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Where does he get the foot?

Okay, all right.

He had checked out of the hotel and left no numbered calls.

I just called him just now.

Now, what do you think we should do to call for it?

I have a feeling that it might still be an open question.

You know, the way I look at it is that if I just say, look, you're a conscientious man and all the rest, but right now your country needs you.

I'd like you to take this and assume that you can do it any time you can't do it, why don't you come to me and we'll work it out.

I'd say two years of power over 20 or somebody else, and that's a damn truth.

Yeah.

You put it out to me for a prestigious appointment, and that sort of thing.

Is that what you're saying?

Yeah.

He agrees with all that.

Yeah.

You know, the Baker one, I just want you to really press him now, because the more I think about it, with that law practice, I don't think we ought to run that by a fellow like Baker.

They just aren't going to crucify another senator around there.

There's a point, too.

I mean, even by our own FBI and all that, because, you know, the minute that doesn't get out, we all know Harold Baker's background, and if he's no crook or anything of that sort, frankly, the Senate wouldn't dare put him out if he were.

Yeah.

That's my point.

He is highly incidental.

It has occurred to me that one fault that very much of Baker's supporters on other things has been Brooke.

Do you remember the campaign taker who got broke a couple of days ago?

I think it was Baker.

Well, now that isn't going to hurt.

So I just have a feeling this guy is intelligent, kind of strong-minded, and I must say, you know, quite as sure as he could be.

But you know that on most stuff he's going to be good.

You just can't expect him to be 100%.

Did he sound all right?

What other things?

Have you ever tried the moment of may not on, say, a following, like Erlich?

I guess you just don't know what it is.

Are we too concerned about this mediocre business you're in?

I've just been thinking of other things I'm going to put at the top.

But if you let me go, then I might as well put one of them up in my town.

Yeah.

After all, I was the dean of a law school.

Yeah.

Good.

That's the way to do it.

They tell them the highest of confidence.

Occasionally you're a little limited in all these kind of problems that you think.

That I lean strongly towards for reasons that are, that have to do with boredom.

I like the lean thing.

I like the fact that it's the number one law school.

God damn it, I didn't go to a number one law school job.

Now to where do you go?

Do you go to Harvard?

No.

Yeah.

Well, Mike, the whole point of this number one law school bullshit is to get me down a little, isn't it, you?

Yeah.

Well... Well, sure, look, you've seen a lot of hired men around there soft on the head.

And, uh, they don't work as hard.

But, uh, now, this board of men may be all right.

I've seen some pretty good board of graduates, haven't you?

And let me tell you, if you take on the Dean of Florida, they're taking on the Notre Dame Dean and a hell of a lot of other Santa Clara, huh?

Loyola.

Right.

But I mean, they're taking all kinds of people.

But would you run that by the end of the day?

And I don't want him to bring it to me, because I don't like this business of my being locked with the staff on things.

But just say, you are checking yourself.

See, will you do that?

That's better.

And say that this, and put it on purpose.

Would you do that?

And say that, no, he may be in here, but he has much strength to do it.

Okay.

Bye.