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1、ArthurM.Schlesinger,Jr.—inAction,inArchives,inHistoryJohnQ.Barrett*Copyright©2007byJohnQ.Barrett.Allrightsreserved.Inhislong,engagedandveryconsequentiallife,ArthurM.Schlesinger,Jr.(1917-2007)coveredalotofgroundandknew,itseemed,everyone.Inhisyouth,oneofhism
2、anyacquaintanceswasJusticeRobertH.Jackson.TheirpathsalmostcrossedforthefirsttimeinLondoninAugust1945.JacksonwasthereasPresidentTruman’sappointee,negotiatingwithBritish,SovietandFrenchcounterpartstoestablishaninternationaltribunalforthedefeatedNaziswhowerei
3、nAlliedcustody.Schlesinger,whowaswiththeOfficeofStrategicServices(OSS)whilealsoservingintheArmy,wasassignedtoLondonafterworkingforthepreviousyearinFrance.Jackson’sstaffincludedOSSpersonnel,butnotSchlesinger—hewastryingtoheadwestwardtowardhomeandfamily,nots
4、eekingtojoinwhatwouldbecometheNurembergeffort.JacksonandhisteamworkedoutofOSSofficespaceinLondon,butnotthebuildingwhereSchlesingerworked.OnAugust15,1945,adaythatbeganwiththeofficialannouncementofJapan’ssurrender,JacksonandSchlesingerendedupinthemassiveeven
5、ingcrowdsthatcelebratedinthestreetsofPiccadillyandinfrontofBuckinghamPalace,buttheydidnotrunintoeachother.1ArthurSchlesingermetJusticeJacksonayearlater.JacksonwasjustbackattheSupremeCourtafterayear’sabsenceatNuremberg.Schlesinger,workingforFORTUNEmagazine,
6、waswritinganarticleaboutthefractiousJusticesonaCourtthathadanewChiefJustice,FredM.Vinson.SchlesingerarrangedtointervieweachoftheJustices.OnFriday,October18,1946,threedaysafterhistwenty-ninthbirthday,SchlesingerinterviewedJacksoninhisCourtchambers.Schlesing
7、erfoundJacksontobepersonable,helpful,wittyand,eventhoughtheirconversationwasofftherecord,properlydiscreet(aseachJusticewas).2*ProfessorofLaw,St.John’sUniversitySchoolofLaw,NewYorkCity,andElizabethS.LennaFellow,RobertH.JacksonCenter,Jamestown,NewYork(www.ro
8、berthjackson.org).Ipostedanearlier,footnote-freeversionofthistexttomyJacksonemaillistonOctober15,2007.ForaselectedarchiveofJacksonListpostings,seemyhomepageatwww.law.stjohns.edu.TosubscribetotheJacksonList,se