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I r rBy By DREW PEARSON and andROBERT andROBERT andROBERTS ROBERT S ALLENIcopyrlfit ALLENCoDYrInc ALLEN ALLENCopyright ( Copyright ) Unlt United d Fe8tur Features tWeste tWesteSyndicate s Syndicate SyndicatecN SyndicateIn SyndicateSac Unitedd d bYtWeste Icopyrlfit CoDYrInc CoDYrIncUnited ; bY In InNewspaper cN Newspaper Released ; " : " ; : r rbl bl bln by union n WesternNewspaper Srrn SrrnWASHINGTON ) TI7ASHINGTON - This Tlus ISthe isthe is isW WASHINGTON W the story of a lovely sym sym- symbol symbol symbol - bol of the modern Girl G1rl FridayPeggy FridayPeggy Friday FridayPeggy -Peggy Peggy - Peggy Dowd , who a few fewdays fewdays fewdays days ago married her bram- bram brain- brain bramtruster braintruster bram-truster bram truster - truster boss , Tommy Corcor- Corcor Corcoran Corcor-an Corcor an - an , and thereby brought to tomany tomany tomany many persons in and out of ofWashmgton ofWashington ofWashington Washmgton Washington a breathing breatlung spell spellfor spellfor spellfor for as long as she can keep keephim keephim keephim him awayon away on their theJr honey honey- honeymoon honeymoon honeymoon - moon moonIt's It's Its ' a romance as colorful colorfulas as the eventful career of the thecurly thecurly thecurly curly haired bridegroom bridegroomIn In Washington Washmgton Peggy Dowd is al at alI always atways always I ways associated with the brain bram trust trust.But trustBut . . But long before there was a bram brain bramtrust braintrust braintrust trust or the world had ever heard heardof heardof heardof of Tommy Corcoran Peggy Dowd DowdI Dowdwas Dowdwas Dowdwas was hold ng down an important unportant job jobShe jobShe jobShe She \ was , as the personal secretary of ofone ofone ofone I one of the b g men ot of the Hoover Hooveradmmlstratlon Hooveradministration Hooveradministration admmlstratlon administration Gardner Cowles CowlesI Cowlesowner Cowlesowner Cowlesowner I owner of the Des Momes Moines Register RegisterI Registerand Registerand Registerand and Tr bune and d rector of the theRFC theRFC theRFC theRFCShe I RFC RFCShc RFCShe She Shc Liked \ Midshipmen l\lldsll1pmen l lldsll1pmen Untll- Untll Until- Until UntllI UntllIt UntilIt Until - I It was a very pleasant Job ] ob and andPeggy andPeggy andPeggy Peggy thought her boss was a grand grandman grandman grandman man But her only interest mterest in gov government government government ernment was prom hopping hoppmg With Withdashmg withdashing withdashing dashmg dashing Annapolis Annapol1s m dshlpmenAbout dshipmenAbout dshipmen dshlpmen dshipmenAbout About th s t me there came to the theRFC theRFC theRFC RFC a young ) oung lawyer as Irish as her herself herself herself self Peggyould Peggy ' \ would \\ould ould see him now and andthen andthen andthen then rush ng along the corridors eorndors but butshe butshe butshe she never talked to him hun for it was wasrumored wasrumored wasrumored rumored in m RFC feminine circles circlesthat circlesthat circlesthat that he thoroughly disliked women womenthought womenthought womenthought thought they had been put on earth earthonly earthonly earthonly only to get m in the way w ' \ ay of men s swork swork swork sworkG work workG G ris rls frankly were ware afraid to work workfor workfor workfor for Tom Corcoran He had come comedown comedown comedown down to Washington Washmgton from a big Wall WallStreet WallStreet WallStreet Street law firm and Just lust ] ust could not notget notget notget get used to the del berate civil clvll serv serv1ce service service 1ce ice ways of government He con cons cons s dered dictating dJctatmg to a shorthand book booka a waste of t me insisted mSlsted that his sec secretary secretary secretary retary take it 1t down on the type typewriter t ) pe pewnter pewriter wnter writer as he talked-and talked and talked - and he talked talkeda a blue streakTommy streakTommy streak streakTommy Tommy Was a Tough OneHe OneHe One OneHe He also had a lot of crazy Ideas Ideasabout ideasabout ideasabout about short cuts through the tele telephone telephone telephone phone He didn dldn t care how big h s sphone sphone sphone phone bills were so long as they theysaved theysaved theysaved saved t me And around him he had hada a crowd of young fello vs out of Har Harvard Haryard Harvard vard yard law school who were just lust as aswild aswild aswild wild as he was andho and \ who \\ho ho 1 ke rum him rumtelephoned himtelephoned himtelephoned telephoned all day and d elated ctatcd ctated all alln alln alln n ght . . Secretaries came to his office and anddeparted anddeparted anddeparted departed like hke the days None e\ e et eer e\erstayed e erstayed \ er en erstayed enstayed stayed longer longcr than a week There Therewas Therewas Therewas was a lad es room legendh legend wh \\h h \ eh ch ehpersisted chpersisted chpersisted persisted though Corcoran denied demed It Itthat itthat itthat that he had once jerked a phone phoneright phoneright phoneright right out of its socket and tossed 1t it 1tat itat itat at a secretary sccretary who ins sted on go gomg gomg going mg home a at t three o 0 clock in the themorn themorn themorn morn ng H s constant cry to the thehead thehead thehead head stenographer was for a male malesecretary malesecretary malesecretary malesecretaryThe secretary secretaryThe The mornmg morning after Duector Director DuectorColes DirectorCowles DirectorConies Co\\les Co les Cowles \ \ Peggy s boss resigned and andleft andleft andleft left for lov Iov a the head stcnogra stenogra stcnographer stenographer stenographer pher faced with her da ly headache headacheof of find ng a secretary tor for Corcoran Corcoranshe Corcoranshe Corcoranshe ( she called it 1t the su cide clde ride ass gn gnment gnment gnment ment ) summoned Peggy Dowd Dowdand Dowdand Dowdand and said gentle gentl gently ) Report please to toMr toMr toMr Mr Corcoran CorcoranOh Oh no said Peggy not meThere meThere me meThere There are other jobs lobs in m this worldFor worldFor world For my mysake sake please try it 1t for a . 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Ius hts bride and former secretary , Peggy Dowd Doted Dowdollowzng Dotedfollowing ollowzng following { theIr surprise marriage at Leesburg Va Peggy feared ; , 1m tin ( and andwhat what secretary ddn didn , t I ' ) until untileach each dIscovered the other otherwas otherwas was also Irish few days pleaded the head stenog stenographer stenographer stenographer rapher After all he s Irish and andyou andyou andyou you re Irish and you can handle handlehim handlehim handlehim him if anyone can Just don t ar argue argue argue gue with him Let him rum do th ngs ngsthe ngsthe ngsthe the way be he wants to even if 1f they theydo theydo theydo do seem crazy Who knows per perh perlps perhips perhdps h hips lps < there is 1S a method in h s mad madness madness madness madnessSo ness nessSo So Peggy went up to the 1 on s sden sden sden den In a short wh Ie le Corcoran s sbuzzer sbuzzer sbuzzer buzzer rang and Peggy went mGet inGet in m inGet Get this telegram off nght right nghtaway rightaway rightaway away he ordered without looking lookingup lookingup lookingup up or giving glvmg her t me to sit it down downThen downThen downThen Then for two minutes he reeled off offa offa offa a long wire so fast that Peggy d dn do t teven teven teven even get the start of it For a few fewmoments fewmoments fewmoments moments she stood there helpless helplessthen helplessthen helplessthen then with a jerk of o1 her head she shestarted shestarted shestarted started for the door to tell the head headstenographer headstenographer headstenographer stenographer it 1t was no go goThe goThe goThe The Day Is SavedAs SavedAs Saved SavedAs As Peggy turned there burst mto into mtothe intothe intothe the room one of the Harvard law lawschool lawschool lawschool school boys J Raburn ( Food ) Monroe now a successful New Or Orleans Orleans Orleans leans lawyer and a power n the new newanti newanti newanti anti Long group who flashed llashed a tele telegram telegram telegram gram before CorcoranThat CorcoranThat Corcoran CorcoranThat That changes everything everythmg Cor Con Corcoran Concoran Corcoran coran shouted to Peggy K 11 that thatWIre thatwire thatwire WIre I just lust gave youSo youSo you youSo So Peggy just lust walked back to her herdesk herdesk herdesk desk pretend ng she had the w re rebut rebut rebut but v . was as not go gong ng to send it The Thefortuitous Thefortuitous Thefortuitous fortuitous interrupt on had saved savedbcr savedher savedher bcr her And today Peggy has one ex extra extra extra tra name among her patron sa nts ntsThe ntsThe ntsThe The name is 1S St FoodThe FoodThe Food FoodThe The first crisis thus survived so sofortunately sofortunately sofortunately fortunately Peggy decided to test testher testher testher her luck further At seven o 0 clock clockthat clockthat clockthat that n ght Corcoran nonchalantly nonchalantlymstructed nonchalantlyinstructed nonchalantlyinstructed mstructed instructed Go out and get some something something something thing to eat and meet me at the theCapitol theCapitol theCapitol Capitol in the leg slatn slat1\ slat1 slatit slat1e \ e a counsel counsels counselsoffice s soffice soffice office at 7 30 We ve got a 1 ttle the job lob to do tonight tomght tomghton \\on on won ' \ wont t take more morethan morethan morethan than an hour orno or no noIt ' oIt o oIt It took most of the allot ed half halfhour halfhour halfhour hour just lust to get to the Capitol but butPeggy butPeggy butPeggy Peggy was there on time hme And there thereshe thereshe thereshe she met two other turbines turbmes of the thebram thebrain thebrain bram brain trust Ben Cohen and Jim Lan Landls Landis Landis dls dis later to become SEC chairman chairmanand chairmanand chairmanand and dean of Harvard law school schoolBig schoolBig schoolBig Big Little JobThe JobThe Job JobThe The 1 ttle the job lob was someth ng ngabout ngabout ngabout about a securities b 11 ll which had hadto hadto hadto to be ready for a congressional com corn commlttee cornmittee cornmittee mlttee mittee the next morn ng It was was4am 4 a m when she pulled the last lastsheet lastsheet lastsheet sheet out of ot the ypewriter ypewnter and the thethree thethree thethree three men after a cnt crlt Grit cal readmg reading readmgpronounced readingpronounced readingpronounced pronounced it 1t okayYes okayYes okay okayYes Yes added Corcoran with a acheery acheery acheery cheery smile that s a swell Job lob JobM lobM jobM M ss What d d you say sour } ) our name namev namew namev.as'1 namev.as1 namevas1 namev.as'1Margaret v w . . as asp ? ' aspMargaret Margaret Dowd DowdWell DowdWell DowdWell Well Margaret Dowd tomorrow tomorrowmorning tomorrowmorning tomorrowmorning morning you tell the head stenogra stenographer stenographer stenographer pher that I sa d you U 11 ll doThus doThus do doThus Thus Peggy Dowd got her start startas startas startas as the G rl Friday rnday of the brain bram trust trustand trustand trustand , and began seven years of thnllmg thrilling thrillingwork thrillingwork work carried carned on at about the same samehectic samehectic samehectic hectic tempo as her first day S de deby deby deby by s de with Corcoran Cohen Lan Land Land Land d s Douglas Jackson Foley Rowe RoweDempsey RoweDempsey RoweDempsey Dempsey Rogge and others of thefamily thefamily the thefamily family she went through the ep epochal epochal epochal ochal leg slat ve ye battles of the New NewDealthe NewDealthe NewDeal Deal-the Deal the - the securities secunhes act the fed federal federal federal eral housing housmg bill the fierce TV TVA TVAclashes TVAclashes A Aclashes clashes the tremendous holdmg holding holdmgcompany holdingcompany holdingcompany company fight the wage hour b111 bill b111the billthe billthe the historic lustonc Supreme court strug struggle struggle struggle gle the Jackson Ickcs Ickes offensive offensiveagainst offensiveagainst offensiveagainst against monopolyT monopolylI.o monopolyo monopoly lI.o lIo . , T > o \ More l\Iore l Iore Parties tor for PeggyShe PeggyShe Peggy PeggyShe She was in m the thick of them all allal allal allal al vays in the background but al always always always ways on hand the confidential sec secretary secretary secretary retary of ot these confident al men at atarms atarms atarms arms of the President It meant no noparties noparties noparties parties no plann ng for a week or oreven oreven oreven even a day ahead Every waking wakinghour wakinghour wakinghour hour was devoted to the job lob And AndPeggy AndPeggy AndPeggy Peggy thrived under it allWhether allWhether all allWhether Whether it 1t was because she and andTom andTom andTom Tom Corcoran were falling falLng in love lovePeggy lovePeggy lovePeggy Peggy became more and more beau beaut t fuL fut In the last few years she shehas shehas shehas has been conceded to be one of the themost themost themost most beaut ful women in m Washmg Washing Washmgton Washington Washington WashingtonExquisitedly ton tonE'Cqulsltedly tonExquisitedly Exquisitedly E'Cqulsltedly ECqulsltedly ' attired a honey col colored colored colored ored blonde with big gray green greeneyes greeneyes greeneyes eyes ( Vivien Le gh eye Corcor Corcoran Corcoran an calls them ) and a del cate com corn complexlOn cornplexron cornplexion plexlOn plexron that her favorite pmk pink camel camel1 1 as 1 I ght up beautifully she was wasthe wasthe wasthe the prett est p cture in m work ng ngWash Wash ngton At the occasional play playthey they went to all eyes turned toward towardPeggy towardPeggy towardPeggy Peggy Dowd But it If the onlookers onlookersgot onlookersgot onlookersgot got an eyeful they never got an anearful anearful anearful anearfulSilent earful earfulSilent earfulSilent Silent As a Sph Sphy Sphm-ic Sphm ic SphmicFor ) n'C nC nx n'CFor nxFor ' - For one of the most amazing thmg things amazingthmgs amazingthmg amazingthings > about nbout th s very amaz ng ngyoung ngyoung ngyoung young lady is that flattered llattered court courted courted courted ed and cijoled c'lJoled clJoled ctloled ' by everyone seek seekmg seeking seeking mg ing the inside mSlde lowdown no one has hasever hasever hasever ever been known to get anythmg anything anythingout anythmgout out of her-except her except her - except when Tom Cor Coreoran Corcoran Corcoran eoran coran tor for his own devious dev10us purposes wanted wantedsomcth wantedsometh purposeswanted someth somcth somcthng somethng ng to get out . . But there was one secret that Pcggy Peggy thatPeggy thatPcggy d d sp 11 Shehlspered She \ whispered \\hlspered hlspered It itto to her mother at the wedding party Just lust partyjust partylust before she and Tom sl pped out of outof honeymoonIt hllneymoonIt town on th r skiing skl1ng hllneymoon honeymoon It was th s That the last man who kissed whokissed her before Tom Corcoran Corcorangave gave her his br dal kiss at the al tar altar of the 1 ttle church in Lees burg Leesburg Va was the Pres dent of the Un theUn led ted Sta StatesNotePeggy States StatesNote tes tesNotePeggy Note-Peggy Note Peggy Note - - Peggy will beCorcoran willeont willcent cont eont cent nue to be Corcoran s secretary Also famous the fa mous Corcoran Cohen penthouse penthousemenage will be menage continued oCcupied occupiedb occupiedbs b bs } ) Cohen |