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DISPOSAL TO REDUCE AND RECONCILE SUCH DIFFERENCES FOR THE
 
GREATEST OVERALL GOOD OF THE GROUP AS A WHOLE."
 
     THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF THE PRESIDENT'S IN-
 
FORMAL UNOFFICIAL ATTITUDES. IN RESPONSE THE CHANCELLOR FIRST
 
OF ALL EXPRESSED SATISFACTION THAT PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT HAD
 
CONSIDERED IT USEFUL TO EXCHANGE VIEWS IN AN UNOFFICIAL
 
INFORMAL MANNER THROUGH MR. MOONEY. THE CHANCELLOR WAS GLAD
 
TO BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S PERSONAL
 
VIEWPOINT AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS THESE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.
 
THE CHANCELLOR LISTENED TO MY PRESENTATION OF THE PRESIDENT'S
 
PERSONAL FEELINGS AND ATTITUDE AS EXPRESSED IN THE FOREGOING
 
OUTLINE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION TO MAKE COMMENT RELATING PECULI-
 
ARLY TO ANY ONE OF THE POINTS IN ITSELF. HE SEEMED TO PREFER
 
TO WAIT AND THEN DISCOURSE ON THE VARIOUS POINTS FROM HIS
 
OWN GENERAL STANDPOINT AFTER MY PRESENTATION OF THE OUTLINE
 
OF THE FOREGOING POINTS AND AFTER THE CHANCELLOR HAD HAD THE