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...Justice, in his new job, will 1) review court-martial cases referred to the President, 2) decide on draft deferments for Federal employes, 3) continue to touch up the President's speeches. As for his lowered income: "Naturally, I am glad to do this for the Boss...
Most notable piece of Rayburn generalship occurred in the summer of 1941, when Congress wrestled over extending the one-year life of the draft. For weeks it seemed certain Congress would defeat the bill. Sam Rayburn sweated day & night, persuading, cajoling, pleading with the members. Congressmen worried desperately over the political effect of the bill on mothers & fathers. But Sam Rayburn was convinced that defeat of the bill would be disastrous to the U.S. When the day for the vote arrived, Sam Rayburn was in a state of honest mental anguish; neither he nor anyone else knew for certain...
...never been a 100% New Dealer, but he helped devise, draft and fight through many a major New Deal measure, notably Rural Electrification, the Securities Exchange Act, the Utility Holding Company Act. He has differed with New Deal strategists, but once Administration policy has been decided upon, he has, with but minor and rare exceptions, fought tooth & toenail to carry it through the House. He has been coldest to New Deal labor measures...
...Lucky (RKO-Radio) is a gambler (Mr. Cary Grant) who dodges the draft and helps out with war relief in the shameless course of melting down an ice-cube heiress (Laraine Day) into giving him a gambling concession at a relief ball. Lucky's war-relief plan is simple: to cheat Manhattan's social heavy cream out of its white ties and rhinestones. But as time wears on, Gambler Grant, who is of Greek extraction, develops a tender conscience as a result of the courage of his compatriots and his love for eager Heiress Day. So he heroically...
...discovery that it is possible to say right out what nearly every man secretly feels about the discomforts of the draft-provided the sentiments are put in the mouths of obvious blackguards (Mr. Lucky and pals). Some of the comments on the draft in this picture are so frank that a loud giggle from cinemaudiences greets the appearance of a frowning Uncle Sam on a recruiting poster...