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So I slipped away. Always, after the first half hour of the parade, people who are tired of the parade slip away from the reviewing stand, and somebody who wants to see it takes their place. So I slipped out without anybody's noticing me, went out through the back door of the White House and through one of the back entrances, which the Secret Service always keep open. There I met my car and went back to the Department.

They had just arrived as I got back. We spent the afternoon in discussion. It was, on the whole, a very amiable discussion. I made most of my appeal to Mr. rown. I had an idea that he was going to be the salvation of this situation, that he would be a modern-minded man and would see it. But, to my disappointment, he took no part really. He seemed to be a very narrow-minded and limited man who would confine himself to the interpretation and meaning of words and phrases. He was giving them no advice whatever about what it was wise and possible to do. I learned later why that was so as I knew Alfred Sloan better, and I began to discover him that day. I realized that Alfred Sloan doesn't tolerate any advice from anybody. His lawyers are not permitted to give him legal advice. He'll tell them what