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...sparks the show, but Joe himself says: "It's the man at the helm ... the pilot." The man at the helm is shrewd Manager Bucky Harris. Not the least of his talents is keeping peace between the players and rambunctious Larry MacPhail, the club president. The blowoff that cleared the air came May 22, when MacPhail fined six stubborn players (including DiMaggio) for refusing to cooperate with the Yankee promotion office. From that day, with the team mad, the Yankees rolled up 34 victories in the next 46 games. Harris' pre-game pep talk was always the same...
Direct cause of the blowoff was Republican cross-examination of General of the Army George C. Marshall, which consumed seven days while a plane stood by to rush the General to his urgent job in China. Michigan's eager Senator Homer Ferguson, still looking for evidence that Franklin Roosevelt had war-mongered, took up 92 hours of Marshall's time...
...seven minutes late to the wedding, and the bridegroom arrived 21 mintes later (flat tire). Afterwards, every body adjourned to the bride's place of business, Manhattan's Café Society Up town, where 2,000 guests were invited and 3,000 showed up. Then came the blowoff...
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...whatever the final outcome, the House's revolt was of immense significance. War or no war, the House blowoff might yet be a constructive blow for legislative government. Franklin Roosevelt must win back Congressional support at all costs, and the price Congress really demands is intelligent administration of the home front. If the President does not choose to pay the price, he may find himself in the unhappy, hamstrung position of the World War I President, Woodrow Wilson...