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...McGrath (wringing his hands): "It is the basic issue involved...
...York Timesman Arthur Krock subsequently reported that in this talk the Attorney General had conducted a running argument with the President. Its gist: since Truman and McGrath were agreed on holding up the Morris questionnaire and the need to dismiss Morris, it ought to be recorded in announcements by both the White House and the Justice Department. The President, said Krock, moved away from the argument. Later, McGrath and Short kicked it around some more; the presidential aide thought that both Morris and McGrath ought to go. The Attorney General protested that this would make him a "goat...
...Your Services Shall Cease." In the morning, McGrath sent a curt letter to Morris. "Please be informed . . . your services . . . shall cease at the close of business today." Morris, cocky as ever, replied, measuring the words: "I've-never-been-fired-before . . . I'm not mad at anybody ... I don't care very much, as long as my wife loves me." Later, during a soliloquy for the benefit of newsmen, while he fed peanuts to the pigeons in Lafayette Square, he added: "I've been fired, and now all the influence peddlers can come back again...
...hour or so later, at the Justice Department Building, Howard McGrath walked out of his office, his Homburg pulled forward, his double-breasted grey flannel rumpled, a glazed look in his eyes. His voice quavered as he talked to the waiting press; no tears rolled down his cheeks, but his eyes brimmed. Why was he fired? "I guess my usefulness came to an end." What advice did he have for his successor? "A fine man ... I have suggested that he ought to supply himself with an asbestos suit...
...justice." He added 1) that he would depend on the FBI to find out where corruption existed, 2) that he would not "waste any money" continuing the kind of inquiry Newbold Morris had pressed, and 3) that he had no plans to look into the conduct of Howard McGrath. "What right," he asked, "would I have to do that...