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understand it, that he would keep it confidential, that he would give the good and reasonable advice and not mislead you into some foolish alley that would just get you into trouble and give him a good laugh, which I have seen politicians quite willing to do. He was always straight. I can't find at any moment anything that he did to betray anyone. I found this true of Cordell Hull always.

I know there are those who will say differently. I had some funny experiences with him later, but they were due to ignorance on his part, and others, as to what constituted a revolution, or something like that. They read it out of a book to me, while it was only a strike. I'll go into that later. There was no betrayal there. There was no letting you down.

Full was very fine-featured, with a shock of good white hair that was beautifully trimmed and cut. He was a very well-groomed person. There was never anything out of order on him. There was never a wrinkle in his clothes. They were well-made and well-cut. They hung properly on him. They were not dandified, but they were perfect. I'm sure that he want to the best tailor in Washington. I know that he must have, because his clothing showed it. He wore either dark Oxford gray or black. He had this pince nez which he wore, or put on to read, with a long black





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