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Among the men who checked into Newell Boat House since the beginning of the term are Stu Clark and Robert Stone both of whom were mainstays of the freshman crew in 1942. Another oarsman who has returned from the wars is Frank Cunningham, who rowed on the 150's in '42, but who is now holding down a slide in one of the heavy boats...
...late great Tommy Hitchcock's old No. 2 spot rode a burly Texas cowboy, 42-year-old Cecil Smith, who racked up four goals. Another old hand, Stu Iglehart, 37, busted up Mexico's attacks at No. 3 with what used to be the best backhand in the business-and it hadn't slipped much...
Some of George's critics thought this was going a bit too far-and they also thought George might never get the job. In almost the same breath, Harry Truman had nominated three other cronies-Jake Vardaman, Stu Symington and Ed Pauley-for top Government jobs, and the public howled. Ed Pauley subsequently had to withdraw after some dissection by a Senate committee; but George, as usual, was equal to the occasion...
Industrialist. "Stu" Symington, 44, was the socialite president of St. Louis' Emerson Electric Manufacturing Co. who, as a prominent Missourian, knew Truman. So he became Surplus Property Administrator. His hands tied by red tape and a bad law, he kicked and fumed about his job, finally resigned last week when Surplus Property was turned over to the RFC's War Assets Corp. for administration...
Cronies. Along with taking care of Stu and Ed, the President eased his croniest crony, George Allen, into the Board of Directors of RFC. Washington dopesters guessed that after a short time on RFC's Board of Directors, Mississippi-born George Allen, 49, might move in as boss of all Government lending agencies...