At the annual St. Patrick's Day dinner of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick held in the Mayflower Hotel on the 16th I sat beside President Truman. I got an opportunity of telling him about MacLiath.¹ He said he had heard something about it. He said impulsively 'Let's bring him back right away. We can't let that state of affairs go on.' Later on, after a recess during which he and I paid a visit to the AOH banquet which was on another floor in the hotel, he said to me 'Don't rush me too much on that proposition. I must have a little time. You see, there is the Roosevelt connection.' I imagine he had discussed the matter with someone during the interval.

I managed to get in something about Partition but he did not encourage me to discuss it.