Word: caldecott
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...mean they do not know what is going on." "They Also Serve . . ." Such horseplay earned Goodie his reputation as a jester. But the job of heir-apparent to the governor was almost too much for his patience. Once, in a mood of despair, he told Republican Assemblyman Tom Caldecott: "I get up every morning, go out on the front porch, unfold the paper, look at the biggest headline and fold it up again. The only news a lieutenant governor of California could possibly be interested in would be that headline." Goodie and Warren got along tolerably, but Knight was never...
...Razor. When Vice President Nixon arrived at the Ambassador on the appointed day, the hotel was jammed with a record turnout of 2,520 cheering California Republicans. Absent: Governor Knight, Knight's Lieutenant Governor Harold J. Powers and Knight's State G.O.P. Chairman Thomas W. Caldecott. Goody Knight's telegraphed message was so obviously cool that Luncheon Chairman Krehbiel would not read it out or show it to reporters...