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...newsmen and women who trouped into the oval study (23 more than had greeted Franklin Roosevelt at his first press conference after Casablanca) full well expected a good show, a high state drama. Many had been awestruck day before with the eloquence of Madame Chiang in Congress (see p. 23). They were not quite prepared for what followed...
Franklin Roosevelt, master of almost a thousand press conferences, had the air of an indulgent uncle introducing a beautiful niece. Madame Chiang, he said, was a "special envoy very different from most"; he asked newsmen to confine their questions to the "non-catch type...
...Madame Chiang had been fingering her compact. Only those standing in the first few rows could see her as she arose; the jeweled wings of her China Air Force pin sparkled against the background of her long, black dress. She had never been afraid on visits to the front in China, she said; she was not so sure now as she saw the pencils flashing across the notebooks and copy-paper. "But I see flashes of smiles coming from your faces, so I feel I am among friends. . . ." The correspondents applauded. She was now in their hands...
Point & Counterpoint. Madame Chiang rose to answer each question, sat down again when she had given her answer. Question: Is there any truth in reports that China is not using her manpower to the fullest? Madame Chiang showed a touch of anger. China, she said, is using her manpower to the extent that she has munitions. The President had said the need was for more munitions. China has trained pilots, but she has not enough planes or gasoline...
...going to get them? Madame Chiang turned deferentially to Franklin Roosevelt. He had solved so many important questions and come through so many crises, she could safely, she felt, leave that question...