Word: solids
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Production of octane gas, escort vessels and aircraft might suffer (there is no solid proof yet that it has), but the Bull closed his eyes to others' problems, kept charging ahead. Result: the rubber program is shaping up excellently. Then, wholly uninfected by Washington, he announced that, barring production mishaps, he would resign on July 1 and go back to his job as president of Union Pacific. This was cheering news; apparently one man could surmount the lure of the spotlight...
Rule 1. The candidate must have a solid American background-as humble as possible. As birthplace, a log cabin is best, a farm nearly as good, the combination practically irresistible. For parents, the watchword is poor but honest. In the family background, a horse thief is fatal, a millionaire nearly...
Rule 5. He must be successful-but not too successful. His accomplishments should be solid; they should not be so enormous as to have set him beyond and apart from his fellow...
Appearance: Excellent. In looks, Bricker is nearly as good a candidate as Indiana's Paul McNutt, without the bril-liantined platinum handsomeness that annoys plainer men. He looks as solid as his reassuring Ohio colleague Robert Taft, without Taft's embarrassing stiffness. He dresses as well as New York's Tom Dewey, without seeming the least dapper...
...stands 6 ft. 2½ in., weighs 210 lb., an excellent size for a Presidential candidate. At 49, his hair is solid silver. He has a comfortable double chin, the kind of American nose that looks best under a baseball cap. He likes double-breasted blue suits, decorously striped ties, black shoes. He wears a broad gold Masonic ring, carries a gold-pocket watch, keeps a diamond American Legion pin in his coat lapel...