Word: elliott
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...late in the afternoon when Johnny arrived in the committee room, and he was still groggy from lack of sleep after his flying trip back from France. He was on the stand only 15 minutes the first day, just long enough to admit he had known Elliott Roosevelt. Then he went off to bed. Next day the lid blew...
...Charming." His bald pate shining under the committee's klieglights, rubber-faced Johnny Meyer said that he had indeed known Elliott Roosevelt more than somewhat. All the time Roosevelt had been out looking at planes, Hughes's Meyer had been at Elliott's elbow, pouring on the treatment. The night that the final Roosevelt recommendation went to Washington, Johnny had treated Elliott to the tune of $106.50 at Manhattan's swank night clubs...
Nothing was too good for a prospective buyer. Johnny had even introduced Elliott to Movie Actress Faye Emerson, had flown her East for a visit and had presented her with $132 worth of war-scarce nylons because she was "so charming." There were expensive weekends from Palm Springs to Washington. There were other favors...
Johnny's expense accounts, which Hughes had always demanded and the committee had seized, were spread as evidence. After one dinner for Elliott, Johnny had meticulously jotted down the item of $200 as "presents for four girls." There was another cryptic notation of $50 for "girls at hotel (late)." From the summer of 1943 to the autumn of 1945, Meyer figured, he had spent the whopping sum of $5,083.79 on fun & games for Elliott Roosevelt and his friends. In December 1944, Elliott married Faye...
Nehemiah 6. All in all, Elliott and Johnny had gotten along fine together. Elliott brought Johnny right into the family. At election time in 1944, Johnny Meyer said he was invited up to Hyde Park for a visit. He had been invited to the White House twice, he added, the second time as one of the guests for President Franklin Roosevelt's funeral...