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...President's report to Congressional leaders on his rendezvous with Churchill, written by Correspondent Chesly Manly, said that "the grand strategy of the new Anglo-American-Russian alliance" included "the assistance of a vast American expeditionary force." When the President read that report he hit the ceiling. Steve Early, in no playful humor, called Senator Barkley, Representative Sol Bloom, other leaders in whom Roosevelt had confided, and accused them of misrepresenting the President's remarks. Hopping mad, the Congressmen elected Senator Barkley to go after Correspondent Manly...
Then the WPA came to Mississippi. The WP & A, the Taylors and their neighbors called it. It looked like the year of jubilo to them. "Lots of the folks is moving to town," said one of them, "I seen Steve Joe today and he told me the Social Worker had done notified him to come to town next Tuesday to have a intercourse with her so I guess he will be on the WP & A soon." The Taylors decided to go too. They had not bothered to tell their landlord they were leaving his crop in the fields...
White House Secretary Steve Early pointed out that Senator Wheeler might thus have endangered the lives of Iceland-bound U.S. sailors and marines. Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill sent a personal message to President Roosevelt, complaining that British troops had also been endangered. To these indignant allegations the Senator answered calmly (and illogically): "My information is that we had already occupied Iceland at the time I gave out my statement...
Thus girt with logic, Leon Henderson still had no price weapon last week. There was a strong hint (from Steve Early) that the White House meant to put the whole thing off till next fall. Strategy: by then the cost of living would have gone so high that an angry consumer lobby might be organized to override the Friends of Inflation. But by then also, inflation will be at least a partial fact...
...prepared to return to Britain. Two young go-getter priests came out to replace him, talked about an airplane for making their interurban visits. "He's a case," said Father Jerry. "After all he's not so bad, if you take him the right way," said Father Steve, "anybody would get a bit queer in the topknot after being over thirty years out here alone." Then Father Chisholm had his last great triumph. When he saved Tycoon Chia's son, the proud, highly civilized, subtle Chinese had formally offered to become Christian. To Chia's great...