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thought that, and that Walker thought it to some extent, and I know that Truman said that it was so personal that it wouldn't work when the man it was personal to disappeared, although he never intended to take it away with him, and didn't take it away with him. It just didn't have any enthusiasm, didn't have any of that stickum that makes a machine stay together.

It's also interesting that Farley always did his duty by the other Cabinet officers. He never missed a chance to help out. If he knew that somebody was going to make a speech in Idaho, Texas, or some other place, Farley would immediately get in touch with the local political leaders, saying, “So-and-So's coming. See that he has a good time. See that he gets a good reception. See that he has a good audience.” They can bring an audience in if they want to, but they don't want to unless somebody tells them to. Jim would tell them to do it and would do it in an enthusiastic way. They'd go right to work and send out the notices that everybody was to show up, so you had a big audience and an enthusiastic one.

He always had connections. If you made a speech in Omaha, he'd say, “I hear you made a fine speech in Omaha, Frances.” He had heard before you got back





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