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...Reporters Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen whirled to journalistic fame on the Washington Merry-Go-Round. The book, and its continuation in a daily column of the same title, told the backstairs story of Washington politics with all the urgency of a cloakroom whisper, and the crusading fervor of a revival meeting...
...question of whether his words had been objectionable could be put to a vote. Actually the matter was of little importance, but Douglas, angry at McKellar, insisted that his colleagues go through the whole rigmarole. Annoyed Senators, with other fish to fry, were herded complainingly out of offices and cloakroom and onto the floor. Morse slumped in his seat, grinning gleefully, while the still indignant Douglas had the record read. McKellar gave up, let the record stand as it was with Douglas' remarks unexpunged...
...bill which would nearly double social-security benefits (from the present average $26 a month to $48), extend coverage to 10 million more Americans, and provide increased payroll deductions beginning in 1956. But the issue which seemed revolutionary in 1935 last week did not even start a cloakroom argument. If there was objection, it was that the coverage was too spotty; Republicans and Democrats agreed on a $25,000 study of a future pay-as-you-go system that would cover every American over...
Married. Renee Carroll, fortyish, Manhattan's taffy-haired, mink-coated No. 1 hatcheck girl, since opening day in 1927 queen of the cloakroom at Sardi's restaurant; and Louis Schonceit, 50, Broadway ticket broker and show backer; he for the second time; in Cuernavaca, Mexico...
Pipelines & Price Boosts. If the bill did not have open White House support, it had, according to assurances in the cloakroom, tacit White House approval. But sudden opposition, mainly from Democratic ranks, covered the Administration with confusion...