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...Warren Magnuson spent little time in his cubbyhole office, but could be seen day or night in the lobby or grill of Seattle's Olympic Hotel, where he talked to hundreds of Seattleites. One day he dressed up in kilts, marched down to Victory Square to greet a group of visiting bagpipers from a Vancouver shipyard. The talk he heard made Democrat Magnuson uneasy. Said he: "The temper of the people is alarming. We've got to streamline these war agencies or the people will swing too far and have them abolished entirely...
When General Henri HonoréGiraud, his white uniform crinkled, stepped out of the giant C-54 transport at Washington's Bolling Field last week, his squinting eyes focused on a shimmering collection of silver stars and gold braid. Generals and admirals were there in profusion to greet him on his arrival from North Africa-but nary a striped pants diplomat or even a State Department functionary on routine protocol...
...that the diplomas were lettered by six Army draftsmen, working in the Pentagon building behind a door marked SECRET. Hastily Sam Rayburn announced that he was footing the bill ($339.61); indignantly he denied that he was mending political fences. He just thought it a good year, he said, to greet high-school students...
That was the time-May 5, 1936-when Italian legions completed their conquest of Ethiopia. Then Mussolini had bidden his proud followers to "lift up their standards, their weapons and their hearts and greet the new empire which after 15 centuries again reappears upon the fateful hills of Rome...
...boat commanders can always get in touch with him. He is frequently on the move between his headquarters, the fleet's ports and production centers, but he knows exactly what actions are taking place. When a U-boat comes into port, Doenitz is frequently there to greet the commander. He carefully studies the logs of the cruises, notes every detail of combat, and applies their lessons in future orders...