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Show The Shiftless Policy Secretary Wilbur, at a Washington dinner party, complained about tbt lack of appropriations, which prevent him from keeping the navy at full strength. "A shiftless policy In appropriating money," he said, "Is as unsatisfactory as a shiftless policy In any other affair. af-fair. It reminds me of a little story. " 'I've only got two clean pairs of socks.' a man complained one morning, morn-ing, 'and they've both gut holes In them.' "His wife examined the socks. Then she said : "'Put on both pairs, dour. The holes are in different places.' " |