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...morning after last week's Nebraska primary, Ohio's Senator Robert A. Taft was standing in the Senate cloakroom, his eyes glued to the news ticker. A Democratic colleague called to him: "Is Stassen still winning?" "Yes, he's way ahead," replied Taft. "But Dewey and I together have more votes than...
...Republicans tried a flank movement in the final hours by holding up confirmation of Democrat Philip B. Perlman as Solicitor General. It was 3:35 a.m. before they finally gave up. Perlman was confirmed. At 3:50, disgruntled, unshaven and bone-weary after three nights of cat naps on cloakroom cots, the Senators tramped out into the pre-dawn darkness. The first, seven-month session of the 80th Congress was over...
...portress stopped me by the cloakroom at the main entrance. "Where is your pass...
...might not always know how to deal with world problems but certainly knew how to deal with his Congressmen. Day in & day out, little Joe rose at 7, worked all day on Capitol Hill, as often as not lunched on a sandwich and piece of pie in the House cloakroom, and popped back into bed at 9:30 to refresh himself for another day. Unlike Taft, he commanded an overwhelming majority. One henchman chortled: "With our majority we actually told fellows they could vote as seemed best for their district situation...
...Scotland Yard operative is always on hand to choose a table and clear a path to the ladies' room. Elizabeth is sometimes curt and often imperious. At a Palace party, when she found a friend powdering her nose in a corridor, Elizabeth snapped: "This is not the cloakroom." Nevertheless she is highly popular among her wellborn friends. "A smasher of a girl," most of them...