In that investigation Mr. Baruch was laboring to show that he had not been in telephone communication with Washington, especially with certain men who were supposed to have shared the profits of the deals. The time was December, 1916. Mr. Warburg was then safely settled on the Federal Reserve Board, which he had kept quite safe from Government intrusion. The Chairman—“Of course the records of the telephone company here, the slips, will show the persons with whom you talked.” Mr. Baruch—“Do you wish me to say, sir? I will state who they are.” The Chairman—“Yes, I think you might.” Mr. Baruch—“I called up two persons; one, Mr. Warburg, whom I did not get, and one, Secretary McAdoo, whom I did get—both in reference to the same matter. Would you like to know the matter?” The Chairman—“Yes, I think it is fair that you should state it.” Mr. Baruch—“I called up the Secretary, because someone suggested to me—_asked me to suggest an officer for the Federal Reserve Bank_, and I called him up in reference to that, and discussed the matter with him, I think, _two or three times_, but it was suggested to me that I make the suggestion, and I did so.” (pp. 570–571) Mr. Campbell—“Mr. Baruch, who asked you for a suggestion for an appointee for the Federal Reserve Bank here?” Mr. Baruch—“Mr. E. M. House.” Mr. Campbell—“Did Mr. House tell you to call Mr. McAdoo up and make the recommendation?” Mr. Baruch—“I will tell you exactly how it occurred: _Mr. House called me up_ and said that there was a vacancy on the Federal Reserve Board, and he said, ‘I don’t know anything about those fellows down there, and I would like you to make a suggestion.’ _And I suggested the name_, which he thought was a very good one, and he said to me, ‘I wish you would call up the Secretary and tell him.’ I said, ‘I do not see the necessity; I will tell you.’ ‘No,’ he said, ‘I would prefer you to call him up.’” (p. 575) There we have an example of the Federal Reserve “kept out of politics,” kept away from government management which would not only be “dangerous,” but “fatal.” Barney Baruch, the New York stock plunger, who never owned a bank in his life, was called up by Colonel E. M. House, the arch-politician of the Wilson Administration, and thus the great Federal Reserve Board was supplied another member. A telephone call kept within a narrow Jewish circle and settled by a word from one Jewish stock dealer—that, in practical operation, was Mr. Warburg’s great monetary reform. Mr. Baruch calling up Mr. Warburg to give the name of the next appointee of the Federal Reserve Board, and calling up Mr. McAdoo, secretary of the United States Treasury, and set in motion to do it by Colonel E. M. House—is it any wonder the Jewish mystery in the American war government grows more and more amazing?