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together. I call that a good marriage. Even when a complete change in their circumstances of life came about, she enjoyed the new things as much as he did.

The extent to which she entered into his professional life and thinking I don't know. I'm sure she was entirely understanding and sympathetic, but I don't imagine that she took much personal part in the professional thinking that he did and the professional planning.

Robert E. Sherwood, when he was writing his book Roosevelt and Hopkins, did talk to me, but my talks with him were very spotty. I don't know what he filled in from me, or what he got verification for from me. I think that Isador Lubin wrote the first part of that book. Lubin was helping Harry with his book when he died. That part of it which himself contributed to I think Lubin did very largely. That was a great embarassment because Harry had signed a contract with the publishers for this book and had been paid a very large sum of money down. That was the thing that haunted him on his death bed - he hadn't been able to complete what he had contracted to do and yet he had accepted the money. Sherwood took it over as an act of friendship. It was the most difficult thing he ever did and I suppose he made almost nothing on it, because





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