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<br />304 <br /> <br />.... <br />'.. <br /> <br />~e have come to respect you, Mr. Chairmml, not only for your ability but <br /> <br />for your personality; and as we are about to enter upon the ~oneludlllg <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />chapter I am designated by the other members of the commission to express <br /> <br />to you not only our admiration, but our love and esteem. And ne aSSllX'e <br /> <br />you that nherever you may ge, nhatever you may do, you n:ill carry through <br /> <br />life the fond osteem and admiration o.nd lovo of all of us; and if any of <br /> <br />US slU'vivG you, ours Trill bo a fond recollection.!! <br /> <br />To nhich Mr. Hoovor repliC)d: <br /> <br />"I am much ovorcome by that lcind oXPl'ossion. <br /> <br />"I roalize perho.ps morC) than you tho diff'fcul tfe.s of these sorts of <br /> <br />Conferences. I have had, perhaps, mord experience with them than you have <br /> <br />had. This conference has stood out in my mind as different from all the <br /> <br /> <br />rest becauso of the fact that we arc dealinG here with. honest mo,,-. It <br /> <br />!las not been necossary in this conference to discount the truth and <br /> <br />character of its mombers, and it is tho only conferenco of important <br /> <br />character whero I haven't bofore the conferonce come to have a complete <br /> <br />conviction of dishonosty on the part of somebody. And it is a monwncmt <br /> <br />to the mon who havo boon here that they have been straiGht and honest <br /> <br />straiGht through tho conference. <br /> <br />"What is more, it has been one of theprobJems of more extreme com- <br /> <br />plexity than will ever be appreciated by.the outside world; and in the sense <br /> <br />.'~~1 <br />~:_c <br /> <br />of sorvice, Dnd in tho senso of' rcstrpint. ancJ in t~10 'willingness to com- <br /> <br />promiso, it also has a 'strHcing character. Had it not been for that character <br /> <br />in the men vihe 'have been here, there rrould have been no compact. <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />"I look at it as an incident that v/o can all treasure because tho days <br /> <br />of remance in the Hest are gone, and the job of western mon is one of con- <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />struction, and that we havo possibly made hore, I don't lmow, ono of the <br /> <br />most constructive steps that has. been taken in the Tiest. It will take time <br />