Word: morgenthau
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...night last week an odd assortment of limousines and old Ford roadsters turned into the White House grounds, unloaded some 500 young men & women, all dressed to the gills. They were going to the coming-out party of Joan Morgenthau, slender, athletic daughter of Franklin Roosevelt's Secretary of the Treasury. They were also helping to break a White House tradition: Joan Morgenthau was the first girl unrelated to a President to come out at the White House...
...party was informal but not rowdy. The young guests sat on the floor between dances in the East Room, sipped pink lemonade, ice water and a mild sauterne punch that would not have harmed a milk-barfly. The President, after sitting in the receiving line with Miss Morgenthau, went upstairs early. But Mrs. Roosevelt remained, tirelessly danced every one of the waltzes played by Sidney's Orchestra...
...Franklin Jr., Henry and Bob Morgenthau [brothers of Joan] decided that a party always left happier memory if it came to an end when everybody was still having a good time, so at 3 o'clock the orchestra played Good Night, Ladies. No one paid any attention, and finally Sidney and his orchestra played The Star-Spangled Banner, so that everyone had to stop dancing and join the singing. That ended . . . [the] evening...
...Congress sees things Mr. Morgenthau's way, even interest on U. S. baby bonds ($25 and up) will be as taxable as an unmarried billionaire. Said Mr. Morgenthau glumly: "We have got to raise an awful lot of money...
...Last October he managed to get the pictures from Buenos Aires as far as New York, where they were promptly frozen as part of the assets of France. Stymied, Director Heil started sending letters to Congressmen, even to President Roosevelt. Last month a plea to Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau finally turned the trick, and Walter Heil got the pictures to San Francisco...