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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...
...Unanimously confirmed Elder Statesman Bernard M. Baruch as U.S. representative on U.N.'s Atomic Energy Commission; approved (66-9) Missourian James K. Vardaman Jr.'s nomination to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors...
...Ignoring the President's veto threat, tacked a rider to the minimum wage bill permitting a farmer to include farm labor costs in computing parity prices. CJ Received a Banking Committee recommendation that Harry Truman's old friend and naval aide, Commodore James K. ("Commodore Cluck") Vardaman, be confirmed for a 14-year term on the Federal Reserve Board...
Before leaving Washington, the President had bustled pleasantly through an unusual list of social engagements. He invited himself to a lunch given by Senate Secretary Leslie Biffle, ate three bowls of chile. He spent an hour at a cocktail party thrown by Commodore James K. Vardaman Jr., his naval aide and nominee for the Federal Reserve Board. At week's end he dined at the Statler with the White House Correspondents' Association, and laughed good-naturedly at a skit parodying the tune: I'm Just Wild About Harry...
...Truman had nominated George Allen to RFC, and George weathered a Senate committee's scrutiny. But Funnyman George hardly added luster to the Administration. And when bumbling Jake Vardaman, whom the President had named to the Federal Reserve Board, was called before the Senate, God only knew what would happen...