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PAGE 18 (ME 161-565)" EFTO. YEARS. HE KNOWS APPOINTEE VERY WELL AND HAS BEEN AROUND HIN ALL OF MR. STOUT'S LIFE, MR. GORE'S PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE IS ON GORE FARMS; HOWEVER, HE ALSO HAS A RESIDENCE IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, WHERE HE IS NOW MANAGER OF THE ISLAND CREEK COAL COMPANY. MR. STOUT BELIEVES APPOINTEE 10 BE A VERY HONEST, STRAIGHTFORWARD AND INTELLIGENT MAN, STATING THAT COMPLETE TRUST CAN BE PLACED IN MR. GORE’S WORD. HE BELIEVES HIM TO BE OF VERY FINE CHARACTER AND To HAVE AN UNBLEMISHED REPUTATION. STOUT BELIEVES MR. GORE TO BE A LOYAL AMERICAN. CITIZEN AND RECOMMENDS HIM HIGHLY. GORDON OLDHAM, REDWVOOD MANOR APARTMENTS, NUMBER 1, CARTHAGE, TENNESSEE, ADVISED THAT HE IS A GENERAL INSURANCE x AGENT WORKING FOR POWELL-MEADOWS AGENCY, AND HAS KNOWN THE rah APPOINTEE SINCE APPROXIMATELY 1930, AT WHICH TIME MR. GORE io) WAS A TEACHER AT PLEASANT SHADE HIGH SCHOOL (SMITH COUNTY, TENNESSEE) , AND OLDHAM WAS A STUDENT AT THE SCHOOL. AT THAT TIME MR. GORE LIVED IN THE OLDHAM RESIDENCE FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS. MR. OLDHAM HAS KNOWN SENATOR GORE SOCIALLY SINCE THAT TIME AND HAS ALWAYS HANDLED GORE'S INSURANCE BUSINESS. OLDHAM