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...idea of this monumental swap had been germinating in congressional brains ever since 1935 when New York's ubiquitous Congressman Sol Bloom, deep in plans for his 1937 Constitution sesquicentennial celebration, discovered that Washington's Government buildings contained not a single painting commemorating the Constitution's signing.* Dismayed, Congressman Bloom got his friend, famed Painter and magazine-cover Artist Howard Chandler Christy, a $30,000 commission to paint the subject...
...Joseph W. Drake, Jr., Peter K. Dufault, John L. Ecob, Thomas A. Foley, Fairfield Goodale, Jr., James F. Gallagher, Stephen H. Glidden, Joseph T. Horgan, Edward H. Rushmore, Robert Hallisey, Edward P. Harding, Alan M. Johnson, James K. Knowles, Lester Katz, Alfred Kwisinsky, Vincent F. Leahy, James G. Martin, Sol G. Marias, Richard F. McCarthy, J. Raymond Moore, Jr., Richard M. Meechem, Jewett F. Neiley, Jr., George N. Nackley, Thomas R. Noonan, Jr., George D. O'Day, Paul F. Perkins, Jr., Don Rausch, Gershon Ross, Robert T.P. Storer, Joe Sharlett, William H. Thomas, Alexander Ullrich, John W. Williams and Mitchell...
...rendezvous with Churchill, written by Correspondent Chesly Manly, said that "the grand strategy of the new Anglo-American-Russian alliance" included "the assistance of a vast American expeditionary force." When the President read that report he hit the ceiling. Steve Early, in no playful humor, called Senator Barkley, Representative Sol Bloom, other leaders in whom Roosevelt had confided, and accused them of misrepresenting the President's remarks. Hopping mad, the Congressmen elected Senator Barkley to go after Correspondent Manly...
...Wrote the head of Sol-Ray Engineering Co. (sun-heated water systems) from Day tona Beach, Fla., begging for copper: "Is our business going to be ruined along with the investment? If so, what is a man of 50 with a family going to do. . .?" This week, copper went under full priorities...
...that step came to the public when the President sent a message to Congress. The night before, the President had called seven Congressional leaders to a very secret conference at the White House-Senate Leader Barkley, Senators George (Foreign Relations) and Connally; Speaker Rayburn. Representatives McCormack (Majority Leader), Sol Bloom (Foreign Affairs) and Luther Johnson. The President, sitting back of his big desk in his upstairs study, was serious but in good humor, and he did most of the talking. He frankly admitted that he had taken a serious step and said he wanted to discuss it with them...