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secretary didn't know Senator Harrison by sight. Of course, Senator Harrison was a Democratic Senator and apparently the previous administration in the Department did not know him. Certainly Callus, the receptionist, didn't know the Senator. When the Senator stapped off the elevator and into the Secretary's office, the place he walked into was the reception room naturally, where he was met by the receptionist, Callus, a dirty, sloppy, very elderly, half deaf old man. (He was the one who wanted to wash my white gloves every day. That's what he thought was his duty as a good receptionist.) Callus was always polite. So he addressed the Senator, not knowing he was a Senator, and asked him what he could do for him The Senator said he wished to see the Secretary. Callus said, “Sit right down. Just sit right down.”

Callus, exercising no judgment, said to Doak's secretary, “There's a gentleman who wants to see the Secretary.”

Doak's secretary said, “Let him wait; the Secretary's telephoning now.”

Indeed I was. I was on the long distance telephone. Nobody went out to see what Harrison wanted, or to see who he was. It was a “gentleman” who wanted to see the Secretary. It was terrible. I agree myself that it was a stupid situation. I don't know that he waited twenty minutes, but in a few minutes Callus came back and told him to wait a