Word: hannegan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Postmaster Smith was fired. His appointment was withdrawn, and he was told to make way for one Walter Menefee, 53, who had been deputy U.S. marshal at Springfield (85 miles from Clinton). There was no doubt that Menefee had the post. His credentials were signed by Postmaster General Bob Hannegan...
...changes. Long forgotten are burly, apple-cheeked Hugh Fulton who talked too much, and Omaha insurance man Ed McKim, who served with Harry Truman in the field artillery but was deemed dated for modern Washington. Wrinkled old Admiral Leahy no longer sees the President regularly. Even National Chairman Bob Hannegan has had to take a seat somewhat to the rear...
...Truman made him special presidential representative to study the liquidating of war agencies. Liquidating jobs was more in George's line, some Washington figures like Democratic Chairman Bob Hannegan suspected...
Hanrahan had plenty of potent political backing, including Postmaster-General Bob Hannegan's. So did Jim Caffrey; he had Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley in his corner. After hours of wrangling, the commissioners put in a call to the White House. President Truman made up their minds for them. He wanted Caffrey...
...What appeared in Missouri to be unsmart local politics looked no brighter from a national viewpoint. It was known that the President had talked over his Slaughter scunner with National Chairman Bob Hannegan and other Party brass. But it seemed clear that the decision to go on the warpath personally was Harry Truman...