Word: merriman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When the reporters surrounded President Eisenhower, there was jovial, mustached Merriman Smith, 45, of United Press International, looming just as large as he had for 17 years before his unwanted assignment last spring to the Treasury beat (TIME, March...
...Hello, Merriman," called Ike. "I thought you had been promoted out of here...
With recession news receding, Merriman Smith was reassigned to the White House beat, showed up happily last week perched on the side door of the U.P.I.'s red and white convertible as it slowly tailed Ike's limousine at Ligonier, Pa. Still undecided was whether Smith would resume his old status as senior wire service correspondent, regain the perquisite of ending presidential press conferences with "Thank you, Mr. President." But for the time being, Newsman Smith was glad enough just to be back from Peoria...
...MERRIMAN SMITH GARNETT D. HORNER Press Room The White House Washington, D.C. ¶ TIME'S own White House reporters do not need a poll to know when their colleagues are acting baffled...
...wire-service man with top seniority at the White House, the U.P.'s Merriman Smith, 45, became a newsmaker of sorts himself. He cultivated his perquisites as dean of the pressroom, delighted in his vested right to end presidential press conferences with "Thank you, Mr. President." He used the phrase as the title of one of his two books on his beat, filed a weekly column called "Backstairs at the White House." Last week, after 17 years of covering U.S. Presidents, Smitty was back on his old Treasury beat, and before this week's press conference...