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...Morgenthau had seldom paid much attention to rustic, rawboned "Muley" Doughton, except to be annoyed at his dirt farmer's conservatism. Nor had Mr. Morgenthau, full of the righteousness of his own tax schemes, ever regarded Mr. Doughton's committee as particularly qualified for its job of originating the nation's tax laws. But now Mr. Morgenthau, whose influence on Capitol Hill had dropped below zero, was paying his belated respects...
...hours after his guest had departed, old Muley Doughton magnanimously held his tongue. Then, unable to restrain himself any longer, he had his office issue a communique whose note of triumph was the louder for being restrained: "Mr. Morgenthau said that . . . he was anxious to cooperate with . . . Congress in the most helpful way possible in working out a satisfactory tax program. Secretary Morgenthau made it plain . . . that he was most anxious to continue to work in harmony with the committee in whatever manner it was deemed would produce the best results...
...with embarrassing questions, cut off his flanks with counterproposals. But this time General Morgenthau had not given Congress time to mobilize. Treasury and Congressional experts had worked out the campaign together. Mr. Morgenthau had smoothed the way for his Blitzkrieg by luncheons with big, ham-handed Chairman Robert L. ("Muley") Doughton of the House Ways & Means committee (which starts the tax bill rolling) and urbane Chairman Walter F. George of the Senate Finance Committee. With their help, Strategist Morgenthau thought that he could make...
Said bent, big-boned "Old Muley" Doughton: "We face the job of performing a delicate major operation, and when a doctor has to do that, he studies his patient. He doesn't rush in and operate without extreme care, or he will lose the patient...
...homey, handsome dining room at the Treasury Department, with a cheery fire on the hearth, hospitable Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. entertained guests at lunch: grey-haired Senator Walter F. George of Georgia, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and big, bald Representative Robert L. ("Muley") Doughton of North Carolina, chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee. They were talking taxes...