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This toast is a favorite with crusty old Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey. Last week such Halseyisms drew down the wrath of the Methodist Board of Temperance...
...public statement, the Methodists noted that the Halsey memoirs, written with the help of Journalist J. Bryan III and serialized last summer in the Saturday Evening Post, showed the Admiral as a confirmed drinking man. He liked an occasional beer or Martini but his staple was Scotch and water. Admiral Halsey was quoted as saying: "There are exceptions, of course, but as a general rule, I never trust a fighting man who doesn't smoke or drink...
...Halsey had unbosomed even more perilous confessions. A non-believer in the strict Navy regulations against liquor aboard ship, he had carried 100 gallons of bourbon for his pilots. Said the Admiral: "To a man who has just had a tense, hazardous flight or a wet watch there is no substitute for a tot of sound spirits, as the Royal Navy well knows...
...Stassen, who wears a 7⅞, settled for a 7⅝. He did what a presidential candidate ought to do: risked his dignity by riding a horse through Pendleton's horse-riding populace. Said ex-Navyman Stassen: "At least I've ridden a little more than Admiral Halsey...
...Chicago, Admiral of the Fleet William F. Halsey set style-minded citizens agoggle by firing his port & starboard guns and running up all his flags at once...