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...Last week . . . the President [Truman] cased his croniest crony, George E. Allen, into the Board of Directors of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation." (Jan. 28, 1946) "George is all the more remarkable because, to the naked eye, he is a clown...

Author: By Milton S. Gwirtzman, | Title: What TIME Is It? | 11/4/1955 | See Source »

Cronies. Along with taking care of Stu and Ed, the President eased his croniest crony, George Allen, into the Board of Directors of RFC. Washington dopesters guessed that after a short time on RFC's Board of Directors, Mississippi-born George Allen, 49, might move in as boss of all Government lending agencies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Fortune's Wheel | 1/28/1946 | See Source »

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