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somebody else had, or whether it had just occurred naturally to him, I don't know, but by evening he though he “smelled a rat.” He called me up. He said, “I don't suppose you've heard anything about this. You wouldn't because it's been quite secret between the President and me. But the President said to me this afternoon that he wanted me to go to Europe on a mission to look into the progress of recovery in other countries. Now, I've thought about it. I've talked to Baruch. Baruch has promised to give me some people to help me. But I have decided not to go. I want you to understand this because I'm afraid the President will be hurt. Richberg can go just as well as I can if he wants to know what is going on in European recovery. Richberg is just as good a person to observe it as I am. Richberg can't do the things I can do for the NRA here. There are a couple of economists who can go with Richberg. I know he doesn't know anything about economics and industrial matters, but there are a couple of economists in the NRA who can go with him. Richberg is a lawyer. He's very diplomatic. He's a good observer. That's the way it should be done. Richberg can't do the things that I can do for the NRA. You know that.”

I said, “Well, General, I don't think Richberg can do the things You can do in Europe.” I tried to put it that