Word: johnson
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Johnson...
Fortnight ago, Decca recorded a frantic number by Negro Bandleader Buddy Johnson called Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? All 3,000 copies were sent up to Harlem. They sold out in a little more time than it takes for a home run to clear the wall at Ebbets Field. Sample...
...claim to know the right people. For a retainer and 5% on the gross of any contract obtained, "influence" will be put to work. Few officials will admit that such influence exists, although it is part & parcel of the Governments patronage system. Only last month Defense Secretary Louis Johnson denounced the five-percenters and denied that influence counted at all; anybody, he said, could get a federal contract with the right...
...federal agencies. There Grindle met Hunt and was quickly impressed by his "influence"; Hunt's offices were decorated with autographed photos of prominent politicos, including Harry Truman. Hunt rattled off the names of his "friends," including Presidential Military Aide Harry Vaughan ("my closest and dearest friend"), Louis Johnson, and others. Hunt, according to Grindle, claimed that he had swung many deals. Among them was the repurchase from the War Assets Administration of Long Island's Lido Beach Club by its prewar owners, for half of their selling price to the Navy. Hunt's commission...
...Buttressing his official family with "before-November" Trumanities, the President brought in Defense Secretary Louis Johnson, who aroused deep growls from old sea dogs...