Evening star., 1953-01-09

Third of q Series.
and big ships. freighters and
passenger liners are constantly
passing by.
This is quite fitting because the
speciality of his firm is admiralty
law.
THE view is wonderful here" !"
he said, II sort of hate to give
this Office up. I've had it a long
time"
Mr.. BroWnell radiates an un-
spoken optimism and confidence.
In fact, he seems to be a happy
man.
He gives the appearance of
being smaller than his dimen-
sions which are quite respectable
IS feet 10 inches, $50 pounds.
Probably that's because his bald
brow is of the peaked rather
than the round or the fiat topped
type.
When his interviewer told him
that he somewhat resembled a
Democrat of recent fame, he
laughed.
You know" he said, "at the
Gridiron party in Washington
in December, one of the news
papermen got into conversa-
tion with me that took puzZling
turns until I realized he thought
he was talking to Gov. Steven
SON."
Deans Picture on Wall.
The Office is in the old law
firm of Lord, Day & Lord in the
Cunard Building at Is Broadway.
The Cunard Line is one of the
firms clients. There are a few
small colored engravings on the
wall of early American scenes,
Washington with the Capitol
unfinished and the campus of
Yale College before the Civil
War among them. The place of
honor is occupied by a picture
of Judge Thomas w. Swan of
the United States Court of APP
peals for the Second Circuit who
was Mr.. BroWnell's dean at Yale
Law School.
Mr.. BroWnell leaned back in
his chair and talked freely about
the past but was a little guarded
about details in the movement
to make Gen. Eisenhower Presi-
dent which the newspapers have
not yet been able to record for
history.
While he was talking a call
came in from Gov. Sherman
Adams. the generals close ad-
wiser. and the conversation took
a turn that seemed confidential.
His interviewer offered to with
draw
Sit right there" he said and
made no reference to the mat
ter when he hung up the tele-
phone.
You know" he said in tell
ing about his political career. Il
had no idea that 1 would ever go
to Washington after 1948."
He managed the Dewey cam
paign of that year that seemed
so successful until the votes
were counted.
Under Tremendous Pressure.
The telephone rang again, but
he told Miss Harriet Mccarthy,
his secretary who has been with
him for almost 20 years, that he
would take no more calls.
Mr.. Brownell has been under
tremendous pressure since his
return from the Pacific. While
he was out there with Gen.
Eisenhower, Senator Taft. in his
protest against the appointment
of Martin P. Durkin as Secre-
tary of Labor, let the cat out of
the bag that Mr.. BroWnell had
been handling the top level ap-
pointments.
That increased the pressure.
Mr.. Brownell has been dividing
his time between his law Office
and the Eisenhower temporary
Offices in the Hotel Commodore,
which doesn't give him enough
time at either. But still he sue
ceeded in giving the impression
of being unhurried in telling the
story of his political career.
His interviewer had cleaned
the skeleton of the story by talk
ing to others. Mr.. Brownell
filled in the details. Strangely,
he could not remember the in
cident that was the real start of
the story. the first time he met
Thomas E. Dewey. 1t must have
been about 1927, he said, and
probably at a meeting of the
New York Young Republican
Club, because they were both
members.
Nineteen twenty-seven was
wonderful year for young man
of promise starting out in New
York. Mr.. BroWnell was gradu-
ated in that year from Yale Law
School, where he had been editor
of the Law Review. The editor
ship goes to student whose fell