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Missouri-born Brigadier General Harry Vaughan, military aide to President Truman, is a large, uninhibited man, a veteran at draw poker. Genial and democratic to boot, Reserve Officer Vaughan is neither a finicky nor a formal dresser: in the White House he often does not bother to put on a blouse or cinch up his necktie...
Last week the Women's Auxiliary of the Alexandria (Va.) Westminster Presbyterian Church-of which General Vaughan is an elder-were enchanted to discover that he was as excitingly frank as he was informal. They had invited him to speak, and he spoke. By the time word of his speech got back to the capital, Washington wits cracked that they had now heard the uncensored dope on all topics of national interest...
...Harry Vaughan's opinion of Army chaplains as reported by one who heard him: "I don't know why a minister can't be a regular guy, but unfortunately some of them are not. You have to give the Roman Church credit. When the War Department requests a bishop to supply 20 priests for chaplains, he looks over his diocese and picks out the 20 best men. But it is different in the Protestant Church. Frequently a Protestant [minister] does not have a church at the moment or is willing to go on a vacation for about...
...Stand Corrected." General Vaughan turned to the subject of women: "I made a very rash statement before the commanding officer of the WACs. I said I didn't think of any job being done by the WACs that cannot be performed by 4-Fs at less cost. I also made that statement to General Eisenhower, but he disagreed with me, so I stand corrected...
...General Vaughan compared his boss with President Roosevelt. "It's just like having a fancy dinner of caviar over a long period," he said. "But sometimes you like to get back to ham and eggs...