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Show WHAT WERE THEY THERE FOR Reporter's Seemingly Superfluous Question as to Happenings at Cabinet Meeting. Postmaster General Meyer is of a serious turn of mind, but be lias a bit of bumor in his makeup, nevertheless. Being looked upon as the shrewdest politician in the president's cabinet, he is the objective point for newspaper correspondents on cabinet days. Last week as Mr. Meyer emerged from the White House a newspaper man asked: "Mr. Postmaster General, can't you give us some news about the cabinet meetings?" "There really is nothing to say," replied re-plied the cabinet officer. "We discussed dis-cussed nothing of especial importance." impor-tance." "Do you mean to say you did not discuss politics?" the newspaper man queried. The postmaster general burst into laughter. When he recovered his usual us-ual serenity he said: "Do you suppose we were all muzzled?" |
