Friendship as a Political Tool in Washington Politics
A critical look at how friendship and loyalty influence policy and appointments in Washington. The piece traces Truman era practices, graft legends, and the tension between merit and patronage, noting officials who kept favors and the long shadow of corruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Department of Agriculture
Department
Col. Louis Johnson
Truman
Congress
Blair Bolles
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Soja Verdict Finds Postdated Check Not Fraud
Judge Paul V Gadola in Flint Michigan directed an innocent verdict for Joseph Soja who faced a charge of writing a check with insufficient funds after paying $2,550 for a car with a postdated check dated for the following day Soja had $350 in the bank at the time Gadola ruled that a postdated check is a promise to pay and not grounds for criminal charges
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint. Mich
Paul V Gadola
Joseph Soja
Mayors Plan West Coast Japan Tie in 1953 Conference
Seattle Mayor William Devin advocates a 1953 meeting of Japanese and West Coast mayors funded by the State Department. He cites the Tokyo gathering last November and urges joint U S Japanese efforts on trade issues, including revived tangerine imports and a tuna fishing inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Willam F. Devin
U. S State Department
Tokyo
Devin
State Department
United States
Department of Agriculture
Book parade titles and new fiction in review
A survey lists new releases from nonfiction works like The Gates of Dannemora to Modern Gardening and Climatology, plus novels such as To Catch a Thief and One Man Loved. It notes authors James Branch Cabell, Clarence T Craig, David Dodge, Meguerite Marshall, L Sprague de Camp, Rex Stout, and C S Forester among others with brief descriptions of each title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
One Church
Clarence T
Bernhard Haurwitz
J. M. Austin
Louis Kaplan
Denis Baron
Edwin S Lincoln
Firestone
Firestone ‘Tire & Rubber Co
Alfred Lief
Marshall
General Marshall
Robert Payne
David Dodge
Cer
Wrose
Telta iv
Lurisa
Hornblower
Meguerite Marshall
Joan Perkins
L. Sprague de ‘Camp
Bernard Shurtleff
Rex Sout
Nero Waite
Gun
Spur
West
Joseph Wayne
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Grant
Harding
Tom Pendegast
Pendergast
Senate
Leavenworth
Maurice Mulgan
U. S Attorney
Missouri
Willam Boyle
Democratic National Committee
American Litteford Corporation
Boyle
Wallace H Graham
White House
Graham
Senate Committee On Appropriations
General Vaughan
Vaughan
John Maragon
Maragon
Dawson
Atlantic Ocean
Saxon
Miami Beach
Florida
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Fulbright
Rf.c
Fulbrights Committee
Frank Prince
Lithofold
Matthew J Connelly
Hamilton
Harry S. Burr
Second ST
Gay Fae
Cleveland St
David Wallner
Bronx Park
New York
Nanny
David
Children’s Zoo
West Coast
By Richard Montague
United Press
The
Elyria Public
Dannemora
Clinton Prison
J. L. Bonn
James Branch Cabell
Jurgen
Ans
P. P Pirone
New York Botanical Gardens
H. A .Rey
Connecticut
Ohio
Marguette Aths
Hornblower” and
Captain Horatio Hornblower
Odonnell
Court ST
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Buick
Madela
Stendarn
Elyria Motors, Inc
West Ave
Sidney Motors
Maine
Grafton, Ohio
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