Word: pauley
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...been bad enough having Harold Ickes slam down his mitt and stomp off the field. Picking a substitute was almost worse. With big Ed Pauley ducking pop bottles, and Harry Truman's Missouri infield hobbling weak grounders, the President's critics were ready to boo almost anyone he sent in. But last week some of them actually found themselves applauding his new Secretary of the Interior, tall (6 ft. 3 in.), huge (237 Ibs.), young (38) Julius Albert Krug, last chairman of the late War Production Board...
Chicago's Democratic Boss Ed Kelly, discussing the controversy raised by the Pauley appointment, defended the President in oddly pragmatic terms: "These are minor things compared to the big things and if we have prosperity they'll all be ironed out. These are chaotic times, and Mr. Truman is a good chaotic governor in that he's matched to the times. He's trying to let water find its level. When it does, everything will be fine...
...Kind. Honest Harold had always been wired for sound-which Harry Truman may have momentarily forgotten when the Senate asked Ickes to tell what he knew about Ed Pauley. The President said to Ickes: well, tell the truth but be kind to Pauley. But when Ickes got through charging Ed Pauley with an attempt at political bribery, Mr. Truman had only two choices: to withdraw Pauley's nomination as Under Secretary of the Navy, or slap Ickes down. Last week Harry Truman slapped Ickes down, by saying that the Curmudgeon could very well have been mistaken...
...Friends. The President had other troubles of his own stubborn making. Even after Honest Harold Ickes accused opportunist Oilman Ed Pauley of trying to bribe the Government with a $300,000 donation to the party, Harry Truman said he still wanted Pauley as Under Secretary of the Navy...
...week's end Senator Tobey looked over the transcript, said that it would how six instances in which Oilman Pauley's testimony had been disputed by other witnesses. Said the Senator: "I hope that all those testifying . . . realize they are doing it under oath...