Word: pauley
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...Congress needed a further example of Presidential bad temper, it was supplied by New Hampshire's Republican Senator Charles W. Tobey (who was largely responsible for persuading the Senate not to accept Ed Pauley as Under Secretary of the Navy). A month ago he had written the President about the grain shortage which was forcing New England farmers to slaughter their chickens. Said Senator Tobey: "This is a Macedonian...
...seems to me that you have been making Macedonian cries or yells ever since I have been in the White House. . .. Your unwarranted attacks on Mr. Pauley almost ruined a good public servant. . . . You have made it exceedingly difficult for me to get good men to fill the necessary places in the Government. You are still continuing your Macedonian cries and I hope you will get a lot of pleasure out of them...
...Unanimously confirmed presidential pal John W. Snyder to be Secretary of the Treasury, and natty, conscientious John L. Sullivan to be Under Secretary of the Navy (the job Ed Pauley wanted...
Members of the Pauley mission were not optimistic about Soviet political (as distinguished from industrial) policy in Korea. Said one: "It looks as though the Russians are there to stay." In Pyongyang, the Soviet capital, street corners, schools and shops were literally plastered with banners proclaiming the virtues of the Soviet system, the Red Army, and "General" Kim II Sung, the Soviet puppet leader. At night Pyongyang streets rang with rifle shots...
...member of the mission could tell how the people of Korea felt about their Russian overlords, but a G.I. who had gone along with Pauley got an inkling. Said he: "I took a short walk one night. Suddenly a Korean jumped out of the shadows and kissed my hand. I felt like a damned fool...