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him. He's learned publicity too, which he never knew before. He's tasted the tempting, but poisonous cup of publicity. It makes a difference. He never again can be just a plain fellow working in Buruch's organization. He's now the great General Hugh Johnson on the blue eagle. I can never put him in a place where I can use him again, so he's just utterly useless.”

I never knew Peek very well. He was also always a numbar three man. I always had supposed that Baruch put him in Agriculture, that he recommended him in there. I don't know that I ever was told that, but that was the implication. Peek was a very different person than Johnson. He was equally emotional, as Hugh Johnson was, but he was much better behaved. He could conform to the conventional expectations better. After having been all one band of brothers with Johnson and very close buddies, within a very short time he became very more at Johnson and very angry. He was always going around saying this most derogatory things about Johnson. That the cause of their quarrel was, I don't know, but white Johnson would proclaim how much he loved Peek and so on, Peek was doing everything he could to make life unbearable for Johnson. He was giving him a bad reputation all around.

That's about all I know about Peek. I knew his wife