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Diary Of An SOB Chronicles A Pearson Diary Excerpt
Drew Pearson, famed columnist, begins a diary excerpt from his 1949 1959 series edited by Tyler Abell. The pages cover January 1 to September 20 events, including Harold Ickes, Forrestal, Truman aides, Barkley, and White House tensions. Pearson details clashes with ABC, government officials, and rivals while noting personal and political pressures.
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Drew Pearson
America
Tyler Abell
Holt, Rinehard and Winston, Inc
Karr
David Karr
Harold Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
New York Post
Post
Bell Syndicate
Ickes
Ferguson
Senate Committee
Interior
Julius Krug
Howard Hughes
Krug
Mon Wallgren
Washington
Ferguson Committee
Hughes
Louis Johnson
Truman
Forrestal
James Forrestal
Marquis Childs
Johnson
Missouri
Wall Street
Secretary of the Treasury
John Snyder
Hope
Hearst
Walter
Winchell
John
Bank of America
Mario Giannini
Bank
Treasury
David Noyes
Noyes
Ford
Charlie Ross
Vaughan
Clifford
White House
Bean
Tom Clark
Florida
Tom
Clark
Defense
ABC
New York
Bill Neel
Alben Barkley
Max Truitt
Franco
Spain
Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Tom Corcoran
Roosevelt
Naval Hospital
Westbrook Pegler
Washington Post
Bolivia
Germany
Dillon
Read
United States
Admiral Souers
National Security Council
Pearson
General Vaughan
General Bolling
G-2
Hanson Baldwin
New York Times