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Fair Deal—intellectually committed, not just the run of the mill, rank and file people—to keep on talking, meeting and thinking about problems that will face the country from our point of view. I said that to Henry. He said, “That's good and would be a good thing provided it's kept private.”

I said, “That's right. It must be kept private and not be any more than any other group of people meeting for discussion, not having any great big public organization.” We spoke of that.

He has a funny way of recalling things. He said, “One can't help missing Roosevelt on occasions like this.”

I said, “We'll continue to miss Roosevelt for the rest of our lives.”

Then he said a funny thing to me. Without any preliminary he said, “You know, one of the things I always remember about you and always shall is what you said as we left the grave at Roosevelt's burial.”

I said, “What was it, Henry? I don't remember.”

He said, “I was standing beside you, you remember, and Harold Ickes was on the other side of you.”

I said, “Yes, I remember that. I remember just where I stood. I could go to the spot in that garden today and put my feet down where it was.”





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