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The President didn't say anything that would have given it any style. He didn't call on Stevenson, who would have made an excellent little speech. When the President sat down, we all applauded politely. Of course, the President shouldn't have been standing up first. Somebody should have offered a toast to him, and then he should have responded. Anyhow, he sat down, we applauded, and then there was dead silence.

Then the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court rose. Apparently, he felt that some response was necessary. He was the ranking person present. It's that awful sense of rank we have in Washing guest, so he rose. I realized when I looked at his how he has changed. He still had that hound dog face, but he's settled. He used to be a tall, kind of skinny man, long between the hips and the shoulders. You noticed his long torso. He's settled. The distance between the hips and the shoulders is much shorter. Not only is the paunch in front big, but all the bones and muscles have settled down. His neck, which used to be a long, scrawny, hound dog neck, has settled. His head comes right down onto his shoulders. His legs have grown thick like pedestals. All the grace of body that comes with a lean, Kentucky hound dog type had gone.





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