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...bike into the orchestra pit-and had to promise in writing not to throw anything at musicians again. A pompous ad extolling the uses of wood in modern life inspired his famous "Wood Number." Rushing wildly through a nightclub, Jimmy would tear up wall moldings and toilet seats, grab salad bowls and meat blocks to make a huge pile of trophies in mid-floor, while he chanted the glories of wood...
...disability bill [TIME, Aug. 27]: "A barefaced grab of public money" is right! Why not put all veterans on pension as soon as they're discharged and spoon-feed them for the rest of their lives...
Harry Truman vetoed the bill for what it was: a barefaced grab of public money. He said that veterans with disabilities not connected with military service should be cared for under measures that apply to the whole population, not merely to a special group. Truman is a politician, probably a candidate for re-election and, therefore, his stand against the veterans' lobby grab took a certain amount of moral courage...
...year on a platform of economy and morality in Government. Harry Truman will be able to say that most of these Congressmen are liars and hypocrites when they babble about economy and public morality. There is no doubt that most of the men who voted for the veterans' grab know that the bill is a bad one; privately, many of them will admit it in so many words...
...west shore of Lake Orta. From there, the Chrysler mission asked Siena for its first airdrop. Two Army C-47s flew over, dumped out cascades of mortars, rifles, Tommy guns and ammunition. Holohan had arranged that this first drop was to go to nonCommunists. Instead, the Communists tried to grab the arms. Holohan was furious, but agreed to a meeting with the Red leader. The man he faced was Vincenzo Moscatelli, now a member of the Italian Senate...