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Mary and I gave up our little house in Georgetown, which we had only taken on a monthly basis, and moved out to Daisy Harriman's place on the Foxhall Road, which we took for the summer only. We'd learned by this time that we had to stay in Washington all summer long. Daisy was going away for the summer. It seemed like a good thing. She wanted us to take it. Mary had more money than I had, of course. I couldn't have afforded to pay the price that Daisy had to get for it. I paid my share, but my share was half of what we had paid for the little house in Georgetown, which was about all I could afford to pay for rent. Anyhow, we moved out there the 1st of July. Mary kept a part of this little house in Georgetown to use as an office. She used to like to consult with people outside of the formal office. That was just one of the luxury tricks that she had.

At any rate, I know we decided upon this committee while we were still in the little house, because I have a visual memory of having it decided around the dinner table one night in this little house in Georgetown. There was nobody there but Mary, Nelson Slater, Averell perhaps, myself and Johnson - or some such combination. I remember Johnson's saying, “I'll do this if Mary Rumsey will be the head of it.”

Getting back to Mrs. Johnson, by this time Mary was