool. He's been around a lot. He certainly hasn't gotten himself involved in things that are really doubtful.” I think he thought that there might have been a lot of bad behavior around the edges, but that Walker would have taken great pains to see that he wasn't tied up