Mr. Ely. Is it your feeling that he read philosophy?
Mr. Donovan. Manuscripts are available to all of us which mention these gentlemen's names in support of some idea. Quite often, if you read the philosopher you see that it is taken out of context.
I only had 2 years of philosophy and 2 years of theology at Georgetown. But even with that limited amount, it was obvious that he often knew the name, and that was it.
Mr. Ely. Do you remember any of the philosophers that he did mention?
Mr. Donovan. Hegel, which would be appropriate concerning his later action.
Mr. Ely. Hegel.
Did he mention Marx?
Mr. Donovan. No, I don't recall him—oh, he must have mentioned Marx, but I don't ever recall him using Marxist philosophy to support anything in particular.
Mr. Ely. Is it your general impression that the philosophers who interested him were ones that were somehow tied in with political philosophy?
Mr. Donovan. Social revolutions.