Word: friendly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Visiting Abilene's Eisenhower Museum, he spotted Army Nurse Major Florence Judd, who had looked after him following his ileitis operation in 1956. He recalled without being reminded that she had been transferred from Washington to nearby Fort Riley. A boyhood friend, Abe Forney, who had worked with Ike hauling ice at Belle Springs Creamery, came up, told Ike how well he looked. The President wagged his head and said, "If I can live two more years . . .", let his voice trail off. Said Abe Forney: "You will...
...with its own candidate. Hayworth headquarters accused the labor leaders of "Nazi-like" action, and Flint's C.I.O. Council President Norman Bully roared in rage: "It is the straw that breaks the camel's back! Anybody who can compare the unions with the Nazis is not a friend of labor." Hayworth easily won the primary, but Big Labor's billboards in the Sixth District list all major Democratic candidates except Hayworth...
...find them"), making the rounds of the barbershops, stores, and especially the supermarkets. "Good morning," he says. "I'm Chuck Chamberlain, your Congressman. Have a shopping bag. And while I'm here, have you any complaints? This is your chance." Then, turning to a friend, Chamberlain exclaims happily: "See what I can do here in a few minutes as opposed to spending the time at a political rally? Hundreds of people, and they all get something to remember...
...cried to a friend, "where are we going to take my wife to dinner? She's been waiting since 5:30 and she's going to be plenty sore. Let's take her to a good restaurant, how about it?" He flipped down the station wagon's sun visor, studied a typewritten timetable of industrial plant and shopping-center openings and closings. Said he, ruefully: "We'll only have about 20 minutes to eat-we have to be in Flushing by 8. I want to catch that crowd at the shopping center. We have...
CHAMBERLAIN : Well, that's too bad. I can't please all the people. Some people can't be pleased. If I have to please everybody, I don't want the goddam job. (Later, to a friend): If there's one thing they could chop off from the congressional job, it should be this post-office stuff. It's murder...