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should go ahead and make any agreement with him, and whatever he agreed to you would stand by and be bound by. Don't you remember? That was because you were so very busy. It was so very kind of you to do it.”
“I never agreed. I never appointed Richberg to represent me in anything. Richberg doesn't represent me. Richberg is untrustworthy. He doesn't represent me.”
We tried to pass over the untrustworthiness, recognizing that he didn't exactly know what he was saying. We said, “Well, now, Richberg is the chief counsel of the NRA. He thinks and we think. . . .,” and so on.
“I never agreed to anything. You know I never agreed to anything. What are you trying to do? What are you trying to put over on me? I wouldn't have thought it of you, Frances, to put something over on me. If you tell me Richberg has agreed to this, he's putting something over on me.”
I appealed to Miss Robinson. I said, “Well, now, Miss Robinson, you remember that the General telephoned to Richberg. You remember that day, don't you? He told him that although he was delegated to do this negotiating he wanted to see the bill. You remember that, don't you? We've now brought the bill.”
“Yes,” she said, “I know, but the General intended
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