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aty haven’t died; they’ve just f&d«d away. Mn. Dawson,. conveniently placed as head of the file room at the RFC, just announced her decision to leave the* Federal service.
Good old Bill Boyle was another man it paid to see, until he decided to retire for reasons of health. I’m not a doctor, but I suspect Bill’s ailment is akin to that which prompted another Bill—O’Dwyer —to decide the climate of Mexico was healthier than that of New York City. New York weather certainly became pretty rough just after O’Dwyer left. More than a hundred policemen suddenly decided their health demanded that they retire rather than face a grand jury.
Ex-Mayor O’Dwyer came before the Kefauver Crime Committee for a chat. He seemed surprised that anyone was disturbed by his acquaintanceship with Gangster Frank Costello. His feelings were hurt further when his old pal, Jim. Moran, to whom he gave a lifetime job as water commissioner of New York City, was indicted for perjury.
Mr. O’Dwyer still is the Ambassador of the United States of America to Mexico. The President and Mr. Acheson say they’re wellsatisfied with him. The implication is that we ought to he satisfied too, and ought to stop picking on BiU.
James M. Curley of Boston, another sick friend of the White House, was in and out of jail, but •managed to keep his job as Mayor of Boston during part of the time he was in the clink. When his friends said Jim was a tired, sick old man, Mr. Truman gave him a full pardon. Jim regained his health sufficiently to make another try for the mayorship this year.
Edward F. Pritchard, Jr., a former bright young man of the Administration, got out of jail early, too, by authority of the White House, after he had served a little time for bungling a ballot-boxstuffing job in Kentucky.
Faced with the tremendous costs of the preparedness program, the Congress'has been obliged to
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