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...Hopkins' authority and power in Washington stem solely from the position he holds. Said one Cabinet member: "When Tommy Corcoran was in power and would telephone someone to get something done, that person never really knew whether it was something the President wanted or something which merely interested Thomas Gardner Corcoran. When Hopkins telephones, the man on the other end knows damn well that it's something the President wants." Hopkins' 1000% loyalty to the President is deplored by many but questioned by no one. Yet there were other loyal New Dealers who fell by the wayside...
...lives with his pretty wife Charlotte (who writes children's books) and his daughter Marion, 17, in a modern redwood-paneled house. With some neighbors, he organized an armchair strategists' society after Pearl Harbor. Jackson also belongs to a club of mystery-story writers (Erie Stanley Gardner was an editorial colleague on the Sunset). For one club dinner, which 13 members were scheduled to attend, it was decided that a body should be found at the table. The club invited Cinemactress Jane Russell-"probably," says Jackson, "the best body available at that time...
...result of trials held last night, the Debate Council announces the election of Richard Firth '48, Robert Gabler '46, Richard Gardner '48, and Ray Goldberg...
...professional curiosity stirred, Officer Gardner rattled the door and demanded admission. When the startled pair let him in, he discovered that the dentist was Costas Pavlides, a native of Cyprus and now a U.S. citizen. According to the New York Herald Tribune, Mr. Pavlides had done dental work freely while in Egypt and "his idea of the U.S. was that a citizen certainly had at least as much liberty as in Egypt and had the additional privilege of voting for Roosevelt...
...Officer Gardner did not agree. Mr. Pavlides and his $600 worth of equipment were removed to the police station, where he was charged with illegal possession of novocaine and a hypodermic, and bail set at $500. Though Mr. Gorgak admitted that the treatment had been painless, and that his teeth looked good, he did not plan to pay Mr. Pavlides anything, after all the fuss. "I should pay him nothing," Mr. Gorgak said "-the worry and the bother it cost...