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Part of Cushing's ability to sell a cause was surely his own quiet example of personal austerity: he joked about his official residence being "the biggest joint on Commonwealth Avenue," but his personal life within it was simple and frugal. Once he amazed a visitor by proudly showing off a $3 pair of black loafers he had picked up at Filene's basement. Part of his effectiveness, too, was Cushing's broad, transparent humanity, which seemed to embrace not only every faith but even, on occasion, rather conflicting ideologies. "He had a good word...
What Nixon needs now is Congress's cooperation, especially on his proposed new budget. His frugal spending plans have been jarred by hastily prepared pay raises for federal employees that resulted from the Post Office strike. Yet his attack on the Senate last week produced hostility that he can ill afford. The President's accusations, after all, hit not merely the 51 Senators who voted against Carswell. In the vote on Haynsworth and in the two tests on Carswell, a total of 61 Senators opposed the Administration...
Harrington also advocated an end to the surtax, an end to inflation, more tax relief, and more money for the cities. Both frugal and lavish, these goals don't mesh too well, but Saltonstall seemed unable to prove...
Equally ascetic is Richard Russell, 71. The Georgia Democrat lives alone in a frugal one-bedroom apartment across from the sumptuous Watergate apartment-house complex. He breakfasts early at the Senate and works a twelve-hour day. A bachelor, Russell could dine at prestigious tables every night, but would rather go home to his favorite rocking chair. Says a friend: "Give him grits and a hamburger and he's happy...
Only the Holy Know. From that point on, solaced by his favorite wife, Queen Um Shagran, he settled into a remarkably sedate routine. A Moslem teetotaler and nonsmoker for many years, he made a point of rising early, spending some time at prayer and then eating a frugal breakfast of milk, toast and honey. Next came audiences in the throne room that he had had constructed in the hotel, followed by a minuscule lunch, a nap, and a relaxing hour or two with his daughters and their children. Dinner usually consisted of a glass of milk, and bedtime was before...