Word: hooverness
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...potted palms. Denying that he was ever so unkind to his landlord, Soule nonetheless allowed that his top table priorities are based on his patrons' seniority. Among his best-seated customers: the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Composer Cole Porter, Grandma Marlene Dietrich, Bernard Baruch, J. Edgar Hoover. Where did Landlord Cohn rank in this spectacular array? Said humble Tenant Soule: "He is always welcome. I smiled and joked with him. Why should an important Hollywood person think a little restaurateur wouldn't talk...
...Thereafter, he demanded that all questions be submitted in writing well in advance, and answered only those he chose. The same technique was used by Calvin Coolidge, who was allergic to direct quotations and usually insisted on having even his indirect quotations attributed to "a White House spokesman." Herbert Hoover also required written questions, and almost abandoned conferences altogether toward the end of his term. Franklin Roosevelt was the first President to master the press conference, and was its alltime king of repartee as well. Harry Truman tried to use the same methods, though his off-the-cuff answers often...
When he first took office, it looked as if Ike might return to the Hoover pattern. As a candidate, he met the press with plain misgivings, and his election sparked widespread speculation that he might go back to written questions and answers. It took him almost a year to overcome his distaste for the sharp questioning at the conference. Since then, his enjoyment of press conferences-like his skill in handling them-has grown steadily...
...years ago Senator Beall slapped down $2 on Nos. 5 & 6, lit up himself as the tote board lit up with news that he had won $780. Asked a man in the next box: "How did you figure out five and six?" Replied Beall to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover: "I just bet my age. I'm 56." Groaned Hoover: "I always bet my age, too, but we got here just a minute late today. I'm 56, too!" Not long ago Beall, now 61, placed $5 on six and one, raked in a whopping $1,522.50. That...
...Coachman's Son. Leonard Hall was born and bred on the North Shore of Nassau County, Long Island, a baronial strip of land that was sacred to Republicans. ("In the Hoover campaign," Hall recalls, "the finance people set quotas for the 48 states and Nassau County.") But the Halls were no landed GOPatricians; Father Franklyn Hall was the coachman at Theodore Roosevelt's Oyster Bay estate, Sagamore Hill. Leonard, the youngest of eight Hall children, was born on Oct. 2, 1900. When Len was an infant, his father's employer was elected Vice President...